12—The Daily Collegian Fall Sports Preview Monday, September 10, 1973
At Syracuse, Oct. 20
Syracuse:
Running back Phil Raleigh
At Univ. Pgrk, Oct 27
West Virginia: key
By PAT HANNA
Sports Editor
The Daily Atheneum
:lORGANTOWN, W. Va. If one would
look at the number of letter : men and starters
returning for the West Virginia_
Mountaineers, a winning season would
probably be all he would expect, especially
since the team will face its . toughest
schedule in history.
Only eight starters and, 25 lettermen
return from the 1972 team that went 8-3 and
earned a Peach Bowl invitation. •
But Coach Bobby Bowden sees things a
little differently. "We will be playing with
new faces and inexperience, but potential is
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SYRACUSE, N.Y. It's a rarity when a
footballo coach manages to stick around until
retirement age, especially if he's been in
one place for a quarter of a century.
But that's the story at Syracuse, where
Ben Schwartzwalder enters his twenty fifth
and final season at the helm of the
Orangemen. He's had a national
championship, four Lambert Trophies, and
seven bowl games in his tenure, but what
kind of going-away present his team will
give him remains to be seen. -
There are some problems to overcome if
it is to be a winning season and not an
encore to last year's five and six mark, his
first losing log since 1950, but there are
some problems to overcome. Last year, his
team gave up more points than ever before
(229) while only scoring 141.
Schwartzwalder is encouraged though.
"The kids came back with a real good
attitude. We hope they can put it together
and make a good football team. But we don't
have much depth so we can't afford any
injuries," he observed.
Coach Ben played a gamedof musical
quarterbacks after senior Bob Woodruff
failed to move the ball club. He's got the
same situation this time around, but the
prospects look a little brighter.
Two sophomores, Bob Mitch and Jim
Donoghue, have entered a real dogfight for
the signal calling job along with holdovers
Rob Sutton and Dave King.
"All four of them are looking good, but
we've got to see more of them under fire in
the scrimmages," the veteran coach
analyzed. "We don't have to make a
decision until the day. of the first game, so
there," he said. "I think -the story in a
nutshell is how long will it take us to
mature."
Some of the key players that 'have
graduated are Bernie Galiffa, last year's
quarterback who broke several school
passing records; Kerry Marbury, a superb
running back who decided to forego his last
year for pro ball in Canada; Gerald Schultze
and Bill Samuelson, three-year standouts on
the offensive line; .middle-linebacker Billy
Joe Mantooth, who recently was released by
the Philadelphia Eagles; and the entire
-defensive secondary of David Morris, Doug
Charley, Tom Geishauser and Rick
Weiskircher.
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By MARK ENGEL
Sports Editor
The Daily Orange
last has potent
a we still have time." Right now thougt, it
looks like the 6-4, 200-pound Mitch has the
edge.
The running back spots are wide open as
well after the graduation of Marty
Januszkiewicz and Roger Praetorius, the
fifth and sixth leading rushers in school
history. '
Steve Webster has the fullback position
pretty well nailed down after showing
flashes of brilliance last year.
Tailback is up for grabs from among
juniors Mike Bright and -Phil! Raleigh, and
seniors Bob Barlette and Ron Cage. Tim
Williams will be the:wingback.
up front, two All-American candidates
are counted on highly icenter Mike
McNeely and guard Dave Lapham, a co
captain. Tight ends Briait Hambleton and
Bob Petchel block well and are good
receivers.
On defense, the Orange lost only .one
starting lineman, but he's a good one,' All-
America tackle Joe Ehrrriann; now playing
with the Baltimore Colts. But co-captain
Steve Joslin returns after sitting out last
season with an ankle injury. He should team
with middle guard Ed Zamaitis to give a
strong pass rush.
The Orange lost starting linebackers Len
Masci, Chuck Boniti, and Dave King, but the
best of them all returns, junior Ray Preston.
He has a veteran secondary behind him,
headed by double-letterman Gary Sweat
and Ken Sawyer.
The kicking game will once again be
handled by junior Berni Ruoff, who was
twice named to the All-East weekly team
last season.
The potential is there for
Schwartzwalder's last effort to be a winner,
if Pack of depth can be overcome by hustle
and desire.
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Leading Leturnees include Danny Biiggs,
a wide receiver who has made several pre
season All-Ainarica teams, linebacker Tom
Zakowski, an All-East candidate, offensive
linemen Walt Bragg and Dan Larcamp, and
defensive linemen Jeff Merrow and John
Adams. •
Senior Me Dillon and sophomore Shuck
Piorante are battling for the quarterback
spot. Dillon had a better spring and will be
No. 1 going into the fall.
The runners are skilled, but
inexperienced, with tailbacks. Artie Owens,
Dwayne Woods and Ron Lee along with
fullbacks Mike Nelson, Mike Hubbard,
Heywood Smith and Dave Cain.
Last season, the Mountaineers rolled over
their first three opponents, before falling to
Stanford, 41-35. Later WIT was ambushed
Tight end Daife Jagdmann
at Temple. 39-36 arid fell to Penn Statein a
hard-fought game. 28-19. Wins followed over
Pitt. VII.II and Syracuse before a crushing
49-13 loss to North Carolina State in the
Peach Bowl.
The likely strengths this season appear to
be in the offensive line, the receivers, the
defensive line and the linebackers. The
weaknesses will be an inexperienced
quarterback and 'an untried offensive and,
defensive backfield.
"AlthOugh we lost 14 starters from last
year's team. we could be as strong in 1973
contingent on the play of our sophs plus
steady quarterbacking," Bowden
summarizes. •"I don't want to consider this a
rebuilding year. I want to pick up where we
left off after the Syracuse game last
season "
DT Melvin Dalrymple
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