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Section The Pittsburgh Press Football Scores 2 Stceler Lineup 3 Great Outdoors ...12 Football Contest ...14 Business and Finance 15 ports Sunday, October 7, 1973 By RUSS FRANKE Pitt played some rather good football at times yesterday, but Tulane made all the big plays and parlayed Panther mistakes into a 24-6 win at Pitt Stadium. Pitt visits West Virginia next Saturday. It was Pitt's best effort so far in stopping the rush, but the work of the defensive front went to waste because of four interceptions and four lost fumbles. only about half his running potential. He gained 36 yards on one play in the first period and it appeared Pitt was on its way to an upset over the unbeaten and 16th-ranked Green Wave.

Pitt looked like the stronger of the two teams, except in the fourth period, but failure to cash in on that first drive was disastrous. A touchdown at that point may have set Tulane back on its heels. But the drive ended on the one-yard line. Pitt The front five of Jim Buck-mon, Dave Jancisin, Gary Burlcy, Glenn Hyde and Tom Pcrko limited Tulane to 111 yards on the ground, but touchdown passes of 41 and 55 yards did the Panthers in, giving them two losses against one win and one tie. Of course, Pitt had to do without freshman sensation Tony Dorsctt much of the time.

Dorsett suffered a hip bruise early in the game and reappeared periodically at ''4p''' tjhzk'" Si af ss-. Ai? MWiiiiiriirii lllllllllM.lHWllMMmil'IIIIMHIIIHMIIWIlll null HI A v. wW f' fl i 1 li- v-lf 4 1 T4 Irl -Press Phofo by Albert M. Herrmonn Jr. Less thon a yarcf to 50 or touchdown, Ntt'i Ton Dorsett stopped cofd by Tulane defense.

lions 'Cap' AfV Force, 79-9 started on its 28 and Dorsett made his startling broken-field dash to the Tulane 28. Quarterback Bill Daniels threw a 10-yard pass to Todd Tocrpcr that looked like a touchdown, but the play was called dead on the one-foot line. And how the 25,054 fans moaned over what they thought was a bad call. It was fourth down on the next play and the Tulane middle stopped Dorsctt and took over the hall. It all had Tulane Coach Bonnie Ellender worried.

"Of the games we saw Pitt," he said afterward, "they looked better than in the past. Both their offense and defense did a good job. "The loss of Dorsctt hurt them, as did the loss of Foley hurt us." He was referring to quarterback Steve Foley, who along with Dorsett was voted to the national backfield-of-the-week by the wire services for last week's performances. Foley also was put out of commission early, hit so hard his vision was blurred. Tulane completed only four passes, but two of them were for touchdowns.

The first one came after John Washington intercepted a Daniels pass on the Tulane 25 near the end of the first period. Tulane had pun't, but Clair Wilson, Dorsett's replacement, couldn't handle a pitchout and Tulane's Dave Griener recovered on the Pitt 41. Foley threw a pass from there that led Frank Anderson perfectly in the clear, and he went untouched for the first score. Then came another turnover in Tulane's favor. One of the Panthers accidentally touched a punt and Tulane's Darwin Willie covered the ball on the Pitt 17.

The Wave rolled to the Pitt one before turning the ball over on downs and, when the Panthers subsequently had to punt, Tulane 'earned good field position. Dave Falgoust then kicked a 39-yard field goal for a 10-0 lead. Pitt kept its cool and had something going near the end of the half, but Griener ruined things by intercepting a Daniels pass on the Tulane 26. The Pitt defense turned the Green Wave into a ripple early in the second half and the Panthers capitalized, starting from their own 40. It took 12 plays to get on the scoreboard, with the running of the ailing Dorsett and Daniels getting the ball into position.

A 16-yard pass to tight end Stan Ostrowski put the ball on the Tulane seven, and then Dorsett gained three yards. Daniels ran an option when he found no receivers in tight quarters and went the final four yards. He was caught short, however, on the try for two points. It still looked like Pitt's day until Tulane burned the Panthers in the last quarter. Jeff Hartin had just intercepted a pass by Terry Looney, Foley's sub, on the Pitt 20, and it was a perfect time for a come-from-behind drive.

However, the offense bogged down and Pitt punted to the Tulane 41. Three plays later, Looney passed beyond the secondary to Mike Foley, Steve's brother, for 55 yards and a touchdown. Falgoust's kick gave Tulane a 17-6 lead with 11 minutes left. Tulane added some icing to the cake near the end as a (Continued on Page D-2) By BILL HEUFELDEIt Press Sports Writer COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. The Air Force discovered it had no defense for Penn State's one-man army ester-" day as the unbeaten Lions hammered out a 19-9 victory at Falcon Stadium.

