0 ICIF SIX „.'4::: 1110 . . _ u tp i tches 5..-;. ~ ...- - 1 Le 0 i t' i 30,000 Fans See Lions Win 3d; Moore Stars As Coach Rip Engle had to find a solution to step over the Texas Christian hurdle last Saturday, he will have to find one even better to hurdle nationally ranked West Virginia this weekend. , ' Engle's answer to TCU was his fabulous quarterback, Tony Rados, and his sophomore sensation halfback, Lenny Moore. The former stalwart fought fire. with fire when he outpitched a potential passing Texas Christian eleven, 27-21. The Nittany Lion mentor said: "It is difficult to have our team up for games any more. They were up for Penn and Syr acuse. It's hard to have them up for every game. Teams like Michigan State, Notre Dame, and Georgia Tech are'• finding out the same thing." Whether or not the Nittany_Lions were up for TCU, they sent the Texans home empty-handed. The fine performance helped to overshadow the costly Penn State fumbles. The largest , crowd (30,000) since the record breaking Michigan State contest two years ago witnessed the Home coming event. After holding TCU on its first three tries on . offense, Sam Mor row got off one of his ,poorest kicks of the season. The TCU fullback punted only 11 yards, the ball going out of bounds on his own 43-yard line. Co-captain Ra dos took advantage of the bad kick and led his team to an early 7-0 lead. Rados didn't throw a pass until the scoring play. Keith Vesling, Buddy Rowell, and Charley Block son carried the pigskin for short but consistent gains. As in the Syracuse contest last week, Rados called time with fourth down and four yards to go for a TD. Engle again sent in a play from the bench. After time was called in, Rados faked a pass in the flat then lobbed a comple tion to Bill Straub who made a fine catch as he crossed the goal line. Jim Garrity added the extra point. Vesling Intercepts Garrity kicked off for the Lions. End Johnny Crouch returned the ball to TCU's 29. Four plays later McKown booted a 35-yard punt to State's 32 where Vesling called a fair catch. The Lions began roll ing again but a Rados pass off Garrity's hands was nicely inter cepted by Ron Fraley of TCU. Deep in the Lion's territory Mc- Kown faded back to pass. He was quickly rushed by three Lion line men who had him all but flat on the ground. McKown surprisingly became untangled and completed a Don Fraley pass on State's 16. Two, plays later McKown took to the air for his TD endeavor. Moore, however, tipped the pass into the end zone where Vesting made the interception as the first quarter ended. Penn State went nowhere. The Lions, however, capitalized on TCU's miscue of Don Eyer's 35- yard punt. Rados recovered Mc- Kown's fumble on State's 49. TCU Passes Score After an incompleted pass to Blockson, Rados again faded back. Instead of passing he handed off to Moore who advanced the ball nine yards. On the next play the swivel-hipped halfback took ad vantage -of his line blocking and then outran TCU's secondaries for a 42-yard TD. Rados passed to Moore for the extra point. State led 14-0. The passing whizzes from Texas began to click. Ron Clinkscale passed for 18 and McKown for 28. The latter QB then added a TD with a seven yarl. toss to' end Don Sanford. McKown's conver sion. cut State's lead, 14-7. Following the kickoff and a Lion clipping penalty, Ray Hill of TCU recovered Moore's fumble on State's 31. Two long passes-. McKown to Clinkscale and Clink scale to Finney—setup the Horned Frogs' second TD. McKown (Continued on page seven) By SAM PROCOPIO Pitt Turns Back Lion Frosh, In Opener, 19-m • Striking with stunning swiftness, Pitt's freshman football team scored three touch downs in the final period Saturday morning to overcome a fighting band of Penn State grid ders, 19-9. The large crowd that rimmed the Beaver Field practice area, along with the Lions, had visions of stopping the Panthers winning streak, which has been intact since 1949. State had broken a scoreless tie in the third period, with Milt Plum's field goal and Don McNally's three yard buck giving them the upper hand. But- the tide turned quickly as the last stanza began Panther sub quarterback Jim Lenhart cut State's margin to 9-6 on the second play of the period as he heaved 22 yards to end Dick Scherer on the 50, the latter trav eling the remaining distance un molested. 52 Yard Punt Return A few plays later, Pitt forged ahead to stay. Panther Tom Jen kins intercepted Plum's pass on the Lions' 45 and returned to the 28. Two running plays by Am brose Bagamery brought the pig skin to the Lion one, with quarter back Corny Salvaterra scoring the winning touchdown on a quarterback sneak. When you're up, you're up and when you're down, you're down, and Salvaterra upheld the ex pression after the next series of Lion plays by racing 52 yards for the final tally with a Plum punt. Darrell Lewis added the extra point. Scoreless First Half It was a disappointing finish to a game in which the Lion plebes cashed in on their oppor tunities, and in general pla.