FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1944
Lion Soccer Team
Travels To Cornell
Game With Big Red is
, Firsi Away from Home
After playing their first five
games at home, Coach Bill Jeffrey's
Nittany Lion hooters go to Ithada,
N.Y., tomorrow to meet Cornell in
the season's first match on foreign
soil. ,
Penn State will be seeking its
fourth victory of the year. Lait
weekend the '•U. S. Military ACad-'
emy • turned back the LiOils, 2-0, in
a close game played at New Bea.
ver Field.
'The Cornell-Penn State series
started in 1920, but only four
games have been played Since. The
Nittany booters have won two, and
the other two were ties. Last year,
the two teams battled to a 2-2
deadlock. •
'Coach Jeffrey said yesterday
that he would start , practically the
same team that opened against
Army. Penn State lost six men at
the end of last semester. They were
Gene Graebner, Jim Atherton,
Fiitz Holmquist, Alex Pavlika,
Harry Power, and Doc Ridihgs.
The lineup this week will have
Joel' Crouch at goal. Charley Ap
pleman or Clair Jewell will start
at right fullback and Dave Binns
at left fullback.
.Elwood Stetler and Jack Camp
bell are candidates for the, vacant
right halfback position. Jess Hart
man .is center halfback and Bob
Parker left halfback.
The forwards are Dick Nicholas,
Herb Mendt, Bill - McHale; John
Hamilton, and Karl Erdman. There
is a possibility that Mike Bechdel
might open at outside left instead
of Erdman.
Coach Jeffrey indicated that he
was going to take a squad of 16 or
17 men to. Cornell forthe game. He
said that there is a chance that sev
eral first-semester freshmen may
be in this group. _
Penn State Beats
Syracuse, 41-0
Penn State's, freshman football
eleven scored' in every quarter to
record its fourth triumph of the
season laSt Saturday against a
younger and less-experienced
Syracuse team, 41-0, -
The• - .l‘littany Lions tallied six
touchdowns to roll up the widest
margin of victory in the 21-game
series between the . two schools.
The `win was also . the first over
the Orangemen on their heme
field since 1929. _ • •
While Johnny Chuckran and
Elwood Petchel again disting
uished themselves, the entire Lion
team performed creditably. Penn
State kegistered :218 yards by
rushint . and 161 'yards through the
air. Nine of - 12 passes Were coin . -
pleted •by .the freshmen.
Chuckran set .up the first
touchdown• in... the opening period
with a 40-yard return of Reaves
Baysinger's 'punt. After Al Lang
bucked_ for .10 . yards, Chuckran
went over from the eight.
Penn State marched nearly 50
yards for its second score. With
Petchel doing most of the run
ning, the Lions moved down to
the one-yard line. Chuckran then
smashed across.
Passes were used to give the
Nittany gridders their next three
touchdowns. Just before the half
ended,
.Petchel heaved a pass to
Bob Hicks. In the next quarter
Chuckran threw an aerial•to Dori
Miltenberger, .while Petchel cli
n-,.axßd a 61-yard drive by pass
ing to Navy - Trainee Tom Ein.-
becker.
A 17-year-old • freshman play
ing his : first ; game, Andy Pipa, of
Kulpmont set up the sixth and
last score. He took a Syracuse
punt past midfield and raced 58
YardS 'to 'the four-yard ' stripe.
.11Etryx ••• Muckle then • Plunged
across.
..Dino Paccalozzi kicked . four
Placements,. missing only. once.
Dean Scholl Commends
Departing Marines
Dr. Carl P. Schott, dean of
the School of Physical Educa
tion and Athletics, paid tribute
this week to departing marine
trainees for their contributions
to Penn State's intercollegiate
athletic program. •
"Marine trainees have beep
.in the majority on nearly all
athletic squads since they, came
to the campus a year "ago last
July,", the dean said, in .prais
ing the Navy, .department
"a forward-looking; policy:that
enabled this' and'other•
. tions to continue intercolleg
late. athletics desiiite the War.".
.••Dean Schott, • pointing out
that apProxiinately 40 athletes
are among the navy-maririe
trainees assigned to other sta
tions, also extolled the trainees
for "their fine cooperation
and helpful enthusiasm."
Liori' Tale
• Wilbert , Greene, veteran of the
.Tulagi campaign and thrice 'win
ner of the V-12 strength test at the
College, is now receiving instruc
tion at Princeton . . . Ridge Riley
at the. Alumni Office points out
that there are 35 former athletes
listed with the 165 Penn Staters
reported dead or missing in this
war . . . Jimmy Walthall, West
Viginia's star passer, was award
ed the Governor- Howard G. Kump
trophy for being the most valuable
athlete in the state last year.
