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Q-Batk Personnel Plentiful
Harriers Observed
In Ist Time Trials
Lion varsity cross-country coach Chick Werner and assistant
Norm Gordon put their Centennial harriers through speed trials
Wednesday afternoon, and the results were nothing short of sur
prising.
In a two-mile jaunt around the University golf course, three
freshmen placed in .one-two-three fashion a safe distance in front
of Werner’s varsity holdovers from the ’54 season.
Summing up the lime trials, Werner said, "We clocked the
boys a week earlier than we did last year, and they did much
better Wednesday."
"Norm and I weren't as disappointed with the varsity showing
as much as we were elated over the performance of' the fresh
men." he said.
With the season opener only eight days away, Werner will be
concentrating on jacking his varsity nucleus up to pav. At the
present, eight harriers have made the training table.
The list includes Captain Doug Moorhead, Gus Ormrod, Don
Woodrow, Jim Pastorius, Alan Jones, Bruce Austin, Norm Shoup,
and Paul Roberts.
In Wednesday’s trials, the varsity paced the frosh a portion of
the two-mile distance, and in most
cases were leading the yearling win
ners at the half-way mark. But for
the~last mile, the freshmen went
on their own.
Freshman candidate, York’s Fred
Kerr, came in third a good 10 sec
onds ahead of Ormrod who paced
the varsity aggregation. Kerr’s time
was 9:35.
Ed Moran led all comers, cover
ing the two miles in 9:33.
Ormrod finished the first mile in
4:42, one second in front of Moran.
He completed the two-miles in 9:45.
Roberts and Moorhead were in a
three-way deadlock with Ormrod
after the first mile, but dropped
behind at the finish with Roberts
coming in at 9:49 and the harrier
captain covering the course in 9:57.
Roberta Woodrow Woodrow, Pastorius, and Jones
finished in that order. The trio was clocked at 10:12, 10:34, and 10:37
respectively.
Nineteen varsity and freshmen runners competed in the trials.
Werner has scheduled another time trial for this afternoon
to decide whom he will lake to Annapolis for the season opener.
The Nittany mentor had said earlier that he would not attempt
to get his squad in top competitive condition for the Navy meet,
as it would be physically impossible. *
Tennis Clinic Planned
Tennis coach Sherman Fogg,
aided by the varsity tennis squad,
will hold a tennis clinic at 4:30
p.m. Monday and Friday on the
Beaver Field courts. All fresh
men and new students may at
tend the clinic.
Engles' 6th Year
This is Rip Engle’s sixth year
at the Penn State football coach
ing helm. He .formerly coached
By RON GATEHOUSE
'54 Football Grad Returns
Keith Horn, of Williamsport,
who played on Penn State’s foot
ball team in 1953 and 1954, has
returned to campus to pursue
graduate work in forestry. He’ll
lend a helping hand with fresh
man football during 1955 season.
Harriers Open Oct. 1
Penn State’s 1955 cross-country
schedule will open against Navy,
at Annapolis, October 1.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
Hoffman,
O'Connell
Will Start
Penn State and Boston Univer
sity fans will get an interesting
treat tomorrow at Beaver Field
when the two teams open their
1955 grid seasons.
. If the pre-game speculation of
the competing coaches holds true,
a total of at least five quarter
backs and maybe more will
see action in the 60-minute fra
cas on the Lions’ turf.
BU Has 3-Q Backs
Coach Buff Donelli of Boston
University claims he has three
According lo an Associated
Press wire report received last
night, nationally-syndicated
sporlswriter and predictor Will
Grimsley tabbed the Penn
State-Boston University tussle
this way: "Penn Stale over
Boston U.: Rip Engle's boys
not up to their 1954 snuff, but
good enough for this one."
quarterbacks ready to test the
Lions’ defensive skills, and Nit
tany Coach Rip Engle says he’ll
be relying on two men to do the
figuring, flipping, and calling.
In Donelli’s lineup, which is
expected to include from 10 to 11
lettermen, Phil O’Connell of
Brockton, Mass., has been select
ed for the first string duties.
O’Connell, an Army veteran who
recently returned to the Terrier
Campus, studied under the late
Harry Agganis in 1951.
O’Connell, a 180-pound junior,
however, will not be carrying all
of Donelli’s eggs on his passing
arm. Tom Lerario and sophomore
Lon .Hill also are guaranteed a
chance to show their stuff against
the Lions.
Lerario, the smallest of the Ter
rier trio, is a senior letterman
from Philadelphia. Hill is the
tallest of the three at 6-1 and
weighs in at 175. O’Connell-took
the opening day berth on the
basis of his impressive record
as a sharp passer and defensive
back. .
