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    PAGE SIX
TCU Record Shows
Danger lor Lions
Flashy Texas Christian University, a football team that hit bottom in the Southwest
Conference last year and bounced right back into contention for the championship this sea
son, moves into Penn State focus this Saturday at Amon Carter Stadium at Fort Worth,
Texas.
And, Lion coach Rip Engle isn’t expecting a moment’s rest for this one.
The Horned Frogs, under coach Abe Martin, have beaten three fine teams this season
—Kansas, Southern California, and Texas A&M, while they lost squeakers to top-ranked
Oklahoma and conference favor
ite Arkansas.
All of which indicates that the
Frogs are a much better team
than last year when they won
only three games but gave Penh
State a whale of a fight at Bea
ver Field before finally succumb
ing, 27-21.
The Texans easily ' whipped
Kansas in'their opener, 27-6, bat
tled Oklahoma to the hilt before
losing it 21-16, and then lost an
other close one to Arkansas, 20-13.
They bounced back to beat
ninth-ranked Southern Cal 20-7
at Los Angeles and last week
edged the Aggies 21-20.
Clinkscale at Quarterback
Led by quarterback Ronnie
Clinkscale and fullback Buddy
Dike, the Frogs operate from the
T-formation behind a 210-pound
line that has speed to go along
with its we’ght. '
Lion coach Frank Patrick, who
drew-the TCU scouting assign
ment said that the Frogs rank
with one of the year’s top teams.
He said Abe Martin’s team has
improved from week to week, and
is now achieving the poise and
maturity it lacked a year ago.
Patrick named Clinkscale and
Dike as backs capable of “going
the whole way” and Charlie Cur
tis, a second-runner to Clinkscale
at quarterback now, a “better
than average passer.”
Leading Runner
Dike, a sophomore, is the team’s
leading ground gainer with 330
yards in 84 carries. It's Clink
scale, however, who poses the big
gest threat. The senior quarter
back scored twice—once from 60
yards out—against Southern Cal
and, last week sprinted 79 yards
for another score against Texas
A&M.
Twenty-five lettermen give
Martin, who took over the coach 7
ing job last season, plenty of
depth in every position, particu
larly in the line where he has
seven veteran performers, all of
them 200 pounds or better.
Captain Johnny Crouch at left
end is the “little” guy at 200
pounds. Byron Engram, the right
end, weighs 205. At the tackles
there’s 205-pound Ray Hill and
Dick laswell, 230. Bill Yung, 210,
and Vernon Uecker, 215, hold
down the guard slots. Hugh Pitts,
205, is the center.
The Frogs, primarily a passing
team in the past, have traveled
mostly on the. ground this year
but still loom as a real threat
through the air. In five games
Clinkscale and Curtis have thrown
most of 55 passes, completing 22.
The Lions, stunned by West
Virginia last week, will be seek
ing their fourth win of the sea
son. This will be only the second
game played between the two
teams.
Minoso, Mays Top
Major League Sluggers
NEW YORK, Oct. 19 (/P)—Out
fielders Willie Mays of the New
York Giants and Orestes (Minnie)
Minoso of the Chicago White Sox,
a pair of powerful ■ righthanded
hitters, today were crowned the
major league slugging kings for
1954.
Mays, returning from a two
year Army hitch to spark the Gi
ants to the world championship,
topped the National League with
a lusty .667 slugging average. Mi
noso, in his fourth season in the
majors, was the American Leagm
leader with .535.
Barbell Club
An intra squad match between
members of the Barbell Club will
be held at 7 tomorrow night in
the barbell room in Rec Hall. Bi 1 !
Pearce, club president, said. that
the purpose of the meet is to help
decide who will compete for-the
club against other teams.
Anyone who is interested may
attend.
Bryan Engram
TCU Right End
Shutouts Highlight
IM Football Action
The sensational passing of Hubie Kline proved to be tot.
much for the Punchy Nine to cope with, as Dorm 44 ran
roughshod over them, 29-0, in intramural football last night
at Beaver Field.
In the remaining games, Beta Theta
to edge Phi Kappa Sigma 7-2, Dorm 25
before Dorm 27, 1-0, and in the
final contest Alpha Sigma Phi
topped Zeta Beta Tau, 20-0
With the first half nearing its
close, Kline threw a 55 yard
touchdown pass to Walt Knepley
to start the Dorm 44 rout. In the
second half fireworks began for
the Punchy Nine, with Kline
heaving two more touchdown
passes. The winners scored a safe
ty when Ray Cooward tackled Mel
Black in the end zone.
Kline, who also played fine de
fensive ball, intercepted a pass
on the 30-yard line of the Punchy
Nine and on the next play threw
for a TD to Cooward.
After the kickoff, which put the
Punchy Nine deep in their own
territory, Dorm 44’s John Chap
man intercepted on the three
yard line ahd ran for the score.
. The final score came on a 35-
yard pass from Kline to Harter
Banks.
Ip the second game fraternities
took the field. Both Beta Theta
Pi and Phi Kappa Sigma did all
their scoring in the final two min
utes of the game.
The first score came when a
punt Jo Beta Theta Pi put them
on their own two-yard line. On
the first play ' Bill Marshall
trapped Sandy Ayers for a safety
to put Phi Sigma Kappa ahead
2-0. But Ayers on the kickoff
picked up a free ball on Phi Kap
pa Sigma’s 40 and raced the rest
of the way for the winning tally.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
The extra point was good.
In the third contest Dorm 25
was edged by Dorm 27, 1-0. The
winning point came on a first
down after nine minutes of the
first half on a pass from Red
Bone to Chuck Rine.
For the remaining part of the
game both teams failed to threat
en. Bruce Taylor' of Dorm 25 was
the standout on that team, as he
passed, ran, and kicked.
