FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 211 1952 ' Sports Thru The Lion's BT JAKE HIGHTON Collegian Sports Editor 'Tis the night before the Pitt,_garn - e, and all through the Nittany Vale, not a creature is stirring except the Friday Night Quarterback: "Let's see .. . Penn State beat West Virginia, 35-2 F . West Virginia beat Pitt, 16-0 . . . Hey! Penn State- could lick thoie Panthers." But Freddy Fan's momentary glee vanishes. "Shucks, comparative scores don't mean anything." Freddy Fan is right. The way the pigskin bounces in one game can be entirely different from its gyrations in another game. Comparative scores are unreliable, unreasonable and unwise-to bet-on. Nevertheless, Freddy Fan's comparative-score reasoning does show that it is highly Possible ,for State to beat the Pitts even though the Smokey City g-tidders shoUld win by as much as two touchdowns. The Pitt-Penn State rivalry is one of those traditional windups in which all past game records are made to look like mere skirmishes before the battle that counts. It - is like the Army-Navy classic. It was thought fantastic when the 1946 Middies held Army's Blanchard, Davis, and Devastation to 21-18 and stood on the Cadet 3-yard line as the game ended. But that merely bordered on the fantastic. In 1948 probably the weirdest form reversal in sports history oc curred. Army had rolled over eight straight opponents. Navy also , had a perfect record—eight losses and no wins. A circus barker couldn't make this seem like a contest. However, the only concession made by Navy was a 21-21 equality. Again in 1950 the Cadets won eight straight. Navy, not wishing to strain credulity twice, managed to win two while losing seven. Final score: Navy 14, Army 2. So it can go when the Lions and Panthers tangle. Tomorrow's game has the same overtones as the 1940 game. State was unbeaten with a bowl bid a virtual certainty. The "only" paper-mache road block was a mediocre Pitt team. But State wound up on the short' end of a 20-7 count with only the "Crow Bowl" left of an otherwise great season. Again in 1948 It Nittany ,17 -game streak and potential bowl team stumbled over the Pitfi, 7-0. So it lines up this year in reverse. Pitt has everything to lose, and State nothing. The Panthers have' run roughshod, over three Big Ten teams and pasted the only defeat on Notre Dame. (Michigan State also beat the Irish.) With such Panther rumblings, Pitts burghers are harking back to the glories that were Pitt's under Jock Sutherland between 1925-1937. (Eastern chaMps six times and never loser to State). Thus, Pitt currently stands with EaStern supremacy and a Highly probable Orange Bowl bid theirs simply by defeating the Lions. A task which is just as easy for Pitt as for State in one of those unpredictable traditiOnal rivalries where the unusual is the rule rather than the exception—favorites have lost five out of the last eight. With bowl talk one of the quickest ways to bring a team to grief, the Nittany booters had better be alert when they close the season against Penn tomorrow. The soccer bowl committee could forget the Nittanies' sparkling win over the National Champion Temple if the Quakers should win. About the worst thing that can happen to Penn State's cross country team Monday, when it races in Michigan for the NCAA championships, is to lose plainly and simply like any other normal team has done in the past two" years. In 1950, when they copped the national title, the Lions licked the weather, lack of sleep, hunger, and some of the country's best runners. En route to East Lansing, a paralysing snow storm—the same one which postponed the Pitt- State football game—fouled up train schedules and as a result the runners' sleep, eating, and working-out schedule. So without food, and with much fatigue, the Nittanies romped over a snow and ice covered course in 25 degree temperature. Last year, State was running without a hammed-up script —and headed for a certain victory. While Coach Chick Werner was accepting