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Orio es With Homers, in Opene Grand McNally SI LOUIS POST-DISPATCH PITTSBCRGH (3) By Neal Russo Of the Post-Dispatch Staff BALTIMORE, Oct. 9 Merv Rettenmund likes to play down his role in sports, football or baseball. He was drafted by the Dallas Cowboys after starring at Ball State. "But I was a mediocre football AB RBI F0 A Cash 2b Dons II IOBBROEG, EdHor rimes cf Clemente rf Stargell If Robertson lb Saneuillen Pagan 3b Hernandez gs Oliver ph Ellis M'wse Mazeroski ph Miller player," he said. "And my job here is to just get on base with singles and let Frank Robinson and Boog Powell and the other big boys drive me around." Rettenmund was not mediocre Saturday afternoon.

And he must have been decoying about his job 3 1 24 11 Toiaii 32 BALTIMORE (IS) AB RRI TO A 1 4 2 Buford If McNally, who struck out nine (more than in any game all year), retired all but one of the last 22 batters. The only baserunner for the Pirates after the third isning was Manny Sanguillen, who made it on shortstop Mark Belanger's two-base wild throw in the ninth inning. As Baltimore manager Earl Weaver had advertised well in advance, "The Pirates had a higher batting average than we had, but we can play long-ball with them." Frank Robinson, l-for-12 in the American League playoff against Oakland, unloaded his homer leading off the second inning. Buford gave McNally some elbow room with his leadoff homer in the fifth. Robinson's homer was his seventh'in 20 World Series games and Buford's was his third in the October competition.

The second game of the Series is set for 1 p.m. Sunday, St. Louis time, with Jim Palmer pitching for the defending world champions against Bob Johnson. The usually foolproof Baltimore defense sprang leaks in the second inning as the Pirates poured through for their three unearned runs. A wild streak by McNally contributed to the trouble.

In that inning, the Orioles hardly looked like a club that had won 14 straight games, including their last 11 in the regular season. The O's hadn't lost since they bowed to Detroit three weeks ago 0 0 0 0 Blair -f inning by Belanger and Buford. Each singled around a strikeout of McNally. Rettenmund pounced on a hanging slider for his big home run over the left field fence. He hit a 2-and-1 pitch.

"When Ellis had me 2-and-0, 1 figured he'd come in with a fast ball, but he threw me a slider high and inside," Merv related. "The next pitch was right there, another slider high and inside, in exactly the same place as the previous pitch." Now, that's something Ellis should have learned long ago not to do, put identical fat pitches back to back. After Boog Powell, the batter following Rettenmund, walked, Pirate manager Danny Murtaugh wasted no time in yanking Ellis, who should be a shoo-in for the other MVP award most voluble player. The capacity 53,229 crowd, well aware of Ellis's frequent complaints in public, booed Dock loudly and waved white handkerchiefs at him as he retreated from the mound to the dugout. Bob Moose gave up the homer to Buford and Bob Miller blanked the Orioles in the last two innings.

The Orioles filled the bases on three singles, two of them on the infield, in the eighth, but as things turned out, they hardly needed any more scoring. McNally, raising his Series record to 3-1 and his TURN TO PAGE 9, COL 1 4 0 1 1 Kettenmund cf-If 4 Powell lb 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 F. Robinson rf Henrlrliks B. Robinson 3b Johnson 2b Kelanger ss Totals 0 0 0 0 PAGES 112E Oct. in, 1971 llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllilllllllllllllllllllllllllllilil For openers, Bob Robertson walked on a full count and moved up on a wild pitch.

Next, Manny Sanguillen bounced to Belanger, whose throw to third hit Robertson on his protective helmet. The ball went into the home dugout. Robertson scored and Sanguillen made it to second base. The play was scored as a fielder's choice and an error was charged to Belanger. After Sanguillen advanced to third on Jose Pagan's infield out, Jack Hernandez squeeze bunted to McNally.

The pitcher's throw was missed by catcher Ellie Hendricks. Hernandez was credited with a sacrifice and a run batted in, and Hendricks was charged with an error for permitting Hernandez to reach second. Ellis struck out, but Dave Cash stroked the first pitch to center for a run-scoring single. The table for Rettenmund was set in the third 34 5 10 5 27 because it was his three-run homer off Dock Ellis that gave the Baltimore Orioles a 5-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of the World Series. Frank Robinson and Don Buford also homered to account for the Orioles' two other runs.

Rettenmund's blast in the third inning wiped out a 3-1 Pittsburgh lead and it was all that Dave Mc-Nally needed. The lefthander rebounded well after being struck with three unearned runs in the second inning. He allowed only three hits altogether and, after yielding a singS to Roberto Clemente and a walk to Willie Stargell with none out in the third inning, he retired 19 batters in a row. PITTSBIRIiH 030 000 (Mill 3 BALTIMORE 013 010 1)0 5 Belanger 2, Hendricks. Left Pittsburgh 5, Baltimore 6.

