; • .' Return of Donovan sparks Optimism Receive'ts . set' fOr 'aetier sthoW Ky GEORGE BERMAN , "Raily Collegian Sports Writer 4IERSHEY It's only - May and already Lion football fans ale licking their chaps in anticipation of an "aerial" show the Great Wallenda would have had trouble matching.. • m iSaturday, during the annual Blue-White game, the Lions gave 16,000 Hersheyparklans a preview of the combo which VII give 'enemy defensive backs leg cramps, irregularheart beats and generally a case of fatigue. ' :Chuck Fusina, who, has - to be considereda top preseason candidate for the Heisman trophy, put the ball;up 3 4 . times ..npiny of theiallif the direction of his very faYorite receivers Mott Fitzkee and TOm Donovan. '''• ;:"We have two or three receivers Who compare with the best the_ country~," Fusina said. , That's a - pretty :dandy " cora otiment when one considers the crop of fine receivers which biranning their patterns this fall. ' tFor most college teams, the loss of a receiver the caliber of flanker Jinimy Cefalo would have had them pushing the panic b t raton. But for the talent 'deep. Lions, the loss , is hardly nOticeable. Donovan who redshirted last season because of ankle injury= will do just fine, , his teammates say. don't think there is any differehce (between having Oat° Donovan' at flanker);' ' Fitzkee said after Donovan gilled in six passes for 97,yards Saturday. "If TomMy hadn't bgen injured, he would have played last season. Tommy is just iisreat receiver.",. - EMI The keyto the city in Hershey is'a ten pound chocOlate'bir. "He's In the,MickeiShuler class," Fusina said. "If the ball is in hls hand, you know,he's,going to catch it." Donovan mill seetia share of Fusina passes heading his way With potential All-American ,Fitzkee . receiving a lot' of defensive attention. . . The Blue-White game saw Fitzkee cover 104 yeards on four `catches on the day and he is hardly modestwhen it comes to 'rating the Lion corp of receivers: "I'm prejudiced," Fitzkee said, "hut the only waylor tisio be good is to belteve we are.:lhave to think we're the best.P- Fitzkee 'is anther, one of those , who seems to tiang he ~ ,ariithjig and ever y thing . At times, if 'even 'lPpeari he uses' itickum on his 'iris Nit he denieS it. "No,I don't use Fitzkee said. "The thing about stickum is that I found'l i;vas losing my , concentration. I used to use this stuff, wasn't , ‘sticktim, but:',you lose your concentration because yonstartrelying on the ball sticking to your hands." - And when,Fitzkee pulls in a Fusin'a 'Strike, the fun has "only just begun." - • , "I like , to run with the ba11,'. 4 Fitzkee,said. "I don't. get a chance to do it a lot but when I do I really like to run with it.", Mean While the man whose sharp passing makes •it all possible for Fitzkee's and Donovan's acrobatics,'Of course, is the incomparable Fusiriii: • • "He's 'the best, pa s ser, I'Ve ever seen," "There's not many who are better." Defenses hold their own at Blue-White encounter By GEORGE BERMAN Daily Collegian Sports Writer HERSHEY For - Coach Joe Paterno, Saturday's Blue-White football en counter wasn't exactly progress in action. "We need more depth in the offensive line," Paterno said, "we have to get shgrper and we have got to do everything better." "I think this is an awfully good team," he said, "but it didn't have that good a spring practice. It was a rather ordinary. spring." • . • The game,. which saw the White team topple the Blue Team 30-21 before 16,000 at Hersheypark Stadium, was expected to be an offensive extravaganza but in fact:was quite the opposite. Aided by muddy conditions, the defense put a damper on the running game and held its ' own against the passing of quar terbacks Chuck- Fusina (White team) and Tony Capozzoli ( Blue team). , "We had some good solid defensive play ; " Paterno said. "We .played good position and our tackling was good. (Bruce) Clark played real good, (Joe) Lally played real well and (sophomore Larry) Kubin made some good plays." Clark, (Blue defense) who was superb_ while being credited with 12 unassisted tackles, felt the key was a first period goal line stand by his team, after Fusina and the white had already put 14 points on the scoreboard. i • ..i .: •••• ' ... :" 1 , 1:1.7.9. 