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Sports Thru
The Lion's Eye
3y JAKE lIIGHTON
':..ollegian Sports Editor
the football season three games old and Penn State still
L: Le snooty "300 Club" of the unbeaten, you might expect Nittany
,ach Rip Engle to be wreathed in smiles. But Engle, cousin to
rotre Dame's Frank "Jeremiah" Leahy, is a foresighted man who
no u.7e for the past—even if it shows State with a 20th ranking
the AP polls. Instead of dwelling in the pleasant past of the
. ur:ent campy cm, the Ripper is peering apprehensively into the
pure.
T:le monsters Engle sees ahead on the Nittany schedule make
him unmindful of the "good c,-arnas" State has turned in during
the past thrce vnekend.s. And, you can't blame the Ripper for
n4:4 smiling. The worsi is yet to come.
This v‘reekend the Lions take on a West Virginia team which
hasn't minded its own business during the first two games because
they had State on the brain—an obsession to upset the Lions. The
next week it is unbeaten Nebraska and Bobby Reynolds. Enough
said. Then it's the number tWo team in the nation, Michigan State,
Aga:n enough said. After the Spartans, it is Penn which tied bet
tcr-than-most-peoole-think Notre Dame. Still trouble, in order, is
Syracuse which dumped Temple- 27-o—far more convincing than
the Lions' win over the Owls.
Disregarding what's ahead from a coachly pessimistic viewpoint
a three game appraisal of the Lion Er,ricidArs looks like this:
Primn Sta 4 hay a mi7lity good football loam. Saturday's 3S-23
win over William & Mary was the clincher. After opining un
impressively with a 20-13 win over Temple, State played tre
mendous football to tie powerful Purdue. 20-20. Yet, it mi-?ht have
been 1. 1- tat the LioTTT, simply were "up" for Purdue. But T.A . 7.23 tee
Nittßnres roared from behind—and often—for the third straight
week against W&M, ev3n non-rartirans :ruse admit the Lions
are especially strong.
Perhaps the biggest secret of the Nittany date is the
powerful offense which gives one the feeling it can respond when
tr2ces3ary. Six point deficits seem Lice nothing at almost any point
in the game.
The defense too is improving all the time and can really hit as
evidenced by the second half of tie W&M game when it stalled the
powerful Indian offensive.
Certainly it is far too early to start crow:nq because a rough
schedule remains. However, the 1952 gridders will certainly give
a heroic account of themselves from here on in; they probably will
not lose by more than one touchdown; and,may even upset Michi
'gan State or Penn—or both.
One thing noticeable about the Nittany attack this year is that
the Engle winged-T seems to be completely absorbed into the grid
dors' systems. State's offense has been varied and deceptive this
season in contrast to the plodding, hit-the-line game when first in
troduced. The W&M game was a case in point. Twice quarterback
Tony Rados engineered fakes for touchdowns on beautiful deceiver
plays
Late in the third period, trailing 16=14, State drove to the W&M
22. There Rados leaped high into the air, faked his favorite jump
pass to Arnelle, and dropped to
the ground. With the entire In
dian secondary sucked in. Rados
flipped to Bob Pollard who was
so unguarded it looked like State
pulled the old sleeper play.
Then in the fourth quarter
with the ball on the W&M
seven. State pulled another
razzle-dazzler. Rados faked a
handoff to versatile Matt Yano
sich who not only plays full
back and halfback but acts like
a Barrymore. Matty dived into
the line so realistically that no
one saw Pete Shopa taking a
reverse until he was barrelling
into the end zone.
All season two unsung Nittany heros, offensive center Jim Doo
ley and defensive gl:lard Don Barney, have been playing tremendous
games but naturally without the headlines because of the nature
of their jobs. However, the sometimes short arm of justice caught
up with Barney last week with a tribute which one can never forget.
A Boalsburg girl about to enter junior high school wrote - the fol
lowing on a card:
Dear Don Barney, number 60,
I come to see you play every Saturday. I think
you are wonderful. Please send me a picture . . .
X XXX
Such an admirer couldn't have failed to miss the play in the
second quarter of the W&M game which is so typical of Barney.
