The daily collegian. (University Park, Pa.) 1940-current, October 14, 1947, Image 3

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    TUESDAY, 'OCTOBER 14, 1947
Gridders Smother Fordham
Under 75 Point Avalanche
Bob Higgins ran his rampaging
Nittany Lions through a light
workout yesterday afternoon in
preparation for Saturday's
Homecoming game with Syra
cuse with the pleasant memories
of last Saturday's 75-0 stampede
over the Fordham Rams still
fresh in mind.
The Polo Grounds track meet
was never anything but a run
away from the opening whistle as
all 40 of the Lion squad members
saw a ctio n. The Higginsmen
scored at will against a hope
lessly outclassed group of Rams.
Leading the scoring parade was,
wingback Jeff Durk o t a who
crossed the Ram goal four times.
Three of Durkota's touchdowns
came in the score-packed second
period when the Lions hit the
scoreboard for 40 points.
Wally Triplett, playing most of
the game at wingback, contrib
uted two more touchdoWns while
single markers were chalked up
by Joe Colone, Elwood Petchel,
Clarence Gorinski, and Francis
Rogel.
Colone opened the scoring by
plunging over from the one-yard
line after the Lions had marched
68 yards in the first five minutes
of the game. sparked. by Colone
and Larry Joe.
In ten more plays Bobby Wil
liams hit the mark with a pass to
Durkota from the Ram 38 for
touchdown number two. Co-cap
tain Johnny Potsklan added a
safety when he blocked a Ram
Soccermen Triumph Over Colgate,
Bill Jeffrey's Lion soccermen captured a 2-1 victory over a hard
charging Colgate eleven at Hamilton, N. Y., Friday in a hotly con
tested battle that threatened at times to degenerate into a melee
From the opening kickoff until
the final whistle, referee Harry
Byrnes was hard pressed to re
strain both the Lion and Raider
aggregations, and frequent penal
ties against the two teams marred
the contest.
Ken Hoster
man, last year's
high scorcer and
first string center
forward this sea
son, registered
both State mark
ers
Opening the
Lion scoring on
a freak goal that
careened off a
Colgate defen- HOSTERMAN
siveman's legs into the Raiders
net. Hosterman notched his first
tally of the afternoon after six
minutes of first period play.
The Lion's pocketed their sec
ond and final tally late in the
opening quarter when, with 30
seconds remaining in the period,
Hosterman booted his second goal
from a few feet in front of the
net.
punt and downed it out-of
bounds behind the goal to end
the first period.
Other scores came wnen
Petchel threw to Durkota for 38
yards, a 69-yard run by Durkota,
a 78-yard run by Petchel, a 36-
yard run by Luther, an intercep
tion by Clarence Gorinski and a
pass from Luther to Hoggard who
handed the ball to Triplett—all in
the second quarter.
Triplett gathered in a Luther
pass in the third period's only
touchdown. Fullback Rogel
plunged over from the two-yard
line and Durkota scored the
game-ending touchdown on a
pass interception.
`Ash,' Karver Tie for First
As Top-Rated Violets Wilt
A smooth-running, four legged
machine, Karver - Ashenfelter
model, paced the College cross
country team to an 18-37 win
over the N.Y.U. harriers Saturday
afternoon on the Penn State
course.
Taking a lead after the first
quarter mile, Gerry Karver and
Horace Ashenfelter kept in stride
throughout the meet to finish the
five mile run tie for first place in
27:01.3.
Only one N.Y.U. runner, Ar-
Outstanding defensive play by
halfbacks Dean Hartman, Ralph
Hosterman, and goalie Gene
Graebner thwarted numerous Col
gate offensive sweeps in the wan
ing minutes of the game.
Overtime Tills
Pace Intramurals
Two hard-fought overtime con
tests highlighted intramural touch
football competition to date. In
the first, Phi Sigma Kappa
triumphed over Tau Kappa Ep
silon, 7-0, while in the other fray,
Sigma Nu edged Phi Kappa Tau,
1-0.
Other tilts saw Beta Theta Pi,
which has exhibited the best of
fense to date, defeat Delta Tau
Delta, 13-6. Sigma Phi Epsilon
trounced Triangle, 19-0 as a re
sult of three pass interceptions.
