The daily collegian. (University Park, Pa.) 1940-current, October 12, 1961, Image 6

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    PAGE SIX
Eckert Destined to Join Last Minute TD Pass Gives
Chi Win Over Triangle
Army Quarterback Greats Theta
By JIM KARL
Army has had some great
quarterbacks in its recent foot
ball history, but three in par
ticular—Arnold Tucker, Ar
nold Galiffa and Joe Caldwell
—stand out above the rest.
vobody is saying that Dick
Eckert. the junior signal-caller
who will direct the Black Knights
against Penn State Saturday,
should be included at present in
that elite threesome.
But if Eckert keeps perform
ing as he has the past three
Saturdays, it won't be long be
fore that exclusive trio becomes
an exclusive quartet.
"Eckert is the heart of their
.foot hall team," Lion quarterback
coach Joe Paterno said. "If he
goes, Army goes."
Eckert is the fifth-ranking pass
er in the nation to date and runs
the option as if he invented it.
Ile has completed 31 of 53 passes
for a .585 average and 290 yards
so far this year and is Army's
third leading ground gainer with
78 yards in 31 carries.
As a sophomore last year
Eckert understudied Tom
Blanda, but he still managed io
complete 14 of 41 passes for 177
yards and three touchdowns.
He gained 127 yards on 40
rushes and scored the winning
touchdown in the upset over
Syracuse.
Eckert was an outstanding
athlete at Carlisle• High School,
where he won nine letters and
captained the football, basket
ball and baseball teams. •
Ile and Don Caum, State's
sophomore signal-caller, are con
sidered to be two of the finest
hacks ever to play in the Har
risburg area.
Eckert and Caum, who guar-
terbacked Central Dauphin
High School, played against
each other twice, with Central
Dauphin winning both games,
14-0 in 1957 and 20-7 a year
later.
Caum raced 75 yards on a punt
return and hit Skip Finklesion,
of Penn State Intramural fame,
with a 14-yard TD pass to account
for both scores in the 1957 vic
tory.
Eckert got Carlisle's only touch
down on an eight-yard run in
the second game and had an 81-
yard kickoff return called back
because of a penalty.
Although Eckert has • done
most of Army's quarterbacking
in the victories over Richmond
and Boston University and the
loss to Michigan last week,
coach Dale Hall has another
field general, Joe Blackgrove, ,
who is considered almost as
dangerous as Eckert. 1
"Blackgrove isn't quite as sharp
a passer as Eckert," Paterno said,i
"but he's a better runner. In fact,!
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202 Rec Hall as soon as possible.
Bowling Entries
Intramural Director Dutch
Sykes announced that all entries
for bowling, both fraternity and
independent, must be turned in
to the IM office in Rec no
later than 4:30 p.m. tomorrow.
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DICK ECKERT
. . . directs Ann?! attack
* * *
Army considers him their best
back."
• The speedy 170-pound junior
was a defensive halfback last year
but he ran so well in spring
practice that Hall converted him
to quarterback.
Army uses the lonely end of
fense and State line coach Tor
Torreti, who scouted the Cadets
in their last two games, calls
the Black Hawks "primarily a
passing team."
But Army has also used the
quarterback option often this year,
and it's easy to understand why
with runners like Eckert and
Blackgrove on hand.
Back The Thanksgiving
Vacation
LIBERAL PARTY
Sunday, Oct.
• FIRST REGISTRATION
• ELECTIONS DISCUSSED
• WARDS ESTABLISHED
All Upperclassmen & Freshmen Welcome
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. UNIVERSITY PARK. PENNSYLVANIA
! A 15-yard desperation pass in
; the last 30 seconds from John
;Barie to Walter Bilger gave Theta
;Chi a 4-3 first down victory over
;Triangle in IM grid play on the
!golf course fields last night.
Trailing 7-0 throughout the
!game, the touchdown and conver
sion by John Weidner knotted the
score at 7-7 and enabled Theta
.Chi to win on first downs.
In other fraternity contests,
[ Kappa Delta Rho edged Phi Kap-
Ipa Sigma, 3-0; Omega Psi Phi
shutout Phi Kappa Tau, 7-0; Delta
'Tau Delta whipped Sigma Alpha
'Mu, 13-0; Beta Theta Pi squeeked
Iby Sigma Tau Gamma, 2-0; and
!Alpha Tau Omega defeated Chi
Phi on first downs.
' A 30-yard field goal by Bill
Johnston enabled KDR to defeat
Phi Kappa Sigma, 3-0.
A Ken Carroll to Watson Brown
pass gave Omega Psi Phi a 7-0
:victory over Phi Kappa Tau. Car
roll threw a 75-yard pass to
'Brown that was good for a touch
down and the same duo clicked on
la pass for the extra point.
Lawson Whiting tapped Dave
Gross in Sigma Tau Gamma's end
'zone for a safety to give Beta
their 2-0 victory.
In North Halls action Centre
defeated Montgomery, 7-0; Lacka
wanna stopped Cambria, 6-0; and
Bucks whipped Blair on first
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downs
Jerry Minnich threw to Harry
Street for a 20-yard TD and John
Vogel added the extra point to
give Centre their win.
A 10-yard pass from Tom Bell
to Red Phillips gave Lackawanna
its margin of victory over Cam
bria, 6-0.
In games played on the three
new IM fields next to Beaver Sta
dium, Nittany 26 topped Redifer,
19-6: Nittany 25 whipped NROTC,
7-4; Mercer beat Butler, 21-0; Nit
tany 38 stomped Nittany 28, 19-0;
Nittany 27 nipped Nittany 33, 7-
6; McKean stopped Somerset,
21-0; Nittany 41 tripped Nittany
35, 6-0; Nittany 42 defeated Nit
tany 39, 5-3 on first downs, and
Lawrence edged Venago, 1-0 on
first downs.
"THE IMPORTANCE
OF BEING OSCAR"
Friday & Saturday
Schwab Auditorium
Tickets are still available
at Main Desk,
Hetzel Union Bldg.,
free to students and
$1.25 to others.
"Remarkable" in Dublin; "Unmatched"
In London: and "Overwhelmingly Well
Done" in New York ...and now at Penn State!
THURSDAY. OCTOBER 12. 1961
Lions Nip Army in Opener
The Penn State-Army rivalry
started in 1899, when Ear 1
Hewitt's 65-yard punt return gave
the Nittany Lions a 6-0 triumph.
It was their only win in the series
until they broke the ice in 1959
and repeated last year. Army
holds the upper hand in the series,
though, 6-3, with two games hav
ing ended in ties.
All sophomores, juniors
majoring
in
ENGLISH
are invited to attend a
meeting Friday, Oct. 13,
at 8 p.m., in 10 Sparks.
Purpose: to recruit
volunteers for an ex
periment in teaching
the art of writing.
—J. Mitchell Morse
The Pennsylvania
State University
Artists' Series
Is pleased to present
Micheal MacLiammoir
—The Wit, Triumph
and Tragedy
of Oscar Wilde—
8:30 P.M.
MEETING
and seniors