PAGE STX MSC Takes 20th With 34-7 Score 51,162 See Lions Lose First Game By JAKE HIGHTON EAST LANSING, Michigan For nearly 24 minutes here Saturday Penn State gridders not only held back a Michigan State flood, they forced it to recede. But then the dam broke and out poured the combination of luck and tremendous All-American talent which keeps the Spartans king of the football mountain. When the dam did break with just six minutes left until halftime, the Lions’ 7-0 lead and bid for a stunning upset was swept aside by a Spartan tide which washed out its 20th’ consecutive oppo nent since 1950 and ruined any Nittany hopes for an unbeaten season. A Homecoming Day crowd of 51,162 third largest in MSC history—stuffed cool, clear - sky covered Macklin Field to see the Spartans bag their fifth straight of the season, 34-7, and the. Lions lose their first after having won four and tied one. The final “rout” tally hardly tells how close the score easily could have been even though MSC had every bit of the amazing depth, blinding speed, and terrific power with which it was known to shock opponents. On the outcome of one play hinged the whole complexion of the game. After the Lions hit the jackpot late in the first quarter on a Tony Rados-/ Don Malinak pass, the Nittanies drove again mid way in the second period with a fourth down and six inches on to go on the MSC 35. A Rados quar terback sneak appeared to have the necessary footage, but the refs said no. It was at this point that the dam broke. With brilliant defen,- sive work by backersup Pete Schoderbek and Sam Green and double-duty end Malinak having stopped the MSC ground dread naughts when necessary, the Spartans called on the long for ward pass. So well provided in so many offensive maneuvers, the Spartans in six minutes and two Lion aerial defense lapses had a 14-7 lead and a command never once yielded thereafter. From the second half on, the Lions were completely overpow ered, . outsped, outreserved, and outstatisticed by a team which, if it isn’t the nation’s number one, bears a striking resemblance to such a monster. As the game opened, Nittany Ted Kemmerer’s splendid punt ing and fast covering by Nittany forwards kept the Spartans hammed deep in their own ter ritory. A hard-hitting Lion line contained the MSC “Light Bri gade” backs, but the rugged Spartan defenders even more completely tied up the PS ground assaults. Disaster Strikes Late in the first quarter Spar tan Billy Wells was fumble-hit and Lion Slew Scheetz fell on the oval at the MSC 26. Then Rados stepped back into his ex cellent passing pocket and watched Jess Arnelle wave fran tically and draw over all de fenders. With all eyes on Jess, Malinak who more than ade quately subbed for the injured Joe Yukica—stood all alone on the 10 where he gathered in Ra dos’ throw and rambled over. Leonard converted his 13th PAT in a row and State enjoyed a 7-0 edge. The second quarter took a pat tern of three downs and punt until the halfway point when MSC let loose. Starting on their own 33, hard-charging Don Mc- Auliffe bowled over tackier after tackier for a first down on the Lion 48. Here Bob Smith and Don Bailey stopped a sweep and Malinak broke up a pass to ap parently stall the drive. Then disaster struck as MSC end Doug Bobo was allowed to get 10 yards behind Lion defenders Bailey and Jack Sherry. Spartan quar terback Tom Yewcic didn’t waste his opportunity as he pitched to Bobo on the 15, from which point he easily romped over. Evan S’onac's kick deadlocked matters, 7-7. with 6:33 left until the half. Threatening Again Four minutes later the Spar tan juggernaut, having stopped Rados on the 35. rolled on and on. Wells skirted end for nine, and then Yewcic hit a button hooking end Ellis Duckett on the 28. Defender Bailey rushed up to hit Duckett and bounced off, leaving the Spartan clear sailing to the goal and a 14-7 lead. Thirty seconds later the East Lansing '"■••clone was threaten ing again when Rados was TBIT daily collegian state college . JOHN WILSON. No. 45, comes up from his defer, sive left halfback posif’cn to knock State's Bobby Pollard out of