PAGE TWO Editunap. and column, Ippaiaria4 Ma Tie Deft CsYKinw reporemmet the opinion, o Two Elevens Spotless Win Two of the longest winning streaks in the East will be at stake f..,day when the two Pennsylvania gridiron goliaths, Pennsylvania zind Penn State, meet at Franklin Field, and one of these victorious skeins is almost certain to be snapped when the teams walk off the field this afternoon. The Nittany Lions enter today's contest with an unbroken string of 15 contests without a defeat. Penn's Quakers have not tasted the bitter dregs of a foot ball loss in 14 straight football games Not since Pitt's Golden Pan thers upset Coach Bob Higgins' charges at Pitt Stadium, 14-7, in 1946, have the Lions walked off the gridiron on the short end of the count. Since that contest the boys from the Nittany Valley have amassed 13 victories and engaged in two ties, one of them a 13-13 deadlock with SMU in the Cot ton Bowl at Dallas, Texas, New Year's Day. The other no-de cision contest was played at New Beaver field against Michigan State just two weeks ago. The Blue and White's football victories in the past two years include a 27-6 decision over Washington State at Hershey Stadium in the initial game of `he 1947 season. Other 1947 Lion victims were Bucknell, 54-0; Fordham, 75-0; Syracuse, 40-0; West Virginia, 21-14; Colgate, 46-0; Temple, 7-0; Navy, 20-7, and Pitt, 29-0. Lambert trophy winners last ROLL ON LIONS!! Good Luck In This Ever So Important Game Today, And We Are Certain That You Will Immerge Vic torious. Again State Will Remain Undefeated. A Common Expression In Town And Oa Campus "You Can Get It At Metzgers" METZGERS Allen Street State College .„ i i Hailing from , Brownsville, both ,• played one previ ioue season for the Nittany Lions pri or to 1947—J0e in 41i1944 and Chuck a year later. Joe is 22, one year older than Chuck. Risk Streaks By Red Roth year, Penn State, Eastern champs, set two national defensive marks in riding through a nine-game schedule without a loss. DEFENSE They held their opponents to a total of 76.7 yards per game, via ground and air, which was third among all-time collegiate defensive marks, and limited enemy ball carriers to 17 yards per game rushing. Three foes•— Syracuse, Colgate and Pitt—were held to minus yardage along the ground. At the close of last year's reg ular pigskin season, the Higgins men were rated fourth in the nation by the AP poll. So far this year the Nittanyites have trounced Bucknell, 35-0; Syracuse, 34-14; West Virginia, 37-0; Colgate, 32-13, and tied Michigan State, 14-14. In the current AP poll the Lions are ranked 14th, well be hind today's opponent which placed seventh in the national rating. Like the Lions, the Quakers were last defeated in 1946. Army's great powerhouse which boasted (Continued on page three) Daily Collegian Editorial Page DRAZENOVICH BROTHERS Joe (left) and Chuck Drazeno vich form one of the top brother combines in the history of Penn State football and will be out to vent their wrath upon the Penn Quakers this afternoon. Joe at guard and Chuck at quarter back were main stays in• the sensa tional 1947 grid team fielded by Coach Bob Hig gins, and are liv ing up to last year's form this season. The Nittany Lion harriers, paced by Horace Ashenfelter and Bob Parsons, swept to a 19-42 victory over the vaunted cross-country runners of Manhattan University in the Lions' final dual meet of the season yesterday afternoon. Parsons and Ashenfelter tied for first place at 27:06 for the five-mile grind, closely followed by the Jaspers' Bob Checcola at 27:12. Jack St. Clair and John McCall, both State runners, copped fourth and fifth places at 27:23 and 27:29 re spectively. Ignacius Rienzo, last year's star runner for Man hattan, who has been held back by injuries all season, came in eleventh. The Jaspers, defending IC4A champs, last Tues day won the metropolitan championship of New York City. The Lions are defending NCAA champions. Shomo Daily Pennsylvanian Both teams have been planning for the game since the spring training period and both will be going all out to take the victory ball home. Throw last results out of the window along with the prognosticators. There's going to be a real football game in these parts today, and the Nit tam. Lion is going to get his tail clipped. Shindigs-- (Continued from page one) scattered over the campus indi cate that an extremely high per centage, possibly as high as 75 per cent, of the fraternity men plan to attend the game. GROUPS CONSPICUOUS Several of the groups have ar ranged signs, posters, or distinc tive articles of dress to identify themselves as Nittany Lion fans to the more than 80,000 fans ex pected to attend the contest. What concerted action, if any, the Interfraternity Council will arrange has not yet been deter mined. There have been rumors, however, of a halftime stunt in volving a helicopter and the Nit tany Lion. the writer. They maks me stadia to teasel student or University