Wilkes-Barre Fats
By LEE L. RICHARDS
® Correspondent
Finally made connection with one
of my favorite coaches, John
Majors of Tennessee, recently and I
had the opportunity to chit-chat
about college football in general and
some of the teams which are
expected to be in the chase for the
No. 1 spot.
“We've got to play both Auburn
and Alabama again this year,”
Majors said. ‘Both are capable of
going all the way. They're very big
and have a lot of strength in the
defensive and offensive lines which
will be our chief concern when we
play.”
Coach Majors says he was antici-
pating having another standout
team this season, but with the loss
of QB Alan Cockrell to a baseball
contract and fullback Sam Hender-
son to a severe knee injury which
has him on the sidelines indefi-
nitely, things will be a mite sticky.
Majors says, ‘‘I can’t remember
losing a player of Sam’s caliber
since I was at Iowa State and lost
Matt Blair. Sam was an integral
part of our offense. He could catch
the football, run with power and
could even play tailback for us. I
anticipated having a pretty strong
team until e lost those two.’
Cockrell is an all-around athlete
the baseball over the fences. The
S.F. Giants grabbed him. He batted
over .400 and had a heap of homers
for the Vols in three seasons.
“We think QB Tony Robinson
could become an excellent per-
former. He has a lot of ability, but
lacks game experience. The SEC is
no place for an inexperienced QB to
lear his trade. However, we've got a
real good attitude on this team,’ he
pointed out.
“In the last two seasons I think
I’ve only had to deal with one
discipline problem which is remark-
able considering today’s society.
We've been going two-a-days in
preparation for ouropener (Wash-
ington State). I hope our kicking
game comes through. Then we
could be competitive.”
Majors believes the SEC will be
as competitive as previous years
with a real knock-down, dragout
fight for the-title and Sugar Bowl
bid.
He said, ‘Auburn’ is’ the front
runner at the present time, but
_there’s a lot of talent spred through-
out the SEC. Alabama, Florida,
Georgia and LSU are no slouches.
We'll be in there somewhere. We've
got some quality people returning
on defense, but we may be lacking
that muscle.”
When I asked about his teams’
overall speed, which has always
been a Majors trademark, he chuc-
kled a little and stated, “We won’t
be the quickest team I've ever put
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on the field, but we won’t be that
slow either.”
Never one to brag on his person-
nel, John is very low key when he
has a good football team. He never
told me Pitt was No. 1 in 1976 until
after they whipped the Georgia
Bulldogs in the Sugar Bowl for the
national crown.
The Vols should win their first
three games, all at home and in
front of over. 95,000 fans. Then it’s
down to Auburn. Vols then return
home to tackle Florida and Ala-
bama back to back. Coach invited
me down for a game and I'd like to
catch one of the. above. Majors’
charges have ‘dammed the Tide’
the previous two years. When UT
plays Alabama at home it’s a hap-
pening.
ESPN is supposed to air some of
the Vols games this season and I'm
looking forward to it.
Meanwhile, John said he had an
uneventful summer. He did some
clinics in Scotland which was out-
standing this time of the year.
I don’t know about the rest of you
folks, but we're into my time of the
year.
Football season is especially
interesting because I usually talk on
the phone with some of my coaching
chums from various parts of the
country and I enjoy hearing various
tales about different players,
coaches and teams.
— Congratulations to Irem Club
champ Sandy Valenti. She said,
had a six-shot lead going out the
final round and the next thing I
knew it was down to one. I just
pulled myself together and started
to get my swing back.”
It’s the second-straight title for
Sandy. She's a dedicated golfer.
— 1 understand Coach George
Curry has another splendid football
team at Berwick again this season.
George lost all of his scoring per-
sonnel from last year’s champion-
ship squad, but he’s got some capa-
ble players returning. Bulldogs have
some size.
— It was not surprising to find
Lake-Lehman’s athletic facilities in
tip-top condition on a recent visit.
My hat goes off to the Board for
recognizing the significant role ath-
letics plays on the scholastic level.
— One of my hobbies is compiling
a consensus on many of the pre-
season college grid polls from var-
ious publications. I usually gather
around nine or 10 and tally them all
up giving 20 for the first down to a
single point for 20th. I like to go
back to the end of the season and
compare the final polls with ones
from the preseason.
One thing is obvious, some of the
pollsters don’t do much exploring or
research in coming up with their top
20.
— I don’t see 20 teams better than
Penn State, Auburn or UCLA which
was completely omitted from some
rankings. These programs are
sound and will be among the best at
the conclusion of the season.
