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Plenty of things to see and do today, the National Football League Players Union said at a new terpart for the league's Management Council. Sources said they would be held "somewhere in the New York area." They are the first since Sept. 17, when the players presented a new proposal for $1.6 billion over four years, the principal source of which would be half the league's television revenues. The league quickly rejected it and the strike began three days later. So far one game Thursday night, a dozen today and tomorrow night's Cincin-nati-Cleveland game have been called off.

The only positive sign in today's talks seemed to be that they were taking place at all and that they were being held in secrecy a move that is sometimes the precursor of a quick settlement. See NFL Paged 6 By DAVE GOLDBERG AP Sports Writer conference in Washington. "I have told the player representatives there has been no sign of a new offer from the owners. And Gene Upshaw, the Los Angeles Raiders guard who is president of the union, told reporters in Washington that the players would not budge from their central demands for a wage scale and creation of one fund from which the players will be paid. "It would be hard as hell to sell the players on accepting anything less than what we have already been asking," said Upshaw.

The new talks, first since the strike began five days ago, were to take place today between Garvey and Jack Donlan, his coun- The principals in the National Football League players' strike prepared yesterday for their first face-to-face meeting in nine days, but the union leadership was pessimistic that progress toward a settlement will be made soon. As fans across the nation looked for alternate ways to spend the first fall Sunday in 63 years without professional football, Garvey was suggesting at a Washington news conference that this Sunday may be only the first of many. "I am not optimistic at all," Ed Garvey, executive director of SPORTS SCORES 8206550 DEATHS OUTDOORS TELEVISION SECTION SEPTEMBER 26, 1.982 Ponini D013 iODSlI By JOHN KUNDA Executive Sports Editor No. 2 team and Nebraska the No. 8 team, and, but for one glaring mistake, might have put the game away far sooner than they were forced to.

Nonetheless, the drama unfolded after Nebraska, trailing once by 21-7, took its only lead, 23-21, when slick Turner Gill used second effort to get into the endzone from the 1 with 1 18 left: With the exceptionally vocal crowd screaming and nearly shaking the foundation of Beaver Stadium, the Nittany Lions put the ball in play at the 35. Blackledge, who later said, "I knew we could take it in for a field goal, but I didn't know if we could take it all the way for a touchdown," showed the coolness of a river gambler out of the wild west. He completed four of seven passes in the drive and also ran for six yards when he saw he couldn't connect safely. The longest receptions were 16 yards, once to Skeeter Nichols, playing for the injured Curt Warner, and another 16 yarder to Kenny Jackson. The Jackson connection was do-or-die on a fourth and 11 with 35 seconds left.

"A great play by Kenny," is how Blackledge put it. "That shows the kind of character we have on this team." After that critical first down, Blackledge, who is quickly becoming one of college football's premier quarterbacks, ran for a six-yard gain. That was followed up by another key catch, a 15-yarder to Mike McCloskey and another first down with just nine seconds left. Penn State needed only one play after that and it was the pass to Bowman, a converted defensive player who not only had the See STATE Page C7 UNIVERSITY PARK In a sense, it was the Miracle of Mount Nittany. But, then, as one delirious fan blurted, "this is Penn State, not New Mexico State." Ah, the joy of Penn State's last-second 27-24 victory over a Nebraska team that came here with offensive weapons that were supposedly strong enough to melt any of the mountains that surround this sprawling center Pennsylvania campus.

Ah, the drama of how it all unfolded a nail-biting, 65-yard drive with quarterback Todd Blackledge hitting receivers with two-minute drill confidence, all capped by a two-yard touchdown pass to Kirk Bowman, a kid they used to call "stone hands," in the last four seconds. A miracle, perhaps, that made believers out of a record crowd of 85,304 and a national TV audience. But to Coach Joe Paterno and his gutty Nittany Lions, the drive that started with 1:18 left and ended with four seconds left, was tailor-made for Penn State's superb passing game. "I thought we'd have enough time," said Paterno, rubbing his hands and wearing a smile of satisfaction. "We can make the big plays.

We have made them in our other games. The 15-yard penalty (a personal foul on Nebraska that gave Penn State the ball at its own 35) helped." The stirring, professional-like drive served justice on this day when Penn State ran, passed and played defense like they belonged with the elite of college football. The Lions looked like they were the 5V W'. i jLw Make room for Todd Blackledge 78-second drive by hitting tight end Kirk Bowman with a two-yard touchdown strike with four seconds left to give eighth-ranked Penn State a stunning 27-24 victory over second-ranked Nebraska. He was the hero Jbut he was seemingly oblivious to that.

A deeply religious youngster, the 6-4 junior from North Canton, Ohio had his own hero. "I thought of my favorite biblical verse," he said: 'I can do all things through Christ and His He seemed too calm, not nearly excited enough. Yet to those who'd witnessed his coolness under fire during those final 78 -seconds, the calmness was actually quite fitting. "We'd moved the ball well all day," he explained, "except that we had two drives stopped by bad plays. And I'll take the blame for both.

