FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14. 1949
Between
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The Lions
. With Elliot Krane
Sports Editor
"The Team”
Its not everyday that a tackle
intercepts a pass and runs for a
touchdown, but when that tackle
has< played only 10 minutes of
football for the College, the feat
is especially' noteworthy.
We went, up to Rec Hall the
other day to talk to Ed Hoover,
Penn State’s newest tackle find,
to find out what it feels like to
charge in from the line and sud
denly find yourself running with
the ball under your arm.
"-‘•‘lf it- wouldn’t have been for
Fred Felbaum tackling Songin in
the Boston College game, I’d
never have gotten the ball,” was
the sophomore’s first, comment.
; “Coach Bedenk told us .that
: Songin would throw' the 1 ball
anywhere if he were tackled be
hind the line and-that’s justovhat
he" did.
.’l'-V/ds There v
• “It just happened that f'was
there when he threw the .ball
away.” Hoover’s parents were in
the stands Saturday, ’and ~We-'won
dered what their reabtion "tv'as tb
his. first, and most likely only
,touchdown of his career. “Well, - ’
hg said, “my mother- didn't-have
much to say since she-doesri ! t : like
me to play football; blit mjt fath
er. was thrilled—-in fact, so was
I.”
In high school, • the: 205rpound
tackle played for - Altoona.- i rln
1946 the team .won eight and lost
one and in 1947 it won five loSt
two and tied two. ..Last ..year
Hoover played oh the
S.T.C. , team as a reserve’ tackle.
Two Man Job
• Another unusual fact ’concern
ing the - Lio'n’s first V touchdown
was that the two men who en
gineered it, Hoover and 'Felbaumj
appeared in the starting; lineup
-for the first time this season/But;
on the other hand; perhaps 'there
was method to- Coach Bederik’s
strategy of starting J two r , reserve
linemen in a crucial “rh'ust” ; game
for Penn State. ' ’ ? n.
Gatherin' Grapplers ;
- It will take a few weeks before
the familiar grunt and • Brians
will'-.be heard-on the - College
mats, but wrestling coach Char-,
lie Spidel has already., starred;the
ball.rolling by calling, a-, meeting
of aspirants last TueSday night-,
the'- turriout’''he';will pick
up - his half-nelson ap’d grapevine
' boys arid iriold them together; in
,to,what promises to.be a very in
teresting team.
/Dribble Poor Favor
;; 'lf you’d like to hear an account
,of Mexican athletes and. custorris,
jyou won’t have tb register - for
;<jne of Mr. Cook’s tours—just
jmosey up to Rec Hall and ask
dohn Lawther, who. spent two
'months south of ’ the ’. border
-teaching Mexicans basketball.
;Lawther, ari exponent of defen
sive basketball, had a job in
teaching the good neighbors to
the south that games can be .won
iby holding the opponents’ score
down as well as outscoring them.
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Harriers Face NYU in First Meet of Season
By JCE BREV
Penn State students, alumni
and fans will have their first look
at Coach Chick Werner’s cross
country team Saturday when the
Nittany Harriers play host to
N.Y.U. on the Beaver Field
Track.
Eight veterans have been chos
en by Coach Werner to match
strides with the eight man team
of N.Y.U. The meet, scheduled
to begin' at 2:15 p.m., is the first
of a tough five meet slate for
State.
Captain Bob Parsons heads the
Blue and White delegation.' He
will be assisted by Bill Ashen
felter, Don Ashenfelter, Bob
Freebairn, John St. Clair, John
McCall, Al Porto and Bill Gor
don.
NO SENIORS
“The strange part of this
team,” Coafch Werner p o i n't e d
out, “is that every man on it is
a junior. Our best sophoiriore to
date has been Bob Davidson.”
The meet will be over a five
mile course. The runners start in
front of the stands on Beaver
Field, circle the track once, leave
the stadium, travel two-and a
half- times around the golf course
and then re-enter the stadium for
the finish.
The Nittany Lions will be at
tempting to repeat last year’s
victory over the visitors when
the Werner-men came out on top
by a 19-36 count. But they will
have to -do it without the benefit
of a standout performer such as
they;, have had in the past; few
•ybats.- At'present there is no Hor
ace Ashenfelter, Curt Stone 'or
Jerry Karver on the squad.
BIG TASK
Following the N.Y.U. contest,
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