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FIRST UN DAY CAll-CHR Hockey Football ALLENTOWN, PA. Bowling Outdoors SECTION SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1976 Guman scores on pass as State tops Miami 21-7 ONICLE STATISTICS First downs 20 14 Rushing yardage 179 79 Passing yardage 212 193 17-28 15-24 Passes Intercepted by 2 .2 Punts 5-40 -40 Fumbles lost 0 2 Yards penal! led 43 70 Miami punted out and Rich Mauti returned the ball 15 yards to the Hurricane 36. Two plays later, Penn State had a first down at the 13. Guman then gained eight yards to the 5 but the defense again stiffened, stopping Guman and Bob Torrey for successive one-yard losses. The Nittany Lions then settled for Capozzoli's second field goal.

after the opening kickoff for a first down at Miami's 12. But defensive end Earl Monroe caught halfback Steve Geise for a three-yard loss on second down and the Nittany Lions were forced to settle for Capozzoli's first field goal. On the following kickoff, Miami's Kevin Roberts fumbled trying to catch the ball and Penn State's Joe Diange recovered at the Miami 20. Penn State advanced in four plays to the two-yard line but Guman was stacked up on the third and fourth downs, short of the end zone. three-yard pass from Fusina to tight end Micky Shuler.

Miami, now 3-5, scored late in the game on a one-yard run by backup quarterback Frank Glover. Glover had teamed with split end Phil August for a 41-yard gain on the previous play. The Hurricanes had a first down at the Penn State 25 earlier in the final period, only to have Penn State safety Gary Petercuskie intercept a pass at the two-yard line on the next play to end the threat. Penn State drove from its own 20 ranked Pittsburgh on Nov. 26, are idle next week when bowl bids are extended.

Fusina broke open a defensive struggle by hitting halfback Mike-Guman, a freshman who was an all-state schoolboy at Bethlehem Catholic, with a 16-yard scoring pass with three minutes left in the third period. Matt Suhey then ran around end for a two-point conversion and a 14-0 lead. Penn State, held to Tony Capozzoli field goals of 28 and 23 yards in the first half, went ahead 21-0 early in the fourth quarter on a MIAMI (AP) Quarterback Chuck Fusina threw two touchdown passes in the second half Saturday night to lead Penn State to a 21-7 football victory over University of Miami and virtually assure the Nittany Lions of a bowl invitation. The victory was Penn State's sixth in a row for a 7-3 record. The Nittany Lions, who play top- Penn State 6 0 Miami 0 0 7-21 1-1 PS FG Capozzoli 21 PS FG Capojzoli 23 PS Guman 16 pass trom Fusina (M.

Suhey run) PS Shuler 3 pass from Fusina (Capozzoli kick) Glover 1 run (Dennis kick) Lehigh rallies Lafayette defeats Davidson 17-10 STATISTICS STATISTICS Irst downs First downs Rushing yardage Passing yardage Passes intercepted Punts Fumbles lost 18 279 14-29 1 7-26 1 20 13 '8 12 20 1 -34 2 31 16 142 139 10-22 Rushina yardage cwp I2 79 124 9-30 3 -39 2 40 Passing yardage Passes Passes intercepted Punts Yards penalized 6-38 I Fumbles lost Yards penalized Special to the Call-Chronicle DAVIDSON, N.C.-Lafayette built By TERRY LARIMER Call-Chronicle Sports Writer There might have been some suspi up a 17-4 first quarter lead, but had to hang on to take a 30-20 victory Saturday over Davidson for its third consecutive victory of the football season. 'f 'lit I ft vH -i til cion among the 7,000 fans in Taylor Stadium yesterday that the two teams Both teams were missing key they were watching exchanged um players. Lafayette coach Neil Putnam forms at halftime and the one that was forced to leave quarterback Koo ended up dressed in Brown and White Stewart in Easton because of a foot was the 17-10 winner. injury, suffered in the Gettysburg game a week before, ine wildcats were playing without five starters in Certainly the Lehigh team they saw come from behind in the second half for its sixth win of the season bore no resemblance to the one they watched jured in last week's 63-0 disaster at Delaware. for the first 30 minutes.

Senior quarterback Mark Jones And the C.W. Post team that was so filled the void left by Stewart's absence, completing 14 of 30 passes for 279 yards and two touchdowns. impressive in the first half and looked like a certain pick to go to the NCAA Division III playoffs, didn't show much The Leopards (4-5) got on the playoff caliber in the final 30 minutes The final statistics don't tell the scoreboard early in the game when tackle George O'Shaughnessy recovered a Wildcat fumble at the one-yard line. Jones plunged over on the story, but the halftime numbers do Lehigh didn't complete any of its six passes in the first half except a pair to the Pioneers, had just 50 yards rushing and only three first downs. i nii miw liiinMiii iniiianaiiiiumn in tiit 11 very next play and Dave Heverling added the extra point for a 7-0 lead.

