TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1948
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Lions L 5111?
By Tom Morgan
Sports Editor
Propaganda
Daily we are in receipt of a
batch of mail which includes
long, imposing, business-like en
velopes containing the latest
sweet utterances of sundry ath
letic publicity directors of Penn
State’s football opponents.
In trying to outdo one an
other while touting their re
spective teams to the bursting
point, they always leave room
for a moment of black silence
in anticipation of the awful
moment when their courageous
elevens are prostrate in the
wake of the notorious Nitlany
Lion.
Although enlightening and en
tertaining, th's kind of stuff, to
be sure, is designed to throw
somebody off guard, namely the
Nittany Lions and their fans, be
for.. each big game comes up. By
instilling false security, these pur
veyors of the printed sports word
figure they’ve done their duty in
, setting the psychological stage for
their team’s tussle with the Lions.
’ Non-Goliaths
These Lions, however, aren't
' a bunch of monstrous gridiron
Goliaths set to blast the day
’ lights out of each successive
foe. They're human, subject to
1 all the flighty bounces that a
fickle football may lake, just
■ like other teams.
The Nitlany machine, 100,
, can experience lough sledding
on the green gridiron turf if
the opposition has a mind to
put up a fuss.
Witness Saturday’s battle with
* the Bisons.
, Not Good
A substantial segment of the
, Nittany fans, the blood-craving
ones, expressed disappointment
that the scorp before the Bisons
were finally counted out did not
reach the astronomical propor
' lions of last year's 54-0 rout.
They said. "The Lions didn't
look so good." t
True, Coach Bob iHiggins and
A his aides have - a lot of kinks to
A iron out in the attack of their ’4B
football eleven before it ap
< proaches its smoothest-running
form. But any coach has similar
t prickly problems after the first
game.
Frankly, we're satisfied with
. the outcome of the Lions' in
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tensive practice sessions for the
impending game with Syracuse
in just three days.
Coach Bob Higgins will have to
rely on Dennie Hoggard and re
serve terminals Dan Kline, Dal
ton Rumberger, Jack Storer and
Lloyd Amprim to fill the gap in
the lineup.
Another sophomore end, John
Smidansky, suffered a slight
shoulder separation in Satur
day’s fray but he is expected to
be back in the fold in time for
the Syracuse battle.
Four other Penn State grid
ders, Don Murray, Bill Luther,
Wally Triplett and Fred Fel
baum, received minor strains
and bruises and, with the excep
tion of Murray, will be ready for
practice scrimmages this after
noon.
Don “Duck” Murray, 215-pound
Lion tackle, received a bruised
foot and will stay on the inactive
list for the early portion of the
week.
Flashing at times the power
of the undefeated 1947 team, but
unable to gain complete control
of a stubborn Bucknell eleven,
the Penn State football team
rolled to a 35-0 victory over the
Bisons Saturday afternoon be
fore an opening day crowd of
15,000 at New Beaver field.
A combined ground and air of
fensive that piled up 320 yards
against the opponent’s 79 kept
the Lions’ undefeated record in
tact and assured even the visitors
from Lewisburg at the onset that
as for topping Penn
State, “it can’t We done.”
Wally Triplett, 172-pound Nit
tany wingback, shone brilliantly
in both his offensive and defen
sive play. The LaMott speed
merchant started the scoring
spree in the opening period
when he pulled in a lofting
Petchel pass in the end zone.
Again in the third quarter
Triplett snagged a Petchel toss
and spun his way down to the
Bucknell 15 for a 41-yard gain.
In the opening minutes of the
last quarter, Wally took the ball
on a reverse, skirted the end,
spun away from four Orange and
Blue tacklers and sped across the
goal line for the fourth TD of
the battle.
The Nittany air attack center
ed on the accurate right arm of
Elwood Petchel. Scampering
about in the backfield, the “Fly
ing Fragment” would spot an
end or back, cock his arm, and
deliver the ball into the wait
ing hands of the receiver.
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second-half attack .that netted
21 points, by speeding over the
goal from the 2-yard line late in
the third quarter. As an extra
feature, the Easton air artist held
the ball for the five placement
kicks that Carl Sturges, the Lion
placement specialist, booted be
tween the goal posts.
On the heavy side of the Nit
tany attack, Bill Luther, Captain
Joe Colone, Franny Rogel and
Larry Joe smashed into the Bison
line to rack up 11 first downs.
With their sophomore sensa
tion, Jim Ostendarp, in the hos
pital with the grippe, the Bisons
used a substitute, Lee McCloskey,
in the tailback spot. McCloskey
more than filled the gap in the
visitors’ lineup as he repeatedly
smashed through the Blue and
White line for short but effective
gains.
FUMBLE
Not until the third quarter was
the Lawrence coached team able
to pass the mid-field marker and
penetrate into Lion territory. A
fumble recovered by Chuck Dra
zenovich halted the minor Bison
threat and from that point on, the
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visitors concentrated on keeping
the score to a minimum.
After an exchange of punts in
the first period, Luther returned
a Bucknell boot to the Herd’s 36.
Triplett went to the 25 on a re
verse but a holding penalty put
the ball near the mid-field stripe.
Smashing into the line, Colone
bucked' to the 39 and Luther
slammed down to the 20. Conch
Bob Higgins sent Petchel into the
fray at this point and after Trip
lett picked up 13 yards on a re
verse. Petch flipped a pass to
Wally for the touchdown. Sturges
converted to give the home team
a 7-0 lead
ROGEL
Larry Cooney, Petchel, Colone
and Franny Rogel collaborated
for the second marker with Rogel
blasting his way from the 14 to
the end zone.
A pass interception by Joe
Drazenovich on the Bucknell 15
set up the third six-pointer.
Petchel, keeping the sequence of
plays in the family, fired a pass
to Chuck Drazenovich on the 5.
Rogel chalked up a first on the
2-yard line and Petchel made
the score 21-0 on an end run.
After Wally Tripplett’s 28-yard
scoring run, Newcomer O’Bara’s
touchdown in the opening min
utes of the last period concluded
the scoring for the Lions. In the
closing minutes, O’Bara, Dough
erty and Urion penetrated to the
Bison 9 but a penalty nullified
Penn State’s chances for another
score.
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He has served longer than any
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Touch Football
Onens Tomorrow
Competition for 65 teams in in
tramural football will open to
morrow under the lights at the
reserve varsity field when four
teams line up. announced Assist
ant Director of Intramural Ath
letics Clarence Sykes, adding
that he expected to have the
schedules made up shortly.
He also expects to have tennis
singles organized and teams play
ing immediately, with swimming
beginning near the middle of the
month at Glennland pool.
Comparing the interest shown
by students in intramurals this
year with the number of partici
pants in the fall of 1947, Sykes
revealed these figures:
Fraternities show 100 percent
participation in touch football
with 47 fraternities competing in
the sport, as compared with 43
last season. There are 18 indepen
dent teams this year, 11 more
than last.
Swimming competition and ten
nis singles also show an advance
in interest, 39 fraternities entering
participants in the water sport,
seven more than last year, and in
tennis, 86 men from 44 fraterni
ties and 27 independents repre
sent an increase of 36 partici
pants.
First touch football games at
the practice field will begin at 7
p.m. each evening, with subse
quent contests following every 45
minutes.
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