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a a a a a a a a a C-4 SUNDAY CALL-CHAUNIULE, All Ustsui MARC MARKOWITZ PITTSBURGH- After copping the division title for the third straight season, you'd think winning the National League East would be old hat to the Philadelphia Phillies. Not so. The scene in the clubhouse yesterday after the 10-8 win over the Pirates was as if it were the first time around for the club. A gala champagne celebration caught the mood of everyone involved from Ruly Carpenter on down to the newly-recalled minor leaguers. Carpenter.

in fact. walked around the clubhouse in a daze. his champagne-drenched t-shirt torn to shreds by happy ballplayers. "You bleepin guys." yelled the boyish looking clubowner good-naturedly to nobody in particular between sips of the bubbly. "Why do Phillies Continued From Page C1 first-base line with three runs scoring.

moving to third on the throw to the plate. Mike Schmidt knocked in the 10th run with a sacrifice fly. Normally, a six-run bulge is safe in the late innings, but when you're up against a team as hot as the Pirates, no lead is secure. Ed Ott opened the ninth frame with a base hit and moved to second on a single by pinch hitter Cito Gaston as the remaining fans in the crowd of 28,905. began to come to life.

Frank Taveras bunted his way on to load the bases. Omar Moreno bounced to second with the first run scoring and Dave Parker plated a pair with a single which accounted for his 116th and 117th RBI. Bill Robinson then singled in another run off reliever Ron Reed, but the Phillie ace righthander fanned Stargell and induced Phil Garner to bounce to Larry Bowa and Philadelphia had its third successive divisional title. "I'm just happy they scored early because when they get something going late that's when you really worry," observed Luzinski. club was really loose today, as loose as I've ever seen it.

We didn't feel any pregame pressure on us. We felt the pressure was on the It was a rather startling remark in view of what happened the night before, but the booming bats of the Phils certainly proved Luzinski's observation was no "Bull." Tickets on sale PHILADELPHIA The Phillies announced yesterday that they will begin selling -only tickets for the League Championship Series games today. The tickets will be sold at the Phillies main ticket office windows under Gate at Veterans Stadium. The -only tickets are $4 each and fans may purchase up to tour for each of the two playoff games. The ticket windows at Veterans Stadium will be open from 9 a.m.

until 6 p.m. today, tomorrow and Tuesday. STANDINGS NATIONAL LEAGUE EAST Pct. GB -Philadelphia 90 71 559 Pittsburgh 87 73 .544 2 Chicago 79 82 491 Montreal 75 86 .466 15 St. Louis 69 92 .429 21 New York 65 96 404 25 WEST x- Los Angeles 94 66 588 Cincinnati 91 69 569 3 San Francisco 89 72 553 5 San Diego 83 77 .519 11 Houston 73 88 .453 21 2 Atlanta 69 92 .429 25' 2 x-clinched division title Late games not included Yesterday's Results Philadelphia 10, Pittsburgh 8 Chicago 7, New York 5 St.Louis 6, Montreal 1 Cincinnati 4, Atlanta 0 Houston 7, San Francisco 4 Los Angeles at San Diego, (n) Today's Games Philadelphia (Christenson 13-14) at Pittsburgh (Candelaria 12-11), 1:35 pm New (Kobel 4-6) at Chicago (Burris 7-13), 2:15 p.m.

Montreal (Grimsley 19-11) at St. Louis (Vuckovich 12-12), 2:15 p.m. Atlanta (Bouton 1-2) at Cineinnati Seaver 16-14), 2:15 p.m. San Francisco (Montefusco 11-9) at Houston (Niekro 13-14), 3 05 p.m. Los Angeles (Rhoden 10-8 or John 16-10) at San Diego (Perry 21-6).

4 p.m. AMERICAN LEAGUE EAST Pct. GB New York 99 62 .615 Boston 98 63 609 Milwaukee 92 69 571 Baltimore 89 71 556 Detroit 86 75 .534 13. Cleveland 68 90 430 291 Toronto 59 101 369 39 WEST x- Kansas City 91 569 California 86 538 Texas 85 531 Minnesota 72 88 450 Chicago 70 89 440 20 Oakland 69 92 429 Seattle 56 102 354 x-clinched division title Late games not included Yesterday's Results Detroit 5, Baltimore 4 New York 7, Cleveland 0 Boston 5, Toronto 1 Milwaukee 8, Oakland 5 Minnesota at Kansas City, (n) Chicago at California, Texas at Seattle, (n) Today's Games Baltimore (D. Martinez 15-11) at Detroit Rozema 9-11), 1:30 p.m.

