PAGE FOUR Nittany Team Bucknell Says The indicator will be set at “full speed ahead” on New Beaver Field at 2 o’clock tomorrow afternoon when Coach Bob Higgins sends the S.S. Penn State against Bucknell in the Lions’ first en gagement of the season. Barring a few minor injuries received after almost a month of practice, the team is in top condition to meet its oldest rival, the same team Penn State met in the Nittany Lion opener 62 years ago Although the Bisons have not defeated the Lion team for a dec ade, the visitors will invade the Nittany Vale fresh from the 29-6 blasting of Alfred U. last week. LINEUP To combat the invading Herd that claims “It can be done” when talking about snapping the win streak' of the Lion, Coach Higgins will throw almost the same team into the battle that fought to a 13-13 tie against Southern Methodist in last sea son’s Cotton Bowl. Slated for the end posts are Bob Hicks, 185-pound Lancaster product, and Sam Tamburo, a slashing terminal from New Ken sington. Four hundred fifteen pounds of muscle will fill the tackle posts in the person of John Finley of Paxtang and Negley Norton of Altoona. Both Finley and Norton were members of the Penn State team that took the Eastern cham pionship in the 1947 campaign One of the most important spots in the line, the center posi tion, is slated for Ray Hedderick, a heavy but inexperienced passer. Regular center for the Blue and White, Chuck Beatty, injured his leg during last week’s i* '£s% *‘\ "A <\ ‘.A '' A &&$& r Two things every college man should know! L a This is a cheer leader. All-American Sweater Girl. Expert at pass defense. T ( rrific ) formation. The formation of a ”Manhattan ” shirt is terrific, too. F, This is a M Manhattan ” Burt. Also leads cheers. Popular button-down collar fits and looks just right. Fabric residual shrinkage 1% or less. oxjords. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE OOLt/EGE, PENNSYLVANIA Ready for Bisons; it Can Be Done!’ practice and although the 200- pound Weisel athlete has recov ered from his injury, he will be kept in reserve for the initial game. BUNN Another center, Ken Bunn of State College, will also be inter changed with Hedderick. Bunn, a junior, is the lightest of the centers, weighing 180 to Hed derick’s 205 pounds. A backfield that any coach would exchange his entire line for rounds out tl\e Nittany link up for Saturday’s engagement. In the wingback slot, fast and fancy Wally Triplett holds the starting berth. Wally, who was on the receiving end of two scoring passes in last Saturday’s scrimmage, is very effective on the Penn State reverses and a constant threat to the opposition on his smashing defensive play from the backer-up position. Blocking back Chuck Drazeno vich, a 214-pound road plow for the Lion scatbacks, will also fig ure in the offense planned by Coach Higgins and his assistants. Although “the Draz” is a spark- Continued on page five P AN V HARRY LAWRENCE Bucknell Coach State Tenth Although the Nittany Lion eleven has not inaugurated its season, the gridders boasted tenth place in Atlantic football, ratings. The Lions remained in the same position as they finished last year. The ten national leaders as posted by the Atlantic ratings are North Carolina, Michigan, Notre Dame, Army, Indiana, Purdue, Rice, Northwestern, Southern Methodist and Penn State. . Matmen Organize All candidates for wrestling contestants and managers are re quested to report to 10 Sparks at 7:30 p.m. next Tuesday. At this organizational meeting, Coach Charlie Speidel will speak. ' I * u I A ] R sinso * You're on the right track when you start your hunting season at Don - Kepler's. You'll find every type of equipment and supplies here Br « WIN $1500! "Strike-lt-Lucky" Tickets Given Here „ iU • Hunting Clothes Come in today for particulars •Don Kepler and a complete line of all hunt- Hunting Shoe ing needs. •Hunting Licenses THE DON KEPLER tl-n-d-e-r T-H-E SPORT SHOP "C O H N E R" 1 > il , l ; I Wank at tan Products are Exclusive with path- Haipft Hattcr Habcrdashcm Tail©* at Penn State Intramural Deadline Five o’clock this afternoon is the deadline for registering for intramural competition in touch football, tennis singles and swimming. Undergraduate men may sign up for these three fall sports in Rec Hall today. Independent men are urged especially to fgrm touch foot ball teams of at least nine players and swimming squads of at least five to compete in intramural tourneys. Any number