Lions Face Penn in Top Test This afternoon at 2 p.m the culmination of months of planning and preparing will take place when two undefeated grid giants, Penn State and the University of Pennsylvania, clash on Franklin field before an estimated crowd of' 80,000 fans. Although the weatherman predicts a cloudy sky with possible showers, today's crowd will outnumber any Penn State-Penn audience in the 36-game series started almost five decades ago. In the 58 years of rivalry, the Quakers boast a decided edge with 21 wins against 11 Nittany trium Greek Shindigs In Quakertown Spark Week A score of dances, alumni parties, and fraternity parties in hotel suites scattered throughout the city of Philadelphia, will add to the excitement and zest of the year's big football game against Penn at Franklin Field today. Practically all of the 50 College fraternities have one or more suites reserved in hotels through out the Quaker City. Tonight there will be informal parties in the rooms to celebrate what every Penn State student hopes will be a Lion victory. PLAN FORMAL AFFAIRS In addition to these "of-the-cuff" affairs, many fraternities have arranged dances and formal fes tivities with their chapters at the University of Pennsylvania or with alumni groups in Philadel phia. Zeta Beta Tau's Theta chapter at Penn will hold a dance in the chapter house tonight for their Nittany Valley fraters while the ZBT alumni are holding a Vic tory Party at the Bellevue-Strat ford hotel.. Alpha Chi Rho's ambitious weekend plans include a smoker last night, a cocktail party this afternoon, and a dance tonight. PI LAMBDA PHI Pi Lambda Phi, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Acacia, Alpha Tau Omega, and Phi Epsilon Pi fraternities • all have arranged dances for tonight, the great majority of them being held at the Penn chapter houses of the Greek letter groups. Phi Kappa Sigma has planned both a Saturday luncheon and after-the-game dance. Phi Sigma Delta will hold a luncheon and alumni dance. Delta Tau Delta planned two parties in conjunction with their Penn c h apt e r; one last night following the pep rally, and an other tonight following the grid iron contest. PHI DELTA THETA Phi Delta Theta's Philadelphia chapter has planned a luncheon far their Penn State brothers. Theta Xi's Omicron chapter at Philadelphia is providing accom modations for 16 Lion rooters, and a party following the game has also been arranged. Both Alpha Sigma Phi and Alpha Tau Omega will have smokers for their members to nightnight. Tau Kappa Epsilon will hold a dance at Philadel phia's Penn-Sheraton hotel for both alumni and students. NO SET ARRANGEMENTS Several fraternities, including Sigma Chi, Sigma Nu, Kappa Sigma, Lambda Chi Alpha, Phi Sigma Kappa, and Pi Kappa Alpha, have chapters located at Penn, but as yet no formal affairs have been arranged. Reports from fraternity houses BILL RC!IERER State Winglack 30 IA . , 40 ; 40 4'4 1, 0 ) tlli 4, 0 r Batty. !I . I; t : .:X ' i ' I Totirgtatt • . • VOLUME 48-NUMBER 33 STATE COLLEGE, PA., SATURDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 6, 1948 Quaker Speaks Mind, Lion Counters By Elwood W. Shoz Sports Editor, the Daily Pennsylvanian The long-awaited game of the year takes place this afternoon on Franklin field at 2 p.m. when the undefeated and untied mighty Quakers of Pennsylvania meet the Penn State charges of Bob Higgins in the first clash between the two rivals since 1942 The Mungermen have rolled to five consecu tive victories in 1948 and have been undefeated since 1946, a 7-7 tie with Army last year marring a 14-game winning streak. But the going this year has not been as easy as the statistics would indicate. Not until the last 32 seconds did Penn emerge victorious over Co lumbia, and the Middies of Annapolis were not defeated until in the last quarter. But these two gams exemplify most clearly the type of team Penirsylvania is fielding against its opponents this fall. It is a squad with the spirit of victory in its veins—and no team so far, nor the squad it meets today, can stop that flow. Coach Munger will send into battle a team three deep in potential starters and employ the (Continued on page two) "FOR A BETTER PENN STATE' The blue chips are down, and so will be the Quakers . . . in the depths of defeat. They tell us today's bill of fare on Franklin field is going to be mountain-lion steak, but the perspective front Mt. Nittany is altogether diff erent. It'll be Quaker hash! For today—more than any other time this sea son—Penn State's mobile, potent Lion force will be shipshape and roaring. Let Penn beware, for the keynote of the Nittany Lion attack will be: "Send Penn's Quakers back to the Indians." Such sterling Penn State linemen as "Jiggs" Beatty, Joe Drazenovich, Paul Kelly, "Duck" Murray, Negley Norton, Sam Tamburo and Bob Hicks will help relegate Penn to the ranks of Ste also-rans. With a host of crackerjack, swivel-hipped, charging backs—Elwood Petchel, Bill Luther, Chuck Drazenovich, "Punchy" Rogel, et al.—the Higginsmen will be out to trample Penn defenses (Continued on page two) By To Morgan Sports Editor, the Daily Collegian Let us not bandy words. phs. Four of the contests have resulted in ties. Even though the Phila delphia team won the first 13 games in the ser ies, no team has been able to rack up more than two victories in a ro since 1911. The last time the two Pennsylvania powers met in 1942, the Lions upset the Red and Blue, 13-7, and in the 1939 game, Penn State blanked Penn, 10-0. "I think we can beat Penn State," said Coach George Munger, while Coach Bob Higgins stated, "I won't be able to tell anything about Pen n uutil we play them." FULL STRENGTH - Coach Higgins will have his squad at full strength for this af ternoon's tiff. He has nominated Sam Tamburo and Bob Hicks to play the end posts, with John Smidansky and Dennie Hoggarci held in reserve. Joh n Finley and Don Murray will start at the tackle posts with Negley Norton and Tom McDermott spelling the starting tackles. Three stalwart guards, John Simon, Joe Drazenovich and Paul Kelly, will alternate in the center of the line on the defen se, while Chuck Beatty is sched uled to handle the ball snapping duties. Ray Hedderick and Ken Bunn are listed as relief men for Beatty. BACKS Pen, State's multitudinous backfield includes such running aces as Fran Rogel, Larry Joe, Wally Triplett and Vince O'Bara, while the passing attack will be handled by Elwood Petchel and Bill Luther, Punting duties win fall too Captain Joe Colone and in the defensive backfield Larry Coon ey and Bill Scherer are slated to see action. Quarterbacks in the Nittany attack are Chuck Drazenovich, Charlie Murray and Walt Palm er, with John Chuckran, Bob Urion and Owen Dougherty sche duled for spot duty. TOSS-UP Grid prognosticators have catt ed the game a toss-up with Dick Dunkel giving both Pena and Penn State a mark of 94.2 and Dr. E, E. Litkenhous awarding Penn a slight 88.9-86.6 edge. The Nittany gridders fa r • out shine the Penn squad in rushing offense with a total of 1082 ,vards as compared to 978 for• the Red and Blue in the first five games, In total offense only 3t yards separates the two teams, Penn marking up 1635 yards in five games and State 1593 ill the same number of tilts. I„ passing, again the Lions come to the fore with a 53 per cent mark in 83 attempts. Penn was able to complete just 47 out of 99 tries through the air, But to even the count, the Quakers LARRY COONEY State Wingback
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