THURSDAY. OCTOBER 6. 1955 Lion Hamers Face 2d Rugged Test Br RON GATEHOUSE Cornell’s 19 5 5 cross-country squad comes to University Park Saturday, and it looks as though Chick Werner’s Lion harriers are going to be up against their sec ond straight stiff test of the ’55 season. The Big Red, winners m last year’s Penn State-Cornell meet, 21-34, lost only three runners frdm last fall’s team via graduation. The loss marked the first time the Nittanies had bowed to Cor-, nell in 21 years, Saturday’s visitors have nine members of the 1954 team _ that dropped the Lions, along with a host of sophomores who rolled to the IC-4A title as freshmen. Cop 4 of Top B Places In that meet, the yearlings waltzed away with first, third, fourth, and sixth places. The Big Red varsity placed sixth in the ICMA’s, two places behind the Lions. Two other Penn State 1955 opponents, Manhattan and Pitt, finished one-two in the distance-running carnival. On the other side of the fence, back from the 1954 campaign— Werner may be working without almost half of his present squad the services of the fifth place fin- which totals seven, isher when the Nittanies faced The three, who have inmproved Cornell last year—Jim Pastorius. but have not yet reached them Werner has three lettermen expected pace, are Captain Doug TIME OUT... By RON GATEHOUSE, Asst. Sports Editor ... FOR MORE ON LENNY MOORE Quite a bit of sports copy has flowed the past three years concerning Lenny Moore’s collegiate football achievements, and we’d like to join the parade—mostly to give our version of why he’s going to be one of 1955’s All-American backs. As a sophomore Lenny caught thA eyes of the nation’s sportswriters and sportscasters and let it be known to all that there was going to be more, much more, to come. He gained a total of 601 yards rushing for a 5.6 yards-per-carry average —pretty good for a back on a' team that stressed a passing of fense, As a junior he was great. He carried the ball 136 times, 72 times more than quarterback Don Bailey, second in the ball-toting department. And in those 136 times, he covered 1082 yards for a 8.0 average-per-carry. Good? Good enough to make him the nation’s second leading ground gainer. But that's not aIL In addition to giving the fans a thrill 136 times, ho scored 13 touchdowns: he caught four passes for 44 yards: he returned seven punts for 105 yards: he returned five kickoffs for 150 yards: end he went 96 yards on six intercep tions. That gave him a grand total of 1438 yards, handling the baU 158 times. Facts speak for themselves and we just gave a pretty fair set. But they weren’t enough to make Len a concensus All-American, al though a few did number him among their first eleven. But this, year the time has come.. And whirlaway Lenny Moore is going to give the ath- . letic portion of ' Penn State's . Centennial celebration a pretty big sendoff. Some—although it would be ridiculous —may say how can he be chosen an All-American when the Lions have a loss already and he’s been performing below par? Well, here’s how. First of all, everyone, I think, will agree that just Lenny’s appearance on the field two weeks ago- against Bos ton University had the' -Terriers a bit "shook.” No, ha didn't sews and he was one yard under his 1954 low of 61 in ground gaining (against Pitt). However, as in the Pitt game, he was used largely as a decoy. And when one player can draw two men on defense with Mm everythne he as much as carries out a blocking assignment, he should be used as a decoy. But, even though he carried out his actor’s role to a “T”, Len ny still managed .to handle the ball more often than any of his fellow backs—l 2. Morevoer, if three gains had not been nulli fied by penalties, his net yard age would have been nearly 100. Now for the Army game. Noth- ing could better explain how good Earl Blaik’s 1955 Cadets are than the fact that at the present they’re sixth in the nation. The Lions managed to score only once Saturday, and fit tingly enough, it was our All- American who crossed the final chalk mark. But again, it was all in a day's work. He led the Lions with 75 yards gained on 16 carries, and his yards-per-carry was high for the game—4.7. • In Don Holleder and Pat Uebel, Lenny was playing against two of the nation’s football best. He spotted them the advantage of playing on the winning team, and still his brilliant performance was given the individual spotlight by every sports writer who covered the game. One writer did a pretty good job of describing the after noon at Army's Michie when he said. "The powerful Cadets stopped Hie Lions, but didn't have, much to say about ham pering their brilliant halfback, LOTUty )|oONi W And so it goes. Army may or may not be the strongest team the Lions will face this year. The “Big Three” of Navy, Pitt, and West Virginia still remain, and you can bet your life they'll be spending quite a few weary hours thinking up possible (but fruit less) ways of stopping Penn State’s All-American. Saturday tbe Lions face Vir ginia for what should well be their easiest encounter to date of the still young season. And , here's dbllars-to-doughnuts that Lenny will shine again. In fact, well say he'll better the 100- yard-mark against the Cava liers in rushing yardage. Dan Jenkins, columnist for the Fort Worth Press, witnessed Len ny in (he TCU game last year, and he seems to share our opinion concerning the Lion flash. "Few backfield ettisans have (Continued on page eight) JACK'S Barber Shop 131 S. Pugh St. