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University Park, Pa.---
The men of Penn State's
winningest ever football
team deserve a lot of credit
for the 1968 season but
don't forget the bamboo ha,--
seshoe.
?lade of wood rather
than iron, and certainly no
product of the blacksmith's
anvil, the special talisman
was discovered lying in the
end zone after State's
opening victory over Navy.
"we figured right then
and there it had to be our
Toad luck omen for the sea
son," says Penn State chDoz‘-
leader Gary Cotler, one of
the discoverers.
He must have been right.
From that point on, every
where the Nittany Lions
went, the horseshoe went
t•rith them, bringing back
State's first undefeated,
untied season since 1947,
its first 10-0 record in
history, and an Orange Soul
victory over Kan sas.
head coach Joe
Paterno f;of in the act for
one ::ame, taking the charm
to the UCLA game when the
cheerleaders were unable to
o. AnJ Thichie Lucas, as-
sistant business manager of
athletics, was the standard
borer for the 3oston Col—
leze zame.
"It looks like the top
of one of those canes you
at a carnival or circus
csplains Ootler, junior in
ph: - sical education from
Philadelphia. "3ut it's
shaped like a horseshoe, and
Penn State won all its games
so that's all that counts."
During the week, Cotle.
keeps the special talisman
locked away in his portable
safe. For home games its
draped ver the goal posts
and for away games, its put
anywhere the cheerleaders
can find a place for it.
After each game , a
piece of adhesive tape with
the final score of that par
ticular contest is attached
to the horseshoe.
"At the :lest Virginia
game we taped it to the pad
ding around the goal posts,
and one of the attendants
started to remove the pad—
ding right after the "game,
but we just managed to re—
trieve it," Cotler recalls.
And it was the Lion
mascot who saved the "horse
shoe" at the Army game,
climbing up the goal posts
just before the fans tore
them down in exhuberant ju—
bilation over Penn State's
2S-24 triumph.
Well, it worked all sea
son, and was taxed to its
limits in the Orange Bowl
game that we won in the lad,
15 seconds on pure_
_luck.
Januar 10 1969
Cubs Win Eiq
,with Gannon aad Edia
boro close open
ers, 3ehroad remains
the only unbeatcb bas
ketball team in the
Erie area hiLher eche
lon today.
The Cubs have rolled
to eight straight vic
tories, and plan to con
tinue this ,r-nni.l , 2
streak.
Sparked wiiii
and the desire to win,
the Cubs have beaten
teams with more height.
Arhat they lack in hei;ht
they make up for in
Hustle and speed.
them and just out-Hus
tle them " a term
used quite often in our
locker room has been
proved to work.
Coach Sweeti:.g has
been well pleased with
the overall effort of
the ehtire team--reg-
ular and substitute
allke.
Teii of the eleven
players who saw action
in the first game con
tributed to the winning
'.ll of the boys are
back from the Christmas
break aid are working
hard every night to get
back into a champion
ship form. ,\lorkin on
defense is the major
thing
to
they are tryilig
accomplish. They
the ability to
have
score on offense and
with a little more work
on defense we should
see our boys in the
state finals. good
defensive team makes a
championship team.
Though we have no
Silt Chamberlin or Lew/
Alcindor, we have boys
who want to win and win
they will. They have
won eight games so far
and let's watch them win
eight more.
o ;IT op, 0
Need a ride to the
next away game? Our
next away game will be
January 10 against Mc-
Keesport-PSUat S:00 pm.
Buses are available
to all away games. On
these buses, there will
be approximately fif
teen seats available
for students who wish
to accompany the team
to the games. A dona
tion of one thin dollar
per student is request
ed to help defray the
cost of the bus. Any
student who wishes to
reserve a seat can do
so by stopping in the
caich's office and leav
ing his name and one
dollar.
soecu
Dar Fry reaches for the rebourv 4 as Duane May anu Mike Hook
are ready and -Naiting during the CubAstabula-Kunt game. :
maTay-Jl:xm CAMP3ELL COULD HAVE BE= LION3' 3ACKI
University Park, Pa.—
He didn't break many record:
at Penn State; he never got
the chance. But the name of
Bobby Campbell will long be
remembered as one of the
most commonly heard around
the nation in 1965. He'll
be remembered as one of the
most exciting and explosive
running backs ever to hit
the tranquil mountains of
Central Pennsylvania.
And he'll be remembered
as Penn State's "Mr. Do—lt
ill," a halfback who could
run, pass, catch passes,
and kick with equal ability
3ut perhaps the thing
that 3obby Campbell will be
remembered for most is not
so much what he could do on
the football field, but
what he couldn't
cause of injuries.
"Take in consideration
all those Eames he missed
during the past three years
and 3obby probably could
have become the greatest
back in Penn State history,"l
says head coach Joe Paterno.i
You don't need a slide
rule to prove the point. •
Campbell, who wrote the fi— 1
nal chapter to his college
career in the Jan. 1 Orange;
Bowl, is a classic example
of how statistics don't al—
ways
tell the full story. i
Twice, just when he )
seemed well on his way to .1
national stardom and a place;
among the nation's All—Amer-;
icans, Bobby Carpell was
struck down by injuries
which forced him to play
the role of spectater rath—
er than player.
A knee injury in State
third game of 1967 put him
out of commission for the
rest of that season, and a
shoulder separation in this
year's second game benched
him for three games.
Yet, missing 10 of 20
games as a junior and sen—
ior, and cracking the start
ing lineup as a sophomore
only after the fifth game,
Campel3 still managed some
the nittan cub
awesome statistics.
acample: iri his firot;
season as a 7Tittarly Lion,
he became the first soph—i
omore since Len_ny Poore
1954 to lead the 1, 4 on:1-, 4 n
rushing with z - ar , fs in
79 carries. Anc: remember- -
all but 17 of those
came in the last
games.
Example: in 1967 Camr_s7
bell was the Lions thl!!-
leading rusher—and
played in only three
Example: Even thr , - 0. 1 -
missin3 three Eames in
middle of the 1961 seas
when he was reaching hi
peak, Campbell Rained
yards in 127 carries, secoj
only to team leader Charlie{
Pittman. •
Projecting these stat—
istics, Campbell conceiv—
ably could have shattered
Penn State records for
yards rushing in a career, :
yards rushing in a season,:
and points scored in a
career.
"Who knows what
have been like for i
out the injuries?" as...s-'"-
terno. "All I know is
he compares
Moore and _Roger Koc i.
two of the best r-21-:
backs I've ever seen 711,:c
But when he's healthy, -sr;
bell can do more thin,
than either of them."
Ironically, Campbel]
in his inimitable style,
.saved his best game untili
nis last one before the
home fans, writing a swan—
song that few will forget.
Playing against the tell
with the nation's secon a V
leading defense, Syracuse,
the 21—year—cld senior fro 4 •
Apalachin, N.Y., brok4
loose for 239 yards on tl -. ?
ground and scored two toucli . ,
downs to spark Penn St.:1::
to a 30-12 triumph. One or.
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