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If the name of the game is "hit." a great game was played last night at Roger Bacon Stadium as the Moeller Crusaders defeated the Spartans, 18·0. The massbe Crusaders scored three times ort passes of quarterback Danny Hauer, but the under-sized but determined Spartans made them fight for every point.

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The first quarter saw both teams put on fine defensive displays, but Moeller broke the ice on at1 eight-yard pass from Hauser to Jim Kelly for a touchdown. The TD was set 'lP by a 42-yard Hauser bomb to split end Greg Eling. fhe period ended at Moeller 6-0.

Bacon took the initiativC> at the start of the second period and drove 75 yards to the .'\1oe]]er one but could not pnt it over.

After Bacon·~ defense, led by T o n y French.

SCORING SUMMARY Moeller 6 6 0 8-U Roaer Bacon 0 0 0 0- 0 Moeller touchdowns -·- Kelly, Ellna, BoGI1e.

stopped the Crusaders twke in the quarter, Moeller still managed to get another TD on a five-yard pass from Hauser to Eling. The teams left the fi~ld at the half at 12-0 Mo~ller.

The third period saw Moeller running backs Rif'k Boone, John Niehaus and Mark Amorini give fine per· formances but the Spartan defense would not break.

Bacon's offensive efforts were stalled by failures on key third down sjtuations, and the quarter ended with Big Moe still leading 12·0.

With 6:29 left in the game Hauser connected for his third TD pass, this one to Boone for 11 yards, and the seoring ended with Moeller 18, Roger Bacon 0.

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Fighting Crusaders _Lose _19 o·f. 22· Star.ters But Have Enough Manpower To Repeat .

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By Mike Blanck The Moeller Fighting Crusaders will open the 1970 football season with hopes of equalling the performance of the 1969 GCL Champions by retaining their flawless 10-0 record.

But this year's team will be a complete change of faces since the Crusaders lost 19 of 22 starters from the unbeaten '69 squad. With only three lettermen with considerable experience returning, the team will lack a good background on the playing field.

Yet, as usually is the case, Moeller appears to have an ample supply of manpower.

Senior co-captain Steve Sylvester, (6-4, 225) is at right tackle and is the

only member of the starting offensive unit returning. Coach Faust.sights some of the leading candidates for other spots on the offensive line as seniors 0 ff ens i v e co-captains center J .i m M i II e r . (I eft)' and tack I e Steve S y I Bill Wesley and Greg Eling (ends), vester· (right) anchor the Moeller offe!"lsive line. Sylvester, the only senior guards AI Haverkos, Dave returning s_tarter on offense·, stands 6 1 4, 225.

Schwarber and Jim Marshall, juniors Kim Stephenson and Chip Harpring Steve Tino 5-10 195 11 at tackles, and senior co-captain Jim year veteran quarterback Mark Daniel. of strong candidates for offensive backJerry Niederhelman 6-0 185 11 Daniel, the All-GCL signal-caller last field assignments. Amorini (5-11, 210) Miller (Center).

5-10 175 11 Dan Hoyle season, Jed the city in passing, com- steps in at fullback replacing "GCL John Dwyer 5-10 175 11 pleting 48 of 88 (54.5%) for 749 yards. Player of the Year" Randy Keith, who Wesley, Schwarber, Stephenson and gained nearly 1200 yards last year. But CENTERS 5-11 190 11 Harpring all weigh in at over 200 ,John Kravic The loss of Daniel has· developed a~ Amorini," who grounded out 270 yards Jim Miller 5-11 195 12 pounds, while Miller stands in at 197. real battle for the starting quarterback in 45 carries (6.0) last season, should Jack Muenchen 5-10 150 12 job between senior ~ert Moms (6-2, be a capable replacement.

6-0 185 12 Bob Goodhart Perhaps Faust's biggest problem is 176) and junior. Dan Hauser (6-1, 170).

Tony Novakov 5-11 180 11 Other backfield hopefuls are junior , finding a suitable replacement for twoSeni~r Mark Amorini heads a list -M..._nr _JI, r_ -~_.......______..::::::.....,_.-..-----------------. .• John Niehaus, who averaged-7.5 yardsQ.BACKS per-carry while gaining 382 yards in Bert Morris 6-L .. 18L 12 1969, and juniors Ken HanSen, Greg 6-2 175 11 Dan Hauser Van Duhlman, and Rick Boone.

5-10 170 11 Ken Cauellier Senio_rs Steve Ni~hause ~d Rich Goodhart are the two defehsive · r~ tumees; Niehaus at tackle and Goodhart at linebacker. Competing for defensive .line assignments are co-captain Ralph Schneider (6-3, 200), Mike Heitzman (6-0, 200), Bill Davis (6-0, 192), Jim Rack (6-1, 200), Tony Novakov and Mark Elmlinger. A tower of ~trength, Niehaus stands 6-5 ~,J.nd weighs 250.

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The schedule: Sept. 11: PRINCETON (at Princeton) Sept. 18: WILMINGTON (at Lockland)

Sept. 25: (DAUYTOfND )'CHAMINADE at . o .

Oct. 2: ST. XAVIER (at Lockland) Oot. 9: PURCELL (at Sycamore) Oct.16: MCNICHOLAS(at Sycamore) Oct. 23: NEWPORT CATHOLIC (at

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· · Moeller's CruSaders scored a : ·h~um 21-0 victory over Dayton · Caaminade in University of Day: toft. Stadium Fridlay night, but you could forgive Coach Gerry F'!Nst's Crusaders for yawning • ·;t '·1:1it since St. Xavier's Bombers h*l bla6ted the Daytonia.ns 62~~;;!he week before. ·· ·'lesMes that, Moeller and St. :1{ ,clash at Lockland Stadium's R~ttger Field Friday night at B !nd lliat one d~cide who · shall jump to the top of the - 6i'eater Cincinnati League. It's .ihat important and if you ex·peQt to get a good seat or parking. 6pace anywhere near the 6Clium, you'd better get there early.

Amo and Boone ·Mark Amorini, the line-crunch1• fullback and Rick Boone who .18as more finesse in evading taCklers, both averaged six yards l;ler carry Friday to lead the Cntsader.s to their triumph over · Jlarton Chaminade. And you ".tifi't forget John Niehaus. John· ity .carried the pigskin just three times, but he coveljed 47 yards ill a 15.6 yards per carry aver-

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IJ'hey were the principals in first period when Moeller's 62 yaTd drive to Chaminade's 15.

It.ended there, but the host club ~!d to punt and the Crusaders I!Ued off on a touchdown trip.

I Starting at. the 44, Boone MOELLER'S CRUSADERS. s • red their thi~d win without ::ttpped off nine yards and a setback this season last Fr day, blanking Dayt~n CltaminAmorini eight. Then Amo ex· ade, 21-0. Leading the Big oe defensive unit w.as Way~e · ploded for 12. and then :~line.

Whitis, this junior linebacke , wbo made 19 steps dwing "~"Weone chimed in with .a six· the evening. Wayne is a bro her Warren who starred a . ,. .rd burst and then picked up 'year ago and now attends orthwest Missouri University.

