PAGE SIX Halftime Alter two losses, a major change in the lineup, and a pre game pep talk by Joe Paterno, Penn State finally played a football game Saturday. "The clear, crisp crack of shoulder pad against shoulder pad, something that was absent in earlier games, sounded time and again,against Syracuse: and the result was obvious. State beat the Orange. 14-0, and except for fumbles, dropped passes etc.. the score could have been double that. The consensus among football people is that . the Lions have. finally "arrived," but backfield coach Frank Patrick said it's a little early to make that assumption. "Let's wait until after California before we say that," he said yesterday. There were, two arguments that •predominated in discussions about why Stale failed to click in its first four games.• Aroument No. I was that the Lions were overrated. Argument No. 2 was that State may have been slightly overrated but that it had the material and potential to go place's. The trouble was that the Lions were, consciously or unconsciously, over-confident and complacent, Adherents to this argument used a little incident to illustrate then . point: The morning of the Army game the players were eating their usual early meal at the Nittany Lion Inn. One of the waiters wished two State players good luck as they walked out the door. The reply was: "We don't need luck to beat Army, we can beat them without luck." Now that statement is probably true. However, State lost to Army. 10.6, despite the tact the Lions had more scoring opportuni ties than they knew what to do with. What happened to State happens to a lot of good teams year in and year out and no one has come up with a remedy yet. Before the season started Rip Engle kept repeating that the many press clippings his team received would not result in overconfidence or complacency. But after the first few 'games Engle wasn't so sure. Then Saturday. after the team presented him with the game ball marking his 100th victory as a college coach, he talked more freely. "Sure, some of our kids were complacent. But it was hard to convince them until they were shaken up," he said. "That's human nature. You can tell yourself to play hard, but sometimes when you have more to play for, you play even beyond your ability. If you could play up to your capacity all -the time there wouldn't be much to the game—or any game." Some of the players felt that the attitude of complacency still prevailed up until a few hours before game-time Saturday, when Paterno gave his talk. "Up there on 'The Mountain' (the civil engineering camp where the Lions stay the Friday night before home games) we had no life - at all," said Bob Mifinger. "You don't like to think negatively, but I was afraid Syracuse was going to kill us. But after Joe Paterno talked to us, I've never seen a team so high. He told us, well you know, to get the game for Rip." Many teams hit by complacency have fared worse than. State. In 1954 Illinois was picked 1-2 in the nation by every pre-season national poll. But State beat the Illini 14-12 in the opener and they PCVOT recovered, winning only one game the rest of the season. A combination of Rip needing his 100th victory, a timely pep talk by Paterno, and a few• lineup changes that were designed to t•hake the complacency out of the team, may have averted another Illinois disaster. California will tell. NCAA Adopts New Policy -By The Associated PresS !announced by Walt Byers, execu- NEW YORK (ill) —The council!tive director of the NCAA, at a ;news conference. of tilt: National Collegiate Athl The ban on outside basketball loic Association last night adopt-i 'competition, which must be ap ed an amendment barring a co --1- Iproved along with other council lege basketball player from all, actions at the NCAA's annual con outside competition, including verition in Chicago Jan. 11-13. summer leagues. was an outgrowth of a series of The action and other steps tak-, recommendations made by the en during the second day of theNCAA's gambling c omm i t t e e, annual fall meeting of the power-)formed after the basketball scan ful policymaking council wereidals erupted last March. UNDERGRADUATE PHILOSOPHY CLUB Presents . . . Dr. Whittier of the Philosophy Dept. who will moderate an open discussion on . . . "The Political Aspects of the Slogan, BETTER. RED THAN DEAD." Tonight e Roam 118 NB • 7:30 P.M. A Change In Attitude? By JIM KARL Sports Editor THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. UNIVERSITY PARK. PENNSYLVANIA Soccermen Even Record; Nip Winless Budinell, 3-2 Penn State's booters came 'back from a 2-0 deficit to edge ,winless Bucknell, 3-2, yester day at Lewisburg and even their season's log at 2-2. Howie Farrer's penalty shot late in the final period spelled victory for the Lions in a game in which neither team displayed much finess. It was -sweet revenge for the Lions, since Bucknell had beat en Kenny Hosterman's eleven in the 1960 opener here, 6-2. As in preceding games the opposition took the lead early while the Lions again showed sluggishness at the start. For the second straight year Bucknell