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Team's 'ln Good Shape'
Both Units
Will Play
Equal Time
By LOU PRATO
Sports Editor
LINCOLN, Neb. Sept. 20—Penn
State's football team, with 10
lettermen in the starting lineup,
miles a 13-point favorite over
inlet sectional-rival Neb r a s a
when the two clubs open the 1958
reason here this afternoon.
Game time is 2 o'clock Central
time. (Radio Station WMAJ will
bioadcast the game starting at 4
o'clock, Eastern Saving Time.)
Coach Rip Engle said after yes
terday afternoon's practice at Lin
coln's Memorial Stadium that he
would make no changes in the
starting array announced Wednes
day. But he added that his alter
nate unit, which will include five
veterans and three sophomores,
"will see just as much playing
time as the first" team.
If the Lion mentor sticks with
his plan this afternoon, junior
left end John -
BoLick will -br
the only "rooki
in the stub!
array. The re:
of the line ir
will show sent
Maury Schleici
cr at right enk
junior And
Stynchula a n
senior Joe B
hart at the tac
senio
Chuck Ruslavage
and Bill Wehmer at the guards,
captain Steve Garban at center,
senior Al Jacks at quarterback,
junior Pat Botula at fullback and
seniors Dave Kasperian and Fran
Paolone at the halves.
Hobart, Ruslavage, Wehmer.
Jacks and Kasperian were regu
lars last fall. However, Ruslavage
was a center and Wehmer a tackle
then.
That forward wall will aver•
age 205 pounds. beefed up by
the 230-pound mass of Schleich
er. The weight of the backs
will average 185 pounds.
The alternate unit is studded
with upperclassmen. Bruce Gil
more, who led the Lions' in rush
ing average two years ago, is the
only senior. He'll start at left
half.
Norm Neff and Stu Barber
College Grid Openers Kickoff
Season With Scattered Action
By JACK CLARY
Associated Press Sports Writer
NEW YORK (W)—The leaves
have hardly thought about chang
ing colors but they're getting a
strong reminder Friday as the
1958 college football season be
gins its first Saturday of major
activity.
Most of the action is the South,
Southwest, and Far West, with a
tidbit or two in the East, Mid
west and Rockies. Everyone
swings into action by next week
end, but by then the armchair
ouarterbacks should have a field
day.
The only activity Friday nieht
found Oiegon State, picked No.
12 in the pre-season Associated
Press Poll. visiting Southern Cal
ifornia, George Washington at
Detroit and Jacksonville .at Chat
tanooga.
The controversial two-point
conversion rule, one arm
blocking, less stringent substi
tution rules and greater mobil
ity for downfield blocking—all
products of last winter's hotly
discussed rules. changes—get
their first major tests.
So do three of the pre-season
lop 10.. The rest begin next week-
end. Mississippi, ranked No. 6 and
the strongest contender for Au
burn's Southeastern Conference
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FOUR BIG CHANGES—Letterman Bill Wehmer (66), Charley Ruslavage (67) and Maury Schleicher
(80) will be starting today in new. positions. Last year Wehmer was a tackle and Ruslavage, a center.
This year they will hold down the guard posts. Schleicher was switched from fullback to end.
The fourth change in the picture is the new short-sleeved, tear-away jerseys the trio is modeling.
will be at the terminals, Tom
Mulraney and Chuck Janerette
will man the tackles, Bud Kohl
hass and Frank Korbini will be
at the guards, Sam Stellatella
will be the pivot man, Richie
Lucas. the quarterback. Don
Jonas, the right half, and Sam
Sobczak, the fullback.
Barber, Jonas and Sobczak are
sopohomres. The others are jun
iors with Mulraney, Kohlhass,
Stellatella and Lucas veterans.
This alternate unit line average
six-pounds per-man more than
the first unit but the backfield is
about the same.
The rest of the traveling squad
includes ends Dave Truitt, J i m
Schwab and Dave Alexander;
tackles Jim Zaino and Bob Gil
mour; guards Bill Popp and Dan
Maddigan; center Wayne Sere
field; veteran quarterback Bob
Scrabis; halfback Jim Kerr; full
back Pat Funair and halfback
luarterback Dick Hoak.
The Lions will line up with
Fngle's wing-T attack against Nc
hraska's Oklahoma-T and single
wing. They will be seeking their
crown, meets Memphis State in a
nonconference tilt
Texas Christian, picked No. 8,
also goes out of its Southwest
Conference to meet Big Eight
member Kansas.
In the East, Boston College
meets Scranton and Villanova
plays West Chester State. Penn
State, another Eastern indepen
dent, is at Nebraska.
North Carolina's Tar Heels,
rated No. 10, plays Intra-state and
Atlantic Coast Conference rival,
and defending champion, North
Carolina State.
In the second 10, Texas No. 11
plays Southeastern Conference
contender Georgia while Clemson
No. 18 meets ACC neighbor Vir
ginia.
Pitt No. 19 faces UCLA, under
new Coach George Dickerson on
the West Coast.
Some new coaches get the real
lay of the land Saturday. Arkan
sas' Frank Broyles sends his Raz
orbacks in a Southwest Confer
ence tilt against Baylor, while
Missouri's Dan Devine has his
Eight. Tigers take on Vanderbilt
in a non-conference tilt, and a na
tional TV (NBC) game.
