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1 'I DKLAWAKK COUNTY (PA.) DAILY TIMES Tuesday, October 2, Knights conquer Bears, Waller sparks Aston into 2nd place tie HAGERSTOWN, Md. John Waller's passing and Vince Papale's receiving were the key factors as the Aston Knights nipped the Hagerstown Bears, 35-27 Sunday. The win moved the Knights (5-3) into a second place tie with the Bears in the Seaboard League Northern Division. Should the teams remain tied, the Knights would take the second playoff spot since they defeated Hagerstown twice. Waller, returning to action after missing a game because of a shoulder injury, connected on l4-of-23 passes for 259 yards.

John Horni brook threw three passes and completed one (an 85 yard bomb to Papale). Papale's six catches were good for 259 yards. FIELD GOAL Duane Carrell booted a 23 yard field goal with three minutes left in the first period to put Hagerstown on top, but Aston gained the lead before the quarter ended as Dave Puchalski picked off a pass and romped 33 yards for a TD. Neither team could -move the ball in the second period, but a pair of big plays in the final two minutes produced a pair of touchdowns. Former Canadien League star Wayne Randolph zipped 53 yards with a punt to pul the Bears on top, but it took Aston only one play to retaliate as Hornibrook and Papale teamed on an 85 yard scoring strike.

The Knights struck early in the second half as Waller hit Dan Miller with a screen pass for 20 yards and connected with Doug Scott for six from the 16. Wes Sornisky's extra point was blocked, ending his string of 21 consecutive conversions. Carrell added a 32 yard field goal before the third period ended. GREAT CATCH In the fourth period, Papale made an unbelievable 60 yard touchdown reception as he juggled the ball from hand to hand for the final 20 yards before gaining possession in the end zone. Bill Clarke recovered a Hagerstown fumble lo set up a six yard scoring pass from Waller to Jimmy Hall.

Ty Albert replaced former Redskin Harry Theoflides at quarterback and threw a 31 yard TD pass to Henry Brown. The Bears forced Aston to punt and Randolph excited the hometown crowd with an SO yard scoring return. The Knights drove to Ihc Hagerstown 10 before fumbling, but Steve Maciolek sacked Albeil in the end for a safety with 25 seconds remaining to kill the Bears' final hope. The Knights return home Saturday to host the Wyoming Valley Giants. Allen's dogs draw protest WASHINGTON" I The discipline that Coach George.

Allen preaches for his Washington Redskins doesn't apply to his dogs, according to Judge William A. Goffe. Goffe. -A jurist at the U.S. Tax Court, recently moved next door to Allen in suburban McLean, Va.

Goffe is considering a law suit to require. Allen leash his dogs as required by county ordinance. The question may iw inoni. however, because Allen is a i to move from the neighborhood shorlly. He is building a new home at Great Falls, a few miles from McLean.

THKKK OX I MEMPHIS. Tonn. I The American Basketball Association Memphis Tains placed veteran players on waivers Friday and promoted much-traveled guard George Ix-hmauu lo assistant road). Coach Bill Van Breda Kolff dropped forwards Hunter and Wan-en Davis and Mike Davis. Baseball new (hngtsl You can't choose your manager without program REVERSE WORKED for Detroit touchdown Monday night as AHie Taylor gets set to hand off to Larry Walton (49) after having taken handoff from quarterback -Greg Landry Walton ran 57-yards to TD.

Story on page 15. It's all a matter of fact for Eagles and McCormack By PAUL.GIORDANO Special to (he Daily Times PHILADELPHIA It's all a matter of fact. Fact: The Philadelphia Eagles have not won a football game since Aug. 4 (eight weeks), when they defeated the Buffalo Bills, 13-6. Fact: The Philadelphia Eagles have not won a game at Veterans Stadium since December of 1971, when they defeated the St.

Louis Cardinals, 19-7. Fact: The Philadelphia Eagles are currently 0-2-1. Fact: The Philadelphia Eagles are playing impressive football, but enjoying it less. Fact: The Philadelphia Eagles coach Mike McCormack is enjoying it less than anyone else. Fact: Philadelphia Eagles coach Mike McCormack is not satisfied.

Fact: Philadelphia Eagles coach Mike McCormack is not satisfied, but he is not distressed. "You saw the game film as I did this morning," McCormack said at Monday's media gathering. "There's not much lo brag about, or even discuss. "The score should have only been 14-7. But we made costly mistakes.

If we could have gone in and scored the first time we had the ball, even a field goal, it may have been different. "But we fumbled away the ball," McCormack said. "In fact, every time we tried to get something started, we couldn't. That was the difference. "We could not get outside, run our sweeps, the way we wanted to.

