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RACING THE SUNDAY SUN BALTIMORE, MP. SEPTEMBER 14. 1971 SECTION BASEBALL LACROSSE TENNIS r. GOLF SPORTS Vols unmask Blair's bat helps Alexander and Maryland, 26-8 ByPHILHERSH Smpapert Staff Correspondent Knoxville, Tenii. The real Maryland football team, the Birds top Tigers one with so little experience and so many injuries, was dislodged from the ranks of college football's elite by Tennessee, 26 to 8, last night.

ByWENNlGRO Sun Staff Correspondent Detroit-The onrushing Orioles made it quick and The imposter, which had clubbed Vulanova, 41 to 0, a week ago, had its disguise quickly removed by a team which turned big Maryland mistakes into big Vol advan painless last night as they blanked the Detroit Tigers, to and continued their relentless pursuit of first place. The Birds were led to their latest victory the 9th in the tages, Maryland fumbled the first, ast 11 games-by the rejuvenated bat of Paul Blair and Auburn loses the recently live arm of Doyle Alexander. if -r miSysSm liliii I ft iff Z2C 1 time it had the ball, but that one only cost the Terps field position. The next three Maryland fumbles were turned into Blair, who had knocked in only 19 runs in his previous 129 games, drove in a grand to- Tennessee touchdowns. I tal of 5 in this one with a single, "We started the game off Wajima a 3-run homer and a sacrifice fly.

The two hits came off lefthander Mickey Lolich in the first two innings and propelled the Birds to an early 5-0 lead. with a fumble and that set the whole tempo," said coach Jerry Claiborne. "Whenever we had a chance to come back bang, we fumbled and gave them another opportunity. Auburn, Ala. (API-Unheralded Memphis State, led by quarterback Kippj Brown, ran up a quick 24-0 lead over 7th-ranked Auburn yesterday then fought off a fierce comeback attempt to pull off a dramatic 31-to-2C college football upset.

It ruined the opener of Ralph (Shug) Jordan's final season as head coach at Auburn. Brown, a 5-foot-10, 180- wins Marlboro Alexander, who has gone virtually unnoticed while toss "They came up with all the ing some pretty fair games in the last month, pitched his sec- big plays and gave us a good, old-fashioned country licking." AP The standings B10.B11 By DALE AUSTIN Sun Staff Correspondent The intensity of that licking pounder from Sweetwater, Elmont, N.Y.-Wajima took ond straight four-hitter and recorded his first shutout since fired two touchdown the lead away from Forego in 1972. It was also the fifth win in the stretch of the Marlboro Cup is reflected by a Maryland injury list that now includes quarterback Mark Manges, tight end Vince Kinney and defensive backs Jim Brechbiel and Mike Qelinsky. passes and picked up a total of 103 yards in the air as Memphis State cashed in on yesterday, then preceded to the last six appearances for the Navy quarterback John Kurowski (white jersey) it stopped short of first down yardage as Virginia defenders clog up the middle of the line. Navy turns on power, routs Virginia, 42-14 beat America's 1974 champion repeated Auburn fumbles racehorse with a style that sug 25-year-old right-hander, who has spent much of the year toiling away in the bullpen.

Maryland fullback Tim Wilson lands heavily after being tackled following a 6-yard gain against Tennessee in the first quarter. and miscues. Manges separated his shoul gested he is the logical succes sor. What it all meant was that der blocking early in the second half. He will be lost from four Rated as 9-to-2 third choice to six weeks, becoming the fifth Quarterback Phil Gargis, directing the Auburn attack, lost the ball three times on fumbles and threw three pass interceptions.

Three of the misplays put Memphis Earl Weaver's club gained another half game to close within four of the suddenly shaky Boston Red Sox. With only 14 Maryland offensive starter By JAMES H. JACKSON Sun Staff Correspondent THE sidelined since preseason. in this race of races at Belmont Park, the colt from the East-West Stable overcame a multitude of disadvantages in the race to earn new status from the Kinney will be number six if Rogers, who played in fourth quarter when the out- games remaining, it is still a tough haul. But 10 days ago, the State on the scoreboard.

his sprained ankle fails to come come was already determined, Gargis almost redeemed Orioles looked down and out his detractors. Navy's defensive unit, led by around by mid-week. Brechbiel reinjured his back and Cielen-sky, his replacement, hurt a Morning After By Bob Maisel, Sports Editor himself in the second half with his passing and several He beat Forego, the favor after Boston left town with an eight game lead. shoulder. long runs, but the War Ea ite, by a head, and finished more than 10 lengths ahead of roverback Chet Moeller, linebacker Andy Bushakand and tackle Dave Kapak, held the Virginia offense to 115 yards on "It's still going to be tough," gles of Auburn lost the mo About a half-hour after the mentum when the Tennes- Foolish Pleasure, who had been the nation's leading three-year- game, the Tennessee trainer called the press box with his re said Weaver, mindful of the fact the two teams play each other only twice more in Boston Tuesday and Wednesday.

