THURSDAY, OCTOBER' 16, 1952 Runners Eye Army Lions Draw Tough Test Saturday Cornell was an easy oppo nent 'for Penn State’s cross country corps to outrun last Saturday, but Xh i s weekend the opposition takes the form 1 of one of the best teams in the East. Coach Chick Werner’s once-, victorious harriers will draw their toughest assignment of the season Saturday afternoon when they race mighty 'Army over the Beaver Field golf course. Of all the teams on the 1952 card, nrobably no other squad has inflicted more abrupt woe to Werner and company than the Cadets. A year ago Werner boasted of a remarkable log that dated back ( to 1949. During that time, State’s hill-and-dale team had run up a string of nine ■ consecutive dual victories, plus intercollegiate arid national championships. Shea Wins It was the Lions’ first away - meet of the ’5O campaign. Up to that time, the Blue' and White cross-country squad had won three in a row and the Soldiers were sporting a four meet win ning skein. After a record-shattering 25.32 seconds had elapsed, Army’s great Dick Shea set a terrific pace over the rugged hills of the Hudson course to cross the finish line first. Bill Ashenfelter, the last of the great Ash family to run for State, managed to cop second place for the home forces with a fast 26.21 clocking. But from there on there ‘was no stopping the West Point ers’ depth, as they gained the majority of the low scoring slots to. give them a 22-35 win over the Nittanies. Those accounting for State’s points were Red Hollen, sth; Jack Homer.- this year’s captain, 7th; Dud Foster, who , has graduated, 9th'; and Jim Hamill. 14th. Undefeated Team It was a tough one to lose for Werner’s -pupils, as it was their only loss of that season. They fin ished the season with a 5-1 rec- ord, and got temporary revenge when they dethroned the Cadets in the IC4A’s. Once again the Army hill-and- So far, 15 Girls ... That's right, we've had to turn down 15 lovely girls and probably more by the time this goes tospress. as we did in' an ad last week, we reiterate you can't have a fine portrait taken for a contest by coming in the last minute for an appointment. For the sake of a big turnout, if you are a contest official, please make certain that, it is advertised at least 3to 4 weeks in'advance. 'lf you are a member of an organization in which you intend to have some coed be your representative in. the ■ contest, please notify them well in. advance. With the. Belle-Hop contest deadline just a day or two away we've even fU^A llffi y had coeds come in as late as today who were just | \* se lected yesterdgy to represent different fraternities. *°° ate to complain about the Belle Hop contest, kut for the many contests in the weeks to come please fe ■ keep the above in mind. , k&4&3&!«Kv; x$. K Ji ,w: .■&$&&&: :*. ★ ‘ ★ RED HOLLEN AND' CAPTAIN JACK HORNER, right. loosen up for thpir first rugged test of the season against Army Saturday, Both Hollen and Horner are veterans on the Nittany IC4A champ X-country team. dalers return to the Nittany Vale with an undefeated team. For the third straight season, the Cadets boast of a winning squad. Coached by Nate Cartmel, for mer Lion mentor, the Soldiers have .won three consecutive dual meet, victories this fall in a man ner which indicates that they’ll be as tough as they were a, year ago. In their opener three weeks ago, the Cartmell-coached machine romped to a 23-45 win over Vil lanova. 3d Win for Army The next weekend the “mighty cassions” kept .rolling along and jarred Providence, 17-46. Last Saturday when the home team was administering a 15-44 defeat to Cornell. Army was de feating Dartmouth for its third win of the ’52 season. Although intercollegiate cross country and two mile star Shea has graduated, the men of the Point have unveiled a team spark plug in Captain Bob Day. Day is no stranger so far as the Lions are concerned, for he’s the lad who placed third in the State meet lasLfall. In track this past spring, the 22-year-old fourth classman pushed State’s Lamont Smith in the two-mile event, only to have Smith edge him for second place Sincerely, Bi??CoL m an The Lion Studio THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA’ in the final lap. Lou Davis,jShea’s running shadow who has also graduated, won the event in the record-breaking time of 9:21 sec onds. When Army visits State Satur day, six men who placed in the first 20 last fall will be here. They are Bill Cory, Captain Day, Bill Almon, Jim Effer, Jim Healy, and Dick New. ★ ★ ★ Your Homecoming Queen and,the Pershing Rifles at their Sparkling Best. “DON’T STOP NOW” Tops for Alumni Weekend Entertainment ' How Mt. Nittahy got its name, the Hort woods patrol, Go Sorority, Gay Nineties Review at Grahams. Crowning of Homecoming Queen GET YOUR TICKETS NOW THE STUDENT UNION DESK, OLD MAIN Schwab Auditorium DTD, SPS Record Wins In IM Swimming Meets Delta Tau Delta and Sigma Sigma paddled their way to victories in the first round of IM swimming at Glennland Pool last night. Theta' Xi also was credited with a win when Sigma Phi Epsilon failed to appear for their scheduled meet. Dave Hiestand of SPS took the 60 yard freestyle in 36.5 and started his team on a 22-15 win over SAE. Hiestand teamed with Don Egan. Fred Millard and Bob Montgomery and splashed to 120 yard relay victory in 1:13. ■ In the 60 vard backstroke Bob Lonev of SPS pulled into port ahead of Bill W-ismer of SAE and teammate Egan : with a win ning time of 44.6. Jerry Kintigh of SAE took the 60 yard breaststroke with a clock ing of 51.8. SAE grabbed six out a possible nine points in the diving as Tom Lewis and Wismer took first and third while John Grove of SPS was second. Lewis performed flawlessly in his two compulsory dives, one front dive and one back, and then clinched it with a neat full gainer. ' Delta’s Bob Johnson and Hanel teamed with Bob Dahle and Mur phy to swep the 120 yard relay in 1:08 and thereby dump BSR 25-16. Jerry Kotzen got things rolling for BSR by taking the 60 yard freestyle in a speedy 34 seconds. In the next contest, however, it Botany Yams . . . in Nyjon and Wool NITTANY CARD & GIFT SHOP E. College Ave.. Opp. Alh. Hall Don't Miss Thurs., Oct. 16 $l.OO Fri., Oct. 17 ... .* 1.25 Sat., Oct. 18 . 7_'bs ez: By HERM WEISKOPF was DTD’s Murphy recording a 45.7 victory in the 60 yard back stroke. Jay Hirsch put BSR out in front again with a 44.6 clocking in the 60 yard breaststroke. In the div ing DTD showed power as Mur phy and Nelson finished one-two. Murphy took first with a back summersault layout and Nelson came in second with an optional running summersault layout. Zieve of BSR was third with an optional jackknife. Home Cooked MEALS served by the LADIES' AUXILIARY After All Home Football Games 5 to 8 p.m. • STEAKS $1.75 • ROAST BEEF ...... $1.50 • BAKED HAM $1.50 FULL COURSE MEALS ~ Homey Atmosphere BOALSBURG FIRE HALL 4 Miles East of State College at 8 p.m. PAGE seven:
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