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Gridders Face Mini Tomorrow
Underdog Nitfanies Meet
Toughest Test of Year
Penn State puts a 67-year old record on the line tomorrow
when it opens its 68th consecutive year of football with fav
ored Illinois. Never in its grid history has a Lion team been
beaten on opening day two years in a row.
But the experts say that the Nittanies, who lost to Wis
consin in their first game last year, may be in trouble tomor
row at Memorial Stadium when they face the Big Ten favo
rites.
Coach Ray Eliot’s fluid T-formation offense is regarded
among the best in the country, and despite a lack of exper
ienced line material, the Illini have been a consensus pick as
the best in the conference.
However, the Lions will have plenty to offer themselves.
Spearheaded by halfback Lenny Moore and a veteran line,
coach Rip Engle, inaugurating his fifth season at the reigns,
may have his best Penn State team. And from all aspects
it might surprise the Illini tomorrow.
The Penn State party arrived
in Champaign this mqrning and
will take a light workout at the
stadium this afternoon.
Engle’s final starting lineup
probably won’t be. known until
game time tomorrqw. However,
he did release a tentative starting
team before the squad departed
yesterday.
Veteran Jesse Arnelle will be at
left end with either Jack Sherry
or Bob Rohland at the right ter
minal position. Giant Rosey Grier
is slated for the left tackle spot.
Otto Kneidinger or Gene Danser
will be at the right tackle.
Earl Shumaker gets the call at
right guard with either Chuck
Sowers or Pete Petroff at. left
guard. Frank Reich will be at cen
ter.
In the backfield Engle will have
Lenny Moore and Ron Younker
at the halfbacks and Bill Straub
at fullback. In the much discussed
quarterback position Engle will
call on either Bob Hoffman or
Don Baily.
Center Don Balthaser and end
Jim Garity, the Lion co-captains,
who have been sidelined with in
juries, will dress for the game but
neither is expected to start. How
ever, both men’s injuries have
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Go West Young Man . .. •
LION COACH Rip Engle is flanked by his iwo co-captains Jim
Garriiy and Don Balihaser as the Lion gridders embark on' the
first leg of the journey to Champaign, 111., where they open the
sea-on with Illinois. The squad traveled to Altoona by bus and
then tr.i-rined for the Big-Ten city.
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By dick McDowell
Booters Will Scrimmage Tomorrow
With the opening date of the regular soccer season set for one week from tomorrow,
Coach Ken Hosterman will put his present squad through a practice game tomorrow af
ternoon against the Cosmopolitan Club at .the soccer practice field on the golf course. The
game will start at 1 p.m. .
The Cosmopolitan, team will be composed of graduate and one-year foreign stu
dents attending the University. Students from from Mexico, Norway, India, and Iran will
Lion-Mini Clash
Is I Game of D J
Penn State’s grid clash with
Illinois Saturday has been chosen
by the American Broadcasting
Company as the game of the day
and will be broadcast over that
network, beginning at 2:15 DST.
Sportscaster Jim Finnegan will
do a direct play-by-play from
Champaign.
Bob Prince will be announcing
the skrimish over WMAJ, for the
Mutual Broadcasting Company.
He will carry all of the Lions’ tilts
this year.
JPi&tyerd
Annual
Schwab Auditorium
TONIGHT 8:30 p°m.
THF DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA
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Bob Hoffman
By ROY WILLIAMS
participate. The club, however, has
asked for additional players who
qualitfy to report for the contest.
Although the contest will be
strictly a pre-season warm-up
game for the Nittany soccer squad,
Hosterman will grasp the oppor
tunity to put the finishing touches
on his first string choices for next
Saturday.
In tomorrow’s contest local soc
cer fans will have an opportunity
to see the bulk of the Lions’ ma
terial vying for starting positions.
Hosterman will have not only an
array of veterans performing, but
also a large selection of sopho
mores up from the freshman
squad.
“I have my material sorted for
each position,” Hosterman. said
yesterday, “but now the problem
is selecting a man for each posi
tion to give us a well-knit unit
for a strong team.”
