WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1948 Walthall Sparks Mountaineers With eight touchdown passes to his credit in just four games, Jimmy Walthall will provide the scoring threat to the undefeated Penn State gridders this Saturday when they clash with West Vir ginia on New Beaver field. A standout in 1944, Walthall was the man responsible for the 28-27 decision the Mountaineers handed the Lions that year. As in the ensuing fray, the Nittanyites were favored but could not with stand the pressure of an all-out air attack and bowed to what was then Bill Kern's gridders. Now with a new coach in Dud DeGroot, but the same right arm of Walthall, the visitors hope to Between Lions By TOM MORGAN Sports Editor Center Convert Ray Hedderick used to joke about his ‘“non-playing ability to his football buddies. His by-word was - “I can’t understand;' I was good in high school.” That was as a freshman at Cali, fornia State Teachers College where Ray, or ”Blo" a* he's called in Erie, was a reserve wingback "with possibilities." But the possibilities didn’t jell when Ray came to Penn State las* vear as jus't another wing bacK. Then a shortage in centers developed and Coach Bob Hig gins persuaded the 195-pound product of Erie’s Millcreek High to try out for the pivot post. Now Higgiiu says Hedderick has become a competent snapper back and the Hig's plans call for plenty of action for Ray in the Niilany center slot. Currently Hedderick is Chuck “Jiggs” Beatty’s chief competition for number-one varsity center, and fans back home in Erie are again talking about Millcreek’s star halfback, now turned center at Mt. Nittany. Rifle Call All men interested in trying out for the varsity rifle team should sign their names on sheets placed on the ROTC bulletin board, Carnegie Hall, and attend the team’s first meeting in the Armory at 7:30 o’clock tonight. All varsity team members are urged to be present tonight. All men interested in assistant managerships on the varsity rifle team should apply at 107 Old Main. Touch Football Independent touch football par ticipants get their first chance to exhibit their abilities tonight when four teams open the action at New Beaver practice field. The Coal Crackers tackle the Comets at 7 o’clock, followed at 7:45 by the Indies vs. Penn Haven. Fcur fraternity squads round out the evening’s program, Pi Lambda Phi meeting Phi Sigma Kappa at 8:30 o’clock and Alpha Chi Sigma tangling with Sigma Nu at 9:15. LISTEN TO Elwood Petchel Interviewed By JACK BALDWIN on "People Are Interesting" TONIGHT 9:45 P.M. WMA J 1450 ON YOUR DIAL Sponsored By Collage Sportswear THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA upset the apple cart again as they did in 1944. After coming from behind to top Waynesburg 29-16, the Mounts smacked down a weak Wooster, Ohio team 34-6. Two Walthall passes accounted for scores in this one-sided contest. Recording 270 yards in the air and 163 on the ground, the South erners slapped down a lightly-re garded Temple eleven 27-7. Again it was Jimmy Walthall’s eye and arm that gave the team its third straight win. ALLEN ' Another aerial artist, Bill Allen, relieved Walthall in the final per iod of the Temple fray and flipped a pass to Charlie Becca, West Vir ginia back, who hauled it in and covered 78 yards for the touch down. A fumble and a poor punt top pled DeGroot’s team from the ranks of the unconquered as Pittsburgh capitalized on these mistakes and turned them into scores to defeat West Virginia. 16-6. 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Except for these two costly errors, the battle was fought in neutral territory between the 20-yard stripes In last year’s thriller, the Hons came from behind twice to turn back the fighting Mountaineers, 21-14. Six years ago the fresh .nan-dominated Penn State team ivas on its way to an undefeated season when the West Virginians threw back the Lions, 24-0, in a surprising upset. Coach Bob Higgins is not the only mentor fretting about a pass ing attack. In the Mountaineer camp Dudley DeGroot is drilling his squad against the expected air attack from Elwood Petchel and Co. According to scouting reports on the Wooster-West Virginia game, the method DeGroot used for combatting aerials was to wait until the pass was completed and then drop the man in his cracks with a bone-jarring tackle. With both teams emphasizing air defense, Saturday’s battle could easily turn into a final exam to test which team learned its les sons and can apply them to the best advantage. 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Results of the matches were: Bill Aiken, Phi Delta Theta, over D on Brown, Chi Phi, 6- 6-1; Bill Mallory, Phi Gam ma Delta, over Russ Marker, Phi Sigma Kappa 6-1, 6-1; Sid Gould, Alpha Epsilon Pi,’ over Bohdan Cohmann, Alpha Chi Rho. 6-2, 7- Jim Cody, Zeta Beta Tau, over Bob Dieruff, Adacia, 7-5, 6-2; Harold Waltzer over Ted Puschak, 6-2, 8-6; Boh Blair over Winston Boyer, 6-1, 6-1; Harvey Marcey over Don Elhoff, 6-1, 6-1; Owen Landon over Vance Klep per, 6-3 6-3; Ben Myers over John Erb, 6-3, 7-9, 8-6. yards for the tally. The last touch down was made on a Pass play from Bill Brown to Bill Barber good for 16 yards. Tony Piliggi converted the point from, place men? after the last tally. The Nittany gridders have three more games on their schedule, Bucknell October 16th. Navy at Annapolis October 22 and Lock Haven freshmen October 36. The last gam e will be played here on New Beaver field. ■ «»»iw,w> l \vw'l^S':«iV. , .v.v, V- *Yyjanhalla.n PAGE THREE Taiu<h%
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