WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER
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Nebraska i,s not a better learn than Penn State, despite the
final results of Saturday afternoon's fiasco. That's not only our
view, but the opinion of many who witnessed the Lion defeat,
including several cornluisker followers.
OK, joker, then why did we loser
There isn't one single answer to this question, but a combina
tion of answers. And we mean to touch on all of them:
Some critics point to the complacency of the gridders—the cocki
ness that sometimes goes with a heavy favorite. No, we don't think
the team was cocky. But we do feel that they underestimated
Nebraska. So did ahriost every reader of this column, otherwise,
the embarrassing defeat would not have been a surprise.
Then there's the point of team moral. Here, perhaps, is the key
to the whole answer. Nebraska admittedly pointed towards the
Lions. Players and coaches alike said they were "up" for the game.
And no doubt, Penn State was "down." What team wouldn't when
their foe is a sophomore-studded outfit which had won only one
of ten games the previous season.
Probing further into the morale picture, let's look at the game
itself. Nebraska's punting, and the tantilizing "reverse English"
of the boots, kept the Lions in a hole for most of die game. Who
wouldn't feel demoralized after continuously playing with your
back up against your own goal line?
And what about the scintillating 92-yard romp on the kickoff
return just after the Lions had taken a 7-0 lead early in the fourth
quarter. If any one play could be termed the back-breaker, that was
Some blame the setback on Penn State's failure to open up its
varied attack. But how in the world can you open up your attack
when you're deep in your own territory? Besides, when a team
controls the balls as long-as the Lions (83 plays to 49 for the home
team) and runs up such an enormous advantage in total yardage
(334 to 181) it should win—no matter if only one series of plays
are used the entire game.
Another root of the trouble, according to the Monday morn
ing quarterbacks. is the Lion coaching staff—especially the head
man, ijip Engle. "They (Penn State) would have won if they had
some Coaches," some one remarked. Well, if that's the case, how
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RELAXATION
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
By Lou Prato
Sports Editor
X-Country
Candidates
Summoned
By GEORGE FRENCH
With only a week and a half
remaining before the opening
meet with Navy, varsity cross
country Coach Chick Werner is
still looking for candidates for
his squad.
Werner's small squad so far
consists of only nine i unners with
freshman or varsity experience.
Of 11 numeral winners on last
year's undefeated frosh squad,
only two Denny Johnson and
Herm Weber are out for the
varsity team. Both were unde
feated in dual meet competition
as freshman harriers.
Returning varsity runners
are seniors Fred Kerr and Ed
Moran and juniors Chick King,
Dick Engelbrink, George Jones,
Sam While, and Jack Williams.
hams
Two new candidates who have
reported to Werner are Dick
Doyle, a transfer student who
went to high, school with Engel
brink, and Norm Hettinger, a for
mer schoolboy runner from Newt
Jersey who did not go out for
the frosh cross-country or track
squads. Both are sophomores.
Werner believes that at the
present time he has the makings
of a strong• squad, is worried 4-
bout what might happen if a
couple ,of his men were sick or
injured because of the small
squad.
Freshman Coach Norm Gor
, don has been pleased with the
performance of his squad so far,
but would also like to see more
recruits. "It's hard to tell what
you really have at this stage
of the game," Gordon said.
"Some of the more experienced
runners are naturally in a little
better condition than the oth
ers, but the frosh with little or
no meet experience should be
in good condition in a week or
two."
Candidates for the freshman or
varsity squads should report as
soon as possible to Werner or
Gordon at 4 p.m. on the golf
course.
Four Letter Winner
As a Western Maryland College
undergraduate, Penn State grid
coach Rip Engle lettered in foot
ball, basketball, baseball and
tennis. He was an ail-Maryland
end in 1929.
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Booters Lack Experience
In Defensive Alignment
By SANDY PADWEE
(This is the last in series. Today the defense.)
An army which has a good attack force but poor defense
certainly won't win all its battles•. In soccer, a team must
have a good defense to help out its offense or it won't fare
too well, either.
This is the situation that Lion mentor Ken Hosterman
faces. He has a good offense but -
defense is on the weak side
Paul Bauer is the only exper
ienced man in the Lion defensive
trio which includes two fullbacks
and a goalie
Bauer earned
his letter last
year as a combi
n a tion halfback
and fullback
with most of his
,time spent at
jf u 1 lback. Bauer
plays hi s posi-•
with author
ity. His only
,drawback is lack
of speed.
"Sometimes the Ramer
opposing wings get by him," re
marked Hosterman.
Finding a partner for Bauer is
the big problem Hosterman must
solve. He has five candidates
from which to choose. They are:
Dick America, Igor Bak, Mike
Ackley, Phil Gumrn and Jerry
Aberaczinkas.
Right now, Ackley and .Amer
ica seem to have the best chance
of starting, although neither
has seen much varsity action.
"Ackley has been looking good
in our scrimmages," said Hos-
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terman. "However, he still has
a lot to learn." .....
The only thing that Is keeping
America out of the starting line
up, according to Hosterman, is
that he can't play_with both feet.
In soccer this is a necessity for
every player.
The rest of the candidates are
still too green to crack the line
up. "With a few more scrimmages
under their belt they might come
around," Hosterman said.
At goalie Hosterman plans to
start Gerry Bruce, the depart
ed Ralph Becker's understudy
last year. Hosterman is pinning
a lot of hopes on him. He is
optimistic about Bruce because
of his outstanding play in prac
tice sessions.
Bruce will be backed up by
Larry Fegley and Steve Smack.
Fegley has never played in a
college soccer game yet. Smack
was the goalie on last year's fresh
man team.
Asked to comment on the de
fensive situation Hosterman said:
"I feel that our defense will mat
ture. With a few games under
their belt I'm confident that
they'll do all right. When the de
fense does get settled we'll really
be hard to stop."
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