FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1944 > "’■’>*•< ' 'V * •" . ' ' w * :d '" '% " | RALPH GRANT layers for the Bucknell Bisons who face‘Penn State in the Lions’ Alumni Day. football attraction tomor« row afternoon at New Beaver Field are pictured above. They are ■Ralph Grant and Gene Hubka, co-caiptains; Doggy Bennett, starting fullback who played for Penn State last year; and Bob Farley, veteran left guard. * Navy Powerhouse Wallops Penn State Eleven, 55-14 The U. S. Naval. Academy com pletely overwhelmed a lighter and less experienced Nittany Lion eleven, 55-14, before 18,000 .mid shipmen and football fans last Sat urday at Thompson Stadium, An napolis, Md.„ ' . Deep in .manpower, Navy sent four full teams against'Penn State that scored eight touchdowns and seven extra points. Comdr. Oscar Hagberg’s gridders jumped to an early lead that was never threat ened—recording 14 points ,in the .opening quarter and 21 in the sec ond period, „ A-The Midshipmen, dominated the play ..throughout the contest. They recorded 23 first downs, gained 340 yards by rushing, and registered 252 yards by passing; The best Penn State could do was three first downs, 33 yards by rushing, and 20 yards by passing. ; The Lions’ only scores of the game came in the second and fourth quarters. Capt. Allen Rich ards crossed the goal on a line Luck with three seconds remaining before the half. A pass interfer ence ruling had set up the play on the one-yard line. Tailback Johnny Chuckran’s kickoff runback of 55 Lions Faces Red Raiders During Vacation Period ; The Nittany Lions will travel to Hamilton, N. Y., next Saturday to meet Coach Andy Kerr’s Colgate Red Raiders while Penn State stu dents will be vacationing at home. !■ Colgate opened its season by los ipg to Rochester, 20r13, two weeks ago.. Theßed v Raiders. were idle lfjst week, but 'tomorrow they will try to repeat their 1943' victory over Cornell. , *.Last.season Penn'.State arid Col gate,'played to; a tie,' r at New .••Beaye^Pield ' •'»- r?‘ i GENEHUBKA BQB FABLEY yards preceded the pass, A 1 Auer , made the other Lion touchdown when he picked up a Navy fumble on Penn State’s -20- yard line and raced 80 yards un touched for the score. Blocking Back Joe Drazenovich booted both of State’s extra points. Navy’s scoring was done by Joe Sullivan, Jim Pe'ttit, John Hansen, Hal Hamberg, Dick Ambrogi, -Bob Jenkins, Albion, Walton, and Rus sell. Owen, with Vic Finos, the place-kicking specialist,' missing only one out' of eight placement tries. Seven marines and four fresh men started the game for Penn State. Thirty-five players saw ac tion in the game for the Lions. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT PENNSYLVANIA GREYHOUND LINES wish to an : nou'nce to all,students that, in order to arrange accomo dations for travehfrom Oct. 12 to Oct. 20, 1944 it will be necessary to make, reservations by purchasing your ticket as far in advance as possible, but not later than twelve hours prior to your intended departure time. All Buses Will Leave From The GREYHOUND POST HOUSE Leave State College, Pa. EAST, BOUND WESTBOUND NORTHBOUND *7:40 A.M. 1:20 A.M. *2:40 P.M. 6:30 A.M. **7:35 P.M. 1:40 P.M. 11:15 P.M. 6*50 P.M. * Through' coaches to Harrisburg, Lancaster and Philadel phia, Pa. * * Through'coaches to Harrisburg,, Allentown, Bethlehem, Eas ton and New York City, N. Y. *** Through coaches to Sunbury, Wilkes-Barre & Scranton, Pa. THE COLLEGIAN Boxing Coach's Son Returns To England Flight Officer Leo Houck Jr., son of the veteran Penn State box ing coach, has just returned to England after landing glider troops in the low countries. ' ■ Describing his flight into Hol land as “plenty rough,” young Houck said he landed his plane safely tout lost eight pounds dur ing his seven days on the front lines. The Lancaster youth, who won the Air Medal for courageous ac tion in the French invasion, stated that his group was evacuated un der continuous enemy fire. Leo, one of the three Houck boys on fighting fronts, admitted he was “plenty scared” and “glad to toe alive.” Niltany Booters Tackle Colgate Lion booters will try to score their second straight victory of the season when Penn State tan gles with' Colgate behind the east stands at New Beaver Field at 1 :30. o’clock tomorrow afternoon. The Nittany squad defeated Bucknell, 2-1, in the first game last Saturday. Capt. Jim Ather ton and Freshman Dave Binns scored for Penn State, while Cen ter Forward Charley Bartow made a goal for the Bisons. was a little spotty, but the boys didn’t do too badly,” commented Coach Bill Jeffrey on the. opening game. The veteran mentor said that there, will be a number of changes in the lineup tomorrow. In or der to get a better scoring com-, binatiqn, Coach 'Jeffrey intends to start Paul Morris at center for ward and shift Jim Atherton to ; right inside forward and Herb Mendt to left inside. There also is a possibility that Dave Binns may open at. right fullback in place. of Charley Ap pleman. Fritz Holmquist, left out