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The Daily Item from Sunbury, Pennsylvania • 16

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16 THE DAILY ITEM Sunbury, Nov. 3, 1975 Bucknell crushes Washington Lee (fKvx it1 Aw scoring two touchdowns while two freshmen, Mike Cosamano and Matt 'Wochele, each gained their first yarsity tallies. "We're riding a crest mentally right now," said Curtis. "Our attitude is the best it's been all year." Curtis expects to get a good week of -practice out of squad this week and hopes to carry the Bisons' winning ways to' Hamiltdn, N.Y., Saturday game for them Saturday against Lehigh since Lehigh looks like they are going to be one of the teams in Divison II this year." "Hopefully, they've" just played too many big games this year and maybe they'll be down against us and we'll be ready to put it together," said A win against either Colgate or Lehigh will suit me fine. I'm not gonna be picky at By Jeff Ranck LEWIS BURG The Bucknell Bisons hadn't put a lot of points on the scoreboard prior to Saturday's game with r-Washington and Lee in Memorial Stadium.

In fact, they had scored only 38 points in their previous six games. But the sleeping Bison offense looked like it had been to a side-walk sale on touchdowns Saturday, scoring the first five times it had the ball and sent the invading Generals firom Washington and, Lee back to confederate territory with a 54-0 trouncing; The Bisons' amassed 520 yards in total offense and their 373 yards on the ground was the most by. Bucknell team since 1954. The Generals came to Lewisburg boasting the number one passer in the NCAA division III in quarterback Jack Berry. The Bisons defense rendered Berry ineffective as he was able to complete only 7 of 19 passes and threw two interceptions.

Berry had attracted scouts from the Cincinnati Bengals and New York Jets to Memorial Stadium Saturday. The Jets scout apparently didn't think he was watching a future replacement for Joe Namath as he packed it in at half-time. Bob Curtis', BU coach, said that it is impossible to single out any outstanding individual prformarices on 'his team 'due to the amount of playing time everybody had. Eight, different Bisons, put points on the board witty tailback Mike Pensabene where they will be looking to this point." Summaries: Score by periods: Washington Lee 0 But knell 21 Statistics even uieir ai q- against Colgate. Colgate will be smarting form a 38-6 defeat at the hands of powerful Lehigh; the Bisons' final opponent of the season in Memorial Stadium Nov.

15. "They've had a lot big this year," said Curtis of Colgate. was a' big First downs Yords gamed rushing Passes (comp-att-int) Yards gained passing Fumbles lost Punts average Penalties 66 148 I IT I -s 9-326 Jg- 4 Imi! BU water polo unit wins eastern title -J (Daily Item Wayne Baker) the finals. The championship tilt saw Bucknell's Rick Renner total three goals and teammates Geoff Miller, Joe -Triszczuk, Paul Damoc, Jay Fisette, Paul Johnson and Marc Sickle tally singletons. Johnson's goal pro--ved to be the decisive one as Bucknell hung grimly to its slimJead after Army tallied on a penalty try to make it 9-8 with almost a minute to BU goalie Don Moll had eight saves.

Bucknell received a trophy for winning its second straight title. LUNGES, FOR MORE Bucknell University tailback Mike Wardrop, No. 42, is on the ground after throwing a block Pensabene, No. 44, gets away from the tackle of Washing- and an unidentified BU player to the left is also clearing ton and Lee linebacker George Ballantyne, 52, Saturn out and bodies. The Bisons thumped the Generals, 544).

day in Bucknell's Memorial Stadium. BU fullback i LEWISB'UTtG "It's as good as we ever played at any time." Coach Dick Russell referred to the play of the Bucknell University Water Polo Club's performance in shading arch rival Army, 9-8, in the finals for the Eastern Intercollegiate Water Polo championship in the Brown University pool, Providence, R.I., over the It was the second straight championship for the Bucknell unit, which has compiled a two-season 26-1 overall record against eastern foes, including Cornell, Pittsburgh and Army. i i ficantly, Bucknell's triumph over Army in the" finale gave the Bisons sweet revenge for an overtime loss to the Kaydets in the conference finale earlier this season. Bucknell topped Army in an early season clash. Prior to the finale, Bucknell whipped Harvard, 14-8, and downed Cornell, 7-5, to enter Upper Dauphin-gains Crusaders surprise Colonels, 1 7-6 conference honors College Football Scores By The Associated Press Davidson 14, Kenyon 10 I S-BARRE A defense that intercepted four passes and recovered three fumbles, coupled with fullback Paul O'Neill's tough running, led Susquehanna University (2-6) to a surprising 17-6 win over Wilkes College (2-4) here Saturday afternoon.

