<PAG€ ?IGHT Lion Cross-Country Balance Important Factor in Ist Win The first meet for the Nittany Lion harriers is safely recorded in the winning column, hut without team balance —an oft repeated word in Penn State cross-country circles it may have been a different storv. The team-balance plan which Coach Chick Werner had been stressing for weeks paid off in a 26-29 win for the Lions despite the absence of sophomore Ed Moran among the ion finishers. I * ★ ★ i Moran did not finish the five and one-sixteenth mile course, j Going into approximately the last COO yards or so of the race, Moran's stomach muscles tight ened up so badly that he had to drop out of the contest then and there. Stayed With Midler No one knew exactly what caused Moran's muscles to tight* n i p—the point was that he wa< forced to drop out of the race after staying with the eventual winner. Cornell’s Mike Midler, tor the first three miles. Both runners had the same lime at the three-mile mark. Despite Moran's misfortune, hi two sophomore teammates. Fred Kerr and Clem Schoenebeck, fin ished in a tie for second with 23:13.5 times. Cornell’s Dave Eckel, the 1955 Heplagonal champion, finished fourth in 28:31. followed by tKimmate Nath Cravencr in 23:47.5. . Three Clinch Victory i Bob Thompson, Captain Don that they came through in the Woodrow, and Jay Kirby clinched dependable fashion that they had the victory for the Lions by fin- shown since the beginning of isliing sixtli, seventh, and eighth.'practice. Thompson's time was 29:1G, j Navy Next Woodrow’s 29:26, and Kirby's* With the Cornel meet out of 29:36. 'the wav, Werner will now direct With Moran finishing, the,his team’s effort to the Navy en- Lions would have definitely won [counter on the University goif by a greater margin. But as it course Saturday, was, team balance saved the day| He said that “if there •is a and gave the Nittanies their fircl breather on our schedule. Navy victory since the 1954 season. !is it.” He also said that this first Times Satisfactory ihome meet will give his runners; Coach Chick Werner said that a chance to show what they have the times recorded bv his club 1 since they will be running on were fairly respectable in view: familiar ground. of the fact that four of his firstj Navy has yet to win a meet five men were sophomores, run- ( this season, finishing third in two ning on the Cornell course for the triangular tests. Pittsburgh—a first time. He added that the wind Lion opponent and Villanova may have had some effect on the both topped the Middies on Oct. times. .6 at Navy, and St. Johns and Werner had a bit of praise fur Manhattan—another Lion foe Kerr and Schoenebeck. sa' ing subdued them last Saturday. n«il> Photo lij- Bi'tr DUE TO A score-board ommis- slon. the Beaver Field press corps had difficulty identifying Penn Slate's three-armed Chappy HilL here shown using all three arms, in intercepting a fourth-quarter: Holy Cross pass. Actually, the arm! on the right belongs to an un identified Lion defender. Hill's de-1 tensive move ended the Crusaders') final and deepest scoring threat of! THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA By VINCE CAHOCCI Fred Kerr Dependable harrier COLLEGIAN AD STAFF MEETS TO NIGHT West Coast Grid Picks Aid Fanucci When it comes to West Coast football knowledge. Fearless Fran Fanucci can't be beat—or so it would appear from the results of The Daily ollegian’s fourth foot ball poll. ! It will be remembered that two far west games—Oregon State- California and Washington-Ore gon were among Saturday’s Limb’ entries. Only Fearless Fran correctly predicted the outcome of these two games. (Oregon State and Washington won.) Coast Games Difference Vicious Vince C a roc c i, who doesn't know a Golden Bear from a Huskie, flubbed these two and [now must share first place with jFearless Fran. The two West | Coast games were virtually the difference as Vicious Vince pulled ,an 8-7. two less than Fearless Fran. Fearless and Vicious have 40-20 records, good for a .667 per centage. j Lucky Lou Prato could have ■made it a three-way tie for the Head except he goofed on the Ore-' [gon State victory. His 9-6 mark Heaves him second at 39-21 and : .650. Pairick Picked Purdue Frank Patrick is the latest coach ;to display that the boys closest jto the game obviously can't see jthe woods because of the trees. It I was another 8-7 day for the coach es, and, thanks to Vicious’ similar j showing, the miserable mentors are a "close’ last with 37-23 and 1.617. Individual accomplishments that merit recognition are Patrick’s choice of Purdue