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Gridders Rated 'Toss-up';
Booters Prep for Penn
Englemen
Seek 6th
Grid Win
Every year that the predict
ing experts are set to go out
on a limb with the Penn State-
Pitt game, they pick up the
statistics, shrug their shoul
ders, and say: “Toss-up.”
With only three days re
maining for the Lions and
Panthers to windup their
training, once again these yogies
would rather say “it’ll go either
way” than exclaim it will be Penn
State or Pitt by six points.
When the Lions travel to Pitts
burgh this weekend they will be
in search of their sixth victory of
the campaign while the Panthers
are eyeing their fourth. A win
would bring Pitt’s final season
performance at a .500 percentage.
Pitt’s four losses were at the
hands of West Virginia, 17-7, No
tre Dame, 23-14, Northwestern,
27-21, and Minnesota, 35-14. While
the Panthers’ most impressive
showing was their 7-7 tie against
the Sooners of Oklahoma, , they
have downed North Carolina
State, 40-6, Virginia, 26-0, and
Nebraska, 14-6.
West Virginia is the only team
which is also scheduled by the
Lions and the Mountaineers came
out on top, 20-19.
Penn State, which had. gained
more yardage through the air
than it did along the ground in
three of its first six games, re
versed the story against Fordham.
Since then, the Lions have been
consuming the necessary yardage
with their swift backs.
Coach Rip Engle’s. 1953 gridders
show the following statistics for
eight games:
Penn State
Total yards gained
307.2 Yards per game
Total number of plays
4.8 Yards per play
1480 Rushing 1 yards
178.7 Yards rushing per game
Number of rushes
4.3 Yards per rush
1028 Passing yards
128.5 'Passing yards per game
Passes attempted
Passes completed
46.1 Per cent completed
13.0 Yards per completion
Passes had intercepted
Number of punts
Total yardage of punts
32.0 Punting average
25 No. of punt returns,,
323 Yards punt returns
36 Number of penalties
320 Total yards, penalties
24 Fumbles
Fumbles lost
28 Touchdowns
22 Points after touchdown
190 Total points
State First
Penn State in 1953 earned the
distinction of being the first east
ern school to win National Colle
giate wrestling honors.
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Otto Kneidinger
Lion Tackle
Ankle Injury
To Holt Soccer
Despite injuries during his sophomore and junior years, Emil
Borra, hearty soccer fullback, took over the reigns at his defensive
spot this year and has never since relinquished them to anyone.
When Emil arrived Penn State after a successful career in
both independent and high school sports, Coach Bill Jeffrey played
him at halfback. Need for full
backs, however, became impera
tive and before long, Borra found
himself helping the goalie. And
that’s exactly where he has been
for .the past four years.
Broke Ankle
A broken ankle suffered prior
to his enrollment in his sopho
more year hasn’t helped matters
for the brilliant defensive star.
Borra fell off a scaffold during a
summer construction job and was
in the hospital for five weeks.
Arriving late for practice in his
sophomore year, he was out most
of the season
Opponents
2323
290.4
490
4.7
1275
159.4
326
3.9
104 S
131.0
164
71
43.3
14.8
During „his junior year he held
down a first string slot until the
final home game against Army
when his ankle again put him out
for the remainder of the season.
Spoiled by Jeffrey
Borra was spotted by Jeffrey at
Bridgeville High School when he
was playing with Red Harris and
Bill, Norcik. The College soccer
All Stars defeated the High
School soccer All-Stars, 3-2, when
the three Lion booters. played
against Jeffrey’s Stars. Although
Tickets on Sole Tomorrow & Friday
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
By ROY WILLIAMS
"Mil Ball"
FRIDAY,
• REC HALL
• 9:00 - 1:00
Listen and Dance to America’s
Top Dance Band!
Tomorrow is deadline for
“MIL BALL QUEEN” photos
Emil Borra
Soccer Fullback
Fails
Borra had offers to Kent State
and North Carolina, he and his
two teammates accepted Jeffrey’s
offer to come to Penn State.
Baseball also spotlighted Borra’s
high school achievements. He won
two letters at Bridgeville after
transfering fr am Mt. Lebanon
High School, He played second
base and posted a .357 batting
average to lead his team and place
second in the batting figures for
the Western Pennsylvania’s Inter
scholastic League for Class B com
petition.
