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Sunday September 30, 1973 fb fiitetrelpftia: inquirer Dial Score LO 3-2842 For Late Results Section Aaron One iv of Rot Hank Goes for Record In 'Test I've Been Waiting For9 SPORT Today 'r fife ir4 5f I sinking." Aaron said he was looking forward to today's season-ender against Houston in which he'll face left-hander Dave Roberts (16-11). He has hit one homer off Roberts this year. "I'll have a chance to show what I can do," Aaron said. "The main thing is whether I'm going to hit any bad pitches or not." Aaron said that although he has hit five home runs off Roberts in the past, he "can be one of the toughest pitchers in the league if he has his breaking ball and is getting it over the plate. "He's the kind of pitcher who can send me out of here ATLANTA (UPI).

Hank Aaron, only one home run behind Babe Ruth's record with one game left to play, says today's season finale will be "the test I've been waiting for all these years." Aaron hit his 713th major-league home run in the fifth inning of Saturday night's 7-0 Atlanta, victory over Houston. "It was a slow curve," Aaron said of the pitch from left-hander Jerry Reuss which he lined over the left-field, fence wiith two men on base. "I thought it probably would go out. The one thing I was afraid of was that the ball would sink. A lot of balls I've been hitting lately have been 0-for-4 and waiting for next season to hit No.

714." Roberts said he wants to pitch today, "but I won't be glad to see him (Aaron) coming up. I don't know which homer of his will make the pitcher more famous, 714 or 715. I don't want to give him either one." Roberts is shooting for a record himself. If he wins today it'll be his 17th victory of the season, establishing a Houston club record for left-handed pitchers. Roberts said he was anxious to set that record.

"If it comes to Aaron or rne winning the game, I'll pitch Continued on Page 6B, Col. 1 AP Wfrephoto Ruth's record Hank Aaron (second from left) is greeted by teammates after hitting 713th home run, one shy of Babe Thaw Stunts 1644 aiayette emit on BucsLose Again toExpos And Fall Into 3d Place morning, and it rained all afternoon. But it did not rain long enough for the Pittsburgh Pirates. In a game delayed a staggering 3 hours, 22 minutes by the wet weather, the Pirates continued their nosedive out of contention in the mad, mad National League East, this time conspiring to lose a 6-4 By BRUCE KEIDAN Of The Inquirer Staff For Sale (Cheap): 50,235 tickets to National League championship playoff games against Cincinnati Reds. Oct.

8-9-10. Never used. Never likely to be. PITTSBURGH. It rained here Saturday.

It rained all ff FRANK DOLSON Decisive Boot Sets Record By JOHN DELL ff The Inquirer Stalf EASTON. The "super Ivy team" started its season Saturday by getting involved in a super finish. The only trouble was the super team finished second. Gene Thaw's 20-yard field goal with 49 seconds left gave Lafayette a 16-14 upset over a Penn team that came here loaded for bear and got trapped by a team coming off a 55-21 licking by Colgate. "It was not very good football," said Penn coach Haxry Gamble.

"I feel we didn't play very well. Lafayette played very well and wanted the game more." It wanted the game against the Ivy League favorites so much it overcame a 14-13 lead Penn took with 3:59 left on Marty Vaughn's 69-yard strike to Don Clune. The Leopards drove right back to Penn's three, setting up Thaw's winning goal. Then Lafayette stopped Penn's last grasp toward victory when Tom Kuber intercepted Mandel's pass on the Leopards' 15-yard line with 36 seconds left. It was an exciting finish to an underdog's day, which left Lafayette coach Neil Putnam so high he went into his office to await post-game interviewers, stepped out for a minute, then couldn't get back because he had slammed the door with his keys inside.

"It's hard to be there in a poised manner," he admitted after the victory that "has to be ranked at the top" in the three-year coaching career of the former Dartmouth and Yale assistant. Putnam's day was made by Thaw's third field goal of the game, which was one of two all-time Lafayette records set. Thaw broke the mark of two that were kicked by Walt Zir-insky in the 1940 Muhlenberg game. Tony Giglio, a skittering 5-11 halfback, set the other record. He made 103 yards on 22 Continued on Page 8B, Col.