Freshmen Bob Hicks and •Don
Miltenberger were stellar cagers as
well as, football players in high
school . .•. Chuck Hall, the blind
Lion wrestler of last season, is
back in school this semester . . .
Best punter on the Nittany eleven
is Tailback Elwood Petchel from
EaSton . . . Running star of the
Temple gridiron team is Quarter
back Jack Burns Fullback Al
Belles suffered a broken nose in
the Colgate football game . .
Nick Martin and Bill McHale, V
-12 trainees on the soccer team,
came to Penn State from North
Carolina just two weeks ago.
Max Hannum Jr., son of the
Carnegie Tech basketball Coach
and a navy trainee at. Penn State,
is a member of the Lion cage
squad . . . Attorney Paul Camp
bell, 1930' Eastern 150 - pound
wrestling champion, will again
coach the Nittany grapplers this
winter . . . Johnny Chuckran,
freshman_ tailback from Lansford,
is the first plebe to be .chosen cap
tain of a Penn State varsity foot
ball team in the history of the Col
lege. .
Hugo Bezdek, former Lion foot
hall coach, has tabbed Harry Wil
son "the greatest back" he ever
coached . . Scholastic difficulties
disqualified 235-pound John Bak
er, the , biggest man on the gridiron
squad this . season . . . Codch Bill
Jeffrey. announced this week that
he plans to name a captain - for
each game remaining on the Penn
State soccer schedule. He 'adopted
this plan when Capt. Jim Atherton
was graduated in October.
Leo Houck will serve his 23rd
year as head coach of boxing at
Penn State this year . . . Coach
Bob 'Higgins lost 22 'Players over a
10-day period via V-12 transfers;
academic ineligibilities, and in
juries . . . Marine Pvt. "Whitey"
Kurowski, brother of the St.. Louis
Cardinals' third baseman and An
all-around athlete during his stay
on the campus, has been assigned
to the marine unit at Princeton
University for further training.
Marino Marchi, Penn State's ace
tackle, appears destined to spend
the 1944 season on the sidelines.
After sustaining a shoulder. injury'
he damaged .his. knee. Twice since
he has aggravated the injuries . . .
Coach John Lawther's ~ basketball
team opens its season ...against
•Muhlenberg ats-hcmae . on.December•
n 6 . . Blocking Sack Nick.Ranieri
is. the first prewar lootball player
:to •return to .the Penn State fold..
THE COLLEGIAN
Lawther Prepares
For Cage Opener
Nittany Lions Tackle
Muhlenberg on Dec. 6
With the opening game of the
basketball season less than four
weeks away, Coach Johh Lawther
has been drilling his cagers night
ly with offensive and defensive
plays, free throws and floor shots,
and, piactice games between teams
:composed of candidates.
Attempting to build the best de
ferisive, Lawther is stressing man
to-Man, zone, and sliding zone
plays. Several practice games
within the coming month have
been arranged with military
groups on campus as tune-up en
counters for the team before meet
ing Muhlenberg here December 6.
The Allentown Mules were in the
Madison Square Garden cage tour
nament last season and should
again present a strong five.
Suffering from the lack of re
turning veterans, Lawther is at
tempting to shape his squad from
new material and Navy V-12 stu
dents. Max Hannum, Ernie Nu
gent, Jim Rouch, Hal Willison, and
Dick- Light are the sailors compet
ing for first-string berths.
Promising civilian students in
clude Vic Danilov, who rated sec
ond team last year and played with
the Farrell High School squad in
the 1942-43 state championships;
Irvin Batnick, who played with a
New York City high school squad;
Slim Currie, who towers 6 feet 8
inches; speedy Dutch Lang, shifty
Pitcairn ball-handler; and Hal
Rahn, freShman candidate. •
"The boys are brand new. None
of them have ever played varsity
ball before," Coach Lawther said.
Among the stronger teams the
Lions will meet this season are
Army, Navy, University of Mexico,
Bucknell, and Marshall College, W.
Va.
Postwar Athletics
Receive Publicity
Three nationally4amous foot
ball coaches contributed to the
sports news this week by issuing
statements concerning postwar
athletics. They' - were Harry Stuhl
dreher of Wisconsin, Lou Little of
Columbia, and Major Eddie Ander
son, former University of lowa and
Holy Cross mentor.
A full program of American ath
letics should be installed in post
war Europe as a means to a lasting
peace, proposed Coach Stuhldre
her, quarterback of Notre Dame's
famed Four. Horsemen.
Addressing a Chicago meeting,
Stuhldreher asserted that a "demo
cratic education" of hate-instilled
Nazi youth could best be accom
plished by versing them in Amer
ican sports.
