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THE BATTALION Page 13
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1981
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Results
Friday's
Games
Thursday’s Results
Friday’s
Games
f Baltimore 15, Detroit 4
| Kansas City at Cleveland, ppd.,
m
California at Texas
New York at Baltimore
Boston at Cleveland
Detroit at Milwaukee
Minnesota at Chicago
Oakland at Kansas City
Toronto at Seattle
Houston 8, Cincinnati 1
San Francisco 6, Atlanta 2
San Diego 1, Los Angeles 0
St. Louis 3, Philadelphia 2
Montreal 5, Pittsburgh 2
Chicago 2, New York 2, called,
rain
Houston at Los Angeles
Atlanta at Cincinnati
San Diego at San Francisco
St. Louis at Pittsburgh
Chicago at Philadelphia
Montreal at New York
Astros, Ryan walk to 8-1 win
|emple has sights on win
over No. 2 Nittany Lions
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ense lifter a pair of convim ing victoi
ten \H and a steady climb toward the
n Mm. 1 spot, the Nittany Lions of
ostedBnn State look virtually unbeat-
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ion, !■ So why do the Temple Owls
mly A so confident about facing the
ims wind-ranked team in the nation
cDoAurday?
h a ■The reason is Penn State quar-
bws Alack Todd Blackledge, who re
ed an mams the only question mark on
land otherwise potent offense.
■ackledge has completed a mere
witki 32 percent of his passes this season
s tri and the Nittany Lions have relied
if Cwiost exclusively on the running
stydCurt Warner.
■ Temple takes to the Beaver Sta-
the ifcm turf Saturday and the Owls
useddvjust stack up the line of serim-
Elf'
pla
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mage and dare Blackledge to
crank it up. The quarterback was
4-for-13 against Nebraska last
week, although one of the comple
tions was a perfectly thrown 33-
yard touchdown pass to Kenny
Jackson.
"Todd hit two or three right on
the money when we needed them
against Nebraska, said Penn
State coach Joe Paterno.
The Nittany Lions are expected
to come out and unleash Warner
behind thir massive offensive line
led by the guard tandem of Sean
Farrell and Mike Munchak. The
speedy junior tailback is averaging
eight yards per carry.
"They’re not only really good,
they’re excellent in all depart
ments, said Owls coach Wayne
Hardin. “They played a nice foot
ball game at Nebraska. They’re a
fine team and they're class all the
way.’
While Paterno may appreciate
the praise, he hopes it doesn’t
affect his players. Temple, 2-L
would appear to be a easy win on a
schedule loaded with nationally
ranked teams.
Allen is the nation’s leading
rusher with a 230.7-yard average
and 692 yards gained. He ranks
second among major college scor
ers with 48 points, second to the
90 of North Carolina’s Kelvin
Bryant.
Overshadow’ed by Bryant’s sen
sational start has been Tar Heels
quarterback Rod Elkins’s per
formance of 28 completions in 50
passes for 424 yards and four
touchdowns.
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TCU hopes to ‘Stamp' out Razorbacks
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■i, It would seem that sooner or
Jber the law of averages would
cakli up with Arkansas and TCU.
unc® ^ almost did two years ago
whi n the Horned Frogs seeming-
I ly had the game won only to ecl
ipse in the final minutes. And a
few years before that, TCU
jumped out to a lead only to fall
■ctim to an Arkansas comeback.
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gme — for 22 straight years.
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league
Arkansas stretch of wins over
.|j JbCU represents the longest win
ning streak by a Southwest Con-
. ‘ jference school over another in the
67-ycar history of the league. And
Vbse two schools meet once again
turday night in Fort Worth.
B Arkansas, unbeaten in three
M games, is ranked 16th in the coun-
m th IT’IT tanH
TCU has more talent and
fctential than it has had in recent
pars, but the Frogs are still only
(■2 and a decided underdog once
ore.
“We have to fight for our lives
ery time we go to Fort Worth,”
d Arkansas coach Lou Holtz. "I
irtainly remember that game
Bo years ago (in which the Razor-
Backs won on the final play of the
iptest with a field goal). TCU is
fiuch better than it was then. ”
Arkansas will open its confer-
inee season, as will Texas A&M
and Houston
games.
Texas A&M, 2-1, will travel to
Texas Tech, 1-2, for an evening
game, while Houston, 2-1, will
host Baylor, 3-1, in a regionally
televised game that will start
shortly before noon.
Houston will embark on the
SWC race with a quarterback who
has started only one previous
game. Lionel Wilson, forced into
the lineup because of a series of
injuries that have befallen the
Cougars at quarterback, rushed
and threw for more than 100 yards
each against Utah State last week.
