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FllOneIcessfu | PaeellsatisfiBOW OUT AGAINST OWATONNA — These seniors will be in act ion for the last time Friday when Austin closes its Big Nine Conference football campaign at Owatonna.. They are, left to right, top row: Manager Harold Davison, John Anderson, Dick War-manen, Richard Erickson, Bruce Miller, bfeve Lynd-berg, John Baudler, John Anker, Bob Hallman andHarry Musser. Middle row; Jim Fossey, Tim Schmitt, Tom Gnmley, Clayton Houff, Dick Yonke, Jack Berthiaume, Dan Hendrickson, Rod Gunderson, Gary Hovland. Front row: Steve Underdahl, Dave Placek, Dave Borgesen, Del Pepper, Keith Heichel, Carroll Dahl, Gary Zech, and Steve Dormadytory lt;day aP m.. Themedio take I underiOWATONNA NOT SOFT-TOUCHHass Warns PackersReadyUfon:in Packer foot-the threshold ofArt Hass ill team iszr successful campaign —• if it can escape trouble against big, powerful Owatonna.Although the Indians have failed to -et the Big Nine Conference on fire, they won't bow out without a scrap when the two teams tangle Friday at Owatonna, 7:30 p. m.Hass is figuring on anything but a soft touch.“Two years ago we had a 23-game win string shattered at Owatonna,” Hass explained. “As far as I'm concerned the situation is similar. We need this one for a successful season, so we’d better be ready.”charging Owatonna forward wall gave the Rocket offense fits.The defense will be led by 230-pound end Glen Stoltz. 220-poundBob Bedney and 205 -Zjlguard Dwight Zatochill.starters are end Noe! lt;175, tackle Neal Nelson guard Dick Eisner (185) and center Dale Nelson (240).Owatonna’s offense has failed to march consistently, but ittacklepoundOther•Jenke/ « mm \* 1/d',ilooked sharper in last week's12 . 0 victory over Faribault.Itmr-:The only returnee from last*year is quarterback Marc Illegal . who will direct the attack and handle the passing.Jim Luedtke (155), the team’s leading scorer, will be at half- j(,hnhack along with Gory Erdmanlt;150* and Doug Marshall (180) will be at fullback.Paul Lian, Mark Iliegel, StanSchuster and Tomalso see action.Decker willance I they i or twlt; 4II tent i Mart our I fen siIt.” Mating aiprepa Iowanthing minec of thlt;• ■St. JohntAimsThe Packers, eager to improve on an overall 7 - 1 record, are healthy and raring to go. The regular backfield of Tim Schmitt, Mike Ruzek. Jim Fossey andAnderson will be intact, while the starting linemen include ends Tom Grimley and Rod Gunderson, tackles John Baudler and Steve Lundberg, guards Keith Heichel and Dick Yonke and center Richard Erickson,Pac physi game when the liHal cente the £halfb,alongVinHube:Neal Davis' Indians, with a line averaging 204 pounds per man, are hailed as the biggest team in the conference and despite an overall 4.3.1 record they are capable of playing solid football.While Davis isn't making any victory predictions, he feels the Owatonna defense can put an ef-fective halter on the Packer running attack,“Sure, we're big and slow, but the defense has come up to expectations,” Davis said.One shining example was the performance against Rochester, which needed a fourth period touchdown to topple the Indians7 . 3. Most of the time, the hard-at Perfect SeasBy LEW FERGUSON ' right title by whipping Hamline, Associated Press Sports Writer which has dropped all six of its COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. (AP‘— conference games.St. John’s University, leading thenation with an 8-0 record and ranked 15th in this week's Associated Press college football poll, guns for its first perfect seasonin history Saturday at Hamline.Only other unbeaten season the Johnnies enjoyed was in 1932 when they had a tie mar a seven-game schedule.St. John's tops the Minnesota Intercollegiate Conference with a 6-0 mark and can make it an out-Packer StatisticsiRUSHING (8 GAMES)Car, Yd.Ruzek , . 104 612Fossey ......,, 48 257Anderson ........... .. 59 191Underdahl ........... ... 24 119K«nq ................. 6Hartman •••••»••••••••• 16Musser . . , ...... 13ShamrockGranholmHendricksonHouseT. Schmitt51Av. 6.0 5.33 24 5 60 10.03 7 2 22 43 0Rans CadetsBut Johnnie Coach John Gag-liardi isn't taking anything for granted. “We were unbeaten in the conference for a while last year, too,” he says. “Then we got beat by Macalester.”The Johnnies finished second in 1961. “We’ve been second a lot of tim;*s since we last won the MIAC in 1953,” Gagliardi adds, with clear determination that it won't happen again this year.Is talk about a possible bid to compete in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics’ post-season playoff and the Holiday Bowl sweeping the St. John's campus? “I don't want to talk about it,” Gagliardi said. “La.