WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER fg. 1949
Nittany Cage Squad
Preps for Scrimmage
, Following a comparatively 'easy-going initial 'two-and-one-half
weeks of practice, Penn State’s head basketball mentor, Elmer Gross,
and’his assistant, John Egli, are starting to crack the whip. •
Friday will find the team engaging in its first inter-squad scrim
mage-on the Rec Hall court. Out of the original turnout of 100-plus
Ist has been whittled to about 35.
■candidates for varsity berths, the !
What,, kind of offense will be
Used this year? According to
Gross, his platoon of basketbomb-
Ors 'will use the reverse-offense
. .
Reverse-Offense
. , What! is it? Simply that the
Nittany basketball team will win
more.igames than the opposition
by limiting said opposition to less
points then the State machine
will gather.
It»iis ! 'a rsurety that whatever
this new head mentor will lack
in'manpower during the coming
season, he will make up in confi
dence. .
Confronted withjsomewhat hu
mefcdiis'"intent,,, Gross was asked
whether Penn State had any
‘ chance ‘of winning the NCAA
tourney this year in New York.
'“Well, I can tell you one thing,”
'he answered, “if we do get in,
.we’ll win it!”
' ' Skipping over to State’s weak
est link in a chain of- misfortunes
last: year—their lack of altitude —
•Doc;' Gross was positive that a
'remedy would be effected this
‘season
. COSTA i\ *. ■
By way of emphasizing that
point .he- said fervently, “We’ve
just gotta. get some; big man to
spell’ Marty (Costa);”'—last year’s
.varsity. center. • - •••
As .former Nittany- Coach-John
Lawther once aptly put it; "the
big guy is the life of the club and
while he’s in there 'rheirgives'the
fellows a big lift. But he’.-isn’t too
long .on wind and in a. hot:, game
tires ‘ easily;'
Jay McMahan, a .6-foot,- .6-inch
center from Altoona Uwho;:" has
particularly imp Re s sre dnGross
came in for a' bit:.of praise. ..“I
think.he may make gjjs gPrif&fe”
“O course we’llihaye
littie Joe Tocci come-through.-for
us again this year in .brdpr.do, en
joy a successful season.-And,-the.
schedule they gave ; us ; . isn’t,-,tjje
easiest one in the world.,’?;;
.. Last year Tocci and.-high-.SCOr-::
ing Milt Simon at the-guard pos-?
itions were one of the-few bright
lights in an otherwise: lacklustre
• season. ' - : .id.' 1,-.-..
WEISS .
Will Ken meht-i
ber of the State Charripion Allen
town ■ High "whiz-kids replace
the tow-headed Simon,,;.whose
departure t h;r o u g.fi graduation
leaves a big gap to .he .fitted? .;.
’ ; don ? t know,’’
right answer, "last, jteaf" Kenny
was prone to shoot the long/ones
and although he 1 di d 'c o
through for us against Colgate
in one game, many’-V'thhe';- as: a
consequence; the ball-'was"lost.”
. What to do about- WeiSs' and'
Tocci represents a ‘problem'; of
major proportions-to iGross' and'
Egli.. Although both are'' scoring
, threats' of the first : bfder;''the
Lions do lose valuable' height”ad
t wantages when the ■ two’
"action at the same time. It’s'a
question which will'have to be
fought out on the practice floor.
; V ’ DIXIE
_ How about the Dixie Invita
s tional tournament at Raleigh,
/’North Carolina to which, State
,|has been invited?
’! “Before, we returned any ans
jjwer to the invitation committee
jwe put the question up to the
members of last year’s team,"
Gross said. “We’ll be meeting
'jsome of the toughest teams in
’.[the country, in Rhode Island,
sWake Forest,. North Carolina,
,j;Duke and others, but the boys
to make, the trip so it
/.was O.K.’d."
High Scores
$ Michigan State holds a two
*pnef edge *in three triple figure
•football games marking its all
•time record, It defeated Olivet
•College fo 0, (1920) and Kala
piazoo College, 103 to 0 (1928), In
1902 Michigan dusted off the
to 0.
By RAY KOEHLER
IM Athletes
Chalk Wins
The Colonials, Dorm 25, Dorm
.44 and, Dorni'lo gained victories
in independent touch football
games, played under jhe lights
<?f Beaver practice field Mdnday
night.,..,
Phi Kappa Sigma squeezed by
Beta,, Theta Pi, 21-20, and Pi
Kappa Alpha routed Theta Chi,
29-12, in fraternity swimming
contests.
. Dorm, 25 registered its second
triujngh :pf thg; besting
D'orjn 32,'1-0, in overtime, whilg.
D'orin ,2: forced Dorm. 44: into an
pxtfaV'period before bowing, by
the same score.
LONE SCORE
’’ The Colonials accounted for
the evening’s only touchdown
iri setting down Dorm 11, 7-0, and
'Dorm 10 moved along into the'
second round of play v when the
Lions:, failed to appear, resulting
in, the .'first touch football forfeit
fn :; thfee years. ,
Bph'f Richardson and Ted Lieb
swept first and second places in
'the ,'diying to give Phi Kappa
one-point margin. oyer
'Beta'Theta Pi, while Larry Cuni
inihgd wp'n both' the breaststroke
‘and'the diving to set the pace in
Pi Kappa Alpha’s .one-sided tri
umph over Theta Chi.