1 If Friday night's exhibition game against the Redskins was supposed to be a sort of final examination to determine if the the ground, forced 3 fumbles and intercepted 2 passes. seans scored their fourth touchdown. That put the old, until yesterday. port: no injuries. Colts are ready to open their regular season next week, they Gardner, who last year pas Foolish Pleasure, second in game out of reach.

Under Manges, the Mary failed it. sed for 4 touchdowns against "We still have a long way to go and we can't afford to lose the betting off a Kentucky Der land offense produced just two Auburn tailback Mitzi Jackson had a lot to do with by victory and brilliant form in There really wasn't much in the way of encouragement to be taken from the 24-to-10 loss, and it could be that coach Ted many more. first downs in the opening half, which ended with the Terps be virtually all his races, struggled "But they Boston might in fifth, just ahead of Royal the War Eagles' second half comeback. He got away for a 61yard touchdown run only Marchibroda was more disappointed than anybody else who witnessed it have to win 10 of their last 14 Charlottesville, Va. An awesome second half ground attack enabled Navy's football team to crush the University of Virginia, 42 to 14, before 29,740 fans in Scott Stadium yesterday.

The Midshipmen, who were Opening their season, rolled to 402 yards on the ground, 268 of which came in the second half, as they snapped a 14-14 half-time deadlock and cruised to victory. Navy used a tough defense to keep Virginia's highly touted quarterback, Scott Gardner, bottled up most of the afternoon, and scored the first four' times it had the ball in the second half. Sophomore tailback Gerry Goodwin was the top ground gainer for Navy, ripping the Virginia defense for 166 yards on 24 carries and scoring 4 touchdowns. Fullback Bob Jackson gained 63 yards on 16 carries and sub tailback Ed Gil-more picked up 93 yards on 12 Navy when the Middies won, 35 to 28, at Annapolis, hit on 18 of 38 passes for 203 yards and one touchdown yesterday. The other Virginia score came on a 22-yard run by Dave Sloan.

hind by is-z. Glint and Avatar. Tennessee, whose low na a few moments after he had Third and fourth were An In fact, he kept referring to it as a 24-to-3 loss, sort of Ignoring the touchdown pass from Bert Jones to Fred Scott on the final play of the game. In truth, the feeling was strong that and sometimes that's tough. And we only have to play one more, while they have to play two before we go Up there.

scored on a short burst of 4 cient Title and Step Nicely, After a scoreless first peri tional ranking (20) may also be deceptive, took away the Terps' outside ground game, both sweeps and pitches, right from yards. See MARLBORO, B3, Col. 1 od, Navy scored 2 touchdowns if the outcome of the game had aepenaea upon mat toucnaown, "The only thing I can say, the Redskins wouldn have yielded it. within eight seconds of the sec the outset. added the Oriole pilot, "is that Admitting there wasn't much good to come out of this game ond period to grab a 14-0 lead, we're far from dead.

We ve "Our defense played like you ing forays into the middle of the as far as the Colts were concerned, there was nevertheless an but Virginia came back to tie it Honest Pleasure want the defense to play wild Vols' defense. extenuating circumstance that should be pointed out, although on a pair of touchdowns within been climbing out of the coffin more times than Bela Lugosi." and reckless," said Vols coach Marchibroda refused to hide behind it. 32 seconds later in the quarter. As for the game, it was real Bill Battle. Chicago (AP) -Honest Defensive lapses by the Terps, who had their brightest moment in the opening period Navy rolled for 3 touch ly no contest once the Birds Pleasure broke out of a pack downs, driving 76, 78 and 56 when Joe Campbell tackled Vol bombarded Lolich in the opening two frames.

Lolich, just a yards, to take a 35-14 lead after The Colts actually had only two days in which to prepare for the Redskins, a tough, veteran team that makes it to the play-offs every year. The Colts played in Houston on Monday night, won, and looked good doing it. After taking Tuesday off in deference to the aches and pains, they worked on their of of scrambling colts yester- riav tn ranfnrA the rinh Ar.i With Alabama and Auburn both having lost this week, Tennessee suddenly looms as the team to beat in the Southeast punter Craig Coiqutst tor three periods and then waltzed 66 yards for its final tally the safety, figured in two of the ern Conference. three touchdowns scored by first time it had the ball in the fensive and defensive plans Wednesday and Thursday before lington-Washington Futurity she11 of a nce eat Pteher a11" at Arlington Park. 2n Honest Pleasure, ridden IS" fte by Darrell McHargue, for ckI vu.l" Blair, whose season at the carries as navy powered up and down the field from the Stanley Morgan.

