2llf t latly VOL. 60. No. 19 STATE COLLEGE, PA.. SUNDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 11. 1959 FIVE CENTS —CollegUn Photo by Marty Scherr SLASHING HALFBACK Dick Hoak drags Army tackier along as he rips through hole cleared by Nittany line. Other Lions in the play are Norm Neff (83) and Jim Kerr (14). Lion pigskin-toters galloped for 320 yards on the ground against the Cadets as they pulled off a 17-11-upset at Michie Stadium yesterday. Engle Calls Nittany Victory 'Best Team Effort He's Seen' WEST POINT, N.Y. Penn State gained one of its greatest football victories in its history at West Point today. Nothing but joy and excitement could be heard from the Nittany Lion dressing room. After the game excited players began to realize their momentous win over the strong Army eleven. • Coach Rip Engle had nothing but praise for the team and called the game “one of the greatest team efforts I have ever seen.” “If Lucas isn’t an All-American after today’s game, he never will be,” Engle said about his daring, versatile quarterback who played a tremendous game. “The line played a wonderful game too,” Engle continued, “that Army offense is Teams Score Near Sweep It was a banner day for Penn State sports! Rip. Engle’s gridders broke a 20th century jinx by whipping Army, the Nittany Lion soccer team won its first game in stellar fashion, completely outclassing Syracuse and registering a 6-0 shutout, and the Lion harriers overwhelmed Pitt, 17-44. Only the freshman football team s 14-6 loss to West Virginia spoiled a perfect day for Penn v.»tate athletic teams. The' loss ?‘I’o 1 ’0 marred a three year unde feated skein for the proteges of Coach Earl Bruce. The high-flying Nittany pig-. Sjunners outscored the Hudson River Cadets, 17-11, to prove inemselves as one of the.superior tievens in the East and virtually oestroy any Army hopes of re taining the Lambert Trophy. Coach Ken Hosterman’s boot et's played an inspired game, maintaining almost complete con mi of the ball in squashing the urangemen. Coach Chick Werner’s tinners captured six of the : irst seven places in drubbing Pitt, i Beat FOR A BETTER PENN STATE By BILL JAFFE Managing Editor mighty tough to stop.” Capt. Pat Botula presented the game ball to Engle. “He did more for the team than anyone else, Botula said. “The team wanted to win this one and they did,” he said, pointing to the jubilant squad assembled in the dressing room’ under Michie Stadium. "The students deserve a great deal of credit for the victory." Botula said. "The spirit and en thusiasm created both at home and at the game was tremen dous." “It sure helped us a lot,” he added. The .team was .so keyed up that they never took their seats on the bench throughout the game! They stood and kneeled on the side lines constantly yelling encour agement to teammates on the playing field. No words'could sufficiently de scribe the play of Richie Lucas today. His superb ball handling, running, passing and field gen eralship was spectacular to wit ness. The hard charging Army line [did not scare the “Gambler” into any bad calls or careless errors. Lucas nabbed two key inter ceptions. and accounted for nu merous tackles on defense. His plays were called with accuracy <,and presented a well balanced attack. When Lucas intercepted the ball on the Penn State 16 with two minutes and 30 seconds re ft (Continued on page, two) (Enllcgtatt Bedlam Breaks Loose Spirit Erupts By JIM MORAN Shortly before 4:30 p.m. yes terday a cry arose on the Penn State campus that had not been heard here all this century: “WE BEAT ARMY!” From the sound of the first au tomobile horn, students and cars from every direction, led by an instinct innate to all college stu dents, converged upon the down town area. Horns and screams rose to a howling crescendo as students and townspeople realized the magni tude of what had happened at Michie Stadium. A motorcade of student-filled cars moved down the Mall. At the foot of the Mall, they met a motorcade proceeding in both directions along College Ave. Students filled the intersection. Automobiles filled with 20, 30 and in one case', 43 persons moved slowly, adding to the wall of noise. Chants of “We Beat Army” changed to “Dallas Here We —Collegian photo fey Rt<k Bo»« Come," and “We Want the Cot- WE WON—-Thousands of happy, cheering students show their ton Bowl.” joy after Penn State’s victory over the cadets of Army. They c<i?iiV^? t !^ e i^ l ?e c ki n g er > mobbed the downtown State College area for more than 2 hours State College Police Force, walked l (Continued on page two) yesterday. Army! 17-11 Win Ends 60-Year-Old Jinx WEST POINT, N.Y., Oct. 10 —Penn State quarterback Richie Lucas put on a sensational all-around performance here today to lead the Nittany Lions to a thrilling 17-11 vic tory over Army before a shirt-sleeved crowd of 27.500. Lucas passed for 97 yards, racked up 60 more rushing and made a clutch interception to stop an Army rally late in the game. Army coach Dale Hall called Lucas’ interception on his own 16 the turning point of the game. Penn State got every break possible and capitalized on all of them for its most important win in many yeais. If it hadn't been for key penalties on two Army scoring plays, the score might have been different. Right before the end of the first half, third string tackle Mike Casp intercepted a Penn State pass and galloped 71 yards, but Army was offside on the play Then in the tfiird period, Cadet halfback Glenn Adams gathered in a Dick Pae punt and went 60 yards for a score, but a rough ing the kicker penalty nuhfied the play. Army was penalized a total of 145 yards, in addition to the loss of the two long runs. Penn State was penalized 45 yards. The win firmly established the Lions, along with Syracuse, as the team to beat in the East for Lambert Trophy laurels— the symbol of Eastern football supremacy, The successful Nittany conquest virtually disposed of the formid able Cadets as a rival for East Sludenls wishing to travel to Cleveland Oct. 24, for the Penn Slate - Illinois game will be able to iravel round-trip via Greyhound chartered buses for a special $10.55 rate. Reservations will be pur chased from 9 a.m. tomorrow until 4 p.m. Wednesday at a special booth at the Hetzel Union Desk. For details see story on page 2. i At 11:40 last night, Dave Wil liams, head cheerleader, said over '■WDFM radio that the student jwho made the announcement ,was told to do so by one of the cheerleaders and, in doing so. he | made an honest mistake. ern honors and the big race now I Williams said that Coach Rip should be between the Lions and.Engle and Capt. Pat Botula vveie Syracuse, which sent the Navy in the crowd and wanted to ex down to its second straight defeat press their appreciation for the with a sound 32-6 bombing. wonderful 'turnout of students, With Lucas leading the way, However, the sign which hung the Lions scored all their points from the Wall of Recreation Hall in the first half. truly expressed the feelings of Their first tally came on a the students: “Penn State Loves (Continued on page three) You.” By SANDY PADWE Collegian Sports Editor Disorganization Causes Mix-up For Celebration ' At 10:30 last night, over 3500 | happy students were congregated iin front of Recreation Hall to wel 'come home the victorious Penn State football team ' At 10:50 last night, about 3000 disapoointed students slowly de parted from Recreation Hall after lan announcement was made that I the team had dispersed and would | not make an appearance, j The announcement was made ;that the large crowd blocked their 'attempts not only to get off the bus but also to make an appear : ance.
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