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-ST- 1 College football S.Carolina......... 31 Penn State 30 N.Carolina 13 West Virginia 7 Clemson 17 Pittsburgh 23 N.C. State 7 Syracuse 10 Southern Cal 14 Georgia 21 Mississippi St 21 Nebraska 6 Notre Dame 7 Kentucky 0 Auburn 17 Missouri 0 Minnesota 12 Texas 9 Alabama 31 Michigan 38 Iowa 10 So. Methodist 7 Rutgers 7 Northwestern 0 Suns' Walter Davis out 6-8 weeks. D-12 Colleges schools D-8, NHL D-10, Horse racing D-13 Sunday News Journal Oct.

25, 1981 D-1 SpGtS LA keeps comieg back, tops Yainks 8-7 HII Wlfm-tfm WJi "'f I 4 rl fppmrtw I. Will IIP IJ.H.t www.y A oMK ftf' The Series It's tied 2-2 fmtm "VmW'- h-' t'H" i 1 By HAL BODLEY Sports editor LOS ANGELES The Dodgers, written off so many times this season Tommy Lasorda has lost count, completed Uieir most dramatic comeback of the year Saturday and the 78th World Series is even. Los Angeles shrugged off New York leads of four and three runs, roared from behind and stunned the Yankees 8-7 in front of another record Dodger Stadium crowd. The Dodgers, who lost the first two games at Yankee Stadium in this best-of -seven tournament, have pumped new life into a World Series that had a chance of being one of the most forgettable ever. The fifth game will be played here today at 4:45 p.m., with first-game winner Ron Guidry going against the Dodgers' Jerry Reuss in a battle of left-handers.

Monday is open for travel, with the sixth game scheduled for Yankee Stadium Tuesday night. If a seventh game is necessary, it will be played Wednesday night. After watching the Yanks take a 6-3 lead in the sixth, Los Angeles retaliated with three runs in the bottom of the inning, highlighted by Jay Johnstone's two-run, pinch homer, and moved in front with two more in the seventh. "I was so excited today I lost my voice," said Lasorda, the Dodger manager in the crowded clubhouse. "This game had everything excitement, tenseness and closeness.

Thank God we won." The Dodgers, who won the first half of their division in this strike-distorted season, have been reaching for miracles for almost a month E'i i 1 jr '( 4 Jay Johnstone hits a two-run Hens climb from hole, overtake Rhode Island i1' Associated Press pnoio within 6-5 or the Yankees i li i i 'i i'i jam in Delaware's Rick Titus breaks I 7 L'fv Saturday to bring Los Angeles receiver Jim Adams. And the blocked punt gave the Rams possession on the Delaware 21 and ultimately set a 33-yard field goal by Ralph Guerriero, who had missed the extra point on the TD. "We had some bad breaks early," said tight end Mark Steimer, "but it was a matter of sticking with it and things finally turning around for us. As for John, I think everybody has a lot of confidence in him. We miss Rick, but there's no doubt that John can take over the team he showed that today." The Delaware offense was able to move against the strong Rhode Island offense from the outset.

The Hens rolled into Rhode Island territory on each of its first three possessions the deepest penetration being to the Ram 35 but they came up empty in the first quarter. With 13:04 left in the second quarter, Delaware had to settle for K.C. Knobloch's 24-yard field goal after free safety Bill Maley's intercep- See BLUE HENS -D6 homer in the sixth inning minutes of a 24-21 upset loss to Youngstown State. But Saturday after Delaware dug itself the first-period hole, the senior calmly secured atonement. He directed the Blue Hens to a 17-9 lead at halftime and then helped nail it down with a series clutch plays in Delaware's 18-point second half.

"John did an exceptional job," said Ted Kempski, the offensive coordinator who saw Davies direct a 478-yard offensive charge against a sturdy Rhode Island defense. "When you consider that he came up short last week and then found himself down 9-0 right away well, that's an incredible amount of pressure. But he reacted extremely well." Davies and company were put in the hole by a Delaware defensive lapse on the Rams' first series of the game and the block of a Rick Titus punt three minutes later. The lapse resulted in a 60-yard Rhode Island touchdown pass from quarterback Dave Grimsich to wide on that halfback play. He hung it up there nicely." The Colonials, 4-0 atop Flight made mincemeat of Glasgow's stellar halfback Mike Hubbard, limiting him to eight net yards zero in the first half on 16 carries.

"They shut us down on the ground in the first half, so we decided to come out throwing," said Glasgow Coach Jim Pletcher, whose team is 2-1 in Flight A. "There weren't any holes at all for Hubbard. He couldn't do it all by himself." William Penn had gone ahead 6-0 in the first half while holding the Dragons to 60 yards offense. Thirty of those yards came on a halfback pass from Hubbard that was tipped from end Steve Brown into Viets' arms. The Dragons got another 15 on a facemask penalty.

"I have to credit our defense for shutting down their run," said Colonial Coach Bruce Reynolds. "Other than that touchdown drive, when they gave up some passes, the defense was superb. They kept their poise." That poise was sorely needed after the Dragons opened the second half with their TD drive, which ended with Nichols plunging over on a quarterback sneak. Viets reco- See WM. PENN D-8 and each time they come up with one.

Against Houston in the best-of-five National League Western Division series, they fell behind 0-2, but reeled off three straight victories to take the title. Against Montreal in the best-of-five league championship series, they were down two-games-to-one and then won two straight in Olympic Stadium. And now, after looking at an 0-2 deficit, they have evened the World Series and Lasorda says they're not going to stop until they win it all. "Even when we were four runs down today, our dugout was alive. There was plenty of enthusiasm," bubbled Lasorda.

