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Boston Sunday Globe November 5, 1972 76 Jjucknell lines cut UMass string, 28-15 9 for 31, a fumble and a seat on the bench). But Bucknell (now 5-2) won the game where coaches always tell you games are won in the line. One hero for the victors was sophomore quarterback Don Rubright, who in his first varsity start picked apart the UMass secondary (187 yards, 13 ball at the Bucknell 33 on a bad punt, drove to the 13 and seemed certain to score. But Pennington threw where Schubert wasn't, at the goal line, and there was another interception. But the game was far jrom over.

Pennington was replaced' by Mark Tripucka in the third quarter, and Tripucka took the Minutemen right in, for a score. Then he hit Tim Berra for the two points and it was 21-15. UMass finally had some momentum and there was a whole quarter left to play. With 11:25 left in the contest, it came to the biggest play of the game for UMass. It was fourth and four at the Bucknell 41.

So Tripucka went back to pass, and as 1 he tried to throw for Befra, big Bucknell who played against Yogi in the "50 Series) batted the pass down. And momentum was gone. Bucknell drove and scored with less than 1:30 left. And UMass is 6-1. Bucknell's offensive line pushed UMass's tackles all over the field.

And their defensive line? Pennington, who had trouble with his footing to start with, was running for his life all day and got sacked Six times. Paul Metallo never got outside on the sweeps as his linemen were being shovedback. Once, the Minutemen started on their own 44 and punted from their six. 'Nough. said.

So paradise was lost near the banks of the Susquehana Riven And it must have been one grusome eight-hour bus ride back to Amherst. Peter Gammons Globe Staff tEWISBURG, Pa. This forsaken JJown was heretofore known only as the ffijace where Daniel Berrigan, Jimmy Alger Hiss spent involuntary vacations. Now it has something else to be Jrpud of it is the place of UMass's lost. evt fjOFor the dreams of the Boardwalk 5Srwi and the Lambert Trophy are still underneath the mud of grotesque fplson Stadium, as UMass's unbeaten seaport' yesterday was halted by Bucknell, maybe UMass was thinking ahead.

tni yes, field was a delta swamp hich had the Minutemen's Speedy like they were playing on KSafden ice. And it was the worst day of Pennington's life (five interceptions, Bucknell drove down the field, with Bob Langan getting the first of his two touchdowns on a 16-yard run through a hole Two-Ton Tessie could have broken through. In fact, it got to be 21-0 for Bucknell midway through the second quarter and UMass had one first down and had not reached it own 35. A Steve Schubert gallop with a slant-in pass made it 21-7 in that second quarter. At the end of the half, UMass got the ON.

THE RUNCharley DiPpnziaro of Rutgers zips! for yardage in 21-13 win over UConn. (UPIJ, 1 defensive tackle Ed Jones (ironically, son of ex-Phillies star Puddin Head Jones, win tnpsmre, ermont New Ha Whalennabs 133 yards, winning TD United Press International Yankee Conference Conf All W-L-T W-L-T UMass 4-0-0 6-1-0 Connecticut 3-4-0 Vermont 4-3-0 New Hampshire 2-2-0 3-4-0 Maine 1-4-0 2-5-0 Rhode Island 0-4-0 3-5-0 Ik ML Olsonitosses break jinx of 50years United Press International ORONO, Maine Quarterback Earl Olson, threw fourth period touchdovm pass to tight end Ken livan and then hit him with a gambling two-point conversion toss yesterday as the University of Vermont snapped 50-yer jinx by defeating Maine, 15-14. The victory was the first for a Vermont football team at Orono since 1922. The Catamounts, trailing 14-0 in the final petiod, scored twice within seven minutes on the passing of Olson. Olson first hit flanker Tony Jones with a 17-yard scoring toss and Paul Ku-bielski kicked the extra point.

The Vermont quar DURHAM, N. H. Sophomore halfback Ed Whalen scored on a one-yard plunge early in the fourth quarter yesterday to give New Hampshire a 14-10 victory over Rhode Island Whalen's touchdown was set up by a fumble recovery by defensive end Milford Skane on the Rhode Island 30. The recovery came one play after New Hampshire fumbled and URI recovered on the 6ame 30, Whalen's score came after a one-yard plunge by URI fullback Dan Whitak-er late in the third quarter that put URI ahead briefly Jennings hits high gear as Rutgers wins No. 400 United Press International NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J.

