OCTOBER 23. 1^54
Werner 'Plans' to Upset
Panthers' X-Country Team
Nittany cross-country Coach Chick Werner seems to believe in fighting fire with fire.
The Lion mentor has based his hopes of beating Pitt Saturday on none other than a native
Pittsburgher. <
Werner has pinned his hopes on Jim Pastorius, a scrappy junior who will captain the
Lions Saturday. .
“Jim would like nothing better than to beat Pitt, especially in his home town,” Wer
ner said yesterday. “And we’re hoping that his constant needling of others on the team
will turn the trick. He has really ‘found’ himself this year. At the start of the season he
was just another scrub; now he’s about the No. 2 or 3 man on the team.”
Pitt and Penn State will renew
their cross-country rivalry in
Pittsburgh after a two year lay
off. Until the Panthers dropped
the Lions from their schedule the
Blue and White harriers had been
handing Pitt a steady string of
defeats.
Carl Olson’s Panthers will be
heavily favored to win their 15th
consecutive regular-season meet.
However, Werner’s psychology
could be just the tonic the Lions
need to trip the Panthers.
In the Lions’ first meet of the
campaign a triangular battle
with'Nayy and Villanova at Anna
polis—Pastorius ■ finished sixth.
• Against Cornell and Michigan
State he, came in, fifth, and in
Saturday’s race with the alumni
he also placed fifth.
Alumni Race Helped
The race with the former Penn
State cross-country stars “defi
nitely did the team a lot of good,”
Werner said.
Pitt and Penn State last met
in 1951, with the Lions winning,
19-36, at Schenley Park, Pitts
burgh. A year earlier the Panthers
‘were defeated, 17-38, at the Uni
versity. In 1950 the Lions won
both the IC4A and NCAA cham
pionships. The 1951 team copped
the IC4A cro\yn and placed fourth
in the nationals.
Four of Pitt’s top runners this
season have been Arnie Sowell,
Thornton. Smith, Captain Alan
•Gunderson, and Jim Moore.
Sowell, who has been making a
habit of coming in first, is one
of the top harriers in the east and
will be tough to beat on the Pan
thers’ 4.2 mile course. Moore is
another big threat. On several oc
casions ; this year Sowell and
Moore finished in a tie for first.
Light Workout Yesterday
Werner put the Lions through
a light workout yesterday. On
Monday and Tuesday the hill-and
dalers went through heavy prac
tice sessions.
Doug Moorhead, who/has placed
first in two of the Lions’ three
regular-season encounters, will be
Penh State’s top threat. The con
scientious junior crossed the fin
ish line first in the triangular meet
with Navy and Villanova and also
against Michigan State. At Ithaca,
N.Y., against Cornell, Moorhead
came in second.
Werner will once again be rely
ing' heavily bn sophomores Dick
Mohler, Don Mo wry, Paul Roberts,
and Don Woodrow. This quartet
of sophomores has shown steady
improvement. Veterans Gene Mc-
Kelvey, John Chillrud, Ted Gar
rett, Bruce Austin, and Pastorius
will round out the Nittany squad.
Lions Rated Sixth
In Lambert Ratings
Penn State has dropped to sixth
place in the Lambert Trophy ra
tings this week, accordingt o list
ings released yesterday by the
trophy, committee.
Army’s Black Knights moved
far in front in the weekly ratings
followed by Navy, Boston Col
lege, and fast-climbing Pitt. Col
gate and Yale are tied |or fifth
followed by the Lions.
Bucknell, Delaware, and Bos
ton University' bring next
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NEW YORK, Oct. 27 (jP)—'The
American League meets tomor
row to try to decide—once and for
all—whether the Athletics will
'stay in Philadelphia or move to
Kansas Gity.
First item of business at the
special meeting will'be a vote on
approval of an eight-man syndi
cate of Philadelphia businessmen
as new owners of the A’s.
The House of Mack, Connie and
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Two independent teams and two fraternities continued their
winning ways last night at Beaver Field as the third round of intra
mural football began.
The Geeche Birds, Pollock 4, Pi Kappa Alpha, and Sigma Pi
emerged victorious when the hard-fought battles came to an end.
In the first game, Jim Erb dis
played an excellent passing arm
in leading the Geeche Birds to a
7-6 win over the Bobcats.
Trailing two first downs to
none as the second half started,
the Bobcats came to life When
Sam Beagle intercepted an Erb
pass on the Birds’ 45-yard line.
The Cats took full advantage of
the break and on two plays
scampered 28 yards for their first
first down.
With seven minutes left to play
in the game the Bobcats’ Burt
Jones intercepted another pass on
th Geeche Birds’ 22 yard line.
On fourth down quarterback Ray
Adams tossed to Beagle who re
layed the ball to Don Fitz in the
endzone to give the Cats a mo
mentary lead.
However, with less than four
minutes left Joe Calvin, a Geeche
Birds lineman, blocked and in
tercepted an Adams pass and
raced 25 yards to score the win
ning touchdown.
A respected Nittany Dorm 44
team, led by captain and "quarter
back Hubie Kline, was stunned
by Pollock 4’s relentless attack.
Bob Grief proved himself one
of the most capable passers of the
intramural football season to date.
With 20 seconds left to play in the
first half the Pollock quarterback
fired a bullet pass from the 15-
yard line to John Wagner in the
endzone for their first score.
As the game progressed into
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its final" minutes Nittany 44, trail
ing 6-0 and three first downs to
none, began to get panicky.
Kline fumbled a punt and in
stead of falling on the ball, he
hurriedly tried to pass it to a
teammate. A. hustling Bob Rath
felder intercepted the pass on the
Nittany 30 and waltzed away
touched to clinch the game, 13-0.
Pi Kappa Alpha had little
trouble solving Delta Chi’s of
fensive attack and won its game,
1-0. Pi Kappa Alpha virtually won
the game on the first play when
Andy Sherke threw a 20 yard
pass to Frank Allen for the first
of three first downs.
Sherke, John Williamee, and
Bruce Williams were outstand
ing for the winners. The latter
two combined twice to produce
the other first downs.
Delta Chi’s hustle and strong
armed quarterback, Tom Ceraso
were not enough to overcome. Pi
Kappa Alpha’s excellent team
work.
In the last game Sigma Pi’s
Joe Frederick tossed to Ed Suley
late in the second half for the
game’s only tally. Dick Jones
caught Fredericks’ extra point
pass to make the final score 7-0.
Penn State’s newly-appointed
freshman basketball coach, Don
Swegan, played at three institu
tions as a wartime Naval trainee.
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