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Nittany
Stars in
By SANDY pADWE
Lady Luck hasn't always;
been on Jack Urban's side, but
the little Penn State halfback;
has managed to overcome
the obstacles and now is one ,
of the top students and foot-I
ball players on the Penn State'
campus.
Urban verfoims quite capably,
for Rip Engle's unbeaten Nittanv
Lions on Satuyday afternoons, and
during the week he does just as'
well in the elas,room,
The Sparks Scholarship Med
al which he won this year is
proof of his classroom ability
while his 12.8 rushing average
is proof of his other assets.
The Sparks medal is awarded
to the Penn State student who
shows the most improvement in
hzx inarkk hom one seme%ter to
the next.
The Itiri-pound halfback won it
this fall alter boosting a sub "C";
to a perfect 4 0.
Vi ban, who hails from Ci eens
burg, Pa , High School, is in sec
ondary education and majors in
mathematics, His all-university
overage is 3.15.
lii ban is a little on the modest
side when it comes to talking
a bout his accomplishments, but
his conches aren't
"Throughout his stay here, ,
Jack's been a real fine credit
to our learn and the Unievrsify."
Engle said.
Ent,' continued "We'l e as
proud of his academic achieve
111C111 s as anything he's done on
the field tle's really a wonderful
boy You know that he's been
bait quite a bit Omagh his cat -
cur but that hasn't stopped him
from giving us some fine football."
Pat kfietd coach Joe Paterno
chit pt d in from the coiner. "Sec
ond it," he said, "Jack doesn't
have a lot of natural abtlity. but
he makes up for it in desire."
Last year it looked like Ur
ban was on his way to becom-
Eight IM Teams
Bowl Shutouts
Indepctuicnt INI bowling Mon
day night in leagues A and B saw
(AIN f•llUtouts recorded as 24
teams competed.
Jun Smiley of the Splinters won
individual honors by racking up
the highest single-game score,
227. Rav Koncsol of the lli Five
lolled the high thiee-game se
a acs, The tame Hi Five team
ito ned in the high team score of
In leant(' A 4-0 wins were
notched by Bucks House over
”rO." Spares °Vet' I Me nz.
Glenn Road over Vet,, Splinters
eve) Sh p,t la, and Dawson
Scholais over Delaware, Devils
defeated Runkle Rams, 3-1
In league B 4-0 victories were
rccictered by Labache over
NROTG-113, Penn Haven over
Flints and King Pins over Jani
fel s. Hi Five beat the Holy Roll
( is, 3-1 while NROTC-1A topped
StitherN and McElwain defeated
Tenets by the same score
r was it we met my
darling?"
"Rome?"
"Paris?*
"Madrid?"
"No my dear, 'twos in Mor
rell's of State College, over one
of their charming pizzas."
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA
Halfback, Urban
Classroom Too
* * *
ing an established performer
when he broke his arm. He was
the star of spring drills last '
year and looked like a sure bet
for a right-halfback post. But
this fall he came back and found , '
Eddie Caye, a star two years
ago ahead of him.
Caye vas out all last year with
a knee injury but played like his
oldself in early practices.
Urban got his big chance in the,
Colgate game this fall when Caye ,
banged his knee again, and he,
made the best out of it picking up'
Norman Still Leads varsity "5" to Initiate
In Total Offense
„ its initiation of new members at
NEW YORK LIP) Stanferu slop m. Sunday at Phi Kappa Psi,
Dick Norman is still the over-all president Blaine O'Connor an
major college offense leader, but flounced yesterday.
his margin is being reduced stead-1 All varsity lettermen desiring
ily by the onrushing Dwight Nich-.to join the club who were un
ols of lowa State. Penn State's able to attend the meeting last
Richie Lucas is third. Sunday should contact O'Connor
NCAA football statistics re-'at AD 7-4908 or Bob Szeyller at
leased yesterday show that Nich- , AD 8-0226 today.
ols, the Cyclones' tailback, is just
98 yards behind Norman's total of! For CLASSIFIEDS Call
1,041 all on passes, UN 5-2531
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Louisiana State, No. 1 in the weekly Associated Press
college football poll for the 13th straight time, gets a chance
to solidify its position Saturday night.
