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Backfield Injuries
Hamper: Offense
The major problem facing football Coach Rip Engle as
the opener with Boston University draws closer is , how to
whip Penn State's offense into shape with injuries playing
havoc with the backfield.
Just last week, five Lion backfield men were sidelined
with injuries resulting from ei
ther intra-squad practices or the
Bucknell scrimmage.
Tony Rados, No. 1 quarterback,
Ted Shattuck, first team half
back, Bob Pollard, first team
wingback, Bill Leonard, who
plays both the offense and de
fense at halfback, and John Mac-
Avoy, freshman quarterback, were
all forced out of scrimmages
,be
cause of injuries.
Pollard, Leonard Back
The situation was eased some
what yesterday when, Pollard
and Leonard were able to take
part •in contact work. But that
still leaves Rados and Shattuck,
both 'of whom are slated for first
team work, out of any scrimmag
ing.
Rados is sidelined with pulled
ligaments in his arm and elbow.
Shattuck has a coup/ badly
bruised ribs. Trainer Chuck Med
lar reported that both men were
coming along and that they might
be ready to scrimmage in two or
three days.
Shoulder Separation
MacAvoy, one of the brighter
freshman quarterback prospects,
is our with a shoulder separa
tion and probably won't be back
in action for another three or
four weeks
Center Joe Shumock also joined
the M. D. team when he suf
fered a fractured cheek bone. He
joins z guard Pete Schoderbek
who is still sidelined with a bone
fracture in his foot.
Hurts Offense
The problem which faces En
gle is how to smooth out his -bf
tense which wa s unimpressive
against Bucknell in a scrimmage
last Friday, with two of his po
tential backfield starters, Rados
and Shattuck, unable - to partici
pate in any contact work.
Neither Rados, Shattuck, or
Bob Pollard played in the Buck
nell scrimmage and as a - result,
the Bisons, over whom the Lions
ran roughshod in a spring scrim
mage, were able to hold the Penn
State offensive at bay for almost
an hour of scrimmaging.
East, Midwest
To See Coast
Grid Contest
PITTSBURGH, Sept. 18-(lf'}
For the first time in television
history east and midwest points
will see a west coast football
game.
Westinghouse Electric Corpor
ation announced today it will
sponsor the Notre Dame South
ern California game Dec. 1 at
Los Angeles. The National-Broad
casting Company television net
work will carry the intersectional
tilt.
J. M. McKibbin, vice president
in charge of consumer . products
fo r Westinghouse, emphasized
the game is not a part of the
National Collegiate Athletic As
sociation 19-game football pack
age.
Nineteen games will be tele
vised by NBC under the NCAA
program which ends Nov. 24.
The Notre Dame-Southern Cal
ifornia game will follow the final
whistle of the Army-Navy tilt
the same day in Philadelphia.
All-Around Athlete
Charles (Chuck) Medlar, Penn
state athletic trainer, formerly
?layed football, baseball and bas
ketball for the Nittanv Lions.
Football' Managers
All sophomore men inter
ested in becoming second as
sistant football managers are
urged to turn their names in
at the Athletic Association of
fice in Old Main as soon as
possible.
By ERNIE MOORE
Still Sidelined
1'
TONY RADOS
Rip Eyes
Freshman
Material
By DAVE COLTON
Although there will be no in
ter-collegiate freshman football
competition in the East this' fall,
Coach Rip Engle has his eye - on
a large group of first year as
pirants.
Standouts among the fro s h
candidates ;thus far have been
Jesse Arnelle, Gene Danser,
Danny DeFalco, John •MacAvoy,
John Dubinsky, Orville Halde
man, and Buddy Rowell.
Arnelle, a six foot, five inch,
215 pound end, is showing prom
ise as a defensive end. He is only
17 and hails from New Rochelle,
N.Y. Danser and De Falco are
tackles. Denser, Monessen, stands
six foot, three inches, and weighs
205 pounds.
MacAvoy Injured
MacAvoy, of Millville, N J.,
was running as the number three
quarterback until a shoulder sep
aration forced him out of action.
Dubinsky, Indiana, Pa., is an
other prospect for the signal call
ing slot.
Haldeman, a f e foot, eight
inch, 200 pound guard from Lititz
has been a standout. Rdwell, Erie,
has been performing as the third
string halfback.
Don Bailey, of Central Catho
lic, Pittsburgh, has also been
showing well in recent drills at
quarterback.
Another Shattuck
James Garrity, Monaca, and
Robert Rosbaugh, Somerset, are
battling for varsity terminal posts.
Roosevelt Grier, Roselle, N.J.,
Paul, Shattuck, Warren; and Nin
zio Rehm are three large tackle
prospects. Shattuck, brother of
Ted, State's halfback, y✓eighs 200
pounds; Grier, 220, and Rehm,
210.
