FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1949
Between
The Lions
With Elliot Krane
Sports Editor
How Come?
With . injuries the main topic
of conversation on Beaver Field
this week, we checked with
Chuck Medlar, team trainer, to
find .if the blame for the sudden
rash of bumps arid bruises could
bg laid to one definite thing.
’■ “No,” Medlar answered, “there’s
nothing unusual .about all of
these; injuries. ..We’re just getting
oris mid-season share of bumps.
We were pretty lucky so far not
to have many serious injuries
but now the percentage is catch
ing up with us.”-
Penn State is not the only team
hit yrith “the plague,” according
to the tall trainer. Michigan State
had four men out of action in
last' Saturday’s game and: that
included their' first string quar
terback Gene Glick and His re
placement.
Invitation
to Chuck Beatty’s
nose, which- at s this writing cov
ers most of the forward portion
of his face, we wondered r if the
backing ' up, spot was especially
brutaL . ■
“A line backer takes, ho more
beating- than any other man in
the • game," Medlar continued,
“but'when someone on the othqr
team sees Chuck with the'guard
over his nose, it’s an invitation
to take a swipe at it. In football
it’s give arid take all the way and
if you see an opponent with a
weak spot,, you aim at that spot.
Of course, that can be carried too
far.”
No Bend
. The subject switched to knees,
the rriost vulnerable points on a
football player’s legs.. “I -think
that a lot of this knee- trouble,”,
he. explained, “can be blamed on
the. rules concerning downfield
blocking .and mousetrap : plays.
Under the preseht rules,' r a block
can be thrown at the side of "a
tackier.. Knees just don’t bend
sideways. ,Also on the'trap plays,,
the .lineman . breaks through the
lirie/ahd. just-as .he goes to make
the tackle, he, is hit from the side
and- ', spilled.' Usually oh . both
blocks the would-be tackier isn’t
looking arid'he has no chance to
ward off the blocker.”-
Two outstanding linemen, Ray
Hedderick:..and Ed 'Hoover, are
probably 'out for the season be
cause',of. bad ‘ : knees caused by
these blocks from the side.
Fingers Crossed ,
Before every practice and every
game, 1 .Medlar tapes arid band
ages the bruises of the football
team.'Ap the team runs out' onto
the field, the crowd may see
mentally every sprain arid strain.
“What ,do you. do when you
watch the' boys you’ve just taped
up smash into the lirie?” we-ask
ed him;. “Do?” he answered,
“Why I just sit and keep my fing
ers crossed!"
Harriers Meet
Michigan State
Coach Chick Werner and his
, State. cross country team
left last night for East Lansing,
where the Nittany Lions
Jf 1 "; nieet the Spartan Harriers
Saturday;. • _ •
Before leaving, the Lion men
tor expressed the . belief that his
team of eight juniors will give
a good, account of itself against
Spartari runners. .
It will prpbably. be the best
meet on our schedule," he point
ed out. But it will also be the
toughest. The Michigan State
runners are so much.' m a class
~y . themselves that it is ahnost
optimistic about
THE DAIIiY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA
COLLEGIAN PREDICTS
Following a lapse of one week; our prognosticators again go
out on the limb on the more ccntrovfersial games to 'be played this
weekend.
Of most interest to local fans is the Penn-Pitt skrimish, which
should afford an inkling of the Panthers’ ability to get the cobwebs
out of its attack before their game with the Lions.
GAME Koehler Koizbauar Krane Vadasz
■ -676 .622 ’ .568 .676
BC-V'nova V'nova BC V'nova V'nova
Calif-UCLA Calif. ~ ~Calif. ~Calif. ~ ‘~Caiif.
Coinell-Col. Cornell Cornell Cornell Cornell
Alabama-Ga. Alabama Georgia Georgia Alabama
T'mple-Mich. St. Mich. St. Mich. St. Mich. Si. ~ Mich; St.
