,THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1948
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By TOM MORGAH
Sports Editor
'Press Box Chatter
When Hugh, “Duffy” Daugh
< erty, Michigan State line coach
and scout, sang the praises of the
✓Nittany Lions to assorted press
box creatures at the West Vir
ginia game, we covered one ear
slightly, lest we be snowed.
Said Duffy: “These bruising
Penn State fellows look good,
k too good for our little men."
Tough Tackles
i Incidentally, Daugherty gradu
ated from Syracuse in ’4O and is
r a native of Barnsboro, Pa.
One of the biggest jobs he has
done this year with Head Spartan
1 Coach Biggie Munn is take a
Jayvee tackle and a center, Hal
I Vogler and Pete Fusi, respec
tively, and make them two of the
,best tackles the Spartans have
boasted in many moons. -
Vogler, who weighs only 185
' pounds, won the annual Spar-
tan spring training award last
t year for being the most im
proved player, and won his let
, ter in *47 after moving up from
the yearling eleven in early
season.
' Fan Fodder
Looking at the Spartan-Lion
1 clash from any angle leads one
to one conclusion: the two elevens
i will certainly serve up a palata
ble piece of grid grub for Home
coming fans.
' Several early football fore
casts this week have relegated
r the Nittany Lions to the un
derdog spot for the first time
this year, namely Dunkle by
six points. Football Hews by
seven and Lilkenhouse by 19.
All of which, we think, is a
healthy situation for Nittany
chances this weekend.
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IM Swimming, Football
Tonight’s games: Theta Xi vs.
Phi Sigma Kappa at 7 o’clock,
Sigma Nu vs. Pi Kappa Phi; 9:15,
finish the second round for the
fraternity competitors. Sixteen
teams remain in the playoff
schedule.
Also on tonight’s program, the
Coal Crackers meet Dorm 5 at
7:45 o'clock, and Dorm 24 takes
on the AthHall Men’s Club, at
8:30.
Phi Epsilor. Pi vs. Theta Xi,
and Phi Kappa Sigma vs. Pi
Lambda Phi round out the week’s
swimming action at Glennland
pool today. There will be no in
tramural swimming tomorrow.
Swimmers Meet
Coach William Gutteron has
announced that candidates for
the varsity swimming team
should report to the Glennland
pool at 7:30 o'clock tonight.
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THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
Hig Drills Lions Hard
For Tough Spartan Foe
Realizing that the grid honeymoon is over, Coach Bob Higgins
ran his charges through three of the most grueling scrimmages of
the season this week in preparation for Saturday’s big test against
Michigan State.
[ Watching the Lions run through plays and scrimmage
ley Norton, 215-pound regular tackle, who was put out
during the first half of the West
Virginia game.
“At the most,” said Chuck
Medlar, head trainer, “Norton
will play only in dire emergency
and only for very short periods
of time.” Norton suffered a sepa
rated shoulder last season and
last Saturday bruised it badly.
More cheering to Coach Hig
gins was the sight of Bob Hicks,
Paul Kelly and John Smidansky
running and catching passes
against a mock Michigan State
defense,
Although he was dressed and
anxious _to take part in scrim
mage this week, Joe Drazenovich
still limped slightly while on the
field and. after a brief warmup,
was sent back to the locker room
by the Nittany mentor.
ROSS, MURRAY
To fill the gap left by Norton,
Coach Higgins alternated Bob
Ross, 190-pound tackle from Ell
wood City, and Don “Duck” Mur
ray, 215-pound gridder from Eas
ton, in the tackle posts. Murray
has been called the most im
proved player on the Lion squad
and has played in all three Nit
tany contests this year.
Jim O’Hora, who scouted the
visiting Spartans, outlined the
principal Michigan State plays
to the second string backs, while
the varsity worked on a defense
against the single wing and
shifting “T” attack.
Coach Higgins will bank his
scoring punch with Wally Trip
lett Who gained 306 yards from
scrimmage in the first three
games for an average of 13.9
yards per try. The Lamott speed
ster also returned two punts for
114 yards and caught three
passes for 62 yards and one touch
down.
With 158 yards rushing to his
credit in 32 tries during three
games, Fran Rogel leads the
fullbacks with an average of live
yards per try. Rogel also caught
one pass for seven yards and a
touchdown. Although the North
Braddock pile driver has a cold
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A capacity 20,000 homecoming
fans are expected to see the vis
itors try to duplicate their upset
of 1946 when a so-so Spartan
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State a 19-16 setback. The Lions
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arm, and ran the ball past the
midfield striae for a first down
and eventually a score.
In that same season, he gained
1029 yards for the 13th spot in
the nation and was on his way
to another record in 1947 when
he broke his leg in a battle
against Kentucky.
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