FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1947 M _ E DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA PAGE SEVEN Between By DAVE ADELMAN Aim for 2nd Lion Soccermen Meet Penn Ouakers There's a story going around that Norm Gordon, Chick Wern-victory With the opening meet I n er's right-hand man and track and cross-country star for the Nittany over N.Y.U. under their belts, Philadelphia Clash Tomorrow Lions in the immediate pre-war years, is the guy nobody could the College cross-country team beat—for second place. will go after its second win of Seventeen Lion soccermen will entrain for Philadelphia to face Like most generalizations, however, this story has enough holes the season Saturday when it goes off against the Quakers of the University of Pennsylvania in Phila in it to supply a donut factory. As a matter of fact, Gordon can to Pittsburgh to challenge the Pitt harriers. delphia tomorrow afternoon. Making the trip for the Statemen will claim victories in the mile not only over the famed Rideout twins, be the same aggregation that whipped Colgate's Red Raiders by a but over the now almost legendary Leslie Mac Mitchell. "The Pitt team is an unknown 2-1 score in Hamilton, N. Y. last Friday. Yet, Gordon says, when present runner Rufe Williams first quality," remarked Coach Chick As yet undefeated by the Quakers in the booting ream, the Jef came out for track, his greatest claim to achievement was a boast Werner. "We've had no reports freymen will be out to better their last year's 3-1 victory over the that Gordon had finished second to him. Chick Werner, interested on them as of now, and we'll Philadelphia turfmen. After dropping their season's inaugural to naturally, asked his assistant coach how about this, and when did most likely hit some strong corn- Swarthmore by a 3-2 count two weeks ago, the Quakers bounced it happen? At first Gordon couldn't remember. The nhe recalled an petition." We s t Chester : .1 p., ;. ,, , ,: '.., . ~.. back to register a 1-0 win over man and goalie Gene Graebner. Indoor Middle Atlantic meet in which he had run in the mile, the In last year's encounter, both two mile steeple-chase, and the 220 medley. During the 'course Penn State and Pitt were uncle- last Saturday. ,:!•'. - •f" '''',',,, '‘ i Starting for the Lions in the . ,h,,,;, ! offensive positions will be blond of the relay someone had passed him. That someone, of course, was feated when they met. Penn Penn is bless- .;;, Rufe Williams. State won the meet 18-37 to ed th i s ye a r .? ..'. • - 4e . s- , V" Ted Lieb at outside right, Bill . •;.-;'. Shellenberger, former Mt. Penn CUNNINGHAM HAD SAME TROUBLE topple the Panthers from the un- with a pair of i 5. defeated ranks , outstanding vet- ... -. k.. 1 great, at inside right, State Col- Something along that line said Gordon, used to happen to Glenn . * . .'p': Cunningham everytime he took a practice workout. The runners selected by Coach erans in Jackie :a<, " ~.. : lege's Ken Hosterman at center Werner to make the trip are alie •k<4l - and go ~, ~ ' .g- , ." "Glenn would come out to the track and announce that he was',,, . forward, husky Dean. Witmer at Gerry Karver Horace Ashe fel- Phi lSit 1 e r . •...‹e • ' inside going to jog around a bit. Right away all kinds of kids began to - , n ter, Don Longenecker, M itchßlaire, . . ~ - , a power- ''''. , left, and Hal Hackman at / . sprint past him like mad. Cunningham paid no attention to them, Williams, Fred Lennox, Bob Au- fu 1 offensive - outside left. but at the end of the day ten or fifteen girls would tell their friends man, John Bates, Al Vigilante, threat, hit the de ,,,,,, ,, • , ' • Midfield Trio how they ran the great Glenn Cunningham into the ground." A bang-up midfield combina and Lou Nicastro. first string All- HARTMAN Gordon finished at the college in 1945, but stayed around tak- American ranks tion will fill the Lions' halfback ing graduate work. When Bob Grieve vacated the position of as- last year as outside left, and de- slots. Two State College booters, sistant coach a year later to move into the head coache's spot at fenseman Sitler was chosen on Dean Hartman and diminutive Dartmouth, Gordon replaced him. Norm is a strong cross-country L the second' team. Ralph Hosterman, get