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1 '"Yfom there, John Niehaus Charles Harpring and Bill Wes-. 1 wen' in on a wing-counter pllty ley were the Crusaders who clear-' · tb give Moeller a 6·0 edge. ed the path for the Big Moe h<tll-, - · ·~· · . . lugging corps. Niehaus, Amorini, · ..'Midway ID the second canto, Jim Kelley and Grant Keith join· • ;~ Moe moved 49. Y:m:ts for a~- ed :!3oone in effective offtmsive: ot?er score. Amor1m started It play. i ~ a _four-yard ~lock-bu~er. When the younger Crusadersl ne ~lied 12 yands after fi~d· took over in the last half. the' . l!li a fme hole all:d after an m· four standouts were Dave Beck-!

CQII.lplete. pass, Nl<:haus. started sm,ith, Kim Stephenoon, Steve around nght end, picked up k.ey Koegel and Daryl Da ·el blbcks from Dare Schwarber, Jim . m. · . · ..;)la:rshall, Steve Sylvester and lUoeUer h~s yielded JUSt one :Rick Boone and legged it 33 touchdown lD three game~ so ·Yards into the end zone. Boone far, ~nd that one was to Prmee.:circled left end for a pair of ton 1D the opener. One of the "AJttra points and a 14-0 cushion. reason:' could b.e the excellent .:IIJII~haminade failed. to gain again d~fenslVe backfield of Coaches t"Jdd punted out to the. Moeller Mike Cameron and John _Par-k"48. Amorini got three up the er. Denny Stall, Jeri?' Nieder·middle, ·Boone covered six moce ~elman and D_aryl Gaither have ~nd . then Amorin! . ;f.9l_l,Qwed ;a Intercepted Dine enemy l'ass.es :Wedge plliy blocking pattern SIX in thr~e .gam~.

1 .. ~s for a first down. . Amonm caJTied the ball 191 ·· ,.,, Amo got two on the next times. and had 122 yards to show i and then Boone .was f~r hLS wo~k. Boone got 83 yards lootre by blocks from his 14 lugs' and Niehaus was -.oantn.-·•n• Bill Wesley and Syl- called on just tflree timE}s for 47 and swept end for 24 Yru:ds. Other ground-g9iners were to Chaminade's seven Keith 19. yards on four carries, where Amorini shot up Ke~ley 27 ~anls in four ~rips and to score. Rich Good- BCI t Morns, the front-lme quarbooted the extra point terback, 10 yards on tht:ee carthe scoring ended when ries. . . . . half did at 21·0. · Mom~ threw eight times and . completed only one for seven ·- W_1th the y~ungcr Crusaders yards. Affer Dan Hauser took ,l'!!tbng a chance to play, the over, he threw three. times and : Ji~t half was played between the hit the mark on two- of them for -·:.Ws. ~o.eller had .four good op~ 21 yards. · :: portumties but <lnves stall~ at So f<>r the evening, Moelier _ the 28, 30, 27 and 48. Chanun.ade he_ld a 1~ command in first - threatened only once ag~U1st downs rushed for 320 . ~~ -the subs . ' .

YonuS , . · while the B1g Moe defense wns ~ The great Moeller ~efense throwing Chaminade for a ]6. ; :wai. stubborn as usual 'YJ.th de· yard minus pickup,· and DaytOn ~1ens1v~ end Wayne Whibs and got 116 ·yards. through the air :::- defens1ve hac~ Denny ~tall earn· by completing nine o( 29 pa-sses _-,ng ~oe spec1al plaudits of 1f1e but bad three in.tercepted. _:::eo~•ch~~ staff. • • The 21-0 victory, as la'ck-lustre , :: _tJommg· Wh1tis were · end . as it was, ran Moeller's winning :: ~ Hrmsen, ta~kles. S_te~e streak to 13 ·over the past two ·.·· _N~ehaus ud Ralph S~Qe.lder, seasons al1d that record wi~l go -~ Uaebackers Rich Goodhart and on·.· the line against st. Xavier · ::: Den. Hoyle 8JUf Jerry ~Ieder· tomortow night, in audition tO ;-: ~au, Mart ~lml'b~g.er~ D_aryl the high state ran~ing Mfieller : , ~er ·.~ Tom~ G1l&y 10IJlo enJoy~ in a wir~ service poll.. _. · ed Stall Ill p.rote¢tblg the IN' · ~. eillar.v .defeDIIiv• areas. ' ~any lenie~t .. ~lth :. 'tffeilsively. Dave sthwarber; their vices because Qf ~fir be::J.tm Marl!~. Steve. Syhrestei", lie~ th;Jt oharity'begins at home. ·

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. Within eigth minutes of Wilmington o o o G- o the first quarter, Moeller's 1. M%~~:;,ridloul~do~s\e~Kel~h ~au~~rha~~ offensive squad scored PAT-Goodhart s. twice with, two good con- i ~7 0 · versions, taking an early come a 1 i v e in the second lead which helped them to quarter with progressive ball movement and an indefeat WUmington, 41-0.

- Wolmington failed ·to terseption of a b 1 o c k e d inove the ball and Moeller's pass but n e it her team first possession was on the scored. ~9-yard line. Moeller moved The action picked up the ball steadily and the again in the third quarter first score came when soph- as W i 1m in g ton 's John omore Grant Keith scored Banks intercepted a pass on a four-yard run. but the Hurryin' HurriFrom then on it was canes failed to score again.

Moeller all the .way. WilMoeller took over again mington failed to move the and Grant Keith tallied anball again and' Moeller took other 6 points with a 10over on the 48 ..Junior John yard run. Then Mike Huster Niehaus dashed 30 yards picked off a Wilmington first down pass and ran in for the second score.

With 47 seconds left in 'from the 30 making the the quarter Tom Schmidt third quarter score 34-0. intercepted a Wilmington Moeller's finale came in pass and returned it 18 the fourth quarter as subyards for Moeller's third stitute quarterback Dan score. With Rich Good- Hauser ran in from the 15. hart's three extra points. ~----------­ Moeller led 21-0 after one quarter.

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BY NORB SCHUTTE Moeller Correspondent

John Niehaus ran for two touchdowns and Moeller's recorded its second straight shutout a~ the Crusaders bombed the Dayton Chaminade Eagles 21-0 last night before a large gather~ng at the University ·of Dayton.

'Neither team could move the ball in the first quarter until the Crusaders got rolling with less than four minutes remaining. They drove 60 yards with Niehaus scoring on a 10-yard run. The conversion failed and Moeller held a 6·0 lead.

Neither team could move the ball in the second quarter as the defenses stood out. But Niehaus managed to get the Crusaders on the board with a fine broken field 32 yard run to paydirt. Rick Boone ran the conversion and Moeller led 14-0 ..

With time runnin~ out in the quarter Mark Amorini scampered. six yards to paydirt to climaxed another long drive. Rich Goodhart kicked the conversion and Moeller led 21-0 at halftime.

The defenses dominated the third ,quarter as neither team penetrated deep into the other territory but the vaction did pick up in the final quarter.

Niederhelman J err y picked off a Chaminade pass at the 40 and Moeller drove to the 28 but could move no farther. Chaminade then drove to the three but time ran out before they could score.