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Tgg (Setts leveimge t'S if- Y7 By Bob Broeg Post-Dispatch Sports Editor COLUMBIA, Oct. 9 Jerry Tagge, a goat against Missouri here two years ago and run off last year with the Tigers snarling at his heels, enjoyed Saturday sipping the sweet cup of revenge. Nebraska's dandy do-it-all quarterback, compiling a Corn-husker total offense record of 319 yards, led the defending collegiate champions to a rousing 1 'Sim .1 Aw, Shucks NEBRASKA 0 16 14 638 MIMfeOCRI 0 0 0 0 0 Kinney 1 run (Sanger kick) Safety, Monte Johnson blocked Bastable punt through end zone Kinney 3 run (Sanger kick) Rodgera 28 pass from Tagge (Sanger kick) Tagge 1 run (Sanger kick) Hughes 9 run (kick failed) STATISTICS 1 ,1 'uJ St 36-0 victory which could not have hurt the Huskers' No. 1 ranking nationally. t.

This was, after all, a most convincing shutout scored against a foe that has a football reputation, too. The score appeared to have made the outcome the most one-sided ever achieved by an opponent at Memorial Stadium and the home defeat apparently was the most decisive since Nebraska ripped the Tigers at old Rollins Field back in 1917, 1 MC Nrtir. 2h Tagge, chased to the showers in the second quarter under a barrage of black Bengal helmets, didn't return as starting quarterback until four games later when Brownson was hurt against Colorado. Tagge took charge, retained the first-string job through the Orange Bowl victory over Louisiana State and reached his peak this afternoon before a crowd of 61,200. No doubt there have been better backs than Tagge, including quarterbacks, in the 45-year history of Memorial Stadium, but not many.

None could have had a more enjoyable time than Tagge, who passed for 234 yards and ran for 85 more, breaking his own Cornhusker mark of 301 achieved as a sophomore against Minnesota. Son of a canning plant superintendent in the football hotbed of Green Bay, Tagge is a big, quick and strong quarterback with an accurate arm. Regarded now as a pretty good pro prospect, the 6-2, 215-pound trigger man of coach Bob Devaney's versatile offense has completed 57 of 99 passes for 901 yards in just five games and he has run 45 times for 201 more. Against Missouri, a team that prides itself on defense and did indeed play spiritedly despite the score, Tagge ran Don Faurot's old quarterback option play in the manner that would make the old Split-T master wince. With his powerful-blocking teammates wiping out Missouri linebackers and tackles, the men most responsible for taking him down, Tagge danced inside the wide-playing defensive ends for an average of 9.4 yards on the good ol' keeper which kept alive more than one Cornhusker drive.

As a result of a bread-and-butter play and offensive balance, the Huskers surged for 334 yards rushing and 269 passing, a grand if you'll excuse the expression total of 603 yards. The Huskers' harvest broke by a yard the previous record for total offense yielded by Missouri. That was in a 67-14 rout by Oklahoma at Norman in 1956 Faurot's last of 19 seasons as head coach. The Big Eight Conference record for total offense was set by Colorado a year ago when the Buffs thundered for 619 yards en route to a 49-19 assault of the Air Force Academy. Colorado, Nebraska and Oklahoma, an impressive 48-27 conqueror of TURN TO PAGE 8, COL.

1 First downs Rushes yards Passing yardage Return yardage passes Punts Fumbles Yards pialized 7 23-9 104 92 0 42 73-3H4 269 112 1 53 I "Shi 5-3, and BEAMING BIRDS: Heroes of Baltimore's victory in the house after the Orioles beat the Pittsburgh Pirates, opening game of the World Series, Merv Rettenmund Saturday. Rettenmund smashed a three-run homer 52-0. The shutout was Missouri's worst since Oklahoma mauled the Tigers, 39-0, at Norman in 1958. Nebraska, unbeaten now in 24 games, teed off on the last team to stop the Cornhuskers. That last defeat came here two years ago, 17-7, in a season in which 01' Mizzou and Nebraska tied for the Big Eight Conference championship.

Tagge, a sophomore then, was decked by another eager-beaver first-year varsity man, John Brown, Missouri defensive end, and fumbled just before halftime setting up the score that enabled the Black and Gold to get off the field at halftime with a two-touchdown lead. And a year ago out there in the chill-swept plains at Lincoln, though Nebraska scored twice late in the game for a 21-7 triumph, it was Tagge's one-time alternate and now understudy, (left) and Dave McNally show their happiness in the club- McNally pitched a three-hitter. (UPI Telephoto) Black Hawks Beat Blues Van Brownson, who did the job. For this one, new coach Sid Abel chose to sit out young Gene Carr, the Blues' first choice in last spring's NHL amateur draft, and rugged de-fenseman John Arbour. Winger Brit Selby, recovering from a strained back, also missed the game.

