AGE TWENTY Pictured above are four of the many stars Rip Engle's gridders will face in ihe upcoming campaign. Roger Holdinsky (24) is a fleet West Virginia halfback who can break a game wide open if he gets a block or two. Holy Cross quarterback Pat McCarthy (18) gave the Lions fits as a sophomore last year. Bob Clemens (28) teams-with Fred Cox to give Pitt a devastating halfback duo. Gary Collins (32), an end from Maryland, has made virtually every pre-season All-America team. Schedule May Be Best Ever BY JIM KARL Sports Editor Those football forecasters who were so kind to Penn State this year must have for gotten to look at the Lions’ schedule. Rip Engle’s gridders were men tioned as the top team in the na tion by one astute observer, and two magazines pick State to go undefeated, a feat that would take considerable doing judging from the opponents the Lions have lined up for 1961. No lest than five c-f the teams State plays this year, (Miami, Army, Syracuse, Maryland and Pitt), have been mentioned as possible choices to finish in ihe top twenty. Two Lion opponents, Maryland and Holy Cross, finished with a rush in 1960 and figure to lake up where they left off this year. Maryland won five of its last six games, losing only to State. Holy Cross 'won six of its last seven games, again losing only to State. The Lion* won't waste any time getting into the thick of things, opening at home against Navy, last year's Lambert Tro phy winner. Then come away games with Miami, the top in dependent in the South, and Boston University, one of the most improved teams in the East. Army (picked to finish 12th in, one national poll), Syracuse (onej of football's biggest powerhousej the past few years), and Cali-j fornia will be at Beaver Stadium! on successive Saturdays in Oc-j tobcr. I Then State travels to Maryland for a tilt with the highly-regarded! Terrapins and on to West Virginia! to test out Coach Gene Corum’s 1 rebuilding program. j A home encounter with Holy Cross, which may have its best team in over two decades, and the traditional trip to Pitt round out the schedule. Here is a j capsule report on Stale’s oppo- j nenls and how they shape up : for ‘6l. I NAVY (H) Sept. 23 Besides the loss of Joe Bellino, every body's All-American, Coach Wayne Hardin lost seven starters from the first team and eight from the second. The Middies will have an extremely small starting Thirteen Home Events Feature Fall Schedule Thirteen home events are on' tap for Penn State teams next! fall. The football team will enter-i tain Navy, Army, Syracuse, Cali-! fornia and Holy Cross. j Coach Ken Hosterman’s soccer, team will play host to West Ches ter, Maryland, Navy, Temple, and! Pittsburgh. Cross-country teams from Pitts-1 burgh, Cornell, and Manhatten will appear at University Park. | )2 3rd Winning Season ! Penn State in 1961 will seek its Concessionaire Jobs Anyone interested in a conces-|23rd consecutive winning football sionaire's job for the coming foot-season. The Nittany Lions last ball season should report to 237 lost more games than they won Rec Hall as soon as possible. jin 1938, when the record was 3-4-1. backfield. Right halfback Carl] Fink is the heaviest at 1?9. Ron Klemick, last year’s third string quarterback, impressed in spring drills and he may provide the spark the Middies need. But even if Klemick turns out to be another Bellino (which he won’t) Navy is in for a hard fall from the lofty spot it held last year as the king of eastern football. MIAMI (A) Sept. 29 The Hur-l iricanes are expected to blow upj a storm not only in the south,] but in the nation as well. Miami] has a well-balanced attack with; soph sensation George Mira doing] the passing, All-American end Bill] Miller the catching and Eddie! Johns (if he’s healthy) and Jim-; my Vollenweider the running.] Johns, an ex-quarterback, will be especially dangerous on the run pass option. The Hurricanes can match Penn State in depth. With: jCoach Andy Gustafson’s razzle ;dazzle