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Sports 3B The Ithaca Journal Monday, October 1. 2001 www.theithacajournal.com Chris Feaver Sports Editor 274-9214 cf eaver ithaca.gannett.com Red rally falls short at Colgate Cornell Football MM WW Saturday: Colgate 35, Cornell 32 Sunday's NFL Results St Louis 42, Miami 10 Kansas City 45, Washington 13 N.Y. Giants 21, New Orleans 13 Green Bay 28, Carolina 7 Pittsburgh 20, Buffalo 3 New England 44, Indianapolis 13 Minnesota 20, Tampa Bay 16 Atlanta 34, Arizona 14 Oakland 38, Seattle 14 Baltimore 20, Denver 13 San Diego 28, Cincinnati 14 Cleveland 23, Jacksonville 14 Philadelphia 40, Dallas 1 8 Open: Chicago, Detroit, Tennessee Tonight's Game San Fran, and N.Y. Jets, 9 p.m. Details, Page 4B In the second half, the Raiders running game was in full working order, leading to three straight touchdown drives.

On those drives, Colgate rushed for 142 yards on Scarries. More importantly, the Raiders gained at least two yards every time it carried the ball in the second half, and gained at least five yards on 14 of those 19 attempts. "We had to show signs of progress. We did," said Pendergast. "We fell short defensively.

There is no ques- See RED, 4B onside kick preceding Kellner's touchdown), but Colgate recwered it with 1:15 remaining to wrap the game up. Cornell showed improvement from Week 1, when it lost 40-13 to Yale. But it also showed an alarming characteristic of recent years the inability to stop its opponent's running game and that proved costly. Colgate rushed for 290 yards Saturday on 49 carries (5.9 yards per carry), led by a 222 -yard effort by junior tailback Nate Thomas. minute span ending midway through the fourth quarter.

But Cornell (0-2), which rallied in the fourth quarter for all five of its wins last year, displayed it still had the comeback touch as quarterback Ricky Rahne threw two touchdown passes in the final 2:46 a 16-yarder to Chad fslicc and a 22-yarder to John Kellner to get within a field goal of tying the game. Cornell tried its second onside kick of the fourth quarter (the Big Red's Justin Dunleavy had recovered the By CHRISTOPHER FEAVER Journal Staff HAMILTON Before the 2001 fixrtball season began, new Cornell football coach Tim Pendergast said the most important thing he wanted to see was improvement every week. Pendergast got improvement last Saturday at Colgate. But he did not pick up his first Division I-AA coaching win as the Big Red fell to the Raiders, 35-32. Colgate now has a six-game winning streak over Cornell.

Record: 0-2 overall, 0-1 Ivy League Next game: Saturday vs. Lehigh, 1 p.m. The Associated Press LaDainian Tomlin-son, 21, ran for time IDs as San Diego beat Cinciiutati, 28-14. Colgate (2-2) Uxik control of the game, played before 6,858 homecoming fans at Andy Kerr Stadium, scoring four touchdowns in a 14- The Hot Corner 7 0 PURSUIT IC Football Saturday: Ithaca 17, Springfield 16 Top five remain the same in AP poll; Vols up to 6th Hot sill Record: 4-0 Next game: Saturday vs. Brockport, 1 p.m., Butterfield Stadium SU wins 3rd straight, 8B Top 25 roundup, 12B Bonds homer-less on Sunday; stuck at 69 Ithaca remains J.n Ik perfect No.

9 UCLA and No. 10 Fresno State (one first-place vote). The Bruins (4-0) are the newest members of the top 10 after their 38-7 win over Oregon State knocked the Beavers out of the poll. The top five in the USA TodayESPN coaches' poll match the AP poll Miami, Florida, Oklahoma, Nebraska and Texas. Washington moved up two places to No.

1 1 in the AP poll with its 31-28 win over California, followed by No. 12 Kansas State, No. 13 South Carolina, No. 14 Northwestern, No. 15 Michigan, No.

16 Florida State, No. 17 Georgia Bombers rally past Springfield McGwire Bonds Home Run Chase Through Sept. 30 156 Games: HRs Bonds 69 McGwire (1998) 64 Sunday: HBP Next game: at Houston, Tuesday r. From Journal Staff Reports SPRINGFIELD, Mass. Easy wins kept Miami and Florida 1-2 in the AP media poll, while a close call did nothing to shake Oklahoma's No.

3 standing. The Sooners beat Kansas State 38-37 on Saturday, holding steady behind the No. 1 Hurricanes and No. 2 Gators and ahead of two Big 12 Conference rivals. No.

4 Nebraska and No. 5 Texas. Miami tops The Associated Press Top 15 for the fourth straight poll, collecting 34 first-place votes and 1,744 points from the 72 sports writers and broadcasters on the AP panel. The Hurricanes (3-0) beat Pittsburgh 43-21 on Thursday night. Florida (4-0) knocked Mississippi State out of the Top 25 with a 52-0 win Saturday, and received 22 first-place votes and 1,725 points.

