*AGC StX Plum to Far Is for 22 Yards in Ist Quarter Action All-Round Play Radakovich Excels; Named Best Lineman By FRAN FANUCCI It's getting to a point where not even Coach Rip Engle realizes the potential of his club. Saturday, for instance. Engle expected Holy Cross to give the Lions one of their roughest battles. And when he ordered quarterback Milt Plum to kick a field goal early in the first quarter the 24.870 fans pre-! «ent and. the millions watching -via the TV screen anticipated a closely-fought struggle. But for all it mattered it would fiave paid Engle to save those three points for this week’s com ing game with Ohio State, be cause as it turned out the Lions mustered a surplus 42 points in their '43-0 victory. In fact the 43 points registered just scratched the surface of the real beating the Crusaders ab sorbed. The Lions so completely out- . played their visitors from Wor cester. Mass., that not once did they have to punt and only once did they alow the Cru saders to venture past the 50- yard stripe. The Lions trampled the Cru sader defense for 301 yards on the ground and 133 in the air, while holding the underdog Cru saders to 45 yards on the ground and 35 in the air. which is adding insult to injury since Holy Cross supposedly boasted an excellent air attack. But not all can be blamed on the HC quarterbacks or receivers. The Lions pass defense would prove too much for any quarter back on Saturday afternoon. Five passes were intercepted and a host were batted down by the Lions' alert secondary as the Crusaders were able to complete only five out of 18 attempts. The defensive line excelled any performance it has given in the past two years. Headed by center Dan Radkovich. who was unanimously chosen by the press box writers as "lineman of the day." and captain Sam Valentine, it held the Crusaders to a minus five yards in the second half. Radakovich blocked, a punt, which led to a Lion touchdown, intercepted a pass, broke through the HC line and brought the ball carrier-to ground on a number of occasions, and was a vicious of fensive blocker. And if that isn’t enough Valen- THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA tine took up the slack and plagued the Crusader earners throughout the game besides blocking a punt himself. Line coach Jim C’Hora said after the game: "There isn’t a bet ter center in the East than Rada kovich.'’ For the second week in a row Ray Alberigi continued his role as the team workhorse. On 13 carries he gained 68 yards for a 5.2 average in the short time he was in there. Billy Kane with 45 yards, was second, and Bruce Gilmore was third with 41 yards. t Plum and AI Jacks each com pleted three out of five passes. Plum’s completions totaled 71 yards, while Jacks’ totaled 72. 1 The 43-0 score was the highest i ishutout performance on Beaver Field since 1948, when Temple lost 48-0. And Saturday it would have been higher, but for the fact that Holy Cross halted six Lion scoring drives deep in its own Iterritory. Two drives were with |in.the 10 before the Crusader line 'held. Engle, in an attempt to hold down the score, cleared his bench of 38 players, including a number 10. who wasn't even.on the roster but after some re search was discovered to be Irving Hill, who had just joined the team. Two incidents marred the after noon from being perfectly suc cessful—-Jay Livsey’s and Paul North’s injuries. Livsey was car ried from the field on a stretcher, after being knocked unconscious, and taken to the University hos pital. where his injury was diag nosed as a brain concussion. North suffered a shoulder injury and may miss the Ohio State . en counter. If North is unable to play Les Walters will replace him at left end. The Lion scoring went this wav: I Following Plum's field goal I the Crusaders took the kickoff and were unable to move. Tom Greene went back to his own 12 to punt, but Radakovich smashed through to block the kick, and Dick DeLuca re covered on the six. On the first play Kane traveled around end for the score. Plum's point after touchdown was good. Plum kicked off and again Holy Cross was held. Gilmore took the punt on the Lions’ 28 and re turned it to the 46. Andy Mo conyi, who sparkled all day, and Gilmore combined to take the ball lto the Holy Cross 25. And after la timeout, Jacks faded back, j looked downfield, and found Mo- Iconyi alone in the end zone. Romeo Pannozzo’s PAT was good. In the second quarter the Lions’ pass deefnse thwarted two Cru sader drives and forcing a punt. [Billy Smithers’ punt traveled to his own 44 and set the stage for the third Lion TD. Maurice Schleicher’s running and Al Jacks’ passing placed the ball on the HC 29. Jacks then hit North on the five with a looping pass and the veteran end dashed across the goal line for the score. Pannozzo’s PAT was good, mak ing the score 24-0. Two minutes later, after be ing unsuccessful in its bid for a first down. Holy Cross punted to Moconyi on its 45-yard line. Ben Williams and Gilmore brought the ball to the HC three-yard.line. And after two unsuccessful bids to score by Gilmore, Moconyi crossed over for the' 30th point. The PAT by Plum was no good. Midway in the third quarter the Halts PENN STATE CENTER Dan Radakovich brings quarterback Bill Smithers down with one of his smashing tackles in the Lion-Holy Cross tussle Saturday. Radakovich was a demon for the Lions, figuring in numerous tackles and blocks. Lions first string backfield began to roll. Plum, standing on his own 31, caught North on the HC 34 for a 35 yard pass play. Al berigi went up the middle for four yards but on the next play the .Lions were caught holding and were set back 15 yards. But Alberigi travelled between tackle and end for 22 yards to the HC 25, then went up the middle for five more, followed by Kane who took it to the 15. Then Plum threw a short pass The latest in scientific achievements ' ENGINEER 1 ON SALE TODAY Corner Room HUB Desk Bulletin Board on Mall | TUESDAY. OCTOBER 16; 1956 —Daily Collegian Photo by Joe Patton down the center to Dave Kas parian, who had replaced Alber igi the previous play, and the sophomore back faked two Cru saders out of position, with some beautiful twisting, and scored the sth TD. Plum kicked the 37th point. With only two and one half minutes remaining in the game Livsey traveled for the longest TD of the. day, 33 yards around end. Panozzo’s placement was no good and the game ended, 43-0.
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