Jim Jennings scored three touchdowns and rushed for 172 yards on 32 carries yesterday as Rutgers defeated Connecticut, 21-13. The win was the 400th in the 103-year history of Rutgers football against 378 defeats and 36 ties. Jennings, who gained 107 yards in the first half, including 70 in one drive- had touchdown runs of three, one and two yards, the last coming with six seconds left in the game. UPENDED University of New Hampshire's John Sexton (34) is dumped by Rhode Island's Bob Intro- ini. New Hampshire went on to win the Yankee Conference encounter, 14-10.

Connecticut 0 0 0 1313 Rutgers '7 7 0 7-21 Rut Jennings 3run (Pesc kick) Rut-Jennings 1 run (Pesc kick) Con Torkelson 14 run (Innis kick) Con Tellier irun (pass failed) Rut Jennings 2 run (Pesc kick) A 10,000 UMass coach takes all blame terback followed that with a five-yard touchdown aerial to Sullivan and then combined with Sullivan for the two-point conversion. Maine dominated the first half, getting a pair of touchdowns on passes by quarterback Ron Cote. Cote's scoring throws covered 14 yards to split end Dave Paul and 27 yards to tight end Steve Leathe. Vermont defensive tackle Jpfn Hemphill, set up the first Catamount score by recovering a fumble at the Maine 31 10-7, The Wildcat's first touchdown, a two yard plunge by Monte Marracco in the second quarter, was set up by safety Brad Yu-rek's interception of a Paul Ryan pass at the URI 35. Marracco's score made it 7-3 in favor of New Hampshire.

New Hampshire stopped a would-be fourth quarter touchdown when linebacker Rick. Langlo intercepted another Ryan pass in the end zone and ran the ball back 35 yards. URI opened the scoring when Charles Ultch kicked a 39 yard field goal in the first quarter. Rhode Island 3 0 7 0 10 New HamDstiirs 0 7 0 7 Rl FG Ultch 3 NH Marrocco 2 run (Guico kick) Rl Whitoker 1 run (Ultch kick) NH Whalen run (Giuca kick) A 9,513 The junior tailback now has rushed for 900 yards in eight games this season. Connecticut, plagued by fumbles and interceptions, finally got its offense un-tracked in the fourth quarter.

Eric Torkelson ran 14 yards for score and Ray Tellier snuck over from one yard out to cut Rutgers' lead to 14-13 with 3:30 left in the game. The Huskies went for the two point conversion on the last score but Tell-lier's pass to Bob Robus-telli was batted away by Tony Pawlick. Fred Billock intercepted a Connecticut pass in the closing minutes to set up Jennings's final score. Rutgers is now 4-4 while UConn dipped to 3-4. Burns paces Nichols, 25-0 Associated Press DANBURY, Conn.

Nichols College's Mike Burns completed nine of 15 passes for 191 yards as he rallied the Bisons to a 25-0 victory over Western Connecticut State yesterday in the victors' By Peter Gammons Globe Staff LEWISBURG, Pa. In one dressing room, coaches, players, fa- thers and managers were thrown into a shower. the other, UMass coach Dick MacPherson's spoke softly above the monastic silence. fault," he said after his team's first loss which was to a Bucknell team the good fans of Amherst figured would be worse than Vermont. "It was my fault and mine alone.

The kids turned it around and made a great comeback; then I violated the first rule of good football." He was talking about a decision he made with 11:52 remaining. It was 21-15, Bucknell, and UMass had a fourth-and-four at the Bucknell 41. "We had momentum," said Mac-Pherson. "Mark (Tripucka) brought us back and had just gotten the two-point conversion and I got cocky. We had to kick because our defense was stopping them.

We should have kicked it down there and since they had punting problems, we would have had great field position. "But I had to go and take it away from them." Tripucka's pass was batted down. "It's a damned shame. And I feel awful. Just awful.

