FRIDAY, -SEPTEMBER 22. 1950
Engle Eyes Sophs
For Reserve Power
Although no more than two or three sophomores will get
starting jobs in Penn State's two platoon system:Coach Rip
Engle and his assistants are counting heavily on the new re
cruits for reserve work. No less than nine sophomores are
expected to see plenty of game time as fill-ins.
Fullback Ted. Shattuck is the;
only sophomore in the running „
for a starting berth on the attack
platoon, while State College's Bill ive ittany Grid
Leonard is making a strong bid
for a full-time job at defensive . .
left halfback. Don "Porky" Mill
house has all but sewed 'up the Foes Shed Wraps
guard position in the middle of
the State defensive
Nine Sophs Will Aid O ver Weekend
Although juniors or seniors are
firmly entrenched in all the other'
positions, Engle and his staff look
for support from five sophomores
on the offensive unit and four on
the defensive squad.
On the attack, end Joe Yukica,
tackle, Herb Raifsnider, center Ji,m
Dooley, guard Don Barney, and
halfback Bob Pollard are ex
pected to be of help in making the
model-T roll. End Milt Simon,
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Doc Best Ever Was . . .
Owen Dougherty, cap
tain of Penn State's 1950
football team and the lead
ing ground-gainer for the
Nittany Lions last year, is
a has been.—And he has a
piece of "fan mail" to
prove it.
Scrawled on the back of
a postcard Owen received
yesterday addre'ssed to
"Mr. Owen Dougherty,
Penn State Univ." was the
following message:
"To me you are one
of the greatest halfbacks
ever was. Could you send
me a autograph picture of
you. Good luck a pal,
Henry Jeffries, Box 194,
the Plains, Va."
younger brother of John Simon.
a guard on the Cotton Bowl team
of 1947, tackle Jim Longacre,
quarterback Joe Gratson, guard
Bob Smith, and halfback Ross
Keith can be expected to help
buoy the Lion defense.
Stiff Competition
Up from California, Shattuck
still must outdo Herb Kurtz, a
senior, and Bob Pollard, a junior,
before he can consider the full
back job his own. However, the
19-year-old, 6-foot, 200-pounder
looked like State's best bulldozer
in the Cornell scrimmage, show
ing ability up the middle as well
as off' the flanks.
Millhouse, a five-foot, ten-inch
200-pound farm product of Kutz
town State has been in the center
of the Nittany defensive line all
Fall. His play against Cornell was
an :important factor in the sur
prising showing made by the
Lions.
Improving rapidly by Fall,
Leonard registered his best per
formance since reporting to the
Lion training camp against the
Big Red. He is 19, stands an even
six-feet and weighs 180.
Lots o'Ways
To Mcike A $
Dale Thomas, assistant wrest
ling coach at Michigan State, can
still practice what he preaches—
and he has $5O to prove it.
This Summer Thomas visited
a carnival that featured a hulk
ing 300-pound wrestler Who of
fered $5O to anyone who could
stay three minutes with him.
Thomas took the challenge.
Two minutes later he climbed
out of the ring with the 300-
pound behemoth flat on his back
and minus half-a-hundred bucks.
The MSC coach is no novice
at this mat sport. He was NAAU
191-pound champ in 1943, 1947,
and 1948, and was a star on the
Cornell College wrestling team
during his undergraduate days.
Michigan State and Michigan'i
football game next Sept. 30 will
be the second of the season for
the Spartans, marking the first
time since 1946 that the game has
not been the season's opener for
both teams. The Spartans meet
Oregon State the week before. .
By MARV KRASNANSKY
Five opponents of the Nittany
:leven open their schedules this
week, and most of the observers
from the Lion coaching staff will
undoubtedly hotfoot it up to
Syracuse to watch with interest
as coach Harvey Harman takes
his Rutgers team north to match
forces • with the Orangemen.
Also scheduled for this week
end are Boston College, West
Virginia and Temple.
The other Big White opponents,
Army, Georgetown, Nebraska and
Pitt open their schedules next
weekend.
Boston College will take on
Wake Forest in its opener, West
Virginia tackles Western Resezve
and Temple will meet Al
bright. Boston College last year
beat Wake Forest, 13-7, Temple
and Albright did not meet in
1949.
