Injuries Hit Lions
As Opener Nears
(Continued from page one)
Rip Engle as he prepares his club
for the early opener at Nebraska
next Saturday. After last night's
practice, his squad was down to
36 of the original 52 able-bodied
men that started drills less than
two weeks ago.
"It really has me worried."
the Lion mentor said. "We're
definitely going to miss Caye,
but if his injury was the only
one, it might not be so bad. As
it is. I have to limit the boys
to light cont act— no rough
stuff. I might even have to call
off Saturday's scrimmage.
"And if you think that I have
a halfback problem, just look at
my fullbacks. I have only one
man doing much work and even
he's not at full strength. Besides
that, he's a sophomore."
Engle was talking about Sam
Sobczak, who has been one of the
biggest backfield surprises this
year. He's im
pressed Engle
with his fine
running and is - • , 7
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ning with the Ste'
first unit due to
injuries to vet- Vie*
erans Andy Mo- Nowei*
conyi and Pat
Botula. .
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tering from a - = • st e •
twisted knee and - '
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started at right half last fall, was
in pads yesterday afternoon, but
Botula wasn't. However, Moconyi
reinjured his knee in a running
routine, causing another head
ache for Engle.
Engle also has a headache at
center—perhaps his biggest prob
lem of all. He has been under
manned from the start, but now
he's down to one center—Steve
Garban. Veteran Sam Stellatella,
recently transplanted from guard,
has a twisted knee and sopho
more Wayne Berefield is down
to a bruised foot. Previously, sen
ior Dick Dill had broken his leg.
Here's a list of the other cur
rent injuries (subject fo change
without notice): Jim Kerr—
achilles tendon; Pat Funair—
back; "Bull" Smit h—charley
horse; Bud Kohlhaas—twisted
knee; John Sava—sprained an
kle and bruised elbow; Andy
St ynchul a—sprained ankle;
To m Mulraney bruised hip;
and Bill Popp—charley horse.
If this keeps up, Rip will have
to use a couple of his managers
and trainers for the Nebraska
game!
Lions' Oldest Gridder
Penn State's oldest alumnus,
92-year-old James C. Mock, of
Detroit, Mich., is the only living
member of the University's first
football team in 1887. He won
letters in 'B7 and 'BB and cap
tained the team in 'B9.
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Competition Keen
For Tackle, End
(This is the second of a series concerning Pcnn State's 1958 football outlook. Today—ends and tackles.)
Competition seems to be the by-word when speaking of Penn State's current end and
tackle positions.
Both end coach J. T. White and tackle mentor Jim O'Hora have discussed emphati
cally the "hard work and competition" among their pupils.
"Only one player is assured of a starting position right
(Maury) Schleicher. But even his * * *
position could change by the Ne- .
braska game.
"This is the easiest group of
ends I've worked with at Penn
State," continued White, who has
been directing Lion terminals
since the spring of 1954. "They're
all working hard and have not
been plagued by injuries, knock t,
on wood. They're all in good I.
shape.
"As for size," he added, "they're
the biggest I've had here."
White figures Schleicher for
the starting right end post.
Schleicher, you may recall, was
switched to the wing slot last
spring after working at full
back for the last two years. His
two-season statistics as a line
smasher totaled 257 yards gain
ed in 72 rushes (an average of
3.47 yards per crack) and Iwo
touchdowns.
Schleicher, who saw some duty
as an end in high school, also
caught two passes as a fullback
in 1957, picking up 62 yards.
"He's a very good receiver,"
White said of his mamouth (6-3 1
230 - pounds)
wingman," an d
once he catches
the ball, he'll be
hard to bring
down. He's also
a good defensive
player, having
played there for
the last two
years. (U nder
head Coach Rip
Engle's system,
the offensive
fullback moves Schleicher
into a defensive end slot.)"
Two juniors, Norm Neff and
John Bozick, are waging an all
out dogfight to team with Schlei
cher at the left end post.
"It's a toss-up right now as to
who will start," White stated.
"Bozick has an edge as a receiv
er but that's as far as it goes.
I'd say that he and Schleicher
are the best receivers we have."
Running behind Schleicher at
left end is Stu Barber, a stand
out on last year's freshman
team. But Barber, according to
White, needs more experience.
So does the rest of his end
corps, all of whom are sopho
mores—Jim Schwab and Hen
ry Opperman at right end and
Dave Truitt, Dave Alexander ,
and Dick Alleman.
"I compare Barber and Schwab
with Jack Fails," White said.
"Both are good, steady players
both on defense and offense. Tru
itt compares favorably with Les
Walters with his great hands and
speed. (Both Faris and Walters
were two-year starters for the
Nittanies. They graduated in
June.)
"Opperman, Alexander and Al
leman are also coming along,"
White concluded, "but they are
typical of all sophomores they
need experience."
O'Hora finds himself in a simi
lar situation at tackle when it
comes to picking a starter.
'Andy Stynchula will prob
ably be the left tackle," O'Hora
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said, "but there's no edge at
right tackle between (Joe) Bo
hart and (Chuck) Janerette.
Stynchula and Bohart are
lettermen. Stynchula, who was
singled out for his outstanding
work in spring practice, played
behind Bill Wehmer while Bo-
hart was a starter.
"Stynchula is a real solid tack
le," said O'Hora, who with 12
years as a Nittany coach is the
dean of Penn State's grid staff.
"He's way ahead in the left tack.'
le slot. Bohart has improved from
last year in his speed. He's one'
boy who can get a lot of mileagej
out of his natural ability. He's the`
type who won't make a mistake,'
he'll get licked first. I
"Janerette has shown great im-1
provement over last fall ands
spring. He understands the posi-I
tion much better and can also go
a long way on natural ability.'
He could be as good as he wants'
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Stynchula is wide open, accord-iGihriour and Jim Guzik, rank
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PAGE ELEVEN
now," White said, "and that's
* * *
Joe Bohart
. natural ability an asset
terman Tom Mulvaney, Jim Zaino
and John Sava in contention. Mul
roney was slated for the position
after his show
ing the past
spring, but he re
ported over
weight and miss-
ed several day's
practice.
"Zaino is the
fastest tack le
since he had
been a fullback
in high school,*
O'Hora said.
"He's a sopho-
Sanerette more an d has
lots of faults, but he should be
able to overcome them.
"Sava has been hampered by a
knee injury since he came here.
but he's holding up very well.
His chances have increased 100
per cent since losing weight. Ha
also has desire and wants to be
helpful."