"But give Fred Prenders and Bucknell credit. They came to play. They took advantage of our young secondary, they outhit us all day and a big thing was that they never allowed us to get a kickoff or punt runback, and Steve. Schubert's run-backs are part of our arsenal." There is little question that UMass came down here thinking about Holy Cross and BC. "If so, said MacPherson, "it's the fault of the coaches.

It's our job to have the kids prepared." Across the way, Prenders was babbling. "We just thought that they were a little weak on defense at the guards and tackles and maybe we could get them thinking by throwing the ball. UMass is a great team, the best we've played. But our kids out-hit them." PETER GAMMONS Vermont 0 0 0 1515 Moine 7. 7 0 014 final game of the season.

Western 0 0 0 0-0 wain Paul 15 pass irom uay Nichols 1 1 13 4-25 (McConnell kick) Nic-FG Wenzel 55 Wain Leathe 27 pass from Cody uiC pa Wenzel 25 (McConnell kick) Nic Burns 7 run (kick blocked) Ver Jones 17 pass from Olson (Jaku- Nlc Ferraro 62 pass from Burns (Wen- bielfki kick) zel kick) Ver Sullivan 5 pass from Olson (Sulll- Nic-Anderson 2 run (kick blocked) van pass from Olson) A-300 Bucknell sinks UMass in slop Amherst dazzles Tufts, 49-0 Bucknell UMass PUNTING No. of punts Bowdoin batters Bates for first triumph, 37-10 43.7 77 By Steve Lowe Globe Correspondent FIRST DOWNS Total 20 RUSHING Attempt 50 Net yards gained 155 PASSING Yards sained 187 Passes attempted 23 CompMed 13 Had Intercepted 1 TOTAL OFFENSE Yards 342 13 Punting average 38.9 36 PENALTIES 53 Yards penalized 61 211 FUMBLES 41 Fumbles lost 2 15 Score by periods: 5 Bucknell 7 14 264 UMass 0 7 Attendance 6,800. 8 915 half. Murphy and Scott teamed for another score, and Ken Washington ran four yards for the final six-pointer. Tufts coach Rocky Carzo had only praise for Amherst.

"They are an outstanding team. They're so well balanced, they can threat. Shortly thereafter the Lord Jeff defense tallied on its own as Butch Brown took an errant pass 40 yards along the right sideline to paydirt. The Lord Jeffs put the game away, scoring the first two times they handled the ball in the second hurt with either the run or the pass," he commented. "Nobody can stop Murphy and Scott at this level of competition." Murphy completed nine of 11 passes for 179 yards and three scores.

Scott grabbed six of those for 148 yards and three TDs. FIRST PERIOD Bucknell 7. UMass 0 Bob Langan, 16-yard run at 6:59. PAT: David Boyer kick. Drive covered 74 yards in 11 plays, with auarterback Dan Rubright completina five passes.

Langan ran through huge holes over left tackle and walked In untouched. SECOND PERIOD Kubacki's passing got good ground support from Fulcina and halfback Joe Bonasera, who between them chalked up most of the Polar Bears' 269 rushing. Bates scored first on, a I short plunge by Chris Ham that was set up by a 45- yard pass play. The teams I went into half time knotted at Bowdoin's record stands. at 1-5.

Bates, which has. won only once in the last i 29 outings, now has a 1-6 1 record. i Bowdoin 10 0 7 50-37 Botes 7 3 0 0-10 Bate Horn 2 run (kick Bayek) Bow Safety Tufts blocked punt in end Brockport State drops Curry, 7-0 United Press International MILTON Senior fullback Bob Casullo banged over from the one-yard line late in the fourth Associated Press Maine Sophomore quarterback Bob Kubacki threw two touchdown passes and scored one himself to lead Bowdoin to a 37-10 victory over Bates yesterday. It was Bowdoin's first victory of the season. The contest was close until the final period when Bowdoin exploded with three touchdowns one a spectacular 52-yard pass play from Kubacki to halfback Steve Fulcina.

Springfield still winless 21-17 AMHERST This town's "other" team, unbeaten but little publicized Amherst College, blanked Tufts, 49-0, yesterday. An onery defense helped the potent Amherst offense, with pro prospect Rick Murphy at the helm, tally 35 first-half points. The defense recovered two fumbies and intercepted two passes, and three of the turnovers resulted in Amherst scores. The Murphy to Freddie Scott duo connected five times for 136 yards and two TDs in the opening half, and Bob Blood and Bob Wilson scampered for a 95-yard total by inter Bucknell 13, UMass 0 Langan, 10-yard run at 1:32. PAT: Kick failed.

