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Penn 24 Columbia 6 Rutgers 12 Uillanova 6 Dartmouth 21 Cornell 12 Brown 16 Harvard 6 Me 38 Princeton 20 T.G.U. 14 Texas 9 Bucknell 26 Temple 6 Penn State 46 Holy Cross 0 Syracuse 71 Colgate 0 mm Si CTlr-'4 IP)V fB OO I S' IS i HANLON (Pj Magic Eje PJiotos by Robert L. Mooney, Inquirer Photographer Now In the clear at the 17-yard line, Coffin races for the end zone to score after just three minutes, 26 seconds of the game, played at New York's Baker Field. Columbia's Ed Little gives futile chase. Penn won, 24-6.

Crisp block helps Penn back score first touchdown on 34-yard run against Columbia Saturday. Dave Coffin skirts end and breaks into the clear as teammate Jack Hanlon erases Columbia's Harvey Brookins at line of scrimmage. At the Columbia 25, Coffin eluded Tom Vasell and4iere at the 22 he spins completely around to get away from diving tackle by center Bob McCool. Penn WMds Columbia Nears Ivy Cr own Blue threatened to turn the gamei into a rout by rolling up a 21-0 lead in the first half. But Penn had to be content with a 27-yard fipld eoal bv Ed Shaw while being This gave him 29 for two seasons of play, four more than the mark compiled by Cornell's Norm Juvoneh in three seasons of play.

Federspiel, who hadn't caught a pass in the three previous games, also tied the one-season plays on the muddy field, espe-record at 19. cially in the first half. So the Fortunately, Columbia could- visiting fans never had any n't run against Penn's lines' anxious moments while cheering while the Red and Blue was able their sixth victory of the cam-to gain steadily on inside power paign and fifth in the league against one defeat. i All Penn needs now is a winj over Cornell on Thanksgiving! Day to wrap up the title. But! second-place Dartmouth kept; alive the possibility of overtaking headed the lusty ground attack that accounted for 338 of Penn's total 404 net yardage.

The former scored the first touchdown on a 34-yard end run that capped a 67-yard drive from the opening kickoff. He was voted the rough contest's outstanding back with his sparkling end sweeps that gave him 87 yards on 10 carries. Doelling, well defensed to the By HERB GOOD Inquirer Reporter NEW YORK, N. Nov. University of Pennsylvania, continuing its relentless drive towards its first official Ivy League title, found lowly Columbia University anything but a soft touch as the Quakers triumphed, 24-6, before 8000 in the rain at Baker Field Saturday afternoon.

In hurdling its next to last bar Not only did he throw a four-yard touchdown pass to junior end Bob Federspiel to prevent his team from being shut out, but he harassed the Penns repeatedly as the Lions gained all but 13 of their 202 yards through the air. His accurate tosses enabled Federspiel, 61 former Philadelphia LaSalle High athlete, to set an Ivy career record as he made six catches for 123 yards. outplayed by the scrappy Lions in the second half. Tom Vasell, Columbia's sophomore quarterback, showed why he's the league's leading passer hv rlnine more damage to the Sfffe ftMftm Inquirer the Quakers, should the latter stumble in the last one, with a 21-12 victory over Cornell. Dartmouth (4-1-1) concludes its season at Princeton next Saturday.

Dave Coffin, Fred Doelling, Jack Hanlon and Shaw spear Penns through the air than any other Ivy passer. rier to the throne, the Red and. SPORTS SECTION SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 15, 1959 Continued on Page 15, Column 6 Syracuse Whales Colgate; Lucas Rolls Up Mich. St. Jolts Northwestern, Jams Big Ten 216 Yards as 9 7-Yard Touchdown Run Helps Yale Jar Princeton By STEVE SNIDER PRINCETON, N.

Nov. 14 (UPI). Half back Nick Kangas, scoring on a 97-yard kick-off return after a sleight-of-hand hand-off from Lou Miller, fired Yale to a 38-20 victory over Princeton Saturday before a sellout crowd of 46,000 at Palmer Stadium. Accepts Cotton Bowl Bid i'iState Romps SYRACUSE, N. Nov.

