SAYtTEDAT, Pitt Grid Threats —Courtesy of Paul Poorman CDT PITT BACKFIELD, expected to start against the Niiiany Lions in today's Pitt-Penn State football tilt, consists of quarterback Henry Ford (12); right halfback Ray Ferguson, top; left halfback Richie McCabe, center; and fullback Bobby Epps, bottom. The game is the finale for both Universities. Lion Are Rados and end Jim Garrity, who have been the East’s No. 1 top battery through most of the season, must have an above average day to their ratings This passing com bination also has an opportunity to break two Penn State records which they have failed to rewrite in their last two outings. The Slingshot quarterback from Steelton needs another touchdown pass to equal the rec ord of nine set iri 1912 by Shorty Miller and matched in 1948 by Elwood Petchel. Garrity, who has been on the receiving end of 27 passes, needs six receptions to tie Jesse Arnelle’s mark of 33 set last year. Rados, who has, utilized his passing ability well with his run ning game; will be the man to watch. However, it will be half back Lenny Moore who will be required to consume the yardage on the ground. Although he still trails Rados in total offense, he is one of the most versatile backs in the nation, Engle’s senior quarterback, who never played a minute on defense until the current season, has been tabbed the “iron man” of the 1953 squad.. He leads his team mates with 330 out of a possible 480 minutes of action. Rados played 54 minutes against Ford ham, 52 minutes against Texas Christian, and 52 minutes against West Virginia. Coach Red Dawson of Pitt in tends to go along with the same lineup that started last week’s game. However, he indicated that fullback Bob Grier, who had a sensational day against the Wolf pack, will see plenty of action. Grier, who had played only one minute all season, entered the game, replacing Joe Capp and ..picked up 198 in 13 tries from 'scrimmage. He was short of a new Pitt record by two yards. Half back Warren Heller holds the Pitt mark set against Penn State in 1930. There is nothing at stake in. Gridders Underdogs (Continued from page one) this traditional; battle except vic tory itself. Usually, if there were no bowls at stake, there would be the local “Big Three Cham pionship.” However, this title has been won by the Mountaineers of West Virginia. The latter school, which is being considered for the Sugar Bowl this year, defeated Pift in its opener 17-7. It edged the Lions, 20-19. In the statistics department, the Panthers have a distinct edge over the Lions in rushing and punting. Pitt has a net rushing of 1628 yards, while Penn State has 1430. In punting the Panthers show an average of 38.2 yards per kick to 32.2 yards per boot for Penn State. The passing department, in ad dition to an overwhelming ad vantage in total yards gained, has the Lions far out in front. The Lions have a better than three to-one advantage in the touch down pass category. Pitt quarter back Henry Ford has completed all three TD passes. On the other hand. State’s Rados has passed for eight and Bobby Hoffman for two. In the 52 game series between Pitt and Penh State, the Panthers have a wide margin lead. Pitt has won 30 and Penn State 20—the other two games terminated in ties. If the Nittany Lions win to day’s contest, it will be the sec ond consecutive win over the Panthers the longest winning streak they have put together over Pitt since they defeated the Pan thers in 1941, ’42, and ’43. fftaffifAir, STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA ttffl: WAHE.Y Wernermen - (Continued from page six) wa’s Big 10 champ; John Kelley, this year’s IC4A titlist from Bos ton University. John Joe Barry of Villanova, Kikuo Moriya of Wheaton. Ray Osterhout of Syra cuse, and the Lions’ Hollen and Smith are also among the main competitors. Hollen and Smith placed third and fifth in the IC4A run for the roses. Instead of governing a five-mile course, as was the case in the IC4A title race, the harriers will be competing on Michigan State’s four-mile layout. The ■ NCAA cross-country meet was inaugurated in 1938 at ’Mich igan State and has been held at the same location ever since. Penn State copped titles in 1942, 1947, and 1948. and 1950. The Lions startled the sports world when they won their most recent title after being subjected to