Second play otter Steve Ecyk recovered Peil Pennington fumble at 22. Rubrlaht passed 12 yards to Bill Stein, then Langan cut back over lett guard and draqqed three UMass tackl-ers into end zone. Bucknell 21. UMass 0 Mitch Farbstein, 4-yard run at 8:50. PAT: Rubright pass to Corl Probst.

Drive covered 42 yards in three plavs, with 37-yarder from Rubrioht to Biii Stein preceding TD. Farbstein bulled over left auard. Bucknell 21, UMass 7 Steve Schubert, 58-yard pass from Pennington at 9:46. PAT: Mark Palau kick Drive covered 63 yards in three p'ays. Schubert cut over middle from soltt rtat position, took Pennington pass at midfield.

and solit the two safeties and outraced them for touchdown. THIRD PERIOD Bucknell 21, UMass 15 Paul Metallo, 8-yard poss from Mark Trioucka at 13:52. PAT Tim Berra, poss from Tripucka. Drive covered 42 yards In 9 plays, with key play a 15-vord doss from Tripucka to Berra. On TD, Metallo delayed, then slid out of backfield for Mumbo'd Jumbos FIRST DOWNS Total 1 Rushing 14 5 Passing 3 4 Penalties I RUSHING Attempts 58 42 Yards gained Yards lost Net yards gained 242 141 PASSING Yards gained 179 63 Posses attempted 15 19 Completed 10 7 Had intercepted 0 2 TOTAL OFFENSE Yards 421 204 Plays passing rushing 73 61 PUNTING No.

of punts 4 9 Punting average 32.5 25.8 Punts returned I 3 Yards returned 0 15 KICKOFFS No. returned 1 8 Yards returned 23 41 PENALTIES Number 3 3 Yards penalized 25 15 FUMBLFS Number I 2 Fumbles lost I 2 Score by Periods: Amherst 14 21 14 049 Tufts 0 0 0 00 A Wilson. 4 run. (Osborne kick). A Scott, 65 pass from Murphy.

(Osborne kick). A Browne, 65 interception return. (Osborne kick). A Blood, 5 run. (Osborne kick).

A Scott, 17 poss from Murphy. (Osborne kick). A Scott, 12 pass from Murphy. (Osborne kick). Bow Bird 2 pass from Kubacki (Kubacki run) Bote FG Bavek 32 7 Bow Bonasera 2 run (Elios kick) 52 pass from Kubacki (kick Elias) Bow Kubockf 3 run (Ellas kick) Bow-Dunn 8 run (kick failed) A 1 Trinity routs Coast Guard Associated Press HARTFORD Trinity, led by high-scoring split end Ron Duckett, broke open in the third quarter with three touchdowns yesterday and went on to defeat visiting Coast Guard, 35-9.

The" Trinity offense dominated the game with 440 total yards, leaving Trinity 4-2 for the season. The Cadets had 214 yards in losing their fifth game against three Worcester Tech rakesrRPI, 35-6 Associated Press TROY, N.Y. Worcester Tech rolled to a 35-6 triumph over RPI yesterday as quarterback Mike Ball threw four touchdown passes and ran for 107 yards. The Worcester defense limited RPI to only 46 yards on the ground and intercepted five passes. Worcester Tech 0 15 1435 Rensselaer Poly 0 0 0 66 WT Pitts 1 run (kick failed).

WT Buell 28 pass from Ball (Schwartz run). WT Schwartz 7 pass from Ball (Aubrey kick). WT Grohom 5 pass from Bali (Aubrey kick). RPt Gleason 5 run (Mannino kick). WT Gray 31 pass from Ball (Aubrey kick).

quarter yesterday to give Brockport State a 7-0 victory over Curry. Casullo's touchdown capped an 88-yard drive that began after Curry missed a field goal attempt from the Brockport 12-yard line. The win was Brockport's fourth in six games while Curry is now 5-3. Curry recovered three Brockport fumbles but was unable to capitalize on them. Curry drives were stalled twice inside the Brockport 10-yard line.

