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VOL 57. No. 29
Lion Gridders Score Upset Win
Over Vaunted Buckeyes, 7-6
Students Will Meet
Team This Morning
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Oct. 20—Penn State's football team
pulled one of the biggest upsets in its history here today when
it whipped, outclassed, and outplayed Ohio State, fifth ranked
team in the nation, 7-6.
A 14-point underdog at game time the Lions held the
Buckeyes scoreless for three periods and then scored them
selves on a one-yard plunge byj *
sophomore back Bruce Gilmore,■ .
which climaxed a 45 yard drive, 'f LJ > ■ mma
in the last period. flOUdCb
Quarterback Milt Plum led 1 •
the drive, which will probably | 111
go down in Lion history as the I 1
greatest, with a 12-yard run. :w/V»l I Cvl U I vJVJ
for a first down on the 23. .’lum 1
almost fumbled on the play but 'P* T™ I _
held and cut off guard for the J* £
Gilmore then drove to the 20[ _ , , „ ,
for four vard-' 1 °P en houses from 2to o p.m.
Kane and Gilmore then com-^V 11 . th{ : , 54 fraternities at
bined to take the ball down to Unr. ersitv will climax the
BESEHK STUDENTS surround overloaded convertible on Pollock road in celebration of football win. i PEP RALLY TODAY I™ ch^rl
j, A PfP r ® ls r J? 5 heen planned ,nian, has urged all freshmen and
PC 4 S B 8 9 4 I *f r ab< ? ut 3:30 aun. today at new students to visit as many
raise the Lord Pitv i wt«-* i'-nsraewse
■ *■ ■ ■ win mm ymw m ww* p m rn rn J j leaders, and coaches are ex- | visiting more houses will give
m mm m m £? ° e^? n ‘them a broader background and a
ink MMm Jim m B— " |T« JL B— fl 1 Q The Blue Band is to jpeet at .wider selection of fraternities to
Pittsburgh s Panthers!
fne 10. from where Plum be conducted from 2 to 5
jcult time keeping the cars off the,anything like this before, a patrol- Kane with a pass on the one-fooi| p m Sundav Nov 11 wTth all
(Mall. The patrolmen were out- man did not hesitate to say “no.” line. Gilmore, after two plunges' houses participating
numbered. They were doing the] By ‘he tone of his answer, one were unsuccessful, hit the. line} Moore said he expects an ex
best thev could under the eircum-; aid not have to ask him if he for the score. I ceplionally large number of fresh
stances. They later brought out wanted anything like this again.' But the Buckeyes were not to! men to visit the fraternities to
their nightsticks. Jim Coogan. the University's be denied. On the ensuing kick-!day, judging from the "tremen-
At about 7 p.m.. Campus Pa- football publicist, sounded like ;Off, the Buckeyes began their dous turnout” of new students for
frolwas able to start moving the • jj, e happiest man around when drive. Don Clark, sophomore (other events in the rushing pro
jubhanl students to the golf Collegian placed a phone call speedster, gained four yards tofgram earlier this week,
course, where there would be . }o the Ohio State press box just the 24 and then foueht to the 32.1 Program Began Tuesday
less chance for -them to be m- : minutes after the game had ‘ Jim Roseboro then faded ( The program began Tuesday
, .. .. , , 1 ended. • baclt for one of Ohio Stale's ! with the showing of the film. "A
When asked if he had ever seen, Fran Fanucci, Collegian sports' few passes, and hit end Leo Toast to Our Brother.” and the
- (editor, when told Collegian was Brown on the 45 yard line. On (distribution of the IFC rushing
.coming out with'an “extra,” said: 1 the very next play Roseboro (magazine, Penn State Fraterni
(“What am I going to do. I can’t again threw, this lime to Clark, i ties.
