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The Morning Call from Allentown, Pennsylvania • 50

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C-2 SUNDAY CALL-CHRONICLE, Allontown, Sept. 18, 1977 Greyhounds blanked Dunlap's Haiders too much for Leopards: COLLEGE any mmmmmmmpt xmmmmmmmmmmmmummium ft vnvaaM I 4 m-jt" 4 I 1 KSC's Andy Lutkieicz (45) stops Shippensburg's Jim Abraham after a short gain ESSC, ICSC open with victories Colgate 38 Lafayette 12 STATISTIC! First down JJ .8 RuMwia, yaraog 15 jw Poising yardage 2JJ Paum w-Jf Posset Intercepted by I Punls 4-4 4-40 FumDIn lost I 1 Yordl penalized 4 105 By PAUL REINHARD Call-Chronicle Sports Writer HAMILTON, Y. Bob Relph might not have been recruited by Fred Dunlap four years ago. After all, Relph quarterbacked a Wishbone offense at Carthage Central High School, and a Dunlap quarterback needed a different set of credentials. When Dunlap took the Colgate football job last season, he ditched the Wishbone in favor of his own wing-T; and Relph had to change his game, too.

He has been more than adequate, and he never showed it better than he did Saturday as he guided opportunistic Colgate to a 38-12 victory over Lafayette. The 6-0 senior passed for three touchdowns and scored another as the Red Raiders posted their second straight victory of the Campaign while pinning Lafayette with its second loss and extending its winning streak over the Leopards to eight games. "I really like (the wing-T)," Relph said after passing for 236 yards on 15 completions in 20 attempts. "It's a challenge to my versatility." Wishbone quarterbacks are generally known more as runners and "mail carriers," handing off the ball to their backs; but Dunlap has always made the pass an important part of his offensive plan, whether at Lehigh or at Colgate. Relph didn't make his change without some problems.

Because he was not accustomed to throwing the ball much, he experienced some arm trouble; but he has survived that and become stronger. His running has tailed off considerably. Relph had just 11 rushing yards on four carries against Lafayette, but his nine-yard touchdown in the third quarter proved to be an important one, since it came after Lafayette had closed the margin to five points at 17-12. Relph set the stage for his score with another picture play. He faked out the Lafayette defense with a bootleg, then lofted a 52-yard pass to Dick Slenker to put the ball on the 9.

His TD came on the next play. That score was one of only two which was not made possible by some kind of a defensive play. Colgate scored two touchdowns and a field goal after pass interceptions and got still another touchdown following a fumble recovery; and even Lafayette got in on the turnover act, getting a TD and a field goal after good defensive plays. But while the Leopards had to drive 81 yards and 64 yards to get their points, they made it easy for Colgate more than once. In the second quarter, a Paul Lawler interception gave the Raiders the ball on the Lafayette 13, where they were then forced to settle for a field goal; later in the same period, a fumble recovery at the Lafayette 44 led to a TD; and in the final period, a Doug Curtis pass interception at the Leopard 16 was followed by a touchdown four plays later.

For the day, Relph was easily the standout performer, but the Colgate offense, which rolled up 458 yards, had other stars, too. Henry White, a senior speedster, came up with his second straight 100-yard game, rushing for 107 yards on just 12 carries; and Slenker and Casper Wells combined for eight catches that were good for 185 yards. Lafayette had several chances to make the game a lot more interesting before it got out of hand at the end; but the Leopards, for the second week in a row, ran into problems when they got deep into Colgate territory. In the second quarter, the Leopards had first down on the 1. Orrico scored an apparent touchdown, but a penalty on the play pushed them back to the 6 and they eventually had to settle for a Dave Heverling field goal.

And in the third period, they drove from their own 36 to a first down on the Raider 7 before stalling on three plays and getting another three-pointer from Heverling. The two field goals by the sophomore kicker put his career total at 10 a school record, breaking the mark of nine that had been held by Dan Kuhn. The Lafayette offense finished up with 361 total yards against a Colgate team that had shut out Rutgers in its opener a week ago; and while Stewart was the victim of three costly interceptions, he also completed 14 of 33 passes for 179 yards. Split end Larry Given was the top receiver with five grabs for 71 yards. Two long Lafayette drives one of 16 plays, another of 15 helped the club control the ball for twice as much first-half time as Colgate; but the Raiders led on a 15-yard TD pass from Relph to Wells, a 27-yarder from Relph to Slenker and a 36-yard field goal by Andrewlavage.

