The Highacres collegian. (Hazleton, PA) 1956-????, November 16, 1955, Image 6

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    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.
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