PAGE SIX Liske, Powell Approach Penn State Grid Records By JOHN MORRIS Sports Editor Quarterback Pete Llske, a defensive specialist last year and rated no better than third in line before the season start ed this year, has turned out to be the most pleasant surprise of the Penn State football sea- -A 6*l, 190-pound junior, Liske . was. considered just, one of sev.- eral, "capable” signal-callers bat tling for, Galen Hall's vacated -quarterback slot at the start of Jail practice. • , ,JS - jßut a senes of to juries to „ouarterback candidates Don Caum and Gary Wydman thrust Liske -into the starting backfield, and he has performed far above expectations. With one game left on the Lion’s '•schedule, Liske has already set a new Penn State record for touchdown passes aijd is moving in on three other school records. LISKE COMPLETED his 10th TD toss of the season in the Lions’ * 48-20 victory over Holy • Cross, c breaking a record he Southern Cal Moves Into First; Niftanies Ninth in AP Grid Poll By The Associated Press Southern California, a iure thing to play in the Rose Biowl if it beats UCLA Saturday, is the lategt college football pow er to handle the hot potato of No. 1 rating. Jn the nine weeks of this year’s Associated Press poll of a . com mittee jof sports writers and spoctscasters, .there have been five different leaders Alabama (3), Texas (S'). • Northwestern ,(2). Ohio State (3) and now Southern California. Northwestern's reign ran from Oct. 30 through Nov. 6. After they were knocked off by Wis consin, Alabama took over. When Alabama was upset by Georgia Tech <7-S) Saturday, the door was wide open for Southern Califor nia. } ' Southern California stretched its perfect record to 8-0 Saturday LUTHERAN VESPERS Eisenhower Chapel 6:30 PM . 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THE TOP_TEN Southern California (20) 439 Mississippi (15) 403 ’ Wisconsin (7) - 384 Texas (2) 326 Minnesota (1) - 235 Alabama 232 Arkansas , 209 Louisiana State 140 Penn State (3) 94 Oklahoma 43 Next time monotony make* you fed droway While driving, working or atudying, do aa millions d 0.,. perk up with safe, effective NoDoz tablet*. »wrt«Wi fntad ft tan UMrMw—. COLLEGIAN.. UNIVERSITY PARK. PENNSYLVANIA JUNIOR POWELL . . . nears new record ★ ★ ★ yards to crack Richie Lucas' 1959 total offensive’ pecord of 1,238 yards. He is also nearing RadosVrecord for passing yardage’ in one rea son. Rados passed for 1.025 yards in -1953. Liske has thrown for 901 yards through the Lions’ first nine games. In , addition to his passing heroics, Liske has developed into an outstanding runner on a quarterback keeper play. His 273 yards rushing ranks second only to All-American halfback candi date Roger Kochman’s 595. ” Liske “discovered” .his running ability three weeks ago when the Nittanies played Maryland in a blizzard. With snow limiting the Lions’ aerial attack, Liske started running and has .“been ever since. Liske’s favorite target, Junior Powell, is also approaching a Penn State record. Powell has grabbed 30 passes for 289 yards so far this season and needs only four receptions against Pitt Saturday to break Jesse Arnelle's 1952 record of 33 receptions fn one season. All - American end candidate Dave Robinson trails Powell in the pass-catching department Robinson has- grabbed 17 passes for 178 yards. A 1 Gursky with 14 receptions and Kochman with 11 follow Powell and Robinson. 9th in IC4A's; AT&FF Meet State Enter Deordorff, Nichols Look Best for lion Harriers By JOE GRATA State’s harriers returned from tumultuous New York City to the tranquil Nittany Valley Monday night in a quiet mood. Earlier that day the Lions had placed ninth in the ‘s4th annual IC4A Cross-Country Champion ships at i Van Cortlandt Park. The Nittany freshmen, tfcird place finishers in the frosh race, man aged to save some prestige for the varsity ‘ delegates- State- captain Howie Deardorff, who ran-the live-mile Van Cort landt Park trail in 25:42 minutes, and junior Joe Nichols looked impressive, turning in their best performances of the year. “They were the most pleasing part of the whole affair,” Lu c i said yesterday. Nichols crossed the finish line 24th with a tirm of 26:56 minutes. Sophomore Dii Lainpman,, s u fering with case of nerves pounded with th> broken nose 1 received in an automobile acci- dent more than a week ago, end ed up 53rd. - Dick Tuft placed 83rd and Ted Imswiler,- 84th, for State. Lionel Bassett dropped out of the run ning because of a severe headache and stomach cramps. ■= On Monday, the Nittariy ! run ners will travel to East Lapsing, Mich., fpr the NCAA Cross-Coun try Championships. The pre-race favorites in Mon day’s race—Villaritiva and Big Ten. champion Michigan State finished first'and second in one of the best IC4A cross-country runs in the past decade. Villanova, with individual win ner Vic Zwolak and runner-up Pat Traynor, and Michigan State, with Jan Bowen (7), Roger Hum barger (8) and Don Castle (9), easily proved they were the best and top contenders for the na tional title. The champion Villanova Wild cats’ contingent, winners of the !C4A race for the first time, had been running as much as 80 miles a week since last September’to prepare for the race. ( WEDNESDAY. NQVEMBEE 2T. W 62 Four Wilf Represent Squad at Ohio State Four State distance ’ rumjen will coni pete in the initial ckbss country championship sponsored by the newly-formed American TYack and Field, Federation at Ohio State tomorrow. I Representing the Lion vaisity will be sophomores Ernie John ston,'Steve Gill, „Jim Young! and junior Mike Slieedy. All |.tour were,members of State’s second echelon of runners during! the unbeaten (4-0)-dual meet season. |The Thanksgiving Day race, scheduled for 1'1:30 a.m. on the Ohio State golf course, will be 10,000. meters (614 miles) long. !.Charles (Chic) Werner, former cross-country and track bosu at Mt. Nittany, serves v -as the execu tive president of the American Track and Field Federation! or ganized last spring ryuhile the NCAA and AAU were wrapped up in their bitter struggle over control of amateur athletic* in the United States. : According to State coach John Lucas, who talked with Werner at the IC4A race in New York City Monday, there is ho estimate of the number of teams wlio’ll compete at Columbus, Ohio, to morrow. “Chic Werner talked to several of us coaches at the (IC4A) meet,” Lucas said, "and assured us! that the amateur status of any the runners who compete will not be affected." ~ Jm Hkhb Werner was .questioned -by many t>f the cosines on the re cent agreement between the NCAA - and AAU, but said- he couldn't answer them at the tame. According 6 Lucas, Weimer said that the NCAA and /AU haye ■ come to a “harmonious agreement” about several impor tant issues 'and that the nation’s track athletes r«