SCHEDULE
independent touch
'■fopthall!.; schedule pits Dorm 38
agairist/Altoona at 7 p.m., Dorm
24 against. Dorm 14 at 7:45, the
.£pal,. Cjapkers, jipfending cham-
Toh, 1 against Dorm .39 at' 8:30 and
the'Brdwn Baggers' against Dorm
40’ c atf* 9:15’
vv MpM- Chi Sigma, which the
IM office yesterday declared the
.victor hy forfeit of. an Oct. 10
: meet ‘with Phi Epsilon Pi, swims
'against 11 Alpha Sigma: Phi, and
Th'eta fCappa Phi meets Delta
Glennland pool' tonight.
Future Lion Rivals
Keep On Winning
Only West Virginia, of .Penn
State’s future rivals failed to
come up with victory Saturday.
The Mountaineers were swamped
by Boston University, 52-20.
Penn State’s future rivals in
caps:
MICHIGAN STATE 42.
Win. and Mary 13
SYRACUSE 21, Rufgers 9
Boston U. 52. WEST VIH. 20
TEMPLE 20, Bucknell 19
PITT 35, Miami (Ohio) 26
Records to date of Lion
opponents:
Won, Lost Tied
Villanova > 4 1 0
Army 4.0 0
Boston College 12 1
Nebraska 2 2 0
Michigan Slate 3 1 0
Syracuse 2 2 0
West Virginia 2 .3 0
Temple 3 1 0
Pitt 4 0 0
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
Charley Draz
Mow Assigned
: ullback Slot
Quarterback Relieves
Injured Fran Rogcfl
Hulking Charley Drazenovich,
regular Lion blocking-back for
the last two football seasons, has
temporarily taken over the Blue
and White fullback slot.
Drazenovich, .apparently - fully
recovered from an ankle injury/
moved into the plunging role for
signal 'Sessions Monday night,
arid last night carried the ball
from that position in scrimmages.
Head' Coach Joe. Bedenk
said last night that the change
was made, “temporarily”, when
it became fairly evident that
regular fullback, Fran Rdgel,
would not be ready for Satur
day’s game with Michigan State.
Rogel sprained his ankle in ac
tion against Nebraska, and has
not befin in uniform this week.
OTHER FULLBACKS
The Lions have two other full
backs, Pete Gorinski who is still
frivoring an injured shoulder and
can be used for punting only, and
Len Shephard, a sophomore who
is coining along fast but isn’t
quite ready for full-time duty.
Drazenovich, 215 pounds of
solid gristle, looked' like what
the doctor ordered in scrimmage
against the reserves last night.
He was still feeling his way
around in his new position, and
had trouble holding onto the ball
on a few direct passes from cen
ter, but when he hit the line his
weight and drive usually carried
him through and into the second
ary. He must, of course, relearn
all the plays from the new posi
tion before he will be ready for
the Spartans.
Chuck Drazenovich, brother of
guard Joe, is playing his fourth
season with the Nittanies. He
played before the war, then re
turned to the campus again, in
1947. Until his injury in the
Army game two weeks ago,
Chuck had not missed a game
and'was a 60-minute man. He is
generally regarded as one of the
best blocking backs in the busi
ness and last, season was named
to the All-American blocking
team.
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is the seventh largest in the Mid-
West. Its seating capacity is 50,-
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JV Gridders Prepare
For Second Contest
Beaten on the field by a strong Navy team ,but not beaten
in spirit, the Lion jayvees are iooking forward to their next ganM
with Lock Haven State Teachers College this Saturday.
No serious injuries were sustained by the Nittany gridders and
barring injuries this week, the team should be ready to field a much
stronger team this weekend.
Coach Bill Gutteron stated that the score might have been a
little different had his boys play
ed at least one more game before,
journeying up to Annapolis.
“After all,” Gutteron said,
“don’t forget that the Navy boys
didn’t have to learn an entirely
new system and new set of plays
in three weeks, and then play
their first game against a team
like Navy.”
The stocky grid coach said that,
the boys were tired, since he
could substitute only one or two
men at a time.
According to Gutteron, th e
next game will be different. “I’m
not predicting a win, but the
boys have been under fire,- and
even in the last part of the Navy
game, they showed a little im
provement.”
The jayvees scored their lone
touchdown on a pass from half
back Emory McCourt to end Bill
Barber.
Besides McCourt and Barber,
who played a. consistently good
game all afternoon, Gutteron
thought that center George Har
vin, guard Stix Slabonik and
quarterback Fred Huston put on
the best performances for State.
Switch
Michigan State’s new end
coach,. Earle Edwards, filled a
like position in Penn State foot
ball for 13 years.
No Place Like
Michigan State’s 1949 football
schedule lists six straight home
fairies. The Spartans play only
three games on the road this
year. 1
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Collegian Yogis
Show Slight Gain
Sjports Editor Elliot Krane and
Ray Koehler topped the past
week’s Yogie efforts among the
Collegian’s quartet of seers by
picking six out of eight correct
grid battles.
“Georgeous” George Vadasz,
who had been leading the pack
since the opening week, slipped
to five out of eight. He and Koeh
ler are now tied in percentage
with a .676 mark. Bob Kotzbauer,
football scribe, also managed to
grope his way to five right and
three incorrect callings.
This Week Total Pet.
Krane 6-2 21-16 .568
Kotzbauer ' 5-3 23-14 .622
Koehler 6-2 25-12 ‘ .676
Vadasz 5-3 25-12 .676
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