The Bangor Daily News from Bangor, Maine • 15

AliOOSTOOK Bongor Daily News Monday October 25 1976 15 1 Owls next UMO foe after Lehigh loss Bicknell was already and not backward By BUI Warner EWSi NEWS Sports Editor Speaking of sports by Owen Osborne 3 for the fall and looking forward Sunday The next foe for the Black Bears is Southern Connecticut next Saturday at New Haven Conn The Bears might not have any easy chore then either as the Owls who had an day off Saturday boast a 5 1 mark with wins over Albany State Montclair St Springfield Northeastern and Coast Guard their only loss being to American International ORONO Highly regarded lhigh lived up to its football reputation Saturday at the University of Maine's Homecoming game showing a relentless ground attack and taking advantage of UMO mistakes for a 24 0 victory over the Bears before a crowd estimated at over 7600 fans UMO Coach Jack Bicknell a positive thinker wouldn't let the loss get him down Both Maine and Lehigh are now 4 Rieker passed three yards to Larry Henshaw as Pierog converted both times "We allowed them to play their Bicknell stated Sunday adding "nut we didn't get a chance to play ours Dropped passes and fumbles hurt but they juut beatus" Bicknell allowed that if the Bears had scored prior to halftime instead of having the big pass nullified it might have been a different game "Our men never gave up but we never really had good field position and we couldn't play our game the first year UMO boss added In his typically frank manner Bicknell stated plainly "We just got hammered One casualty from the game was defensive tackle Dick Reed with a knee injury and his status is questionable "owever running bark Rudy Di Pietro ho made a token appearance on one ries and defensive end Chris Paul both expected to be back and healthy next Saturday The only time Maine penetrated into Lehigh territory was very late in the game with second string quarterback Butch Emerson connecting on a 46 yard pass to Peter Keenan The Bears got to the 15 before giving up the ball seconds before time ran out Lehigh showed most of its power in the running attack with the big strong offensive line blowing out a tough Maine defense so that the Engineers could roll up 360 yards rushing Most of the gains weren't long but Rod Gardner (174 yards) Dave April! (114 yards) and Len Daniels (48 yards) keyed the devastating Lehigh ground game The Engineers got only 60 yards passing Maine on the other hand get its offense in gear and quarterback Jack Cosgrove who might have had a super game found the statistics showing him only gaining 50 yards passing on four completions in 17 tries -However cold blustery weather which saw a short snow flurry occur must have affected his normally sure handed pass receivers who dropped 10 or a dozen which they would have ordinarily caught A couple of key fumbles also limited the Bears on their offense and penalties didn't help either Lehigh dominated first period action and Greg Pierog booted a 30 yard field goal with 3:52 to go The Bears looked like they might get on the board before the half but a 34 yard Cosgrove to Jed Palmacci pass good for a first and goal at the Lehigh seven was nullified by a penalty Pierog missed a 37 yard field goal attempt and Maine started to move only to fumble the ball back to the Engineers Aprill capped a 47 yard drive with a three yard TD run Pierog converting to make it 10 0 at the half Maine pass interceptions by Steve Giordano and Rudy Rawcliffe in the third period halted Lehigh drives but the Bears hard to give the ball back both times In the final quarter Gardner scored from two yards out and quarterback Mike Lfhiqh 3 7 0 14 J4 Marne 0 0 0 0-0 I Pier OQ )0 yd Aprill 3 run (Pierog hick) I Gerdintr 3 run (Pierog Mck) I HensDaw 3 pass from Rieker (Pteroq kick) Maine 33 3S 7 no 35 33 31 Lehigh 33 74 310 IS 7 60 3 3 33 1 3 1 6S First downs Rushes yds Passes Aitem Passes Comp Yds Passing intercepted by Punts Ave Fumbles lost Yds Penaiued Gardner garners yardage including one touchdown Visible on the play for UMO are Rudy Rawcliffe (87) Pete Weiler (11) and Tom Warren (47) along with Lehigh's Jim Dutt (3) Lehigh won the game 24-0 as both clubs now have 4-3 marks for the fall (NEWS Photo by John Storey) running back Rod Gardner (41) bulls through the UMO defense for a sizeable gain during second quarter action Saturday at Alumni Field in Orono as the Engineers fared the Black Bears in the Maine Homecoming contest Gardner a 6-1 195-pound senior from Maplewood NJ picked up 174 yards in 36 carries Bangor be-Devilled 40-12 Indians romp by Trojans 38-6 Nelson scores pair There was an unusually bright glow to the front row as the