P AGE TWO I.diturials and columns appearing in The Daily Collegian represent the opinions of the writer. They make no claim to reflect student or University consensus. Unsigned editorials aro syrikeen br the Irdi"ea Fur Flies Annually When 'Cats' Clash An encyclopedia places the lion and the panther in the -ame feline family, but this afternoon \Oen the Penn State Nit iany Lion stalks the Pitt Panther the fur will lly regardless of I.!mhip. This year's Lion squad may White history, but that fact will iletween The 0,111. j 4i I 4 10" S By •Tom Morgan SPORTS EDITOR Who's He? That 66-yard jaunt by the Joe 'alone Express against Temple ',lst week recalled a similar play n the Penn game in which mo m-ntum played a big part in -ringing the ball-carrier earth When Lion Center "Jiggs" Raatty, 'in an effort to bring down Penn Halfback Bill lhoads, just nipped the ball •-arrier with his fingertips, Rhoads eventually went sprawling. This prompted one observer to say: 'Sure, Beatty nipped his foot nrt momentum brought him Whereupon Jack Bleich, stock li.rk in the chem department— 'vim knows Lion players from Beatty to Urion—quipped: "Don't tell me that. We don't have any player named Mo mentum!" Trouper fast week against Army, Ray I Money, ace Penn fullback, was ,)laying in the old trouper's tra lition. Dooney's father had died liree days before, and the Penn Munger registered the greatest .ame of his career amid such 'ragic circumstances. He figured a all three Quaker touchdowns •,nd chalked up 119 yards on 26 tHes carrying the ball. After the game Dooney re turned home for his father's funeral Monday. For flowers , tent by a sympathetic Nittany r ion football team, Dooney wrote back: " Thanks, and take the Bowl me this year." Minds Elsewhere We never before saw a Penn 'tate football crowd watching a I ion game and not caring a plug n;ckel's worth whether the Nit tinymen made another score to 'a the count to 47. Till the Tern -- 'tame. that is. Perhaps that's putting it too trongly, but intarest in Penn "fate touchdowns was certain '3, secondary to Penn's fight to hat Army. Pqrin State people 'ound themselves neck-strain v' toward the nearest portable -adio as the report of Penn's )rogress against the Cadets was broadcast, and Lion cheerlead “f, were even moved to call for 4 "Short Yell Penn.” ?vnther-Conscious \ll week Nittany Coach Bob 'gins and his aides have been wing to make their 40-odd pro • •ties Panther-conscious in the of endless "bowl talk." Commenting on today's ~ :irmish with the Pittmen, the 'fig cautioned: "This Pitts ,'lrgh outfit is up-and-coming 'd may be a hard one to crack. ' look for a very good game." Feelers '.bout Penn State's prospects a post-season bowl invitation, (Continued on page three) 0,0151C4441k So why nut make the Harmony Shipp in /ickalquattcrz, It+) all musical supplies. You'll i-,ee what fine Christmas gifts ow record albums and famous make, low-priced radios will make. Stop in today! The Harmony Shop be one of the best in Bluc and not faze the University of Pitts- nurgh, State's traditional jinx team. The Pitt-Penn State series ac tually began in 1893. Pittsburgh was then called the Western Pennsylvania U n i v e r city. and playing on Forbes Field. the Lions took the first game of the 4.7-game series, 32-0. In fact, the Centre Countians took the first six contests that were played, allowing the Panthers only four noints. In 1903 Penn State rang up a 59-0 win to post the most one sided score of the series. 6-0 WIN IN 'O6 One of the earliest chronicled grid accounts between Pitts burg and Penn State appeared in the 1906 State Collegian, follow ing a 6-0 Penn State victory. "Battered and bruised by the hardest and most trying gridiron campaign that any State eleven has ever experienced, our in vincible Varsity achieved the glorious Thanksgiving Day tri umph that put a finish to the most succesful season in our his tory." The epic went on to relate how. "brushing aside their load of fatigue and injuries. State's stal wart sons, with the love of Alma Mater in their hearts, swept over the goal." Early contests between the two rivals was strictly a cake-walk for the Penn Staters. Including a 38-0 win in 1912, the Lions emerged the victor in 12 of the first 15 games played. Thereafter, up until the last few years, the pigskin power houses of Doctor Jock Suther land clamped down and Pitt rode roughshod over State. In 1919 State won the Eastern Championship by defeating Pitt, 20-0, in the Lions' final game. "Fight clean and fight hard." Those words seemed to charac terize the entire contest. Pitt and Penn State men helped one an other to their feet, gave them a friendly pat on the shoulder, and went at it again as hard as ever. Under the caption "State Satel lites" appeared a picture of Cap tain "Bob" Higgins, playing hiE last game for his alma mater. SCORELESS TIES The years 1920 and '2l saw two of the most outstanding of the grid clashes between the rivals. Both of the games were played in a veritable "sea of mud" and both ended as 0-0 ties. The contest in 1921 was viewed by 35,000 people. In 1922 Pitt won, 14-0. and with that win began their 14-year in vincible streak during which Pitt scored 3:38 points against only 53 for the Lions. An article in the Pittsburgh Evening Ledger stated, "A score less tie of two-years' standing between the U. of P. and Penn State CoHeat was obliterated as Glen Warner's power-laden back field crushed the Lion's line by a 14-0 count. Pitt ran away from State at the start. Hewitt, Flan agan and Anderson gaining at will around the ends." 1923: Pitt 20, Penn State 3. Flaying in a Turkey-day cla.ih. the Nittanv team could not get acted. Flanagan, whose bril liant play spelt defeat for Penn State the year before, was a de cisive factor in the