of independent men may enter the tennis sin gles play but entries in this sport from each fraternity are limited to two. Competition in all three sports is tentatively slated to open next week, probably Wednesday, acording to Eu gene C. Bischoff, director of intramural athletics. Lion Gridders First in East Even though the Penn State football squad hasn’t performed on a gridiron this season, the Nit tany Lion was given the top rat ing in the Lambert Trophy com petition, signifying eastern grid supremacy. Defending champions of the title, the Lions were awarded 984 points on pre-season prospects, while last year’s runner-up, Penn, received 979 for second place. Army, which held the trophy for three consecutive years dur ings the reign of Blanchard and Davis, and Boston College, which beat Wake Forest Saturday, were tied for third place with 977 points. Holy Cross, Columbia, Prince ton, Dartmouth, Yale and Har vard complete the list of the top ten teams in the East this week. Ewell Wins In a special race at Lancaster Wednesday, Barney Ewell, ex- Penn State and recent Olympic star, defeated Harrison Dillard in the 100-yard dash. Ewell’s time was unannounced. In the Olympic 100-meter event in London, Dillard had beaten Ewell. „ FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1948 Between Lions ESSr By Tom Morgan Sports Editor Patsy Some of the all-knowing grid iron savants have put the “patsy” label on tomorrow’s Nittany Lion opene, with the Bucknell Bisons. Thai's a new one on us, so we sweep all our football dope sheets and latest forecast forms to one side of our desk and delve into Prof. Surefire's Lat est Revised Edition of Sports Lingo, issued monthly by Sharpy Surefire, our admiring fraternity brother. (As befits his name. Surefire also does sure fire football predicting on the side.) On page 13-we read: “Patsy— latest word employed by football scriveners to denote a pushover, a weak sister, an anemic jelly fish, a doormat, a Larry Lay down.” Well, we prefer to wait till the Bison-Lion tussle is over before tabbing the Bucknell eleven a “patsy.” Bison Boss Down Lewisburg way, at least one Bucknellian—Coach' Harry L. Lawrence—has indi cated that he thinks' tomorrow's tiff won't approach the - walk away proportions of last year's State-Bucknell rout. In that one, State jarred the Bisons, 54-0, and went on to win eight more and tie one, an un beaten skein of ten games which now places the Nittany Lions vul nerably on top of the heap as “a good team to beat.” Lawrence comments, "We're not great but we're a lot better than last year. We have more size, more speed, more spirit, more of everything and are the type of club that can pull sur prises at any time." That’s a mouthful coming from the Bison coach who is in his sec ond year as football chief of staff. Lawrence was a former grid skip per of Baltimore City College high school, where his football teams at one time boaste’d a streak of 54 triumphs. His life-time coaching record is 71 wins, six ties and 17 losses. Smokey Jim A topnotch frosh team that bowed but once, plus 17 varsity vets, uphold the Bison hopes for better pickings this season. Last year they copped two and drop ped seven. The first-string tackles and guards, along with a corps of experienced backs, have return ed from the '47 band of Bisons. For double trouble on the ground and in the air, the Buck nellians are sounding the virtues of a super - sophomore back, Smokey Jim Ostendarp. They say Smokey injects that needed zing in the Bucknell single wing. Zing or no sing, we'll have our eye peeled for Smokey Jim tomorrow, and may the Nittany Lions dispose of the Thunder ing Herd so we may concen trate on Syracuse. Precision At football practice recently we patiently watched Carl Sturges, current Nittany place .- lacking specialist, boot the pigskin through the uprights nineteen times. Then we gave up waiting for a miss and walked away. True-Too Speaking of place-kickers. Syracuse boasts "the most ac curate extra-point kicker in the college ranks." He's George (True-Toe) Brown and he boot ed 27 in a row prior to the '4l season. Apparently, his string was broken last weekend, however, since the Orangemen dropped an extra point in defeating Nia gara, 13-9. Altoona-Bound Three ex-Nittany Lion football stars have been approached by Continued on page five ATTENTION! Penn S*at* Greatest Annual THE BELLE HOP Sat. Oct. 2nd At The TUB
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