TUESDAY. OCTOBER 12, 1948 Between Liens TrSW By TOM MORGAN Sports Editor About Tissue Paper From the outset, let’s fire a broadside at the gossip rampant hereabouts that Penn State’s pass defense against Syracuse resem bled a piece of anemic tissue paper. It was not so much the Lion defense as it was Custis and Company. When we hear that Slate's pass’ defense left a lot to be desired." we counter by pointing to Ber n i e Custis, sparkplug Syracuse ilinger, as probably the lopnotch passer Penn Slate will encounter this season, with the possible excep tion of West Virginia's Jimmy Walthall. Up for State Custis was insuperable while fading to pass, was accurate as all-get-out in spotting his man, and his receivers, led by “Slivers” Slovenski, played an inspired game against the invading Lions. Syracuse was surely up, psy chologically. This is. evidenced by the Orange's poor showing previously against Holy Cross, when Custis' receivers gathered in only five of his 23 aerials. Against State, the count was 12 out of 31, or 17 per cent more. Chalk that 17 per cent up to the fact that everyone, including the Orange, is pointing for Penn State. It’s tough to be a winner. from the Morg(ue) We suggest Fred Felbaum, Lion guard, go out for Thes , pians, after a sterling show against Syracuse. . . . For fur ther details on this, you'll have to ask Freddie. . . . The November Sport magazine will feature a portrait and by-line text on Elwood Petchel, Lion fire ball tailback.. . . When they roll ed the wet tarpaulin off Archbold Stadium, -field, Herb Carmeal radio broadcaster for the game, remarked in the radio booth: “Temple didn’t use a tarp against State in ’47 and had a glorious six-to-nothing time in the mud. This’ll give us a chance to com pare results.” . . . Not so glorious for Syracuse, 34-14. . . . Carmeal, incidentally, will handle the Col fate-State play-by-play October 0. . . . Critics of the Higgins single wing notwithstanding, we think - there's nothing more beautiful footballistically . than a well executed Penn State reverse play. IM Swimming Intramural swimming teams may engage in practice ses sions at the Glennland pool from 4 to 6 o'clock tonight and tomorrow night only. Eugene C. Bischoff, director of intra mural athletics, announced yesterday. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA Higginsmen Prep For Air Attack Who says eastern football is based on the ground attack? Even before the airways cleared from the 31-pass barrage hurled by Syracuse (linger Bernie Custis. the Penn State gridders have to start worrying about another pig skin hurler. this time from West Virginia. Jimmy Walthall, the Mountain eers’ air ace. will try tc duplicate Custis’ feat of two touchdown nasses and 12 completions out of 31 tries for a total of 187 yards against the Nittany defense. DRILL So jftiat not even an evening’s practice would be lost, Coach Hig gins and his squad ran through a regular drill yesterday afternoon in the rain. With the emphasis on passing defense and line plunging on the offense, the Lion mentor hopes to have the squad in top condition for the West Virginia fray. Last Friday’s game took a heavy toll of the Penn State guards. Both Joe DrazenOvich, 200-pound lineman from Browns ville, and 210-pound Erie guard Paul Kelly were sidelined during the contest. Drazenovich sprained his ankle during the first quarter and Kelly left the game in the third quarter with an injured knee. SERIOUS “We won’t be sure if they’ll be ready for Saturday’s game until the middle of the week,” said team trainer Chuck Medlar. “Both injuries are more serious than the usual bangs and bruises of a game,” he continued, “and anything can happen in practice before Saturday.” Although the guard picture is rather dark, the end position was brightened by the news that Bob Hicks, regular terminal from Lan caster, and John Smidansky, soph end from Munhall, are improving and they will both be .ready for the important Michigan State game with Smidansky ready to play this Saturday. Statistics ... Total first downs Net yards gained rushing 33? 