In the fourth game Alpha’Sigma
Phi overwhelmed Zeta Beta Tau
with Dave Murphy and George
Kitts combining to throw three
touchdown passes.
The first TD came on a pass
from Murphy to Harry Mcßurney,
the second from Murphy to Ted
Ruckert, and the third from Kitts
to Ruckert. The extra points
came on passes from Murphy to
Tom O’Haren.
Arnett Named Top Back
Southern California’s Jon Ar
nett, who did a great job of up
holding football form on a day
when upsets were a dime a doz
en and stellar performances
equally inexpensive, is The Asso
ciated Press Back of the Week.
Dossin Will Speak
Carl O. Dossin, professor of
poultry husbandry extension, will
address the Nebraska Poultry
Improvement Association at Lin
coln, Neb., today.
Hugh Piiis
irs a Big TCU Line
Cents'
Pi came from behind
went down to defeat
By The Associated Press
Soccermen Meet
Colgate Saturday
The Red Raiders of • Colgate, the only soccer team that Penn
State failed to score three or more points on last fall,, will meet, the
Lions here Saturday in an attempt to snap a three-game win streak
owned by the Lions.
Last year Penn State stormed into Hamilton, N.Y.,-with a 2-0
chart and hopes of crushing Col
gate—which had not won a game
in three tries. But the Raiders
put on a dazzling display for the
undefeated Lions to force the
contest into overtime periods.
Penn State finally managed to
take the lead and eventually won
the contest 1-0 on a 15-yard boot
by Mert Springer, then a substi
tute lineman
After the Penn State loss Col
gate failed to win a game with
losses to Cornell. Syracuse, and
Union (N.Y.).
But Coach Mark Randall was
fielding a team which had only
four lettermen backed by a crop
of 17 inexperienced sophomores.
Although this team lost four
games and tied three, only Cor
nell scored more than three goals
against it. Two Colgate losses
were by two points, and another
by only one. i
Colgate, however, will not only
have to have an improved of
fensive game Saturday in order
to drop the -Lions, but also a
sharp defense.
The scoring punch of Coach
Ken Hosterman’s front line has
been cracking the opponent’s de
fense with a machine-gun type of
attack.
Penn State has knocked out
wins over Bucknell,- 14-1, Mary
land, 5-1, and Syracuse, 9-2, In
these three wins, Hosterman’s
front line has done all the scor
ing to rack up a phenomenal
total of '2B goals ... an average
of better than nine goals a gam’e.
The 28 goals stacked up against
the opposition this season in the
first three games exceeds the
total of 26 which P.enn State
earned in seven games last fall.
In the first three games last fall
against Bucknell, Maryland, and
Army the Lions scored 14 goals
to seven by the opposition.
University Wili Hold
Cage, Wrestling Clinic
Basketball and wrestling clin-.
ics will again be offered at the
University in December.
The court clinic, with varsity
coach John Egli and freshman
coach Don Swegan in charge, op
ens Saturday afternoon, Dec. 4.
The mat clinic will take place the
same day.
Farrell High School coach Ed
McCluskey and Penn State train
er Charles (Chuck) Medlar will
participate in the basketball pro
gram.
Wrestling, headed by coach
Charlie Speidel, will be held
morning and afternoon in the
Armors'. Hubert Jack, Lock Hav
en State Teachers College coach,
will be one of his several, guest
coaches.
Pian fo Aid Minors
COLUMBUS. Ohio, Oct. 19 (/P)
—Three baseball committees met
here today to map legislation, giv
ing the minor leagues a better
break.
Separate sessions were held to
day, but the three groups will get
together tomorrow to pool their
ideas and suggestions. '
WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 20. 1954
Grid
Dope Sheet
RUSHING
Player Tries Gain Loss Net Ave.
Moore 65 479 14 465 7.1
Younker 19 167 6 161 8.5
Bailey 88 170 43 127 3.4
Straub 10 82 0 S 2 *.2
Blockson 22 69 5 64 2.9
PASSING
Passer Att. Comp. Inter.- Yds.
Bailey 35 . 15 1 170
Hoffman 5 12 7
Plum 10 1 2- 20
PASS RECEIVING
Arnelle
Garrity-
Sherry
Younker
PITNT RETURNS
No.
Younker
KICKOFF RETURNS
Younker
INTERCEPTIONS
Bailey
Hoffman
PUNTING
No. Yds.
12 456
6 209
2 44
Player
Bailey
Plum
Hoffman
'Blessings' for A's
Held Back by AL
CHICAGO,. Oct. 19 (JP) —The
American League’s formal bless
ing of the Philadelphia Athletics’
new deal again failed to material
ize today. N
League President Will Harridge
reiterated his stand of yesterday
that he would have no statement
“until final papers have been
drawn for the purchase of the
Philadelphia club’s stock,”
In the meantime,. Harridge is
studying all angles of the sale of
the A’s by the Mack family to a
group of Philadelphia business
men. The league has the right to
approve or disapprove the sale.
The eight new owners of the
club have scheduled an organiza
tion meeting in Philadelphia to
morrow and must be certified by
the league before they are offi
cially :iri business.
Gavilan, Saxton Fight
For Title Tonight
. PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 19 (J s )
After two postponements due to
hand trouble and a case of mumps,
Kid Gavilan finally is ready to
defend his world welterweight ti
tle against New York’s Johnny
Saxton tomorrow night at Con
vention Hall.
The sleek Cuban remains a
strong 19 to 10 favorite in the 15-
round match, despite the usual
rumors that he will have trouble
making the 147-pound class limit.
Yds; TD
5 58 .. 0
42 0
24 • i
7 - 100
1 13
No. Yds.
1 20
1 21
1 16
2 21 %
1 10