John Cappelletti, displaying the stamina of a foot soldier, wore the Falcons to a frazzle with 33 carries, two touchdowns and a career high 187 yards. A crowd of 37,077 sat in "70-degree weather and brilliant sunshine, but the attendance was held down in the stadium because the regional telecast was picked up locally. In a sense, the Falcons might as well have stayed at home, so poor were their chances of containing a ground attack that amassed 296 yards. Nine of Cappcllctti's yards came on a meaningless play in the dying minutes. At the line of scrimmage, the senior co-captain from Upper Darby, struck a stone wall, an infrequent occurrence.

So he retreated. Swinging to his left, he swept past a pack of scrambling defenders for a nine-yard gain. Only Ben Martin, the Air Force coach, could see the significance of the run. "That was a classic example of the way he just diluted the fact that there were times we had men in the right position, HAPPY TOCETHER are the Cincinnati Reds as they give Johnny Bench a hero's welcome at home plate following his ninth-inning, game-winning home run. Bench Homers To Beat" Mets O's Palmer Dazzles A's BALTIMORE (UPI) Jim Palmer of the Baltimore Orioles believes he should win the American League's Cy Young Award this year, and the feeling might be unanimous even in the clubhouse of the Oakland A's.

Combining an overpowering fast ball with a wicked assortment of curves and changeups, the 27-year old Palmer pitched a five-hitter and struck out 12 to give the Orioles a 6-0 victory Saturday in the first game of the AL's championship series before a wildly cheering crowd of 41,279. "Palmer was Palmer," said A's captain Sal Bando. "Getting beat by him is not that much of a surprise." "It was not the best day for pitching," said Palmer, despite the sunny, 70-degree weather. "But it helps when your teammates get you four, quick runs in the first inning. Then, it's a matter of getting (Continued on Page D-2) first team to score against Penn State's No.

1 defense. Later, in what amounted to a total collapse after three superb games, the defense surrendered a touchdown on a 45-yard pass from Rich Hay-lie to his fullback, Bill Berry, who did rrirai of the work after catching the ball at the 35. Folding his arms across a trim but muscular chest, Randy Crowder expressed his disappointment. "We didn't play a very good game," the Farrell defensive tackle said. "I'm glad the offense was running today." As soon as the offensive line began blowing out the oppos- (Continucd on Page D-6) -Press Pholo by Kent Badger action last nght.

bling a powerhouse. They rank ninth in the AFC offensively, 10th defensively, and in the art of mishandling the. football have no peers this side of the Penn Hills Bantam League. Last year, San Diego gave the ball away 43 times; this fall, while sandwiching a win over Buffalo around losses to Washington and Cincinnati, they have been in hot pursuit of their 1972 gift ratio, having committed 12 turnovers. The Steelcrs have become a team which thrives on the mistake, the defense having forced 11 turnovers which have produced 29 points, and of far greater importance, consistently good field position.

Conversely. San Diego's offense has visited upon the defense nothing but but it didn't make any differ encc," he said. "We can't match muscle in a game like that." Martin's ingenuity did allow the Falcons to spring runners through the middle on their first series and snatch a 3-0 lead on Dave Lawson's 45-yard field goal. From that point the long gainer's melted merely into a long afternoon as the seventh-ranked Lions drove for a pair of touchdowns and a 13-3 advantage before the half. The Falcons, who fought bravely until the end when they brought down Cappelletti on the final play the fiber we look for in our players," Martin said), were the era dedicated to youth, has hung the season on a 40-ycar old quarterback (John Unitas) with an arthritic knee, an aching sacroiliac and an arm that, like the old gray mare and a lot of other things, ain't what it used to be.

So much for why the Stecl-ers are 17-point favorites to wipe out the Chargers and make a little history when the teams meet this afternoon at 1 o'clock at Three Rivers Stadium. Should the Stcclcrs prevail if they don't, a saliva test will be in order it will mark the only time in their regrettable history they've won their first four games, and a victory would be their 10th straight at home, another milestone eclipsed. History seemingly has i made, the Chargers not to bfe rtinfllSPrl villi nrftbinrt rorfm I didn't know if it was high enough," he said. "Just as I got to first base I saw Seaver start to walk off the mound and then some Met players came whizzing by me and I realized it must have been out." "Seaver lost a little bit in the late said Bench. "He was throwing exceptional stuff early.