over Notre Dame. Fearless’ Auburn pick, and the 14-14 tie reached by Texas A. & M. and Houston to hand our experts an automatic “wrong.” Also a low- bow goes to Duke, who fooled everyone by dumping Southern Methodist, 14-6. Bowling Club Seeks Coeds The Women's Recreation Asso ciation bowling club is offering free instruction to coeds at 6:30 p.m. every Monday, Tuesday. Wednesday, and Thursday in the Wiiite Hall alleys. Activities of the club include, a tournament and intramural league set up among club mem bers and competition with, other !colleges and universities—region al and nationaL | An intramural league will start in two .weeks for both beginners and advanced bowlers. A team from the club competes with coeds from Bucknell, Juni ata, and Lycoming on the annual winter sports day at the end of the semester. Every two months the five top bowlers in the club represent Penn State in the National Inter collegiate Telegraphic Ten Pin [Tournament. Last year the Nit ,tany coeds placed third and sev 'enth in the spring lournament. 6:30 P.M. In 9 Carnegie Scanning SPORTS ffel By FRAN FANUCCI, Sports Editor 1 . : HOLY CROSS POST-MORTEMS . . . | The Nittanv Lion football spirit, w'hich Coach Rip Engle has | boasted about, w'as never more expressed than at the end of Satur day’s game with Holy Cross. The Lion football players kept the football used in the game, signed all their names to it. and then gave it to Jay Livsoy, who was injured late in the game. Livsey, according to team physician Alfred Greiss. suffered a brain con cussion, but is in excellent condition and will be released from the ! infirmary in a day or two. Holy Cross Publicist Bill Crowley said in the press box that he never saw a Holy Cross team look so bad as it did against the Lions. During the second half of the game a helicopter, bearing the sign "Happy Birthday Ike," hovered over the Beaver Field practice turf and proceeded to "dance" in the air. The stunt attracted a few hundred fans from the stadium, but the result was disappointing. Slate Troopers assigned to Beaver Field ordered the helicopter to land, and what the consequences were is still unknown. Engle, commenting on the letter written td this writer last week concerning the ability of the football team, said “I wonder (if Mr. Warren lijces to discuss moles fighting other animals twice its size) if he ever saw a small mole fight a big mole.” Dan Radakovich, Lion center, was named “top lineman on the field” by the press writers covering the Holy Cross.game. Sam Val-' entine earned the honor two weeks ago for his oQutstanding play against Penn. Radakovich has been called “the best center in the East” by the Lion coaching staff. Army's overwhelming loss to Michigan Saturday came as a surprise to the Lion team, but not to Michigan coach Bennie Oosierbaan. Ooslerbaan said that if he left his varsity in the game it would have scored at least' 100 points. Michigan won 48-14. It was the worst defeat for Army since Penn routed it, 48-0. in 1940. « • * * This statement by a New York Daily Mirror writer was in Sun day’s Mirror edition: "Penn State travels to Ohio State Saturday for one of the day’s most attractive intersectionals. The Nittany Lions won’t be outclassed.” Engle and his staff sure hope so. The Ohio State game, Saturday, is reported to be a sellout. Over 82,000 fans will watch the Lions and Buckeyes meet for the first time since 1912. The Lions won that game, 37-0. but an interest ing sidelight is the fact that Ohio walked off the field after a rousing fist fight. It seemed that the Buckeyes were the favorites and were surprised when the Lions ran roughshod over them, so fists began to fly an<i when the Buckeyes had enough they quietly walked off the field. The gridders head into the "murderous" portion of their schedule with Ohio State. Following that game West Virginia journeys here on Oct. 27, and the following week the Lions head for Syracuse, and if Engle's charges suffer no injuries in that span then the Grey Eagle has nothing to worry about until next year. Buddy Rowell, former Lion halfback and now with the Quan tico Marine football team, was in the press box scouting Holy Cross. The Marines meet the Crusaders in a few weeks. The Penn Slate Players with the departments of Music. Arf. and Theatre Aris present .. . Gilbert and Sullivan's musical parody on the 19th century RUDDIGORE \ at Schwab Auditorium the weekend of the Jr. Prom Tickets wiH go on sale Mon. 1:30 P.M. at the HUB desk TUESDAY. OCTOBER 16, 1956 * * * • * •
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