PAGE SIX Backs Stand Out In Scrimmages With the season's opening game gust two weeks off, the football squad scrimmaged for the first time since the resumption of prac tice Tuesday afternoon. At the close of the intra-squad contest, Coach Bob 'Higgins view ed the progress of the team rath er pessimistically. "There is a lot of work to do," said the mentor. "The boys just don't know their plays and until they do we • can't do very much. They didn't look too good at all. A few individuals, Tepsic, Ven tresco, Nolan and Miltenberger, stood out, but as yet we don't have a team." Other disheartening news is that injuries are plaguing the gridders. The wingback position is rather empty these days with Larry Cooney, Chuck Willing, and Larry Spencer out of practice. In addition to these, Ralph Ventres co, fullback, and Carl Dimmer ling, guard, are sidelined. None of the injuries are serious and all should be playing soon. Tuesday's scrimmage was high lighted by 'several long runs. Ven tresco hurled his way through the line and gained 60 yards be fore being stopped. Speedy Bob Kritzer broke through the sec ondary and went 30 yards for a touchdown, and Montana Jim Wolfe snared a fumble in mid-air and raced with the ball for anoth er marker. Wolfe was switched to the four back slot from full back. Tailback Joe Tepsic impressed the coaches and spectators with his ball handling. With better support, Wallace Triplett would have made better yardage and his kicking was above par. Joe Ful coly, freshman fullback, kept up his good playing. On the line, Johnny Nolan, Don Miltenberger, and Bronc Kosono vich gave good accounts of them selves. All three were very ag gressive and on many occasions stopped their opponents attack be fore it could get rolling. A bright spot on the football scene is ,the return of "Tubby" Lang to the squad. Lang started many games last year in the three back slot. •Although he looks as though he put even more weight on to his massive frame, this hasn't affected Lang's kicking ability. Interfraternity Tennis Interfraternity tennis tourney [results to date are as follows: Holmes and Varga downed Roth end Beals, 6-4, 64; Silverstein de feated Foote, 6-4, 6-0; and Hecker. rwon over Berge, 6-4, 6-2. Beals swamped Sipe, '64, 6-0; Kristel nosed out Mayers, 5-7, 7-5, 6-4; land Drucker defeated Schreyer, iO-6, 6-3, 6-3. h. DROP , IN • •••:•• s • • , .0, 10 ..• AT sALLys FOR GOOD ICE CREAM MILK ' and SANDWICHES . WING *IOYDSk 0 - - 20 YDS. - - -oe on > r 1 1 1 r ' 7 3 .70 1/1 • rn 1-10"10S WING, 15 YDS. >,< 8 Frl Z V The layout of a lacrosse field, details of which are explained in the following article !ic 1:21 How Lacrosse Is Played (Sports Editor's Note: This article is the first in a tidies describing the tactics, rules, and play of the little of lacrosse.) The stick and its manipulation are the essence of lacrosse. It not only gave the game its name and is the means of propelling the ball from player to player. in attacking the .opponent's goal, but is the chief characteristic which makes lacrosse differ from all other games. The modern stick is made of hickory and the net of leather, clock cord or catgut. Theory of Attack The theory of attack play in lacrosse is the mother principle of other sports, such as ice or field hockey, basketball, etc. The at tack obviously is endeavoring to score goals and the defense to prevent them. Theoretically an at tack is at, a disadvantage as the defense men are closer the goal, and thus on theory of concentric circles, a defense man does not have to go as fast or cover as much giound. .However the attack is compen sated because of knowing which way they are going to run or dodge, whereas the defense does not know this and must be on their toes in the manner Of a prizefighter, with proper distri bution of 'weight and legs apart to prevent their being caught flatfooted by a sudden shift, start or dodge of an attack man. Extra-Man Play No situation is more funda mental in lacrosse than that of the extra-man play (i.e., three attack men against- two defense men). The extra-man play may result from a defense man being caught down field or falling, but most plays of that kind develop because THE COLTNGIAN S I D E. of the sheer speed of an attack man or his ability to 'dodge his defense man. With any semblance of good team play, passing and shooting a goal should always result when this situation occurs. In theory the goaltender, is not responsible for such a goal, but rather the de fense man who lets his man get away from him. OFFICIAL LACROSSE RULES The Ball. The ball shall be of India-rubber sponge, not less than 7 3 / 4 , nor more than 8 inches in circumference, 5 to 5 1 / 4 ounces in weight and shall have a bounce of not less than 45 inches or more than 49 inches when dropped from a height of 72 inches. Field and Goals. Each goal shall consist of two poles 6 feet apart and 6 feet high out of the ground. The poles must be fitted with a pyramid shapped cord net ting which shall extend to •a point 7 feet pack of the center of the goal. Size of the Field. The goals shall be placed 80 yards from each other, with 15 yards of clear space behind each goal. The width of the field shall be at least 60 yards and not more than 70 yards. The Teams. Ten