PAGE SIX OR Post B Lions Have Only 2 Quarterbacks Without Jacks Wit}, the loss of 5 tart,ng quarteruarlt. Al Jack_s for a minimum of two to three weeks. and very possibly the r-t.t of the season, the Penn State football team finds itself in the unenviable position of entering the West Virginia game Saturday at Beaver Field with on ly two front-line Quarterbacks. Jacks. as most of yoll know. separated his right shoulder .late In the second quarter of the Syra cuse game and. according to team physician Dr. Alfred H. will not be ready until :it least the Holy Cross game—and, even that is doubtful. Jacks•had gone to. Geisinger Memorial Hospital in Danville Monday to have a pin out in his shoulder in hopes that it would help to heal more rapidly. However. Cries' sed that no pin was inserted since Jacks had suffered the same injury before and only clew. conserva tive treatment will get it to heal fully. With Jacks out of the Lion pic ture, sophomore Rich Lucas will juror) from Engle's alternate unit to the starting team and junior Bob Scrabis will quarterback the alternate unit. Jacks' injury was probably the biggest single setback handed the Lion gridders since the season -ottened. Ironically enough, it came at a posjtion which was one of the Lion!' brigh ‹t spots at the beginning of the season, An Assistant Coach Joe Pa ttern° said about the quarter backs before the season opened: "We don't have very many. but what we have are real good." Now, that limited number is even more limited and Coach Rip Engle realizes that it is a blow which can seriously hurt his club. "You just can't lose a boy like Jacks Without getting hurt." he said. A look at Jacks' individual record 19th in the nation and sixth in - the East in total offense and seventh in the nation and second in the East in forward passing—bears him out. Although Engle voiced strong confidence in Lucas' and Scrabis' Walters Picked For End Post On 'East' Club Penn State end Les Walters be came the second Nzttanv gridder to gain a berth on the Eastern College Athletic Conference's all- East team by virtue of his out standing perfor- 7 - manceagainst Syracuse in the Lions' 20-12 vic tory. Jack Farts: the otherstarting Lion end. gained .ft the honor two - reeks ago with his performance against W i 1 !lam E: Mary Against Syra cuse, Walters was a blg man both on offense and defense. He caught four passes for 103 yards and two touchdowns and wa,: voted the oustanding lineman in the game. RADIO Streit* and Sapp tic., •Ccu Radios •Poriable Radios 7. •Phonograpas .Botteries k gat - State College TV 232 a Allen SL JACKS AND HIS SUCCESSOR . . . Penn State quarterback Al Jacks (1) talks with his sutces:,or Rich Lucas after learning that his shoulder separation will keep him out of action for at least two to three weeks, and perhaps the rest of the season. ability, he now must find a num-jured against Army. will definite ber three quarterback. "You're 4 miss the •West Virginia contest flirtin' with disaster when you go because of a badly sprained liga into a position with only two ment in his right knee suffered .men. - he said. against Syracuse. He is expected For that third quarterback. to be ready for Marquette. Engle will first turn to Pete Fortunately, McMillen is ready Cimino as his selection. Cimino, for action again. But, Engle is not who has yet to dress for a var- 'planning on him to compensate sity contest, is serving his ap- totally for the loss of Smith—not prenticeship on Engle's "farm yet, anyway. "Richie is ready to ea rn "—the team that works work again," he said, "but don't the opposition team's plays dur- forget he's been out for three ing practice for the Lions to weeks . . . you just can't walk plan their defense. Other than into it (regular play) like some , Cimino, Eagle has :to one in people think." mind for the number three Just when the situation appears quarterback slot. Ito be well in hand, something Engle's injury problem does not happens to throw a wrench into stop with Jacks. however. Guard the grid program—first the flu, Willard (Bull) Smith, who han- now this. No wonder Engle is :died the starting right guard post wondering just when the breaks 'since Richie McMillen was in- will come the Lions' way. Chi Phi, DU, Delta Chi Win IM Swimming Tests Chi Phi, Delta Upsilon, and freestyle, backstroke and breast- Delta Chi each scored resounding stroke respectively in times of victories last night in the firsti:3s.6. :45.7 and 39.0. intramural swimming test of the season at Glennland pool. Chi Phi beat Kappa Delta Rho 32-9. scoring first places in each event. Al Larson won the 60-yard free-style in :40.3; the 60-yard backstroke went to Barry Einsig in :50.1; and Bob Caton won the 60 -yard breaststroke in :47.5. Craig Mosebach scored 17 points to win the diving and Chi Phi finished the meet by winning the 120-yard relay in 1:10. Delta Upsilon humbled Phi Sierra Kappa 35-3 in their meet. Dtrs Ray Hoopes. Ogler Norris and Adie Stevens won the 60-yard W•ltcra • Good Food i'- - - -- -- 4 ',/ 4 4 • Relaxing Atmosphere „-,.. 