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NKW CAST1JK NKWS, MONDAY, NOVKMHKIl TWENTY-THREE Titans one win from pe rf ect season Westminster rolls to seventh 27-7 school. I toss looked gwd in handling the ball and his short passes were on the mark, but he had trouble Hy MIKELEITERA News Sports Writer PITTSBURGH Westminster College's starling backs Mark Acerni and Joe Veres weren't scheduled to start as of late John IJzura kicked tlx; point after and the Tartans held their only lead of the game 7-1). Westminster found the going tough against the strong Tartan defease, but with left in the quarterback Richard Squires will undergo an operation this week and may have to miss next season depending on the operation Backup signal caller James Allera is also out for the year. The freshman Is suffering from a leg injury Neshannock High star. Fills' TD capped a If, yard drive with former Wilmington standout, Jeff Butia, hauling in a 40 yard pass Irom Bierbach to put the Titaas at the Tartans 30.

Carnegie-Mellon was penalized 15 yards for holding on the next play. CLEAT-PRINTS The Titans almost tallied in the first time it had possession as Bierbach found Price wide opened in the end a zone after a Fran Tarkenton scramble, but Price couldn't i hang on to it Fitts hauled in a 51 yard pass from Bierbach in the second period. Gene McNamarra had replaced Bierbach at the quarterback slot on the play and Bierbach moved into a halfback slot. Bierbach moved back on the snap, like he was going to quick kick, took the pitch from McNamara and threw the bomb second period Veres capped a 54 yard drive with a two yard TD run. John Ebcrsberger tied the game on the kick after.

Veres also set up the TD when he hauled in Bierbach pass for a 20 yard gain to the Tartaas 14 and a half the distance penalty for a personal foul to put the Titans at the seven. Don Grimm set up the go-ahead TD for the Titans in the third period when he intercepted a Ross pass and returned it to the Tartans 41. Seven plays later Veres took a pitchout from Bierbach and scrambled eight around left end for the score and Ebersberger converted at 5:45. Westminster had a 14-point lead 58 seconds later when former Union High standout Mike Annarella recovered a stray pitchout at the Tartans 11. Gaining only one yard in two WKSTMINSTER-27 'tr, Consotlv.

ttaithcvi throwing the bomb. He completed 11 of 23 passes for Uii yards and kept the defense honest with his running. Doing most of the rushing for the Tartans were Terry Bell and Thomas Lombardo with Bell picking most of the Tartans' 131 yards rushing. His biggest gain was a Wl yard run in the first quarter that set up his one yard TD run. Titan quarterback Dave Bierbach had an odd day.

In the first half he was having trouble in throwing as he was just a hair short and when he finally found the rnark-the receivers started to drop his passes. Bierbach finished the day with completions in 29 attempts for 155 yards and two TD passes of 10 and 15 yards to Roger Price and Bill Fitts. Westminster's offease started moving the football with ease and drove to the Tartans 25 before stalling at the start of the First quarter. After an exchange of punts Carnegie-Mellon marched 77 yards for the lead TD on a one yard run by Bell. The big play in Friday afternoon, but both were in the starting lineup Saturday and turned in fine games.

Fullback Acerni had complained all week of a sort? back and didn't practice much while Veres was hampered with an ankle sprain. One report had it that Acerni would miss the last two games as he was in the hospital, but tiie Titan junior was far from the hospital as he toted the pigskin nine times for 35 yards in leading the Titans to a 27-7 win over Carnegie-Mellon. Veres, the Titan workhorse, scored two touchdowns on runs of two and eight yards and carried 17 times for a net of 56 yards. This was the Titans seventh straight win without a defeat and gives them an excellent chance of recording their fifth unbeaten season under coach Dr. Harold Burry Saturday at home against Geneva College.

The No. 1 NA1A ranked Titans didn't have an easy time in disposing of the Tartans as the score would indicate. Carnegie-Mellon had to play with sophomore Lawrence Ross at quarterback. He has been a regular defensive safety man this season and hasn't been at the signal-calling spot since high Just before the half Tartan receivers dropped two beautiful passes from Ross John Thompson intercepted a Tartan pass for the Titans and returned CARNEGIE-KNDS-Cariocl, Koha TACKLES -Mtilibn, GUARDS Tern. it 40 yards to the Tartans 48, but Braikaki.