congratulations, frosh Lamont Smith - suddenly collapsed with the title 50 yards from the finish in fourth place. Monday? Syracuse, which still thinks it is national champ, Will most likely be relieved of its dubious. crown• Michigan State should have no trouble winning off its brilliant IC4A championship; and the Lions at best could finish second—without any dramatics for 1 a welcome change. MA Results Ping Pong Sigma Delta Tau, 3 Omega, 0. Alpha Gamma Delta won on forfeit. Alpha Chi Omega, 3 otes, 0 Basketball Sigma Delta Tau won on for feit. Kappa. Kappa Gamma, 35 Mac Hall 11, 17. Alpha Xi Delta, 29—Tridelts, 6. 'NEW College:Diner Freezer-Fres*lce bream' • Good Food . Be.tweett The Movies Eye * * BEAT PITT! Bitney Phalps 14_ rg; S' : 4 P }JSY LvA! rr.f. PAITIT Frank, Jack, 'n Kurt ... Star Soccer Halfbacks Remember the famous "Purity, Body, and Flavor" rings that are said to make a brew more satis fying? Well, just as sure as these three rings stand for quality, so does_ the triumvirate "halfback field" of the Nittany Lion soccer team—Frank, Jack, 'n Kurt. For as long as Carter has made Little Liver Pills, Frank Follmer, Jack Charlton, and Kurt Klaus have been bosom boater buddies. The trio of halfbacks has so many things in common, soccerwise and otherwise, that to mention one of them is to refer to all of them. The whole relationship started in one of the East's soccer hot beds, Philadelphia, where all three men were reared and subjected to a booter atmosphere. The trio of toemen at one time or another all played soccer for Northeast High School in the City of Broth erly Love. Charlton, the oldest member of the, Triple Alliance at '24, per formed for Coach Frank Terry at Northeast in 1944, while, Follmer and Klaus played together under Ray Mullen at that high school for four years. Not only did Northeast's soccer team go undefeated for the four years Follmer and Klaus played there, but was unscored upon for three of the years, which indicates that Frank and Kurt were well on their way toward stardom in the booter pastime. "Our high school . coach Ray Mullan was really terrific at teaching the game," said Captain Klaus. 'ln addition to teaching us the fundamentals of soccer he taught us 'soccer finesse,' instead of just an ordinary kick-run game that is so typical in America," he added. The three Philadelphians climb ed another' notch in the booter scale by playing club soccer in the Philly area. Kurt and Jack cast their lot with the Light House Club, the I former playing for the junior division team of the club three years, while the latter played for the first division team. The black-thatched Charlton and Klaus said it was with the Light HouSe Club that they learned the inside of the ganie, and gained the experience which proved so valuable when they reached the collegiate ranks. Follmer learned his soccer ABC's with the German Hungar- By BOBBY SCHOELLICOPF Played At Northeast High Club Soccer INTRODUCING... MARCELLE COSMETICS to give your skin that smooth, flawless glamour. The purest and the finest cosmetics you can buy because ingredients known to cause irritation or allergic reaction are eliminated. So Safe . for Sensitive Skins. Widely prescribed by physicians. FOR YOUR DAILY BEAUTY CARE r • Face Powder 1.10 Special Skin Foundation Lotion.... 1.00 Cleansing Cold Lipstick 1 10 Rouge 75 Plus Federal Excise Tax. Cream..... . , Dry Skin Lubricating Cream 1 50 Griggs ian Club of the Philadelphia area, with whom he played for seven years. Frank, Jack, 'n Kurt continued their journey to the Swarthmore Center, where they formed a solid halfback threesome for a college booter combine that went through a disastrous season. The Swarth more soccermen, so the three some say, were winless through out the campaign except for a win over Penn State's jayvee hooter team. The three booters came to State, finally, where they proceeded to put their years of soccer experi ence to work. Kurt and Frank started out with a boom as soph omores, the former starting for Bill Jeffrey's