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0 Baseball 5 NFL 6 High schools 15 Horse racing 18 Ben Callaway 19 ftilabelpte Inquirer section sports Sunday, September 20, 1981 reimraMies Matthews, Phils stifle wit repasses 9 i i Three-run homer caps five-run 4th wms opener College football Clemson 13, Georgia 3 Pittsburgh 38, Cincinnati 7, Southern Cal 21, Indiana 0 Colgate 27, Lehigh 14 Widener 37, Juniata 13 Boston College 13, Texas 12 i Alabama 19, Kentucky 10 UCLA 31, Wisconsin 13 Iowa State 23, Iowa 12 Ohio State 27, Michigan State 13 Illinois 17, Syracuse 14 Miami (Fla.) 12, Houston 7 San Jose State 28, Stanford 6 West Virginia 17, Maryland 13 Florida 27, Georgia Tech 6 Nebraska 34, Florida State 14 Worth Carolina 49, Miami (Ohio) 7 National coverage by regionsbe- gins on Page 9-D 7-few fist? 1 Wf- 1 1 jVV. "It mm j' wllr llli I I By Lewis Freedman Inquirer Stall Writer Gary Vura turned out to be as overpowering a relief pitcher as Rich Gossage. After starting yesterday's game on the bench, Penn's junior quarterback threw touchdown passes of 93 (a school r.ecord), 84 and 40 yards to Karl Hall as the new era in Quaker football, began with all the drama of "Playhouse 90" and with a win. It took a 15-point fourth-quarter comeback and a desperation tackle at the gun, but Penn defeated Cornell, 29-22, at Franklin Field before 15,871 fans to give coach Jerry Berndt a victory in his first game. "That's not a bad start, not a bad start," said Berndt, whose first name was chanted by fans in the fourth period.

"Routine win, right?" Just picture this. Penn, with a 3-24-rl record in its last three seasons, trailed by 22-7. in the third quarter. The Quakers, a consensus pick for the Bottom 20 by all the sarcastic people who make such selections, shut down Cornell on the six-inch line to save the game. A new era had indeed arrived.

Cornell quarterback Chris Metz, with two blockers in front of him, churned around left end and was stopped dead by Penn defensive back John Waterfield's straight-on tackle. A moment earlier, Waterfield had been whistled for pass interference in the end zone, giving Cornell a first-ahd-goal at the one. "I started the final play on the other side of the field," Waterfield said. "I came laterally across and he Metz cut back right into me. They spotted it on the six-inch line.

I sort of owed it to the fellows." Twice within the last minute, as Delaware ByAlMorganti Inquirer Staff Mriter I Dallas Green is still preaching the gospel of the lightbulb, and he won't be convinced that the Phillies have switched theirs oh until he can see i the light for more than one game at a time. I Yesterday Was an "on" day for the Phillies, who slammed 14 hits, in-; eluding a three-run' home run by i Gary Matthews, for an 8-2 victory 1 over the Pirates a team that has been in the dark all season, "It was on today," said Green, the Phillies' manager. "You'll have to dome out and see about tomorrow, And so will But when you come to Veterans Stadium today, don't expect to see i Larry Christenson pitching. Al-! though he was scheduled to start today. Green had second thoughts about it, and Christenson is in the bullpen after all.

He earned a save in yesterday's game, when he pitched three shutout innings in relief of I "Starter and winner Dan Larson. But more about the Christenson subplot a little later. First, the matter of the on-again Phillies. I Of course, Green's lightbulbs are not the General Electric soft white Variety or anything like that. And preen is not really interested in i anything invented by Thomas Alva Edison.