2 Lafayette's Eugene Thaw (36) kicks his first Inquirer field goal in Penn's Thaw emple Outraces Holy Cross, 63-34 FG. Photography by EARNEST S. EDDOWES ful loss at Easton Hoir the AP's Top 10 Fared 1. USC (2-0-1) tied Oklahoma, 7-7. Page 8.

2. Nebraska (3-0) beat Wis-consin, 20-16. Page 4. 3. Ohio State (2-0) beat TCU, 37-3.

Page 4. 4. Michigan (3-0) beat Navy, 14-0. Page 3. 5.

Alabama (3-0) beat Vander-bilt, 44-0. Page 9. 6. Penn State (3-0) beat Iowa, 27-8. Page 1.

7. Notre Dame (2-0) beat Purdue, 20-7. Page 7. 8. Oklahoma (1-0-1) tied USC, 7-7.

Page 8. 9. Tennessee (3-0) beat Auburn, 21-0. Page 9. 10.

LSU (3-0) beat Rice, 24-9. Page 8. no-contest variety. Lions put 21 points on the board in the first 12 minutes, then let their swarming defense splatter around the helpless Hawkeyes on a field better suited for body surfing than football. The final was 27-8, and Penn State's first string defense still has not been scored on.

But Paterno continues to softsell the Lions. "Things have. been easy for us so far," ht said. "You 13 months, it looked like more of the same. Holy Cross, unbeaten after three games and ranked third in the East in the Lambert Trophy poll, led the Owls, 14-0, and the visitors were having trouble getting untracked." By ALLEN LEWIS Of The Inquirer Staff WORCESTER, Mass.

The last three times Temple's football team played in. New England, it was beaten, upset and trounced. After 10 minutes of its fourth game in the area in Another Chapter Of Quagmire Place Hello again, friends. Welcome to today's episode of NBC's long-running serial. Quagmire Place.

If you were with us yesterday, you heard umpire Augie Donatelli, trapped in a damp locker room under the third-base looked toward the ceiling and said: "Ach-choo." Which stands at Wrigley Field, put the National League East pennant race into perspective when he raised his head, looked toward the ceiling and said: "Ach-choo!" Which prompted Harry Wendelstedt or was it Nick Colosi to retort: "Gesundheit." As we rejoin our friends, it is 24 hours later and the rain continues to fall on Quagmire Place CHICAGO. Poor Augie and Harry. Not even a TV set to help them pass the time of day. As a result, they miss one of the truly memorable television sports interviews of our time. The scene: Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh, where it's also raining.

Maury Wills is talking to Montreal Manager Gene Mauch. Let's listen WILLS: I've got a biggie for you now MAUCH (a puzzled look crossing his face): What? WILLS: A big question. MAUCH: Oh. What is it? WILLS (after a long pause): I forgot See? That's what a pennant race like this can do to people. Even the announcers are, feeling the pressure.

The Let's listen again The scene is the visitors' clubhouse at Wrigley Field, minutes after Augie Donatelli has officially called off Saturday's Mets-Cubs doubleheader. The press is looking frantically for someone anyone to quote. First prospect: Mets' Manager Continued on Page 6B, Col. 2 decision 'to the Montreal Expos. The loss left the Pirates two full games behind the rain-idled New York Mets and dropped them into third place, one-half game behind the St.

Louis Cardinals. Going head-over-gangplank once again on their own mistakes, the Pirates managed to lose for the ninth time in their last 13 attempts. Mike Marshall, the Montreal deity, sat on them once they had fallen pinioning them -with 3-2-3 innings of one-hit relief for hils 31st save of the season. The outing preserved victory for rookie Steve Rogers (10-6) and gave Marshall the major-league record for appearances by a pitcher in one season, with 91. It also left the Expos 2Vi games out of first place and preserved their slim hopes for a pennant tie.

