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Inside: A complete roundup of high school and college football SporS the home news SPORTS PEOPLE C2 BASEBALLBEAT C10 JOHN BRUNS C10 COLLEGE NOTES C10 Sunday. October 19. 1935 ame 1 Bitcher goes to Boston said Johnson. The Mets' last chance came in the ninth off ex-Met Calvin Schiraldi. Darryl Strawberry walked on a 3-1 pitch to lead off but Ray Knight couldn't move him over with a bunt as first baseman Dave Stapleton, who came in for defense to start the eighth, pounced on the ball and fired it to second for the force.

The play made Schiraldi's job easier. "Ray's bunt was little hard and Stape came in and made a super play on it and threw to second. I figured he'd throw to first with Strawberry being on base. Strawberry has a lot of speed and I was glad to be able to get him off base with the play at second," said Schiraldi. Wally Backman then flied to left and pinch-hitter Danny Heep struck out on a 2-2 pitch to end it.

The lone Red Sox run scored on a ball hit by Rich Gedman that went through the legs of second baseman Tim Teufel in the seventh, allowing Jim Rice to score from second. "The ball just scooted on me. I didn't get the glove down and, with a man on second, there's definitely no excuse for that. It took a different hop just before it got to me, By DAVE LARIVIERE Home News sports writer NEW YORK There was no miracle finish this time for the Mets. And this time it wasn't a scuffed ball that beat them but a scootedball.

After a week of melodramatic last at-bat victories, the Mets went down without-much a struggle last night, losing the first game of the World Series. 1-0, to the Boston Red Sox before 55.076 at Shea Stadium. Left-hander Bruce Hurst was the Met-killer last night, constantly pitching out of trouble as he battled control problems. He allowed just four hits, walked four and struck out eight through eight innings, tantalizing the Mets as lefty Bob Knepper of the Astros did in the playoffs. Mets Manager Davey Johnson admits he's concerned about the Mets' continued hitting slump, which saw them hit just .189 in the playoffs.

"I'm concerned, but I knew Hurst was going to be a tough cookie out there and give us some trouble, which he certainly did. He pitched extremely well. He had a good fastball, a good curveball and a changeup. He mixed his pitches well and threw strikes. He just didn't give us much," but that's no excuse.

That was my responsibility to make that play and I have to face it. That was a big run. Youe never happy to see that happen any time, let alone a World Series," said Teufel. Rice had walked on a 3-2 pitch and moved to second on Darling's second wild pitch. Aiter Dwight Evans bounced back to the box, Gedman's grounder split the uprights known as Teufel's legs.

Johnson, however, didn't blame Teufel for the loss. "The game wasn't really lost on an error. When you don't score any runs in nine innings, it really isn't one man's fault. Errors are part of the game and it boils down to we just didn't score any runs. You can't expect to win.

It's just that simple," said Johnson. An excellent throw by Kevin Mitchell in left staved off an insurance run in the ninth. Rice had singled off of Roger McDowell's glove to start the inning and Dwight Evans walked on four pitches. But McDowell fielded Gedman's sacrifice and fired to third for the force. Dave Henderson singled to left, but Mitchell charged the ball and threw a strike to Gary Carter, who tagged a sprawling Evans.

Spike Owen was intentionally walked to load the bases, but tonight in Game 2 against Red Sox ace Roger Clemens. About the only positive aspect of last night's game for the Mets was that it may be an omen. Remember that the Mets losf. Game 1 of the National League playoffs, also by a 1-0 count. As Johnson said, 'We lost the opener in the LCS and it turned out all right." Neither teams could take advantage of early scoring chances as the Mets left two on in the second and third innings and the Red Sox stranded two in the fourth.

Knight walked and Teufel singled with two outs in the second for the Mets but Rafael Santana bounced back to the box. In the third, Hurst suffered control problems, giving up a one-out single to Wilson, who stole second, and a walk to Dykstra. But he escaped, after falling behind Hernandez 2-0, retiring him on a long fly to right that Evans snared in foul territory and a getting Carter on a grounder to second. Meanwhile, Darling breezed through the first three innings, facing only nine batters. The only baserunner was Marty Barrett, the MVP of the league championship series, who hit a one-out single off Teufel's glove in the first.

McDowell retired pinch-hitter Mike Greenwell on a fly to center. The Mets' best scoring opportunity came in the sixth when Keith Hernandez walked and Carter threw his bat and singled to center. But Strawberry took an 0-2 curve-ball for a strike and Knight grounded into a double play. "If he (Strawberry) puts the ball in play, we are liable to score a run there. We came out of it with nothing.

