— The Daily Collegian Monday, December 13, 1976
In the Bahrs' defense
To the Editor:
I was amazed and shocked by Mr. Silverman's editorial
printed in the December 7th edition of the Collegian, which
labeled Walter Bahr a disgrace to Penn State and the sport of
soccer and condemned Matt Bahr for his vicious play.
Mr. Silverman, citing his "vast" experience in the sport,
recapped a series of events leading up to the breaking of
Textile's Matt Kelly's leg. After speaking today in great depth
with Matt Bahr, and previously talking with Walter Bahr right
after the incident occurred, I feel that Mr. Silverman's
narration is grossly slanted and incomplete. In his letter Mr.
Silverman infers that the incident happened immediately
after Matt Bahr was attacked by an unnamed Textile player
( who in fact was Duval Minor). Bahr admits that the skirmish
Irish freshman, leads upset
By the AP
It was an "in and out" game, ac
cording to Gene Bartow.
"Shots went in for them," said the
UCLA coach, "and out for us."
Some of those shots belonged to a
freshman named Rich Branning and
they happened at a most unfortunate
time for the Bruins in the last 45
seconds.
That's how seventh-ranked Notre
Dame upset thrid-ranked UCLA 66-63 at
the Bruins' Pauley Pavilion Saturday.
Branning's field goal with 45 seconds
remaining gave the Fighting Irish a 64-
63 lead. Then the bouyant freshman
converted two , free throws in •the last
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second for the game's final points.
In other games involving the country's
ranked teams, No. 2 Marquette blasted
Penn State 79-49; No. 4 Kentucky routed
Kansas 90-63; No. 5 Nevada-Las Vegas
outscored San Diego State 118-113; No. 6
San Francisco defeated Utah 91-81 in the
finals of the Utah Classic after No. 15
Tennessee defeated Seton Hall 99-90 in a
consolation game; No. 8 Cincinnati
trimmed St. Joseph's of Indiana 122-78;
No. 9 Arizona walloped the University of
the Pacific 78-60; No. 12 North Carolina
beat Virginia Tech 81-77; Purdue upset
No. 14 Louisville 72-70; No. 16 Clemson
crushed Tennessee Tech 133-78; Hofstra
rocked No. 18 Southern Illinois in the
did occur but that no punches landed while Mr. Silverman
stated that the player hit Bahr three times. Both players were
cautioned. Further, Mr. Silverman attacked Walter Bahr for
not yanking his "hot headed" son from the line-up and that
Matt Bahr, shortly thereafter, deliberately, after the play
was whistled dead, missed the ball and kicked Matt Kelly and
broke his leg. The fact is that the incident occurred over ten
minutes after the initial skirmish had happened and it was
when both Kelly and Bahr Were going after a loose ball. Bahr,
in fact, kicked the ball thirty yards downfield to a teammate
and on his follow-through, accidently kicked Kelly, who was
trying to block the kick. At no time previously during the
game did Bahr or Kelly have any contact or reasons for
animosity towards each other. The ball was still in play and
both men were going for it.
It is ridiculous for Mr. Silverman to call Walter Bahr a
disgrace to either soccer or P.S.U. Walter Bahr is one of the
finest men I have had the pleasure of knowing and one of the
nation's top coaches. Matt Bahr is not vicious or sadistic but a
tough competitor and excellent soccer player. It is un
fortunate that Mr. Silverman insulted the intelligence of the
Collegian's readers by writing his ill-founded editorial and
senselessly attacking the Bahrs.
Gary Gray
Graduate Assistant Football Coach
of UCLA
championship game of the Pittsburgh
Classic and No. 20 Syracuse whipped
Canisius 75-59.
Jack Givens scored 15 points, in
cluding four quick field goals at the
start, as Kentucky ran away from
Kansas. The victory was fashioned at
the official opening of Rupp Arena in
Lexington, named after Kentucky's
most successful coach, Adolph Rupp.
Sam Smith's 34 points led Nevada-Las
Vegas past San Diego State. Bill Cart
wright scored 21 points, John Cox added
19 and Winford Boynes 18 as San
Francisco fought off Utah for the Utah
Classic championship.
Record fifth shutout of season
Steelers seal up
HOUSTON (AP) For the
first time in nine weeks, the
Pittsburgh Steelers rested
yesterday, clutching their
fifth straight playoff berth
that almost slipped away
when they lost four of their
first five, games.
They completed one of the
greatest comebacks in pro
football history Saturday by
shutting out Houston 21-0 to
clinch the American Football
Conference's Central Division
title with nine straight vic
tories.