And to be successful against Washington, you have to get their big guys moving from side to side. They off the run and made us go for the pass. That's what they wanted." However, the Eagles also shut off Washington's running game. The Redskins only totaled 81 net rushing yards. McCormack must have been pleased with it.

"No," McCormack quickly answered. "They still beat us. If we would have given them 500 yards on the ground and beaten them, well, then maybe okay. "But 1 was a little happy with our defensive play," McCormack added after a pause. "There really should have only been 14 points scored against us.

Both touchdowns were perfectly executed pass plays." Sonny Jurgensen has A knack of executing the perfect pass play. In fact, most quarterbacks do when they are not sacked, flat on their backs. Roman Gabriel had a good day, Sunday, passing for 266 yards, but he was sacked eight times. Jurgensen never had his pants dirtied. "Sonny never gets sacked much," McCormack said.

"He reads the defenses and he gets rid of the ball. In the last two seasons tefore this one," McCormack said as a broad smile started to creep across his face, "Sonny was only sacked four or five limes total. "That's because of the excellent offensive line coaching Washington had," McCormack beamed. McCormack was the offensive line coach. On the other hand, Gabriel was sacked eight times.

"Our offensive line had a breakdown," McCormack said. "Their tackles did an outstanding job against us." Gabriel has also been intercepted five times in three games thus far. "Yes," McCormack acknowledged, "but four of those interceptions we caused because the receiver ran the wrong pattern. You know," McCormack added, "football is a very simple game. It all boils down to execution.

We are not executing." and since a win hasn't come in eight weeks, McCormack is starting to become impatient? "Very impatient," McCormack answered with a grin. "But slowly," McCormack said, "we're seeing things done the way we want them to be done. 1 had hoped, though, it would have come faster. It has been too slow. "Like on the screen pass," McCormack started to explain.

"The timing" was there, everything, but why would Vern Winfield stop to make a block? I'm sure no coach has ever told him to do this, but how do you stop this? "But the same thing happened on the sweep, too, the other way, with Mark (Nordquist). You've got to get people running, that's what this game is about. You have to love to run. "And the same thing happened on a pass to Norm Bulaich," McCormack continued. "Mike Evans (center) made the 'tackle.

He sat down to make a block and ended up tackling Bulaich. "We're not executing our calls in the line like we will be doing three weeks from now," McCormack added. "And it's not because of lack of experience, either. But it is the lack of experience of not playing together." However, would a win help? As McCormack's predecessors would say, "We arc only one win away from putting it all together." "One win will help," McCormack said, "but it will not turn it all around over night. Not even two wins.

It's going to take Could progression come.via the trade route? Mainly trading for offensive linemen? "No way," McCormack answered. "There isn't any offensive line help available. There's no defensive line help available, either. Those kind of people are like rare jewels." McCormack considers Gabriel, although a quarterback, one of the rarest. He is very, very happy with the trade it took to acquire the former 1969 MVP.

"We've even gotten more," McCormack said. "We wanted a leader and we got a super leader. We wanted a quarterback who could throw the ball and lie has done it effectively. "We -wanted a tough kid, who wouldn't go down easily when pressured by the defense. He has proven this, too.

He's given us everything," McCormack added. "I just hope we can put it together before he's ready to hang it up." Enough said. NEW YORK (UPI) Baseball never changes, right? Okay, what would you say to this one: Billy Martin comes back "home" as the new manager of the Yankees; Lee MacPhail leaves them to assume the American League presidency and Ralph Houk winds up. managing Detroit. This package doesn't come to you with a money-back guarantee.

It isn't an iron-clad sure thing. Some of the package a a 'is pretty much wrapped up and it wouldn't shock me at all if the whole bundle was sealed and delivered before or during the winter baseball meetings next month at Houston. There is a little thing like that multiple-year contract Billy Martin signed with Bob Short's Texas Rangers a few weeks ago. True. These things have a way of being worked out to mutual satisfaction when all parties put their minds to it though.

Remember how much the Mets wanted the late Gil Hodges as their manager? Remember how determined the Washington Senators were to keep him? Remember where Gil Hodges wound up? Good. You have a wonderful memory. The Tigers have been after Houk for more than 13 years. Tigers Make Bid They made a bid to get him as manager before they hired Bob Scheffing in 1961. Houk was a coach witn the Yankees at the time and was leaning toward taking the Detroit job then, but the Yanks said, wait, we're announcing you as Casey Stengel's successor soon.

MacPhail turned down the American League's executive vice presidency not too long ago. He turned it clown even though he was assured he'd be Joe Cronin's heir apparent. One of the reasons MacPhail did turn down the job was because he and Houk are very close and work so well together. Now Houk is gone. Joe Cronin? He'll move up to become the American League board chairman, and with the pension and less headaches he'll get, he isn't going to be upset about it.

