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FIRST L.V. aves Penn STATISTICS PS First downs 21 19 Rushing yardage 87 226 Passing yardage 301 123 Passes 23-51 9-17 Passes intercepted by 2 2 Punts 7-40 6-39 Fumbles lost 2 1 Yards penalized 52 54 By JOHN KUNDA Morning Call Sports Editor UNIVERSITY PARK Lehigh Valley football got one of its biggest boosts ever on a collegiate level Saturday afternoon when Penn State opened its 1974 season, with a dramatic 24-20 victory over Stanford. It was the Lehigh Valley Gang two running backs, an untested offensive lineman and a sturdy tackle who took control in the final five minutes and turned near-disaster into sheer satisfaction for the wildly enthusiastic Beaver Stadium crowd of 58,200. Tom Donchez, a senior fullback from Liberty, started the day with a first-period touchdown, and Woody Petchel, a ju-nior tailback from Pen Argyl, ended it spectacularly with the game-winning score with 2:19 left. Up front with the runners was Jeff Bleamer, a senior from Dieruff who was a question-mark as a first time starter.

And to top it all off, there was Mike Hart- enstine, another Liberty product who had Ail-American written all over him in the nationally-televised contest. For his efforts Hartenstine was TV's defensive player of the game. The foursome from the Lehigh Valley fitted in perfectly with a much more wide-open offense that Joe Paterno unveiled for the new season. The Nittany Lions showed off their new offensive weapons early and scored with them. They went conservative in the third quarter, and then found themselves fighting off a sensational sophomore quarterback who threw a record 51 passes for 301 yards.

But it was back to the diversified and more daring attack in the final five minutes that saved Penn State from a cutting defeat. The game-winning drive was a picture series. Quarterback Tom Shuman mixed his pass patterns perfectly, hitting tight end Dan Natale for an 18-yard gain and then coming back two plays later with a flip to Donchez good for 21 yards. It was Donchez, determined to make his final year most rewarding, who delivered a key first down in the 80-yard drive with a crack into the line that netted six yards. Penn State did get the advantage of a pass interference call when converted wide receiver Dick Barvinchak was held in the end zone.

The Lions got the ball at the 1 and Petchel, taking advantage of a block by Bleamer, his Allentown teammate, crashed into the end zone for the clincher. Moments before that drive, Stanford, which Coach Jack Christiansen figures will be a challenger to Southern Cal's reign in the Pacific 8, had a touchdown called back because of a clip. Instead of a six-pointer, the Cardinals had to settle for an 18-yard field goal. Oddly enough, in that same series, Penn State was the victim of an interfer ence call which eliminated a pass interception by Hartenstine. Donchez, stronger than ever at 216 pounds on a 6-2 frame, responded to his added responsibilities as a runner in grnad style.

He was easily the game's leading ground gainer with 119 yards on 29 carries. Donchez was the main man in Pa-terno's revamped offense. "We adapted to our personnel," Paterno said later, referring to the amount of work Donchez got. "We don't have a super tailback." Paterno was referring to the departed See Page C-3, Column 4 6 Stats victory (PA ii ii jpyienswiiifi SUNDAY Baseball Outdoors SECTION Golf Racing ALLENTOWN, PA. SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1974 iort afayette ly ra wenc for broke, but his throw, intended for Courtenay Hough, was long in the end zone, and Army escaped with the victory.

For the day, Jones was 20 for 35 for 248 yards, with most of his success coming in the second half. In the final two periods, he connected on 15 of 22 attempts while giving fits to the Cadet secondary. The Leopard touchdown drive covered 92 yards. Russell, a 5-10 wingback, caught four passes for 41 yards; and Schmidt, a 6-0 split end hauled in three for 39 yards in the march, with Schmidt running a perfect pattern across the middle for the score. If Lafayette came up short, the main problem was with the running game, which was a totally new look for the 1974 season.

