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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.
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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
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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.
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By HERM WEISKOPF
Three Foes Return
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Squad
Protect
'Deliberate Foul'
Cries Harmeson
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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!