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WESTMINSTER 0 7 V. CARSECIE-MELLON 7 0 CARNEGIE-MELLON Bdl I later at the 34 with linebacker Torn Sabol recovering it for the Tartaas The Tartans bagpipe band put on fine pre-game and halftime show, but in the fourth quarter one of its members stole i 2 J.fd WESTMINSTER fF.brstxricrkfcl. plays Bierbach found his favorite receiver, Roger Price, all alone and fed him a perfect aerial for a 10 yard scoring pass. This time Ebersberger's kick was off to the left, but it was only the sixth miss for the Ellwood City lad in 31 attempts. He kicked his 27th extra point in the fourth quarter when Bierbach connected for a 15 yard toss to tight end Fitts, a former WESTMINSTER Verts yard rus lEbtrsbCTprki-K.

WESTMINSTER Price Id yard ps torn Bierbach (kick failed) the drive was on a third and one situation at their 22. Westminster blitzed and Bell started up the middle and broke two tackles to race 57 yards before being brought down by Ned Becker at the Titans 21. BRODIE HAS BIG DAY San Francisco quarterback John Brodie (12) passes for one of 21 completed passes in 28 attempts during yesterday's 37-16 win over the Chicago Bears. Brodi passed for 317 yards and put him over the 2,066 pass completion mark in his 14 years in the NFL. Only three others have attained that goal, Johnny Unitas, Y.

A. Tittle and Sonny Jurgenson. UPI WESTMINSTER the show He put on a strip act to the music of the ''Stripper" he disrobed his Irish kilts down to T-shirt and Bermuda shorts Tartan junior (Tilt Manning Union suffers 18-14 upset out for at hands of Slippery Rock Lancer harriers nab second title season MEMPHIS, Term. (UPI) -Mississippi quarterback Archie Manning was admitted to the ByRONRUSSO Rockets after a 61 yard drive. Union's first TD.

News Sports Writer During the drive. Smith The Union score didn't stop Slippery Rock High, led by completed a pass from the Union the Rockets attack as they came halfback Terry Shay, controlled nine yard line yard line to his big right back and marched from the first three quarters of its end Russ McKnight. who fell out their 33 to add another tally, game Saturday afternoon to of the end line. Shay, on a one yard blast up upset Union 18-14 to give the Finally in the fourth quarter the middle, tallied his second TD Scotties their third straight loss the Scotties started to move as of the afternoon, ending their season with a 54 they took possession deep in Slippery Rock's try for the two record. their territory.

Sumner keeping point conversion failed. The Rockets played an the ball on a bootleg ran six yards Union didn't give up hope as outstanding game with talent to the Scotties 15. Sumner kept the ball in the air. shown at every position. Sumner went to the air hitting The Scotties, on their 38, took Quarterback Steve Smith, the Gregory Marshall for a 49 yard over with Sumner nailing his end master mind on the team had an gain to the Rockets' 37.

DeVite with two straight passes average day with his passing Sumner, having a field day in for 17 yards to the Slippery Rock game hitting eight for 17 the air, fired another pass to 45. attempts. Marshall. This time he led him On the following play Sumner eighth in the individual competition and fourth in the team race. Last year Saginak was 16th in the individual running.

CATHOLIC LEAGUE Serra 13 Boyle 7 Canevin22 South Hills 12 VVP1AL-CLASS AA Brownsville 12 Thomas Jefferson 7 Elizabeth For. 28 Ringgold 12 Fox Chapel 22 Churchill 14 N.Allegheny 35 North Hills 6 Slippery Rock 18 Union 14 WPIAL-CLASS A Beaver 35 Center 0 Hampton 27 Knoch6 Kittanning28 Ford City 6 New Brighton 37 N. BraddockS. 14 Northwestern 20 Neshannock 6 Rochester 28 Braddock6 Seneca Valley 18 Riverside 6 WPIAL-CLASS Coraopolis 35 Avonworth 0 S.S.Beaver 32 W. Middlesex? NON LEAGUE Brookville 40 East Brady 6 B.

Carroll 14 Weirton Madonna 14 Keystone 22 Union 6 Midland Freedom? Mon Valley 47 Quigley 7 Peters Twp. 35 Oakmont 22 Penn Hills 36 E. Strong Vincent 12 Sharon 25 Hopewell 18 Slippery Rock 18 Union 14 Teammate Ed Halusic was 22nd in the state and 11th in the team race while Dave Cameron was 25th individually and 13th teamwise. Tom Saginak was 35th individually and 22nd for the team while Mark Chabak was 72nd and 54th for the team and John Warson was 110th and 89th Keeping the ball on the with plenty of running room for a fired a 45-yard bomb to Marshall, for the team. 37 yard touchdown pass for ground.

