NO,WAITER 5. 19521 From This. Angle PENN STATE'S GREATEST SOCCER TEAM? A year ago Ken Hosterman moved into a coaching position at Penn State that was almost a legend. He replaced Bill Jeffrey, who had become a Penn State fixture, as head coach. For 27 years the old Scot had produced soccer teams that annually ranked with the best in the nation, and often rivaled the best in the world. Hosterman, a player under Jeffrey as an undergraduate, was left with a group of talented sophomores and a monstrous Penn State soccer reputation to uphold. He added a little more talent, and this week, with an undefeated season within his grasp; is in command of what may be the best booting aggregation in the United States, and possibly the best in Penn: State history. That's an awful lot to say about any, team, but the pieces have been sifting into place in the last few weeks and there are many whq have already placed the Lions on soccer's high pedestal: Colgate coach Mark Randall, whose team was one of five which have fallen to the classy Lions, was impressed enough to call Roster man's outfit the best he'd ever seen. Randall wrote Hosterman a letter shortly after the game at Penn State. He made this statement: "I want to congratulate you on having the best soccer team I have ever had the privilege to see." There were no ifs, ands, or buts. It was a terific compliment to a Penn State soccer team that has torn apart five of the best soccer teams in the east with almost ridiculous ease. Randall added in his letter: "Our players are humble in their respect for the ability and excellent play of the State men. They are also thankful for such a vivid lesson bn how to play soccer." (ed. note: Penn State won the game, 9-2). "But most- important are their remarks; As one man said . . . "They are not only great players but a good bunch of men and sportsmen." Randall's comments have been echoed by almost every coach that has had the misfortune (or is it fortune?) of coaching a team against the Lions. Joe Palone, the hard-bitten Army boss, who would rather win than eat, hails from a traditional soccer stronghold at West Point. The Lions whipped the Cadets, 54 last week. It was the -worst de feat the Black Knights have ever suffered against Penn State and the worst Palone has taken in seven years at the Point. Palone had plenty to say about Penn State after that one. He called the Lions a "great" team. His all-American captain Scotty Adams echoed. "If Penn State goes undefeated, it should be the national champ," he said, But it doesn't stop there. Jimmy Walder, one of soccers best known figurqs, also had praises for Hosterman's team. Walder has been refereeing Penn State soccer matches since 1919 and was around when Jeffrey put together a 65-game winning streak from 1934 to 1941. He called the 1954 squad the best he's seen at Penn State. §hould the Lions topple Na v y tomorrow in their final home match, they could conceivably go the 'whole ,way. Only Temple and Penn remain after the Middle' battle. The Owls and the Cadets were both spoilers last year, and the Cadets have already fallen. Hoster man and his men of the foot would like nothing better than to )leave their mark on Temple in the finale, and walk off with a per fect slate. And there's an excellent chance that it's going to happen, too. THE SPORT IS ON.THE UPSWING Soccer has always been the most popular sport in Europe, but even now is still growing on the Continent. England and Hungary recently played to over 200,000 fans in an international match in 'England. And in the return match in Hungary the demands for seats were phenomenal. Officials received requests for two million tickets. However, the Stadium held only 80,000. The sport's deVelopment in the United States has paralleled, on a smaller scale, the growth of European. soccer. Small colleges in every corner of the country are picking up the sport, and in some cases it is replacing more expensive football. Big Ten schools are beginning to play the game and several Big Seven schools have teams. There are plans for official adoption as a conference sport. And if you think Dodger fans are rabid, here's one that stops them all. One fellow, anxious to see the Hungarian team play against the English club, sneaked into the stadium a full week before the game. He lived there for six days with a huge supply of food on ,hand. The guy almost made it but was discovered just before game Etime. . Penn State's veteran wrestling coach, Charlie Speidel, conducts a day school for high school wrest lers in August of each year. FOR BEST RESULTS USE COLLEGIAN CLASSIFIEDS For Your Special Girl... CANDY will make her weekend complete! CHOOSE FROM OUR FRESH A S SORTMENT TODAY! GRAHAM'S THE FRIENDLY STORE By DICK McDOWELL' Collegian Sports Editor Its' cold in them thar hills; so check our wide selection of warm, rugged hunting clothes. a, Sportsmen s Shack • 6 • • p444i , •• Alley Behind the 'Skellar t THE pAICi ,, COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA Out hunting this week? Then you'll need shells, for sure. you haven't been out yet, see us for shotguns, shells and license Good Hunting! Oberly Will Wrestle on TV Sunday Bill Oberly, number one heavy weight wrestler on Penn State's NCAA third-place finishers last year, will appear on the coast-to coast Ford Foundation Omnibus television Show Sunday. The pro gram will start at 5 p.m. The CBS educational show will feature