The Leopards got only 32 net yards on the ground on 35 attempts. The Army offense leaned heavily on the running game, and for the majority of the whips 40-0 JM xj Vv kC4V I I vi V- ff i l. "7t' lead with their Wishbone offense in the first half, Lafayette missed on a 32-yard field goal attempt and also had a pass intercepted in the end zone after moving to the Army 9. Coach Neil Putnam's club missed another field goal in the third period before junior quarterback Mark Jones got the hot hand, only to have a last-chance pass overthrown with 18 seconds to play. Jones hit 10 straight passes in Lafayette's touchdown drive, which was culminated by an 11-yarder to Jeff Schmidt with 2:08 to go.

No one was surprised by the next Leopard move, but Dave McNaughton was first to the ball on an onsides kick and gave the Leopards another life with 2:04 to go. Jones hit three more passes but also was heaved for an 11-yard loss on one play. Faced with a fourth-and-five, Jones man said, "all we did was change the pattern a little. Handschue and Liptak were laughing about it when they came off the field." Still, knowing what to do and doing1 it the right way are two different things. And Stereett did it right, by first pump-faking to Handschue to spring Liptak loose from the slot formation, then laying the ball right in the hands of the speedy wide receiver.

Lehigh Coach Fred Dunlap acknowledged Sterrett's super effort, but gave equal praise to Alleva. "We had a pretty good fix on their (Hofstra's) defense before Sterrett went in there," he explained. But he added, "They (Alleva and Sterrett) make a pretty good 1-2 punch, don't they?" Lehigh had many good 1-2 punches going yesterday. In fact, at tailback and tight end, it was more like 1-2-3 punches. Veteran Mike Chieco, who runs with authority, freshman Mark Weaver of Salisbury, who runs with flash, and sophomore Kebbt Schmidt, who runs with a nice balance of both qualities, teamed for 145 yards from the tailback position.

And while Lehigh fans are not about to forget someone as talented as former tight end Bill Schlegel, his successors, Mike Lechner, Larry Hanshaw and Dave Kasarsky, all showed they are capable See Page C-3, Column 1 -il tfzZOk audi ik I Dick Allen: No more baseball CHICAGO (AP) Dick Allen, the controversial Chicago White Sox slugging first baseman who leads the American League with 34 home runs announced his retirement from baseball Saturday night. Allen, 34, made his decision with one more year to go on his contract which is estimated at $250,000 a year. Allen, who has 88 runs batted in and a .301 average this season, made his announcement after meeting with his teammates Saturday prior to a night game with the California Angels. He planned to call a news conference but then decided against it and left the White Sox clubhouse. Roland Hemond, general manager of the White Sox, confirmed Allen's decision.

"He met with the players, told them of his decision and then left," said Hemond. "I think he wanted to meet with the press and then decided against it." Allen had been hinting lately that he wanted to quit the game, but his decision wasn't expected until the end of this season. Allen came to the White Sox in a trade with the Los Angeles Dodgers after the 1971 season. He hit 37 homers and knocked in 113 runs in 1972 to win the American League Most Valubale Player award. Last year he suffered an injury and was sidelined in midseason.

He gvt off to a rousing start this year but tailed after the White Sox fell out of contention in the American League West Divison. Chuck Tanner, manager of the White Sox who has backed Allen from the start, said, "I'll probably talk to him, but I doubt if he'll come back. He wanted to win a pennant for us but it didn't happen. He's the greatest player I've ever seen." Before leaving the club, Allen was quoted as having said, "This is hard for me to do. I've never been happier than I've been here.

You've got a good manager and a good team here." Oddly enough, Allen took both batting practice and infield practice before making his retirement announcement. This has been a bone of contention with fans and the press. A year ago, Allen decided against taking either batting practice or infield and Tanner went along with his star saying, "Nobody has to take batting practice if they can hit like Allen." Football results Scholastic Wilson (West Lawn) 14, Central Catholic 7. Nazareth 14, Whitehall 7. Tamaqua 9, Mt.

Carmel 7. East Stroudsburg 7, Salisbury 0. Southern Lehigh 28, Pocono Mountain Lehighton 26, Pen Argyl 0. Panther Valley 20, Palmerton 0. Stroudsburg 32, Bangor 6.

