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1 yryryrrw SPORT TT3 81 Boston Sunday Globe September 17, 197! vy 1 ikon powers HQ 24-14 Canada wins first test in Eiu'ope, 4-1 "till aisa Jte Story, Page 85 HOLY CROSS BACK JOE WILSON RIPS UP THE MIDDLE IN CRUSADERS' 24-14 VICTORY OVER RUTGERS (Frank O'Brien Photo) Saturday 's heroes ox keep rolling, 10-0. MR behind Tiant, 4 5 AL East: Status quo Pet. GB TP BOSTON 76 62 .551 17 Detroit 76 64 .543 1 16 Baltimore 76 65 .539 13 New York 74 67 .525 3Va 14 Games to play Yesterday's results Detroit 2 Milwaukee 1 By Joe Concannon Globe Staff WORCESTER Quiet Joe Wil--son, running so effectively on a -slightly sprained ankle that it almost boggles the mind to visualize what he'll be like when he's healthy, led Holy Cross to a surprisingly easy 24-; ill victory over Rutgers yesterday at sun-lit Fitton Field. In the process, he virtually re- wrote the Holy Cross record book with a performance that repeatedly" brought the opening day crowd of 4 to its feet and, when it was over) had just about everyone in each locker room groping for words to de-' scribeit. Briefly, Wilson carried the ball 34 times for 274 yards and scored all three Holy Cross touchdowns.

He nudged the late Stan Koslowski out of the record book in rushing attempts and single game yards and, early in the third period, passed Kos-' lowski as the all-time Holy Cross rushing leader. He now has 1739 yards in two years and one game. The pattern was set early. Wilson carried the first time Holy Cross had .4 ball. He went three yards up" the middle.

Wilson carried the second "time. He busted through a big hole over left tackle and went 70 yards to the seven. He carried once again off left tackle and carried a couple of Rutgers players with him into the end zone. Wilson had 109 yard before 'the first quarter was over. He had 179 at the half.

He carried six times out of seven play for a touchdown to open the third quarter. Holy Cross had a at this juncture (neighborhood freshman Jerry Kelly kicked an earlier field goal), and his team took it from there. "And," said Holy Cross coach Ec Dohfrty in a steamed-up locker -roosB, "he had a bad It' was badly taped He couldn't get the full pusff off He got caught twice from behmd. You don't see that happen very often. We knew he'd have days like this.

I'm looking forward to seeing iim when he's right." John Batetrian, Rutgers coach, simply said "he's a1 great running back. His reservation, h'e was that he was caught from behind so, he thought, he lacked the speed to be a super one. Someone told him Wil-son had a bad ankle. Bateman changed his tune: "If he gets healthy he "he'll go all the way all right." Wilson, whose entire Roxbury family needed 23 tickets. I even had to buy some of them) was in the stands to see him, hurt his ankle in a scrimmage last Saturday against Springfield.

"I almost have a cast on my ankle," he said, "so I'm sacrificing a little speed. It's going' to take time to heal because I'm constantly running on it. 'I don't think about things like records. Give Buck Buchanan' the credit. He's one of the greatest blockers in the world.

If.it, wasn't for Buck, I wouldn't be breaking1 any records. And the line. I really feel good the line. We've been jelling. It's coming.

But we've got a ways to go yet." --v '1 guess," said Buchanan, "I'd like to carry the ball more. But the way Joe runs you-can't complain. I like to block for him. I look and see what he does. A lot of times he doesn't get the blocks and they still don't tackle him They'll get a hand here, a knee end he's past them.

I ihaye friends on the Rutgers They just said, 'That Joe Wilson's too much'." Holy Cross-Rutgers, statistics on Page 87 7 Baltimore 7 New York 3 RECORD BREAKER Holy Cross back Joe Wilson gained 274 yards i rushing, a Holy Cross record, as the Crusaders opened the season on a bright note, thumping Rutgers, 24-14. (Frank O'Brien photo) j' -y Evans broke towards right center tor the hard smash, flipped his glasses and when he was about 15 feet from the ball Evans stuck out his gloved mitt (left) and snagged the ball about a foot from the ground. No rolling over or extra act with the catch. He seemed to play the ball as though he knew exactly where it was going. "I went into the sun and I saw it coming out again fast," said Evans.

"I had a chance to work out in the spot yesterday around four o'clock, so I had a pretty good idea where to look for the ball." When Evans went to bat in the next inning, he got a nice hand, but he was batting out of turn and had he hit a home run it could have been taken away from him. He popped out, so nothing happened. Luis was making his first start against the Indians, most of whom are quite new to him. And he had a single run in the first, Harper's homer; another in the second, Fisk's homer; and five in the thiid when Carl hit his two-run homer to send Tidrow to the showers. In came Steve Hargan to last three hitters, a single and two walks, and then Dennis Middleberger tried things.

He gave up a walk and single and it was 7-0. Tiant had given up a single in the third and two in the fourth and from there the only Indians who got on bases were Duffy, who walked in the fifth, and Kurt Bevacqua, who walked in the eighth. The Indians used Marcellino Lopez, Ray Lamb and Bill Butler over the late innings. Doug Griffin, who came out of a slump in New York in the second game, hit his second homer of the year off Lamb, who seems to find his way into the Indians lineup about every other day. It was the second softest game for the Red Sox this year.

