FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 9. 1962 Hungry Mounties Feature Yost, Top Running Backs | By JOHN MORRIS I Sports Editor West Virginia football coach Gene Corum will-lead a. very determined gang of Mountain eers out of the West Virginia mountains fo face Penn State in Beaver Stadium tomorrow afternoon [“Whichever side wins this game will' probably finish with a great record," Cprum said this. ,week, it might as well, bo us.” jThe Mounties and Lions have identical 6-1 records thus far this season and bowl scouts are hov ering in - the ■ picture for both teams. 4 j Like so mjmy other Penn State foes this season, the Mountaineers are!blessed with a fine quarter back in Jerry Yost. J Yost, who has passed particular ly! well in' the Mounties’ last three games, has, thrown nine touch down passes already, this year a total exceeded only by Oregon State’s Terry Baker, Northwest ern's Tom Myers and' Miami's George Mira. " I BAKER'AND Myers have each tossed 12 touchdown passes and Mira has thrown 10. i Yost has almost clinched the' Southern Conference total offense championship, Hi 5.954 yards is 125 more than the runnerup and 325 more.than the third man, both of whom have played one more .game than the West Virginia, ace. .Yost is 14th in total offense na ionally. . . iAs _ brilliant as he has . been, Yost isn’t the whole West Virginia Offense. He-has a bevy of talented Backs'he can call on to tote the ball. - ' '(West Virginia had more good running backs than any team we Freshman Booters Fall to Lock Haven The freshman soccer team (.wound up its season on a losing ■ note yesterday, falling -to Lock 1 Haven-, 2-1. -. The Lion Cubs had beaten Lock ;• Haven by a 7-1 count in their (..season opener, but’yesterday the Linns lost their scoring punch. Playing without leading scorer NizarTalib, Walt Weiland's frosh booters were able to score only one .goal all afternoon;'; State opened the scoring on Jim Caplan’s second period goal, biit Lock Haven tallied once in both'the' third and fourth periods to( pull out the victory. , ' iThe loss left the- Lions with a T-3 record. They were also beaten ( by Navy (4-1) and Bucknell (5-0). ’-•jTheLions sorely missed Talib’s scoring. Talib had scored five of . the! Lions’ seven goals in their ' previous win over Lock Haven and . tallied the Nittanies’- only .goal-against Navy. JIM MOSS ready to ramble KEITH MELENYZER .. . paces Mountie line faced last fall," Lion coach (Rip Engle said, “and most of those fellows are back again this sea son. They’re big and strong and run with power and speed.’’ j , Tom Woodeshick. Tom Yedtcr, Jim Moss and Eli Kosanovich give a highly talented quartet of half backs. Glenn Holton is a running fullback. Moss, who is a co-captain fvith guard Keith Melenyzer, has been hampered by '(injuries but Tnay start this week. He was the Moun ties’ - second most productive ground-gainer last season with 342 yards and a'5.3 average gain 1 pei carry. KOSANOVICH and Woodeshick shared the right halfback dirties last season, has Promotional work for internationally known firm with o'ffices in 'gvgry major city throughout the world. Car furnished. Careers in management available, to qualified students'Upon graduation. Must have at least average grades. Working schedule v%ill be aiTanged to suit class and study schedule whenever possible. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, UNIVERSITY PARK., PENNSYLVANIA been used mainly on defense this year. Woodeshick was third .among Mountie rushers in 1961 with 3.17 yards and a 5.0 average. A speed merchant, he and Moss are (the Mounties’ top breakaway threats. Yeater, a stocky 202-pound sophomore, has laid claim to: the first unit left halfback position while Moss has been hobbled and may be a hard man-to disJodge from the starting, lineup, i Fullback Holton was the Moun ties leading rusher last year) 1 and is having another good season in 1962. The hard-running Holton is a fine pass receiver and prob ably (he Mounties’ best back on defense from his linebaker posi tion. HOLTON IS backed up by Steve Berzansky, who gained 90 yards against the Lions last season. Berzansky became the first full back ever to lead the Mounties in pass receiving, grabbing , ten passes for 116 yards in 1961. " ; Melenyzer, the Mountaineers’ right guard, and left guard Bob DeLorerizo have been standouts oh the West Virginia line this season. Melenyzer .