The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 4, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 2, 1963 Page: 9 of 12
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SECTION TWO
THE THRESHER
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 2, 1963
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Nittany Lions Have Size, Strength,
Feature Fine Short-Passing Game
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EARLY POWER—Sophomore Guard Ronnie Qlbrich and Junior Fullback Russell Wayt clear a
path for Sophomore Back Gene Walker in an eaily foray around the Bengal flank. Rice's first-quaiter
attack netted one TD and threatened two more. Plays like this helped account for 133 yards rush-
ing and the first touchdown scored on the ground against LSU in two years. The Owls won con-
vincingly 21-12, not permitting the Cajuns to score until Rice held a formidable 21-0 advantage.
OWLOOK
OwSs Sport New Confident Look;
Should Contend For SWC Crown
By GERRY URBACH
The Owls' opponents for this
week are the rugged, well-coach-
ed Nittany Lions of Pensylvailia
State University who are threat-
ening to capture their third
straight Lambert Trophy, em-
blematic of Eastern gridiron
supremacy. Rip Engle, head
coach at Penn State, one of the
most well-respected in the busi-
ness and has been marshalling
the Lions' football forces for the
past fourteen seasons.
THIS YEAR'S STATE squad
is more dependent on sophomores
(for depth) than any in quite
a while, but the first unit is of
the caliber that annually boosts
Penn. State to high national
rank. The strong suit of the Lions
is at the man under position
where Pete Liske ranks as pro-
bably the most adept short-pass
phenom in the East while being
ranked second only to Navy's Jul- I
ly Roger Staubach in all-around ;
efficiency. Backing him up at the |
quarterback spot- is Ron C'oates, j
the field goal specialist and also !
a skilled passer and master of the !
roll-out play.
P.S.L. AGAIN has a strong!
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line anchored by All-American ;
Harrison Rosdahl and the team !
captain, All-East center, Ralph
Baker. The backfield is. young j
and has so far justified the ob- j
servation of one national pig- j
skin publication that Penn State's j
football fortune would depend on i
how well they replaced the grad-
uated backfield stars of a year
ao. So far Junior Powell, Dave
Urbanik, and Garv Kiingensmith
have proved more than adequate.
PENN. STATE IS RANKED
among the nation's top fifteen,
defeating Oregon and the re-
nowned Mel Renfro 17-7 and
last week nipping U.C.L.A. 17-
14. In the Oregon clash the Lions
from Mount Nittany unveiled a
new slot-T offense in which they
moved a back to an open end
position, split the end, and made
a tackle eligible for pass re-
ceptions. Rice's best hope lies
in Walter McReynold's strong-
right arm as Penn. State proved
vulnerable to the U.C.L.A. pass-
ing attack last Saturday.
Tourneys Started
In Touch Football,
Girls' Volleyball
The inescapable conclusion of anyone attending
the Saturday night cakewalk at Rice Stadium is
that the "Owlook" is rosy.
For the third consecutive year the Owls polished
off their feline neighbors from Baton Rouge
(counting last year's moral victory.) This was a
Rice team that was sure of itself, able, and
aggressive.
IT APPEARS THAT Jess Neely has concocted
the best-balanced, most diversified offense that the
Owls have unleashed in recent years. With Mc-
Reynold's pinpoint passing to a bevy of glue-
fingered receivers, and Wayt Walker, and com-
pany pounding the line, opposing defenses will be
gasping for that fifth timeout per half swept away
by the Rules Committee.
This was a squad that played alert, smart de-
fense until the brief late fourth quarter letdown.
In our estimation this is a team that can match
any Southwest Conference eleven in every category
except perhaps speed.
RICE'Ss BALANCED ATTACK (133 yards rush-
ing and 192 through the air) accounted for 20
first downs, an incredible total against the de-
fense-mmdecl Bengals. The defense rose to the
occasion, staving off L.S.U. when the chips were
down, on two vital occasions with the score a
still narrow 7-0.
The Owl line yielded to none and linebackers
Russell Wayt, Malcolm Walker, and Ronnie Ul-
brich diagnosed plays consistently all night with
Wayt personally breaking the back of two Cajun
scoring efforts.
FIRST VICTORY OPTIMISM must be tempered,
however, with a realistic appraisal of some weak
spots. The lateral speed of the offensive line left
something to be desired and forced sophomore-
sensation Gene Walker into some ticklish situa-
tions, such as end runs squarely into the teeth
of the Tiger defense.
The punting seemed weak and must be improved
or the Owls could find themselves battling to
regain field position all season. The pass defense
on short flares and look-ins appeared weak, but
this may be deceptive.
THE RICE SECONDARY proved tough when
the heat was on. Witness Screen's zero first-half
completions; he elected to run time and again.
Judgment will be reserved on short pass coverage
until it meets its: test of fire this week against
one of the nation's finest short distance chunkers,
Penn. State's Pete Liske.
At this point the prospects appear bright for
the '63 edition of Neely's legions if the squad
doesn't become just a "big game" team.
