THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3:1, 1946
Gridclers Run Through Plays
For Fordham Encounter
Return of Cliff St. Clair
Gives Backfield Speed
Coach Bob Higgins and his as
sistant's are readying their char
ges for Penn State's first game
with Forldham Saturday after
noon.
Return. of Cliff St. Clair at the
wingback slot will add speed •to .
the :Nittany ~,Lion 'backfield.
I St. Clair, star of the• 1942 ag
gregation, left the squad several
weeks before the' season's
.opener
against Buicknell. is doubtful
if he will be ready for this week's
encounter, but 'may see action a
gainst rerpPle: nest.
Injuries Habipni • '•.: •
Fullback colone and
guard i Steve Suhey probably
won't be in the line-up Saturday
because of leg 'injuries sustained
in the Colgate and Michigan
State games.
Lion scout Jim (Mora expects
the Hams, led. by. fleet halfback
Joe Andrejco, to give the Nittany
Lions plenty of opposition.
With Coach Ed Danowski back.
at the helm after a week's absence
because of an appendectomy, the
New Yorkers will be 'out to break
into the win column.
Dropped Three•"
After a thre e year layoff in in
teraillegiate football resulting in
an inexperienced sqkilad at the he
ginning of this season, Fordham
dropped the first three .gaaries in
schedule..
The three losses, however, have
given the rejuvenated wearer's of
th e IVlaroon much needed experi
ence •the 'operation of their
newly-adapted T-farraEition:.,
Heisman.Trophy
To - Be Awarded
• The Heisman•Mernorial Trophy,
awarded , to the• outstanding coL
lege football player in the United
States; isS - sponsored yearly by the
Dovintown Athletic Club of NeW
York
. City. • • •
Almost' 800 electors, composed,
sportswriters and broadcasters
located throughout the country,
name players who Will. be 'con,
tenders for the trophy that will be
presented to the winner in Decem,
ber.
Berwanger Gets First Award •
Jay Berwange;, Chicago Uni_
versity, star, won the first trophy
in 1935; while Felix Blanchard of
Army's Mighty 1945 squad copped
last yesr's award. -
Other greats named as out
standing players include Yale's
Larry Kelley in 1936 and Clinton
Frank, another Eli gridder, in
1937. Little Davey O'Brien.. from
Texas Christian took the honor
in '3B, while Nile Kinnich of lowa
got the nod in 1939.
Harmon Wins '4O AWard
Michigan's Tom Harmon . was
the 1940 winner, Bruce Smith oil
Minnesota received the trophy in
'4l, and Georgia's Frank Sinwich
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STATE LOLLEGE,PA.
Bela, DX, Lambda
Chi Win Bowling
Delta Upsilon, Beta' Theta Pi,
Delta Chi, and Lambda Chi Al
pha fraternities •continued uncle:
1(1 , 4 1. 1 e after TuesqVy evenirm'a
coinpetition in the Fraternity
Bowling League 'at the State
Bowling Center.
Joseph Hurvitz, Beta Sigm'a•
Rho, rolled a thre e game total - Of
546 to take the three game total
scoring honors :fo r the second
straight week.
. _
ten White, Delta Chi, gained
high singl e game scoring honors
with a 2.29 in his .third game.
White and James Gleason, who
scored a 540 thre9 , game total, led
their teammates to victory over
the Phi Sigma Nappas 2470 to
2254 as the Delta Chi's won top
team scoring honors for the third
consecutive week.
One point is given to the team
winning each game plus one point
fo r the highest pin total. (See
Team Sbandings.)
Cornell To Meet Booters;
Seek Season's First. Win
Varsity Skaters Meet
Members of the Lion ice hock
ey.team as well as candidates fOr
the squad will have an organ
zational meeting in .Old: Main
Monday night. it was announced
by team captain Art Gladstone.
in , 1942. Notre Dame's great, An_
gelo Bertelli, was :mentioned in
1943,, and - . Leslie Horvath of Ohio
State was the 1944 eleetion:
When the award was originated,
Frank Eliscu, ' well known Ne w
York sculptor was commissioned
to create a bronze . figure of a. foot:
ball player which would become
the permanent possession of the
winner each year. The bronze . was
cast and first won by Berwanger.
In memory of John W. ;Heisman,
Director of Athletics at the Down_
town Athletic Club of New York
who died in. 1936, the trophy was
renamed the Heismen Memorial
Trophy.
