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1 Is ii .7.7 Cr i IK OTii M. By BOX COON'S feswr-Journal Times Staff Writer CINCINNATI Oakland As owner Charlie Finley elbowed his wav through a wall of reporters to shake hands with the hero, Gone Tenace, and then whispered something into the catcher's right ear. Thotographcrs begged for pictures. Finley and Tenace obliged. "That was a record!" Finley exclaimed.

He gave Tenace a fatherly hug and then whispered in his left ear. Tenace wouldn't reveal what was communicated. Fury (that's his first name) Gene Ten- ace entered the World Series record book vestcrday by hitting home runs in his first two at-bats. He also called for a pitchout to nab would-be stealer Dave Concepcion as Oakland got the jump on the Cincinnati Reds in the opening game of the 1972 classic with a 3-2 victory. A croud of 52.918, largest ever to witness a baseball game at Riverfront Stadium, saw Reds starter Gary Nolan walk George Ilcndnck the injured Reggie Jackson's replacement on a 3-2 pitch with two out in the second.

Tenace, whose only hit in 17 at-bats in the American League playoff against Detroit was the game-winning single in the final game, tagged a Nolan fast hall over the left field wall for a 2-0 As lead. Cincinnati, though, got one run back in its half of the inning. Johnny Bench, whose dramatic homer helped oust Pittsburgh in the National League championships, singled. And so did Tony Perez. Then Denis Menke coaxed A's starter Ken Holtzman for a walk.

The bases were loaded with no outs. After a pop-out, Conception forced Menke at second for a run. But the Reds had to wait until the fourth to tie it. Bench walked and Perez singled sharply to center, Bench racing to third. Another fielder's choice produced the run.

Tenace. who was 26 years old on Tuesday, then luted a hanging curve ball over the left field wall with one out in the fifth. The big question was: Would it stay fair? It did, and the young man who grew up in Lucasville, Ohio (about 100 miles from Cincinnati), became the first man ever to hit homers in his first two Scries at-bats. The feat of two homers in one game has been accomplished 22 times, the last time by Boston's Rico Petrocelli in 1967. Others to Jurn that trick include Lou See TENACE'S HOMERS Tage 5, Col.

1 TJ fY k. If Sports toritr-Slonnml Times SECTION 'SUNDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1972 Associated Press There she goes OAKLAND'S Gene Tenace socks a two-run homer in the second inning of yesterday's World Series opener at Cincinnati. Tenace connected again in the seventh, providing the A's with a 3-2 victory. V1 Inside Sports Dean Eagle, Dick Fenlon and Mike Barry columns Page 2 Indiana races past Wisconsin in Big Ten 33-7 Page 4 Kentucky Colonels roll 130-110 in home opener Page 7 Secretariat finishes first hut he's disqualified Page 10 Trinity wins 14-0; St. routs Male 42-0 Page 11 U.S.

wins douhlcs and takes 2-1 Davis Cup lead Page 14 Glotzbach wins pole for today's Salem 500 -Page 17 THE CONGRATULATIONS had to be spread around as the Oakland catcher Gene Tenace (extreme right) in yesterday's World Series-A's had two heroes relief pitcher Vida Blue (far left) and slugging opening triumph at Cincinnati. Game No. 2 is set for 1 p.m. today. Stevens' three touchdowns help keep slate clean of pays hack North Texas in 56-6 rout good Associated Press of following yesterday's debacle.

"They've got the best club we've played this year," he said. "I think if they keep going, they'll get nationally ranked. We'll vote for 'em." Rust had special praise for little Howard Stevens, who scored three touchdowns and rushed for 97 yards in 18 carries. "I think Stevens is super," said Rust. "He's as good a running back as I've set eyes on, and I coached against Mike Garrett for a while when I was out at Stan By JIM BOLUS Courier Journal Times Staff Writer Now that it's over, now that the University of Louisville has run North Texas State out of Kentucky and halfway back to the Lone Star State, head coach Lee Corso and his triumphant players can forget about last year.

And Tony Burdock, a split end on the of team, can forget about the "curse of Fairgrounds Stadium." Louisville racked up an overwhelming 56-6 victory yesterday before a home Ogle shy leads way It's wonderful coming gathering of 18,041, a record crowd for an afternoon game at of L. In achieving its fourth victory of the season, unbeaten Louisville made it look easy against a group of guys from North Texas who were masquerading as football players. "We had a special feeling a deep, inner feeling for this game," Corso said afterward. "People didn't realize how much the game meant to us. I guess they can see now." Last year, North Texas upset cf yards in 19 attempts) simply trampled Kentucky's defense throughout the afternoon.

