AGE SIX Syracuse Gridders will Use Double-Wing Against Lions Avatus Stone Is Big Threat At Quarterback By ERNIE MOORE With variations of the T-for mation almost monopolizing col lege football offenses these days, Penn State • fans will probably get a treat this Saturday when Syracuse University comes to the Nittany Vale to play the Lion grid team. Although Syracuse's basic for mation is the wing-T, the same offense Penn State uses, the Orange has, in its last few con tests, been putting the old fash ioned double-wing to good use. Stone at Quarterback With quarterback Bernie Cus tis lost through graduation, Syra cuse Coach Ben Schwartzwalder was faced with the task of finding a capable replacement for th e flashy Custis. Pat Stark and Bruce Yancey, two sophomores, were slated to alternate at the all important signal-calling position. As fate would have it, both Stark and Yancey suffered brok en legs early in the season, and Schwartzwalder had to find an other replacement. This time he handed the job to Avatus Stone, a top defensive ball player. Defeated State Since Stone has taken over at quarterback, the Orange has been running more and more plays from the old double-wing. Be sides being a good passer, Stone is probably Syracuse's top ball carrier and also does the punting. Last year, he ranked in the first ten among the nation's punters. Stone also plays on the defense at safety, and is a better than average pass defender. Assistant Lion Coach Al Michaels, who scouted Syracuse in the Fordham game, thinks the Orange squad is just as good, if not better, than the one which de feated Penn State last season, 27-7. Running Passer Schwartzwalder has a host of veterans back from last year's squad which split even, winning five and losing five. So far this season, Syracuse has wori three and lost three. The Orange grid ders opened the season by de feating Temple, but dropped their second game to Cornell. Lafayette fell ,but Illinois and Dartmouth handed Syracuse consecutive losses. In its last contest, th e Orange defeated Fordham. Syra cuse was idle last Saturday. With Stone in at quarterback, the Lions are again going to face their old nemisis, a runn i n g passer. Both Harry Agganis of Boston U. and Dale Samuels of Purdue, two run-and-pass quar terbacks, were instrumental in cracking State's defense. Lion Coach Rip Engle sent the Penn State squad through a short scrimmage yesterday afternoon in preparation for Saturday's game, the last home contest of the sea son. W & J,. F & M Will Share TV• Milestone Saturday LANCASTER, Pa., Nov. 6—(4 ) —Washington and Jefferson Col lege and Franklin and Marshall will share a new milestone Sat urday—telecast of the first small college football game. The game is one of 19 contest selected by the National Col legiate Athletic Association in a survey to determine the affects of television on college football. It is the only small college game on the NCAA schedule. Pitt to Use Frosh PITTSBURGH, Nov. 6—(IP)-- Freshman halfback Paul Mikan ik expects to give the University of Pittsburgh football team a big lift against Ohio State Saturday. Mikanik underwent va r sit y baptism against Rice last week and pocketed 44 yards in nine attempts for the runnerup spot in percentages for the Panthers. TAE DAILY Soph Harrier Holien Steady Performer When Penn State runs in the intercollegiate cross-country title race Nov. 19, it is uncertain whether or not the Lions can retain the crown won in 1950, or whether Bill Ashenfeltee can beat Army's Dick Shea for individual honors. But one thing is almost posi Flying Redhead Bob Hollen 3 Grid Foes Win Games; Syracuse Idle Three Penn State football op ponents were idle last weekend, and thr e e others won games. Winless Pitt and Nebraska once again went down to defeat. Syr acuse, the Lions' opponent this week, was idle, as were Michi gan State and Villanova. Boston University, 52, NYU, 6 —The Terriers trounced the Vio lets despite adverse weather con ditions. John Kastan and George Schultz each scored two touch downs. Kastan also gained 169 yards and his two TD's raised his season point total to 72, a new BU record. Kansas, 27, Nebraska, 7 —Ne braska took the lead in the first period, but wilted as the Jay hawks scored 20 points in the second quarter. The Cornhuskers are still searching for their first triumph. West Virginia, 35, Western Re serve, 7—The Mountaineers won their fifth .game of the season as they scored in every period to wallop Western Reserve. Quar terback Jerry Mclnerney com pleted 13 of 19 passes, two for touchdowns. Rutgers, 13, Fordham, 7—The Queensmen continued to show improvement as they downed the Rams, 13-7. Signal-caller Don Dreier did a good job for the vic tors in his first varsity start. Rice, 21, Pitt 13 —Pitt made more fir s t downs and gained more yardage through the air, but still lost 21-13. Rice scored two six-pointers in the final four minutes of play to pull the inter sectional clash out of the fire. Bob Bestwick again was the star for the Panthers as he completed 13 of 27 passes to set a new total yardage record at Pitt. In 32nd Year Harry Robb, of Pittsburgh, who officiates in the pro league, is now in his 32nd year as a football arbiter. The former Penn State star, now a member of his alma mater's athletic advisory board, estimates he has officiated in more than 600 high school, col lege and pro games. By JAKE HIGHTON tive—Nittany soph Robert "Red" Hollen will score high in final placings. Red is consistency per sonified. Nothing perturbs this bespec tacled redhead. Against an excel lent Army team this season many of the older Lion runners tighten ed up. Not Red. He ran his usual fine race to finish fifth, and sec ond for the Lions. Just last Saturday against NYU, Red had a badly sprained ankle, but he still strode past the finish fourth and again second for State. The "bad day" . every athlete gets seldom