"CE FO I' footers Field Strong Unit; Jeffrey Eyes 'Good' Season Only four days remain until the Penn State soccer aggrega tion raises the curtain on the- 1949 campaign with a home battle against West Chester Teachers on Saturday afternoon. "We should be stronger than last year," comments Lion boot ing Coach Bill Jeffrey. Usually the veteran tutor he forecasts the future of his booting charges but he tabs his present unit even better than last year's outfit which completed the season with a 7-1-1 record. Jeffrey is especially blessed with a strong forward line which inclUdes two very likely All- America candidates in Joe Lane and Ronald Colman. LANE, COLMAN Lane, ineligible last year be cause of transfer rulings, is con sidered "great" by many soccer experts while Colman, a native of Missouri, is also an able per former who starred at Edinboro Teachers last season. Back to bolster the attacking body is last year's high scoring Harry Little. The diminutive for ward is one of the trickiest per formers ever to play for Jeffrey. At the flanks Jeffrey has lanky Ted "Utz" Lieb and Clarence Buss. Lieb, a Philadelphia soccer product, is out to earn his third varsity 'S' this season while Buss, a star linemen last season, was also an able catcher on Coach Joe Bedenk's baseball nine. But the wealth of stars doesn't end with the front line, the trio of halfbacks which operates be hind the forwards being equally as 'highly touted. ALL-AMERICANS Heading the halfbacks ar e Jeffrey's two All-Americans, Dick Hannah and Ralph Hosterman. Both were selected last year be cause of their superb play under pressure. Hosterman also, was elected to lead the soccermen this fall. Lancaster's Will Kraybill is the other half who'll be out to garner his third letter. The most bitter battle at the moment seems to be between George Lawther, Ed Watson and Ron Coder for the starting goalie position. Lawther and Coder are neophytes at the soccer game while Watson guarded the nets for Lock Haven Teachers and then State last yea'. FULLBACKS Another humdinger of a, battle is in store for the starting full back positions. Chuck Margolf, a veteran of the past two Lion soccer campaigns seems to be on a one-way-street to one of the fullback slots but a scramble royale is going on for the other starting spot with Red Emig as the top contender. Good Home Slate Penn State's four home football opponents in 1949, in their order, will be Villanova, Boston College, Nebraska and Syracuse. REA & ®ERICK . STATE COLLEGE'S FAVORITE DRUG STORE . Parker Fountain Pens Esterbrook Pens • Stationery - • Desk Lamps We Make Parker Pen Keys Repairs, optimistic Injuries Few As Lions Prep For Army Tilt Lack of serious injuries, the one ray of sunshine in an otherwise bleak grid picture, gave Head Coach Joe Bedenk hope today that his Nittany Lion warriors would be strong enough to give the powerful Army Cadets a fight all the way Saturday. "We came out of the Villanova game with the usual number of bruises which a coach must ex pect. But outside of a bad charley horse for Ray Hedderick, we'll be at top strength for Army," the coach said. Trainer Chuck Medlar also com mented on the fortunately small injury list. "We had our fingers crossed in Saturday's game in hopes that Fran Rogel, Joe Drazenovich and Vince O'Bara would come through the contest in good shape," Med lar said. LEG INJURIES (Rogel, Drazenovich and O'Bara were all suffering from leg in juries before the Villanova game and could be used mainly for offense.) Rogel, Dougherty and several of the other players sustained severe bruises but nothing, it is believed, that would keep them out of the Army engagement. Hedderick, it is feared, will have to sit:Ois one out. Loss of Rogel, O'Bara, and Joe Drazenovich for defensive duties must bear some of the blame for the Lion's allergy against passing. Rogel is primed for defensive half back duties, O'Bara will work the safety and Drazenovich functions as a line backer, and when the three are lifted out of the lineup it leaves the brunt of the pass de fense to reserves. . PASSING • Bedenk plans to work his charges on pass defense tactics and aerial manuevers this week. 'Those two phases of Saturday's game showed up worst for us, and we'll concentrate on them this week in an effort to smooth them for Army." State will need a smooth func tioning pass defense against the Cadets, with Arnold Galiffa throwing for the grey. A whip ping aerial attack would help open the Army line and alow Fran Rogel a little more running room through center. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. TUESDAY, SEPTEMIT.TI3 27, 1949 Sox Nip Yanks Take Ist Place A crowd of over 66,000 who crammed Yankee Stadium yes terday witnessed a spirited four run eighth-inning rally by the rampaging Boston Red Sox, which enabled them to eke out a 7-6 decision over the New York Yankees and assume undisputed possession of first place. Over in the senior circuit, the St. Louis Cardinals, with five games to play, enjoy a comfort able one-and-one-half game lead over , the Brooklyn Dodgers, who have four to complete their slate. Any combination of four Cardi nal victories 'or Dodger defeats would give the former their tenth loop crown. AMERICAN LEAGUE Sunday's Results Boston 4, New York 1 Washington 5-4, Phila. 8-0 Chicago 7-2. St. Louis 5-6 Cleveland '7, Detroit 1 Yesterday's Results Boston 7, New York 6 Standings New York Cleveland Philadelphia 79 70 .530 Chicago St. Louis VTashinglon Today's Games Cleveland at Chicago (N) Boston at Washington (N) Philadelphia at New York NATIONAL LEAGUE. Sunday's Results Philadelphia 5, Brooklyn 3 St. Louis 6, Chicago 1 Pittsburgh 7-5, Cincinnati 3-8 New York 3-5, Boston 2-2 Standings IV L Pet. St Louis 95 54 .638 Brooklyn 94 56 .627 Philadelphia, 79 72 .523 Boston '73 '77 .487 New York 73 78 .483 Pittsburgh 67 82 .450 Cincinnati 60 90 .400 Chicago 59 91 .393 Today's Gaines • •St. Louis at Pittsburgh (N) ' Chicago at Cincinnati , - : ~. .',V. it Ncrri . chtaimp Guide Hairiers Penn State may not produce the greatest cross-country team in the nation this year, but aspiring runners will at least have the aid of two of the greatest distance runners in the world in Curt Stone and Horace Ashenfelter. This was the gist 'of Coach Chick Werner's comments upon completion of his untried squad's first official practice session last night. Both Stone and Asnenfelter, two of the brightest Young stars on the distance running horizon, are proteges of Coach Werner and are at the present time doing post graduate work at the College. In spare moments they will be assist ing their former mentor and Norm Gorden, assistant cross-country coach. "There are still openings for any number of boys who like to run and feel they can make the team, and in addition to earning a col lege letter they'll have the oppor tunity of rubbing elbows with two of the world's outstanding dis tance runners," said the track overseer. Work is still progressing in the conditioning stage in order_ to work kinks out of aching, tired muscles. Speedwork may be ex pected to start near the end of this week or early the next. Ashenfelter and Stone both re turn to the College after winning several races in their summer Northern European , cinder path invasion. ' .•- Ix foOrgill NERA:V, Amp4o•o,4iicx.."oo.*:4:l „Ptli'kee!air-40.3.* theeviirle, l .4ein itteattli# : arstaizoil. 4 4 .;- amp* • Li My • oirlitar -14 *; 1. ° 141 " &taw? Winnees Fa:Aar • expliiins wait* easy sirs 7 ; Alice .cikarts .and iliustotti**•.: ONLY •-•:' •0 0 4 a 11 . 04 W 164 •gei r r ART HOSTERMAM 1235 88th St., Niagpire Fill's, N.Y. W L Pa. 94 55 .031 93 56 .624 87 64 .676 88 65 .561 86 .419 81 100 .338 101 .322 GRADS COACH CONDITIONING Lions To Concentrate On Aerial Defence Nittany Gridders To Unveil Air Lanes Against Cadets Coach Joe Bedenk's Nittany Lion gridders are concentrating on strengthening their pass defense and bolstering their aerial at tack this week, preparing for what looms as the toughest game of the schedule against Army Saturday. Bedenk pointed up those two weaknesses as most responsible for the opening day loss to Villanova. The Lions hit the practice RALPH PASQUARTELLO Villanova 'Pullback • ' field yesterday afternoon deter 7 mined to iron out the kinks, and with 'Fran Rogel, Joe Draienovich; and Vince O'Bara. now ready, for fulltime duty, Bedenk hopes. tp weld a defense that will keep future Lion opponents from going wild through the air lanes.- - The Lions. reported for drills, in good condition. Only -one in jury, a painful charley horse for Ray Hedderick, figures to keep the Lions below full strength' for the Cadets. SMARTING Meanwhile, the Lions were still smarting over the disrespectful 27-6 lacing handed them, by an underdog Villanova Wildcat be fore 20,000' fans in Saturday's home opener, Bedenk's first con test at the helm of the Blue and White. It marked• State's first opening home defeat: since 1931 when Waynesburg turned • the trick, 7-0, and the first loss at home since 1946 when Michigan State won, 19-16. There was nothing tainted'about the Wildcat victory, either. Villa nova's outweighed line outcharged and cracked State's vaunted front wall wide open, allowing half