humbling of the Lion. Rising to their greatest heights (Continn, , d on p«fic four) The Daily Collegian Editorial Page Milligan Panther Something that is becoming a scarcity in the present day trend for T-formation football takes place today in the Oakland Bowl when Skipper Mike Milligan of the Panthers. sends his charges against the I - fig's men. Milligan, now in his second year as head grid tutor at the Pittsburgh school, is an adept expo nent of the single wing. His present Panther edition has rolled up the best record of any Blue and Gold team since 1939, having compiled five victories against three defeats. The "good Irishman," as Lion coach, Bob Higgins calls him, owns triumphs over West Virginia, Marquette, Tridianr, Western Reserve and Purdue, xvhile the loss column shows set backs administered by Notre Dame, SMU and Ohio State. Walter `Mike• iviiiligan Offense-Minded Spartans Outshine Other Lion Foes Although the record of Penn State's 1948 opponents is currently weighted toward the losing side, one team—Michigan State—has gained outstanding national recognition through its spirited ofien- sive attack Out of the 72 games played by the nine Lion foes, 32 have been wun, 37 lost and 3 tied, for a 46-per cent average. West Virginia, with six victories, and Michigan State and Penn, with five each, sport the best records to date. The Michigan State outfit leads the scoring parade with 298 points and the Morgantown eleven trails with an even 200. Although West Virginia has won one more game than the Spartans and Quakers, foes of the latter two have been tougher. Just this week the East Lansing team bounded to fourth position in the nation in over-all yardage f;ained. The Spartans are second in the country in scoring, behind aerial-minded Nevada. They are first in yards gained per rush with a 6.10 average. In the combined rushing and pass ing attack Michigan State is in second place, once ',gain trailing Nevada. In what seems to be a race to see who can boast the most unsuccessful record of the campaign, two teams—Bucknell and Syracuse—are tied, each with one victory and seven reverses. Both were soundly trounced by the Lions, although Syracuse tallied 14 points against the Higginsmen. MARSHALL'S Automatic Laundry invites Penn State to put Pitt through the wringers At 454 E. College Ave., Rear Plenty of Free Parking Space Eleven Record born May 27, 1904 in Stowe Township, Pa. He first had, his taste of the gridiron at Aliquip pa High where he starred under the tutelage of Cleve Washa bzugh„ and his feats later became well-known around Kiski. PITT COACH WALTER MILLIGAN Holds Since Mle EMIR efillrgian Published Tuesday through Saturday mornings Inclusive ORIN log the College year by the staff of The Daily Collegian of The Pennsylvania State College. Entered as second claw matter' July 5. 1031, at the State College. Pa... Poet Oliee under t►e set of March B. 1879. Subscriptions —SE a •«nester, *4 UM :Chop! year. Editor Lew Stone Sianagma Ed.. Elliot Shapiro: New. Ed"' Sports Ed., Tom Morgan; Edit. Dir. Arai Gorton: Prater" M. Jo For; Society Ed., Frances Keeney; Alit. Bee. Pid.. martin Neville; Photo Ed.. Betty Gibbons; Preasetion MTN, S.ln* Zmotsky; Senior Board, Claire Lee. STAFF THIS ISSUE Managing Editor . - Ter 111whoo News Editor Charlotte Bt►w 'reporters _ _ -Jtay Koehler. Bob KetighomPr. Murray Seaman. George Vedas' Let's Have That Old Fight in Them! We Wish You The Best of Luck With Pitt Today, and Continue On That Road To Victory. YOUNG MEN'S SHOP SATURDAY NOVE : ' 20 1948 Topnotch '39 Season At Kiski he played under the late Jim Marks in 1925 and 1920 and after his two year stay there he enrolled at Skyscraper U. where he played freshman ball. Shortly interrupting his school ing, Milligan dropped out of school in '2B but the following year he returned to Pitt to earn a letter on the '29 outfit which was good enough to journey to the Rose Bowl. ERA Then came Pitt's Golden Era on the gridirron. The days Pitt alumni still talk about when the Panthers go down in defeat. He was a regular on the '3O and '3l eleven, the latter being rated as one of Pitt's all-time greats which lost only one encounter, that to the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame. ent on the gridiron today. Said Higgins, "I've known him ever given a chance." It was during that era that Bob Higgins first met his oppon ent on the gridiron. Today, said since he performed for Pitt. He's a fine fellow and coach. In fact he' one of the best if he's only give na chance." He joined th e Pittsburgh coaching staff in 1934, succeeding Dr. Skip Gougler as frosh ment or. He also worked with the var sity guards. In '3B he took a trip down South and became head line coach for the U of Florida. SUCCESS After remaining in Florida for two years he joined Henry Frnka at Tulsa and remained there five years. His greatest success came during that stay. During five years Tulsa teams were twice in the Sugar Bowl, once each in the Sun, Oil and Orange Bowls. After last season's Pitt battle Milligan commented: "Penn State is a good, •big club with a lot of drive. It's the best Penn State team I've ever seen." Now he faces a similar eleven. and will be striving today to up set the Lions. A Jungle Cat vic tory today would conclude Pitt's most successhil season in a de - ca de. Alumni The Nittany Lion football coaching staff is composed wholly of former Penn Stain gridiron players. A mighty Pitt Panther arose out of its expected mediocrity to smite Penn State, 20-7, in 1919, to smash all Lion hopes of its first undefeated season since 1921. And with the loss went a possible Lion bowl bid. Successor to THE FREE LANCE, sot. 11111 4EOO. Alusianse Manager Vance C. Klepper 127 S. ALLEN
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