expert looked up at the class after arranging his many personal items "Good morning gentlemen do I detect some spilling faces in front as we begin our weekly disquisitioh of weekend games?" The Sunday afternoon class of MOUTH the Mentor's Organization for the Unusual Teachings of Howard was under way After a quick check to see that his hairpiece was in place Prof Hoozit added nice to see you smiling again Mr McGee Mr Mottola and Mr Naviaux Also you Mr Halliday "I know the excruciation you have suffered up to this point but now your Colby Maritime Connecticut and Belfast teams have finally tasted vistory It must be sweet indeed They nodded in unison with the feeling it would keep what The Great One Called the stilled for a time "Mr Kemp you did a bit of surprising yourself with your BU team and survived the period of animadversive antics of a few and threw the Yankee Conference into a wide open There was a stir in the back of the room that made Howard turn from a quick glance of admiration of himself in a mirror "Oh excuse me Mr Orofrio I forgot your Missouri Tigers pulled one of the day's surprises beating Nebraska Certainly that should cause a rise in your rating" Turning back to the front row he said Naviaux it just proves that patience and perseverance pay off You lost your first six games before winning I said to Mr Martin if the World Series was the best seven out of 13 possibly his Yankees might have won a game By then the Redlegs would be worn out from running the bases "Mr Hersom you seem to be in the driver's seat nght now in the state Class A race but your Eddies had better watch it this week Mr Perkins could catch you by surprise at Rumford "The Yankees almost caught the Reds reading their press clippings in the early part of that fourth game with that atrocious base running "As I said in my Playboy interview only yesterday it can happen Howard dug into his portfolio and dug out from under his mirror comb denture glue and assorted pictures of himself a metric slide rule "This Mr Brennan and Mr Hadley will be used during the week to decide the outcome of your game Saturday John Bapst is home and it will be under lights so must get a point or two there but even this method can prove vacillating Old Town has displayed no inertia and while Mr Brennan's team has displayed a fine offense the Indians of Mr Hadley have been defensive stalwarts "It will be a polemical affair to say the least" A HAND raised in the back "Yes Mr Violette?" "I just want to point out to Mr Schembechler at Michigan that the longer the winning streak the tougher they get Pitt will find that out the Winslow coach added after a late surge vs Skowhegan exactly what I was telling the new Chinese leader Kua Kuo feng only yesterday That spheroid can do some funny things "By the way Mr Gatto I must say you provide some dramatic endings to your Bates games playing defense the first half and offense the second half But Mr Mottola your Maritime team can be surprising too winning with one minute to go You have a flair for the dramatic "I've always liked that element of surpirse why I wait until the right moment to put Alex and Giffer straight during those Monday night games" He began piling things back into the portfolio unable to resist one last look in the mirror "Now gentlemen I must be off and check that new lineup of teams in the NBA Nets? Pacers? What's happening to that fine league? "But I must prepare myself because I feel they soon will be calling on me for my expertise in that field too" Thus another weekly meeting of MOUTH ended But it didn't end The Mouth Nothing it seems can defensive end Craig lxanbard at the B-23 Five plays later fullback Dan Melvin busted into the end zone from the two On next possession the Rams lost 17 yards back to their own three-yard line with a sack by Boisvert and Mike Ouellette accounting for 11 yards A 28 yard punt and a five yard return by Joey Allen set the Devils up on the 26 and six plays later Melvin who entered the game with seven touchdowns to his credit burst in from the one That made ths score 210 with 2:53 remaining in the third period Early in the fourth quarter Boisvert fell on one of three Ram fumbles in the game at the B-42 and six plays later on a fourth-and-18 situation quarterback Jim Thebarge fired a 27-yard touchdown pass to Gary Lapointe Lewiston's final march covered 39 yards in seven plays with Melvin going in from the three Bangor after yielding a 38-yard touchdown scamper by Mike Ouellette with 4:38 left in the first period played Lewiston on even terms for the remainder of the first half but couldn't tie it up A 29-yard run by Andy Brooks gave Bangor the ball at the L-8 but three