(Enllpgtatt T ° da^jp' her: “FOR A BETTER PENN STATE" *- VOL. 50 NO. 42 Lions, Panthers Clash in Finale Caravan Called Off; Cars Still Come to Pitt Despite the cancellation of the proposed car' caravan to Pitt to day, State fraternities sent 300 cars containing 2000 men to Pitt Stadium to cheer on the Lions, A ’Grand Finale Dance,’ sponsored by the University of Pitts burgh students, will mark festivities at Pittsburgh this week-end. The informal dance will be held in the ballroom of the Schertley Hotel, located on Forbes Street, directly across from the Cathe dral of Learning. Dancing will be from 8:30 p.m. until midnight, with Brad Hunt’s Orchestra sup plying the music. Tickets, priced at $2.50 per couple,.may be pur chased at the hotel ballroom. Several of the fraternities are •planning social activities for to night. Alpha Phi Delta, Alpha Sigma Phi, Beta Theta Pi, Chi Phi, Delta Chi, Phi Gamma Delta, Phi Kappa Phi, Kappa Tau, Sigma Nu, and Theta Xi are holding parties in private Pittsburgh homes, while Phi Delta Theta, Phi Epsilon • Pi, Phi Kappa Psi, Phi Kappa Sigma, Phi Sigma Delta, Sigma Nu, and Theta Chi will get together in various hotel suites and country clubs. Delta Sigma Phi members will attend a party with the Pitt chap ter at one of the country clubs Harriers Face Strong Field In IC4-A Meet By JOE BREU Coach Chick Werner will take one of. the best cross country teams Penn State ever had-into the IC4-A meet in New York on Monday but it will probably come out no better than third. The reason? It’s simply that the other top four teams in the meet, Michigan State, Syracuse, Army and Manhattan, also have the best squads in the history of their schools. Thus the seven-man Penn State team of Capt. Bob Parsons, Don Ashenfelter, Bob Freeba'irn, A 1 Porto, Jack St. Clair, Bill Gordon and Bob McCall will be facing the best field ever to run in the IC4-A. DEFENDING CHAMPS Heading the entries is the powerful 'Michigan State team, defending the championship which it won last year. The Spartans are undefeated and enter the meet as a lop-sided favorite. Behind Michigan State, comes Syracuse, winner of 15 consecu tive dual meets. The battle for third' place is expected to be one of the highlights of the meet with Army, Manhattan and Penn State given an equal chance to take the position. GOOD RECORD The Nittany Lions will go into the meet with a record of three wins and one loss in dual compe tition. The loss was to Michigan State and one win was over Man hattan in one of the-closest races in seasons. The race for individual honors will probably be among four men —Bob Black of Rhode Island, last year’s winner, Warren Druetzler of Michigan State, Jack Shea of Army and Bob Church of Syra cuse. Four others, Bill Mack of Michigan State, Bill Lucas of Manhattan and Don Ashenfelter and Bob Freebairn of Penn State, are given a chance to break in and upset- the top four. Coed Cooperation Penn State’s famed Blue Band, 50-years old in 1949, will perform as usual at Pittsburgh. Eighty one Pitt coeds will be recruited for the Band’s between-h&lves routine By LYNN WILSON Penn State's first three, centers, all seniors making their last appearance, are pictured above. Left to right they are Ray Hedderick, Ken Bunn, and Chuck Beatty. Heddenck, from Brier is just recovering from a leg injury * suffered against Michigan State a month ago# and will be used only on defense. Slated to assist him on defense is Chuck Beatty, 210-pounder from Quakertown, Kenn Butin# 185- pounder from State College# worked his way into a starting role by coming through, against Syracuse when both Hedderick and Beatty were injured. He will start on the offense. Three-Fourths of the Penn State Backfield Making Their Final Pictured above, left to right, are Bill Luther, Chuck Prazenovich, and Fran Rogel, three senior members of the . Lion backfield, playing their last game today.- Luther, tailback from Osceola “Mills, will do most of the State ball-carrying, and passing. Standing 6-foot tall, and weighing 180, he really hit his stride for the Lions this season. Chuck Prazenovich, blocking-back, is a 215-pound. 