Wednesday, deceMber 6, 1950 Lion Gagers Open Season 'Oh The Ball' BY RAY KOEHLER Sports Editor For years Mr. Jones followed a strict Saturday regimen consist ing of his collapsing on a daven port, snapping on the radio, and then settling down to enjoy an afternoon of foott>all. Never, in that time had his wife shown the slightest interest in the game. Now Junior, her son, is the star of the local team, and so she at last per suades Dad to take her out to. the grid game. Harry. I cari't see why anybne would want to come to a game on a day like this. I'm sure we'll all catch our. death of cpld. And those shameless girls down on the field there. The ones in the short dresses. I mean. If I h a d legs like her I'd wear slacks. Oh! Look at that girl down there. She’s wearing a hat just like mine. And I wish you’d look at whom she’s with. I just can’t wait to tell Dot about this. What’s this, a menu? Oh, Jun ior’s picture is in it. Yes, there he is. And I’m sure I’ve seen that boy before. lie must.be an Ander son— he has the Anderson nose. Here comes the other team, dear. Tsk, Tsk, look how well built they are in their blue and white union suits. They aren’t union suits? You could have fooled me. Run, Junior, run, that's . . . ooh, did you see what that big ruffian on the other team did? He knocked Junior down—Hit 'im back,' Junior. Oh, I see. He - doesn't have the ball. The one who had the ba 11 is being stomped on over there. Isn’t that boy good-looking? Who is he? The right end? He looks all right to me, too. But why is he knocking everybody down? You can tell what sort of a home he comes from. Look at that boy throw the ball! You mean that’s called ‘making a pass?’ That isn’t what I remember of making a pass. No wonder that otter boy dropped it. You say the ball is called a pigskin and every, body knows pigs are such horri bly, greasy things. There goes that little man in the lotid black and white striped shirt again. He must be for oar side— every, time our team does anything, he blows his whistle and vlaves his red handkerchief around. Must be from the coun try. But that’s iSal school spirit. Is Ihi game otter? Everybody is i inning off the field. I told yru *o bring an umbrella along. O. Ts the half. Look at her do - ihtre, again. How doss she le a front seat with all those hoys? The --’ns are back, and there's that right end again. He must see somebody in the stands he knows. Look how he . keeps jumping up and down and waving his u-ms. Look at our team go. Harry watch your language. Ydu might just as well have called it an un clothed reverse. What did you say? Running around his own' right end? That sounds awfully complicated. He must be a con tortionist. .Well, at last he went over Ihe end line. See—see, I told you that man in the striped shirt is on our side. When the touchdown was made he jumped and threw his ■ arms straight up in the air.. You mean the game's over? And our team won 7 to 0? Isn't that nice. Junior will be so hap py. Now that I know all about foolbdllt I'm coming to ell the games—Harry, don't look at me like that. i "/T LOOKING UP at the basket through which they hope to pour enough points tonight to top Ithaca college are the five Lion basket ball players who will start against the Bombers. There are (L-R) Captain Lou Lamie, Jay 'Tiny' McMahan, Frank Moore, Ted Pano ples, and Hardy Williams. Hell 'r High Water Harriers Defeat Storm T o Garner NCAAT itle In referring to Penn State’s cross country victory in the recent N.C.AA.. run many an unknowing fan regarded the victory as a close decision. Actually the two point, 53-55, margin that enabled Coach Chick Werner’s harriers to close out an undefeated season on the record book leaves half the story untold. It can best be related by the man who mold ed this year’s champi o n s h i p team, Chick Werner. In tell ing the story Chick Werner Werner states that the Lions beat everything—including high wa ter—to get to the N.C.A.A. run at East Lansing, Mich. “The kids beat everything—the weather, loss of sleep, hunger, and the nation’s top runners,” says Werner, Encountering the paralyzing storm that engulfed Pennsylvan ia, the boys were on the'ir feet most of the time from the time they left State College Saturdav morning until they arrived at East Lansing late Sunday night. According to Werner, “The hardest going was between State and Tyrone where we were to catch our train to Pittsburgh. We made it in less than two hours, but we. had to ford streams, and finally, in Tyrone itself, we found ourselves in water that actually ran into the doors of our cars.” The worst was yet to come for the Nittany harriers. The 10:28 a.m. train out of Tyrone didn’t leave until 1:3.0 p m. The train Opening Friday, Dec. Bth at" t Confer Stage Don’t Miss This Hit Show; Get Your Tickets NOW AT STUDENT UNION! Fri.s.9o Sat $1.20 THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA By RAY GALANT A Fatigued Group which