FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1947 Nittany Lions Battle Red Raiders Collegian Predicts GAME Baylor-TCU Columbia-Cornell Dartmouth-Yale Georgia Tech-Duke Harvard-Rutgers Illinois-Michigan Kentucky-Alabama Mississippi-LSU Navy-Notre Dame Northwestern-Wisconsin Penn-Princeton UCLA-California Editor's Note—Collegian's four "foolproof" football predictors, now climbing out on their collective limb for the fifth time, boast a .685 percentage for forecasting four weeks' grid results. Staffmen Jim Neiman and Pete Warker, who . have selected 26 out of 35 winners, pace the field of four with .743 averages. Ted Rubin follows with 25 right and a .714 mark, while Ben "Gundelfinger" French is well entrenched in the cellar with 19 right and 16 wrong for a .543 percentage. Last seen attired in white turban, star-studded blue robe and pink slippers. Swami French was heard mumbling, "Either I was robbed or my crystal ball needs polished." ANNOUNCING FOUR GREAT ARTISTS' COURSE NUM ERS *Madame Butterfly FAMOUS PUCCINI OPERA *Carol Brice CELLO-VOICED CONTRALTO *National Symphony Orchestra GEORGES ENESCO, Conducting *William Koppel BRILLIANT PIANIST PRIORITY TICKETS will be issued: STUDENTS (same place) MONDAY, NOY. 3 BEuINNING AT 1:30 P.M. Sale of Series Tickets ($6.90 and $B.lO inc. tax) STUDENTS—TUESDAY, NOV. 4 1 BEGINNING AT 8 A.M. FACULTY & TOWNSPEOPLE—WEUNESDAY, NOV. 5 (same time) French 19-16 .543 Rubin 25-10 .714 Columbia Yale Columbia Ga. Tech Ga. Tech Rutgers Rutgers N'wstrn. Penn N'wsirn. Penn FACULTY & TOWNSPEOPLE MONDAY, NOV. 3 BEGINNING at 8 A.M. A.A. WINDOW IN OLD MAIN THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA arker 26-9 .743 Neiman 26-9 .743 Baylor Columbia Columbia Yale ---- Ga. Tech Ga. Tech Harvard Mich. Ky. Rutgers Mich. Mffl N'wstrn. UCLA UCLA Starts Al Fullback FRANI& MUEHLHEUSER Colgate State Seeks 300th Win In College Football When renn State's football team clashes with Colgate's Red Raider eleven on New Beaver Field tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock, it will be playing not only for a win over Paul Bixler's men, but also for Penn State's 300th victory in 61 years of intercollegiate competition. An estimated crowd of 17,000 is expected to be on hand to witness a game that marks the eleventh year of rivalry between these two teams. Colgate has not won from the Lions since 1941. Last year's game with the Red Raiders was not unlike Saturday's tilt with West Virginia insofar as post-game sta tistics were concerned. Last year the Lions beat Colgate 6-2, but in so dong, registered 10 first downs to the opposition's five, and 138 yards rushing to the New Yorkers 38. Leading this yew's band of marauding Red Raiders against the second top team in the East are five native Keystone State boys who are attending Colgate. Tad McLau hlin, Duquesne, quarterbacks the squad and han iles most of the passing assignments. Jennings Marburger, Evans City, is another starter operating from the right-Halfback slot. Vince Stankevich, Wilkes Barre, starts and plays at right tackle. Charles Bricker, Beaver Falls, NOV. 17 JAN. 12 MAN. 15- 16 APR. 21-22 F VE PENNSYLVANIANS alternated with McLaughlin at the signal calling post. The fifth mem ber of the quintet is Fred Dun lap, Carbondale, who as a sopho more possesses potential fullback power. Coach Paul Bixler has in Frank Muehlheuser one of the East's best fullbacks. He is the teams best punter and last year, in 83 attempts, moved the ball 479 yards. Lion mentor, Bob Higgins, Is modest when he says he has a "fairly good ball club," and like all coaches, he makes no predie tions as to the outcome of tomor row's game. The nation's sports writers, however, make no bones about where Penn State stands, as prov ed by the Lions' present seventh place position among the nation's ten top teams. When speaking about this sea son's "dream game," currently thought to be the meeting be tween Michigan and Notre Dame, one New York sports writer says that he would rather call a Penn State-Notre Dame battle THE "dream game" of the year. No matter how high a team is rated, though, it can't afford to underrate its opposition. Coach Higgins has been running his squad through drills and scrim mages in preparation for tomor row's game without any let-up. The Lions will be going on the field as heavy favorites, but Col gate is determined to see what it can do to raise its own standing by scuttling the Higgins power house. On early season records, the Raiders don't seem to have a chance, but bur- .• ied under Col gate's adverse scores are sta tistics which add up to a danger ous eleven. Colgate out- first-downed and . out-passed each of its first three • opponents, Kings Point, Cornell and Princeton, and was close in the rush department. Fumbles and pass interceptions caused the Ma roon defeats, and these mechani cal mistakes should be the easiest errors to correct. DANGEROUS OFFENSE Bixler has spent a great deal of time on taking the boomerang out of the Colgate aerial attack, and this week's additional work on the newly installed T and single wing should add precision to what was already a dangerous if spotty offense. Higgins twos no worries, now ever, as to the ability of his men. Francis Rogel has developed into one of the team's most valued assets, filling the fullback post vacated by the injured Joe Co lone. Jeff Durkota, the team's top scorer, also is running better and currently is rated on an even foot ing with the Lion wingback start er, Wally Triplett. PAGE NINE HIGGINS MODEST HEAVY FAVORITES PETCHEL
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