players shall constitute a• full team. The play ers on each side shall be designat ed as follows: "Goalkeeper," who defends the goal; three inside at tack men; three center fielders and three defense men. Barracks 36 Defeats 9 In Touch Football Game 'Barracks 36 loosenea lup hi tati second half of their touch football game with Barracks 9 just enough to allow a safety to be called against them, which was the two The FIRST NATIONAL BANK of STATE COLLEGE Member of Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation i. AR EApi z IOYDS. , x) 2.0 YDS. LEI N 0 N 0 -4 V 1 0 V LI NE series of ar known game Sigma Pi Downs Two, Phi Psi One Sigma Pi climbed to the num ber one spot in Leagile A of the Interfraternity softball tourney by winning two. games in a row. In League C Lambda Chi Alpha dropped out of the tournament. In recent games, Phi Delta Theta edged out Phi Epsilon Pi, 6-5; Sigma Pi downed Sigma Chi, '5-1; Phi Kappa Psi won over Alpha Phi Delta, 10-5; and Sigma Pi beat Theta Chi, 8-2. All fraternities are again re minded that their games are not officially recorded until they have relayed the score to Fred Huehn ergarth, 2220. The standings to date follow: LEAGUE A Team Won Lost Sigma Pi. 2 0 Theta Chi 1 1 . Sigma Chi 1 1 Sigma Phi Epsilon ... 0 I) Pi Kappa Alpha '-0 . ' 2., LEAAGUE B Team Won Lost Phi Sigma Delta .... 2 0 Alpha Chi Sigma 2 0 Phi Epsilon Pi 1 1 . Phi Delta Theta .... Beta Sigma Rho .... 0 3 LEAGUE - C Team Phi Kappa Psi Alpha Phi Delta .... 0 1 Pi Kappa Phi 0 • 0 Phi Kappa Sigma 0 0 Gamma Sigma Phi .. 0 0 points that decided the game in favor of the sailors from Bar racks D, 14,12. In the other game that was played to begin the V-12 unit touch football tournament, a pass that went for the • extra point gave the contest to Barracks 13 over Barracks 26, 7-6. co 0 z 0 Won Lost ... 1 0 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1945 Hamilton, Mend' Continue Drills Herb Mendt and John Hamil ton, 'co-coaches of soccer, have brought the team a long way in preparing for Coach Bill Jeffrey's return on Thursday. The first game, with Muhlenberg, will be played October 13. The one probable choice for starting goalie is freshman James Doman. Vying for center are Chilean Rene Rodriguez and •ex G. I. Don Rider. The inside posts are pretty well settled with co-coaches Mendt , and Hamilton occupying them. Char ley Appleman, member of last year's squad, Chink Honig and 'Ed Hobart, V-12ers, and Larsen are the leading competitors for the two fullback posts. Candidates for the two outside positions, partially vacated by the ineligibility of Bill McHale, are Paul Pfluger, Mario Santo Dom ingo, and Bob Keagy. Top men for the halfback spots are Bob Rust and Ralph Samp pala of the Navy, and Timmy Pet roff. Also contending are Shus ter and Randalls. Final choice of the varsity elev en, however, still lies with Coach Jeffreys. Meanwhile, soccer practice continues. Grid Staff In Tenth Year A College record is just around the corner for Penn State's foot ball coaching staff, one of the few all -alumni coaching staffs in the country. The five-man staff (headed by Bob Higgins has 'been intact for nine years and will operate as a unit in 1945 for the tenth consec utive season. Higgins, who has been head coach since 1930, thinks that it is one of the few staffs in the co(in try to remain intact over such a long period of, years. ~;,,ti Line coach, and just behind Higgins in years of service, is Joe Bedenk, head , baseball coach and• a football aide since 1929. • _ Before returning to his alMa mater, •Higgins coached at West Virginia Wesleyan and Washing ton University, St. Louis. Bedenk served his baseball and football internship at Rice Institute, Texas, and the University of Florida. Be denk, like his chief, was an all- American selection in 1923. . The other members of the staff, all of whom played under Hig gins and Bedenk, are Backfield Coach Al Michaels, End Coach Earle Edwards, and Freshman Coach Marty. McAndrews..McAn drews, who returned to the camp— Us in 1936 after previous service. at Dickinson, Lebanon Valley, and Bucknell, soon will return to his freshman duties. He has helped with the varsity only since the. war. • Michael, former Lion quarter back, remained as an atsistant following his graduation in 1935, and a' year later was named back field coach. Edwards played an end position as an undergraduate, and coached -at Princeton Prep and Ebensburg High School be - 7 fore returning to Penn •State in 1936. Higgins served as end 6oach. under Hugo Bezdek in 1928 and 1929. Beaver House Captures c P First Half Of Tourney Beaver House 'copped first place In the first half of the independ ent softball tourney by, winning seven games in a row and drop ping none. Play has already be gun in the second half, the win ner of ' which will play Beaver House. Games are to be begun at 6:30 instead of 6:45 from now on, Jack Dickstein ,announced. In recent games, Lutheran Church downed PSCA :Upper classrnen, 11-43; MI Lab won over Grahams, 1,1-9; and Lutheran Church defeated Grahams, 6-4. Team Won Lost Beaver House 7 0 Grahams 6 1 MI Lab 3 2 'Lutheran Church 3 3 Nittany Coop 2 4 PSCA Upperclassmen ..1 5 PSCA. Freshmen - . - 0 ,
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