Cieveland (Waits 12-15) at New York (Hunter 12-5), 2 p.m. Toronto (Kirk wood 4-4) at Boston (Tiant 12-8), 2 Minnesota p.m. (Zahn 14-13) at Kansas City Splittorff 19-13), 2: 30 Chicago Barrios 9.14) at California Aase 11-81. 4 pm Milwaukee (Sorenson 17-12) at Oakland Johnson 11-9) 4 30 Texas (Jenkins 17 8) at Seattle (Mitchell 8-14), 4 3 35 Boxscores on Page C18 FIRST One you do this to Carpenter and vice president Paul Owens had arrived with the club Friday and were anticipating a party after the doubleheader. It was not to be.

though. and the two execs waited patiently for the explosion which came yesterday. One who wasn't caught up in the emotion of the moment. at least outwardly. was Danny Ozark.

It's not that the Phillies' skipper wasn't happy with the situation. It's just that he was suffering from a heavy cold and was sipping coffee in his office. The majority of the champagne he had he was wearing his jersey. This was by far the most satisfying season. reflected Ozark.

all the rainouts and the amount of doubleheaders we had to COLLEGE STATISTICS WM First 17 Rushing yardage. 89 268 Passing 160 51 10-21 2-10 Passes intercepted by. 0 7-42 8-35 Fumbles lost Yards 70 61 By COULT AUBREY Call Sports Writer WESTMINSTER. -When the offense fizzles and the defense is worn to a frazzle. you take a tie with an appreciative smile.

Muhlenberg did yesterday, driving 76 yards for a legitimate touchdown and a 15-15 deadlock with undefeated Western Maryland (2-0-1) after accepting the rarest of gifts to get back into what had been a very one-sided contest. The Mules. as had been their weakness and misfortune on six previous series, failed to advance in three plays and were forced to punt. Doug LiGregni got off a beauty. almost think it was the uals.

There was no better example than in yesterday's game in the form of Randy Lerch's gutty performance. "This time I feel I'm a part of it." understated Lerch. who powered a pair of home runs and tossed four strong innings at the Pirates after yielding a grand slam to Willie Stargell in the first inning. "I thought we played good baseball over the last two months." observed Ozark. looking back on the season.

"It's just they (the Pirates) played a little better than we Every Phillie, from the manager on down. was complimentary of the courageous effort by the Pirates. All. too. were impressed with Stargell on and off the field.

rg in Muhlenberg. in fact. despite only three first downs in the opening 47 minutes. had an opportunity to take the lead with 9:34 to go when John Schlechter hit Brian Marron with a 34- yard touchdown pass. There was a mixup on the conversion, which was supposed to be a fake kick and a pass for the two-pointer, so freshman Mike Hiller ended by kicking the 15th point.

Western Maryland's Randy Halsey fell on a Muhlenberg fumble at the 29 with only 3:14 to play, giving the Green Terrors what appeared to be a certain shot at victory because of the excellent kicking of freshman Craig Walker, but quarterback Joe Damiano lost the ball three plays later on a sneak and Mike Rowan made the recovery at the 9. This time the Mules. playing for nothing less than victory. completed a pass of 10 yards to Marron for a first down and another of nine yards to John Sules at the 29. That left the visitors with a fourth-and-one and only 70 seconds of playing time remaining.

