The daily collegian. (University Park, Pa.) 1940-current, November 06, 1945, Image 6

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    PAGE SIX
State Brings
Swift Defeat
To Syracuse
The Penn State football mach
ine thrust quickly into Syracuse
territory, in the opening moments
of the first quarter when Joe Tep
sic reeled off long runs of 31
yards and 17 yards to put the ball
on the Syracuse 20 yard line. The
attack bogged down there and
the remainder of the scoreless
period turned into a punting duel
between Robinson otf Syracuse
and Lang of State.
For five minutes of the second
period the Syracuse eleven fought
the Nittany Lions to a standstill
and the highly touted Lions which
have lost only to a powerful Navy
team failed to live up to pre-game
expectations. Then Tepsic cul
minated a 66 yard march when
he broke through tackle; cut back
sharply and scored standing up.
Taccallozi’s try tor extra point hit
the crossbar and the score stood
6-0.
After that Syracuse put up a
tight defense until late in the
third period when, fullback A 1
Bellas, starting from the Syra
cuse 41 broke into the clear and
lateraled at the. 25 to Tepsic, who
travelled the remaining -distance.
Taccallozi converted and the
score was 13-t).
It was the same Al Bellas who
isix plays later broke through the
Syracuse line and with the help
of Ros s Herron, freshman end,
who boxed but the safety man,
scampered over the goal line.
' The final touchdown wag made
after coach Bob Higgins had call
ed on the reserves, Wally Trip
lett displayed some of the best
running seen all afternoon as he
sparked the team to the fourth
score. On the third try he broke
through left tackle, and scored
standing up. Final score 26-0.
Both teams displayed heads-up
ball on the defense as they broke
through to spill the backs time
and time again for lost yardage.
{Nolan, Tamburo and Herron were
-particularly outstanding for the
Lions.
The only Syracuse threat came
in the third period when Dolan
passed to Morrow on the State 38.
Dolan and Cohen moved the hall
to the Slate 15 when the Lions
spilled Dolan for three losses and
put down the only scoring threat
of the afternoon.
Chick Werner
Track Coach
Returns
Chick Werner, veteran Penn
State track coach, has returned to
civilian life after three years in
the Navy- He has returned with
expectations of fielding his first
track team since 1942 next
spring.
. in 1942 the former University
of Illinois athlete turned in a
brilliant record at the College,
scoring the first double in IC-4A
history when his track team took
(both the indoor and outdoor
titles. It was also the' first time
that Penn State had won an IC
-4A championship.
On that top-notch 1942 team was
the most famous track star in
Penh State’s history, Barney
Ewell. In the outdoor mutches he
copped the fabulous and hitherto
never accomplished triple- triple,
toy winning the 100 and 220 yard
dashes, and the broad jump. Bar
ney set meet -records in all of
them.
Also in that bright year, Wer
ner’s cross-country team took the
(NCAA cross-country team title.
This outstanding year was the
climax of his service at Penn
State as track coach. He began
!his coaching in 1933, when he
came here from a coach ng job
at the University of Illinois. Pre
viously, be had held several re
cords in the hui’dles as a member
of Illinois’ track squads.
Werner left the campus in
November 1042 to accept a com
mission in the Naval Reserve, and
was sent to North Carolina Pro-
OPUrtl>+ KAfAKA mAvlna
Best Football
In New Movie
Approximately 50 thrill packed
plays, taken from the most im
portant football games State has
played in the last decade are now
on ‘ a new film just compiled
through the oint efforts of the
School of Physical Education and
the Alumni Association.
Popular KDKA sportscaster
Bill Sutherland, who broadcast
many of the games included in
the "series, gives a play-by-play
account of the .gridiron action.
Many unusual plays, including
fumbles and laterals are repre
sented in the 30-minute film
which tells the story of Penn
State football for the period be
ginning in 1937. Many of the de
cades star performers who gal
loped to fame in gridiron battles
were soon to change their battle
dress from blue and white to
khaki, the colors of Uncle Sam.
In many cases, those same boys,
displaying sheer determination
and grit, played leading, roles in
that second battle, the one that
counted most.
