THURSDAY, OC"thpER 2, 1952
Ifrosh Team Shows
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•By DICK McDOWELL
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iI Even if the freshman football squad was not to play a game - all
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year, come next fall it would, in any case, tie ready to move up to
•!' varsity competition.
Coach Earl Bruce's lads have been getting some real experience
in the past three weeks, scrimmaging against the varsity crew. And,
what is more important, the Nittany juniors have been giving Rip
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Engle's squad some tough competition. - ,
I It probably isn't bothering Engle, though, to, see the frosh giving
1 his team such,stiff workouts. Besides helping the varsity, the rugged
freshman play thus far, should be giving Engle some satisfaction
' 1 as to future 'plans. He's the one who will evenutally receive the
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dividends.
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it's not hard to see why the freshman squad has been looking so
A: good. Bruce has a host of big linemen, and a group of backs that
would make - any coach happy. Halfback Lenny Moore has been
raising a lot of eyebrows with his swift, shifty ball carrying, and
4 quarterbacks Bob Hoffman and Walt Hochberg have shown them
selves exceptionally well.
Defensively, Bob Allen has been outstanding, and Frank Reich
k. has been looking "very good" at center. Guards, Dick Bobo, and
Bob Pegues have been the biggest mainstays in Bruce's line.
The frosh are only scheduled for two games this season. They
- will meet the University of Pennsylvania, and Annapolis freshman
squads.
Play 2 Games
fl y Bruce is making no indications of a - starting eleven as yet. The
frosh mentor is trying to give, everyone a chance to show him, as
' well as Engle, who is keeping close tabs, whether he is Penn State
ail varsity material or not.
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In regards to their games with Penn and Navy, Bruce doesn't
have much to say. Not much is known about the two squads. But
a sound guess that both schools will field strong ball clubs.
Penn is in the midst of a rebuilding program, and it is likely to
have a group of outstanding freshmen at hand this year. As far as
kft - Navy goes, the Middies are always tough, and this year should be
no exception.
The Lions .will meet Penn on Nov. 1, probably in the morn
,raing, preceding the varsity clash. The following week, the frosh
travel to Annapolis to take on the plebes.
'") Champion Fireballs Win
IM Grid Opener, 20-0
By 808 DUNN
The Fireballs, 1951 Independent touch football champs, opened
defense of their title last night by scoring an impressive 20-0 win
over the Nincompoops in the first of four games.
In other games, the Crusaders scored a 1-0 overtime win. over
the Grayrnen, the Blue Streaks defeated the Polecats 6-0, and in
the lone fraternity clash of the
evening, KDR edged Alpha Sig-
ma Phi, 1-0.
I The Fireballs proved that they
'l4 l again will be hard to stop by
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displaying a great one-two punch
in Walt Laska and Dave Eskey.
Ll' .Just before the first half ended,
- Iskey caught a punt on the Nin
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coinpopp.43 yard lineand prompt
, ly threw a long.pass to Laska, who
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stepped across for the first Fire
ball score. Laska passed to Russ
Miller for the extra point.
4\ ;, Early in the second half, BilL
Strazynski inter cepted a Nin
compoop pass and raced to the
enemy 15. This time it was Laska
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the extra point with an end run.
The champ's- final score "came
ka going 18 yards on a fake pass
play. A pass for the extra point
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nske
ailed.
Eotyatshsiengscore end,.
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just as the game ended, with Las
' The Crusaders victory came in
an overtime thriller. On the
fourth play of the extra session,
\aerie Cooper passed to Jim. Lap
rrioving the ball across the
The Graymen were unable
move the ball back into Cru
'er territory.
'he game was a hard fought
Insive battle throughout, with
staying around the middle
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of the field. The Crusaders made
the deepest penetration of regu
lation time early in the second
half. They got possession of the
ball on the Graymen 18 when
the latter had too many men on
the field on fourth down. Laßue
Fritz, who ran well all night,
moved the ball to the ten, but
here the drive stalled.
The Blue Streaks scored the
winning touchdown late in the
ball game. From the Streaks own
40 Angie Manolas passed to Al
Smith on the Polecat's 25 yard
line. Then •Manolas passed to Don
Sweeney, who made a fine catch
in the end zone. A pass attempt
for the extra was batted down.
The Polecats deepest penetra
tion was early in the second half,
when they - recovered a fumble on
the Blue Streaks 25. Here, the
Streaks defense tightened an d
the winners took over on downs.
In KDR's triumph, the winners
moved the ball a foot and a half
past midfield on the first over
time play. The ball stayed there
as five subsequent pass ,plays
failed. •
TONIGHT'S SCHEDULE: 7
p.m. Joe's Boys vs Dorm 13;
7:45 p.m. .Beaver House vs
C.A.'s; 8:30 p.m. ID or m 26 vs
Lumberjacks;' 9:15 p.m: Sigma
Pi vs Alpha Phi Delta.
FRIDA. STERN
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLITAIIDK
Tackle Stew Scheetz . . .
Told to Quit High School Team
"I'm sorry Stew, but you just
don't have what it takes to play
on my eleven," the coach said to
the tall,' stocky candidate who
had missed another tackle.
The young lad felt something
tighten up inside and pretended
he didn't hear what the coach had
said. That was some ten years
ago . . .
Today, anyone who has watched
Stewart Scheetz, Nittany Lion
defensive tackle, carry out his
tackling assignments on the gri..
turf would find it,hard to believe
that ( a few years back he wasn!t
good enough to make his high
school football team.
Soon after that high school in
cident, Scheetz joined the Army
and that's where this story takes
its form.
One fall afternoon in 19 4 6
Scheetz decided to try out for the
base football team. It was a smart
move at / that, for he made this
team and it was better than the
one in high school.
Declared Ineligible
Following his discharge from
the service in '47, he entered
Temple University an d played
freshman football for a while. Af
ter a few months, he decided that
city life wasn't for him, so he
transferred to State.
When the '5O grid season rolled
around, Scheetz was declared in
eligible because' of the trans
fer ruling which states that an
athlete who switches schools is
ineligible for varsity competition
until one year foll owing the
change.
Stew didn't mind it, however.
In fact, he related to us, "It was
probably the best thing that ever
happened to me. I got plenty of
experience in those daily scrim
mages. It's really helped me to
day."
The following campaign he es
tablished himself as a regular on
State's line and has been playing
regularly ever since.
Coach Rip Engle has decided to
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reserve Scheetz principally for
defense. As was evidenced in
State's first two games this year,
his defensive work played a ma
jor role in halting the opposition's
touchdown-minded backs.
Big and Fast
Standing 6-2 and weighing 228,
he's big and tough. Enemy line
men have discovered that they
can't move him on defense or get
around him as was demonstrated
in the Army game two seasons
ago.
Despite his size, he's quick and
well-coordinated. Stew's greatest
thrill in intercollegiate football
was in the Nebraska game two
years ago, when he recovered a
fumble and ran 15 yards toward
State's goal line before he was
pulled down.
"Everyone kept yelling to me
to lateral the ball," he said. "I
guess I looked like a slow freight
coming around the bend."
His 2.43 All-College aver age
plus his phenomenal f eats of
r 4 --ngth on the field have
the Cleveland Browns of
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BODY CONTACTS : . . senior ..
member of Sigma Nu . . . married
. . . likes to work with oil paints
. . . 25 years old.
Formerly Coached
Ralph Ricker, newly-appointed
special . assistant in the School of
Physical Education and Athletics,
formerly coached football at Dick
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