Wilson 22, Notre Dame 0. Northwestern 6, Schuylkill Valley (tiej. Lower Moreland 35, Palisades 8. Boyertown 14, Upper Perkiomen t. Abington 20, Pennridge 14.

Souderton 15, Upper Dublin 7. Pennsbury 42, Woodrow Wilson 6 Coatesville 28, West Chester Henderson Phoenixville 25, Spring Ford 8 Great Valley 25, Owen J. Roberts 13 Garnet Valley 19, Darby Township 14 Father Judge 20, St. Joseph's Prep 13 Cheltenham 20, Bishop McDevitt 6 Springtiel (Montco) 10, LaSalie 7 Harriton 7, Jenkintown 6 Lansdale Catholic 18, Wyomissing 14 CoJIingdale 18, Bristol 2 Swannmore 14, Archbishop Kennedy 0 Conestoga 21, Plymouth-Whitemarsh 12 Radnor 27, Lansdowne-Aldan 6 Springfield (Deko) 10, InterboroO Cnester 42, Howard (Delco) 6 Oxford 12, Yeadon 6 Arctimere 16, Darby Colwyn Bald Eagie-Nittany 20, South Williams- port 19 Canton 34, Montgomery 6 Susquehanna 62, Columbia-Montour Vo- tech 0 Towanda IS, Northwest 14 Hatboro-Horsham 12, Archbishop Wood 7 Methacton 9, Wissahickon 0 Wilmington Friend's, Del. St.

Elisabeth Del. 6 Elizabethtown 35, Donegal 6 Lancaster McCaskey 14, Wilmington 14 Hemofieid 18, Cedar Crest 13 Conestoga Valley 33, Lebanon 13 Columbia 21, Warwick 3 So.anco 22. Cocaiico 20 Annvitle-Cteona 24, Garden Spot 0 Ceaar Cliff 27, Trinity 6 Big Spring 15, Vermudian 7 Miiton Hershey 13, Red Land 13 New Oxford 29, Scotland Tri-Vailey 28, East Juniata 0 Halifax 6, Miilersburg 3 Central Dauphin East 22, York 14 Hanover 13, York-Suburban 13 Dallastown 7, Central 6 South Western 24, York Vo-Tech Carlisle 16, Archbishop Carroll 0 Coiiegiat Area Army 14, Lafayette 7. Lehigh 40, Hofstra 0. Slippery Rock State 47, East Stroudsburg state 20.

Moniclair State 12, Kurztown State 7. STATISTICS A First downs 14 20 Rushing yardage 32 298 Passing yardage 248 9 Passes 20-35 1-4 Passes Intercepted by 0 1 Punts 6-42 4-42 Fumbles lost 0 2 Yards penalized 18 30 By PAUL REINHARD Call-Chronicle Sports Writer WEST POINT, N.Y. People who think Lafayette took a step out of its class Saturday night might also be willing to call a seven-point loss a moral victory. They also might be dead wrong. The Leopards had their share of chances to extend Army's losing streak, but they got their best game plan started too late and fell short 14-7 as the Cadets opened successfully under Coach Homer Smith before 26,838 in Michie Stadium.

While the Cadets were building a 14-0 STATISTICS First downs 11 27 Rushing yardage 37 236 Passing yardage 160 211 Passes 13-33 15-24 Passes intercepted by 2 4 Punts 9-34 4-33 Fumbles lost 2 1 Yards penalized 55 62 By TERRY LARIMER Call-Chronicle Sports Writer "Joe Super Sub" got a new last name yesterday in Taylor Stadium. Quarterback Joe Alleva, who gained a reputation by occasionally upstaging Kim McQuil-ken last season, helped Lehigh build a comfortable lead then stood in the wings as his backup man, Joe Sterrett, whipped three touchdown passes in a 40-0 rout of Hofstra. Sterrett was perfect on seven passes for an even 100 yards in a performance reminiscent of Alleva, who came off the bench in lopsided games last season and completed about 75 per cent of his passes. He was a more human 7-for-14 yesterday for 111 yards, but like McQuilken before him, it was Alleva who did the soft-ening-up job on the opposition before the backup man took over. A case in point was Sterrett's 20-yard TD pass to Bobby Liptak.