backs John Geppi and Joe Rog ers to cruise for • large hunks of open-field yardage. Lion tackling and blocking, once a strong point, slipped erratically. But most disastrotts to the local cause was the long, accurate pass ing of quarterback, Steve Boni anik. The visiting "T" general tossed for two touchdowns, the first, 30 yards to left :end Dan Brown in 7:45-of the first quarter, and the other covering 35 yards to Dom Frinzi, halfback, running the count to 20-0 in favor of Villa nova in the third stanza. Rom anik's five completed aerials ac counted for a total of 101 Villa nova yards passing. PASQUARIELLO • • • State, primed to stop the charges of Ralph Pasquariello, kept the Wildcat fullback bottled up in the first half. In the 'third period, however, the lumbering giant, in two tries, plunged over from the ten for Villanova's second score, and he later added sevral good runs, one an 11-yard jaunt, to set up the winner's final touchdown in the last quarter. Only Fran Bagel gave Bedeck any cause for cheer, in the dis heartening result. Rogel slammed the opposition's center and guard spots for 60 yards of Penn State's 109 yards rushing to live up to his pre-season notices. He was the Lions' only reliable ground gainer, although Owen Dougherty in the first quarter, unreeled a couple nice gains, and Vince O'Bara's passes to John Smidan sky, 24 yards in the first quarter, and 17-yards for a first down in the third, hinted at a future aerial attack. Bill Luther served notice of a potential punting ace/to fill the shoes of departed Joe Colone. WASTE NO TIME Villanova wasted no time ad miring State's new "T" shifting "single-wing attack" before the main liners took the leather and lugged it for the initial score early in)the first period. Luther kicked out of bounds on the Villanova 43, and the Wildcats came charg ing back, with Geppi doing most of the carrying, to rack up two firpt downs to the State 30. On the second• play from that spot, Rom anik heaved to Brawn for a TD and Torn Calvin's placakick was g:ood ,to put the visitors ahead, I 741 That was the half-time score. The Lions threatened in the sec ond quarter when O'Bara passing and Rogers running moved the ball for a first down on Villanova's six-yard-line. But a fumble and recovery by Rogel lost six yards and the Wildcats staved off the P•lue,and White rally. With only three minutes 'gone in the third quarter, Jim Canfield intercepted O'Bara's pass on the State 47 and ripped to the 10 from where Pasquariello carried over in, two tries and Claven's kick was; good again. Geppi, and Rogers racked up three :first downs in succession, then...Romanik passed to Frenzi for 35 yards and another Villa no v a third-period touchdown shortly after. Claven's kick • was off this , time, but the Wildcats held ,a convincing 20-0 lead. State's only. score was set up near the end of the third stanza when reserve linemen Lloyd 'Arn prini and Conrad Brown block ed Al Schmid's punt, the Lions taking Over on • - Villanova's 25. Rogel plunged for two first downs to the 5, then as the teams switch ed goals at the quarter, O'Bara rounded right end for the Score. Joe Drazenovich's conversion at tempt was no good. - • The Wildeats instantly came back to wrap up the result; this time with Geppi, Pasquariello and Rogers sparking a •ground attack to the State 21, then Rogers sprinting around right .t end' for another touchdown. Claven• add ed- the point to make,it'27-8. The Villanova band entertained the crowd at halftime with, for mations spelling „"State" and "Hello." State College High School band handled the marching chores for the recently re-organized Penn State Blue Band which' played, a few selections from seats 'in the East stands. VILLANOVA • • • ENDS: Brown, Boirnn, Patriek,':Sehmid, Gaither., Simeone, Itilo • • TACKLES. Manton, Smith, Ssindualis. Kerwin, ' Limanni. GUARDS: Pavalko, ?domino, Wino. Lanigan, Liotta CENTERS: Witsch, Nowanaki • BACKS: Romanik, Rogers, Grand, Pao (Mariano; Clavin, D'Alonzo; Snyder, Mora.. Canfield, Colette, Frinzi, O'Boyle. ' PENN' STATE ENDS: Smidanaky. Storer. TACKLES: Norton, D. *array: 8r04%. Ross, Godlaaky GUARDS: J. Drazenovjeb, Pfri baurn, Bartek, Pevarnik. CENTERS: Hedderick, Beatty, Shunsock: BACKS: C. Drasenovich, Luther. Dough erty, Rogel, Jacobs, • Orsini, Shephard, Johnson, O'Hara, Shaginaw, Maeda, Murray. Ilanava 7 0 II 7-211 Penn State 0 \,O 0 6 fir VlSenora scoring—Touchdowns: Bra*, Pasquariello, Prinsi, Rogers. Points aftei touchdown: Clavier Penn State Scoring Toschaciaiit O'Bara. . Anspria:i. Ikeir4
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