WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1953
Bootees - Review
MistakesH, in
By ROY WILLIAMS
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With the 7-0 shutout victory over the- Bisons of Bucknell still fresh in their minds,
the Lion soccer 11 began scrimmaging yester day for their second contest of the. season.
Ken Hosterman & Co. will travel to College Park, Md., on Saturday, to play the Terps: The
contest will be the second of four consecutive games on the road for the Nittany, booters.
Monday night's workout saw the freshman 'and varsity squads going through their
paces. Many freshmen are not familiar with the brand and system of State's soccer play,
while some of them are completely new at the game. "The frosh need a lot of work," Hoster
man remarked.
Ife was confident, however, that many '& the inexperienced booters Would soon round
into shape. ' The matter of look
ing around, keeping their eyes
on the ball while looking for pos
sible plays, , teammates and their
opponents, and holding their own
positidns are tasks with which
Hosterman must acquaint the
frosh. "By not holding their po
sions, two or three men are often
grouped around the ball, thus
leaving their positions open, and
increasing the vulnerability of
our defense," Hosterman stated.
Pinezich; Dierks Injured
This problem of positional play,
none-the-less, is not alwaYs con
fined to those .who are hew at
the soccer game. Many times ex
perienced teams and players make
the same vital mistake. A pene
trating offense and more accurate•
passing will be the chief \con
cerns of 'Hosterman during . the
coming week. Maryland, who
took a 11-0 drubbing last year at
the hands of the Nittany team, is
expected to put an improved
team on the field next Saturday.
this
boys who have returned
this year, were , ineligible or in
jured last year when the Terps
visited the Nittany Vale.
Jack Pinezich, junior center
forward who was out of the line
up • against Bucknell, is still a
question mark for the Maryland-
State match. His badly sprained
ankle still hasn't 'been reported
as good enough to permit him to
play. Paul Dierks, who .playpd _a
brilliant game against the Bis'oris
at the center halfback position,
hurt his knee •in the third quar
ter of the same contest, but is
expected to be ready for action
against Maryland.
Five Halfbacks
The starting lineup for the for
ward wall of Hosterman's 11 will
probably remain the same if
Pinezich is still out of action. The
halfback line. however, is still
in doubt. Dierks will be a sure
starter, while a shakeup may oc
cur at the two wing positions.
This week's scrimmaging may
give Hosterman a more positive
idea for the starting wing half
backs. Ralph Hoffman, Gail Rob
bins, Jerry Gillespie, Gary Nu
gent. and Ihor Stelnyk -are all
possible contenders. "The half
back slot requires a lot of run
ning," Hosterman remarked, "and
when the halfbacks aren't carry
ing our offensive play, then they
are counted on to effectively
strengthen• our defense."
GLENN FORD
GLORIA GRAHAM
"BIG HEAT"
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JOSEPH COTTON
JEAN PETERS
"A BLUEPRINT
FOR MURDER"
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ETHEL WATERS
JULIA HARRIS
"A MEMBER OF
THE WEDDING"
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Jack Pinezich
Injured Center Forward
Freshman Center Lost
For Lock Haven Game
When Penn State trots' out its 1953 edition 'of the freshman foot
ball team Oct. 17 against Lock Haven JV's, it will probably be with
out- 'one of the leading candidates for the starting center position.
Sam Valentine, one of Coach Earl Bruce's good-looking pivot
men, suffered a fractured rib in a recent scrimmage against the var
sity, and is expected to be lost to the team" for about three weeks.
Bruce hopes he will be ready for the Pitt game the following Satur
day,
Scrimmage - Varsity
Dan Radakovich will probably
step into the No. 1 center spot,
with Dick Overdorf, a Johnstown
product ready to spell him.
Otherwise, the .Lion plebes are
in good physical shape. They have
been scrimmaging several times
a week against the varsity, using
offensive and defensive patterns
of ,the teams the varsity plays on
Saturdays. The team seems to like
this setup, and has been giving
Rip Engle's men some stiff oppo
sition in the workouts.
Little Known of Opponent
Little is known about the Lock
Haven squad, except that they
Win
Dick Matacia
Soccer - Lineman
will comprfse those members' of
the Teacher varsity who see lim
ited or• no service in• varsity
games.