bounds in Saturday's action at East Lansing, Michigan. The Spartans' depth proved the big factor in knocking Slate from the ranks of the unbeaten by a 34-7 score. thi’own attempting to pass and fumbled on. the Lion 10. But four shots failed for the Spartans, thanks to expert defense by Leonard, who lunged out to knock a certain touchdown pass from the hands of Duckett in the end zone. The second half became no con test as the Lions, held to a mere 41 yards' rushing, could get noth ing underway. At the same time Michigan State continued to shake up the Nittanies with one-punch knockout TD’s on long passes. • Yewcic to McAuliffe went 61 yards for a touchdown and sub QB Willie Thrower to Bolden covered 45 yards. The lone Spar tan score not attributable to a long TD pass was Wells’ 20 dash around end behind tremendous blocking characteristic of Spar tan play all afternoon. Grid Statistics RUSHING PENN STATE Ynnosich Pollard 10 25 Jones 5 12 12 0 MICHIGAN STATE Player TC G 1 L Net McAnliffo n 79 o 79 12 Of. O 00 PASSING PENN STATE Att. —.Comp. Gain / TD 21 12 122 1 2 1 17 0 Player Katins Dubinsky MICHIGAN STATE Player Att. Comp. Gain TD Yewcic 1-1 4 174 :? Thrower 9 5 82 1 Penn State MCch. State Total first downs S 21 First downs rushing 5 10 First downs/passinj? 5 S First downs penalties 0 0 Yards Rained rushime 8:’, 274 Yards lost rdshinjr 42 tfs Net yards rushing 41 209 Passes attempted 25 24 Passes completed 14 9 Yanis Rained passinjr KJS) 250 Passes intercepted by 0 0 Number of punts 10 5 Punting: uvermre MH.fi "fi Yards punts returned 20 7 Number of kickoffs 2 <» Yards kickoffs returned 321 12 Number of fumbles 2 fi Opp. fumbles recovered 2 1 Number of penalties 5 " Yards lost penalties f>fi > 25 Stamp collecting is America’s most popular hobby. John Day River canyon in Ore gon is an area rich in fossils. I am not in favor of long engagements They give people the opportunity of finding out each other’s character before marriage, which is never advisable. The Importance of Being Earnest at Center Stage Friday and Saturday Nights Tickets at S.U. or at the Door Michigan State’s football team proved its ranking near the top of the nation’s grid heap, but when the Nittany team arrived at Lans ing:, Mich.; Friday morning, you would have thought Penn State had the top team in the country. A big brass band from a local high school was on hand at the station along with a 15-car car avan which escorted the team to the hotel. Co-Captains Stew Rcheetz and Joe Gratson were in the lead convertible with the Spartan Homecoming queen chosen by the Nittany gridders. Half of Penn State’s trouble ov er the weekend lay in the Home coming Day activities which had both the Spartan gridd,ers and harriers “up” for the Lions. Par ticularly disconcerting to Penn Staters during the game was the Spartan cheering sections. Every time the MSC team came out of the huddle, the Spartan rooters would let out an exhorting roar from whichever end of the field their team was playing. MSC's reserve quarter back Willie Thrower—an aw fully good substitute appropriately named is quite the favorite with Spartan fans but because of the caliber of Tom Yewcic rides the bench frequently. Starting the fourth quarter Willie was still on the bench so his "We Want Willie Club" be gan to chant. One play later Yewcic quieted the Three W Club with a 61-yard touchdown pass. Nevertheless. Coach Big gie Munn took the hint and in serted Willie. Soon Thrower threw and 45 yards later MSC had scored again. G L Net 8 21 4 20, 0 20 S 17 07 S 24 The snapDy Spartan band also belongs in the nation’s top ten . . . Grid manager Benny Thompson had all sorts of trouble. He found little time for eating and couldn’t find a movie of last year’s PS MSC game. Bond Hails To Lion BE SURE TO VOTE INNSYLVANIA Lions Score Twice To Defeat Colgate Penn State’s soccer team, still showing the signs of lackadaisical play that cost it a 3-2 loss to Navy last week, managed to record its third win of the year, 2-0, over a surprisingly strong Colgate squad Saturday on the Beaver Field baseball diamond. Both Lion goals were netted by State’s ace