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4foeller 57, NewCath..&;/·<) 'lo. . · _ · Junior Rick· Boone re- --- ·· - - - · · ' . :. . · • IC:Oitllt. tUMIIAIIY . turned the openmg kickoff MoeHer 23 14 1 7-5 1 \ ~ yards to give Moeller an Newpart C1thollc a o o ~a a.a..l · d · th · 5l 8 .

Moeller touchdowns-Boone Nlthllus """ v lea m err • V1C· Amorlnl 3, Kelly 2. PAt-Boone 4, w . · tory over Newport Catholic hart 5· 1 ,,.._.. ·1 ht.

NewPOrt ClthoHc 1ouchdown - Glbtall .-zt~ n g PAT-Wenstrup 2. : Boone also ran the con-- --- - ------ · -~rsion, making the sco~ ter score Moeller 44, Newport Catholic 8.

The final TD of the night By came in the fourth quarter when .Jim Kelly scored again, this time from the Norb 45. Goodhart kicked another extra point givin2 the Schutte Crusaders a 51-8 lead ... · Moeller Moeller threa~lleid · to _score· MBilt.hy]li. t.,._."'New~ -, S.~tbLte!li' . tliau· .. a A with • only 11 . seconds port,. &lapsed in the ··quarter. miJtute::~af6ihg ran out. , · . · ,f.·· 'l'ben two minutes later, . ,. .{ohn Niehaus ran 12 yards fer the second score of the Jiight. Rich Goodhart kick· ad the extra poiut and Moeller led 15-0. · But the Thoroughbreds weren't dead yet. Qrady Gibson caught a :i3-yard J!88S from Tom Everson on fhe four and scored. Larry 'l'enstrup ran for the extra "'ints g i v l n g Newport their final score of the

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Mark Amorini rambled 62 yards on the second offensive play of the game to give Moeller a key 9-0 vietory over visiting Elder, keepin.g alive the Crusaders• hop e s for second straight Greater Cincinnati League title.

Elder crossed midfield only three times in the game and once in the final half. The Panthers never got further than the 31yard line of Moeller.

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THE CINCINNATI ENQUmER

Saturday, November 21; 1970

Senior 'Stage Hands' Made Moeller No. 1

Names like Tim Rack, AI Haverkos, Steve Leisri.ng, rark Elm!Lnger, BiU Davis, Tom Schmidt, Mike Heitzman .nd Bert Morris made very few of the Mooller headlines s the Crusaders rode a second-'half-of~the-season surge ) theLr second stl1a1ght Enquirer city football c'hamp!:oo-

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But coach Gerry Faust calls these boys "the secret nat made our team."

Those eight boys .are seniocs at Moeller-senior subtitutes. SOme, like Morris, Davis, Elmlinger ood Sclunidt, rere starters at the begi.n'l'ling of the season and wound p on the benCh. Others, like Heitzman and Rack were 1 and orurt a lot. I.Jeisring subbed fotr eig:ht games then Garted the last two and Haverkos sometimes started, f·ten didn't.

"One of the things I admired most about this squad rere the eight seniors who sat the .bench because there rere better players ahead of them," said Faust. "We've lways been fortunate out here to have kids who continue ~ contribute when they're not playing, a lot of schools o. But this year there were so many more of them. ' "I told them 1n OUif senior meeting that I think I've

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"It's going to be tough to repeat," said Faust, "in our league alone there were four junio!r quarterbacks."

Winning The Enquirer champinosh~p salvaged the season at Moeller, making up for losing the Greater CinEnquirer Sports Reporter cinnati League championship.

"By the end of the season I felt ·this club might have we were. We as coaches knew we should have made been able to keep up with last year's, even as exceptional as ·that one was," said Faust. "It was rawaxding fotr the some changes, but we didn't do it until we got beat.

• "The k·ids learned a lot in the St. X game, and so dld · kids to be recognized as No. 1." the coaches."

Moeller also had a bunch of seniors "who were real key kids because of their ability," said Faust. They inPASSING RUSHING cluded tackles Steve Sylvester and Ralph Schneider, guard Ydg. Player All. Comp. Pet. Ydg. Avg. Carries Dave Schwarber, and Greg Eling, fullback Mark Amorini, P~ayer 45.0 65 29 359 Hauser 12 29.0 145 Morris 42 linebacker Rich Goodhart and deep back Denny Stall.

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By DENNY DRESSMAN, gained moce respoot for the substl·tutes and I'll remembeT them longer 1lhan the starters because of their tremendous attitude. They're the kind of guys that make your team go."

In one way or other, all eight were involved in the g;reat shakerup 1:.'ba•t followed Moeller's 24-7 loss to St. Xavier in the fourth game O·f the season. That defeat was the lone blemish on Moel'ler's 9-1 recoro, and Faust calls it the turning poi:nt in the season.

"They bea-t us and they beat us good," said Faust.

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Next time they got the ball, John Niehaus r~led off a 19yard run around left end and · then Amorini blazed up the middle and kept goin~ 45 yards to! the goal line. Rich Goodhart's boot made it 15-0. · Later. Newport, aided by a' roughing the kicker penalty got to Moeller's 38. From there, quarterback "Tom Everson. trapped, scutTied from side to side of the field, drew the defense in for the kill and then fired a pass to Grady Gibson who was all alone at the goal line. Larry Wenstrup · ran for two extra points and the lead was reduced to 15-8.

That seemed oniy to anger the Crusaders. Three plays alter receiving the kickoff, Boone rambled 3t yards to Newport's 13 and from there Siehaus was sprung loose on a trap and scooted in. Boone ran for the points and a 23-8 lead at the end of the first quarter.

The second per·iod was an anticlimax. After taking over on a punt. Moeller ground out ani other quick TD. A five-vard l i sweep by l':iehaus and a lQ.;•ard · •off-tackle trip by Boone got 'things rolling. Amorini bulled , for 16 up the middle and then i Niehaus went wide for eight more.

A penaltr set Moeller back to \ the 49. Boone got two back then a roughing the kicker penalty gave Moeller a fii·st down at the 33, from where Amorini started Ia dazzling run that wound up in i the end zone. His TD and Good•hart's conversion boot swelled the Moeller cushion to 30-8.

With the second backfield in, Moeller drove 43 yards for another score before halftime.

Hansen went around right end fo1· eight, Keith shot five yards up the middle, Keith circled right end for 14 and Kelly covel"ed the final 16 yards, also up the middle and Goody's boot shot Big l\'loe on top, 37-8.

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.. ~m the backs in full running condition, .Moeller ran 46 rushing plays for 501 yards and did not need to pass as they out-, gained Newport Catholic 501-159.

The Thorobreds had 96 yards to show for 49 rushing plays and completed 3 of 8 passes for 63.1 Moeller har 23 first downs to 11 for the losers.

Defensively, tile Big lUoe ' forward wall was super-stingy.

Tony Novakov, Ralph Schneider, Jerry Niederhelman, John Kravec and Dan Engel were the defensive leaders and in the secondary, Daryl Gaither, Denny Stall, Tom Schmidt and Tom Gilday were the stars of the post-game film Saturday.

