TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1941 Lions' West Power Trips Virginia 21-14 The Nittany Lions, settling down to daily practice sessions, breathed more easily today after Saturday's mauling battle against the West Virginia Mountaineers. In a game undoubtedly one of the best in the country, a crowd of 22,000, quickly inflamed by the raging play, was left limp with ex citement as they saw the favored Nittany Lions come from behind to overthrow an undefeated Mountaineer team 21-14, This crowd of eager fans equaled the New Beaver Field record set in 1923 when Navy played here The •Lions' power was evi denced by the statistics. The Blue and White piled up 365 yards rushing to West Virginian's 46. Francis Rogel, Penn State's new est firebrand fullback, picked off 116 of those 365, two and one half times the amount gained by the whole Mountaineer team. With a 14-14 deadlock midway in the third period, little Elwood Petchel's 28-yard pass to Wally Triplett put the Lions out in front to clinch the game. Starting from their own 36, the Penn Staters sustained a 64-yard drive to score in nine plays and six minutes after the opening whistle. With off-tackle slants and center plunges, it was Mercury-footed Larry Joe and Sophomore Francis Rogel behind a hard-charging line who bore the brunt of the Lions first attack. After Ed Czekaj kicked the seventh point, the crowd settled back to see what seemed like just another routine assignment for the 1-ligginsmen. MOUNTAINEERS SCORE Two interference penalties put the Mountaineers on the Lion two. From there it was an easy matter for fullback Pete Zinaich to skirt the end fOr the score. Hoffman tied the game up at 7-7 with his placement. Kulakowski set up West Vir ginia's second touchdown by par tially blocking Joe Colone's punt which went out of bounds on the Lion 21. After two passes and a run ning play had failed, Russ Combs arched a high wobbly pass to end Bernard Huntz, who caught KDR Topples DU in Upset Football Win A band of game gridmen 'from Kappa Delta Rho uncorked the season's top upset Thursday night when they defeate: Delta Upsilon, 1-0, to blast the losers' hope of retaining the intramural touch football title which they copped last year. In Friday night's contests, Hot Rocks triumphed, 6-0, over the Frazier Eagles to remain unbeaten in independent competition. The Bulldogs required an overtime period to eliminate Penn Haven from the tourney, 1-0. Their final play was a pass, from Pat Patterson to Bob Calahan, which iced the victory. Paul "Pudge" Tomkins hurled three touchdown passes to lead Delta Chi to a 20-12 win over Sigma Alpha Epsilon in the high est scoring tilt to date. With five minutes to play, Tompkins un leashed a 20-yard aerial to Don Redman to notch the Delta Chi's last score and advance them to the quarter-final round. Pi Kappa Phi staged two scor- DID, Lambda Chi Win Swim Meets Despite the individual efforts of Bob Tscherfinger, who collected eleven of his team's points, Phi Kappa Sigma bowed to Delta Tau Delta 24-17 in an intramural swimming meet at the Glennland pool. The second meet scheduled for Friday was awarded to Lambda Chi Alpha by forfeit when Phi Kappa failed to appear at the ap pointed time. In Thursday's competition Al pha Chi Sigma downed Beta Theta Pi 27-14, and Sigma Pi trounced Alpha Zeta 30-11, sweeping firsts in every event. Starring Brothers Penn State now claims brother - combinations in tw o sports. Joe and Charles Drazeno vich, of Brownsville, are the football heroes, while Ralph and Ken Hosterman, of State College, are standouts on the soccer team. the pigskin in the end zone. Hoff man came out again and added the extra point. Late in the first period, starting from their 19, the Lion grid ma chine began to move ahead again, and the beginning of . the second qUarter saw the Lions crossing the midfield stripe. The Mountaineer line held on the 30 and it was then that Pet chel set up the play for the tying touchdown. Petch twice on fourth down punted out of bounds on the West Virginia one yard line. Taking Keane's second kick on the 38, Petchel went to the 24 be fore he was stopped. The Lions then put on the pressure, and with the help of an unnecessary rouhness penalty, went to the one where Gorinski plunged for the score. Czekaj's kick tied it up, and the Penn State rooters breathed a sigh of relief as the half ended. The winning touchdown came late in the third period, when Petchel, with third down and eight to go, shot a bullet pass from the 47 straight down the middle to Wally Triplett on the 26, who ran unescorted to the end zone. Penn State trails the Univer sity of Pennsylvania by one point in the ratings for the Lambert Trophy. Symbol of Eastern Grid Supremacy. The Penn Quakers had a total of 979 points to 978 for the Nit tany Lions. INDEPENDENT CONTESTS ing thrusts to trounce Phi Gam ma Delta 12-0. Mario Cianco passed 20 yards to Bert Raymond and Dick Lesher passed 40 yards to Bill Howell for the two TD's. Two tussles are carded for to night. In the first, Phi Kappa Psi battles Theta Chi at 7 p.m., while in the second, the Bulldogs tangle with Beaver House at 7:45. PETCHEL Lambert Trophy THE DAILI COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA Collegian salutes Wally Triplett, fleet Lion wingback, as Player of the Week. It was Wally who caught