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Before Meeting Higginsmen . . .
Only One Tie Mars Record
Of /947 SMU Football Team
The Southern Methodist University football team that takes the
field against Penn State in the 1948 Cotton Bowl Classic has earned
its laurels by fashioning an undefeated season at the expense of
some of the leading teams in the nation. Only Texas Christian refus
ed to bow to the Mustangs, earning a 19-19 tie in one of the out
standing games of the year.
Opening their season with a visit to the west coast, the Red and
Blue found a soft touch. in Santa Clara, whom they toppled 22-6.
The next victim was a strong Missouri eleven which bowed by a
score of 35-19. Oklahoma A&M provided a thriller but likewise fell,
21_13. The outstanding feature of this contest was SMU's All-Amer
ican halfback, Doak Walker, leading a great rally that enabled SMU
to pull the game out of the bag.
SMU then started its quest for the Southwestern Conference by
uefeating Rice, strong favorites for the title, in a bruising battle at
Houston.
The win ove Rrice gave the Mustangs national recognition but
another jaunt to the Pacific Coast was in store with UCLA, defenc
mg Pacific Coast Conference champs, supplying the opposition.
Southern M..thodist struck early and protected its lead to defeat the
Bruins, 7-0.
The next game on the card was against undefeated Texas, fresh
from impressive ‘Ains over teams such as North Carolina, Oklahoma
and Arkansas. SMU rolled up a first half lead of 14-0 due mainly
to fine offensive work on the part of Walker. However, the Long
horns caught fire in the second
halt and tallied two touchdowns,
but missed one of the conversion
attempts, thus enabling SMU to
walk oft the field 14-13 victors.
This game goes down in history
as one of the all time greats in
southwestern football history
Opposing in-and-out Texas A &
M at Dallas, the Red and Blue
was hard-pressed to eke out a 13-0
victory over the stubborn Cadets.
ARKANSAS TILT
Arkansas surprised this year's
Cotton Bowl hosts by taking an
early 6-0 lead. However, Walker
gave one of his better perform
ances of the season and SMU
came out on top, this time by
14_6.
The traditional game with a
weak Baylor eleve n almost proved
more than a match for the Mus
tangs. Another extremely brilliant
performance by Walker was nec
essary to win this one. Playing on
a muddy field the legions of
Matty Bell were held to a score
less tie for 55 minutes before
Walker turned on the pressure
and booted a field goal and tal
lied a touchdown and extra point
to ear n SMU a hard-won 10-0
victory.
Now came the epic struggle with
•raditional rival TCU. Underdogs
ruin anywhere from 13 to 30
)(Ants, the Horne.: Frogs took ad
vantage of SMU errors t o lead
:2-0 early in the second period.
however, the great Walker put
he Red and Blue back in the
_tame with a twisting 62-yard dash
to paydirt. Late in the third period
• he Mustangs took the lead at
.3-12 and appeared headed for a
•linching score late in the final
ieriod. However, TCU held and
rove 90 yards in a thrilling dis
,lay of aerial works to lead, 19-13,
with 1 wo minutes of play remain-
WALKER AGAIN
Once again Walker pulled
SMU's cause out of the tire. He
returned the ensuing kickoff all
the way to the Frogs' 36. Two long
passes tailed. Then substitute
half back Gilbert Johnson fired a
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pas s to Walker on the 10-yard
line. With only seconds remaining
Johnson heaved to end Sid Halli
day for the tying score.
lion Boxing Team
Opens January 17
Looking forward with confi
dence to a promising season, the
Nittany boxers are increasing
their training pace preliminary to
the January 17 home opener with
Bucknell. The 1947 mitt aggrega
tion is Quickly shaping into fight
ing trim under the expert guid
ance of Leo Houck.
Two Eastern Intercollegiate
boxing champions—last year's
165-pound champio n. Jackie
Tighe. and John Benglian. 1946
winner in the 128-pound class.
will form the nucleus for this
Year's squad. Leading the flock of
lettermen returning from last
year's aggregation are Jack
Sheehe. John Slusser. Nick Ran
ieri and Pat Conlon.
Hal Howard who was a stand
out on the Lions' 1945 team and
Buzz Farringer of the '46 quoit
are returnees who will consider
ably bolster the team's fighting
strength. The tussle for starting
berths in the lower weight classes
is gaining—John Turcaso. Fred
Smith and Jim Cassidy being the
main competitors.
OTHER CANDIDATES
Other hopefuls who are ex
ding punching power are Norm
Restaine. Al Pottasch and Alex
Alexander. Rounding out the list
of prospective starters is trio
of newcomers. Nick Env. Paul
Thorpe and Paul Smith. who have
been showing up favorably in
early workouts.
Coach Houck. who has been
very busy in the oast week ret
ereeina intramural buxina bouts,
has still spent a considerable
amount of time superviing train
ina activities.
THE DAILY COLLAGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
40 Gridders
Go to Bowl
Forty Dallas-bound Nittany
Lion gridders are tentatively
slated to board Pullmans Sun
day, Dec. 21, at Altoona to begin
their long journey to the Cotton
Bowl.