I'd like to give Hurst a lot of credit. He pitched a great ballgame," Johnson said. Hurst earned Strawberry's respect. "You don't face a lot of left-handers like that in the National League. Most of them are hard throwers with good fastballs and hard sliders.

He kept us off balance. We thought he might be a lot like Bob Knepper, but Knepper pitches in and out and Hurst stayed away the entire game. He kept me off balance and I didn't know what to expect. I've got a much better idea for the next time around," said Strawberry. Met starter Ron Darling pitched well, allowing just the one unearned run in seven innings.

He gave up three hits, walked three and struck out eight. Dwight Gooden will start for the Mets The Home NewsWall Radomsky t'5 Defenses rule as Gators bite toothless RU rs 1V-' -A i. 1 'lrSX Rutgers fullback Curtis Stephens uses a block by Lee Getz (70) to evade Gator Pat Pinner and gain a few extra yards. Nothing dirty, but was it rough was rattled, he hid it." "I see no problem at all with Scott," said sophomore receiver Eric Young. "He's been throwing to us all year." "Erney did pretty well for the first time," said linebacker Tyronne Stowe, who had 19 tackles.

"He's got to come forth and lead us." The game's only touchdown came on what Stowe called "a fluke." After Rutgers' Doug Giesler had kicked a 38-yard field goal to narrow the gapto 9-3, the Gators moved across midfield to a first down at the Rutgers 37. They appeared to bog down there, but on third-and-nine, quarterback Rodney Brewer rolled to his left and launched a pass to receiver Ricky Nattiel, who was wide open at the 5 after Washington slipped and fell. Nattiel caught the ball and back-pedaled into the end zone to make the score 15-3 going into the final period, during which Rutgers never got out of its own territory. After falling behind 6-0 in the first period, Rutgers controled the ball most of the second period, but couldn't cash in. Florida was limited to 18 yards of offense in the second quarter, failing to pick up a first down.

Despite having the ball for over 11 minutes in the quarter, Rutgers never got closer than the Florida 29. That was in the closing minute of the half when Erney had moved the Knights from their own to a first down at the Gator 31. Faced with a third-and-8 at the 29, Erney tried to go over the middle to Young, but the ball was intercepted by Gator linebacker Arthur White. Florida moved for a quick score with the opening kickoff. A 34-yard run by freshman running back Octavius Gould of Pemberton was the big gainer to the Rutgers 27.

Four plays later, Dawson kicked a 36-yard field goal. Late in the opening period, the Gators moved from their 48 to the Rutgers 16 with a Brewer-to-Gould pass eating up 31 yards. Dawson booted a 33-yard field goal to make the score 6-0. Brewer, subbing for injured Kerwin Bell, completed 12 of 19 passes for 160 yards and was intercepted once by Steve Twamley. Gould rushed for 102 yards for the Gators on 38 carries.

Game summary Florid i 0 0-15 Rutgers 0 0 3 0 UF FG Dawson 36 UF FG Dawson 33 UF FG Dawson 34 RU FG G.esier It UF Nattiel 36 pass from Brewer (pass failed) A 36.781 By JOHN BRUNS Home News sports writer EAST RUTHERFORD Florida and Rutgers played like there was no love lost be-' tween the two teams. Even though there was a little mixing it up, no one complained of dirty play. Defense dominated with the Gators getting three field goals from Jeff Dawson and a touch-. down when Rutgers defender Sean Washington on a pass play. Rutgers' point production was limited to a 38-yard field goal by Doug Gielser.

"I don't think there was bad feeling," Rutgers coach Dick Anderson said. "It was a tough football game. We went out with the intent defensively to go after them. The defense played very well." Florida freshman running back Octavius Gould said that at the beginning of the game Rutgers players were taunting him, saying, "You're going to wish you stayed in New Jersey." Gould, who had 54 friends and relatives in the stands, responded with his first 100-yard game, gaining 102 yards on 38 carries. Rutgers' sophomore tailback, Matt Prescott, who led Rutgers with 85 yards on 17 carries, said it might have been the most physical game he had ever been in.

"They were really aggressive. You've got to keep going at them and try to break them while they're trying to break you," he said. Prescott also said there were no bad feelings. "They were yelling and screaming and trying to intimidate us. That comes in the game.

You've just got to accept it." He also said some of Rutgers' mistakes might have been the result of trying too hard. "You try to give a little extra above what you have to give and sometimes bad things happen," he said. Quarterback Scott Erney, making his first start, had enough to worry about without worry-See RU, Page 13 By JOHN BRUNS Home News sports writer EAST RUTHERFORD Rutgers vs. Florida. It was a football game in search of an offense.