It is our impression that the Owls were not
particularly fired up for L.S.U. If this is the case
the obvious conclusion is that Rice was just a
superior outfit and may be the steady, "play 'em
one at a time" aggregation that can be a serious
challenger to the long-dominant Hogs and Tea-
sips.
A BRIEF SCANNING of the Southwest Con-
ference early season results reveals the probable
members of the league's upper division: Texas,
Arkansas, T.C.U., and Rice (not necessarily in
that order) are more closely matched than pre-
season pundits forecast.
Texas has been impressive but against decidedly
weak opposition. Arkansas has disappointed us but-
Frank Broyles can be relied on to bring the
Porkers around by November. Unfortunately, he
had better work his magic before then or else
Saturday night's joust with greatly improved
T.C.U. could turn into the long awaited Hog
barbecue.
THE FROGS are beginning to look frightening-
ly similar to the Purple Behemoths who crunch-
ed their way through the conference iit the late
50's.
Rice will give everyone trouble; and barring
serious injury, particularly to the vital man under
spot, the boys from South Main should make a
strong bid to spend New Year's Day in Dallas.
THE LEAGUE'S second division is considerably
weaker with the possible offensive team, whose
defense will betray it often enough to keep the
Bruins from title contention.
At any rate the early prognostications of "circle
October 19th," the day Texas and Arkansas clash
in the Ozarks, may well have to be amended to
include the dates that the Pigs and Steers tangle
with TCU and Rice. An early appraisal of com-
parative strength can be made after this week's
crucial TCU-Arkansas encounter at Fayetteville.
ON THE CRYSTAL BALL side for the week-
Texas will use just enough of its vast manpower
to defeat Oklahoma State; the Texas Aggies
should win against demoralized Texas Tech. (if
the Farmers can manage to hit paydirt at all!);
Air Foi-ce should rocket past S.M.U.'s slowly-
learning Ponies; Oregon State will derail Baylor;
and Rice, consistent in '63, wTill defeat Penn. State.
In the week's blue-plate special, Arkansas over
T.C.U., but solely on the home field advantage in
a game that could go either way.
GERRY URBACH
Gym Too Public:
Freshmen Dress
While Ice
Night-iimc gym patrons were
greeted by an unusual sight yes-
terday in the form of the Wiess
College polar hear race complete
with thinly-clad freshmen.
To some, however, -the fresh-
men were too thinly clad. A coin-
plaint from the gym on the "in-
decent exposure" of some par-
ticipants resulted in a brief pit
stop while the racers were re-
clothed.
The polar bear race consists of
lays on a rapidly melting block
freshmen teams competing in ro-
of ice.
Wiess is the only college to
hold its race on the gym sidewalk.
Hanszen and Baker utilized the
concourses of their respective col-
leges and maintained their own
standards of respectability.
NEELY TO McREYNOLDS—
"Nowali Waltuh, 7-0 is no lead
against Cajuns. I waant yuh to
hit Fleming down the right side
line and get us a little cushion."
By JOHN DURHAM
Intramural warfare for the
pseudo-jocks of Rice began Mon-
day afternoon as the first touch
football games were played in
the Monday League.
THERE ARE THREE upper-
class leagues of five teams each
Freshmen are playing in two
leagues of four and three teams,
respectively. All leagues wtil
play a round-robin schedule, e\
copt the three-team Freshman
League, which will play a double
round-robin.
League champions will be <l<- ■
! terminerl by tin- I 'est w< >n-1<-
I record. The league .-ban.: s will
I then play for the in: samurai
. championship. The leftovers, led
j by Greg Holland, are the defend-
ing champions.
THE GIRLS' VOLLEYBALL
tournament also got under way
this week with the first games
being played Tuesday. There a re
two volleyball leagues with five
teams in each league. L< ague
champions will be di-termilied by
round-robin tournament - The
league winners will piny i > - Mm
; championship.
Plav is scheduh■<i ■ c n>
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- next w eel-: ,n both m-
i women's tennis I on i namein -
: Twenty-five single.- cmmm?..'■
i and twel\ < doubles t,-am.- : • ■
! entered in the men's ;••>. ; an
i ment. Three girls will fieri it i: -. at
■for the female championj-iep,
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I 'Mural Deadlines
j The Physical Education De-
• partment reminds all interest-
| eel students of the following
j deadlines for winter intiamm-
| a Is.
j .MEN'S INTRAMURALS
I November 2: Basketball (fol-
lowed by College Consola-
tion).
Handball Singles t novi- and
regular).
Badminton Singles.
Table Tennis Sinybs and
I >c rul.iles.
| January 11: Handball bumb-
les (novice and regular e
■ Volleyball (followed by C„ b
lege Consolation),
j Badminton Doubles,
i Squash.
! \> OMEN S INTRAMl UALS
I November 2: Volleyball (.fol-
lowed by College tbm.selat-
: tion).
Badminton Singles ami Doub-
les.
j February 1: Basketball (fol-
! lowed by College Consola-
i tion).
Table Tenuis Singles and
Doubles.
All entries are due at 4 p.m.
on the date of the deadline.
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Keilin, Eugene. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 4, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 2, 1963, newspaper, October 2, 1963; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth244893/m1/9/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.