the nod at adherent, and says that when once a man learns how to run cross- ong Passes Win left and center halfback, with Jeffrey's All-American country, he doesn't want to run anything else. He cites Howie Jack Campbell rounding out the Home, member of the 1942 championship squad as an example. a Not exactly shy on fielding All- trio. Home, he says, a graduate assistant in economics at the College F or Sigma Nu PSK booter coach Bill Jeffrey will with Frank Tauscher at the full- Americans himself, however, Brawny Jim Klein will team can't get it out of his blood. He just keeps coming out to run. I' better the Quakers' big time rep- back posts, while goalie Graeber GORDON'S STANDOUT RACES Two fraternity touch football resentation with two first string wields the big defensive toe for Two races stand out in Gordon's memory, as the best of his crews chalked up their second starters in Captain Dean Hart- the Statemen. career. One took place in Philadelphia in 1942, with Gordon pitted wins in intramural competition against that very rapid trio, Fenske, Venzke, and Cunningham. Wednesday. Sigma Nu and Phi This race was spoiled for him, however, by Luigi Buell, 1932 Sigma Kappa captured the lead Olympic mile champ. Bicalli, paid to set the pace in order to pre- in the current tourney by turn- Co I legian Predicts vent a repetition of the famous "world's slowest mile" stopped dead ing back Phi Sigma Delta and in front of Gordon at the middle mark. Gordon climbed half-way. Sigma Phi Epsilon, respectively, Collegian sports staff makes it a weekly feature to predict the up Bacalli's back and could never recover his pace or the lost time. by the same score, 6-0. outcome of the leading football games in the country. He finished fourth A 70-yard touchdown play, in The aforementioned "World's slowest race" tooli place in Madi- which four players handled the GAME Rubin French Neiman Warker son Square Garden when Fenike, Venzke and Cunningham, each ball, enabled the Sigma Nu's to too cautious to extend himself before the others finished the mile • win. Eddie Sulkowski, George Cornett-Navy Navy Navy Navy Tie in 4:45 and slower. Ralston, Ted Matuzeski and Jack Holy Cross-Hvd. Holy Cross rimy orosb HOLY Oros& tiarvard 001-I.DOri VS. MAC Anal oHLLL Weidenman comprised the pass- iowa-Ohio State osuo .u. Ohio St. lowa unto Si. ing string, Weidenman register- -- --- - to 1941, at th e bci,t.AL Itctil gainer, %-xoruuii, °Llly enough, was Mg the score. Aansas-uxia. o aiaauina k.e 41.4..,.uma Oxianoma OxltuAoma suppuot...o w pci/Uilll We pat-c-z,LL.L//6 i.dia. £U r .11 , /kieiraliCiLel4, dal/. IL waa Wll.l/ 1.1/1,3 uaelibl(JUlill Lila& nib miler ' SIAMILOUL . ieee WOA. Lone of We cup-notcn offensive ..airs.- A wane piece. alaileas was ulapiayea oy rill - - mann. - +Larsil.-.111“a0iS AAAAAA thS J.A/ 4aaJaii 1.1.0330/5 LiOrdOn figured to run a 2:u( hail anu then stay with it as icing Lelia 'meta in its irs-U victory ' as he collat. However, wnen ne reacnea tee nail-imie mark, anu over ern napea. in anotner tut, resto.-i..oturnpla r onn renn runr Venn round that nis time was only z:ii, ne aeciaect to try for tne win. elii Kappa Sigma down e d ___ _________ ________ .-al-Lnaiana lnuiana inaiana inuiana incliana Gordon says he ran that race by the crowd. When the crowd Lambda Chi Alpha by a 6-0 - -- - roared, he knew Mac Mitchell was making a bid. When they sub- count. 0.114.1J.-tiice Rice Rice Rice Rice sided, he knew he had staved off the Nx U flash. In short, Mac- Tonight's contests foll o w: 7 -- - i exas-Arkansas Tecas Texas Texas Texas Mitchell's tremendous back stretch kick for once wasn't enough, p.m.—Penn State Club vs. Beaver and Norm Gordon finished the mile in 4:14 in six tenths of a second House, 7: 45—Frazier Eagles vs. Vanderbilt-Ky. Kentucky Vanderb't Vanderb't Kentucky off the world's record. Yale-Wisconsin Yale Yale Wisconsin Wisconsin - -- Ex-Ace Passer Bill Smaltz, one of the greatest passers ever to play for Penn State, is making his first start as a college football coach. The Ali quippa war veteran moved up to the head coaching job at Juniata College this Fall. Welcome Home ALUMNI STATE COLLEGE FLORAL SHOP For Delightful Dining and Dancing . . . . 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