Smith realized that Shay Dennis Fell of Greenville took the Class Neshannock High's cross-country team made its return trip to University Park successful as it brought the PIAA State Class Crosscountry Championship back for the second straight year Saturday afternoon. This was the Lancers third consecutive trip to the state championships after winning the WPIAL title three straight years under coach Gary Weimer. There are very Eew schools who can claim this feat in the WPIAL history'. To win the championship Saturday the Lancers had to battle a strong Mercer team, who beat them in the first dual meet of the season. Neshannock compiled 104 points while the Mustangs finished with 115 and Peters Township was third with 124.

After Mercer had beaten the Lancers they came on win 11 of their next 12 meets losing only to Class A power Hickory. Neshannock also beat Mercer at the Gannon and Central Catholic Invitationals. Neslrannock's top runner, Alan Saginak, was individual honors with clocking of 12:50. Campbell Clinic section of Baptist Hospital Sunday in preparation for surgery on his broken arm, which apparently has ended his collegiate football career. Manning, accompanied by his mother and his fiancee, was checked quietly into the hospital and placed in an eighth floor room to await surgery planned for this morning.

Manning said doctors had assured him his injured arm would be as "good as new'' after surgery. Obviously downhearted, he said he would help Ole Miss in any way he could from the sidelines for the rest of the season. The red-haired senior broke the arm in the third period of the Houston-Mississippi game Saturday as he was trying to pass. Ear her he had thrown two touchdown passes to start the Rebels on a 24-13 victory over the Cougars. SLIPPERY ROCK IS Kint dawn Yank nubia Riverside High's ace runner Tom Freed was who tallied his second TD of the game.

Attempting a two point conversion. Marshall hit off left tackle making the score 18-14. Slippery Rock wound up with 4-4-1 season. sixth. Mike Collins of Easton won the Class A individual title with 12:34.6 time while the team race was tied between powers Penn Hills and North Allegheny with 8o points each.

North Allegheny had won the team title in 1968 with Penn Hills taking the coveted title SLIPPERY ROCK-H last year. couldn't be stopped. He fed the pigskin to Shay 36 times, who gained 136 yards of the Rockets 217 net yards. He also added 12 points to the score board. The Rockets took control Erom the very beginning of the game, as they ran 21 plays compared to Unions' nine in the first quarter.

The Scotties determine to keep the Rockets from crossing the goal line held them late in the first quarter with a fourth and three on their 14, after a 66 yard drive. Slippery Rock came back early in the second quarter driving from its 25 to the Scotties seven. Shay, who would do nothing WTong all afternoon, took a quick pitch and raced the final seven vards to light Slippery Rock's ENDS to STATE INSPECTION STATION All-star choice BOSTON Bob Cousy of the Celtics was' named to the NBA's AJl-Star team for a 10th straight time. TACKLES Rose, Emiwu. GUARDS-Dorrr.

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TACKLES Avers. Montfomin, BBtvgi. With 20-6 win oyer Neshannock Northwestern claims Tri-County title WtxMlhnf Miurv. hall. SLIPPERY ROCK UNION SLIPPERY ROCK Saav sc SLIPPERY ROCK Mil.

iolrrctplioo Ini failrdt SUP PGR ROCK Shav oc UNION- Marshall T. van! (nubilrd) UNION Marshall ii lrd p. half of the scoreboard with his First score of the game. Late in the same quarter, the Scotties started a drive, with quarterback Sheldon Sumner going to the air. He hit his two ends Robert McVicker and Donald DeVite for 23 vards By PETE MOLLICA BERK and whenever the offense bogged down he was sent in the backfield either to block, carry running play.

wide open on a fancy reverse by injuries all season It was Roppa, who shared the pass play for a 20 yard TD. This senior night and all the senior quarterbacking duties with time Priddy passed to members of the football team Priddy, threw one pass and it Strohecker. who came back into and band were recognized iu yaraer to uan wins ana the game lor tne tirst time smce Strohecker needed 17 points in the contest to win the Tri-Countv the ball or catch a pass in crucial situations. The Lancers suffered three pass interceptions and lost a rumble which killed four offensive threats for them. Their ground attack was kept bottled up by the rugged Northwestern line gaining only followed it up with a reverse call the early minutes, for the two to Dave McStay who rolled 20 points.

yards untouched for the first The third period was played touchdown. The pass for the two between the 40 yard stripes with point conversion felt incomplete, both defensive units turning in Scoring championship but the injury kept him out of action. Shenango's Dennis Troggio wins both the rushing and scoring An exchange ot tumbles lett line play. championships after News Sports Editor For many seasons in the past Northwestern High football team has always been considered the doormat of the Tri-County Football League. Three years ago the Panthers obtained head coach John Barley who immediately set out to change that image.