W&zl'[ was chawing off huge chunks of yardage. With a first down
on the State 20, Tom Koller suddenly .spetn loose around end and
wa3 on his way to glory when Barney, blocked at the line, came
from behind to drop Koller at the one-yard line.
W&M POST MORTEMS: The pass p.:oteclion for Rados and
Bob Seajna was so good that the ends and backs could have run
all day to get loose . . . Beaver Field is really seeing the pro:.
First Samuels, then Mioduszewski and Reynolds to come ... Engle
commended tackle Rosey Gr:er, safety Man Jack Sherry, guard
Pete Schoderbek, guard Don Shank, and Yanosich.
Gs if Wins Golf
PHIADELPHIA (W)—G eor g e
C.•;E:n Jr., Green Valley pro, ves
t Joy w n the Pennsylvania
0).. , n Go - .f championship, defeat
ama:-.7.ur Arnold Palmer of
L•,Liol;e in an 18 hole playoff.
Wees - f;ers to Meet
The first meeting of last
y.:ar's returning men, candi-
C:ltes, and managers for the
1252-53 vars;ty wrestling team
will be held 7:30 tonight at
315 Sparks, according to head
wrestling manager William
Winterburn.
W- s±iinq films w'll be shown
at th e meting, Winterburn
sa.E.
Don Barney
* *
Chatter . . .
Tackle Warren Spragg of the
Spartans is a co-holder of, the
college intramural doubles tumb
ling championship.
Bert Zaers, Michigan State
right halfback from Cadillac,
is called the "penguin" by his
teammates because of his north
ern Michigan origin.
Michigan State will meet Mar
quette Nov. 22, resuming a series
dating back to 1909.
Soph Led Hitters
A sophomore, Hubie Kline, of
Dc: - :ton, was Penn States leading
el...iring the 1952 baseball
campaign.
'ft-IE FATLY COT,T.WITP.N. STATE COLT:010r. PrNNSYLVANIA
e •th Big Problem
To Lion Harriers
With the season opener against Cornell only four days away, Coach Chick Werner is
faced with the problem of getting enough balance in his 12-man starting cross-country
lineup.
At this late date, just whom Werner will send against the Big Red cro-country
team is a tough question to answer.
Gym, Soccer Get
New Manager, Ass't
Lloyd Hartsough has re
placed Allan Wampler as man
ager of gymnastics and Nor
bert Solden has replaced Ron
ald Wint as first assistant man
ager in soccer, according to
H a r old R. Gilbert, graduate
manager of athletics. Both re
placements were due to regis
nations.'
Leahy Beats Heat
CHICAGO--,lt now comes out
how Coach Frank Leahy of Notre
Dame first beat i the heat and then
Texas, in that order.
For the first time in the his
tory of the school, Notre Dame
players wore light, sleeveless T
shirts in a game. Before game
time they were ordered just to
jog around the field, no running.
Pith helmets were worn on the
bench and the boys looked like a
bunch of jungle hunters sitting
there. In contrast, Leahy wore a
10 gallon sombrero that was giv
en him by Texas greeters.
Ezzard to Fight
CINCINNATI—Ezzard Charles,
who at 31 still hopes to regain
the world's heavyweight cham
pionship, resumes his ring career
here tonight against Bernie -4.ey
nolds, of Fairfield, Conn.
Frosh oast Kicking Specialist
By DICK IvIcDOWELL
As Earl Bruce's freshman squad
went through its paces at one end
of the Beaver Field practice area,
a lone figure stood at the opposite
end intently plac,e kicking a foot
ball through the uprights of a
✓ooden goal post.
Larry Shenk, the latest addi
tion to the freshman contingent,
- -as doing just that, too. With
each swift stroke of his right leg,
the pigskin sailed high and true,
splitting the uprights.
At first glance, most people
wouldn't notibe anything peculiar
about his form in kicking,. but
with close inspection;it becomes
On the basis of Monday night's time trials, it's safe to assume that Captain Jack
Horner, Lamont Smith, Red Hot=
len, Jim Hamill, John Chilrud,
and possibly Stan Lindner have
definitely clinched starting berths.
Reviewing Monday's time ses
rsiOn, one will remember that the
six harriers previously_mentioned
arm:axed the scheduled five mile
run in a pack finish. Their time
Was 27.27.