Muhlenberg Kicking from his own 18 (the line of scrimmage was the 28). the junior slotback got off a tremendously high spiral that caught freshman safety Jeff Funk by surprise. Funk signalled for a fair catch. realized suddenly that the ball was going over his head (it carried some 70 yards in the air) and made a desperate reaching effort to grab it. The ball brushed his fingers, went into the end zone and Paul Accad made the recovery for a Muhlenberg touchdown.

go through, plus the number of injuries we had made this the toughest of the three." What made this doubly satisfying, however, was the maturation of the club and it was Mike Schmidt who illustrated this perfectly. "We withstood a lot of injuries and there were a lot of guys who didn't have the kind of years they're capable offered the Phillies' captain. "But team unity and confidence went a long way in pulling us through." The unity was evident throughout the entire season through thick and thin. There were very few internal squabbles and individuals continually rallied to the side of teammates who were down. Then.

too. there was the actual maturation of the younger individ- When Don Somerville passed to Brian Bodine for the two-point conversion. the game was knotted at 8-8 with 5:08 still to go in the third quarter. An exchange of 76-yard scoring drives. an exchange of lost fumbles.

a fourth-down Muhlenberg gamble that failed and a missed Western Maryland field goal with only nine seconds left in the game created plenty of closing excitement and made up for whatever dullness might have existed earlier. Columbia blanks Lafayette 21-0 for 2nd win Greyhounds knock off Widener er 7-0 There were many reasons why the Greyhounds weren't supposed to be able to pull this one off but head coach Ed Little, his staff and about 40 fired-up players chose to ignore them all. Widener was riding a 12-game winning streak that included a 39-36 win over Wabash to win 1 the 1977 NCAA Division III championship and was reportedly even better this year. The Pioneers beat a strong Fordham team the only one to beat them he a year ago 16-7. Fordham subsequently clobbered Davidson.

Widener was playing its first home game since winning the national title and on Homecoming Day to boot. The STATISTICS First downs 25 Rushing yardage. 327 Passing yardage. 58 86 Passes. 8-18 6-18 Passes intercepted by Punts.

9-39 4-29 Fumbles 0 2 Yards penalized. 35 55 By TED WISMER Call-Chronicle Sports Writer NEW YORK You know it was a long afternoon when your longest run from scrimmage was nine yards on the final play of the game and your leading pass receiver is shutout. That pretty much sums up the number Columbia did on Lafayette yesterday in Baker Field as the Lions got off to a 2-0 start for the first time since 1951 with a 21-0 whitewash before 4.500 sun-drenched fans. The Leopards had been warned that Columbia would attack them at the line of scrimmage on both offense and defense but the Leopards had already proven that they could hit with a Continued From Page C1 FOOTBALL 11 a.m., Channel 39 Kutztown vs. Millersville highlights 11 a.m., Channel 3 Penn State vs.

TCU highlights 11:30 a.m., Channel 16 Penn State VS. TCU highlights 12:30 p.m., Channel 2 The NFL Today 12:30 p.m., Channels 3, 28 NFL '78 12:30 p.m., Channels College Football '78 1st title The Pirate captain and Kent Tekulve were the first Pittsburgh players to come into the clubhouse to congratulate the Phillies. Chuck Tanner, disappointed in the loss but satisfied with the overall season. was next. "A situation like this may help you guys go all the way." suggested Tanner to Ozark with Schmidt within hearing distance.

heart goes out to you for the way your players played." said the classy Schmidt. "You've got one heck of a Meanwhile. the other players were having, an uproariously good time clubhouse with spiritual leader Roderick Coleman introducing everyone affiliated with 15-15 tie Bodine was given the call off the right side of the line, but there wasn't any opening at all and the Terrors took over with the clock running down. Three runs without a huddle gave Walker his final opportunity from the 30 with nine seconds to go, but the ball tailed off to the right. leaving the teams with their second consecutive tie at Hoffa Field.

Two years ago they played to a 10-10 stalemate in a downpour. Walker, who does his kicking with the left foot, had provided six of the first Western Maryland points with field goals of 33 and 36 yards in the first and third periods. Minutes before the second and only 56 seconds into the second half, defensive tackle Tom Baugher had sacked Schlechter in the end zone for a safety. Although held in check much of the way by a fine Western Maryland defense. Muhlenberg had plenty of opportunities in the first period.

It lost the ball at the Terror 33 on its first But the next time there was no stopping the Lions as sore-armed Cal Moffie directed a 41-yard drive in just five plays. A Moffie to Eric Blattman pass accounted for 16 of the yards before Pat Britt. behind the blocks of Blattman and Artie Pulsinelli. went nine yards after taking a pitch from Moffie. The first of three Ron PATs made it 7-0 with 6:19 elapsed in the period.

