PAGE TEN King' Football- .Nelo,:.. , RilitOottiOtany. :'-'-eaitai Engle ‘Ple•iled:,thi, - : Te:*." $ Early Conclitioiling;,Piliiett Penn State's football squad will begin its.second week of practice today in preparation for the opening of the . 1951 season and Coach Rip Engle says he is pleased with the way the team has been shaping up. The Nittany Lions will open the season, September 29 against Boston University on Beaver Field. The Lions began practice Sept. 1, and have been going through two-sessions-a-day w'o r k outs. They will continue the morning and 'afternoon sessions until classes begin next Monday. Engle and his staff were espe cially pleased with the condi tion in which the grid candidates reported and Rip . reports thab "everybody has a much better conception of the program, than at this time last year." Some 56 candidates, including 20 letter winners reported at the opening ce fall practice and more have beep coming in each day. Englez rr i i t the • squad through short sc ages last Thursday and Fridogr. It was the first con tact work since - the beginning of practice. After watching the squad in tie scrimmages, the Lion coach said he was "satisfied with the progr,?..ss made." , Rough Schedule Commenting on the schedule the Penn State team will tackle this season, Engle said: "I honestly believe that this is the toughest schedule a Penn State team has ever faced. All the teams that remain on the schedule from last year have improved and, all the new oppo nents are stronger than the ones we have dropped." Penn State will play four new opponents this year. Boston Uni versity, Purdue, Michigan State, and Villanova. Michigan State and, Villanova r e turn to the schedule after a year's absence. 20 Letter Winners Although the Lions will have 20 letter winners return thi s year, Engle must still replace quarterback Vine e, O'Bara in State's winged-T formation. On ly Tony Rados and Bob Szajna are returnees from spring prac tice. Neither has seen any var sity action. Rados was ineligible last season while Szajna played on the freshman squad. With freshmen again eligible for- var sity competition, Rip will have to dip into the frosh ranks for depth at the vital passing posi tion. Frosh Out A number of frosh have re ported out for practice already and Engle is pleased with what they've shown him. "The freshmen are picking up. They have a good attitude. Some of the boys are going to be a big help to us in a couple of years." Only one injury .has so far cast a dark shadow over the grid scene. Pete Schoderbek, a soph omore guard who stood• out in spring sessions, broke, a - bone in lus foot while working out with his high school team in Duquesne and will be unavailable for' at least three weeks.' THE vicrri*lL-Liot*-sTATE-'cpr,r,E6E'.;'PENN'StIVANIA Committee Will Report On Proposal The Executive Committee of the • Eastern Intercollegiate Ath letic Conference will appoint - a committee to study Penn State's proposal to eliminate spring foot ball practice. At the Executive Committee's meeting in New York last Thurs day, attended by Carl P. Schott, dean of the School of Physical Education an d Athletics, and Harold R. "Ike" Gilbert, gradu ate manager, • Dean Schott re ported on the plan. to the . com mittee. The newly form e d committee will report on the plan at the December meetings. . State is also leading the fight to do away with the platoon sys tem in football. Penn State's Athletic Advisory board, a 13- man body reflecting student, fac ulty, and alumni opinion, brought both problems .to light 'in June when it advocated their abolition as "injurious to the generttl health of college athletics." The Athletic . Advisory • board'S report, which had been sent to-the 91 members •of the, ECAC has -al-. ready received many -- favorable replies. Almost the • • schools have agreed that present- day football was "exacting ,too • high a price, financially and scholasti- . cally . 10 Game Grid Schedule Set- For '52 Season Penn' State's , football' team - will play a • ten game schedule 'in 1952. Five of ,the contests will be played at, home. • & Mary' is ' the "-only_ newcomer to . the Lion schedule. It will be the - first tine in 21 years that State has played a ten game ,card. The '52 schedule: , Sept. 20, Teniple; 27,,Purdne.'" . .. Oct. 4, William :& . .MarSis; _11; West 'Virginia at Morgantcrivri; 18, Nebraska; 25,'.Michigan.State at East Lansing. Nov. 1, -Penn,',at Philadelphia; 8, Syracuse, at Syracuse; 15,.Rut= . gers; -22,. Pitt s ...at ,Tittsburgh., , • ••• • ": ' Engle Starts 2nd Season At State Charles A. "Rip" Engle will begin his twenty-first year of coaching, his second at Penn State, when the Nittaq Lions open •with Boston University, September 29 on Beaver Field. ' After _playing three years at end, for Coach Dick Harlow at Western Maryland College where he captained the team to an 11 won, none lost record in 1930, Rip ; accepted the head coaching job , at Waynesboro (Pa.) High School. Won' 8 Titles In - the 11' years' that he remain ed• at Naynesboro, Rip produced three unbeaten, untied - -eleven, won eight conference titles, and from•, 1933 to 1940 lost only ten football games. Engle's -first chance at college &aching came' in 1941 when he returned to , his alma mater to study for his master's degree, and at the . same time •• accepted po sitions as freshman football coach and varsity basketball coach. His freshman grid team was un defeated. In 'the spring of 4942, Rip ac cepted an end coaching - job at Brown University under Neil "Skip"' Stahley, who,like Har low, is, a•Penn State alumnus. In '43, Engle coached the. backs, and 'in -1944 - took over, as' head coach when Stahley :entered the Navy. State Beckons After:Joe-Bedenk resigned the head coaching 'job at Tenn State after. the 1949 season, a. , ety went Up from both students and<alumni_ for "a ~big time coach for the big-time college."' After a month long hunt, 'the College , finally invited Engle - to= accept -the va zatedt post.- • Powerful Opponents Fill '5l Grid Schedule This season Penn State's ,football team will tackle its toughest schedule in many a year. Not, since Bob Higgins led the Nittany Lions to an undefeated season in 1947, climaxed with a trip to the Cotton Bowl where. they tied Southern Methodist, have such power laden opponents appeared on the Lions' schedule. Even, then the-schedule cannot compare with the one Coach Rip Engle's griddds niust face 'this year. BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Sent. 29, here—Forty-five lettermen re turning,Coached by one of the top football .men 'in the East, Buff Donelli, the Terriors compiled a 3-5 record last year but expect to better that mark with some top veterans and, a flock of good soph -omores returning to the fold. Although,p2nelli must still find a good quarterback, John Kas tan, John Pino, and Captain Lindy Hanson return - to round out the backfield. Bob Capuano returns at offensive end. VILLANOVA. Oct. 6 at Allentown—Defeated Navy in.spring prac tice scrimmage. Navy defeated State a week' later—Although hit hard by graduation losses and facing a tough schedule width in cludes Army, Alabama, Kentucky, and LSU, Coach' Art Raimo's squad is looked upon as the dark horse independent in the East. The Wildcats will snort a rock-ribbed, veteran line which many experts pick as the best in the East. With ends Toe Rik and Frank Rehak, guards Nick LiOtta and Tony Marrollo returning to team up with highly touted sophomore tackles Bill Hegarty and Dick Connor, the Wildcat forward wall will afford plenty of protection for nasser Bill Brannau. NEBRASKA, Oct. 13 al Lincoln—Led by Mr. Touchdown USA, Bobby Reynolds, the cornhuskers are picked by many to dethrone mighty Oklahoma as Big Seven champion—Any team built around the slick-iunr!ing Reynolds is bound to be good and this team is no exception. Reynolds will have plenty of help' this season' from a host of sophomore and junior speedsters. Tom Carodine, soph halfback, could very well turn up as Reynolds TD twin. Nebraska fans are pointing'to this season as "the,year," and it could very well turn out that way. Only Michigan State looms as a tougher opponent for the Lions. MICHIGAN STATE. Oct. 20, here—A power laden, star-studded aggregation which should finish among the top three in the national ratings meets the Nittanies in the Homecoming 'game., AttendanCe should Set a Penn State record.—After years of building, Coach Biggie Munn has finally come up with,a team which will challenge anybody for top ranking honors. Munn has 28 lettermen returning fi.om last year's squad - which won 8 and lost 1, including wins over Notre Dame, Michigan; and Minnesota. Bob Carey, end, and Don Coleman, tackle, are pre-season bets for AllcAmerican-berths. Although All-American halfback Sonny Grandelius and Captain Leßoy Crane, fullback, h.ve,graduated, Munn still has - Vince Pisano at right halfback and he should be the Spartans top runner this sea son. TO put it short and sweet—Michigan -State is loaded. WEST VIRGINIA, Oct. "27, here—After Nebraska • and Michigan State on successive week-ends and Purdue on tap for• the next week end, the Mountaineers will be a welcome break-for the Nittany gridders—ln its second year as a member of the Southern Confer ence, West , Virginia under Art Lewis • is 'still rebuilding. Like many, schools, the Mountaineers will depend on sophomores to bolster. the squad this season.,. Veteran• guard Jack'Danter and end Paul Bischoff are standout returnees. PURDUE, Nov. 3 at Lafayette—Coach Stu Holcomb can count 18 lettermen back from last year's squad, including star quarterback and passer• Dale Samuels—As a sophomore Samuels completed 10 TD passes, gained 1069 yards, and had a completion average of .444. A good year for him this season could make Purdue a - Big Ten dark horse. Holcomb will miss fullback John - Kerestes and halfbacks Neil Schmidt and Mike MacciOli from the backfield. Kerestes and Schmidt have graduated while , Maccioli was drafted ;this , stunmer. Don Kas peran will probably take over at fullback. and - Earl Heninger- and John/ Durham till halfback posts. SYRACUSE, Nov. ,10, here--Although enl4s sin . the armed (Continued_ott_Pagie. 'Efever4 udOniYAY; ,:MEF.TEfinMR.SIO;',:.S,; By ERNIE MOORE Collegian . Sports Editor
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