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ONE COLOR SPORTS VIKINGS WILL WATCH PACKER QB PAGE 13 rfoune MINNEAPOLIS, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1970 Orb Twins By ft ix i Jtsfc home run and George Mitterwald's two-run single. But Hall allowed only Tony Oliva's third hit, an eighth-inning single, the rest of the way, It took Paul Blair's second sensational catch to keep the score that way when again the wind played a role. Brant Alyea's drive to center field came after Oliva's hit. Blair turned the wrong way at first, and needed to make an over-the-head catch, juggling the ball for a moment, to get the out. "The wind sliced the ball away from me," said Blair.

"And the ball just kept on going in the wind. I was kind of lucky to catch up with it." The victory gave the Orioles a 1-0 lead going into today's 3 p.m. game at the Met in the bcst-of-five With Cuellar and Perry, a pair of 24-game winners, pitching, the game figured to be a low-scoring, defensive duel. But the wind turned routine fly balls into anything but. That combined with the inability of Cuellar and Perry to keep the ball low, scattered 24 hits around the Met.

"I didn't think the game would be low-scoring with that wind," said Brooks Robinson, Orioles third baseman. "That sacrifice fly I hit in the fourth was on a pitch jammed in on me. I barely hit it, but it ended up on the warning track in front of the fence. "I don't think Mike's ball would have gone out if it hadn't been for the wind." Perry, who gave up eight of the Oriole runs, didn't -even bother to watch the, ball, thinking it was foul. Cuellar didn't even bother to start running until the ball sailed around the foul pole and into the right-field seats.

Neither did Perry nor Cuellar. In fact, the ball would have been foul had it not been for the wind. Perry, who gave up eight of the Oriole runs, didn't even bother to watch the ball, thinking it was foul. Cuellar didn't even bother to start running until the ball sailed around the pole and into the right-field seats. The Twins climbed back within 10-6 after six innings on Harmon Killebrew's By JON ROE Minneapolis Tribune Staff Writer A blustery nor'wester blew the Baltimore Orioles to a 10-6 victory over the Minnesota Twins Saturday at Metropolitan Stadium in the first game of the American League playoff.

The 29-mile per hour winds blew Mike Cuellar's fly ball over the right; field fence for a grand slam home run the eventual margin of victory in the fourth inning. That was part of a seven-run inning off Jim Perry and reliever Bill Zepp that brought the Orioles a 9-2 lead. When the Twins climbed within 10-6, lanky Dick Hall shut the door, yielding only one hit over the final 4 innings. fwx xvs Twins Continued on Page 12 ytWrWffy. 1 Ml 0 01 By DICK CULLUM Minneapolis Tribune Staff Writer 1 Nebraska's Cornhuskers manhandled Minnesota in Memorial Stadium Saturday.

They were just as big as the Gophers, much stronger and infinitely faster. This combination of physical assets gave coach Bob Devaney's boys a 35-10 victory, his sixth over Minnesota in six games. While 52,287 fans watched on a bright but windy afternoon, Nebraska's hard-hitting backs moving behind a sharp blocking line, punctured the inside of the Minnesota defense with Nebraska's pass receivers filtered through Minnesota's pass defense with similar ease. This was the nature of the game. Minnesota's attack functioned pretty well.

It moved Nebraska's line for several substantial marches but where its progress was plodding and laborious, Nebraska's counter-attacks were sharp and overpowering. It was a physical victory which went to the side with the superior talent. The Gophers needed flawless effort at all times to be in. contention. They could not overcome small mistakes, and they made just enough of them to blunt their offensive threats.

The Cornhuskers marched quickly against a strong wind for a 7-0 lead and but Minnesota's Ernie Cook popped over center for 45 yards arjd a tying touchdown. Cook caught the Huskers in a wide, thin defense. Once through the hole he had the territory all to himself. 0 When Nebraska came back, the Gophers stopped the move at third down and five on Nebraska's 40. A personal foul penalty moved the ball to the Gophers' 49 and Nebraska scored from there in five plays, the last of which was a two-yard drive by Jeff Kinney.

On the next kickoff the Gophers Bart Buetow, not accustomed to handling kicked balls, tried for a shoestring catch. He fumbled and Joe Blahak of Nebraska recovered on Minnesota's 34. Jerry Tagge lateraled to Joe Orduna, who tossed a halfback pass to Guy Ingles in the end zone for a TD -making it 21-7. The Gophers were paying heavily for 'their mistakes, not that they were so numerous, but against such opposition they were extremely costly. Again the Gophers moved, but a pass interception at Nebraska's 33 dulled their hopes again.

There were to be two more interceptions on more Gopher charges in the second half, and a completed Minnesota pass was fumbled away to the Huskers at at Nebraska's 35-yard line. Nebraska expanded the 21-7 first period margin to 28-10 at halftime. G9t Minneapolis Tribune Photo by Pete Hohn Strong winds and a pop fly off the bat of Mike Cuellar fooled Twins third baseman Harmon Killebrew in the second inning Satur- -day. Killebrew had the ball in his glove, above, but watched it glance away for an error below. It was a foul ball and Cuellar struck out.

Umpires at Met Are Subs Louis Clare's 35-yard field goal against the wind was all the Gophers could salvage out of a good second-quarter march. The Gophers had the ball their share of the time but a short punt against the wind gave Nebraska the ball at midfield in the scoreless third quartetr. At the end of the quarter it was on Minnesota's eighth-yard line, and three plays later Tagge hit Ingles with a touchdown pass. Except for this drive the two teams played a fairly even second half. But for the persistent and alert play of Bill Light, backing up the middle of the Minnesota line, the defeat would have been even more decisive.