Phi Sigma Delta Wins
Softball Championship
Phi Sigma Delta took the
honors in the interi'raternity soft
ball league by winning the cham
pionship of League B. The Phi-
Sig ball club, led by captain Ira
Kristel, climaxed an unbeaten
season by trouncing previously
unbeaten Alpha Chi Sigma, 7-2.
As Leagues A and C were not
completed, the fate of the tourna
ment was left in the balance.
There was no champion team,
yet there was one team which
was qualified to play off for the
championship. Whether or not a
prize will be awarded will be left
until the first IFC meeting.
Two Wins'Clinch
Bks 9 Championship
Barracks 9 removed all doubts
about who was to he the V-12
football champions when they
tucked away two consecutive wins
to coo the honors. Barracks 37,
the only contender for the top
rating, was mathematically eli
minated.
The final standings follow:
Team Won Lost Tied
Barracks 9 9 2 0
Barracks 37 6 3 1
Barracks 36 4 a 2
Barracks 13 4 5 1
Barracks 26 0 8 2
All men interested in trying
out for the track team and
cross country, experiencer or
not, are asked to report to
UtUUn Unll UooAmani fti d iVVn.
THE COLLEGIAN
Nolan, Smith Win
Honorable Mention
Johnny Nolan, Penn State’s big
'bruising football tackle, was one
of the two Lions to win honorable
mention in this year’s all-Ameri
can Lacrosse selections,
The Glenns Falls, N. Y., Navy
trainee shared this distinction
with the Nittany Lion captain,
Tom Smith of Indiana, Pa. Both
played the mfd-field positions.
Coach Nick Thiel’s hopes for a
successful season were brightened
with the return of three former
State players. Ted Ashby who
played in 1942 was transferred to
the Navy V-12 unit. John Schab
inger and Dick Schmidt both re
turning X-G-Is will be vieing for
starting roles in the spring.
A new wing soon will be added
to the College’s mammonth Recre
ation Hall, scene of indoor sports
events.
and (gratitude
to those who Served
in out' ~Jlrmed ddorcei
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Boofers Tie
Cadets' 0-0
■Despite a 2-0 setback by Tem
ple last week, the Penn State
hooters distinguished themselves
as being one of the best soccer
teams in the country by tying a
heavily favored Army squad, 0-0,
in one of the outstanding matches
in the country. The Jef trey men
put on a really good showing m
a game climaxed by two five
minute overtime periods. ■
The brightest spots in a team that
functioned as a champioship team
should were three first semester
freshmen, competing for the first
time in collegiate soccer. They were
George Emig, .at right fullback,
Bill Little, playing center for
ward, and Charles Garcia, in. at
right halfback.
■Other hooters whose play
sparkled wel'e Jim Doman, goal
ie, who saved the game any num
ber of times, Captain Herb Mendt,
who played an unusually excel
lent game, and John Hamilton,
honorable mention on the All-
American team, who also showed
up exceptionally well.'
There was a short crisis when
Hamilton and Garcia had to drop
out because of tightened leg mus
cles, but all was well again, when
they returned to play after a
few minutes rest.
With this reinforced. and re-
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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1945
Tepsic Receives
Maxwell Award
Joe Tepsic, Nittany Lion stellar
tailback, gained nation-wide rec
ognition When he was given the
Maxwell Award as the outstand
ing football player of the Phila
delphia district for the week..'
The award was presented to him
at a banqbet in Philadelphia re
cently. ‘ ;
The Marine hero of Guadalca
nal received the club’-s college
player award from Bert Bell,
president of the Maxwell Club
aiid co-owner of the professional
Pittsburgh Steelers. In accepting
the award, Tepsic-spoke/briefly
on the game with Syracuse.
AT Michaels, Nittany Lion back
field coach who accompanied Tep
sic, responded to a reqyest by.
Bell and discussed briefly , the
Michigan State-Marquette" game.
He called the Spartans a danger
ous opponent. Penh State plays
Michigan State November..i7. /
It was the second time a Pehn
State player was honored, by the
Maxwell Club. In 1942, Aldo
Cerici Was given the awardfor
his outstanding play against the
University of Pennsylvania. “ ;
juvenated squad, Coach Jeffrey
expects to complete a highly suc
cessful season. ‘
JACK HARPER offers
you a plastic - sealed pho-
tostatic copy of your dis
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charge certificate. It is
yours for the asking- . . .
Given exclusively in State
College by Jack Harper.