WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1952 Coming Attractions FOOTBALL Sept. 20 Temple (Jiome) Sept. 27 Purdue (home) Oct. 4 William & Mary (home. Band Day) Oct. 11 West Virginia (away) Oct. 18 Nebraska (home. Alumni Homecoming) Oct. 25 Michigan. State (away) Nov. 1 Pennsylvania- (away) Nov. 8 Syracuse (away) f Nov. 15 Rutgers (home) Nov. 22 Pittsburgh (away) SOCCER Oct. 4 Bucknell (home) Oct. 11 Maryland (home) Oct. 18 Navy (home) Oct. 25 Colgate (home) Nov; 1 Army (home) Nov. 8 North Carolina (away) Nov. 10 Duke (away) Nov. 15 Temple (away) Nov. 22 Penn (away) CROSS-COUNTRY Oct. 11 Cornell (away) Oct. 18 Army'(home) Oct. 25 Michigan State (away) Nov. 1 New York University (away) Nov. 8 Manhattan (home) Nov. 17 Intercollegiates (New York City) Nov. 24 National championship (East Lansing, Mich.) Magazine Picks Grid All-Stars Eight southern players dom inate the first two teams of the seventh annual pre-season America football selections, “an nounced in the current' issue of Sport Magazine. - The remaining 14 are scattered almost equally among other sections of the coun try. The magazine’s “crystal ball” all-America includes these play ers: -FIRST TEAM: Ends Ed Bak er, Michigan; Frank McPh e e, Princeton; Tackles Bill Fores ter, Southern Methodist; Dick Modzelewski, Maryland; Guards Nick Chickillo, Miami; Marvin Matuszak, Tulsa; Center Tom Catlin, Oklahoma; Backs Har ry Agganis, Boston .University; Bobby Marlow, Alabama; Paul Giel, Minnesota; Johnny Olszew ski, California. SECOND TEAM: Ends Ed Barker, Washington State; Harry Babcock, Georgia; Tackles Ed Meadows, Duke; Doug Atkins, Tennessee; Guards Bill Athey, Baylor; Chet Millett, Holy Cross; Center - George Morris, Georgia Tech; Backs John Scarbarth, Maryland; Bobby Reynolds, Ne braska'; Paul Cameron, UCLA; Alan Ameche, Wisconsin. HONORABLE MENTION: Ends —Jesse Arnelle ,Penn State; Ed Bell, Pennsylvania; Don Stein brunner, W ashington State; Tackles Charlie LaPradd, Flor ida; Jim Prewett, Tulsa; Bob Kennedy, Wisconsin; Norm Ma noogain, Stanford; Brad Glass, Princeton; Centers Jack Little, Texas A&M; Don Rhoden, Rice; Dick Tamburo, Michigan State; Backs Don Heinrich, Washing ton; Zeke Bratkowski, Georgia; John Lattner, Notre Dame; Billy Hair, Clemson; Anday Kozar, Tennessee; 'Ray McKowp, Texas Christian; Joe Varaitis, Pennsyl vania; Gib Dawson, Texas; Bill Whelan, Cornell, Bill Tate. The TAVERN WED., SEPT. V 10 SPAGHETTI CALVES LIVER and ONIONS BAKED MEAT LOAF MIXED SEAFOOD PLATTER 8 & 12-oz. PRIME SIRLOIN STEAKS DINNER 5-7:30 p.m. Reservations after 6:30 Lion Grid Board of Directors Ji " V £■ , f . HEAD COACH RIP ENGLE, kneeling front right, is surrounded by the rest of his staff of brains behind the Nitiariy football brawn. Standing left to right are Joe Paierno, Brown University, '5O; Jim O'Hora, Penn' State, '36; Frank Patrick, Pitt, '3B, Sever Toretti, Penn State, '39; and A 1 Lion Grid By TED SOENS As the 1952 Nittany gridders begin their long football season, the fans will start to compare past records of Penn State teams. First on the record sheet will be the bowl games the Rose Bowl in January 1923 and the Cotton Bowl in January 1948. For the Pasadena contest, State met the powerful West Coast Cham pions, Southern Cal, in a 14 to 3 contest in favor of the Trojans. Then 25 years later, an untied, unbeaten Nittany eleven led by such greats as All-American Sam my Tamburo and “Punchy” Ro gel, journeyed to Dallas, Texas for a 13-13 tie with the Southern Methodist Mustangs. That 1947 team with All-Amer ican Steve Suhey, set defensive records which still stand as the best in the nation; their oppon ents made the fewest rushing THE DAILY* COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA History Shows 8 AU-Americans yards per game, 17.0, and the few est rushing yards per play, 0.64. Other NCAA records set by the Lions were four pass defe ns e marks and the most yards per kickoff return set at 52.2 yards by Chuck Peters in 1940. Annually a stand-out in pass defense, (seventh in the nation last year) Penn State set these records in 1938: fewest passing yards per game by opponents 13.1; fewest yards per opponents pass attempt 1.78; fewest passes com pleted by opponents, 10; and the lowest percentage completed by opponents, 16.9. The 1920 edition of Lion foot ballers went wild on the gridiron and ran up the highest score ever set by a Penn State eleven. With a running attack spear-headed by Charley Way, a fleet halfback se- ZS&SZ.7 t»tim((»(rth<*»«« Michaels. Penn Stale. '34. Joe Bedenfc, kneeling front left, is no longer with the coaching staff and frosh coach Earl Bruce was absent for the picture. Engle is a graduate of Western Maryland. The Lion football , team opens its season against Temple Saturday. Sept. 20, on Beaver Field. lected as All-American by Walter Camp, the Lions literally crushed a’ hapless Lebanon Valley team, 109-7. This 1920 team, also helped to set a modern win streak record for Penn State, for between the years 1919-1924 the Lions had their longest win streak at home at 29 games. Between those years, the foot ball world saw such All-Ameri cans as Bob Higgins, end in 1919; Charley Way; "Glenn Killinger, quarterback in 1921; and Joe Be PAGE ELEVEN" v <- ** : v'vrH*vijpis4} denk, guard in 1923. Both Higgins and Bedenk came back to their Alma Mater as coaches, Bob as football coach till 1948, and Joe as baseball coach. Other Penn State All-Americans include W. T. “Mother” Duim, fa mous center of the 1906 team; and Leon Gajecki, also a center, on the 1940 eleven. The longest unbeaten string was set at 30 games between 1919 and 1922. The record was 25 wins and five ties. Navy finally broke the string in 1922 with a 14-0 win. 'f **>&*
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