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
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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.
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Phi Epsilon Pi, last season’s
fraternity touch football cham
pion. is determined to add the
1948 crown to its trophies.
Moving on the passing merits
of Sammy, ’‘The Arm,” Freed
son, on New Beaver practice field
Friday night, the Phi Eps easily
defeated Delta Theta Sigma,
24-0, and advanced into the third
round of the intramural football
prdgram.
Tau Kappa Epsilon also showed
as impressive offensive in jogging
to a 20-0 victory over Phi Kappa
Psi, Alpha Zeta edged Zeta Beta
Tau, 6-0, and the Beaver House
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