Rutgers last season took a 21-9
beating from Syracuse, princi
pally because ,of Bernie Custis'
good right arm, something which
is supposed to be doubly effec
tive this season. Syracuse has
been thoroughly scouting all bp
position, and the Rutgers tussle
may give an indication of just
how much they have learned.
Rutgers is expected to field a
fair-to-middlin' team. The game
will uncover Leon Root, claimed
by many to be the All-American
center this year.
The Boston College-Wake For
est game will be the 1950 debut
for fullback Ed Petela, a scoring
hotshot in the last three games
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While Ken Bunn appears to be
the Lions' first string offensive
center, Dooley has been giving
the veteran letterman keen corn
petion for the job. Another Cali
fornia product, Dooley is bigger
and heavier than the 175-pound
Bunn. Bob Pollard, also a product
of Earl Bruce's California farm,
looks like the best of • the crop
of new running backs. The tall,
rangy Negro speedster has shown
flashes of drive and elusive speed
that indicate great things in the
future.
Should Keith continue to play
as well as he has in the past few
weeks, it would enable Engle to
rest Capt. Owen Dougherty, the
only man scheduled to play on
both platoons.
Just a Snack
air a
Complete Meal ...
"Ready to Eat"
KAYES KORNER
U.S. Post Office is Just Opposite Us
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANI,h.
Custis Again
Booters Absorb Jefhey System
As Opener With Bucknell Nears
As the opening game of the season with B'ucknell University on Oct. 1, draws nigh,
the soccer personnel that Coach Bill Jeffrey has been working with looks more and more
like the Penn State _power machines of the past.
Each of the new candidates has been learning the clever, short-passing s yst em
which Jeffrey has used so successfully in the past, and is finding his place on the squad
which will be the most feared in the East.
Tigers Smash A's, 8-2,
Move into First Place Tie
The Detroit Tigers moved into
a first place tie with the New
York Yankees in the torrid Am
erican League flag race yester
day by downing the Philadel
phia Athletics, 8 to 2.
The game was the only one
Scheduled in the Junior circuit
and the Tigers made the most of
it. Six runs in the first inning
paved the way for Freddie
Hutchinson and although he al
lowed the A's 13 hits, the portly
righthander put on the pressure
when threatened. The Tigers
collected eight hits themselves.
The game left the Tigers and
the New York Yankees dead
locked for the top spot with just
10 games remaining. Boston is
By BUD FENTON
in second, two games behind the
leaders.
In the National League the
Boston Braves downed the St.
Loius Cards by a 5 to 0 count,
Brooklyn took the Pirates for the
Led by Captain Harry Little,
1949 All-American selection, and
a veteran forward line, including
speedy center-forward Joe Lane,
Clarence Buss, Ron Coleman and
Gus Bigott, the team wil be a
typical Jeffrey outfit.
All-American— 38 Style
Each of these men played in
last year's Soccer Bowl game with
the exception of Bigott, who was
All-American in 1938 and is re
turning to help steady a team
which is already steady enough to
tie for National Collegiate honors.
Coleman• will play inside left and
will be the running mate of Lit
tle who will be on the right side.
Buss and Bigott will play the
wing or outside positions.
The three halfback spots will
.be hard to fill. Having lost two
All-Americans last year, Ralph
Hosterman and Dick Hannah,
along with Will Kraybill. Jeff
seed difficulty in filling the va
cated shoes. A sophomore three
some intact from the Swarthmore
Center looks promising. A more
experienced group, George "Red"
Emig, Doug Difenderfer, and
George Yuscavage. is also being
worked extensively.
Fullback Aspirants
Leading the fullback aspirants
are veteran Bill Yerkes, sopho
more Jay Simmons, and Jack
Kurtv.
Rod Coder, a member of the
undefeated 1949 team is the top
goalkeeper and has been impres
sive in early drills.
Reserve help for the 1950 squad
is expected to come from lineman
Gary Nugent, Fred Fieni. and
Bud Fenton. halfback Bob Rouls
ton, and fullback Al Fulton.
Cagers, Mgrs. Called
Candidates for the varsity bas
ketball team are to report to the
court in Rec Hall at 6:30 p.m.
Monday. Candidates for second
assistant mnnaqerships are to re
nort to Rec Hall at 6 p.m. Monday.
11th straight time, 10 to 8, arid
Cincinnati topped the Giants, 8
to 5. The Reds beat Sal Maglie,
a feat other teams in the league
have been attempting to accom
rlish for the past two months.
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