The New York herald., 1921-10-29
TORNADOS READY
TO ATTACK LIONS
Polo Grounds All Slicked Up
for Struggle Between Penn
State. and Georgia Tech.
BY WILLIAM u. HANNA.


Tornadoas the Polo Grounds are likely to
be mussed up a gooc- ceai this afternoon.
Their football game there VIII be one of
the most important of the year and Is
the "biggeest" scheduled for to-day. The
Nittany Lion lads. otherwise Penn State,
gave Manhattan Island g wide berth
yesterday. though in this vicinity. The
Golden Tornado scrappers. otherwise
Georgia Tech, a name to conjure with
in football. practised at the Polo
Grounds, yellow Jackets and all.
Hugo Bezdelx, who frowns on the
noises and glamour OF great city, with
its soda water fountains and other gilded
dens OF pastry. took the Penn state
squad to Garden City. They pitched
camp in Joe Lannin's hotel and couldn't
have been In better company. They
went through their practice routine on
the field OF ST. Paul's School.
James L. Key, Mayor OF Atlanta, came
North with the Yellow Jackets. as did
Kenneth Matthewson, president of the
college. Two hundred and fifty alumni
gathered In the Hotel Pennsylvania.
Tech headquarters.
The Polo Grounds are all slicked up
once the Ruths and Hoyts and Nehfs
and Youngs were wont to roam the wilds
and make the deadly baseball shrek and
wall. are covered with sod. new stands
have been put in and low fence en-
closes the gridiron. Yesterday the
Yellow Jackets practised punting, COW
cring the kickoff, and formations. with
soft scrimmage.
Both teams have shown a hard. ef-
fective offence this fall and rank with
the best in that department. The shifts
Of the Crackers in their workout yester-
day were executed with snap and rhythm.
The lineup for this afternoon with the
NUMBERS to be worn follows:
No. Penn State. No. Georgia L.
IL McColium. Left end. 90 J. station
10 Hills. Left tackle. 49,. 45 LIE Bey
Baer. .........Left guard. ...... 40 McRee
Bents .......... Centre. ..... r Amis
Bedenk -. Right guard. ....le Davis
6 McMahon.. Right tackle. ..63 Lyman
Hufford.. Right end. .3l a. station
2Killnger 49,. Quarterback. Al McDonough
IL Wilson. Left haifback. ...... 81 Ferst
4 Lightner. :. Right halfback. ...l1 Barron
= 2, E Knabo or p,un.c, Harlan
Note--The Tech coaches say Barron's num-
Der Is II he wore fJ in practice yesterday.
umpire. NH Al sharpe: field judge, M. J. Thomp.
son: linesman. O. G. Eckies. The game be-
gins at o'clock.
Mr.. Fleming. graduate manager of
Penn State athletics, yesterday made It
clear Just why the athletes there are
callad Nittany Lions, which everybody
warts to know. Listen, then, to Mr..
Fleming:
"Thc 'Nittany comes from the fact
that the college Is situated at the end
Of small range Of mountains Of that
name. and why they are called Lions /
don't know which explains 1t fully.
The Brooklyn baseball club has filed
its 1922 reserve list with President
Heydler, and looming up frowningly In
the Flatbush offing to frighten the very
uniforms off all National League comers
IS this formidable array of formida-
bles: eAs
Pitchers Brown, Cadore. Gordonier.
Grimes. Mamaux, Manouk. Miljus, Mitchell,
MOZART. Post, Ruether. Schupp, Schreiber.
Shriver. Smith and Vance.
Cntchers-De Berry. Hunsling. Krueger,
Miller and Taylor.
Infielders-High. Janvrin, Johnston. Kill
duff. McCarren. Oden. Olson, Schmandt and
Ward
outficlders-Eayrs. Bert Griffith. Thomas
n. Griffith. Hood. Myers. Neis, Rosebery
and Wheat
Count 'em--thirty-elght. And having
gazed on that picture. gaze on this one,
data In re new Brooklyn players" to
quote the orotund phrasing of the ac-
complished Brooklyn exploitation agent !: