TUESDAY OCTOBER 19. 1948 Between The U»«s By TOM MORGAN Sport* ICditor About Scouts Football scouts of teams are an amiable lot At the drop of a pigskin they will not hesitate to tell you that your backfield is composed of Na gurskis whom their weakling eleven will be unable to stop, or that your brawny linemen will create a sieve-like appearance in their puny forward wall, come the day of the “big game." Since the reverse is so often true when the two teams finally face off, one is prone to season opposing scou t s' pre-game praises with the salt of wari ness and discretion. With this in mind, we quote the scout from Penn as he watched Wally Triplett twist, turn, zigzag and stage a general whirling dervish act through and around West Virginia tacklers Saturday: "He's the best back I've seen since Glenn Davis." Modesty Speaking of Triplett reminds us of that radio interview in Cort land, N. Y., in which Triplett, “Punchy” Rogel and Larry Joe participated. It was the day after the Syra cuse game. The announcer ask ed the Nitlany Negro wing back: “And who’s this young man?’ Wally—“ Wall- Triplett." Announcer—“ What do you do on the team?” Answering this query, Wally, who the day before had snaked r.is way off inside reverses for runs of 19, 42, 45 and 27 yards, scored one touchdown and set up two others while playing merrv havoc with the Syracuse defense, said: "Why, I helps t' lake out Ihe end." From the Morg(ue) Saturday’s fracas with the Mountaineers was no quilting party. . . . Rough stuff, legal and otherwise, occurred on both sides. . . . Triplett was the object of Mountaineer “affection” several times as vicious tackles left Wally minus his helmet. Rogel was the essence of tri umph when he emerged from a pile-up of seven or eight Nit lany and West Virginia play ®rs with the ball, previously fumbled, under one arm, his helmet under the other, and a jaunty grin on his face. Sigma Pi Victor Displaying precision and poise in sil 111 re of hip dives, Rudy Valentino, Sigma Pi. led his teammates to a 35 to 6 swimming victory over Alpha Epsilon Pi at Glennland pool last night. The SP's scored first in every event. Pi Kappa Alpha was de clared winner by forfeit i n the other scheduled meet when Kappa Sigma failed to appear Tonight's schedule: Beta Theta Pi vs. Phi Kappa Psi and Delta Upsilon vs. Phi Kappa Tau. IM Tennis Tennis singles players will have a few more days to com plete their second round games, announced Eugene C. Bischoff. director of intramural athletics, yesterday. HOLIDAY Am Adventure in Petchel, Tri (Continued, from page one) r-.ce at present. H. R. Gilbert, graduate manager ot athletics, said that the Nittany gridders will meet the Cadets in West Point’s Mitchie Stacuum Satur day, October 1, m 194 a and again in the scame location October 7, 1950. In the other games with Army, Penn State defeated the Cadets in 1899 and played to a scoreless tie in 1900. opposing Wally Triplett starting the anas and tackles and E 1 wood Pet chel flipping passes from all an gles gave the Nittany Lions their 37-7 victory over West Virginia and 13th straight game without a defeat Saturday before 20.000 partisan fans. TOUCHDOWNS The Lamott wingback ran with the finesse of an All-American tailback and when he was aDout to be tackled, drove with the power of a fullback. Sprinting for 219 yards in eleven tries, ne reel ed off two touchdowns w>t.h an 85-yard runback of a punt and a 64-yard run from scrimmage. On his 85-yard run, the shifty sprinter took the ball over his shoulder on the 15, picked up blockers at the midfield stripe, and cleared all but one West Vir ginia back by the time he cached the Mountaineer 20. Dennie Hog gard, who was running next to Triplett, threw a smashing oiock into the defender and Triplett crossed the line unmolested. Tossing two touchdown passes and smacking the line for the third, Petchel helped Coach Hig gins solve the tight West Virginia defense in the first period. After throwing a few passes, Petchel handed the toting duties to Fran Rogei or Triplett who crashed through the wide-spread opposi tion. Petch’s first scoring pass came with just one minute to play in the first period. A 23-yard toss to Sam Tamburo put the ball on the visitors’ four-yard line. Coach Higgins sent Rogel into the battle for the fourth-down at- Jayvee Grid Team Hit hard by injuries and fum blitis, the Penn State Jayvees went down to defeat Saturday against Bucknell, 20-0. The Bisons began their scor ing in the first period, and tal lied again in the second and fourth. The first two touchdowns came as the sesult of passes and the third resulted from a Lion fumble recovered on the 10-yard line. Because of the inability of the Nittany backs ,to hold on to the ball, there was not one sus tained drive chalked to their credit all afternoon. The Lion team had other woes to cry about other than the loss. Tony Shumskas, regular tackle, suffered a slight concussion and was admitted t* the Lewisburg hospital. Joining Shumskas on the injured list are Charles God lask?y, right tackle; Lloyd Am prim, right end, and Francis Smutney, the starting fullback. This week the Junior gridders will be working on pass defense and hoping for the return of the FOOTBALL TAKES ELEVEN MEN IMAGINE THE "STATE' 1 WITH ONLY TEN IT'S A DRASTIC MESS THIS ONE-MAN LESS . . . THESPIANS “Bring Back My . s.u. J. * Reserved Seats Unreserved/ Thursday THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA PASS UNTIL Wingback” OCTOBER 21/ 22/ 23 sl.oo lett Excell tempt at the goal line, and Coach DeGroot countered this strategy by rushing Pete Zinaich, defen sive fullback, in to oolster the line. With the stage set lor the line buck, Petch ca.mly took a few steps tc the right drew back his arm, and fired the pigskin into the arms of Tamburo in the end zone. P'ace - kicking expert, Carl Sturges, booted his first of five perfect extra-points tnrcugh the uprights to give the -ions a 7-0 lead at the end of the quarter. TRICKY Although the tricky “T” forma tion of West Virginia carried the “Rebels” to the Penn State 24- yard line in the first period and the 33 in the second the visitors were unable cc hit the final chalked stripe during che first half With five minutes to go before the naif, Triplett returned a vVest Virginia punt to the Blue ana Gold 41, and with Larry Coonev. Rogel and Petchel nandling the bail, Penn State scored its second marker. Just two minutes of playing time were ieft on the hands of the New beaver field clock when Petchel nit the goal line, with Rogel leading interfer ence, for the score. ft took only two minutes and 25 seconds for the undefeated Lions to hit the scoring columi again as Triplett took his 64-yard jaunt to give the Blue and White a 21-0 lead. Eleven minutes later Triplett tucked the ball under his arm after catching a punt on the 15 and strolled over the goal for his second marker of the period. Finally, in the fourth period, Allen spun over the lone West Virginia score. Gene Simmons drop-kicked the extra point, but missed a later field goal attempt from the Nit tany 8. Sophomore Owen Dougherty caught a Petchel pass for the final Penn State touchdown and Guard John Simon added an extra two points by blocking a Kick on the 20 and downing it over the end zone. Loses lo Bisons injured men in preparation for the game against Navy at An napolis October 23. I AT PENN- STATE I ■ JAMES O. 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