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ir wiwi i' nm We use Kodak paper. For a good look. the job. However, he didn't go to Erie just for football. A native of New York City, 32, coached high school and was an assistant at Pace College before taking over as head coach at Iona.

He stayed there for four years, twice making district Coach of the Year, before going to Penn for two years. iii vt WizrtXMmtmirxv "I was looking for a place to raise my family I have two girls, 4 and 1 and a neighbor told me about Lne, he recalled. "By coincidence, the next day I saw a job announce ment that Mercyhurst was looking for a coach. I talked to Dr. Garvey (Dr.

William Garvey, Mercyhurst's COUPON I 1110 I president) and was hired. Then he began recruiting. lj)0 Off I rtOlFOTO HUT WW "I got a staff and we got as many student-athletes as possible," said DeMeo, who emphasized the word ii idmc Qdf rum Developing I GET $1.00 OFF COIORPRINT DEVELOPING PRINTING 20. 24, 36 EXPOSURE ROUS student before athlete. "I have more admiration for kids who want to play for the sake of FOTO MUT USES KODAK JkilP l3i PAPIR FOR A GOOD I00K 1130 Off 0" Off playing rather than those who get paid for playing.

I was impressed with the character of the players at I EXPIRES AUG. 29, 1981 0 By RAY KIENZL TONY DeMEO THOUGHT it was "a disgrace, a big wrong; it was like killing your own child," when dropped football after last season. Villanova played before sellouts at home, but it had a small stadium too small for big-time football. Villanova became another victim. Caught in the economic crunch, many colleges have dropped football over the last three decades.

Mercyhurst is unique. The Erie school will field its 'first football team this season, competing in NCAA Division III. Not big-time, but not club football either. "They wanted to enhance the male image of the school and build up the male enrollment Football will give the school more exposure," said De-Meo, who left a job as assistant coach at Penn to accept the challenge of putting together a team. "All of our recruits are from within a two-hour radius of Erie, so their parents can come in and see them play.

We're extremely young I'm the only one in camp who The Lakers have some size nine players weigh 230 or more but their youth, the new program and a difficult seven-game schedule leave DeMeo hoping only that the opposition takes mercy on Mercyhurst. "We hope the other team's scoreboard breaks," said DeMeo, his voice hoarse after a practice session. "We'll play as hard as we can and not look at the scoreboard. "A few big losses could be a problem to our morale. That's why I'm disturbed that we scheduled Glenville, an NAIA Division I school.

We're not even ready for Duquesne; we're so far behind the Dukes it isn't funny. "It will be a challenge just to put points on the board. But they'll (his players) all be good. In two or three, years, they'll be super. Our main opponent is experience and time." DeMeo knew that when he took our first meeting, be noted.

His quarterback is Bill Hall, a 6-3, 180-pound senior who was a standout at Venango Christian but has played only touch football the last three jCanon Minolta Nikon olvmpus CZ3ZT' Kodak' Vivitar cminon ears. His best back may be John loore, a 180-pound sophomore who scored 166 points in his senior year MINOLTA xg-m. at Kanty prep. FOTO HUT TeleSor -minoi1 Soecial contoured Moore, son of Pitt assistant coach Joe Moore, played at Duquesne last season. A native of Erie, he got i nana Blip 85-2 1 Omm f4.5 Marco Zoom Lens with Built-in Hood automation gy.

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