And for the Lions it’ll be senior
Bobby Hoffman in the quarter
back slot at game time, but his
teammate Milt Plum is also ex
pected to get frequent calls from
Engle.
Hoffman Experienced
Hoffman has the edge on Plum
in experience, but the latter
moves ahead on the scales at 180
pounds to Hoffman’s 163, as well
as in the height department
where he stands 6-2. Hoffman is
5-10.
Action in both backfields
should be plentiful with not only
the quarterbacking personnel, but
the additional ability present in
the two team’s halfback man
power.
With BU’s captain, Ken Hager
strom at the right half and the
Lions’ Lenny Moorfe and Billy
Kane, left and right halfbacks
respectively, on the field at the
same time, 100 yards of turf may
not be long enough to hold all
three.
IM Football, Tennis
Deadline is Today
The deadline for entries in
intramural football competi
tion is 4:30 p.m. today. Frater
nity and independent men
may sign up with Dutch Sykes,
assistant IM director, in 202
Recreation Hall.
Tennis singles entries will
be accepted up until 4:30 p.m.
today in Sykes' office.
Intramural bowlers have un
til 4:30 p.m. Wednesday to
sign at the IM office.
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Rocky Discards
Retirement Ideas
NEW YORK, Sept, 22 (/P) —Rocky. Marciano said today
he had no thoughts of retiring “at the present time” as un
beaten heavyweight champion and would defend his title
next June. '
Rocky’s clarification of last night’s retirement reports
after his ninth round knockout of Archie Mopre was the most
important development of a busy day after the night before.
The swarming crowd of 61,574'
that paid a gross gate of $948,117.-
95 to see the fiercely contested
scrap at Yankee Stadium and the
325,000 who paid an estimated
$1,240,000 to watch the show at
129 theaters on theater network
television pushed the overall re
ceipts past the $2 million mark.
Counting the theater TV it
was the second largest ring gate
of all time. >second only to the
fabulous Gene Tunney - Jack
Dempsey long count rematch
that drew $2,658,660.
With a rich 40 per cent purse
of about $470,997 as his share,
Marciano hardly could be blamed
for deciding to continue. Moore’s
20 per cent should come to about
$235,498 although the government
filed a lien for $64,000 of it for
income taxes, past and estimated
for ’55,
When a reporter asked Mar
ciano point blank what his
thoughts were after a night's
sleep, he said. "I have no
thought of retiring at the pre
sent time."
Manager A 1 Weill listed Mar
ciano’s possible June opponents
as Cuban Nino Valdes, Bob Baker
df Pittsburgh, Hurricane Tommy
Jackson of New York or Floyd
Patterson of Brooklyn.
"Let 'em fight it out." he
commented. Both Weill and
Marciano agreed there would
be 'no more fights for the Rock
until June. Weill also has a bid
to box the European heavy
weight champion Franco Cav
icchi in Italy,
A rematch with Moore is an
other possibility, although not too
strong. Weill said “We’ll fight
him if the public demands it.
Rocky never ducked anybody.”
Three Sports
Seek Student
Managers
Third or fourth semester stu
dents interested in assistant
managerial positions on the Nit
tany Lion football team may sign
up at the Athletic Association of
fice in Recreation Hall tdday, ac
cording to Cal Barr, student
manager.
Leo Tarkett, soccer manager,
announced that assistant mana
gers are needed for the Lion
Hooters. Candidates are asked to
report to the equipment room in
the south wing oF Rec Hall to
morrow between 4 and 6 p.m.
Assistant managers are needed
for the Lacrosse squad. Ron Carl
son, Lacrosse manager, has an
nounced that interested candi
dates should report at 7 p.m. to
day to the Water Tower located
between the west stands of Bea
ver Field.
Any sophomore with at least
an All-University average of 2
(under the new University grad
ing system) is eligible for posi
tions.
Played for Engle
Joe Paterno, Penn State back
field coach, formerly played un
der Rip Engle at Brown Univer
FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 23. 1955
Moore Reverses;
Desires Rematch 1
NEW YORK, Sept. 22 (JP)
Archie Moore, who offered no
complaints immediately after his
defeat by heavyweight champion
Rocky Marciano at Yankee Stad
ium Wednesday night, had
ference he had been handicapped
day.
The light-heavyweight champ
ion, sporting a checked cap and a
pair of dark glasses to hide a
damaged eye, said at a press con-
Yanks Need One Win
by a ring mat that was too heavy;
that the cooler weather was not
to his liking; and that the long
introductions in the ring didn’t
help him any.
Also, he claimed that the way
Marciano “was bathed and soak
ed” with grease made punches
bounce off.
“I believe that if I had stepped
in the second round I would have
knocked him out,” Moore said,
adding that he would like a re
match.
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