some of the most adverse trav eling conditions on record. Jesse Turner Given Edge Over Langßois ST. LOUIS, Nov. 20 (/P)—Pierre Langlois of - France will' try his fast, moving-in-style against hard hitting Jesse Turner of St. Louis in a 10-round middleweight fight at Kiel Auditorium tomorrow night. ' . Both fighters have equal rec ords for 1953 five victories against two defeats—but Turner appears to have the edge on pow er with four knockouts. Langlois hasn’t scored a kayo this year. The fight will be televised na tionally 9 p.m., EST, ABC with the St. Louis area blacked out. Coaches Rip Engle of Penn State and Red Dawson of Pitt will go with identical starting lineups as employed against last week’s competition. The tenta tive starting lineup follows: ’’ITT PENN STATE Zombek - LE Malinak Galz LT Grier Hunier LG Green Bose C Balihaser Los RG Shumaker Linn RT .Kneidinger Deiirick RE Garrity Ford QB Rados Manson LH Jones Ferguson RH Younker Epps FB Blockson Davis Cup Chances Nil SYDNEY, Australia, Nov. 20 (JP) —America's hopes for regaining the Davis Cup "from Australia, buoyed by September victories in the U.S. national championships, hit rock bottom today when the Aussies’ Ken Rosewall and Lewis Hoad defeated the U.S. pair of Vic Seixas and Tony Trabert for the New South Wales champion ship. The scores were 6-3, 3-6, 4-6, 6-3, 7-5. Pitt-Penn State Starting Lineups Pigskin Coin Flips ... Out On a Limb The Penn State football coaches, led by Joe Paiemo, As-, sistant Sports Editor Dick McDowell, and staff writer Herm Weis kopf. battle it out for second place honors in the final Daily Collegian football prediction contest today. The trio are tied for second place with a .683 percentage, a full six games behind leader Sam Procopio, Daily Collegian Sports Editor, who virtually has the victory in the bag. All three of the second place contestants disagree with Procopio on four of today's games, assuring the swami of a contest victory. An ad vance of six games would be necessary to overtake him. Procopio has a .733 percentage and an 88-32 record going into today's games. A victory in the contest will qualify Procopio for the coveted Collegian eight-ball award, emblematic of soothsaying supremacy. Games Alabama-Maryland Duke-Ga. Tech 111.-N'ihwesiern Indiana-Purdue Kansas-Missouri Kentucky-Tenn. Minn.-Wisconsin Nebraska-Okla. Noire Dame-lowa Ohio St.-Mich. Princeton-Dari. S. Cal.-UCLA SMU-Baylor Y ale-Har var d Fordham-H. Cross Fordham Grid Bids The contests for the mythical national college football cham pionship and for the very real bowl invitations take on increasing importance today as the 1953 season nears an end. Notre Dame and Maryland, one-two in The Associated Press ranking poll and the only undefeated major teams, are the top con tenders for the national title. If they should run into trouble against lowa and Alabama to morrow, the ballots of the ex perts likely would decide the final standings. It’s very much the same in the bowl competition, where various conferences may have to vote for their represen-J tatives Maryland, No. 2, winds up its regular season against Alabama, another bowl-conscious team. This won’t affect Maryland’s ranking in the Atlantic Coast Conference, but it still is a question whether Maryland or Duke will face Ok lahoma in the Orange Bowl. The situation regarding the other bowls: UCLA and Stanford from the McDowell (.683) Procopio (.733) Maryland Alabama Illinois Illinois Purdue Indiana Missouri Missouri Tenn. Kentucky N. Dame N. Dame Ohio St. Ohio St. Princeton Princeton UCLA UCLA Baylor Fordham Titles , Bowl Draw Nearer By the Associated Press Pacific Coast Conference and Michigan State and Illinois from the Big Ten are the Rose Bowl eligibles. Four teams still have chance* of winning the “host” position ia the Cotton Bowl game, which goei to the Southwest Conference champion. Texas, which has a slight edge in the standings, is idle until Thanksgiving, but Baylor and Southern Methodist, tied with Rice for second, meet one an other while Rice faces last-place Texas Christian. Aire we stretching things a bit? May* be - but when you find out how mild and sweet and refreshing the Medico pipe can be, you’ll go for Medico, todJ It's the replaceable filter in Medico that makes the big difference. 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