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14 The Poeono Record, The Suoudsburgs, Pa. Nov 7, 1973 The standings Perm St. beats Warriors on 'error 1 Basketball Professional NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSN. Tuesday's results New York Buffalo Philadelphia Central Division Capital 5 5 .500 Houston 4 9 .306 Cleveland 3 10 .731 Chicago Detroit K.C.-Oma Los Angeles Portland 6 A .600 Golden State 6 -600 Seattle '0 Phoenix 7 10 .167 5 AMERICAN BASKETBALL ASSN. Tuesday's results Indiana ai Denver at San Dieoo (Only games scheduled Eastern Division Carolina New York Memphis Western Division Indiana Utah Denver San Antonio San Dieao ct .600 .500 .438 Hockey Professional NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Tuesday's results Buffalo al Vancouver (Only game scheduled) Eastern Division Mo 8 3 Buffalo 7 Toronto 6 Vancouver (slanders 2 N.Y.

Rangers 3 Detroit 2 Western Divi Philadelphia Atlanta St. Louis Chicago Los Angeles Pittsburgh California 44 26 27 26 25 33 30 29 i 33 53 gf ga 36 15 31 23 24 26 4 10 28 22 5 2 ID 29 3d 3 9 0 8 WORLD HOCKEY ASSN. Tuesday's results New York, at Edmonfon Quebec at Winnipeg Chicago al Los Angeles (Only'games scheduled) East New Enqlar Quebec' Cleveland cnicaoo Toronto New York Edmonton Winnipeg Minnesota Vancouver 1 10 8 1 6 6 0 6 3 2 6 1 i 1 3 4 2 West 1 1 0 6 5 1 5 3 1 5 5 1 3 10 0 Sporfs slate 16 14 13 11 10 13 11 11 6 gf ga 47 36 56 47 J2 36 43 35 47 52 33 50 gf ga 42 26 45 37 35 24 35 34 36 62 THURSDAY FOOTBALL scholastic Slatington at Stroudsburg, freshmen Northampton at PhillipsBurg. freshmen Parkland a) pen Argyl, junior varsity Whitehall at Emmaus, freshmen By CHUCK FIERSON Record Sports Editor EAST STROL'DSBL'KO Jimmy Startzell scored the only goal with 11:09 left in the game Tuesday as Penn State took advantage of a defensive a a a Stroudsburg State College. 10.

in Die final regular season game for the Warriors. The loss was ESSC's third after 11 wins and was the first time it was shut out this season. It also prevented the team from setting a regular- season victor)' record of 12. Penn State, ranked 13th in the country, was outplayed for most of the game. But it exerted enough pressure on the Warriors to force them to commit the costly error.

i i team i able to score in the game played in subfreezing weather. a Philadelphia Atoms star Stan, broke out of a pack on the left side. On the right ESSC's John Barras was playing Alberto Vitiello. a a cross to Vitiello, the place- kicker on last year's football team who was blocking Barras on the outside. Barras intercepted the pass and tried to get the ball back to goalie Bob Stetler.

But he did not realize Startzell was in position on Stetler. Startzell simply intercepted the pass to Stetler and put the ball into die left side of the net. "It was simply a defensive a coach McKeon said. "Why the error? a a Penn State continually put on the pressure. But on the whole 1 thought we outplayed them.

I felt we should have at least had a tie." ESSC, i defends its Pennsylvania Conference title at 2 pjn. Saturday at Slippery Rock, controlled the game much of the first half. But the Warriors gave up something in second a a were beaten between the 30s. Despite the loss, ESSC is still expected to receive a berth in the NCAA College Division tournament in which it reached the quarter-finals last year. What the defeat i a i chances of receiving the top ranking in the district and bring the first two games to ESSC remains to be seen.

The Warriors, who outshot the winner. 10-7 in Die first a i i pressure of Lot, whose two penalty kicks gave ESSC a 3-2 upset over nationally ranked Hartwick Saturday, broke out of a jam in front of the net. He crossed to Snyder, whc was a deadrange on the open i header. Penn a only real threat in the half came with about 11 minutes left. Vitiello passed to Giro Baldino on the left wing.

Baldino went i High School graduate. The right forward tried to catch the right corner of the net, but the shot was wide. The Nittany Lions, who are now 6-1-1, reversed the action a in the second a About 15 minutes into the a a passed crossfield to Baldino, who a i a Stimac. Baldino tried to cioss to Chris Bahr, the first team All-America who was unguarded in front of the goalmouth. But the pass went into the side of the net.

At about 20:30 into the half, Bahr, who caused the first postponement of the twice- delayed game, boomed a shot from about 25 yards out after a pass from Startzell. The ball hit Stetler in the chest and went about 10 feet straight up. Stetler caught in, but there were no attackers around him anyway. Bahr is also the placekicker on the football team. The game was originally scheduled for Sept.

