PENN ST! TE CFFENSE VS LLLBAMA DEFENSE
IN FIRST lINNTILL LIBERTY BCWL
Penn State will send its offensive
football machine, led by triple-threat
quarterback Richie Lucas, against
defensive-minded Llabama Saturday in
the inaugural Liberty Bowl in
Philadelphia Stadium.
It will be the first meeting in
history between Llabame, ranked lOth
in the final Lssociated Press poll,
and Penn State ranked I2th
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Ilabcma, its line bolstered by
guards Don Cochran, Bill Hannah and
TaYne Sims and center Jim Blevins,
allowed its opponents only 1,342 yards
rushing and 52 points in posting ra
7-I-2 record.
Lucas, a Glassport,Pa., senior
who made the first team, United Press
International LllisAmeriea, ran and
passed the Nittany Lions to an 8-2
season. Lucas hit on 58 of 117 passes
for 913 yards and 5 touchdowns.
Penn State racked up a total of 255
points.
Bud Dudley ) co-promoter of the
game, estimated the contest would draw
59,600 fans. Philadelphia Stadium,
formerly mown as Municipal Stadium,
has a seating capacity of 100,000.
Penn State, which lost to Syracuse
and Pitt, will be making its third
bowl appearance. The 1922 team lost
to Southern California, 14-3, in the
Rose Bowl. The unbeaten, untied
Nittany Lions of 1947 were held to a
13-13 tie by Southern Methodist in
the Cotton Bowl.
For Alabama, which lost to Georgia
and was tied by Vanderbilt and
Tennessee, it will be the 13th bowl
Rppecrance. In post season games, the
Bear Bryant-icoached club has a 7-4-I
record. The Crimson Tide last played
in the 1954 Cotton Bowl game when
they were defeated, 28-6, by Rice.
Saturday's game will be televised
nationally by NBC starting at
1 2&45 P.M*
"CIRCA" REQUESTS MANUSCRIPTS
CIRCA, the literary magazine of
Pennsylvania State University,
begun to request manuscripts for
annual issue to be published
time in the spring semester,
the
has
its
some
Any interested students or 1 - otiv , v
professors are encouraged to submit
material. CIRCA is a growing and a
flexible magazine, and experimental
work will be greatly appreciated.
The format of the past has included
poetry, essays, book reviews, criticism,
fiction, and art work. Even ploys
are acceptable for publication.
Correspondence may be mailed to
CIRCA, Hetzel Union Building Desk,
University Park, Penna.
JOKE
A patient in the doctor's office
was listing his complaints to the
nurse. "I've got a bad case of
arthritis ) ", he enumerated, "there's
a buzzing in my ear, my ankle is
sprained, I see spots in front of
my eyes, and I've thrown my thumb
out of joint."
"You must be awfully healthy,"
replied the nurse s "to stand all the
pain."
THERE VS A BIG SIGN YOU SEE WHEN
YOU ENTER LAS VEGAS... VERY BIBLICAL t
9 THE GOOD LORD GIVETH, AND WE TAKETH
ZAY."