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Lion Booters Host
Undefeated Rams
By LOU PRATO
Revenge-minded Penn State
will be defending a 15-game
home field winning streak
when they clash with defend
ing Eastern champion West
Chester on the Beaver Field
soccer turf this afternoon.
Kickoff is at 2:30 p.m.
The 1957 Eastern title and pos
sibly the national honor. as well,
could go to the winner of the
skirmish—rated a toss-up by col
legiate soccer experts. Both out
fits are undefeated.
The Lion hooters haven't lost
- a home til2 since November 14.
1552 when Temple blanked
Them. 2-0. Included in the skein
is a 24 victory over Maryland
earlier this year.
However, this home field ad
vantage means practically noth
ing in the pre-game ratings. For
the Nittarties were also riding on
a winning streak when the two
teams met last fall at West Ches
ter.
And almost everyone knows the,
results of that disheartening en
counter. The Rams held the Lions
to a 'scoreless draw and stopped
that 19-game streak—the longest
in Penn State soccer lore.
An top of .this• both teams cur
rently own undefeated strings.
Penn State has won seven in a
row since a 2-1 loss to Navy last
year while the Rams haven't been
beaten in their last nine encoun
ters. A 3-3 deadlock with Balti-1
more mars the West Chester
mark.
Three of the West Chester
eon se cutiv• victories were
scored this year. The Rams
blasted East Stroudsburg. 4-0,
Panzer College. 3-0. and Eliza
bethtown. 3-2.
The Lions, meanwhile, scored
decisions over Bucknell, 10-0,
Maryland, 2-1, Syracuse, 12-1. and
Colgate. 2-0.
Six veterans return from that
West Chester team but the coach
is different. Earl "Muddy" Waters
—a name synonymous with Uni
ted States soccer retired from
the head job at the Chester school
after 30 years of service.
lie was replaced by Mel Lor
back, a graduate of Brockport
State Teachers College of New
York. (B rockport, remember,
shared the national throne with
the Lions in 1955). Lorback tut
ored at Panzer College last season
and recorded a respectable 7-4-1
mark. However, he will have to
go a long way to measure up to
Waters' standards.
West Chester dropped only
one game in 1956-4 2-0 loss to
Pennsylvania's State Teachers
College champion. East Strouds
burg—on its way to the Eastern
Championship. They rapped
Springfield, 2-1, in that title
game.
But back to the veterans. Three
of the returnees are of all-Amer
ica calibre, including 6'2" goalie
Bob Rozonwski. The other two
are co-captains Mark Kingsmore
and Tom Fleck.
Fullback Norman Frank, half
back Dan Schaeffer and inside
Da. , e Hubbard complete the mon
otgradnut win o n i e e rs st .
a F rs ra i n n k th a e n s d
plriiunbg.- Intramural Bowling Act ion
field title scrap and Schaeffer
was tabbed the most improved!
player al i i n e thietallp9hs6
Becker fea.son.,
who IResumes Normal Speed
earned a starting role off his ;
performance against Syracuse, Intramural bowling was back down to Alpha Phi Delta. 4.0.
came down with the flu and ito normal Thursday night after, Alpha Chi Sigma had high team
will not see action. Becker, in- score with 824. Dave Lynch, Pi
, aeing temporarily slowed down
cidentally, has not been scored Kappa Phi, was high singles bowl
upon this season. Veteran Don by the general circulating illness er
with °NI and Benjamin Amato's
Dougald, starter in the Buck- and both Fraternity Leagues C:526 for Alpha Phi Delta was high
nell and Syracuse frays, will and D rolled full 6-game schedules series for League C.
defend the nets. :on the Rec Hall alleys. In D League , Delta Sigma
Hostersnan will also have vet- Phi and Zeta Beta Tau scored
In Lea ue C.Pi Kappa Phi and,
eran inside Mike Stollmeyer g' 4-0 shutouts over Phi Sigma
who has yet to see action in 1957AlPha Phi Delta scored 4-0 wins. Delta and Delta Sigma Rho in
because of an ankle injury and' Delta Sigma Phi and Zeta Beta that order: Tau Phi 'Delta and
raitairatory illness—in the lineup:Tau duplicated the shutouts in, Beaver House and Sigma Tau
as well as halfback Gary Miller.:D League. Gamma and Phi Sigma Kappa
who missed last week's game be Results of the League C matches' bowled to 2-2 ties; Beta Theta
cause of the flu. were: Pi downed Phi Gamma Delta,
The rest of Hosterman's start- 1 Alpha Chi Rho beat Sigma ' 3-1: and Sigma Phi Epsilon beat
ing array will find Ralph Brower : Alpha Mu. 3-1: Lambda Chi Al- Phi Kappa Tau, 3-L
and Tony Tremonte at fullback; pha won over Phi Kappa Sigma Tau Phi Delta took high game
Walt Krauser and Howie Maeir-! by forfeit: Pi Kappa Alpha honors with 839. Two Beaver
I%•affer at the halves; and Jim, tripped Chi Phi, 3-1: Pi Kappa , House men, Bede Bender and,
Hedberg, Per Torgeson, Bill Fled- . Phi knocked over Theta Kappa 'Richard Giesecke took high sin-1
lee ano Lou Vanßafelghem on! Phi. 4-0: Triangle tied Acacia. Igles and high series with 222 and!
the- front line. J 2-2: and Alpha Chi Sigma went 1569 respectively. 1
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA
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Don Dougaid
he'll stop some scoring
Illnesses Weaken
X-Country Squads
The winner of the varsity cross-country meet with Mich
igan State Saturday may be determined not by which team
has been strengthened the most by conditioning, but by which
team has been weakened the most by illness or injury.
