PAGE EIGHT Lions Seek to Keep Caprara Returns; Walters Harriers Host Spartans Replaces North at End T , f* it r* (Continued from page one) '■ I OnflV Oil UOll wOUTSS West Virginia will run from the sti aight-T. using flankers. The “ g u " Mountaineers also emphasize the belly series. The Lions’ offensive By VINCE CAROCCI Navy last week. formation is cither the spht-T or the straight-T with the passing The Penn State cross-coun-: IC4-A champ Kennedy is defi zdtack a highly-rated weapon. try team hosts Michigan "hough* his‘“eammatw a^noth-' Lion Coaoi Rip Engle sa.d yesterday that he d.d not fear Slale - s unde feated harriers at.ing to scoff at. Sl major letdown ;n the team, but he said the numerous injuries 9 , j Gay Denslow is rated the have weakened the club 1o some extent. jl-.00 this afternoon on the' Spartan's number two man fol- Injured players who will not see action are varsity end Paul University golf course in a Selwyn Jones. Ron North and reserves Maurice Schleicher, fullback, and Steve Gasban, tell-tale meet for Coach Chick' wilhlhe Exception of'sopho center. Werner’s team. more Wheeler, were members of Varsity fullback Babe Caprara, who was out of action with aj a win over the Spartans would asl year's powerful squ&d. sprained ankle the last two weeks, will start today. Les Walters definitely put the Lions on the! Denslow finished eighth in the will replace North at end. Both North and Walters have been *"°ad to a very successful vear. llC 4-A’s last year. Jones seventh. A loss would only add to any and Block 3ath. It was the failure doubts that may exist concerning! the team's strength. These would! ; be answered in its remaining , meets with Manhattan and Pitts burgh. At the beginning of the year. Werner said that his club had ! potential. Wins over Cornell ' and Navy proved that it was a fairly strong aggregation—ex actly how strong will be an swered this afternoon. Michigan State is the defending intercollegiate champion. Four of the five members from last year's team are back again—and they were the top four runners on the 1955 squad. The Lions, on the other hand., have their nucleus built around three promising sophomores and a group of average runners. Ed Moran, Clem Schoene beck. and Fred Kerr are the three who contribute the most I to the Lion scoring, while Cap- Les Walters I lain Don Woodrow, sophomores Storting at end ] Bob Thompson and Jay Kirby, battling evt-i\ enh of Hu- way for the starting end sport, with each and junior Alan Jones add to plavcr starting two games each. team balance the most impor iant factor m Werner s plans Lewis' only changes in the lineup are Larry Krutko at fullback for this year, and Jim Pickett at tackle. Krutko has been nursing a foot injury; All seven ate expected to aefi-. the past w«>ek but is ready for today. He is the second leading Jiitely be in the starting lineup., , , ... , , , ,In reserve. Wc-rner will cal! on ground gamer on the team with 247 yards. H.s understudy, Nocl iSenior Ron Lcw .; P and pr ,„, b ]v Whipkey, leads the team with 260 yards rushing. 'junior Bob Kopf. ' j Ray Alberigi starting left half for the Lions, leads the team! Moran, Kerr, and Schoenebeck with 226 yards while his understudy, Bruce Gilmore, is second with ,' 1 1 a '’ e c ?’ e * t , h ®. I '. k® e P' * • ’ ;tng pace with the Spartans num -214 yards. ber one man. junior Henry Ken- Billy Kane, starting right half, is tied with North in pass receiv-, nedy. or staying close enough be ing with six catches lor K 8 vards. North has accumulated 132 vards to prevent Michigan ' State from taking the second. •via the air route. |third. and fourth positions. What has probably been the paramount factor in most of the! The Lions can win the meet Lions’ wins, especially over Ohio State, has been its tremendous j taking first place —a -defense. In four games opponents have gained only 532 yards while! put Lion the Lions have picked up 977. ' hopes underground. Emil Caprara Back (ifter injur}/ The talented toe of Plum has also been a determining factor ini Werner is keeping his strategy many of the wins. The 195-pound senior has averaged *12.5 yards himself. He did say. however, per kick, ranking sixth in the nation, and has kicked almost every justlet extra point tor the Lions. : a steady pace as they did against The Mountie line is typical of the past years—big and strong. Only one man on the line is un der 200 pounds, that being guard Bob Guenther who weighs 295. But the Mountie backfield is light compared to the Lions’. The four backs for West Virginia aver age IJJ3 pounds while the Lions'! backfield averages 196 pounds. J The Mountie line averages 213 j as against 202 for the Nittanies. If the Lion;; win today it will prove to the fans as well as the forecasters that the Ohio State win was no fluke, but if they lose their national ranking will more than likely be lost. West Virginia has everything to gain and al most nothing to lose, except for some pride, in today's contest. The tussle shapes up identical as last week's game when the Lions -were in the same boat. The Probable Starting Lineups: Penn State West Virginia Walters LE Chancey Mazur LT Pickett Valentine LG Nicely Radakovich C Howley DeLuca RG Guenther Calderone RT Underdonk Farls RE Kopnisky Plum QB Trimarki Alberigi LH Snider Kane RH Shepherd Caprara FB Krutko First TO for Livzicy Halfback Jay Livziev, who suf fered a brain concussion in the Holy Cross game, never before had scored in college competition. The Penn State senior ran 33 yards into the end zone less than a minute before he was knocked THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA Ed Moran Si\T>JiOT?ic*r