WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMB
Balanc
Engle Plans
To Alternate
Offense
The Penn State football of
fense for the 1957 season will
be a well-balanced attack of
pasing and running if the ac
tion goes according to 'Coach
Rip Engle's wishes.
Asked if he planned to use
passing as an ultra-major offen
sive weapon this year due to his
wealth . of end material—five se
nior lettermen are returning
there Engle replied: - "No, we
hope to keep a good balance be
tween our passing and running
this year. We believe that the
ideal attack is one, with balance
between running and pasiing."
Continuing with his, analysis
of the potential Nittany of
fense,.Engle said that good bal
ance is what he has in both of
fensive phases this season—
neither the running corps nor
the pasiing corps stand out.
"Right now, our attack is about
the same as last year's . . . our
backs are rugged and our passing
is quite adequate," Engle said.
He went on to say that, although
none of his backs were individual
stars in all phases of offensive
work, taken collectively they
would present a fairly strong
ground attack.
Reiterating this theme, in great
similarity to Casey Stengel. he
said: "This boy (referring to full-
Vack Maurice Schleicher) can do
some things better than this boy
(fullback Babe Caprarti) and this
boy (Caprara) can do same things
better thari - the other (Schleich
er). The same goes for (Bruce)
Gilmore and (Dave) Kasperian
and (Bucky) Paolone and (Andy)
Ivlbcohyi . . . they're all rugged
boys. '
"Besides,' you can't say just
when you're going to .pass," he
said. "You decide your cows°
of action as the situation de
mands."
With opening game time draw-,
ing nearer and nearer, the squad,
is showing anxiety usually found
starting to mount in collegiate
football circles at this time of the
year. The spirit and `desire for
competitive action are beginning
to make themselves more no
ticeable as opening day ap
proaches.
"We're beginning to shape up
and starting to get the feeling of
the season," Engle said. He ad
mitted that intrasquad scrim
mages he was forced to use this
year was starting to become a
drudgery for his team. This was
the first time in four years that
the gridders did not play anoth
er,school in a game scrimmage.
No opponent was available.
Asked if he is putting any
faith in the stories of 'the Phil
adelphia papers concerning
"disappointing" Penn showing
in their scrimmage with Rut
gers last weekend, Engle said:
"We're not thinking about Rut
gers because we don't know
what Rutgers, has. I understand
that they have some good boys
this year."
Turning from Penn to his pro
spective plans for another two
platoon system in 1957, Engle
said that he would try to two
platoon as much as posible. With
competition so strong for most, of
the starting positions, Engle said
he didn't have what could be
specifically called a first and sec
ond team.
He said that the first 11 choices
would make the starting team
while the 'next 11 would make
his alternate team. The person
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Key To Lion Plans
lineup for action for Saturday's encounter with Penn. They are
(l-r) Jack Farls, Ron Markiewicz, Paul North, Romeo Panozzo, and
Les Walters. All five are seniors.
Haney 'Describes'
Defeat of Yankees
MILWAUKEE, Sept. 24 (EP)—A newly confident Milwau
kee team and its suddenly cocky manager, Fred Haney,
actually boasted - today how they were going to "take" the
proud New York Yankees in the World Series. And it is sur
prising how many baseball-wise people here agree with them
Frank Lane and Fred Hutch
inson, general manager and
field manager, respectively of
the St. Louis Cardinals, whose
desperate drive to overtake the
Braves came to a dramatic end
last night, are among those who
think Milwaukee will humble
the American League's practi- I
cally perennial champions next
week.
Each has a different reason for
stringing along with - the Braves.
Hutchinson, a former pitching star
with Detroit. thinks pitching, with
emphasis on Warren Spahn and
Lew Burdette, will win -for the
Braves. Lane picks the Braves on
power
"Pitching is usually the decid
ing factor in a short series," Hut
chinson pointed out. "To my
mind, Milwaukee has stronger
pitching than New York. I look
for Spahn to be the outstanding
pitcher in the series. He has the
savvy and experience. He's at his
best. in big games and I believe
he has the kind of equipment to
stop a team like the Yankees.
