TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1949 State Lin® Shows improvement in 32-14 Romp New Plays Due for Nittanies As Bedenk Plans for Nebraska With his confidence buoyed by the improved play, Saturday, of his veteran line, Penn State’s head football-.,coach Joe Bedenk can belatedly switch his attention this week to developing new plays and grooming -the attack as the Lions eye their contest with Ne braska here, Saturday. - . , ' -1 ‘ ' Bedenk, assured since fall practices began that the front wall was one of Nittany’s strongest points, had his hopes confirmed finally as the - State line out charged a heavier Boston College line, making possible the Lions’ 32-14 victory over the Eagles last week. Charging a passer off his feet is Bedenk’s idea of the best pass defense. That the. idea finally caught on with ..the players .is proved by statistics, showing that Ed Songin, one of the nation’s top passers, completed only seven passes out of 23 heaves. INJURIES FEW Good word for Bedenk and State partisans also came out of the training room today where Trainer Chuck Medlar reported no serious injuries to the squad. Bobby Hicks and John Podrasky are suffering from bruises, and Chuck Beatty from a shoulder strain, but the injuries; according to Medlar, are not likely to cramp the effectiveness of the trio. Also, Chuck Drazenovich who missed last week’s game with a bad ankle will probably be able to take over his regular duties as quarterback, the job Charlie Mur ray, handled, admirably as replace ment Saturday. GORINSKI BACK Better news relates to Clarence Gorinski who, for the first time since the Bucknell pre-season scrimmage, finally broke into ac tion. , Gorinski, no longer side lined with a shoulder separation, is . destined to do most of State’s kicking in the future and he may soon be ready’to spell Fran Rogel on fullback chores. Led, by Negley Norton, Hicks,' John. Smidansky, Fred Felbaum, Don Murray and more, the .State line’s' high-powered charging of Songin, followed throughout the entire 60 minutes, payed off divi dends . even before many of the 16,000 Beaver Field fans, had found their seats. in the sun drenched stadium Saturday. After- little Joe Diminick rolled up a 'first down to the BC 30 in the first two 'minutes, Songin faded to throw , his second pass. (The -first.''fell- incomplete): Fel baum caught him behind the line, Songin. threw in desperation, and Eddie; Hoover, reserve tackle, plucked the leather out of the air and scampered into the end zone untouched. Joe Drazenovich missed the' extra-point, but the Lions had found the. system to stopßC’s air attack. DOUGHERTY .-. Before the first' quarter ended, Wingback Owen Dougherty un rolled a 47-yard carpet' * around left end to the BC 4, and the Lions, with Bill Luther running once, then passing to Jack Storer ,in the end zone, made it 12-0. Joe Drazenovich kicked this point; to give State a 13-point edge. Boston College scored midway through the second quarter , when Jim Parson fell on Vince O’Bara’s fumble on the, State 22, Songin passing to Joe Gould for a TD and Ernie Stautner kicked over-; the bar to make seven points. I '"'"'-' , But State handed Denny Myers’ air-minded Eagles a swallow of their own brew as time rah out at the half. The Lion’s fur was ruffled when Songin, from the State 30, threw to Maurice Pois sant in the end zone, the ball slipping out of the receiver’s, hands when a catch would have meant a tie-game. The pass was on fourth do<im, and the “Big White” took over. SMIDANSKY SCORES O’Bara, with “a they can do it, why- can’t we” attitude flipped to John Smidansky for 17 yards, Fran Rogel duplicated the stunt to Chandois Johnson for another 17, and as the clock and 16,000 hearts stopped, O’Bara threw a gain to' Smidansky, the big end PRINTING MuUUilhing—Addressagraph Service Commercial Printing Glennland Bldg. Phone 6662 THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA Scores for State racing over the goal. The place ment was off, but the Lions held a 19-7 halftime margin. TWO MORE Tasting blood' finally after two defeats, the Nittanymen came back in the last half to score two more TD’s, one on Luther’s pass to Storer, who dug it out of I three defenders’ hands over the goal, and the other on O’Bara’s sneak around left end after a B.C. fum ble was recovered by Lloyd Am orim on the Eagle 15-yard