TUESDAY. OCTOBER 18. 1960
Nittanies Drop Heartbreaker
(Continued from page one)
halfback Ernie Davis and full
back Art Baker were responsible
for getting Syracuse off to a 7-0
lead during the fading minutes
of the first quarter.
The Syracuse drive :;tarted on
its own 26 and moved to the Lion
29 in six plays.
From there Baker, an All-
American who reminds you of
Jimmy Brown, ripped through
the Lion line on a draw play for
11 yards and a first down on the
18.
On the very next play Davis
took a handoff from Dave Sar
elte and skipped off tackle un
molested for the score.
Ken Ericson booted the extra
point and all the Lion fans began
wondering if the stories about
complacency at Syracuse were
a myth,
Penn State didn't wait to find
out. Alter an exchange of downs,
the Lions found themselves on
their own 20 just after the start
of the second quarter.
A pair of Galen Hall aerials io
Henry Oppermann and Jim
Kerr plus some short gainers by
Dave Hayes and Don Jonas put
the ball on the Syracuse 45
where State was in a first and
ton situation.
Hall brought the team out of
the huddle and gave Jonas the
ball on a delayed handoff.
The whole forward wall carried
out the assignment perfectly. and
Jonas sprinted into the end zone
for the score.
Oppermann booted the extra
point and that tied it up at 7-7.
That's how the score read at
halftime, but Kerr threatened to
break the game open on the first
play of the second half.
He took the kickoff on his own
five and with the help of some
beautiful dow of ie I d blocking
moved down the Syracuse side
lines.
As he sprinted past the 50,
only one man Dick Easterly
—had a shot at him. Easterly be
gan closing in and finally
knocked the Lion halfback out
on the ten, but the officials
ruled Kerr had stepned out back
on the Syracuse 39.
That hurt. The Lions didn't''
move the ball during the next',
four downs but neither did Syra
cuse and the Orange kicked.
State had the pigskin again on
their own 45 and the turning point
of the game was just a few plays:
away.
It came with the ball on, the
Syracuse 38. Hall went back to!
pass and found Syracuse's Dick
Feidler and Fred Mautino right
behind.
He managed to get away from
Fidler, but Mautino was too
hungry to let go.
The Lion quarterback looked
downfield, spotted a blue jereev
and threw. Syracuse's Mark
Weber intercepted on the 40 and
Immediately cut for the sidelines
with Bill Popp in pursuit.
Orange end Norm Lemieux
took Popp out of the play and
Weber went alt the way for the
score. Before the stunned Lions
could recover, Ericson booted
another PAT to make the score
14-7.
The Lions. apparently upset byl
the sudden change, gave up an-;
other touchdown to halfback Don;
King on a two-yard plunge just
before the end of the third quar
ter.
The extra point was good and
Syracuse led going into the last
period, 21-7.
Tension mounted as the Lions:
suddenly found themselves. They'
moved the ball to the Orange goal
shortly after the fourth period
began, but Syracuse met the chal
lenge and held State on the one.
Instead of folding, State
forced Syracuse to punt and the
Lions had the ball on the Or
ange 20. Six plays later with
7:59 left, Hall rolled out to his
right and flipped to Dick Pae
in the end zone for a touch
down.
State decided to try for two.
points and Hall went around left ;
end. He just managed to score to
make it 21-15.
The real nail-biting didn't start
PARISH'S
MENS SHOP
until 2:24 when Syracuse appeared
to ice the game with a long punt
which Kerr returned to his own
11.
Two short pass placs failed and
things . grew dimmer for State, but
then Hall pulled one from his
bag of tricks.
He sent fullback Sam Sobczak
into the line on what everybody
thought was a draw play.
Meanwhile Hall was pitching
fo Jonas who came around from
the left side. Jonas threw on
the run and connected with Bob
Mitinger on the Orange 92
where Weber brought him
down.
Only 1:12 showed on the clock
as the record crowd rose to its
feet.
On first down, Hall lifted a
long aerial to .Jonas on the 13 but
it was incomplete. Hall flipped
again ,this time to Dave Truitt
near the goal, but this one was
too long.
On third down, the Williams
burg junior hit Jonas on the 26
for a first down. Still firing. Hall
hit halfback Eddie Caye on the
12 for another first down.
He threw again to Caye but the
senior halfback caught the ball
out of hounds on the two. The
clock showed . 38 seconds.
This time Hall decide to run
hirmzelf and he picked up eight
yards even though he lost his
shoe.
On third down, with the
crowd suddenly hushed, the
shoeless Hall threw to Jonas but
Davis batted it away.
Now it was fourth down and
there were seven seconds left.
Hall calmly called signals. He
saw Mitinger buttonhooking in
the end zone and passed. Mitin
ger, the ball and Biker's hand
came together and the pigskin
squirted away. Penn State's stir
ring comeback had ended.
Gridiron Notes
The game statistics were ex
tremely even . . The Lions
led in total yardage, 250.214...
Syracuse had the edge in rush
ing with 195 yards compared to
152 for State . . . In passing it
was State 98 and Syracuse 19
. . . It was 13-13 in first downs
. . . Don Jonas, chosen as the
most outstanding hack by the
writers covering the game, was
Penn State's leading ground
gainer with 77 yards in 13 car
ries ... Ernie Davis, Syracuse's
All-American halfback, 1 e d
Syracuse with 60 yards in 10
carries . . . Saturday's crowd
was the lamest to see a game in
Archbold Stadium which was
built in 1907... If you're won
dering about the origin of Piety
Hill, here's the story as 'told
by a Syracuse student . . The
school was founded in 1870 by
Methodists . . . Because it was
located on top of a hill the
townspeople appropriately
nicknamed the campus Piety
Hill ... Four Syracuse students
escaped serious injury during
the game when some gunpow
der exploded ... The explosion
came right after a cannon went
off announcing Syracuse's first
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
Sequence by Pick Brown
BLOCKS BY Stu Barber (71)
and Joe Blasenstein (62) have
cleared the way for Penn State's
Don Jonas to go 45 yards for a
touchdown in second quarter of
Saturday's Penn State-Syracuse
game - . (top). Bottom shot shows
Joans breaking away after a
delayed handoff as Bill Popp
(64) gets set to block Syracuse
center Bob Stem (56). Jonas'
run didn't help. Syracuse won
21-15.
score . ..The report brought to
the press box said none of the
students were injured seriously
. . . All four were taken to a
nearby hospital ...Three worn•
en students were released af
ter treatment ... The other vic
tim. a man, was detained and
received treatment for burns
. .. Faces in the crowd . .. For
mer Lion quarterback Richie
Lucas, now with the Buffalo
Bills an d ex-middleweight
champion of the world, Carmen
Basilio . . .
Scandalous Bribes Rock
English Football League
LONDON (A)t British soccer
authorities decided yesterday to
call in the law in the mounting
scandal over fixed matches.
After a lengthy discussion in a
hush-hush atmosphere, leaders of
!the Football Association and the
lEnglish Football League an
itounced they were passing on the
;evidence they have to the govern
ment's Director of Public Prose
cutions. He is the official who ad
vises police whether to file crim
inal charges.
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