The daily collegian. (University Park, Pa.) 1940-current, December 13, 1951, Image 7

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    PDAY, DER , 19, 1951
The Nittany Realm
A quick . glance at the new winter sports schedules recently
released reveals that Penn Staters are going to be somewhat
starved for home sports entertainment this season.
The old Saturday night "doubleheaders" which became so
popular among students 'have dwindled to only two, a , wrestling
boxing doubl e go with Syracuse Feb. 16, and a boxing-basketball
treat with Virginia and Pitt March
1-
Fans Will; however, get a chance
to• witness two pokf-sea§on at
tractions at Rec Hall. Penn State
will play host
to the Eastern
I n t e rcollegiate
foxingchamp
ionships Friday
an d Saturday.
March 7 and 8,
and tryouts for
the U.S. Olympic
gymnastics team
will be held here
April 25-26.
Only the gymnastics team will
compete in more dual meets at
hoine than away. The gymnasts
have three home meets with
North Carolina, Navy, and Syra
cuse, while traveling to Army
and Temple, to Syracuse for the
intercollegiates, and to Boulder,
Col. for the nationals.
The boxing team has an abre
viated schedule, with home meets
against Syracuse and Virginia,
and away contests with Catholic
U., Army, and Wisconsin. The
national boxing tournament will
be held this year in Madison, Wis.,
home of the Badgers.
The wrestling team will per
form, before the home folks four •
times, while taking to the road
for five matches. At home the
matmen will face Virginia, Pitt,
SyraCuse, and Coinell, and will
travel to Lehigh, Maryland,
Army, Navy, and Princeton.
The intercollegiates will be held
Bill McColl Selected
'Lineman of Year'
NEW YORK, Dec. 12—(JP)---
Bill McColl, Stanford's 225-pound
end, was named the lineman of
the year today, in the Associated
Press season-end poll of sports
writers and sportscasters.
McColl, picked on the A.P. All-
America offensive team, played a
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By 808 VOSBURG
Assistant Sports Editor
in Bethlehem with Lehigh the
host, and the Nationals will be
in Colorado.
The basketball team faces a
rough-15-game road card, includ
ing the Steel Bowl attraction in
Pittsburgh during the Christmas
holidays. The cagers have an
'especially hazardous time ahead
of them - when they take to the
road for six straight games be
ginning with Pitt at PittSburgh
Jan. 19 and ending Feb. 6 at
Morgantown, W.Va. where they
will meet the Mountaineers.
They have another rough trip
in February when- they trek to
Kingston, R.I. to play Rhode
Island State to begin a five
away-game stand ending in
Syracuse. The cagers longest
home stand is a three-game one
with contests scheduled for
Jan. 5, 10, and 12 against Col
gate, Syracuse, and' Carnegie
Tech.
Penn Staters do, however, have
a big treat in store for next fall
when the Lion football team will
undertake a ten-game schedule
including five home contests. The
first three games, Sept. 20 and 27
and Oct. 4 against Temple, Pur
due, and William & Mary are
home games. The Lions also will
meet Nebraska here Oct. 18 and
Rutgers here Nov. 15. Away
games will see them journey to
West Virginia, Michigan State,
Penn. Syracuse, and Pitt.
superlative game all season in
helping Stanford win the Pacific
Coast Conference championship
and the Rose Bowl spot against
Illinois.
Big Bill from San Diego gained
17 votes of the 103 cast. The 21-
year-cld, six foot four inch wing
man was termed the "greatest
lineman I have ever seen" by his
coach, Chuck Taylor
TIM DAILY COLLEGTOT, STATE cop.xm, PENNSYLVANIA
Pitt Delays Naming Grid Coach
Until Field House Dedication
PITTSBURGH, Dec. 12—VP)—
The University of Pittsburgh's
athletic committee put off nam
ing a , new head football coach
until after Saturday when dedi
cation ceremonies of a $1,300,000
field house are planned.
The committee met briefly yes
herday and received a r e p or t
from Tom Hamilton, athletic di
rector, that 50 job candidates
have applied. Hamilton piloted
the Pitt team this year as tem
porary coach after Len Casanova
resigned.
The eight man committee re
cessed without commenting on
the selection of a new coach.
Hamilton, however, said:
"The attractiveness of the job
seems to have increased since we
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Pitt ended its season with a
21-7 victory over Miami in Flor
ida, making it three straight wins
after losing the first seven games
of the season.
Hamilton declined comment on
any individual's chance of landing
the job. He said earlier prefer
ence will be shown Pitt grad
uates now in the coaching field.
Lehigh First Mat Rival
Lehigh, a traditional rival, will
be the first team to oppose Penn
State's Eastern championship
wrestling team this season. These
two mat rivals will come to grips
in the Lion opener at Bethlehem
Jan. 5.
NEWLY ARRIVED
Ted Shattuck
Ranks Eighth
In Rushing
Penn State halfback Ted Shat
tuck finished eighth in the East
in rushing offense according to
statistics released by the Eastern
College Athletic Association.
Shattuck gained 579 yards in
135 attempts in nine Lion foot
ball games.
Two Bucknell gridders finished
one-two in the rushing statistics.
Brad Meyers copped the crown
with 1069 yards while his team
mate Burt Talmage' finished sec
ond with 1025.
The Lions, as a team, came out
fifth in rushing offense and fourth
in passing defense. In nine games,
Coach Rip Engle's gridders rush
ed for 1867 yards, an average of
207.4 per game.
In pass defense, Penn State al
lowed 60 completions out of 130
attempts. Boston U., a Lion op
ponent, finished ahead of State
in - both departments.
Bucknell was first in rushing
offense with 2909 yards gained in
nine games for an average of
323.2 per game. Columbia was
first in pass defense, allowing
only 50 completions in 141 at
tempts for low average of 78
yards per contest.
INDIVIDUAL
RUSHING OFFENSE
G Rushes Yds.
Meyers, Bucknell 9 171 1069
Talmage, Bucknell 9 160 1025
Kastan, Boston U 10 133 886
Kazmaier, Princeton 9 149 861
Kryla, Lehigh 9 111 732
Massucco, Holy ,Cross 10 143 698
Varaitis, Penn 9 148 616
SHATTUCK, Penn State 9 135 579
Dubar, Lafayette 8 126 562
Luciani, West Virginia 10 105 523
TEAM
RUSHING OFFENSE
Per
G Yds. Game
Bracknell 9 2909 323.2
Princeton 9 2604 289.3
Holy Cross 10 2766 276.6
Boston U. 10 2157 215.7
PENN STATE 9 1867 207.4
PASSING DEFENSE
Columbia
Lehigh
Boston U.
PENN STATE
Brown
AGE SEVEN
Yds. per
PC Game
50 78.0
67 79.0
60 85.3
60 88.8
60 89.6
G PA
8 141
9 157
, 0 178
9 130
9 119