SIX' i ® I II i " * i i£ Injury-Riddled uridders Determined to Trip TCU PITTSBURGH, Pa., March 22—(Enroute to Fort Worth, Texas) An injury-riddled, but very determined Penn State football team boards a plane here today for the second leg oi a trip that will take them to Fort Worth and the second game in two years with highly touted Texas Christian University. Crippled by injuries to three key players, the Lions will make their second try for win number four against the Purple Horned Frogs at Amon G. Carter Stadium tomorrow. Rip Engle’s two front-line fullbacks Bill Straub and Chuck Blockson—and cen ter Don Balthaser will be out of the starting lineup today. Straub and Balthaser are nursing leg injuries and Blockson is recuperating from a minor operation on his mouth. Junior Frank Della Penna will be charged with the ful appeared in only two games this year, and then only brief Ex-Lion Harriers 'Know Way Around' “Are there any questions,” Norm Gordon, freshman cross country coach, asked as he prepared to fire the gun which would begin last year’s race between the alumni harriers and the Lions. Bill Ashenfelter stepped forward from the pack of run ners. “I’m not sure I know my way around this course,” said the lanky ex-Nittany great who had run the course many times in his undergraduate days. “Just follow Smith (Lamont Smith) and you’ll be okay,” replied Paul Roberts, freshman harrier last year Ash didn't take Roberts’ ad-' vice, but he seemed to have little trouble figuring out the course. Curt Stone and Ash finished in a tie for first, proving that the alumni harriers “knew their way around ” Race to Start at Ip.m. Tomorrow’s race with the alum ni, which will start at Ip.m. on the golf course, will pit these two squads against each other once again. ■' This year’s alumni team is headed by several Olympic per formers including Stone, Bill AshenjEelter, Herm Goffberg, and possibly Horace Ashenfelter. Penn State defeated the former Lions last season, 27-28, in the first meeting of the two teams. Red Hollen, last year’s cross country captain for Penn State, reported yesterday that he will be able to take part in tomorrow’s race. Broke NCAA Mark Although he broke the national collegiate cross-country mark in the NCAA championship race last fall, Hollen finished seventh ... A week before, Hollen placed ~third in the IC4A run for the roses. “This will be the toughest meet of the year for the team,” Nittany Coach Chick Werner said. “Every one of the alumni has run on a championship team, and some of them are Olympic stars. Our only advantage is that the alumni are one year older this time.” “That’s true,” Gordon said, “but they keep getting our best run-' ners.” Gordon was referring to the fact that two of the most re cent additions to the alumni squad—Hollen and Bob Roessler —graduated from the University in the past two years. Mitch Williams, Bob Parsons, Bob Freebairn, and John St. Clair round out the lineup for alumni. By HERM WEISKOPF New Champ's Jail Sentence Is Suspended NEW YORK, Oct. 21 OP)-—John ny Saxton celebrated his newly won welter championship outside the barred windows of a jail to day because his 15-day sentence as a traffic court “scofflaw” was suspended. The suspended sentence was the result of an eloquent plea by Sax ton’s attorney, John J. Duff, who hinted his client’s dull, though winning, performance last night at Philadelphia against Kid Gav ilan was the result of worry about his pending jail term. “Even the defendant’s best friend could not say he fought his best fight,” said the attorney. Brother, that was putting it milch ly. The dull, 15-round clutching contest was aptly described as a “stinker” by Frank Wiener, chair man of the Pennsylvania Athletic Commission. Although most of the ,7909 fans who paid $57,121 to see the bout appeared to agree with the unani mous verdict for the 24-year-old New York Negro, boxing writers at ringside- disagreed. According to comment by television viewers, most of them thought both the fight and decision were plain “lousy.” “It was a real stinker but Gav ilan won,” was the comment heard most often from the TV cus tomers. Many observed “Nobody won it—they should have thrown both of them out of the ring.” You couldn’t argue too seriously with either viewpoint. T HE DAILY COLLEGIAN ‘VTATF COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA By dick McDowell lback duties. Although he has :ly, the 200-pound line buster has gathered considerable exper ience in two years of varsity play and might be a real menace up the middle of theTCU line. Frogs Have Tough Line That line, incidentally, has been the key factor in .the Frog’s su perb showing against five oppo nents this season. Texas Chris tian, a strong 'contender for the Southwest Conference champion ship after a fine showing in league play, currently owns a 3-2 record which shows wins over Kansas, Southern California, and Texas A&M. They’ve lost to Oklahoma and Arkansas, two of the best