PAGE S!X Harriers, Booters Set to Grier Selected As Top Lineman Sophomores Pace Lion Thinclads By HERM WEISKOPF Sophomores have taken over the spotlight on this sea son’s cross-country squad. Coach Chick Werner said yes terday that the success or fail ure of the team will depend largely upon four second-year men on the varsity roster. The Nittany mentor pointed to Paul Roberts and Don Mowry as the two top sophomore runners. “They are gaining poise with each step,” Werner said. Penn State’s hill-and-dale out tit is minus three of its leading performers from last year’s un defeated squad. Captain Red Hol len, Jim Hamill, and Lamont Smith will be absent from the 1954 team. Although Werner will have a tough time finding re placements for these three, he couldn’t help but smile yesterday whdn he thought Of his- sopho more crew. • Returnees 'Pressed' Stalwarts from last year’s team such as Doug Moorhead, Ted Gar rett, John Chillrud, and Jim Mc- KelVey are being “pressed” by the sophomores. This is a coaches’ dream, for it means even the returning lettermen wfll have to fight for a position on the squad. Jim Pastorius, Skip Slocum, and Bruce Austin—all veterans—plus sophomores Dick Mohler and Don- Woodrow, round out the varsity. All four sophomores went out for freshman cross-country last fall. Although the team did not have any actual meet competition last season, it went through a rigid training program, the re sults of which are becoming evi dent mow. First Meet the opening meet of the campaign coming up Saturday there will not be any time for tiihe trials, Werner pointed out. Navy and Villaiiova are slated to provide the competition in the opening meet. Last year the Lions outlegged Navy and Georgetown in a triangular meet at Annapolis. Smith set a new course record, covering the five miles in 26:40.5. The old mark of 26:50 had been Set in 1952 by George Cappazoli of Georgetown. Hollen came in second in that riieet and Moorhead was third With a clocking of 27:16. Chillrud was tenth and Garrett 13th in the race along the banks of the Sev efn River. Hilly Course Werner has had his squad work ing out on the Centre Hills golf course in preparation for Navy’s hilly layout. This is the third Week of practice for the hill-and d&lers—hone too much to get set for a rough five-meet schedule. Cornell will host the Lions next Week at Ithaca and then the run ners Will take on one of the per ennial cross-country powers in the nation —Michigan State—in the first home attraction. Two Weeks later the Nittany harriers Will travel, to Pittsburgh to battle the Panthers’ talented team. The Smpkey City thinclads edged the Lions for second place in last sea son’s IC4A championships. Most of Pitt’s team will be on hand again. Manhattan, usually one of the top teams in the East, will come to the Nittany Valley for the Lions’ final meet before the IC4A and NCAA title runs. Turner Meets Andrews CHICAGO, Sept. 28 (JP)— Gil Turner, the whirlwind slugger from Philadelphia who is point ing for another welterweight title shot at Kid Gavilan, faces sturdy A 1 Andrews tomorrow night in a 10-round rematch at Chicago Stadium. The durable Andrew's, also a busy-fisted, crowd-pleasing fight er, lost a close decision to Turner when the two tangled in a sav age brawl at tha stadium last Aug. 18. Th~. will ha tele vised nationally (CBS) at 10 p.m. N- V - Chick Werner Has Dual-Meet Opener Lion Coaches Rank Syracuse With Illinois as /Tough' Foe A poster hanging in Rip Engle’s office shows a picture of Syracuse halfback Ray Perkins, the Orange’s top ball carrier. Beneath it a caption reads: “You have to gang tackle this guy.” That in a sense explains just hoyy, .the Lion coaches are looking at the coming clash with Syra cuse Saturday. Rip Engle and his staff feel this one will be as tough if not tougher than the Illinois game. J. T. White and Frank Patrick had plenty to say about that when they returned from the Orange’s game with Villanova Saturday. “Syracuse is 1 a very good team,” White said. “The backs are big and fast and the line has plenty of weight and speed.” “Perkins is regarded as one of the best backs in the East and we’ll probably have trouble with him.” Perkins, a converted end, scored one touchdown and kicked three extra points Saturday, sparking the Orange to a 28-6 opening game victory against the Wildcats. White also had praise for the Syracuse passing game. “They have possibilities ,for a, great passing at tack,” he said, “although they didn’t have to rely on it Saturday. They tried passing in the first half but didn’t do much in the second half because they didn’t have to. It’s running game wms terrific the second half.” . The Orange, which almost dumped the Lions Indian's Skipper Fears Polo Grounds Fences NEW YORK, Sept. 28 (JP) —Senor A 1 Lopez, soft-spoken skipper of Cleveland’s Indians, has -a hunch the Polo Grounds’ short foul line fences may be deciding factors in the first two games of the World Series. . • “This is one ball park where ‘pull’ will get you sorrieplace,” Lopez cracked as the American League champs went through a two hour batting and fielding drill today in the New York Giants’ Harlem home. • Home run territory down the right field line is only a 257-foot shot. Along the left field line it’s 279 feet. Walls are of concrete, breaking sharply from the foul lines. Balls carom off the concrete in crazy ways, and Lopez said “It takes time to learn to play ’em off the walls. -The best way is to pull NEWMAN CLUB Business Meetings followed by Dancing at the TUB WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 29 7:00 P.M. Refreshments All Catholic Students^ ’ ‘ THE DA!LY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA Roosevelt Grier, mammouth Nittany Lion, tackle, has. been chosen by the Daily Collegian’s