Evening star., 1959-12-19
Lucas Geftinq
Tough Test in
Liberty Bowl
TCU and Clemson
Pluy in Bluebonnet.
Three Games on TN
By the Associated Press

ueIJ Lrlple-Jnreag quarterback.
and the Redskins No. l draft
choice. challenged Alabama's
sturdy defense today in the
first Liberty Bowl game at Phil
adelphia Stadium.
The other new bowl holding
its inaugural today, the Blue
bonnet at Houston, presented
two beefy football machines.
Southwest Conference co-cham-
pion Texas Christian and At
lantic Coast Conference titlist
Clemson.
A third game on today's pro-
gram was the Holiday Bowl at
st, Petersburg, Fla, where Le-
noir Rhyme of Hickory. N. c.,
is meeting Texas All from
Kingsville, Tex. Lenoir Rhyme
was a slight favorite in this
NAIA contest to determine the
Nations small college football
champion.
All three games were to be
televised nationally. CHS listed
the Holiday Bowl at 1890
CWTOP-9 and followed with
the Bluebonnet at $3.50. NBC
has the Liberty Bowl starting
at l pm. CWRC-D.
Big Ones Later
-lese games are appetizers
for the traditional January l
contests - Washington and
Wisconsin in the Rose Bowl,
Louisiana State and Missis-
sippi in the Sugar. Syracuse
and Texas in the Cotton, and
Georgia and Missouri in the
Orange Bowl.
Clearing, cool weather with
temperatures in the mid 40s
at Philadelphia was the pleas
ant forecast after a day of
steady rain, and promoters
hoped for a $4,000 crowd. The
field. last used for the Army
Navy game, was covered with
a tarpaulin.
Penn State (8-2) remained
a one-point favorite over the
sturdy Alabama team (7-1-2)
that was unbeaten in it's last
nine games after dropping the
opener to Georgia. 17-3.
With Lucas breaking Lenny
Moore's old individual records
at Penn State by gaining l.
238 yards in 10 games. the
Nittany Lions lost only to Syra-
cuse and Pitt.
Had Tight Defense
Alabama led the nation in
pass defense. allowing an aver
age of only 45.7 yards in the air
per game. They were fourth
in total defense, limiting the
enemy to an average of 1892
yards per game.
The Alabama offense centered
about Quarterback Pat Tram
nell, a sophomore, who carried
l56 times for 525 yards and
passed for only 293 yards all
season. A scatback named
Scooter Dyess, only 5-foot-6
and l49 pounds, was regarded
as Alabama's greatest threat.
In the game at Houston,
dopesters picked seventh-ranked
Texas Christian as 8-point
favorite over the Tigers, the
Nations No. IL team. A crowd
of at least 10000 was expected
for the clash in TO,000-seat
Rice Sta dunn. Forecasters
promised clear skies and tenn
perature around so degrees.
Both Lines Good
Fullback Jack Spikes, the
Southwest'S leading rusher,
sparks the TCU offense. His
Clemson counterpart, Doug
Cline, has paced the Tigers in
ball carrying the last two
seasons.
A battle between two big,
fast lines promised to be
equally important.
All-America Don Floyd, 22O,
and Bob Lilly, 24O, head the
TCU tackles opposing Lou
Cordileone, 245. and Harold
Olson, 240. who won their
share of laurels for Clemson.
Two fine passers and runners
were opposed in the Holiday
Bowl, Lee Farmer of Lenoir
Rhyme and Butch Presley of
Texas All.
A capacity crowd of 10000
was expected to watch the
game at Al Lang Field, spring
training base for the St. Louis
Cardinals and New York Yam
KEGS.