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
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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
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"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
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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