TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25. 1960 Lions Gursky Gets . Solo Touchdown In Last Period (Continued from page one) the ball rolled dead on the State 30, ' Illinois promptly moved the ball to the Lion four where halfback Ethan Blackaby went through left guard for what ap- peared to be a first down. However, Illinois was holding on the play and the Illini'found themselves back on the Lion 19. On third down, Meyers hit Black aby for a 7-yard gain and the ball was on the 12, Illinois decided to try for the field goal and Wood came in to His kick seemed to slide off the side of his foot and it veered to the left. But the wind caught it and brought it wobbling back through the left corner of the uprights to make the score 10-0, The Lions had a wonderful op portunity to close the gap shortly after the second period started when Illinois gambled and lost on fourth down deep in its own territory. Penn State took over on the Illini 25. Fullback Sam Sobczak tried left guard for no gain on first down and a Galen Hall pass went incomplete on second down. On the next play, Hall threw 16 yards to Oppermann on the Mini nine and State had a first down. Sophomore fullback Dave Hayes, who improves with every game, barreled up the middle for three to put the ball on the six. Halfback Jim Kerr was thrown for a one-yard loss and a Hall aerial then went incomplete. On fourth down the Lions lined up to try for a field goal with Opperrnann set to kick. Jay Huffman's snap was wild and the bail went over Hall's head to end the rally.. From this point on, the game turned into a rugged defensive Mounties Lose To Orangemen West Virginia's winless Moun taineers suffered their worst home field defeat in history Saturday at the hand of undefeated Syra- cure, 45-0. The game marked the third time the Mounties have been shut out this season. They'll meet Penn State at Beaver Stadium this Saturday. Maryland. who will clash with ipOsition in college football ranks the Lions in a home tilt Nov. s,:yesterday in the weekly voting won its second straight game byof a 48-man panel of sports writ edging Wake Forest, 11-13. !ers and sportscasters in the As- Army. a 27-16 victim of the sociated Press poll. Lions, rolled to a 54-0 victory t lowa, which just nosed out Mis over Villanova while fifth-ranked;sissippi for first place a week Missouri whipped lowa State,!ago, won decisively in the latest 34-8. balloting with 34 first place votes In other games featuring Lion!t° nine for second-place Missis opponents, Pitt failed to gamble sippi and five for third-place for the two-point conversion and,' S Y racuse. settled for a 7-7 tie with Texas! The point total, figured on the Christian, Holy Cross downed basis of 10 for a first place vote, Columbia 27-6, and Connecticut ,nine for second and so on, gave defeated Boston University, 1644. 110wa 458, Mississippi 395 and 'Syracuse 355. There was no charge in the ,rankings of the first seven teams. Navy was still fourth with 2901 points, followed by Missouri 283,' Minnesota 267 and Baylor 191. Ohio State moved up a peg to Basketball Entries Entries for IM basketball must. be handed in at the' IM office in! Rec Hall no later than 4:30 p.m. tomorrow. Bobble Scoring Chances ALMOST A BLOCK—Penn State's Bill Popp (64) and Dave Robinson (67) along with Jay Huffman (partially obscured) make strong bid to block Gerry Wood's extra point attempt during Penn State-Illinois game Saturday at Champaign, 111. Huffman came closest to blocking the ball (circle) but he just missed and the kick was good. Illinois won 10-8. battle with neither team putting any real sustained drives to gether. State finally got started dur ing the latter part of the final period. ' With Dick Hoak running the club the Lions took the ball on their own 26. Ten plays later, Hoak flipped a one-yard pass to halfback Al Gur sky for Penn State's only score. With 13:16 gone, the Lions went lowa Still First in Grid Poll By JACK HAND Associated Press Sports Writer The unbeaten lowa Hawkeyes tightened their grip on the No. 1 THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA for the two-pointer, hoping to get, even with Illinois holding the, - Illinois were the runners-up another crack at the ball. Hoakiedge in most departments. 1. with 33 yards apiece. ran for the extra points to make They led in first downs, 12-10; , Overall, Easterbrook 'was tops the score (rushing, 155-103; and passing, lin . total yardage with 103. Twenty_ , Oppermann kicked off for ,„3-77.!through the air. tempted on-side kick on its 32. Illini halfback Joe Krakowski, This weekend, Penn State meets Johnny Easterbrook calmly rani was the leading ground gainer for, winless West Virginia at Beaver the clock out for the Illini and ' both teams with 50 yards in nine Stadium while Illinois, now 3-2, State walked off the field with carries . 'goes against Purdue at Lafayette, State's Hayes and Starks of and. its second straight loss for the _ ___ first time in five years. The game statistics were fairly eighth with 172 points and Wash ington dropped one place to ninth with 76. The only new face in the top ten was Michigan State with 41 points in 10th place. The Spar tans replaced Purdue, beaten by lowa. lowa rolled up a 21-0 lead on; Purdue but had to dig in to hold off the Boilermakers. The final; score was 21-14. lowa's 84-yard! scoring march after recovering fumble proved decisive in its fifth; straight victory. Next in line for; lowa is Kansas. 1. lowa 31 15-01 _ 2. :Mississippi 9 11-0) 4. Navy is -01 5. Miismiri (6•Di Minncsota (GO) 7. Baylor (5-0) 191 ; 8. Ohio State 14-1) 172 9. Washington 15.11 '75 10. Michigan g.tate i 3-1-1) 41 Others reeeivine . votes: Tennessee (1- 0 -1 37. Arkansas (1-21 15, Rice (4-11 11, At burn (4.11 10. Pardue Doke 14-1 and Orevon State 14-21. 8 each; Ne Mexico State (6-01 5 and Kansas (4-1.-1) ' 395 .2A3 9G7 PAGE NINE
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