teams in that section of the coun try. With the exception of Della Penna and Frank Reich, who will replace Balthaser at the center slot, Engle’s line will remain un changed. Jesse Arnelle and Jim Garrity will be at the ends, Otto Kneidinger and Rosey Grier at the tackles, Earl Shumaker and Sam Valentine at the guards. In the backfield, Lenny Moore and Ron Younker will flank Della Penna at the halfbacks, and Don Bailey will be at quarter back. Return Visit This is the return visit of the game that was played last year before a homecoming crowd at Beaver Field when the Lions had to go a]l out to beat coach Abe Martin’s team, 27-21. The Lions, seven point under dogs, know they will have to throw everything they have into this one. The Frogs are currently ranked 20th in the nation and have been an improving team since their opening-game loss to unbeaten Oklahoma (21-16). Four capable backs, Ron Clink scale, Buddy Dike, Ray Taylor, and Jim Swink, give Martin’s split-T offense a potent offensive punch. The Frogs' have been an explosive-type team, surging at unexpected moments for long scoring plays, both on the ground and in the air. The Penn State party stayed at the Hotel Pittsburgher last night and will arrive in Fort Worth at 3 p.m. today. The Lions will workout immediately at the Stadium. The team will be housed at a ranch 15 miles from the city. Army, Navy, Penn and Pitt will be numbered among Penn State’s football opponents in the centen nial year of 1955. ill if Score? - >. -v, A - rf ~<„ “ * * i>. 'vr ’ , >*■ *4<v —Photo by Walker PENN STATE'S Dick Packer rifles one of the 43 shots the un defeated Lions took yesterday when it drubbed Sampson Air Force Base, 18-2. Captain Jack Pinezich led the Lion scoring With six goals; Packer and sophomore Tom Nute each scored four. Penn State played the practice game in preparation for Saturday's game here against Colgate. Soccermen Trample Sampson AF, 18-2 By RpY WILLIAMS Penn State’s soccer team ran rampant yesterday after noon in a practice game against Sampson Air Force Base, clipping the wings of the military hooters by the phenomenal score of 18-2. The Lions trampled the Air Force squad by stacking up nine points in each half. Hosterman’s- undefeated hotshots grouped their scoring with four goals in the first and third frames and five goals in the second and fourth periods. Captain Jack Pinezich, playing outside left, led the Lions in scoring in the walk-away win with six goals, and figured in four other scores with assists. Center forward Dick Packer and sophomore Tom Nute were even in the scoring and assist columns with four goals and one assist each. Dick Matacia, junior lineman, netted two of the Lions goals and assisted in another. Penn State’s other two csores were tallied by Ward Hill another sophomore lineman—and senior Joe Mijares. A well-oiled passing machine put the final touches on blasting Sampson’s net. Two of the Lions’ scores came on penalty kicks, but only four of the 18 scores were tallied on unassisted plays. Five Booiers Get Assists Chuck Snyder, a senior booter who has not yet played in regular season competition, was second in assists with two, followed by Mert Springer, Matacia, Nute, and Packer, who posted one assist each. Sampson’s two goals were scored in the first and third per iods by Joe Danyey, inside right. The airmen attempted 12 shots cfgainst the Lions, compared to 43 attempts by the Nittany squad. In the first period the Lions jumped off to a one point lead with a Pinezich score at 3:30 from ten yards out. Sampson then held the Lions for more than 13 min utes while Danyey tallied his goal to knot the score at 1-1. That was Sampson’s last. score in the first half. Then the Lions opened their FRIDAY. OCTOBER 22. 1954 attack. Three more goals- were scored in the first period. Pine zich added his second goal at 16:60. Matacia scored, two min utes later on a ten-yard unassisted boot and then Pinezich booted his third. Packer Scores Three In the second quarter Packer scored the Lions’ first three goals on assists from Matacia and Pine zich to push the Lions lead to 7-.1. His third tally was a five-yard head shot at 15:15. Pinezich fol lowed with his fourth and fifth goals in less than 90 seconds to pad the Lions’ halftime lead to 9-1. After Pinezich’s and Packer’s goals Matacia added number 12 to the Lions’ ledger with a 12- yard boot at 16:41 of the third period. Tom Nute closed the third quar ter and opened the fourth quarter with scores, from five and eight yards. Mijares scored the Lions’ 15th goal from three yards out at 5:23. Nute then scored on a pen alty kick and Hill tallied from ten yards out four minutes later. Nute put the final goal for Penn State through Sampson’s net at 18:30 on an unassisted play. Wonderful News Oven Hof PIZZA i • .... (ideal for snacks) The best PIZZA PIE brought directly to you piping bob or served in five minutes at the bakery. 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