Sam Clement got the only Lafayette touchdown on a seven-yard pass from Stewart, climaxing an 81-yard march that included an 18-yard completion to John Orrico and a 15-yarder to Given. Stewart had 22 and 20-yard passes to Shoemaker during the drive to a second-period field goal; and in the third-quarter march, Given had catches for 17 and 16 yards and Brian Musician had a 17-yard run. Lafayette 4 1 0 Colgate 7 14 1 Wells 15 pass from Relph Andrewlavage kick Clement 7 pass from Stewart (kick tailed) FO Andrewlavage 36 Slenker 27 pass From Relph (Andrewlavage kick) FG Heverling Z) FG Heverling 20 Relph 9 run (Andrewlavage kick) White 6 pass from Relph (Andrewlavage kick) Healy 1 run (Andrewlavage kick) Dickinson Moravian 18 0 STATISTICS 13 195 69 825 0 6-28 2 35 14 184 130 809 1 8-31 I 30 First downs Rushing yardage Passing yardage Passes Passes intercepted by-Punts Fumbles lost Yards penalized CARLISLE Quarterback John Maley ran for one touchdown and passed for another as Dickinson took advantage of two Moravian turnovers for an 18-0 victory Saturday afternoon in collegiate football. Dickinson handed the Greyhounds their first opening game defeat in nine years. The last time Moravian was turned back on opening day was against Delaware Valley College (22-7) in 1968.

It was also the first time the Greyhounds were shut out in four seasons. Dickinson hit paydirt early in the second quarter when it moved 57 yards on the ground in 11 plays with George Washington taking it over from the 1. In the drive, Washington advanced the ball 11 yards and Mario Shannon added a 14-yard run. The Red Devils' Paul Landry then keyed his team's second TD in the quarter when he pilfered quarterback Dave Kishbaugh's aerial on the Moravian 24 and returned it 41 yards. With Washington, Shannon, Kevin Gorman and Steve Cline spearheading the ground charge, Dickinson widened its lead to 12-0 by halftime on Maley's 20-yard toss to Shannon.

The Devils' score came with 40 seconds remaining in the half and was aided by a crucial pass interference penalty at the Greyhounds 27. Dickinson went to work for its final six-pointer midway through the third period when Mike Yazvac scooped up a Moravian fumble on the Greyhounds 30. On the next play, Maley then pitched out to Steve Hoffman, who passed to John Argento for 23 yards to the Moravian 6. Maley soloed on the following play to end the scoring. In ruining Coach Ed Little's debut at the Greyhound helm, Dickinson immediately shut off Kishbaugh's air attack by stopping him on his first 11 attempts.

Reserve Darryl Eppley helped out with four completions in nine attempts for 69 yards. Moravian's Bob Ternosky (79 yards in 12 carries) and Junior Bob Meyer (15 tries for 97 yards), playing in his first game, carried most of the Greyhound attack. Five Dickinson players contributed in the Red Devils' second straight win. Shannon led the group with 37 yards while Cline' added 33, Washington gained 31, Maley had 29 and Gorman 28 yards, with most of the punch coming on sweeps. Moravian's best scoring opportunity came late in the third quarter when it got as far as the Dickinson 19.

Dickinson 12 a Washington 1 run (kick failed) Shannon 20 pass from Maley (run failed) Maley 6 run (run failed) TV 1 p.m., Channel 9 BASEBALL. New York Mets vs. Chicago Cubs (Doubleheader). 1 p.m., Channel 28 AFC Football. Cleveland Browns vs.

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m. Channel 17 BASEBALL. Philadelphia Phillies vs. St. Louis Cardinals.

2:30 p.m., Channel 3 Ara Parseghian's Sports World. Photography by )oel Bielcr in the end zone gave KSC a first at the one. This led to the second of three touchdowns by freshman Don Shaver, whom Baldwin calls his "short yardage" fullback. But the play that turned out to be the game-saver for KSC was turned in by defensive back Jim Nickson. Nickson fielded a punt at the KSC 37 and returned it 49 yards before being upset by the last Shippensburg defender.

