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Soccer Team Ends 13th Unbeaten Season
Rolls Over Temple z-i
For 14th Without Loss
Playing brilliantly against an undefeated Temple soccer ag
gregation, the Lion accepted the Owl’s challenge, on a muddy Beaver
Field last Saturday, and went on to annex a hard earned 2-1 victory.
But that single point, kicked by Joe Lane in the fourth quarter,
was more than just the margin of victory, here’s what that second
goal meant to the Nittanies:
1. It kept their unbeaten skein intact. The Lions concluded 1949
campaigning riding on the crest
of a 14-game undefeated string.
2. By downing Temple the Jef
freymen closed their current sea
son with eight straight wins, a
feat which establishes them as the
top soccer aggregation in the
East, if not in the nation.
2. The victory also meant an
other undefeated season for Coach
Bill Jeffrey, the 13th such season
in his 24 year tenure at Penn
State.
GREATEST GAME
Although most of the eyes of
Nittany were witnessing the tra
ditional Pitt-Penn State football
fray at Pittsburgh, a horde of
proud soccer followers braved the
elements to witness the Blue and
White rise up to their greatest
heights yet.
Although Temple, a soccer unit
which had romped to nine straight
’49 victories prior to the State en
counter, scored one goal, the final
score was not indicative of what
actually took place.
Even though the Cherry and
White had a score credited to
them, it came as a result of a
freak mishap in front of the Penn
State goal.
Bill Yerkes, State fullback, in
an attempt to head the ball away
from the Lion goal, headed it into
the goal for Temple's lone score.
SCORING
Actually no Temple man scored
and the Men from Philadelphia
could not fashion a scoring punch
whereas the Lion forwards, led
by Lane, Harry Little and Clar
ence Buss were banging away at
the Temple goal all afternoon.
The visitors were visibly tired
in the latter stages of the contest
and the well drilled, accurate
passing Lions took matters in
their own hands as they com
pletely dominated play, through
out the last half.
With Temple leading 1-0 at in
termission, it was a rejuvenated
Nittany crew that took the field,
in fact after only 20 seconds of
the clock had moved, Joe Lane
scored from about thirty yards out
to knot the score.
FANS AMAZED ,
The play was run off yith such
rapidity that it left fans gasping
in amazement. As the half open
ed Lr.ne centered to Little, and
Little passed to Ron Coleman
who sent it back to Lane.
: The Baltimore soccer veteran
then sent a bullet-like shot past
Goalie Penska which was good
for the first Lion score.
Neither team was able to find
the scoring punch in the third
canto, but the high-flying Lane
found the range again in the final
period and brought home the
bacon, by drilling the winning
goal past Temple’s goalie.
Buss nearly added an insurance
marker in the closing minutes of
the booting duel when he broke
past Temple’s fullbacks but Pen
ska blocked the drive and fell on
the ball for a free kick.
It was a happy, smiling Jeffrey
who walked away off the field
after it was all over but well did
he realize that he must soon start
building for next year.
GRADUATION
Six of his starting eleven, in
cluding two All-Americans, will
be lost via graduation.
Goalie George Lawther, Full
back Chuck Margolf and outside
left Ted Lieb all donned the Blue
and White for the last time.
But Jeffrey’s biggest loss will
be his starting halfback trio—one
of the best in the game today.
Ralph Hosterman, this year’s
captain along with Dick Hannah
were selected to All-America
fame last year. Along with Will
Kraybill they formed the Lion’s
topnotch midfield trio.
Spencer Boyer and Harry Law
~oski, the number one and two
BY GEORGE VADASZ
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Seven Veterans Bolster
Outlook of Cage Squad
When John Lawther, former Nittany basketball coach, retired
after a 13-year haul last Spring he didn’t leave his predecessor
Elmer Gross penniless. *
Seven pieces of valuable court chattel, around which to mold
the 1949-’5O Penn State court team, were left in his prize pupil’s
will.
Oddly enough, the most highly regarded of Gross’ inheritance
will be the smallest player on the
team, Joe Tocci. A 5-foot 6-inch
standout, “Little Joe” has had
a year’s experience in the inter
collegiate ranks and appears
ready to take over the graduated
Milt Simon’s position as team
leader. Co-captaining the Lion
outfit this season will be Center
relief men will also graduate in
June.