Maritime lays-. N.E. low, 39-0 pass of goal line. FOURTH PERIOD Bucknell UMass 15 Mike Farbstein, 3ywd run of 13:41. PAT: Beyer kick.

Drive covered 2 yards in 8 plavs offer TripucKo coss was batted ond intercepted. Farbstein carried 7 times for all yordoge and scored on power run off left tackie. INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Associated Press SPRINGFIELD Greg Lindsey caught a 40-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Andy Uske in the fourth quarter to give Wagner College a 21-17 victory over winless Springfield yesterday. Springfield (0-7) had taken a 17-14 lead midway through the third period mission. The first play from scrimmage gave an indication of which way the ball was to bounce.

On a short pass completion at the Tufts 26, Amherst's Pete Brawley jarred the ball loose. Amherst recovered on the 17, and Bob Wilson drove into the end zone three plays later. Midway through the period Scott turned a Murphy screen pass into a dazzling 65-yard score. Derrell Hendrix's second-quarter interception of a Mike Metzler pass thwarted Tufts' only real X1C J.N iM ri.ti. Sophomore halfback Lay ran for four touchdowns yesterday, including a 92-yard jaunt, to power Maine Maritime to a 39-0 win over Ttfpw Tn0Tsn4J Kusning A Washington.

4 run. fOsborne kick). A Washington, 4 run. (Osborne kick). INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Rushing Plover (School) Aft.

Yds. Ave. Lorg Rittenhbuse, T. 16 98 61 33 B'ood. A.

II 70 64 28 Wilson. A. 15 61 4 0 11 Norton. T. 12 55 4.6 20 Possine Como.

Art. Yds TD Int. Murphy, A. 9 11 179 3 0 Metzler, T. 9 15 51 0 2 Receiving No.

Yds. TD Scott, A 6 3 Crosby. T. .3 33 0 Wilson, A. 26 2 Plover (School) At- Yds.

Farbstein (B) 20 113 Langan (B) '7 83 Metaiio (U) 19 i Cummings (U) 10 30 Passina Como. Aft. Yd. TO Inf. Rubrioht 13 23 0 Penninoton 9 31 161 1 4 TriDUCKQ 10 1 1 Receiving No.

Yds. TO ka (U) 5 70 0 Schubert fj) 2 66 1 Probst 2 57 0 S'ein (Bl 5 0 Berra fUl 3 35 Metallo (U) '19 1 iiima College. Maine Mairttme 1 20 7 New England College 0 0 0 00 Mne Annis 22 interception return (kick failed) Wne Loy 2 run (kick blocked) Mne Lay 20 run (oass failed) Mne Rotsko pass from Keene (Raissl Mne Lav 3 run (roissl kick) Mne Lav 92 run (Raissi kick)-A 500 on a 23-yard field goal by Jim DeSanti. Wcaner 7 7 7-21 Springfield 2 T2 3 ,017 Woo VorWes IS run (Schoefer kick) So Safety Uske tackled in end zone Sp Koceich 16 run (run failed) So Matthews 2 run (run failed) Wag Vito'e 1 run (Schoefer kick) So FG DeSontj 23 WaaLindsey 40 pass from Uske (Schoefer kick) pse 04-nov-72 Coo st Guord 0 3 0 9 Trinity 7 0 21 735 Trin McCobe 1 run (Rows kick) CG FG Ciccolone 19 Trin Kuncio 6 run (Raws kick! Trin Duckette 15 run (Raws kick) Trin Duckette 22 pass from Wiezen-thai (Raws kick) Trin Hons 1 run (Raws kick) C.G. Kelley 40 pass from Harner (run foiled) A 2,000 RPI II 28-34 142 10365 734 II 9-109 WPI First Downs 24 Rushes-yards 70-322 Passing yards 110 Passes 7-10-7 Punts-ave.

3-25 Fumbles-lost 4-1 Penalties-yards 5-54 BrockDorf St. 0 0 0 77 Curry 0 0 0 00 BS Tosullo I run (Xasiordc kick) A-ZOOO i.