‘=ecl fine football against the visitors. They unveiled a strong running attack, led by halfback Ray Al•. berigi, and a adequate game through the air. After a scoreless first half. State drew first blood in the third period. Fullback Dick McMillen started the scoring drive by short 2ircuting a Bacamery pass and •-`urned it to the Pitt 33. After Alberigi slashed to the 23 'on a trap play, pass interference on Lion end Doug Mechlin' - fac the "Nrif+an;eq the ball on the 7. Here the drive stalled, so Plum, whose kicking ability is bound to be a big help to the varsitv m the futu r e, • booted a placement through the uprights from the 12 yard line. TD Called Back The 3-0 lead was .increased near the end of the period after Al berigi returned a punt to the Pitt 42. He, along with John Bruno and Jim Lockerman took turns with the ball-carrying chores in moving the oval to the 14. Here, Don McNally entered the game (Continued on page seven) THE DAILY COLT_NOTAN ST ATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA Coaches Move Into 2d Place In Grid Contest The Penn State football coach es, trailing in third place last week, have moved into the num ber-two spot in the Daily Colleg• ian football contest. The coaches, with Earl Bruce at the helm, pick ed ten winners correctly in Sat urday's contest to boost their sea son total to 53-15-7 (the third to tal represents tie games which are counted as misses) and a .703 percentage. Sports Editor Sam ' Procopio, held on to his first place position, however, also selecting 10 games correctly. Procopio, who has held first place for three weeks, has an overall total of 56-12-7, and a .746 percentage. Dick McDowell, Assistant Sports Editor, slipped to third place Sat urday, hitting on only seven con tests. His seasonal total stands at 52-16-7, one game behind the coaches. He has a .693 mark. Staff writer Herm Weiskopf, who had been tied with the coaches last week, dropped into the fourth spot with only six correct selec tions Saturday. Weiskopf has- a 49-19-7 total and a .653 percent age. Saturday's phase of the contest could be a strong indication of things to come. Last season the coaches trailed throughout the contest, hut came to life in the closing weeks = and went on to win the championship on the last week of selections. Can the coaches do it again? Indications say they might. Navy, —Photo by Schroedc THIS TONY RADOS pass to halfback Dick Jones led to one of th most controversial plays in Penn State's v:ctory over TCU Satur day. Jones was hit by end Don Thompson 'B7) and pushed out of bounds when the Lion halfback fumbled. Although the movies show that Jones fumbled out of bdunds, the referee gave the ball to TCU. He claimed the ball was dropped while Jones was in fair territory. Lions won, 27-21. EUTAW HOUSE POTTERS MILLS Featuring Thick Prime STEAKS TcV, 2.7x21 Georgetown Cage Practice Slated To Begin Monday Elmer Gross, head basket ball coach, has announced that varsity court practice will be gin Nov. 2. Practice hours are from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in Recre ation Hall. Candidates will have physi cal examinations from 9:30 a.m. to noon and 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. this week at - the College Health - 9rvice in Old Main. • EXamination cards are avail -ble in 301 Rec Hall. Calling ALL Students • SCHOOL s l3 - 19 It's Keeler's for all your • fine pens classroom needs. Besides textbooks and 'notebooks, • drawing. pencils you'll find a wide selec. • Lion of important LIT- fillers TLE things that are so necessary. • indices • typing paper KEELER I S Cathaum Theater Bldg; W. College Ave. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1953 Smith Sets New Mark; Hollen 2nd Penn State's triple-trouble trio of Lamont Smith, Red' Hollen and Doug Moorhead finished one-two-three in Sat urday's cross-country meet at Annapolis as the Lions sank the Middies and "out-ahoyed" the Hoyas. Smith was the individual star as he set a new course record of 26:40.5. The old record, set in 1952 by Georgetown's George Cappa2oli, was 26.50. Chick Werner's Nittany Har riers copped the meet with 24 1 / 2 -oints. Jim Hamill and J o h'n rounded out the scoring dintef for the Lions. Hamill add .l eight points to the team total, ,vhile Chillrud tied for tenth and accounted for the final ten-and one-half markers. Georgetown finished second with 43 1 / 2 points, while the home team, Navy, was last with 56. 5 Seconds off Mark Instead of covering the new four-mile course, which had been the original understanding, the race was lengthened to five miles. Despite the fact that he was running with a sore foot, Holien's time was just five seconds off the old reco r d. Moorhead finished third with a time of 27:16. The first Middie to finish was John Hurt, who placed fourth with a clocking of 27:14. Norm Harper was ninth for the Annap olis team. Hoyas Lack Depth Jim Gehrdes, Navy cross-coun try coach and ex-Lion hurdler, saw his dreams of defeating Wer ner, his former instructor, sink to the bottom of the nearby Sev ern River. Navy's ship was shelled by both the Hoyas and the Lions. Three Georgetown runners, Pflaging, Kirk and Skutka, fin ished fifth, sixth and seventh re spectively. The Hoyas displayed a good team, but lacked the nec essary depth. The triple-trouble trio hai cop ped the first three positions in both meets so far this campaign. Against Cornell, Smith, Hollen and Moorhead tied for first. Hol len is a senior, Smith a junior, and Moorhead a sophomore. The 'atter is an example of a person (Continued on page seven)
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