Moeller is 6-1 and owns a 4-1 Greater Cincinnati League reeord. Elder will bring a 5-1-1 overall mark and a 4-1-1 lead work1sheet to the Friday night struggle.

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• .mg ground-ga~~er. · 'f!te · Cru·. · .!Tohn· averaged 11.4 yards pe1' carry in tiHit vict~rv that ~ader ~·ower run_ner .cruched -brought· ~oeller's record to 5-1. Rick Boone a'vcraged. 10,6 ,I'!'- 1_0 hm_es and l<;ft 1_02 yards pe_•· ~g- and .l~lar~- Amorini. averaged 10.2 before those three · _bchmd ln~ for an average of : J?oosled,-the s"ore.to, the point the younger Crusader to.ok over.10.2 per tnp. , - I, , --::-'--;,:-':.~.~-;.----:--_;;__:..._-=-:---:--=...:..::.....:...:...-=.==.::.:.....:.::.::_.::::.::_.:_ ,In addition; quarterback Dan . It was made ea~y· by the yards by ,,completing .5 . of 15 Hau'ser . completed four of ·10 blockilag of Jim Miller. "Pap-· passes, ;but'· Moeller held a vast passes for 59 yards. an'd ··Bert py" "tur:ned ifl his. toii game of 343-41 Yf-rdage, total overall. ·,I '.Morris threw twice, comiecting the:·:sea.'io·n: bv- far,· :md had · 1 on one fot· ·19. So the Big Moe · plenty ef he\1; from Jim Mar· While ~he :UcNick p~ssing rolled. ovet··• 343 ytards .during _shall, Dave S(·hwarber, Chi]• game did click five times, tlie ~-,:_·.::.t=h=e=e::ven=i::n::g::.=======:::::ll Harpring, • Ste'I'C Sylyester, .., Crhus'ade1rs c~ught two of- the,· Snag Eling; Jim Kelly and of ot er •eaves. Denny Stall, CO!USC, the backs '1'1-hO wercn:t 1 perhaps the best • defensive caryir.g_ at the time. . ' back in the'' city, intercepted ,another ·one, marking the .1 , These big fox:ward·. paLh- fourth game -in· Moeller's six cleart!rJ oltliterated the Rockets, that ~e has speared an enemy particularly on trap plays and pass out of the air. Denny double--team · ·b l 0 c k ·i 11 g ·that has intercepted two twice in , sprung 'the leather-luggers free games ·this season. ' time and ag;lin Sylvester's block· ing wa; almost Comical to watch To~. Schmi.dt also :hauled h/ ""with the big guy smothering .a ·Mer\ 1ck. pas!! and he legged .i1 his tar.get 11!0S( of the night.

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M 0 ELLER ALSO olic League, which is hav. .

- · · · back, and leadmg scorer We're playmg better foot· ing a hectic football cham- h~n, Is. the, current leader Mike Boiman are ready for ball now th;m we did be- strengthened its defense 1 pionship race this season . With e1ght points. St. Xa· · action. Both were injUred fore we'lost that one." against outside running by • with three teams currently vier, 3-0.1. is second with fin the early minutes last One of the 1'1 n e up' moving Tony Novakov from embroiled in a battle for se_v!'!n. points · an~ _Moel_ler · w_eek against St. Xavier. changes moved Danny Hau· an inside linebacker, and the lead. .

With a ~-l_r~cord _Is m third Starting fullb_ack :Roger ser· to quarterback in place Dan Engel from defensive For the first · time in ~ hlace. w1th ~IX pm_nts. Elder Rodenberg was hurt later of Bert Morris as a starter. halfback, to the cornerlong while tie games have as fiVe pomts, ~1th a 2-2-1 in the game that finished "Bert still is plaJ7ing a lot," backs. become important in the mark. ·. '. . . coach Faust pomted out, With so much at stake . , ; ti_t!e picture. "In fact, they St. Xav1er w1ll play Rog- In an 18-18 t1e. He ts not "and his attitude has been this week, the LaSallemay prove the deciding fac- erBacon in a Saturday aft- likely to _play the rest of great. He's done everything Moeller game shapes up as , tor in the final analysis. · ernoon game at the St. X. , the season but the other he can to help Danny and a major battle and one of l .. Dick Berning, St. Xavier field while Moeller and La- two backs probably will be he's been a real leader for the season's top crowds isj athletic director, called at- Salle will: clash in a Satur· , ready for action against us. Instead of sulking he's anticipated. tention to the league's tie day night contest •at the Moeller. ~--;;=.:=~===~===:=:============= game rule -at the league Oak Hills High field.

• MOELLER'S LONE Joss, · l!leeting the other nigi1t T H E W A Y . the . race to St., Xavier· three weeks and it turned out that most of them had forgotten it shapes ,up, the loser of the . ago, appears to have actualnecause it hadn't been uti- Moeller. LaSalle encounter · ly benefitted the Crusadwill be out of contention ers. Coach Gerry Faust has lized for so long. for the pennant while a jockeyed his lineup around ACCORDING TO the Roger Bacon· victory over ~ a bit and it has seemed to league constitution. a victo- St. Xavier would put a se- help.

Gerry· added, "The loss ry_is worth two poi_nts, a tie· vere dent in the Bombers' · . also took the pressure· off equals one point and a loss, cl1ances.

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Dan Hauser was tJe"3.Jp of the moment Friday night when I Moeller's Crusaders needed some offensive spark and Danny hooked up with Jim Kelly and Greg Eling to buHd a 12-0 lead .before laying a payoff pass into the arms of Rick Boone to ice an 18-0 decision over Roger Bacon's Spartans.

Although outgained by a wide margin, Bacon stayed within striking distance until that fourth-quarter heave to Boone.

In fact, the Big Brown from St. Bernard missed an opportunity to pull close and gain momentum by a scant two yards in the second perio,d and that seemed to end whatever hopes they had 1had.

If it had not been for the 1 booming punts of Jerry Holthaus, Roger Bacon might have been in even deeper trouble. He backed Big Moe up early in the first period with a long, high boot that carried from his own three to the Moeller _42.

Mike · Asmann stopped a short Crusader drive when he intercepted a pass and returned it. to Moellei·'s 47. But Bacon failed to gain and Holthaus -laid down a beautiful punt at Moe's three-yard stripe.

That's when the Crusaders 1 started a 97-yard march that got . them ahead. Mark Amorini started it with quick drives up the middle for nine and four yards. Boone and John Niehaus chopped out short gains and after a nine-yard zip by Boone, Hauser chose to pass on a sec' ond and one situation.

Dan uncorked a long one that seemed headed for emp· ty space. But out of the corner came a speedy Crusader named Jim Kelly, who formed a basket with his arms and cradled the ball while going full speed ahead. The con· nection was good for 43 yards to Bacon's seven.

On the next play, Boone scored but it was nullified due to an improper procedure penalty. Hauser flipped an incomplete pass but then Boone circled left end for five yards to the Bacon seven. On third down, wiiit goal to go, Hauser hit Kelly at the two and with a defender hanging on, Kelly lunged into the end zone to make it 6-0.

T h e Spartans, obviously "fired-up" as they usually are against lUoeller, came right back after the kickoff. With Mark Morelli and Tom i\laschmeier leading the attack, Ba· con got all the way to Moel· ler's seven, helped by a 15· \ yard walkoff.