The Crusaders, who had not beaten the Colonels since 1961, have now won back-to-back' games in one season for the first time since 1871. O'Neill, who gained 101 yards on 24 carries, scored both of his team's touchdowns. Susquehanna drew first blood when it drove from its. own 15 to the Wilkes 10 in 17 plays. On fourth down, freshman Jim DeSantis kicked a 26-yard field goal.

Wilkes came back and moved to the SU 20, where safety John Fiske intercepted a pass, the first of interceptions in the game for him. The Crusaders could not move the ball and" punted. Wilkes came right back and drove to the visitors' 30, where safety Dav Breymeier when on a fourth and seven recovend a fumble. situation, Suppon, who was Susquehanna then marched holding for an apparent field 76 yards in 14 plays, with O'- goal attempt, got up and Neill scoring on a one-yard passed eight yards for a first plunge. DeSantis' PAT made down at the SU siv.

Two plays the score 10-0 at the half. later Suppon went in for the The Colonels had three scor- touchdown, ing opportunities in the third with the score pow 10-6, quarter, finally punching across Susquehanna drove to the their only TD early in the final home team's, but lost the Dall on downs. On the second Quarterback Chuck Suppon piay for Wilkes, SU's Bill got the score on a three-yard Gustitus, a tackle, recovered bootleg. A pass for the. PATs nis the after- faile1- noon, and the Crusaders wsre The drive was helped along in tess at the Wiles 33.

There was little time left in Carolina 21, Furman 10 Florida 31, Auburn 14 Florida St 43, Clemson 7 Georgia 28, Richmond 24 Georgia Tech 21, Duke 6 Kentucky 23, Tulane 10 Mississippi 17, LSU 13 Tennessee ,8, Colorado St 7 Vanderbilt 17, Virginia 14 Virginia Tech 24, Wm Mary 7 Wake Forest 21, No Carolina 9 Kentucky 14, Morehead St 10 Midwest Ball St 27, Bowling Green 20 Cincinnati 28, Houston 23 Albright 28, Albany State 8 Bucknell ,54, Washington Lee 0 Susquehanna 17, Wilkes 6 Clarion 20, Shippensburg' J(3 Delware 14, Villanova 13 East Stroudsburg 10, Cortland State 7 Franklin Marshall 42, Lebanon Valley 22 Grove City 35, Bethany 0 Harvard 21, Penn 3 Indiana, 35, California, 26 Juniata 19, Delaware Valley 0 Kutztown 38, Bloomsburg 0 Lafayette 20, Gettysburg 12 Lehigh 38, Colgate 6 ELLIOTTSBURG The Trojans of Upper Dauphin (9-0) are the kingpins of the Twin Valley Football Conference for the fourth straight year. With senior split end Jim Miller tallying three TDs on passes from quarterback Lynn Dockey, the Trojans romped to a 28-8 triumph over previously unbeaten West Perry High here Satnrday afternoon. Approximately 3,000 fans watched the Elizabethville area eleven tally twp touchdowns in the second period and one in each of the third and fourth periods. West Perry scored a meaningless TD late in the contest. The Dockey to Miller scoring arials were good for eight, 21 and 60 yards.

Fullback Sam Gentile, who tallied the winners' other TD on a two-yard run in the second period, led the Trojans' attack with 142 yards in 15 carries. Miller caught seven passes for 135 yards. West Perry used a flea-flicker play to score its only touchdown. Rich Holman fired a 10-yard strike to end Joe Stone. scored two points for the Trojans on a rush and Dockey passed to Jim Mahoney for two more Upper Dauphin tallies.

Don Rother-mal ran for two points for the Mustangs. Uupper Dauphin had a 16-2 first down edge a 395-59 total offense bulge over tne losers. Ironmen trample Panthers the game when SU scored its second TD. The four-play drive ended when O'Neill barreled the final 21 yards. DeSantis tacked on the 17th point.

