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.
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Blasenstein isn't extremely
big (5-11, 187) but desire makes
up for what he lacks in physi
cal stature.
Robinson, on the other hand is
a bruiser ((i-3, 215). He's a versa
tile athlete and played end on
the freshman team last year and
then worked at tackle during
spring drills.
He also played for the fresh
man basketball team a year ago
and will.seek a varsity berth this
winter.
Add the improvement of Bla
senstein and Robinson to the
solid all-around performances
usually turned in by Dick Wilson
and Bill Popp and you can under
stand why Engle is breathing
easier over the guard positions.
And when Wayne Berfield gets
back in shape after an early-sea
son knee injury, the outlook
should be even brighter.
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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.
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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.
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