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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.