FRIDAY, NOVEMBER* 17, 1950 Frosh Harriers In IC-4A’s Mon. They laughed when Rip Engle sat down 16 mull over ihe Penn Stale grid picture last Spring. They wondered at the thought of his gambling on an excellent record at Brown University to accept a position at a school whose en tire grid experience numbered only 10 leilermen. They smiled smugly when they found that Rip would have to convert a singlewing back into a slippery T field general in the space of only a few months. In fact, at the outset of the cam paign one unkind observer went so far as to snicker semi-humor ously that Engle mas; have come to Penn State as a gift of Provi dence (Rhode Island, that is) only to possibly step into oblivion. All that came at the beginning of the season—before Rip and his asistants had a chance to demon strate the power of their gridiron sagacity, and the worth of the wing-T offense. The experts said that if Engle and Co. won as many as three of the games on their 1950 card, that in addition to being downright lucky, they would be eligible for membership in the Society of American Magicians. tSwamid This week the swamis turn to A 1 Abrams, sports editor of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, to add a little professional prestige to the proceedings. ! Abrams Koehler Benning Glazer (.654) (.629) (.603) Ark. SMU SMU SMU SMU SMU- Cornell—Dari. Cornell Cornell - Dartm'h Cornell 111. Ohio SI. Ohio Si. Ohio St. Ohio St. Ohio St. Mich.—N'weslern Mich. Mich. Mich. Mich. Minn. Purdue Purdue Minn. Purdue Purdue Pnnw Wis. Wis. Wis. Wis. Penn. S. Cal.—Wash. Wash. Wash. j 3. CaL S. Cal. Pili, Mich. St. Mich. St. Mich. St. Mich. St. Mich. St. Stan.—Army Army Army Army Army Yale—Prince. Princeton Princeton Princeton Princeton r on The Bair By RAY KOEHLER Sports Editor Engle's Gridiron Gamble Pays-Ofi All is to magnify the fact that with two games remain ing Rip- has already equaled this quota with three wins over Georgetown, Boston College, and West Virginia, in addition to ty ing Temple. But win, lose, or draw in the remaining contests with Rut gers and Pitt, Penn State stu dents and alumni have shown that they are solidly behind the former Ivy League perfection ist- . Granted by all that Rutgers and Pitt will be rough—Engle is now in the position to show that his decision to come to Penn State was the right one. Monday's IC-4A cross country championship meet in New York definitely assumes the proportions of a five-way strug gle between Penn Stale, Army, Manhattan, Michigan State, and Syracuse. Although Chick Werner, Nit- THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA Liens Rate Strong f hreaf lo Crown Freshman runners will get the test of their young college ca reers when they race for inter collegiate cross-country suprem acy Monday at Van Cortland; Park, New York. Lion harriers can expect spe cial trouble from Syracuse and Manhattan. The little Orange swept past Army and Cornell without losing any of the first five places. The Jaspers romped off with victory in the New York Metropolitans. . Victors over Pitt by a wide margin early in the season, the charges of ex-State running ace Norm Gordon have not been idle since that time. Their swift trial runs plus much hard work muse rate them as a strong threat to the IC-4A freshman title. Best bet for State trackmen appears to be the Philadelphia flyer Don Bagby, a consistent team leader all season. Reds Hollen has dogged Bag by since the opening of the sea son. Gus Omrod has posted times as fast as Bagby, but he needs confidence and adjust ment along the cross-country route. Carl Godshall, Pete Judd, Jim Cressman, and Dick Grice round out Gordon’s team which will el bow with 253 athletes from 38 schools. relishes the top dog position be fore any engagement, it appears as though that is exactly, what is happening. Army’s Dick Shea and State’s Bill Ashenfelter are ex pected to scrap for individual honors, but the Nittany team is seen by many as being the more strongly-balanced outfit. * * The winner of the IC-4A’s will be rated as an odds-on favorite to take the highly-prized NCAA trophy'the following Monday at East Lansing, Mich. Pondering over the distinction on between the IC-4A and NCAA we approached Werner and asked to be enlightened. Dividing the two in sections he explained that the IC-4A Inter-collegiate Asso (Continued on page eight) l— (Soiieae Sportswear He Knows Whal Likes It's ski'jamas . . . snug and warm on the cold est of nights. Styled to fit him to perfection— in a variety of "hot" colors. And he doesn't have to be a skier to appreciate them! Sportswear * Swamped Pitt Best! $4.95 College State College's Friendly Store BEAVER and ALLEN Pitt Tilt Is Cripps Best; Stew Hoots At Owls It seems strange for a football Stew Scheetz once Belonged t« player to consider as his best game Temple and Josh Cody let him one his team lost, but tackle Dick slip through his fingers, if a 240- Cripps thinks his biggest thrill pound tackle can slip through came in the Pitt game last year, anything unnoticed. He feels, that that was the best But Stew’s high school record game he’s nlavcd , was. all against for State, and a 4 m at Temple, lot of people 3 only played agree with him. gllir j I >ut “15 or 20 “Cripto” has al- lIP -j lutes in three ways bee n , is, 3 irs” at Lans and probably al- 'v, 1 | le high, ways will be a Wy \ The story at tackle. He di d f "y | Ue has been not play fresh- J ' -\ rely different man football but |p; might have won a berth on * * ;n the three the varsity last Dick Cr ‘ pi,s years that Stew year and is starting at defensive spent playing sandlot ball, or the tackle this year. year playing in the Army, but Besides football, Dick puts the something made him more than shot and throws the discus for just a tackle that plays only oc track. Coach Chick Werner. He easionally. He’s been a fixture on did the same thing for two years defense all this year, and thrives at Upper Darby High, one of the on it. many suburban areas' around Though he’s a junior now, Stew Philadelphia. He also put in two still has two years of eligibility years as a tackle there and wres- left. tied in the 185-pound class. One of Dick’s most bitter grid iron opponents in high school was his fraternity brother and team- mate, Len Shephard, who played for Lower Merion, Another high school opponent was Bill Henn of Army. Vital Statistics 6-foot 1-inch, 225 pounds, 22 years old . . . spent two years in the Army in Japan as a corporal. COMING - (tm Lion Vignettes By GEORGE GLAZER Vital statistics—6-feet 2-inches, ( 240-pounds, 23 years old. A native, of Lansdale. Art, a tall lanky senior'in journalism who- turned 21 last spring, has been writing for Collegian since 1948. He now serves as assistant sports edi tor. He is probably the only Senior Board member in re cent years to hold two differ ent positions during the same semester. Originally named assistant managing editor. Art answer ed the call when boss, Ray Koehler, found that the job of covering the vast sports pro gram at the College was a 25- hour-a-day job. This year Art will be Col legian’s boxing writer. After graduation he plans to work in the sports field in either radio or newspaper. Started As Sports Writer I d ; * As a freshman, Art attended Lock Haven STC. Writing sports, he accumulated more copy in two semesters than any other staff member, and ' re ceived recognition in a special Recognition Day Service for students. He was recently initiated in to Sigma Delta Chi, profes sional journalism honorary, and named editor of “Who’s'in the News at Penn State.” A four-letter man at Harford high school, Art pitches for his home town baseball team dur ing summer vacations. His fav orite nicknames around the sports desk are “Scoop” and “Bugs.” Art Says: “I find Graham’s the place to buy my newspapers and cigarettes, and I like to drop in to see the sports scores. It’s great to know that the scores are always available there. Be sides, you can always get into a bull session at Graham’s with the boys who make the sports hea'- 111 at p enn state.” PAGE TOPE SCOOP. , . Arthur Benning Assistant Spoils Editor Established 1836
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