Hartford Courant from Hartford, Connecticut • 93

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1979 Business Financial 1C Frustrates 4 to 17 UCon Yale By WOODY ANDERSON NEW HAVEN It was another chance, another time, according to Pete Lamagna's thinking. And it went by like all the others; another football loss for the University of Connecticut. On Saturday Yale made the better of its chances and beat offenseless UConn, 24-17, before 21,300 spectators at the Yale Bowl. UConn was out-offensed 372 to 136 and fell to its third straight loss of the season. "We've had our chances and times to win them all," said Lamagna, a cornerback and one of four captains.

"We're up and we're down. We can't sustain anything." if ii tr A-J Except frustration. After UConn got within a touchdown of Yale 17 to, 10 it surprised many by inserting Rusty Umberger at quarterback in place of Ken Sweitzer, who had started' since midway last year. "Maybe they thought I could get something said Umberger, a safety and punter who played a few" games at quarterback early last year. Bates Defeats Trinity, 14-0 Page3C Maine Rips Central, 40-3 Page2C UMass Whips Harvard Page2C Coast Guard Drubbed, 43-0 Page3C Colby Nips Wesleyan, 20-19 Page3C Irish Upset Spartans Page4C Finding the Handle Yale split end, Dan Stratton, lfeaded for pay dirt with quarterback John Rogan.

The play went for 39 yards in the twice in the game, both touchdowns coming on passes Connecticit's Darrell Wilson hanging on his back, bobbles first quarter, and gave Yale the lead in the game eventual- from Rogan (Courant photo by John Long), the football as he nears goal line after taking a pass from ly won by the Ellis, 24-17 at Yale Bowl. Stratton scored Kl Rogan-Stratton Duo Powerful Weapon "I was surprised," said Umberger at his being installed at quarterback. "I had worked out all summer at defensive back. I've only had a week-and-a-half at quarterback. I don't even know all the plays.

No way can you play quarterback like that We're still unsettled. It's depressing." Sweitzer came back in after the offense lost 33 yards on its second drive with Umberger. UConn offensive tackle Tom Ney said, "It's tough to look the defensive guys in the eyes. We're on the field for three plays then off. We've had one good drive all year." And it wasn't against Yale.

UConn scored after a roughing the kicker penalty against Yale paved the way for a field goal; Reggie Eccle-ston's 70-yard punt return and Eccleston's 30-yard halfback-option pass to Ken Miller. No sustained drives. Yale is 2-0 and leads UConn 28-3 in the series. Yale took a 7-0 lead in the first quarter on sophmore Quarterback John Rogan's 39-yard pass to junior split end lan Stratton. "We weren't expecting them to put the ball up in the air that early," said Lamagna.

"I don't know if we're ready to play defense that early." UConn cut into Yale's lead on Bob Segar's 25-yard field goal early in the second period. But Yale snared a 17-3 lead at halftime on a fluke touchdown pass and a UConn fumble. On a long pass from Rogan, the ball bounced forward off intended receiver Ken Hill to Stratton who easily finished off a 62-yard scoring play. "Plays like that just hurt that much more," said Lam- See Yale, Page 2C bothersome, but this new twosome was too much for them. 'Bout time I had a game like that," said big Dan Stratton.

"It does everything in the world for my confidence. I used to be a quarterback, and then I was supposed to be a tight end." He's happy now, all right, as a split end. He spoke about the first touchdown. "I had about four steps on that guy (it was Darrell Wilson) at first, when the ball got there, it was barely a step. Those UConn defenders really stick.

And they really hit. He almost caught me. I weigh 220. 1 don't run a 4.4 40, you know." Stratton scored again in the second period, but this one was an accident. The ball bounced off ace running back Ken Hill and Stratton, way out ahead, was coming back to block for Hill when suddenly he had the ball in his hands.