With a staff including six
coaches and four managers, the
Penn State gridmen will travel
to St. Louis, where they are
scheduled to work out on the
varsity field of Washington Uni
versity. Lion skipper Bob Hig
gins recently made arrangements
for the stop-over at the St. Louis
school where he coached football
prior to coming to State in a sim
ilar capacity.
The Nittany football force will
probably invade Dallas, Texas,
Tuesday morning, Dec. 23.
Players selected to take the
Cotton Bowl trip follow:
Ends John Potsklan, Sam
Tamburo. Ed Czekai. Dennis Hag
gard. Fred Bell. Bob Hicks. How
ard James.
Tackles—John Nolan, Negi.ey
Norton. Bill Kyle. John Finley.
Don Murray. Don Cullings. Nor
man Erikson.
Guards—Steve Suhey, Bob Dra
zenovich, John Simon, Bob Ross,
Paul Kelly, Tom Smith.
Centers—John Wolosky, Charles
Beatty. John Misiewicz.
Quarterbacks—Chuck Drazeno
vich. Ray Ulinski. Bill LaFleur.
Walter Palmer.
Fullbacks—Joe Colone. Frances
Rogel. Clarence Gorinski.
Wingbacks—Jeff Durkota. Lar
ry Cooney. Wallace Trinlett.
Tailbacks Bob: iv Williams.
Larry Joe. Elwood Petchel. Bill
Luther. Clarence Hummel. John
Ch uckran.
Another player will be named
later.
Besides Head Coach Higgins,
the Lion entourage will include
Joe Bedenk, line coach, Earl Ed
wards, end coach, Al Michaels,
backfield coach; Jim O'Hora, as
sistant line conch and' Jayvee
coach, and Earl Bruce, coach of
the California State Teachers
eleven.
Managers making the trip will
be David Barron, Harold Saun
ders, Frank Philippbar and Bob
Tomlinson.
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Veteran Jack Biery Faces
Third Basketball Season
By Sy Barash
Jack Biery, fiery basketball
forward who will probably start
against Washington and Jefferson
Saturday night, settled in his
chair and said that Penn State's
team will be lucky to win half
the games on the 1947-48 sched
ule.
He bases his observation on the
perennial strength of such op
ponents as Temple, Navy, West
Virginia, De Pauw, and Washing •
ton and Jefferson. These teams
come up with winning combina
tions each year,
Jack pointed out.
-",. The -slender
dark-blond ath
lete established
a Rec Hall scor
s ing record in
1942. That year,
4 , against Susque
.
hanna Univer
sity, he tallied 22
points. Later the
same year he
' 4. tied the mark in
BIERY a game with Car
negie Tech.
At Susquehanna, in the open
ing contest of the 1946-47 Sea
son, Jack topped his previous
record by rallying for 25 points.
However, Nick Diettrick. later in
the year shattered the mark.
SLIDING ZONE
Jack explained that he now en
joys the sliding-zone system of
basketball since he has become ac
customed to it. When he first
joined Coach John Lawthec's
squad he found the system dif
ficult to master.
Not only was the system dif
ficult to master, but Jack also dis
covered that he became tense be
fore large audiences. The firs ,
time he played at Convention Hal
in Philadelphia and at the Madi
son Square Garden he tensed, bu
loosened up once the games be
gan.
_
"It was kind of awing the first
time I ran out on the court in
New York," Jack said. "It seemed
like I could look straight up
through the smoky haze and see
a man lighting a cigarette."
Jack played for the Chicago
Pneumatic Tool Company which
has a plant at Franklin, where his
home is located. He believes the
experience he gained while on
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that team enabled him to become
a better player.
"In independent leagues you
take quite a beating;' said Jack.
"And you meet good teams that
play alert basketball."
LARRY GENT
While playing for the company
team, Jack met Larry Gent. Gent
played on the Penn State team
which entered the N.C.A.A. bas
ketball tournament at New Or
leans in 1941. Through conversa
tions with Gent, Jack became in
terested in attending Penn State.
Then a Senatorial scholastic
scholarship from Venango County
convinced Jack to matriculate at
Penn State.
He was the first freshman to
play varsity basketball at Penn
State in 1942, the same year he
established scoring records at the
College.
Asked about military 'service,
Jack mentioned that in England
he serviced Bth Air Force bomb
ers after they returned from
bombing missions over the con
tinent.
In England Jack attended a
radio refresher course at a R.A.F
base. Working at the same field
as an ambulance driver in the
WAAF's was Jack's future wife.
Six months after he returned to
the United States, his wife, Iris,
made the trip across the Atlantic.
Because Iris hates to see Penn
State lose, Jack will be trying
especially hard to prove his pre
diction inaccurate.
fl round the Rim
Two members of last year's
team are making a name for
themselves in pro basketball
circles. Nick Dietterick, Penn
State pivot man, signed with
Sunbury and is now starting cen
ter for the Mercuries. Johnny
Rusinko vacillates between the
Wilkes-Barre Barons and the
Sunbury Mercuries.
Last Wednesday he played for
the Sunbury team as "Rushinko"
and scored eleven points. Sunday
he was back with the Barons as
Rusinko and scored three, and
then he returned to the Mercuries
as Rushinko to score 20. Both
Wilkes-Barre and Sunbury are in
first place in their leagues.
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