SATURDAY, .NOVEMBER 18, 195® Two former Penn'State football luminaries, Franny Rogel and Chuck Drazenovich, met under strange circumstances several weeks ago: Directly after spring gradua tions, the Washington Redskins plucked ,;up the Drazand retread ed him into 1 an offensive fullback. Rogel, after dallying for several weeks because of a salary dispute, finally • came to terms- with Ithe Pittsburgh Steelers. On the Redskins' first trip to Pittsburgh,- both Drareno- - yich and Rogel; who had not seen each other since , the termination of the previous spring semester, T/yere in their team's respective starting ‘ lineups. On one of the first plays "from scrimmage Rogel was given,.the ball* on a handoff arid iii .typical fashion careened full tilt into ’the center of the ’Skins line. TTppn completion of the play he looked up and found none other , than the Draz clutching his legs, and smiling. ' “Hiya, Chuck,” the irrepressible Rogel roared, “nice tackle.” ' " “Thanks, Punchy,” replied , the Draz, “nice run.” Michigan Stale's Dome - Dibble, now rated as one of -.... the midwest's finest pass catchers and a defensive-: flanker second to none, only* a. few short years ago was "" termed strictly "varsity fdd* der." Then Earle Edwards, former Penn State end coach, arrived on the scene.. . . The sudden rise of “J)ib”,jay; the Spartan encampment is "now the talk of the campus—a tribute to Edward’s coaching genius. When Earle arrived at , East Lansing he took the -awkward 190-pounder under his wing. The result was the team’s most, im proved player. At the beginning of the football year, head Coach “Biggie” Munn found that due to his two platoon system, Dibble’s ability would -be going to waste at least half of the time. Munn solved his problem the easy way—he let Dibble play with both platoons. When Rip Engle returned •to his old stomping grounds in New England against Bos-, ton College two weeks ago, it would have done the partisan Penn State fan's heart good to have heard the praise --heaped on the Lion coach. If there was ever a better- ;liked man in that part of the country we'd like to know his .name. r"Frank Lanning, cartoonist for tlie Providence Journal, put the whole thing in a nutshell when he said: “If I were a parent and he.Cßjp) approached my boy. and wanted him to play football for his team. I’d make sure he played. •They take their football with a grain of salt-at City College of New York. •Undisputed intercollegiate bas ketball ruler last winter, this fall City also came up with a football team that is thus far sporting a perfect record. According to an article in The Football News, City hasn’t won a game all year and isn’t likely to. The eager Beavers who swept aside all competition on' the hardwood boards - are finding, that it is not as easy to control a football as it is to bounce a basketball. . “We’ve lost seven straight and stand a very good chance of com- 'On The Ball' By RAY KOEHLER ' Sports Editor Rogel Meets Draz On New Gridiron ing through unvictorious,” Coach Irv (Moon) Mondschein said. “The .worm that is supposed to turn for us some day probably is under a rock—dead.” This is the same City outfit whose athletic director once con T ducted a .written examination to fill a head coaching vacancy and then took the job himself when ;the applicants failed the test. “We do everything in football the rest of them do,” said Mond schein. “We use four man lines, five man lines, sixes, sevens and eights.. We :loop and we shoot the gaps. We do everything but stop the key plays of our opponents.” And so far they seem to have had a lot of key plays.- Two platoons don't worry Mond-- schein, though, because City obiligingly .schedules games with’ teams that can't afford tyo platoons, either. . • . novi J^a THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE,.. PENNSYLVANIA echo^ ,<l^ Lions Favored Over Rutgers (Continued from page one) last week, .the Lions face another rugged, test in Coach Harvey Harman’s passing combination of T-quarterback Walt LaPrarie and and Russ. ;Sandbloom. LaPrarie has completed 44 passes in 90 at tempts :for' 782 yards and 7 touch downs. Sandbloom, who .is just 29 yards away from breaking an all-East pass-catching record, has caught 20 passes for 513 yards and five touchdowns. Rutgers rates 14th.ini the nation in passing. ' Outscore Opponents Rutgers has outscored its op ponents; 172-136, and outgained "hem, 2166, yards to 1493. The Rutgers running game is centered about Monahan, who has •coined 488 yards in 90 attempts. But the fleet halfback is not the only ' gun- in Harman’s heavy ar tillery. • Halfback Bob D’Amato has scored five touchdowns to tie Sandbloom for team high 'scoring honors, and has gained 217 .yards in 52 tries. The Scarlet field one of the best alLaround centers in the country .in Leon Root, the vet eran, • 6-foot-2-inch 210-pounder whq has been .prominently men tioned for all-American honors. Root . will, be the only -Rutgers man to.-start on both offense ?„nd defense’; . . , Engle plans no changes "in his starting lineups. Although; his "oiir-man “hospital list” is ready for action,' it is' doubtful that any All-American Prospect .. Leon Root of them will start. None has had any body contact for at least a week and Engle will probably call on them only if necessary. 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Davis . »• TMS AMERICAN TOVACCO COMPANY Defending Champs Pice Indie Cagers Edinboro, last season’s inde pendent intramural basketball champion, started the new cam paign on the right foot this week by crushing the Draftees, 32-14. Bill Mihalich with 14 points led the winners, who were held to a tie at halftime. Other contests in league D saw the Gunners lead all the way in trimming the Globetrotters, 22- 14, while Simmons Hall was stopped by Altoona, 20-7. The Allentown Aces won their initial start -by downing the Hi- Pockets, 21-3, as McFadden reg istered 10 markers for the vic tors. Also in league C, -the Lions trounced the Cubs, 26-8, and the Radads turned back the Dukes, 27-9, as Lykens scored 10. Beaver House Triumphs In league E, the Collegians lost an 8-6 halftime advantage and bowed to the Beaver House, 15- 11. The final game in league E saw Lasavage’s 10 markers lead a fast Pottsville five to a 32-11 rout of the Flunkies. 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