"After we lost to Cleveland
we were 1-4, we didn't say we
couldn't lose another game,"
said Franco Harris, who
rushed over 1,000 yards for
the season. "We said we
wouldn't lose another."
The Steelers won con
vincingly Saturday against a
Eagles ruin
PHILADELPHIA (AP) Tom Sullivan rushed 23 times for
121 yards and two touchdowns yesterday helping, the
Philadelphia Eagles beat the Seattle Seahawks 27-10 in' - a
National Football League regular-season finale.
Mike Hogan gained 104 yards, and quarterback Roman
Gabriel completed 10 of 13 passes for 121 yards as the Eagles,
the National Conference team with the worst offense,
trounced the Seahawks, the conference team with the worst
defense.
The Eagles, in their 43rd NFL season, wound up 4-10, and
the Seahawks completed their first year at 2-12.
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sluggish Oiler defense and a
punting game that con
tinually kept Houston poor
field position. The Steel
Curtain shut out its fifth
' opponent in nine games.
"What I feel is a tense
relief," defensive tackle
Ernie Holmes said. "I feel a
glow from this game, but I
also feel the tension of what's
coming."
Saturday's game marked
the return of quarterback
Terry Bradshaw, back in
action after missing two
games with a sprained wrist.
"Today's game was like the
first pre-season game for
me," Bradshaw said. "I
threw the ball all right, but I
had trouble reading defense.
Everything was fuzzy out
there. One time Rocky Bleier
was wide open for a touch-
Seahawks
playoff berth
down out there and I swore he
was covered.
"I needed all the work I
could get."
Bradshaw got too much
work for the Oilers defense,
which put up a strong fight in
the first half but finally
melted under the charges of
Harris and Bleier, who both
rushed over 100 yards in the
game and over 1,000 yards for
the season.
Bleiek needed 71 yards
against the Oilers to get 1,000
NFL Standings
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
Eastern Division
W L T Pct. PF
x-Salt 11 3 0 .786 417
p•lslEng 11 3 0 .786 376
Miami 6 8 0 .429 263
NYJets 3 11 0' .214 169
Buff 2 12 0 -.143 245
Central Division
x-Pitts 10 4 0 .714 342
Cinci 10 4 0, .714 335
Cleve 9 5 0 .643 267
Hstn 5 9 0 .357 222
Western Division
x-Oakid 13 1 0 .929 350
Den 9 5 0 .643 315
S Diego 6 8 0 .429 248
K.C. • 5 9 0 1357 290
Tpa Bay 0 14 0 .000 125
Saturday's Games
Minesota 29, Miami 7
Pittsburgh 21, Houston 0
Los Angeles 20, Detroit 17
Yesterday's Games
Cincinnati 42, New York Jets 3
St. Louis 17, New York Giants 14
Philadelphia 27, Seattle 10
New Engl nd 31, Tampa Bay 14
Green Bay 24, Atlanta 20
Baltimore 58, Buffalo 20
Denver 28, Chicago 14
Kansas City 39, Cleveland 14
San Fransico 27, New Orleans 7
Washington 27, Dallas 14
Oakland 24, San Diego 0
Regular Season Ends
yards for the season and he
finished with 107.
"The guys on the offensive
line had talked all week about
getting me those yards,"
Bleier said. "I looked over at
the sidelines in the fourth
quarter and George Peries,
the defensive line coach was
signalling and yelling, 'One
more yard.'
"It's a great tribute to an,
offensive line to have two
guys gain 1,000 yards." • (4#
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
Eastern Division
x-Dilas 11 3 0 .786 296
p-Wash 10 4 0 .714 291
S Louis 10 4 0 .714 309
Phila '4 10 0 .286 165
NY Gis i 3 11 0 .214 170
Central Division
x-Minn 11 2 1 .821 305
Chcgo 7 7 0 .500 253
Dtrt 6 8 0 .429 262
Gn Bay 5 9 0 .357 218
138
210
287
273
Western Division
x-L.A. 10 3 1 .750 351
S Fran 8 6 0 .571 270
N Orins 4 10 0 .286 253
Atlanta 4 10 0 .286 172
Stle 2 12 0 .143 229
x -clinched division title
p-clinched playoff spot
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206
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376
412
Playoffs
Saturday Dec. 18 •
NFC Divisional Playoff
Washington at Minnesota
AFC Divisional Playoff
New England at Oakland
Sunday. Dec. 19
AFC Divisional Playoff
Pittsburgh at Baltimore
NFC Divisional Playoff
Los Angeles at Dallas
Sunday, Dec. 26
AFC Championship Game
NFC Championship Game
Sunday. Jan. 9
Super Bowl XI
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