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Receive'ts . set' fOr 'aetier sthoW
Ky GEORGE BERMAN
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"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.",. -
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"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.
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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
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~ ,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.
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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
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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
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