SATURDAY, JANUARY 5. 1963 EllOO-On's '...Almstee_ .- Riiiits LiordiGator ';7o1-1104,es By IRA MILLER Florida unveiled a powerful answer to :Army's - .Chinese Bandits in the Gator Bowl last Saturday. - Only the coolie hats and Chi nese music were missing_ as the Gators' - new "Monster" defense almost completely stymied Penn State's powerful offense. The Lions were held to just 139 yards; more than 200 below their regular season average. The "Monster" defense was an innovation of Gene Ellenson, who took over the Gators' defensive coaching chores only last month when Jack Green left for a head coaching position at Vanderbilt. "It is actually the old nine-man front,"_Ellenson said. "The 'Mon ster' is the fullback Serving as linebacker. He will be told by the center, who is calling defenses, which way to head. Jim O'Donnell and Tommy. Kelley did a top job as the 'Monsters.' We only had four days, to. work on this and I was so nervous I couldn't sleep the past two nights." ELLENSON installed the de: fense especially for the Gator Bowl, as one. of the new wrinkles with which Florida hoped to sur prise the' Nittanies. "I think_the offense helped •by taking a •lot of the pressure -off," he added.. Only twice in the game did Florida give up the ball with out making at least one first down. Florida head coach Ray Graves, who has directed two Gator Bowl champions in three, years; said that defense and line play were the game's key factors. - "I'm as proud of them as can be," Graves said. "They wanted this one and they went out, there and got it. - - "MY ASSISTANT coaches dew serve a lot of credit for getting the team ready like they did over the holidays (Florida had - eight practices in five, days preceding the game, including two workouts Christmas Day)," Graves said. "Coach Ellenson. especially did a great job with the defense. We gambled a - little, - -and - it paid off." Graves refused to call the game the Gators' best of the year, say- NOW... at the Record Roorn Peter, Paul, & Mary "Moving" Outstanding Selection of Phonographs by GE, - VM, SYMPHONIC, WEBCOR, COLUMBIA "The Most Complete Record Selection in Central Pennsylvania" OPEN: 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday thru Saturday - —Collegian Photoa . by Den Coleman STOPPED SHORT; Florida quarterback Tom Shannon is held for no gain on State's 7-yard line in the first Period of the Gator Bowl, won by the Gators, 17-7. Dave Robinson (left) and Don Caum (right) combine to stop Shannon, who passed for both Florida touchdowns. ing it would have to rank with their performances against Flor ida State and Auburn. They beat Florida State, 20-7, and Auburn, 22-3. •Tom Shannon, Florida's brash young quarterback, who five days before the game had predicted that "Penn State will be lucky to stay with us for a half," emerged with the Burkhalter Memorial Trophy as the winning team's most valuable player. A sopho more portsider, he completed 7 of 9 passes for 79 yards and both Gator touchdowns. "THIS IS THE BIGGEST one for me, by far," Shannon said. "I threw real good today because I had great blocking. Penn State has a great ball club. They are- the best and str'mgest team we faced - IN STOCK - SPECIAL on DIAMOND NEEDLES Reg,. $9,95 NOW . . . $2.29 350 E. College Avenue THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. UNIVERSITY PARK. PENNSYLVANIA all season." -Frank Lasky, a 260-pound tackle, didn't quite agree with Shannon's estimate of the Nit tanies. "PENN STATE'S good but I think we're better. They would be only a middle-rate team in thd SEC," Lasky said. "We were more ready to play than they were," was the analysis of Larry Libertore, a 138-pound reserve quarterback. He was the MVP of Florida's 13-12 Gator Bowl' victory over Baylorin 1960. ALL THE GATORS agreed that Penn State was the hardest-hit ting team they faced this year. "They are the biggest