THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 1 , 1956 Sebo Smiling Again Penn Boasts Potentially Great But Inexperienced Front Wall By FRAN FANUCCI A "green" but potentially great line has given Penn coach Steve Sebo something to smile about in recent prac tice sessions. Sebo, beginning his third year as coach, has never been able to boast of having depth, but this Saturday he may surprise all the experts when his charges take the field against the Nittany Lions. BULWARKED by a host of promising sophomores, 16 of whom are counted on in game plans, Sebo will have a solid for ward wall. This was his para mount problem last year and dur ing early practice sessions, but with the swift development of his tackles and centers the problem has failed to materialize. The fine work of Joe H rdubay and Frank Brody at to le has been especially gratifyin to Se bo. Behind Hordubay. a sopho more, and Brody, a ju ior, are junior Bob Wets and so homore Dennis Troychak. , HORDUBAY, a nverted guard, stands 6 feet an weighs 200 pounds and is considered one of the top interior men en the team. Brody, 6 feet 230 pounds, is handicapped by an everyday problem overweight. He was used in five games last season Gordon The fun is over, now the work begins. That summarizes what's in store for Norm Gordon's fresh man cross-country team during the remaining practice sessions. Gordon is prepared to take the wraps off of his frosh harriers and quicken their training pace- Until yesterday, he was forced to hold mostly conditioning work outs in order to work the stale ness out of his runners.- • NOW, he is ready to begin a faster training program since he feels that all the aches and pains —due tc running after a long lay-off—are gone. Gordon has been working with the nucleus of his club for ap proximately a week and a half, although one or two candidates have joined the squad in the past day or two. He said that this year's club is still a question mark to him since he has had it under a slew con ditioning program until mow_ FROM WHAT he has I seen so far, he believes that most of the frosh are runners with the same amount of potential who are capable of turning in adequate performances. However, he admitted that he does not have the individual standouts such as Fred Kerr, Ed Moran. and Clem Schoenebeck to work with. Most of this year's frosh have had previous high school experi ence in running cross-country— which will probably be a strong help to Gordon. uress ye can't afford not to! e. 7,4 D0x , 1x 4 c) 45 Cpl' . FORTUNE ti i FLANNEL 70% WOOL 30% ACRILAN, Tailored on new natural Unfit. Wool and MMus flannel is shape retaining. king wearing. • Cbt•sdrw4's Acrylic Fibre $5O Enes Men's Shop as a reserve, but is expected to draw one of the starting berths Saturday. At guard Pete Keblish, only junior to co-captain a Penn team since 1911, spent last year under studying Jim Shada. The 5-11, Steps Up Drills SAM WHITE. Dick Englebrink.! ran cross-country before, set a Jack Williams, and Ron Houghton , new state quarter-mile record in' have all run in the scholastici the PIAA track meet last year.l PIAA cross-country meet while THE FROSH have three regu- 1 George Jones finished fifth in the larly scheduled meets on tap fort Philadelphia Public High Schooli the season. They open Oct. 13 at , trial. ICornell. move to Annapolis onl J - _ - -sey " doe Thompson. a New JerseyjOct. 19, and end the season at native, and Dick Hambright could Pittsburgh, Nov. 10. They are ex also be among the top runners onl peeted to enter the frosh IC4A the squad. Hambright, who never, meet Nov. 19 at New York. a trAR " It's wadding with natural goodness, pure and wholesome—and naturally friendly to your figure.- Altoona Coca-Cola Bottling Co. "ea," is a toildwed trook-asark. O Mae 1141 COCA-COlik CO/ Am THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA Pete Keblish Junior co-captain ° 9 &IQ, 9Ake, as GA, Feel like having a Coke? SOITLEO UNDER AUTMOIMTI Of TNT COCA.OOtA COMMIT $7 195 pound linebacker is regarded as an excellent performer at that position, and is given most of the credit for building up the team's spirit this year. OTHER top guards are sopho mores Tony Capuano and Ray Kelly. Capuano was a defensive star with the freshman team and could be one of the Quakers' top linemen in '56. Kelly. also an outstanding performer on the frdsh team last year, is described by Sebo as being one of the finest sophomore linemen he has ever seen and a - definite threat for All- American in a year or two. At center Bill Assiff, number one a year ago, is finding diffi culty maintaining his position from the onrushing Bob Sebas tianelli and Clarke Irvins. Ass iff is a top linebacker, while Sebastianelli, an end last season, is a strong offensive performer. BERNIE Rohrbacher, another candidate for center, appeared in every game last year, but has been a disappointment so far this season. At ends Charley Gill and Park er Jacoby prevail and are almost sure starters for the home opener. With the tighter defense pre dicted and overall more depth Sebo has something solid to base his optimism on. In fact, he be lieves that Penn will snap its 18- game losing streak in a reason ably short time. F lamporis On Championship Being a member of two undefeated soccer teams isn't just an everyday occurence and when both teams are selected as the national champion of intercollegiate soccer, this feat is even more amazing. But that is exactly the case of Pena State's 1956 soccer captain Steve Flamporis . _ Flamporis, one of the few sen iors on the current soccer eleven, will start his third year as a Nit tany regular Saturday afternoon. when the Lion booters play host to Bucknell University in the first game of the 1956 season. AS A SOPHOMORE in 1954, Steve broke into a starting lineup that was destined to make soccer history. That year the Lion boot ers won eight straight games and at end of the season were declared national soccer champions. Flam 7 poris started all eight tilts at the center forward position. Last year, the soccermen almost duplicated their 1954 honors. They won eleven games without a loss to set a Penn State record of consecutives wins, 16, and again were named national cham pion, this time as a co-champ with Brockport State Teachers College. Once again, Flamporis was in the starting lineup. THIS YEAR Coach Ken Hoster man's soccer team is of an un known quantity. But with Flam They're smart on campus They score in sports ... They rate on a date ... The 're ...they're great ! • United States Rubber , Rocketsilst Cote , . Nsvg Tart 20. N. Y. By LOU PRATO poris leading the newcomers, the 1956 eleven may repeat the ac tions of its two predecessors. Where the key to Flam poris' success? Steve is no "greenhorn" when it comes to soccer. He has been playing the game as long as he can remember. Born in Athens, Greece, 21 years ago, Steve came to the United States at the age or eleven. When he was of high school age, he enrolled at Read ing High School in Reading. Pa. He played 3 years of soccer at Reading and also was oir the track squad. WHEN the time came for Steve to make a choice in Colleges, Penn State was almost a sure bet. Not only was it close to home but the Lion soccer team was one of the perennial leaders in col legiate soccer circles. He made the freshman team with ease and from then on it was just a matter of time before the "Golden Greek" was with the varsity. KEDS® PAGE SEVEN Two Teams
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