PAVE ro u-ii Collier's Selects Steve Suhey To Join 6 Lion Immortals In Rec Hall Grid Gallery By TED RUBIN Collegian Sports Editor Penn State's great guard, 210- pound Steve Suhey. was pro claimed All-American by Grant land Rice. and thereby gained the acclaim which he so richly mer ited. In the issue of Collier's mag azine due on the newsstands to day. the nmia. ..determined-on-the-field senior joined Army's captain Joe Steffy in copping the guard berths. Suhey. who had Previously been named to the Associated Press's All-East and All-American teams, the International News Service's first honors and the sec ond squad of the International News Service .will now ascend the Rec Hall gallery of Mile and White immortals according to Dean Carl P. Schott of the School of Physical Education. Said Dean Schott. "This is glorious news. and Suhey is very deserving a the hor , r. - THE RECOGNIZED TEAM Collier',. All-American, as se lected by Grantland Rice. is re garded by mast authorities as the banner all-grid aggregation. Al though much respect is accorded the other All-Americ•)n teams. the Rice group receives generally. the official recognition. Suhey and Tony Minisi. the fine wingback of George Mun .l2r's tied ‘') - (1 Blue Pennsylvania THERE'S NO PLACE ON EARTH LIKE .. . : t (' ' 4 - Aks 1 i i 7•4 / kt, ....b., . HENRY'S PARADISE CAFE 114 S. Spring Street BELLEFONTE, PA. with the Tru-Blu luinfel 'Wild Dave' Briner 'Pops' Greenly The Old Professor 'Shoeless Lou' Levi 'Mouse' Miller Every Friday and Saturday 6:30 - 12:30 ON THE AIR OVER WMAJ 11:30 . 12 L—CELLENT SERVICE No Cover - N o Minimum team. were the only members from Keystone State schools. Midship man Richard Scott. Navy's vet eran center and punter. wag the only selectee which the Nittany Lions met on the gridiron this fall. THE LINE-UP C—Dick Scott Navy G—Steve Suhey .. Penn :late G—Joe Steffy Army T—George Connor Notre Dame T—Bob Dr.vis Georg%3 Tech E—Paul Cleary Southern Cal. E—Bill .... Columbia B—John Luiacl: .. Notre Dame B—Tony Minisi Penn B—Bob Chappius .. Michigan B—Ray Evans Kansas Suhey will be the first NittanY per:ormer to achieve a rung on the Collier's galaxy since present Line Coach Joe Bedenk accom plished the feat in 1921. Leon "Gates" Go ieckl. Lion cauta and center, earned Ist team recov•- nition by NEA and Liberty 1940. but was omitted in the Col rankings. Penn State now boasts seven All-Americans. including Gajecki. five of these being linemen. Wil liam "Mother" Dunn first accom plished the trick in 1906. follow ed by Bob Higgins. from his end erth in 1919. back Glenn Kann_ ger the folowing year. quarter back Charlie "Gang" Way of the same year. Bedenk end Gajecki. PUBLICITY To Suhey and followers of Penn State football exploits, this selec tion came as a pleasant surprise. for many think that Blue and White gridders are handicapped immeasurably along publicity lines since State College is so far away from the metropolitan areas. the Nittanymen receive li'tle space from the large city Papers who give their daily ban (Continued on page fine) L_ , SANTA e5,7.;• .; ,...-, ), ,'.., , 0 .......,..,..1„„ ,:. • ' kike .r.z.... . : .." . 7, . i \ SV A 7. : ' '... V 'l4' . '' s; . ~ ...1:1; :. .? , For Christma s . • your .. I-3 friends can buy any 1. . . thing but your por .. s. 44. -i . ..,, 4 ' ,:::::. . s " — e--''— trait .. Santa knows it ) 4 1 r . . we know it . . and you know it. So if you want t o give a gift that will be treasured always adhere to Santa's words of wisdom ... then make an ap pointment today t o have your gift portrait ma. e. Christmas Shop - - State College PENN STATE PHOTO SHOP THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA Player Portraits Veteran Durkota Plans Pro Career Jeff Durkota, Lion right half back, 205 pounds, 23 years old, 6-0, Colver, Pa.. like Suhey, Nolan and Potsklan, is a war veteran. None of the four is married. Durkota, with the physical requisites of a great football player, has been sharing the wingback spot with two other very fine football players, and therefore has needed much of the season to win the attention he deserves. Withal, he's still the team's top scorer (10 touchdowns, or 60 points, in nine games) and he also is the team's most effec tive ground gainer (13.3 yards per try, in eight games, or 30 - arries). TOPS AGAINST NAVY He played his top game against avy, running 48 yards and 43 yards for touchdowns on inside reverses at which he is a past master. In both instances, he slowed down when necessary to get blcrckers in front of him, put on the pressure when he was alone, and outran everybody who challenged him. He's also an exceptionally good pass receiver, and has been on the receiving end of two touch down passes, and also plucked a Bucknell pass out of the air and converted it into a touchdown. FAST, BIG AND POWERFUL He's fast, one of the three fast est backs on the squad, is bigger than any of them, and very pow erful. He bowls over defenders who try