side forward, was bruised in the Buoknell game and will see little action as a result. Ted DeVeas ‘wilPinbt play .this week because of a cut above'his right eye'that required four stitches. Coach Jeffrey expects his back line to check the Colgate offense. He was highly impressed by the play of the Lion fullbacks last Saturday. Bks, 13 Takes V-12 Title; Trynosky Is Scoring Star Barracks 13- won the College V-12 Touch Football champion shipl by defeating Barracks 35 in two straight games, 8-0 and 1-0. at the golf course this week. Pete Trynosky captured the in dividual scoring title with 42 points in league competition. Bar racks 13 also took the softball crown this summer. ***7:2s A. M. ***2 25 P.M. ***7:3s P.M, Penn State Vs. Bucknell In Oldest Grid Rivalry The oldest rivalry in Penn State football history will be renewed tomorrow afternoon at New Beaver Field when the Nittany Lions meet Bucknell for the 34th time since 1887. Penn State holds an edge in the 57-year-old series. The Lions have won 23 of the 33 games played. The Bisons scored their last vic tory in 1938. " \ This year Coach Woody Ludwig brings to State College a team which has participated in four games this season—winning.three and losing one. Left Half Gene Hubka,.arid Fullback Clyde Bennett have been largely responsible for the Bisons’ ‘ success this season. The two V-12 trainees have carried the b ui 'den of the Bucknell’s offense Hubka averaged six yards, each time he carried the ball in the first two games, while Bennett gained 87 yards against F & M last Sat urday. The former is injured and may not play tomorrow. Bennett was stationed af Penn State last season. * GRANT DOES PASSING Other starting backs are Quar terback Ralph Grant and Right Half A 1 Yannelli. Grant, who is co-captain with Hubka, does most of Bucknell’s passing. The Bison line averages 182 pounds per man. Starting ends are Bob Albrecht and Ed Quinn, who is only 5 ft, 8 in. tall. .Veteran Wayne Steele and 214-pound George Kochins fill the tackle slots. Bob Farley, Alonzo Stoddard and' Joe Venhto are the guards, and Jim Seel the center. Coach Bob Higgins said that in juries will prevent Marino" Mar chi and Bob Rutkawski from play ing tomorrow. The two linesmen may be ready for next week’s con test with' Colgate, according to Higgins. Wingbacks Ed Meyer and Dick McCown are suffering from char ley horses and have had only li mited practice this week. How ever, the Lion coach believes they will be ready for the Bucknell game. CHUCKRAN TO START Johnny Chuckran, who has made several long runs in the first two games, will open at tailback for Penn State. A 1 Richards, Bob Urion, and Earl Bruhn will com plete the Lien backfield. The only change in the line is at right end. Dan Orlich will re place Don Miltenberger, who star ted against Navy last week. At the other end will be Bob Hicks. Ed Bush and Howard Caskey will remain at left and right tack les respectively. Guards are Bill Larson and Bruce'Allen. Center will be taken care of by Chuck Klausing. The game will begin at 2:30 EXCLUSIVE AGENCY ARROW Striped SHIRTS New Rules To Govern 7 Of 9 Lion Contests Penn State will play seven of its nine football games this fall under the five rule changes ap proved by the Eastern Intercol legiate Football Association. Maryland has asked that the new fumble rule be ignored in its game, and Pitt already has' announced that it will accept none of the changes this season. Against other opponents, in cluding Bucknell, West Vir ginia, Syracuse, Colgate, and Temple, the five changes- will be in effect. State Loses 16 Gridders Coach Bob Higgins will lose 16 football players at the end of this semester when the marine unit is disbanded at the College. ■• ■ J Lt. Coiridr. Trusdell Wisner, commanding officer of the V-12 unit, stated recently that all ma-. rine trainees will be sent to other schools or stations. The announcement means that Coach Higgins will have to depend entirely upon his freshman crop and a handful of navy trainees for the last five games of’the season. Biggest loss in the backfield will be Fullback Allen Richards, who. is playing his second year for Penh State. Blocking Back Earl Bruhn also will leave in two weeks.-Three wingbacks—'Ed Meyer, Dick Mc- Cown, and Ray Kurowski—com plete their work at Penn State, as does Ted Wilhelm, substitute full back. Half the starting line will be lost. Chuck Klausing, who is serv ing his second season on the squad, will vacate the center slot. Big Ed Bush and Guards Bill Larson and Bruce Allen le&ve. Others are Dan Orlich, A 1 Auer, Johnny Schle siger, and George Chambers, ends; Paul Swiggum, tackle; and Frank Martenis, guard. ARROW SHIRTS CHARLES SHOP PAGE SEVEN How’s your ( stripe I. Q. ? One smart way to bone up on stripes is to visit your Arrow Dealer. you’ll find shadow stripes, tape stripes, candy stripes . . . every kind of a smart-looking stripe among the new Arrow Shirts. Give ’em the once over today, $2.24 up,
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