line. Joe Drazenovich made one of the points. ' In the last quarter, the Eagles marched 86 yards against State’s reserves, with Doug Millette and Bill Scholz lugging the ball. Stautner again converted. The last. Eagle touchdown was a costly one. Fullback Ed Clasby frac tured his left leg in a pileup on the State 8-yard line. Final statistics show the Lions gained 205 yards rushing as against Boston’s 125, and 125 yards gained passing against the visitor’s 93. First downs were even at a dozen each. It was Penn State’s 24l home victory in .63 years of intercol legiate football. The Lions have lost only 27 games here, and have tied 10. Boston College Penn State 0 7 0 7—14 IS 6 13 0—32 Penn State scoring: Touchdowns Hoover, Smidansky, O'Bara, Storer 2. Ex tra points—J. Drazenovich 2. Boston College scoring: Touchdowns — Gold, Millette. Extra points—Staunter 2.. PS BC First downs 12 12 Net yards rushing 205 121 Passes attempted 14 23 Passes completel S 7 Passes intercepted by 3 1 Net yards passing . 125 03' Yards runback interceptions . 27 , 0 Punting average 85 88 Total yards all kicks returned 88 70 Lost ball fumbles 1 2 Yards lost penalties 80 15 It's profitable for YOU to get wholesale candy from SALLY'S Wholesale Candy Only 85c per carton STATE COLLEGE CANDY CO. 140 S. Pugh St. New Grid Regulations Eliminate Specialists The two platoon system and specialization are here to slay in football., but the qame’s new substitution rule, while not in tended as such, will serve to discourage any increase in the number of one-shot specialists that have been shuffling on and off the nation's gridirons for the past several seasons. Apparently intended to put a wet < blanket on the practice of coaches calling each and every play from the sanctum of the bench, football’s latest in a long line of substitution rules allows replacements only when there i,s a time out after an incompleted pass, after an out-of-bounds play, and following a penalty. It goes without saying that it would be a costly procedure for a coach to send in a new man to call a play at the price of a five yard penalty. While, however, accomplishing its purpose, the rule takes a backhapded slap at the specialist, the man sent in for one play to' kick, or pass, and at the climax runner, who picks the time and place for his brief appearances. • Last season, when the rules allowed for the insertion of one player after each down, the one-shot-Johnny was worth his weight in touchdowns, for he could be injected into the lineup at any time, either to throw or kick or run as the situation demanded, according to his special talent. The new ruling limits the number of opportunities, for the specialist to be inserted into the game, thereby lessening his value to his team and partially restoring the need for the all-round competitor. While it is argued that the new substitution rule favors the big squad since as many as 11 players may be substituted at once, the new- ukase should serve well its original purpose of taking the field strategy off the bench and onto the field, where it' belongs. The comical turns that can develop when the- game is run from the sidelines is well-illustrated by the story of the coach who sent in- a quarterback with instructions to “Run three plays and punt.” Starting, from his own ten, the lad called an off-tackle slant that was good" for 15 yards. A wide end sweep brought the ball across the midfield marker to the opposition’s 45, from where a flat pass was good for 15, putting the ball on the 30. At this point the boy dropped back and punted much to the consternation and dismay of his frantic coach. WHAT THE On the verge of nervous ’ prostration, the coach yanked the boy and bellowed, “What the vulgarism did you do that for?” “Just did what you told me to,” the dumbfounded player told his coach. The 1949 official rule book lists 36 major changes in the football code, but only a handful of these need be noted. Of these, the regulations governing the offensive use of the hands and clipping will come into play frequently.