to head him off when he's under a full head of steam, and he's also big and rough ^noutih to be an effective blocker. Between the Lions Before the cross-country team trades in its long-spiked shoes for the stubby indoor track variety, there is a story that should be told—a story of how the team won the National Championship wear ing "spikes" that traveled thousands of miles. The scenes of the story are State College, Pa., and - Stockholm, Sweden, and the main character is Curtis Stone, stellar runner and a Penn State alumnus, class of June '47. After graduating from the College, Curt and eight other Ameri can athletes went on a tour of the Scandinavian countries to dm]; lenge foreign runners in exhibi tion matches. Just before he left, Harrier Coach Chick Werner ask ed Stone to bring back European athletic equipment with the em phasis on shoes for distance run ning. CURT STONE on his tour, taking in Denmark the United States. On September 3 Stone returned to State College and gave Coach Werner the shoes. Chick in turn doled them out to the varsity, cross-country runners, and the shoes were immediately put into service. "What unusual experiences did I have on the; trip? Well," said the bespectacled harrier, "the northern countries have a long period of daylight and it seemed odd to run at 9 o'clock in the evening when in the U. S. we usually run in the morning or early afternoon." Instead of sitting back and resting on his laurels, Curt, who is the circulation manager of the Center Daily Times, keeps in shape by running on the College track. When he has a free weekend he drives to one of the major distance races, and astounds spectators by outdistancing all the other harriers with apparent ease. So far this year he holds a perfect record, winning both the Middle At lantic AAU and the National AAU cross country races. SUGAR BOWL Both Curt and Jerry Karver are preparing for the Sugar Bowl races which will be held dUring the Christmas vacation at New Or leans, La. and, most likely, the Pennsylvania runners will wear the red shoes that traveled across an ocean to bring the cross-country team the National Championship. Lions Bowl Appearance Second in History When Penn State tangles with the Mustangs of Southern Metho dist University in the Cotton Bowl at Dallas, Tex., New Year's Day, they will be making their second post-season appearance in history. The first Lion aggregation to participate in a post-season classic was the 1922 team which competed in the Rose Bowl at Pasadena. Coached by Hugo Bezdck, the roster of the 1922 squad included such Penn State greats as Joe Bedenk, All-American guard and currently line coach for the Blue and White, Harry Wilson, hard running halfback, and Tiny McMahon, great defensive tackle. State was matched against a fast, hard-charging Southern Cali fornia team which had defeated seven opponents with ease, losing only to California's powerful Golden Bears in the season's finale, 12-0. California, who was undefeated that year, had previously re jected an invitation to appear in the Pasadena Bowl. During regular-season play the Nittany Lions had been de feated by Navy, Penn, and Pittsburgh. However, most coaches and sports writers held great respect for the Bezdekmen, realizing they were a green team that had de veloped game by game into one of the powers of the East. The game, 11th in the Rose Bowl series, was played under a blazing sun before 43,000 specta tors, up to that time the largest gathering ever to witness an in tersectional clash on the Pacific coast. . A.. . WOODRING'S Floral Gardens James E. Wolfe '39, Manager PHONE 2045 117 E. Beaver Avenue FRIDAY, DDCDMBER 5, 1947 By Elliot Krane SCANDINAVIAN TRIP Leaving July 18th, the Nittany speedster and his eight compan ions made Sweden their first stop on their long itinerary. While there "Stoney" ordered about 15 pairs of cross-country shoes. Just before he left for Norway the bright red shoes with the long, sharp spikes were delivered. On the second leg of the trip, Curt picked up some Finnish jave lins and discuses that had been exported to Norway. Having completed his shopping, the IC-3A 2 mile record holder continued and Scotland before returning to MIDNIGHT SUN By Red Roth MET SOUTHERN CAL The underdog Lions took an early lead when Palm, Nittany quarterback, booted a field goal from the 12-yard line in the first quarter. Southern Cal came back to take the lead in the second period, however, on a pass from left half Baker to fullback Camp bell in the end zone. Campbell converted the extra point, and the half ended with no further scoring. State left the field trailing 7-3 at the intermis sion. The hot sun seemed to visibly tire the Nittany gridders in the second half and only superb line play prevented the Trojans from turning the game into a rout. The Californians did manage to score once more in the third period to (Continued on page eight) TAKE LEAD
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