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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.
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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
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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.
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