That came as a direct result of the setup job Alleva had done in Hofstra by hitting Liptak's fellow wide receiver, Bob Handschue, on quick out patterns earlier in the game. Engineer receiver coach Barry Fetter- I ft 4 He's over the goal Lehigh Hofstra hi ond period, the Leopards were faced with fourth and inches at their own 27 and elected to punt. Army responded with a 57-yard, 11-play TD drive. After the kickoff, Jones was racked for big losses twice, and Army got possession on the Lafayette 39. Five plays later, Gillogly went in.

The Cadets racked up 197 yards rushing in the opening half but Lafayette came up with a number of adjustments which took away much of the effectiveness of the fullback inside and made Army change its attack. Army missed a 30-yard field goal attempt at the start of the fourth period and had driven deep again before Greg Shugars pounced on a fumble at the 8. That got Lafayette rolling. Lafayette 0 0 0 77 Army 0 14 0 014 A Simons 5, run (Castelli' kick) A Gilloqly 3, run (Castelli kick) Schmidt 11, pass from Jones (Kutin kick) West Point 14-7. (AP) skipped by Robinson, allowing two more runs to score.

Robinson was charged with a three-base error. After Mike Schmidt knocked in a Philadelphia run with a groundout in the third, St. Louis added three more runs in the fifth off loser Dick Ruthven. After Ted Sizemore singled, Keith Hernandez tripled in a run and McBride, who had four hits, singled for another run. McBride moved up on a single by Reitz and scored on a throwing error by second baseman Dave Cash.

In the sixth, Brock singled, stole his 107th base of the year and scored on a sacrifice fly by Ted Simmons as the Cardinals made it 8-2. Winner Curtis, 9-13, was touched for a run in the first when Cash singled, stole second, moved up on a passed ball and scored on an infield out. St. Louis added a run in the ninth inning when Ted Simmons doubled off the right field fence, took third on an infield out and scored on a passed ball by catcher Bob Boone. Ruthven, 9-12, had a three-game winning streak snapped.

He might have survived except for some control problems in the second inning. McBride beat out an infield single for the first of his four hits, then stole the first of three bases. Ruthven walked Reitz but appeared out of trouble when he went 0-2 to pitcher Curtis with two outs. Four pitches later, Curtis walked to load the bases and Brock delivered his single. Curtis gave up four hits, two by Willie Montanez.

The southpaw walked three and struck out three. Phils. game, the Cadets found plenty of success at breaking down the Lafayette end play. Quarterback Scott Gillogly took advantage of the openings to finish as the game's top rusher. Gillogly, a 6-3, 195-pounder who was a defensive back a year ago when Army went 0-10, was in charge Saturday.

He picked up 111 yards on 28 carries and scored the second Cadet touchdown with a three-yarder off the option. Seven different backs had a hand in it for Smith's club, with Willie Thigpen, who split the fullback chores with Brad Dodrill, finishing as second best with 74 yards on 12 carries. Bob Simons got the other Army score on a five-yard option pitch from Gillogly. Oddly, Army's touchdown drives were started by plays which could have been different for Lafayette. Early in the sec Staekel as Vance Herrell opener at Cards PHILADELPHIA (AP) Bake McBride continued his drive for National League rookie honors Saturday night and in the process helped boost the St.

Louis Cardinals into first place in the NL East. "We're there now," McBride said, "but it doesn't mean could be out again tomorrow. We just have to go out and keep winning." McBride did his share as the Cardinals ripped the Phillies 9-2. The speedy outfielder banged out four hits, scored twice, knocked in a run and stole three bases. The three steals gave McBride 28 for the season and marked the first time he has stolen more than one base in a major league game.

