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.
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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.