PAG® POUR.
Panthers Tame G
Stone Runs Secon
Lion Drives Fall Short
As Pechtel Sparks Drive
By ALLAN OSTAR
Pitt’s traditional gridiron jinx
over Penn State was evtended to
three in a row as the Panthers
out-clawed and out-scored the
Nittany Lions 14 to 7 at the Pitt
Stadium Saturday.
A chilled crowd of 50,000, set
ting an attendance record for the
53-year old series, sat and shiver
ed as each eleven battled to wind
up its football season with a vic
tory.
A win would have given the
Higginsmen their most successful
season since 1921. Bowl bids as
well as national recognition would
have been extended to the other
wise once-beaten Lions.
Lose First Place
Pitt had lost five games but a
win over Penn State is satisfac
tion enough for the Panthers.
With the Smoky City men gain
ing 237 yards rushing, the Lions
were toppled from their position
as national leaders in total de
fense.
The Panthers drew first blood
in the se'cond quarter as Bill Abra
ham climaxed a 64-yard drive by
going through left tackle unmo
lested on a buck-lateral play from
the two-yard line.
After stymying the Lion offense
by the use of Wes Fesler’s un
orothodox 5-4-2 defense, Pitt roll
ed to their second tally as Carl
DePasqua flipped a touchdown
pass to Leo Skladany in the final
period.
Lions Score
The Lions scored five minutes
before the end of the game as
Fullback Bob Weitzel crashed one
yard over the center of the line.
Elwood Petchel almost single
handidly set up the touchdown as
he carried the ball ten times for
a total of 60 yards. .
Pitt’s line, toughened by such
opposition as .-Notre Dame, Ohio
State, Illinois and others, averted
two other Penn State scoring
■threats as the Lions penetrated! to
the Panther two-yard line, and
then later to the five-yard marker.
Pos. Pitt Penn Stale
LE Skladany
LT Duriihan
LG Ranii
C Clougherty Kosanovich
RG Kosh Rutkowski
RT Plolz Nolan
RE McPeak Polsklan
QB DePasqua Weaver
LH Lee - ■ Williams
RH Abraham Durkoia
FB Bruno Colons
Pitt 0 7 0 7—14
Penn State 0 0 0 7 7
Touchdowns Abraham, Skla
dany, Weitzel.
Points alter touchdowns
Coury <2), Czekaj.
Subs: Pitt Ends: Cummins,
Mihm. Tackles: Forsythe, Rose
pink. Guards: Barkouskie,
Coury, Coleman. ' Center: Had
dad. Backs: Cecconi, LaFrankie,
iLauro.
Penn State—Ends: Bell, Tam
teo, Czekaj. Haggard. Tackles:
Kyle, Finley. Guards: Slabodn
yak, Suhey, Smith. Center: Mar
tella. Backs: Joe, Petchel, Weitz
el, Triplett, Taccalozzi, Bang, St.
Clair.
Referee —'Harry Dayhofif, Buek
nell. Umpire—Cal Bolster. Lines
man—James J. Allinger, Buffalo.
Field 1 judge—Joseph Lehacka, La
fayette.
STATISTICS
PS Pitt
13 15
10 13
2 2
1 0
164 227
12 5
3 3
53 67
1 1
2 4
Punts 5 5
Average distance punts 38 35
Yards runback of punts 14 12
Number of kickoffs ... 2 2
Yards runback kickoffs 45 32
Number of fumbles .... 2 5
Total first downs
First downs, rushing ..
First downs, passing ..
First downs, penalties .
Net yardage rushing ..
Passes attempted
Passes completed
Yards gained passing . .
Passes had intercepted
Runbaclc interceptions
CURT STONE, who look sec
ond-place honors in the NCAA
title run at East Lansing, Michi
gan, yesterday, a few strides be
hind Quentin Brelsford, surprise
winner from Ohio Wesleyan.
The Penn State IC4-A Cham
pion ran neck-and-neck with
the winner up to his final spurt
across the tape. (See story)
Opponents’ Scores
Following are last week's
scores of Penn State's 1946 op
ponents:
Bucknell 0 . . . Rutgers 25
Syracuse 21 . . . Columbia 59
Michigan State 26 . Maryland 14
Temple 7 . . . Holy Cross 12
Fordham 0 . . . . L. S. U. 40
Opponents' Record to Date
Team W. L. T.
Bucknell 3 6 0
Syracuse 4 5 0
Michigan Stale . 4 5 0
Colgate 3 4 0
Fordham 0 7 0
Temple 2 4 2
Navy i 7 0
;3 5 1
Walters
Moore
Nobile
Tall Cagers
Three of the live players on
Penn State’s tentative. starting
basketball team, top six feet. Tall
est man on the squad is Dave
Hornstein, of Aliquippa, a pre
war star who towers six inches
over the 6-foot mark.
Two of the five players tenta
tively booked for starting places
on the Penn State 'basketball
team are married men.
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THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA
rid Lions;
din NCAA
Consistent
Team Places Third;
Karver Ends in 7th
Penn State’s harrier ace Curt
Stone, winner of the IC4-A crown
in New York last- week, grabbed
off second-place honors at East
Lansing, Michigan yesterday to
lead the Wernermen to a third
place berth in the NCAA cross
country run.
Penn State with 114 points
placed behind Drake University,
who scored their third successive
win in the. Nationals by placing
five men in the first seventeen to
score 42 points. New York Uni
versity, first place winner in the
IC-4-A run, placed second with
98 points.