Susquehanna will close its Colorado 28, Iowa St 27 Iowa 24, Northwestern 21 Kansas 28, Kansas St 0 Massachusetts 16, Illinois 13 MaflMr-Ohiir35, Toledo 21 Michigan 28, Minnesota 21 Mansfield 13, Brockport 0 Millersville 24, Cheyney 6 Penn State 15, Maryland 13 Pitt 38, Syracuase 0 Nebraska 30, Missouri 7 Slippery Rock 42, Lock Haven Notre Dame 31, Navy 10 near the end of the first naif. Danville and Selin: rove r.2ed a victory this weekend to stay in contention for the Eastern Football Conference southern division championship. Score by periods: Danville IX 13 0 027 Bloomsburg 0 4 0 0 4 Ohio 24, Michigan 10 season Mituraay at r.iu p.m. when it hosts Waynesburg (4-3- Summaries: Scort by ptriodi: Susquehanna 3 7 0 717 Wilkes 0 0 0 64 Statistics SU wc First downs 17 '4 Yards ooined rushma 204 19 Area harriers blanked Cole tallied on a three-yard keeper to open the scoring and Walt Peters kicked the first of his three PAT's. The Montour Countians used the airlanes for their next two TD's then ad Beisswanger's 31-yard run in the second period completed the scoring for the winners.

Gary Fornwald, the Bloomsburg quarterback, tallied the losers' only touchdown on a three-yard keeper araroncs DHS BHS Yards lost rushing 23 18 8 8 Net vardooe 183 174 First downs Rushing yordoae Poss.ng yardoge Passes Posses intercepted by Fumbles lost Yards penalized -10 Passes -10 -22 2 Yards gained poising 95 101 5-15 Passes intercepted by 0 Fumbles 2 0 Fumbles lost 3 40 Penalties JO 10 20 217 8-14 2 3 45 BLOOMSBURG Danville High's Ironmen (5-3) will take a five game winning streak into their "Game of the Week" tilt with Sehnsgrove High (6-3) in Selinsgrove Friday night, Nov. 7. With quarterback Steve Cole firing TD passes of 70 and 10-yards to Jay Rothermel and George Rudy, respectively, and tallying the game's first touchdown on a short burst, the streaking Ironmen whipped traditional rival Bloomsburg High, 27-6, here Saturday night before a sparse turnout. All the scoring came in the first half. Cole completed eight of 16 passes for two TD's and 217 yards.

Bloomsburg (4-5) restricted Danville to a 20-yards net rushing mark. Temple 23, Dayton 10 Upsala 7, Lycoming 0 West Chester 42, Hillsdale 7 Widener 40, Ursinus 0 Western Maryland 31, Dickinson 21 East Boston Col 21, Miami, Fla 7 Boston 3, Holy Cross 0 Brown 24, Princeton 16 Columbia 42, Cornell 19 New Hampshire 23, Rhode Is 6 Rutgers 35, Connecticut 8 Virginia 38, Kent St 13 Williams 28, Union, N.Y. 0 Yale 16, Dartmouth 14 South Alabama 21, Mississippi St 10 Appalachian St 22, Citadel 17 Ohio St 24, Indiana 14 Oklahoma 27, Oklahoma St 7 Purdue 20, Michigan St 10-Wisconsin 18, Illinois 9A Southwest Baylor 24, TCU 6 Grambling 37, Texas So 21 Texas 30, SMU 22 Texas Tech 28, Rice 24 Far West Air Force 33, Army 3 Arizona 36, Brigham Young 20 Arizona St 40, Utah 14 California 28, Southern Cal 14 Idaho 41, Montana St 23 Oregon 26, Washington St 14 Stanford 28, Oregon St 22 'Utah St 27, Wyoming 21 Washington 17, UCLA 13 Teamwise, William- Tennent and Neshannock Hign Schools won the boys, and titles, respectively, North Allegheny and Brentwood High copped the girls' team titles at the and levels. Gary Hofstetter of North Allegheny (14:47) and Cliff Wimer of Solanco (14:59) finished first in tiie and races, respectively. The winners of the girls' races were Donna Gardner of Pennsbury (12:26) in the class and Mary Rawe of Camp Hill in the class.

UNIVERSITY PARK -Regional runners representing District 4 failed to place in the annual Pennsylvania In-terscholastic A thle tic Asso-elation (PIAA)-sanctioned cross country competition here Saturday. Al Buck of Danville, John Blessing of Shamokin and Chris Shaffer of Williamsport, represented the calss schools. Cliarles Attig of Selinsgrove, Tim Smith of Milton and Mark Brennan of Bloomsburg were the district runners. Providence ties Hershey PROVIDENCE. R.I.

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