Hosterman, now in his second
year as the booter’s coach, ad
mitted that he had nearly enough
men for two solid lines. “I have
five veterans this year, and also
three sophomores that ,look very
good in the line positions,” Hos
terman said.
Returning to the line positions
are Captain Jack Pinezich, Joe
Mi j ares, Milt Springer, Dick
Packer, and Dick Matacia.' Three
sophomores on which Hosterman
will count heavily are Ward Hill,
Tom Nute, and Dutch Walz.
The fullback slots —which were
the prime headaches for Hoster
man at the start of workout ses
sions—are being run by seniors
Galen Robbins and Paul Dierks.
Both were halfbacks last season.
Bob Little, another senior, and a
new senior recruit—Johnny Duf
ford have been added to the
fullback roster.
Four men will be available for
duty at the three halfback slots.
Ihor Stelnyk and Gerry Gillispie
—both lettermen —along with jun
ior Jim Edmonds and sophomore
Steve Flamporis have been Hos
terman’s top pre-season choices.
Starter Still Unknown
Phils Defeat
Bucs Twice;
Roberts Wins
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 23 (/P)
—The Philadelphia Phillies beat
the Pittsburgh Pirates twice to
day—for four wins in 22 hours—
winning a suspended game of Aug.
15 with a run in the ninth 7-6
and then taking the regulation
game ,4-2 on a three run homer
in the first inning by Stan Lopata.
Robin Roberts pitched the one
inning necessary to win the sus
pended game, gaining credit for
his 23rd win of the season and his
second in two days.
The suspended game resulted
when the second part of a dou
ble-header on Aug. 15 was halted
by the Pennsylvania curfew law.
An inning cannot be played after
6:59 p.m. on Sunday in Pennsyl
vania. The score was 6-6 at the
end of eight innings.
Roberts pitched and won last
night. Manager Terry Moore,
called on his great righthander
today to help win a game the club
needed sadly in its battle for
fourth place money.
Roberts,* who has lost 14 this
year, allowed one. hit in the Pitts
burgh ninth and the Phillies de
livered with a run in the last half
of the ninth.
Don Bailey
FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 24, 1954
Heavy Drills
Emphasized
By Werner
There’s more to running than
meets the eye.
This is the part of the season
which many athletes considfer to
be the roughest. These are the
days when the cross-country run
ners are working out kinks and
recalling their lessons of previous
campaigns—for these are the days
of practice.
•The , Nittany hill-and-dalers
have just a little more than a
week to go before the opening
meet of the season at Annapolis
with Navy and Villanova.
Workouts
Penn State Coach Chick Wer
ner has been putting his team
through all sorts of workouts in
preparation for opening day. The
Lion mentor has been sending his
outfit through . speed workouts
one day, through uphill and
downhill practice sessions .on
others, and has been devoting
still other days to such things
as pace, rhythm, stride; and
breathing. -
One of the workouts the Lions
have been going through is called
“ins and outs.” In this type of
practice session the thinclads run
through alternate, laps at ' fast
and slow paces.
Overrunning, Underrunning .
Overrunning and underrunning
are two other devices used to get
the funders in shape. The regula
tion distance in cross-country is
five miles, but during workouts
the Lions may cover seven miles
one day and then three miles
another.
Workouts emphasizing breath
ing, pace, and rhythm are among
the most important. Each runner
must learn how to maintain a
constant pattern of breathing
throughout the race. Through
coaching and practice this pat
tern has to be perfected until the
runner can keep the same rhythm
throughout the race. Pace is an
art that comes., only after much
practice. Each runner rpust learn
how he can best run; he must
learn when to run fast or slow
and for how long he can main
tain a fast pace.
• The runners must alsb learn
how and when to pass, general
running strategy, and a host of
other details that go ’ into the
making of a top notch team. Only
after all 'these lessons have been
learned can a squad hope To come
up with a winning season.
Penn State’s 1954 football team
will play, its first home game
against the University of Virginia,
Oct. 9. Two road ganies precede
the home opener.