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The last hoot was another beauty by Holthaus that went to Moeller's 12.

Their seeond sustained drive of the evening followed as tha Crusaders went 88 yards with John Niehaus, Boone and Ken Hansen doing the damage.

Hauser fired a five-yard pass to Snag Eling for the touchdown and. a 12-0 lead that stood at ·halftime, after Denny Stall intercepted a pass to halt a Ba· con threat. Denny's pickoff set a n.ew .Moeller school record of seven interceptions in a season.

'Only threat in the early part of third quarter was when Moeller drove to the Bacon 20 and lost the ball on a fumble.

Then in the waning moments of the quarter, Moeller put together an 81-yard march, their shortest of the night, to wrap it up.

John Niehaus reeled off a 14-yard gain and Eling snagged two Hauser passes to keep it going and the. payoff came when Hauser shot a screen pass to Boone and Rick followed a wall of block· ers 11 yards to wrap up the scoring at 18·0.

Moeller had a wide 411 to 94 yardage bulge. The Crusaders chewed up 319 yards on 54 ·rush· ing attempts and Hauser completed six of 12 passes for 92 yards and three touchdowns.

Bacon ran the ball 26 times for a net gaiti of 68 yards and con· nected on two of 11 aerials for 26. First downs were 20 to 4.

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Hauser threw twice to Kelly for 51 yards, three times to Eling for 30 and once to 'Boone for 11, all three of those receivers hauling in a six-point pass to· account for Moeller's 18.

Offensively, besides the backs, Bill Wesley, Eling and Kelly were standouts. The crushing ground game was made possible by Steve Syl· vester, Cl!.ip Harpring, Jim Miller, Jim 1\Iarshall, Dave Schwarber and AI Haverkos. :Besides Stall, who set a new school defensive ·record for interceptions, the Crusaders were clicking on all cylinders with Rich Goodhart, Jerry Niederhelman, Steve Niehaus, Tony Novakov, Dan Engel, Ralph Schneider, Wayne Whitis, Chip Gaither, Steve Leisering and Dan Hoyle the leaders.

Roger Bacon retaliated with lUorelli, 1\laschmeier, Dave lding, Jim Zinser, Bob Jas· per, 1\likc Ryan, Don Benjamin and 1\like Ennis offen· sive standouts. Defensively, the SJ)artans were sparked by Tony French, Jim Hampel, Mike Kruthhaupt, Bernie Henke, Joe Reichman and Bob Stark.

'Moeller finished with a 9-1 record for the season and won recognition as Ohio's fifth· ranked Class AAA team following the victory over Bacon.

The Spartans wound up 6-4.

•nd Dan Hoyle were too. '1.

Jg man up front was Steve \Iiehaus, but being cast in a starring role is nothing new to "Rookie" who gives it his all every time out. Tim Rack and Mark Elmlinger also drew raves from the staff after they viewed the movies. { '::) 7 0 Moeller went 61 yards for the game's opening score. Runs of 18 yards by Amorini and Boone led them to the Mr.:'tlick 44, after a 15-yard penalty, and from there, Steve Sylvester executed . a perfect trap to spring J olm · Xiehaus. Harpring, Schwarber and Miller three blocks to clear the path and John unwound for 44 yards and a touchdown after Jim Kelly threw a beautiful downfield block. Boone tacked : on two extJ,as ·for an 8-0 lead. j Shortly after, a bad punt g;ave 'Big ~1oe the ball at tile 40. I Boone dashed 19 yards on a : sweep and Amorini 14 up the i middle but a fumble was recov-, ered by the Rockets at the five.

Three plays later, McNick had to punt out and it rolled dead I at the 37. j Boone got seven and then 15 on a pair of sweeps. lUauser hit Kelly with a sideline 11ass for 13 yards to the two and Amorini cruehed in from there with Goodhart's boot making it 15-11. Next series of downs, Amorini's 14 yard blast, a Hauser to John Niehau pass for 12 yards and a nine-yard charge up the mid· dle by Amorini led a drive to the McNiek 32.

Then Moeller called tanother trap play and it worked to perfection as Amorini shot up the middle, shook loose would-be tacklers and dazzled the crowd with a 32-yard TD run that ended :\loeller's 63-ymd drive.

Goody's second boot boosted the count to 22-0.

Dan Engel partially blocked a punt in the second period and : :'llocllcr had a chance at the Rockets' 22. Amorini drove to I the 18 and Boone swept end fori the 18 yards •and a 28-0 bulge.

Novakov also blocked a punt be- I fore halftime and Grant Keith I scored. but it was called back.

In the third period, Coach Faust allowed his starters just one series of downs. Hauser uncorked a 28-yard pass to Snag Eling. Niehaus covered 14 yards on one carry and ' eight on another to the enemy four and Amorini went o\·er from there with Good· i hart's kick making it 35-0. , Later, Tom Schmidt inter-' ccpled a McNicholas pass at the' 31, ran it back to the two and Ken Hansen went into cap the scoring at 42-0 with Goodb:u·t's fourth conversion of the night getting the last point.

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1~10 Dan Hauser wasn't even a starting ball player when the 1970 football campaign started for Moeller's Crusaders. But Dan took over at quarterback in midseason and his 20-point performance Saturday night enabled the .Big Moe to hand LaSalle's Lancers their first defeat of the year, 23-6. ' Dan chilled a partisan La· Salle crowd by completing 11 of 21 passes, two of them for touchdowns and another for a pair of· extra points. By the time the Crusader field general quit firing, his mates bad a 23·0 lead that they protected beautifully with a staut defense that convinced the Lan· cers they'd just P.layed the best team in the GCL. That remains to be seen. The way it is, St. Xavier now has top ! spot with only a tie against La~ Salle marring an otherwise perfect GCL campaign and with only Purcell's trod-upon Cavaliers remaining on the schedule. Moeller must face tough Roger Bacon on foreign soil. · Therefore, St. X could wrap it up with a win over Purcell. But · a surprise Cavalier win and a Moeller victory over Bacon would enable the Crusaders to once more claim the league· crown.

Hauser was the shining offensive star of the evening in Moe's 23-6 conquest of previously undefeated LaSalle, Dan threw a six-yard payoff pitch to Greg Eling in the first period· and Rich Goodheart's talented toe 'booted the edge to 7-0.

Then Hauser found fleet Jim Kelly open in the second period for an 11-yard scoring hookup and when Dal'l Engel fired a pass to Mark Amorini on a clever extra points play, Big Moe was in command, 15· 0. Amorini shot the count to 23·0 in the third chapter on' a nine-yard run and LaSalle averted a shutout on Rich Brown's short TD chop.

The Hauser to Kelly combina-j tion was something the Lancers : couldn't stop. Dan fired to young, Jim eight times during the night I for 94 yards. Greg Eling caught l the other three for 36 yards. ' A 10-yard strike to Kelly got the Crusaders going in the first period after Tim Gilday intercepted a LaSalle pass at midfield.

Runs by Amorini and Grant Keith kept the drive going until the TD pass to Eling got Moeller on the scoreboard.