Which brings us to Billy Martin. "I don't know that he's that interested in going to the Yankees," said Bob Short when I talked with him about it. "He has signed a multiple-year contract with me and in the short time he has managed for us, he has been great, sensational. I didn't think we could win another game this season. That's what it looked, like- anyway, but he won eight or nine." Martin was sounded out by Mike Burke about managing the Yankees during 1972 season.

Billy the Kid was interested, and why wouldn't he be? Broke In With the Yankees He lias played with seven major a clubs and managed fhree of them, but he broke in with the Yankees, made his reputation with them and will always be chiefly identified with them. Gabe Paul, the Yankees' chief executive officer, says they have not decided on any one yet as their new manager. He says owner George Steinbrenner, MacPhail and he don't plan an early announcement. "Basically, we're looking at all the candidates," he says. "We're looking at managers with experience." The Yanks are in a ticklish position.

They go into Shea Stadium next season and will have to compete with the Mets, apparently on the rise again, for the fans' dollars at the box office. They want a manager whom the fans can relate to, one who'll be able to motivate the club. Leo Durocher? No. Birdie Tebbetts? No. Alvin Dark? Forget it.

Frank Robinson? Possibly. Still Can Play But Frank Robinson is getting $160,000, feela he can still play another three years and the Angels would want something substantial before giving him up. "We'd be willing to talk to the Yankees because we know Frank has a desire to be a big league manager," says Angels' general manager Harry Dalton, "but I'm sure the Yankees or any other club would realize he is a tremendously important player to the Angels. That means bring players and cash. "I'm not going to jump the first 1 says Frank Robinsom getting ready to manage the Santurce club in Puerto Rico for the fourth time.

"Even the Yankees?" "Any ball club," says Robinson. "I'm not going to jump in because I've got a good contract and I believe I can play three more years if I want. Naturally, I'd like to manage in the but the circumstances have to be right." The way I see it, if the Yankees cannot get somebody like Billy Martin, they might go for Dave Bristol whom Paul tried to get for Cleveland before he signed Ken Aspromonte, or they might go for Prank Robinson. Of course there always is the possibility the Tigers may turn around and hire Bill Rigney as their manager instead of Houk. That would leave only one place for Houk to go and that would be the Mets.

Yogi Berra still remembers what happened to him the last time. You remember, when he did a good enough job--but didn't quite win it all. Olympic movement split VARNA, Bulgaria (UPI) -The definition of amateurism, an issue which has always dogged the Olympic movement, today set up a head-on clash among delegates at the 10th Olympic Congress. On the one side were some international sports federations and their supporters on the International Olympic Committee who favor an almost semiprofessional rule, and on the other the remaining sports federations and their supporters who believe a relaxation of the amateur code would spell the end of the Olympic movement. The International Ski Federation (FIS) has brought matters to a head by submitting a proposal which would allow Olympic competitors to be paid for any loss of income incurred while they practice their sport.

Harris to be re-activated Birds come out with only bruises PHILADELPHIA Injury wise, the Philadelphia Eagles did not come out as had as their 28-7 loss to the Washington Redskins, Rookie defensive back Randy Logan has a bruised hand. Defensive hack Kermit Alexander, a bruised hamstring. Rookie light end Charlie Young, a bruised thigh. Running back Norm Bulaich re-injured the jammed on his right Running bnck Tom Bailey has a pinched nerve in his neck. However, all are expected to play, Sunday, against the Buffalo Bills, at" Buffalo.

Mike McCormack also made it known lie will probably activate defensive tackle Richard Harris, who has missed the last 20 days with Uvisted knee. Running back Lcc Bouggess, who had his right check bone cracked during pre-scason play, will not he activated, although he has recovered and is ready to play. "There's no need at this time for another running back." McCormack said. "I will not make a move, just to make move. "Our running backs have been performing well.

In fact, I've been Irving to get Po James in there. If Bulaich and Bailey are having trouble with their injuries, I plan on working James at fullback this week. I'd like to get him in thero." i By The Associated Press YORK Attcncliiiice at major league baseball games passed the million mark in for Hie first time in liislory. TKN'MS OSAKA, Japnn -Top-seeded Kon Roscwall of lia led the advance in Ihc Osaka Tennis Tournament wilh a fi-7, 6-0, 6-2 first-round victory over Australian Ian Fletcher. KASKKTBAM, SAN DIKGO Will Cham- bcrl in sued the Los Angeles Lakers to invalidate Ihc option clause of his conlracl with the National Knsketlvtll Association club and accused the team and tlw NBA of conspiring lo monopolize the sport.

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