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Army Braces for
Booters Visit West
Tn rtart Today
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Lions
Hope for Upset,
Boosts Chances
Spirit
WEST POINT, N.Y., Oct. 6—A confident Penn State foot
ball team meets the first of five opponents listed in the
nation s “top twenty" here today when it faces perennial
powerhouse Army, before an estimated 25.000 fans in Michie
Stadium, in one of the East's top grid attractions of the day
The Black Knights arc rated 13
points better than the Lions, but
some experts are a little dubious
concerning this game and are
picking the Lions in an upset.
This will be the seventh game
of. the Army-Lion series dating
back to 1899. the first and last
year the Lions beat an Army
Radio Station WMAJ will air
the Lion-Cadet game at 2 p.m.
(CDT) direct from Michie Sta
dium with Bob Prince handling
ihe play -by - play. Warm-up
time is set tor 1:45 p.m.
team. Since then the closest they
have come to winning was in
1900 and 1939 when they held
the Cadets to a tie.
The last three times— l 949.
1950. 1955 the Lions taced
Army they were turned back
by wide margins and in each
of those games they had en
tered with high hopes. Last
year's score. 3S-6, was an indi
cation of the strong defense
Army continually boasts.
This year the identical line, ex
cept for one player, returns, but
the Cadet backfield has been
completely revamped. Gone from
last year’s backfield are Pat Übel,
fullback. Pete Lash, high-scoring
halfback, and Don Hollcder. quar
terback.
The only returnee is Bob Ky
asky, who was switched from
halfback to quarterback earlier
this year because of lack of ma
terial at that position. Kyasky
has been plagued by injuries
most of his career and still re
mains an unknown quantity un-
SWAMP
Superficial, o s t e n t a tious,
profusely discreet
The “Kings” of the R.O.T.C.
Today will be dragged thru
such shameful defeat
That by Sunday tliey'll all
be at sea.
ARMY
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By FRAN FAHUCCI
Collegian Sports Editor
til kickoff time each week.
This year's backfield will
have Kyasky at quarterback.
Dick Murtland and Joe Cygler
at halfbacks, and Vince Barta
at fullback. Coach Earl Blaik
was dealt a severe blow last
Saturday when Gene Mikelonis,
a standout sophomore and lead
ing ground gainer in the VMI
[ game, tore his knee ligament
) and had to undergo an opera
tion, which • will keep him on
the sidelines most of the year.
Cygler is the logical replace
ment for Mikelonis.
Army displayed a stout defense
:and a rugged running attack
when it beat VMI, 32-12, last Sat
urday. But its passing attack was
,h’a rd 1 y mentionable. Kyasky
threw under five passes and kept
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Line mainstay
★ ★ *
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lop Grid Squads
Face Big Tests
During Weekend
By The Associated Press
The iffy teams of 1956 college
football—and which ones aren’t
at this stage of the season? —are
due for some severe tests today
as the season moves into the first
real football month, -October.
The upsets and erratic perform
ances of September have left 1
some doubt about the strength of
such highly-rated teams as Notre
Dame, Ohio State, Missouri,
Southern Methodist, Texas A&M,
Maryland, Georgia Tech, Army,
Colgate. Yale, Cornell and others.
[All but Georgia Tech get chances
ito find the answers today.
Oklahoma Tops
I There’s little doubt, of course,
that Oklahoma has lived up so
jfar to the number 1 rating is car
vied over from last season or that
today’s Michigan State-Michigan
tussle likely' will be an important
factor in the Big Ten and national
championship races.
Oklahoma's Sooners are rated
first in the current Associated
Press ranking poll of sports writ-j
ers and broadcasters.
Sooners Favored
They are expected to hold that
spot after meeting twice-beaten
Kansas State in their first Big
Seven game of the season. They
opened last week with a 36-0 vic
tory over outclassed North Caro
lina.
Michigan State, number two in
the poll, and Michigan, five, both
looked impressive in opening vic
tories over Stanford and UCLA,
respectively. The winner of to
day’s struggle before 101,000 spec
tators at Ann Arbor likely will
become the favorite in the Big
Ten, with only defending cham
pion Ohio State to be reckoned
with. Ohio’s Buckeyes, minus
Hopalong Cassady, take on Stan
ford in a game that offers the
basis of a comparison with Michi
gan State.
Sixteen of the 36 players Penn
State used in its 34-0 rout of
Pennsylvania had never before
jengaged in a college football
'game.
Lion Charge
★ ★
Seek to Extend 4-Year,
19-Game Winning Streak
Will the Penn State soccer team extend its four-year
19-game winning skein this afternoon at West Chester?
That is the most important question on the lips of Lion
soccer fans today as Coach Ken Hosterman sends the Nittany
Lion hooters against West Chester State Teachers College in
★ ★ ★_ 'a battle of college soccer giants.
The Lions started their winning
streak in the final game of the
1953 season when they shutout
the University of Pennsylvania
soceermen, 6-0. The next year, the
Nitlanies were unbeaten in eight
games and last year they con
tinued their all-conquering ways
with a 9-0 record.
Bucknell University became the
19th victim of the Lions last week,
7-0, in the opening game of the
1956 campaign. Letterman Tom
Nute and sophomore Mike Stoll
meyer led the Lion attack with
two poals apiece.
Nule wasn't even in the start
ing lineup against the Bisons
but his performance in the game
earned him a starting berth for
today's encounter. He will re- ■
place Dave Haase in the center
forward spot—the old position
of two-time All-American Dick
Packer wbo last year led the
Lions in scoring.
The only other change in the
Nittany lineup will take place at
fullback. Hosterman was disap
pointed with his fullbacks in the
Bucknell game and hopes that his
new allignment at that position
will bring them up to par.,
Letterman Ralph Brower will
shift from right fullback to left
fullback in place of Dave Davis,
and sophomore Otto Rosenberger
will fill the position left vacant
by Brower.
Steve Flamporis,' Wall Krau
ser. and Ward Hill are slated
for halfback positions. Flam
poris will man the center half
back spot—the key position in
soccer—with Krauser flanking
him on the right and Hill on the
left.
The front line will find Stoll
meyer at inside left. Per Torgeson
at inside right, Dutch Walz at out
side left. Jim Hedberg at outside
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Oolio Hosenberger
Replacement nt Full
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1956
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By LOU PRATO