Tuesday, October 26, 1948 Between the Lions By Tom Morgan Quarterbacking The armchair quarterbacks are decrying Nittany Lion football strategy toward the end of the first half in Saturday’s Spartan clash. They claim that, with such a sure-footed placement kicker ai Carl Sturges available, the Lions should have tried a field goal with 10 seconds to go and the ball on the Spartan S-slripe. Instead, Elwood Petchel elected to pass, they point out. and Spar tan George Guerre intercepted and snake-hipped 100 yards to “score.” (Luckily, the play was called back by a clipping penalty on the Michigan State 20.) But under similar circum stances—lo seconds to go, the score lied and an entire second half left to play—we'd have ganibled as Pelch did. With 10 seconds left, the chances are . you'll still have time for an other pass play if the first one misfires. Hail Bohren! Field Judge Karl Bohren, of Pittsburgh, called the clipping penalty that nullified Guerre’s sensational run. Recalling that the victim of the rule infraction was Lion Tackle John Finley, Bohren could not identify the Spartan player at fault. He said at half-time: 'There was no question that he caught him (Finley) from behind on a definite clipping play, but the ridiculous part of It was that there was no need for it. Finley had no chance to catch Guerre at that point." Bohren, by the way, was the ■ official who last year called those famous pass interference penal ties against the Lions in the West Virginia fray. Two rule infrac tions cited by Bohren against State’s Frannie Rogel enabled the Mountaineers to tally twice in the first half and take a 14-7 lead. State eventually won, 21-14. Harriers Drop 21-36 Verdict; Ashenfelter Sets Course Record The Lion harriers dropped a cross-country meet to Michigan State here Saturday, but Lion Captain Horace Ashenfelter estab lished himself as one of the nation’s outstanding distance runners. Ashenfelter set a new record of 25:03.2 for the five-mile course, eclipsing the previous mark set by Bill Smith in 1938 by almost 21 seconds, as the Nittany runners bowed to the Spartans, 21-36. It was the Lions’ first defeat of the sea son. The lanky Collegeville speedster finished 200 yard? ahead of runner-up Bil Mack of Michigan State. Tom Irmen, War den Druetzler, and Spartan Cap tain Bob Sewell trailed Mack in that order across the finish line. Only a few hundred fans were hand as the long-winded Nittany runner took the lead al most from the starting gun and gradually pulled away from the rest of the pack. He was clocked in 4:40 for the first mile. At the three-mile mark the ace Nittany harrier was almost a minute ahead of Mack, and he finished a minute and 13 seconds in front of Coach Karl Sohlade man’s best runner. As was expected, the Spartans had too much class for Coach Werner’s boys. Sophomore A 1 Poro, who was nosed out for fifth place by Sewell, was the Blue and White runner outside of Ashenfelter to finish among the first seven men. Jack, “the Rock et,’’ Dianetti was seventh. Position and times of the first AT PENN STATE “FUZZY LOMADY" ha* tIM “EDGE” 1b Collie Nucoti ...and la raw blades PAL | HOLLOW GROUND , has th a *EdGE* 5 ways laft Itßfti * Saoottei ihnlßi * KtiMr •R|M • Hm •■•MMipil • (InNaral) ptrftct THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA Lions at Top Strength (Continued from page one) smash that gave the Higginsmen a first down on the Michigan State 20-yard line and the tying score one play later. Rogel also used his drive and speed on the defense, as he pulled a pass from a Spartan’s outstretched arms on the Nittany 24 to avert a Michigan State score in the fourth quarter and again in the final minutes of play as he intercepted a Guerre pass on the Lion 4. Petchel, playing his mbst outstanding game of the season, hurled a total of 16 passes with 10 finding their mark, including two TD heaves. After Beatty recov ered Guerre’s fumble on the Spartan 22, Petch flipped a short aerial to Chuck Drazenovich on the 14 Two plays later, running the ball to draw in the defense, Petchel spotted John Smidansky in the end