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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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