He's Just using the term to illustrate his theory that the Phillies jurn themselves off and on and off again in a maddening fashion. And When your team is foundering in or hear the cellar, you need all the light I Vou can get. With Djck Davis starting in right held and Lonnie Smith in center, the Phillies quickly shook off a 2-0 deficit and won the game with five runs in i the fourth, including Matthews' home run, The Pirates had takeri the 2-0 lead Jn the first when Jason Thompson hit 1 to home run to right field, scoring Omar Moreno ahead of him. But the Pirates should have known i ithat there was no way that lead was 1 going to hold up. Over the first two games of this series, the Phils only jiave a split, but they also have piled jup 14 runs and 29 hits.

i The Phillies first scored in the 'third inning, when Pete Rose singled i and came! home on a single by Keith iMoreland, closing the gap to 2-1. i Then they chased starter Odell Jones Trom the mound in the fourth. Larry 1 Bowa led off the inning with a triple (See PHILLIES on 14-D) overcomes Owls, 13-7 ByGailShister Inquirer Staff Wrfrer NEWARK, Del "All we hear is Temple, Temple, Temple," said Dela-: ware linebacker Greg Robertson yesterday, but the Blue Hens went a long way toward changing that situation with a 13-7 victory before a crowd of 22,379 at their home opener. They've got some cheaters. A Cornell drove from its 30 after Penn seemingly had the game won, Berndt of limes tneir linemen trip and called time out, and brought all 11 defensive players to the edge of the sideline and huddled with them.

"We" had changed defenses a little bit and I just wanted to remind them whom they were going to cover," said Berndt. There wouldn't have been any last-' minute heroics by Waterfield if it hadn't been for the pitching-catch- ing battery of Vura, who was told Thursday by Berndt that he would (See PENN on 12-D) PhildBlprw Inquirer VICKI VALERtO Joyous Penn Quakers carry new coach Jerry Berndt off the field after beating Cornell, 29-22 in overwhelms Another short stay Michiga stuff," said Robertson, whose interception halted a first-quarter Temple drive. But it wasn't only the Owls' linemen 'who tripped yesterday. Quarterback Tink Murphy hurled two interceptions and was sacked five times. The Owls were penalized 10 times for 96 yards.

And Temple's running game, which had carried them to easy victories over William Mary and Syracuse, managed less than a yard an attempt in the first half (17 yards on 20 carries). The win was the second in a row for Delaware (2-0), a Division I-AA team, over the Division I-A Owls (2-1), and marked coach Wayne Hardin's first loss in six visits to Delaware Stadium. 1 "I could not see us losing," said Delaware's Ed Braceland, a defensive lineman from Philadelphia. "I saw the William Mary game la 42-0 Temple winl and I knew we could beat 'em with a fast pass rush. Tink Murphy can't throw 60 percent on his back." And that's where Murphy began the game on a windy, muddy afternoon in Delaware Stadium.

Murphy (20 of 44 for 285 yards) was sacked for a 13-yard loss on the first play. Walt Marlin ended that drive with a punt of just 23 yards. The Hens then began a drive that lasted only five plays and culminated with a K. C. Knobloch field goal from 42 yards, giving Delaware a quick 3-0 lead.

The field goal represented the first points scored against Temple in (See TEMPLE on 12-D) at the top of the poll No. 1 Notre Dame, 25-7 By BILL LYON LA vVa! If 4 rv By Bill Lyon Inquirer Stall Writer ANN ARBOR, Mich. When it was" 13-0 and Michigan was driving for yet another score, the banner, was unfolded in the end zone. It was this plaintive plea: "BO, HAVE MERCY." Not a chance. Michigan stomped Notre Dame here yesterday, 25-7, and you would have thought the Wolverines were crushing another Big 10 patsy the way they were cuffing around the team that had been ranked No.

1. Michigan coach Bo Schcmbechler didn't call off the dogs until less than two minutes were left. After Michigan, the preseason No. 1 by consensus, had been knocked off by Wisconsin last week, Schembechler wanted not just a win but unconditional ANN ARBOR, Mich. When No.

1 loses, it's supposed to be the result of something weird and improbable; something like a blind, one-legged soccer-style kicker imported from Albania drilling an 82-yard field goal with only zeroes on the clock. When No. 1 goes down, it's supposed to be in heroic flames, and only by a point or two Well, No. 1 lost here yesterday, but it had no more subtlety and finesse than an ax murder. This was a rout, a full-scale retreat, the kind where the generals keep screaming: "Medic!" Notre Dame got clobbered.

Positively destroyed. Just plain creamed. No flukes. No suspense. Just pick up any survivors and revip the engines on the charter and head for the sanctuary of the Golden Dome.