of the next four plays resulted in losses and Lewiston took over at its 26 That was best scoring opportunity in the game Linebacker Steve Clark who had nine tackles and three assists middle guard-offensive guard Gerry Raymond Ouellette who wound up with 111 yards in 15 carries Boisvert and Melvin starred for Lewiston which takes a 51 mark to Waterville next Saturday Linebackers Bruce Redmond and Alan Khoury defensive end Alan Mathieu and Vanidestine as a defensive back shone for Bangor which takes a 2-4 mark into a Friday home game with Brunswick Ltwtl I OH IJ-J4 Imgor 0 0 0 0 Oufliettf run (Ptovin kick) Melvin 3 run (Ptovtn kick) I Melvin I run (Ptovtn kick) I Lpomie 77 pni from Tnetwrge fPtovm kick) I Melvin 3 run (Pt toiled) By Larry Mahoney Of the NEWS Staff LEWISTON For Mike Haley and the Lewiston High School Blue Devils victories over Bangor have been few and far between Haley is not beaten a Ram squad since his days as an assistant at Rumford High School back in the late 1960 and the Blue Devils' last win over Bangor was in 1969 Last season Bangor and Lewiston met at Gprland Street Field with both teams having but one loss and the Rams handed Lewiston a 40-12 setback At the Lewiston Athletic Park last Saturday Haley and the Blue Devils ended their drought and avenged last season's loss to the tune of a convincing 34-0 triumph embarrassed us last year and that plus the fact Lewiston hasn't beaten Bangor in six years provided us with added explained Haley whose club exploded for 28 of its points in the second half en route to the victory In that second half Lewiston scored on four of its six offensive possessions and three of the touchdowns were set up by a swarming Blue Devil defensive unit which held the Rams to 16 total offensive yards and threw Ram ballcarriers for 34 yards worth of losses A six-yard run by the Rams' sophomore quarterback Tom Vanidestine represented Bangor's longest gain in the second half The fact Lewiston has turned in strong second-half performances in the majority of its games this season is a reflection upon the conditioning program according to Haley "The players lift weights at least twice a week during the season in order to maintain the strength they have attained by lifting weights in the off season" pointed out Haley The Lewiston coach said an adjustment in the defensive unit which allows the ends to put pressure on the opposition's quarterback and leaves the linebackers responsible for covering passes to backs flaring out of the backfield has proven beneficial It was indeed fruitful Saturday as Vanidestine was sacked six times for losses totaling 46 yards The first Lewiston sack of the second half set up a touchdown as small but speedy end Ron Boisvert hit Vanidestine from the blind side causing a fumble which was recovered by the other through and dropped a Trojan runner in the endzone for a safety The scoreboard read 8 6 in favor of the Indians St Peter intercepted an errant Trojan toss late in the second canto and it took the Indians nine plays to go from their own 38 for their second touchdown and they did it all on the ground Nelson capped the drive with a nine yard jaunt through the middle for the score On the Indian's first play from scrimmage in the second half Nelson scored his second straight TD as he took a pitchout from St Peter and scampered 37 yards into the endzone That put the Trojans out of the contest but the Indians through scoring vet Late in the third period St Peter also got his second TD on a one yard plunge and in the final period O'Connor plunged in from the one inch line Mike Holmes and Steve Murray anchored the rugged Old Town defense which held the Troian running game to just 63 yards and Nelson was the key to the Indian secondary as he intercepted one pass and knocked down four more Tom Riddell and Doug Moulton were defensive stalwarts for tne Trojans who were dropping their fifth encounter against a pair or LTC wins After the Bapst game the Indians will close out their campaign against Orono Nov 6 MiOesfi Old Town 10 14 1-30 Old Town St Peter run (rush toiled) Mt Deiert Megquier 7 run (ruthfeiled) Old Town Cheveree tatety Old Town Nelson pass from St Peter (Blair ptt from St Peter) Old Town Nelson 37 run (Spencer pass from St Peter) Old Town St Peter run (pass tailed) Old Town O'Connor 1 run (Blar pass from Peter) MtOesert Old Town By George Cushman Of the NEWS Staff OLD TOWN The preliminaries are over and the stage has been set for the battle for the Little Ten Conference crown at Garland Street Field in Bangor Saturday night between the Old Town Indians and the John Bapst Crusaders The Indians displayed a crushing ground game spearheaded by