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Tigers
West Heads !
Group Of |
Fleet Backs !
By SANDY PADWE
Missouri ioolba)] coach Dan
Devine. like Frank Sinatia.
lias hi.qli hopes.
Nineteen letter men, a vet
eran baekfield, and good depth
at the ends are the teasons for
Devine's rosy outlook for 1959.
'[’lie Tirol's, who host Peiml
State Satuidnv, liave tneir back-'
field mind h< >m lasi vein's team
which compiled a 5-1-1 record
Heading the lot of fleet Mis
*r<im hacks is umior Mel West,
who finished as the 12th best
gmund garnet in the nation last
fall
The 5-9, 185-pound West is 1
regarded as a breakaway threat I
because of his fine speed. His
best showing last season came
against Kansas when he rushed
tor 170 yards in 26 carries.
"lie's one helluva football plnv
* r," contented Rip Engle after
v.ahlung game movies of West,
again't Oklahoma
Engle was gist as high on Phil
Snowden, a two-year letterwm
lier who is back to direct Mis
souri s multiple offense Snowden
is i,-ded as one of the finest col
legiate passers in the midwest,
hating completed 4fi aerials in 86
attempts good for 5411 raids last
fall
He has been the starling
quarterback at Missouri since
his sophomore year but Devine
and other observers on the Mis
souri scene feel fhis will be his
best year.
Non is Steven->on rs Missouri's
right halfback Ho does the hun
dred in 10 flat in football gear
and is a lunior.
Ed Mehrer, another junior is
slated to be the staiting fullback
He joined the first string midway
through the 1958 season because
of bis defensive work but he
wound up with the best rushing
average m Missouri’s backfield.
The ends ate as strong ns the
back Held. Danny l.aßose, an nil
big eight (hone la.-d year while
n umior holds down the right end
post wlino lanky Russ Sloan, a
senior, is the other wingman
He finished second to Laßose
in the pass catching depart
ment with 16 nabs for 211
yards. Backing up these two
is Dale Pidcock, a senior who
lost his starting job io Laßcse.
Mike Mngnc, the Bengal co
captain will be one of the start
ing tackles while Bill Wegener
a 215-pound senior will probably
get the nod at the other tackle
post
The other co-captain Tom
Swiine.v will be the center He’s
a two-vear letlorw inner and lias
centered for Snowden the past
two seasons,
Guaid is the only place where
Devine has Roubles. Graduation
claimed his two starters. And
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what losses they were Both Don! houn understudied Rash
Chadwick and Charley Rash were, Missouri is expected to give
all-conference picks and RaslPOklahoma a run for the big eight
was mentioned on some All- crown this year and they have
American teams. their sights set on the Oiange
Replacing them will be a bowl, too.
sophomore and a junior. Paul The Sooner*? are ineligible for
Henley at left guard was a the Orange Bowl this season so
standout on the freshman team la second place finish would give
in 1958 and junior Rockne Cal- Missouri its chance.
Injury Shelves Stellatella;
Lions Train
Veteran guard Sam Stellatella
is the latest Penn State gridderi
to go on the injured list. The two-,
year letterman sprained an ankle '
during practice and is c-xpected to!
miss the opener against Missouri!
!. . Penn State coach Rip Engle '
:is putting the Lions through some'
l tough conditioning drills to get
them piepared for Saturday's
game with Missouri . . . The Nit
tanies saw movies of the Mis
souri-Oklahoma game and are
working on offensive and defen
sive moves which should help
| them Saturday . . . Halfback Jim
iKerr is running well again after
| missing a few practices due to a
pulled muscle . . . Captain Pat
Botula is nursing a bruised hip
but is expected to be ready to
go full speed Saturdav . . . Engle
• said he would name his starting
:team by the end of the week . . .
ißichie Lucas continues to mi
spress all visitors to the Lion
draining sessions . . . The Lion
'quarterback is Penn State's top
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Mel West
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For Bengals
hope for All-American honors . . .
Frank Yeutter, well known sports
wiiter for the Philadelphia Eve
ning Bulletin has checked into
the Nittany Valley for a close
look at the Blue & White . . .
He’ll be covering them this fall
. . . A 1 Jacks and Bob Scrabias.;
two quarterbacks from last year’s
team will help coach the Lion
frosh this season . . . The Lions’
first home game will be against
V.M.I. a week Saturdav . . . An
other home game with Colgate
ifollows Oct. 3 . . . Future oppon
ent Army opens at Boston Col
lege Sept. 26 . . .
Packers Ask Waivers
On Parilii, 2 Others
MILWAUKEE CP) The Green
Bay Packers yesterday put Babe
Parilii, their one-time highly
touted quarterback, on waivers,
(along with defensive tackle Tom
Saidock and halfback Alex Haw
kins
Losses Hurt Lions
At Center, Wing
By JOHN BLACK
(Second in a three part series on Penn State football by posi
tions. Today's story covers the ends and cenlers.i
The loss of two key players, All-East center Steve Garban
and collegiate all-star Maury Schleicher, coupled with a few
freak injuries in the first week of practice has left Penn
State’s end and center slots “greener’’ and somewhat weaker
than in recent vears.
Garban, captain of last year's Nittany Lion gridders, and
Schleicher, whom Coach Hip En-, * * *
gle rates as “possibly the best
defensive end we’ve ever had,”
both graduated. Wayne Berfield,
Garban’s understudy at the mid
dle position had to sit out spring
practice because of a broken arm.
then rebroke the same arm in the
first week of fall drills. Jim
Schwab one of the top end candi
dates injured an ankle on pic
ture day. before practice even
started
Berfield’s injury left the Nit
tanies thin center crew with only
one varsity returnee and three
green sophomores
Two of these sophs are fight
ing to fill the gap in the first
unit line. Jay Huffman, a 188-
pounder from Clairton, who
played end in high school but
worked at center for the frosh
is battling it oulwiih Dick Wil
son, a 208-pound tackle and end
for the '57 frosh. He returned
to school this fall.
Behind them come Jim Graham
and Chuck Vogclsong. Graham is
a 195-pound senior whose right
thigh had to mend this summer
from a gunshot wound suffered
ilast spring. Vogelsong stands 6-1,
! 198 and hails from Upper Darby.
; A problem arises on the defen
sive side of the slate here too—
teaching someone to handle the
middle-linbacking spot, to anal
yze the play and fill up the hole
like Garban.
At the terminals the Lions
will have to operate without
defensive ace Schleicher, who
1 was also the team's leading
j pass-catcher last year.
| With Schwab out via the injury
’route, the starting left end slot is
;being contested by Hank Opper
man, Dave Truitt' and Dave Al
exander.
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Opperman notched the most
playing time of the three last!
years. The junior 200-pounder
from Connellsville saw 76 mm
jules of action m ’5B and is also
■one of the team's place-kicking
.specialists. He has been doing all
the booting chores since Sam
IStellatella’s injury Monday.
Truitt is a speedster who ran
the hurdles for Chick Werner's
trackmen last spring. The 6-3
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junior saw 55 minutes of play
ing time on last year's grid
squad.
! Alexander was under fire for
147 minutes last fall but in the
spring worked his way to the
number one unit. The 6-Joot 194-
jpounder from New Castle has two
years of competition left.
! At right end last year’s starter
’Norm Neff is back and seems to
(have earned the nod again He is
backed up by John Bozick and
:Bob Mitinger.
1 Neff a 6-2, 204-pound senior,
hauled in nine aerials for 106
:yards and two touchdowns in the
’5B campaign and was second only
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