TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1351 The NiSteny Realm - By 808 VOSBURG —- . Assistant Sports Editor, , Looking once more to the growth of fob tb all as a major sport, we find that President Teddy Roosevelt never got a chance to carry, out his threat to outlaw football because of the rough manner in • which it was being played. r • The Rules Committee ,of Football in the winter of 1905-06 lega lized. the forward pass, and thvjs at the start of the i 906 season the game was-revolutionized. * |' = ’ At the start'few. schools used the pass to any extent. They stuck to refined line-bucking, plenty of I end runs, arid a stepped-up field 1 goal attack. i The drastic change which ! turned football into a razzle dazzle, ball-slinging affair came ; in the 1913 season. Army had a gap in its schedule, and offered. :$lOOO and expense, money to footballisticaliy unknown No tre Danm University to fill the open date.'Notre ‘Dame ac cepted, /• The Nbtre Dame team of that year included a. - quarterbac: named Gus Dor ; ias afad .ein d! Rnute Rockm and a youn; fellow namei Pliska, Now Rockm arid Dorias ha< worked, all th( previous sum mer together at abea c h resort, and, during their spare moments they practiced and mastered the forward pass. When they return ed’ to school they took Pliska aside and drilled him in the new found art. . ■This hitherto unheard-of foot-! ball team with a hitherto un heard-of scoring weapon went to "West Point that day, and, with Dorias throwing passes to Rockne —and to Pliska when 1 the defense ganged up on Knute—not only plunged Army into defeat. and humility but, also awakened the Soccer Team Scrimmage Features Sharp Passing Sharp passing was featured Sat urday when the Lion “regulars” decisively whipped, the “scrubs” in a soccer scrimmage. . Included ■in the regular lineup were Captain Ron Coleman, Don Shirk, John Hess, Jack r Pinezich, Frank Follmer, and Jack Charl ton. >. Playing for the scrubs were Jay Simmons, Paul Dierk, and Dick Cheskis. Pessimistic Coach Bill Jeffrey said , that he expected a “fair club that will look like a Penn State team.”, One Defeat In '5O State lost - but one game last year and that was by the narrow est of margins, 1-0, to West Chester in overtime., If State’s team this year resembles last season’s then-it r will probably go down in the books as better than a fair club. Penn State’s forward wall for the Bucknell opener Oct. 6 is still in doubt. At present outside of Coleman, Shirk," Hess,. Pinezich, Hap Irvin, Ellis Kocher.and Bill Norcikare. still battling for the remaining four positions. In scrimmages; Jeffrey has been using Shirk-at Joe; Lane’s old spot of center forward. The two wing slots have, been manned by sophomore. Irvin and freshman John Hess, with Noreik, another sophomore,- working''•with the other squad. Pinezich- and Kocher have seen most of their action ,at one of the inside" spots. Fullback Spots , The fullback spots seem to have been mailed'.down by Jay Sim mons, a regular last year, arid Dierk. - , Three other positions that-seeria to have been nailed dowri are.the halfback posts. Follmer, -right, Kurt Klaus, center, and.,Charlton,; left, seem to be .tops-here.' Ray Dutrow arid Gary; , Nugent .will be on hand for' reserve duty. . The. goalie ''.spot,handled so successfiidly ,by Ron Coder' last football world to the potency of the,forward pass. ' . Pitt was the first school to - "step up" its football,program. It hired Glen "Pop'* Warner to" coach the Panthers., in 1915 or 16, arid the "oleTgrads" began scouting the. high school foot ball fields for talent. After 1917 football gained in standard play and attendance and with the aid of publicity has grown greater and greater- until reaching the spot it holds today as one of America’s favorite spec tator sports. Grid Odds 'n Ends: The great est succession of football teams ever assembled wepe Fielding Yost’s Michigan teams of 1901-05. Their only defeat came in 1905 when one of their halfbacks was pushed across the goal line by a Chicago player for a safety. The final score was Chicago 2, Michi gan 0. The longest run on record was by W. Y. Terry of Yale who scampered 115 yards from behind the goal against Wesleyan in 1884. Bri,ck Muller of Cali fornia threw the longest pass on record, 70 yards to H.' W. Ste phens against Ohio State in 1920 J.