After 85 yrs, Yankee
BY RONALD BLUM
AP BASEBALL WRITER
NEW YORK (AP) _ Even Yogi
Berra knew this was the end.
As baseball said farewell to
Yankee Stadium, one of the
game's most beloved players
The House that Ruth built will be torn down and rebuilt
across the road.
stood beneath the stands in a full
vintage uniform. Now 83, the
man who coined the phrase "it
ain't over till it's over" put his
own stamp on the day.
"I'm sorry to see it over, I'll tell
you that," Berra said.
The goodbye completed an
85-year-old run for the home of
baseball's most famous team.
What began with a Babe Ruth
home run on an April afternoon
in 1923 was likely to end with
Mariano Rivera pitching on a
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Some events and fundraisers that
the cheerleaders are involved in
include "Take your kids to work
day."
Kids are brought in from faculty
and cheerleaders mingle with
them during common hour. The
cheerleaders get the opportunity
to cheer for them, eat lunch
with them and take pictures.
PSH cheerleaders also are
involved in the annual Holiday
Parade located in downtown
Harrisburg. Cheerleaders get to
march in the parade down 2nd
Street.
"We get to wave at people, do
some chants and give out candy
canes. It's really all about having
fun and showing some Penn State
spirit," said Marrow.
Candle sales are also a benefit for
the cheerleaders. Candles are sold
to family, friends, parents, co
workers, professors and anyone
interested in helping out the PSH
September night.
All the greats were remembered,
with fans wearing a collection
of jerseys that could fill a Hall
of Fame. On one subway car
alone, there were shirts with
Derek Jeter's No. 2, the Babe's
No. 3, Mickey Mantle's No. 7,
Phil Rizzuto's No. 10 and Don
Mattingly's No. 23.
Fans were allowed on the field
starting at 1 p.m. and entered
through the left-field seats not far
from where Aaron Boone's home
run landed five years ago.
Glenn Bartow and his 13-year
old daughter arrived more than
12 hours before New York played
Baltimore at night, and were the
first ones into Monument Park.
"We come every Sunday," Emily
Bartow said
cheerleading squad.
"As a collective team, last year
we sold about 100 candles," said
Morrow.
Money made from candle sales
go towards whatever is needed for
the squad, including T-shirts and
things given out free of charge at
games. In last year's basketball
season, T-shirts, beads and little
basketballs were thrown into the
crowd.
" This year we are looking to
give stuff out again so people
better come to the games! We are
anticipating big crowds this year
to show both Women's and Men's
Basketball teams support!"
If you are interested in trying out
for the cheerleading squad, please
contact Head coach Tammy
James at TAJI4@PSU.EDU or
Sports coordinator Julie Stoehr at
JRS 1 017@PSU.EDU.
Staff writer Josseline Carbonare is
on the PSH cheerleading team.
Stadium going, going, gone!
This Sunday was the last.
Visitors touched the 24 plaques
and six monuments, posed next
to them for family photos. Under
the kind of cloudless sky that
made people recall summer days
of yore, they slowly circled the
warning track.
Some posed along the 318-foot
sign in the left-field corner of
the pockmarked fence, raising
baseball gloves along the top of
the blue-padded wall as if they
were making leaping catches.
Others stood alongside the 408
sign in center. Some covered their
Penn St. rolls; Paterno watches from press box
BY GENARDO C. ARMAS
AP SPoras WRrrER
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP)
The whereabouts of coach Joe
Paterno was the most compelling
part of the second half of No.
16 Penn State's matchup with
Temple.
The 81-year-old Hall of Famer
moved to the press box after
halftime, after having complained
of a sore right leg earlier this
week. It mattered little on the field,
where the Nittany Lions overcame
a sluggish first quarter to rout the
Owls 45-3 on Saturday.
Patemo also moved back into
sole possession of first place on
the career major-college coaching
victories list with No. 376. Patemo
and Florida State coach Bobby
Bowden were tied to start the day,
but the Seminoles lost 12-3 to
Wake Forest Saturday night.
Daryll Clark threw for 196 yards
and two touchdown passes and
ran for an 11-yard score, and
Stephfon Green rushed for 132
yards, including a 69-yard TD,
as the Nittany Lions rolled to 4-0
this season.