varsity booters at center half and the latter start ing at right half. Charlton also saw considerable action at left halfback that year as understudy to Red Emig. Plan to Stick Together Charlton joined his fellow- Philadelphians in the Nittany halfbackfield his junior year as a starter, taking full charge of the left halfback post. And ever since then the three have sup plied the Lion booter team with a "three-ring" quality of soccer play. Kurt has been named cap tain of this year's team, while Follmer was named on the 1951 soccer coaches' All-America sec ond team. The senior threesome will be Pharmacy Opposite Old Main * * * —Photo bir Freeburg • F. FOLLMER, R. KLAUS, J. CHARLTON Come to State eN cosmETiCs, --. * NEOICAL AS- The first cosmetics to be ACCEPTED by the Committee on Cosmetics of the American Medical Association. * * * graduated next semester, but all plan to stick together, as in the past, on the soccer field. They believe they might form some club team a good halfbackfield after they are graduated. Regard less which team gets their serv ices, it can be assured of getting a quality lacking in most Ameri can soccer players—a little thing called "class." Coming up at Pitsburgh on Saturday is the 52d Pitt - Penn State football game since this series was inaugurated in 1893. CLASSIFIEDS WANTED WANT DELICIOUS Clams drawn in but ter? Why not try ours ?. McGrail's Inn right at crossroad of Route 45 in Pleasant Gap. RIDERS TO Chambersburg, leaving this Saturday at 10 a.m. Also Nov.. 25 at noon. Call ext. 182 ask for Elser. PASSENGERS WANTED to Dayton, 0. Leave 25th. Call Don Steininger. State College 2947. RIDE FOR two to Uniontown-Connells ville district and return. Can leave noon Tuesday. Call Dave Jones 4444 after 7 p.m. RIDE FOR one to Wilkes-Barre. Please call Mimi Unger, 124 Simmons. RIDE WANTED to New York City Tues. noon. Call Barry at mealtime. Sigma Phi Alpha 6789. • PASSENGERS FOR trip to Texas during Christmas holidays. Call E. B. Reynolds, University Club. Phone State College 2251. MARRIED COUPLE wants ride to Pitts burgh after 5 :00 p.m. on Nov. 26. Call 6460 in the evening. RIDE TO Pittsburgh for three—Friday. Nov. 2.1 at 3:00 p.m. Call ext. 298. Ask for Velosky. ONE PURPLE umbrella at Beaver Field Saturday. Sentimental value. Call Joanne 19 Simmons. BROWN AND White checked overcoat, zip-in lining, in Sparks Wednesday. Nana. in coat. Call Allen Wierman 2424. WILL PERSON who took brown plaid topcoat from 208 Willard at 7 p.m. Wed nesday please return to Ed, Nit 21-16. Phone ext. 281. BROWN LEATHER Wallet containing money, war bond; very valuable cards. Please call Don, 6895. ONE MOUNTED Crow fiorn wall of Alpha Chi Rho Saturday night. Sentimental value. If found, phone 2411 with any clues. BROWN AND White Dog—vicinity 429 E. Hamilton Avenue. Answers to name Howie. Call ZG 2941. GREEN PLAID folding umbrella on first floor Home 80. building. Call Shirley, 56 Atherton. KEY RING with four keys, lost Tuesday. Finder please return to Student Union desk at Old Main. TORTOISE SHELL Glasses in case—Nov. 14 between Cathaum and Simmons dormi tory. If found call 8 Simmons. BROWN GABARDINE Alligator Topcoat car keys in pocket. We have yours. Also gray gabardine topcoat mistakenly taken Saturday night. S.P.S. 4902. SHEAFFER Black and Gold Pencil. Grad uation present. Name Harry Lawroski on base. Return to S.U. COAT NECK-PIECE, grey poodle cloth one side, black velvet other—lost in vicinity of Delta Tau Delta. Call Buzz, Phi Kappa Tau, • IY. 'AN ZIPPER Notebook containing slide rule, Saturday; vicinity College Ave. Con tact Van Tassel. Phone 2591. Reward. FOR RENT ONE SINGLE and one double room near campus. Call 2919. FOR SALE 1941 STUDEBAKER Champion (2-door). Low mileage on engine. Call Quirk, State College 2251. ROSES—attractively boxed $2.00 and $2.50 per dozen. Delivered. Wolfe Florist. Phone 4553. SUNLAMP used in Mae Hall. Must get rid of it immediately. Ca/1 Mrs. Bink ext. PAGE pplrgrel LOST
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