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State, Boston College Clash for First Time
C. Drazenovich
May Not Start
Against B. C.
Charley Murray, Lion quarter
back replacement lor Chuck Dra
zenovich, will be called on for
heavy duty and possibly for a
starting assignment tomorrow
when Coach Joe Bedenk’s Nit
tanymen line up against the Eagl
es of Boston College at Beaver
Field.
Drazenovich, who is still suf
fering from a sprained ankle sus
tained in the Army game last
week, will be available for only
“limited” service according to
Trainer Chuck Medlar.
' Earlier in the week, Drazeno
vich was expected to be ready for
this third game of the schedule
but the ankle has been discourag
ingly slow in coming around. A
heavy wrapping of tape, however,
should enable the bruising block
ing back to spell Murray for some
action
FULL STRENGTH
Outside of Drazenovich, Coach
Bedenk’s first string is at full
strength for the coming engage
ment. Ray Hedderick has recov
ered sufficiently from a painful
charley-horse to be used at start
ing, .center, and early injuries to
other starters have all been given
the “okay.” Pete Gorinski, Rogel’s
replacement at fullback who was
expected to do most of State’s
kicking this season, is still side
lined however, with- a shoulder
separation, and Bob Ross, leading
replacement at tackle, will be out
indefinitely with a dislocated el
bow.
Johnny Chuckran is also lost to
the team. Chuckran, who showed
great promise in his freshman
year, has been plagued with injur
ies the last couple of years.
The Lions worked hard this
week tightening their lax pass de
fense in anticipation of Boston
College’s Ed Songin. If we don’i
throw ■up an effective barrier,”
Bedenk warned, “this Songin boy
will pass us dizzy.”
PASSING
Also concentrated upon during
the week’s two scrimmage ses
sions and the lighter drills was
the offense, especially aerial at
tack. Bedenk insists that one of
the main faults of State passers in
the two previous games has been
that they take too much time get
ting rid of the ball, giving the de
fense time to cover potential re
ceivers.
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BOSTON COLLEGE’S ALL-AMERICA prospect," Quarterback Ed
Songin, last year led the East in yards gained passing with 83 comple
tions for a-total advance of 1172 yards. His chief tormentors, when
Penn State engages the Eagles at State College, Pa., Saturday, Octpber
8, will be Center Chuck Beatty, of Weisel, Pa., and Guards Joe Draze
novich, of Brownsville; Pa., and Paul Kelly, of Erie, Pa. _ ,
Three Newcomers Added
To Basketball Schedule
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Only nine contests are listed for home court action, on 'Penn
State’s 21-game basketball itinerary for the .1949-’5O season accord
ing to the schedule released by Harold R. Gilbert, graduate manager
of athletics.
Added to the State battle ros
By RAY KOEHLER
ier are three newcomers which in
'clude the' U-. of Pennsylvania,
Rutgers and Gettysburg.
•Appearing as an extra-curricu
lar project on coach Elmer Gross’
court docket will be a post-Christ
mas junket to Raleigh,. North
Carolina, where the Lions Will be
pitted against seven of the 'na
tion’s top aggregations in the first
annual Dixie Classic'tourney..
Invited for tournament ' play
are West ‘Virginia University,
Rhode Island State, Duke,
Georgia Tech,. Wake Forest,
North Carolina and North Caro
lina State. As a warmup , for, the
Southern jaunt the Lion coiirts
ters will engage in ' four pre-
Christmas games; the- first com
ing, against Susquehanna., Uni
versity, December ;7i r >.
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Eagles on Par
With Cadets
In Manpower
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■ by Bob Kohtbauer
Groggy from battering two-pla
toon systems and chasing pass re
ceiverp over their goal-line, Penn
State’s Nittany Lions will have to
face an eleven tomorrow that can
out—Army Army.
Boston College, second 1949
visitor at revamped Beaver Field,
takes no back seat to the Cadets
or any other Eastern grid power
when it comes to throwing new
blood into the battle or passes in
to the end zone.
Coached by Denny Myers in his
fourth season as BC chief, the
Eagles boast three platoons of sea
soned manpower with no fewer
than 29. letter winners and 38
members of ' last year’s 44-man
squad back for this year’s wars.
Of the number graduated, only
one right guard,. Tom Brennan,
was regular.-
SLINGIN' SONGIN
Throwing for the Bean-Town
gang is a “T” quarterback, Ed
Songin, who last year led the East
in yards gained passing and
wound up fifth in the nation in
that department. A 200-pouild
passing wizard from Walpole,
Mass., Songin completed 83>.0f 164
parses, ranked second in the East
m total offense and was respon
sible for BC being the - leading
team in passing offense in the
East.