Barleys dreams came true Saturday night when the Panthers wrapped up the school first Tri-County Football League championship in convincing fashion. 20-G over Neshannock. The Panthers didn't have an easy lime of it though as the Lnnccrs gave I hem all they could both teams at a standstill the North western's final outstanding performance Fridav 25 net yards, but George moved remainder of the period and it touchdown was set up by the night. the team through the air, interception by third Panther interception of the taking the ball, to their 44. On the following play Sumner fired another pass, but this time had it picked off by defensive linebacker Richard Miller, who found wide open territory and raced 55 yards for the Rockets second score.

Both times Slippery Rock tried for a two point conversion and failed. The second half remained much the same, with the Rockets still controlling the ball, running 17 plays compared to the Scotties nine. Union, trailing by 12 held the yksihwx-k NORTHWFSTF.RN Neshannock which set up tne game. McStay, who picked ott Perfect size two of the three passes, made the interception at the Northwestern 48 yard line. The Panthers were hit with a Strohecker left the contest with eight minutes left to play in the first quarter with a bruised hip and didn't return again until the second half, and then only sparingly.

Lancers score in the second period. Bill Bukowski picked off Roppa pass at his own five yard line and returned it to the 23. 15 yard penalty and from their The Lancers moved most of own 39 had to go to the air. Northwestern victory Killed handle (railing only N-6 going any hopes that Mercer had of sneaking the championship. The into the final five minutes of Panthers, who still have another game remaining next Friday NOKTIIWESTERN play.

Northwestern played almost family wagon with more no-cost extras Loads ot load space-5 easy-entry doors, 6 feet of flat floor. Power plus economy 96 HP overhead cam engine, up to 25 miles per gallon. Solid comfort-bucket seats, easy-clean vinyt interior, safety front disc brakes. DATSUN Drive a decide at: against non-league Riverside, are the entire contest without it; the way on the ground, aided by Roppa fired two passes, the a 15 yard personal foul penalty first was for two yards to Gary until George uncranked his arm Fryer hut the second was for 34 ami heaved a 31 yard touchdown yards to Dave Warren right down pass to Bob Hogue. the middle to the Lnnccrs 1R yard Dave Warren defending on the lino, play went for the interception From there il took and missed the ball leaving Northwestern five plays In bull Hogti? all along for an easy over with Fryer going the final touchdown.

Hogue also tried to six yards with 4:54 left lo play, kick the extra point and give the Roppa's pass for the two points supersl.tr Jerry StroticcKcr who i on me year winc mercer in ured his Hip on me nrsi sciu ihumicu iviui -i-i The Mustangs' 14-14 tic -UuMuB. ftcrr) Snv-t. T. Hupp Hirabo.lVI-.. illlNNOCK-f Lancers the lead but it was wide ompletr of downs and played only sparingly the rest of the contest.

(Jury Fryer, Dave McStay, Tom Hlinkicwirz and Dave Warren picked up the ground atlack in Strohccker's absence while Rubin Hoppa and Jerry Priddy riddled the air with 117 yards in passes. Neshannock appears to have cost them the championship as they defeated Northwestern 6-0 two weeks ago. Northwestern is also one of fiHir teams in the running for the WPIAL Class A championship game but unfortunately the JUST ARRIVED! SEE US- for Your WOOLRICH HUNTING TOGS! to the right. Northwestern added its second touchdown after quick thinking on the part of Barley. Neshannock, with time Northwestern almost had another touchdown in the closing seconds after Neshannock gambled from its own 35 yard line on fourth down and failed to CENTER Hrrv Panthers will not have enough no i i i i i quarterback Mike George also Gardner Points to make the running out in the half, was make it New Costie Shaffer Motors 422 Taylor St.

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and time ran owl on the clock. seven passes for 112 yards and The Panthers Iook me opening I he lone Neshannock touchdown kickoff and marched 66 yurds in but one of the standout 11 plays staying mainly on lho; norfonriers had lo be senior co- Bround. Alter two straight losses Paul Al's VHh it )tri pw, from TIDMTS Neshannock Barley called for a quick look in NOKTHWmKKN-RffiStrifvki'r pst N.WTHWK.STEHN re the to Wills and the nlav broke for 51 finished the season with a record captain Dave Strizi. Strohecker and Fryer 107 E. Washington Si.

rind Lof nl taiii "fjjus Freight, Delivery and Handling. Slrizzi made 75 per cent workhouses IJhtil the All-Stale yurds to the T-tncrs 20. On the of one win, five losses and of the Lancers larklcs on defense candidate was injured on a next play Hoppa found Wills ties. The Lancers were crippled.