PA'-'T' ”T””T THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA Gridders Stage * s -° phoiiiore can<^.'^a^ cs ■ . I ~ .JdmLe country were urged yesterday H Vl’TQ*/n tT% ■IO% 0% I ■: XL' ‘•‘jjfeßßafcJa to report as soon as possible tc BII&B ft 1 —j) IIIBIIMCI I |l| *'7£'V.4' xWHIHhHBPIS room 107 Old Main and then “"* “ V * *■ ** *■* lilt contact. Head Manager Leo The team that everyone’s talking about, the Penn State football j‘ 'Jj||PSpl an y day by 3 prn ~ aggregation, will make its opening appearance before the student _ _ ■ j»| body tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 on the New Beaver Field. HHHj A 111111111 I IlflAtP With a week and a half of practice and scrimmaging under its MIUbII!I1 bllVvlv belt, the 54-man squad will be divided into two teams and face off under game conditions. 001111 MlflHlAC Higgins, “are at the center and " Cllllj I IlUlllvJf tackle posts. We have excellent terminal posts, this position ap men in those positions right now nears to be the strong point of the |)!gf T A|% Cam# but if these key men are hurt, our line. i fill IOD IUCJ replacements won’t be able to fill Sam Tamburo, New Kensing- J B * " W B* ■ up the gap.” ton, and Bob Hicks are conceded JEFF DURKOTA Penn state alumni went over At the present time, Charles the starting positions, and Dennie * * 0 board for arid Navv “Jiggs” Beatty, 20fl-pound center Hoggard of Philadelphia, who—.,, . h -,=ked hv’ theVrnn State fifth rSM“mu4 h ls'S l hlfle? r ei ?t S if 2 °°' “Vf?" T.’S Bills Ttode Alumni'AnocmtSi To exores. IS S.,« cX ” aS °" °' h ' S ‘ °P lege snapper, is taking over Beat- Pushing these men for a start- lof’f jjllrLfOtfl P Results of the noil were an du“es whllo Chuck is side- tag position arc Smldansky six- J@IT 1/UrKOFO „ “SS? t o 4 ,b f um C Ihc 1 d ‘ pPTTTcsfi f five ' ln ch Dan Kline of Har- Jeff Durkota, highest-scoring p en n Stater, alumni publication. . ~ PELU ®° , „ risburg, Daiton Rumberger of Mt. backfield member of the un- and the other places in the first Another center, A 1 Peluso, New Lebanon, Jack Storer of Wilkins- oeaten 47 Nittany Lion football ten went to Cornell Army Syra- Brighton, is in the infirmary, burg, Lloyd Amprim of Mones- eleven, has been traded by the C use, Columbia, Ohio State,’ Buck- Peluso has a badly bruised leg sen, and Mervm Metz of Hunt- Buffalo Bills, of the All-America nell and Notre Dame, and will probably miss the open- ingdon. ... Conference, to the Los Angeles The Nittany Lions have en ing game, but Beatty is scheduled An outstanding freshman back Dons, of the same circuit. countered all of these tpams at to see action against Bucknell in 1944, Johnny Chuckran, will Last Spring, after being drafted one time or another during the next week. renew his bid for football acclaim by the Cleveland Browns, of the last 60 years, but only Penn; Pitt. A sophomore who is slated for this year. During the 1947 season same professional league, Dur- Buckneil and Syracuse are slated action with the varsity this sea- the Lansford, Pa., halfback was kota was traded to Buffalo. for the current season, son, John Smidansky, 190-pound hampered by injuries, but he ap- Playing his only game for the Listed in the second ten are Munhall end, sprained his ankle pears ready to open up with his Bills in a n exhibition tilt with the West Vireinia, Colgate, Michigan, during practice early this week, pre-war form this season. New York Yankees, Durkota last Michigan State, Dartmouth, but according to Trainer Chuck DRAZENOVICH month saved the Bills from de- Southern Methodist Duke Prin- Medler, he will recover in time Another back who was listed H <? sprinted 30 yards in the ceton, Temple and Yale. Four of for the season’s opener. . among the injured, Chuck Dra- casing minutes of the contest for these teams—West Virginia, Col- Four other Lions, Bob Hicks, zenovich, 214-pound blocking a touchdown and a 28-28 stale- gate, Temple and Michigan State 185-pound end from Lancaster; back from Brownsville, has re- resulted. —are on the 1948 schedule. Pete Gonnski, 190-pound fullback covered from a leg injury and is This summer Durkota worked According to The Penn Stater, from Mutual; Bob McCoy, 205- now scrimmaging daily with the nn a building demolition project comments accompanying the bal