6-foot 1-inch gridder from Brownsville, playing his fourth season with the Blue and White. Fullback Fran Rogel, who leads the backfield' men in yards-gained rushing, is counted on to keep the single-wing rolling. PENN STATE 83—Siorer 71—Norton 66 J. Drasenovich 53—Bunn 67 Felbaum 75—Godlasky 86—Hicks 23—C. Drasenovich 46—Luther 14—Dougherty 33—Rogel STATE COLLEGE, PA., SATURDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 19, 1949 Game Penn State Rain Ruled Out By Weatherman The weather man promises lair and cold weather conditions for Saturday afternoon when the- Ponn Slate Lion meets the Pitt Panther in Pitt Stadium. Though there is a possibility of snow, no rain could be foreseen by the Col lege Weather Station. It might be cold for those in the stands, but it will be plenty hot on the field with the Panthers and Lions tangling. Lineups vs. Pittsburgh (Kickoff time. 2 o'clock) POS. LE LT LG RG RT RE QB LH RH FB Records Tossed Out Traditional Battle Old For Today is the day when Penn State and Pitt football fans for get about the year’s records, the day that can make or break each team’s season. ' The Nittany Lions battle the Panther in Pitt Stadium, start ing at 2 o’clock this afternoon, and if past games in this 56-year old traditional series are any indication, fur will fly aplenty be fore one team triumphs in this battle of the cats. The Lions roar into Pittsburgh this morning, battered from a hard campaign in which they notched five wins against three losses. Absent will be big tackle Don Murray, bulwark of the line, who was injured last week against Temple. PITTSBURGH Sumpter—B3 Bolkovac—72 Barkouskie—63 Radnor—s3 Boldin—6o Plots—76 Deßosa—B6 Brennen—l 9 Cecconi—36 DiFonso—24 DePasqua—4o By 808 KOTZBAUER But the rest of the team is ready, eager to wreak vengeance on the Panther eleven that upset- State bowl plans and clipped a long Lion win streak with that 7-0 decision last season. Pitt is also below the form that enabled Skyscraper U. to blast five opponents William and Mary, Northwestern, West Vir ginia, Miami (Ohio), and Penn sylvania while losing to Indiana, Ohio State, and Minnesota. Jimmy Joe Robinson, stellar Negro wing back, is slated to sit out most of the contest because of a knee in jury. Pitt Coach Mike Milligan will probably replace his star with Armand DiFonso. CROWD Approximately 45,000 fans are expected to watch the proceed ings. Penn State fans unable to attend the game will be able to hear the play-by-play over Radio Station WMAJ, State College, starting at 1:45 o’clock. Late reports list Penn State a one-touchdown underdog, but the word underdog means nothing in this series. Last season the Lions pranced into Pittsburgh with a perfect season under their belts, one of the best defensive teams and single-wing attacks in the country, but the Panthers didn’t stop to pay homage. Instead the Pitts, with a record of five and three like today, stopped the Lions cold and slapped them with that 7-0 setback. id ranee , BOLKOVAC A lumbering tackle, Nick. Bol kovac, snared one of Elwood Petchel’s passes and'bounded over the goal for the only score. Bol kovac will be in the Lion’s hair again, together with Bob Plotz, Bernie Barkouskie, Mike Boldin, the nucleus of a tough Pitt line, flanked by ends Dick De Rosa and Earl Sumpter. Lou (Bimbo) Cecconi.ithe heart of the Pitt attack, is expected to throw more passes against State than he has thrown all season, to offset the loss of Robinson. Run ning from the fullback will be Carl DePasqua, a block-busting plunger, and at the blocking spot will be either Bobby Lee or Bob Brennen. Cecconi, Robinson, Barkouskie, DePasqua and others have played against Penn State two and three times already. Seventeen Lion seniors, includ ing the injured Don Murray, will finish out their collegiate careers in this last contest. Head Coach Joe Bedenk counts on starting nine seniors, Ray Hedderick, Chuck Beatty, or Ken Bunn at center; Joe Drazenovich and Paul Kelly or Fred Felbaum at guard; Negley Norton, tackle; Bob Hicks and Jack Storer, ends; Chuck Drazenovich, Fran Rogel and Bill Luther in the backfield. It will also be the last game for Lloyd Amprim, Chuck Murray, .Clarence Gorinski, and Joe Sara bok. Against West Virginia, the only common opponent, Pitt and Penn State were relatively equal. Pitt downed the Mountaineers, 20-7; State gave up two touchdown* whipping West Virginia, 34-H PRICE FIVE CENTS TEAM EAGER 17 SENIORS
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