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Lion Gridders Continue
Pre-Penn Preparations
Sugar Ray Robinson may have fought Carmen Basillo last night and Oklahoma may ;
have wallopped Pitt last Staurday, but the only thought in 'Penn State Coach Rip Engle's
mind at present is getting his 1957 gridders ready for their opening game, Saturday.
The Lions go under competitive fire for the first time this year when they meet the'
the Pennsylvania Quakers, Saturday at Franklin field.
And, according to Engle, "We (the Lio ns) still have a lot of work to do." Engle said
that his club would spend the four * * * *
remaining practice days attempt
ing to tie all phases of the Lion
...tame into an adequate football
plan
Although he readily admitted
There was a lot of work to be
done, he said that he did not
plan to concentrate his efforts
on either his offense or defense.
Bather, he said the work would
be divided as evenly as pos
sible between the two phases.
Penn's strength remains a ques
tion mark in Engle's mind since
he has not had, nor hopes to have,
an opportunity to scout Coach
Steve Sebu's crew—which only
adds to theh task awaiting the
gridders. Engle said: "All 1 know
about Penn is what I've read in
the papers."
Despite the lack of scouting in
formation, Engle said that he
definitely was not underrating the
Quakers. He expected Penn to be
tougher than they were last year,
but all he could do was speculate.
Personel-wise. halfbacks Bruce
Gilmore and Bucky Paolone were
somewhat of a question mark in
the minds of the Nittany coaching
staff. Paolone pulled a muscle in
the back of his leg last week
while , Gilmore injured his knee
in a scrimmage a week ago last
Saturday.
The injuries sidelined both
backs from serious practice
work most of last week, but both
are expected to be ready for use
Saturday. To what extent, time
alone will tell.
In other respects, the grid story._
is almost the same as it has been
for the past week or so. The start
ing lineup is still uncertain in
most positions because of the close.
competition being waged there.
Only quarterback Al Jacks and:
guard Joe Sabol, the Lion captain,
rate sure-starter tags.
The-coaches were experiment-' Five of Penn State's nine football opponents went hunting for
ing with switching center candi-'early victories Saturday, but returned empty-handed. Two of them'
date Earl Kohlhass to guard be
-Vanderbilt and West Virginia—did gain the solace of a tie.
cause of his linebacking prowess.; .
However, the experiment has not, Dropping their openers werel .
proven to be outstandingly catis- : Marquette, Pitt, and William & season began.
factory and, although there re- Mary. Syracuse, Army, Penn andl Jim Bahktiar led the Cavaliers']
mains the slight possibility that,Holy Cross were idle. ground-gaining parade. Lion fans;
it will be continued, it has taken' The Mountaineerse- f West
!will recall the powerful Iranian
a backseat in the football picture. Virginia just did escape with a lfrom his visit to Beaver Field as
, 6-6 tie as the Virginia Cavaliers
hlks were knocking at touchdown
Stone am Ta a sophomore.
I The Oklahoma Sooners re. I
door when time ran out. The I
i
solved all doubt of their cham-
W , th PCL Prexy ; Mountaineers, a pregame favo-
1 rite, fielded a mammouth line, pion calibre at the expense of
1
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 23 (i-P I 1 as is their habit, but found an I Pll±. 26-0. The Lions' traditional
—President Horace Stoneham of equal in the forward wall of rival couldn't move against a .
the New York Giants opened dis- the Cavaliers. , lean and mean Sooner team
; that already smells Orange ,
cussions wi t h Pacific Coast. Mickey Trimarki passed to I
1 blossoms. Pitt plays Penn State
League President Leslie O'Connor Ralph Anastasio for West Vir-.
1 '(Continued on page eight)
today on the price of taking .overiginia's touchdown. Penn Stater
the San Francisco baseball terri- fans will see these two, and other:
tory. Mountaineer stars Nov. 2 at Bea-
During the meeting, Stoneham ver Field. Two Mountaineer line-)
stated flatly, ''We're rowing to,men worth watching that day
San Francisco," and O'Connor in—should be Joe Nicely and Chuck
dicated he felt the Brookl-:n Dod- Howley, a pair of guards who
ge would be in Los Angeles next rated high praise from Coach Art
year. '(Pappy) Lewis long before the'
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA
—Doily Collegian Photo by Joe Patton
ONLY FOUR DAYS LEFT . . With only four days of practice
before Saturday's Lion opener with Penn, the Nittany gridders
buckle down to final preparation efforts on the Beaver Field prac
tice gridiron. Shown above are several gridders pushing the
blocking sled.
Lion Opponents Lose,
Tie In Season Openers
Contest Winner
BROWN WINS $7O CAMERA
Penn State, for the second sea
son in a row, will open its foot
ball season against Pennsylvania.
at Philadelphia Sept. 28.
YOU'D BE CHEERING TOO
if your fraternity
rented an automatic
adding machine from
Nittany Office
Equipment. What a
time-saving, worii 7
saving investment!
Even the low rental
fee of only $8 a month
is worth shouting about.
The winning play is AD 8.61-25
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NITTANY OFFICE EQUIPMENT
231 So. ALLEN ST. AD 8-6125
TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 24. 1957
Center Charley Ruslavage, of
Coaldale, Pa., is the top-ranking
student on Penn State's 1958 foot
ball squad:. .;
Open Evenings
CENTRE COUNTY FILM
LAB Awards Outstand
ing Prize of State Col
lege Retail Promotion
Jesse Jefferson Brown Jr„
freshman in ceramic technol
ogy from Newport, Pa., won
the $7O Stereo Graphic' Cam
era outfit awarded by the
CENTRE COUNTY FILM LAB
in the recent retail promotion.
This promotion was instituted
by the State College Chamber
of Commerce to acquaint fresh
men with the local merchants.