- USE OF HANDS The rule on illegal use of hands and arms is more strict, abolishing the former follow-through privileges after a chest or shoulder block. Under the current code, the hands must be in contact with the body during the entire block. The new rule on clipping protects the player only below the waist and at the same time sets new limits on the area in which a clip is legal, fix ing it at four .yards to either side of the middle lineman and three yards to the front and rear of the ling of scrimmage. ■ The new regulations governing passing eliminate the "T" formation quarterback as an eligible pass receiver by making ineligible any offensive player in position to take a hand-to hand snap. Two other rules affecting passing make legal a pass caught by an eligible receiver after being-touched by an ineligible receiver, arid provide that an incompleted pass thrown from the passing team's end zone is no longer a safety. This latter rule was designed to encourage teams to pass out of danger rather than kick. The rule makers have also made it harder on the man who intentionally grounds a pass by redefining passing as “throwing,” and making the penalty five yards from the point of- the foul instead of the 1948 penalty of 15 yards from the start of the play. This season, too, it will be legal for a member of the kick ing team to run with a blocked kick if he recovers the ball be hind his own line of scrimmage. ■ Swimmers Candidates for the swimming team and second assistant man agerial posts are , asked to attend a meeting in 316 Sparks at 7:30 tonight. Swimming films will be shown. Hotel Rates Hotel reservations in New York were announced for students wishing ,to attend the Columbia Game of-1934. Rates were $3.00 per room. By Marv Krasnansky SPECIALISTS The famous Puritan "NATCH" Your Choice of 10 Beautiful Colors. Sizes 36 to 46. All America's favorite sweater. "Natch" rates solid with every College Joe and Coed. $8.95 YOUNG MEN’S SHOP 127 S. Alien St. Five Veterans Will Return To Stick Squad Sevently candidates for berths on the depleted varsity lacrosse squad showed up at the first meet ing which initiated Coach Nick Theil’s fall practice. Of those seventy candidates, which include five returning let ter men, jayvees, stickers in from the centers and just plain candi dates, only three have had any previous experience other than Collegiate at the sport. These three constitute a record turn out. The usual complement of ex perienced men is one or two. • Co-captains Bob Louis, mid field, and Ed Belfield, attack, head the returning letter winners. Wal do Weaver, midfield, John Hager - man, defense and Jim Worley, midfield, round out the veteran quintet. ALL-STATERS Up from the two centers, Swarthmore and Harrisburg, which fielded lacrosse teams last season are several members, of the mythical All-State freshman team. From the Swarthmore cen ter Tony Eagle, a unanimous “All” choice, Jim Reed, league high scorer and John Price are among the candidates while de fenseman Vance Scout and mid fielder Dave Parris are up from Harrisburg. Fall practice will consist almost entirely of teaching in funda mentals. No organized, program has been set up for getting the men in condition, but a few will probably undertake this task on their own accord. • INSTRUCTION Stick handling will come in for a large share of the, instruction time during the five weeks the. practice session will last. Several; ex-varsity lettermen will take over the instruction of this vital part of the sport arid Theil will act as overall advisor. With only five lettermen back, a good deal of rebuilding must be done if the team is to better, its five win record of last season. Twenty-one veterans graced the varsity roster last year and after a red hot start with three consecu tive victories, the team -just man aged to stage a comeback and trounce its last two opponents to end up with a five and four rec ord. ■, Prospects look gloomy, to say the least, unless Theil can orient the candidates into the State sys tem by the time the first game rolls around next spring. If he can, and he’s done it. before, the Blue and White could have a suc cessful season on the field of circles and nets. Absorbent filters in Medico pipes and bokfess have 66 baffles that stop flakes and slugs.« absorb juices... reduce tongue bite . •. give you the utmost in smoking pleasure, MEDICO V. F. Q. (VERY FINE QUALITY) Specially selected imported briar Pipes. WJ Wide variety of shapes. With 10filters... L Also Frank Medico "Standard".. • Amtriea's Outstanding Dollar (tl) ftp* Frank Medico Cigarette Holders »| & *1 MEDICO FILTERED SMOKING PAGE pvm
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