14 ciation for a Jan. 1 appearance! Arkansas now leads the circuit (LTD. Syracuse, the Nation's Dallas, Tex. with 5-1, followed by Texas, 4 No. 1 college football team, Meanwhile, the Southwest and TCU, 3-1.

humiliated hapless Colgate, 71-0, Conference, whose champion The undefeated Orangemen UNIVERSITY PARK, EAST LANSING, Nov. 14 (AP). Michigan State's 15- Saturday. Immediately after(or representative case a took advantage of numerous Col-jiov. 14 (Al-).

Kicme Lucas Tom Singleton, quarterbacking Yale mates to perfection, i 10 victory over Northwestern the one.s'idcd exhibition Orangetie) will oppose Syracuse, was gate mistakes and scored on smasnea renn Mates aii-ume on second half two-touchdown authorities announced the ac- thrown into a snarl when pre well-executed long plays as the mamauai ouense record sarar- i scored one touchdown, passed for a another, hit one two-point con- ,6 day of Big Ten up-the Spartans a sur- ceptance of a bid extended by viously unbeaten Texas was up the Cotton Bowl Athletic Asso-'set by Texas Christian, 14-9. Raiders went down to leading me once-Deaien worst defeat in 69 years of Lions to a 46-0 romp over ovis 1 1 jversion pass and booted three ball, outclassed Holy Cross. conversion kicks in a rout i.mB conference title race Saturday. Never before this confusing, a year ago. Ded in with touchdowns in the riciure, rage it.

TCU Dislodges Texas i il. i arasuii tins a iwu-ume juser German- jitaken the title and the accom born halfback from Whitehouse, Glassport (Pa.) senior panying trip to the Rose Bowl, N. accounted for two scores P3" ran ior 'put it in front to stay. Trailing, With the Illinois 9-6 dumping 216 yards against the Crusaders FromUnbeatenRanks on a 30-yara pass piay ana a 13-8, after a touchdown by Hugh Kick Returns Day The kickoff and punt return football's most spectacular plays kept Saturdays crowds cheering. Among the long runs were: A 97-yard kickoff return after a sleight-of-hand handoff by Nick Kangas, which fired Yale's 38-20 win over Princeton.

Page 1 An 84-yard kickoff return by Don Cavelli, which highlighted Wagner College's 42-8 rout of Moravian. Page 2 Sophomore Bob Clemens' electrifying 64-yard punt return on a sloppy field, which started Pitt to a 28-13 win over Notre Dame. Page 3 Al Stewart's 51-yard punt return in Western Mary- land's 26-6 triumph over Drexel Page 4 of favored Wisconsin, Michigan three-yard run. Tom Gilburg, a in a handsome comeback for the 10th ranking team in the nation. State, Wisconsin and North junior end from cnappaqua, Pictures, Page 3.

western all had 4-2 records in a N. caught scoring passes of On 56-Yard TD Dash three-way tie for first. MUST WAIT AND SEE Scott early in the second period, Muller took Brewster Loud's 24 and 11 yards. SARETTE TOSSES THREE But no individual could claim AUSTIN, Nov. 14 (UPI).

Spoiler Texas Christian But Michigan State only plays six conference games and now has to wait and see what hap the major share of credit for the surged from behind Saturday on a 56-yard scoring sprint by kickoff on Yale's three, advanced to the 11 and then slipped the ball to Kangas, who angled for the sideline and dashed all the way to score without being touched. drubbing Syracuse handed Col halfback Harry Moreland to drop second-ranked Texas from pens to Northwestern and Wis gate in its 60th meeting, although the unbeaten ranks, 14-9. consin each with seven games sophomore quarterback Dave Sa- Thp iinepf viptnrv hv fhp From that 15-13 lead, Yale leaeue nlav It will be North three touchdown RECORDS, PEN STATE Rept. 19-Dpfeatfd Misnourl. 194.

Nrpt. 26-Driratrd VMI, 21-0. Ort. 3-nrfratrd C'oljratt, 58-20. Ort.

10-Drfralrd Army, 17-11. Ort. 17-Ipfpatfd Boston 21-11. Oct. 24-I'tatrd Illinoli.

20-9. Ort. 31-D'fralrd Wrst Virfinia. 28-10. Nov.