35 Passes attempted Passes completed 3 12 Yards gained passes 14 187 Passes intercepted by 3 0 Yds gained, intercepted passes 19 0 Punts 7 6 Average yards punts 36.1 43.7 Yards gained punt returns 69 66 Fumbles 0 1 Lost ball, fumbles 0 1 'Penalties 5 S Yards lost, penalties ' 55 35 £)fl DAILY LUNCHEON SPECIAL Liver V Onions . Hot Food THE IM Touch Football Rain and wet grounds forced postponement of last night's night's intramural touch foot ball card. Tonight's schedule, starting a l 7 o'clock, is: Alpha Tau Omega ’ vs.- Lambd„ Chi A 1 pha. Sigma Chi vs. Tau Phi Delta, Chi Phi vs. Bela Theta Pi, and Alpha Phi Alpha vs. Theta Chi. Soccermen Nip Bucknell, 2-1 Paced by Clarence Buss and Ted Lieb, the Lions’ alert and fast striking soccer aggregation racked up its second consecutive victory last Saturday by tacking a 2-1 defeat on Bucknell’s BiSons. But the victory might have been a costly one to the Blue and White. Early in the fourth period Frank Taucher, aggressive Lion fullback, received a nerve injury on the side of his face and had to be removed to the infirmary for treatment. Although his face is Dadly swollen now, he is expected to return for light workouts later in the week. The contest was as close as the narrow one-point victory margin indicates. Center forward Buss tallied the Lions’ first marker after three minutes had elapsed in the first period to give the Jeffreymen the lead. Bucknell, greatly improved over last season, retaliated in the sec ond period and the teams left the field deadlocked at the halfway mark. Playing from his outside left post, Lieb pushed across the lone goal of the second half after six minutes of play in the third quar ter. This marker provided the Blue and White with its victory margin as both teams engaged in a see-saw battle during the re mainder of the contest. Living up to expectations, the Jeffrey-tutored charge s were strong defensively but lacked scoring punch. PENN STATE CLASS RINGS FOR MEN AND WOMEN L. G. BALFOUR COMPANY LOCAL OFFICE IN THE ATHLETIC STORE St. Syr. U 10 6 31 FOR TODAY: *3> Cf \ J Good Variety Prompt Service Popular Prices TER ROOM 11 :30-1 :30 Harriers Win First, Dump NYU The Nittany Lion harriers in augurated their cross country season auspiciously by swamping the harriers of NYU, 19-36, in New York Saturday afternoon. Led by Captain Horace Ashen felter, who finished first as was expected, the Lions placed five runners among the first six to cross the finish line. Only Violet harrier to place among the first half dozen was Armand Osterberg, who crossed the finish line second, only eight seconds behind Ashenfelter. Last year against the Blue and White cross-countryman Osterberg fin ished third behind Jerry Karver and Ashenfelter. Ash covered the five miles in the excellent time of 26:47, bet tering last year’s meet mark by 14.3 seconds. Don Longenecker, A 1 Porto, 'feil « ?- oS r O' /* \ " l * lililii k' ''-1 \ i ■$ > J i. .■ ****** -« YOUNG MEN'S SHOP ■Tohn Bates and John St. Clair finished in that order behind Os terberg. Other Nittany runners who made the trip were Bob Parsons, who finished eighth; Bob Free bairn, 12th; Bob Auman, 13th; Hal Borck, 15th; John McCall, 16th; William Gordon, 21st; A 1 Vigilante, 22nd, and Paul Koch, 25th. Coach Chick Werner called the work of the seven sophomores who ran in the NYU meet “en couraging.” Two of them, Porto and St. Clair, finished among the first five. Neither team ran as good a race as could have been expected, in the opinion of the Lion mentor, because it was so early in the season and neither squad was ia the best shape. ■ AXON is a masterpiece of individual design. Choose yours with your first or last inWatet. you prefer... no waiting, the initials aaa part of the integral design. In dominating shades of rad, blue and brown. Superbly tailored; perfect (or gifts or paiaonai uae. PAGE THREE tiMby EKfcmmtMHb
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