(One was an end zone interception with 8 08 left that led to See BLACKLEDGE Page C6 ByTEDMEIXELL Call-Chronicle Sports Writer UNIVERSITY PARK Todd Blackledge sat in the electrified Penn State locker room, still dripping from his shower. He wore ice packs on both his throwing hand and his left thigh, and sported an evil-looking red welt on his back. Barely an hour before, he'd become the toast of Nittany Valley (nay, all of Pennsylvania) by capping a dramatic 65-yard, Associated Press Lions'. Kirk Bowman clutches the winning touchdown as he rolls in the end zone I i4 lJ i 1 i Metis hurt: i. i Phi Swan outduels Carlton, 2-1 Afeon md Bembl tie f- NEW YORK AP) New York Mets' righthander Craig Swan pitched a seven-hitter and escaped a bases-loaded, no-out jam in the seventh inning to outduel Steve Carlton and the Philadelphia Phillies 2-1 yesterday.

Swan, 1 1-7, won for the fourth time in his last five decisions while handing Carlton, 21-11, only his third loss in 12 decisions. Swan struck out two and did not walk a batter, while Carlton, who left for a pinch-hitter af trer seven innings, struck out 11, walked one, and yielded six hits. The Mets led 2-1 on RBI hits by Brian Giles in the second and Hubie Brooks in the fourth when Gary Matthews and Mike Schmidt started the Philadelphia seventh with consecutive singles. An error by shortstop Ron Gardenhire on Garry Maddox's ground ball loaded the bases, but Swan got Ozzie Virgil, Manny Trillo, and pinch-hitter Bob Molinaro, all on popups to the infield. Virgil's two-out home run in the second inning accounted for Philadelphia's only run.

It was his third homer of the year. The Mets handing Philadelphia its second loss in five games, scored off Carlton in the second when Ellis Valentine led off with a single and reached second on Matthew's fielding error. One out later, Giles hit a soft liner to left that he stretched into a double as Valentine scored. In the fourth, Dave Kingman led off with the only walk off Carlton and took second on a single by Valentine. Brooks singled Kingman home and sent Valentine to third, but the rally died there when Carlton struck out Giles, Bruce Bochy, and Swan in succession.

iMsMVfiX a iAJv-t6x aavia-aa. KMjaianM.lrirrtlWttfe-M' ftn- 4 MIKE BARNAK Call-Chronicle Becahi's Arky Colon and Allen's Jeff Metts lunge for pass which was to fall incomplete By DANSHOPE Call Sports Writer Leopards roar 53-23 would be underdogs. And, then, there was Game 3 in ancient Baker Field. The opponent: Columbia. Not that Lafayette would be a heavy favorite, but it clearly shaped up as a game that either team could win.

The Leopards, however, took care of that myth in a hurry. Lafayette didn't score the first time it touched the football, but the offense was unstoppable on the next five possessions, setting the stage for a 53-23 stomping of the Lions as 3,525 watched. To say the Leopards needed a win yesterday is only half the story. "We needed some confidence in what we were said Coach Bill Russo. "All of us in the back of our minds had to have some questions of whether we had the answers off ensively and defensively.

"We simply stuck with the basic offense and defense. If we execute when we come up against teams not as strong as Army we're going to be in good shape. I think we got some of the answers." See LAFAYETTE Page CS 1 Chuck Sonon. "We had so many opportunities to score and didn't take advantage. We couldn't put the ball in the hole That's what hurt us tonight.

"Then I have to give (Allen Coach) Larry Lewis credit. He threw some razzle-dazzle at us late in the game. And it worked." Yes, Allen's comeback was nearly as amazing as Penn State's miracle against Nebraska. For until it took the ball with 4: 18 left in the game, Allen's offense had gained only a total of 25 yards 33 in the air and minus eight on the ground. "We had pulled (quarterback Tony) Lanzone out of the game for a series," Lewis said.

"He had asked to be taken out so he could have a rest. When he returned, he was great. I have to give him an awful lot of credit." Lanzone was frustrated after throwing an interception to Bethlehem Catholic's Chris Dale midway through the third quarter. Seven plays later, Jeff Mergel kicked a 22-yard field goal for a 3-0 lead. Dan Tanczos was mad.

His Bethlehem Catholic football team had just given up its first score of the season with 1:11 left in last night's East Penn Football Conference game at Bethlehem School District Stadium. In fact, Allen was an extra point away from a 7-6 win. "We were mad at each other." Tanczos said. "We were upset about giving up that touchdown. We played tough defense all game.

We thought Allen would die, but it didn't." Neither did the 6-5, 221-pound Tanczos. After a delay of game penalty against Allen, Jeff Martinez teed up the ball for kicker Jim Kuehner on the 25-yard line. Tanczos and teammate Mark Cech drove over the Allen line, dove at Kuehner and blocked the kick. Although the Hawks defense had allowed its first score in four games and over 190 minutes, it saved a 6-8 tie. "We played well defensively," said Bethlehem Catholic Coach By MARC MARKOWITZ Call-Chronicle Sports Writer NEW YORK Fluke or no fluke, that was the question.

Was Lafayette able to fashion that fancy 9-2 record a year ago because they sneaked up on people, or had they really turned the corner? The first two games this season provided no answer. But, then, those first two games were against opponents where the Leopards See ALLEN Paged 2.