Next time they got the ball, Hauser uncorked a 20-yard strike to Kelly to LaSalle's 40, hit Jim with a 13-yarder to the 19 and then found the young son of another Jim Kelly, former UC great and a coach there now, open for another TD and the 15·0 lead.

A 10-yard .pass to Kelly and runs of 13 and 15 yards by Rick i IBoone were key plays in the third touchdown drive for the.

Crusaders. Amorini scored from . the four after Boone raced· there on his 15-yard sprint.

Moeller had to come up with something like Hauser's top passing game to win over the unbeaten Lancers. Seven times the Crusaders were penalized 15 yards as 125 yards were stepped off against them by the· officials. i · But Big l\loe was to be de· 1 nied and rolled up 15 first • downs to 8 for the Lancers; got 157 yards rushing on 44 lugs, compared to just 39 yards rolled out by a strong defense on 23 LaSalle running plays, and added Hauser's 130 yards in the air against 35 for La• Salle. So Moeller outgained the one-time league leaders, 287 yards to 75 and ran 65 plays to just 36 for the Lan· cers.

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While Assistant coach Phil Offcn!iively, Jim Miller, the Giglioti's offense was covering "PallPY" of them all and a Co· the 287 yards, Assistants John Captain, was in top form. He Parker and Mike Cameron had had Jim ·1\larshall, AI Haverkos their defense thoroughly pre· and Steve Sylvester ready in pared. the interior line. Bill Wesley Denny Stall had another and Eling were top linemen great game in the' secondary at the ends and of course, and Daryl Gaither and Tom KeHy had his finest tilt of Gilday also turned in brilliant the year.

Dave Schwarber and Chip Harperformances. As usual, big and ready Steve Niehaus was pring were also involved in key a tower of strength, along with plays and the backfield corps of: Ralph Schneider,· Tony Nova- Hauser, Amorini, Keith and Niekov, Wayne Whitis, Rich Good- haus formed a unit that gave hart, Dan Hoyle, Dan Engel, Coach Gerry Faust all he could Jerry Niederhelman and Steve ask.

Now Moeller owns an 8-1 reeLeisring deetJ. . . . ord and will put that mark on l OffensiVely, Hauser had his the line at Roger Bacon Stadium. greatest moment. Keith led the The annual clash between the rushers with 6£ yards on 13 Spartans and the Crusaders is carries. Amorini got the call 12 always a great one and a capactimes for 45 yards and Boone ity crowd will pack into the West ripped over 44 yards on 11 lugs. Mitchell avenue facility for the · IJohn Niehaus had just two yards 8 p.m. kickoff.

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Amarini scored the only Dan Engel intercepted a touchdoW!n and then tried Kramer pass early in the to run the conversion, but third quarter but Moeller he was stopped by the El- was forced to punt. Elder der defense. Later in the also had to punt a(nd Hauser quarter, Goodhart kicked a threw anothar pass to Nie25-yard field goal for the haus who made it to the Elfinal points of the night. der 38. The_ Crusaders drove Elder began to come alive路 to the four but lost the ball in the second quarter whetn as Bob Baur recovered a Tim ReHly intercepted a fumble. EIder, however, pass on the Elder 38. Two could only get a mid-field plays later, Bob Kramer before they had to punt as fired a 48-yard pass to Greg time ran out in the quarter.

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BY ALAN FRIEDMAN, Princeton Correspondent Moeller's Crusaders scored twice in the fourth quarter to hand the Princeton Vikings a 13-6 setback last night before an overflow crowd in a non-league encounter at Princeton. .

SCORINC SUMMARY -· Defense was the name of Moeller ............ o o o 13-13 the game throughout most Princeton . . . . .... 6 o o 0- 6 of the first quarter. Prince- -~g;J~e;rt~ouchdowns-Amorinl. Kelly. PAT ton recovered a Crusader Princeton touchdown-Minor. fumble on the Moeller 45 - · and drove to paydirt in 10 hit paydirt with fullback plays with Wendy Holloway Mark Amorini taking it in tossing a 10-yard pass to from the one. Rich Good· Chris Minor to put the Vik· hart kicked the conversion ings into a 6-0 lead. to push Moeller into a slim Again the defense played 7-6 lead.

Princeton took the ensuthe dominant role in the second quarter. Both teams had drives stalled by penal- ing kickoff and drove to ties and fumbles as the the Moeller 44 but on the score remained 6-0 at half· next play Moeller's Chip time.

Gaiter intercepted a PrinceThe Vikings took 'the sec- ton pass· and took over on ond half kickoff and began their own 44. Four plays to drive. They took the ball later quarterback Bert Morto the Moeller one but the ris tossed a 45-yard TD Crusader defense held on pass to split end Jim Keltwo crucial downs and took ly for the score. ' Princeton's hope for vic· over the ball. Neither team threatened the remainder tory faded in the final minof the quarter. ute of play when the MoeiThe first Moeller score ler defenl>e tightened and was set up by a Viking stopped the charging Vik· fumble at midfield. It took ings 28 yards from paythe Crusaders 13 plays to dirt.

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By DENNY DRESSMAN Enquirer Sports Reporter Princeton coach Pat Mancuso said it sadly, and Moeller coach Gerry Faust srud it jubilantly. Regardless of emotions, though, theY both summed up Moeller's 13-6 come-from-behind victory over the Vikings when they said a third-quarter goal line stand by Moeller turned the game around.

"We should have gotten that one (touchdown) at the Lincoln Heights, took turns one," said Mancuoo. "TheY trying to play giveaway tor had one- great goal line most ot the game.

Princeton took a 6-0 lead stand. I think If we had :gotten that TD It would In the first quarter thanks have made a difference. I to a prur of crucial Moeller can't say It would have slip-ups. Quarterback Bert made us the winner. be- Morris gave the Vikings cause no one can really say posses,s!on on the Moeller that far sure. But trom the 44 yard line when he tumemotional side of the game bled.

Then just when it seemed it would have given us the the Crusader defense had edge."

Faust looked at It this held on a third-and-seven play at the Moeller 29, a way: Moeller player was called "It was the critical poJnt for a face mask foul. The In the game; there's . no ensuing 15 ·yard penaltY doubt about that. Our of· moved the Vikings to the fensive unit realized at 14, and quarterback Wendy halftime that it wasn't Hollowa,.v bit Chris Minor doing the job. They were with a Io-yard pass two ready to go before that goal plays later. llne stand, the defense just Moeller, which lost only g a v e them extra incenthree fumbles all last year tive." en route to a 10-0 record, Moeller, playing with 19 coughed up the ban that first-time s t a r t e r s, and many times in the first Princeton, playing its first three quarters Friday night. game after the merger with Princeton, however, offset , that to some extent bY fumbling once, having a punt blocked, and losing two pass interceptions.

The Crusaders started their first TD drive with 4:45 lett to plaY in the third period after turning back Princeton at the two.

The Vikings had taken the opening kickoff and had marched to the seven before the Moeller defense stiffened for four downs.

Moeller almost blew that chance after bursting out to mid-field on seven straight running plays.

Fullback Mark Arnorini fumbled, but Princeton's Mik£: Gayles fumbled it back to Moeller on the next play.