Three hits off Seaver is like an entire season. For one game, that's really too much to expect." New York Cincinnati ob bi 4 0 10 Rose If Gnrrett 3b Millan 2b Staub rf Milnor lb Jones If Grote Halin cf Harrelson ss Seaver ob bl 4 111 3 0 0 0 Morgan 2b 2 0 0 0 Driciscn 3b 3 0 10 Perez lb 4 0 0 0 Bench 4 0 0 0 Griffey rf 3 0 0 0 Geronimo cf 2 10 0 r-i-ne" ss 3 0 11 Stahl ph 4 0 0 0 4 0 10 4 0 0 0 4 13 1 2 0 0 0 3 0 10 i i 10 0 0 Biilinsnain 1 0 0 0 (J Mnq on iooo Hall 0 0 0 0 Borbon 0 0 0 0 28 13 1 Totals 30 2 1 010 000 000-1 ooo 0(io mi 9 New York on? out when wlnnlna run scored. DP-Cincinnoti 1. LOB-New York 5, Cincinnati 5. 2B-Seaver, Bench, Driessen.

HR-Rose, Bench. S-Millon, Billinaham. Id er bb so Seaver 1-3 2 2 0 13 BillinBharri 8 3 113 6 Hall 0 0 0 0 1 0 Boi bon 1 0 0 0 0 Hall Ditched to one batter In ninth. HBP-Bv Scaver (Griffey). i 1 -t if if-j Penguin goafie kicks owoy shot by Buffalo's Rene Robert during firsi period CINCINNATI (UPl)-Johnny Bench homered into the left-field stands with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning yesterday to give the Cincinnati Reds a 2-1 victory over New York in the National League playoff opener and spoil the Mets' pitcher Tom Seaver's record 13 strikeout performance.

Seaver had the Reds shutout on four hits until one out in the eighth when Pete Rose tied the score 1-1 with a homer over the 375-foot sign in right field. After relievers Tom Hall and Pedro Borbon combined to retire the Mets in the ninth, Bench came up for the Reds after Tony Perez had grounded out and lined a fastball for his game-winning homer. Scaver, in addition to breaking the NL one game playoff strikeout record, also drove in the Mets' only run in the second inning when he doubled home Bud II a 1 who walked with two out. Seaver's hit was the last for the Mets as Reds starter Jack Billing-ham retired the last IB batters he faced before leaving the game for a pinch hitter in the eighth. When Seaver struck out Cesar Geronimo in the seventh, it was his 10th strikeout and eclipsed the previous NL ofie game record of nine set by Pittsburgh's Steve Blass against San Francisco in 1971.

"I just set the stage for Bench to do what he's supposed to do," said Rose, who has been a hero in this town ever since his high school days. "I really wasn't trying to hit a homer, just connect. "But I knew I might be able to get one out. I'm big enough. Maybe the reason I don't hit more homers is.

because I'm a Mvitch-hitter." Reds' Manager Sparky Anderson said Rose's homer did not surprise him. "Let me put it this way," he said, "Pete Rose can do anything." Bench said he wasn't sure if his ball would carry over the fence when he connected with or.rnut in the ninth. "1 knew I hit it on a line, hut yff ft? Stealers Seek Record 10th Win In Row At Home With Chargers As Usual, Pens Tie Sabres, 2-2 By DAN DONOVAN The Penguins and the Buffalo Sabres sloshed to a sluggish 2-2 tie last night at the Civic Arena. "We didn't get anything going all night," Penguin Coach Ken Schinkel said. "We had a bad shift the third shift of the game, and after that none our lines got anything going" The game, a stark contrast to Wednesday's 5-2 win over the Philadelphia Flyers, had its only exciting moments in the third period when each team scored a goal within a minute.

Fcfcrec Dave Shecyck called a penalty on Penguin rookie Blaine Stoughton while the Sabres controlled the puck, And the Sabres pulled goalie Gary Bromley and launched an attack. Penguin defenseinjin Jack (Continued on D-H By PIIILL MUSICK Their middle linebacker is fond of setting himself on fire. It figures. The San Diego Chargers have been doing that number for years. They are a 47-man paradox; football's most unfathomable entity.

Nothing about them makes any particular sense and Tim Rossovich setting himself ablaze isn't unusual when you consider his environment. The Chargers have a strength coach with no last name (Maylen); a 100-yard plus back who fumbled the ball away the first three times he carried it this year and got himself benched (Mike Garrett) and an offensive line considered one of the best that has allowed tiic quarterback to be sacked 13 times in Jtrce games. Also a front office that, in an faff" iyjt i vi DEATH PRELUDE TO RACE The body of driver Francois Cevert lies amid the h'S TyrC" Ford 0ne race car. The 29-year-old jfrench star was 1led in a crash yesterday during practice for the Grand Prix of Ihe United btates at Watkins Glen, Y. (Story on D-13.).