By CHUCK HESS,
JR.
While the
When the River City team
comes here Friday night for its second consecutive All-American conference
(AAC) contest, the Tigers will be out to show they can do better than their
arch-rivals. The
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ANOTHER
CONCERN of the
In light of the 205 yards
through the air given up by the Tigers while defeating
30-0 Saturday night – the
most allowed by the
Lion receivers, termed by
Coach Earl Strohm, “the best crop we’ve had for
awhile.”
On
We’ve been trying to
capitalize on our passing game since we started getting a lot of injuries,” Strohm explained.
It must have been the
longest night of the season for Tiger fans who
provided the major part of the 14,038 attendance. The Lions got to the Tigers one, eight, nine,
29, and 14-yard lines in the first half – twice on fumbles by Jim Smith – before
the defense stiffened.
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ON TWO of those occasions, Dave Redline missed 18 and 21-yard field
goals. On another, Dave Hout, Jerry
Harris and Elijah McLin stopped Jeff Simms just short
of the goal line. Hout’s
fumble recovery aborted one drive.
Meanwhile Altoona was
jamming the off-tackle holes and guarding the corners so well that the WHS
squad didn’t get out of its own territory until Bert Fampier,
back in action for the first time since he was injured in the season opener,
ran a pass interception back 26 yards and set in motion a drive which fizzled
moments later on the Altoona 36.
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THE TIGERS got on the scoreboard with five seconds left in the half via a 71-yard
drive and one of the weirdest plays ever seen at Tiger stadium.
Quarterback Marc Malinowski threw from the
Malinowski missed the conversion off right tackle.
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Hout was also called for
being offside and clipping on the run-back but his aggressiveness paid off as
he had an unofficial 15 tackles followed by George Whitfield with 12, and
Stoner and Larry Shumar each with nine.
Simms had 12, Wayne Mascia and John Fusco each 10 and Dave Elvey
nine for
Fullback Mike Autrey went off right tackle for the conversion.
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STONER
INTERCEPTED a pass on the Tigers’ 24
shortly thereafter and on the next play Autrey went
off tackle, made a great cut and raced 76 yards to pay
dirt with 5:40 remaining. The left side
of the
Streeter went around left
end for the conversion.
The Tigers stopped a Lion
drive on Massillon’s 34 and the resulting drive, abetted by Smith’s 24-yard
run, netted the final score with Malinowski hitting McDew on the five and Mark carrying in for the score. Forty-four seconds remained.
Smith navigated left-end
with the ball, another of those tip catches occurred as Hodgson batted a pass
into end John Imler’s hands at the
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“OUR BOYS did a heckuva job defensively inside the 20
where it counts,” Tiger coach Bob Seaman said.
“I thought their kids were pretty tired by the end of the game.”
He added, “They did a fine
job against us but Autrey’s long run took the starch
out of them.”
“We were in the game for 3 ½
quarters,” Strohm said. “That long run took us right out of it. We got close several times but couldn’t
score. Nothing we expected to work did
work.”
About his double slot
formation, Strohm commented, “It was a little
different look than we had been using.”
The Tigers’ fifth victory
against one loss saw Smith with another 100-plus yards night on the ground –
114 of the
Ends – Imler,
Singer, Young, Plummer, Rehm.
Tackles – Beatty, hench.
Guards – Schraff,
Keown, Costlow, Mascia.
Center – Strohm.
Quarterbacks – Pry, Redline,
Ellis.
Halfbacks – Diehl, Simms, Lutchko, Robinson, Fusco.
Fullbacks – Balestino.
Ends – Dampier,
Tackles – McGeorge, Laase, Harris, Dorman,
Doll, Midgley.
Guards – Whitfield, Couto, Harig, Hout, Arnott, Indorf, Fichter.
Centers – Cocklin, Gengo.
Quarterbacks – Malinowski, Fromholtz, Lombardi.
Halfbacks – Smith, McDew, Shumar, K. Autrey, Hodgson, Stoner.
Sheaters,
McLin, Gamble, Miller.
Fullbacks – M. Autrey, Streeter, Johnson.
Touchdowns:
Att. Net.
Malinowski 8 21
Smith 25 114
McDew 7 12
Streeter 3 20
M. Autrey 5 87
Att. Net.
Lutchko 10 28
Balestino 6 15
Pry 11 10
Simms 5 21
Elvey 4 18
THE
GRIDSTICK
M A
First downs –rushing 8 3
First downs – passing 4 10
First downs – penalties 2 2
Total first downs 14 17
Yards gained rushing 272 135
Yards lost rushing 18 37
Net yards gained rushing 254 98
Net yards gained passing 62 205
Total yards gained 316 303
Passes completed 4-6 13-34
Passes intercepted by 2 0
Yardage on passes
intercepted 29 0
Kickoff average (yards) 5-36.2 1—29
Kickoff returns (yards) 17 57
Punt average (yards) 5-35.8 2-32.0
Punt return (yards) 0 0
Had punts blocked 0 0
Fumbles 2 6
Lost Fumbled ball 2 2
Penalties 8 5
Yards penalized 83 55
Touchdowns rushing 2 0
Touchdowns passing 2 0
Total number of plays 62 76
See
pics tonight
Films of last Saturday’s
Coach Bob Seaman will answer questions on that game as
well as the Tigers next outing. The