LinebackerNavorro Bowman had
three sacks and an interception to
pace a stellar Penn State defense
that held Temple to 138 yards and
10 first downs.
Not that Paterno was too happy
after spending the second half
with his assistants upstairs. He
was worried about some ugly
stats, like five Penn State fumbles,
though only one was recovered
by Temple.
"I thought it was a very, very
sloppy performance," Patemo
said. "I wasn't very pleased."
Wearing his trademark khakis
and black sneakers, JoePa walked
slowly and gingerly at times
along the sideline in the first half
as Penn State built a 31-0 lead.
hands with dirt and put their hand
prints on an advertisement with a
black background.
Those who could not walk were
pushed along in wheelchairs.
Parents brought strollers to make
sure toddlers got to experience
the great ballpark before it is
dismantled.
Moses Del Rio, a 32-year-old
from Brooklyn, held his 11-
month-old son, Ryan, who started
walking only in the past week.
"I brought him here to take
pictures of him in the stadium,"
the father said.
"My leg's OK. It's just standing
on it too long, it aches," Patemo
said. "I'm probably babying
myself."
His team was sluggish, too, in the
first quarter, held scoreless in the
opening frame for the first time
this season. Penn State fumbled
twice in the quarter, recovering
both times.
Things changed in a hurry.
Green had a 27-yard run to
get Penn State to the Temple 20
before Clark connected with Brett
Brackett over the middle, barreling
over the Owls' Dominique Harris
as he crossed the goal line to give
Penn State a 7-0 lead with 14:27
left in the second quarter.
Evan Royster had a 32-
yard TD run about 3:30 later.
Temple thought it had regained
momentum after Travis Shelton
returned the ensuing kickoff 74
yards to the Penn State 26.
But the Nittany Lions got an
interception. Three plays later,
Clark ran in from 11 yards to
put the Nittany Lions up 21-0.
Clark finished 13-for-20 with one
interception, overcoming what
he said was a "flat" and "funky"
start.
The defense held things together
until the offense caught up.
"We're coming out with tenacity
that we're trying to keep the
opponent out of the end zone
no matter what the score is, no
matter what time of the game it
is," safety Anthony Scirrotto said.
"We punish the guys with the
ball."
Jake Brownell's 25-yard field
goal in the third quarter gave
the Owls their only score.
Quarterback Chester Stewart
finished 16-for-30 for 116 yards
and three interceptions in relief
of starter Adam DiMichele,
who was knocked out of the
game because of a right shoulder
Jeter, likely to get a plaque of his
own years from now in the new
Yankee Stadium, said Saturday
was the first time he looked around
and tried to soak in the memories
the three big decks filled with
fans, the sign in the tunnel from
the clubhouse to the field with the
Joe DiMaggio quote: "I want to
thank the Good Lord for making
me a Yankee."
Jeter began his day by watching
old Yankees games on television.
Please see YANKEES
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"We need to protect the
quarterback better. Obviously,
that's the bottom line," Temple
coach Al Golden said. "We must
have given up a ton" of sacks.
Penn State had seven sacks,
including two each from ends
Josh Gaines and Aaron Maybin.
Penn State's offense, dubbed the
"Spread HI)," continued to click
against overmatched opponents.
The Nittany Lions scored 40
or more points for the first four
games in a season for the first
time in school history.
"I'd coach from the press box if
I had that offense," Golden joked,
referring to Paterno's move to the
press box.
Patemo's son and quarterbacks
coach, Jay Patemo, said he initially
thought his father wouldn't even
coach from the sideline in the first
half.
Joe Paterno has complained
of soreness in the right leg after
kicking a ball in practice several
weeks ago. He was on the
sideline the entire game for the
first three games this season, but
monitored practices this week
from a golf cart.
Paterno also sat in the press box
the final two games of the 2006
season, including the Outback
Bowl, as he recovered from a left
knee injury.
He chastised reporters for the
attention on his health, especially
after his squad had worked
through a number of injuries and
suspensions on defense to go
undefeated in nonconference play.
Illinois visits Beaver Stadium
next week to open the Big Ten
schedule.
"I got a bunch of guys out there,
fighting all kinds of adversity,
different lineups, hanging in there
and you're worried about my
leg."