: find a typewriter. And I’m leaving l who grabbed the ball and ran i Moore said most of the fresh
; with the team in an hour.” to the three before oeing i men—.many more than were ex
! Fanucci said he would write the knocked out of bounds by Hay Ipected—attended the meetings,
story out longhand and send it Alberigi. IThey filled out rushing registra
back via Western Union, with it 1 Two plays later Clark hit the! tion cards at the conclusion of the
probably being filed over the wire lir>“ for the score, making it 7-S.(talks.
after he had left Columbus. ! The all important extra point j Freshmen and new students
The" Dress box seemed lo be had the st.- nds in a frenzied up-, who did not attend the meetings
1 in as much of an uproar as Uni- roar. Frank Kremblas was the!have been requested to fill out
( yersily Park. Fanucci was yell- kicker, but before he could get (cards at the Hetzel Union desk
] tng in order lo be heard. ithe placement off. a delay of the (by tomorrow.
; “There's sportswriters running game moved the ball back five
all over the place ” Fanucci said.'yards to the eight. This only made'o u , A tl Council to M»t
;Here there were students running the fans become more nervous. *»«UnCII TO meet
‘all over the place* Kremblas kicked and it went! The Business Administration
I Yes. bring on West Virginia, to the left of the goal posts, giv-.Student Council will meet at 6:45
I Syracuse, and Pittsburgh. And ing the Lions their victorv ;p.m. tomorrow in 217 Hetzel
1 why not Oklahoma? ! The Buckeyes threatened Union.
once before in the third period ]
' i but an interception by Gilmore '
By ED DUBBS
Collegian City Editor
Praise the Lord and bring
on West Virginia, Syracuse
and Pittsburgh. Why stop at
West Virginia, Syracuse, .and
Pittsburgh? Bring on Okla
homa!
That's what students seemed to
be indicating as they made dull
University Park on a so-called
•‘off-weekend” come alive.
It came alive as probably it
never had before, even in 1953
when the famed basketball
leam. headed by Jesse Arnelle,
lost out in the finals of the
NCAA playoffs.
That time it was not all joy
since Penn State had lost, but lost
with honor. This time a Penn
Slate team -won with honors.
And the students went wild,
Toilef paper hung from trees'
on the Mall. Cars, all vintages,
all makes, went down the Mall.
The Alma Mater rang loud
—but siill with reverence.
Even townspeople were joining
in. Cheers ran wild. Chorus-line
and snake-line dancing was the
thing.
Noise was the result.
As soon as the game had
and Penn State ran out the clock,
students were jumping in their
cars out Fraternity Row way,
heading for campus, the foot of
the Mall.
Freshmen. Independents,
women students rushed out of
the dormitories.
Long after the game was over,
as this story was being written,
the noise could still be heard out
side the Collegian office.
The Campus Patrol had a diffi-
Today's High 64 to 68;
Rain, Storms Expected
Showers and thunderstorms are
expected today with a high of
between 64 and 68 degrees. j —Photo b, b»*».
Last night the temperature was 1 HAROLD W. PERKINS, as
expected to drop to near thef sislant dean of men. peers at
freezing point. Earlier in the davl demonstrating . students across
it climbed from near the freezing Pollock road from Willard. Wild
point to 58 degrees with skies re- celebration of football victory - *’>
maining overcast throughout the over Ohio Stale caused a few j
day. ‘ minor student injuries. '
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STATE COLLEGE. PA.. SUNDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 21. 1956
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
Billy Kane
In key plays
ort the one-yard line halted that
rally.
The attitude of the people here'
was that the Lions ■
H 3 were a breather: everyone, in- '
~~ eluding the team, was looking
__ toward Wisconsin. But the over-1
.confidence resulted in their first
defeat of the year,
j The statistics prove quite :
m i clearly that the Lions were in |
v; command almost all of the ;
qame. In the first half the .ions
had 10 first downs to five for -
Ohio State and gained 162
vaxds rushing against 68 for the ’
Buckeyes. They were said to 1
have one of the strongest of
fenses in the country. !
In their three previous carries
the Buckeyes had averaged 333.
vards rushing. j
; Plum -.vas remarkable at the,
.quarterback spot and played his !
,greatest game. His booming kicks.’
;one 72 yards, kept the provoked!
■ ( Buck eyes deep in their own ter-’
: ritorv. when it soon—-J •>« :f the!
1 (Continued on page three) i
By FRAN FANUCCI
Collegian Sports Editor
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