WEDNESDAY'. I.icTEMBER 13, 1i,',11) Lio - n-it .:: .qtatp'.:TTeio.p.o.: . ... ' • As 00.011,...,4prf,...'.-•::i:cie- Though Rip Engle's foot- ball crew still has a rough. roadto travel before they're primed for the openinegki,lm ish with Georgetown Steßt. 30, 'there seems little doubt that the Lions have begun to get into the swing of the winged-T. What has been hanpening out on the Beaver Field practice area has been long in coming ; and the work has been hard. But it's beginning to seem that all has not been in vain. The Lions underwent two weeks of drilling in the ways o - L the. Engle winged-T when the gray sage of the gridiron took over as head _coach late in the. Spring. The quarterbacks and centers, have been working since. Aug, with the rest of the squad•lrc!turn ing to the Nittany vale , a": week later.. But up until now;there seemed to be something Missing. Team Picks Up Rhythm • What the squad seems to _.be picking un now is that stwi , .V ., ing, extra, that rhythm and timing that's the difference between winning T-formation football and sloppy football. Now the Lions seems to have that bounce and with it confidence, in themselves and in the system. Bright as the situation appears, the fact remains that when the season rolls around the Lions may find themselves on the short end of a tight manpower situation, particularly on the line, where they were hardest hit by gradua tions. Only end John Smidansky, tackle Chuck Godlasky, guard Jim Barr, and centers Ken Bunn and John Podrasky saw enough action last year to earn letters.- Although Engle has come up with some good-looking replace ments, the question that oops up is "Who've they beaten?" Only some real action will reveal whether the recruits have what it takes. Engle plans plenty of action before the Georgetown opener. Yesterday he gave some of the boys who haven't seen too much playing time a chance to display their wares in a long scrimmage session with. Lock Haven State Teachers College. Harriers Open At Pittsburgh The Nittany Lion cross-country team, under the tutelage of Chick Werner, will be out to better last year's three • wins and one loss record when it opens the 1950 season with Pitt and West Vir ginia at Pittsburgh, Oct. 14. But in order to accomplish this feat, the Lions would have to come through with an undefeated season, and Werner terms the Nit tanies' schedule as "probably the roughest in the country." Last year's results in the IC-4AI and NCAA. meets proved a solid foundation for Werner's state ment. Michigan State, a future Lion opponent, won both the IC -4A and NCAA. The Lions finished fourth in both meets. Manhattan, another Nittany opponent, finish ed in the first five in both meets. After engaging the men from Manhattan in the last dual meet of the season, Werner's charges will again meet the cream of the crop in the IC-4A and NCAA meets. Eight lettermen return to bol ster the Lion squad, including the brother team of Bill and Don Ashenfelter, brothers of Horace, former State track star. With the return of freshmen to the campus, a freshman cross country team will again come in to existance, Werner said. The frosh schedule has not yet. been released. The varsity schedule: Pitt and West Virginia at Pittsburgh, Oct. 14; Cornell at Ithaca, _ Oct. 21; Michigan State, Oct. 28, here; N.Y.U. at New York, Nov. 4; Man hattan, Nov. 11, here; IC-4A at New York, Nov. 20; NCAA at East Lansing, Michigan, Nov. 27. DALLY. COLLEGIAN, STAT,E COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA PENN —S new focal. caul A. 'Rip' -ngle Es the seventh ccach Tony Orsini and Captain _Owen I State Revives Freshman Football; Forty Candidates Report to Bruce By ERNIE MOORE The Penn State freshman foot ball squad, under the guiding hand of Coach Earl Bruce, open dd drills Monday afternoon with approximately 40 men answering the first call. This will be the first year since 1941 that a frosh squad will rep resent the Nittany Lions on the gridiron. . Bruce, formerly of Brownsville High School and for the past four years head coach at California State Teachers College, will be assisted by Steve Suhey, All- American guard at State in 1947. The frosh will play five games, all on the road. Opening against Syracuse, Oct. 13, the frosh tangle with Bucknell, Oct. 20; and Navy, Nov. 4. Pittsburgh, Nov. 24, will close out the season. The Pitt game will come on the day pre ceding the Pitt-Penn State var sity contest. Freshmen football was forced out of the picture in 1942 by the war and was not reinstated there after because of the absence of freshmen from the campus. Four years ago Penn State inaugur ated its "farm-out" plan under which all freshmen were assigned to State Teachers Colleges, Penn State Centers and other cooper ating institutions. The return of a freshman squad this year signalizes a big step toward putting Penn State back on the football map, especially since a new football regime has moved onto the Penn State scene. MAJOR LEAGUE RESULTS NATIONAL LEAGUE Yesterdiy's Results New York 3 Pittsburgh 0 Brooklyn 3 Cincinnati I 'Philadelphia—St., Louis (night) Chicago—Boston (night) W .L. ,Pcl. W L Pet, Phila. 