Boat Aimy VOLUME 50 - NUMEERA Underclog Lions Ready for Army Rides, Socials Set by Greeks For Army Tilt New York Center Of Activities Approximately 1600 i'enn Stsite students are joing to the Army game today, though there will be no train or organized transporta tion. Over 80 carloads of• men from the v arious fraternitY houses will be traveling to the game. The,proposed'"Blue and White" train which would have trans ported students to the game this weekend was cancelled .Tuesday. Since only 18 reservations •for the train were received, railroed officials • cancelled the • special; Three hundred and fifty. reseiva tions were needed .to insure' the running of the train.- • Reservations. Those who, bought reieiyations may secure money, refunds by presenting 'train tickets at the Athletic Association windows in Old Main. Socials Several of the fraternities are planning social activities :for the weekend after the' , game.' Beta Sigma Rho rooters are 'staying` at the Hotel New Yorkers, and the Men from Alpha Gamma Rho and froin Sigma Epsilon are meeting for parties in New York. Pi LaMbda Phi,. and Zeta Beta Tau are having meetings , .with alumni in New York City on Saturday evening. 'Beta Theta Pi men are planning to visit a broth er fraternity at Columbia Univer sity. :Among , the fraternities repre sented'.will be Chi Phi, Delta Tau Delta, Delta. Theta Sigma, Kappa Sigma; Phi Sigma Delta and Theta Chi. • This year's number will be con sideraby •• below last year's at fendance.at the Penn game. - • Retains• Arm y .-ea. bid Traditions Michie Stadium,.a point of in terest to many. Penn State stu 4ents this weekend, is a memor-1 4tl to .a gallant graduate of the Point. Dedicated in 1924, the,sta-1 cih:un commemerates the name of Dennis M. Michie ('92). Michie, who captained the first two grid teams at West Point in 1890 and 1891, rose to. the rank of Captain in: the. Spanish-American War. Michie was killed in action in the Battle of Bloody. Bend, San Juan, Cuba• in -1898 at the age of 28. FOrt Putnam • A. must for scenic beauty lovers who visit the Military Academy is a journey to old Fort Putnam. One of many forts built by the Polish patriot Koschisko, '•it, been restored and gives an excel lent vantage point from which to view not only the Point itself; but also, the surrounding countryside. Flirtation Walk Flirtati6n walk, is a gravel and rock foot trail' open only tb offi cers, cadets and their guests. Winding down a cliff.to the , Ilud- 1 son River, the trail covers three quarters of a mile. The path is overhung by a famous boulder, Kissing Rock. Legend has it that, if a cadet passes underneath with his best girl and fails to kiss her, the rock will fall and crush them both, il ,' It `-', (g e 11 Ar The Wei:dime T r k B a ti g t, , , 0 . rgtatt Fair and Cool 'TOR 2k SETTER PENH STATE" 3 Major Networks - To Broadcast Battle Football fans in the Eastern states who are unable to crowd into Army's Michie stadium for the Army-Penn State grid game today need not miss a play if they're within walking distance of a radio or television set. Three major radio networks, Mutual Broadcasting System, the AMerican Broadcasting Co m pany, and the Atlantic Network, together with. New York's WMGM, featuring Ted Husing at the mike, will air. • the story of the play-by-play. The NBC. Television network' will handle video coverage. Newspaper coverage of the game will be complete, with all the major New York newspapers, plus 'papers from all over the East sending reporters. The sharp edge of interest in the game, however, has been blunted' Somewhat by the Ameri can- League .pennant .race that moves to New York's Yankee Stadium today, with the Boston Red Sox meeting the Yanks. . Guest, of honor in a new coast to=coast radio program, State and Army will be ,featured over the Mtitual network from 1:30 to 1:55 p.m. today. • Entitled "Campus Salute," the program features the United States Army Band and will in clude several. Penn State songs. The ptogram will be carried by Station WMAJ in State College. Remarks by James Milholland, acting., president of the College, Major General. Bryant . E. Moore, superintendent of the' 'U.S. Mili tary Academy, co-captains Neg ley Norton and• Bob Hicks of Penn State and John E. Trent, captain of the Army team, also will be included on the program. The remarks were. recorded ear lier this Week by Ensign Jack Sie gal, of the U.S. Navy. • Arrangeinents for the partici pation of Penn State in the pm: gram were made through the De lartment of Public Information. 