It took the Bears only four plays to score with Shaver going the final six yards off right tackle with 2:57 left to give the Bears a 29-20 advantage. But the visitors weren't done although their final TD was a gift. The score came on a 33-yard pass from Bob Nelson, who played most of the game after starter Scott Knudson was knocked out of action early in the game, to E.J. Smith. On the play KSC defender Jim Locker appeared to have an easy interception but the ball slipped through his fingers into the hands of Smith.

For a while it looked like the Bears were going to beat themselves with penalties. In their first series they had a 15-yard run by Day to the 5 wiped out by holding and a 10-yard pass play called back by a motion penalty. The penalties eventually stalled the drive and resulted in Anderson booting a 40-yard field goal that just had enough distance. After Shippensburg knotted the count on a 30-yard field goal by Curley, KSC responded with drives of 83 and 81 yards. Day had runs of 20 and 21 yards in the first drive and a Verica to Randy Walck pass clicked for 32 yards.

In the second drive Verica hit 4 of 5 passes and Day, who suffered a minor leg injury in the second half, had an 11-yard scamper. 10 27 13-29 FG Anderson 40. S-FG Curley 30 Shaver 1 run (Anderson kick) Wayman 13 pass from Verica (kick failed). Glasglow 1 run (Curley kick) Neison 3 run (Curley kick) S-FG Curley 35 Shaver I run (Anderson kick) Shaver 6 run (kick failed). ELECTRIC SHAVER REPAIR SERVICE ALL MAKES NORELCO SUNBEAM RONSON SCHICK REMINGTON 1801 IILGNMAN ALIWN.

PH. 435-9081 THURSDAY 8:30 to 9 P.M. Other Days 1:30 to 0 p.m., Sot. 1:30 to Noon KSC 29 Shippensburg 27 24 194 264 20-32 0 3-46 1 61 21 236 125 12-18 4-35 First downs Rushing yardage Passing yardage Passes Passes intercepted Punts Fumbles lost Yards penalized By TED WISMER Call-Chronicle Sports Writer Kutztown State spends about 10 minutes every day working on its kicking game. And of those 10 minutes freshman Scott Anderson uses about seven minutes retying the size 14 shoe he wears on his size 9 right foot.

Anderson's kicking, which included a 40-yard field goal, was just one of the many bright spots yesterday as the Golden Bears presented Coach George Baldwin with his first opening game win in five tries with a 29-27 victory over visiting Shippensburg. The offensive show by KSC, especially in the first half, was easily the finest for an opening game in the last five years. And the player who played the key role was quarterback Mark Verica, who for the most part called his own game. KSC had the ball four times in the first half and put points on the board on three of the possessions. And on the other the Bears lost the ball on downs at the Raiders 2 when a fourth-down option play was well defensed.

In helping KSC open up a 16-3 halftime lead Verica hit on 8 of 12 passes for 124 yards and at one time connected on seven straight. Included in his performance was a 13-yard TD throw to Dana Wayman. The key to KSC's success this season will be to try and keep its defense off the field. But for a time in the third period that wasn't the case as Shippensburg came out in the third period and put together scoring drives of 80 and 87 yards to take a 17-16 lead with 2:26 left in the third period. And things got even darker for KSC early in the final period when Jim Curley's second field goal of the day a 35-yarder upped the visitors' lead to 20-16.

However, instead of giving up, the KSC offense regrouped and responded with a 65-yard drive. A fourth-down screen pass from Verica to Ron Day (105 yards on 16 carries) kept the drive alive and then a pass interference call Learn to (1 The junior speedster bounced off two guys in leaping for the ball, then turned upfield behind tremendous blocking on a stop-and-go run that covered 52 yards. He appeared to be going down three times, but managed to escape and sprinted the last 20 yards to score standing up. Jack Rogers added the first of his two extra point kicks and ESSC had enough points to win. But it was Balina again on a sparkling 31-yard punt return his speciality.

However, the Warriors couldn't cash in and the threat stalled at the Indians' 24 when two snaps were fumbled turning the ball back over to Montclair. The Tribe started back upfield but the ESSC "Big-D" opened the gates once more when Bill Bergen dropped on a loose pitchout which the Indians' Walt Roberson couldn't control. The Warriors took it in this time from the 14 as Harold Strunk carried six straight times and finally bolted over from the 1 behind Dave Bingham for a 14-3 halftime bulge. The Warriors wanted some insurance points quick and went right to work after Levan returned to Montclair punt to the Indians' 34 for excellent field position at the start of the third quarter. Quarterback Mike Terwilliger, who suffered through one of his longest games in his four-year career as a starter at ESSC, managed his only completion a 12-yard toss to Tom Palubinski as the Warriors started goalward.

