TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 27. 1955 Harrier Lineup Set for Navy Wernermen to Open At Annapolis Saturday In preparation for its Saturday meeting with the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis/ first of the Centennial season, the Lion cross-cpuntry squad went through final time trials last evening to decide who will make the southern journey. Chick Werner took his 1955 hopefuls to the Centre Hills Country Club where they were clocked over a new terrain, more difficult than their regular practice area, the University golf course, The list of eight varsity har riers who definitely will travel to Navy includes Captain Doug Moorhead. Jim Pastorius, Paul Roberts, Don Woodrow. Bruce Austin, Ron Lewis. Norm Shoup. and A 1 Jones. Gus Ormrod, a newcomer to the Lion varsity, may also make the trip. Practice-wise, the Middies will hold an edge over the Lions Sat urday. Due to the Academy aca demic program of year-round classes, the Annapolis harriers hold the advantage of beginning practice August 1. The. Lions have been work ing for only two weeks, and to make matters - worse, the Nit tanies have been plagued by a mild epidemic of injuries. ' However. Moorhead said yes terday, ‘'We're slowly getting back into shape." Foot blisters and bruises which hampered Moorhead and Austin during the first few practice ses sions seem to have cleared up. The Lion captain was also both ered by an injured knee, which is back to normal. And, as. has been the story for the past few years when the T ion harriers go against Navy, Satur day's meet will be a case of teach er versus pupil. Jim Gehrdes, who j&lots the Midshipmen, is a 1950 graduate from Hie University. Daring his stay in the Nittany Vale. Gehr des. who doubles as assistant trade mentor in the springs put his name after several hurdling records, most of which still stand. So. since Werner and Gehrdes had four years to learn each oth- The... JUNIOR ”The Best Dance of the Year" Semi-Formal GET YOUR DATE NOW!! er’s train of thought when it comes to coaching and participat ing in track events, Saturday it will probably be a case of who can outfox Who—the quickest. However, in cross-country more so than most sports, strategy hds to be labeled a minor factor in establishing the winner. A coach es’ strategy can’t mean too much if a runner fails to break the ten minute mark when his opponents are, say, covering two miles in 9:50. Last year the Lion harriers invaded the banks of the Severn only to have the Middies snap a Penn State six-game victory streak. It was the first time in Werner's 21 sasons at the Lion cross-country helm that Navy had defeated a Nittany hill-and dale aggregation. ' ThefMiddies’ sophomore stand out of last year, Walt Meukow, will be back to trouble the Lions again -in this year’s opener. He was the number, two finisher in the Middie ’54 win. 4 Lion Opponents Win Four of Penn State’s. future football opponents won their games on Saturday, while four others sank into the loss col umn. Amy blasted Furman, 81-0. Navy shutout William & Mary, 7-0; West Virginia topped Rich mond, 33-12; and Pittsburgh turned' back Syracuse. 22-12. Virginia lost to Clemson, 20- 7; Princeton knocked off Rut gers, 41-7; VJ?.I. whitewashed Penn, 33-0. NOVEMBER 4 REC HALL DANCING FROM 9 TO 1 THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA Lions 18th in AP Poll; Maryland Ist On the strength of the 35-0 trouncing handed Boston University at Beaver Field Saturday, the Nittany Lion gridders are ranked 18th across the nation by the Associated Press college football poll. Maryland .conquerer of top-ranked UCLA, barely beat out Mich igan for top ranking. In handing the Pacific Coast 40 games, 7-0, Jim Tatum’s Ter rapins rocketed from fifth to first in the weekly standings on a thumping vote from 135 of the nation’s sports writers and broad casters. Although Michigan received the greater number of first place votes, 48 to 45, Maryland gained strength to head the list of 1113 points. Michigan, 42-7 winner over Missouri in its debut, drew 1032 points. Points are av/arded on the basis of 10 for a first place vote, nine for second and on down the line. • The first full Saturday of games so shuffled the standings that only one position in the top 10 USC at ninth remained sta tionary. Behind Maryland and Michi gan, in order, came Georgia Tech, Notre Dame, Oklahoma, Army, UCLA, Ohio State, Southern California, 9; and Texas Christian, On the Line— (Continued, from page six) would only fully deVelop next year. When Frank Reich galloped 78 yards with an intercepted pass, it was the longest in modern Penn State history. Bill Leonard his 65 yards in ’5O against . Pitt, and Moore scampered 57 last year against Penn. ... Doc Blanchard, of West Point fame during the war and now an assistant coach at Army, scouted the Lions Saturday. $5.00 per Couple champions their first shutout in No. 10. UCLA fell from the top to sev enth after its defeat, ending a 10-game winning streak for Rod Sanders’ charges. Georgia Tech, 14-7 winner over Florida, dropped from second to third. Notre Dame stomped oler Southern Methodist 17-0. Army crushed Little Furman 81-0. Tex as Christian ran up a 32-0 score on the Texas Tech team which earlier had humbled Texas. Oklahoma was hard-pressed in beating North Carolina lJ'-G for its 20th straight victory and thus fell from third to fifth. Ohio State dropped from sixth to eighth de spite a 28-20 triumph over Ne braska in its opening game. The second 10: Rice, Pitt, West Virginia, lowa, Navy, Wisconsin, Penn State, Washington and Bay lor in that order. Penn State Barbell'Club To Organize TomorroW The Penn Stele Barbell Club will meet at 7:00 p.m. tomor row in 102 Willard. Plans for a meet with Skip pensburg and scheduling of in struction in competitive weight-lifting will be on the agenda. Anyone interested in either competitive weight-lifting or body-building is invited to at tend. The club is especially in terested in men in the 123- and 132-pound classes who are interested in competitive lift ing. Four IM Grid Teams Play Tonight Four fraternity contests will open the 1955 intramural toueh football program tonight, the IM department has announced. In the evening’s opener, start ing at 7 p.m., Phi Delta Theta, defending fraternity football champions, will battle Phi Kap pa Psi. The Phi Dells topped Del ta Sigma Phi in last year’s final to capture the IM football crown. At 7:45 p.m. Sigma Chi takes on Alpha Chi Rho in the second contest of the evening. Both clubs were eliminated early in last year’s tournament. Final Two Contests Delta Tau Delta matches foot ball skill and dexterity aganst Pi Kappa Fhi at 8:30 p.m., while Chi Phi meets Sigma Alpha Mu at 9:15 p.m. to round out the ev ening’s activity. Four games will be played every night, Monday through Friday, with the starting times for each game remaining as listed above. The tourney is divided into two brackets, independent and fraternity, and is run on a single elimination basis. Independent entries will be vying for silver medals wlv’e fraternity contestants compete for a trophy for the house. Points to be Accumulated The points which a fraternity obtains in the tournament will be included in deciding the all-year point award winner, based on the number of points a house regis ters in IM competition. All games are played under the lights on the practice turf at Beaver Field. Entries will be no tified of their playing dates by the IM office at least one day ahead of their scheduled game. PAGE SEVEN
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