SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1954
Lion Harriers
To Meet Cornell
Penn State’s crqss-country team- will tangle with Cornell today at Ithaca, N.Y., m
an effort to pick upits first'yictojcy of.the season.
Jim McKelvey will captain .the-Lions against the Big Red.
Coach Chick Werner’s harriers are faced with th<? threat of losing two meets m one year
for the first time since. 1943. Navy and Villanova tripped the Lions last weekend at
Annapolis in the opening .meet of-the season. That loss ended Penn State’s six-meet winning
streak which dated back to 1952.
This will be the first time that the Lions have run
Ray Osterhout of Syracuse set the'course record of
. Cornell started the season with
a' 15-44 win over Colgate last Sat
urday at Ithapa. Don Farley fin
ished first iri the Colgate meet
with a 28:08 clocking. Cornell’s
N0...2, runner, John Rosenbaum,
finished'-in a three-way tie for
second with a time of 28:47.
Penn State’s top runner is Doug
Moorhead. The- Nittany junior
placed first at Annapolis with a
21:16 time for Navy’s hilly four
mile layout. Jim Pastorius, Ted
Garrett, Don Howry, and McKel
veyare other Lion standouts who
will be running today.
John Chillrud, Don Woodrow,
Paul Roberts, Dick Mohler, Bruce
Austin, and Dave Nash round out
the Penn State team. Werner’s
runners possess a lot of potential
and any one of tpem could finish
nepr the top. With an extra week
of practice the Lions are in much
better shape than they were for
the triangular meet with Navy
and Villanova. Going into that
meet the Lions had only a little
more than two weeks of work
outs.
' Last year Penn State oiitlegged
Cornell at home, 19-39,' with
Moorhead finishing in a three
way tie for first.
Norm . Gordon, freshman cross
country coach, will send his har
riers against Cornell’s yearlings
in a 2.7 mile run.
Navy defeated the Nittany frosh
Four Wins Posted
In IM Football Play
For the first time this year- the independents took the spotlight
and the fraternities the backseat as three independents posted vic
tories in intramural football played last night at Beaver Field.
in the games f played Iron. Men defeated the Kilowatts 22-0, the
4F’s beat Unit 7 7-6, and in the only fraternity action of the night
Alpha Chi Rho edged by Phi Kap
pa 7-6, and the Mustangs beat the
Marvels 6-0.
In the first game a well or
ganized Iron Men squad, led by
“interception-minded” Dibk Bax
ter,' romped to their victory over
the Kilowatts. Baxter intercepted
four passes to set up two of the
three touchdowns scored." The first
TD came when the Iron Men re
covered a fumble on the .Kilo
wattsV nine yard line, and a few
plays ■'later Fred Jones ran for the
score. The try for the extra point
was no good.
The second touchdown came on
a pass from Chris Duliakas to
Fred Jones, who caught it in be
tween two men in the end zone.
With only 22 seconds left in the
game Iron Men scored again when
John Grundon ran 60 yards.
The second game of the night
was' a thriller right through to
the finish as the 4F’s out-scored
their opponents in first downs 2-1
to Vvin. The 4F’s started the scor
ing when with only three minutes:
gone ip the. game, a Norm Yunits
•to Frank Price pass play cover
ing 20 yards was good for the TD
The extra point try failed
Unit 7 Scores
In the second half the boys
from Unit 7 came to life, and on a
series of plays, following an inter
ception by Terry Alwine, - they
scored when Joe Caupano threw
to Vince Caracci for the spore.
The.contest see-sawed back and
forth until the final minutes. Then
a pass from Caupano to''Caracci
was ;good for a first down and
the game.
lii the third contest Alpha’ Chi
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2.8 mile course. Tom Lewis, first
Penn Stater to cross the finish
line, had a 15:38 time —good
enough for .second.
Cornell’s yearlings swamped
the Colgate freshmen, 15-50, in
their first met. Midler,- Eckel, and
Lyle tied for first with 16:35 times.
By FRAN FANUCCI
Rho and Phi Kappa tangled heads
in a game full of spectacular
plays. For the whole first half the
teams battled to gain'ground, but
the alert defense of both of them
failed to give an inch. Steve
Frank, of Alpha Chi Rho, was a
thorn in the side of Phi Kappa
during the whole encounter, along
with Jack Metzer who proved to
be just as bad against Alpha Chi.
Rho.: • •
After a scoreless first half Ken
William, of Alpha Chi Rho, caught
Newk Grub in the end zone for
•the initial score of the game. But
not to be denied, Phi Kappa
fought back and" on the kickoff,
Bob Misko, standing on-his own
15 yaVd line threw to Jim Ross
and Ross scampered the rest of
the distance for the score.
But when the final gun sounded
Alpha Chi Rho was ahead in first
downs and thus won the ball
: game. .
*. In the last game the Mustangs
started fast when on a recovered
fumble they took possesion of
the, ball on the -Marvel. 20 yard
line. Then 3 plays later a Carol
Henson pass to Harry West was
gopd for the TD. The extra point
try was no good. The first half
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THE DAILY COUEpJAN; STATE COLLEQE. PENNSYLVANIA
Doug Moorehead
Top Lion Runner
Sensational Score
on Cornell’s new 4.7- mile course,
26:16.6 earlier this year.
Texas Given
Edge Over
Oklahoma
By Associated Press
Oklahoma and. Texas, two,; of
most potent football teams in" the
southwest, if not in the entire na
tion, meet today in the 49th game
of an old and colorful series. And
th*. result could leave the na
tional rankings as. thoroughly
scrambled as Oklahoma’s lineup
has been since Gene Calame got
hurt.
