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Scoreboard 4 NFL Today 6 High schools 17 Horse racing 19 Ben Callaway 20 fiilatrIim Inquirer sports section it A A Sunday, October 26, 1980 "V- 'I want to play' Penn State uses intereeption to tip W.Va., 2045 Boone'sin, Moreland wants out Keith Moreland was riding a cloud through the stretch drive of the pennant race, through that unforgettable week of the playoffs, and finally through the World Series. "I've never been through anything that exciting," he said. It's hard to imagine anybody plays harder, who roots harder, who wants to win more than this former University of Texas football player who has been hitting line drives, getting base hits ever since arriving in Philadelphia in September of 1979. Moreland squeezed every ounce of excitement and joy out of being a part of the World Series, out of I riding down Broad. Street in the victory parade, out of standing on that platform in the center of JFK Stadium and hearing the cheers, seeing the smiles of the huge crowd that turned out to salute the Phillies.

That was Keith Moreland's idea of heaven. He's an emotional young man, a guy who has no trouble getting psyched up for-a game whether it's against Oklahoma in the Cotton Bowl or against Kansas City in the Vet and no aversion to letting his feelings show. "There's no question," he said shortly before heading back to his Texas home, "this was a great year, a perfect year. 1 saw the team progress I saw the team pull together. I got to sit back and watch a great catcher (Bob i Boone) for a year, watch how he j' handles pitchers and handles the' game.

I got to see three (future) has been Penn State's long suit. So the Lions ran it 67 times, threw 'only 10 passes, and got another big day out of fullback Booker Moore, who rushed for 112 yards. Warner was held to 69 in a wearying 29 tries, but broke his third TD kickoff return in a season and a half. "I really don't remember much. Everyone kind of came together and I was waiting for a crack to open," the sophomore tailback said.

"It did and I cut behind Ray Weatherspoon and the next thing I knew there was nobody in front of me." "We were playing one-handed," Jov. Paterno said. "We didn't throw and we didn't run the option. It kept getting more slippery out there and we didn't want to get too clever. We probably did play it too close to the vest, but we were ahead and this wasn't a day for playing catch-up, and there was no sense getting foolish." V.

"My hands were numb; I had no feel for the ball at all," said Oliver Luck, the West Virginia quarterback. "They pretty well stopped our running game and I just couldn't get any kind of a grip to throw." Twice the ball squirted out of Luck's hand when he dropped back to pass, and he could manage just six completions in 23 throws. Even so, West Virginia was only agonizing inches from winning this game. Penn State had complete command the first half, plus a 10-0 lead. But early the third period Mike Dawson broke through to block Ralph Giacomorro's punt in the State end zone.

Linebacker Darryl Talley had the ball or so it seemed, but it oozed tantalizingly away from him, and slipped beyond the end zone. Instead of a touchdown, West Virginia had to settle for a safety. On the ensuing free Steve Newberry ran 78 yards down the sideline to the State five. The Mountaineers drew a 15-yard penalty but (See PENN STATE on 3-F) Moreland's competitive fire will burn somewhere in '81 but Philadelphia Inquirer GERALD S. WILLIAMS maybe not in Philadelphia By FRANK DOLSON It was all so wonderful that it string catcher was struggling at had to be exceedingly difficult the plate and getting booed by for Keith Moreland to talk about the Vet Stadium crowd, what was on his mind: the desire "I just like to win," he to play every day in 1981 instead "That's the reason I never said of just once in a while, even if it anything during the season meant playing for another team.

about playing. 1 would never be a Watching others play has nev- bitcher and a moaner." er been easy for Moreland. Yet he But he does want to get more 5 never griped about his part-time than the 159 af-bats he got this orts editor role, never told the press or year. He does want the opportuni-, Hall of Famers perform in Pete anybody else that he should ty to become an everyday ball-Rose, Steve Carlton and Mike-; have been playing ahead of player. And.

he does not. expect "Schmidt." Boone when the Phillies' first- (See DOLSON on 2-F) By Bill Lyon Inquirer Stafl Wriler MORGANTOWN, W. Va. Nothing is forever. For frustrated West Vir- ginia, it just seems that way.

On a cold, misty, foggy, foreboding afternoon, under dripping clouds, Penn State waded past the Mountain-" eers yesterday, 20-lS. The last time West Virginia beat State was 1955, before any of the current combatants were born. It was the 22nd straight Penn State victory over the Mounties, and worse, this one was triggered by a West-By-God-Virginia native. Curt Warner, who immigrated from tiny Pineville, W. to Happy Valley, hydroplaned for two Nittany Lions touchdowns.