scorer, Jack Pine zich, who ran his point total to 11 goals for four games. Held score less by the Navy defense last week, Pinezich found the net once more in each of the last two quarters to insure victory for the Jeffreymen. . ' The Lion win, second whitewash job applied by Nittany booters this season, may have been a costly one, for after the game it was discovered that one of the Nittanies’ defensive bulwarks, fullback Hap Irvin, suffered an infected blister on his heel. The infection was drained from the blister, but it remains to be seen whether the heel will mend in time for Irvin to play in next Saturday’s crucial tilt with Army. The Red Raiders made a fine defensive showing in holding the powerful Nittany offense to two' goals, but were victims of their own brand of game as they could hardly dent the immovable Lion defense. Mark Randall’s booters could attempt only eight shots throughout the 88 • minutes of play—most of which were soft and poorly-directed. Although the Lion offense still wasn’t functioning with its usual effectiveness, it was good enough to lick the Raiders. The Jef/rey men attempted 31 shots and missed golden scoring chances on many other occasions, especially in the last half,"When the Colgate defense began to weaken. Pinezich was the main offensive threat all day for the Lion '> -ters with his two goals and other blazing shots that were stopped >y Raider goalie Hap Merrick. In the first period the Brooklyn product laced a shot toward the net from ten feet out only to have Merrick come up with a fine stab which kept the game at a 0-0 stalemate. Pinezich’s first goal came at 15:40 in the third period to send the Lions ahead, 1-0. His second pointer was set up beautifully in the fourth period by a pass from Joe Mijares from the left side. Mijares, at a poor angle with the net to make the goal himself, passed directly in front of Pinezich, who blasted the ball into the net for the Nittanies 1 final tally. Defensively for the Lions, fullback Paul Dierks and goalie Red Harris turned in a fine day’s work. In the first period Harris drew the plaudits of the crowd with his stop of a hard drive from only a few feet out, while Dierks’ long, booming punts were a continual thorn in the Colgate offensive attack all afternoon. The Nittany de fense so completely bottled up the Colgate attack that not one shot was taken, by the Red Raiders in the first stanza. Carney, Ginsberg Take IM Golf-Medal Tourney John Carney, Delta Tau Delta, and Joe Ginsberg were winners of the 1952 fraternity and inde pendent intramural golf-medal tournament championships • held on the golf course Saturday and Sunday. Carney succeeds Billy Albert, Phi Epsilon Pi, as fraternity champ. Albert, in winning his ’5l crown, registered a low score of 143 in the 36-hole tourney. The new champ posted a score of 150. Carney had identical scores in both rounds, 75-75. Bounding out the top three in fraternity medal play are Bob Smith, Sigma Phi Sigma, who carded one stroke more than Carney, and Terhune Dickel, Sig ma Nu, who turned out a 155 card. Ginsberg had little competition in claiming his crown, carding a 154. Other independent entries failed to complete their rounds. We Have The - - - New or Used Shotgun The Shelljs (any gauge or load) - - - You Need' MAX HMSWICKS SPORTSMAN'S SHACK TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1952 •By 808 SCHOELLKOPF Lions Try 31 Shots Dierks, Harr's Star . Fraternity men placing in the first ten who will earn points for their fraternities in the all-year round points are: Bruce Isaacman, Phi Sigma Delta, 159; James Mayes, Delta Upsilon, 160; Richard Bruce, Sig ma Nu, 161; Bill Bauer, Phi Kap pa Sigma. 165; Paul Eckert, Beta Theta Pi, 166; Joe Reiber, Lamb da Chi Alpha, 168; and Joe Ash by, Alpha Sigma Phi, 169, IM Football Schedule Tonight’s intramural . touch football schedule reported by Dutch Sykes, assistant director of intramurals, is: 7 p.m.—Mustangs vs Night hawks 7:45 p.m.—Acacia vs Phi Ep silon Pi 8:30 p.m.—Coal Crackers vs Dorm 25 9:15 p.m.—Alpha Phi Delta vs Sigma Alpha Epsilon
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