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Sunday September 27, 1970 Me fftilabelpfua Inquirer SPORTS SECTION Palermo: We Were Outcoached and Outplayed' successful in the blitz they were picking it up and catching us. "We knew they were bigger than last year and he (Colorado Coach Eddie Crowder) has been talking about more speed. "And their defense is strong. We couldn't get outside on them at all and then that 66 (linebacker Phil Irwin) shut off the middle. We probably should have gone with the counter more.

I didn't do a good job of coaching today." Paterno refused to criticize two questionable calls during Colorado's eight-minute, second-quarter drive that gave the Buffs a 20-7 lead. "I never criticize officials without looking at the movies," Paterno said. underwent an appendectomy early Saturday morning at Denver's Swedish Hospital. John Skorupan replaced him. "There was no adjustment in what we could do defensively," Paterno said.

"We made mistakes and got fooled a couple of times. Colorado had a fine game plan and picked us apart. "They did a good job in keeping us off-balance, mixing the Veer (triple option), throwing against the flow. As I said before, they are better off without (1969 all-America tailback Bob) Anderson. Without him they are more versatile.

"They were ready and did a better job of coaching today. After all, if you take credit when you win you have to blame it on yourself when you lose. We gave them good field position too often and where we'd be By ROGER C. KEIM Of The Inquirer Staff BOULDER, Colo, Sept. 26.

Penn State's players heard Colorado's victory screams through the cement-block walls of the Buffaloes' team building. "I told our players, we've had those days of glory, too, and took them in stride and now we must take this in stride," said Penn State coach Joe Paterno. "I don't think a licking is the worst thing in the world." Paterno accepted Saturday's 41-13 pounding by Colorado philosophically. The squad was remarkably composed following State's first loss in 32 games. "What can I say? We were outcoached, outplayed, outhit and outscored," Paterno said.

"It's as simple as that." Only center Warren Koegel, guard Joe Holuba and reserve tackle Rick Brown appeared fighting tears as they walked off Folsom Field. "More people worried about the streak than 1 did," added Paterno. "I never thought much about it. This year I thought this team needed a good tough game to come from behind and find out how good we were. As I said last night, this team had a one-game winning streak." All-America linebacker Jack Ham explained simply, "It had to happen sometime.

Colorado is not only big, but quick." Paterno said the loss of starting linebacker Charlie Zapiec didn't change State's defensive game plan. Zapiec Lions Suffer First Loss in 32 Games Quick Colorado Smashes Penn State's Long "Bad baseball, that's all there is to it. You just can't win playing like that." -GILHODGES yT" A GIL HODGES: A STUDY IN GLOOM Bucs Edge Mets, 4-3, Clinch Tie for Crown By ROGER C. KEIM Of The Inquirer Staff BOULDER, Colo, Sept. 26.

Penn State's winning and unbeaten streaks were smashed against the base of the snow specked Rocky Mountains on Saturday. Colorado outplayed Penn State in every phase of football and trampled the Nittany Lions, before 42.850 at Folsom Field. Penn State was unbeaten in 31 games, since a 17-15 loss to UCLA in the third week of the 1967 season. The Nittany Lions had won 23 straight after a 17-17 Gator Bowl tie against Florida State. They were the nation's longest streaks since Oklahoma won 47 straight in the mid-1950s.

LONG RETURN DOES IT Colorado's quick, massive lines, gang-tackling defense and highly varied offense kept Penn State constantly off-balance and giving ground. But a 97-yard kickoff return by junior college transfer Cliff Branch was the game-breaker. The 0:03.3 sprinter, co-holder of the world 60-yard dash record of 5.6 seconds, gave Colorado a 27-7 lead after only 12 seconds of the second half. "That opening TD in the second halT really turned the game around on us," said Penn State's all-America linebacker, Jack Ham. "We've been down before, 14-0 in the fourth quarter at Syracuse last year.

But they (Colorado) kept hitting the whole game they were psyched." So was the crowd. As the sun began to set on the Rockies, which backstop the streets in the western sector of Boulder, Colorado fans began to roar, "Were number one, we're number one." SPEED SURPRISES Penn State guard Bob Holuba wouldn't disagree. "I don't think they'll lose a game all year." he said. "They were faster than I ever dreamed." Penn State, ranked third nationally, was in a 10-0 hole after 3'2 minutes. Mike Cooper threw an interception on the game's first scrimmage play and Colorado scored in 90 seconds.