Coach Lou Little predicts that
wartime football will produce a
new, explosive offense, combining
the best features of both forma
tions.
"What they'll call this offense, I
don't know; but it's coming," said
Little, who is 'chairman of the
Coaches' rules committee and one
of the most respected "brain guys"
in the sport.
He continued, "Football has pro
gressed rapidly during the past 20
years, and particularly during the
past 10, but it's the type of sport
that still has limitless possibilities
for developinent."
The "GI Bill of Rights" will give
college football a real shot in the
arm after the war, believes Major
Eddie Anderson, who is now serv
ing as a surgeon at an English hos ::
pital.
Anderson, who was named by
'sports -writers and coaches as the
"COach of the Y4ar" in 1939, says
that the education phase of the
bill which assures soldiers under
25 a college education at Uncle
Sam's expense "will double enroll
ments and the wealth of football
material .will be increased propor
)tionately."
Nittany Gridders Battle
Temple In Philadelphia
Coach Bob Higgins intends to start an all-civilian eleven for the
third straight week when the Nittany Lions meet the Temple Owls at
the Temple University stadium in Philadelphia tomorrow afternoon.
The Lions came out of the Syracuse contest in gocd shape, The
team displayed surprising power 'in downing the Orange. However,
the assignment this week is a much more difficult one.
The Owls have an up-and-down eleven which shines at times, and
sinks into oblivion at other times. COach Ray Morrison. has a squad
which has won two, lost two, and tied two.
Temple is a comparatively new opponent on the Penn State
schedule. After dropping the firs
Lions notched their first win over
score in 1940. Since then Coach
Higgins has copped one game and
Coach Morrison one.
Chuckran Leads Lions
Tailbacks Johnny Chuckran and
Elwood Petchel will lead the Penn
State attack against the Temp
lars. Chuckran is considered one
ok the best runners in the East,
while Petchel ranks high as passer
and kicker. Speedy Larry Cooney
will help out at wingback.
Dino Taccalozzi will open at
quarterback. The Sayre freshman
replaced J. Drazenovich last week
and has been playing excellent
defensive ball. He also dces all
the placement kicking now that
Drazenovich is ineligible.
Starting at fullback is Al Lang,
the bruising sophomore from Cas
•the Shannon. Against Syracuse he
uncorked a 68-yard punt which
set the stage for the first touch
down. Ed Voll and Harry Muckle
have come in • to relieve Lang.
The two big freshman ends, Bob
Hicks and Don Miltenberger, have
been improving with each game.
They have shown up well as pass
receivers. Their play against Sy
racuse was a vital factor in the
Lions' victory.
Strong Lion Tackles
Howard Caskey and Negley
Norton have been opening big hol_
es in the opposition's line all sea
son. The freshman tackles{ shared
first-string duties with the marin
es when they were stationed at
the College.
Aggressive John Simon at left
guard and Jim Matthews at right
guard have had much tc• do with
the low net rushing total of Penn
State opponents this season. Navy
Trainees Bob Riltkowski and Carl
Dimmerling also have seen a lot
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two games, -12-0 and 13_12, the
he Philadelphia school by and 18-0
of action at the guard positions.
Since Chuck Klausing left in
October, Bronco Kosanovich from
Aliquippa has been forced to play
most of the contests at center.
However, Bob McCoy and Jack
Milson have come in as substi
tutes.
There are seven new additions
to the Nittany squad. Three are
V-12 trainees, three are freshmen,
and one returning serviceman.
The most promising is Tailback
Andy Pipa. Another standout is
Nick Ranieri, who played for
Penn State several years ago be
fore entering the Air Corps. He
hurt his ankle Saturday and will
not play tomorrow.
The other new players are Tom
Einbecker, Bill Ropp, Larry Spen
ser, Bud Gernand, and Mike En
yeat.
Develops 'Aerial Circus'
Coach Morrison, who developed
the "aerial •circus" at Southern
Methodist 20 years ago, will field
an all-civilian team tomorrow.
Temple's biggest threat is left
Half Jim Wilson, who tops the
Owls in scoring and yardage gai
ned.
Only other 1943 starter on the
team is quarterback Jack Burns.
Mort Hochheiser, second-string
center last season, is back as is
Howard Walsh, third-team guard
a year ago. The rest of the squad
is compoed of 17-year-olds, 4-F's,
and players with honorable dis
charges from the armed forces.
Besides Wilson and Burns,
Temple has Inky Mazcjka and Ace
Zawieski in the backfield. There
is a possibility that Fred Benin
casa will enter the game at left
half.
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