TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1950 Lions Stave Off Pitt Rally To Win 21-20 Grid Thriller (Continued from page one) of Joe Capp, the Panther fullback who is normally an outstanding runner and a sure ball-carrier. Capp fumbled twice Saturday., however, and twice it was Wilson who came up with the ball, and twice that Anders, a Monongahela native stolen out of Pitt’s back yard, who converted the miscues into touchdowns. Bolkovac Misses O’Bara too rode to triumph on the misfortune of one of his ad versaries, Nick Bolkovac. The star of Pitt’s 1948 7-0 upset win over a Lion team that had gone undefeated in 17 straight games, Bolkovac shared the responsibil ity .for the Pitt loss, with the hap- Capp. Successful in 13 pre vious extra point attempts, the big tackle missed the most im portant attempt of his career. Unlike' Bolkovac, O’Bara had missed an extra point attempt be f6re Saturday. Against Pitt, how- 1 ever, ’ hei completed his career with a perfect [afternoon, booting three-for-three. Nary A Mistake O’Bara too masterminded the Lions through an afternoon in which they made nary a crucial mistake. Outrushed on the ground 190 yards to 82 and out passed 100 yards to 46, they could hot affbrd to. They made the most of each break that came their way, and intercepted three pass es for 89 yards—which do not ;show in the net yardage statis tics, as is true of. penalties. And Pitt lost, 103 yards via in fractions, while, the Lions lost only 37. Playing winning football also means playing the game as it is supposed to be played, And Pitt was not doing that. - Leonard countered after 5:30 of the first period .turning what ap peared to be a disastrous fumble by O’Bara into the score. The first of Capp’s errors came min utes later when his fumble on the Pitt 23 led indirectly to State’s second score. Anders. Scores Pitt held, took over , on downs, but was forced to kick from deep in its own territory. George Ja cob returned the ball to the Pjtt 30, and Anders barged off left guard from 5 yards out on the sixth play to score. The cycle was repeated in the next period. Capp fumbled, Wil son recovered—he did not even allow it to hit the ground this time, plucking it out of the air on the Pitt 20. Anders went 12 yards for the final TD pn the third play, O’Bara added the decisive extra.• point, and the rest of the afternoon belonged to the Pan thers as they struggled to make up the gap.' Pitt moved 75 yards for its first touchdown, Bestwick firing 24 yards to end Chris Warriner for the six pointer With 40 seconds left in the half. The Panthers added their second touchdown in the closing minutes, of the third period, Jim Campbell going over from the 1 foot line to climax a 22-play, 97 yard drive. < '■ Halfback Bill Reynolds f set ,the stage for the Panthers’ final touchdown and Bolkovac’s histor-; ic miss in the early stage:, of. the final period, taking a short, low O’Bara punt and racing .51 yards HEY GALS! ■. • \ what'cha gonna buy / Your Room-mate ■ *" Xmas? \ •lingerie ? j •gloves ? •j j • hankies ? X. • umbrella ? \ / * hand bags ? S SEE ’ EGOLFS THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA PAUL ANDERS, sophomore fullback, shown on the way to his second touchdown and State's final score against Pitt Saturday. Anders sloshed his way through 12 yards of mud for the touch down, In the background is>an unidentified Panther. Blue-Grey Fray Beckons Rip, O'Bara, Smidansky jPenn State end John Smidansky, a standout on Coach Engle’s offensive machine all year, and pitching quarterback Vince, O’Bara have accepted invitations to play for the North in the Blue-Gray post season football game at Montgomery, Ala., Dec. 13. For the second year in a row the North will be coached by" a threesome consisting of Penn ‘ State’s Rip Engle, Penn’s George Munger, and Illinois’ Ray Eliot, Engle expects to leave for Mo ntgomery about the middle of' the month. From Montgom ery he’ll go to New Orleans for the Sugar Bowl game, and thence John Smidan-rky to Dallas, Tex., for the annual meeting of the American College Football Coaches Association. Smidansky Honored This has been the third honor bestowed upon Smidansky during the past week. He had- already been selected for. second team all- Pennsylvania honors last Thurs day by the -Associated Press and also received honorable mention on the AP’s all-East grid team picked by coaches and newsmen. ' Engle, in his first year at the helm of the Lions, finished with a 5-3-1 record, capping the sea son with an upset 21-20 victory' oyer Pittsburgh, Saturday. Smidansky, the only three-let terman- on the .squad, was the leading pass receiver op the before he was bumped out of bounds on the State 14 by Vince. Bestwick passed to end Nick De- Rosa in the end zone. Bolkovac’s try was off to the right. That was it. —Collegian Photo by Dave Mehall ?am. O’Bara, who did most of ;he throwing to Smidansky, made ’he switch from a single wing halfback to T-formation quarter back this year. Last year, Penn State’s only representative in the game was guard Joe Drazenovich. Yours For J&Q/f+X Comfort ~. Where \ y I Comfort Counts! 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In the second match, a 165- pounder, Hanlc Arnold, of Delta Upsilon, conquered Joe Rusnack, of Pi Kappa Phi, and Bill Lock hart, of Sigma Pi, gained a deci sion over Verne Willaman, of Phi Kappa Tau, in a 145-pound engagement. Gerry Spots, of Sigma Chi, af ter hitting the canvas in the sec ond round, squeezed by hard-hit ting Bob Palmer, of Phi Kappa Psi, in a very good 155-pound bout. Wil Lundgren, fighting for Al pha Tau Omega, topped Steve Owens, of Theta Xi, in a dull 155- pound match, and in another 155- pound setto, Allen Haile, of Omega Psi Phi, spotted Harrison Griffin, of Theta Chi, a foot in height, and then came from be hind to cut him down to size. Dick Cameron, of Beta Theta Pi, a classy boxer with a nice right hook, whipped bigger Ed Barber, of Delta Chi, in a 165- pound match, and Vince Petrozza. of Alpha Phi Delta, scored a TKO over Ray Rachkowski, of Alpha Chi Rho, in 47 seconds of the third round of their 128-pound battle. A surprise finalist in the 1950 National Collegiate boxing tour nament, Pat Heims, of Osceola Mills, Pa., will captain the Penn State boxing team during the forthcoming campaign. Ring Champs Slates Cleon By 808 VOSBURG Sigma Nu, in the 128-pound divi- Cagers Finish Drills Tonight The Nittany Lion courtmen will wind up pre-season drills tonight in preparation for their opening contest with Ithaca college on the Rec hall court tomorrow night. Coach Elmer Gross’ cagers finished their tune-up games last Friday night when they downed Bloomsburg State Teachers col lege on the Bloomsburg court, giving the Lions a pre-season record of 5-2. Gross still has the Lions work ing on their shooting, not yet satisfied with their scoring power. Ithaca .will come to the Nittany Vale with one distinct advantage over Penn State. The Bombers already have one game under their belts and. a win at that. The Ithacans successfully opened their season with a sound .73-54 trouncing of Wilkes college, Fri day night. Navy's Victory Causes Lambert Trophy Revote Because of Navy’s upset victory over Army, Saturday, the Lam bert Trophy committee has noti fied all sports writers who are eligible for voting on the selec tions that a revote, will be taken. However, the new voting is not expected to unseat Army from the favored position, nor elevate Navy to the first three. Only three selections are voted upon. Homer Barr, of Clearfield, Pa., two-time Eastern intercollegiate heavyweight wrestling champion, will captain the 1951 Penn State team. v PAGE THESE
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