"We just made too many mistakes," Abel said. "We came out strong and had them in trouble for a while, but we gave them a cheezy goal at the end of the first period and that gave them new life." The Blues will get a chance for revenge Wednesday when opener. They beat the Black Hawks, 7-2, in last year's first game. Chicago finished 20 points ahead of the second-place Blues in its first season in the West Division and the Black Hawks, Saturday's performance, could very well breeze through this season in even easier fashion. They're strong in goal, solid on defense and explosive up front.

By contrast, the rookie-laden Blues looked unsteady in their debut, but one game doesn't make a season. There's bound to be improvement. By Wally Cross The powerful Chicago Black Hawks, bidding for their second consecutive West Division title, spoiled the Blues 1971-72 National Hockey League opener Saturday night by skating to a 4-2 victory before a disappointed Arena crowd of 18,915. Bobby Hull and Danny O'Shea each scored two goals for the victors, who took a 3-2 second-period lead and wrapped up the triumph with the only score of the final session. The loss was the first ever suffered by the Blues in a home they meet the Black Hawks in Chicago, but before then they'll play the Buffalo Sabres here Tuesday night.

Some tickets still are available for the Buffalo contest. Penalties played a part in the game's first two goals but, oddly enough, the team that was shorthanded scored each time. Chicago broke on top at 2 minutes 10 seconds of the first period while Black Hawk winger Danny O'Shea was off for slashing. Stan Mikita drew Blues goalie Ernie Wakely out of his cage before flipping the puck out in TURN TO PAGE 4, COL. 1 Buckeyes Win, 24-10, On lllini Mistakes -i Sad Beginning rHiroo 2 i i4 BI.IKS 2 0 03 FIRST PKRIon 1.

Chicago. R. Hull 1 (Mikita, Masnusoni 2:10: 2. Blues, Crisp 1 (Roberts) 4:12: 3. Blues, St.

Marseille 1 (Sabourin, Brewer) 12:36: 4. Chicago, O'Shea (Pappin. Martin) 19:09. Penalties OShea (C) :51: Picard (B), 3:30: Brewer (Bj 9:53. SECOND PERIOD 5.

Chicago, O'Shea 2 (Pappin, Stapleton) 11:12. Penalties: Pappin (C) B. Placer (B) 17:42. THIRD PERIOD 6. Chicago, R.

Hull (Campbell. Makl) 2:17. Penalties Brewer (B) 8:00: White (C) 11:22. SHOTS OX GOAL CHICAGO 13 10 13 BLl'KS 8 11 928 Goalies Chicago, Esposito; Blues, Wakely. Attendance 18,915.

Buckeyes Have It OHIO STATE 3 4 0 10 02 ILLINOIS 0 3 0 7 10 OS Keith 1 run iSchrom kick) OS Keith 2 run Schram kick) ILL FG Wells 37 OS Hare 3 run i Schram kick) OS FG Schram 26 ILL Navarro run (Wells kick) Attendance 53,555 STATISTICS By Ed Wilks Of the Post-Dispatch Staff CHAMPAIGN, 111., Oct. 9-Strangers in Paradise as they are, the University of Illinois's winless lllini twice lost their way within Ohio State's five-yard line this overcast afternoon. And those misadventures, with a few others, let the Buckeyes escape with a 24-10 victory that kept their record clean in Big Ten Conference football. The Bucks, their offense sputtering most of the time because of missing parts, scored the Ohio St. 15 Illinois 23 52-216 31 15-29-2 4-32 70 First downs "Rushes yard affft Passing yardage Passing Punts Fumbles lost Yards penalized 49-24 31 2-7-0 7-39 1 10 first two times Illinois had the ball first on a fumble recovery, then on a blocked punt.

Major College Scores Those two quick, first-quarter touchdowns were the difference in the face of a deceiving statistical comparison. Illinois ran off 25 more plays than Ohio State and put together 122 yards more than the Buckeyes. But there's that business of failing to make good on those two fine scoring opportunities, too. To give coach Woody Hayes his 101st victory in the Big Ten, the Buckeyes put together only two well executed touchdown drives. That may not be all that unimpressive, however, because three regulars in the offensive unit fullback John Bledsoe, end Fred Pagac and guard Tony Pitstick didn't make the trip because of injuries and a fourth, quarterback Don Lamka, sat on the sidelines because of a shoulder separation.

Thus thinned, the Bucks did not attempt a pass in the first half, choosing to rely on halfbacks Rick Galbos and Morris Bradshaw for a running game. And a reliable pair of runners they were. Galbos, a 6-foot, 200-pound junior, carried 16 times for a 112-yard net. And Bradshaw, a 6-2, 194-pound sophomore from Edwardsville, zipped away for a 95-yard net in 11 carries. Neither scored, however.