If Rutgers defensive back Sean Washington hadn't slipped late in the third period, the 36,781 fans who came out to Giants Stadium might still be waiting to see a touchdown. With or without the touchdown, Florida (3-4) would have won. With it, the Gators won, 15-3, as Rutgers (3-2-1) lost its second straight game. The loss brought into focus the problems the Rutgers offense has had getting points on the board. Though they had lost only once in their first five games, the Knights had been limited to one touchdown in four of those games, the exception being the 48-28 blowout of Cincinnati.

With sophomore Scott Erney starting at quarterback for the first time, the Knights failed to get a touchdown, but the blame has to be shared. "The offense turned the football over," coach Dick Anderson said. "There were some mental errors, some penalties. At times we executed well, but we're not consistent enough. That gets you in trouble." The coach sees no simple solution to the problem.

"We'll go back and work on details, try to get rid of the foolish holding penalties, pay attention to detail and play with mental alertness," he said. Florida certainly was not a juggernaut, and seemed content to play conservative after taking a 6-0 lead in the first period on two field goals by Jeff Dawson. But coach Galen Hall, a former Penn State teammate of Rutgers' Anderson, was pleased. "I'm proud of the complete game effort," he said. "We showed a lot of character.

When our offense was struggling, then the defense played solid." Hall paid tribute to Rutgers, saying, "The game was never over until we made that last first down. Rutgers fought real hard." Erney completed 13 of 32 passes for 142 yards and had three interceptions. "There were a couple of obvious throws he should not have made," Anderson said. "That comes from inexperience." Erney said he still has to work on timing with his receivers. "Some of the out patterns today, I think we could have completed," he said.

"I was a little late throwing the ball." He also felt the speed of the Florida secondary hurt him. "They just react to the ball real quick. On some of those timing patterns, I threw them a little late. Against other teams they might have been completed. Here they got knocked down." Erney's teammates rallied around him.

Tailback Matt Prescott, who led the rushing with 85 yards on 17 carries and also caught four passes for 39 yards, said, "We had two weeks of practice with Scott. We felt confident with him. It was a tough spot for a young guy to come in. If he The Home News'Marc Ascher Undefeated Stevens notches a 34-13 win at 0-4 Perth Amboy Rut UF 12 12 38-140 47-175 160 114 RANDY WEISBERC Home News sports writer PERTH AMBOY Perhaps Perth Amboy thought it could break into the win column yesterday for the first time this year after suffer- ing three straight losses. Perhaps the Panthers believed they could snap Middlesex County's longest current high school football winning streak at 15 and produce of the biggest upsets in recent memory by defeating seemingly in- vincible J.

P. Stevens, the No. 1 team in The Home News Top Ten. i But then, as the all-too-familiar punch line goes, the game began. The final on the Albert G.

Waters Stadium scoreboard read: J. P. STE-I VENS 34; PERTH AMBOY 13. And it wasn't that close. Stevens built a 28-0 halftime advantage and stretched it to 34-0 before Perth Amboy scored on the Hawks' second string defense.

It didn't take long for Stevens to get untracked. After stopping Perth Amboy on the game's initial series at the Stevens 46-yard line, junior Joe Riggi fielded a David Cross punt at the 16, broke to the far side and scooted up the Stevens sideline for an 84-yard touchdown. Tim Gleason booted the first of his four successful placements and the Hawks led 7-0 with 3:50 gone by. "The game was over in the first quarter after that punt return," con-, ceeded Panther coach Mike Cilento. "Our kids were lifeless after that.

See HAWKS, Page C13 First downs Rushes-vards Passing yards Return yards Passes Punts Fumbles-tost Penames-vards Time of Possession 25 6 12-17-1 13-32-3 6-36 (-41 1-1 4-1 3-20 6-44 31:12 28 40 -'T Au I INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING Florida, Gould 28-102. Williams 6-32. Brewer 5-17. Massev 6-14. Ferguson 2-0 Rutgers, Prescott 17-85, Steotiens 10-26, Botti 3-13, Lipselt 3-I.

Baker 1-2, Cobti 1-minus 7, Erney 3-minus 13. PASSING Florida, Brewer 12-19-1-160. Rulgers Erney 13-32-3-114. RECEIVING Florida. Nattiel 3-60, Gould 2-40, Williams 2-23, Simmons 2-11.

Wiechmann l-ls' Massev 1-9, Hodges 1-2. Rulgers, Prescott 4-39 Young 3-21, Stephens 3-21, Campbell 3-33. Stevens' Jed Dior stumbles for extra yardage..