The daily collegian. (University Park, Pa.) 1940-current, October 16, 1954, Image 6

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    PAGE SIX
Attendance
Mark May
Be Broken
More than 30,000 fans are expected to attend today, break
ing the record of 30,321 set in 1951 against Michigan State.
Pei’manent seating was sold out more than a week ago and
temporary bleacher seats have been erected.
Two former Penn State coaches, Bob Higgens ami the
late Hugo Bezdek, will be honored at special halftime cere
monies when they will be in
stalled in the National Football
Hall of Fame. Higgens, who
coached Penn State teams from
1930 to 1949 will accept his plaque
from Adm. John H. Brown, presi
dent of the Hall of Fame. Bezdek
will be i represented by his daugh
ter, Mrs. Frances' Bezdek Mckin
stry..
Athletic director, Ernest Mc-
Coy, will accept duplicate plaques
for the University.
The game will be broadcast
locally by radio station WMAJ,
with Bob Prince doing the an
nouncing, and will also be carried
by the Columbia Broadcasting
System on the “Football Roundup”
show.
This is Rip Engle’s tenth year
as a college football coach, his
fifth at Penn State. He formerly
coached at Brown University.
Out on a Limb
Head grid coach,’ Rip Engle, has nominated assistant Earl Bruce
to represent the mentors in today’s fourth edition of the Daily Col
legian’s football prediction contest. The coaches are currently in
last place, behind sportswriters Dick McDowell and Herm Weis
kop£, who are tied for second, and scribe Roy Williams, who leads
the pack.
McDowell Weiskopf • Williams Coaches
(.688) (.688) (.711) (.622)
Aja.-T-enm Tennessee Tennessee Alabama Tennessee
Army-Puke Duke / Duke Duke Duke
Boston U.-Sysa. Syracuse Syracuse Boston TJ. Boston U.
Illinois-Minnesola Illinois Minnesota - Minnesota Minnesota
lowa-Ohio St. Ohio Si. lowa Ohio Si. Ohio St.
Maryland -N. CaroL Maryland Maryland Maryland Maryland
Mlch.-Norihw'est. Michigan . Michigan . . Michigan Michigan
Mich Sl.-Notr® D. Notre D. Notre D. Notre D. Notre D.
Navy-Pitt Navy Navy Navy Navy
Purdue-Wise. Wisconsin Wisconsin Wisconsin Wisconsin
Rice-SMU Rice Rice Rice Rice-
S. CaL-Oregon Oregon South Cal. South Cal. Oregon
Stanford-UCLA UCLA UCLA UCLA UCLA
TCU-Tex. A&M TCU TCU TCU TCIT
W&M-Rutgers W&M W&M W&M Rutgers
Outing Club Plans Hike
In Beaver Dam Area
Members of the Penn State Out
ing Club and other students in
terested in hiking in the Beaver
Dam area may meet at 2 p.m. to
morrow at the rear of Old Main.
Transportation will be provided
to the dam where trails will be
explored.
Supper will be served.
intramural Deadlines
Intramural basketball and
swimming entries are due in the
intramural office before 4:30 p.m.
Monday. The entry fee for each
team is $l. Both tournaments will
be played on a round robin elimi
nation basis. The basketball tour
ney will take place in Rec Hall,
and the swimming tourney at
Glennland pool. Complete rule
sheets for both tourneys may be
obtained at the intramural office.
Otto Kneidinger of Bellwood,
who was an outstanding end in
high school, has been converted'
to tackle at Penn State.
Robert Janet
Taylor Leigh
-rogue cor
(Continued from page one)
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COLLEGE
DINER
ALWAYS OPEN
Good Food
Between the Movies
“ME DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
Lenny Moore
Offensive Threat
"THE EGYPTIAN"
Cinema Scope
Edmund Purdom
"BATTLE AT
APACHE PASS"
1 Jeff Chandler
Cross-Country Squad to
Champion Spartan Harriers
The champs are here! ■ '
Michigan State’s Big Ten and IC4A' cross-country champions will tangle with the la b n s" at
11 a.m. today on the golf course. .
Penn State has dropped its two meets so far this season., This will be the opening meet of , the
campaign for the Spartans.
Although Michigan State Coach Karl Schlademan lost his five top stars from last year’s title
winning squad, he has the ser
vices of four promising sopho
mores. John Cook, Spartan cap
tain, is one of the five men
Schlademan will have to do with
out. He is scholastically ineligible.
Schlademan’s four top sopho
mores during practice sessions
were Selwyn Jones, Terry Block,
Gay Denslow, and Bob Skane.
The Michigan State-Penn State
rivalry is one of the keenest in
the hill-and-dale ranks. Nittany
Coach Chink Werner has come
up with a winning combination
three times in the past five en
counters
Doug Moorhead, ace Lion har
rier, is expected to lead the way
for the Blue and White. Other top
runners for the Lions include Ted
Garrett, . Jim Pastorius, Gene Mc-
Kelyey, and John Chillrud. Wer
ner also has a quartet of speedy
sophomores—Don Woodrow, Dick
Mohler,' Paul Roberts, and Don
Mowry.
Moorhead has been the Lions’
top runner this season, finishing
first in a triangular meet with
Navy and Villanova and second
against Cornell. •
Michigan State may be loaded
with sophomore talent, but the
blossoms of spring often fade in
the summer heat. I
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Strike Settlement
LONDON, Oct. 15 (£>)—Efforts
to settle the strike of 24,000 dock
ers which has shut down Lon
don’s busy port collapsed tonight
and the government warned that
Britain’s food supplies and export
trade were endangered.
After the Cheering
Step at ■
RAY'S RANCH
For your favorite beverages
and snacks ’
West on Route 322 ,
SATURDAY. OCTOBER 16. 1954
Meet
ails
in London
Coupled with a spreading bus
men’s walkout and an order for a
mass strike by-Thames River- tug
men, the dock stoppage confront
ed Prime Minister Winston
Churchill's government with the
most serious labor crisis since it
came to power three years ago.