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State Sports
in the
Spotlight
By GEORGE SAMPLE
Penn Stale moved into the
number 12 slot among tlie col
lege teams of the nation after
their overwhelming over
Temple University last week.
Purdue and Holy Cross are
holding the number 11 and 10
ratings respectively.
If Temple' should attliprise the
unbeaten Crusaders of Holy Cross
tomorrow atterrtbon, the Nittany
Lions would' undbubtefy be hilled
as biie of the ten' heist college
teams in the country in next
•week’s poll.
.For those of us who sit and
write' headlines every wfeek and
write reams of copy about the men
who carry the ball and tally the
touchdowns, Saturday’s game was
fun to watch. The 'Stale line from
end to end worked to perfection,
charging in to spill the Temple
hacks time after time and hold
tlie Owl backs to a minus 13 net
yardage.
The boys who open the holes
for the .backs to crash through and
score, did some scoring of their
own. They practically won their
own ball game by accounting for
the three of the four counters.
Yes, for the fellows who spend
five nights, a week getting their
faces pushed into the mud and
sand, learning to tear holes in the
Opposing line so the backs might
race through to score, it was a
great day.
Bronco ICosanovich by his
superlative line play, plus his
unusual feat of scoring two
touchdowns in a single game
was voted the outstanding cen
ter of the week in college foot
ball.
Collegiate sport writers some
times get mighty tired of seeing
Undeserving teams get undue pub
licity". Metropolitan papers hail
the glory, of the teams in their re
spective districts. Penn State be
ing centrally' located between
Pittsburgh and Philadelphia us
ually struggles through l the season
without benefit of backing by the
■larger papers;
Granted that a good football
team was never made by good
publicity, many mediocre football
teams have been classed as good
football teams, largely through
the medium .of publicity.
The other day I noticed a one
inch squib in one of the Pittsburgh
papers. ■ It ran something to the
effect that the boys from Nittany
mountains must have a pretty
good football team, it is a good
football team and 'has every indi
cation of ending the season among
the top ten teams of the nation.
This fact alone warrants some
publicity.
Before the Temple game the
Metropolitan papers played up
on the fact that the Owls and
the Lions were evenly matched.
However after the game it was
a different story. In an account
of the game they gave such sta
tistics that showed the Lion for
ward wall outweighed the Tem
ple line ten pounds per man,
and that the Owls spotted the
Lions three inches in height.
The actual facts are that Temnle
outweighed State two pounds
per man. Both lines averaged
6-1 in height.
When Penn State and Michigan
Slate meet tomorrow afternoon at
East Lansing, Michigan, there Will
foe a renewal of a rivalry that has
lapsed for 20 years.
In the 1925 encounter Penn
State won 13-6 when Mike Mi
cafoske former pro football star
and now head football coach at
lowa. State College, .bucked the
line to score both touchdowns. In
their only previous meeting in
1914 the Spartans nosed out the
Lions C-3.
Ted Kvatzke,- pro-war guard and
war veteran, will captain the Penn
State football teaan in its game
with Michigan State, Coach 'Bob
Higgins announced today.
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Famous Zone Defense
Coach John Lawther has been
drilling the varsity quintet, since
the first week of September, on
his famed tight zone defense, for
its opening home tilt agaiinst Sus
quehanna on December 5. Out to
better the record of last year’s
teams—.lo wins and 7 losses—the
cage team will be in top form, for
the opener.
The Lions will employ varying
defenses, depending on the oppo- ( .
nents’ offensive attack. The 3-2
zone used in last year’s Temple
five extra period tussle will in all
probability feature their defensive
game. This defense slows up a fast
breaking combination, tending to
reduce the scoring. Three men
cover the front court .while the
other two protect the back court
op either side of the basket.
Two other zones will be used iii
the season play as well as the
orthodox, man-to-man defense.
The 2-1-2 and 2-3 zones will be
used, depending on the type of
attack employed by the opposing
quintet. These systems of play
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scoring and fast-tbrea'king aggre
gations.
At West Virginia University this
Spring, John Lawther held class
sessions on his famous zone de
fenses. He is considered one of the
foremost authorities on this sys
tem of .play. These coaching classes
were attended by top coaches of
high schools and colleges through
out the country.
No hew opponents .have' been
added to this year’s court Sched
ule. The Army and Navy teams
will have strong squads and the
Lions will have a hard fight for
victory. The highlight of the court
season should be the 'home and
home encounters with Temple, as
seen by last year’s battles.
Penn State’s‘forward wall hov
ers around the 200-pound mark
this fall.
Leo Houck is looking forward
to his 24th season as Penn State
'boxing coach.
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Oppose Navy
With nil indications pointing to
a slam-bang 'battle, Penn State’s
soccer team w'U close its season
tomorrow against the undefeated
U. S. Naval Academy at Annap
olis.
Although Navy defeated Tem
ple’s Owls, who in turn outscored
the Lions, the Middies Were only
able to trim Muhlenberg by a <3-1
count While the Liens, did them
one better, topping the Mules, 7-4.
However, the Lons did not have!
the full strength tor the Muhlen
berg tilt that they had .against
Army and Cornell, according to
Coach Bill Jeffrey.
For the season-ending clash;
Coabh Jeffrey announced that he
Would start the same team that did
so well against Cornell, with the
exception of Ll-byd Black, an ex-
GI who performed with the boot
ers before his induct'on into the
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