"They did some nice things, from a coaching standpoint, that we didn't adjust to until halftime," admitted Ray. "They had us split wider apart than we expected and their blocking patterns were different than they'd shown before." The winners had so many nice things, in fact, that the Tar Heel philosophy appeared to be 11 yards and a cloud of strewn bodies. It all added up to 354 rushing yards for the afternoon and it was enough to straight-arm UK after the Wildcats had trimmed a 24-6 lead to just 24-20 with 14:56 left in the game. Billy Hite, however, did not think Carolina prospered on nice techniques but on old-fashioned mayhem. "We were running over guard and tackle all day long, and when you do that you have to be blowing people out," said See TEMPERS Page 6, col.

4 LSU Auburn Page 3 Page 6 to be a ivinncr 20-17, and it seems that after that game its coach, Rod Rust, came out with some comments that didn't make him very popular with the Louisville players. "Their coach said they outplayed us and out-evcrythinged us," said of defensive end Steve Young. "We had to pay 'em back." "Their coach didn't think it. was an upset," said Burdock. "He said, 'Hell, the best team I guess now he found out who the best team was." Rust had nothing but kind words for 35 7 Oklahoma Texas 0 Page 9 Tar Heels grind UK on the ground 31-20 showed a lot of poise, hitting four of six passes.

One of DePaola's completions went for a touchdown, a beautiful 47-yard spiral to Harry Trimble with just three seconds left in the half. Defensive headhunters Marly Smith, Tom Jackson, Tom Martin and Richard Bishop were savage all afternoon. Smith's eight tackles led the way for of L. And Burdock, too he caught five See of Page 6, Col. 1 iilltfs score to O'lSeiU knew she could do a little running," said Brumfield.

"She broke well, was fourth or fifth in the run down the backside, was a close fourth on the turn, was second in a hurry and then opened up a lead. I just rode her out." Bag of Tunes, owned by C. V. Whitney, was closest to the winner, but jockey Ear-lie Fires said, "My horse came to that horse (the winner), but then she opened up. She was too much horse." Bag of Bones was followed, in order, by Vaguely Familiar, who went off as the favorite; Oughtness, Mousseux, Bridge See KEENELAND Page 10, Col.

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I think Stevens is truly great." Stevens wasn't the only of star. For instance: Underrated Larry Griffin reeled off a 57-yard scoring run on of L's fifth play from scrimmage and finished the game with 122 yards in 12 carries. Quarterback John Madeya, playing only in the first half, completed 12 of 23 passes for 123 yards and three touchdowns. His replacement, Len DePaola, Bwamazon no surprise By MARVIN N. GAY JR.

Courier-Journal Times Staff Writer LEXINGTON, Ky. A smiling Bill O'Neill noted that for Bwamazon Farm "this is the year for good 2-year-old fillies. So I wasn't surprised, not a bit, at what happened in the Alcibiades." Just moments earlier, Coraggioso, from the farm near Winchester, had pulled out to a 2 12-length victory in the $55,370 fixture at Keeneland before 15,608 fans who watched yesterday's racing program in cloudy, wind-chilled weather. O'Neill, who is the farm manager at Bwamazon, said, "We have come up with three fine fillies. The others are Juke Joint, who was second in the Sorority and the winner of two of four races, and Save, first in a stakes at Liberty Bell.

I felt Coraggioso belonged with the others, having won in good company at Belmont and Monmouth." In speaking of good things, O'Neill pointed out that Coraggioso, who was scoring her fourth win in 11 races, is a half-sister to T. V. Commercial, winner of more than $400,000. His only regret was that Anthony (Tony) Basile, the trainer, was in New York with 10 horses and Coraggioso was saddled, as a result, by stable foreman Dan Bates. Rode her in spring, too Jockey Don Brumfield, like O'Neill, wasn't surprised that Coraggioso, by Gallant Man out of Your Hostess, came under the wire first.

"I rode her when she won her first race last spring at Keeneland, and I By MIKE SULLIVAN Courier-Journal Times Staff Writer CHAPEL HILL, N.C. The Kentucky offense and defense took turns wearing goats' horns and heroes' mantles yesterday, and the erratic role-playing left UK hopelessly vulnerable to a steady, pounding North Carolina ground attack. The result, despite a fiery second-half rally by John Ray's team, was a 31-20 loss to Bill Dooley's North Carolina Tar Heels before a homecoming crowd of 42,500 in Kenan Stadium. "Both of us, the offense and the defense, lost it you sure can't blame it on one unit," said UK split end Jack Alvarez, who teamed with tight end Ray Barga to help pull the visitors back into the game after a lopsided first half. However, the one constant factor in this bruising game, which included a fracas at the end of the first half, was the North Carolina running game.

Tailback Ike Oglesby (126 yards in 21 carries) and fullbacks Tim Kirkpatrick and Sammy Johnson (a combined 117 Alabama 24 Florida 7 Tenn. Western Tech .30 Ky. JO Staff Photo by Paul Schuhmann HOWARD STEVENS goes over from tha two for one of three touchdowns he scored for Louisville against North Texas yesterday. Stevens gained 97 yards rushing as of won 56-6. J.

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