sports staff as Penn State’s line man of the week. The six-foot five-inch 240-popnd product of Roselle, N.J., was se lected on his outstanding line play in the Lions’ 14-12 conquest of highly-rated Illinois Saturday. Grier, believed by many to have a good chance for All-Amer ica honors this year, was a con sistent thorn "vin the mini’s side with his bone-crushing tackles. The giant gridder is spending his fourth year with the varsity, and has been a regular for the past two campni”’ Penn State’s giant football tackle, Rosey Grier, Roselle, N.J., last spring won the IC4A shot put title. your outfielders clbser together, and let the left of right fielder play the carom, with the center fielder backing ’em up. There’s no defense against a blooper hit down the foul line, so you play toehold balls which hit the walls to singles if you can.” A 1 Rosen, Larry Doby, ' Vic Wertz and Bobby Avila had. a field day hitting them ihtb the stands against all kinds, of pitch ing sefcved up by such flingers as Art Houtteman, Bob Feller, Mike Garcia and. Coach Red Kress. last year until a blocked punt gave them a 20-14 victory, are always a tough opponent for the Lions. Two years ago, they beat a favored- Penn State team '25-7, and went on to win the Lambert Trophy. t Against Villanova Satu r d a y Coach Ben Schwartzwalder’s squad gained 286 yards from the line of scrimmage while holding a good Wild cat team to only 86. Although Schwartzwalder lost 14 lettermen from last year’s team which won five, lost three, and tied one, 15 letterwinners returned when the team opened fall practice. With this nucleus and a host of good new comers the Orange coach, in his sixth campaign at the New York school, appears to have fashioned another good team. Perkins, Sam Alexander, Bill Wetzell,-. and Mickey Rich, form a swift moving backfield with plenty of weight. And along with Rich, the quarterback, ; Schwartzwalder can rely on Perkins to share the passing duties. Basically Schwartzwalder employs his own con coction of the T-formation- and. unbalanced line, and occasionally uses flankers. Last season the Orange operated from both the T and winged-T. However, they used the T exclusively against Vil lanova Saturday. The game Saturday will mark the 32nd meeting of the two schools.' The Lions hold a 14-12 edge in games won and five contests ended ih ties. Friday Is Deadline For (M Golf Entries The deadline ’ for entering the intramural golf-medal. tourna ment is 4:30 p.m. Friday i Compe tition is open to all University students except those who have played varsity golf. Play will consist of 36-holes and will start at 1 p.m. Saturday. The first 18 holes will be played on the University golf course. The final round will be run off Sun day. The field is open to both fra ternity and independent men. Each organization- may enter two men. Independent students may enter as individuals. Ken Hosierman . Lion Soccer Coach ATTEND TONIGHT GRAD NIGHT CONVOCATION ... SCHWAB Al5O. - 7:30 P.M. G.S.A. ELECTIONS ... WHITE HAIL - 8:30 P.M. MIXER ... WRITE HALL - 9:80 P.M. The Camptsseefs WEDNESDAY, SEFYEWBEK ZV. 1904 Open Soccermen Study 'Boots' After Win ' By HOY WILLIAMS In preparation for the sea-, son opener Saturday when Bucknell visits Penn State, soccer Coach. Ken Hosterman will be putting emphasis on the fundamentals of the game this week. The Lions have on ly three more practice sessions in which to review and cor rect the mistakes of a 4-1 vic tory over' the CosmopoliteChib Saturday. “Our scrimmage served the nri mary purpose,” Hosterman said Monday, “of showing our mis takes and weaknesses.” Hosterman, who will open his second season at the soccer reigns, said he would concentrate on,the Lions’ positional play and passing attack this week. “Our passing was sporadic,” Hosterman said. “Sometimes - it was good, but too many times we were holding the ball too long. Several times we kicked the, ball too. far iri~front of us instead of -elying on short oasses.” Ball-Handling Poor -Hosterman said the Lions’ do sitional /|olay was fair, but that the ball-handling could stand considerable improvement. “The line was holding the ball too long, 'and was trying to kick the ball through, our onponents instead of around them.” After a weak passing display in the first half, the Lions stepped up their offensive machine in the last half. Despite the outstanding defensive play of fullback Ralph Hoffman of the Cosmopolitan Club, the Lions, moved in for 23 shots at the opponent’s goal. A meager percentage, however, was recorded with the Lions tallying only three times. “We were being beaten to the ball, too,” Hosterman said in a constructive criticism of his li man squad. ■ Until early in the fourth quarter, Penn State domi nated the second-half play. Then the Cosmopolitan Club weaved an effective offensive patterh on three successive tries only to be stopoed. on the scoring attempt. Co-'ih Praises Newcomers Hosterman was' high in his praise for several newcomers to the Nittany soccer, team. In the second half Hosterman substituted freely with John Lawrence, .jun ior goalie, fullbacks Jim Edmunds and Harry . Little, and linemen Dutch Walz, Ward Hill and Tom Nute. When questioned about his fullback, positions, Hosterman said Paul Dierks and Galen Robbins, both converted halfbacks, worked well together, but needed more work oh their positional play.. “At times they were too close together and on a parallel line,” Hoster man explained, “With the. full backs in such a position thebppo nents can score milch easier.” Brennan Picks Schaefer SOUTH BEND, Ind., Sept. 28 (TP)—Don Schaefer, junior from Pittsburgh, has won the number one fullback spot at Notre Dame by his performance against Tfex as, Coach Terry Brennan said.
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