The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-11-24
PENN STATE LOSES
FOUR STAR PLAYERS
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State College. Pa, Nov. 22.--When
Penn State and Pitt clash on Forbes
field on Thanksgiving Day, no less
! than Ave men will be playing their
! final game for the blue and White,
and they are sure to give all they
| have for their Alma Mater in this.
the last game of their college career.
These men are Captain Higgins, Cub
| bage, Conover, Robh and Henry, and
their loss will ba seriously felt hy
Coach Bezdek next year,
Bob Hudgins is undoubtedly the
greatest end that ever wore the Blue
and White and he is without a peer
in collegiate football ranks today,
During his four years at Penn State
he has had a brilliant career and
his playing this year has been won
derfui. After having played in eight
games with the championship eleven
on the seth division in France. he re-
turned To Penn State this fall and the
game on Thursday will make his
sixteenth contest of the present year
He has always been classed as a
wonderful defensive end. but this year
he has uncovered two other qualities
/ which have been mere sensational
. His work in handling forward passes
not been n game in which he did not
gain ground in this manner. But
! the most important discovery vas his
punting ability. When Hess was in
/ jured. Bezdek was left without a de-
7 pcndable punter, so Higgins volun-
teered and his puntine in the Penn,
Lehigh ard Cornell games has been
Z far above the average, AS captain,
he has been one of the most inspiring
leaders Penn State has ever had
Cubbage' at Tackle
But Cubbage is another veteran
who has played steady. consistent
! football all year. Ben was formerly
an end and II good one, hut Bexsfek
needed tackles this fail. SO Cubhage
was selected to learn the fine points
OF that position. He has not been a
/ fiashy player. but he has been one OF
/ the most dependable men In the line
and left tackle has not been a weak
spot since qubbage took oyer the Job.
He entered Penn state from Phfia :
delphia Central high school and this
is his third year on the varsity. fie
spent two years in the service.
Red" Henry. the other tackle, is
another man who will be lost to
Coach Bczdek. for while this will he
Henry's second year on the varsity,
he is taking the pre-medical course
and will not return next fall. Henry
| was star on the :. A. r. c. eleven
last fall and his steady. reliable
work earned him varsity berth this
year.
| when Larry Conover graduates.
Penn State will lose the best center
she has had since Mother" Dunn.
Conovor started slowly this fall and
was tried out at tackle. but his work
Mt the latter position was only fair
He was shifted back to center on the
eve of the Penn game, however. and
he completely out -played Lud Wray
in the latter contest. He has been
getting better with each succeeding
Sgame and he should give Stein great
battle on Thursday.
Harry Robb, the Pittsburgh boy. Is
the final member OF this quintet to be
lost and he will be the only backfield
man who will not return next year
Robb, like Conover, started in the
Penn game. and he has been going
/, great guns ever since. Followers
of the game claim that he is one of
the greatest open field runners In the
East, and he has also proved himself
to be fine field general. Robb was
captain-elect for 1918. but entered the
service instead and was detailed to
Columbia university. where he cap
tanned their $. A. r. c. eleven. Re-
turning TO Penn state this fall. Rob b
has been one OF Bezdeks hardest
workers and. the Blue and White root
ers expect to see him give the Pan
theirs plenty TO worry about on
Thanksgiving Day.
Penn State alumni and students are
particularly anxious for victory over
Pitt. not only because it has been six
years since a Penn State eleven was
victorious. but also because they feel
that a win over the Warnerites will
wipe out the sing OF the early sea-
son defeat at the hands of Dartmouth
and give the Blue and White as high
ranking as any team in the East.
Since the first of November, Beg
dek' q men have tucked away victories
over Penn. Lehigh and Cornell, three
of the leading colleges in the East and
a victory over Pitt on Thursday will
give Penn state a November record
that will be as good or better than
any team in the country.
Tickets for the game have been
completely sold out here. and many
orders have to be returned because
the supply was exhausted a. week be-
fore the game. The greatest crowd
that ever gathered for Penn State
Fit game IL anticipated ard nearly
every Penn State alumnus in the
Western part of Pennsylvania will be
qn hand. This II the flrst time in
ave years that Penn State u believed
to have = chance OF victory This
game vii doubtless prove tho most irs-
pQrtant ~ tho EAateru ThankEstvins