hits Red. Every race this fall he has finished no 'worse than fourth and in the first var sity x-country race he ever ran he took second against Pitt. Termed "most dependable" by his coach, Chick Werner, Red was consistent in high school too. At hometown Williamsport, where Red holds the school x country course record, he finished third in the PIAA in both his junior and senior years. Eye-opening Victory On • the' cinders too, Red has shown plenty. Although his Wil liamsport and now Penn State buddy Pete Judd beat Red by a stride in the District IV mile their senior year, Red came back in the State meet to nudge Pete for seventh place. Red's time of 4:33 was better than the Wil liamsport school record. Last spring in the All-Penn State track meet Red romped to an eye-opening 9:47.4 two mile victory which just fell shy of Jerry Ka,rver's frosh record of 9:46.1 set, in 1942. Best Years Ahead An incident in the NYU meet gave an excellent insight to the character of the extremely friend ly and good-natured Red. Coming toward the crest of the long hill for the last time before heading for the stadium, a well-wisher urged Red to catch the two New Yorkers just ahead who were "tired out." The likeable redhead honestly retorted, "I'm tired too." Although Red doubtless has his best running years still ahead of him, he has already had an ath letic thrill which will linger for a long while. It was during the Michigan State Homkoming Day meet when Beaver Field was packed with 30,000 fans. Despite his sweating, Red "shivered" at the roar from the crowd as he, Dud Foster and Jack Horner dashed swiftly to the tape in a three-way tie for fourth. Flying Doctor: After comple tion of his lower division require ments, Red plans to begin study for a medical career . . . He is a Phi Delta Theta who just turned 19 yesterday . . . Red is 5' 11" and at good running weight at 140 . . . His best fan is a younger brother who runs for Williams port harriers, just as Red did, and who doesn't miss a home meet that Red runs in. (47:41 -lot p 4.21, OVh./ ~ivss . -14 • . 4 6 <c.„ ' 0ct.25 to Nov i ', BE ON TIME • BE IN STYLE Oat& ikee/ur, ataa4 MOYER WATCH SHOP REPAIRING JEWELRY 105 S. Pugh St. State College, Pa No Bad Days Booters to Hit Stretch in Clash with Tarheels Penn State will enter the home stretch of its soccer schedule when it clashes with a tough North Carolina squad on the baseball field Saturday morning. North Carolina . has -a 3-0 seasonal record. The Lions tuned up for the tilt with a 5-0 exhibition win over a fOreign campus team Saturday. IM Boxing Entries Due Tomorrow Eight weight-divisions are open from 121-pound cl as s through the unlimited class in this year's IM boxing tourney in both the fraternity and in- - dependent brackets. Entries close at 4:30 p.m. to morrow. Each individual must enter himself by calling per sonally at the IM office in Rec Hall, to pick up a physical examination card specifying his weight class. A spokesman can not enter a team; it must be done by the individual. Separate competition will be provided for both the frater nity an d independent divi sions. Former champions can not compete in the weight di vision in which they had pre viously won. They must move up one weight class. Writers Choose Backs of Week NEW YORK, Nov. -6—(R)—lf you were a college football coach, how'd you like to have a 21:13- pound fullback who averaged 7.4 yards, per carry and a linebacker who called defensive signals, knocked down passes and made most of the tackles? You could have both of these paragons if you wanted the Asso ciated Press' backs of the week— 011ie Matson of San Francisco and Keith Flowers of Texas Christian. Matson, a sprinter who has run 100 yards in 9.6 seconds and goes almost as fast in football clothes, ripped Santa 'Clara's defenses apart as he led the undefeated Dons to a 26-7 victory. Flowers, on the other hand, spent Satur day afternoon chilling the Baylor offense in CU's 20-7 upset vic tory. Pass Masters Passing aces of the Penn State football team, both sophomores, are Tony Rados, of Steelton, Pa., and Bob Szajna, of Reading, Pa. "AZI d i i 1t 7, 7 The contest was played in cold weather and was marred by slip pery gro'und. The Lions might well hope for the same type of weather come Saturday. North Carolina would be at a disadvantage in a match featuring near-freezing, raw wea ther. A warm day, however, would probably help the Tar heels, as a combination of that and a good club could swing the tide in favor of the Southerners. Coach Bill Jeffrey's charges will be seeing their fourth win of the season against .one loss (Army) and a tie (Navy). The Nittany Lions will also be after their third series victory over North Carolina. State won 3-2 here in 1949, and repeated with a 3-0 conquest last year at Chapel Hill. .North Carolina's record this season compares more favorably than State's. North Carolina has yet to lose in three matches, hav ing knocked off Duke, North Carolina State, and Virginia. The Tarheels have a big game- corn ing up with Maryland before they take on .Penn State. State beat Maryland earlier, 1-0. NCAA Relaxes Television Grip EAST LANSING, Mich., Nov. 6 —(r 3 )—Yielding to mounting pres sure, the NCAA eased its rigid television rules for the first time today to permit Detroit station WWJ-TV to screen Saturday's Notre Dame - Michigan State game. , The welcome word of :the NC AA's change of heart was received here by Michigan State athletic di rector Ralph Young in a telephone call from NCAA officials‘ in New York:- The populous Detroit area applied the pressure by swamp ing WWJ-TV with demands to see the week's "big game." Irate viewers pointed out that the game had been sold out for months. On the Road Penn State's football team will hit the road for its last two games against Rutgers and the University of Pittsburgh.
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