West Virginia University - Monticola Yearbook (Morgantown, WV)

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The Charleston Gazette rill stall » (( s j( ;( I Gobblers Elude Mountie Mu s k e t s The Gold and Blue left the confines of Mountaineer Field to invade and battle the Virginia Tech Gobblers in their opening con- ference gan-ie. Nineteen thousand fans en- tered the limits of Richmond to witness the action, injuries, penalties and officials were the subjects of much conversation on the night following the game. The Mounties lost the services of both Ray Borlie and Fred Adkins for the season. Ray. an experienced end who showed brilliant signs of a good season, and Fred, a two-way guard, were not expected to mend before the season was history. It might be said that a toial of 120 yards were gained by the referees against the Gold and Blue, for as Corum would say, We were a little ragged on timing. In the scoreless first quarter. WVU had one touchdown nullified by a penalty. Later. Dale Evans reached the goal line but was short of a TD by an Inch. In the second and third quarters, the Gobblers scored twice on sustained drives. Their last two points in the final stanza came when Dale Evans was tackled In the end zone attempting to pass. Coach Corum looked forward to much bet- ter offensive play while he felt that the de- fense Improved markedly from the Maryland showing. Sophomore Don Myers was the eyecatching Mountie of the day, gaining 68 yards in 10 carries. The passing attack was weak as the Gold and Blue completed one aerial after 13 at- tempts, and three of those attempts were intercepted. Corum used 38 players in an attempt to season the Inexperienced sophomores. As a matter of fact, these first-year men looked good as the sophomore-dominated second unit outgalned the first team by a clear-cut margin. m- w- t ' M

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®lje isim Jlork SimeiS. Terps Trip Mounties 31-8 The morning of the opening day of the WVU I960 grid season was gloomy — but not as gloomy as the evening. Eighteen thou- sand Tans filed into the wet confines of Mountaineer Stadium to see their team de- feated by a strong team hoping for Na- tional honors. That team was a powerful Maryland University Varsity. In gaining an opening-day victory, the Terps also saw fit to injure seriously three front-line guards. Dave Santrock, Pete Tol- ley, and Keith Melenyzer were carried from the field with knee and ankle injuries. An interception proved costly to the Mountaineers, but not as costly as two un- timely fumbles. Johnny Marra carried the ball to the 13- yard line during a WVU drive, only to see the pigskin squirt from his arms and fall under the Terps ' Gary Collins. The Maryland team then went 87 yards In 7 plays with Col- lins catching a pass for the last 19 yards and a touchdown. Maryland scored again In the first quarter, after marching 85 yards. Kenny Smith eluded the secondary for this score. In the second quarter, the Terps could get no closer to the Mountle goal line than tne 30. They then called on field goal expert Vince Scott to boot the ball. The pigskin sailed true and Maryland led 17-0. Dale Evans then took over the belated Blue and Gold offense and directed the ini- tial touchdown of the season. After passing and running the ball for 65 yards, Evans handed the ball to fullback Bob Benke, who charged his way over the goal line. Evans then passed to Ell Kasonovltch for the two- point conversion. Another fumble by the Mounties around the mid-field stripe paved the way for an- other touchdown for the Terps after a score- less third quarter. In the last ten minutes of the game, Jan Davidson intercepted an Evans desperation ' pass, and scampered 28 yards to the Moun- ties ' 2-yard line. From there, the Terps pushed the ball for the TD. The WVU de- fense then held and no more scoring occured. Myers, Benke and Evans played outstand- ing games In the backfleld and Ken Herock ran 48 yards after catching three aerials from the end position.

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(I] xm00 Jall Utihrnut lllini Annihilate Mounties 33-0 Illinois University wra + hfully displayed it ' s characteristic Midwestern power as they rolled over West Virginia Varsity. Fortu- nately, this was only after an almost even first half. In their first-half effort, the Mountaineers lost the services of four men. hlowever only a shoulder injury to first-string center Charlie Lanasa proved to be serious. In addition to holding the Niinl to only one touchdown In the first two stanzas of play, the Blue and Gold varsity locked the door to their goal three times. To accom- plish this, the Mounties took the ball on downs twice after the Big Ten Power had driven Inside ihe 25-yard line. It was only after the Mounties coughed up a costly fumble In their own territory, that the lllini cashed In on a couple of passes. These aerials put the ball on the f ve-yard marker where fullback Bill Brown tucked the pigskin between his arms and plunged over. When the second half started, the fans saw two new teams on the gridiron. A flred-up Big Ten Conference Team and an injury- riddled, weary Southern Conference power. It wasn ' t long till the National Honors aspir- ant made the Mounties even more weary. Joe KrakowskI eluded the entire team and rambled 53 yards for an lllini touchdown. A few minutes later the Illinois varsity carried the ball 4 times for 61 yards, culminating with colorful Marshall Starks scoring from 25 yards out. In the last stanza, the fighting lllini again drove 61 yards for their fourth touchdown of the afternoon. After Mountaineer quarterback Dale Evans bobbied the ball Inside his own ten- yard line, he got off a short hurried kick to the 27-yard line. Illinois used five plays in driving back down the field for the score. The Mountaineers, still trying to escape a whitewash, drove to the Big Ten team ' s 29-yard line. After the referees called a 15- yard penalty, the Mounties could not make a first down and thus went down to a shutout defeat.