November 16, 1955 FOOTBALL AND BASKETBALL EARLY SCORES 81 - THE LlONS...proved to be the deciding factor as Penn State's Nittany Liont defeated the Quakers from the University of Pennsylvania 20-0 at Franklin Field on Saturday, October 29. The Lions, , scoring on a.sustained drive after. the opening kiok-off, and on a-series plays as a result of ..aPenh fumble, moved to a fast 13 7 0 lead in the first nine minutes of play... Milt Plumts passing did the rest. Lenny MoOre was again stopped, netting 49 yards., This marked'Pennts 16th straight less, quite a',change from' the football power_she once was. PENN STATE 21, SYRAODSE 20... Behind Lenny MOore and- Milt Plum, the Lions staged a last period surge to upset a highly favored Syracuse eleven at, University Park on Saturday, Nov. 5 i Great line play and "on" days by Moore and:Plum spelled the difference. ARNELL INKS.CONTRACT...Jesse Arnelle, probably the greatest basketball player in Fenn State history signed another contract-to play : fpr.the famed Harlem Glpbetrotters. This' is the. 230 , -pcund, fleet-footed giarit's second year with the Trotters, who made their sixth annual tour of Europe last year. Arnelle will probably be the "name!' player oh the squad sincOrAll-rAmeriean i Walter Diikes,waS sold to the Now York Knickerbockers of the National Basketball Associat'ion this past yea r. HAZLETON COLLEGIAN THE 1956 OLYMPIC SOCCER TEAM...naY be dominated by PENN STAx players, active and former. Seniors Diok Packer, Thor Stelynk, and freshman Per Torgerson have been selected py Coach Ken Hosterman to participate in the tryouts which will be held during the first week in December. The rite Nr the tryouts has not officially been determined, but the field has been narrowed ~' own tc6 either New York or Philadelphia... Selections were made by the coaches this year because of the lack of time for a North—South elimination game. The finals will be between the East and the West finalists. An Armed Forces squad, with three ex—Lion booters, Jack Pinezick, Gerry Gillespie, and Ron Coder (together on the same team in Germany) will meet the West, and the East squad will tangle with an amateur team also from the East. Another eliminatim, to determine the North American representative, will be held between the U.S. and Mexico. ALL—AMERICAN DICK PACKER...scored four goals as the Penn State soccer team won, their sixth.Straight.this year, and their 15th straight over a 3.srear period, by defeating the . Maryland Terrapins, 6-1 4 in a game played at Beaysr Field on Wednesday, Nov. 2. GRUNT AND GROAN TEAM ON TO...Uhat'is the winningest team on the campus? This may surprise you, but the wrest ling teams, in - 47 years of competition lead all other 6 to hold this unique distinction. - The matmen have amassed , 230 wins as against 55 defeatS.and 9 ties for a percentage of 78. x. The cross country; sapper, and. - golf teams are next in order, ranging, fr0m'70.9% to 72.7%, This year's results are not included in these figures. Page _ 6 SOC CER
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