Jn fact, National League East teams have played 959 games this season and have managed to eliminate exactly one team the Phillies. The game was scheduled to begin at 2:15 P. M. At that hour, however, residents of this city and its suburbs were giving serious consideration to the construction of an ark. While they studied the directions, wondering how many inches to a cubit, the rain gradually slackened.

At 4:37 P. Pittsburgh's Nelson Continued on Page 6B, Col. 2 Pennant Race At a Glance NATIONAL LEAGUE East Pet. GB GL New York St. Louis Pittsburgh Montreal Chicago 80 78 .506 80 81 .497 7 81 .494 79 82 .491 76 82 .481 1V2 2 2V2 4 Remaining NEW YORK (4): Away (4) Chicago (4), Sept.

29 (2), 30 (2). ST. LOUIS (1): Home (1 Philadelphia (1), Sept. 30 PITTSBURGH (2): Home (2) Montreal (1) Sept. 30.

(July 21 game against San Diego has been rescheduled for Oct. 1 at Pittsburgh if necessary for team's playoff chances). MONTREAL (1): Away (1) Pittsburgh (1), Sept. 30. CHICAGO (4): Home (4) New York (4), Sept.

29 (2), 30 (2). unit sloughed toward the sidelines and the vitriolic rhetoric of offensive coach Jim Bates. "We didn't reach down' and get it," Villanova Coach Lou Ferry in a state of semi-shock declared. He could have questioned the officials' placement, of the ball. He didn't bother.

"On a play like that," he glowered, "you should make it without a doubt." Maryland's offense, given a Continued on Page Col. 5 Once they did, however, they were like a runaway freight and wound up with a resounding 63-34 victory that rates as the highest-scoring game in the coaching career of Temple's Wayne Hardin. Temple (3-1), rolling up its most points since its 82-28 win over Bucknell in the third 1966 qarae, was clearly the better team over the last three periods as it piled up 326 yards rushing, 212 yards passing and 111 return yards, overall. The two Owl quarterbacks, Steve Joachim and Marty Gi-nestra; tight end Randy Grossman, running back Tommy Sloan, safety Bob Mizia, defensive end Dave Kinka and linebacker Rich Taber all stood out for the winners. But no one matched the magnificent Continued on Page 8B, Col.

2 Maryland Cashes In on Errors, Runs Away From VilIanova, 31-3 Penn State Slams Iowa, 27-8, But Fails to Impress Paterno wrested the lead from the Terrapins. The ball was at the Terrapin 40, fourth down and one yard to go on the opening play of the fourth period. Maryland led, 9-3, on three field goals by Steve Mike-Mayer. Villanova, which had failed to get that yard on a previous play, came back with basically the same ploy Bill Margetich on lead power block. Again the ploy failed.

Disconsolate, the offensive By CHUCK NEWMAN Of The Inquirer Staff COLLEGE PARK, Md. Vil-lanova, charged with lack of leadership two weeks ago in a 21-20 loss to Massachusetts, had its desire questioned Saturday after a 31-3 defeat at the hands of Maryland. Despite the margin of defeat, the whole game may have boiled down to one play. It came with Villanova in the midst of a potential touchdown drive that have don't really know about a team until you have to come from behind. We'll see how good we are when we get involved in a game where one mistake can cost you the whole thing." The Lions made some mistakes in the fog and the rain Saturday handing over the ball three times on fumbles and an interception but their swallow-up any thing.

Continued on Page 8rv Col. By BILL LYON Of The Inquirer Staff UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. Joe Paterno says he won't really know how good this year's Penn State football is until it faces some real adversity, like, say, being behind on the scoreboard. In that case, Paterno may never know; how good these Nittany Lions are, for Saturday's -Homecoming gala against Jowa was State's third straig' victory of the strictly AP Wirephoto Temple quarterback Steve Joachim goes over the top for second-period score..