Amorini cracked over from the one-yard line 13 plays later and Rich Goodhart coverted from placement to put Moeller on top. The Crusaders scored again quickly after intercepting a Holloway pass at the Moeller 44. Quarterback Bert Morris round end Jim Kelly with a 45-yard pass good tor six points.

"We started 19 new kids out there and they were shook," said Faust. "But they came back. That's the mark of a champion."

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Top tackles meet head-on Two of the country's outstanding high school linemen will be fadng eacl: other Friday night when Moeller and Elder battle in a Catholic League gan:e at Sycamore Stadiun SteVf~ Sylvester, Moeller, :'lloeller this year chiefly ani BJl Eilerman, Elder, has been a running team. are bo:h :ackles. Svlvester Rut that doesn't mean the plc.ys cffensive right tackle Crusaders can't pass. They for the Crusaders, Eiler- ha\en't had ~oo many occa· me:n cefe:nsive left tackle sio:1s to throw because the for the Pc;nthers. Trat puts grrund game has been so thE two local standouts rewarding.

Game time Friday is 8 pr=tcti<.:all~' face to face. ln the October-November p.m. at Sycamore and a issue of Letter'llan, a Min- crcwd of iOOO to 8000 is nesota publicat·.on for high expected. sc:1ool a! hletes, Svlvester was hclnded in i he natian's top 2!i of a pre-season raring. Eilermar. was in Friday Afternoon th~ top 100.

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THERE IS a full page pi::t.ur3 o:' Sylvester in the clirrert issue. Thue is also a picture of Eilerman as a "player :o watch.' Those are lnth high tributes to h~·o your.g men w~1o have c('lntributed so much to tt·eir 1:!ams this Sl"a:;on.

Boh players are seniors.

SylveEter weihhs 225 and Etlernan 243 . .\lany college scout~ already have an eye 0:1 them.

In add.tion to what could b~ a pen.onal rluel between Sylve.;ter and Eilem1an. the game shapes up as a real s:am:Jang affair.

Elder is 2-1·1 and Moeller 2-1 in league play. While St. Xa\<ier and LaSalle heart t!1e :;tardings at present, neith<:>.r the Crusac!ers nor Panthen are definitely out ci the race.

THE PA!\Tm~RS ha\'e plenty of speed c.nd good runnml! hacks.

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Hills a! Walnut Hill~.

Friday Nirht Jln~erson at l'•vominl.

Oa~ Hills at Mt. Healthy, Lod<l•nn at Reading.

Haorison at. North Coll~iP. H1ll.

Cnl!lrain at Ta1lor. , Mo~llr.r v<. Elder at Sycamor~. : La5ai!P v<. St. Xavier at C~ler~in.

Ne·,'J)ort Cathn•ic at Lexin"o~ HPnry Clay.

M'dd Ptown ~~ Princeton.

HLl!hes vs. Courter Tech at Trechter<

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Or;~rcinnatl Country Day Scrool at Mt. \ lnrti~n

Hi II at loveland. at fladeira. at Mariemont.

Dtoer Park at :\~Iiford.

Slturday Nlrht Ncrwood at Greenhtlls.

Sunday Afternoon Pcrr.eii at Roi(!r Bacon.

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Pat Perry '\tins iu foil Pat Per;.·y of the Cincin· nati Fencing Club won first in women's foil at the ' LJuisville fencing meet last week end. Les Ibanez. also o:· the Cincinnati Fencing (']ub, won third in men'~;

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Steve Sylvester PhOtO· l?eatured In Letterman , Moeller High Senior. tackle Steve Sylvester is featured in the October-November issue of "·Letterman Magazine."

The· 64, 2·25-pound Fighting Cru· sader is acclaimed for •his "strength, poise and agility" in playing for "one of the nation's toughest interscholastic grid leagues."

Steve was among the "Top 25" listed in Letterman's "Football '70'' feature last issue, and this time he is recognized through a full-page pro· cess color photograph in the Letterman Gallery. Only four selections are made for the Gallery in each issue.

ly include an interview with Don Nelson of the Boston Celtics; a study of the chat,acter· istics which make a champion athlete, written by Dt·. Thomas Tutko, psychology professor at San Jose State College; and the conclusion of :a two-part series on punting and place kicking, tips from kicking expert Dr. Edward J. Storey.

Regular features include the four-color Letterman Gallery, which introduces exceptional performers in basketball, foot·ball, soccer and swimming; ·trainer Jack Rockwell's column, this time on the "athlete's pre-game meal; and Coach Helm's "answers for ath"The recipients of this hon- letes." or," explains Executive Editor Tommy L. Preston. "have been Over a half-million copies of chosen from a group of out- Letterman with a readership standing athletes throughout exceeding two million· are mailthe country. Their 1appearance ed free to the home of high is dictated by the :highest stand- school athletes and coaches W•ho ards of athletics and personal requested it through their conduct." schools. In Ohio, '117,790 are The October-November issue receiving the periodical is the fourth edition of LetterAmong 'advisors and contriman Magazine, a new publica- uting editors to the Wheaton, tion which presents cove11age Illinois based publication are of interscholastic· performers Matt Snell, the New York Jets, and teams. "We're giving high J. C. Martin, the Chicago Cubs, school players and coaches na- and Payton Jordan, Stanford tiona! exposure because of their University tPack coach. contributions and efforts which bring credit upon themselves and their schools," Publisher 1P1aul Nyberg explains.

Soccer, cross country, foot'ball, basketball and swimming provide variety in the OctoberNovember periodical.

Widespread geographical coverage is represented by fe•atures from 'Florida, Vermont, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, Utah and California.

Other articles in the hi-month-

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Moeller M·ust Fill 19 I 'Holes' 97o Moeller started last season rated No. 1, finished the season rated NO. 1 and is starting this season on top. Will the crusaders be able to overcome the loss of 19 starters and repeat as Enquirer city champions?

"Losing so many me~s we'll be inexperienced," said coach Gerry Faust.

"But if we jell, we could have another pretty decent ball club."

Faust believes the key to putting together another season- like the perfect 100 year of 1969 is finding a replacement for graduated quarterbac-k Mark Daniel.

"You don't lose a kid like Daniel and replace him easily," said Faust.

"We only had three interceptions ·and three lost fumbles: that's only six turnovers the whole season."

Junior Dan Hauser, who threw a school record 16 touchdown passes for the reserve team, and senior Bert Morris, Daniel's understudy last year, are competing for the job.

"We're really impressed with this kid (Morris)," said Faust. "He looks like he's going to be a good one.

He has really worked on his passing."

In the running department Randy Keith and Dan Molina are gone, but Mark Amorinl and John Niehaus are ready replacements. Amorini averaged six yards per carry with 270 yards in 45 attempts, and Niehaus had a 7.5 average on 382 yards in 51 carries.

Vic Koegel, first-team allcity linebacker, is gone from the defense, but cocaptain Rich Goodhart will fill his spot and Faust expects him to take over as a leader. steve Niehau.~. a 6-5 245-pound junior who started as a sophomore, is back as a defensive tackle. and 6-4 225-pound Steve sylvester returns at tackle to anchor the offensive line.