1,?.. t.' V:'.l:s'•:•:•;l4',::',',2r.iliii-114&:fer'ti{''''''''''''''"'...54:•'./.4.- '64.1-1 t'''..t^'o'4,-:.•',,,"l,l'.e4:4'C'Y'''‘'‘"T.i,'"liti,,..S.o.,,A 4 i , ..: ~,- •., i 1 -14 `i.-- i' r , ' - i , .. ta 7.'siir %':*,,,i.1.1- $ 3.1. 1-'.• , '44: ' v 1,:,,,` V.O. .Ptyr, 1.,', -; . I . , i . -. , . :,„ • :: , ~,,g,..,,, , ,i)•', - •1" •, rt •- I , d ' t' , 4 • • , ••••,, e 1 ,... • u s . '4 Fitzkee said. Running back Bob Torrey (above) rushed for 101 yards on 21 attempts, as quarterback Chuck Fusina completed 17 of 34 passes "At 'first nothing went right," Clark said, "but the defense got psyched after the goal line stand. I just, wished we would have done it a few more times." With Clark controlling the left side of the line, the run defense which was so awesome last season was as stingy as could be 'expected. The first team of fense (White). with Bob • Torrey and Booker Moore in the backfield, could manage but 152 yards on 57 carries, a 2.6 yards per carry average. ' Clark felt it was a little bit weird trying to corral Torrey, Moore and the rest of his teammates. "It was funny to me," Clark said. "You try not to get people hurt and they tell you to try to play your best. That's kind of hard to do." It took a jarring hit on Moore in the second half for Clark to slow down. "After I realiied it was Booker, I slacked up a little," Clark said. "We need him next year." Individually, , Moore gained but a Meager 68' yards on 28 carries; his longest gain of the day was just nine yards. Torrey, managed 101 yards on 21 carries (his longest carry being 32 Yards). "We haven't done . enough of the running game in practice," Paterno said. "We've been emphasizing pass defense and passing." Fusina, who was named along with defensive linebacker Paul Suhey' as '7B tly"' " .i, 3 .144, e: A PC:;;;41 4 '5VA141",t4;;; /• ;:f,% - i •1. • • *`' f' 4 l. Vs.r 4 , 'l. ° l • • 4 The Daily Collegian Monday. May 8.'1978- co-captains prior to the game, threw for 264 yards on 17 for 34 passing. He had two passes intercepted.. One of Fusina's errant tosses resulted in the Blue team's first six points of the game. Defensive back Karl McCoy, who received the O'Hora award as the out standing defensive player in this year's spring practice session, returned an interception 20 yards -in the second period to close the White's lead to 17-7. "McCoy has been doing • well all spring," • Paterno said. "He's getting , better all the time and that's a plus." Fusina's counterpart, Capozzoli,. completed 14 of 37 for 149 yards. Capozzoli fired a 31-yard strike to Leo McClelland in the second half and had numerous other balls dropped on him to his credit. Jay McCormick, a State College native and walk-on, relieved Capozzoli late in the game and threw a 25-yard touchdown pass to Tracy Hall. Hall (Blue) led all receivers with seven receptions for 136 yards while Tom Donovan hauled in six for the White. POINT AFTERS: Those who im pressed: Kubin (nine unassisted tackles), defensive back Mike Gilsenan (six unassisted tackles), Scott Hettinger on punt returns . . . The Lions ex perienced an awful lot of trouble on snaps from center . . . Scott Fitzkee boomed four punts for a 43.3 yard! average. • . Photos by Mark Mclntyre and Andy Gumberg EMMEN ILM MEE r ', ,
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