Barry Nelson Saturday to oeverwhelm an outmanned Mt Desert Island Trojan eleven 38 6 and preserve their unblemished mark in league play Coupled with the Crusaders romp over Dexter Saturday the two teams meet for the diadem with identical 7-0 marks Nelson was almost a one man show here Saturday as he played brilliantly in the defensive secondary but impressed the large partisan crowd with his running as he rambled for 152 yards in a superb individual effort Nelson got plenty of running assistance from teammate Mike O'Connor who rushed for another 107 yards himself as Bump Hadley's charges rolled up 335 yards on the ground Ken Libbey's gritty Trojans gave the Indians all they could handle over the first two periods before bowing to the superior running game of the winners The Indians took the opening kickoff on windswept Victory Field and marched 65 yards on the ground aided by a 15 yard penalty against the Trojans for the first score with 7 09 left in the initial period Quarterback Mike St Peter capped the drive by bulling over from the one Playing in intermittent snow flurries the Trojans recovered a fumble at midfield late in the period and evened the score at 6-6 on the first play of the second period when Glenn Megquier carried it in from seven yards out After stopping the Indians on the nine midway through the second stanza the Trojans found themselves second and 18 on the MDI one when Ray Cheverce burst IS ns 17 31 9 1 31 1 SO 9 3 3 6 I 334 I 30 First Downs Rushing yardage Passing yardage Passes Passes intercepted by Punts Fumbleftost Yards penal i led Colby Maine Maritime Bates end loss streaks Bowdoin bows bak 0 0 I- )0 wet on-jo WPI limakautkat run Paliana kick Bam Puoaicn I run Kick lailaa 0am Owl' trarlo 4 ro Bam Patau run IlatiCraria kick (am onan 14 pan Tram Catatonic Dali trarlo kick 0am Murpny 71 mlarcapllon return Oairtraria kick WPI Walker It pen Irani Me true McOriae pen la Papiana WPI Walker 10 pay tram McBride Pm Ifitfc) WPI limakautkat I run Pealiane kick At Middleburv the host Panthers posted 34 points in the middle periods to end any hopes of Bowdoin staging an upset They struck twice on the ground twice in the air and ran back two pass interceptions to make it a decisive verdict A 15-yard pass from Jay Pensavelle to Randy Dick was the only Polar Bear damage However Jim Soule added 101 yards to his already-record number of yards for a Bowdoin player Bowdoin is now 1-4 Bates 2-4 with the CBB Series getting underway Saturday when Bates visits Colby two extra points that kept his club in contention At Worcester Bates got on the board in the third period after Worster had registered in the opening frame for a 7-0 halftime edge An interference call gave tne Bobcats possession at the Poly one where Gary Pugatch went over then came right back to score from the 30 on a field goal by Nick Dell'Erario A pass interception by Mike Spoils got the ball for the A fumble recovery by Steve Lancor set up another Bates score Pugatch covering 23 yards on four trips then Hugo Colesante passed 34 yards to Steve Olsen for the third TD of the period Bates addl'd seven points in fourth period on a 25-yard return by Kevin Murphy after a pass interception but Worcester unleashed an attack that garnered 21 points and put the hosts within field goal range of a victory as time ran out Three of the five Maine college football squads snapped losing streaks Saturday two of them registering their first decision the season and all of the verdicts coming on foreign fields At Hartford Colby stunned unbeaten Trinity 21-14 to gain a 14 record while at Milton Mass Maine Maritime Academy nudged Curry College 21-20 to also move to a 14 mark while Bates was halting Worcester Poly 30 28 for its second decision in six starts At Middlebury Vt the host club turned back Rowdoin 41-7 while Maine was losing its Homecoming game to Lehigh 24-0 At Hartford a 32-yard pass play from Steve Plomaritis to Reid Cassidy with four minutes remaining provided the margin for Colby's initial victory The visiting Mules took an early edge on a one yard blast by Jerry Teeven but the Bantams tied it in the second period on a similiar play by Todd Gillespie Conversion kicks on both touchdowns were good Colby regained the lead in the third period on a 21 yard strike by Plomaritis to Mark Higgins but again Trinity came back to garner seven points and tie it up on a ten-yard pass from Bill Foy to Dick Lines That set the stage tor the winning toss by the Mules and a major test by Colby defenders who held off a late thrust at their six-yard line The windup at Milton was even more dramatic as Maritime launched a drive from its own 20 yard line with less than three