THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 19
Lions Back,
Drill For
Hoya Battle
Having completed their
F a 11= scrimmage schedule
with what -Coach Rip Engle
termed an "encouraxg" per
formance against a strong
Cornell eleven, Tuesday, Penn
State's gridders returned to
Beaver Field yesterday after
noon for the start of intensive
preparations toward the Sept.
30 opener with Georgetown.
With only eight practice sess
ions remaining before the Lions
take the field against the Hoyas,
Engle plans to work on the de
fense with hopes of ironing out
some of the wrinkles in the oper
ation of the winged-T. Pass de
fense will receive a major part
of the attention of Engle and his
assistants.
The Lions appear to be in good,
physical condition as they prep
for an improved Georgetown
team. Trainer Chuck Medlar had
little to worry about following
the tussle with Cornell, none of
the athletes reporting more than
the usual number of minor bruis- I
es.
Orsini Returns To Lineup
With Tony Orsini again
.work
ing with the team after almost
two weeks of inactivity, because
of a dislocated shoulder, the Lions
should be at full strength on
opening day, barring any further
injuries. Engle, however, doesn't
plan to take any chances and will
probably hold up ,on additional
intra-squad scrimmages. '
The Nittany camp was breath
ing a little easier following the
return to action of quarterback
Dick Koerber, who played two
quarters against Cornell. Side
lined for two weeks with-a strain
ed knee, the Pittsburgh passer
showed up well despite the lay
off. He reported no pain in his
knee after the scrimmage al
though he was whacked hard
several times by Cornell tacklers.
Engle Pleased With Gridders
Engle expressed satisfaction
with the showing of his charges
against the highly touted Big Red,
but refrained from any hand
clapping. The work of Vince
O'Bara and Koerber at quarter
back drew his approval, although
he added that the boys are still
making mistakes.
The brightest development of
the Cornell battle was the defen
sive line play of the Nittany crew.
Centre John Podrasky, a convert
ed blocking back, buoying the
middle of the line, earned Engle's
special praise, but he also lauded
the efforts of ends Chuck Wilson
and Pat McPoland, tackles Dick
Cripps and Stew Scheetz, guard
Don Millhouse, and line-backers
Len Shephard and Joe Shumock.
This was the alignment that bot
tled up the vaunted Cornell run
ning game.
Fencing Candidates
Fencing coach H. Arthur Meyer
has issued a call for all freshmen
and sophomores interested in
fencing to report to the right
wing of Rec Hall at 5 p.m. this
afternoon for a meeting.
Basketball Call
Candidates for the varsity bas
ketball squad are asked to report
to Rec Hall at 6:30 p.m. Monday.
Lacrosse Managers
Candidates for lacrosse man
agerships are requested to re
port to Rec Hall at 4 p.m. to
morrow. There is plenty of op
portunity offered for all who wish
to try out.
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Bruce Directs Frosh
Penn State will field a fresh
man football team in 1950 for the
first time since 1941. Earl Bruce,
formerly of Brownsville High
School, and lend-lease coach at
California State Teachers College
for the last four years, will direct
the plebes.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA
IM Schedule Listed;
Deadline-- Sept. 2.7
The entry deadline for intramural touch football, swimming, anc
tennis singles is Wed., Sept. 27 ; Eugene C. Bischoff, director of intra•
mural athletics, announced today. All entries must be turned in a
the Intramural office at 213 Rec Hall.
Touch football, as played intramurally at the College, consists
of a nine-man team. All games will be played on the 100-yard practice
field adjacent •to New Beaver Field.
Some of the more important rules of the game are that a pass
may be thrown anywhere on the field over the scrimmage line. Body
blocks are not allowed, and anyone on the team may receive a for
ward pass. Additional information can be obtained at the intramural
office.
.The swimming events listed for this year's competition are the
60-yard freestyle, 60-yard backstroke, 60-yard breaststroke, 120-yard
freestyle relay, and diving. One man can swim in only two of the
events, not including diving. The relay consists of four men, leaving
the minimum amount of men on a team at five. Events will be held
in the Glennland pool.
The tennis singles competition will be held at the New Beaver
Field courts. A minimum of two entries from each organization will
be allowed. Independent men, however, may enter .as individuals.
The fee for all entries is $l.OO per team.
4 New Teams Added
To 23-Tilt Hoop Card
The 19513-1 Nittany 'Lion basketball schedule released recently
by Harold R. "Ike" - Gilbert, graduate manager of athletics, shows
four new opponents gracing the 23-game card which includes the
Spartan Tournament at East
Lansing, Mich.
The four new teams with which
the Lions will tangle this season
are , Ithaca College, Rhode Island
State, Buckrell, and Lawrence
Tech
Coach Elmer Gross accepted an
invitation to the Spartan.Tourna-
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ompete against,
Michigan S o ta h t i e o ,
the host;
State, Big Ten
Conference
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champions ,ast
Elmer Gross year; and Prince
ton; Ivy League champions last
season.
Last year's team, sparked by
Marty Costa and Joe Tocci, both
of whom were graduated in June,
young men's
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y LOWELL KELLER
won 13 and lost 10, including the
loss to North Carolina State in
the Dixie Tournament finals. The
1949-'5O season brought the first
coaching change in 12 years w;;:en
Elmer Gross succeeded John Law
ther as head coach.
The 1950-'5l Schedule:
Dec. 6, Ithaca College; 9, Syra
cuse; 11 American U., at Wash
ington, D.C.; 15, Rhode Island
State; 16, Washington and Jef
ferson; 29-30, Spartan Tourna
ment, at East Lansing. Mich.
Jan. 2, Lawrence Tech, at De
troit, Mich.; 6, Colgate; 10, Buck
nell, at Lewisburg; 20, Gettys
burg.
Feb. 3, Bucknell; 6, Georgetown,
at Washington, D.C.; 7, U.S. Naval
Academy, at Annapolis, Md.; 10,
West Virginia; 14, Pitt, at Pitts
burgh; 17, Rutgers, at New Bruns
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Frosh Gridders To Risk 9-Year
Streak In Opener With Syracuse
Bill Jeffrey's Nittany soccer unit won't be the only Penn
State team to carry an undefeated string into battle this year.
But in order to find the other one you must look back in the
records to the last year that 'Penn State fielded a freshman
football squad—clear back to 1941.
That was the year the frosh
footballers, coached by Marty Mc-
Andrews swept through five
straight games without a defeat.
The Lion frosh downed Buck
nell, 19-0; Colgate, 21-0; Syracuse,
20-12; Cornell, 20-6; and ended
the season by thrashing Army,
33-8. Freshman football was dis
continued the following season,
and wasn't revived until this year.
So when the State frosh take
the field against Syracuse for their
first game, Oct. 13, they'll be sport
ing a winning streak which has
stretched over nine years be
lieve it or not.
NY, Tigers Win,
Bosox Lose Two
A double defeat at the hands
of the Cleveland Indians cost the
Boston Red Sox valuable ground
in the American League pennant
race yesterday.
For while the Sox were going
down before the Tribe by scores
of 6 to 3 and 7 to 1, both the New
York Yankees and Detroit were
winning their single games. The
leading Yanks topped 'Chicago 8
to 1 and the Tigers rallied to
down the Philadelphia A's 6 to 5.
The result was that the Tigers re
mained one half game behind the
Yanks while Boston fell two
games off the pace.
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