Minutes later, Jones lofted a 38-yard touchdown pass to Matt Walsh (five receptions for 127 yards) for his ninth scoring aerial of the year and first of two to Walsh in the contest. Photography by Don Uhrich Muhlenberg's John McCusker (28) and Chuck Smith wrap up Keith Wert after a short gain But against Lehigh's fired-up defense. Post's figures were even less impressive in the second half 47 yards in total offense and two first downs. Things continued to go Lafayette's Diplomats clinch title 33-14 way as senior defensive back Tom Only one word can explain such a reversal emotion. Post (8-2) went into the game knowing it bad to win to make the playoffs.

Lehigh went in with not much more incentive than Crouse picked off a pass at the Davidson 17 and returned it eight yards. The Leopards were unable to penetrate beyond the 5, but Heverling came on to boot his seventh field goal clinching a fourth straight winning Fo M. pulls away from Mules of the year (one shy of the Lafayette season record) from 30 yards for a 17-0 season something it might have been satisfied to do next weekend against Lafayette. STATISTICS crushing tackle by Mark Stull. cushion.

Davidson, now 2-5-1 on the season, If Coviello was outstanding for Franklin and Marshall, so too was John F-M 26 349 117 9-16 I J-53 0 113 21 63 251 22-34 0 2 41 I 45 Things looked bleak for Lehigh at halftime. Quarterback Mike Rieker had been benched after dropping the ball a couple of times, throwing nowhere near receivers on several occa First downs Rushtng yardage Passing yardage Passes Passes intercepted Punts Fumbles lost Yards penalized Schlechter for the Mules. The young sophomore drilled the Diplomat de came alive in the early moments of the second period when three Wildcats poured up the middle to block a punt attempt by Jim O'Sullivan. The defensive gem gave Davidson a first down at the Lafayette 27. Nine plays later, frosh quarterback Al Rhyne faked the pass and skirted the right end fense for 195 yards on 16 completions in 27 pass attempts, and he was most sions and giving up an interception.

Halfback Dave April! was having effective in the second half when he hit equal difficulty hanging on to the ball on 11 of 16 for 155 yards. and Lehigh's other halfback, Lenny Many of the passes were simple Daniels, was injured. sideline patterns to uene Christian for a three-yard score. With only two extra points via kick' John Sartori and Brian DeBiasse that ins all season in five attempts, kept drives going, but it was a connec But in the final two periods, Rieker came back to complete 10 of 16 passes for 139 yards. Mark Weaver, who had lost his starting position to Daniels earlier this season, turned in a solid running game.

Fullback Rod Gardner was his usual steady self and freshman That's a lot of yardage against the young Mule defense, yet it never quit and twice late in the first half was rewarded by turning back potential F. M. scoring thrusts. The first came when the visitors drove from their 20 to a first down at the Muhlenberg 2, with Coviello completing passes of 40 and 10 yards to Larry LoVecchio and another of nine yards to tight end Dave Ivie, a 6-3. 230-pound senior who is considered a fine pro prospect.

The second completion to Ivie came at the 5 and a face mask infraction advanced the ball to the 2. On second down the Diplomats were guilty of a holding violation that shoved them back to the 15, and three plays later Dave USooey missed a 32-yard field goal. A fumble on Muhlenberg's irstplay was recovered by Dieruff's Don ola-Jtar at the 23. and this time F. M.

drove to the 4 on four plays. Donaldson, an excellent runner with power, tried right tackle on third down and was stacked up at the 3 by Kevin Lusardl. He hit the same spot again on fourth down and was wrapped up on a And with 12 minutes still to go a questionable decision by the officials on a fumble may have denied the Mules a chance at one of the biggest upsets in their history and possibly a shot at their first conference title. Muhlenberg had just driven 65 yards on 12 plays to get within a touchdown at 20-14 with 13:07 showing on the clock. Two plays after Sam Stovall kicked off into the end zone, Tom Donaldson was hit hard and fumbled.

Although the Mules recovered at the 32. the play was ruled dead before the fumble and F. M. retained possession. From there Joe Coviello drove his team into the end zone for an insurance score, and minutes later the Diplomats added another to make the final figures deceptively misleading.

There was nothing misleading, however, about Coviello, the four-year quarterback who never has been less than superb against the Mules. He rushed for 102 yards himself, set up teammates Donaldson and Keith Wert for another 247 with his clever ball handling and completed nine of 16 passes for another 117 yards. Davidson went from scrimmage for the two point conversion, but Vic Angeline intercepted the pass attempt at the tion with Leland Lott coming out of the backficld midway through the third quarter that gave Muhlenberg its first points and brought the 5,000 Epsy Day goal line. By COULT AUBREY Call-Chronicle Sports Writer The dream for the present is over. The dream for the future looms strongly, indeed.