Brelsford First
Surprise first place winner of
the National event was Quentin
Brelsford of Ohio Wesleyen, who
finished the course 1.1 seconds
ahead of Stone. His winning time
was 20:22.9 '
Penn State was deprived of
more than the Lion’s share of
victory, when Horace Ashenfelter,
third-place winner in the IC4-A’s,
while leading the field. by eight
yards at the 2-mile post, missed a
■9O degree turn, became confused,
and ran 25 yards past the post.
Fourteen men had passed him be
fore his error was discovered.
Stone, second-place winner, led
the race for the first 900 yards,
then yielded to Ashenfelter, who
lost the lead at the 3-mile turn.
Drops to Fifth
At the two-mile mark, Stone
was in second place on the heels
of Drake’s Fred Feiler, two-time
winner of the event, and held this
position at the 3i-mile mark, then
dropping back to fifth place until
the final lap.
Stone, Jerald Thomas of Texas,
and Quentin Brelsford of Ohio
Wesleyen, were neck-and-neck as
they entered the 400-yard running
track to the race’s finish. Brels
ford then broke a few strides
ahead, as Stone held his position,
leaving Thompson in third place.
Fourth and fifth place honors
went to William Mack of Drake
and Earl Mitchell of Indiana.
Gerry Karver, who had to drop
out of last week’s race in Man
hattan because of his- reoccurant
heel injury, had a battle on his
hands with NYU-ace Frank Dix
on, but finally beat the Negro star
out of seventh-place by one-tenth
of a second.
Other Lion cindermen placing
in the field of over 200 runners
were Don Longenecker, 40 th;
Mitch Williams, 69th; Howie
Horne, 94th; and Bill Shuman,
124th.
Penn State’s winter sports pro
gram will return to a pre-war
basis again this year.
Barney Ewell Still
Getting Headlines,,
This Time British
' Barney Ewell is still listed
among the best sprinters of 1946
by the British Amateur Athletic
Association, said team manager,
James Crump.
The Lion’s greatest sprinter,
who brought Penn State its first
indoor and outdoor IC4-A cham
pionships in 1942, is. listed among
the American first placers with a
record of 21.2 seconds for 200
meters.
The United States leads the
cinder performers with 89 plac
ings, with Sweden claiming sec
ond place with 50 and Great Bri
tain third with 18 placings.
IM Basketball
Action Begins
College intramural basketball
league will initiate its schedule
Monday, December 2, as eighteen
teams go into action on the Rec
; Hall courts. With a record number
of 75 entries; the tourney iwill wit
ness approximately 250 games be
fore the fraternity and indepen
dent champions are crowned.
Contests are slated Monday
through Friday with Wednesday
being an off-night when College
varsity games are played.
The 47 fraternities registered
will be divided into eight leagues,
with five leagues being composed
of six squads, and a sixth contain
ing five outfits. '
With 28 independent quintets
competing for the championship
of this bracket, four leagues of
seven squads each have been des
ignated. Individual league win
ners will be determined, with these
victors pairing off to determine the
champs.
Iron-Man Weaver
'Manny Weaver, Harrisburg ex-
Marine and 26-year-old father,
proved the most durable player
on the' 1046 Penn State football
team/ He played 60 ■ minutes
against Navy, and' averaged better
than 40 minutes in eight games.
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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1946
Cagers Drill For
Susquehanna Tilt
Pointing toward its season open
er just eight days away, Penn
State’s varsity basketball squad
is stepping into high gear in prac
tices and drills. With Susquehan
na University to be encountered
December 4, at Selinsgrove, the
Lawthermen will usher in their
first post-war season.
Coach John L awther, at the
helm for his eleventh year, has
been working with holdovers and
new candidates since early Octo
ber. _
Heading the Cager’s schedule
are mighty Georgetown, Temple,
and West Virginia, all reputedly
stacked with talent, and pointing
toward outstanding seasons.
Working together as a team in
pre-season practices is a group of
five veteran courtmen. At for
ward posts are Jack Biery, one of
the sparkplugs of our national
championship contending 1942
quintet, and diminutive 5’ 8" Milt
Simon of last year’s squad.
Hornstein at Center
Holding down the center post
oh_ this present starting outfit is
Aliquippa’s Dave Hornstein. 6' 6"
in height, Hornstein will be the
tallest man on this . relatively
short Penn State squad. With most
of our opponents boasting of tall
teams, Hornstein will be forced to
bear the brunt of backbord de
fensive play. -Toy., -or: ■
Jimmy Lawther and 1945-1946
holdover Johnny Ruzinko are
working as a team in the guard
slots.
This starting line-up is indefi
nite according to Lawther,. as a
number of players are pressing
for first string berths. Johnny
Culp, Nick Diettriclj, Stretch Boz
inski, Sammy Freedson, Joe Cur
ran, Al Russell, “Zip” Szepesi, and
Will Parkhill are striving for
starting billets.
Following .the Susquehanna en
counter, Georgetown and Bu'ck
nell will also be met on the road,
with the first* Rec Hall engage
ment billed for December 14
against Washington and Jeffer
son.
Leo Houdk, .who’s. .looking forr
wand to his 25th yeair’bf 'coaching
at Penn State, .will-be in charge
of the boxing clinics planned l
throughout the State this fall l by
tlhe Pelnnsylyaniia Interscholastic
Athletic Association. He plans to
use two of his own fighters for
demonstration purpose.