In the four-mile ,clocking a week
ago, all except Lindner placed in
the first five. '
This is where Werner's depth
problem crops up. / -
In cross-country running th e
team score is determined by to
taling the points scored by the
first five men of each team to
finish. The team scoring the small
est number of points is the w:n-
Tier.
Sports
; riefs
Larry Shank
* * *
Big Five?
Although the sixth and seventh
runners of a squad to finish don't
score points towards their team's
total, their places, if better than
those of any of the first five of
the opposing team, serve to in
prease the score of the opponents.
If, Werner's big five, so to speak,
cloesn't run up to par, the poss:-
bility of his other hopefuls com
ing through remains a big ques
tion mark.
Standing - at the finish line mid
way on the cinder track Monday
night, we noticed that as the six
men crossed the line, they still
seemed strong.
The reason for this was that
before the trials Werner told his
veterans to take it easy ,so that
the other candidates might keep
up with them and also gauge their
pace.
As a result, the first six fin
ishers, who are all lettermen,
didn't give "an accurate account!
of just what they actually could,
do over the five-mile course.
obvious that he has the use of
only one arm—but yet the ball
sails accurately with every kick.
And thus is introduced, Larry
Shenk, who suffered from , par
alysis in his left arm as a child,
leaving it withered, and wh o
loves football so' much that he
fought to get permission to play
for Penn State. And now that he
has his opportunity, he has al
ready started to show both Bruce
and Rip ,Engle that he is going
to be a big help in coming foot
ball seasons.'
Larry's football career started
with Carlisle High School in Car
lisle, Pa., where served as a place
kicker. With Carlisle, he soon
gained the reputation of being one
of the finest high school kicking
"specialists" in that part of the
state.
In 1951, "The Thundering Herd"
from Carlisle won the South Penn
conference, with Larry's accurate
toe adding 18 points to th 4 grid
ders' offensive point total. His
season total was 25, but his 18
placements in conference play
were enough to lead the league.
Then .came. Penn. State, and
Larry's first thought was to con
tinue where he had left off, kick.;
ing extra points for -Bruce's squad.
But Dr. A. H. Greiss, the team
physician said no. He refused to
allow Larry, because of his phy
sical handicap, to participate in
football.
Finally, • after his family and
high school coach, Ken Miller, had
written letters to Engle, Bruce,
and the doctor, Larry was final
ly given permission.
It's not hard• to see why the
booting frosh is so successful with
his kicks. His 5'9", 160 pound
frame tapers down to display a
pair of solid, muscular legs that
work like pistons, when he toes
the pigskin.
With only a week's work be
hind him, Larry is already cut
ting the uprights at 25 yards, but
=:e expects to hit from 40 yards
out with a little more work. His
WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 8, 1952
OM Deadline
Entries for intramural swim
ming must be filed at the In
tramural of f ice, Recreat'on
Hall, by 4:30 p.m. today, the
IM office has announced.
Collegiate
Chatter
Don McAuliffe, Michigan
Slate's football captain and left
halfback, scored nine touch
downs in 1951 covering only 34
yards. 13is first score this cam
paign was a 70-yard run aga:nst
Michigan. •
Two former Michigan State All-
American footballers were named
the two most valuable players in
the six-year history of the Ha
waiian Hula Bowl football game.
They are halfback Sonny Granda-:
lius in 1951, and tackle Don Cole
man in 1952.
Ralph H. Young, Michigan
State's direct or of athletes,
played football under Amos
Alonzo Stagg and Fielding H.
Yost.
Billy Wells, a key performer in
the Spartan's "L ig h t Brigade"
backfield, has been nicknamed the
"Menominee Meteor" by I sports
writers.
Last year the Spartans' foot
ball forces ranked 11th in the
country defensively, allowing
only 109.6 yards a game.
longest kick was a 45 yard place
inent.
The likeable gridder is living
at Irvin Hall. He's a journalism
student, and - while in high school,
he served as sports editor on the
school paper. He won the 1952
Geor g e E. Graff journalism
scholarship given by the college.
Whether he develops as expect
ed, or not, is another question.
But by the basis of the perform
ances he has given thus far in
his young college career, his fu
ture as a Penn State kicking
"specialist" looks pretty bright.
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