Buffalo quarterback Jim Bratten suspected a blitz, called an audible and fired 18 yards to wide receiver Willie Nichols, who beat Terry Stump on a post pattern at State's 22. Ron Rieger and wide receiver Marv Whitaker, on a reverse, reached the four, then junior college transfer John Tarver, a 6-3, 220-pound fullback, blasted to the one. He scored on the following play. FUMBLE HANDOFF Penn State quickly made another mistake. Cooper and Ly-dell Mitchell collided on a Continued on Page 7, Column 2 Beffiimiiij; of the John Tarver dives into the end End for Penn State zone for Colorado's first touchdown Solow Runs 84 As Penn Rips second to 4V2 games.

The Bucs have only four games left to play. Pagan, pinch-hitting for Richie Hebner, hit a fly ball to center fielder Tom-mie Agee to score pinch-runner John Jeter with the winning run and give reliever Mudcat Grant his second straight relief victory over the Mets. Agee, whose base running killed a Mets' ralV in the ninth inning of Friday night's loss, again was From Our Wire Services PITTSBURGH, Sept. 26 (UPI). The Pirates snapped a seventh-inning tie on Bob Robertson's single, two errors and Jose Pagan's sacrifice fly to edge the New York Mets Saturday, 4-3, and clinch a tie for the National League Eastern -Division title.

The victory coupled with Chicago's 7-1 loss to the Phillies increased the Pirates' lead over the Mets and Cubs who are tied for Defense Leads Temple Over Cross by 23-13 By JOHN DELL Of The Inquirer Staff Steve Solow went so fast he put glitter on Penn's football opener Saturday. The 5-8 sophomore safetyman from East Meadow, N. made the longest scoring run with a punted ball in Penn history to put dash in a 24-0 victory over Lehigh. FRANK DOLSON 111: Cup Race Off NEWPORT, R. Sept.

26 (UPI). Dense fog along the Rhode Island coastline forced postponement of Saturday's fifth race in the America's Cup yacht competition until Monday after Intrepid, the U. S. defender, escaped serious damage in a towing accident. Intrepid, leading Gretel II of Australia, 3-1, in the best-of-seven series and needing just one more victory to complete America's 21st defense of the coveted cup, drifted onto rocks near Castle Hill Light in the east passage of Narragansett Bay when her towline from the tender parted while she was being taken out into Rhode Island Sound.

guilty of a costly mistake. With one out in the seventh, Robertson lined a single to center Agee misjudged the ball and then allowed it to skip by him as he tried for a shoetop catch. The ball rolled to the fence and Robertson went to third on the error. First baseman Donn Clendenon dropped a throw on Manny Sanguillen's grounder for another error, but Jeter, who ran for Rob-Continued on Page 12, Col. 3 Phils Conduct Last Rites For Cubs, 7-1 By ALLEN LEWIS Of The Inquirer Staff The close friends of the Chicago Cubs have all been notified.

The final word of their demise is all that is awaited. The Phillies, who knocked the Cubs out of first place here last September, reduced the Bruins' 1970 National League Eastern Division title chances to the irreducible minimum Saturday at Connie Mack Stadium. And it wasn't much of a contest. Pounding out 14 hits in the game and scoring six times in the first two innings, the Phillies coasted to a 7-1 victory behind the strong, six-hit pitching of young Barry Lersch. Lersch's performance followed on the heels of Rick Wise's strong five-hitter Friday night in the Phillies' 5-3 triumph.

The two complete-game performances in succession drew a wry comment from Cub relief veteran Hoyt Wilhelm. Asked his view of things from the bullpen, Wilhelm said, "From where we were, they both looked like a couple of Walter Johnsons." Coupled with Pittsburgh's 4-3 triumph over the New York Mets, this defeat left the Cubs tied with the Mets for second place, AV2 games behind the Pirates. Jim Bunning, the veteran who. was with the Phillies when they blew the 1964 pen-Continued on Page 12, Column 5 for TD Lehigh Solow's run, which gave Penn a 6-0 lead after twice being frustrated near the Lehigh goal, was an intelligent piece of way picking behind his blockers. He slowed down three times to allow mates to form interference and juked past two other Lehighs before being given final clear- Continued on Page 3, Column 3 College FOOTBALL LOCAL Delaware 53 New Hampshire 12 Drexel 34 Upsala 18 Frostburg 7 Trenton State 6 Glassboro State IT Jersey City St 13 Penn 24 Lehigh 0 Princeton 41 Rutgers 14 Temple 23 Hbly Cross 13 West Chester 42 East Stroudsburg 0 STATE Albright 20 Juniata 18 Allegheny 20 Case Western 3 Baldwin-Wallace 29 Bucknell 21 California St.