15, but was postponed until last week so Bahr could placekick against Stamford. Last week's game was postponed due to heavy rain. A a scored, ESSC missed two final attempts. With about six minutes left, Snyder took a head from Stimac, but the shot went wide. With about four minutes remaining, Snyder crossed on the left to St.

Lot, who boomed a shot from about 18 yards. Dantzig was caught on the right side of the net, but the shot went wide on the left. Jhis sporting life-Soccer sheds shell FORWARD THRUST Frantz St. Lot of East Stroudsburg State College puts forth all of his effort Tuesday as he takes swipe at ball. ESSC lost to Penn State, 1-0.

(Staff photo by Brian Heller) their own in the first half. Early in the period i a a i shot from 30 a was pushed out by goalie Tim Dantzig, who had 15 saves. Minutes later Dan Snyder, the team's top scorer, pushed a shot which Dantzig knocked down. Blaz Stimac's i i a a i i a i goalie. With about 15 minutes gone in the half, Frantz St.

Lot's boomer was knocked down by Dantzig. The ball came loose, but he fell on it. At about 25 minutes into the period St. Penn St. Dantzig Boles Allen Viehweger Craig Matlack Bahr Marsden Garber Startle II Baldino POS OLFB ILFB IRFB ORFB LHB RHB OLF ILF IRF ORF ESSC Stetler Barras Granger Stimac Shier Kenyon Gabrielson Olson Snyder St.

Lot Baldwin By CHUCK FIERSON Record Sports Editor Last week the Eastern Scholastic Soccer League held its championship soccer game. Before nearly 750 enthusiastic fans on a cold, windy day at the "bowl" on the Lower Saucon Fields of Lehigh University, Bethlehem Freedom, the ESSL's Southern Division champion, ripped Palisades, 4-0. The ESSL is the premier soccer league in Eastern Pennsylvania. Mainly through the never-ending efforts of men like Karl Dickl of Stroudsburg and Ted Martz of Bethlehem the league has mushroomed to the point where there is serious consideration of expanding from the current 11 teams. At least one Lehigh-Northampton League member is expected to start the sport and make application to the league while another L-N school is starting the sport next year and is putting so much faith in the program it is hiring three coaches.

Up to this year the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Assn. never had a statewide soccer tournament. But thanks to the efforts of District 11 and the ESSL -call them either one; they're the same people the state will hold its first tourney this year. What all this means is that more and more people and school districts are recognizing the sport of soccer. Undoubtedly the success of the Philadelphia Atoms, the champion of the North American Soccer League, helped to propel the sport in high school circles.

Five years ago soccer was considered in the same breath as lacrosse or rugby on the scholastic level. Who knew anything about it and who wanted to? But the seed was planted at Stroudsburg and not in the Lehigh Valley. Dickl, a former all-America at East Stroudsburg State College, started the sport. It cost the school district a football coach. But it helped to prove a point.

Since then the soccer program, at Stroudsburg, through the leadership of Dickl, has become a success on the same level as football. Its success mushroomed into area schools, both in the Poconos and the Lehigh Valley. Through the work of the dedicated officials of the ESSL and District 11, other schools in the area realize the stature the sport has gained. Soccer is "the" coming thing in the United States and more and more people are finding it out. The whole point probably is that it was refreshing to see the sport shedding its infant wraps be so well accepted on the scholastic level.

But let's hope it's only the beginning. Delaware Valley, Freedom cop wins Penn St. ESSC 0 0--0 Substitutes: Penn State-Kenan, Vitiello. ESSC-Kish, Pot, Qulnn. Shots on goal: Penn State 23, ESSC 17.

Goalie saves: Penn State 15, ESSC 11. STROUDSBURG It'll be a a a a a i Bethlehem Freedom Saturday a i a I terscholastic Athletic Assn. Northeastern Regional soccer championship. Delaware Valley, the Wayne League a i beat a a League Money name of the game in $500,000 World Open PfNEHURST. N.

C. I I It wasn't the bright Carolina sun alone that drew a big smile from Sam Snead's old face. It was more the mention of money, big money. in 1938. I was the leading money-winner of the tour." the oldtimer said.

"I earned S19.000 and change. And. that was for the entire year." Snead didn't have to say it. but it sure had to be on his mind that times do change. For starting Thursday.

Snead and 239 fellow pros from all parts of the globe will take chase after $500.000 in the World Open Golf Championship. The winner will receive S100.000. the biggest single jackpot in golf history. And that's just for two weeks worth of work. "A lot of guys have played three-quarters of their life without ever getting a chance to see that kind of money." said the 61-year-old Snead.