-t year we had feelers and then Mac*walester beat us.John Anker, back in action after recovering from a hand injury, will see extended duty at guard while Dave Hartman, Mike House, Jack Berthiaume, Al Borg, Wally Osterholt and Harry Musser are others certain to play.Austin will finish no worse than second in the Big Nine race by beating the Indians. And the possibility of a title share exists should Rochester, leading the pack with a 7 - 0 record, stumble in its final outing at Winona.assigi ane f at qiTh field at q PunJimIGai a kr Benil DankandstartiDeni:Other Big Nine action Friday finds Albert Lea at Red Wing and Faribault at Northfield. Mankato completed its season last week, finishing with a 5 - 3 conference mark.I* •T SchmittHouseHartman60 29 12310 -26 -2.6 . 14 -74 -5 2PASSINGAt. Cm. 1 nt Yd Td74 36 2 656 615 4 0 52 14 3 0 30 0PASS RECEIVINGCaught Yds Td 12 258 1♦ *rr0itei-Ruiek .......Grimley ......Hartman * .....Berg ...........Fossey .. .Gunderson .....Anderson . . ....Granholm ......S. SchmittSCORING (ALL GAMES)td pat fg tp977222111071141128034211753001I010RuzekAndersonGrimleyFosseyHartmanPlacekGundersonMusserGranholm• •6533201110100110000000001000363118181313666St. John's Rankede7th in NA!A PollasKANSAS CITY C\P - Central Oklahoma State is first, Florida AM second and Southeastern Louisiana third in the weekly foot-wball poll by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics.All three are unbeaten and untied. Centra 1 Oklahoma hasplayed seven games; the other two five each.The other top teams, in order:The improved Pacelli B football team clobbered Shattuck B of Faribault, 40-13, to close out the 1962 campaign Wednesday at the Athletic Field.it left the Shamrock^ with a 5-2 record, including four victories in a row.Tom Yon Feldt led the scoring parade with two touchdowns as Pacelli rolled to a comfortable 27-0 spread at halftime. Von Feldt’s first TD came on a 60-yard pass play from Bruce Clen-non and the other on a 25-yard run.Clennon, who threw a 20-yard FD pass to Ray Halverson, also cored on a five-yard keeper play. Two Pacelli touchdowns came on blocked punts with guard Jack vYalsh and end Dean Maschka downing the ball in the end zone.Center Gary Quednow place kicked three extra points and he passed to Von Feldt for another. John Gardner and Doug Wick*-mscored touchdowns for the outclassed Shattuck team in the third and fourth periods. John Hanson added an extra point by placement.Gagliardi said there is no policy against a St. John's team accepting a post-season bid. “We’ve never had the problem liefore. but my feeling is that we would go. he said.The traveling squad:Ends — Tom Gnmlev, Rod Gunderson, Al Berg, Wally Osterholt, Steve Schmitt, Gary HovlandTackles — John Baudler, Steve Lundberg, Bruce Miller, Bob Hallman, Jack Berthiaume, John Osborn.Guards — Dick Yonke, John Anker, Keith Heichel, Dennis Jacobson, Gary Zech, Steve Dormady, Lynn McAlister.Centers — Richard Erickson, Doug Saar* amen, Dave Placek, Del Pepper.Backs — Tim Schmitt, Mike House, Dan Hendrickson, Mike Ruzek, Jim Fossey, Dave Hartman, Ken Thiel, Mike King, Steve Underdahl, Charles Granholm, Harry Musser, John Anderson, Dave Borgesen,Clayton Houff.St. John’s boasts a young team which slipped past its toughest MIAC foe, Duluth, 6-0 on a muddy field early in the season and has used an overpowering offense to smash other opponents.The Johnnies have scored 238Gopher SixNeeds GoalieGFHornhalf!won' er hiday’sgarniHo er thsidelsinctHethatas tlers as rrpoints to their eight foes’ 95.Quarterback Craig Muvres, halfbacks Bob Spinner and Bemie Beckman and fullbacks Rich Chalmers and Rich Froehle lead ther* rBlaska 5thBest PasserMuyres has tossed 92 passes, completing 47 for 715 yards and 10 touchdowns. Spinner has gained 503 yards in 112 carries, Beckman 521 in 86 tries and Froehle 490 yards. Froehle, a freshman, took over for Chalmers when he tore up a knee in the Duluth game. Chalmers had bulled for 260 yards in three games.Chalmers could return to action for playoff games, if St, John’s is invited.St, John’s, a Catholic school operated by the Benedictine Fathersand having an all-male enrollment of 1,250, draws* most of its football .talent from a 90-mile radius around Collegeville. A good number of its gridders are uroducts ofNEW YORK (AP) - Minnesota’s Golden Gophers, who have made futile the running attacks of five opponents, have put together the best defense against rushing, in the last 15 college football seasons. iThis was disclosed Wednesday with the release of the latest statistics by the NCAA service bureau.“ISatuHorrThlt;miglIkdrilltheThe Gopher forwards have permitted onlv 122 vards on 191 rush-*ing attempts in five games for a 24.4-yard average a game and 23 inches a rush. The national champion Syracuse team of 1959 was the only major of the past 15 years to restrict rival rushing to less than a yard per play for half a season.Alabama is second in rushing defense with a 52.5 average followed by Mississippi, 58.2; Auburn. 59.8 and Dartmouth 61.2.smclt; he h ticeHlt; thin that all s theMin28 pUprofHortrailninewithBerlA16 Lettermen Outany!Hor
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