For most schools the Joss of 19 starters would be a. critical blow. one that would mean the next year is a rebuilding s e as o n .. But Moeller has depth. The 1970 squacl may not be quite as strong as last year's, but it still may prove to be the best ln Cincinnati.

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BY NORB SCHUTTE, Moeller· Correspondent With only three of 22 starters back frotn the unbeaten 1969 squad, Coach Gerry Faust's principal problem will be to fill in the gaps in his Moeller High School football lineup. . , B~t the Crusaders have an ample supply of manpower, II?C1Udmg a number of players who received some expenenc~ last_ year to go with the three holdovers who form the nucleus of this year's eleven.

Steve Sylvester, at right tackle, is the only member defensive line berths are of the starting offensive Ralph Schneider, M i 1{ e team ret~ming. Some of Heitzman, Bill Davis Jim the leading can d i d a t e s Rack, Jack Muenchen: Tom n_ow f~r SI?ots on th~ offen- Schmidt, Tony Novakov sive lme mclude Bill Wes- and Mark Elmlinger. ley, Chip Harpring, Kim THE CR:USADERS -.yill Stephenson, AI Haverkos, Dave Schwarver, Jim Mil- be all new m the defensive ler Jim Marshall and Greg secondary and Coach Faust Fling. will be abl~ to choose from Loss of two-year veteran s~ch candidate~ !iS Tom Mark Daniel at quarter- Gilday, Steve Le1mng, D~n backs will hurt but a real Engle, Denny Stall, B1ll battle for the starting sig- Heywood an~ Chip_ Gaither.· nal-calling job has devel- Moeller ag~n Will have oped between Bert J.Ws>rris both offensive and defenand Dan Hauser. sive co-captains-Jim Miller, Steve Sylvester, Rick · MARK AMORINI should G o o d h art and Ralph provide a capable replace- Schneider. ment for fullback Randy In addition to Faust, Keith and has had some members of the coaching experience at that position. staff this year are Phil GigOthers in strong contention liotti, John Parker, Mike for backfield assignments Cameron, Ted Bacigalupo, are John Niehaus, Ken Tom Hummel and Ted Hansen, Greg Van Duhl- Hall. man, Rick Boone and Jim Moeller schedule Kelly.

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tbe kick and the Panthers were set up at Moeller's 22.

After Steve Niehatls and Dan Engel stopped Kramer twice, Stall atoned for his bobble by batting down a fourth-down aerial at the goal line.

Kramer rallied the Panthers again jllst before ltatftime. He hooked up with Greg Hensley Oil a f2-yard throw to Moeller's 20. That· was as far as· the Purple could get. Wayne Whitis put the rush on Kramer and ferced a harmless pass. Then Goodhart and Wltitis cracked the big quarterback for a six· yard btiS. \ On third down, Steve Niehaus was the. rusher· nearest Kramer· and it was fearful to see ''Rookie," the 251-pound behemoth, bearing down on Kramer with Amazing speed. On fourth down, Niehaus, Goodhart and Whitis all were in Kramer's lap and he was swamped at the 37.

John Niehaus raced 10 yards around left end and then Hauser j fired a 25-yard pass to John at 1 Elder's 18, but the clock ticked away there With Moeller still nursing that 9-0 lead.

The third stanza was easy. , Elder had one first down before Daryl Gaither speared one of Kramer's aerials for Moeller at the 48 and ran it back to Elder's 43. Then just before the end of I the quarter, Big Moe took over · at Elder's 39 after a short punt and the Crusaders had a real chance.

Hauser hit Niehaus with a 13· yard pass, Grant Keith picked up eight over rig·ht gua·rd and John Niehaus went over rigtlt tackle for five to Elder's nine. Niehaus hit th.e same spot and shook loose for six yards to the Panther's U1ree, but he fumbled : when hit and Ed Bauer smoth. ered the ball for Elder.

There were no s e r i o u s threats in the final chapter.

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by Jerry Niederelmaa and hy Denny Stall wile intercepted a ICromer pa&S, his sixth pick· off of tke seasou. so far. Stall i6 new tietl wUb Ken Lcmg, Frank Wi~ ani Bob Morris· sey for mest interceptions in a season wit~ two games left.

While the pass rushing of. steve Niehaus, Goodhart and Whitis provided defensive fireworks cost~y to Elder, Crusaders whq ;t~,Jtfled in .tep defensive ef· ,·:.- - - - - - - - - - - for\& Jn.eluded · Tony Novakov, . . . th Engel, l;Jap Hoyle, Gaither, Stall yards bis 13 bmes ~1th . e and Tllin · Gilday. ~all and Boone earned f1ve Offel'lsively, the CI'Usaders were hmes for 18 yards: Hauser hitting crisply and with authGr· campleted three of s1x passes ity. Jim Miller. Steve Sylvester, for 35 yards.

Jim M·arshall, Chip Harspring, Moeller had a 240 to 16 bulge Greg Eling, Jim Kelly, and backs in rushing yardage as the Big Hauser, Amorini, Keith and Nie- Moe defense refused to budge. haus were all Elder could handle. Elder led in passing yardage, J<'or the night, Am orin i 74 to 35 so the Crusaders had a picked up 1%1 yards for 15 car- net pickup of 275 yards against ries, Niehaus netted 47 on 15 119 for Elder. First downs were lugs, Keith was good for 41 I 13-9, Moeller.

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The Praying Crusaders of iMoeller High School administel·ed swift justice to Elder's :Panthers Friday night. Mark /qnorini shot up the alley 63 ~rds to score on the second play of the game and a few minutes Jater, Rich Crllodheart 1 booted a l'ecord 25-yard field 1 goal to give Big Moe a 9-0 lead and the score stayed just that way through three more periods ¢ emotional battle.

U's always a fight to the finish when these iwo grid powers and their super lung student bodies face eff against each other. Friday night, it was the same despite that quick 9-0 lead, because 1\Ioeller had to go all out to protect it and a quarterback named Bob Kramer tried his best to spoil things fer the home fans.

On a cooler nig'ht that some · :reporters expected, it was left up to Amorini, a block-buster type runner to generate fireworks that warmed up Moeller's partisan fans. Mark shot five yards up the middle to bis own 37 on the first play from scrimmage.

Then Coach Gerry Faust called a trap play over right tackle .. It :worked, thanks to a good fake by quarterback Dan Hauser and the whole right side of Moeller's ' line. Mark broke into the clear and set sail for the other end of the field, making it standing-up amidst bedlam from a packed stadium.

That 6-0 lead looked good. Next time M'Oeller got the ball, Goodhart made it 9-0 by breaking a school record previously held by his brother, Bob. Taking over at the 44 yard line after Elder's punt from its own 1~, John Niehaus and Rick Boone teamed up for a first down, then Niehaus and Amorini joined forces for another. A screen pass from Hauser to Amorini and Niehaus' five-yard run carried to Elder's nine.

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Elder had its .best shot at scoring shortly after that. Kramer tried a pass to Mike Murray a~d interference was called at mid:ffeld. Thanks to pressure-plus pass rushing by Goodhart ~~d a jolting stop by Warren _Whlhs, Elder had to boot agam, but this time Denny ~tall fumbled

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