WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, Imo Aerial Contest Expected Lion Grid Clash In Hoya State Faces Task Of Halting Attack Of G. U. Passers If the meterologists report strange disturbances in th e area of State College Satur day afternoon they will prob ably be able to trace the phe nomenon to Beaver Field, for the Fall air will be filled with man-propelled pigskin when the Nittany Lions and Georgetown's Hoyas open the 1950 football sea son. While both Bob Margarita, the Hoyas' youthful coach, and State's Rip Engle rely heavily on the ground attack, neither has einown the disposition not to take to the air should the opportunity arise. Engle's pitching will be done by quarterbacks Vince O'Bara and Dick Koerber, and win gb ack Owen Dougherty, all of whom have been hitting with consis tency in drills. Mattingly Ace Hoya Tosser Doing the T-tossing for Marga rita will be either Capt: Tommy Hardman, or Frank Mattingly, the lad whose aerial blitzkrieg created no-man's lands all over opposition territory last year. lattingly completed 67 out of 148 tosses in ten games in 1949. (Continued on page four) Yankees,Phils Near Pennants Time was running out for the contenders in the two major leagues today. Both the Philadelphia Pi - Jiffies and the New York Yankees drew nearer their respective flags with important wins yesterday. The Yanks split a doubleheader with Washington and the phils tripped the Boston Braves. The Yankee split, coupled with Detroit's split with St. Louis, lowered to two the number of games the Yanks must win to gain the title. The World Cham pions lost the first game 11 to 9 but won the second 10 to 7. De troit triumphed 5 to 3 after losing 3 to 1. The Red Sox were idle. The Phillies followed a fami liar script in winning yesterday. They came from behind twice to win 8 to 7. The Dodgers won their game from the New York Giants by an 8 to 4 score behind Ralph Branca. But the Phils win re duced their magic number to three games. Today the Yanks play Phila delphia in the Quaker City in a single game and Boston takes on Washington in friendly Fenway Park in a twinbill. In the Na tional League the Phils play the ,Giants in two games and Brook lyn and Boston tangle in a dou ble header. Your best ' o ice crew BREYE RS Half-IG ONLY $1 Your Breyer Dealer has your choke of 9 delicious solid flavors, includ ing. VANILLA FUDGE. Also 3 popular Half 'n' Half flavor combinations. TIM DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA JACK McGINN, 20 in Georgetown's start Lions Saturday. Si‹ccermen Aim To Keep .nbeaten Streak Intact With less than two weeks of soccer practice sessions re maining before the opening encounter of the season, Coach Bill Jeffrey's Lions are gradually molding themselves into a well-coordinated unit. This unit will attempt to add all ten 1950 opponents to the 14-game win ning streak now in process. The last team to vanquish the top team in Eastern Collegiate circles was Navy, early in the 1948 season. Many of the present Nittany booters have never seen or played with a losing Lion squad. The question this year is not whether Jeff will come un with a good team but whether he will have a- great team. With the re turn of last year's high scoring line, a good attack is almost a surety. Expect Lane to Shine High scoring Joe Lane, will spearhead the offense from the center position. Working with him from the inside spots will be Captain Harry Little, a 1949 All- American selection, and clever, sure-footet: Ron Coleman, a jun ior. Clarence Buss, a fast, hard driving wingman will be at the peak of his career in his last sea son as a soccer Lion. His running mate at the other wing probably will be Gus Bigott, a 32-year older, who returns to State after being selected as All-American in 1938, his last active season. Given a good !2alfback line, this quintet could make beautiful 10-pound sophomore guard, will probably be ing lineup when the Hoyas meet the Nittany music in the goals of the ten 1950 scheduled' opponents. The half back line at the present time seems destined to be at least 66% sophomore. Suits and Dresses Slacks, Skirts, Sweaters Sport Jackets Evening Gowns Any Raincoat Overcoats and Topcoats OPEN—Mon.. Up to 9 Lbs. Washed and Dried 60c Shirts Laundered 2 for 35c DRY CLEANING SERVICE 2.0% Cash and Carry (hand finished) Waterproofing . . Na Better Cleaning Available A.M. to 9 P.M. Tues. Thru Sat. 8 A. M. to 9 P. M. Lion Shrine Again Victim Of Vandalism In its ten years of existence at Penn State, the near the entrance-to New Beaver Field has been vandals or pranksters seven times. In the latest act of vandalism, early Saturday morning, the Lion was smeared with white calci mine and blue enamel. The word "Hoyas" was clearly daubed on the Nittany symbol. In addition, the initials "G. U." were scrawled, on the pillars in front of Old Main and on the campus side walks. Committed At Early Hour Like the previous sins, the painting was done in the early morning hours, and preceded an important athletic contest. Last fall, prior to the Villanova game, the Lion was painted, a large "V" was burned in the grass on Bea ver Field, and paint was applied to the ticket booths. This year, as last, the act was committed early in the week, leading local authorities to be lieve it may have been a prank by a local group to instill greater spirit against Georgetown. Very few people knew of the latest escaTsade of the pranksters because the paint was quickly re moved. In some of the earlier cases it took much longer to re store the Lion to its natural hue. But when it became apparent that the paintings were bpcoming an annual affair, the Lion re ceived a protective, transparent coating which • prevents paint from seeping into the pores of the statue. Probably the worst painting the shrine ever received took place before a Temple football game, when it was liberally dosed with red paint. West Virginia games have apparently been the cause of •two of the outbreaks. Villan ova, Syracuse, and Pitt have also figured in the vandalisms. Home Cooked Meals Maple Boarding Club 428 W. College Rates on 5, 6 or 7 Day Basis Phone 6389 i A:lll~`I i~~l;~~W'~f Automatic 210 W. College Ave. * * * * * * * * By ART BENNING Assistant Sports Editor Pigskin Fever invades College On the Nittany recreation field, and on almost all fraternity lawns, the nippy weather has brought out almost a thousand men who engage themselves daily in tossing around the old grass-stained football in prepa ration for the intramural touch football season. Eugene C. Bischoff, director of intramural athletics at the Col lege, reminded all fraternity and independent men yesterday that the deadline for entries for intra mural touch football is today at 5 p.m. Play is expected to begin by Friday and all games will Tint played under the lights at the New Beaver practice field. Last season and during 1948 there was no more formidable in dependent outfit than the famous Coal Crackers, a touch football team whose members came large ly from Mt. Carmel, Pa. In both of these Fall seasons, the Crack ers ran up a tot 24 of eleven straight triumphs. WATCH FOR Grand Opening Plenty of Door Prizes young m e e s sho 12,75.a11en gfI T Zr one ma n teL asothez (trade mark) Laundry Service OFF DELIVERED PRICES $1.50 up 89c . , $l.OO . PAr'TE TilltEr. Lion Shrine set upon by ..„...... ::: „ 1 . ~,,,,....„. -NN --, __--- ) 1 1 cl . .., ~ k ‘ • . , ..4 v 5; V
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