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Michaels Claim Spartans
Have Powerful Grid Team
Biggie Munn is shedding tears in East Lansing this week
after two tight squeezes by his Michigan'State football team,
but Penn State Assistant Coach A 1 Michaels, who scouted
the Spartans in three of their contests this season, isn’t
feeling a bit sorry for him.
After watching Michigan State
whip Ohio State, Michigan, and
Marquette on successive week
ends, Michaels calls the Spartans,
in so many words, “terrific.”
“They have offensive backs ga
lore,” says Mike. “After their
first team backfield wears the
opponent down Munn sticks in
the now famous ‘pony backfield’
to finish the job. ■
Tony Backfield'
Michigan State’s “pony back
field” is composed of Bill Wells
at right halfback, Evan Slonac
at fullback, Leßoy Bolden at left
halfback, and A 1 Dorow at quar
terback. All are small, fast, arid
shifty runners. Dorow also plays
in the regular backfield and does
the passing for the Spartans.
“The Spartans were terrific
against Michigan. Their defense
couldn’t have been any better,
it held Michigan to -6 yards,”
said Michaels.
Had Letdown
“They should have beaten
Ohio State by two or three
touchdowns. It shouldn’t have
been close. Against Marquette,
they just had one of those games.
There was a letdown after Ohio
State and Michigan and the Mich
igan State backs fumbled a lot,”
he continued.
Mike was high in his, praise
of right halfback Vince Pisano,
end Bob Carey, and tackle Don
Coleman.
“Pisano is a good, steady foot
ball player. Carey is big and
rough and they claim in East
Lansing that he is the greatest
all-around athlete they ever had.
Coleman is probably one of the
finest line blockers in the coun
try. And he gives 100 per cent
effort,” he commented.
Use Everything
The Spartans employ the two
platoon system. Offensively they
use almost every formation in
the books, running from the T,
the wing-T, the flanker-T, and
the single wing.
With four wins in the record
books, Munn’s squad is currently
fighting California and Tennes
see for No. 1 rating in the nation.
The Spartans dropped to third
place this week after they had
to score twice in the last period
to turn back Marquette, 20-14,
last Saturday.
25 Veterans
Munn has 25 letterback backs
from last year’s team which ran
up a eight wins, one loss record
against some of the best teams
in the nation.
Saturday’s meeting between
the Lions and Michigan State
will mark the seventh time the
two teams will have met on the
gridiron. Michigan State holds toe
edge in the series, winning four,
tying one, and losing one.
O'Connor Raps
Farm System
WASHINGTON, Oct. 16—(j5P)—
Leslie O’Connor, who for 23 years
was one of Commissioner Kene
saw M. Landis’ closest advisers,
said today farm systems are des
troying organized baseball.
O’Connor told a house judiciary
subcommittee that late Judge
Landis never liked the farm sys
tem. But, O’Connor said, “Judge
Landis did not oppose it as much
as I do.”
Under the farm system, a ma
jor league club owns or controls
minor league teams. The' sub-,
committee, studying whether
baseball violates anti-trust laws,
has been casting a critical eye
on the farms.
O’Connor said that the rules
say no team can control more
than 40 ball players. “But in the
farm system,” he said, “it actually
can control hundreds of players.”
He contended that this isn’t
good for the player, the minor
leagues or, in some cases, the
major league clubs which go in
for farming.
By ERNIE MOORE
Quick Score
By Pottsville
Wins IM Tilt
By JIM PETERS
Pottsville scored a touchdown
on the opening kickoff and held
off a late scoring threat to beat
Dorm 23, 6-0, in the opener of
last night’s intramural football
schedule.
A 1 Strickler of Pottsville inter
cepted a Dorm 23 pass on the
losers’ 25 yard line and raced
over the goal line with the only
score of the game. Dorm 23 had
received the kickoff only to have
Strickler’s interception decide the
game’s outcome in the opening
moment.
Dorm 23 Threatens
Dorm 23 threatened with a few
minutes left in the game'' by
driving to the Pottsville 22. The
drive was stopped here, however.
After a scoreless first half.
Lambda Chi Alpha, led by A 1
Hinkle, scored two quick touch
downs to defeat Delta Chi, 13-0.
in the only fraternity action of
the night.
A 54 yard pass from Cliff Hock
to. Hinkle on a punt return' put
Lambda Chi Alpha into a" lead it
never relinquished. George Resh
threw to Peter Houston for the
point after the touchdown to
make it, 7-0.
Hinkle Scores Again
Shortly after, Hinkle inter
cepted a pass to set up a three
yard scoring pass from James
Kilgore to Hinkle for the game’s
final touchdown. Hinkle made a
diving catch of the ball in the
end zone.
Dorm 8 rolled to three first half
touchdowns to easily defeat Dorm
13, 20-0, in the third game of the
night.
Lucy Miller got his teammates
moving early in the first half
when he threw a touchdown pass
to Thomas Greenaway on a play
that covered 33 yards.