offense they may be one of | the toughest teams the Lions will meet all year. ; BOSTON UNIVERSITY (A) ;Oct. 6 Coach Steve Sinko is ikeeping his mouth closed and his fingers crossed, for this may be the year for BU to explode. Sinko has a veteran squad with “the finest pair of veteran linemen in New England” in Pete Perreault and Bill DiLorenzo. Jackie Far land is back at quarterback with the speedy Hugh O’Flynn and Paul Johnson at halfback. Charlie Meadows, who raced 57 yards on ;a draw play against the Lions last .year, will be at fullback. ! ARMY (H) Oct. 14 Quarter jbacks Dick Eckert and Joe Black- Igrove can run like halfbacks but ICoach Dale Hall isn’t sure how | their passing will hold up under ’fire. Hall has last year’s top three receivers back and if either Eckert lor Blackgrove can throw Army jwill be a team to be reckoned I with. A 1 Rushatz is a powerful runner and Dale Kuhns will an chor a fast, mobile line. SYRACUSE (H) Oct. 21 The Orangemen, after having just a I “good” year in 1960, appear ready ito make another run for the na tional championship they won in j 1959. Syracuse has a craftv veteran ] quarterback in Dave Sarelte, a 'monstrous line, and according to jmany coaches, the best back in jthe nation is Ernie Davis. Davis iwas the No. 3 ground gainer in jthe country last year with 677 ivards and a 7.8 average. John ’Brown, a 230-pound tackle who Three Former Lions Three former Penn State ath letes received master of education Aug 26. They are Homer Barr, former Eastern heavyweight wrestling champion, now wrest ling coach at State College High School; Ken Bunn former grid center, now head football coach ;at Juniata College; and John! Chuckran, a member of the 1947- Cotton Bowl squad, now head grid! coach at Allegheny College. ! THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA ihas run the 100 in 10.8, could give Syracuse two All-Americans (Davis is almost a sure bet.) CALIFORNIA (H) Oct. 28 With Randy Gold, an All-Big Five 'quarterback last year, back to do jthe pitching the Golden Bears jshould give Penn State’s pass de jfense a severe test. Coach Marv jLevy has revamped his offense (winged-T from an unbalenced ] line with a split end) to get | “greater passing potential.” jGeorge Pierovlch, a rugged 210- ! pound fullback should keep the ’defense honest with his bull-like ’rushes. | MARYLAND (A) Nov. 4 j After only two years Tommy Nugent has restored the once in ; vincible Terrapins to respect ability. This season they are rated a dark horse contender for top honors in the tough Atlantic Coast ] Conference. Dick Novak and ! rookie Dick Shiner will handle Free Parking At Rear of Store While You Shop • 229 S. 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H— En « land tackle Denny Coach Gene Corum is hoping that Golden. 24 returning lettermen plus aj PITT (A) Nov. 25 The Pan bumper crop of sophomore backs thers lost Mike Ditka, the Aliquip will bolster the Mountaineers’j pa Ironman, and fullback Jin saging football fortunes. The best,Cunningham through graduation, the Mounties could do in 1960 but Coach John Michelosen still were two ties in 10 games. Roger has the two other “C” boys (Fred Holdinsky, a breakaway threat, Cox and Bob Clemens), plus a should add some punch to the of- pair of standout guards in Larry fense. Rookie Fred Colvard is ex- Vignalli and Regis Coustillac. Pitt pected to step right in at quarter- again plays the roughest schedule back and Glenn Houlton, another in the nation, but the Panthers rookie, may win the starting full- usually manage to win more than back job. they lose. WacS~... We hope to meet many of you this week. Walk up the hill and say hello, browse through the store and get acquainted. And while you're here, register for the free sweater to be awarded next week. SUNDAY. SEPTEMBER 17. 1961 * * -s * { h s 1 '""*- i , "Irf ’ 1 ■ PLEASED TO MEET YOU! HABERDASHERY *b the Center of Pennsylvania* f.% * ks *
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