The Maryland attack, which going against the Redskins Friday night. A tough assignment. fourth quarter. Navy's defense gave the Morgan, the Vols' fleet tail needed a cure for its functional Although acknowledging this to be true, Marchibroda said, back, carried a draw play 50 failures as well as its injuries, straight I and power I forma-tions. Coach George Welsh, start "If you expect to be a winning team, you do whatever you have Plate has been almost a com- yards for one touchdown and to do, and we weren capable of it.

I learn something new did not put points on the board until there were only six min ran back a punt 70 yards for an 5urin i i- the board quickly with an r.b.i. Middies two more chances to score in the final period, twice recovering fumbles at the Virginia 28-yard line, but Rogers could not get the ball into the about this team every day." What was the lesson accruing from this mess? other. He finished the night utes left In the game. with 93 yards in 10 carries. Amonvln nr 9 single in the first inning.

The hit afr2-year- 4wed. a lead-off triple by "That we can't stand prosperity," said the coach. "We played a good game in Houston last week, and were encour ing his third season as head coach at Navy, employed three quarterbacks. He started senior Phil Poirier, who guided Navy to one touchdown, then used sophomore John Kurkowski, It became apparent on the Ken Singleton. Even then, it took a spectacular catch by Kim Koover of a Larry Dick pass to culminate a 79-yard touchdown drive.

The end zone. "We played too conserva long run that Brechbiel was un aged. If you can build on something like that, you might be on n.L7'T.y Later in the inning, Blair able to continue playing. He tively in the first half," said an the way. Off this performance, you have to say we can't put alertly raced missed Morgan at the Terps' 30, elated Welsh.

"We tried to do who led the Middies to four Terps spent most of the night fumbling (six times) and roak- two good games together. You can't fumble three times deep in the other team's territory and expect to win, but we did, and i scores, and freshman Steve See MARYLAND, B4, Col. 3 SViy4nyra Z' center-fielder Bill Baldwin lec ted $140,610. It was the few admiring colt's third win in five races ua affar Mfhi- See NAVY, B4, Col. 4 it is the same sort of thing we have been saying for six weeks now." this year He previously had bat of May- fhe After thinking things over for a moment, the disappointed Patriots vote to strike; Giants delay Marchibroda came up with an observation, probably as much won wiu up play paid 0f 33 Blair was Honest Pleasure was aDie t0 Baltimore's seo-bunched tn the midst of the 0d on Don Baylor's single to reassure himself as his audience.

19-nwse pack, largest in u-i jft "We've got a winning program, and we're going to win," he said. "Like I said, we learn something new every day. More clubs held meetings and the league took immediate action in response to the Patriots' tunty history, and broke Brooks Robinson started the through in the middle of the second inning with a single and track as the field turned for two outs later, Singleton home. He had plenty of room walked for the 108th time this in the middle of the track year (the club record is 109 set strike vote. people fail with talent than without it.

We have talent, but it takes time to put all the pieces together. You just don't turn it all around overnight." Much has been made through the exhibition season that Colt A New England club spokes' Bowl, and there were indications of support from at least one other NFL team. A few hours after the New England move was announced, the New York Giants voted to delay the start of their Saturday night game against the Miami Dolphins for a half hour in a show of sympathy for the man said the Patriots had vot After the New York owner, Wellington Mara, the Dolphins coach, Don Shula and four Miami players spoke to the New York team, the Giants agreed to start the game in the Orange Bowl at 8.08 P.M., eight minutes late. The club had taken the field for brief warmups at 7.57 P.M., 40 minutes late. Meanwhile, several other By The Associated Press A week before the scheduled start of the regular season, the National Football league's labor problems exploded with a strike vote by the New England Patriots yesterday.

The Patriots voted to refuse to play today's scheduled final exhibition game against the New York Jets at the Yale ed, 39 to 2, with five abstentions mistakes that kept piling up and causing losses were mental, and held off the chalenge of by Don Buford in 1970). Blair Khyber King and Rule The then connected on a 1-2 pitch rather than physical, thus could be corrected. to take the strike action. Immediately after the vote was an mage wno iirasnea inira and sent his fourth home run of I've never quite understood why mental mistakes should be considered less fatal than physical mistakes, as long as they charging on the outside. nounced, a management repre- the season sailing into the up See MORNING AFTER, B4, Col.

