FRIDAY,“SEPTEMBER 22,• IRH JEFFREY ADVISES—Here’s something to shoot at, Soccer Coach Bill Jeffrey (right) tells Herb Mendt ©f Venezuela, as the Penn State hooters get ready for the season’s home opener with Buck nell on October 7. Gus Bigott, last Venezuelan to play, for Jeffrey, attained all-American honors— . one of 30 former player to win this recognition under the veteran Lion mentor. Daily Scrimmages Toughen Gridders 1944 Squad Only Fair; Lion Lineup Indefinite .Coach ..Bob Higgins has been . putting his .gridiron .squad through daily scrimmages in preparation for the .season’s opener with Muhleqberg at I{ew ißeaver -Field on September 30. “The' team - is now ■ going through the hardest part. of its season,”, the Lion mentor stated this week. “We have had the boys Scrimmaging . nearly every day,” added Higgins. With" thie first gaipe only eight days away, the team is oniy “fair,” • according -to- the Nittany coaches. However, they believe the. te,am will improve with the season; . Biggest change in the lineup has been the appearance of Bob Urion at wingback. Although the Navy trainee only reported' to practice a couple of weeks ago, his performance has pleased Coach Higgins. Joe Drazenovich has been mov ed from the line to blocking back. The Brownsville freshman will probably share the signal-calling duties with Earl Bruhn. iMarino Marchi is still out of the lineup with a fractured shoul der. He isn’t expected to be in uniform for the Muhlenberg game and possibly the Navy contest. ■Higgins said yesterday that he doesn’t know who he will start against the Mules next Saturday. The Lion coach indicated that everything depends on what is accomplished in practice thijs week. Unbeaten fhela Chi Wins IF Softball Championship Theta Chi clinched the . Inter fraternity Softball League cham pionship by turning back Sigma Phi Epsilon, 8-1, last week. Although there are still two games to be played in the league, Theta Chi eliminated all chances any other team jumping into first place by winning its fifth straight game. In another game last week Sig ma Phi Epsilon won a close 8-7 decision over Phi Sigma Kappa to take second place in the league. Theta Chi was scheduled to meet. S'igma Chi and Phi Sigma Kappa was to face Phi Sigma Delta in league contests yester day. Standings are: Theta Chi Sigma Phi Epsilon Phi- Sigma £appa ... Sigma Chi Phi Sigma Delta Alpha 7 Chi Sigma ... Pi ! Kappa'Alpha -Beta Sigma Rho ..... -i'JHS! *■> , - - -I, < ’ , ' S A SN - es£iojtl Mill.Bruhn, brother of Quarter back. Earl Bruhn, is line coach for An<fy Kerr's Colgate Red Raiders . . . Boxing. Coach Leo Houck is in favor, of the state boxing commis sion’s ne,w proposal which would permit a majority vote among two judges and the referee, to decide a bout. . . Chief Petty Officer Hugh McCullough, former - Oklahoma University and Chicago Cardinals star, -handled the F & M eleven last week against Penn State: for Head Coach Charlie flflpyser • • • Lt. Roy.Hanna/ former Eastern In tercollegiate boxing champion, has been aw.arded the Distinguished Service Crpss-for his.work in Sicily . . . Harry Bayqka, relief twirler for Joe Bqdenk's 1942” diamond squad,- recently returned to the campus for a visit. . .Al Richards, first-string fullback, has been tap ped for membership -by Skull and Bones, upperclass activities honor ary. Track Coach .George Harvey says that pi-actice will begin short-, ly after the close of football season . . . Clyde Bennett, who played for the Lions last fall, is now holding down one of the guard positions on Bucknell’s squad . . . The cur rent "football season makes the ninth straight year for Penn State’s all-alumni staff to serve as a unit . . . For the second consecutive year Penn State’s football captain will 'be chosen by Coach Bob Hig gins prior to each game . . . Col. Hap Frank, who played on Penn State’s 1923 Rose Bowl team, won the Eastern Intercollegiate 175- pound ring title, and earned all- American recognition as a lacrosse man, is now-in China. Won Lost ..5 0 ...5 2 ..3 2 ... 3 2 ...2 3 ..2 3 ~. 1 2 0 7 STARTING FULLBACK— AIIen Richards, one of the two regu lars returning from last year, will start at fullback for Penn State when the Lions face Muh lenberg at New Beaver Field on September .39 .in the first .football game. of . the season. TE[E COLLEGIAN fiks. 13,35 Boast Undefeated Slates Trynosky, Carson Head Individual Scoring List ~ Two undefeated V-12 football elevens —Barracks 13 and .35 —to- day occupy first place in their respective On-Campus and Off- Campus Touch Football Leagues. Each team has .won four games thus far. Close i behind in the runnerup. spots are Barracks 37 and 22. In bmCampus competition Bar racks 37 has emerged victorious in three contests while dropping one game. Barracks 22 holds the same record in the Off-Campus standings. • The leading scorers in the lea gues are Pete