Muhlenberg failed in its bid to keep Franklin and Marshall from winning the Middle Atlantic Conference Southern Division championship yesterday afternoon, but it forced the highly regarded Diplomats to EARN the 33-14 triumph that gave them the coveted crown. Coach Tom Gilburg brought to Al-kntown one of the most potent offenses in the country, and it was needed desperately to turn back a Muhlenberg (earn that, despite its youth, fought back from a 13-point deficit to create quite a scare with more than 13 minutes still to play in the final halfback Vince Rogusky from Catasau fans to life. The drive had started at the Muhlen qua also filled in admirably. Lehigh didn't come to life until Davidson marched to another score using the running of frosh halfback Mark Hooper, who picked up 24 of his 92 yards in the drive. Rhyne hit Eddie Setser with a seven-yard pass fro the score.

Davidson again tried a two-point conversion, but a completed pass was stopped just inches short of the end berg 20 after Lew Stevenson had unloaded a remarkable 71-yard punt that carried into the end zone. Schlechter hit Christian for 10 yards and a first midway through the third quarter when Post's Steve Tomlinson missed a 34- yard field goal. down at the 30 before another pass fell After losing four yards on a fumble. incomplete and a keeper was stopped Rieker hit Weaver for 12 yards zone. Gardner ran for the first down, Rieker for no gain.

The Leopards finally got some Please See Page C-J, Columa 1 Please See Page C-J, Columa I Please See Page C-J, Columa I 2 Pocono trails open this week Skiing comes earfy lodge's lower level, and a cut-rate "topless" lift ticket ($2 cheaper than the regular ticket, but you can use only lower lifts). For ski reports, call toll-free (800 832-8201 from Pennsylvania or (800 233-8100 from New Jersey. For lodging and general information, the number is (717) 629-1661. New at Big Boulder, Lake Harmony, are the Tannebaum chairlift, remodeling of the interior of the main base lodge and interior work on the Glass House lodge, and expanded snowmaking capability. For snow reports and general Information, call (717 722-0101.

The "new" news at Jack Frost, near White Haven, is a snack bar at the bottom of B-C lifts. Besides that, there's new carpeting in the main lodge, expanded snowmaking and enlarged parking facilities. For ski reports and general in- Boulder and Frost did begin snowmaking Friday afternoon, according to Wes Smith, general manager of both areas. At Boulder and Frost, all-day. adult lift tickets are $8 midweek and 110 weekends and holidays.

At Camelback, the respective costs are $9 and $11. Other rates are available for Juniors, groups, "special" days and the like at all three mountains. All three continue to bill themselves as ideal learn-to-skl mountains, touting their instructors, expanded rental facilities and group accommodations. In addition, of course, all three offer trails and slopes suitable for the advanced intermediate and expert. New elements at Camelback, near Tan-nersvllle, are additional lights on the Hump and upper portion of the Asp trail, expanded upper mountain snowmajking, the Kettle Lounge in the At Camelback, Ski School Director Marilyn Hertz sat at her desk and struggled with instructors' schedules: "Let's see, Bob's here all day Tuesday, after 2 p.m.

Wednesday and Thursday no, wait a minute, that's after 2 p.m. Tuesday, too no At Big Boulder, Mountain Manager John Guresh was clambering around the top of the bullwheel on the new double chair that replaces the Tannebaum T-bar. Screwdriver in hand, he hollered down to Clarence Dankel, the general manager: "That red light come on yet?" "Nope. Nothing," said Dankel. Up the road at Jack Frost.

Rudy Zcidler, mountain manager, extricated himself from the bowels of an air compressor and asked a visitor, "Did you get a call from Joel yet? I'm getting itchy' He was asking about Joel Myers and his Accu-Weather service. He was getting itchy Jiecatiejwa By LANCE A. PARRY Call-Chronicle Ski Writer Got those bindings cleaned, oiled and ad-Justed? Got those edges filed? It's none too soon. The 1976-77 Pocono Mountains ski season is just over the next mogul, and two ski areas Big Boulder and Jack Frost are planning an unusually early opening for the end of this week. At least one other, Camelback, is shooting for the weekend after Thanksgiving.

And, continued cold weather could prompt other Poconos slopes to open before the Dec. kickoff that had been talked about. The past week has seen mountain managers, general managers, food-service operators and ski school directors scurrying around their areas, putting out last-minute fires in prepara- tion for the season. jL.