PAGE SIX m m® ® ® Virgirn Boast Pair Of Classy Ball Toters For the third straight week Penn State will face a run ning team when it meets Vir ginial at Beaver Field Satur day. Both Illinois and Syra cuse featured a running of fense and the Cavaliers, with two wins behind them, are expected to concentrate on a ground attack. The Lions have been installed as a three to four touchdown fav orite in this one but the south erners' two upset victories in their opening games reportedly have given the team a terrific mental lift. Galling, Sirumpek Star Fullback .Herman Gatling and halfback Henry Strumpek, 190- pounders, appear to be the biggest threats. Strumpek sparked the Virginians to a 14-13 come-from behind victory against George Washington Saturday and a 27-21 squeaker against Lehigh the pre vious week. Penn State scout Jim O’Hora, who watched the Cavaliers in both games, said they revealed a strong running game and an av erage passing offense. The Lion scout described Strum pek as a “strong runner who plays a sound game on defense,” and Gatling as fast and competitive. Gave Cavaliers Boost But it was the Cavaliers’ num ber three quarterback who caught O’Hora’s eye. Bill Clarke, playing behind Rives Bailey and Bill Bonhey, came on in the late stage’s of the , game Saturday and gave Ned McDonald’s team a needed boost. “Clark’s the kind of kid who thrives on competition, does his best work under pressure,” O’- Hora said. On the line, Virginia will have needed weight, particularly at the tackles where McDonald has two 2225 pounders, Carlton Schelborn and Henry Jordan. The key man, however, appears to he right guard Johnny Polzer, who ex celled in both Virginia victories. He weighs 206 pounds. The game will mark the second meeting of the two schools in their histories. The first game was played in 1893 and the Lions won that one, 6-0. OFF THE CUFF: McDonald’s assistant coach is Bill Dudley, former Pittsburgh Steeler and Washington Redskin star. Dudley played at Virginia in his college days . . . Lions have had only 23 passes thrown against them in two games. Seven were com pleted for 101 yards, and three Wefg intercepted . . . 447 yards rushing doubles the total made by Illinois and Syracuse (225) . . . de fensive statistics show only 3 yards per try by both opponents and only 2.6 on the ground . . . Penh State has punted 9 times but has allowed only 11 yards in punt returns. Pennsylvania is the oldest .op ponent on Penn State’s 1954 foot ball schedule. The Lions and Quakers first collided in 1890. Complete Laundry and Dry Cleaning Service High Quality 2-Day Service REED'S Laundry and Cleaners Established in 1912 109 S. Pugh Si. Phone AD 8-8981 a to Go Overland Nittany Cross-Country Has Tough Record to Penn State’s cross-country record of not having lost more than one meet, in any .cam paign since 1943 will be put to a rugged test before the current season closes. Four oppo nents will be out to put an end to the Lions’ impressive won and lost' mark. Navy and Villanova edged Penn State in the opening meet of the year, putting the Lions’ mark in jeopardy. In 1943 the Nittany harriers dropped two regular season meets. The University did not field a cross-country outfit in 1944-45, and when the Lions started the hill-and-dale sport again in 1946 they posted a record of four wins and one setback. Nittany cross-country Coach Chick Werner came up with one of his finest teams in 1947, guid ing the harriers to five straight victories and Penn State’s first NCAA championship. Penn State toppled five regular season foes on its way to an undefeated year. Best Season Werner’s teams posted identical marks of three wins and one de feat in 1948 and 1949. In 1950 the Lions had their finest season since entering the hill-and-dale sport way back in 1913. Once again the Nittany thinclads posted an unblemished slate, defeating five opponents without a 'loss. Then the Lions pulled the rare feat of winning both the IC4A and NCAA titles. The following season the Lions, faced with a long, tough six-meet schedule, came through with five wins and their second consecutive IC4A crown. Although the har riers dropped to fourth in the NCAA title run, they still main tained the habit of not losing more than one meet a season. Fourth in Title Runs In 1952 the Lions finished with a 4-1 card and placed fourth in both the IC4A and the NCAA championships. Last year the cross-country squad posted its third undefeated THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA -< r? f Carlton Schwelhorn