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"At its best," Rip Engle said in reference to his 1961 foot
ball team, "it was thebest I have ever coached."
Perhaps the Silver Eagle's comment, following as it did
a lopsided 47-26 victory ovqr. arch-rival Pitt, was spoken in
the excitemera . of the moment. But, nevertheless, the Nittany
Lions of= 1961—Lambe i rt Trophy winners and Gator Bowl
champions—must rank as one of the greatest Penn State teams
in thejlast 20 years. t.
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At. their best; they wece.tremendous. Blending a bone-
Crunching running game and the passing of quarterback Galen
Hall, the Lions gained 3691 yards to rank sixth nationally in
total offense.
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. 1 After losing early season games to Miami and Army, the
'Nittanies won six of their last seven games, their only loss
coming at the hands of Maryland, 21:47. .
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• The Lions were .magnificent in: their last three games.
They walloped Holy Cross,; 3414, and then Pitt, 47-26. As a
finale, the Nittanies ripped defense-minded Georgia Tech,
30-15, in the Gator Bowl. , .
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- Three members of the fine '6l team have made the sizable
jump - from college to profeSSional football. They should make
it 13' •th( - sed to Ix champions.
GALEN HALL
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BILL SAUL: A great natural,
athlete, Saul might have been'
able; to play nearly any position
on a! football team.
He was the Lions' Reddy unit
Center for• three straight years,
splitting the time' almost equally
with starter Jay Huffman. He
reached perhaps the peak of his
college career when, he led the
Lion defense that stopped Syra
cuse's. great Ernie Davis cold on
two consecutive plays at the State
twe r yard-line in. last season's 14-0
Lion victory,
t Drafted second by the Balti
more Colts, lean and mean Saul.
'haslearned a'spot on the National
Football League contender. Coach
Weeb Ewbank considers him one
*of (the top .college line-backing
. prospects to hit the pros in years.
H e is the number one replace
ment for the Colts' three great
linebackers--Don Shinnick. Bill
Pellington and Jackie Burkett.
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808 MRINGER
Three Lions Lei
Into Pro Banks
'By JOHN MQRIITS
Sports Editor
GALEN HALL: Ignored by the
pros in their post-season draft,
"Butch" finally made believe
out of the Washington Redskins
;with a spectacular passing displby
in the U.S. Bowl in Washington's
'new D.C. Stadium.
. As a Lion, Hall was the master
of Engle's mutiple offense, prov
ing- himself particularly adept at
; ball-handling and faking in the
backfield. _
' The stocky, bespectacled Nit
4any star had perhaps his two
•greatest -games for State in his
last two appearances_ in a Lion
"uniform. He set a Pepn State pass
ing record with 256 yards in the
win over' Pitt and then guided
the Lions to a 30-15 victory over
Georgia Tech in the Gator Bowl.
easily winning the Most Valuable
Player award.
• Halt battled Norin Snead for
the starting Redskin job for most
of the pre-season training period
and is sure to see plenty of action
this season.
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808 MITINGER: Never an out
standing offensive end, Mitinger
more than made up for his pass
receiving shortcomings with his
rough defensive play.
It was largely because of his
outstanding play on defense that
he was- , , named to the American
Football Coaches Association's
All-American team.
Always hustling, Mitinger was
particularly strong at putting a
hard rush on the opposition quar
tet-1:40c. He is a player who, as
Engle• put' it, "whether right or
wrong, always gave 100 per cent."
The hard-hitting Nittany stand
out played in several post-season
-All-Star games, excelling as a
defeniive end.
Mitinier is now considered a
very proMising linebacker by the
San Diego Chargers of the Ameri
can Football League.
THE DAILY CMLEGIAN. UNIVERSITY PARK. PENNSYLVANIA
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BILL SAUL
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'Reddy Unit' Flo! • s Key
To Nittany Grid Success
By JOHN MORRIS
Wi t h .. Saturday's season
opener against Navy just three
days away, Penn State coach
Rip Engle and his aides are
working feverishly to mold a
second unit that will be able
o :give State's strong first
team some assistance.
match our first unit against
any team in the East"- Engle said,
"but the second team may hold.
the:key to our success. We're just
not ready for Navy."
Engle's main problem is lack
Of experience in the "Reddy unit"
line, a forward wall. that includes
three untested sophomores,
"A lot depends on those - three
sophomores Bud Yost. Bill .
Scions • and John Simko. AU
three of them are fine athletes.
but they are all playing new
positions:
Yost and Bowes will -probably
be the Reddy unit ends behind
starters Dave Robinson and Dick
Anderson. Yost has been switched
from halfback this fall and Bowes
made the change from quarterback
to end last year. Simko, a former
tackle, will be the right guard on
the Reddy unit.
Two other members of the Red
dy unit line will also be appear
ing at new positions.
Ralph Baker has been switched
from end to• center and Berige
Sabol, formerly a fullback, will
go at left guard. Veterans Terry
Monaghan_ and Ron Tietjens add
experience and strength at tackle_
The first unit line is set with
Anderson and Robinson at end.
Chuck Sierninski and Ger t y
Eagles Release Jonas
. PHILADELPHIA (AP)—The
National Football Lea g u e'S
Philadelphia Eagles Tuesday
released rookie Don Jonas and
Jim Beaver and signed as free
v;sigents halfback Merrill Doug
las and defensive • tackle Joe
Lewis.
Jonas. a formar Penn State
halfback from Scranton. Pa..,
who drew praise from Eagle
Coach Nick Skorich during pre
season training. was used in
Sundays loss to the Cardinals
as a Bailey on kickoffs and
punt returns.
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Farkas at tackle. Joe BlaserLstein
and Harrison Rosdahl at guard
and captain Joe Galardi at center.
This year's team is blessed with
a herd of talented backs.
PETE L23BE is firmly estab
lish as the first unit quarterback
and seems to improve every day.
The 6-2. 190-pound junior op
erates smoothly; behind the Lion
line and is passing with more
authority than he has in the past.
lie connected for five touchdown
passes in the Nittanies' three pre
season scrimmages.
Left halfback remains a ques
tion mark despite the presence of
Nil-American candidate Roger
kochman and hard-running Al
Gursky.
• ,Kochman, hampered by a pulled
groin muscle, and Gursky run
ning with a pulled muscle in his
right thigh, have been alternating
at . the post all week.
"We'll play whoever is whole,"•
Engle said alter Tuesday's practice
session. "Kochman will play as
much as he is able."
1 Kochman will probably start
. eves season ope.:er
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with Gursky chomping at the bit
in re,erve.
Little (5-9..1601 Junior Powell
has apparently nailed down the
starting right halfback job,. An
outstanding pass receiver, Powell
is exhibiting more power than he
had shown previously.
BARRELLING BUDDY Torris
is the first unit fullback. Always
a hard runner and good defensive
player. Toms has developed into
a premier Worker.
All freshman and sophomores
interested in becoming vanity
football managen should register
immediately in 249 Rec. HalL
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The Reddy unit backfield is set
w►th slick-throwing Ron Coates at
quarterback, Gursky and Frank
Hershel,' at halfbacks and veteran
Dave Hayes at fullback.
The Lions have been working
on polishing their pass defense
all week. Pass defense was the
Lion's downfall in the Maryland
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