consomme. Unsigned editorials are written by the editbn Lions Upset Jaspers In 19-42 Harrier Win (Continued from page one) two-team system which has proved so successful this season. The perennially-powerful Quaker for ward wall is as strong as ever with anchor man Chuck Bednarik playing all-American football for the second straight year. Morgan Daily Collegian (Continued from page one) to something resembling the dust of Franklin field. - - Looking forward with trepidation to today's fray, Penn partisans are haunted by the fact that the Quakers have not whipped the Nittany Lion on Franklin field since 1936. And three games have gone by the boards since then. Back to play havoc with the Red and Blue again will be Speed-merchant Larry Joe and Punter deluxe Joe Colone, who starred as freshmen in State's spanking 13-7 win over favored Penn in '42. The two Joes will roll once more today. And when the smoke clears this afternoon, the shadow of the triumphant Nittany Mountain Cat will have engulfed Philly, and the Penn goal posts will be on their way to ,becoming kindling wood in fraternity and rooming -house fireplaces up and down the Nittany Valley. Today's game will probably go down in history as one of the most exciting events since that Sat urday six years ago when the Nittany Lions faced the Red and Blue on Franklin Field. The game that ensued was a thrilling one filled with all the fight and determination that the two traditional rivals could put into one struggle. There will be much discussion and debate be fore and during this eventful game as to which team will emerge the victor. But don't let this enthusiasm run away with you. Remember that you Penn Staters are visiting another college and that, as visitors, you have a certain responsibility to your hosts and to your own school as well. Help your cheerleaders along by following their leads, and put some of that well known Penn State pep into your cheers and songs to make them heard all over the field. Today, the men out there playing the game are counting on each and every one of you for your loyal support. Let them know that you are back ing them right down the line by cheering your selves hoarse, and showing a little of the old spirit that the alums keep talking about. And above all,. carry with you to the game a spirit of sportsmanship and fair play, a long standing custom at State. To cheer when your team is winning is a sign of good spirit. To cheer when your team is losing is a stronger sign of good sportsmanship. —Charlotte Seidman. Published Tuesday through Saturday mornings inclusive dur ing the College year by the staff of The Daily Collegian of The Pennsylvania State College. Entered as second class matter July 6. 1934. at the State College. Pa., Poet Office under the set of March 8. 1879. Subscriptions —:2 a semester. $4 the ;chool year. Editor Lew Stone Managing Ed., Elliot Shapiro; News Ed., Malcolm White; Sports Ed., Tom Morgan; Edit. Dir. Arni Gerton; Feature Ed., Jo Fox; Society Ed., Frances Keeney; Asst. Soc. Ed., i..oretta Neville; Photo Ed., Betty Gibbons; Co-Promotion Mgr., Selma Zasofsky; Senior Board. Claire Lee. Asst. Bus. Mgr., Margaret Breese; Adv. Director, Barbara Keefer; Local Adv. Mgr., Selma Lampert Smith; Circulation Mgr., Brett Kranich; Class. Adv. Mgr., Wilma Brehm; Co- Prom. Mgr., Elliot Rosengarten; Personnel Mgr., Kosti Barges; Office Mgr., George Latso; Secretary, Mimi Pomerene Managing Editor News Editor Advertising Manager -- Top Test (Continued from page one) gained 657 yards in the air while the Nittany squad racked up 515. DEFENSE Defensively, Penn has a de cided advantage over Penn State. I n five games, the Red and Blue line has held the opposition to just 278 yards while in the same number orbattles the Lion oppo nents were able to hit the Blue and White line for 583 yards. To balance the picture, the Lion opponents gained only 583 yards through the air while the Penn adversaries gained 762 yards in passing. To accomplish this LIONS-SHELLAC THOSE QUAKERS! Bill McMullen Florist 135 So. Allen St., State College SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 6 1948 Win or Lose Mle Daily Colltgiatt &meteor to THE FREE LANCE. est. 1877 ;.,,;,. , STAFF THIS ISSUE feat, the Red and Blue opposi tion threw 106 passes with 46 completions while the Penn State rivals threw 82 with 34 be ing completed. Should a punting duel occur, Joe Colone's average of 40.9 yards pe r kick will far out weigh the Penn average of 33.2 yards in its first five contests. Both teams fumbled relatively few times, Penn dropping the pigskin seven times and Penn State six, High on Ends Bob Higgins, Lion football coach and former all-Americaon end, thinks his two first-string ends, Sam Tamburo of New Ken sington and Bob Hicks of Lan caster, are among the best in the business. Phone-4994 Business Manager Vance C. Klepper Tom Morgan -___---Charlotte Seidman Marlin Weaver
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