A host of guards vieing for var
sity recognition include Keith
Horn, Ken Kurjiaka, Charles
Love, Don Shank, Robert Waters,
and James Esbach. Waters, Phila
delphia, tips the scale at 210
pounds.
Don Balthaser; Reading, Ar t
Cusick, Mt. Lebanon, and Charles
Sowers, Monongahela, are cen
ters:- Other quarterbacks are Re
nault DeSalle, Pete Fuhrmann,
and • John Levy. Wingbacks,/ tail
backs and fullbacks include Al
ton Frey, Harry Kurtz, Sam
-Green, Bob Seitz, Ron Yonkers,
Oliver Evans and Ray Latsko.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE PENNSr.,VAIqTA
Eisenhower
Included in
Owners' LO
President Milton S. Eisenhower
is one of five men- whose names
remain on the list which major
league baseball owners will cond
sider today in search of a new
commissioner; according to an
Associated Press' story released
last night. President Eisenhower
was unavailable for comment.
Today's meeting, according to
the AP, is the first • legally em
powered-to replace A. B. Chand
ler in the $65,000 job, the two
previous sessions in New York
having been designed merely to
cut down the field.
In addition to President Eisen
hower, the remaining names on
the list are Warren Giles, presi
dent of the Cincinnati Reds; Ford
Frick, president of the National
League; James A. FaHey, chair
man of the board of Coca Cola
export; and Gov. Frank Lausche
of Ohio. Lausche, however, with
drew in a public statement Sat
urday, the, AP said.
-rev
.ry.
,Frick, Giles Lead
The names of; Giles and Fri&
have been heard most prominent
ly, the AP said, Giles having re
ceived nine votes against . 12
needed to elect in the two pre
vious meetings. -
According to the AP, the senti
ment - for Giles and Frick comes
from the baseball owners who
feel that the game needs a man
who knows its inside workings
rather than . a famous national
figure who might take months
or even years to learn the intrica
cies of the major and minor
leagues.
Of the two. baseball men still
considered leading the field, the
AP said, Frick is the best known.
A .former newspaperman,. Frick
became president of the National
league in 1934—youngest to hold
the job. He is tall and lean with
graying hair and a face ; that in
some angles bears a striking re
semblance to ,the - late Judge K.
M. Landis, first commissioner of
baseball.
Baseball Spokesman
For many' years. the AP said,
he has run the senior baseball
circuit with a minimum of fuss
and feathers and has served as a
spokesman for baseball on num
erous occasions. He was consid.
ered for the post of commissioner
when Chandler was elected in
1945.
Giles is -less ktfown outside
baseball circles but is highly re
spected within them,. the AP
said. He is of medium height,
solidly built, with grayhair and
courtly manners, looking more like
a bank president than a baseball
man. He grew up with the busi
ness and has the support of Amer
ican League as well as National
League owners. From all indica
tions he has a slight present edge,
the AP said. Whether he can pick
up the three more votes he
seems
,to need is a problem.
The Nittany Lions' hopes for a victory over Nebraska were
greatly increased with the news that Bobby Reynolds, the Corn
huskers' great All-American halfback
. has been sidelined because
of injuries. A shoulder separation suffered in an intra-squad scrim
mage last week is supposed to keep the' 'fleet ball carrier 'out of
grid action for at least „four and possibly six weeks. This means
that he will miss the State game,
Oct. 13
Last year as a sophomore Rey
nolds tallied 159 points, -m or e
than the entire Penn State team•
In the' 19-0 vie.
tory over .t ht
Icittanies 11(
raced for thre(
touchdowns: Hi:
brilliant p 1 a'
throughout t h
season-, e arnee
him' Almost un•
animous choice
as All-American,
and he is largely
responsible for ...
among the top twenty teams in
the nation.
* * * * *
Willie Thrower, New Kensing 7
ton, the man- who .."almost came
to State" has bken starring,. in
Between the Lions
By DAVE COLTON
Assistant Sports Editor
X.-Countrymen
Fight for Berths
•
Forty-five running hopefuls began concentrated team• drills on
the Penn State golf cdurse this week eager to fill the gaping holes
in the Lions' 1950 national championship cross-country,teani.
With only Captain Dud F \ . oster and Bill. Ashenfelter remaining
from the national , champs, foiif fine lettermen who couldn't, crash
the ranks of the top five Nittany scorers last season will be'pt;sll
- for starting positions.
Chief among them is Stan
Lindner: Stan frequently ran near
27 minutes for five miles - last
season —but could •do no better
than ninth on his own- team: ,
Letter' Winners
- Of the other letter winners,
Pete Sarantopolous is working
long and hard to make the top
eight this season. Two other "S"
winners from 1950, Dave Pierson
and Bob Roessler, are also vying
for top spots. "
• Also deserving a ranking with
this group is Jack Horner who;
although ineligible last , fall as
a transfer student consistently
scored among ,the first ten in
trial runs. •
Soccermen
Shaw Spirit
In Practice
If hustle and spirit have any
thing, to thi-with the number of
wins and losses, the Penn State
soccer team should go a long way
this season.