zone on the second down and hit him with a strike for the opening Penn State tally. Again in the third period Petchel culminated the 81-yard Nittany march by hitting Sam Tamburo with a spot pass on the Michigan State 15. Tamburo faked a lateral to a Penn State gridder cutting to the left and shoveled the ball to Guard John Simon who zipped across the goal for the tying six-pointer. What the Lion line lacked in tackle strength through the loss of Negley Norton, it made up through the sterling work of both Simon and Paul Kelly. Kelly, who was injured in last week’s game, proved that he had more than recovered by crashing into the Spartan backfleld throughout the game to spill the Green-clad visitors for five- and ten-yard losses. GUERRE Outstanding in the visitors’ attack was George Guerre, who scored the opening touchdown and made a sensational 100-yard run at the half time gun that was called back for clipping on the Nittany 20-yard line. The 157-pound bantam kept the Lion defensive team in a quandary with his darting running attack. Fighting with their backs to the goal, the Nittany defenders twice averted Spartan scores by ten finishers were Ashenfelter (PS) 25:03.2, Mack (MS) 20:21, Irmen (MS) 26:29, Druettler (MS) 26:40. Sewell (MSI 20:49, Porto (PS) 20:50, Dlanetti (MS) 26:59, Longenecker (PS) 27:05, Atcheaon (MS) 27:10, St. ■Clair (PS) 27:13. staging a ferocious goal - line stand. Rogel’s interception on the 4 halted the last Spartan threat and the Lion plunger smashed his way to the 10 at the final whistle. Soccermen Edge Maryland In Hard-Fought Fracas Saturday Never has one point looked so big as the one point the Lions tallied against Maryland’s soccer forces last Saturday to win the fray by a 1-0 score. Few thought that George Phillips’ third-period tally would as sume such major proportions. After 88 minutes of a hotly contested match his goal, which was scored after 18 minutes had elapsed in the third canto, provided the Jeffrey-, men with the margin of victory. Although denied victory, the Terrapins lived up to all expecta tions, displaying a smooth oper ating and passing team. Ralph Hosterman’s and Bill Kraybill’s superb play and dribbling, Harry Little’s fancy exhibitions mid fields and Jim Kline’s superb de fensive game all added in the Lion victory march. The Blue and White, in annex ing its third victory in four out ings, kept the offensive from the opening until the closing whistle. Lion forward wall operators amased a total of 16 shots against the Terps’ net while only six shots were fired against the Lion goal which was ably guarded by soccer newcomer Ed Taggert. Most play concentrated in Maryland’s half of the field and the few times the Terp hooters did penetrate into scoring terri tory their threats were broken Up by either Frank Taucher or Jim Kline. Kline replaced Chuck Margolf in the starting lineup when Margolf, plagued by a "charley horse,’’ was unable to 'take the field. PENN STATE Pos. MARYLAND Taggert G Whlpp Taueher Hannah Hostermaa CH T,H Kinder Kraybill Hackman Substitute*: Penn State—Phillips, IJoy er. Maryland—Barnhart, Cox. Wilson. Close Races Mark IM Swim Meet Winning the relay meant win ning the meet at Glennland pool last night as four teams battled down to the final event _ before the victors edged their rivals. Kappa Delta Rho won over Phi Sigma Kappa, 25-16. and Sigma Alpha Epsilon squeezed over Alpha Chi Sigma, 23-18 the five points awarded to the win ner of the 120-yard dash being the deciding markers. Tonight’s swimming schedule shows Sigma Phi Epsilon vs. Alpha Tau Omega, and Sigma Phi Alpha vs. Alpha Zeta. The intramural touch football schedule, in third round compe tition this week, shows two fra ternity and two independent games at New Beaver practice field tonight. The games are: Phi Kappa Tau vs. Kappa Delta Rho, Sigma Chi vs. Theta Chi, the Coal Crackers vs. the Hawks, and Beaver House vs. the Rockets. PAGE 16 Anaeker CHARLES ARMS AND LEDS Removed Permanently by ELECTROLYSIS the only method en dotaed by phyaidona. 103 E. Beaver Are. 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