The daily collegian. (University Park, Pa.) 1940-current, December 16, 1952, Image 13

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    TUESDAY, DEpEMBI3 16, 1952
Penn State Gridders Seeing
Don Barney
* * *
Joe Gratson
* * *
Rip Engle
Five Grid Foes
Missing on '53
State Schedule
Only five of 1952's ten oppon
ents aie represented on Penn
State's 1953 football schedule.
The Nittany Lions will return
to a nine-game schedule, open
ing against the University of Wis
consin at Madison, Sept. '26.
Wisconsin and Texas Christian
University, the Homecoming at
traction Oct. 24, are both new
comers. •
Boston University and Ford
ham, return after a lapse of sev
erAl years. The Lions last played
Fordham in 1947 while Boston
U. was an opponent for the first
time in 1951. <=
Missing from 1952's ten-game
card are Temple, Purdue. Wil
liam & Mary, Michigan State, and
Nebraska. The Lions won 7, lost
2, and tied 1.
Holdover opponents, all of them
traditional rivals, are Pennsyl
vania, Syracuse, West Virginia,
Rutgers and Pitt.
Two Bowl teams Wisconsin
and Syracuse highlight the
card, which calls, for four games
at home, and five on the road.
The first three games will be
played on the road, the next four
at home.
The schedule:
•
Sept. 26—at Wisconsin
Oct. 3- - -at Pennsylvania
Oct.. 10—at Boston University
Oct. 17—Syracu
Oct. '24—Texas Christian
Oct. 31—West Virginia
Nov. 7—Fordham
Nov. 14-;-al Rutgers
Nov. • 21—al Pittsburgh
Jim Dooley
* * *
Six Gridders
In Three Bowl
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Penn State will be well represented in three post season all-star football games. The
final tally shows that six Lion gridders, all seniors, along with Coach Rip Engle and
trainer Chuck Medlar, will represent northern teams in either the annual Blue-Gray con
test at Birmingham, Ala., the Shriners North-South game in Miami, Fla., or the Senior
Bowl contest in Mobile, Ala..
• The Blue-Gray contest w
Christmas night, and the Senior
Bowl Jan. 3.
The gridders selected to play in
the contest are Co-captains Stew
Sheetz and Joe Grat so n, Jim
Dooley, Don Barney, Bob Smith,
and Bill Leonard.
Medlar Repeats
Engle will be coaching the Blue
team for the third straight year
in the Blue-Gray classic. The Lion
mentor has a 1-1 record in that
department. The assignment will
climax a fine season at Penn State
for Engle. He took over the Lion
reigns in 1950 and in the last three
seasons has compiled a 17-9-2 rec
ord. This year's 7-2-1 log is his
best since coming to State, show
ing wins over Temple, William
and Mary, Rutgers, West Virginia,
Nebraska, Penn, and Pitt.
Medlar's selection comes more
or less as an anti-climax, as far as
this type of honor is concerned.
The expert trainer was picked for
the United States training staff
in 1952 Olympic games in Hel
sinki, Finland. Medlar will be giv
ing Engle his assistance for the
second year at the Blue-Gray con
test.
Leading the gridders in the se-
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
11 be played Dec. 27. The Shriners game will be played
' lections are center Jim Dooley,
tackle Stew Sheetz, and guard
Don Barney.
Dooley has been picked for the
Blue-Gray classic and the Senior
Bowl. The 200 pound pivotman
has received a host of honors in
reward for his efforts this season.
The versatile center was named to
the Associated Press second team
All-America offensive plat o o n,
and was picked on its All-East
offensive first team. The big sen
ior has played three years at Penn
State, two of them as a regular.
Barney in Blue-Gray
Sheetz will also be playing in
the Senior Bowl. The big defen
sive tackle will also be playing
in the North-South Shrine game.
Sheetz was named to the AP All-
American third team. He served
as the Lions' co-captain during
the regular season along with Joe
Gratson. -
Barney, a standout defensive
guard for three years at Penn
State, will play in the Blue-Gray
contest and the Senior Bowl. He
was named to the AP All-East
defensive platoon this season:
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Bill Leonard
* * *
Pos t- Season Action
=MEM
Stew Scheetz
* * *
Vtwb ,
Leonard, who 1e d the Lions'
in individual scoring this season,
will play in the Blue-Gray game.
The place kicking specialist boot
ed 21 extra points for the Lions
this year, missing on only two
attempts. He also hit on two field
goal attempts to give him a total
of 27 points. Along with his place
kicking duties, Leonard served as
the Lions' defensive right half
back.
Co-captain Joe Gratson has ac
cepted an invitation to play in
the Shriners game with Sheetz.
The big senior will probably play
a defensive tackle, the same job
he has had with State for the last
two seasons.
Smith, a defensive center, will
also play in the Blue-Gray tilt.
He was an excellent line backer
during the Lions' regular season.
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Bob Smith
* * *
Chuck Medlar