Trynosky and Lloyd Carson. The former has 32 points to his credit, while Carson has scored 20. Arnold of Barracks 37 and Brennan of Bar-racks 24 have 27 points between them. Scoring in the games is as fol lows: touchdown, 5 points; extra piint, 1 point; placement field goal, ' 3 points; drop-kick field goal, 4 points; and safety, '2 points. Standings are: On-Campus League Won Lost Barracks 13 4 0 Barracks 37 3 1 Barracks 24 2 2 Barracks 26 2 2 Barracks 9 1 3 Barracks 36 0 4 Off-Campus League Won Lost Barracks 35 4 ' 0 Barracks 22 3 1 Barracks 41 2 2 Barracks 62 1 3 Barracks 29' 1 3 Barracks 20 0 4 Grahams, Chi Phi Lead Independent Cage Race Grahams and Chi Phi have tak en the lead in the independent Basketball League with two wins and no defeats after two weeks ot play, Wally O’Toole, league chairman, ainnounced yesterday. Seven teams are entered in the cage league. They are Alpha Chi S'igma, Beyers, Chi Phi, Grahams, Beaver House, Nittany Co-op, Phi Sigma' Delta. Results of games played so far this season follow: Grahams beat Beyers, 30-16; Chi Phi defeated Alpha Chi Sigma, 33-23;- Beyers lost to Chi Phi, 21-16; and Gra hams walloped Beaver House, 57- 10. Standings are: Won Lost Grahams 2 0 Chi Phi 2 0 Alpha Chi Sigma 0 1 Beaver House 0 1 Beyers 0 2 Nittany Co-op 0 0 Phi Sigma Delta 0 0 Servicemen, Frosh, 4-F'r Comprise Lion Opponent Servicemen, 17-year-old freshmen, and 4-F’s will carry the bur den of football’s third wartime season when Penn State opens its 19' . nine-game schedule against Muhlenberg at New Beaver Field ne..i Saturday, September 30. The Nittany Lions will meet four Navy-Marine bolstered team and five all-civilian squads on nine consecutive weekends. The cui rent season will mark the 59th year of intercollegiate football ai Penn State. Muhlenberg, Navy, Bucknell, and Colgate elevens have service men on their rosters, while West Virginia, Syracuse, Temple, Mary land, and Pittsburgh squads are composed of civilians. A pre-season picture of each opponent follows: Muhlenberg—Sept. 30 Coach Alvin Julian’s Muhlen berg Mules opened their season last Saturday by losing to Buck nell, 24-7. The inexperienced Al lentown team made many mis cues which led to their downfall. Only veterans oin !the isquad are Capt. Jim Devlin and Bill Crim. Right Half Joe Saltzgaver and Quarterback Charles Lange will do most of the ball-carrying for the Mules. Navy—Oct. 7 Navy will have one of its strongest teams in years this season, according to Comdr. Oscar Hagberg. The Middies have Don Whitmire, Ben Chase, Ben Mar tin, and a flock of other letter men back from last year’s eleven. The first team' averages 191 pounds and the Midshipmen are speedy and powerful. Bucknell—Oct. 14 Although prospects were none too bright at the start of practice, Coach Woody Ludwig has since moulded together a surprising ly strong outfit at Bucknell. Marine Pvt. Gene Hubka once again is the Thundering Herd’s spearhead. The shifty left half was impressive in his play -against Muhlenberg last Satur day. Colgate—Oct. 21 Colgate’s squad this season will again be made up of V-12 trainees and civilians, pointed out Coach Andy Kerr a few weeks ago. Little is actually known about the team except that there are seven holdovers from the 1943 Maroon squad. Two of these men are Ed Stacco- and Joe Dilts, co captains. West Virginia—Oct. 28 The Mountaineers open their PAGE SEW season against the University of Pittsburgh tomorrow afternoon Coach Ira Rodgers stated yester day that he plans to use eight freshmen in his starting lineup West Virginia has an all-civil ian squad with few returning ref ulars from last year. Tony Leon-' Jim Walthall, Gus Rader, and -H ‘ McKibben are the backfield me", while two lettermen—Russ Lo pez and Charles Smith—add pre tige to the line. Syracuse—Nov. 4 After a year of absence fro -- the football scene, Syracuse pla to return to the sport tomorrp night with a convincing victoj,-/ over Cornell. Although there are no letter men on the squad, Coach Ossi:- Solem’s ,boys trimmed Sampson Naval Training Station, 13-6, in a practice game two. weeks age; There were no outstanding play ers in the win, but the squad displayed splendid teamwork. Temple—Nov. li Freshmen will probably hpM many of the starting position: when the Temple Owls -fac - Swtarthmore nex(t {Friday nighi at Philadelphia. Coach Ray Mprrison stated thir week that he expects his team to win at least half of its games.fi nest “Inky’-’ Mazcjka looms to bo a triple-threat back. Maryland—Nov. 18 Only fair material and fan prospects are claimed by D.. Clarence W. ‘Spears at Marylan i this year. The Terrapins open their nine game schedule against Hampden Sydney at College Park, jld. next Saturday. Maryland oppon ents will have to wait until then to see what Doc Spears has Jjiif. season. (Continued on page eight)’
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