PAGE SIX ittany Eleven Departs; xperts Favor Syracuse Hitting the road for the third straight weekend, Penn State's spirited gridders leave State College this morning in quest of their sixth victory of the season tomorrow afternoon against rugged Syracuse. The Nittanies raced through dummy scrimmage yesterday with a roaring spirit—a must quality -- I to get past Syracuse which has only lost one game to collegiate competition. While the offense brushed up on blocking assignments, the de fensive unit drilled •on ways to stop Syracuse's strong air arm in quarterback Pat Stark. Syracuse Over Injuries - Syracuse Coach Ben Schwartz walder, who, personally scouted the Lions at Penn last week since his team had an open date, car ried away an extremely high opin ion of the Nittany defensive line. It is for this reason that his team is expected to rely heavily on the air lanes. Hurt plenty by injuries through ottt the season, the Orangemen are almost completely mended and raring to go after a whole week's layoff following their de , feat of Holy Cross. • Possibly this is a reason why many experts pick the Orange to beat State even though the Lions appear to have the edge on the basis of comparative records and caliber of opposition. Yukica Still Out Helping to bolster the well rested Orange gridders is the re ' turn of fullback Bill Wetzel and gigantic tackle Bob Fleck, two key men on the Syracuse offense. On the other hand, the physical condition of the Nittanies is good with the exception of end Joe Yukica whose torn knee ligament keeps him sidelined. Wingback Keith Vesling has fully recovered from his elbow injury and could see action be hind Don Eyer and Don Bailey tomorrow. The Lion's Eye Collegian Sports Editor - The old order changes and yields to the new." Man's eternal quest for improvement and advancement is still being evidenced in the great Fall wars, football. The latest gridiron fixture to pass into the realm of the obsolete along with the flying wedge, the dropkick, and the scoreless tie, is the straight T formation. What is surprising is that the straight T is dying at the ten der age of 12 years. (That is, 12 years old in its modern form as re-introduced by Clark Shaughnessy and his Stanford Indians in the 1940 Rose Bowl.) After all, it was only this short while ago that every one began abandoning established systems in order to jump on the Terrible T bandwagon. But today, the straight T's star has faded before the charms of the split-T, winged-T, and spread T, among other T parties. Despite the fact that it is essentially material and coaching—rather than offen sive formations—that counts most in football, more and more coaches are becoming enamoured of the new style T's and especially the split-T. The reason for the switch is easy to understand when such devastating operatives of the split- T like Oklahoma and Maryland ride wit h the nation's top five teams. Similarly, the straight T became the rage after the Chicago Bears perpetrated a 73-0 crime— probably the worst championship licking in history—upon the Wash ington Redskins for the pro title in 1941. It makes no difference that top teams like Michigan State, Tennessee, and Princeton have used the single wing with out standing success in the past. Coaches are copying the style of hat worn by the champions. Whereas none of Penn State's 1951 opponents used the split-T, two Nittany foes this season have flashed the formation dreamed up by Missouri's Don Faurot. Wil liam and Mary, with IVllodu zewski, and West Virginia, with frosh Fr e d.d i e Wyant, both showed good offenses with the Despite the success of coaches' new darling, you can't get away from the fact that with the right kind of goods, an antique formation wins. Michigan State, using th e supposedly "dead" single wino, is walloping the f! eld. And Penn State's winged- T hasn't been shameful this year either. Nevertheless, the split-T has glamour and a great keep-eM .guessing value—if you have an outstanding triple-threat quarter back. The system's sparkplug is a sleight-of-hand artist like Maryland's Jack Scarbath or Ok lahoma's Ed Crowder. Required are guys who can perform the optionals—run, handoff, or pass —with a degree of faking wiz ardry that keeps constant pres- Sports Thru By JAKE HIGHTON BILL ORANGE DAY:' It is - bad ' enough that Penn State week-in and week-out meets powerful football teams, but it's downright discouraging to find that every foe is especially "up" for the Lions. The latest "up" comes from Syracuse, where State's top team in the nation—or so opponents would lead you to believe—faces the Orange eleven tomorrow. The mayor of Syracuse has issued an official proclamation, declaring a•Bill Orange holiday in honor of Syracuse football success. Frosh Gridders Second Victory Coach Earl Bruce and his freshman football squad leave for Annapolis, Md. today, in quest of their second grid victory of the abbreviated frosh campaign. The gridders will face a tough Navy outfit tomorrow afternoon at the Naval Academy's Thompson Stadium. Last Saturday, the Lions rol hibiting a smashing winged-T aerial and ground attack. The pre ceding week, the Middies