"One hundred'thousand dollars --that's a lot of loot." Snead. though, says he has no regrets mat he scored the great majority of his 84 PGA victories in the days when golf purses amounted to little more than pocket money for today's big winners. "It wouldn't do any good to regret." he said. "Anyway. I can't complain.

I've been lucky right along and these kind of purses are good now for the young golfers." Despite the attraction of Sanderson agrees BOSTON iUPI i Center Derek Sanderson, professional hockey's knight errant, said Tuesday he would report to the Boston Braves of the American Hockey League as assigned by the parent Boston Bruins. Sanderson. 27. the first player to pull a double jump from the National Hockey League to the World Hockey and back to the" NHL. has been sidelined by a back problem incurred the first day of train ing camp.

Bruins Managing Director Harry Sinden Monday assigned Sanderson to the Braves to play himself back into shape after the center cleared waivers. There was doubt that Sanderson, the NHL Rookie of the Year in 1967-68. would take the demotion since he had stated that he wanted to play himself into shape with the Bruins. Sanderson said he had talked to his fattier about retiring but decided "I'm too young to There's no doubt in my mind I can play well. My back feels fine now." Sinden declined to pinpoint the duration of Sanderson's minor league stay.

"He could play one game with them or 60. I don't know," said Sinden, a close friend of Sanderson. "All i Derek Sanderson we're trying to do is get him into playing shape." Sanderson was not in top physical condition last season, either, returning to the Bruins after a lucrative but otherwise unsatisfying stint with the Philadelphia Blazers of Hie World Association. Sanderson played as a reserve center and penalty killer in 25 games alter returning to Boston, getting five goals and 10 assists. golf's richest prize, three of the game's superstars are missing from the field.

Jack Nicklaus. Tom Weiskopf and Lee Trevino. who rank first, third and fourth respectively on this year's money-winning list, all decided to sit out the first edition of the World Open. As a result, the sponsoring Diamondhead Corporation has hinted that it would not renew when its contract expires next year. "Personally, it doesn't make me sad not to see those guys around." Snead smiled again.

"The rules don't say that they have to be here. But if 1 was putting up that kind of money. I'd make sure the top people are there even if 1 had to guarantee them some money. That's how they do it in Europe. "If you want the best, you pay for them." Other pros take the posture that while they feel this tournament deserves support, it is still a matter of individual choice as to whether a person wishes to play.

"This is a new concept in golf and it is very important we are invited to play this kind of test." said Deane Beman. a 35- year-old pro from Washington. D.C. "We can't take lightly the challenge of making this tournament a success. But 1 can't comment on individual decisions not to play here." The entire field of 240 will play four rounds of golf, from Thursday to Sunday, over Pinehurst's No.

2 and No. 4 courses. The field then will be cut to the low 70 and ties for another four rounds next Wednesday to Saturday. Nov. 14-17.

The final rounds will be contested over the par-71. 7.007- yard No. 2. which is considered one of the finest courses in the world. Everyone who plays will receive money.

Cavs whip L.A. CLEVELAND I i Bobby Smith dropped in 14 of his game-high 22 poinls Tuesday i i a 4 0 i i a a Cleveland Cavaliers lo National Basketball Assn. victory over the Ixis Angeles Ixikcrs. Bench begins new career; says song may open doors Johnny Bench CINCINNATI (UPI) -Cincinnati Reds' catcher Johnny Bench is taking his singing debut with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra seriously and says this weekend's world premiere "could open some doors forme." Following in the footsteps of the Cincinnati Bengals' Mike Reid, who has twice played piano with the symphony, Bench will sing contemporary songs and recite "Casey at the Bat" in Friday and Saturday night performances in the seat music hall here. At a rehearsal with the 95-piece orchestra Tuesday afternoon, Bench admitted he was "very nervous, but hopeful of coming off well." "It's worse than when I first tried out for the major leagues," said the All-Star catcher.

"I was nervous then, but I was confident of my baseball ability. PiersaH to join Rangers impt for more fans ARLINGTON. Tex. I In an attempt to lure more people to the ball park. Texas Ranger owner Bob Short Tuesday hired as his promotions director Jimmy Piersall.

whose baseball career and fight for mental health were portrayed in the motion picture. "Fear Strikes Out." Piersall. who had more than a nodding acquaintance with outfield walls throughout his 17- year playing career, is the second big baseball name Short has hired in less than three months in an effort to stir some life into his last-place franchise. With only weeks left in the just completed season, Short fired manager Whitey Herzog and hired Billy Martin to deal with the won-loss record, which for both seasons of the NEW YORK i UPI i -Frank N'avarro. who was able to produce only one winning team in six seasons at Columbia University.