Montoro Connects
Dorm 8 drove deep into Dorm
13’s territory again in the first,
half when Edward Montoro thr&w
a short pass to Anthony Dorell
in the end zone. The play covered
only three yards. Montoro then
fired another pass into the hands
of Ralph Laudenslayer for the
extra point to make the score
read, 13-0.
Before the half was over, Dorm
8 scored again. Miller returned to
the spotlight by passing a bulls
eye to Robert Snoich from the 12
State Colleges Leonard Defies
Jinx Haunting Local Gridders
By 808 SCHOELLKOPF
With a little less than a year
and a half’s earnest work on the
gridiron completed, State Col
lege’s own son, Bill Leonard, can
at last reyeal the attainment of
a goal he had always hoped to
reach.
■ The story might have. begun
while Bill was still at State Col
lege High School, where he was
a football star for the Little Lions.
Just as every other player on his
team, he hoped that someday he
might make the College team
and perhaps even be a star.
After his graduation from high
school in 1949,' he decided to take
a crack at college football. He en
rolled at Penn - State that fall. ■
Townspeople Skeptical
The townspeople had followed
Bill’s football progress in high
school, and expressed their ap
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE PENNSYLVANIA
Booters Eye Navy
Cancellation
After
Penn State’s badly battered soccer forces will have some extra
time to regroup themselves as a result of a cancellation of today’s
match by Western Maryland. ,
Western Maryland officials gave as .their reason for the cancella
tion an error in scheduling, saying that Delaware and Peijn State
had been scheduled for the same day.
a team which dropped a 1-0 deci
sion to the Lions last year at
Annapolis.
Minor Injuries
The Lions came out of the Army
game with two minor casualties;
'Frank Follmer, right halfback;
and Jack Pinezich, inside right.
Both, however, are expected to be
ready Saturday when State jour
neys to Annapolis. Follmer suf
fered a cut head that required
two stitches while Pinezich pull
ed a muscle in his back. ‘
As for State’s performance
against Army, Coach Bill Jeffrey
was not too impressed, but was
quick to point out that no team
looks very good when outplayed,
as was State.
The Lion coach also hinted
that several new faces might dot
the starting lineup for the Navy
game.
Navy has won two and lost
one this season. The Middies
opened their season with a 3-2
win over Yale and followed that
up with a 6-0 trouncing of West
ern Maryland. Navy’s first loss
came last Saturday when Prince
ton edged them, 5-3, in overtime.
Navy had tied the count with
but three seconds remaining on a
penalty kick by Captain Gordon
Jayne.
In a series that began in 1922,
State holds a decisive 17-6 mar
gin. Two contests have been tied.
Four of Navy’s wins, ( however,
have come since 1944, an indica
tion that soccer is on the upgrade
at Annapolis. Like Army, the
number of Navy, victories is
mighty impressive when you con
sider that State has dropped but
21 matches in 26 years.
State and Navy will have one,
thing in common. Both clubs are
lacking experienced men this
season. The Lions can boast of
only four starters from last year’s
team while Navy has but three
battleseasoned men back. Among
Navy’s losses was Tom Boyce,
center forward, who tallied 15
goals in ten matches last year.
yard line. Miller passed to Laud
enslayer for the point after touch
down.
In the final game of the night,
the Leftovers edged the Cats, 1-0,
in an overtime battle. that saw
the Cats dominate the play during
the regular playing time.
proval of his' stellar performances
on the gridiron, but after his en
rollment at Penn State their at
titudes became doubtful. They
recalled local boys in the past,
who had ambitions of becoming
standout Lion performers, and
failed. j.
Thus, in the fall of 1950, when
he was eligible for varsity com
petition, Bill realized that mak
ing the Nittany eleven would be
more than just hard physical la
bor. He rolled up his sleeves and
did a' workmanlike job for Coach
Rip Engle that season. He closed
his ears to talk that in State
C.ollege a local boy couldn’t make
good. While he wasn’t • standout
material that year,- he absorbed
much gridiron knowledge that
was to be of value later. .
This fall with one good season
Thus, Penn State will be able to devote the full week to Navy,
2 and 1
'Hard Times'
For Lion Harriers
Three Proves
Lucky Number
For Albert
By GEORGE BAIREY
It is said three is the charmed
number but don’t try to impress
that maxim any deeper into the
mind of Bill Albert, Phi Epsilon
Pi’s answer to Sammy Snead.
The 21 year old Commerce and
Finance senior finally snared the
All-College golf championship on
his third and final attempt, after
failing his sophomore and junior
years.
Albert, a native Philadelphian,
ousted Rod Eaken, 3 and 2, in
the finals of the All-College tdur
ney Sunday. Eaken eliminated
Albert in the first round of the
1950 tourney. Albert eliminated
Bob Bauer, 2 and 4, in the open
ing round Saturday and Warren
Gilken, also 2 and 1, in the fourth
round. John Wiley, last year’s
IM fraternity ..medalist, fell before
Albert, 4 and 3, in the semi
finals.