He took it all the way, the play covering 62 yards. "I was surprised I made it," he said, poking fun at himself, "I'm used to getting caught from behind." The Rogan-to-Stratton passing combination is one that the Ivy League may come to respect as one of Coach See Rogan, Page 2C NEW HAVEN It was a good call, that first Yale touchdown. It was first down, and the sophomore quarterback, starting his first game because he was the healthiest of the three Yale quarterbacks, went back to pass. He's a good passer, John Rogan of East Meadow, N.Y. It was the first quarter and the Elis were 39 yards away from the UConn goal line.

He had never thrown a touchdown pass at Yale, but that was OK. His target, Dan Stratton of Cottage Grove, had never caught one either. Rogan, given peace and quiet to concentrate by his blockers, zipped it out there. Stratton caught it behind his defensive man, and there was the first score of the game. First blood was important, and Yale extracted it.

Connecticut spent the rest of the discouraging afternoon trying to catch them. This is the way they had practiced it, the soph Rogan and the junior Stratton, every day this week. They'd get to practice 15 minutes early and stay 20 minutes late, getting pass patterns down where they wanted them. Rogan clutched the game ball, Jater, like a starving SPORTS EDITOR A tfJJj if man holds to a loaf of bread. He didn't know he was going to start this game until he read it in the paper Friday.

"The big thing i we won the game," he said. "If one of the others (Dennis Dunn or Phil Manley) had started, I'd have been pulling for them." Rogan threw for 183 yards, and Stratton caught six of his pitches for 164 yards. The Connecticut defense was 'Only Me9 Gets Even Tougher 8, 1 Shippensburg Rips 'The Rock' ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) Shippensburg freshman fullback Steve Moskowitz scored on touchdown runs of 75 and 63 yards the first two times he touched the ball, and the Red Raiders went on to rout Slippery Rock 45-14 in a Pennsylvania Confere? ce football game played before fans in Michigan Stadium Saturday. "A 1 IN1" "I'm the only champion in the world," crowed Larry Holmes Saturday, the day after his bruising victory over Earnie Shavers.

"Muhammad Ali retired, he yielded to me," added Holmes, whose ring victory was only for the World Boxing Council share of the title. The World Boxing Association version will be decided when John Tate and Gerry Coetzze meet. Page 6C 1 LARRY HOLMES Cutting their squad in half has alleviated some of the New England Whalers problems, mostly the one of overcrowding on the ice. Now Coach Don Blackburn faces some new woes, trimming another six or seven from the group on hand. "As we get down to just a few players to be cut, each decision is more difficult," said Blackburn Saturday after a drill preparing his club for tonight's exhibition tilt against Colorado.

Game time will be 7:30 p.m. at Springfield. Page 5C Lindsay, Merrill Win Herb Lindsay won the national AAU championship race Saturday in Purchase, N.Y., in 28 minutes, 34.2 seconds. Connecticut College senior Jan Merrill won the women's title in 33:36. Lindsay finished five yards in front of runnerup Tony Staynings of England, while three-time Boston Marathon champ Bill Rodg-ers was a disappointing seventh.

It's In The Air It's In The Air captured the Ruffian Handicap for fillies and mares at Belmont Park Saturday to strengthen her hold on 3-year-old championship filly honors. The win in the $133,125 race gave jockey Laf-fit Pincay Jr. his fourth victory of the day. Favored Pearl Necklace suffered an injury in the backstretch and after easing In, was taken off the track in the horse ambulance, Page 5C LA' Jig i iSf Leads by 1 Tom Watson fired a no-bogey, 5-under-par 65 Saturday and took a one-stroke lead in the World Series of Golf after two rounds. Watson has a total of 133, one stroke ahead of Lon Hinkle, who bird-ied five of the last six holes to move into the runnerup spoy age 7C PRO FOOTBALL: Giants vs.

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2, 3, 6, 7 PRO HOCKEY: Whalers vs. Rockies Exhibition 7P.M.WTIC,(1080) Not This Time A disappointed Willie Stargell walks to the dugout after striking out to end Saturday's game with Chicago and also end the Pittsburgh Pirates' hopes of clinching a tie for the National League East title. Stargell's wild throw allowed Chicago to score a 7-6 victory in 13 innings and delay the Pirates celebration AP). Page 8C TOM WATSON.