FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, I?|4 K-fKjF&Y-Q') 0 57n In F& M Game Favorable Penn State’s varsity football eleven this week started to prepare for the first contest on its nine game schedule' after a favorable showing against Franklin arid Mar shall last weekend. . Saturday’s scrimmage with F & M gave C.oach Bob Higgins a pic ture of wnat he could expect dur ing the.'^o^iri|:-^y t eeks. All “Hig” had to- sajT'aho.ut sie .gdine .was that the {‘|r|afe3£Eieri ence'for the Soys.? 33 Lions Degd, Missing Thirty-three former Penn State athletes are .numbered among the dead’ and missing "in Wobla War 11, according to Ridge Riley of the Alumni Office. Three others are prisoners of war. The. compilation shows that 26 men are listed as 1 dead, and seven are missing. Newest addition is Lt. Col. William V. Martz of Fottsville, former football and track athlete, who'has been missing in 'France since August 8. Martz finished his schooling at West Point. Casualties since D-Day have boosted to 150 the number of Penn Staters now dead or missing. Pris oners number 20. Poijy Halfbacks Produce ;, Pony backs are running rampant at sla<e' :, tfiiiritan.“’’'Tlfiree'*pf the four Lion tailbacks are football midgets. ; Smallest of the quartet is JFresh iman, Elwood Petchel of Easton, who glooms as one of the best run-■ tiers'; at the College in years. SmaUer in 15 . pounds heavier than his is Harry • Muckle of - Nofth -Charleroi. Orie of the fastest .men on. the sqiuui is Dick |lc£j(jwn' of -PJhila delpjiia, a.relief tiple last fall and who is’doing‘his ut- win top .billing this year. A f.cppsparatiy.e feeayy,w.eight at 168 pounds,'" Johnny' Chuckran of Lansford compares favorably with Petciiel as a ' triple ' threat, and should see plenty of action.' Cqgers Learn Lion Offense Coach John Lawther 'this week began to teach his basketball hope fuls 'the Penn State system of play —-a deliberate offense with numer ous sfet plays and plenty of “head work.” ' Although his squad began prac tice. only a week ago, the veteran Liorufiientor is already giving his V-12 and civilian candidates the :■ fundamental offensiveplays of his system. . ' • ’ .Within a” few weeks Lawther ; planato teach; the. capers his mucK-, ' pubhcized zone defense. However, , in the meantime he wants his ; ; squad to get a general idea of the !. type* of offense p.enn State uses. The-'Schedule for the coming sea son has not been announced as yet. , But the slate is 'expected to in clude many of the schools the Lions faced last year. Four or five of the contests will probably be prior to the Christmas vacation period. No Veterans on Squad The squad is composed entirely of Navy’ and civilian students. Not one veteran from the 1943-44 first five returns this season. As a re sult, Coach Lawther is going to have to rebuild an entirely new club. So far Lawther has been experi menting with several combina tiqns. He has no idea what his team will be like when it takes the .court for its first game in Decem ber. Those candidates who have turned in their physical cards fol ;.. low: Don Coplin, 'lvan Kline, J. C. .('■Sch.wEuaddr,' : Oick Goldsborough, f Bob McLaughlin", Rahn, George Hofipeisterl Robert Landiri, Penn State in Review Comdr. Oscar IJagberg, Navy’s head football coacti) slated this week tliat he plans to use Bill Abrpmiiis, who was just sworn in as'a plefie at the Naval Academy, as a' sub for regular halfbacks Barron arid Jim Pettit . ' . . Ijlob Wear, 'fOriher r Pen'n State’ center, has signed a cohtract'to play pro-, fessional footbdli : with the 'New Yofk Criants"; . . Bruce AU|n, 175{. pourid.guard.on the gridiron squad) forlrierly played at Nebr ( agka \ ; . Swilnming Coach Bob .Galbraith has ’just been named faculty coun selor of veterans at the College. He has coached - swimming at' • Rerin State since its introduction in 1936. Johnny Egli, cage star of a few yeafs ago, was in'town last week. While at the College he helped Coach John Lawther with his bas ketball candidates ? . . D.r. Alfred H. Griess will again serve as team physician for C.oach Bob Higgins’ football team this year . . .' Jo jinny Ja'ffurs, ail-American' guard’ last seaisori', writes triat Aldo Cen.ci be discharged from "the Army soori because of an old football injury . . .' Jack' Milson, freshman center, played for Philipsburg High School against State. College last' year . . There are four Minnesota boys on the football team— Earl Brutal, Bill Larson.-Dan iOrlicK, and' Paul Swiggum . . . Ai, Auer, promising end) attended Ohio..'University be fore coming, to Penn State. . Fastest back on the. .field against' Franklin and Marslialf ’jVas back'Ear^'fciaaCT, 36 iyar3s"6ri feverse pOyS 1 . AlRichards, Earlßrulm. ■Lapg,'md'Al.Beilas :^iri^dq r mpsl of the.Lions’, printing this year')".''