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA jorhead, junior Don Woodrow, id junior Paul Roberts. The remaining quartet of var ty runners includes Ron Lewis, >rm Shobp, A 1 Jones, and Bruce istin. Austin was a letter win * in track last spring. Moorhead Placed Second Moorhead was the number two dn last year against the Big ted. He trailed winner Jack Ros ibaum's time of 26:53 by eight Woodrow, Roberts, and Austin \ll runners against Cornell— ished eighth, eleventh, and leteenth respectively. Norm Shoup and A 1 Jones, rim ers in last year’s freshman meet, tlaced sixth and eighth in a field ' 23. Won 1, Lost 4 Last Year Cornell gave the Lions their second setback of last year’s sea in, in which Werner’s runners »ld muster only one win against jt losses. This marked the first season a Lion team dropped more nan one meet in a single season since 1943. The Lion freshman sJu a d, which has won much praise from Werner and Norm Gordon, frosh coach, will also go against the Big Red yearlings Saturday on the University golf course. IM Bowling - (Continued from page six) season playoffs will be contested during the final week of May. Each entry is required to pay a $lO deposit before the tourney gtts underway. “The fee for any forfeiture will be taken from the $lO deposit,” Sykes said. “Any team appearing with less than three men will automatically forfeit its match to -its opponent,” the IM director added. The points which a fraternity compiles during the course of the tourney will be used in determin ing the all-year point award win ner. Each house is credited with 25 points for entering the com petition. Co-Captains to Speak The pep rally for the Virginia- Penn State football game will be held at 8-p.m. tonight in front of Old Main. Frank Reich and Otto Kneidin ger, co-captains, and Sevor Tor etti, line coach, will speak. The rally will be sponsored by all the men’s and women’s hat so cieties and all society members are required to attend. Fraterni ties and sororities will also attend in groups and carry banner signs. WATCH YOUR TALK! A noted publisher in Chicago reports then is a simple tech nique of everyday conversation which «n pay you real divi dends in both social and busi ness advancement and works Hire magic to give you added poise, self confidence and greater popularity. According to this pubnsner, many people do not realize hovr much they could influence others simply by what they say and how they say it. Whether in at social functions, or even in conversations with new acquaintances, there are ways in which you can w«ln> a good impression every time you talk. 'Fo acquaint the readers of ft!, paper with the easy-to-fol low rules for developing skill in everyday conversation, the publishers have printed full de tails of their interesting self training method in a 24-page booklet, "Adventures in Con versation,’’ which will be mailed free to anyone who requests it. No obligation whatsoever. Simply send your request to: Conversation Studies, 835 Diveraey Parkway, Dept. 3757, Chicago 14, 111. A postcard wm do. - Hosterman Stresses Short Passing Drills Soccer coach Ken Hosterman, elated over the .Lions’ victory at Army Saturday, said that he will review the mistakes made in the Army game, and will stress the old bug-a-boo of any team fundamentals. “Now our boys can start practicing our type of game, and not Army’s. Against Army we had to play the Cadet’s type of rough and-tumble ball game. It made i us uneasy,” Hosterman explained. Hosterman pointed out, how ever, that passing weaknesses were evident and that practice : sessions this week would feature : steady drills in short passing. “With a school like West Ches ter, which is always a soccer pow er, the backfield and the line will have to move the ball with accuracy and speed,” he said. Hosterman said that on a dry field, short passing is effective, but at Army, where it rained throughout the game, passing was a major problem- The Lion hooters open their home season on Saturday with West Chester State Teachers Col lege. And according to rumors circulating on the WC campus, the Lions will be in for one of their roughest games. Hosterman said that reports during the summer stated that West Chester was out “gunning” t for the Nittany soccermen. 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Barring injuries in practice this week, Hosterman will field the same strong unit of hooters that dumped Army, one of the strongest soccer teams in the East. With the impressive showings of “greenies” Ward Hill, Ralph Davis, and Ralph Brauer in last week’s game, Hosterman found he has ability at the fullback and outside left spots. Davis, although ejected from the field along with an Army player for fighting, still looked exceptionally good on defense, and on his downfield offensive plays. One of the returnees, Steve Flamporis, along with Ihor Stelnyk, played solid defensive ball along with newcomers Da vis and Brauer. On offense, Hosterman lauded the play of center forward, Dick Packer, who scored two of the three goals against Army. “At times Packer was being hit by two and three men, but he still maintained the necessary shoot ing accuracy to get that ball, in the goal,” he said. c 77 ty he Harris tweed Certifica- tion Mark is famous the world over and is familiar to many college men. You will find it stamped every three yards on the reverse of the cloth—and PAGE SEVEN
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