Michigan: had figured to be foaming and snarling. The Wolverines' "If you had been on the sidelines during practice this week, you would have backed up," said tailback Butch Woolfolk. "The hitting was fierce." It was train-wreck-intense yesterday, except Michigan was doing all the hitting and Notre Dame the taking. "They made us not look good," said Gerry Faust, who absorbed his first loss as a college coach and his first loss in three seasons. "We had no field position.

We were down in a hole the whole time." It was more like a bottomless pit. Until the fourth quarter, when they were behind by four touchdowns, the Irish had crossed the SO only once. That was on their second possession, and they faced fourth-and-goal at the Michigan eight-yard line. They lined up for a chip-shot field (See MICHIGAN on 8-D) stay at the top of the polls had lasted all of one game their opener. But coach Bo Schembechler's Hessians were even surlier than their most frenzied partisans had hoped.

There were 105,888 screaming zealots shoehorned into the vast oval amphitheater of Michigan Stadium, and what they wanted on a sun-splashed afternoon was blood in the sky. They got it. Michigan rushed to a four-touch-(See LYON on 8-D) Frank Dolson is on vacation. His column will resume when he returns. Notre Dame's Tim Koegel A frustrating day A piece of the pie .1 NFL players like the union's wage-scale proposal How the Eagles would fare XX I l.IMIHI'iv 'Sir' i Salary with of Gross $500,000 250,000 350,000 250.000 250,000 300.000 200,000 300,000 105,000 90,000 140,000 200,000 175.000 140,000 Est.

1980 Salary $170,000 170,000 220,000 120,000 120,000 150,000 105,000 150,000 50.000 50,000 80,000 150,000 110,000 60.CC0 Pos. Yrs. DE 14 OT 9 WR 11 OB 9 9 OT 10 WR 8 LB 10 3 DB 2 LB 5 LB 8 TE 7 WR 5 Player Claude Humphrey Jerry Slsemora Harold Carmichael -Randy Logan Guy Mornss Stan Walters Charlie Smith John Bunting MaxRunager Jo Jo Heath Ray Phillips Frank LeMaster Keith Krepfle Wally Henry to $250,000. Offensive tackle Stan Walters would double his salary, from $150,000 to $300,000. Max Runager, who now makes an estimated $50,000, would become a punter.

Although the union notes that the wage-scale proposal was unanimously approved by -a nine-member executive committee and all 28 player reps, the idea came from Ed Garvey, its executive director. Garvey likens NFL players to theatrical performers who are paid a fixed percentage of the hoifce, citing pop singer Barry Manilow. "At first he IManilow! took 10 percent of the gross; now it's almost 90 percent," the union says in its question-and-answer format within the 64-page booklet. "And guess what? The promoter pays it and still books the hall, prints the tickets, promotes the concert and makes a profit. That's precisely what NFL owners do.

They hire the talentrent the tickets and promote the game." Out of that analogy, Garvey created the (See SALARY on 7-D) By Gordon Forbes Inquirer Stall Writer Ron Jaworski's first reaction to the NFL Players Association's radical wage scale proposal was pure joy. "I think it would be super if it ever happened," he said. "I just think it will be tough. Anytime you get involved in negotiations with club owners, you find they're a real tough group." Jaworski and the other Eagles were briefed on the wage-scale proposal last week when player rep John Bunting distributed NFL Players Association booklets that outline the union's unprecedented demand for a 55 percent share of each team's gross profits in 1982. Actually, Jaworski wouldn't earn an extra nickel under the pay scale.

Jaworski's fixed salary as an eighth-year quarterback' would be $200,000, only half of his current $400,000 contact. But under the proposal, no veteran could be paid less than he was al-ready earning. Many of the Eagles would earn more a lot more. Claude Humphrey, a 14-year defensive end, earns an estimated $170,000. Under the wage scale Humphrey would make $500,000, or more than $1,000 per play as a pass-rushing specialist.

Receiver Harold Carmichael would receive $350,000, up dramatically from his current $220,000 salary. Strong safety Randy Logan would jump from an estimated $120,000 'r4i Claude Humphrey, a 14-year veteran, could earn $1,000 per play.