Journal and Courier from Lafayette, Indiana • 31

SEPTEMBER 17 191 THE JOURNAL AND COURIER LAAYETTE INDIANA IVE Work Ahead for Knights Trio of 'Toughies' In Next our Starts Now in his fourth season at the helm of Central Catholic still a school tn the football sport Coach Paul LaRocca can look back upon a record of 24 wins and 8 losses: three victories in every four starts La Rocca credits the suc cess to the players and to their spirit had the abil ity the size the speed or the know how to make that 24 8 he says the boys have given everything they hate and usually a little more my evaluation of the 1963 team woefully weak in several spots and I mean only in depth Some of the starters are there on their desire not on ability I only hope they can continue to get things done through their eagerness and their willing ness and that we en counter any serious injuries OPENING WIN On the other hand the young mentor continued: "We should get better in each game especially in the offensive line I feel we will have a solid ground attack as the season goes on and have good enough passing to pro vide the balance necessary' to keep our opponents guessing Right now our defense is pretty good" in all there is no reason why we have another successful LaRocca states flatly "But it be easy Even though I ask any more of the boys than they are doing now at the same time they ease up either It means a lot of work a lot of learning and continuing de sire to excel and to win" ANOTHER 7 3 MARK? While victories over rank fort and Southwestern were big Ones a glance at the schedule shows what LaRocca means Three of the next four oppo nents (Lebanon West Lafay ette and South Bend St Jo seph) most likely are stronger than rankfort and the last three foes (Culver Military Crawfordsville and Delphi) will be rated as good or better than the Knights A split with the remaining six toughies plus the two vic tories already in the book and wins over Rensselaer and At tica could produce another 7 3 season (to go along with 7 3 in 1960 8 2 in 1961 and 7 3 last fall) But none of the Six will roll over and play dead nor will Rensselaer and Attica Off to a good start CC never theles: has plenty of work ahead Joi 7'7" 5 1 a CXarfBk ILLING BIG SHOES: Lou Hatke (eft) and Bernie Conrad were elected co captains of Central Catholic team after practices started this fall succeeding the graduated Henry Ebershoff and Dave Cain who led Knights to third straight winning season last year (Staff Photo) OSU Elects Ricketts And Snell COLUMBUS Ohio Matt Snell of Locust Valley NY and Ormonde Ricketts of Springfield Oho were elect ed co captains by the Ohio State football squad Monday Snell at 22 the oldest man on the squad weighs 214 and in the past has played end but Coach A'oody Hayes has plans to use him at fullback on offense and end on defense for at least the forepart of the season due to a shortage of fullback material Ricketts 21 has been alter nating at end and tackc LaRocca cited the rankfort victory second straight over the North Central loop rival as a "big step" for his new squad the fact that we have 29 lettermen we are i relatively inexperienced Most of the lettermen on kickoff or punting teams or I kickoff return teams last year They played in a lot of quarters but see much playing time in minutes think the team has been real nervous and jittery in the first two games But we're get ting the confidence we need and we should be much stead I ier now why sure 1 Demonstrating the lack of experience and depth La Rocca points out that his co captains Lou Hatke and Ber nie Conrad had to be shifted to new positions to fill gaps left by graduation and not manned by holdover veterans EXPECTS GOOD YEAR Hatke moved from fullback where he was a workhorse last fall to halfback with huskier Larry Gilbert (175 pounds) giv ing CC an additional 15 pounds at the fullback slot Conrad's move was more complex send ing the would be quarterback to a guard post are good LaRocca added in particular is a tremendous asset in the line despite his mere 165 pounds He's a quick thinker he reacts quickly physically and be works hard every minute On defense he will maintain pursuit until a play definitely is over and on offense he will go downfield after made his initial block in the Two more senior veterans Bob Effner and Ken Morrison are the key men in the defen sive backfield particularly on BYPASS 52 and HIGHWAY 25 or A Quick and Easy Meal Henry's Is The Place HAMBURGERS 15c RENCH RIES 10c CHEESEBURGERS 19c SHIMP BASKET 72c COEE 10c SHAKES 20c COKE ORANGE ROOT BEER 10c 15c GUARANTEE IICM87V utuauaeeaa DTD wWt frWB OTD bwl GwoontmoM liiwcM HEHXTS HAMBWtGEXS HEMtrs MMBUKERS lw 1S HEMtTS HAMeiHKEM NMMOy CwDWTVwy BEORE and ATER the GAME rtV'S ls THE pLACE TO EAT W7 i 1 ri 32 pass defense NaTI0Nai ri Jgf GOOD LUCK TO I PURDUE UNIVERSITY I BOILERMAKERS! 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