For the usual fine end, that was his only catch of the game. But the hefty Montclair defense stiffened and Rogers was summoned on fourth down to connect on a 33-yard field goal with 10:11 left in the period. After that, a punting duel ensued. Eleven of the next 12 exchanges came on punts. Freshman Barry Kennedy of Catasauqua sparkled with a 39-yard punting average, booming a couple of 47 and 49-yarders and one 32-yarder which went out of bounds on the Montclair State 1 late in the game.

Another ESSC freshman, Gary Hig-gins of Panther Valley, capable handled the kickoffs, sending three deep into the end zone. Only one was returned. Tom Hart came on to replace Terwilliger in the fourth quarter along with Frank Bell who ran 10 times for 37 yards in an impressive debut for the former Stroudsburg High Standout and Michigan transfer. Strunk led the ESSC rushers with 68 yards on 22 carries while Jeff Johnson anchored the defense with 18 tackles which also included checking Rob erson, the Indians explosive runner. He had 109 yards in Montclair opener a week ago against Kean but was held to just 10 yards by ESSC.

Montclair ESSC 0 3 0 14 MC-Bond 35, field goal ES Balina 52, pass interception (Rogers kick) ES Strunk 1, run Rogers kick) ES Rogers 33, field goal 6 p.m., Channel 69 World Championship Tennis. 6:40 p.m., Channel 9 Kiner's Korner. 7 p.m., Channel 9 Greatest Sports Legends. 10:30 p.m., Channel 5 Sports Extra. 1 a.m., Channel 6 College Football '77.

WE DO ALL TYPES OF L1EPAIHS SCHULER SERVICE 1314 TILGHM AN ALLENTOWN PHONE 434-7103 ESSC Montclair 17 3 MC 13 100 129 9-29 2 8-34 3 0 46 ESSC 8 136 15 2-12 2 9-39 2 72 First downs Rushing yardage Passing yardage Passes Passes intercepted Punts Fumbtes lost Yards penalized By RUDY BEDNAR Call-Chronicle Sports Writer East Stroudsburg State extended its three-year win streak yesterday to 21 games longest among NCAA football teams, but it wasn't easy by any means. The Warriors were decisively out-gained and needed help from their defense which played the better part of the game to salvage a 17-3 decision over surprisingly tough Montclair State. It was a shaky start at home for the Big Red which figures to make use of the open date next weekend to regroup before returning to action Oct. 1 at Kutztown. Coach Denny Douds liked some of what happened, even though he can't understand what's troubling the offense.

"Every game's got to be the Super Bowl for our opponent," he explained afterwards. "And that makes it doubly rough on us. But there are three elements in every game offense, defense and special teams. We won out on two of the three and got the win." He had high praise for both the defense and special teams, but then Douds is and has always been a defensive specialist and knows that whenever the need arises, he can count on the guys up front. And that's the way it was.

After the opening series in which the Indians came out smoking and marched 80 yards only to fumble away a scoring chance at the ESSC 1, the Big Red defense dug in and never allowed the visitors another chance at scoring a touchdown. So, credit the defense with keeping Montclair State from crossing the ESSC goal line for the third straight year. It was soph defensive back Jim Rappo who caused the fumble and Mike Simpson who jumped on the ball. Moments later, Scott Levan, a junior defensive back from Emmaus, partially blocked Tony Altilio's 38-yard field goal attempt to turn the Tribe back again. But, the defense wasn't through by any means.

They had a busy day and were on the field for 80 plays. After Montclair took a 3-0 lead on the 35-yard field goal by freshman Hubert Bond a little over two minutes into the second quarter, defensive back Fred Balina picked off a long Randy Schenauer pass with a circus grab and scored on one of the most exciting returns ever seen in ESSC stadium. Dial 3 p.m., Channel 12 Grand Prix Tennis Doubles Championship (Joined in progress). 3:30 p.m., Channel 4 NFL '77. 3:30 p.m., Channel 22-NFL FOOTBALL.

Dallas Cowboys vs. Minnesota Vikings. 4 p.m., Channel 2 Channel 2 Sports Rap. 4 p.m., Channel 3 NFL FOOTBALL. Baltimore Colts vs.

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