11110V6MTIq 4- 11954 nPIM. :7! The Scorebook QUAKER CITY QUANDARY Dim; Mom and Pop: , When I got the good word that the press box staff could do without my services for the Penn-Penn State' football game last week I silently bubbled with joy. I had been making preparations for that weekend since :mid-August and it was nice to know that I wouldn't have to sit in the press box while my date sat several hundred yards' away in the stands. Nothing could go wrong in the Quaker City this year I felt. But, being a mere college student,, I soon found out that, Shakespeare was right when he wrote, "What fools these mortals be." The purpose of this letter is to show what careful planning can do! From my contact with sports I have learned that in order to win a team must have a definite plan , of action. According to the plans I was supposed to attend a dance at 9 p.m. Friday, and that on ' Saturday the five couples in my group were to attend the game, eat supper; - and then go to a party. At 9 p.m. Friday I was about 30 miles outside of Philly. I ar rived at the dance at midnight, and strangely enough, my date wasn't there. Doc, a friend of mine from Temple, suggested a quick trip to Antony's—one of the finer establishments in Philly. Finding a parking space near An tony's was a real problem. But getting parked was even harder. Seeins as though the driver of the car in back of us had already been at Antony's and had a little, trouble seeing our back-up lights. After we cleared away the wreck age and parked the remains of the car .we stopped in to see An-, tony. After a long night's sleep we picked up the girls and headed for the game. Everyone was glad Penn State *oh, but as we started walking from the stands to the car we got some idea of how the man who slept with his feet in the icebox one night felt. We headed for the parking lot in an effort to find our car. What an effort! After skinning a few kneeS, chipping a 'few teeth, and ripping a pair of pants we finally came across the old buggy. From there on but we made good tune. It took only 45 minutes to get out of the parki.ng lot and another hour and a half to get to An tony's for supper. The ride to Antony's was—as usual—great sport. Somewhere along alnut street the car ran out of gas. Our only hope was to get a push from one of the mil lions of cars behind us. The wom an in the car directly in back of ours consented to our request, but added that she had just learned how to drive. We were game, and as she approached we cheered her on. The gentle crunch of fend er against fender didn't, move us very far. If she hadn't been chick en everything would have been okay. She was afraid to push, and we were stranded at one of the city's busiest intersections just as the light turned. There we sat—,like birds in the wilder- By HERM . WEISKOPF Assistwat Sports Editor ness—with car horns blaring on all sides and the toothy grins of fellow drivers to lessen our sor row. There was a little affair at the RAT House Saturday night and we escorted our dates to the party. There we sat, all dressed up, an d the shindig turned out to be a costume ball, with the emphasis on hobo out- fits. We slowly crawled to the nearest subway. to party-party with fellow Penn Staters at the Adelphia. Nobody at the Adel phia knew where the Nu lota Xi fraternity was. After about an hour the desk clerk finally recalled that there was a mes sage concerning the NIX party. He read , the note: "If you want to mix with NIX the Adelphia is no good, you've got to go to the Penn-Sherwood." We summoned a cab, and after learning that only five of us were allowed to ride at one time, all eight of us piled in. Thirty miles and $$ later we arrived at the Penn-Sherwood. When we finally located the Nixes we found that there was plenty of you-know what on hand. That was just the trouble—everybody already had their hands on it. Frustration had hit its peak! We headed back to the girls' dorm. After pawning our Penn State souvenirs to pay the cabbie we entered the RAT House and in dulged in a bit of after-party partying. Then at 6 a.m. we decided to go to bed. Only one trouble, not enough beds. I was the lucky one though, I slept on the couch. When I wriggled my too-long frame on the too-short couch found that all was not right. Seems that when I pressed my feet against the one end of the couch things happened. - Ever conscious of the need for ex perimentation, I pushed a little more. To my sad surprise I found myself suspended in mid air between the ends of a two piece couch. Generals have conquered many a country by use of .good planning. Athletic coaches advocate definite stands on how to win games. Me? I'm just going to play them as I see them from here on out. Sincerely, Your Son Only Three Losses West Virginia has licked Penn State only three times in 15 at tempts here, and all in the last ten years. The Mountaineer grid ders first won in 1944, and again in 1953 and 1954. THE' p4 s t itY COqEGIM, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA Moorhead Will Captain Lion Harriers Saturday Junior cross-country ace Doug Moorhead will captain the harriers Saturday when the Lions race against Manhattan at the Univdrsity. Moorhead has been the No. 1 harrier for the Nittany hill-and-dalers this season, and has lived up to his fine performances of last year. The North East speedster has finished no worse than third in four regular-season encounters. In the opening meet of the season a triangular battle with Navy and Villanova at Anna polis—Moorhead crossed the fin ish line in first place. At Ithaca, N.Y., a week later, Moorhead came in second against Cornell. First Against Spartans . After two losses on the road the Lions returned home, and, with Moorhead leading the way, the Blue and White harriers outlegged Michigan State. Saturday the Lions raced against the Pitt Pan thers. in' another away meet. Al though Moorhead did not come in first against the Panthers, he was responsible for setting a record smashing paCe. Pitt's sensational sophomore, Arnie Sowell, came from behind in the last 400 yards to win the meet with a new Schenley Park five-mile record. Sowell finished with a 26:43.7 clocking, Ted Gar rett of the Lions was second at 26:48, and Moorhead came in third at 26:53. All three broke Sowell's former record of 27:05. Strong Competition There are two main reasons why Moorhead has not finished first in all four meets. First of all, the competition has been getting in creasingly stronger. M i c h i g an State won both the IC4A and Big Ten crowns last year and Carl Olson's Panthers are rated as one of the top teams in the Ease and one of the best in the nation. Secondly, Moorhead is, as Lion Coach Chick Werner put it yes terday, "The type of runner who is willing to sacrifice himself in order to help the team." Werner was referring to the possibility that Moorhead may have been staying behind the leaders in some races in an effort to "bring up" his teammates. This is done by some harriers in an attempt to keep their teammates frOm spreading too, far out in the field of runners Moorhead's will to win, coupled with his willingness to place the good of the team ahead of his own achievements has helped the Lions a lot. Werner said 'yester day that Moorhead has played a large part in turning the cross country team into "a highly re spectable squad." Penn State's ace halfback, Len ny Moore of Reading, also parti cipated in track as a schoolboy athlete. "5" Club Meeting Varsity lettermen and man agers interested in joining the University "S" Club are asked to attend a meeting at 7 to night in 127 Sparks. 4 -C fA I # • ' 4% \igsrs \,. 00 0. Far above it all others in performance Ntif • Winfer lbaady Your Car Now Bring your car to Storch's early---go to classes and when you re turn, pick it up. The fast est motor service in . town March Motor Co. Student Repair Service 224 E, College Ave. Phone AD 7-2051 MEM NEW - COACH: John Egli (with ball), who is starting his first season as Penn State basketball coach, is surrounded by varsity candidates. Kneeling, left to right, are Clarence Watts, Egli. and Earl Fields. In the background, left to right, are Joe Hartnett Jim Blocker, and Rudy Marisa. SEE . . . Buy . . . ARROW- SHIRTS at _ .ov; STATE COLLEGE PAGE _/Et\ll
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