Light was credited with 22 tackles, and outshone the fine defensive play of Nebraska's best, Jerry Murtaugh. The Gophers found it impossible to 'run outside against Nebraska's quick defense. The wider the Gopheis ran, the more opponents they met. Their only hope was to stay with their inside attack, where Cook and Barry Mayer delivered some steady gains. But it was.

a grinding job in contrast to the slashing runs of Nebraska's Orduna and Kinney. Aff 'Wn llf IT 1J h' ii mm wx i Ml By TOM BRIERE Minneapolis Tribune StaffWriter A strike of major league umpires failed to hinder the start of the American League championship playoff between Minnesota and Baltimore at Metropolitan Stadium Saturday. American League president Joe Cronin filled in with supervisory personnel. Semi-retired John Stevens worked behind the plate and Semi-retired Charley Berry took third base. Then Cronin called in two minor league umpires, Bill.Deegan of the South-em League at first base and Darold Satchell at second.

There was no sign of an umpiring picket line at the stadium gates prior to the game. The new umpires were asked if they thought major league umpires might "blackball them" for future major league assignments, but they made no reply. "Welcome," said Twins manager Bill Rigney to the new umpires in the pre-game huddle. "Glad you could make it." Baltimore manager Earl Weaver noted that before any playoff or World Series, managers and players are always reminded, "not to show up the umpire. Sure, you can enter a protest, but don't try to show up the umpires." Stevens and Berry said, "The umpiring will be the same as ever in this series.

The bases are still 90- feet whether you work in the majors or the minors. Umpires Continued on Page 11 1 11 1 i I i Big Ten Scores Nebraska 35, Minnesota 10. Southern Methodist 21, Northwestern 20. Michigan 14, Texas A4M 10. Illinois 27, Syracuse 0.

(Scoreboard. Eight). Netri Dams 29, Michigan State 0. Ohio State 34, Duke 10. West Virginia 16, Indiana 10.

Purdue 26, Stanford 14. Wisconsin 29, Penn State 16. Associated Press Minneapolis Tribune Photo by Earl Seubert I Nebraska'! Joe Orduna (31) dove over the fourth quarter. Waiting for Orduna is Minne-Minnesota defensive line for a first down that sola's Bill Light (50). set up the Huskers final touchdown In the Reds Ride Over Bucs 3-0 PITTSBURGH, Pa.

W) Ty Cline, a journeyman outfielder, triggered the Cincinnati Reds to a 3-0 victory over Pittsburgh Saturday in the first game of the National League playoff series. Cline put the gas in the Big Red Machine's tank in the 10th inning when he came to the plate to pinch hit for pitcher Gary Nolan. Until then Nolan and Dock Ellis, the Pittsburgh starter, had pitched nine scoreless innings to overshadow the unique situation created by the first umpire's strike In baseball history. Four minor league umpires, headed by John Grims-ley of the American Association behind the plate, worked the game In the absence of striking majoc leaguers. The major league umpires were oft hand, but they were outside the ball park picketing.

The umpire's strike, however, quickly took a back; seat as the pitching duel between Nolan and EHli de veloped in a game replete with excellent fielding plays. Badgers Upset Penn State 29-16 on Passes ers in front 16-10, early in the third quarter. Split end Greg Edmonds scored both Penn State touchdowns, on a 15-yard pass from Bob Parsons and an 11-yard toss from Mike Cooper. Mike Reitz kicked one of two extra points and a 25-yard field goal. "We're proud of Neil," Jardine commented on Graff's tenacity.

"We feel he had a good day. A lot of times they rushed eight men at him. He had a fine performance." Wisconsin took a statistical beating, finishing with minus 16 yards running because of Penn State's tremendous pass rush. Total yards showed the lions with a 392-215 bulge. But the Badger defense came up with key plays when they counted, intercepting four passes and Badgers Coqilnuod on Page Eight eight of 14 passes for 220 yards and three touchdowns." The victory was Wisconsin's first under new coach John Jardine, and put the Badger record this year at a victory, a loss and a tie.

Penn Sta'te now has lost two straight since an opening victory over The Nittany Lions lost last week at Colorado, their first defeat after 23 straight victories. Coach Joe a 's Lions came in as expected; bristling from their loss at Boulder. But they made too many mistakes and Wisconsin turned four of them into scores. This marked the first time Penn State has lost two games in a row since Syracuse and Georgia Tech beat the Lions back-to-back in 1966, Paterno's first season as head Two of Graff's touch-' down passes went to tight By a Special Correspondent of The Minneapolis Tribune MADISON, Wis. Wisconsin quarterback Neil' Graff picked himself off the Tartan Turf and passed the Badgers to a 29-16 victory over Penn State Saturday.

Penn State's aggressive defense tossed Graff 14 times for a total of 99 yards in losses, but the Sioux Falls, S.D. junior did manage to complete end Larry Mialik, good for 68 and 52 yards. Split end Terry Whittakcr crabbed the other, a 27-yarder. Tailback Rufus Ferguson scored Wisconsin's other touchdown on a three-yard burst around left end. Roger Jaeger kicked two conversions for the Badgers, but failed following the second touchdown, his first miss after 23 straight over two seasons.

He did kick a 42-yard field goal, which put the Badgj Reds 4 Continued on Page 11 1 1 i 1 1 i i i it i i- 1 ri I--.