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
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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.
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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.
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■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.
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