The Bayou Tigers, astride an 18-game winning streak,
play powerful Mississippi, the nation's third-ranked team,
in a game which should make orb - --
break LSU's bid for a second'i. • _
straight national title. Ole Miss Seekse
~
The latest poll of sports writers,
and broadca..ters show that opin
ions differ widely on who has the To Avenge '5B
---
Penn Slate was ranked sev- 1
enth this week in the United i Loss to L.S.U.
Press International Poll. The
Dunkel Ratings had the Lions i BATON ROUGE, La. UP)
in ninth place and Syracuse in
Mississippi cried "wait 'til next
I second. year" after coming out on the
• --- de
,best football team in the country, cis short end of a 14-0 football
ion to Louisiana State last sea
-
son
!although support for defending
!champion LSU continues strong. ' The Rebels get another shot
'at LSU Saturday night, and they'll
I In the latest balloting, four,'
teams chew more than 1000 points..neYer have a better chance.
i LSU, which has won its last I Rarely, if ever, has a repeat
two games by shaky 9.0 mar setting been so similar. Last year
gins, attracted 71 of the sea - both teams were unbeaten when
' son's record 182 first place votes they met. LSU won the game that
1 and received 1556 points on the , was close statistically and went
1 basis of 10 for a first place ion to win the national champion
! vote, nine for second, etc. ship. ,
Northwestern, with 25 first Come Saturday night anoth
;place votes, was second with 1474 i er unbeaten but more powerful
i points Then came Mississippi,! Ole Miss team tackles undefeat
-11444. and Texas. 1227. i ed LSU, on the prowl for anoth-
There weren't many signifi- : er national title. LSU ranked
cant changes. Mississippi, which i first in this week's Associated
clobbered Arkansas 28-0, re. Press poll and Ole Miss third.
placed Texas in third place. i Not only does Ole Miss have a
Syracuse and Penn State each glowing chance for revenge, but
moved up a notch. Wisconsin !the statistics, while often mislead
* * * grabbed the No. 10 spot from ; mg, seem to give the Rebels the
70 yards in four carries. He's been Arkansas. , edge.
alternating with Cay. ever since. The top 10, with first place; Both teams have come through
,votes and won-lost records in pa- r six games unscathed. While the
Urban attributes his class' ',rentheses• 'LSU schedule is more difficult,
room success to not being able , 1. Louisiana State (71) 6-0; I,ss6'the Rebels certainly have been
"to loaf" and budgeting
his i 2. Northwestern 125) 5-0 1,474,m0re impressive in their tri
time.
3. Mississippi (46) 6-0 1,444 . utnphs.
"During football season you just: 4. Texas (6) 6-0 1.227 ' Last Saturday is a good case
can't loaf and you really have to! 5. Syracuse (11) 5-0 994 in point. LSU, inspired once
learn to budget your time," he, 6. Southern Calif. (6) 5-0 758 'again by the play of All-Ameri
said. ! 7. Penn State (6) 6-0 715 ca halfback Bill Cannon, was
Explaining his success on the
8. Auburn (5) 4-1 674 hard-pressed to down in-and
field,9. Georgia Tech (1) 5-1 344
Urban says that he really! out Florida 9-0. Mississippi, on
loves the sport and eventually! lo . Wisconsin (2) 4-1 276 the other hand, unfurled a blas
would like to go into coaching. i —
Cadets Will See Game ing offense in routing tenth
ranked Arkansas 28-0.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo Oddsmakers have installed LSUi
fin—Approximately 400 cadets of a one-point favorite for the bat
the senior and junior classes at;tle Saturday night
the Air Force Academy will fly!
to New 'York for the Falcons';
football game with Army Satur-.
day. An academy spokeman said!
they will travel in five planes'
chartered by the Air Force Acad
emy Athletic Assn a private or-I 1
ganization. He said no tax funds:'
will be used to finance the trip 1
Jack Urban
New Members Sunday 1
The Varsity "S" Club will hold'
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Nittanies, Syracuse
Advance in AP Poll
By WILL GRIMSLEY
Associated Press Sports Writer
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