The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1958-09-19
Catholic Grid Teams
In Ohio Look Good

Of Ohio's three Catholic college football teams-Day-
ton, Xavier Cincinnati. and John Carroll Cleveland
two of them, namely Dayton and John Carroll, are ex-
pected to post victorious 1858 campaigns. Xavier is a
question mark.
Dayton, which finished impressively last season by
winning the last five games to chalk up a 6-3-l record,
has Is lettermen plus a fine crop of prospects.
John Carroll, loser OF only one game last season
and vnbeaten in the Presidents Conference, has 20
letfermen back plus two refUrnees from the 1856
team as well as some new prospects.
Reason for the question mark for Xavier is that Coach
Harry "Mick' Connolly is banking his hopes for a
winning season on the performance of rookie candi-
dates from last seasons undefeated freshman squad.
Xavier opened its campaign last weekend with an 80
victory over st. Joseph Qnd). The Dayton Flyers will
take off for their 1858 campaign this Saturday when
they battle the University of Cincinnati. John Carroll in
vades Greenville, Pa. to battle Thiel College on Oct. 4.
Dayton Flyers
The Flyers, who finished with a burst of strength
last season are expected to be even stronger this season.
In a preseason comment, Kerr says "whsf we have
is a strong, fast. mobile first line, a promising quar-.
ferbaek, good defense against the ground game and
possibly a good passing attack"
He is banking his hopes for depth on the crop of
sophomores-22 of them. The team also has five seniors
and Is juniors, which makes future campaigns bright.
Top candidate for AllAmerican honors is left tackle
Emil Karas, figured to be one of the best linemen in
the Midwest Center Bill Korutz also is expected to
give an outstanding performance.
Coach Kerr also has three fine guards Steve
Palenehar, Cliff Haresfad and Don Ediek. flushing for
the right tackle post are Joe Tache, Al Waizek and
Harry Brecker. Taehe Is top man.
At the end position, Kerr has Tony Latell, Vince
Palyan, Jerry Raft as well as George Marklay, and Bob
Cyphers. -.
Two top quarterbacks are listed by the coach Mel
Smolik and Pat Connor-both of whom have been quite
impressive during practice. Other backfield men in.
clude Frank Bongivengo, Joe Dillon, Chuck Malloy,
Robin Narke, Ted Kramer, Buck Stages and Jim Nc.
earthly.
John Carroll +.
In addition to his 20 lettermen, John Carroll Coach
Herb Eisele has center Leon Matthews and tackle Frank
Hofrichter, back from the 1856 varsity. Robert Fitz
gerald, a Michigan State transfer, should help John
Carroll as it seeks to repeat as conference champion.
Trple-threat quarterback Jerry Schweikert, voted
The outstanding freshman in 1856 and the most valu-.
able performer last year, Is back to guide the CIevs-
land team.
Frank Walton, the top ground gamer, even though he
missed the last two games because of an ankle injury,
is back at halfback. His running mate is Paul Burens.
Bill Marks plays the fullback position.
Because of the quality and quantity of material
Coach Eisele is expected to pad his already fine IL
year record of 81 wins, 80 losses and five deadlocks
Xavier Coach Connolly has IL lettermen but is lean
ing strongly on his fine crop of % sophomore gridders,
among them, Lou Martin, former star halfback at ST.
Charles.
Among his lettermen, Connolly has Jerry Casper and
Ralph Lane at quarterback, and Terry Meyer and Faust
Coyle at halfback. Veteran Ed Serieka, already drafted
by the pro Cleveland Browns, is back at full.
In addition to Martin, other backfield candidates in
clude Walt Rockers, Ron Costello, Don Rodgers, Lou
Carlini, Ron Ziegler and Larry Stelzer.
Xavier plays Kent this Saturday-LvF.