Last week as the Eagles upset
a tough Wake Forest crew, 13-7,
Songin hit the mark in 12 of 24
attempts, two. good for touch
downs. Also an All-American hoc
key player on BC’s club that won
the NCAA-championship, Songin
is a hard runner, a rugged man to
down. A 1 Michaels, Penn State’s
backfield coach who scouted the
Eagles, came away singing Song
in’s praises and warning Bedenk
that the Lion air umbrella will
have to be flawless. Songin
throws to two glue-fingered' offen
sive wingmen,. Albie Gould and
Bill Malloy. '
TOP BACKFIELD
Rated beside Songin as sotne of
the most celebrated operatives in
the East are End Art Spinney,
Captain aqd ~ all-Catholic, all-
American lineman; Tackle Ernie
Stautner, all-American right
tackle and- placement 'kicker;.
Halfback Joe Diminick who learn
ed his football at Kulpmont, Pa.;
and Back ;Bob Palladino, who "av
eraged 6.1 yards per try last fall.
The passers and runners will op
erate behind a line , that is deep
and experienced, and one of the
biggest lines extant.
peeking its second victory after
losing to Oklahoma, 46-0 and
downing : Wake: Forest, Boston
College will operate from the “T”
formation with Songin in the slot.
Myers figures this, squad, to be the
best balanced team he has coach
ed since succeeding', Frank Leahy
in 1941. Last year the Eagles won
five games, while losing two and
tying the same number.
This, week’s' Eagle—Lion-.'en
counter is the first meeting in'the'
history of the two schools.,
\ COURT SCHEDULE
Dec. -7—Susquehanna home
Dec. TO—Rutgers away
Dec., 14—Georgetown ..; away
Dec. 15—American U. ..... away
Dec. 28-30—Dixie Classic . . away
Jan. 7—Colgate .home
Jan. 13—Carnegie ' Tech. \ , away
Jan. 14—Washington-Jeff ..away
Jan. 18—American U. home
Jan. 21—Pitt .". home
Jan. 25—Pitt away
Jan. 28—Syracuse ......... home
Feb. B—Pennsylvania away
Feb. 10—Gettysburg away
Feb. 11—Navy away
Feb. 15 —W. Virginia home
Feb. 18—Rutgers home
Feb. 22—Temple .......... home
Feb. 24—Colgate .......... away
Feb. 25—Syracuse .away
Mar. I—West Virginia .... away
Mar. 4—Georgetown ......home
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FRIDAY. OCTOBER 7. 1949
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The Lions
With Elliot Krane
Sports Editor
New Lair
Coaches, trainers and players
usually have a few superstitutions
kicking around the locker rooms
during a football season. Some
players think that a certain uni
form number is good luck. Others
put on one shoe instead of the oth
er consistently to keep their luck
from changing. t
For the coaches and train
ers a major change during
the season usually means a
change in luck. If .a coach
wins a game while wearing
a /certain suit, he'll wear that
suit to the' next game in ap
peal to the gods of sport to
smile on his team again.
With two grid losses on its
slate, the Nittany team is ready
for a change—and change it will.
Thursday morning the team left
■its cramped quarters in the water
tower and moved down to the
spacious new locker rooms , under
the West Stands of New Beaver
Field.
As Oscar Buchenhorst, stock
room manager, took us on' a tour
of the new quarters, we couid
picture the rooms filled with play
ers and officials ready for the
coming game.
Visitprs* Room
In the first room at the south
end, the Boston College gridders
would be receiving final instruc
tions from Coach Myers. Their
room, fitted with two heating
units in. case of cold weather, is
situated next to a spacious show
er room at one end and an ath
letic trainer’s room at the other.
.Moving down the line. We
came to the officials' and
coaches' dressing room. There
the men in black and white
would be discussing unusual
plays in their usual - detached
way while checking the time
for the .start-of the game.
In the largest room of the build
ing, the training room, we could
picture Dr. Griess and, Chuck
Medlar doing some last minute
taping and padding. A farmery
from the cramped jungle of heat
lamps and whirlpool baths in the
water tower, 1 this'room will hold
all the medical' equipment ne
cessary to keep a team on its
feet. .
Final Talk
Another shower room connects
to the athletic room,and in the
next to last room of the building,
the Nittany team makes its quar
ters. Here we could picture Coach
Bedenk going over the Boston
College attack for a. final (time
and giving the team a word of con
fidence before going out on the
field.
A stock room and drying room
for Uniforms complete the build
ing at the north end. Separating
the twQ.teams’ locker rooms is;a
physical plant room which hous
es the heating units and a' first
aid room for any emergency that
may happen when 30,000 persons
crowd into one area.
It was a major change to move
from one “home” to another for
the team, and if superstitions have
any appeal to the fate of foot
ball—watch out Eagles!
Ex-Pro Frosh Coach
Mike Holovak, Boston College
frosh coach, played fullback for
Hie Los Angeles Rams and the
Chicago Bears in the NPL. >
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Point Power
.Since Denny Meyers took.over
the helm of the Eagles in 1941 his
team has never been held score
less. , ’’
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