That was left for Randy Keith, a sophomore stand-in for Bledsoe who twice plunged for touchdowns, and sophomore quarterback Greg Hare, who went spinning in for a three-yard touchdown on a fourth-and-1 keeper. Quarterback Mike Wells and fullback Mike Navarro led the lllini attack, which was missing regular right halfback John Wilson because of an injured toe. Wells ran options for 58 yards, TURN TO PAGE 6, COL. 1 Prep Scores PUBLIC HIGH LEAGUE Northwest 26, Roosevelt 8 Beaumont 21, Southwest 12 Vashon 38, Central 0 McKinley 14, Cleveland 0 Sumner 15, Soldan 8 CATHOLIC ATH. CONF.

Rosary 18, Vianney 7 ABC LEAGUE Lutheran South 20, Principia 6 John Burroughs 3, Lutheran North 2 Country Day 16, Priory 7 GATEWAY ATH. CONF. Wentzville 28, Ft. Zumwalt 12 SUBURBAN NORTH Pattonville 12, St. Charles I McCluer 7, Riverview 3 SUBURBAN SOUTH Kirkwood 6, Parkway West 0 Ladue 20, University City 0 Mehlville 20, Parkway Central 14 Lindbergh 17, Webster Groves 17 SUBURBAN LEAGUE Maplewood 26, Jennings 13 Affton 40, Clayton 6 Lafayette 3, Berkeley 0 BI-STATE CONF.

DeSmet 14, Assumption 6 SOUTHWESTERN CONF. Granite City 0, Alton 0 FOUR RIVERS CONF. Washington 38, Sullivan 0 St. Clair 22, Pacific 8 NONCONFERENCE CBC 28, Hazelwood 7 St. Louis U.

High 32, Cahokia 16 Brentwood 7, Perryville 7 Belleville West 35, Rockford Auburn 0 Florida St. 27, Mississippi St. 9 Tennessee 10, Georgia Tech 6 Syracuse 21, Maryland 13 Tulane 37, N. Carolina 29 Citadel 23, VMI 24 Auburn 27, So. Mississippi 14 -Georgia 38, Mississippi 7 Notre Dame 17, Miami (Fla.) 0 Louisiana St.

48, Florida 7 Ohio U. 35, Kentucky 6 North Carolina St. 21. Wake Forest 14 Alabama 42, Vanderbilt 0 Louisville 26, Memphis St. 20 South Carolina 34, Virginia 14 Tampa 47, Dayton 14 SOUTHWEST Oklahoma 48, Texas 27 Texas Christian 14, Oklahoma St.

14 Akron 20, North Texas St. 6 Tulsa 46, Virginia Tech 39 Texas Tech 28, Texas 7 Arkansas 35, Baylor 7 FAR WEST Wyoming 14, Arizona 3 Air Force 30, Southern Methodist 0 Utah St. 29, Brigham Young 7 Arizona St. 42, Coloiado St. 0 Stanford 17, Washington 6 UCLA 34, Washington St.

21 California 30, Oregon St. 27 Idaho 40, Idaho St. 3 AREA Centre 27, Washington U. 21 Southern Illinois U. 21, Arkansas St.

14 Southwestern (Tenn.) 28, Prin-cipia 9 BIG EIGHT Nebraska 36, Missouri 0 Colorado 24, Iowa State 14 Kansas 39, Kansas St. 13 BIG TEN Northwestern 28, Iowa 3 Ohio State 24, Illinois 10 Purdue 27, Minnesota 13 Wisconsin 35, Indiana 29 Michigan 24, Michigan St. 13 MIDWEST Toledo 24, Bowling Green 7 Western Michigan 31, Kent St. 0 Cincinnati 30, Xavier 7 EAST Holy Cross 24, Colgate 14 Yale 17, Brown 10 Lehigh 35, Rutgers Boston College, 23, Villanova 7 Harvard 21, Columbia 19 Dartmouth 19, Penn 3 Penn State 42, Army 0 Pittsburgh 36, Navy' 35 Cornell 19, Princeton 8 Boston U. 47, Massachusetts 21 SOUTH W.

Virginia 28, Wm. Mary 23 Clemson 3, Duke 0 and passed for 234 as the No. I -rated Cornhuskers smashed Mizzou, 36-0. (Post-Dispatch Photo by Robert C. Holt Jr.) THE NO.

1 HUSKER. Nebraska quarterback Jerry Tagge drags along Missouri linebacker Sam Britts as he runs the keeper play for a five-yard" gain in the second period of Saturday's game in Columbia, Mo. Tagge ran for 85 yards i.