32 53 .607;St. L. 69 65 .515 akin. 74 57 .565rin. . 58 75 .936 BoAnn ,' _73 58 .557 Phi. 55 81. .404 ,ITN: 53 60 .5491 Pitts. 50 85 .370 AMERICAN LEAGUE Yesterday's Results Detroit 3 Washington 2 New York—Cleveland (night) lio. , don—Chicago (night) Philadelphia—St. Louis (night) W L Pet. 1 W L Pot. N. Y. SC 49 .637iVnalt, 59 76 .123 Detroit 86 49 .637 Phi. 53 85 MI Boston 85 51 .62515 t. L. 49 SO .363 lev.el:4L,Bo 58 .580IPLiIa. 47 91 .341 iZ.. ',•:i'.:',.:.:..-:.:.:,:::::.:,,.•:;,•Aic.:, .., ~_.<.; t:> ~<: :. 4>: '%4.' , ~.~"~ ~. - ..irles • _ are halfbacks. pL . a 4rent to direct coach each of their four years in college and ougherfy. three in high school. Both are senior leftezmen. Frosh Grid Mentor Earl Bruce President Casts; Trout Indifferent Penn State's new president, Milton S. Eisenhower, took a les-. son in the art of fly casting from th e College's top fisherman, George Harvey, last Summer. Although a confirmed fisherman, Dr. Eisenhower never handled a fly rod until he arrived in Penn sylvania. The president had been on cam pus only a few days when Harvey persuaded him to go trout fishing. At the end of an hour's instruc tion, Dr. Eisenhower still.hadn't caught a fish, but was casting a pretty good line, which satisfied Harvey. The Penn State president re vealed that this will be the first Summer in years that he and his brother "Ike" will not have gone to Wisconsin for a month of fish itig. There, they usually went after "muskies," large and small mouth bass, and wall-eyed pike. Wisconsin fishing was fun, .Dr. Eisenhower recalls, but after his day on Centre County's trout streams, plus a tour of Pennsyl vania's famed Paradise, at Belle fonte, the native Kansan is confi dent he'll take up trout fishing seriously.. , • Men's Physical Education Setup Undergoes Changcs Orange Grid Tilt Changed To Night Penn State has agreed to move its scheduled football game with Syracuse University up from day time to nighttime. The game will be played at Syracuse, Oct. 14. This will mark the fifth time that State has played under the lights, the third between these two teams. The Lions are unbeat en in nocturnal football. The gridders met NYU in 1941, Syracuse in 1946, Washington State (at Hershey, Pa.) in 1947, and Syracuse again in 1948. - Bugs' Baer Heeds Call Of Uncle Sam The draft has hit Penn State! Ernie "Bugs" Baer, former la crosse star and last year assistant to lacrosse Coach Nick Thiel. was one of the first of the Penn State family to answer the draft call. Baer, who was graduated from State in the class of '49, had a flare for perfecting lacrosse equipment, and together with Thiel came up with a new face mask which, when attached to the helmet, gives the wearer more protection and visibility than the old type of mask. DINING ROOM OPEN 91:00 for. Dancing Convenient for Students and No Charge Except The Food Cook's Restaurant All freshmen and sopho men at Penn State are re quired to take physical edu cation. Sophomore transfers and those who were at Penn State centers last year must take two semesters' of physical education regardless of whether they have taken physical education before: Freshmen are required to take, four semesters. Students who are physically unable to take the regular phy sical education course should schedule p,hys ed 10; an adaptive course. Any student participating in an intercollegiate sport will be ex cused from phys ed classer, while that sport is in season. G. Nick Thiel, associate pro fessor in charge of required phy sical education, reminds those scheduled for phys ed that they must report for the first class, whether they are out for a sport or not. All new students are scheduled for a swimming test this week. Those who do not pass the exam will be required to take swim ming three times a week instead of attending regular phys ed classes. Students scheduled for phys ed or swimming must obtain a towel ticket from the Bursar's office in Willard Hall. The ticket will entitle the studeot to the towel service in Rec Hall. A $2 deposit, which will be refunded at the end of the school year will be re quired. All freshmen must buy a regu lation gym uniform, including shoes, trunks, supporter, sweat • shirt, and reversible jersey. Reverting back to pre-war practice, freshmen will be requir ed to take a course in hygiene, one hour every week, for one .se mester. Sophomores will be ex empt. from the . hygiene course this year. • A •new • sport, -bowling, will be put on the phys ed agenda this year to aid in cutting down the size of the various activity groups. TCH For MR. T Inquire About Him at COLLEGE SPORTSWEAR 101 E. Beaver Ave STATE COLLEGE PAGE FIVr.
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