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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
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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.
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101 E. Beaver Ave
STATE COLLEGE
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