The defending NCAA Champion Spartans have been
plagued with the flu and leg in- * * *
juries since practice began in
September. An under-m ann e d
Michigan State squad dropped its
first meet since 1955 to Western
Michigan, 27-36, in the Michigan
AAU Championships three weeks
ago
Defending NCAA individual
champion Henry Kennedy has
shown great advancement after
a long battle against the flu
and is expicled to be in top con
dition to run against the Lions
at East Lansing.
Sophomore Forddy Kennedy,
Henry's brother, has shaken off
a slight cold and is running at
his normal pace.
Spartan Coach }Carl Schlade
man also expects junior Ron
Wheeler and sophomore Jim Hor
an to be ready for the Nittany
engagement. Wheeler had a slight
cold, while Horan returned to
Practice last week after a week
layoff because of leg injuries.
After being free from illness
and injury all season. all but
three Lion runners—Ed Moran.
Dick Engelbrink and Joe Thomp
son—were hit by the wave of res
piratory illnesses last Friday.
Capt. Fred Kerr and State to run over a flat course
College's Cl* m Schoenbeck like Michigan Stabs than to
seem-to have recovered rapidly, run over the hilly University
but junior . Chick King is not i golf COW'S..
yet fully recovered. King could , Other Lions on the sick list are
be a big factor in Saturday's ;Sam White, Jack Williams, George
meet because of his' greater Jones and Al Jones.
By GEORGE FRENCH
Clem Schoenebeck
* *
Bill Fiedler
he'll do some shooting
... recovers rapidly
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PENN STATE 'STUDENT' DOUBTS GRIDDERS"GUTS'
The Penn State football team has at least one dissatisfied "stu
dent" follower—and this boy is really dissatisfied. He quegtions the
!gridders' "guts", as he put it.
We learned of this dissatisfied student during a conversation
,with Lion Coach Rip Engle yesterday morning. He showed us a
'letter he had received from one of the student populace following
the Lions' loss to Vanderbilt Saturday afternoon-at Beaver Field.
Poor taste by the author, protecting himself under the signa
i ture of a "dissatisfied student." prohibits us from printing 'the
letter in context. But, here are a few excerpts from the letter:
"Your halftime speech must be for the birds. Thus far this year
every second, half has been nothing but shame for eVery past
.Penn State team.
". . . I played football way back in Jr. High . . . but when I
played we had a combination of guts and brains. You have brains
but I haven't seen any guts se far .
Where are the guts of the Penn State team?"
Normally. we wouldn't waste our time and newspaper space
answering a letter like this—ites no! the kind of a letter that de
serves an answer. except for the accusation that the Penn Slate
team doesn't have any guts. But. we feel that this boy should be
straightened out and this is our humble effort.
Because a team loses, does that mean it doesn't have any guts?
Some of the heartiest teams in football_ took their share of lumps
—a perfect example-is last year's team at Notre Dame. The Irish
were whipped badly, but they never were accused of losing heart—
lacking guts, as this boy puts it.
Penn State has lost two games thus far. Unless some changes
; are made in the Lions' game, they probably will lose again. But,
; this is no indication that they are gutless.
When players like Andy Moconyi, Emil (Babe) Caprara, Paul
North and Joe Bohart, to name only a few, play the best they can
despite their recuperating from an attack of flu, this is every indi
cation that the Lions lack anything but guts. As Engle said alter
the game. "Those boys (the Lions) gave 120% effort." And, if
that's not guts, we don't know what it is.
If anything can be definitely said about the four Lion perform
ances to date, it's this: this team is not a quitter. It's been beaten,
but it never quit trying. And when it quits trying, that's when it
lacks guts.
So, "dissatisfied student," as to your question of where is the
enn State football team's guts, we 'say that it is clearly evident
on the football field where the game is played—not in the stands
where some fans second guess. If you were the football authority
you suppose yourself to be—and you must or you would have never
written the letter in the.first place—you would have recognized it
and let it go at that.
For the Penn State student body, we apologize to Coach Engle
for the ignorance displayed by one of its members. Fortunately, the
'student fans have done a creditable job thus far in suppqrting the
team. They deserve to be congratulated on their performance thus
!far. We hope they keep up the good work.
Again fortunately. Engle realises that the writer is not typical
of the student fans. "The students are a great hunch, the hest
anywhere ... this does'not represent the typical student attitude,"
he said. We'll not argue with that.
Btit, let's not hear charges of "gutless" again because it most
certainly does not apply in this case. And, before anyone goes off
on a tangent to write a letter to Engle, sit down and think it over.
If a student fan knows football better than the coaches, we're sure
'there would be a place on the coaching staff for him. But, we doubt
if there is any student of this caliber on this campus—or most any
campus, for that matter.
So, use a little discretion and common sense here. If you have
any complaints to make, do it via letters through this department.
If we feel that the gripe is sound, we'll convey it to the coaches:
They have enough bothers to concern themselves with without you
adding to the load.
And. fake this into consideration: the Lions were highly over
rated ai the beginning of the year. Don't base your complaints
on the preseason ratings because they have proved themselves to
be worthless. _
JACK WIMMER says
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Let's try to get those anti
freeze jobs in early enough
to check the hoses, battery,
and thermostat too.
I'll save you moneys
WIMMER'S SUNOCO
502 E. College AD 3-6143
WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 23. 1957
A Glance at . . .
SPORTS
By VINCE CAROCCI
Sports Editor
RUSTIC
A rustic old tavern awaits
you in Boalsburg. Drive out
this week for a meal with old
fashioned flavor.
Steaks. chops, and sea food
are served in three pleasant
,dining rooms. And you may
start your meal with a cocktail
at .the bar and lounge.
Duffy's
In Boalsburg, 4 miles 'east of I
State College on Route 322
(turn sight at the Texaco Sta.)