Member of Froth
While at Penn State Borra has
worked for Froth, been a mem
ber of Alpha Sigma' Phi, and
served as corresponding secretary
and pledgemaster for the frater
nity. He also has served on the
IFC workshop committees and
Spring Week committee.
Borra, who is a captain in the
advanced 1 Air Force ROTC pro
gram, remarked that the spirit
on the team has been continually
like one unit.
“We play more like a family
group than a team,” he said.
and his
Orchestra at
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Last Game
For Lions
At Home
The Quakers of the Univer
sity of Pennsylvania will meet
the Nittany soccermfen Satur
day afternoon, as the Lions
play their final game of the
season at home.
Coach Ken Hosterman and his
eleven-man squad can be assured
of finishing the season with at
least a .550 per cent even if they
drop Saturday’s engagement with
the Quakers. The Lions presently
show a 4-2 chart, with losses only
to Temple, 2-0, and Army, 4-3.
While the Nittanies are still re
membering their rugged battle
last Saturday at. home with Tem
ple, they are beginning to work
on the poor which
they displayed against the Owls.
Star
The combination of State’s in
ability to match their showing
against Temple as they did against
Duke two weeks previous, and
Temple’s brilliant passing led to
the. Owl’s seventh straight win of
the campaign.
Perhaps the lessons learned
against Temple, however, will
prove to be assets when the Lions
meet a highly-rated Red and Blue
soccer squad. Last year, the Lions
handed Penn a 3-2 defeat, after
the Quakers tallied twice in the
first ten minutes of the game.
State’s defense, however, tight
ened up later in the game, played
in mud and rain, as the Lions
went on to cop their fourth
straight win.
The boys from River Field will
be returning to State with vivid
memories of last year’s loss.
Last year’s game against the
Quakers was also the contest
when Jack Pinezich scored three
goals to set the Penn State mark
of 23 pointers in one season.
Penn will be boasting several
wins which may concern Coach
Ken Hosterman. One of its most
recent triumphs was a 8-1 drub
bing which it gave to LaSalle and
a 3-2 edging over Navy both at
its grounds at River Field.
Five Quakers are veterans, with
four of these starting most of the
games. Chuck Yarnell, center for
ward, may be at the lead of Penn’s
potential battering ram at State’s
defensive setup His three goals in
the final period against Navy en
abled the Quakers to cop the con
test after Navy had held a 2-0
lead for three quarters.
Attention
LA SENIORS
Today is the
LAST DAY
for
Libera! Arts Seniors
whose fast names start with
A to M to have their
pictures taken for the
1954 LaVie
All photos taken at the
PENN STATE PHOTO SHOP
from 9 to 4 p.m.
No appointments necessary
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1953
Five Court
Teams Rise
In IM Play
With unblemished records,, five
intramural basketball teams
moved to top positions or ties in
their respective league title races
Monday night in Rec Hall.
Ford City via a 29-19 victory
over Dorm 23 moved to the top in
League E. George Holmes tallied
nine points for the winners.' Rid
ing on the crest of their second
consecutive lop-sided win, the
Easy Aces whitewashed Joe’s
Boys, 51-28. Ken Christiansen
scored 14 markers for the Easy
Aces who had previously racked
up the Bearcat squad, 45-27.
The Bearcats evened their .sea
son standing by walloping the
twice-beaten Helenic S ociety,
•25-12.
Jim McGrainor’s dozen points
led the Five Roses to a 30-20 con
quest of the Dukes in League G.
The Knights won a forfeit from
the Model A’s. The former team
has compiled a 1-1 mark in two
forfeited contests.
The Geeche Birds and the Whiz
Kids battled to a first place-tie
in League H. The Birds swamped
the not-so-ferocious Panthers, 41-
13, while the Kids barely edged
the Engineers in a 24-22 thriller.
Barry Schriver, with 16 points,
paced the Geeche Birds while the
Whiz Kid attack was evenly
spread.
. In fraternity play, Alpha Ep
silon Pi moved to • a tie for first
place in League F with a' low
scoring 17-11 mark against Phi
Sigma Kappa. A previous winner.
Sigma Phi Sigma, was downed
by once-beaten Beta Theta Pi,
25-21.
Irish Lead AP Poll;
W. Virginia Is 19th
Notre Dame still remains as the
nation’s No. 1 team, while Mary
land continues to hold down the
second slot, according to the As
sociated Press yesterday-.
West Virginia, which has been
sought by the Sugar Bowl, has
dropped from eighth place to 19th
in the poll.