was supposed to arrive in Pittsburgh at 1:45 made its way into the smokey city at 9:30. The train had no dining car and the Lion cross countrymen were with out food until arriving at Pitt. All-Night Vigil Werner went on .to say, “Pitts burgh was completely storm bound. There was no transporta tion. Trains came straggling in throughout the night, and every body had to stay in the station which had no heat. We were jam packed. The boys just stood around killing their legs.” Bill Gordon, who spent a few days at home in Jeanette, Pa„ joined the team in Pittsburgh. And the Gordon tale adds more woe to the story of the men who brought home the national crown. Gordon spent the night before he was to leave for the trip to Michi gan with some friends in a town ten miles from his home. He awoke the next morning to find himself snowbound. Bill walked ten miles to his home, packed his bag. and then walked another five miles to catch a train to Pittsburgh; Tired And Sleepy Werner continues with his story, “We boarded a train for Detroit at 6 a.m. Sunday morn ing. The train had no heat or dining car. We were so tired we just crawled in between the cold sheets and tried sleeping until (Continued on page four) With Ithaca Five Gross Starts 4 Veterans in 8 O'clock Rec Hall Tilt Elmer Gross will draw open the curtain on the Peon State winter sport season tonight when his Nittany Lion bas ketball team plays host to Ithaca college. An enthusiastic opening night crowd is expected to fill Re’c hall at 8 o’clock to watch the Lion cagers break the seal on their 1950-51 campaign. Just what kind of a team Gross has this year is still a question. The loss of Marty Costa and Lee Schisler, both seal- Levin Tallies Nine As Phi Sifls Win A classy Phi Sigma Delta five opened the eye of many an intra mural basketball fan this week with an easy 27-11 triumph over Beta Theta Pi in league E. Fred Levin took individual scoring honors by netting nine points for the winners. Other league E games saw Delta Upsilon roll to an equally easy verdict over Pi Lambda Phi, 27- 10, as Dick Bowney accounted for 10 markers; Alpha Chi Sigma dropped a 19-11 fray to Chi Phi and Alpha Tau Omega, paced by John Groves’ 10 tallies, bested Sigma Phi Sigma, 32-10. In league F of fraternity court play, Dave Zinn’s 7 markers were high as Sigma Chi trounced Phi Sigma Kappa, 27-11, and Alpha Gamma Rho downed Delta Sigma Phi, 25-11 The early part of the evening was confined to three independent league L games with the Vandals rolling up a 34-15 margin on tl?e Little Five as Farris netted 14 points. Eisenberg of the Capitols, with 16 markers, was the whole show as he led his squad to a 25- 21 victory over the Lions. In the independent finale, the Wildcats beat the Tigers, 18-12 Only students will be admitted to Penn State’s indoor athletic events again this winter. Lack of space forbids admission of the public. i r,s< «• V v "?vf ~~ t>-N THE PERFECT GIFT 't w h (^CLdhmere No Christmas gift will be more appreciated tlian a beautiful Cashmere sweater. These long sleeve pullovers are sytled by Catalina and made enirely of soft, long-wearing, im* ported Cashmere. They come in grey, ma roon, light blue, light green and cost only $15.00. Come to KALIN'S today and see the gift cf the year. See a Cashmere sweater by Catalina. ,<* , V <' 4 * ' ' - 4 ' ‘ < % . S-jjA; v > By ERNIE MOORE ing well over the 6 foot mark,, is evident in the lack of height on this year’s squad. The graduation of Joe Tocci along with Costa will probably be felt in the scorihg column. But as Gross says, “The team is more aggressive and faster than last year.” Whether the lack of height and potential scoring .pow er can be made up in speed and aggressiveness is still in doubt Foe's Height Advantage The Ithacans come to the Nit tany lair with two advantages. They already have one game un der their belts and, in addition, hold a first-team average height of 6 feet 2 inches compared to State’s average of a little over 6 feet. Last Friday, Coach Ben Light’s team opened its season with a 73- 54 triumph over little Wilkes col lege. With only four men returning from last year’s squad that won 13 and lost 7, Light was forced to look to sophomores for help. He seems to have been pretty success ful as only one letterman. Lew Bennett, 6 foot 5 inch center, has been able to break into the start ting lineup. Four Sophomores The other four positions on the first team are filled by sophomores Greg Cordones, 6-2, Al Gilberti, 8-even, Don Howard, 6-2, and Rog Moore, 6-1. Reports from Ithaca hint that Light may employ a two platoon system. If so, the second five will be composed of Ray Kirkgasser, another veteran of last year’s squad, and' Burton Maskin, a di minutive sophomore, at the guard positions; Dick Osmer, the onlv other returning letterman, at cen (Continued on page jour) B 8 IS STATE COLLEGE PRdii TBBMBE wectter
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