Oklahoma (4-0) had nine first-place votes and 1,648 points. Nebraska (5-0), a 36-3 winner against Missouri, had two first-place votes and 1,546 points. Texas (4-0) defeated Texas Tech 42-7 and had four first-place votes and 1,511 points. On Saturday, Oklahoma plays Texas in Dallas. Georgia Tech took the biggest hit in Sunday's poll, tumbling eight spots to No.

17 after its 47-44 overtime loss to Clemson. Tennessee, with a 26-18 win over LSU, moved up a notch to No. 6, followed by No. 7 Oregon, No. 8 Virginia Tech, With his team trailing 16-0 late in the second halt Saturday at Springfield College, Michael Welch saw exactly what he wanted to sec from his Ithaca Single-season record: 70, by Mark McGwire, St.

Louis, 1998 College football team. Actually, it was what he did n't see that was encouraging to the eighth-year head coach. By ANNE M. PETERSON The tress "I didn see panic; 1 saw SAN FRANCISCO composure, welcn said. 'Offensively, we had to keep Tech, No.

18 LSU, No. 19 Clemson and No. 20 BYU. K-State fell only one spot after its loss at Oklahoma. Purdue is No.

21, followed by No. 22 Stanford, No. 23 Toledo, No. 24 Texas and No. 25 Maryland.

In addition to Oregon State and Mississippi State, Illinois and Michigan State fell out of the Top 25. New this week are Clemson, Stanford, Texas and Maryland. The Terrapins (4-0) are in the poll for the first time since Sept. 24 1995, when they were No. 17.

Syracuse (3-2), which defeated East Carolina 44-30 on Saturday, received three votes in the AP poll, five in the USA TodayESPN poll. Barry Bonds didn't hit his 70th home run and he didn't get any closer to what he says he our composure and make some adjustments, because Springfield was playing really g(Kd defense." really wants: a spot in the post season. Bonds stayed at 69 home runs Ithaca put together its best and the San Diego Padres beat drive of the first half right as it ended, the march culminating in sophomore Chris Pride 41- the San Francisco Giants 5-4 Sunday on Bubba Trammell's seventh-inning solo shot. yard field goaj as time expired. 1 ne loss kept the Giants two It provided the impetus tor the Bombers' biggest comeback in WW I I linn, 'P I ft ptii win rm)iiA games back of Arizona in the NL West.

I ne Diamondbacks years as IC remained undefeated by beating Springfield, 17- fell 2-1 to the Dodgers on Corning Classic boosts purse to $1 million 1 The Associated Press finalize a four-year contract with the LPGA next month that will run through 2005. The current, 10-year contract stipulated that the tournament offer a $1 million purse by 2003. Organizers' ability to increase the Classic's purse each year, since 1995, when it was played a role in LPGA deciding to renew the contract. The Classic began in 1979 with a $100,000 purse. CORNING The LPGA Corning Classic will be a $1 million event next year.

Tournament officials announced plans Friday to increase the purse from $900,000 to $1 million. The 2002 champion will earn $150,000, up from the $135,000 that Carin Koch of Sweden won in May. Jack Benjamin, general chairman of the Corning Classic, said he expects to Rami Rinc fnwnr hit hnt in lkmjKt ifwr wnlkiiw in the fifth limine Simtlav avainst San 1A4M PH" C'l, j.j -n Diego at Pac Bell Park in San Francisco. Bonds walked twice, grounded out and was hit by a pitch in the Giants' 5-4 loss, and remains one shy of Mark McGwires home nm i tv i. s.r record, below: tsonas connects Mituraay ojj oan utego uhk a niccuuyjui no.

uy. GIAC fall boxing program begins Tuesday 16, on the artificial turf of Benedum Field. Senior quarterback Brian Young ran for two touchdowns in the final 5'2 minutes of the game, while the defense held Springfield (1-2) scoreless over the final 34:41 of the game. Springfield scored 97 points in its two previous meetings with Ithaca (4-0), including last year's 55-34 Springfield win. "Our guys were happy (with the defensive effort), and I know I am and our coaching staff is, too," Welch said.

"We knew we had to shut them out in the second half, and give our offense a chance to come back and win the ballgamc, and that's what happened." According to Ithaca sports information director Mike Warwick, the comeback from a 16-point deficit is the Bombers' biggest since at least 1966. Ithaca has rallied from a 14-point deficit several times over the last 35 years, including two years ago at Springfield when IC won, 47-45, after trailing 35-21 in the third quarter. Young scored on a 22-yard See PERFECT, 7B Sunday. Bonds, who has said throughout the season that getting his team in the playoffs is more important than any record, wouldn't talk after the game. But the rest of the clubhouse reflected his disappointment "Every loss right now is frustrating.

There's no question everyone is disappointed," Andres Galarraga said. "But we have to stay positive." Bonds remained one homer away from Mark McGwire's single-season record set three years ago. He had had homered in each of the first two games of the Giants' final series this season with the Padres. But on Sunday, Bonds grounded out, walked twice and was hit by a pitch from reliever Jose Nunez. Bonds saw 11 pitches, only one of them a strike.