- Haxall of Princeton kick ed the longest place kick, 65 yards, in 1915 against Yale The record dropkick was record ed bjr Mark Payne of Dakota Wesleyan when he sent the ball 63 yards between the uprights against Northwest -Normal in 1898. year, is still a wide-open battle between frosh Cheskis and Jack Krumrine. Giants Win 4-3; Trail by 214 Little Eddie Stanky, one of the most valuable players in the'ma jors, cracked out a ninth inning single to give the New York Giants a dramatic 4-3 win over the Boston Braves yesterday, the Associated Press reported. This “must” victory slashed idle Brooklyn’s lead over/the New Yorkers to two-and-one-half games. The Dodgers still heed any combination of four wins or four Giant defeats to clinch the Na tional League pennant. > Brooklyn has seven games to play/ the Giants only four. The Buiris play four in Boston, then finish with three in Philadelphia. New York plays at Philadelphia ,today and tomorrow and finishes at Boston Saturday and Sunday. Young ,Chet Nichols had an, eight-strikeout game going into the ninth. Don Mueller' singled, moved to second' on a sacrifice, and scored oh. Stanky’s two-out single. SPAGHETTI That Tastes Like Mom's IRV’$ RESTAURANT •• \ . S. PUGH ST. Quarterback Candidates TOP CANDIDATES inn State qua. . position are ,<iy js, isky. John MacAvoy, arid vob Szajna. Rados and Szajna are sophomores while Dubinsk/ and . .acAvoy are freshmeri. At the moment Rados and Szajna are the leading candidates for the starting role against Boston University, Saturday. MacAvoy is still on the sidelines with a shoulder separation. Quarterbacks Key To '5l Grid Season This is the fourth in a series of articles on Penn State's football team, examining the team position by position to see just who will represent the Nittany Lions on the gridiron-this fall. Today— Quarterback. Penn State’s hopes for a successful football season can rise and fall with the Nittany Lion quarterbacks, depending on how fast Tony Rados and Bobby-Szajna can gajn the experience needed to field general the Lions against some of the best teams in the country. As was the case last -season', Coach Rip Engle is without an ex- perienced wing-T quarterback on whom he can rely to lead' the Nittany Lions on the field. Both Rados and Szajna are about to enter their first season of varsity ball. Rados, a sopho more, was ineligible last season. Szajna quarterbacked Coach Earl Bruce’s freshman squad.- Lack Experience, Only , Both men have the potential to become good T-quarterbacks. Tall and slender, possessing rifle like passing arms, both have the physical qualities. But that valu able asset, varsity experience, which can only come through ac tual playing, is missing. Rados looks to be the leading contender for the starting role, but after Szajna’s showing in the Cornell scrimmage Saturday, it will be a fight right until game' time. Rados Consistent A smooth ball handler and good Rados Seems to be the most consistent of the two. At times, Szajria looks great, but he has a tendency to hit streaks where his passing is off and he sometimes has trouble spotting receivers. A few games under his’ belt might do wonders. After Rados and Szajna, Rip must, dip into the freshman ranks to find another quarterback. The brightest prospect seems "to be John MacAvoy. But he is out with a shoulder separation . and probably won’t be available un tiL mid-season. , Other freshman prospects are Don Bailey, Renault DeSalle, John Dubinsky.. Pete Fuhrmann, and John Levy. 65th, Grid Campaign Penn State, now iri its 65th year of intercollegiate .football, play*ed the game uninterruptedly over this span-of years. Soph Ball-Handlers Tony Rados and Bob Szujna, both sophomores, will handle the all-important, quarterback .chores at Penn State this fall; . By ERNIE MOORE 'Lopez Limited '■ Stalls May Not Be Home at A Sept. 24—(£>) —For more than a month, the Cleveland News has been run ning a drawing of the “Lopez Limited” on the top of the front page. , ' It was the picture of a train, steaming the Cleveland In dians speedily towards the pennant. A banner was draped over the train, saying: “We’ll be back Sept. 29 on top—we hope!—Al Lopez.” Today, the News again car ried the drawing, but the train was a mass of wreckage. The banner read: “We’ll be back Sept. 29—we hope!—Al Lo pez.” Mu seal Sure Bet For Batting Title NEW YORK, Sept. 24— (JP)— Stan' Musial is almost a sure thing to win his fifth National League batting championship with a .358 average and only four games to play. TERRIFIC Remember*'49 ' Penn State will be seeking re venge for a 1949 shellacking when it confronts Villanova at Allent n, Pa., Oct. 6. His 19th Year Charles (Chick) Werner wil! field his 19th cross-country team at Penn State this fall. He also doubles as track coach. , JOHN DEREK ANTHONY QUINN “MASK OF THE AVENGER” KIRK DOUGLAS JAN STERLING “The BIG CARNIVAL” Presented in cooperation with International Film Club “TOMBOLO" Italian Filth English Titles NYRA GABARDINE Nylon & Rayon SUCKS NOTE!! 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