Under the guidance of Coach
Bill Jeffrey, the Lions have
caught the 'fire"' that is so nec
essary for a winning ball club.
The spirit the State booters
have shown this year• is a good
sign on the road„to a possible 14th
unbeaten season. Last year, State
came within one contest of this
mark, but West Chester spilled
them, 1-0, in an overtime thriller.
Sjoirit contagious
.The no-q ua r t err-asked-none
given type of play has even been
contagious among the newcomers.
For example, Charley Snyder, a
wingman who played at Mercers
berg Prep; is sumnied up by
Jeffrey in justone word: "Umph."
Still another newcomer wh o
keeps Jeffrey smiling with his
ability and hustle is freshman
John Carroll, who hails from All-
American Harry Little's home
town of Dover; Pa. Carroll might
possibly , see some action 'at one
of the wing positions this year.
State lost' both wingmen from
last year's team when ,Clarence
Buss (left wing), and Gus Bigott
(right wing) graduated. Bigott
was an All-American back in
1938: While Buss's eight tallies
left him in the runnerup spot •in
team 'scoring. Bullet Joe Lane,
who led the team in scoring with
11 goals, has also• departed.
Lone Senior
State's starting eleven this year
could have only one senior. Cap
tain Ron Coleman, inside 'left,
is the lone senior assured of a
starting berth. Other returning
veterans, such as fUllback Jay
Simmons, forward Ellis Kocher,
right halfback Frank .Follmer, I
left halfback Jack Charlton, ana l
center halfback Kurt Klaus are
all juniors.
practice sessions and wo n the
first string quarterback assign
rhent at Michigan State. He will
make his local debut as first
string offensive signal caller
against the Lions on Homecom
ing: Day, Oct. 20. ,
Thrower was all .set to enter
Penn State when he wasgr i abbed
by the Midwestern scouts. This
year he has been living up to the
great expectations which football
observers -predicted for him.
* * * s• *
The two bigg'est freshman foot
ballers are out-of-state products.
Jesse Arnelle, 215 pound end, is
from New Rochelle, N.Y.,
_and
220 poUnd tackle Roosevelt Grier
who lifts iriltoselle, N. J.
WEDNESDAT, l figH,
Many Froah
Aside from seven sophomores
who won frosh numerals last fall;
there are a host of freshman can
didates who are eligible for var
sity competition. Among them are
some who may really develop
once they can master the sudden
change to the five mile run.
Of the nine frosh who took
.10,4 A fourth place honors for the
freshmen last year the following
seven have reported back to
coaches Chick Werner and Norm
Gordon: Jim Cressman, Carl.God
shall, Dick Grice, Bob "Red"
Hollen, Pete Judd, Bill Shaw and
Jim Webb.
Lost To Service
Two pacesetters from a good
loOking frosh squad a year ago,
Don Bagby and Gus Omrod, are
lost to the armed services..
With the first ten days of in
dividual conditioning l and private
running lessons from , f or me r
Lion standout Gordon, Coach
Werner is 'sending the squad
through the customary "light
heavy" team workout.
, This/ is merely the rule that an
extra strenuous workout after
noon is always followed by one
of a lighter nature the next day.
IM Football,
Tennis Entries
Due Tuesday
Entry deadline for intramural
touch football and -tennis singles
is 5 p.m. Tuesday at the intra
mural office in Rec -Hall, Dutch
Sykes, assistant director of-- in
tramural sports, reported today.
An organization may enter on
ly one team -in, touch football
with a fee. of•• $1 per team. The
tournament is single elimination.
All touch football games will.
be played on the lighted practice
area of Beaver Field , between the
hours of 7 and 11 p.m. Four
games are scheduled/ each night
Monday through Friday.
Complete detailed rules can be
obtained at the intramural office.
The game is designed_ primarily
as a passing game with no;lalock
ing or charging allowed. The game
is played in two halves of fifteen
minutes each. Nine' men consti
tute a team.
Tennis singles will be played on
the College courts and will have
set deadlines for playing each
round: •Students who have a few
free afternoons, or go home on
week-ends, should not enter the ,
tournament, Skyes - said. '
An organization may enter on
ly two 'men, ,while independent
'students may enter as individuals
and need not be members of any
organization. Entry fee is'2s cents
per man. ,
Official tennis rules will gov
ern play, and •a, match will con
sist of 'the best-of-three sets.'
Touch football and tennis sin
gles will have separate tourna
ments for both fraternity and in
dependent. groups. ,
His 26th Yea
This is season No. 26 'for Penn
State's ,soccer coach; th'e balding
but still active Bill Jeffrey,