"We were going for that record tonight," said McBride, referring to the major league record for steals by teammates. Clyde Milan (74) and Danny Moel-ler (62) stole 136 in 1913 and Maury Wills (104) and Willie Davis (32) tied it in 1962. McBride's three and Lou Brock's 107th gave the two speedsters 135 for the season. "I think I had it in the seventh inning," said McBride, who was out trying to steal third. "But he (umpire Dutch Rennert) called me out." The Cardinals grabbed a halfgame lead over the Pittsburgh Pirates, who lost 17-2 earlier in the day to the Montreal Expos.

Losing 1-0, the Cardinals loaded the bases in the second on an infield single by Bake McBride and walks to Ken Reitz and pitcher John Curtis. Brock then singled sharply to center and the ball grab first rout A Knight to remember Lafayette end Courtenay Hough has the ball ter incompletion returned the ball to the Ca-jarred loose on an apparent pass reception det 42 and the Leopards went on to drop their by Army's Albert (18) contributes a little push. The first-quar- Yfu place NATIONAL LEAGUE East W. L. Pet.

G.B. St. Louis 78 68 .534 Pittsburg 77 68 .531 V4 Philadelphia 73 73 .500 Montreal 67 77 .465 10 New York 66 78 .458 11 Chicago 59 66 .407 I8V2 West x-Los Anqeles 91 53 .632 x-Cincinnati 89 56 .614 2'A x-Atlanta 79 67 .541 13 Houston 73 72 .503 18V4 San Francisco 66 80 .452 26 x-San Diego 53 93 .363 39 Playing night game Yesterday's Results Chicago 12, New York 0 Montreal 17, Pittsburgh 2 Houston 5, San Francisco 0 St. Louis 9, Philadelphia 2 Cincinnati at Los Angeles, night Atlanta at San Diego, night Today's Games St. Louis (Forsch 4-4) at Philadelphia (Carlton 14-11), 1:35 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Brett 13-7) at Montreal (McAnally 6-13), 2:15 p.m. Chicago (Bonham 11-19) at New York (McGraw 6-8), 2:15 p.m. Houston (Dierker9-9and Wilson 10-12) at San Francisco (Caldwell 13-3 and D'Acquisto 11-12), 2, 3 p.m. Atlanta (P. Niekro 16-12) at San Diego (Mcintosh 0 2), 4 p.m.

Cincinnati (Norman 11-11) at Los Angeles (Messersmith 17-6), 4:15 p.m. AMERICAN LEAGUE East W. L. Pet. G.B.

New York 79 67 .541 Baltimore 78 69 .531 Vh Boston 76 69 .524 2Vi Cleveland 71 74 .490 Vh Milwaukee 70 77 .476 9'i Detroit 67 70 .459 13 West X-Oakland 83 63 .568 X-Texas 78 68 .534 x-Minnesota 74 72 .507 9 x-Chkago 72 74 .493 11 x-Kansas City 70 75 .43 12'i x-California 58 89 J95 25Va Late game not included. Yesterday's Results New York 1C, Detroit 7. Milwaukee 3, Boston 1. Baltimore 8-7, Cleveiard 6-1. Minnesota 7, Kansas City 5, 1st game.

Oakland at Texas, night. Calitornia at Chicago, night. Today's Games New York (May 6-3) at Detroit (Walker 5-4), 1:30 p.m. Cleveland (G. Perry 19-10) at Baltimore (Grimsley 17-12), 2 p.m.

Kansas City (Firzmorris 11-5) at Minnesota (Decker 14-11), 2:15 p.m. California (Ryan 19-15) at Chicago (Ku-cek 1-1), 2:15 p.m. Boston (Tiant 20-11) at Milwaukee (Sla-ton 12-14), 2:30 p.m. Oakland (Abbott 5-5) at Texas (Bibby 19-16). p.m.

Lehigh's Rod Gardner (41) is brought down by two Hofstra tacklers as the Engineer steps across the goal line for a touchdown. Coming in at right is Bob McKosky, former Liberty High player. (Photo by Jeff Balsai).