4 /. 1 • Free Parking , try our Sirloin Plotter sl_so Monday through Thursday '7'l4 A u t op . 0 4 % 6 Ac i , g On S. Atherton St. (Route 322) Just Outside Stale College THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA ig Gr 4 4 hi Woe * * DU won the 120-yard relay in 1:01 and copped the diving - event as Norris nipped Stevens 19.4 to 192. The final meet of the evening saw Delta Chi swamp Pi Kappa Phi 32-9. Mike Stollmeyer won ,the 60-yard freestyle in :34.9 and Bob Schriffner copped the 60- yard back stroke in :42.1—t0p times for the events for the even ing. Srhiffner won the diving with 11.5 points while Jim Hepler won the 60-yard breastroke in :41.9. The relay was won by Delta Chi in 1:02.6. o.lftik A Glance at . . . SPORTS kfu., By VENCE CAROCCI Sports Editor DON'T EXPECT MIRACLES OF RICHIE LUCAS! Now that Al Jacks is out of the. Lion football picture for awhile, if not the season, the major portion of the Lion quarterbacking duties falls on the shoulders of an unharalded.sophomore; Richie Lucas—unheralded before the Syracuse game, that is. Lucas has been the Lions' number two quarterback since the opening game against Pennsylvania and.has performed creditably, but not outstandingly, in that role. Now, he finds himself in the first-string driver's seat of the Lion football mobile for an indefinite period of time. This, to say the least, is quite a task for a sophomore in his first varsity season. Against Syracuse, Lucas played in some ways that could be called an outstanding game. He passed for the winning touchdown, ran the team with poise and skill, made a key 22-yard run up field on an attempted pass play in the fourth quarter after nearly be ing caught close to his own goal line, and played a good game defensively. In sports terminology, Lucas "arrived" against Syra cuse. But-one game does not make him an outstanding quarterback. Potentially, he has all the material to be one of Penn State's most outstanding quarterbacks. But, we doubt' if he will reach that stage this year—maybe not even next year. It will take time, He is only a sophomore and still has much to learn' about varsity play. His passing, which has shown improvement as the season progressed. still needs to improve even more. The same holds true for the other skills necessary in becoming a good quarterback—faking, play-calling and what have you. This all takes time—it doesn't happen over night. Coach Rip Engle realizes this and is not expecting the impossible from the boy. Lucas is good, but he is not on a par with Jacks right now—he may not reach that point before the season ends. However, we feel he will do a creditable job for a. sophomore and we wish him the best of luck in his task—and it's a big one. His "arrival" reminded us of the Syracuse game two years back when another unheralded quarterback by the name of Plum stepped from the shadows to lead the Lions to an upset 21-20 victory over the Orange. That, of course, is Milt Plum, the star quarterback of last year's 6-2-1 team. But, for those of you who recall that game. Plum never flashed the same brilliance again that season. We all know what he did last year. For pattern alone, Lucas may be another Plum—he found him self in the Syl-acuse game. So, with Plum in mind, don't expect the impossible from Richie Lucas this year. As long as he is in the number one quarterback post, there will be enough pressure on his shoulders. Let's not add to it by expecting miracles! 6 Teams Record • • Bowling Shutouts In Tuesday night's Intramural independent B league bowling ac tion, the Peanuts beat the AVB's, 4-0; Jordan II lost to the Aces, 3-1; the Brats defeated WDFM. 4-0; the Dark Horses beat the Gutterballers. 3-1; the 20 & 3's de feated the Zero's, 4-0; and Navy dropped McKee 111 and IV, 3-1. In independent A league, Mc- Kee II and the Hamilton Hornets tied R.A.R. and the Capitalists, 2-2; the Hucksters beat Nittany 34, 3-1; the Ten Pins, The Vets, and Fowl 4-Plus-1. defeated re spectively the Bruins, McKee I and Pollock 2, 4-0. Four foreign-born players keep State College on Route 322 alive the Penn State tradition ofi (turn right at the Texaco Ste.) invariably having at least one° soccer player from abroad. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30. 1957 IMPRESS HER The Jr. Prom is the Ist of Nov. Make your first visit to Duffy's on Friday evening. The good food served in any one of the 3 dining rooms will delight and impress her. Start your weekend with dinner at Duffy's In Boalsburg, 4 miles east of
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