Mich.-111. Michigan Michigan Michigan Michigan
N. Dame-Navy Notre Dame Notre Dame Noire~bame Notre Dame
North.-O. Si. N'weslern Ohio Stale N'weslern
Okla.-lowa Oklahoma Oklahoma Oklahoma Oklahoma
Penn-Piit Penn Pilf. Penn Penn
Rulgets-P'ton , Princeton Princeton . Princeton Princeton
Rice-Texas / T. Rice ; Rice Rice ■- Rice
Yale-D'm’outh Yale / Dartmouth "Vale T~ Dartmouth
Texas-SMU SMU . ’ SMU SMU “Texas
/Major £4 9¥aH t Harvard, '4O
VrForce
Born-,in New»rk, N..J., he moved; to
Boston at an; early age, graduated from
the. public Latin high school in? 1'936, en
tered Harvard the same- year, '•where he
majored in economics and'government.
' pt ;y, ..
Br2s’s, and B-17's before going overseas
in 1944, where he flew 30 missions as a
B-24 pilot. Shot down over -Germany,
he was a prisoner of war for 3 months.
ONLY THE BEST CAN BE AVIATION CADETS!
Fxecutm C(&.>
“Active on' the , campus” he played
'football, earned'his.letter on the boxing '
team. He worked part-time in a variety
of jobs from bouncer to . baby sitter,
received his AB degree in 1940.
Back in the States with his English wife,
-he earned his Regular commission. Then
he returned to Harvard under the Air
Force college training program, receiving
his LLB degree in 1949.
If you are single, between the ages of SO
and SOtysi with at least two years of college,
consider a flying career as an officer in the
U, S. Air Force.' You iriay be able to meet
the high physical and moral requirements
and be selected for training as an Aviation
Cadet. If you do not complete Aviation
Cadet-training, you may return to civilian
life or have opportunity to train at Officer
Candidate School-for an important officer
assignment in non-flying fields.
Go-op Keeps Leqd
Bn Aim Bowling
Nittany Co-op maintained a
two point lead over the second
place team for the second week
in the Association of Independent
Men’s Bowling loop.
The Gutterballers, in second
place last week, dropped into a
tie for third as NFG and the
Btyflysks surged past' them to
take second and third slots re
spectively. .
John Donofrio, 530, Ed Polan
sky, 526, and Frank Gross, 518,
led the scoring in last week’s
matches, but Jim Salvetto topped
these scores with a hot 575. Plun
kett pulled in with a 562, Deer,
516, and Riley) 514.
The first place NittanV Co-op
team broke the team record with
880 and 2484 in this week’s
matches.
Named Alike
There are two Adamses, two
Urbane .and two Fiaccos on the
Syracuse University .football
team this fall, but none are re
lated. However, Jim Foley and
John Foley, junior backs, are
brothers.
New Coaches
Three of Syracuse’s football op
ponents have new head football
coaches this fall. In addition to
Penn State, the Orange will'face
new coaches when playing Tem
ple (A 1 Kawal), and Layfayette
(Clipper Smith). Syracuse’s new
head mentor ife Floyd Schwkrtz
walder, former Muhlenberg boss.
Winless Streak
The last time a Syracuse eleven
defeated Penn State was in 1937
when the Orange won, 19-13; The
two teams played to ties in . 1939,
(6-6), and 1940, (13-13).
Q. Who were the Participants
in the 1923-Rose Bowl?*- ■
For Enjoyment’s Sake
DROP down
at the - - -
COLLEGE GRILL
Opposite P. O. on Beaver
*A. Southern Ca 1.—14 .; •
Penn Stated— 3. .
He enrolled in'Harvard Law School, left •
at the beginning of the .war to becomo ah '
Aviation Cadet; In December,-1942, he', '
won his. pilot's-wings, received a Reserve. 1 ,
commission as Second'Lieutenant.'" ’/
Now, he is confident about his future'and
security. As a pilot and legal officer of
Bolling Air Force Base, D. C.‘, Major Ed
Wall is a typical U. S- Air Force .flying
executive . . . with a challenging, career.
.Air Force officer procurement teams are r
visitvng many colleges and universities to
explain these career opportunities. Watch
for their arrival—or get full details at your
nearest Air Force Base, local recruiting
station, or by writing to the Chief of Staff,
U. S. Air Force,, Attention: Aviation Cadet
Brandt, Washington 35, D. C.
U. S. AIRFORCE
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