T1M7 1 ,47, rix,nr,PPER TBlV§-2 Nittany Harriers Lions 4th as Spartans Win; Capozzoli Champ; Hollen 6th Penn State's cross-country runners—winners of the IC4A crown the last two years—failed in' their title defense in the 44th running of the annual hill-and-dale championship event over the Van Cortlandt Park course, New York City, yester day afternoon. new IC4A champ victors, who have * * Red Hollen (Reliable Harrier) Future Foe Grid Bits Pitt, Penn State's next and final football opponent for the 1952 season, captured its sixth victory of the season Saturday by rolling over North Carolina State. 48-6. • The - Bowl-minded Panthers tal lied two touchdowns in each period except the final, when they pushed across only one TD. Two touchdowns resulted from pass plays, and five others came from ground attacks. Pitt took ,the opening kickoff and marched 70 yards for its in itial TD. Before the first period ended, the Panthers hit paydirt with another 70-yard TD drive. In the second quarter Rudy Mattioli engineered a 21-y ar d heave to John - Jacobs. Moments later Pete Neft, Pitt's second string quarterback, hit Biff Hoff man in the end zone for the fourth Panther TD. The play covered 26 yards. North Carolina State could not get started until late in the third period w hen halfback John Zubaty snared quarter back Ed Frantz's pass for its lone TD. Bill Reynolds and Bobby Epps each tallied twice, and Hoffman scored another to round out the other Panther TD's. Pitt now possesses a 6-2 log, the best season mark since 1949. Included among the Panthers' wins are Notre, Dame, Army, and a trio of Big Ten teams— lowa, Indiana, and Ohio State. State to Host For the third time since its in ception, Penn State will play host to the National Collegiate wret ling championships March 27-28. This , star-spangled event was pre viously held at Penn State in 1930 and 1938. By JOHN SHEPPARD is Michigan State. been used to running over their own relatively flat, four-mile lay out, didn't seem to mind the hilly, longer VCP five-mile route. Fourth last fall ,the Spartans have now won the coveted team title seven times. Penn State has claimed it six times. Only Cornell, with nine team victories, boasts of the best IC record. In an unofficial report fr o m New York last night, the Spar tans swept the team title by amassing a total of 46 points. Ar my, . for the second year in suc cession, was second with 93 tallies and Syracuse, who also placed third last fall, finished next with 99 points. State was fourth with 110 markers. The wide-open battle for in dividual ,recognition was won by Chuck Capozzoli of Georgetown. He did it in record-breaking fash ion too. Cadet Dick Shea of Army, mon opolizer of the team title twice in a row, covered the five-mile course in 24:55.1 seconds last fall. But Shea's successor turned in an unofficial record-erasing 24:29.5 clocking. Ray Osterhout of Syracuse fin ished second in the 200 man field. Smith 28th Lamont Smith, State's sopho more ace, was riot up. to his reli able individual form and could do no better than 28th. The only Nittany harrier to place in the first ten was Red Hollen. Hollen placed sixth be hind Villanova's distance stars, Johnny Joe Barry, the Lublin bred Wildcat senior and team mate Fred Dwyer. Hollen was 15th last year. Jim Hamill, State's up-and coming sophomore, surprised the established name runners by fin ishing 11th. Captain Jack Horner ran a fine race and swept home in 20th place. Stan Lindner crossed the tape line 46th for State and John Chill "rud was 57th. State's seventh man, Jim Cressman, f ailed to place in the first 60. Paced by Captain Jim Kepford, who placed third, the Spartans claimed the team victory on the basiS of their middle depth. Pour Spartans—Kepford, Lyle Garbe, 7th, John Walter, Bth, and Wayne Scutt, 9th—placed in the first ten spots. Incidentally, MSC was the only team to defeat State during the regular dual meet season. By winning the title the Spar tans established themselves as strong contenders for the NCAA title Monday at East Lansing, Mich., home of MSC. Army-Navy Sellout ANNAPOLIS:-IVid., Nov. 17 The U.S• Naval Academy, th e host team, announced today that the annual Army-Navy football game at Philadelphia's 'Municipal Stadium Nov. 29 is a 102,009 sell out. Capt, I. C. Eddy, director of ath letics at Navy, said the Crowd would include the full brigade of midshipmen, numbering 3800, and the full corps of cadets from West Point, numbering around 2400. 1? - 4MAY PoriI.MPTAIT • _ New Record Horner 20th BEAT RITTI Fail in IC4A Defense Sinkers Roll on in IM Cage Play; Panthers Win The Sinkers, last year's IM independent basketball champions, looked impressive last Thursday night as they rolled to an easy 42-8 win over Jim' Gang in Rec Hall. The champs were led by footballer Jim Garrity, who notched 21 points, and Bob Hoffman, who chipped in with 14. In other contests, the Panthers, led by Neal Derickson's nine markers, t r ounced the Bone crushers, 39-20, with Don Hook accounting for eight of the losers' points. Bruce McPherson's eight counters• helped the Nittanies to edge the Cats, 16-14, in a thriller. Beaver House, a strong contend er for top honors in the tourna ment, had an easy time with Wil kinsburg, as they rolled to an 35-9 win. Bill Groman's 15 points paved the way for the winners. In the tightest game of the night, the Ramblers edged the Huskies, 28-27. Dick Meek had 12 points for the winners on five field goals and two fouls, while Gerry Werner contributed a like number of markers for the losers. The Capitols had a minimum of trouble with the Dorm 33 squad, as the former sped to a convincing 30-13 win. Ron Kutz showed the way for the winners with 11 points on five field goals and one foul, while George Hopisins chipped in with nine for Dorm 33. A fast moving Cubs team proved too much for the Hustlers as they kept a steady lead throughout the game to prevail, 21-15. Another dark horse in the title play, the Explorers, kept their hopes alive by downing a stub born 21 Club team, 32-g/. Ed. Feeney led the way for the win= ners with eight field goals good for sixteen points, while Ed Rit ter contributed eight markers to his team's cause, notching four goals from the floor. George Morton's 12 points help ed the Owls turn back the Turtles, 26-11. Win Doederlein was a one man gang for the losers as he accounted for eight of the team's points. PAT Record Set in '47 Penn State's single season high for extra points was set in 1947 when Ed Czakaj booted 32 of 46 attempts to help the Nittany Lions in an unbeaten campaign. ENGINEERS PHYSICISTS - CHEMISTS Career Opportunities with UNION CARBIDE Representatives of these Divisions of Union Carbide and Carbon Corporation will be here to discuss work oppor tunities with interested seniors on the following dates: National Carbon Company November 14 Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Company November 17 Electro 'Metallurgical Company . . . November 18 Linde Air Products Company November 20 Bakelite Company November 21 Contact your Placement Office for interview appointments UNION CARBIDE AND CARBON CORPORATION UCC 30 East 42nd Street New York, 17, New York PAGE szvrx Collegiate Chatter West Virginia's high-powered football Mountaineers rank sixth in the nation in rushing and 12th in total offense, according to fig ures released recently by the the NCAA service bureau. Th e Mountaineers, posses sors of a 16-0 upset victory over the unpredictable Pitt Panthers, and a 35-31 loss to the Lions, have an overall sea son record of six wins and two losses. The 369 yards ground out from scrimmage by the Mountaineers against VMI last week boosted their per-game rushing average to 267.6 yards, sixth in the coun try. Oklahoma leads with a 297.7 average. West Virginia's total offense figure per game now stands at 370.6 yards, 12th nationally be hind mighty Michigan State's 441.1 yard total.
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