(203) -led the team in tackling last season and DeLorenzo- (221) was named to State’s-all-opponent team. (The Mounties have an all lgttered line with Ken Herock (225) and Gene Heeler (205) at the 'Hackle posts. DeLorenzo and Melenyzer at guard and Pete Goimarac (221) at center, i Carney'and Goimarac are jun iors and the rest of the line is made up of seniors. Linebacker John Skinner, who has been, hampered by a bad i ankle, is the only Mountie on the, 1 doubtful list for this week's game.; COLLEGE MEN ? i Part time employment I i 15 hours per week Call Mr. Morse, 9:30 a.m.-i:00 p.m. iAD 8-8992 ! A Salary 47 dollars per week JERRY YOST Mountaineer ntle Soph Weiss As Possible (This is the fifth in a series on members of the 1962-63 Pehn State basketball team. Next is Terry Hoover. > ' Bob Weiss has yet to play his first collegiate gSme, but before he's through-he might be the best guard to et)er wb3r a Penn State uniform. 1 That’s saying a lot, especially when the Lions Have had guards like Elmer Gross, Wally Colender and Mark jDuMars. But Weiss has all the physical and natural abilities to become a great star. ; According to his freshman can do it all." Penn State fans didn ! t get a chance to see Weiss play as a freshman. He was academically; ineligible. ;" However, at practice as a mem ber of the IBM All Stars, a name coined for players ineligible, Weiss showed the ability to score when.he wanted to. HE DISPLAYED every shot imaginable, and more important, showed that he could make these shots. What makes him an, outstand ing prospect, however, is the fact that he can play defense and re bound too. His,6-3*frame gives him enough height to crash the boards even from his guard position and cm defense he's a veritable “tiger." Weiss came to Penn State from Athens High School jn north eastern Pennsylvania. He virtual ly tore apart the league in which he played, twice being named the most valuable player.. During his senior year. Weiss scored 52 points in one game and 46 in an other. ; He was steered to State by two former Lion basketball players. Dick Finley and Bill Gibson. Finley is the principal at Ath ens and the former . basketball coach and Gibson is head coach at ; Mansfield, a 'state schooLnear Weiss' home town. GIBSON TRIED to recruit (Weiss, but said, "the boy was talking in terms of Cincinnati of Ohio State.- He had the potential to be great sq I let my friend Egli know about him." Head coach John Egli already knew about Weiss and with the aid of these two men got Weiss to enroll at State. 'Phantom 1 for tie Passed Over \By Utah State Football Coach PROVO.. Utah CAP)- It’s a wonder that Eldon (The Phantom) Fortie. named Back of the Week by The Associated Press, ever played college-football. The 2t-year-old tailback of Brigham Young University’s so so football team (three victories, five losses) is the nation's total offense and rushing leader, but' at least one Utah , school didn’t want him. . Before he went to Brigham Young, Fortie was on the Utah State University campus for a try out. Utah State Coach John Ralston suggested that Fortie, then a mere 150 "pounds, join the squad for a ijiimnmimnittiiminmiiiiitiuiijim | Public Turkey Supper Boaisburg Fire Hall Saf. Nov. 10 5-? football Guests Welcome Benefit of Boalsburg Fire Co. , Hailed 'Great' By JIM BUKATA coach Snowy Simps>sdi. “Weiss 808 WEISS . . . sensational stfphomort. The I.ioti cage coach beams With pride when talking about his prized young sophomore, - "He’s oue of the finest bait players I have ever seen for his size," says Egli. ‘W's a .great, shooter, u good ball handler and ait outstanding defensive ball player. He. could heciime u great one before he’s done.’l- However. Weiss is untested. He has never in a colle giate game of any type and this could be a drawback during the first few games. j v Egli feels, though, j that Weiss is mature enough m overcome the sophonioritis thnl. sometimes haunts players moving up. t<> the varsity ' game of water poio. yfhen Fortie appeared in a swimsilit, he looked somewhat meager Compared to. the beef on the rest ,<if the team. And besides he wasn’t much of a swimmer. ' J THE NEXT YEAR; Ralston saw him perform and shpok his head in disbeliefs An aid 4 turned and said: "That's okay John, he can't swim anyway." j Fortie, who leads BYUV modi fied single wing attack, has led the nation for six straight week# in total offense for a* total of 1,738 yards in eight gamef 999 yard* from rushing. 739 passing. Ife i* third in scoring wjth 74 point* iiiiiiiimimmiHiiiinmiiiiimHiiimiiJi Adults $1.75 Children $l.OO PAGE SEVEN-
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