"Lionel Wilson looked like he
was a four-year starter,” said
Baylor coach Grant Teaff. “It is
hard to believe that he was in his
first college game. He shows a
great deal of poise. Things looked
very natural for him in is first
start.”
The only other game involving
a SWC club has winless Rice, 0-3,
at home against Tulane.
The TCU-Arkansas game will
feature the nation’s leading passer
in the Horned Frogs’ Steve
Stamp.
He has completed 50 of 78 pas
ses and in the system used by the
NCAA has a rating of 165.5.
“Steve Stamp is a good quarter
back, but we can’t really worry
about just one player, ” said Arkan
sas middle guard Richard Richard
son. “When we played TCU two
years ago and they almost beat us
we weren t prepared for them."
United Press International
CINCINNATI — Houston’s
magic number is two, but the
Astros are figuring on more hard
work — not a magic gift — to win
the National League West second-
half title.
Any combination of Houston
wins and Cincinnati losses totaling
two this weekend gives the title to
the Astros. Houston plays three at
Los Angeles, while the Reds en
tertain Atlanta for three.
“But I don’t figure Cincinnati
will be beaten here,” said Hous
ton manager Bill Virdon. “So, I
figure we’ve got to win two out of
three from Los Angeles.
“Our work is cut out for us,
because we’ve always had a tough
time in LA. It won t he easy, hut
we re in first place right now and
that’s what it’s all about.
Houston is in first today by vir
tue of Thursday night’s 8-1 victory
over Cincinnati. It was a critical
win because it gave Houston a IV2-
game lead over the Reds going
into the final weekend. A Cincin
nati victory would have put Hous
ton a half-game back.
Astros’ ace Nolan Ryan went the
distance, surrendering just one
run and seven hits. He struck out
nine and walked three.
Meanwhile, a bevy of Cincinna
ti pitchers gave up 11 walks —
three with the bases loaded.
"Walks,” said Reds manager
John McNamara, "killed us.”
Houston was leading just 1-0
until Cincinnati pitchers began
scoring runs for the Astros in the
seventh inning.
Joe Price, brought in to relieve
with the bases loaded, offered no
relief. He walked Phil Garner.
Then he walked Jose Cruz.
Price argued with home plate
umpire Joe West about the final
pitch to Cruz. All that did was get
Price kicked out of the game.
Then McNamara took issue with
West and also got the boot. But at
least that meant McNamara wasn’t
around for the embarrassing ninth
inning when Houston poured it on
with five runs.
Pinch-hitter Denny Walling
slammed a two-run homer. Tony
Scott’s single and two more walks
loaded the bases and then yet
another walk issued by Charlie
Leibrandt forced in another run.
Singles by Art Howe and Craig
Reynolds wound up the Houston
scoring parade.
“Too had that ninth inning de
tracted from the way our team
played," said McNamara. “I was
very proud of them. ”
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But not any prouder than the
Astros were of Ryan, who certain
ly wasn’t in no-hit form, but still
was superb in a key game. Ryan
had pitched a record-setting fifth
no-hitter in his previous start.
“A no-hitter was the farthest
thing from my mind tonight, ” said
Ryan. “With the pennant race, I
was just hoping for a shutout,
trying to get the win. I enjoy these
(big game) situations.”
The only run the Reds managed
off Ryan came when Joe Nolan
scored on a wild pitch in the
seventh.
Ryan calmly put down Cincy’s
biggest threat in the fourth inning,
when Ken Griffey and Dave Con
cepcion led off with singles and
the Reds’ power came to the plate.
But Ryan struck out George
Foster on a high pitch, got Johnny
Bench to pop up and retired Nolan
on a bounce out.
“The biggest outs of the game
were Foster and Bench, said
Ryan. “Those guys are capable of
busting a game open.”
Bench testified to Ryan’s mas
terful pitching.
“The first time up, we saw the
ball,” said Bench. "But the next
two times, whooo. He did the job.
We were up for this one, we knew
how important it was. Now we just
have to hope for the best.”
“It hurts," Reds’ third baseman
Ray Knight said of the loss. He
could say the same about his up
per lip. He caught a cleat just
above his lip early in the game that
drew a lot of blood, hut he stayed
in the game.
“We played hard, said Knight.
“We were pumped up. We had
chances to win, hut we just
couldn’t get the big hit off Ryan.”
If the Astros make the playoffs.
Ryan is expected to start the open
ing playoff game Tuesday against
the Dodgers.
But first, the Astros need to
beat Los Angeles this weekend to
guarantee making post-season
play.
“If we can’t win two out of three^
in LA, then we don’t deserve toT
make the playoffs,” said Houston’s^
Art Howe. “And, if we’re going to*/.
play the Dodgers in the playoffs, ^
we might as well start beating, j-
them right now. ”
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