I wouldn't be surprised if he wins
two and maybe three games. I
Middies in Finale
On Thompson Grid
ANNAPOLIS, Md., Sept. 24 (P)
—Navy's football team will play
its last varsity game in nr-year
old Thompson Stadium Saturday
when it meets William and Mary
in a homecoming game. The sta
dium is to be demolished next
month to make *ay for the new
31,000-seat Navy-Marine Corps
Memorial Stadium.
The Midshipmen will have two
"home" games in nearby Balti
more this season. - -
nel of both teams still remains
a question mark and probably
will remain that way until short
lx before game time.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA
look for Burdette to beat the Yan
kees at least once."
Lane, somewhat recovered
from yesterday's lough loss that
forced his Redbirds to settle for
second place - in the National
League race, was voluble in his
praise for the Braves.
"Milwaukee will prove as good
a Series representative as the Na
tional Leagtie has had hi many
years," he said. "It is' a young
team. spirited and hungry. I think
the Braves will come into the
series with a better mental atti
tude than any of the Brooklyn
teams that faced the Yankees dur
ing the past 10 years."
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A LITTLE RUNDOWN ON PENN PERSONNEL-
You can't tell a player without a scorecard. Since most of the
Lion fans traveling to Philadelphia for the Penn game won't obtain
their programs until they reach Franklin Field, here's a bit of, a run
down on Quakers who rate watching.
Of course, you must realize that this personnel rating comes
chiefly from preseason expectations—no consideration is given to
the unknown hero who may emerge as the star of the Penn offense.
The man who'll be running the Penn attack from the quarter
back slot is a Quaker familiar to most Lions • fans, senior Frank
Riepl. Riepl. as most of you will remember, gained national promi
nence two years ago when he ran the opening kick-off in the
Notre Dame game back 108 yards—to give the Quakers a short
lived 7-0 lead over the then-powerful Irish.
Riepl was a halfback then and spent all of last year at that
I spot. However, to give his offense a more prominent ground-gaining
effort, Coach Steve Sebo shifted his star to quarterback. Don't be
too surprised to see Riepl often running the keep play from the
I T -formation. He has the speed and the shiftiness to make it work
a la Army's now-graduated Bob Kyasky, although not as effectively.
One of the starting Penn halfbacks figures to be sophomore
,Fred Doelling at right half. Doelling, according to Philadelphia
l lnquirer columnist Don Daniels. has shown the most spirit and drive
in the Penn practice period. The leading ground gainer on last year's
'frosh club, he is considered the speediest and the shiftiest of the
Quaker backs. He certainly deserves watching.
Along the line, Co-Captain Pete Keblish rates the number one
guard tag. Keblish, serving his second year as Quaker co-captain,
played the most time among Sebo's lineman last'year and finished
the season second in the number of tackles made with 32.
Junior tackle Dennis Troychak, a reserve at the beginning of
the year who gained starting honors for the last six Quaker games,
is rated as a possibility to become Penn's most outstanding tackle
since Jack Shanafelt won all-America honors in 1951. Aggressive,
quick and a battler all the way, Troychak figures, to spearhead the
right side of the Quaker line.
If the Penn publicity releases were as accurate as they usually
are, these are the boys who figure prominently in Sebo's plans.
MILT PLUM MAKES THE BROWNS—
Our former boss, Fran Fanucci-1956-57 Sports Editor— made a
short visit to our office Last night and furnished us with this piece
of information concerning Milt Plum, Coach Rip Engle's outstand
ing quarterback of last year.
Plum, who was the first draft choice of the Cleveland Browns,
seems destined for second-time offensive quarterbacking duties
this year behind veteran Tommy O'Connell. However. according
to Coach Paul Brown—via Fanucci—, Plum may be forced into
action as a defensive halfback on the first unit due to an injury
to one of the regulars.
After watching Plum in his defensive safety role last year,
we'd venture the opinion that he should have very little trouble
in accustoming himself to the position. He stopped many an opposi
tion threat with some nifty defensive work for Engle last year.
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