When Warner skated 89 yards across the treacherously slick carpet on the floor of West Virginia's new $22 million stadium, going with' a kickoff return, Penn State's sixth win in seven starts was assured. But it was far from easy. The Nittany Lions also needed two Herb Men-' hardt field goals and a resilient defense. Plus the cooperation of West Virginia, which, obligingly, turned the wet ball over five times. This one looked like a lock after Menhardt cranked up a 29-yard field goal for a 20-8 State lead with 8 minutes, 30 seconds left in the game.

But West Virginia turned a State fumble into a touchdown and then promptly recovered an onside kick. The Mountaineers were driving inside the State 35, seemingly poised to overcome 25 years of disappointment, but; Giuseppe Harris intercepted a pass deflected by his brother, Pete, and the Lions ran out the clock. It was a weird game played under conditions suited only for body surfr ing, with 19 punts, nine fumbles and three interceptions. The weather took away all finesse, severely limited strategy, and reduced the game to, straight-ahead running. That always with a 6-1 record, the Eagles have run their fullbacks only eight times a game.

But Leroy Harris, who put free safety Fencik out of last year's wildcard playoff with a torn-up knee, is healthy. And backup Perry Harrington is rested, having handled the ball only 20 times as a spot player. The intriguing question is, will the Eagles try to grind it out against one of the NFL's best run defenses, or will they try to confuse the Bears with Sid Gillman's imaginative passing sets? "By the design of the offense, they're primarily blocking backs," A daring Mo Cheeks has his Mpntgorrierjf injury throws a burden on Jaworski going to play, rather than expecting him to and then learning early in the game that he isn't going to. "Now I have more or less to make the big Louie and Billy are good backs; but they're more or less grind-it-out backs. I would hope I don't try to do too much.

There's always a chance of that, but I just feel like I have to come up with the big plays on offense. But it's a nice security blanket I have with our defense playing such good football. "With quarterbacks, carrying too much of the load is something you've Flyers beat Isles 2d time in 3 days By Gordon Forbes Inquirer Stall MIHltr The presence of Wilbert Montgomery and his amazing moves to daylight has this effect on the Eagles. In games in" which Montgomery has started and played most or all of the way, the Eagles are 25-13. In Montgomery's 100-yard games, they are 13-2.

And in games in which Montgomery has rushed for at least 70 yards, they are a remarkable 22-5. The NFC East-leading Eagles play the Chicago Bears today at Veterans Stadium (Channel 10, 4 p.m.), but It's all over for Gerrie Coetzee, I 0 3 got to be. aware of. You can't force things in there. Yeah, there's a hot-hand and I believe in it.

If you're hot, try and keep it going. It comes down to this. When Wilbert's not in there, I think I have to come up with more big plays." There is intrigue surrounding Dick Vermeil's offensive game plan for the Bears (3-4), a team that sometimes attacks an offense with wild stunts from a five-man front and features two awesome hitters, Gary Fencik and Doug Plank, at safeties. In breaking on top of their division (MacLeish) and said Morrison. "I just buried my head and blasted it." MacLeish and Behn Wilson got the assists.

Morrison bent into the net to retrieve the puck, and said the Flyers will have it mounted on a plaque for him. "I'm saving that one, that's for sure," he said. It was a tight-checking game in -contrast to the usual wide-open, higher-scoring (Thursday's game at the Spectrum was 4-2 Flyers) game these teams play, with 22 penalties called. But one thing it wasn't was easy. The Flyers had to scramble to outlast New York's hanf-working, slick final period that included playing the last 40 seconds with a sixth skater in place of the goalie.

The Islanders made constant rushes at Flyers' goalie Pete Peeters during the period. In that last 20 minutes, the Flyers defenders, who had checked sharply all evening, had more trouble clearing the puck. Twice Islanders center Duane Sutter faked in on Peeters and fired point-blank. Nothing doing. The Flyers outshot New York, 22-20, (See FLYERS on 18-F) Ohio State 21, Wisconsin 0 Oklahoma 42, Iowa State 7 Pittsburgh 30, Tennessee 6 Princeton 7, Harvard 3 SMU 20, Texas 6 Swarthmore 20, Ursinus 15 Syracuse 17, Rutgers 9 Temple 23, Cincinnati 7 UCLA 32, California 9 Widener 35, Franklin and Marshall 0 Yale 8, Penn 0 Complete coverage begins on Page 9-F.

Complete scores, Page 16 F. Jaworski said when asked about the non-use of his fullbaclcs. "But we'll probably have to get more carries out of our fullbacks with Wilbert not in there." Nobody knows the heights to which a quarterback can rise in a big game like a cornerback who must guess with him. "Yeah, quarterbacks can carry an offense," grudgingly admitted Herm Edwards, the Lagles right corner. "I would think with Wilbert out, you're talking about just Ron as the whole offense, and the (See EAGLES on 7-F) shot blocked by Tree Rollins shots and splattered his huge body terrified Atlanta players, dominating an important basketball game in the same way that he did last spring.