"This team has outstanding character. I think everyone who has watched us knows that." "After we lost the first two games, I told reporters we were right where we wanted to be," said Steve Garvey, who had two singles, a double and scored a run. "We had a lot of confidence, especially coming back to Dodger Stadium. This team has so much character, I don't know where to start. I don't know why it's always a struggle for this team; I wish it wasn't that way.

I wish things came easy, but the way we've played this year has been a source of pride for all of us." "I didn't find today's game as exciting as Tommy Lasorda did," grumbled New York Manager Bob See SERIES D-2 Flyers top Blues 6-3 ST. LOUIS (AP) Bobby Clarke contributed four assists and Tim Kerr had a pair of power-play goals to lead the Philadelphia Flyers to a 6-3 victory over the St. Louis Blues in a National Hockey League game Saturday night. The Flyers, now 6-0-1 this season, are off to their best start ever. They also extended their mastery over the Blues they are 8-0-3 in their last 1 1 meetings and have not lost in St.

Louis since December of 1979. Clarke, the NHL's leading active assist man with 709, found Mel Bridgman with a pass in the slot for a 1-0 lead just 69 seconds into the contest. Less than two minutes later, Clarke set up Behn Wilson for a 10-foot shot with a centering pass. After Brian Sutter scored a power-play goal for the Blues to cut Philadelphia's lead to 2-1, Kerr took over. The second-year center scored his first power-play goal with 1:23 left in the first period and then boosted the Flyers' lead to 4-1 nine minutes into the second period.

See FLYERS D-9 Annapolis team when they came down our way. "I wouldn't mind playing them again in the future," Layman added, "they are a fine football team." "They (Crossland) played a near perfect football game," said Salesianum Coach George Glenn of the Cavaliers offensive and defensive effort. "But I thought we played an outstanding game ourselves It was good for our kids in one way because we came back from being down. We'll just have to come out Monday to practice and concentrate on the purpose we had before the season started." Each team was showing defensive concentration through the first half, as the punter from each side saw plenty of action. But it was a botched fake punt attempt by Crossland which proved the pivotal play in its touchdown drive.

With 2:28 to play, kicker Mike Butler attempted to run and was stopped, but the Sals were called for a face mask penalty, giving the ball to the Cavaliers at the Salesianum 33. Halfback Vern Foster (24 carries for 75 yards) carried twice for 12 See SALLIES D-8 By TOM TOMASHEK Staff reporter For quarterback John Davies, it was his first college start and a second chance rolled up in one Saturday in Delaware Stadium with the Blue Hen senior making the best of both opportunities. Davies, an llth-hour replacement for the injured Rick Scully, directed the University of Delaware to a 35-15 victory over the University of Rhode Island before a Homecoming Day turnout of 20,135. The red-haired backup hit 10 of 18 passes for 206 yards on a cool but sunny afternoon as he led the Blue Hens back from a 9-0 deficit. It was the Blue Hens' fifth victory in seven starts and 28th in a row over Yankee Conference opposition.

Rhode Island, the last Yankee Conference team to beat the Hens (1967), dipped to 4-3. A week ago, the Blue Hens came up short behind Davies, who replaced Scully in the final 35 iriMiMMmnniirwllmiiUinihH Staff photo by Ronald Cortes loose for a 9-yard touchdown Wm. Penn holds off HrhmS SalBes downed 10-7 I on late field goal Glasgow attack 20-8 4 or I nrTs 4 By CHRIS DONAHUE Staff reporter Tom Perry kicked a 26-yard field goal with 14 seconds remaining to give Crossland High of Camp Springs, a 10-7 victory over Salesianum in a nonconference football game Saturday night at Baynard Stadium. The game had appeared headed for a 7-7 tie, as Salesianum had the ball on its own 3-yard line with 1:22 to play, but Steve Jarome fumbled the ball away and the Cavaliers ran the clock down before sending in Perry. It was the first loss for the Sals, now 5-1, who had come alive and tied the game 7-7 on a 4-yard run by Vic Boland with just under five minutes remaining.

Crossland, 6-1, had taken a 7-0 lead seconds before half on a 1-yard plunge by fullback Lou King and Perry's point-after. The victory pleased Crossland coach Larry Layman to no end. "We wanted to concentrate mainly on our defensive game," said Layman, accompanying his troops back to the locker room. "They put 35 points on a fine Newark- team when we camc and scouted them last week, and they also scored 28 points on a good By DAVID HUGHES Staff reporter A couple of big plays by big Joe Burton made the difference as William Penn High defeated Glasgow 20-8 Saturday in a key Blue Hen Conference Flight A football showdown. Burton's first big play, early in the fourth quarter, was an interception of a Mark Nichols pass.

His second came on the very next play, when the 6-3, 190-pound Burton hauled in a pass from halfbapk Greg Scudder and galloped 80 yards for a go-ahead touchdown. He also grabbed the conversion pass from Pete Johnson with three Dragons all over him. Glasgow, which had its running game completely shut down by a vicious Colonial defense, had taken an 8-6 lead early in the third quarter on a six-play, 93-yard march. The drive included two Nichols-to-Rick Viets passes totalling 75 "We had some mixups in the secondary there, but we straightened things out," said Burton, who barely missed another interception moments after his score when he lost the ball in the sun. "I told Greg at halftime I could run by their guy Mike Barnes breaks away from a Glasgow High defender to score William Penn's first touchdown from eight yards out rfiiift it ii i -r iii.