Par for the college course is
35-34—69. Albert’s 72 Saturday
for the first 18 holes did double
duty as it also served as his semi
final round in All-College play.
The sensational 71 on Sunday
added to a 143 36-hole total, 11
strokes better than the second
man. Sunday’s round of 71 was
also scored as the 3 and 2 win
over Eaken for the mythical All-
College crown.
Albert was only five over par
for 36 holes. The. new IM fra
ternity medalist entered the IM
medal play for the' first time this
fall. Albert’s best unofficial
round for 18 holes is 70.
Like all the other liriksmen in
school, Albert has high hopes
that golf will return to the list
of varsity sports in time for the
coming season. With rounds like
72-71, Albert would make the
going rough for Penn State op
ponents.
Two Top Opponents
Of Penn State’s nine 1951 op
ponents, Michigan State and Vil
lanova currently boast the best
records.
'behind, him, Bill felt he,.was
ready to show his real value to
the football team, and shatter the
belief of the townspeople.
Gridiron Highlight
Just last week the. six-foot,
185-pound halfback reached the
high point of his college football
career when he accounted for a
game-saving field goal and two
crucial pass interceptions against
Nebraska. So far this season Bill
has been a bulwark on both of
fense and defense.
He was honored as this week’s
top athlete for his stellar play
in the Nebraska game Saturday.
But to Bill Leonard there is more
than honor as an atlete—his suc
cess story reveals an accomplish
ment that few in his position
could attain, but that all would
be proud of. I
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1951
Ahead
Mich. State Looms
As Powerful Foe
For Wernermen
By JAKE HIGHTON
Cornell was easy for the- Lion
cross-country runners last Sat
urday, but the future- holds no
further ease for the Nittany har
riers.
Hard times will set in for the
Lion hill-and-dalers this Satur
day when the nation’s peren
nially strong, x-country running
Michigan State races here.
The Spartans, fourth in the
Intercollegiate behind winning
Penn State and' second in the
Nationals, also behind the Lions
last fall, are strong again this
year despite the loss of -Warren
Druetzler and Don Makielski. •
Spartans Drubbed Purdue
Saturday the Spartans opened
their season by drubbing Purdue,
20-41. Although Purdue’s Finnish
Johannson won the four mile race
on Michigan State’s course, the
Spartans bunched four men in a
tie for second.
Spartan Captain Jim Kepford,
letterman John “Mickey” Walter,
sophomore Ron Barr and a fresh
man Jim Arnold covered the dis
tance in 21 minutes flat.
Thus the Spartans' appear to
stack up in close resemblance to
the Lions. The Spartan's lost
Druetzler, one of the top college
runners in the country last year,
and 12th place NCAA finisher
Makielski.
Lions Lost Four
On the losing side, the national
champion Lions fared worse.
Gone from Chick Werner’s 1950
powerhouse are four excellent
runners—B o b Freebairn, IC4A
fourth finisher, Don Ashenfelter,
13th in the IC’s, and Bill Gordon
and A 1 Porto, 18th. and 20th, re
spectively, in the same race.
On the returning side, Michi
gan State has veterans Walter
and Kepford to match the Lions’
two 1950 stars, Bill Ashenfelter
and Dud Foster.
Further comparison down the
line also show close similarity
between the two States. To match
the Nittanies’ amazing.. Lamont
Smith, who is unbeaten in the
only two x-country races of his
life, the Spartans have a frosh
sensation of their own.
That freshman, Arnold, is like
the Lions’ Smitty, a champion
high school miler of the state
in which he is now running.
■ Paired off with the Spartans’
soph, Barr, Penn State has Bob
Hollen. The Williamsport red
head finished second in his first
college varsity race against Pitt
and came back the next week to
tie for first against Cornell.
Maryland's Ward
Selected as A P
Lineman of Week
NEW YOBK, Oct. 16—(£>)—
Bob Ward, Maryland’s great All-
America guard who played 37
minutes with a broken finger as
the Terps downed Georgia 43-7
last Saturday, was the; .over
whelming choice today as Line
man of the Week. -. £'•
Ward, a senior from Elizabeth,
N.J.,. drew praise from coaches
Wally Butts of Georgia .and Jjim
Tatum of Maryland, as welL-gs
from most newsmen :who " wit
nessed the game. ..i\v ’ ?J,-
He played 47 minutes, .bbth'. oh
offense and defense. Most'.of those
who voted for him in- the,.second
Associated Press lineman. polL of
1951 said- the 185-pound- guard
rated "honors as both defensive
and offensive lineman.
8M Schedules
Football
7:06. Penn Haven —Dorm 25
7:45 Sigma Pi—
. Sigma Phi Alpha
-8:30 Fireball—Browns
9:15 Sigma Chi—
Phi Kappa Psi , .
Swimming ■?;
Pi Kappa Alpha', vs. Triangle ;
Sigma Alpha Epsilon vs. Phi
Kappa Psi 1!
Sigma Nu vs. Sigma Phi Sigma