The results after eight polls is as
follows: 1-Auburn, 2-Clemson, 3-
Nebraska, 4-Pitt, 5-Texas, 6-Notre
Dame, 7-lowa, 8-Miami, 9-Alabama,
10-UCLA.
One team missing from all eight
polls was Maryland which was puz-
zling. The Terps are going to have a
very solid team and could win as
many as eight games.
What’s my Super Seven look like
for the pre-season? How about in
this order: 1-Auburn, 2-Clemson, 3-
Nebraska, 4-Alabama, 5-Oklahoma,
6-Ohio State, 7-Miami.
Why no Pitt and Penn State? Both
teams have to show me they belong.
Panthers are a bit overrated being
in the top five in many polls. Penn
State has some quality people to
replace, but along with Pitt aren't
too far from denting the Super
Seven.
When one thinks of record
fish,their thoughts usually shift to
monstrous finny creatures that
come from the darkness of the
waters to shatter one’s tranquility
and.-make- pulses race. Still- there:
are state record fish that weigh less
than three pounds, and while they
might not tire your arm, they can
put you in the record books.
The Pennsylvania Fish Commis-
sion maintains an angler recogni-
tion program for 29 different species
of fish. Certainly the glamour tish
are there - the striped bass and
and the mighty musky, but the
unlikely records are there as well.
In the scheme of things, a three
pound bluegill is regarded as highly
as a 54 pound musky.
Three members of the Back
Mountain Wrestling Club placed in
the recent Keystone Games held at
University Park.
Ray Rosencrans was crowned
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champion in the 90 pound class
while Jason Prokopchak placed
second in the 80 pound clas and
jason Naugle was third in the 80
pound class.
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Bill Dotty Lee Ed Charlot Goalpost
SAVAGE MARTIN RICHARDS | CAMPBELL DENMON PETIE
Lehman/ Lehman Lehman Lehman Lehman Lehman Lehman
Hoban 12-8 21-7 13-6 13-10 20-13 19-6
Hanover/ Dallas Hanover Hanover Dallas Dallas Hanover
Dallas 13-12 14-6 7-0 21-14 14-13 13-0
WVW/ WVW WVwW WVWwW WVW WVW WVW
Tunk. 35-7 21-0 35-14 21-7 28-7 20-6
Tech/ Montrose Montrose Montrose Montrose Montrose Tech
Montrose 28-6 21-14 20-14 21-7 20-6 13-12
O'Reilly/ W. Wayne W. Wayne W. Wayne O'Reilly W. Wayne W. Wayne
W. Wayne 20-6 14-6 7-6 17-6 14-0 19-6
Pitt/ Pitt Pitt Pitt B. Young Pitt Pitt
B. Young 28-21 91-7 28-27 21-7 28-24 17-7
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Lehman
The Lake-Lehman Knights have
been chosen to win their season
opener against Bishop Hoban this
weekend by all six Dallas Post
prognosticators with editor Dotty
Martin giving the Back Mountain
boys the largest edge, predicting a
21-7 victory.
The Mountaineers of Dallas, on
the other hand, are expected to
have a little more trouble winning
their opener as they go against 1983
champs, Hanover Hawkeyes. The
Fish For Free
Day planned
Pennsylvania’s Fish For Free
Day (no fishing license needed) is
scheduled for September 22. If you
attend the free instructional prgram
which will be presented by the
Pennsylvania Fish Commission at
Francis Slocum State Park on this
date, at approx. 9 a.m. until 3 p.m.,
all that will be required is that you
bring yourself, your family and or
anyone else who might be interested
in the following subjects: Tackle
assembly - fishing instructions - fish
identification - boating safety
instructions - fileting of fish - cook-
ing fish- plus various other related
subjects.
If you plant to participate in all of
the seminars listed, you should plan
on packing a picnic lunch to bring
along with you.
If you have any additional ques-
tions about the program you can
call 477-5569 or 477-5717.
Post prognosticators are split on
this game with managing editor Bill
Savage, photographer Ed Campbell
and sportswriter Charlot Denmon
putting their faith in Dallas while
ards and the unknown ‘‘GoalPOST
Petie’’ siding with Hanover.
The Post is unanimous on the
Wyoming Valley West/Tunkhannock
contest with all six voting in favor
of Valley West. “‘GoalPOST Petie
was the only one favoring West Side
Tech in their contest with Montrose
while Campbell was the lone figure
voting for Bishop O'Reilly to defeat
Western Wayne and Brigham Young
to garner a win against Pitt in the
college opener.
(EDITOR’S NOTE: There seems
to be some speculation of just who
“GoalPOST Petie’’ is. In case
you're trying to guess, here’s a clue
— it is not a member of The Dallas
Post staff.)
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