PAGE FOURTEEN Lions Open Moore Returns; Straub Breaks Hand in Practice In less than two weeks Penn State opens its 1955 Cen tennial football season. Then the Lions' head coach, Rip En gle, and his six assistants will see what their labors have reaped. But until then, it's anybody's guess as to what the Lions will field Sept. 24 against Boston University at Beaver Field. Until word was received of Lenny Moore's status as a student, no one, not even Engle, could give a twinkle of an idea of what the Lions would have to offer on the gridiron this fall. Moore's back in a Lion uniform now, and still no one will venture to give a twinkle of an idea of wh it the Lions will have. And here's why. First of all, Engle has cnly 11 lettermen returning of which five are linemen and six are backs. Three of the lettermen are full backs. On the line he has no let termen at ends, and one at tackle. At the ends, Engle has man power with ten candidates—only e—^f which is a senior—but ex perience is the thing lacking. Ned a 6-3 Lewistown pro- Two of the Lions' four home games will be televised on a re gional basis during the 1955 sea son. Columbia Broadcasting System has chosen Boston U. on Sept. 24, and Syracuse Nov. 5 for two of the five games it will be permitted to telecast in the East with NC AA approval. These telecasts represent the first live television to originate from the Lion campus. duct, Doug Mechling, and Paul North, both six footers, will be in the top bracket for the two open ing-day berths. Although he has no letterwin ners at end, Engle may be able to whip this problem with sheer manpower and wait for experience to catch up. In addition to losing four ends in Jesse Arnelle, Jim Garrity, Jack Sherry, and Bob Rohland. Engle saw Rosey Grier, Gene Danser, and Danny DeFalco pick up their diplomas in June leaving huge gaps in the tackle positions. Although Engle is well-equipped with co-captain Otto Kneidinger set for duty at one tackle slot he will be looking to Walt Mazur, Jim Harding, and Clint Law to be ready in reserve for depth on the line. Jack Calderone, a 219- pound converted guard, should be ready to start at the other side. The center of the Lions' front line will be strong with co-cap tain Frank Reich, Dan Radako vich, and Ed Kleist lined up for duty at center. Guards Earl Shumaker, Dick DeLuca, and Sam Valentine leave Engle with no worries in this department. Shumaker is a two-year letter man and DeLuca and Valentine each own letters. At quarterback Bobby Hoffman —the only letterman of seven con tenders for the job—plus Milt Plum, and Jim Hochberg are three boys who could rise to the position. Hoffman and Plum both played last year and both showed improvement during spring drills. Although Don Bailey, who did the quarterbacking last year plus much of the punting and kicking is gone, Eagle has Plum, Hoch berg, and Hoffman for punting and Valentine for extra points to work with in pre-season drills be fore he makes his final drafts. With Moore in his running game, Engle's backfield worries will be held to a minimum. Al though he has been less highly publicized, Munhall's Billy Kane is expected to have another , good year with Moore as a run ning mate. Kane, a good runner in his own right, benefits with Moore's presence and the two should pack a solid wallop for Engle's winged-T attack. Kane, who shared the right half-, back slot last year with Bill You-. kers, will be backed by Bobby Allen who looked good in that slot during spring drills. Engle, however, will naturally be looking to Moore for much of his ground attack. The Reading speedster, who came up with an amazingly good summer to clean out his academic ineligibility, will definitely be hard pressed to match his play of the last two years. In 1953 he galloped to touch downs on 41, 59, and 79-yard runs and rolled up 601 Tn.& from scrimmage, 228 on punt returns, and 136 more on kickoff returns. Last year he scored 13 times with scoring jaunts of 22, 29, 54, 55, 57, and 60 y a r d s and his ground gaining total of 1082 yards (8.0 yards per try) set a new Penn State record. Other yardage included 105 on punt returns, 159 on kickoff returns, 96 on runbacks of interceptions, and 44 on pass receptions. In addition to his problems at tackle and end, Engle has had new (headaches generated at the full back slot which is somewhat un settled. Engle has three letterman and a standout sophomore in Emil Ca prara of Turtle Creek who could take over if the three lettermen do not produce quickly. Frank Della Penna and 210- pound Charley Blockson of Nor ristown each are lettermen hold overs. The day after Engle received word of Moore's return however, his number one man for fullback after spring drills were com pleted, Buck Straub, broke his hand in scrimmage. The injury will place Straub on the side line for at least the first game, but he may be ready for the second tilt at Army. The opening day chores, how ever, will be a three-way race be tween Caprara, Blockson, and Della Penna. In any event the po- WOODRING FLORAL GARDENS Welcomes You Visit Us Soon , We have "Everything in Flowers" 117 E. Beaver Ave• "Across from the Post Office" You'll Walk on Clouds • • • when you wear shoes from Simons. We feature (we feel) the finest selection of shoes and handbags in town. Visit us and let us show you the Latest in Footwear Fashions by: * SANDLER OF BOSTON HANDBAGS * HOSIERY * SOCKS 4oit THE 6AILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE. FELNkSi'LV'ANIA Season in 13 Day sition will be fairly well manned at the season's start. Some feel that the Lions look equal to the schedule which Gould mean that the team ap ' pears capable of giving a good account of itself without neces sarily being able to match last year's 7-2 card. The opposition is also looking better with Boston U., Army, Navy, West Virginia, Syracuse and Pitt ready to test the Lions to the hilt. X-Country Schedule Set Navy, Cornell, Michigan State, Pitt, and Manhattan, the second and fourth at home, will oppose Penn State in cross-country dur ing the 1955 campaign. The Lion Harriers also will be represented in the IC4A and NCAA champion ships. * FLORSHEIM * TOWN & COUNTRY * DEB * MADEMOISELLE * MANNEQUINS Lenny Moore No. 42 Returns Blue Band to March appearances. 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