TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27. 1960 Sophomores Ease Engle's Worries at Guard Slot Joe Blasenstein and Dave Robinson may still lack polish, but if they repeat their opening game performances this weekend against Missouri, Rip Engle won't have to worry so much about his graduation-depleted guard spots. The two sophomores put on quite a show against Boston University in the opener, espe cially on defense, Blasenstein accounted for five solo tackles while Robinson twice threw B.U. ballcarriers for huge losses and was in on plenty of other tackles. It was Blasenstein who saved Penn State's 20-0 shutout on one of the most spectacular plays of the game in the third quarter, BU had the ball on its own 25 when Terrier fullback Charley Meadows broke loose and headed downfield for what looked like a certain touchdown. Blasenstein came from nowhere and overtook Meadows on the Lion 17 with a last-second tackle. "Don't credit me," modest Joe said, "Al Gursky actually slowed him down." Blasenstein's per for mance earned him a shot at the first unit left guard spot where he has been working out for the last week. "They don't come any tougher than Joe. He's a great competi tor," Engle said. "As for Hobby," the Hipper continued. "he could be a great one some day." Everyone knows that one per formance doesn't make a ball player and line coach Jim O'Hara is the first to admit it, but he foresees a rosy future for his young proteges. "Both have the potential to develop into fine ballplayers," he said in the steaming Penn State dressing room after prac tice yesterday. "They made a lot of mistakes against 13. U. but they were mostly due to inexperience. We should, be able to tell a lot more after this weekend," he added. Blasenstein played his high' school ball at West Philadelphia while Robinson came to Penn'. State via Moorestown, N.J., where; he was ranked as one of the top high school gridders in the state i two years ago. What You've Wanted . . 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And when Wayne Berfield gets back in shape after an early-sea son knee injury, the outlook should be even brighter. Are yrru in the know , at. P.S.U.? Watch this space 2 1 ' 0 Discount to all on the Benner Pike THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA JOE BLASENSTEIN . pleasant surprise Prices Tigers Win; Orangemen Crush B.U. Four of Penn State's grid op ponents, including national champ Syracuse and homecoming foe Missouri, won last, weekend while four other opponents lost and Pitt played to a 7-7 tie with Michigan State. Syracuse opened its 1960 cam paign by rolling over Boston Uni versity, 35-7. A week earlier Penn State opened its season with a 20- 0 win over the Terriers. While the Orange were grab bing most of the headlines, Mis souri kept rolling along with its second victory of the young sea son, a 28-7 win over Oklahoma State. The Tigers will seek win num ber three at Beaver Stadium Sat urday afternoon. Traditional rival Pitt staved off several Michigan State rallies to salvage a 7-7 tie in a nationally televised game marred by a brawl in the last quarter. In other games involving future Lion opponents, Illinois notched its first Big Ten win by defeat ing Indiana, 17-6; West Virginia lost its second straight game, 15-0, to Virginia Tech. • Maryland was stunned by Tex [as' 34-0; Holy Cross was edged by Ivy League favorite Harvard, 13- ; 6; and Army rallied to clown 'Boston College, 20-7. ALGEBRA Take this course 'on television for credit Your school is now offering full academic credit for participation in Modern Algebra, a television course offered weekday mornings* on Continental Classroom. To obtain credit, undergraduates are required to view the program three days a week; teachers desiring graduate credit five days a week. Prerequisites: high school algebra and geometry. Contact the Registrar on your campus for enroll ment details. The teachers arc Dr. John L. Kelley of the University of California at Berkeley, and Dr. Julius H. Hlavaty of DeWitt Clinton High School of New York City. The textbook, written especially for this course, is Dr. Kelley's "Modern Algebra," published by D. Van Nostrand, Inc. You may also enroll in Continental Classroom's Modern Chemistry Monday through Friday*.. Pro duced by the National Broadcasting Company in association with the .Confcr ence Board of the Mathematical Sciences and Learning Resources Institute. STARTS MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, ON NBC *Check your local listings for woe and channel number Penn State 20th Mississippi Edges Syracuse For Top Spot in Grid Poll By The Associated Press Mississippi clung to a nar row margin over Syracuse to day in their tight' two-team battle for the No. I.position in the Associated Press' weekly college football poll. Penn State was 20th. Washington continued as the only other serious bidder for first place although the two perennial pace-setters grabbed off 42 of the 48 top votes of the special panel representing all sections of — the country. Mississippi, which smashed Kentucky Saturday night, 21-6, for its second victory, was named best on 22 of the ballots and Syracuse, the defending national champiori, on 20. Wash ington, in third place, received five votes and the other one went to Northwestern. Syracuse opened the new sea son with a casual 15-7 triumph over Boston Univer:ity the team's 12th straight and the 18th in a row for reg*r season play. Washington cm. Idaho 41-12. Illinois, 17-8 victor over Indi ana, held fourth place but below that position the weekly stand ings underwent a lively shakeup, featured by the rise of three Big Ten teams—Northwestern, lowa and Ohio State. Kansas, which whipped Kan- sas State 41-0 as a prelude to its televised baffle with Syra cuse this week, rose from 11th to fifth. Then followed, in or der, Northwestern. Clemson. lowa, Ohio State and Georgia Tech. The top teams with first place (votes and season. records in pa trentheses:, points based on a 10-0- - 8-7, etc., order: 1. filississippi 22 (2-0 k 424 Syracuse 20 (1-0 r 414 ; 1. Washington S (2.01 353 4. Illinois (1-01 235 • i 5. Kansas (2-111 205 ! G. Northwestern 1 (1-0) 184 7. Clemson (1-0) 13? R. lowa (1-4) R 7 9. Ohio State (I-Ok 81 10. Georgia Tech 12.41 GS 111. Tennessee 11.01 50 ;12. . Notre Dame (1.01 41 ' :13. Texas 11-lb 40 li. Arkansas (2-9) 35 1 , , Alabama (1-0.1) 33 IS. ITLA (1-0-1) 30 I. Nary (1-0) 2R 1I ). Minnesota (1-0) 2? 19. Missouri (2-11) 21 120. Penn State tl-0) 24 Collegian Sports Staff A meeting for alt candidates for the Collegian sports staff will be held at 7 p.m. tonight in the Col legian city room, basement of Carnegie. Seek Third Straight Penn State will seek its third straight Homecoming victory in Saturday's game against Missouri. Vanderbilt was the last team to score a Homecoming triumph over the Lions, winning 32-20 in 1957. PAGE SEVEN
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