6 Game Lineup .--- Army VS. Penn State • • Michie Stadium --- 2 P. M. ARMY. PENN 'STATE FOLDBERG LE St LIDANSKY-80 ELMBL A D LT NORTON-71 ZEIGLER LG J. DRAZENOVICH-66 MALADOWITZ C BEATTY-51 IRONS RG KELLY-64 DAVIS RT D. MURRAY-72 KELLUM RE HICKS-86 GALIFFA QB C. DRA ZENOVICH-23 CAIN LH 0 BARA.-45 FISCHL RH DOUGHERTY-14 STEPHENSON FB 1 ROGEL-33 STATE COLLEGE; PA., SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 1, 1949 27,000 Expected Cadets Risk 12-Game Underdogs by at least one touchdown but determined to avenge their opening-day loss to Villanova, Penn State's snarling Nittany Lions will attempt to smash a 12-game Army winning streak this afternoon when the two elevens clash at West Point's Michie Stadium. A crowd expected to jam-pack Army's 27,000-seat' "House on the Hudson" will be on hand to witness what pre-season experts have slated as "the battle for Eastern grid suprem acy." Kickoff time is 2 p.m., but the Cadets will open festivities with a colorful review on lthe Parade Grounds, starting at 12:50. After frolicking to a 47-7 vic tory over little Davidson College last week while State was taking one on the nose, the Black Knights are favored to preserve their win string and grab off their first win in this, the fourth meeting of the two schools. State holds one vic tory in the series; two games ended in ties. ARRIVED YESTERDAY HERE'S THE ARMY TEAM—Captain John C. Trent, No. 80, of Memphis, Tenn., leads the Army's 1949 football squad out of the gymnasium at West Point, N. Y., for its first practice session. The men,represent about 10,000 oounds of Army-inspected beef on the hoof, and a lot of eagerness to go after the pigskin. by Bob Kotsbauee PRICE FIVE CENTS Witness Victory Skein The Lions roared into West Point yesterday after first working in a last session on New Beaver prac tice field. Coach Joe Bedenk con tinued to stress pass defense and aerial attack in the week's final drills. Both elevens are at top strength for this toughest early-season con test on their schedules. For the Lions, a return to duty of fullback Fran R o g el, J o e Drazenovich, guard, and Vince O'Bara, tailback, is expected to bolster both the of fense and defense. The only loss on the starting squad is center Ray Hedderick, still suffering from a a painful charley-horse. PASS DEFENSE State's pass defense, weak in the opening game, faces one of its severest tests of the season in the chucking of Army • quarterback Arnold Galiffa. Galiffa, field geri eral foi the Cadets' smooth func tioning "T" formation, is playing his third season with the Cadets, and his passing sparks most of the West Point drives. '. Running from the fullback post of the Army "T" will be Galloping Gil Stevenson who rolled up 887 yards from scrimmage last season, and at the halfbacks are Jim Cain and Frank Fischl, tested speed and power on the ground. FOLDBERG Dan Foldberg, All - American candidate, is a standout in a sparkling offensive line that in cludes three-year veteran Johnny Trent and Bill Kellum at the ends, Bruce Ackerson and Bennie Da vis at the tackles, Bobby Lunn and Jim Irons at the guards and Ray Maladowitz at center. Blaik's defensive platoon took the heaviest losses by graduation but Bruce Elmblad, Lew Ziegler and Kellum, plus Bill Henn, Matt Henrikson and Ralph Kaseman plug all holes with heavy power. Against that array of talent, Be denk- will send an almost all-senior line that is expected tO find itself this week. Co-captains Bob Hicks and. Negley Norton are ready to go at right end and left tackle, respectively; John Smidansky, a junior, will start at left end, and Don Murray at right tackle. At the guards, Joe Drazenovich and Paul Kelly will get the nod, and Charlie Beatty will probably start for the injured Ray Hedderick at center. ROGEL Fran Rogel, All-Eastern candi date for fullback, will be plunging to boost his 1949 average for the Lions. Rogel hit the line for over 600 yards of valuable ground against some of the nation's top teams in the last two seasons. If he can come through with 600 or more yards in this, his third and last season, Rogel will have gained more ground than any fullback in Penn State's 63 years of intercol- Ilegiate football. Vince O'Bara, at tailback, and Owen Dougherty at wingback will give State speed and passing abili ty, and Chuck Drazenovich will be at his old stand at quarterback with passing and running duties added to his old blocking assigwn (Continued on page foes)
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