WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1955
Navy Boasts Solid '55 Record
By SOY WILLIAMS
Zero, plus zero, plus zero equals
nothing. But in this rase nothing
is to be feared, *specially when
it concerns Navy whith meets
Penn State Saturday at Beaver
Field
ZI
exactly
what Navy's • 7opliosilion has got
ten this year. The Middies min
to play before an overflow
Homecoming crowd of MOM
with an inviable record—un
beaten. untied. and unacored
upon.
Thpy've beaten William and
Mary, 7-0; South Carolina, 20-0;
and most recently, Pitt, 21-0.
Saturday Coach Eddie Rdelats
brings to Beaver Field a power
ful eleven that's dotted with sev
en lettermen on the opening
squad.
The list includes end Ron Bea
gle, 1954 AR-American; 160-pound
quarterback George Welsh; end
Earle Smith,' and captain and
tackle John Hopkins.
Harrier Frosh Please Gordon
In Shutout Win Over Cornell
/.;
"Although they were, running
for the first time on a new course
and we can't positively judge
them on a single meet's perform
ance, I was pleasantly surprised
and pleased." ,
That's the way Norm Gordon
sums up his freshman cross-coun
try squad's- shutout performance
against the Cornell yearlings Sat
urday.
The Lion frosh registered a per
fect score against the visitors, 15-
46, and in so doing, took the first
five places in a field of 23.
Four of the Lion first-year rtm
tiers crossed the finish line side
by-side, and a fifth came in 1:23.5
later.
Fein Tie ter Ist Place
Fred Kerr, Bob Thompson. Ed
Moran, and Clem Schoenebeck
deadlocked for top meet honors,
and Charlie King was next.
Gordon, after again putting em
phasis on the fact that Saturday's
test was the first for his squad in
college competition and they,
therefore, couldn't be given a def
inite rating, said, "Not only did
the first five to finish do a fine
job, but the' entire team looked'
good. We have high hopes for
them, and they could well, be one
of the finest freshman teams we
have had."
Was Two Stabs Titles
Kerr gained state-wide acclaim
last spring when he waltzed to
both the mile and half-mile titles
in the PIAA track and field meet
held M Beaver Field. He faced
and topped the best the state had
to offer in both events.
Thcrnpson, a native of Canada,
claims former Penn State and
Olympic great, Horace Ashesifel
ter, as one of the main reasons
for his choosing Penn State for
his four years of college. And, as
in the cases of many Lion run
ners, Thompson, was spurred on
by the fine teams turned out in
the past by Gordon and varsity
coach Chick Werner.
Close to Home
Schoenbeck did hia high-school
running for State 'College High,
where he was a standout per
former.
Kane's contribution to the pres
ent Lion frosh squad •is Moran,
who was tutored by Curt Stone,
another former Lion great.
And still another Nittany trkick
star of the past, Charlie King
who ran for the Blue and White
in the early 1930'5, has a hand in
the present Lions. He is the fath
er of Saturday's fifth-place fin
isher.
The frosh harriers travel to
Annapolis, Md, Oct. 22 for the
second of three scheduled meets.
Winner's
Sunoco
Station
E. College
Wait
Casings For Snow Tiros
Are in Short Supply
Order Recaps Now
, THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
The Lime. after skimping Bos
ton University and Virginia.
and bowing to Army. are de
cided underdogs in this meet
ing with Nay—the first since
1947 when the Lions won 264
and went on to clinch Eastern
honors and a Colima Bowl bid.
Penn- State ,won in 1946, 12-7,
but Navy holds the overall edge
with 13 wins to nine defeats. Two
games ended in ties. The Middies
last appearance at Beaver Field
was 32 years ago when "Light
horse Harry" Wilson led an at
tack that surprised Navy, 21-3.
That game was played before an
over-flow crowd too.
Navy is confidant that Webb
is its anadidato for anoilhor bid
!kw Alf-Amorica honors. Wares
why: la defeating Pol—din win
was expels& bat toot by the
21-S scors-Wolsb was iliks key
fi ret il is hit on eight of 16 pass
attempts for 121 yards--one was
a seven-yard touchdown toss to
--Photo by Mafia
THIS QUINTET el Lieu harriers had quite a bit to soy about
the Penn State freshman cress-crantry IV= OW, Cornell of the
University gaff course Sithaiday. Reeding left to right. Bob
Thompson. Fred Kerr. Ed Iff?ren. and Chou Schnembeck all tied
for first place. and Charlie Kmg Baished an their heels. The LiWas
shut out the Big Red. IS-4111. in rte first of three scheduled meets.
