WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1946
Between The Lions
By Arthur Miller
When the great exodus of college athletes started at the begin
ning of,the war, the biggest worry in the minds of coaches all over
the country was the physical condition in which the players would
return to the, campus from the battlefield.
.Now, with the war ended and collegiate athletics back in full
swing, will there be another Golden Era of sports comparable to the
resurge after World War I? Coach Bob Higgins feels there will.
Despite the fact that most of the players came out of the service
10 to 20 pounds over their playing weight and out of practice in their
specialty, Coach Bob and 23 fellow football coaches who got together
recently in New York unanimously agreed that the 191.6 season will
produce perhaps the best batch of football players—and consequently
the best brand of football ever seen in collegiate sports circles.
Out of Shape
"Basic training," Hob says, "was
fine. As long as the fellows were
getting that exercise every day,
they were in the pink of condi
tion. But °nee that stopped; they
started putting on excess weight.
"Now take Larry 'Joe, .for 'in
stance," says The Hig. "Larry .was
up to 204 'when he came back.
Now he's back to 180. Joe Col One
*as 210; he's down to 190. And
Red Moore: reported to the sqUad
weighing 238. He worked off 18
pounds and is down to 220."-'
Coach Bob had a second point.
"Another obvious reason for the
players being 'in better Condition
for athleticS 'after The last War IS
the fact that it was a shorter 'War,,'
he said. "Why. sure, we were only
away about two . years. These Men
have been in the service four and
five years. • It's natural they
should have lost touch with the
game. '
Tho Br ight . }de
But was • Cc:fa& Bob discour
aged? Never.
' Were athletics at Penn State
in for a decline? Never. ' •
How about' 'Nittany future
on the gridiron?' • '
"Once the - players are back in
condition again, they will prove
themselves 130ter contestants
than ever before;" . The..Hig pro
phesied. "They are rriOre mature—
they can think out the' plan:bet
ter. They are bigger and 'tougher
than before the - war. And*that'S
true of every college in the coun
try—not just' Pen — State. — •
"There will 'be a lot of heart
aches • and a lot 'of disappoint
ments. Look what happened al
ready to Indiana. (Indiana, de
-fending Big Ten champions were
defeated in their opener by Cin
cinnati 15-6, .due partly to the
play of two .Higgins-coached
players, Al Richards and. Bill
Smyth, then Jost their second
game to the Michigan Wildcats
21-0.) And look at the tough time
Navy had with Villanova. (Navy
beat Villanova 7-0, squeezing a
first period score out of the Penn
sylvania team.)
"Sure there will be disappoint
ments—lots of them. But this
will be a great year for football!"
NEEDED: One "Lion"
The ,honored position as Penn
Stat e Lion, cat extraordinary and
booster of team morale, has yet to
be filled. To meet the require
ments necessary for the wearer of
the Lion, suit, candidates must be
at least six feet tall,, weigh not
more than 170 pounds, and pos
sess a certain sens e of humor. In
terested men report to Coach Gen e
Wettston e in his Rec Hall office as
soon as possible. ,
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Cherundolo Plays Pro
Chuck Cherundolo, former
Penn State center, is now in his
10th season of professiorlal foot
ball. The Old Forge veteran, pro
perty of the Pittsburgh •Steelers,
began his pro career with the
Cleveland 'Rams in 1937.
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Rule Changes
Speed Game
Collegiate football games have
been speeded up, and the "T"
formation has been made more
deceptive with the inception of
the 1946 rule changes.
An incoming
substitute now
needs only to b recognized by an
official instead of reporting to
him. The substitute may also
communicate with other players
without penalty.
Although the number of time
outs have been increased to four
for each team in each half, the
!change will actually result in less
loss of time than under the old
syStem fbecause when legal time
outs are not exhauStd, substitu
tion from the bench while time is
in, or after the ball is ready for
'play, is a charged time out of
ioxilf sufficient dUration to corn-
Mete .the substitution.
. If a captain requests•a time out,
the. ball must now be declared
ready .for play upon expiration of
one and one-half Minutes. Also,
The ball is now required -to be
Out in 2:5 'seconds after the
referee has spotted the ball.
"T" More Deppptilre
One of the backfield men of
:the Ofensive team may now be
ierss than one yard behind his
idrimmage lirie of stationed with
his. hands in poSitiOn to redeiVe
the snap-{back, To increase de . -
Option, This player may receive
the snap, or it *may' be made dir
ectly to another backfield. player.
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".'iCandid'aites for Penn St'ate's
lacrO . Sse team; especially return
ing servicemen and regulars froM
last year's squad, are urged to
attend the initial practice to be
held next Monday," stated Coach
Nick Thiel.
Men desiring to try out for
the team should get their physi
cal examinations at the College
dispensary before reporting for
practice which will be held from
3 to 5 p. m.
Assistant managers are also
needed for the team. Candidates
are requestd to sign up at the
Athletic office in Old Main, then
report to 221 Rec Hall sometime
next week.
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Time Outs Increased
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Calling All Skiers—
Peters Heads Club
"Plans caul activities for the
Fall and Winter season will be
topics of discussion when the
Penns Valley Ski Club holds it's
first meeting in 3 White Hall,
7:30 p, in. tomorrow," says Max
S. Peters, club publicity chair-.
man and president of the Penn
sylvania Ski Federation.
All persons, especially former
veterans of the 10th Mountain
Infantry Division, are invited to
attend. Highlighting the affair
will be the showing of three
movies on skiing. Plans for the
formation of Penn State's ski
team under coach Sherman Fogg
will also be discussed.
Trails Improved
Th e Ski Club hefd it's first
informal get-together Sunday
with an outing at the Ski Trail
near Boalsburg. Work parties re
moyed brush from both ski trails,
and made improvements on the
tow, lean-to; and the jump.
, Twenty-two delegates, repre
senting seven ski clubs of the
newly-fdrined PennsylVania Ski
Federation, had dinner and a
meeting Sunday at the College
Ski Lodge. Henry Thruston, Of
the Penns Valley Club, spoke on
ski profiCiency tests.
Trails Submitted
, . .
Both racing trails in the Penns
Valley Ski area have been sub
mitted by the Federation to
United States Eastern Amateur
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