also whipped Penn, 26-14. So, indica tions are that tomorrow's battle I should be a close one. Bruce will have the same start ing lineup against Navy that he used in the Pnn contest, with the exception of guard Larue Steil fox. Stellfox was injured in prac tice this week. Stan Praschunus is expected to start in his place. On the line, Bruce will have sure on the defense. Against a split-T, the defense has to be wary for three possibilities. Forced to such wariness, it is bound to give ground slightly on every play possibility for fear it will get hit by one of the other two. Tiit DAILY C CJLLEiCiltiti, NM - F. 6 ILAL.PLLLEGE. PENNSYLVAITIA ed over the Penn frosh, 25-7, ex- Frank Reich and Jim Ryan at the terminal slo t s. Both boys played fine games against Penn last week. Ryan caught several of quarterback Bob Hoffman's passes, one of which set up the second Lion score. Reich was con stantly in the Penn backfield, throwing Quaker backs for nu merous losses. Walt Wampler and Ray PottioS will be at the tackle slots, with Bob Pegues and Praschunus at the guards. Ed Kleist will be at Be In Style At The Junior Prom That's You ; when you step out in one of our elegantly fashioned Tuxedos .. We also have an entire stock of dress shirts and accessories. Tuxedos Only $42.50 Shirts . . . $5.00 . Ties . . . . $l.OO 204 W. Ccilltge Ave. Seek Navy &:k3 " . ;kci ktwg IT'S TRUE hays tuxeciok correct and corn , fortable. Made of 100% woo With broad shoulder's . . . slim waistline and accented satin, peak lapels. \.• Let Joe or Alex show you these fine tuxedos today! A 1,4 Y. :34, • Lions Meet Tarheel Booters Tomorrow Lion soccer Coach Bill Jeffrey may make two changes in his starting lineup for the match with North Carolina tomorrow and the contest Monday afternoon with Duke. The congenial Scot disclosed that he might rest ace Nittany booter Jack Pinezich for at least the first part of the Tarheel tilt, shifting outside left Lynn Thomann to the Brooklyn youth's cus tomary slot at center forward. . Joe Mijares, who played such an outstanding game against Army last week, will get the . call at outside left. Jeffrey indicated that he liked the Gua temalan's ball handling and passing, and especially his hustle. Jeffrey also reported that Jack Charlton, who started in place of Ralph Hofmann at left halfback 'in the Army game last week, will continue to operate alongside of •Captain Kurt Klaus and Frank Follmer in the Lion "halfbackfield." Charlton came up with some fine defensive work against the Cadets and showed good field gen eralship in setting• up plays. The rest of the Nittany lineup will remain intact with Bill Norclk at outside right, Ellis Kocher at inside right, and Don Shirk at inside left comprising the reniainder• of the Lion forward wall. Paul Dierks and Hap Irvin will again be the granite pillars of defense at the two fullback spots, while Red Harris, who can cover the Nittany goal like a blanket, will start at goalie. Fourteen men will make the trip, which is the longest the Lion booters take all year. The Jeffreymen left at 6:30 last night for Chapel Hill and won't return to State College until Tuesday. The team will end the first leg of its jaunt at Roanoke, Va., where it will stay overnight. The booter band will proceed to Chapel Hill today. where Jeffrey will send them through a light workout before the contest tomorrow. The Tarheel clash is scheduled to get under wdy at 9 a.m. The Jeffreymen will continue on their two-game road trip 'to Durham, N.C., where they will play the Blue Devils of Duke Mon day in a 3:30 p.m. engagement. The two road tilts will serve as warmups for the two crucial matches with which the Nittanies close out their season at Phila delphia—Penn and Temple, both of whom have been beaten only once this year. Although Pinezich is still bothered by a pulled cartilege in his left knee. Jeffrey says his team is physically fit for the Tarheels. Emil Bona, who hurt his ankle against Army, was pronounced okay and will be held in reserve. Hubie Kline, his injured leg rapidly on the mend, is making the trip and will probably see some action.' Cagers Open Season Penn State's basketball squad, winner of 20 out of 26 last year, ushers in the new season againgt Alfred University Dec. 12. Major losSes are the co-captains Jay McMahan, of Hamilton, Ont., and Hardy Williams. of Philadelphia. !Schoderbek Standout Pete Schoderbek, of Duquesne, a standout on defense for Penn State, is the younger brother of Navy's new football hero, Steve Schoderbek. Steve closes out his career this year. Pete still has another year of play. the center position. Deadly aerialist Hoffman will be at the quarterback slot. Full back Chuck Blockson, and half backs Lenny Moore, and Frank Penna will round out the Lion backfield. , . f '`: IT'S A TUX FROM NUR'S doktmai 66/0/1/ nj Yomal 76'04 IMAdINE a doubl breasted tuxedo free an room* as a sport coat wit slacki comfortable to danc in and good to look at. TUXEDO RENTALS Get your size in early! Eueo MEN'S SHOP Opposite Old Main FRIDAY, NOITtriWBER, 7, 1952:- MENt • , - PA4. :"; X 44 •.1 .4. k. • 'B,
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