both a professional and amateur wrestling match. Navy's Pete Blair, last year's eastern and national heavyweight and 191-lb. champ respectively, will oppose Oberly in the amateur division match. And the duo will be anything but strangers when they take to the mats before the nation's TV fans. The Nittany grappler faced his Sunday opponent twice last year, both in a regular season duel and in the Nationals at the University of Oklahoma. Blair pinned him on both oc casions, but not without a tussle. In the nationals, Oberly met the Middle in a semi-final bout, and threatened an upset with a take down and a near fall. They were entered in the 191-lb. class. The match will be serving a pre-season 'feel out' for the two grapplers, as the two will be fac ing each other in the coming Betas, Phi Detts Score Easy IM Swim Wins Beta Theta Pi and Tau Phi Del ta splashed to easy victories in their, .respective intramural swim ming meets last night at Glenn land Pool. The Betas trounced 'Al pha Sigma Phi, 35-5 while Tau Phi Delta took it just a little eas ier on Kappa Sigma, 32-8. In the evening's third meet, Phi Sigma Delta topped Phi Sigma Kappa, 25-15. Beta Theta Pi limited the Al pha Sigs to just one second and two third-place finishes as Ben Witmer, Fred Page, Charles Tur ner, and Karl Schwenzfeier paced the winners to the easy decision. In copping the relay event, the Betas missed the intramural rec ord of 59.9 by just four and one half seconds. Bob Zelley and Dick • Foster each copped two events to lead Tau Phi Delta to its runaway win. Zelley took the free-style and diving events wtih a 35.6 timing and a 16.9 score. Foster captured the back and breaststroke honorS with times of 50.5 and 53.4 sec onds. WRA Results VOLLEYBALL League 4 Beta Sigma Omi cron forfeited to Little Lions; Phi Mu forfeited to Kappa Delta. League 5 Delta Delta Delta over Sigma Sigma Sigma; Kappa Kappa Gamma over Gamma Phi Beta. League 6 Chi Omega over Alpha Omicron Pi; Kappa Alpha Theta over Delta Gamma. Co-captain Don Balthaser . and Frank Reich, who are sharing the center spot on the 1954 Penn State football team, were 'keen rivals as schoolboy centers at Reading and Steelton res ectivelv. Bill Oberly In TV Debut season. Blair is now a senior, while the Nittany performer is only a junior. PIAA X-Country To Be Held Here Nearly 150 of. Pennsylvania's top schoolboy runners will vie for ttile recognition in the 15th an nual PIAA cross-country cham pionships at Penn State Saturday. A wide open race for individual and team honors is predicted. Mt. Lebanon, perennial team favorite and last year's winner, failed for the first time in years to qualify a full team via the dis trict eliminations. But Ne w Castld, which won District 7 (WPIAL) honors, is given an ex cellent chance because of its well balanced squad. Other teams expected to make a race of the event are Altoona, Ambridge, and Williamsport. Ten districts, 16 full teams, and runners from 41 other schools will compete for honors. Of the 127 runners who completed the race last year, 47 are returning for an other try at the title. Otto Kneidinger of Bellwood is, the only non-senior among Penn. State's first four tackles this year. HATS OFF TO THE JUNIOR CLASS This , year's Junior Prom will be a howling success It's _traditional you know what to expect (prob ably snow for one thing•) The monkey with his tin cup is the symbol of the or- gan grinder's haunting mel- odies—you know and trust The Fenn State Diner is an old campus tradition too There you'can always get good food and courteous, efficient service have come to expect that at the "Sign of the Lion." Stop in anytime ... day or night—it's traditionally good PENN STATE DINER "Stop - at the Sign of the Lion" Independents Dom nate 1M Court Action Nine independent matches were played in IM basketball Wednes day night as first round action moved into its final days. The Snooks began the night with an easy 32-24 win over the Engineers as the' latter team, al though having the game's top scorer in Jim Berish, could not match the speed of the Snooks. Berish scored 10 points. The Engineering Colts leading by only one point at halftime, out-, scored Cody Manor in the sec ond half to takes a 25-20 victory. Bob Greenly led the winners with 11 points. In thethird game of the eve ning Nittany Co-op overwhelmed Wesley 5, 38-23. At the end of the first half the score was knot ted up at 13 all, but the excellent shooting of Nittany proved to be too much for Wesley 5. The Epars routed the Shirts in the fourth game by a whopping 39-6 score. 'Walt Arnold led the scorers with 10 points. Toppers bowled over Dorm 3 by another wide margin, 34-19. Charley Aungst, of the Toppers, led the two teams with 10 points. With the score tied at 7-7 at the end of the first half, Dorm 22 fought off a last second rally by the Nittany Rippers to safeguard their slith one point lead, as they won 18-17. Dorm 12 beat out the 36 Vets, 39-31, as Mike Maczuzak scored 24 points to lead the winners and also come out high scorer• of the night. The ASP's scored a tight vic tory over the Whiz Kids, 25-23. The Whiz Kids were behind 17-6 at halftime but fought to within two points of the ASP's as the contest ended. In the final game of, the night -the Turks overpowered Dorm 40, 50-15. Jerry Olexa was high for the winners with 19 points. WEST COLLEGE AVE. PAGE SEVEN students
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