The Leopard defense tried to keep Lafayette close and stopped two more threats in the second period. Larry Richardson blocked a 39-yard field goal attempt by Tassug to stop one threat and Medes picked off a Moffie pass at the Lafayette 40 to halt yet another bid. Lafayette stopped Columbia on its first possession of the second half. But it was here that Conroy replaced fie and his presence seemed to give the Lions new life. And all the shifty runner did was direct a 64-yard drive in eight plays and a 78-yard drive of 15 break the Greyhounds needed.

Two key plays preceded Feinberg's touchdown catch (the first of his career). Eppley hit Gregg Feinberg. Stu's twin, for 15 yards and first down at the Widener 23. Then, after the drive stalled. Paul Bereznak tried and missed a 32-yard field goal.

But the Pioneers were offside on the play. and Eppley threw a gorgeous pass to Feinberg on the very next play for the deciding points. Widener then mounted three drives in an attempt to avert the defeat, but the second was by far the most threatening. Behind the running of Hal Johnson and passes from Mark Walter to Rob Morgan and Gordon Stewart, the Pioneers got a first-and-goal at the nine. in Baseball 1:20 p.m., Channel 17 The Richie Ashburn Show 1:30 p.m., Channels 16, 17 Philadelphia Phillies vs.

Pittsburgh Pirates 2 p.m., Channel 9 New York Mets vs. Chicago Cubs 2 p.m., Channel 11 Cleveland Indians vs. New York Yankees GOLF 4 p.m., Channels 2, 22 World Series of Golf 5 p.m. Channel 10 World Series of Golf (joined in progress) the team in his own humorous, special way. Coleman.

for anyone who hasn't spent much time around Veterans Stadium. is a vendor and perhaps the most vociferous Phillie cheerleader. It was he who started the crowd going last year during the playoffs when Burt Hooton was on the mound. The party continued at the Hyatt House Hotel with memories of the most exciting divisional race in National League history still fresh in the 1 minds of the players. The playoff series with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

for the moment, was secondary. It was time to wind down and savor the most immediate triumph in the Phillies' success story which began three years ago. possession. fumbled at the 19 after John Sartori had combined with Schlechter on a 55-yard pass play and fumbled one series later at the 18. It was the second fumble that led to the first Western Maryland points.

Damiano directing his team to the Mule some great running by Glenn "Cameron (19 carries for 94 yards) and a couple of crucial major infractions against the Mules. Walker, kicking with the wind, tried a 55-yard field midway through the second period, the ball falling just a couple of yards short. LiGregni, who was roughed up the first time he punted, kicked seven times superb 42-yard average. The Mule defense, despite giving yards on the ground, repeatedly unade big plays to permit the Terrors just one touchdown. Jerry Galgano had 12 tackles and five assists, Vinnie Mulvihill eight tackles and two assists.

Bob Alencewicz seven tackles and five assists and Bill Kolano seven tackles and four assists. Jim Brudny. Mike Rowan and Accad recovered fumbles. Western WM-FG C. Walker 33 WM Baugher sacked Schlechter in end zone WM-FG C.

Walker M-Accad fell on fumbled punt in end zone (Bodine pass from Sommerville) WM 7 run (C. Walker kick) 34 pass from Schlechter (Hiller kick). big team (Army). However. for some unknown reason the Leopards were no match for Columbia.

Lafayette. which has now dropped three straight after an impressive opening victory and must get things straightened out quickly to avoid a total disaster. failed to register a first down after the intermission break and had a total offense of just eight yards in the final 30 minutes. Columbia, which registered its first shutout since a scoreless tie with Bucknell in 1973. didn't show the Leopards anything the visitors weren't prepared for.

But when the Lions ran they ran with almost perfect execution as head coach Bill Campbell got a "good look' at all three quarterbacks with secondstringer Bob Conroy the most impressive of the trio. All the sophomore did was pick up 43 yards on seven carries. including a 12-yard scamper for the widely-known. Dunkel Ratings had established the Pioneers as 33-point favorites and they were rated No. 2 in the latest polls No there was no way Moravian could beat them 7-0 but it did.