1 per deck in left See STRIKE, B4, Col. 2 After that, only the margin of victory was in doubt Grich raised the count to 7-0 with his Grambling crushes Morgan State, 40-7 ABA team picks Claws as name to grab fans four-bagger in the eighth and Blair produced the final run in the ninth against reliever Gene Pentz with a fly to left following singles by Mark Belanger By JOHN W.STEWART By ALAN GOLDSTEIN and Singleton. Sun Staff Correspondent Tm just up there swinging could wake him up and he'd run now, Blair saia. realize a 4.5 40-yard dash for you. He has run 4.4, is capable of 4.3, too late for me to hit .300 so I've got to take one game at a time." and pro scouts consider him one of the finest defensive backs in Blair's hitting spree was the nation." more than matched by the He will get no argument Washington Powerful Grambling College exploded for two touchdowns in the first two minutes of actiom and crushed Morgan State University, 40 to 7, before 29,112 football fans in RFK Stadium yesterday afternoon.

All-America James Hunter was a one-man blitzkrieg for Grambling. The senior defensive back and kick return specialist reeled off an 80-yard from Morgan State, which ab sorbed its seventh straignt and most lopsided loss at pitching of Alexander, who evened his record at 8-8 and is beginning to look like the hurler the Orioles thought he was when they got him in 1971 in the trade with the Dodgers for Frank Robinson. the hands of the Tigers since a victory in the first game of the current series in lSbB. punt return for a touchdown in One of the few bright spots Alexander walked two and fJ4-3- ft njPZZ liMlBiiMii Am! mmmMms tern mm lllipliiilsik ir yr Jjfc 1illlii urn mtt i i Siiiiiii i i niia the game opening minute, and for the outclassed Baltimore struck out three and never was team was the running of Lloyd in any real trouble. later had a 24-yard run with an interception and a 30-yard punt return to set up two more Flags, Towers and Crabs, a close relation to the Claws.

Headline writers certainly approve of the choice. "Claws Win," or, perish the thought, "Claws Bow," fits nicely in a one-column slot The first writer to have Baltimore "clawing its way to victory" will get an early vacation. Rudolph DeAtley, a 33-year-old engineer from Reis-terstown, was the first to submit the winning name. He will receive two season tickets, a week in Ocean City and be an honored guest at the opening game. Club president David Cohan feels the nickname fits in perfectly with a Christmas week promotion.

The Claws and Santa Claus have something in common. At least Cohan thinks so. But did not a fellow named Rudolph win the prize? The Claws should make an interesting logo, but will they share uniform space with cole slaw and french fries? Now that his team has a See CLAWS, B15, Col. 4 Referees can look for a lot of scratching, pulling, scraping, tearing, clutching and digging by the home team when the Baltimore Claws make their basketball debut at the Civic Center, October 25. Yes, the Claws (it is a name that kind of grabs you) won out in the Name-The-Team Contest conducted by Baltimore's new American Basketball Association franchise.

The Claws nosed out the Hustlers, who finished a surprising second after being scratched as the name of the club after a brief, but tumultuous one-week reign. Also favored among the 5,000 entries were the Breakers (Ocean City is not really all that close) and the Keys (as in Francis Scott). Most of the names submitted had a sense of history or geography about them, as in the case of the Claws. Among the also-rans were the Steam, Admirals, Anthems, Hard-shells, Docks, Harbors, Shots, McCleave. The 200-pound "Eight runs always helps," freshman running back gave his the right-hander said after- scores.

team a lift late in the first (ward. "Once we got that big The 6-foot-3, 195-pound sen ior finished with 178 return quarter wnen ne sianea arouno. lead, I just concentrated on the right side at his own 25- throwing strikes and tried to yards on 9 carries, scored a yard line, cut back across traff- make them hit the ball some- touchdown. Intercepted a pass, ic and outraced 170-pound Ti- where. For some reason.

I al- ger defender Michael Harris to ways seem to pitch well here lost two fumbles and recovered a Morgan bobble. All of which the goal-line. and in Boston. I guess maybe prompted Grambling coach Eddie Robinson to exclaim later The All-State product from it's because I realize you can't Kenwood High School in Balti- make a mental lapse in these more county ended with 107 two parks. You can't make a "You didn't see him do it all today.

When we put him on offense as a flanker, there are vards in 9 carries; and a lost mistake. few linebackers in the country fumble. He and Hunter were "I feel right now that I'm chosen as the most valuable ready to go out and pitch every Sunpapersphoto Irving Phillip! Morgan State quarterback Greg Grimes (18) keeps wary eye on the Grambling defense as he hands off to Jesse Moore (33) plunging into the line for 3-yard gain. who can stay with him. He can See MORGAN, B4, Col.

6 See ORIOLES, BiO, Col. 1 also be a running back. You.