Coached For 37 Years
• The honor . was befitting Heis
man who had been a football
coach for 37 years from 1892
through 1927 at eight different
universities. He was the inventor
of the spin play and direct snap
from center to back, and was con_
sidered by many as the orginator
of the forward .pass.
One of Heisman's teams, Georgia
Tech of 1916, ran up what may be
football's largest score when it
beat Cumberland University 222_0
In 1917 the same team played
what was probably the'• first
doubleheader in football with
Furman and Wake Forest, both. in
one day.
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THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA
Panthers Hope
For Fourth Win
An undefeated Pittsburgh cin
der squad will travel to the Nit
lany Mountains :Saturday in
search of the!r fourth win of the
year, as they compete against
Chick 'Werner's harriers who
boast 'a clean slate.
Coach Carl 'Olson's Panthers
claim• three shut-out wins over
Case University, Westminster
College, and Geneva College. De
spite. these impressive wins, the
Smokey City squad is rated' "just
fair" due to lack of competition
during the war years.
Karver Hurt
Gerry Karver, Lion .ruoner,
strained his Achilles's tendon
during practice Tuesday and may
be out of :the line-up ,for the
Pittsburgh meet. At present, the
stellar harrier is under the treat
ment of team physician, Dr.
Griess.
Captain for the Blue and White
runners This weekend will be Don
Longnecker. Six other starters
for the competition will be chosen
from the group cif Gerry Karver.
Curt Stone, Horace Ashenfelter.
Hciwie Horne, 'Mitch Williams,
Fred-Lennox, Bob Acumen, Tony
Vigilante, Bill Wills and Tink
Candy.
'Cornell's soccer squad will be
seeking its first .victory , of the
current season when the Nittany
Lions travel to Ithaca, N. Y., Sat
urday to oppose the Big Red.
After •drDOping,•2-41 decisions to
both Army and Syracuse, the Big
Red was shut out by a .strong
Princeton team, 3-0. In their oth
er game of the 104 1 6 season. Cor
nell !battled the Red Raiders from
Colgate to a 14 tie. •
Coach Jeffrey's boaters, traun
eed Colgate two weeks 'ago to the
tune of .5-11 i—an indidation .that
the Lions should not expect too
much traikle froth. the Ithacans:
Etters -Out ".
tpcikd Etters is still on the side
lines recovering from a sprained
ankle, and May not be in shape
to make ..the trip to New York
tomorrow. •
The soccerm'en have been going
throUgh daily drills in prebara
lion for their tussle with the Big
Red that marks the.'half-'way line
this season. After garnering three
successive victories on hoMe
grounds, the Lions traveled to
Annapolis last Saturday and came
home with a 111 tie after a fluke
kick , gave the Middies their score.
Delta Upsilon
Beta Theta Pi
Delta Chi ..
_.Lambda Chi Alpha
Theta Chi
Beta Sigma - Rho
Triangle
Alpha Gamma Rho
Theta Xi
Delta Tau Delta
DITs Lead Keglers
PKPsi Wins Thriller
Phi Kappa Psi passed its way to
victory in a thriller-diller Tues
day night, as they •decisioned a
valiant Lambda Chi Alpha aggre
gation 0-0. Excitement reached• a
high pitch as PKPsi scored in the
last 15 seconds of play.
For all but one minute, the two
competitors had battled on even
terms with neither outfit able to
registe r a first down. From his
own 38 yard line, PKiPsi's Swain ,
unfurled a desperation pass which
Kimball snatched and ran all the
way to the two yard line.
Passes for Touchdown
Time was running out as the
Lambda Chis dug in with their
blacks 'to the wall. But PKPsi did
it, with 13dliby Bastian receiving
a pass from Hugh Walker for the
touchdown and win.
Delta Tau Delta edged Zeta Be
ta Tau in the evening's other con
test. Freeman scored via a pass
lateral play to gain the victory.
Tonight's schedule places Chi
Phi against Delta Chi, Delta Up
silon vs. Kappa Delta Rho, and
Phi Kappa Sigma vs. Pi Kappa
Alpha.
' Joe •Colone, rated one of the
nation's top punters by Coach Bob
Higgins, booted ten times against
Syracuse and the water-sodden
ball rolled out inside the 10-yard
line four times, and inside the 20-
yard line three times.
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PAGE 'THREE
Tops in Pops
"Huggin and Chalkin"
—Hoagy Carmichael
"On the Boardwalk in
Atlantic City"
—Freddy Martin
"Sweetheart of Sigma
Chi"
—Phil Brito
"Changing - My Tune"
—Artie Shaw
"Touch-Me-Not"
—Sammy Kaye
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