"I've been here (at Moravian) 11 years." beamed an exuberant Little after the game, "and we've had some very big wins. But when you consider what they've (Widener) done the national championship and the high national ranking, this has got to be by far the biggest. 'The Greyhounds' game plan was to play errorless ball on offense, get good field position and depend on their defense to get them the one key break and they carried it out to the letter. The first half was dominated by two 1 p.m., Channel 2 New York Giants vs. Atlanta Falcons 1 p.m., Channels 3, 28 Pittsburgh Steelers vs.

New York Jets 1 p.m., Channel 10 The Dick Vermeil Show 1 p.m., Channel 22 This Is The NFL 1:30 p.m., Channels 10, 22 The NFL Today 2 p.m., Channels 10, 22 Philadelphia Eagles vs. Baltimore Colts 3:30 p.m., Chantel 10 The NFL Today Lions second TD and complete 2 of 6 passes for 26 yards. Perhaps Leopard coach Neil Putnam figured it would be a long afternoon when Gary Uzelac was intercepted on the game's first play from scrimmage. And the first half also ended that way when Lafayette's only serious threat of the afternoon ended with an interception at the Columbia 7. Although it wasn't in the game plan Uzelac rushed the ball 17 times for a net gain of just 15 yards.

And while he did 1 complete seven straight passes at one time and 8 of 11 for the afternoon. he accounted for just 58 yards with split end Sam Clement hauling in 5 for 49 yards. At one stage Uzelac completed two straight passes for no yards. Columbia fumbled away a scoring chance the first time it had the ball when Jim Medes fell on a loose ball at the Lafayette 4. outstanding punters Moravian's John Martin and Widener's John Ferko.

They traded six punts and each team ran off 30 0 plays. Neither had any edge. Then, as if to say, "Here's the ball, Widener Let's see what you can do with it." Moravian elected to kick to start the second half. Ed and I wanted to do it to gain field position." assistant coach Jim Kritis related. We didn't want to have him (Ferko) kick off into the end zone and start out at our own 20.

We wanted them to start out back Widener got the kickoff back to the 31 but was unable to budge Moravian's gung-ho defenders. And, after two more exchanges of punts, Craig, Rampolla and Vanya created the one big -TV dial 3:30 p.m., Channel 22 San Francisco 49ers vs. Cincinnati Bengals 4 p.m., Channel 3 Seattle Seahawks vs. Denver Broncos 4 p.m., Channels 4, 28 Oakland Raiders vs. Chicago Bears .4 p.m., Channel 69 Notre Dame vs.

Michigan highlights 4:45 p.m., Channel 10 The NFL Today 6 p.m., Channel 69 Penn State vs. SMU highlights BASEBALL 11:30 a.m., Channel 17 This Week plays. In the period Columbia ran off 27 plays as compared to just eight for the visitors. Putnam also used three quarterbacks but neither Scott Sautter and Mike Fritz were able to get anything going. The pair failed to complete a pass on seven tries and they finished with six yards between them on five carries.

Joe Ciulla led the winners' balanced running attack with 86 yards on 16 carries while Britt had 84 on one more attempt and Jim Pelusi 64 on 13. In all six different backs had runs from scrimmage of 10 yards or more. In addition the Lions got an excellent game out of kick returner Ron Gregory. Gregory returned seven of Dave Page's punts for 88 yards and had a 77-vard return for a score wiped out by a clipping call. NO 88 -Britt 9 run Taussig kick) Conroy 12 run Taussig kick).

-Pelusi 1 run (Taussiy kick) Two plays got them to the four. But Kelly and Rampolla rose up to sack Walter twice to thwart the threat with four minutes left. Kelly, who made the ECAC Division III team a week ago. outdid himself vesterday. On at least seven occasions, he came roaring through on the safety blitz to nail Walter before he could pass or run the option.

Walter was sacked nine times in all. Donegan also turned in two big plays. He intercepted a Walter pass and blocked a 45-yard field goal attempt by Ferko in the second period. 8 8 Stu Feinberg pass from Daryl Eppley (Jasiewicz kick) TENNIS 10 p.m., Channel 39 The TransAmerica Open Tennis Championships semifinal round SOCCER 10:30 a.m., Channel 39 World Youth Soccer: summary of the FIFA World Youth Tournament held in Tunis in June. 1977 OTHER 1 p.m., Channel 29 Bowling 80:30 p.m., Channel 5 Extra.

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