the 28-yard touchdown pass that again put Penn State in the win column. His shifty run ning and determined defensive play were instrumental in the Blt.te and White's fifth straight triumph. Navy Edges Jeffreymen 2-1 With Fourth Quarter Score A scintillating last period head shot by outside right Danny Masias gave Navy a 2-1 victory over Bill Jeffrey's soccermen Satur day. The Middy triumph, their fifth straight, ended the Lions' win streak at three games. Midshipman Lee Bendel', leading the Navy attack during the first period, drew first blood five minutes after the opening whistle Taking a long boot from fullback McLernan, center forward Ben dell passed to outside left Evern gam, and cut down the middle for Everngam's return pass, which he ')romptly rocketed past goalie Gene Graebner for the Navy's first score, • Smarting under the sting of she quick Navy tally, the Lion offense roared back during the second period behind crisp pass ing of Bill Shellenberger and Fred Kretzer. However, the stif fening Navy defense, keystoned :3y towering Middle goalie Schau felberger, thwarted the repeated blue and white thrusts. KRETZER SCORES Captain Dean Hartman set up Penn State's only marker of the afternoon when, midway in the third stanza, he lofted a long boot to inside left Bill Shellenberger who shot a brisk head pass to Fred Kretzer several feet in front of the Middy net. Kretzer, surrounded by Mid shipmen on every side, attempt ed a desperate shot. His boot skewered off to the right, but a luckless Navy man inadvertently rebounded the ball into paydirt territority to knot the count 1-1 Harriers Sweep Cornell 15-40 In Fastest Time of Season Twenty-three harriers started at the opening gun of the Penn State-Cornell cross-country meet Saturday on the College course in an eff€,rt to break the Record set in 1938, but even though the Lions took a perfect 15-40 win, the record of 25:24 still stood. Karver and Ashenfelter fought for the lead for four miles of the five-mile race, but when they saw that the record couldn't be broken, they ran the last mile together. "Each man on the team ran the best race of his life," commented Coach Chick Werner. "This wasi a long time, Norm Gordon, as the first time that Karver or Ash sistant coach, remarked, "Smith ever broke twenty-seven min- set a record that will take a lot utes." Karver and Ashenfelter to beat.lf someone is trying to broke the tape in the fast time run at that pace he can't stop of 26:19.6. for a drink of water!" GORDON COMMENTS As far as the race was con- When asked if he thought that cerned, there was no doubt about Bill Smith's record will stand for he outcome. Six Wernermen sped to the front at the first mile, and Don Young, the only Big Red opposi tion, trailed behind the speeding harriers. Opponents' Scores Montana 13, Washington State 12 Temple 21, Bucknell 0 Fordham 12, Kings Point 0 Hofy Crass 26, Syracuse 0 Colgate 13, Brown 13 Penn 21, Navy 0 Pittsburgh 12, Ohio State 0 at the end of the third period. Despite brilliant defensive play by the center half Ralph Hoster man and fullbacks Frank Taus cher and Jim Kline, Navy drove deep into Lion territory to tally the winning goal during the final period. With eigit minutes remaining, Danny Masias, an ever-alert mid strip, took a long arching pass from outside left Everngam and nodded the ball into, the net for the winning marker. Swimming Candidates All members of the swim. ming team must take their physicals at the dispensary as soon as possible, so that prac tice can begin," said Bill Gut. teron, mentor of the tankmen. ip, 5611,1%/ -. ojoy the lavish lather of ~,„4 J I'4 „ , i.. : _ jaforth Shaving Soap, --9'-' " 'f'. ll - • the heather-fresh exhilaration of eil iT . ._ *.LL.,Seaforth Lotion. Try them—soon! fi L - ,:,: College men who set the pace... These and other Seaforth essentials ... each packaged in handsome stoneware, only $l. Gift sets, $2 to $7. Seaforth, 10 Rockefeller Plaza, New York 20, N.Y. ORDER OF FINISH At the three mile mark, Karver and Ash led with Williams, Longenecker, and Lennox filling in the third, fourth and fifth positions. John Bates and Bob Auman pulled up to the seventh and eighth slots, and Vigilante and Nicastro ran in the tenth and eleventh spots. The first fifteen men to finish and their times are as follows: Karver 26:19.6; Ashenfelter 26:19.6; Williams 27:11; Longe necker 27:32; Lennox 27:38; Young (Cornell) 28:07; Bates 28:38; Auman 28:56; Danniels (Cornell) 29:24; Vigilante 29:25; Nicastro 29:26; West (Cornell) 29:29; Fite (Cornell) 29:32; Evans 30:04; Hissey 30:07. Jayvee Gridders Lose to Middies Sporting their new "T" forma tion, Penn State's Jayvees tackled Navy's Junior Varsity Friday and returned home smarting from a 19-0 setback administered by the Middies. Navy sewed up the decision early by scoring twice in the first quarter and then added a third TD in the final period. Al though they were held scoreless, the Nittany gridders threatened several times, mainly through an effective passing attack. Right End ' Dan Kline, from Progress, played an excellent game defensively for the Little Lions and also starred on the re ceiving end of several Blue and White passes. He snagged a long aerial on Navy's 24 late in the game and advanced six yards be fore being stopped. PAGE MR=
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