Stanford's Jack Curtice matches
his aerial wits that gave him a
measure of face last year at Utah
against Washington State's aer-
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fifth victory over the - Huskies Engle continued, "but I still wish
in a sixth renewal of the series. we had (Eddie) Caye and (Andy)
Penn State won the last meeting Moconyi along." (Cgye and Mo
in 1952, 10-0. Nebraska's only win conyi, both of whom are veterans.
was in 1950, 19-0. 1
That game, incidentally, set a
single game home attendance rec
ord for Nebraska-39;770. That's
only 30 less than the 40,000 ca
pacity. The Lions also hold - the
fourth best single game record
with 39,238 in 1951. •
Engle said yesterday that he
did not know what to expect from
Nebraska,the
the patsies of the
Oklahoma - dom
inated Big Eight
conference fo r
the past few
years,
"They don' t
have many men
back from last
year," Engle
said, "so we don't
know what we'll
do. We practiced
against ever y- Lucas
thing we know about.
"The kids are in good shape,"
ial wizard Bob Newman in a
Pacific Coast Conference game.
The PCC begins its last sea
son as a nine-team league, with
Oregon and Idaho meeting in
the other conference tilt.
There is a_ complete slate o
games in the ACC, with Duke
South Carolina and Clemson-Vir
ginia the other top attraction be
side the Tarheels-N.C. State bat
tle.
Florida meets Tulane, and Ken
tucky, a 51-0 winner over Hawaii
last week, plays Georgia Tech i
the only Southeastern Conference
games.
Georgia plays Texas, whil
Louisiana State meets 1957 South
west Conference champion Rice.
In the Midwest, Dayton
meets Cincinnati, Wyoming
playa Kansas State, lowa State
faces Drake, and Xavier. Ohio
goes against Kent State.
Rocky Mountain activity pits
Oklahoma State against Denve
in a regional TV game (NBC),
Utah against Montana, Utah.
State against Arizona and Ari
zona State against Hawaii.
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LINCOLN, Neb. iiP)—Canvas
was placed over the turf at
Nebraska's Memorial Stadium
to protect against a light rain
Friday. Partly cloudy skies and
temperatures in the 70s are ex
pected today.
are on the sidelines with injuries.
Caye is out for the year.)
Reserve tackle John Sava also
failed to make the trip because
of injuries. "We counted pretty
heavily on Sava," Engle said, "but
he has a bad ankle."
Tentative Starting Lineup:
PENN STATE NEBRASKA
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John %nick LE Mike Eger
Andy Stynchula LT Duane Mongerson
Chuck Ruslavage LG Dennis Emanue ,
Steve Carban (C) C Don Frieke
Bill Wehmer RG Leroy Zeal,
Joe Bohart RT Joe Gacusanu
Maury Schleicher RE Roland MeDole
Al Jacka (111 Harry Toll
Dave Kasperian LH Pat Fiacher
Fran Paolone Ell Larry NEIVIALIN
Pat BMWs FR Dick McCashland (Ci
TODAY ' S
for the first football game of the season. The Nit
tany Lions meet Nebraska this afternoon to kick off the
'5B football season.
The gang's planning to meet in the Coffee Spot to
celebrate victory No. l. Why don't you plan to Join
them?
We're still serving your favorites--spaghetti and
meatballs. May we also suggest our new "babies"—the
hot canine (an extra-long "pedigreed" hot dog served
on an Italian bun) and our Double Decker DELIGHT
(a haniburger and a cheeseburger served with toma
toes on a toasted bun.)
Hope we'll see you this afternoon after you finish
listening to the game, or better yet—why not bring
your portable radio and enjoy your favorite beverage
while listening to the game?
COFFEE
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, W5B
En i le
New Rules
Un o 0 puler
With Engle
Three major changes in the
rules for the 1958 grid season will
take effect this afternoon when
the Lions meet Nebraska at Lin
coln.
Included among these is the
widely-c ont r o versial two-point
conversion rule. Basically it gives
two points after a touchdown by
a run or pass and one point for a
kick. Also, play' is started on the
three-yard line rather than the
two.
Coach Rip Engle has his own
views on the subject.
"It will bring a new era of
second guessing," Engle said.
"A lot of games are going to be
won and lost on whether you
guess right or wrong. We'll let
the situation dictate our deci
sion. Certainly, if we're two
points behind after a • score.
I
we're surely going for two
points."
!The best quote of all, however,
camec from Du ff y Dougherty,
!the mastermind at Michigan
State who said: "As Confucious
said: Seam which score most
touchdowns no need to worry
about extra points'."
Another of the rule changes
refers to one-arm blocking, stat
ing that no contact can be made
with two arms.
"There was a lot more fuss
over nothing," Engle said of
the rule. "There will be a lot
more penalties if the officials
call it. but I think they'll use
their heads and make a game
out of it."
Engle also spoke out against
the third revision—that any play
er can enter the game twice in
the same quarter. Last year, you
may recall, only those who start
ed the quarter could re-enter.
"It may change the game a
little," the veteran tutor said.
"but in my opinion the other
rule was alright. Some schools
with a lot of material can turn
this back into the old two-pla
toon system. And if that hap
pens, then I hope the rule is
changed."
THE
DAY!
SPOT