7-Lost to Syracuse. 20-18. Nov. 14-Defrated Holy I'rosi, 46-0. Nov.

21-At Pitt. HOLT CROSS Kept. 26 Defeated Part mouth, 31-S. Ort. 3-Defeated Villanova.

20-0. Ort. 10 Defeated Dayton, frO. Ort. 17 Lost to Syraruse, 42-6.

Ort. 24 Defeated Columbia. 34-0. Oct. 31-Defeated Collate.

14-12. Nov. 7 Defeated Boston I 17-8. Nov. 14-Lost to Penn State, 4O-0.

Nov. 21 At Marquette. Nov. 28 Boston Collrte. power-laden Horned Frogs brokeirette threw Tpvao ninp.

cramp vipfnrv KtrinP Passes. on to roU up a 31-13 margin at western's turn to try Illinois Sports Results halftime and staved off all but next week and Wisconsin will Chuck Comer 90-yard kickoff return, wmcn opened the floodgates for Bowling Green to sink University of Delaware, 30-8. Page 7 A 39-yard punt return by Charlie Britt which helped Georgia upset Auburn, 14-13. Page 8 A 60-yard quick-kick return by Gordon Speer, giving Rice a 7-2 win over Texas A. M.

Page 15 one other Princeton threat an and kept alive Texas Christian's! scored 30 in hopes for a Southwest Confer-thefirst Juarter. a r.eco5d the'r ence championship and a Cotton "ne5-a 10 more ine meet last-place" Minnesota. Both would have to lose or tie to give the Spartans their third trip to the Rose Bowl. Northwestern showed great The high-scoring clip eased in College FOOTBALL IVY LEAGUE Ill-yard touchdown run by Dan Sachs in the third period for its victory in six Ivy League games. It was Princeton's third rlnfoof in civ Iosctiia aamoe Bowl berth against Syracuse i New Year's Day.

Texas Christian I'Aran rt I ti nil 6 overcame a built up by power and poise eaiijr iu 7 a.n halftimo Iparl IH I I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Yale netted four touchdowns ramp Thp Wilrlrats sureed 61 the second half, which was played under lights when rain-caused darkness took a toll on the Orange scoring machinery and the 31,000 fans in Archbold Stadium. Two of the scoring plays dem 6 Texas and registered two second- thp! Brown 16 Harvard He scored one touchdown and passed for another. and a field goal the first five times it had possession, but twice Dartmouth 21 Cornell 12 touchdowns in freezing Coach Rip Engle's gndders. weather before 45,000. first time they had the ball.

Ron Burton's power running was alternated with the crisp, Standings WLTP had to come from behind. Princeton rolled 61 yards in 10 WLTP onstrated the deadly effective OUTRUNS SECONDARY Moreland, a 165-pound junior, 5 1 0 10 Cornell 3 3 0 6 obviously courting a bowl bid, ran up the score almost at will behind Lucas' quarterbacking. 69-YD. PASS SCORES TD short passes of Bob ness of the devastating Syracuse maHo hrpp rnmnlptinns D'tm'h 4 11 9 Pr'eton 3 3 0 6 broke over his own right end, attack, H.inrr ho marhthp lact rariiYale 4 2 0 8 Brown 1 5 1 3l Gundy Stops Cornell As Late Interception Seals Yarmouth Win HANOVER, N. Nov.

14 (AD. Dartmouth's brilliant Bill Gundy choked off Cornell hopes Saturday by intercepting a pass, then completing his third touchdown pass ipthe final cut back to his left and out-DAVS RUNS 56 TO TD rvirtcr fmm thp IH.varH linp in Ilarv'd 3 3 0 6 Colu'bia 16 0 2 Lucas' star shone brightest in Sophomore halfback Ernie Da- the second quarter when a beau- MIDDLE ATLANTIC the one. Eickhoff went over on a raced the Texas secondary to mark up the game-winning marker with 7:20 left in the game. vis, of JMmira, N. accounted tifully thrown pass to end John for the longest touchdown run of Bocizk, Centerville, gained the day when he scooted 56 yards.

