PAGE SIX May Not Play Saturday the game with Purdue University Saturday because of a neck injury. A junior from Leisenring, Gratson has been one of the mainstays on Penn State's defensive squad. Bucknell Coach Says Bisons Best in East LEWISBURG, Pa., Oct. 31 —(PP) —Found: A football coach who overflows with optimism and dares them all to beat his team. , The gentleman in question is 42-year-pld Harry Lawrende, a fabled high school coach and now director of the gridiron for tunes of Bucknell University, an institution devoted to scholarship in the mo-antainous regions of Central Pennsylvania. Lawrence not only considers his B uc k n ell team good— he thinks it's great. "My team," he said today, "can lick any other club in the East, and that goes for Princeton, Penn, Cornell or any other." 'A Lucky Guy' Up to now his Bucknell eleven has been laying waste all oppo sition, rolling up an average of more than 40 points a game in trouncing Gettysburg, , Muhlen berg, Lehigh, Kent State, Buf falo, and Lafayette. Against-Laf ayette last Saturday, the Thund ering Herd of Bucknell piled up three touchdowns in the first nine minutes. Lawrence may be an optimist, but he's not a bragger "I'm a lucky guy," he said. "Our col lege is as pure as heaven when it comes to football. The young men playing for me came to Bucknell because they are sold on the school." Statistics Impressive Bucknell's biggest test comes on Saturday when the Herd takes on Temple University, proudly sporting a five-g am e winning streak, including an upset tri umph over Boston University. The cold and uncompromising statistical records support Law rence's claim to Eastern superior ity. His team leads the East in total offense, rushing offense, and rushing defense. There are some in Pennsyl vania who say that Lawrence has in his fold the four best backs in the state. Burt Talmage, a jun ior from Mountain, Lakes, N.J., leads the East in scoring with 12 touchdowns and tops the East also in., rushing,. where he has averaged more than seven yards a crack in 108 plays. Good Blocker Brad Myers, of Lancaster, Pa., who didn't even play football in high school, is second in rushing with an average a shade below Talmage's. Each has gained over 700 yards while no one else in the East has hit 500. Some say that Bob Albert is the best fullback in the East, too, and Lawrence considers him the finest blocking back he has ever seen. Tommy Dean, quarterback in Lawrence's split-T formation is regarded as a deceptive ball hand ler and first rate passing threat. THE DAILY' COLLEGIAN, STATE -COLLEGE, a PENNSYLVANIA Sigma Nu 11 Moves into IM Semi-Finals By GEORGE BAIREY Sigma Nu, defending fraternity IM touch football champions. roared into the semi-finals last night with a 12-0 victoz•y over Sig ma Chi on the IM fielk‘ The defending champs put to gether two quick TDs midway in the final half• to break the score less deadlock. Sam Lemon and Ted Morgan collaborated for the first score, a 45 yard punt return. An intercepted Sigma Chi pass set up the final marker; this one from Owen Wilkenson to Mike Kirshner to Dick Bruce covered 29 yards. Both extra point -at tempts were broken up. Woodrow Scores After dominating play the en tire first half, the Dragons capi= italized on a break to start the final half, and defeated - the Ba goonies, 7-0, in a' quarter-final independent match last night. The Dragon's Dick Woodrow picked his way, 45 yards up the sideline early in the second half on an intercepted Bagoonie pass for the only score. Bill Body threw to Dick Mountain for the extra-point. The win advanced the Dragons to the semi-final bracket of the independent divi sion. A deadly triple Pottsville pass ing combination str u ck • home twice, once in the dying minutes of the game and once in the over time series, to oust Dorm 8, 7-6. Pickett Runs Wild Pottsville spotted Dorm .8 an early second half touchdown,' on a 73-yard punt return from Frank Miller to Tony ' Dorrell to John Stroule to Sam Starr, and then came barrelling back to knot the count with a 28-yard aerial, Bob' Pebley to ,Jerry Staslak to Torn Cummings, inside the final four, minutes. The same three teamed up for a final .push to the Dorm 8 .46-yard line and the overtime win. Jack Pickett's running and pass ing led Phi Delta Theta to the fraternity semi-finals \vith a 20-0 Anders,'-Leo,nOid i -"Orots.o0 May 'Miis-INido-,.(Olitest Grid Squad Leaves Tonight For Lafayette Penn State's football team will take its last workout on Beaver Field today before leaving .for the Purdue game in Lafayette, Ind., Saturday. The Lions will leave from State College after the pep rally and board a train for Lafayette in Altoona late to night. Coach Rip Engle's squad will probably be without the services of fullback Paul Anders and half back Bill Leonard and possibly linebacker Joe Gratson., Anders was injured in the Ne braska game and, although it was thought he would be ready for the Purdue contest Saturday, he will probably not make the trip to Lafayette. Leonard, who in jured his knee in practice last week, also may remain home. May Weaken Defense•• Gratson, one of Engle's defen sive mainstays, injured his neck in the -West Virginia game and although it has been responding to treatment, it is still not cer tain whether the fiery linebacker will be able to play against the Boilermakers. With Penn. State