wing Bill Dahl plagued State. Dahl scored the two Bison goals, repeating his performance of last year, when he also nabbed two scores. Dahl's first goal resulted from another State defensive blun der. According to Hosterman Lion halfback Lou Paulin gave Dahl too much time to set himself up for a good shot at State's nets. "Lou just ran down the field with him (Dahl) about two yards distant," he said. "It was an easy setup, and I wish Bucknell had given us as much time to pound away at their goal," Hosterman said. With time running out in the second period, Bucknell increased 'its margin to 2-0. It was a freakish Ilay, with Dahl coming up with his second goal, after emerging from ,a thick cloud of dust in front of State's bewildered goalie, Dave ,Grubbs, Dahl took the ball after the 'corner kick by Frank Samariss was lost in the melee caused by Lion Quarterback Gains Grid Honors Off his brilliant performance against Syracuse Saturday Penn State quarterback Galen Hall was named to both the UPI and Eastern Collegiate Athletic Con ference All-East football teams this weekend. Hall completed 10 out of 12 passes against 'the Orange, in cluding eight for 'eight in the first half. He hit Rog er Kochman on a '44-yard scoring aerial in the first ' quarter and 'found Dick An derson with a 15- 'yard bullet for a third period TD to give the Lions a 14-0 victory. Galen Hall Hall had been sidelined the pre vious two weeks with' a bruised shoulder that he suffered on the first play of the second half against Miami. Hall's running mates in the UPI backfield were lowa's Matt Szykowny, Michigan's George Saimes and Minnesota's Sandy Stephens. v v .v, v T- V., V V T•y - •"." I' REWARD OFpo• Good taste can be yours by dialing ADams The man who gives Free Delivery in a flash FRANK'S HOAGIE HAVEN Bar-B-Q Chickenowip. By CRAIG YERKES 8-8381 for the best PIZZA [0440;101: to students 172 S. Frazier * * * TOM FIANAGAN . . . bags fourth goal * * * the dust. After waiting for over 65 minutes State cashed in two goals in less than three minutes, on exchange setups in volving Kenny Link and Tom Flanagan. With 45 seconds remaining in, Theta Chi Launches Greatest Sneak Attack Since Pearl Harbor "I know there's something illegal about it." said one open-mouthed Omega Psi Phi football player last night F.fter Ken Vandenburg of Theta Chi stepped into the end zone, took his arm out of a sling, and caught a 25-yard TO pass from I teammate John Weidner. Vandenburg had been standing k along the sidelines watching the !action on the IM golf course fields last night when his teammates beckoned him into the huddle slingand all. On the next play Weidner threw Vandenburg a soft pass but the one-armed bandit didn't even have to act much—it's tough to catch a pass with one arm. Omega Psi Phi players snickered as Vandenburg ran sheepishly back into the huddle. But on the next play there he was, all by himself in the end zone with both arms outstretched to cradle Weld ner's pass, "Half of our team was wise to the trickery," an Omega Psi Phi spokesman said last night, "but unfortunately the half that wasn't wise covered Vandenburg. I thought the play was rather unique," he added. Despite the skulduggery, Omega Psi Phi won the game '7-6. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 257(1961 the third period, Flanagan pushed a slow pass behind him to Link, all by himself. Link promptly pounded a hard shot into the Bison nets to put State in the scoring column. At 2:20 of the final period, Link returned the favor to Flanagan and Flanagan booted a similiar shot past the Bucknell goalie to tie the contest at 2-2. It was Flanagan's fourth goal of the sea son, high for the Lions. For the rest of the quarter. State tried to beat Bucknell at its own game of kick and run. "It was not a well-played soccer match," Hosterman emphasized. "We won it the hardest way pos sible, I mean by trying to beat a team at its own game. Its not my way of soccer to kick and run, but it was a small field, and everyone seemed to be constant ly on top of each other," he said. Finally at 16:53 of the final period, Farrer booted his second penalty shot in as many games to bring home the win. Farrer was awarded the kick when a Bucknell man, realizing that State's Link had an easy close shot, grabbed the ball with his hands. The boot was a hard, low shot into the left corner of the nets ,and Bucknell's goalie never had a chance. Penn State Bucknell Dial Leads Receivers In Yardage Per Catch PITTSBURGH (AP) En d Buddy Dial, the pass - catching whiz of the Pittsburgh Steelers leads the National Football League in all pass receiving de partments except receptions, ac cording to the latest NFL statis tics. I Dial, who caught nine passes for 235 yards and two touchdowns against Cleveland Sunday, has grabbed 29 passes for 621 yards and seven touchdowns. His 21.4 yards average per catch is the best in the league. DON'T SETTLE I ,ol" \‘ gie FOR 0 7 LESS •fi THAN BEST! Order oven-fresh Spudnuts now for Homecoming. Spudnut Shop 111 S. Pugh AD 8-6184 0 0 1 .2-3 1 1 0 0.-2
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