pound Lock Haven center, and squad. ]r l Buffalo, carrying ftuge chunks lots indicated that alumni believ- Tom McDermott, 220-pound Pitts- The Nittany Lions’ nine-game concrete from the building to aedin a strong Eastern schedule, burgh tackle, are on the injured schedule will get underway on -rowing pile of debris. buttressed by one or two inter list but they are all expected to October 2 when the Buckneil Bi- ‘‘They told us to be in shape,” sectional clashes, Dreferably be in top condition by next Sat- sons invade State College to graze Durkota said, speaking for him- against Big Nine elevens. urday. on the Penn State turf. s °lf and Bob Leonette, first-string END POSTS STRONG This will be the 38th meeting of ”uard of Wake Forest, also work- Earle Edwards, Penn State end A cheerful note after all the the teams since 1887. The Lions, ln e °n the project. coach, is a keen follower of tales of bruises and sprains was unbeaten in 1947 and 54-0 victors “We’ll be in shape. We’ve been schoolboy football. His son, Jack, sounded by Coach Higgins in re- over Buckneil, hold an edge in spending the summer tearing is an end on the State College viewing his material at the end the series, winning 27 of the 37 (Continued on page nine) Hi eh School team. positions. With the same duo that games played in the last 61 years. started in the Cotton Bowl at the (Continued on page nine ) /, 11 • • iiiM- ; im- Collegian Predicts . . . Four members of the Daily Collegian sports staff will make a pT I • j weekly feature to predict the leading football games in the country. Tour topping j GAME | Morgan I Krane j Roth i Vadasz Villanova-Army Army Army Army Villanova Michigan-Mich. State Michigan Michigan Michigan Michigan T wT Cali fo rn ia-N a v y California California California California Minnesota-Washinglon Minn. Minn. Minn. 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SEPTEAfBER 25. 1948 By the way, the fact that 26 lacrossemen this year are out doing seniors augurs well for the chances of incoming sophomores who want to take up the game. As Coach Thiel says, in urging newcomers to try out for la crosse. “Absolutely no experience is necessary.” All ya gotta do is listen and learn. Doak's Equal . Phone 6733 Phone 6769 k Between Lions By Tom Morgan Sports Editor Faux Pas “Brother, you’ve had it! You’re a has-been already before the semester gets started!” . . . Those were the caustic comments of Foolproof Fauntle roy, our admiring fraternity hrother jvhose sharp eyes focus automatically on any and all ty oogranhical errors which creep into these hallowed sports pages. He was referring to an un fortunate typographical mishap which occurred in Wednesday's Daily Collegian and which caused some little commotion around these na’-ts. It seems we called Rch Higgins "Boob" in stead of Bob. Dear Fooloroof got out the dic tionary and began reading the definition for “boob”: a fool, a dupe, any of the species of nin compoops or Simple Simons, etc., etc. . . . Bv that time we were on our ■ '•pv to New Beaver iNeld to get u-o Hig’s reaction. We expected to b e greeted with the cleat-end of a football hrogan. But as thiners turn out. we auess the veteran N’ttany Lion football coach, after 18 years, is hardened toward such han neninos. At any rate his only comment was: "Ha, that's a pretti, nood one!" Which shows that P-»h Hin nies can lake such things in stride. Meanwhile, we ordered 20 lashes for our chief proofreader, fired him. and have signed up Foolproof Fauntlerov to do the iob from here on out. In Demand Now that he's back from Eu rope where he was United States Olympic qymnastics coach. Lion Coach' Gene Welt stone is in great demand as a speaker before civic groups in and out of Stale College. About Lacrosse There’s one varsity sport, at least, on campus that doesn’t raise a big fuss about previous experience of its participants. That’s lacrosse. To illustrate our point. Coach Nick Thiel has 28 lacrossemen —26 seniors and two juniors— returning from last spring's sguad. Of the 28, just one— Ed Belfield, a junior—played lacrosse before attending Penn State. Down in Texas. Southern Methodist's Mustangs are sup posed to have a sophomore wonderback—Kyle Rote—who (Continued on pane eleven)
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