Michigan Tops
Navy, W.Va. in
By The Associated Press
Michigan, bickling for its first
national title since 1948, moves in
to the No. 1 spot this week in the
Associated Press football poll, ov
erhauling Maryland's mighty Ter
rapins, who fell to the runner-up
role.
Michigan proved its comeback
as a national power by humiliat
ing Army 26-2 Saturday. It was
the third game of the season for
the unbeaten Wolverines and it
convinced the nation's experts.
Oklahoma. with its winning
string now stretched to 22 games.
remained in third place, followed
end Jim Owen for the first score
In three games Welsh has hit
on 61 percent of his aerial tosses.
He now has 25 for 41 and a net of
350 yards gained. He has hit for
scores on three passes.
Welsh's favorite targets are
Boma* loft end. Chet Burch*
5-10 *pit half. and loft half
Ned Oldham. Oldham. a 5.10
sophomore. leads the parade of
Welsh's five constant receivers.
Oldham has snagged four pass
es for 55 yards: Jim Owen. end,
has run up 65 yards and a TD
on seven receptions.
Dick Guest, Burchett, and Bea
gle have each snared four passes
good for a combined total of 61,
54, and 33 yards respectively.
Against South Carolina in the
opener, Welsh ran the gamecocks
dizzy by hitting on 11 of 15 pass
es 163 yards. "Welsh is like a
boxer." said South Carolina coach
Rex Enright. "He keeps you off
your guard constantly. He's an
excellent quarterback."
AP Poll;
First 10
by a general shakeup that listed
Notre Dame, Georgia Tech, Wis
consin, Texas Christian, Navy.
UCLA, and West Virginia in that
order.
Maryland, which held the No
1 position for two weeks, collect
ed only 45 firsts (the Terpe had
el a week agog and a 1457-point
total. Oklahoma was awarded 21
first-place voters and totaled 1350
points.
Notre Dame moved up a notch
shifting places with Georgia Tech.
Wisconsin jumped from ninth to
sixth, displacing Arm y, which
tumbled to 18th.
Peeve State• Sports—
ON
THE
LINE
TOBACCO FESTIVAL SMOKE SIGNALS:
Frank Reich, Lion co-captain, and tackle Walt Maaur missed
the Virginia encounter with hand injuries. Their absence was
noticeable; centers Dan Radakovich and Ed Kleist—the latter a
junior—and• Sam Valentine, guard, did commendable jobs, par.
titularly on defense.
Drichigas gained $ yards rushing against Army. Lenny
Moss.. Pass States coasitently top-performing !eft halt. picked
up . 7$ against the Cadets.
He hasn't had i dry field yet. No one in Bee Hall seems worried
about his performance to date. He's got 245 yards rushing for live
yards a try and has been a demon on open-field tackling and pass
defense.
VIRGINIA POST MORTEMIS:
Article in Look Magazine by Virginia's senior guard and Cap
tain John Polzer created a great deal of talk among the Cavaliers'
alumni group. Opinion has it that the article did more harm than
good to the school and Polzer. Final decision: "some things are
better left unsaid."
!AROUND THE CIRCUIT:
Pitt isn't as bed as it looked against Navy—Frank Patrick. I ion
ich who scouted the Panthers in Baltimore . . Penn spurned by
score against Princeton . . . some say they've found themselves
West Virginia continues to have trouble finding where its
team ends and its second starts . . . VMI feels the sting of
tddy Wyant's arm this time, 47-12_ The four-year quarterback
on 10 of 19 aerials. Rutgers wins 21-0 over Muhlenberg; Syra
drops Boston University.
VY'S SCOUT TELLS—
—Erdelatz that "Moore is alp they say he is .. . when he gets
ball he goes places" . . . AND . . . that Engle's outfit ha; a
id line, and a fair passing. attack—and one of the East's top
ters is Moore."
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!HMOND TIMES DISPATCH SAYS—
Penn States famed Blue Band put an a tremendous show at
halftbne featuring a medley of Stephen Fosters Southern me 10...
... performing a soft shoe dance routine while playing last
imber. On that mud it was a read "soft" shoe dance, but ha:M
elting members made the best of it and looked great.
Penn State picked up 115 yards in penalties against Virginia.
t brought its total to 240 yards in three games to the opponents
Against Navy, a pressure team for a full 60 minutes, Penn
.e will have to play, alert and errorless football. Against BU
Lions were caught for 100 yards in penalties.
Game Statistics
MIN STATII
IT -----____ First down
ogg
____ Rushing Yardage-___
114 _____________ Passing rasdaae ____-
1` ____________ Passes attempted
9 ________—_____ Passes eeaspleted
2 ___----______ Passes intereepteql __.
4 Punts
?untie', average
Fumbles lad
Yards vowelised
Ili _______-__
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