PAGE FOUR
Between The Lions
For the second time this season, an opponent walked off of New
Beaver Field with a minus yardage from scrimmage. By this, Col
gate followed Syracuse in paying honor to this great Nittany Lion
team and to its forward wall which yields so grudgingly. The line
play was magnificent, and not only the seven starters but also their
replacements distinguished themselves; the able backs, also an
integral part of the win, performed their chores with skill.
The contest was relaxing to many of the fans who were left groggy
by last week's West Virginia struggle. For the sixth successive time,
co-captains Nolan and Potsklan won the coin-flip, which brought
comments from the sidelines as to a possible future vocation for the
pair.
Highly-touted fullback Frank Muehlheuser of the Maroon didn't
start but made his appearance when Colgate took over the ball for
the first time. Only as a kicker and blocker did Muehlheuser live
up to advance reports as Nolan, Suhey and Norton refused to budge
on his cracks through the center.
Lion groundwork, for much of the first half, was directed at the
strong side of the Nittany unbalanced line. The Colgate defense was
organized quite well to stop this by having left guard Toni Zetkov
hug the ground and then jump upward to nail the runner and close
the hole. Weak side plays worked better the first half, although either
side was vulnerable after intermission.
Bobby Williams ran and passed very well from his tailback berth.
Early in the second quarter, Bobby registered a neat seventeen yard
gain when he faked a run to the right and darted through a hole to
the left of the center. Once into the secondary, he cut in, then out,
and back in again as he advanced to withinten yards of the goal.
VARIATION OF THE PASS-OFF
Penn State pulled a fast one on the Red Raiders with a variation
of The Hig's famed dream play, the original of which had been used
against the 1 )42 Red Raider team. When Elwood Petchel passed to
end Siashin' Sam Tamburo from his 41 yard line, Sam faked the ex
pected pass-off to the end Ed Czekaj, turned around and carried the
ball himself to Colgate's 32. He hurdled a man, and shook off several
would-be-tacklers in this run in which Sam looked more like a
backfield man.
Most of the kicking off duties were handled by Ed Czekaj, where
as last week the job was performed by the hard-playing Wally
Triplett. Following Jeff Durkota's neat 34 yard scamper down the
right sideline for the game's third touchdown, and the subsequent
extra point, both teams lined up for the kick-ofl. As Ed prepared to
thud his foot into the ball, the ball slid off of the disc, bringing
laughs to players and fans.
Triplett did kick-off after the fourth six pointer, by the long
striding Bill Luther. Considerable controversy arose over this play
when the slithering ball bounded into the end zone and and Johnny
Potsklan forced halfback Howie Baird out of bounds behind the
goal. It apneared that a safety and two points were in order, and
a number of the Blue and White formed a punt defense, expecting a
Colgate kick, as safety rules dictate. Instead, the ball was put into
play with a touchback called. To earn a safety on this kick-off the
runner has to come out of the end zone, and then go back in, the
tackle then taking place in the end zone.
Candidate for All-American guard honors, Steve Suhey, again put
in more playing time than did any other lineman. In Penn State's
defensive five man line, Suhey plays the key middle spot, and not
until four minutes and fifty seconds remained in the third period
did Steve receive his first rest on the bench.
Guarding against scoring by passes, the Hig consistently substi
tuted Jeff Durkota for Francis Rogel, which resulted in two wing
backs playing at once. Third string fullback Bob Weitzel, whom the
Hig used considerably against West Virginia for the same reason,
will probably be out for the season due to a recurrence of an injury
to his right foot.
Durkota, Rogel and Bill Luther all ran brilliantly. Jeff racked
up a 98 yard total from scrimmage and seems to improve each game.
His drive is remarkable, and like Rogel, is very hard to bring com
pletely to the ground. Luther, who still has two years to go, has
lived up to his raves evned in spring practice.
Johnny "Shag" Wolosky played well from his center slot, and on
him should be placed much of the credit for the fine teamwork of the
eleven. Tackles Johnny Nolan, Negley Norton and subs Jack Fin
ley and Bill Kyle adeptly insured these two outposts on' the im
penetrable Penn State Maginot line. Joe Drazenovich, John Simon
and Denny Hoggard, among others, also performed skillfully.
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THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA
Congratulations !
Collegian salutes co-captain
Johnny Nolan as player of the
week. Big Johnny's number 70
was a familiar sight to players
and fans alike on Saturday, and
with his 6' 3" and 228 pounds, was
an important factor in Colgate's
minus fifteen yards from scrim
mage.
Sports Ed. note: The "Player
of the Week" is selected by a
committee of three men. not on
the staff of the Collegian. who
each week decide which player
has been outstanding in his grid
iron performance in the game the
Previous Saturday. No player
will be named twice for this
award.
Petchel, Suhey Selected
Elwood Petchel and Steve
Suhey have been named by Chet
Smith, sports editor of the Pitts
burgh Press, as candidates for the
'All-October" football team.
In his column in Sunday's
Press, Smith gave the two Lions
positions on his mythical eleven.
Petchel along with George Talia
fero, were the halfbacks named
while Suhey and Jim Fisher of
Notre Dame was one of two
guards.
Penn
Johnny Nolan
Sponsored by THE PENN STATE CLUB
Pep Rally and Smoker
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1 - 8:30 P. M.
ADELPHIA HOTEL, PHILADELPHIA
Football Dance
• Clyde Emerson's Orchestra
• Football Team
• Gridiron stars of past seasons
Saturday, November 8, 1947 9 P. M.
$3.00 per couple (Inc. tax)
informal
Tickets at Student Union Desk
Spartan Team Tops Harriers;
Karver and
A well balanced Michigan State cross-country squad drove a
wedge into the Nittany harrier ranks Saturday morning, and owned
the previously undefeated Wernermen 26-31 on the East Lansing
course. Although Karver and Ashenfelter paced the runners t o come
in nine seconds ahead of the pack, Michigan State took the next four
places for the win.
The much talked about Karver-Dianetti duel never materialized
as Karver jumped to an early----
lead and Dianetti fell back to fin- State squad was a little too fast
ish sixth. Fred Lennox, number for us Saturday. When we sched
five man on the squad, ran one of ,
the best races in his running ca-' uled these top teams we knew that
reer as he placed third of the! we'd have a tough battle every
seven Penn State men in the race., meet, and we really met stiff com-
NO EXCUSES Ipetition at East Lansing."
"There are no excuses in a race! Longenecker and Williams ran
between two top teams," said among the leaders for the first
Coach Chick Werner. "Both teams part of the race, but they faded in
had the stuff, but the Michigan ,he final miles.
BUSINESS AS USUAL WHILE
(HANGING LOCATION
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Dry Cleaning and Pressing
Custom-Tailored Clothing
113 E. Beaver Ave.
Former Site of State Beauty Shoppe
Facing Post Office
State Weekend
Philadelphia
BEFORE TEMPLE GAME
For Men and Women
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER. 4, 1947
'Ash'
Place First