Tuesday resigned as Lions' head football coach effective al the conclusion of this season Navarro. 42. compiled an overall 16-33-1 record at Columbia after taking over from Aldo "Ruff" Donelli in 1968. This year the Lions are 1-1-1 and in 1972. they were 3-5-1 after being favored to win the Ivy League championship.

Columbia athletic director Kenneth G. Germann announced that N'avarro's chief aide, defensive coordinator Norm Gt'rber. would assume the head coach position a tin' season on an interim basis i a permanent successor can be found. "Afterconsiderable thought. I felt that this was the best time to let the players, staff, alumni and university officials know of my decision." Navarro said.

"I am looking for new challenges." Navarro also said that he felt his program at Columbia had been "competitive within the Ivy League which was our goal." Navarro's only winning season at Columbia came in 1971 when the Lions were 6-3. Prior to coming to the Morningside Heights campus. Navarro was a highly successful coach at Williams iMass.) College where he compiled an overall record of 28-11-1 and was named UPI's New England coach of the year in 1967, his final season there. Rangers' existence, has been the worst in baseball. Piersall, officially given the title of director of promotions and group sales, will use his wit and public speaking ability to try to boost season ticket sales and encourage organizations to send fans to the game en masse.

"My name has been kept alive on the late, late show, I guess," said Piersall, "And it helps me get my foot in the door. People keep wanting to see if I'm really the way they hear." Piersall was in the majors from 1950 to 1967, most prominently with the Boston Red Sox. In 1952 he suffered a mental breakdown but his total recovery led to him becoming an excellent defensive outfielder. His crashes into walls while making or trying to make catches became baseball legend. "We are happy to have Jimmy with us." said Short, whose team has not come close to drawing the million people a year he says he must have to keep the franchise growing.

"He brings experience, enthusiasm, energy and wit to his position. He is an excellent salesman who has fresh promotional ideas and he is a superb speaker who will be available to interested groups." Since his playing days ended Piersall has spent two years in the front office of the California Angels. "I'm not that confident of my singing. I've never had singing lessons. I'm not sure of hitting the right keys, holding my notes and the breathing.

"We don't have it all together right now," Bench added during a break in the rehearsal, referring to several cues he missed with the musicians. "But it'll be together by Friday night. "I want to satisfy myself as to whether I can bring something like this off. If I can do it, maybe it will open some doors for me. I could do some recording or work up a musical act for the off-season." Bench's appearance with the symphony is part of the orchestra's regular season pop concert schedule.

During the first half of the show Bench plans to dress in a turn-of-the-century baseball uniform and narrates "Casey at the Bat," accompanied by the orchestra and special taped sound effects. After intermission Bench will sing eight songs, such as "Tie a Yellow Ribbon 'round the Ole Oak Tree," "When You're Hot, You're Hot," "King of the Road" and "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown." Can Bench really sing? At Tuesday afternoon's rehearsal, several spectators said he sounded a lot better than they had imagined. titleholder Elk Lake, 3-0, to win the District 12 title Tuesday. Bethlehem Freedom, which won the Eastern Scholastic Soccer League title, downed i a 3-1, for the District 11 championship. In the District 12 game at i neither team could score until 11:36 of the third period when Mike Stead got an unassisted goal.

Just 2:14 later he scored again to give Delaware Valley a 2-0 lead. Stead took a pass Mark Weber at 11:30 of the final period for the third goal. The Warriors, who are now 130-3, held a 24-8 shot advantage over Elk Lake, which finished its season at 9-2-1. Bethlehem Freedom wasted i i i i i i a a a Area Community College as it took just 15 seconds before Dave Eaton passed to Tim Ehrsam for the Patriots' first goal. Things settled down and in the second period Eaton took a pass from Paul Schleifer for a 2-0 score.

Just one and a half minutes into the third period, John Lockwood boomed a shot from 30 yards out and caught a i Hochstetler playing out. But Freedom iced the game at 11:15 of the third period when Mark Skiff scored on assists by Kelly Noseworthy and Schleifer. Freedom, which is now 16-10, held a 364 edge in shots. Bishop Hafey is 6-3-2. The two winners will meet at 10 a.m.

Saturday at the Lower Saucon Fields on the Lehigh University campus. Delaware valley 0 0 2 1 3 Lake 0 0 0 0--0 Delaware Valley goals: stead 131. Assists: Weber. Elk Lake goals: None. Freedom 1 1 0--3 Bish.

Hafey 0 0 1 CU-l Freedom goals: Ehrsam. Eaton, Skiff. Assists: Eaton, Schleifer (2), Noseworthy. Bishop Hafey goals: Lockwood. Assists: None.

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