.. Dick.McCown, subfhalfback, stood : out as a track ace wjhile at Pjenn ..Charier m Bhjdqdjelptaa . . .Octo ber’’ 14. is the date, for Homecomingip>ay.' The • Nittany, Lions meet .Buckriell that after noon . ... End Coach .Earle Ed wards coached at Princeton Prep and Ebensburg High School before coming to Penn State in 1936 Call for Managers Alf freshmen interested in becoming assistant basketball ipanagers should report to Rec Hall at 6:15 p. m. Monday, Charles Alcorn, head manager, announced today. H. O. Willison, Jay Young, R. D. Light,. A 1 Levin, Bob Keagy, Abe Katzowifz, and George Mucker. Ernest Nugent, Bob Junko, Les lie Szepese,’‘M. W- Hannum, Bill O’Niell, Jim Mcßride, J. B. Leb neis, Ronald Hartman, Bill Jaffurs, Ri S. Roth, Bob Bacon, W. L. Shaf fer, Ralph Lang, A 1 Honig, and Victor Danilov. II makes such l^iighing... It s full hard to vfgif for. . . Papa Is All The Pennsylvania Dutch Comedy September 29 and 30 Schwab Auditorium presented by PENN STATE PLAYERS THE COLLEGIAN 6 Touchdowns Feature Practice Tilt MISSES GAME —Marino Marchi, sophomore tackle, will not play in the first game against Muhlenberg on September 3.0 because of a frac tured right shoulder which will keep him out of the lineup for three weeks. Jeffrey Selects Soccer Standouts With the., first game only three, weeks away) 1 ' Soccer Coach ;Bill Jeffrey has selected two' 'teams whicri ’he ,: tyiH : send agaipst Buck-' rtell'qn n 6 ) c;to6er'”’'f.' Oene Graibrier h ( olds cloven the gqafie’.s posi,tV>n ,Qn .the ',first-, string) of hijn is Chgrley. Appljeman at'left ! ' fullback ’ '.and; at Loti; Pitta, de|s" ijar'frpan, 'and' Bbb. Parker play the right, center, anP , left positidris. ,;M ' .Coach Jeffrey, has Doc Ridings at outside right Herb Men'dt at inside right. Dave. Binns is' center fqrward, .while, Jim Atherton and Fritz Holm'quist are inside and outside left for wards. On the second team, Bud Long is the goaltender and Hall and Gross are fullbacks. Harry Pow ers, Joel Crouch, and Stet Stetler fill the halfback slots. The for ward line is uncertain with Hood, Bates, Roth, Morris, Klopp, Sell ers, and Erdman competing for the berths. The-squad scrimmages daily at the golf course practice field. Be sides Bucknell, the Lions meet Colgate, Navy, Muhlenberg,. Ar my, Cornell, and Temple this fall. Dick Harlow, now a lieutenant commander in the Naval Reserve, coached the P.enn State football team of which ‘Bjpb Higgins 'was captain in 1917. Higgjins is now Lion head coach. 10Q0 Spectators See Clash Between Penn State, F & M Penn State gridiron fans got their first taste of football last Sat urday afternoon when six touchdowns .were scored in a practice scrim mage between the Nittany Lions and Franklin and Marshall College at New Beaver Field. Approximately 1000 spectators saw Coach Bob Higgins’ team tangle with Coach Charlie Mayser’s all-service eleven from Lancas ter. The contest was well-played with everyone on both squads seeing; action for the first time this season. 'J » . ' • - .1 . Speed and power were the keynotes as Penn State rolled up H first downs and.3o7 yards by rushu were penalized seven times for 65 yards and had three passes inter cepted. F & M’s most effective of fensive weapon was the pass. The Diplomats gained 139 yards through the air. The Lions in turn intercepted six of the aerials. Coach Higgins started the fol lowing lineup: John Stoken, right end; Negley Norton, right tackle; Bill Larson, right guard; Chuck Klausing, center; Joe Drazeno vich, left guard; Ed Bush, left tackle; Bob Hicks, left end; Earl Bruhn, quarterback; John Chuck ran, right half; Elwood Petchel, left half; and A 1 Richards, full back. Marino Marchi, veteran tackle, didn’t play in the game because of an injury. Eyeryone else got into the game. jS*enn Stale Scores First The 'Lions were the first to scor.e in the contest. A pass in terception in the first quarter by “(JET ON THE BALL” §TQP md SHQP at GRAHAM A. C. • GAUDIES • MAGAZINES • POP CORN • NEWSPAPERS • SOFT DRINKS • ICE CREAM • CIGARETTES • CIGARS PAGE SE\TE$§ ig and passing. However, the Lions Tailback Elwood Petchel set the stage for the touchdown. He took the ball on F & M’s 38-yard line and carried it to the nine. After three unsuccessful plays, Petchel passed to johnny Chuckranj speedy wingback, for six points. Tackle Ed Bush’s kick was wide for the extra point. F & M came back with an: aerial barrage which almost tied the scpre. Cliuckran nearly inter cepted one of the passes on the Lion 37-yard line. The star fresh man got his hands on the ball, but the visitor’s pass snatcher grab bed the pigskin and raced to the 23 before Bronco Kpsanovich, first-semester center, brought him down. The quarter ended a few min utes later with the Diplomats on 19-yard line. Qn the first play after changing goals, Petchel in tercepted another F & M pass on the nine and returned it to the (C<ontir}ued on page eight)
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