Oklahoma was awarded the No.
1 spot on the national list this
Week by the sports writers and
broadcasters voting in the Asso
ciated Press ranking poll after
Notre Dame, the former leader,
took a tumble.. Texas, in spite of a
loss to Notre Dam e, collected
enough points for 15th place.
Calame, •a. clever, experienced
quarterback, suffered a cracked
collar bone in Oklahoma’s game
against Texas Christian two
weeks ago. That could be called
a Calame-ity. The Sooners never
have lost a game. Calame. started
at quarterback, and' his replace
ment, a 164-pound sophomore,
Jimmy Harris,’isn’t his equal at
faking,’ ball handling, and read
ing the enemy defenses.
As a result of all this and of the
strength of the Texas line, the
odds-makers have disregarded the
ratings and installed Texas as a
slight favorite.
Wisconsin-Rice is the nationally
televised game of the week and,
for once, the screen watchers can’t
complain that they were short
changed by the selection. They’re
third, and 11th in the AP ratings,
respectively, and. offer a feud be
tween two of the season’s best
publicized backs, explosive Dicky
Moegle of Rice, and Wisconsin’s
crashing Alan Ameche.
Purdue-Duke brings together
the fifth and sixth teams in the
AP poll. It' was Stu Holcomb’s
Boilermakers and sophomore
passer Len Dawson who deflated
Notre Dame las't week. Today,
Duke, with four able flingers in
its starting backfield and one of
the nation’s best pass deefnse rec
ords, is primed to do a little de
flating.
ended with the Mustangs leading.
The second half was scoreless
with the Mustangs threatening
often but not'being able to score.
From
This
Angle...
SATURDAY MORNING QUARTERBACK
The Penn State-Virginia football series, has a very short, but
interesting history. The two teams have played only one previous
game and that one ended rather abruptly late in the third period
after players, fans, and coaches mixed it up m the middle of the
Play Tlfe contest took place in October of 1893—not too many years
after the "University entered the sport on an intercollegiate level.
The University of Virginia student newspaper, College Topics,
described it this way:
", . . the game can only be described with great difficulty.
One fact stands out clear and distinct, however. The slugging was
simply terrific on both sides, and the game came to an abrupt and
sudden germination soon after the second half had begun partly
in consequence thereof. ~ ' ~
“It was really a disgraceful scene and a hard blow to the honor
of our University that a visiting team’should be treated in such a
manner . . . the whole affair is to be deeply deplored and the only
redeeming feature was the action of giving Penn State not only
the game but also a most humble and sincere apology ... We can
not blame captain Brown for refusing to continue the game .
In those days there were no seating stands for spectators and '
when the trouble broke out on the playing field, everybody joined
in. Well, the Virginia "rivalry" was discontinued after that year
and today the two schools play again after a 81-year lapse.
This one today by all. odds should be the easiest or the first
three for the Lions. Virginia hasn’t shown anything exceptional in
its first two games, although it won them both.
The-Lions, on the other hand, have held the winning hand
against two fine football teams utalizing power, speed, balance, and
depth in both games. Rip Engle’s line continues to improve and his
backfield alignment (he has eight men of first class ability) is as
good or better than any in the east.
However, they can't let up for a minute. There isn't a team
on” the remainder of the schedule that isn't capable of throwing
a hard punch some Saturday afternoon, and that most certainly
includes Virginia. The Cavalier line is big and the backs are fast
and threatening.
Virginia could be a sleeper, although it doesn’t seem likely.
The Lions are taking them as they come and this one looks like
it should come without too much trouble.
From here it looks like Penn State by four touchdowns.
Ex-Chaplain
Dies in Conn.
The Rev. Dr. Frazer Metzger,
who served from 1923 until 1925
as chaplain at Penn State, died
early this summer at South Wind
sor, Conn., at the age of 81.
Dr. Metzger, a native of Glov
ers ville, N.Y., attracted wide at
tention 50 years ago when he suc
cessfully urged the merger of the
Christian Church and the Con
gregational Church in Randolph,
Vt.
Prior to his appointment, Dr.
Metzger campaigned with Presi
dent Theodore Roosevelt in 1912
as a Progressive party candidate
for Governor of Vermont. He was
defeated in the election, but in
1917 was elected to the Vermont
legislature.'
Dr. Metzger went from Penn
State to Rutgers University where
he was dean of men until 1945,
when he became pastor of the
First Congregational Church at
South Windsor. He. served in this
capacity until his death.
Penn State and the University
of Virginia, football opponents in
1954, last met on the gridiron in
1893.
By DICK McDOWELL
Collegian Sports Editor
Q'Dou! May Replace
Moore as Phils' Boss
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 8 (IP)—
Terry Moore, 42, is on his way out
as manager of the Philadelphia
Phillies and Frank Lefty O’Doul,
former National League batting
champion and veteran Pacific
Coast League manager may suc
ceed him, it was reported here to
day. ,
The report is that Moore, who
announced he would be back dur
ing a late season series in Brook
lyn last month, is being given the
polite brushoff.
Andrade to Meet Davis
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Oct. 8 <7P)—
Cisco Andrade, the rising young
lightweight from Compton, Calif.,
will be tested tomorrow night by
rugged Henry Davis of Honolulu
as headline boxing tries a come
back in Rochester.
The ten-round affair will be
nationally televised (9 p.m., ABC)
with Rochester blacked out. -
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