"That's the main trouble in our
freshman games." Bruce said.
"With our limited schedule, we
usually don't know much if any
thing about our opponents."
"We do know that they have
had more pactice time than our
boys," he said.
Matmen Lose Three
Penn State's National cham
pionship wrestling team will lose
three starters from its unbeaten
1952 team.
Six Years' Records
Kept of 1M Games
By DAVE BRONSTEIN
If one sneezed during .the past six years, and it happened dur
ing an intramural athletic contest, he had better watch out. "If any
one sneezed in that interlude, we have a record of it," says "Dutch"
Sykes, assistant IM director, in relation to intramural sports at
the - College.
Of course it is understood that Dutch was exaggerating, but it
is, nevertheless, near being a fact.'
Intramural sports had its. start
at the College bef or e Teddy
Roosevelt took office. But in those
days, no one had a 4nind to keep
records, and competition wa s
held on an informal basis.
Program Slips in '2os
Although World War I put a
curtailment on intercollegiate ath
letics, it failed to halt director
Hugo Bezdek from formulating a
mass athletic program. An inter
unit league, composed of dorms,
boarding houses and clubs, fought
for College supremacy on the ath
letic front.
But the "Golden Twenties" was
just the "drag twenties" •as far as
the College's mass •IM program
was concerned. Interest was at
low tide. The fraternity champs
against the independent titans
was the "big" match of the sea
son.
Football Began in 1929
And to make the paradox com
plete; the "depression 30's" saw
the formal operation of IM ath
letics instituted at the College.
The big change that helped bring
this about was the erection of
Recreation Hall in 1929.
IM football was formally start
ed in the fall of 1930. Thirty-two
teams entered, and , the first game
oNcE there was a ghost named Leroy, who lived in a
haunted cottage near a large Eastern university. Every
Friday night, at exactly, seven o'clock, he'd slide under the
door of Baskerville Hall; (the main dorm), and give the students
all the answers to next week's quizzes.
This was quite a set up. No studying, no cramming . . . and
straight A's all term lOng. But then, one Friday, the hour
came and went. No Leroy!' And the following week, all the
Baskerville Boys got an F on every quiz !
The Friday after that, all of Baskerville Hall waited . .
and. waited. But still no Leroy! In high dudgeon, they set out
to find him. Creeping into Leroy's haunted cottage . . . the
Baskerville Boys found him moaning and groaning. `,`What's
the matter, Leroy?" they asked.
Leroy wiped a ghostly tear from his ghostly eye. fc'The
weather's so hot, every time I put on a'shirt the collar curls
and wilts. I haven't been out for two weeks!"
In high glee, the Baskerville Boys hurried to the local
Van Heusen dealer and bought a dozen Van Heusen Century
Shirts with the revolutionary soft collar that won't wrinkle
ever. Regular collars, spread collars. $3.95 for whites, $4.95
for colors. "A very good investment," they thought.
Leroy was . delighted. He rewarded the boys with all the
answers to the following week's quizzes. Two months later,
all the boys froth Baskerville Hall had flunked out. Leroy's
good-looking Van Heusen Century Shirts made him so popular
with the co-eds, that he didn't have time for quizzes or answers.
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PAGE SEVEN
was played on Nov. 2, 1930.
Owing to the lack of facilities, it
was necessary to play games af
ter varsity practice at night under
lights
16 Sports Offered
In the past few years there has
been an increase in individual
participation. But as early as 1937,
the College was recognized as one
of the leading institutions in the
conduct of IM athletics among
American colleges and universi
ties.
This year, a total of 16 differ
ent sports cover the calendar.
Football 'and tennis singles have
already begun, while the golf
medal tournament will climax
this week's athletic • competition.
Sunday will be highlighted by
the championship round.
Later in the month, swimming
will be announced' to the student
body.
As for the girls, they were born
just too late. Back in , the •"old"
days, the women folk could pos
sibly have sneaked into partici
pating with the men athletes.
However, the rule under Section
2A states only "registered under
graduate male students are eli
gible . . ." Well, there are better
days ahead.
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