The summary:
I*os. Penn State Temple
G Lawther Penaka
RF Margolf
LF Yerkes
RH Hannah
CH Hosterman
LH KraybiU
OR Lieb
IR Little
CF Lane
IL Coleman
OL Buss Riti
Score by periods:
Substitutions: Temple—Kutteroff, Rog
erson, Zuk.
Penn State 0 1 0 I—2
Temple 1 0 0 o—l0 —1
Penn State scoring: Lane 2;
Temple scoring: Yerkes.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE PENNSYLVANIA
He Almost Made It
Hay Koehler
Marty Costa and Tocci.
Joining Tocci and Costa, will
be veterans Lee Schisler, Lou
Lamie, Ken Weiss, Bob “Whitey”
McKown and Tom Schuptar. Fol
lowing completion of the current
football season Gross will wel
come Jack Storer and Lloyd Am
prim, two more rugged veterans,
into camp.
But just so the rays of optimism
won’t dazzle his eyes, the State
whip-wielder has only to look
upon last season’s dismal road
performance to shock him back to
earth. It’s little realized, but State
did not win a single away-game
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Only three more days re
main before the official clos
ing of the College course ac
cording to Varsity Golf Coach
Bob Rutherford. Jr.
The course will actually re
main open all winter but
minus the pins and flags which
are to be taken out following
the Thanksgiving Day vaca
tion. The clubhouse will also
conclude its business o n
Thanksgiving and will b e
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After 19-0 Pitt Loss
It’s all over but the shouting, but there’s little shouting in the
Nittany Vall'ey today as Coach Joe Bedenk’s Lions recuperate from
their 19-0 battering at Pittsburgh last Saturday.
The Nittanies are storing their helmets and moleskins with
several unhappy thoughts in mind: A five-won, four lost record isn't
disastrous, but when those defeats include one to Pitt, Pehn State’s
schedule ends on a blue note. '
Bedenk, with his first season as
head mentor completed, is sadly
thinking over the heavy loss in
man-power. Seventeen seniors,
nine of them on the starting
scpiad, saw their last collegiate ac
tion, and must be replaced.
NO EXCUSE
Though they don’t offer it as an
excuse, the Lions can’t help but
figure the Pitt result would have
been more. satisfactory .had Fran
Rogel, fullback, and Don Murray,
tackle bulwark, played,, the full
game. Rogel, today, is still suf
fering from a painfully twisted
left ankle, injured in. the second
quarter. ' ,
His loss was serious to the State
cause Saturday. Very much In
the game as long as their star was
okay, the Lion offense reverted to
early-season paralysis ’with, the
plunger on the bench.
NO HOLES
; The big white fine- ;a power
house defensively, was outcharg
ed, outplayed by, the Pitt' front
wall. Bill« Luther, Vince o!Bara,
Owen Dougherty and the other
backs could make little yardage
without the customary holes and
Rogel rolled up most of his ..dis
tance with two or three Panthers
up to 50
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When they tried to pass, the
backfield three were rushed al
most out of the park, - forced to
heave desperation passes that Pitt
defenders hauled down for a flock
of interceptions.
Lou Cecconi, Pitt’s wiry tail
back sensation, grabbed the first
interception on the Pitt 7 after
State had marched to the Pitt
33. Carl DePasqua passed to Ar
mana DiFonso for 32 yards to the
State 46, Cecconi and DePasqua
made a first down to the 35, then
the pair teamed up on a lateral
pass play that covered the dis
tance for the score. Bolkovac,
missed the point and Pitt led 6-0.
Pitt almost tallied again just
before the half ended 11 when Cec
coni intercepted Luther’s pass and
zipped 41 yards to the Lion 14.
Three passes failed, however, Jim
my Joe Robinson lost 12 yards
trying to throw another, so the
Lions took over oh their own 25.
Three plays latter the half ended
on the same yardstripe.
' The Lions had made six first
downs in the first two periods, but
the offense went impotent in the
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