He was left on deck when the game ended. "You have to pitch to him carefully," said Padres starter Brian Tollberg (9-4), who allowed four runs on seven hits over six innings for the win. "I didn't want to be in the record books, to be honest." The game drew a sellout crowd of 41,669 and McCovey ments as well as New York State Golden Gloves championships. Over the past 35 years, locally trained boxers have been finalists in 162 tourna also three shy of his career hit. "I was hoping to get it here because it would have been great for my family," said Henderson, who grew up across the bay in Oakland and played several years for the Athletics.

Bonds has 563 home runs for his career, tying him with Reggie Jackson for seventh place on baseball's career list. "It's a remarkable achievement," said baseball commissioner Bud Selig, who was at Sunday's game. "This is only three years (since McGwire's record), but that can't distract from it. Everybody has had an opportunity, but only one person is doing it." ments. Last year, Golden Gloves champions trained at GIAC included John Alson Cove an inlet of the San Francisco Bay just beyond Pacific Bell Park's right-field wall was jammed with fans in Ixiats kayaks and on surfboards.

All were hoping for that elusive home run from the Giants' left-hander. The Giants have six games remaining, including three at homer-friendly Enron Field as the Giants head to Houston on Tuesday night. And Bonds isn't the only one who must wait to make history. San Diego's Rickey Henderson still needs one more run to reach 2,245, matching Ty Cobb's 73-year-old record. Henderson, who went 0-for-4 with a double-play grounder, is ITHACA The fall amateur boxing program at the Greater Ithaca Activities Center will get under way Tuesday afternoon.

The beginners' program will meet Tuesdays and Thursdays from p.m. the boxing gym at GIAC, located at 318 N.Albany St. The program offers competition at both the local and regional levels. Boxers can also advance to USA Boxing tourna (147 pounds, sub-novice) and Andrea Sweeney (women's 147 pounds). For more information, call Chet Cashman at GIAC, at 272-3622.

The Associated Press On This Date October 2, 1999 rterhack Rickv Rahne passed for a school record 443 yards and two second-half touchdowns as the rrnpll fimthall team overcame a 21 Doint deficit to beat Brown 33-28 in Providence. The Cornell defense picked off two passes in the fourth quarter as the Big Red rallied. Rahne's 443 yards on 29 of 58 passing eclipsed the old mark hplH hv Rill I iizor. an assistant coach. Rahne was Gordon wins, solidifies lead Giants earn emotional win spectacular in the second half, completing 21 of 32 passes for 333 yards.

turner rprpiver toe SDlendorio also out his name down in the dh hnnks hv catchine 11 oasses for 204 vards. breaking the Cornell record of 171 receiving yards set by Eric Krawczyk in 1997. Top TV Football San Francisco at N.Y. Jets, 9 p.m., ABC More television, 5B Best Bets 1. rtJK-l By MIKE HARRIS The Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Kan.

After two years of rebuilding his team and his confidence, the dominating Jeff Gordon is back. The three-time Winston Cup champion solidified his points lead Sunday with his series-leading sixth victory of the season, pulling away from rookie Ryan Newman to win the crash-filled Protection One 400 at Kansas Speedway. Gordon had to survive a wild 267-lap event on the 1.5-mile tri-oval that saw 13 caution flags and an 11 -minute red flag stoppage before earning the 58th win of his career ByTOMCANAVAN Vie Associated Press EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ. On a day the New York Giants finally opened their home season and honored the heroes of the World Trade Center attack, their team leaders took charge. Michael Strahan had three sacks, and Ron Dayne and Tiki Barber set up their own second-quarter touchdown runs as the Giants defeated the penalty-plagued New Orleans Saints 21-13 on Sunday.

"Today we came home and stood behind those firefighters and police officers, and you Steelers thump Bills, 4B have Tony Bennett and the Harlem Boys choir," Strahan said. "That's a pick-me-up. We had to win for everybody who came out." Kerry Collins added a 46-yard touchdown pass to Joe Jurevicius with 6:05 to play in an emotional return for the Giants (2-1), who have practiced on a field from which they still can see smoke rising above the ruins of the twin towers. "Hopefully, we sent some people, who are a little bit downand out, home with a smile km their face," safety Winston Cup and his third in a first-time event. Newman, who passed series runner-up Ricky Rudd for second place five laps from the end, wound up trailing Gordon's No.

24 Chevrolet to the finish line by about five car-lengths. "The secret is a team led by Robbie Loomis," said Gordon, praising the crew chief who replaced his former mentor Ray Evernham after the 1999 season. "They put an See GORDON, 7B The Associated Press New York wide receiver Joe Jurevicius, center, is congratulated by Greg Cornelia, left, and Amaru Toomer after his touclulown nm in the fourth quarter of the Giants' 21-13 win over New Orleans. Sam Games said. See GIANTS, 4B for a 7 p.m.

clash at the stadium. And at Cortland State, the Red Dragon ladies play host to Ithaca in a 7 kickoff. The Bombers have eight wins this season, all by shutout. Soccer under the lights is the featured attraction today. Union Springs visits Trumaasburg in an IAC boys' match at 7 p.m.

at Tarbell Field in T-burg, while Coming's girls come to Ithaca From staff and wire reports..