70 yards to set up State's third CONFERENCE University Division Bucknell 26 Temple It was all Texas in the first Davis took the ball in his own touchdown. 22 Muhlenberg 6 half as the Longhorns tallied a Continued on Page 3, Column 1 RECORDS TALE ftrpt. 26 Tpfrtrd rnnneellrnt, 20-0 Orl. j-Drfratrd Brown, 17-0 Ort. in-lpftM Olumhtu, lfO Oct.

17-pfptfd CornHI, 23-0 0t. 24-lWealrd foUatt, 21-4. Ort. 31-Lout to Dartmouth, 124. Nov.

7 Loat to Pfnn. 28-12. Not. 14-lpfatrd Princeton, 3J-20. Nor.

21-Harard PRINCETON Vol. 26 I.ol to Rutirrra. g-4 Ort. j-Drfratrd Columbia, 22-0 Ort. 10-Loat to Prnn.

18-0 Ort. 17-Drffatfd Colrate, 42-7 Ort. 24-ftrrfatrd Cornrll, 20-0, Ort. 31-Drfratcd Brown, 7-0. Nov.

7 Lost to Harvard, lvO, Not. 14-1. out to Tale, 38-20. Nov. 21 Dartmouth It sent Lucas offensive yard territory, went to the right, re- Mannings safety and drove sneak and Mike Stock kicked the point.

Michigan State pickeiup three points with 16 seconds to go in the first half on a 25-yard field goal by Art Brandstatter. Northwestern countered with a 35-yard field goal by Stock in the third period. Michigan State got back in the minute tor a zl-iz ivy league 45 yaras in versed his fjeld at the 50 and Jit. etgni -yB lo. a outran the entire Colgate yard plunge by fullback Mike I defense.

Delaware 4 0 0 Lehigh 2 2 age for the year to 1121, a new mark in the 72-year-football history at State. By the final gun his yardage amounted to 1184. The previous record was 1082 in Bucknell 3 2 0 Rutgers 2 2 0 Dcwdle Lafayette 3 3 0 Muhlenb'g 1 2 Another long scoring play came when second-string quarterback But the crushing ground of Rutgers Downs Villanova, 12-6, fensive of coach Abe Martin's Horned Frogs, which rolled up Gettysb'g 2 2 0 Temple 0 4 0 Continued on Page 14, Column 4 Continued on Page 14, Column 4 Continued on Page 15, Column 3 Continued on Page 8, Column 6 233 yards rushing, took its toll triumph. The senior field general stole a Marcello Tino pass in Cornell territory and ran to the Cornell 20. He had just punted dead to the 11 with three minutes remaining and the Indians clutching to a 14-12 lead.

Four plays later, Gundy hit right end Seth Strickland for the clinching score. The pass was good for seven yards with 17 seconds left. THROWS TD STRIKES in the last half, and TCU's rock ribbed defense allowed Texas only one first down in the last In Ground Play two periods. TCU marched 48 yards, mainly on the bruising runs of Jack Bucknell Wins, 26-6, As Temple Loses 20th By BOB FACIIET Inquirer Reporter t.fwtkrttriJ. Nov.

14. A wet field turned an ex- By JOHN DELL Spikes and the jump passing of, auarterback Larry Dawson, to Gundy, a master oi deception in the first half, tossed scoring NEW BRUNSWICK, N. Nov. 14. Villanova died on dear score late in the third period.

Halfback Marvin Lasater ran wide around right end for the old Rutgers' six-yard-line in the nortprf flprial circus into a comedy of errors Saturday and last five yards and the score. last 20 seconds and took a 12-6 Bucknell took advantage of enough Temple misplays to deal TCU PUNT BLOCKED licking in a game that had more the Owls their 20th 0f them in their lone touch- But the big one was Moreland's excitement than a rigged quiz tricky run. defeat, 26-6. Bucknell lost five fumbles to show. Texas got on the scoreboard Wildcats had 14,500 hearts with 12 seconds left in the first, hold down the score and Temple down drive.

EVENS SERIES The victory evened Bucknell's season record at 4-4 and knotted its series with Temple at 13-13, with seven ties. The Bisons also hammering as little Nick Lan gave up the ball on four inter RECORDS CORNELL Kept. 26-Defeated Collate, 20-15. Ort. 3 Defeated Lehifh.