minutes on the clock Runs by Mickey McGuire Ralph Kenney and Wayne Soucy got the ball to the Curry eight where Mike Verrill finding his receivers covered went around left end to score with less than a minute remaining McGuire kicked the game-winning point The Mariners had scored twice in the second period on a 70-yard surge capped by a two-yard carry by McGuire and again on a 74-yard drive that closed with Verrill pitching six yards to Dole Baker McGuire rushed for 0700-7 Minadlabury 7 14 0- 41 Donah I run Parlor kick Menanay Jl POM irom Window Poner kick Donat 7 run Porter kick 0- 0k llpatt IromPentavalia Wernti kick Haitaanen 77 pett Irani mi low Kick tailed Palling 14 mierceplton return Callamora recovered tumble Ml end rone hard 77 mlercepl'On return Kick ailed MMA 0 14 0 7-71 Curry a 4 Maran 4 run kick lallM MMA McOuira run Kkk lailaa MMA takar a pan tram Varrili MtOuirt ruab Mur lay rnavaraa ball In ana ranr Moran ruUv Moran 7 run Sum lailaa MM Varrili I run MrOuira kkk Colby (I 4) 7 0 1 7-71 Trinity 14 II 0 I 0 1-14 Yvn I run liiv eiomrmi kkk) Oniiipi I run ism McCondin kick) Miggim 71 pou from Ptomriii iplomorlti kkkl Untk 10 pan tram Mlkr Faya IMrCandim kkkl Camay Jl pan tram Ptamarini tpiamaritlk kkkl Dorsett breaks record Huskers Sooners upset Dorsett's teammates modoen nun in the end zone and hoisted the running back on their shoulders mother left her seat in the stands and ran onto the field to embrace her son And Dorsett cried just told Mom 'It's COLLEGES Dorsett needs 102 yards in Pill remaining four games to break the all college record of 5297 yards set by Howurd Stevens now with the Baltimore Colts of the National Football League when he played at Uuisvllle and Randolph Macon "I'm hoping that it will last as long as I'm here on earth "Dorsett said of his record "I hope to push the record so far that It'll never be broken The day did not turn out quite so well for third-ranked Nebraska and fifth-ranked Oklahoma whose unbeaten seasons both were ended Saturday Nebraska was upset by 16th ranked Missouri 34-24 while Oklahoma was beuten by Oklahoma State 31 24 By The UPI There was little inclination on anyone's part to downplay what Tony Dorsett had accomplished The moment was dramatic and it drew an emotional response from those who felt a part of it Dorsett set an NCAA major college career rushing record Saturday as No 2 Pittsburgh shut out Navy 45 0 The Panther tailback passed Archie Griffin's four year mark of 5177 yard on a touchdown run around left end in the fourth quarter "On that play I broke the record I wasn't to be ilemed" Dorsett said "I couldn't believe our offensive line They just said "We'll blowHfiem out of there' and they did Missouri trailing 24-23 and faring a third and 14 at Its own two early in the fourth qunrter went ahead on a 98 yard touchdown pass from Peter Woods to Joe Stewart the longest TD pass in Missouri and Big Eight Conference history Woods scored earlier on a one yard run and also passed nine yards to Krllcn Winslow for another touchdown Nebraska suffering Its first loss against five victories and a tie turned the ball over six times to MISSOURI ON TWO INTERCEPTIONS AND FOUR LOST FUMBLES It was Missouri's fourth victory against a nationally-ranked power this year Previously (he Tigers beat Southern California Ohio State and North Carolina Oklahoma State beat its Intra state rival for the first time in 10 years after trailing 21-13 at halftime Tarry Miller led the Cowboys 4-2 with 159 yards rushing Including a 72-yard touchdown run "We let down" Miller said "Just about every game we've been behind at the half but we've got a lot of unity on this team We never gave up It was only the second loss Barry Switzer has suffered since becoming Oklahoma's head coach four years ago "We've got a chance to show some class said Switzer whose tenm is now 5-1-1 "For a long time we've had things going our way Now we ll see what we're really made of" In other games Involving the top 10 No I Michigan blanked Indiana 35-0 fourth-ranked UCLA beat California 35-19 No 6 Southern California shut out Oregon Slate 56-0 seven-ranked Maryland defeated Duke 30 3 ninth ranked Texas Tech routed Arizona 52-27 and No 10 Georgia beat Kentucky 31-7 Elsewhere No It Florida edged Tennessee 20 II No 12 Notre Dame beat South Carolina 134 No 13 Texas nipped Southern Methodlsl 13 12 and No 15 Arkansas upset No 14 Houston 14 7 unbelievable' Dorsett said lew tears had to drop from my eye" Dorsett gained 180 yards on 27 carries and scored three touchdowns against Navy The performance gave him a career total of 5195 yards and also broke the career record for mot rareer carries 930 held by Cornell's Ed Marlnaro.