college team I • have ever seen," Larry Travis, a senior guard said. "They hit you a real good first lick." Alan Sherman "My Son, the Celebrity" Gator Bowl Clippings Notes copied from the wrinkled cuff of a reporter who still believes . Penn State had one of the top five teams in the _. country despite the Gator Bowl fiasco. One week before the Gator Bowl, as Florida was drilling for the classic, cocky sopho more quarterback Tom Shan non told defensive coach Gene Ellenson that, "If Penn State is. real lucky, they might make a game of it for a half." At the lime the prediction looked like the wildest one of the football season, but when Shannon & Co. were finished with State, no one was laughing. Shannon did more than just talk. though as he completed 7 of 9 passes for two touchdowns and was named Florida's most valuable player. The 6-0, 170-pound star copped all but four of the votes of the press, radio and TV men who were covering the game. All-American end Dave Robin son won the MVP' award for the Lions . . . GB officials are planning to expand the seating capacity to over 60,000 for next year. They plan to enclose the southern end of the stadium into a horseshoe . . . Officials had planned on a rematch of Penn State-Georgia Tech but were snubbed by the Engineers. Tech officials had made a corn mittment to the GB, but tho players voted to go to the Blue bonnet Bowl instead. Besides NOW OPEN! ...':::...., ..,.. ,:, Hr ., ... i ..-...i : :: . ./..g. ...' I .. ... ... .. . , , . ~ . . . .. 5 Miles East of State College on Rt. 322 . , _ _ •.Equipment Rentals . • ~ :„ • 1600-Foot T-BAR • Heated Lodges • Beginners Slope • Tickets By Day • Trained Instructors Or Season HUR'S FAMOUS JANUARY CLEARANCE 1 Large Group SWEATERS 1 / 2 Price 1111 , 11111 11 111111111111111111 1 11111M111111111qoplooll:0010:',11t01011, , I , ,OM.11 , 11.11 TOPCOATS 1 group 'A PRICE Values to $65 Others Reduced 111' 1 111 11 11$111i11 1 i;1111111111111111111'.11 1 '111 , 1i1WIlidi11 1 1i111 , 1,1111 ,1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1t011111 , 1'1. 11 1:74 1 . 1 1i111 1 11101:111 01 1 1 1111 1 11 ,11 11 1 1 11 '1 I'd 1' ' 1 '11,11.11 1, 1' 11::,,11.11',111111111-.Yil SPORT SHIRTS $3.95 5.00 7.95 JACKETS SUBURBANS $14.95 $11.98 17.95 13.98 ...tT MANY OTHER ITEMS ON SALE IN 7 flues 1 1: ens ~f~np OPPOSITE OLD MAIN 114 E. College Ave. losing the game to Missouri. the school made $20,000 less than if they had appeared in the GB . . . One GB official, who shall remain unnamed, said he felt personally the reason Tech didn't take the GB bid was be cause they were afraid to play Penn State again. "They , took a terrible physical beating last year," the official pointed out. . . . Until this year Lion foot ball teams had been perform ing on TV just like Perry Mason—they never lost. State won 12 straight games before the magic eye but lost twice this season. "Maybe these players just weren't very good TV ac,- tors," was the way Rip Engle summed it up . . . President Eric A. Walker "brought down the house" with his keen wit at the Awards Banquet. "This was my fourth bowl game," he told the Florida fans, "but this is the first time I came out on the short end of the score. As we walked out of the stadium, a vendor was selling Penn State pennants for 50 cents and Flori da pennants for 75. Last year we wcn and I got to sit next to Miss America. This year we lose and I am next to my wife." Alterations at Cost Cuffs Free SPORT SHIRTS SALE $2.98 3.98 8.98 SALE STORE WIDE CLEARANCE PAGE THIRTEEN BUS 7.SERVICE T. Large Table of LONG SLEEVE Values to $5.95 2 for $5.00 Dl?'i'i~'li hlhl dIIIII;.Plllll ~ll'Allru U SUITS 1 group Values To $65 $34.98 Entire Stock of Suits Reduced SPORT COATS SALE $29.95 32.50 42.95 $23.98 25.98 33.98 TROUSERS SALE $8.98 12.98 15.98 $6.95 9.98 11.9 e AD 7-4718 State College
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