We all know what that meant to the Sixers in the spring. "It was the best stretch of basketball I've ever seen from Darryl," said Sixers coach Billy Cunningham, after his team had won its fourth straight game and its fourth in' five tries on the road this year. s. Dawkins had 21 points, 12 rebounds and four blocked shots. Once, Eddie Johnson, the dangerous Hawks guard, whirled to the basket and, confronted by Dawkins, flipped up a running, leaning loopcr that skimmed off the topmost part of the (SeeSnflERSonl8-F)' Associated Press Montgomery will be missing from the offense because of stretched ligaments in his left knee.

Louie Giam-mona, all 174 la spirited pounds of him, and Billy Campfield will try to pick up the slack, as they say, by alternating in Montgomery's spot. But quarterback Ron Jaworski, who has carried offenses before in times of. stress and strain, says it will be up to him to supply the big plays. "We'd love to have Wilbert in there," Jaworski said. "But it's obvious now he's not going to play this week.

It's nice to know that he's not battered and barely standing 28, connected with a crunching left hand to the head. Weaver improved his record to 22-. 9, while Coetzee fell to 23-2. Coetzee was making his second bid for the WBA title. Tate defeated him on points over 15 rounds last October in Pretoria, the South African capital.

1 He went on the attack from the first round, pummeling Weaver with right-left combinations. Weaver seemed to be caught off guard by Coetzee's fierce assault, and in the eighth round, Coetzee caught Weav-cr on the ropes with a series of vicious rights. Weaver's hands dropped and his head Tension was so high in the sold-out, arena that several people fainted during the round. But Weaver pushed off the ropes (Sc FIGHT on 22-F) In 1 I Associated Prs By Lewis Freedman Inquirer Stall Writer UNIONDALE, N.Y. Every time these teams play, it's like the Stanley Cup finals.

And last night's game between the Flyers and the New York Islanders at the Nassau County Coliseum was like reliving last spring. For the second time in three days, the Flyers beat the Islanders, this 3-1, and moved atop the standings in the Campbell Conference's Patrick Division. Third-period goals by rookie Gary Morrison at 2 minutes, 28 seconds, the first of his National Hockey League career, and Reggie Leach (the 250th of his Flyers career) at 19:50 into an empty net, sparked the Flyers and silenced the 14,871 fans. That, added to Bill Barber's first-period score, was enough. It was Morrison's score that was the big one.

The 6-foot, 2-inch, 200-pound wing played three games for the Flyers at the end of last season and then broke his left foot before the playoffs. He scored 29 goals for the Flyers' Maine farm club but was considered a defensive forward by coach Pat Quinn. No more. "It was a two-on-one with Ricky College football Alabama 42, S. Mississippi 7 Army 30, Boston College 14 Baylor 21, Texas Christian 6 Bloomsburg State 5, Cheyney State 3 Delaware 7, William and Mary 3 Delaware Valley 12, Susquehanna 0 Florida State 24, Memphis State 3 Houston 24, Arkansas 17 Lehigh 13, BucknellO Missouri 13, Kansas State 3 Navy 24, Washington 10 Nebraska 45, Colorado 7 North Carolina 31, East Carolina 3 Notre Dame 20, Arizona 3 Weaver keeps WBA title, KOs Coetzee in 13th round Dawkins awakens at last as Sixers clobber Hawks By Bill Livingston Inquirer Staff Writer ATLANTA In the last quarter last night, Steve Mix scored 16 points.

But this isn't a story about Steve Mix. In the final 13 minutes, 53 seconds last night, the 76ers created a 24-point swing against the Atlanta Hawks, and they did it with Julius Erving watching from the bench. But this isn't a story about the 113-100 destruction of a very good basketball team. In the entire game last night, Mo Cheeks played immaculately 19 points, 7-for-7 from the floor 11 assists, six steals, two blocked shots and only one turnover But, you guessed it, Mo Cheeks will not be the name shouted from these headlines. This is a story about Darryl Daw-kins, who reMsmnded and blocked Associated press SUN CITY, Bophuthatswana Mike Weaver survived a barrage of crashing right hands from Gerrie Coetzee in the eighth round, then slammed the South African challenger to the floor with a 13th-round knockout ye.sserday to retain his World Boxing Association heavyweight title.

The scheduled 15-rounder Weaver's first title defense since taking the crown away from John Tate with a 15th-round knockout March 31 in Knoxville, Tenn. took place in a still-unfinished sports arena erected in the sparse African bush. Coetzee, 25, who had hoped to become the first white holder of a heavyweight title since Sweden's Ingqpor Johansson hrjd a brief reign in 1959, fell like a treenvhen Weaver, Lui iP.nO ir i.