Virginia Tackle season in seven years. The Lions tripped Cornell at home and then won a triangular meet from Navy and Georgetown at Annapolis. Michigan State, one of the top powers in the cross-country field, w;as barely edged by the Nittany harriers. Manhattan fell before the Lions in the final meet, and another 'spotless year was com pleted. Three of last season’s opponents will meet Pehn State's current team before the schedule is fin ished. Cornell, Michigan 1 State, and Manhattan will be back for another crack at the Lions, and Pitt—a newcomer—will also' face Werner’s outfit. Michigan State and Pitt should be the two roughest teams, the runners will face before they en ter the.IC4A race Nov. 6.' The Spartans are traditionally one of the strongest cross-country teams in the. nation and their rivalry with the Nittany harriers ranks with the tops in the sport. Karl Schlademan’s team took the Big Ten and IC4A crowns • last year. Last season the Panthers fin ished a close second in the IC4A title run, edging the Lions for the runnerup slot. A star studded cast of juniors will spearhead the Panthers’ this season. • *•. j- ; By HERM WEISKOPF Three Foes Return v,; , Squad Protect 'Deliberate Foul' Cries Harmeson ‘ • * Arkansas Coach JONESBORO, Ark., Oct. 6 <£>)— Arkansas State College Coach Glen Harmeson charged today that his star halfback, Paul Stov all, was “deliberately, fouled” ih last Saturday’s game with Missis sippi State. Both of Stovall’s jaws were broken when he was blocked by Ralph Bolton of Mississippi State after making a kickoff. The swift, little halfback had led Arkansas State on a scoring drive prior, to the kickoff. “I don’t know what Bolton’s in tent was, but he certainly went after Stovall, and hit him in the jaw with his forearms. Ahother thing that made me mad was that there was no penalty called on the play.” ■ Stovall’s jaws were wired to gether at a Memphis clinic Sun day, and he probably won’t see action for the remainder of the season. Mississippi State won the contest, 46-13. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1954 Moore 17th Nationally In Rushing Lenny Moore, Penn State’s star left halfback, ranked 17th in the. nation this wek in rushing offense, according to statistics released by the National Collegiaoe Athletic Bureau. -, . Moore .has carried the ball 35 times in two games for 211 yards and has an average of 6 vards per carry. • • " Penn State, On the Other hand, is not ranked in the first 15 of any major statistical department, and their opponents have accom plished about the same. Syracuse, who was beaten rath er handily by Penn State,- ranks first in forward pass defense, and, sixth in total defense. Pennsylvania ranks fifth in punting, and Texas Christian sixth in the same department.. West Virginia, after only one game, in which they rolled up 446 yards, rates 11th in rushing offense. < TCU’s fullback Buddy Dike is •just behind Lenny Moore, rank ing 18th in rushing. Dikes has carried the ball 48 times for 205 yards in three games. ■ A 'teammate of Dike, Ray Tay lor, is third in punting with an average distance of 45.1 yards for 15 kicks. Walt Hynoski, Pennsyl vania, is fifth in the punting de partment, averaging 42.9 yards for ten kicks. Leading the nation in various departments are: total offense, Wichita; rushing offense; Color ado; forward passing, Mississippi; total defense, Richmond; rushing defense, Mississippi; pass defense, Syracuse; punting, Arkansas. WRA Results BADMINTON League One: Delta Delta Delta over Alpha Xi Delta. Thompson 1 and 2 over Alpha Omicron Pi. League Two: Chi Omega, over Alpha Chi Omega. Delta Gamma over, Pi Beta Phi. . League Three: Sigma Sigma Sigma over Alpha Gamma Delta. Phi Mu over Zeta Tau Alpha. League Four: Beta Sigma Omi cron over Alpha Kappa Alpha. Delta Zeta over Sigma Delta Tau. League Five: Thompson 3 and‘4 over Sigma Delta Tau. Co-op over Women’s Building. League Six: Kappa Alpha Theta over Gamma Phi Beta. Leonides over Kappa Kappa Gamma. League Seven: Alpha Epsilon Phi forfeited to Little Lions. Phi Sigma' Sigma forfeited to Theta Phi .Alpha. . ' Hoflbdcks Lead Pass Receiving NEW YORK, Oct. 6 (JP) —A pair, of backfield.men have taken oveif a specialty usually reserved for' ends , with Dick James of Oregon and Dick-Rushing of Kentucky the top pass receivers in the coun try." . . James, a halfback, and Rush ing, a fullback, have caught 14 passes each this year to lead all receivers in the major college ranks!
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