expecting Pur due's ace passer Dale Samuels to turn the game into an aerial cir pus Saturday, the. absence of Leonard and Gratson from the lineup. could go hard with - the Lions' defensive squad. Klezek Injured • While the Nittany lions are sweating out the MD i epor t, Coach Stu Holcomb of Purdue is also having injury trouble. Phil "Flip" Klezek, the Boiler maker's top runner was injured t in the Wisconsin game and missed the game last week with Notre Dame. Whether Klezek will be ready for the Lions is still a question. Also on .the injury list for , the Boilermakers is Terry Thorp, hard running junior full back. Lions Underdogs Should • Klezak be unable to play, starting halfback posts will probably be handled by Earl Hen inger and Max Schmaling. Hen inger is a junior while Schmaling is just a sophomore. Thorp's full back spot dill probably go to Glenn Young, a senior letterman. Already the Lions have been named •the underdogs for, th e game Saturday. The odds-makers are' giving State ten points. Purdue will go into the• game with a one win, and four, lost record while Penn. :State has a' three and two card for the sea son. The Boilermaker's only win came over lowa, 34-30 on a last minutes : touchdown pass by Samuels. Samuels Starred Texas, Miami of Florida, Wis consin, and Notre Dame hold wins over Holcombs' gridders:' Last season, Purdue finished with a record of two wins and seven losks against a rough. schedule. But one of the two wins was a cherished win over Notre Dame, who up to then was the nation's No. 1. football team. Li that game, which rocked the football world back on, its heels, the Boilermaker's Samuels blossomed out as one of the country's best passers. And Sat urday, it'll be Samuels that the Nittany Lions will have to stop if they are to come out of the game on the long - end-of the score. Se'wad Year MCS;re than 1500 high -school musicians participated 'in • Penn State's4l9sl Band Day, which was originated a year ago. • Boxing Managers All persons interested in second-assistant boxing, man ager jobs are asked' -to report to 201 Willard,, at 7.p.m., Nov. 6. NYU . ,Wins Tuneup' For Lion Hattie:is': New York University cross country runners ran through a final tuneup Tuesday for their engagement with the Lions here this Saturday by trimming City College of New York. Th e Violets' 16-41 defeat of CCNY rat Van Cortlandt Park evened' the NYU season record at two wins and two losses. Violet ace' Gordon McKenzie continued to pace his team as he has practically, all season by crossing the finish first in 27:05' after a five mile run. This was the fastest time McKenzie has run all season. • Although the 27 minute -time doesn't compare with some of those turned in by Lion runners this season, the difference be tween State's course an d Van Cortlandt makeS it hard to com pare. The New York course is probably a little tougher. Lack Depth Number two NYU runner Ho wie Jacobson tied .for second in the CCNY meet with teammate Ted Foy. They were clocked in 27:14. Lou Rementaria to o k fourth for the Violets with a slow tine of 28:16., Thus it would appear that NYU suffers from the same lack of depth problem as does Penn State. Earlier .NYU opened its season getting whipped •by Army, 18-45, a score close to the 22-35 defeat the strong West Pointers hung on the Lions last week. McKenzie led the Violet team by finishing ,third with a 27:26 time. Next NYU finisher was Jacobson in 15th place. Napoli tone was 18th and Rementaria 20th. • 121,est Time The following week the Goth am harriers knocked off Rutgers, 19-36. McKenzie again led NYU to the finish with a race winning time of 27:09.8. Jacobson took second and Foy ran third. Metropolitan neighbor St. Johns dropped the :Violets 27-33 the week after NYU took Rut gers. St. John's veteran Johnny THURSDAY, NOVEMIrrR -1, 71951 Writers Name' Campanella National MVP NEW YORK, Oct. 3I—(W)--Roy Campanella, Brooklyn's brilliant catcher, today was named most valuable player in. the National League for 1951 by a 24-man com mittee of the Baseball Writers Association of America.. . It was the third time in the last 13 years that the writers have strayed from a Nltional League pennant winner to pick the most valuable player. Al though the Dodgers blew a 13 1 / 2 I \game lead and lost the . flag to the New York Giants in a play- Hoff, Campanella drew 11 of 24 first illace votes. . The chunky Negro, approach ing his 30th birthday Nov. 19, shrugged off a series of injuries, trying to avoid the threat of disaster. Hobbled by a leg injury he limped through /the ' first play off game but had, to' sit out the last two as the Dodgers lost the pennant. He batted .325; . fourth highest in the league, hit 33 horn ers and drove in 108 runs: . Campanella piled up 243 points on the basis of 14 for a first place vote, nine for second and so on down to one for tenth. He outdi,stanced the opposition. Stan Musial of St. Louis, win ning his fifth batting 'title with a .355 - airerage, finished s Johnson and sophomore star Jim Byrne ran one-two. Jacobson ran his best time of the year with a fast 25:56 to finish third and first finisher for NYU. McKenzie, for the first time this season, didn't, lead his team. He ran fourth". Foy continued his thir d finishing consistency for the 'Violet by taking fifth. Bill Chioppella was the next NYU placer, in• 10th place.,