—The Daily Collegian,-.Friday, September 14, 1973
Natale fi
By MARK SIMENSON
Assistant Sports Editor
Whenever John Hufnagel needed a completion
last year, he rifled the ball to his tight end.
Hufnagel is gone, but Dan Natale is back, ready to
slip into his invisible pass patterns where he caught
30 passes in 1972. •
• Natale is starting-to draw comparisons to former
Penn Stater Ted Kwalick, a two time All-America
and now an All-Pro tight end with the San Francisco
49ers. But Natale 'shuns the comparisons.
"They overrate me," he said yesterday. "I'M not
as fast as Kwalick and my hands aren't as goodl It's
a nice compliment, but I'm overrated." ,
While Natale is humbling himself, other people
are saying nice things about the Penn State junior.
Coach Joe Paterno had this to say in the State press
guide: "Dan had a fine sophomore year for us. He is
a fine blocker with good hands and he knows what to
do with the ball after he catches-it."
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Football News, a weekly gridiron newspaper,
thought highly of Natale's sophomore year and
named him to its pre-season All-America squad.
Natale first came into the spotlight when he
pulled out a last second win over lowa. He caught a
ten yeard flip from Hufnagel with 36 seconds left
giving the Lions a 14-10 decision.
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When he arrived at the summer workouts last
year, Natale expected to see little playing time, let
alone a starting position.
"I thought I would play on the specialty teams
and maybe see some action in the fourth quarter
when we were way `ahead," Natale recalled.
He and Gary Debes both played tight end in the
opener against Tennessee. Ever since, Natale i has
been a fixture at tight end.
As Kwalick and Natale have proven, the tight end
is s popular target for State quarterbacks, ,
"You could say it's because of the defenses we
face," Natale pointed out. "We play against a lot of
zone. The Hankers go deep and the tight end goes
out 10-12 yards between the linebackers and the
secondary.
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"It's like that in the pros. The tight ends catch a
lot of passes. List year Kwalick caught a lot and the
tight end from New York (Bob Tucker) led, the
league," he added.
Natale, who covered 460 yeards in his 30
receptions last season, expects Penn State; will
throw more this .year. but not to him.
The reason is a simple one. Penn State is loaded
with good wide receivers who could break the game
open on a single play. With the game breakers
always available, Natale is sticking to his spot
position
beyond the linebacking drop zones.
Natile has found this area to be to his liking.
Whether the same area!will be open for his romping
tomorrow depends on Stanford's supersafety Randy
Poltl, Who ;probably will draw Natele.
If Ikl.tale doesn't find Pohl ready to rap him after
a reception, he can expect Stanford's secondary,
which is rated as one of the best in the country; to be
there.
At defensive halfbacks are Jim Ferguson and Jim
Kellen, both seniors with two years experience. The
free safety is Craig Zaltosky, who lettered last year
as a back up safety.
Natale said the Cardinals' secondary is one of the
toughest the Lions face all year. "If we can -beat
their secondary, we should be able to go against
anyone in the countryi",he said.
Once he grabs the ball, Natale is tough to bring
down, usually dragging a few tacklers a couple
yards before going doWn. His running career from
scrimmage is limited to one play, though. "I had
one last year and it was for minus three yards," he
laughed. "They didn't run it again. I'd rather
catch.''
At 0, 220 pounds, Natale is caught in j:retween
two playing sizes. "I wish I was heavier when I'm
blocking and lighter when I'm' running,"!he said.
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Faculty team
60-mile relay
By ALEX CHIK
Collegian Sports Writer
A dozen Penn State faculty
members are planning a 60-
mile relay where they hope to
establish a new world record.
The event is scheduled for 1
p.m. Sunday, at the State
College High School track.
Because it is a quartet' mile
track, each jogger must run
20 laps of the 240 laps in order
to cover his share of the 60
miles.
The organizer of the faculty
marathon is Dr. John A.
Lucas, who has been
interested in physical fitness
for many years. He got the
idea for the event from a
monthly newsletter sent out
by the President's Council on
Physical Education and
Sports.
In the July 1973 issue, Lucas
read of a record time of
6:55.21, set by the Southwest
Missouri University faculty
for the 60-mile relay.
The conditions for the
record require an average
age of 34 years for the squad
and the members must come
from five different
departments.
The average age of the
University team is 37 1 / 2 years.
Size will not be. a problem for
the runners, since their
average weight is 145 1 / 2
pounds.
The members of the team,
n the order of their running,
:re as follows: Harry
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The team is in good
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He dismisses the idea that
this is a new venture for the
group, stating, "These aren't
fellows who took up jogging a
month ago."
For the past five years, the
participants have been
running 30 minutes before
cross country meets. The
purpose for these jogging
buffs, according to Lucas, is
"first, to have fun, second, to
keep physically fit, and third,
to destroy myths about what
older people can and can't
do."
To break the record, the
runners' times will have to
average about seven minutes
per mile.
Although it is a difficult
task, Lucas said he feels the
record will be broken. He
stated, "We are capable of
breaking the record by a
quarter of an hour."
The State College track will
be open at noon Sunday, one
hour before the first runner
embarks on his 20 laps. If
Lucas'•prediction of bettering
the record by 15 minutes
holds, it will come at around
7:40 p.m.
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