Wilkes-Barre Fats
§ Fisher’s new role
yBY LEE L. RICHARDS
Pitt boss Foge Fazio was in town last week visiting
. with some prospects and I had an opportunity to visit
with him and assistant Andy Urbanic. Coach Fazio told
me about some of the priorities for spring drills.
Obviously the main object will be to prepare a QB for
next season.
Two-time All-East safety Tom Flynn is the chief candi-
~ date right now. Flynn was an outstanding QB for Coach
Urbanic when at Penn Hills. In fact, Flynn played his last
: schoolboy contest here in 1980 when he led the underdog
- West team to victory over the East in the Big 33 contest.
Urbanic says, “Tom has a live arm. He can run the
option, too.”
' Fazio said, ‘“We’ve already decided to make some
changes in our offensive scheme by adding some type of
option series. We've got some very capable people
returning up front and we should be able to run the foot-
ball more effectively.”
. Pitt must come up with a solid group of recruits. High
on the list is a punter and some burners at running back.
They’ve had a bunch of A-A types visit and it’s just a
matter ‘now on selling the players on the Panther
program.
CLIPBOARD NOTES:
--Meanwhile, Crestwood’s Sam Elias informed me last
week Matt LaVigna was notified he will be listed on two
scholastic All-American teams.
_. —Ican’t believe how 49ers Coach Bill Walsh has passed
J the blame around for his team’s flop. What tickled me
~ was how last year at this time he was regrded the genius
of pro football? Back in September, if you'll recall, I
stated the 49ers wouldn’t repeat. My reason was too
much luck last year and some suspect personnel.
--Now that the Chargers failed again to reach the
coveted Soup Bowl I'm curious to see if media will tag
them with ‘can’t win the biggie’ label which Cowboys
carried for years?
--Right now I'd have to list Coach George Allen's
Chicago team as the favorite in the USFL. He’s got some
outstanding folks on offense already and inking LB Stan
White, an Ohio Stater, will give instant stability to his de-
fense. He’s got UCLA TE, Ohio St. running back,
Grambling’s Truemain Johnson, best WR in college
ranks, and QB Gregg Landry already in fold. That's a
heap of fire-power.
--Hottest name around pro ranks at present time is
Cowboys’ John Mackovic. I also heard he has a lot of
input into helping Army find a successor. He’s turned
| down several head coaching posts in collegiate ranks, but
i will be an NFL head coach shortly.
1 --Most of the coaches I've conversed with in recent
weeks were unanimous in their praise of former Temple
Coach Wayne Hardin. To a man they all believed Hardin
took the Owls about as far as possible. I'll tell you what,
Wayne's knowledge on the passing game is second to
none in my book.
. --It’s no accident that Coughlin’s roundball team is on
: Q winning streak. Coach John Quinn has put a lot of time in
_ developing the Crusaders. He’s a real worker in learning
| a the ins-and-outs of the game.
® . Packer Coach Bart Starr is finally overcoming the
sorry draft situation he was left with when Dandy Dan
Devine left Green Bay. Starr is a winner and will have a
contender from now on.
--How negative can fans be? I had one Penn Stater tell
me last week that Fran Fisher was forced to give up his
broadcasts of Nittany Lion grid games? That’s simply
ludicrous. Fran is second to St. Joe when it comes to
popularity among the Lion faithful. He’s got a new post
and will assist Jim Tarman in PR role.
--Checking out the roundball teams, I doubt if you'll see
Ralph Sampson and mates in the final four. Ditto for St.
John’s Redmen. Big Apple press sure didn’t waste
anytime giving Redmen a lofty ranking.
Despite blowing a big halftime lead, Louisville will clip
UCLA if two teams meet in the NCAA tourney.
Watch the defending champs, North Carolina. The
Heels are getting more consistent every time out.
--Lake-Lehman Coach Shorty Hitchcock will get some
positive things out of loss to Danville. Knights captured a
biggie when they dropped Tunkhannock the night before.
--Several readers asked me to explain what I mean
when I refer to a team’s tendency? Anytime, a team does
a particular thing over 75 percent of the time whether it’s
running or passing the football in a given situation, that’s
considered a tendency.
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TRYING FOR A TAKEDOWN-167-1b. Mountaineer Bill Griffin tries for a takedown in
his bout with Tom Schwab. Griffin wrestled tough but Schwab was too much for him as
the Mohawk grappler went on to win the bout 8-3. (Mark Moran Photo)
GOING FOR A PIN--Meyers Dave Kuhl works for a pin in the 155-1b. bout with Andy
Prynn in the Dallas meet last Saturday. Kuhl clamped Prynn in 3:50 to give the
Mohawks six team points. (Mark Moran Photo)
“I wasn’t disappointed
in our kids,” said Dallas
wrestling coach Larry
Schuler after his Moun-
taineers 36-21 loss to the
Meyers Mohawks. “Our
kids wrestled well but
Meyers took six bouts
through the middle I
didn’t think they would.
“We're weak at several
of our heavier weights
should have won. I don’t
know the reason but they
seemed to tighten up in
Saturday’s meet. Our kids
have been giving 100 per-
cent effort and all of our
meets to date have been
exciting. I believe the fans
have been getting their
money's worth.
consecutive tough meets-
Tunkhannock, Lake-
Lehman and Meyers. The
kids haven’t had a chance
to catch a win and regain
confidence.”
Dallas grapplers led the
‘Mohawks 12-0 after the
first two bouts on a forfeit
to 98-1b. Chris Evans and
1:04 by 105-1b. Mount John
Burke.
The next two bouts went
to Meyers with 112-1b. Bob
Leeds taking a superior
16-4 decision from Dave
Hislop and 119-Ib. Dan
Williams clamped Ken
Matchett in 4:37.
Leading 12-11 Dallas
won the next bout when
wrestled Jeff Hill 7-2.
The next six bouts went
to the Mohawks as 132-1b.
Dan Kratz took a 12-1
major decision from
Kevin Feeney, 138-1b. Lee
Miller flattened Jim Patts
in 3:03, 145-1b. John Fried
decisioned Craig Rome 5-
2, 155-1b. Dave Kuhl
turned over Andy Prynn
weight classes but some ‘“‘We’ve had ' three
a pin over Dave Farrell in
126-1b. Mike Borton out- in 3:50, 167-lb. Tom Sch-
wab defeated Bill Griffin
8-3, and 185-1b. Mike
Smigel edged Joe Walsh 7-
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Hwt. Greg Dukinas
gave the Mounts their
only fall when he pinned
Carlos Telesco in 3:21.
The Mountaineers next
meet is with West Side
Tech.
Bingo beginning
The Ladies Auxiliary of
the Shavertown Fire
Dept. is having a Bingo on
Thursday, Jan. 27, at 7:30
p.m. at the Fire Hall.
Free refreshments will
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The ladies will hold
Bingos on the second and
fourth Thursday of each
month.
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