EMDAY, 11947 in football Spring Training . Higgins To Give T a Chance Bob Higgins took a long look at his football manpower today .and wondered out loud whether it would operate more effectively from the single wing or the T formation. The veteran coach, looking for ward to his 18th season at the Nittany Lion. helm, already has announced his intention to give the "T" a whirl during Spring drills, even (though he has been a single wing advocate since his first coaching job at West Vir ginia Wesleyan in 1920. "It's too early to make any pre dictions," Higgins said today, .at the end of the first week's drills, "but it would be a mistake to as sume that our team will adopt either formation to the complete exclusion of the other." WASHINGTON STATE Much of what will happen be tween now and the season's op ener -against Washington State September 20, will depend on what Higgins learns about his material during the current drills. Daily sessions are planned for the next six weeks, terminating with a practice game late in April. Bolstered by the . return of a halfdozen wartime stars, among then: Halfback Johnny Chuckran and Tackle Negley Norton, the Lion potential will be further Strengthened next Fall when other freshmen "farmed out" to State ,leachers colleges — during the past ,year ar e brought to-the campus. Among„ wartime players not npw - "oh "can - pus, but expected to . re,enroll during the Summer months, ar e ' the Dirzenovich brothers, Joe and Charges, John Stoken, Larry Cooney, fleet footed wingbaok; and John Simon. NEWCOMER LUTHER Only newcomer without prior college football experience, even though he was a Penn State freshman before his induction into, the armed services is Bill Luther, who:. was .a sensation .irt high school as a runner, kicker and pasSer. • The Nittany Lions, . usually handicapped by the lack Of size able: running backs,' will look . to Chuckran 'and "Luther for added punch in the backfield, although Tiv,alti . ,.,Will".!be 'keen. with Larry Joe, .Bobby_ Williams, 'Joe Cblone, tob - 'Weitzel,' Jeff Durkota, and petchel, •among - the other ball 7 toters. On .th e .line,-where losses have been, .comparatively heavy, 'Coach lacrosse Team In Stiff Drill , Getting a break in the weather yesterday,- laCross e mentor Nick Thiel put his stick squad through - stiff field drills in preparation for the season's first game with Duke only a week away. Thiel hopes e can have the full squad practice on the golf course field today and , tomorrow, de pending on the weather. ,The weatherman has been hin dering the efforts to hold outdoor 'stick practice sessions since the 55-man squad started drills early in February. • "The scrimmag e at Annapolis 'with the Navy squad will give the men needed experience to smooth out the many rough spots," said Thiel. With only five more possible days of practic e before leaving on the Southern trip, Thiel is trying to select the 19 men that will travel as the starting squad. Showing promise in the mid field are newcomers Gene Greab= ner mid Jim Wolf, snd reserve from lasteason, John McCleary. They are 'giving veterans John Finley, 'George Locotos, Rog Nes tor, and Art Tenhula rough com;- petition. The starting defense trio pre_ sents a- problem to Coach Thiel as all big men—John Hayes, Pete Johnson, Dean Kissell, Bronco Kosanovich, John. Pfirman, end -Iry..Smith-.--are fighting it out for first team berths. The six possible starters. on the Attael,c., fop, the lacrossemen, are Ernie . , KeD Kerwin,.. - Art Lorenz, John Scho;.• Binger,' and Augte Thomas:* 11:11E DAILY OM N AIGIAN, STATE COT WIZ PIISTIVSYLV.A.NIA. JOHNNY C .. Higgins will construct his new forward wall around the two Co- Captains, Tackle John Nolan, and End John Potsklan. Still other tested hold_overs are Guards Leo Nofbile, and: Steve •Suhey, and Ends Fred Bell .and 'Sam Tarniburo. "It will be difficult to judge what our team will be like until a hands ar e on deck," Higgins vounteered, "but Spring practice ROTC Rifle Team To Meet Led by Oaptain Dave Ludig, the NElOTC.ritle team leaves today for Philadelphia where it will fire as shciulder to' shoulder triangular match, with the middies from Vil lanova and Penn for the Com mandant's fOulo of the 4th Naval District. The matoh will be held at the Philadelphia Navy Yard Marine r ifle range. Those making the trip are Richard. Ambelang, Charles Calhoun, George Gibson, Robert Keagy, Willli,am Sans'bury and Rob ert Steed in 'addition do Captain "SODA 'LICIOUS" ''ea and Derick's • • •Ny, t : • xv.,•:••• ...• • ..... . UCKRAN Will serve the useful purpose of enabling us to get a line on our prospects, and still giving us time t o experiment with th e 'T'f" The Lions have nine games booked next Fall, opening with an intersectional game against Washington State at Hershey, Pa. September 20, and followed by games with Butknell, Syracuse, Colgate, Fordham, Temple, West Virginia, Nisvy and Pitt. Penn, Vil'lanova Ludig. Marine Captain Edward Cook is in ;charge. Winners of ;18 t elegraphie matche s during the season the Campus midshipmen 'have dropped 14. Last week the team won over New (Mexico and North Carolina but (lost out' to the Penn State Army ROTC boys and to COlorado, Northwestern and Tufts. The NEVOTC pistol team not making the trip has 11 wins against 7 losses. Latest results show a win over Northwestern and a loss to Tufts. is 'the tune you'll be crooning after you've tried our super sundaes, "sodas 'n' sandwiges." Come' in soon—we'll be looking for Between The Lions As the Winter splurge of intramural sports draws near its close. battle between the DU's and the Sigma Nu's for the position of dog is growing in intensity. The standings now show that the boys from Delta Upsilon have rolled up a total of 663 points by winning the championships in touch football and boxing while placing as runners-up for the crowns in. swimming and wrestling. Sigma Nu athletes on the other hand, have now accumulated 535 points, The on campus boys scored their first big batch of points in the first part of the winter season when they took the basketball championship. Since then they have come fast to place next to the DU's ii boxing and to turn the tables to take the wrestling title as the.DU's found themselves runners-up. An of which points to a nip -and-tuck battle between the two outfits right down to the wire. The intramucal masterminds up at Rec Hall—Gene Bischoff and. Dutch Sykes—are plenty enthused over the record turn-out in the first year of inter-club competition since the war. A look at the figures will serve to convince even the most skepti cal that this year may well mark the Golden Era for intramural sports. In basketball, no less than 75 fraternity and independent teams turned out to play more than 250 games on the three Rec Hall courts. With ten men ..on a squad, about 750 men participated. Volleyball saw 68 organizations—again mostly fraternities—enter teams in competition. Counting ten men per team, almost 700 men Worked out under this sport. • In wrestling, the fraternities entered a total of 184 hopeful grap plers while approximately the same number came out 'for badminton: In handball singles 184 men came to know what batting a rubber ball around for an hour will do for your hands. All this adds up to around 1700 participants in the Winter intra- . murals alone. Sykes estimates that the over-all total of participants in this year's intramural program will run well into the thousands. With another round of sports events being offered in the Spring— golf, tennis, track, soccer, softball and maybe even horseshoe pitch ing—this estimate appears to be within easy reach of fulfillment. No little part of this triumph is due to the efficient management and enthusiasm shown by Bischoff and Sykes in keeping the intra mural program constantly before the students. With specialization in varsity sports becoming more and more pronounced in recent years, an outlet for the real amateur is not only an aid to good health but almost a necessity. 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