Among the independents, Penn
Haven topped Beaver House, 13-0,
Dorm 13 conquered the Bulldogs,
12-6, and the Eagles blasted the
THE DAILI COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
mand Osterberg, placed better
than seventh.
Mitch Williams, `Pappy' Long
necker, and Fred Lennox battled
against Marks, McCants, and
Pearman of the visiting team for
the fourth, fifth, and sixth places
in the meet. Williams took the
number four spot in 28:10.5 with
apparent ease, and Lennox and
Longnecker followed with 28:18
and 28:20 times.
"The team really outdid them
selves in the race Saturday," com
mented Coach Werner. "In all my
years as a Penn State coach, I've
never seen a team go all out like
this team did in the first race of
the season. Although the score
indicates that the race was an easy
one," he added, "the N.Y.U. meet
will probably be one of the
toughest that we'll have all year."
Because a recent operation pre
vented the Violet's coach, Emil
Von Elling from accompaning his
previously undefeated squad, Pete
Waters, picturesque ex-Manhattan
mentor, headed the New York
delegation. The visitors arrived at
State College Friday afternoon
and as Waters told Chick Werner,
"The boys were very impressed
by the Penn State campus. In fact,
if you had some application
blanks with you, I'm sure that
most of the team would transfer.
immediately."
Penn State Club, 12-0.
Tonight's intramural touch foot
ball slate follows:
7 p.m.—Beta Sigma Rho vs. Chi
Phi.
7:45 p.m.—Alpha Sigma Phi vs.
Pi Kappa Phi.
8:30 p.m.—Sigma Chi vs. Pi
Lambda Phi
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Between The Lions
Prior to last Saturday's runaway, Fordham's worst defeat was
in 1910, when Princeton dropped the Rams 69-0. The Lions took the
runner-up record last year when they smashed through the New
Yorkers' first post-war team by a 68-0 count.
The Rams failed to gain against any of the lines Bob Higgins
threw in. Only two first downs were recorded by the Rose Hill boys
and both of these were on passes.
Every Lion on the forty-man traveling squad saw duty with the
reserves playing the largest part of the game.
The time-keepc.r took pity on the hapless Rams in the third and
oui th periods and kept the clock spinning regardless of what was
happening on the field. A New York writer quipped in his story that
"The Polo Grounds uses a Longines clock which after today is no
longer the `world's most honored timepiece'."
The game received third-rate billing from the sportswriters who
were more interested in the Army-Illinois game at Yankee Stadium
and the Columbia-Yale game at Baker Field. Ergo, the boys who pick
the top teams didn't see the romp.
Larry Joe carried the ball only
five times in his short interlude
in the game. The speedy back
missed the first touchdown when
he was forced out-of-bounds on
the one-yard line on an end run
from the 11
Co-captain Johnny Potsklan
gave the Lions their first safety of
the season and just missed scor
ing a touchdown when he blocked
a Ram punt on the 3-yard line
and downed it out-of-bounds be
hind the goal for an automatic
two points.
Wing back Jeff Durkota seem
ed to do everything right as he
carried the ball five times and
scored a quartet of six-pointers.
Twice Jeff gathered in touchdown
passes and twice he skirted
around end for paydirt.
The day's outstanding play hap
pened in the 40-point second quar
ter when Bill Luther tossed a
short pass over the line of scrim
mage to end Dennie Hoggard.
Dennie handed the ball to Wally
Triplett just before a host of Rams
smothered him, and Wally out
raced the Fordham backfield for
38 yards and another touchdown.
Gorinski, Cominsky, Triplett,
Rogel and Luther took turns car
rying the ball for the Lions in the
abreviated second half.
A final word must be said about
the Lion lines that both blocked
and tackled very well all through
the game and opened those holes
for the eleven touchdowns.
Opponents' Scores
Wash. State 7; Mich. State 21
Bucknell 13; Delaware 12
Syracuse 28; Temple 12
W. Virginia 60; Waynesburg 7
Colgate 18; Cornell 27
Navy 14; Duke 14
Pittsburgh 0; Michigan 69
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