SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 22. 1956
Scanting
SPORTS
By FRAN FA.NUCCL Sports Editor
LENNY FLASHES OLD FORM!
Former Lion great Lenny Moore continues to dazzle football
fans with his tin-toe, hip-swiveling runs. Now a right halfback with
the-Baltimore Colts in the National Professional League, Moore
has helped sparkle the Colt offense in almost every pre-season'
exhibition. in his• last game against the Washington Redskins he
scored two touchdowns and was the game's leading ground gainer=-
racking up 86 yards on 16 carries.
In fact his brilliant playing was supposed to be instrumental
in the quitting of Buddy Young from the Colts. Young, former
Illinois great and pro star, left this week after seeing limited
action on the exhibition circuit,
The Lion football team's opponent this week, Penn, defeated
the Lions the first 15 times they met on the gridiron. In that span
-1890 to 1908—the - Quakers racked up 377 points to a measly 22: for
the Lions. Since then the Lions have notched 16 wins, lost 10 and
tied four.
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When Ken Hosterinan's soccer team opens its season Saturday
it will be trying to extend its record-breaking streak to 19 games.
Since Hosterman has been at the
_beim the Lions have won 22 games
and lost only 2,•giving the 31-year old coach one of the best records
in the country. His teams have twice been named national cham
pions. Last year they shared the honor with Brockport State Teachers
College.
For the first time in recent years Chick Werner's cross-country
team will be laden with sophomores. Approximately five sopho
mores will be in the starting lineup for the Lion Harriers, when
they open the season with Cornell Oct. 13. Werner probably
figured as much at the end of the '55 season when the Lion fresh
man team went undefeated "while the varsity was win-less.
Come Tuesday night the largest Intramural touch football pro -1
gram in history. will begin. Over 50 fraternities and 60 independent
teams will vie for honors in the most sought-after title in the IM
department. Dutch Sykes, acting director,• will probably have the
largest IM program in history if increasing student enrollment can
be indicative of IM progress.
Lion sport fans should pay close attention to this year's la
crosse team. The reason is simple. Bill Hess, only a junior, could
possibly be the second Lion player in history to win an All-
America first team berth. Hess broke the scoring mark of 23 goals
last season. when he tossed in 41 and also led the team in assists
with 21. The only other player to win All-American mention was
George Biller in 1940.
During the recent political conventions a delegate from Okla
homa was asked how the Sooner football team looked. He replied:
"Well, after the first four teams Wilkinson's (Bud) material gets
mighty ragged." My heart bleeds for him.
This year, as in the past, the Collegian sport pages will run a
weekly grid poll. Three Collegian sports writers, including this
writer, will try to avenge last year's defeat we absorbed from the
Lion coaching staff. If any of the readers wish to match wits with
us and the coaches drop your picks at. the Collegian office in the
cellar of Carnegie before 4 p.m. on Saturday. Every student who has
a higher percentage, each week, will have his name and score printed
in the sports pages.
Bowling League
To Meet Monday
A meeting of the Independent
Student Bowling League will be
held at 9:15 Monday night at the
Dux Club, 128 S. Pugh St.
New teams and individuals are
welcome to join the league which
employs a handicap system in an
effort to equalize the teams. A 1
captain or representative fr o m
each team should be present.
Gridders to Go by Air
Penn State hopes to travel by
air for at least three of its five
road games during the 1956 foot
ball campaign. Presently booked
for the air route are the Army
and Ohio State trips in October,
and the Syracuse jaunt in No
vember.
Sophs Harrier Nucleus
Charles (Chick) Werner, Penn
State coach, will field a sopho
morp-laden squad for the forth
coming cross-country- campaign.
The- Lion mentor has prescribed
a slow conditioning program for
the opening test against Cornell,
Oct. 13.
Only three of Penn State's .nine
1956 football opponents own an
advantage over the Lions in all-
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PITTSBURGH, Sept. 21 (NI— .J.
Manager Walter Alston thinks the !
New York Yankees will be tough-;
er in the World Series than last i
year no matter whet h e r his
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Brooklyn Dodgers or the Milwau-i i ili
kee
,Braves win the pennant.
"Bat I know about the Yanks
since spring training is what I
have seen on television," said the
Dodger manager before tonight's
game with Pittsburgh. "Last year
when we played them, Hank
Bauer and Mickey Mantle weren't
sound so they'll probably be
tougher.
"I don't think they're going
to scare anybody again. Our
win last year knocked that
theory in the head."
Alston said he wasn't sure it
was an advantage to the Yanks
to clinch a pennant two weeks in
advance.
"It can work both ways," said
Alston. "When you clinch early,
like we did last year, you have
time to maneuver your pitchers
just the way you want them. But
it didn't help us last year. We had
our pitching all lined up and then
lost the first two. •
"Coming out of a tough race.
the momentum sometimes car
ries right over into the series.
But sometimes you have a ten
dency to lake a deep breath and
relax a little too much. I know
it's worked that way for me
when we point for a particular
ly important series, win it and
then stumble over some club
we should beat easily."
Alston had nothing but the best,
to say about his pitching staff.
Going into tonight's game th e
Dodger staff has allowed 4 18 less
runs than Last year at the same
stage, while Brooklyn'had scored
139 less runs.
Young Catcher Killed
BALTIMORE, Sept. 21 (IP)—
Tommy Gastall. promising young
major league catcher with a re
cent flair for flying, apparently
crashed to his death at sundown
yesterday in a flight over Chesa
peake Bay.
Organizational Meeting
of JAZZ CLUB
TUESDAY, SEPT.
121 Sparks
Come and Join Because
Entertaininent for All!
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ND, Georgia Tech, Maryland
Open Bids for Grid Honors
Hy The Associated Press
Six leading contenders for na
tional college football honors :n
-eluding always potent Notre
Dame and bow-hardened Georgia
Tech, make their debut Saturday
lin a far-flung program which
would be a credit to mid-season.
The South Bend Irish, rated No.
3 in The Associated Press' pre
season poll, invade the Cotton
Bowl at Dallas for their perennial
opener with Southern Methodist
University.
Georgia Tech, fielding virtually
the same squad which whipped
Pittsburgh in.the Sugar Bowl. in
vades Lexington. Ky., to test its
No. 4 pre-season rating against
Reduced prices for Jazz
Club Concerts.
Chance to buy "Dave Brubeck at
Penn State" album for only $3.501
Ditto for Stan Kenton.
Youxan bring jazz to the
Penn State campus.
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Kentucky in television's game of
the day.
Notre Dame, with Paul Hor
nung at the quarterback throttle,
rules a 13-point favorite over
SMU while Georgia Tech is. rated
7 1 i points over the Wildcats. less
troublesome without their grad
uated passing ace, Bob Hardy.
Other members of football's
pre-season top ten in action are
Maryland, No. 6, host to Syracuse
at College Park; Texas Christian,
No. 7. which takes on Kansas at
Lawrence; Texas A&M, No. 9
which meets Villanova at College
Station, and Pittsburgh, No. 10
which has an unusually early
date with its old rival from the
coal and steel belt. West Virginia.
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