34 Lock Haven 28 Clarion 47 Geneva 0 Edinboro 24 Slippery Rock 0 17 Ursinus 14 Gettysburg 28 Kings Point 15 Lebanon Valley i9 (tie) Dickinson 19 Lycoming 21 Wilkes 19 Millersville 14 Kutztown 13 Moravian 13 Delaware Valley 0 Muhlenberg 16 John Hopkins 6 Shippensburg 30 Brockport 26 Wash. Jeff. 28 Carnegie-Mellon 21 Westminster 38 Susquehanna 0 EAST American International 9 Norwich 0 Boston College 28 Navy 14 Montclair St Del. St. 7 Continued on Page 9, Column 1 He ran a stuttering, zigzag course of 84 yards early in the second quarter to furnish high entertainment for 10,406, who saw Penn start its 94th season at Franklin Field.

Reds Bagnell, an All-American back in the glory years, had set the previous record with a 74-yard punt return against Navy in 1949. the west side of the stadium, seemed to put a spark in the Alcorn attack. Tolliver's 14-yard pass to Floyd Rice to the Eagles' 14 started Alcorn's first scoring drive. Willie Ray swept left end to the eight. Tolliver kept to the one, then sneaked over for the touchdown with 5:51 left in the first quarter.

North Carolina Central kept its hopes of winning its opener until the final five minutes of the half when Alcorn struck for two more touchdowns. The first came on Leroy Byars' nine-yard burst over the middle after Harry Campbell recovered a fumble Continued on Page 9, Column 5 BY MARK HEISLER Of The Inquirer Staff WORCESTER, Sept. 26. They really needed C. B.

DeMille to handle this one. Temple beat Holy Cross. 23-13, Saturday afternoon. Temple Coach Wayne Hardin compared it to landing on the moon. Temple defensive end Harold Sutton was praying on the field.

It was a major upset, and it took a gritty Temple defense which scored the Owls' first 16 points and all the errors Holy Cross could make. But then Holy Cross was capable of a lot of errors, and the Crusaders weren't messing with little things like fumbles. When they got caught, Temple got points. Temple blocked one punt and returned it for a touchdown, hurried a quick-kick and returned that for a and tackled Holy Cross quarterback Gerry Lamb in the end zone. That was fortunate for the Owls, because their offense was in trouble.

Temple lost the ball five times on fumbles, and a sixth on an interception. "I think," said Hardin "we took one great step for Temple University and let's hope for mankind." Temple was going nowhere, however, and was behind, 7-0, Continued on Page 4, Column 6 Sports on TV COLLEGE FOOTBALL 11:15 A. M. Penn vs. Lehigh (tape), Ch.

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Chicago, Ch. 6 Alcorn Drubs N. C. Central In Black Unity Classic, 27-0 Clemente Battles Pain, Reputation PITTSBURGH, Sept. 26 ROBERTO CLEMENTE, THE MAN with the great arm, the great bat, the great glove and the bad reputation, was sitting in front of his locker staring at the two cartons of mail at his feet.

The letters had been pouring in. Forty or 50 a day. "Holy cow," the 36-year-old Pirate outfielder said. "I get so much letters this year I need two secretaries." He was smiling as he leaned forward to grab one of the letters and then, suddenly, the stabbing pain shot up his back. Clemente grimaced.

He is a hypochondriac, people have said. He feels pain when there is nothing wrong with him. But this was no act. Roberto Clemente wanted to play baseball. He wanted to be a part of this pennant drive.

"If we weren't in the position we're in now I wouldn't be here," he said. '1 be home for the season But the Pirates were leading the National League East and the Mets were in town. The adrenalin flowing through Clemente's body acted like a miracle drug. His name was on the lineup card Friday night although the pain was still in his back. "But not pain like before," Roberto said.

"Before I could not move from bed. Before I had to put hands on floor to walk." Last week, on a day off in Philadelphia, Clemente decided to go to the ball park to work out. From the time he left the hotel to the time he entered Connie Mack Stadium his back had stiffened so much he could hardly move. Miss. The Braves lost to Tennessee State, 24-14, in their opener in Los Angeles and beat Grambling, 10-7, in Louisiana.

LIGHTS GO OUT Tolliver, who had only 25 minutes playing time in three years as understudy to all-America Marvin Weeks, destroyed North Carolina Central's defense in a lopsided first half. The Braves, who held North Carolina Central to only one first down the first 30 minutes, failed to sustain two drives in the first seven minutes. But a minor fire in an electrical control box, which doused most of the lights on By BILL SIMMONS Of The Inquirer Staff Clarence Tolliver directed Alcorn College's road show in a successful Philadelphia debut Saturday night before 25,000 in the National Black Unity Football Classic at John F. Kennedy Stadium. Tolliver, a 5-foot-10 senior quarterback from Shreveport, ran, passed and punted the Braves to an impressive 27-0 victory over North Carolina Central University and was the unanimous choice as Most Valuable Player.

It was the second victory in three starts this year for Alcorn which must wait two more weeks before playing its home opener in Lorman, "This is a tough injury," he said. "I might sit down, inued on Page 16, Column 1.