Sonny Siebert pitched a three-hit, 12-0, shutout over the Texas club on June 19th. But it may not be any picnic today. The Red Sox will face Gaylord Perry and wet pitches or not Perry has been tough, though he now has his 20 wins and may relax a bit. "Easy game, Luis?" the right hander was asked. "No game is that easy," said the pitcher who also had a single in the game and lined out another time.

But I liked my control a lot better. I have been getting my breaking pitches up high and that's dangerous. Today I had a good breaking ball and good change-of-pace. I didn't have to throw the fast ball as much." Related stories, box score on Page 82. By Clif Keane, Globe Staff General Custer would've loved it.

Six Indian pitchers went back to their wigwam yesterday while Luis Tiant was pitching a three-hit, 10-0 shutout at Fenway Park and now the playoffs are one game closer for the Red Sox. It was Luis's fifth shutout of the year and pleased the Cuban righthander more than a little since the man with many moves and shakes had been having a little trouble with his control lately. "My arm was getting a little tired," said Luis after he had won his 12th game against five defeats. Maybe he is back on another winning streak, after having his run of seven straight broken by the Yankees in New York. The 17,235 and where are the people who are talking about the Red Sox going all the way and not showing up at Fenway Park? liked Luis's performance a great deal, and some scouts like the work of the Indians' pitching staff.

"I didn't come in vain to this game," said one of the scouts. "I had a chance to look at at least half of the Cleveland pitchers and now I know what to report in one game." The Indians started righthander Dick Tidrow again. In Cleveland the Red Sox whacked the man's stuff hard, and yesterday Tidrow was out of the game in the third inning after giving up home runs to Tommy Harper, in the first inning, Carlton Fisk in the second and Carl Yastrzemski in the third. It was the 14th for Harper, 22d for Fisk, and eighth for Yastrzemski. The Red Sox had a 7-0 lead "after three innings, and Eddie Kasko was able to look around at his bench.

Kasko finally had the shock troops out in full in the sixth, aid one of them was Dwight Evans, the hard-hit-. ting rookie from Louisville. Evans ran for Reggie Smith, who was sent out of the game along with Yastrzemski in the and the big guy went to rightfield when the Indians batted in the seventh. Dwight has never been to Boston before, had his first chance to play the sunfield which was very bright yesterday and the first man at bat against Tiant was Tom McCraw, who hit the first pitch on a line to right field. RIGHT TO.

RELAX Red Sox pitcher Luis Tiant dips his elbow in whirlpool bath afterhurling Sox to 10-0 win over Indians on a neat three-hitter yesterday. (Danny Goshtigian Photo) Pats and Bengals bring leaky defenses to Schaefer opening By Will McDonough Globe Staff A special pro football preview section Pages 74-79 The Patriots gave up 187 in as many games. The offenses differ greatly. The Patriots have to throw the football to get anywhere. The Bengals like to run it down an opponent's throat.

Brown has great running backs in Essex Johnson, Willis, Paul Robinson and Doug Dressier. However, Anderson had a fine preseason, with 57 completions in just 84 pass attempts. Plunkett, on the other hand, even though he played just one half in almost all the exhibition games, put the ball in the air 116 times, because the Patriots couldn't consistently get a running game going. Other pro football, Fages 92-93 Brown. "We'll have to ploy a lot better defense than we did last week ii we want to beat them, "lunkettis one of the best young quarterbacks in football.

He's big, strong and can really throw." Naturally, Cinci's main objective will be to get to Plunkett. And the Bengals have the weapons to do it in Mike Reid and Shenntn White, two of the best young defensive linemen in pro football. White was Jha scond selection in the whole draft last year, and the player the Patrioh thought was the best in the nation. The defenses of both teams are suspect. The' Bengals surrendered 174 points in six exhibition games.

openers, and were underdogs in each of them. Today though, coming oft a 3 and 3 preseason, the Bengals will be four-point favorites to beat the Patriots as the second season at Schacf-'i e'r gets underway. The game, will start at 1:05. It will not be televised locally, but will be carried by WBZ radio (103). Physically, the Patriot! seem to be in the better shape of the 'two squads.

Brown is' very concerned about the availability of quarterback Ken Anderson, halfback Fred Willis and defensive tackle Steve Chomy-, iszak. All three were, banged up by 'Atlanta last weekend "We were patched up going into TOXBORO The grand master of pro football moves into Schaefer Stadium this afternoon and the Patriots are wary of his openings, 41 Whenever you face Paul Brown-coached team," says Patriots fieneral manager Upton Bell, "you know, you're facing a team, that is prepared totally." with 22 of his 64! years "spent as a head coach in pro football, has a reputation for being especially tough in the opening game of the 'season. Under the Cincinnati Bengals havt won their last three that game and we were more patched up coming out of it," said Brown. were pitiful. Everything disintegrated." Brown has to be most concerned about Anderson, his number one quarterback.

Anderson jammed the fingers on his throwing hand last Saturday, but is expected to start today. If he doesn't, Brown will call on Virgil Carter, who did a number on the Patriots the last time these two teams met. That was in the final game of the 1970 season, when the Bengals, needing a win to clinch their division, annihilated the Patriots, 45-7 perhaps the worst beating in Patriots history. "I remember that game well," said head coach John Mazur. "I don't think I'll ever be able to forget that one." However, mosi of the Patriots who were crushed that day aren't on the scene anymore.

"We have a great deal of respect for the Patriots otiense," says 'i 1.