13-0. Ort. 10-Defeated Harvard, 20-16. Ort. 17-Lot to Tale, 234.

Oet. 24 ost to Princeton. 20-0. Ort. 31-Defeated Columbia, 13-7.

Nov. 7-Defeated Brown. 19-0. Nov. 14-Loat to Dartmouth, 21-12.

Nov. 26-At Penn. DARTMOUTH Sept. 26 Lost to Holy Crosa, 31- Ort. 3 Lost to Penn, 13-0 Oct.

10-Tled Brown, 0-0 i Ort. 17-Lost to Boston Collexe, 35-12 Oct. 24-Defeated Harvard. 9-0. Oct.

31-Defeated Tale, 12-8. Nov. 7 Defeated olumbia. 22-0. Nov.

14-Defrated Cornell, 21-12. Nov. 21 At Princeton strikes of 22 yards to Strickland and 49 to reserve end John Continued on Page 9, Column 4 cone's passes carried them 74 ceptions and a fumble to waste most of its opportunities. The Bisons' tough line held Temple retained the Old Shoe Trophy, yards in the last minute and 50 seconds. Then, as time ran out In Rutgers Stadium, the 5-9 quar- tn 91 varrU rnshinff and the OwlsiWtllcn tney nave Kepi unuer lot netted only 103 yards in the air, and key since 1954.

lempie vuttcii i etc Ttiio a i Picture, Page 4. Rough Riders Down Cats, 17-5 OTTAWA, Nov. 14 (AP). The Ottawa Rough Riders defeated the Hamilton Tiger-Cats 17-5 before 18,926 drenched spectators Saturday to take a 12-point lead in the Big Four final series. The second game of the two- was satisnea mat nis squaa nau held down the score and had contained Bucknell in the second half, when ihe Bisons made only three first downs.

Henry. Al Rozycki's conversion run after a neat bit of Gundy chicanery enabled the Indians to But Bucknell's Bob Odell, while admitting it was a "lousy game," walk off at halftime with a 14-0 lead. was happy to get a victory after RECORDS TEMPLE Sept. 26-Loat to Buffalo. 28-14 Oct.

3 Lost to Scranton, 26-12 Ort. 10 Lost to Muhlenbera. 14-1) Oct. 17 Lost to Lafayette, 52-20 Oct. 24-Lost to Hofstra, 15-0.

Oe' 31-Lo to Drexel, 124-Nov. 7 Lost to Delaware. 62-0. Nov. 14 Lost to BurkneU, 2fr-- Nov.

21-At Gettysburg BUCKNELL Kept. 26-Defeated Gettysburg. 21-0. Oct. 3 Loat to Harvard.

20-6. Oct. 10 Defeated Buffalo, 20-21. Ort. 17 Defeated Rutaera.

154. Oct. 24-Lost to Lafayette. 124. Ort.

31-Loat to Lebilh. 14-0. Nov. 7 Loat to Collate, 16-13. Nov.

14 Defeated Temple, 26-i. Nov. 21 Delaware. terback was smothered on the 14, beneath an avalanche of Scarlet, with Marv Engle, a 6-2 end, in its forefront. Thus ended the activities of a torrid Saturday, marked by the vagaries of its weather and those of Villanova.

As rain fell in the first half, Villanova couldn't do much about John Stiegman's sin- However, Cornell put on a stir game, total-points scries wui De played in Hamilton next Satur three straight defeats. "We re a passing team and we need a dry field," he said in explaining the ring second half comeback to pull within two points on the efforts day, itnti -WWfi' 'r 'if moo- of Tino. He clipped off consist- AP Wlrephoto poor offensive performance. Bucknell's first touchdown was Quarterback Russ Jackson, voted the Big Four's most valuable player, scored two touch Continued on Page 6, Column 1 Wisconsin halfback Ed Hart (44) reaches for a fumble behind his own goal line as Illinois back Ed O'Bradovich (40) bears down on him in the first quarter. Illinois scored safety, went on to register 9-6 upset win.

Story on Page 8. Continued on Page 12, Column 3 downs for Ottawa. Continued on Page 4, Column 2.

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