At left, Penri State quarterback Todd Blackledge and Boston College linebacker Steve DeOssie (99) look at a referee to see if signaled no touchdown, the two compare notes as to whether the Nittany Lion signal caller had actually scored. Penn Blackledge scored on an option play in the third quarter of Saturday's game at Beaver Stadium. At right, after the play was the game 38-7 to remain undefeated. the daily • collegian Lions rout Boston College By SHARON FINK Daily Collegian Sports Writer At least Boston College scored But that was at the start of the fourth quarter of the BC-Penn State game Sat uiday. And at the time, the Lions were ahead 38-0. And. . .both Penn State tailback Curt Warner and fullback Mike Meade had rushed for more than 100 yards. Quar terback Todd Blackledge had his best day passing as a Lion. And the Penn State defense, in the three previous quar ters, had limited the Eagles to 78 yards rushing and two yards passing. Whatev er BC (1-3) did after that was superflu ous, as the Lions (4-0) rolled 38-7 at Beaver Stadium. That BC touchdown was more symbol ic than anything else, proving the Eagles could cross the goal line. And for the crowd of 84,473 waiting to see if the Lion defense could record its third shutout in four games, it also ended any suspense that was left in a game devoid of sus= pense. But the crowd got enough excitement from the Lions in a game coach Joe Paterno called a good, solid effort. Although Paterno said the Eagles' de fense was very tough on the run, Warner quietly and unassumingly ran up his fourth consecutive 100-yard game, get ting 105 on 22 carries. He also scored two of the the Lions' five touchdowns. But Warner wasn't the Lions' leading rusher. Meade, playing almost full-time because Joel Coles is out, had a career high 107 yards in 13 carries and one touchdown. And even tailback Jon Wil liams had 54 yards and a touchdown. Mit the Lions are supposed to run. So one 'of the things that pleased Paterno was the continued improvement of the thing the Lions aren't supposed to do well pass. Blackledge's career-best totals were eight of 17 for 182 yards and one touchdown. One of his receivers also had a career best day. Flanker Kenny Jackson caught three passes one of them for a touch down for 97 yards. The touchdown was a 39-yard connection in the second quar ter in which Jackson outmanueverd BC weak corner George Radachowsky and weak safety Vic Crawford. It was a play Jackson said he and Blackledge worked on last week in practice. "Their free safety was lining up on the wrong side," Jackson said. "I saw it, and Todd saw it. It was something we worked on this week. That leaves me with one Montreal pitcher Steve Rogers reacts to the Expos' playoff-clinching victory over the 'PhiHies yesterday in Philadelphia. s guy, and if I can get him to the middle of the field, I can shake him. And that's what happened. "I kept on running the post until they were expecting it, and then 'I went straight." Paterno said Jackson's improvement from week to week is a big factor in the improvement of the entire passing at tack. "The passing is becoming a little bit more explosive," he said. "We're getting the ball over more to Kenny. I said to folks that Kenny had had a very average preseason practice because he had been hurt and did not have a chance to really get his timing down. "Kenny is just starting to get good, plus a lot of the coverages we got today were one-on-one with Kenny. He's pretty tough to handle one-on-one all day. He's got to get open once or twice." The BC defense was tougher on the pass, though, and Blackledge had his problems. Several times his receivers No. 1 poll spot possible By TOM VERDUCCI Daily Collegian Sports Writer Rich D'Amico heard about it on television. Walker Lee Ashley got the news from a friend at a party. Todd Blackledge learned of it from a restaurant manager while he was dining with his family. And Harry Hamilton found out from a friend while discussing international politics with his family. By whatever means television, telephone or tell a Penn State football fan word of Arizona's stunning 13-10 upset of No.l USC on Saturday did not take long to reach the N 0.2 Nittany Lions. The next news flash for Penn State comes tonight when The Associated Press and United Press International release their weekly college football polls. The new No.l team is likely to be either the Lions or N 0.3 Texas, an impressive 34-14 victor over Oklahoma on Saturday. Penn State ever the bridesmaid but never the bride is thus once again courting a national championship. The Lions held the top spot in both polls in 1978 from Nov. 13 until their Sugar Bowl loss to Alabama on New Year's Day. "We could possibly be N 0.1," quarterback Blackledge said, "but I wouldn't be overly surprised if Texas were No.l. It doesn't mean that much. As long was we keep winning, that's what counts." D'Amico, who was a freshman on the 1978 team, also downplayed the importance of the polls. "I don't even like to think about it," the senior defensive end said. "It can do more harm than good. You may think you have something to celebrate, but you really have nothing. There's not a No.l team. Nobody's proven anything. It doesn't mean r s Expos eliminate Phils; Dodgers, Yanks win By RALPH BERNSTEIN AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) Steve Rog ers pitched a six-hit shutout and singled home the first two runs yesterday as the Montreal Expos beat the Philadelphia Phillies 3-0 to win their first National League East Division title in the 13-year history of the franchise.. The Expos won the first two games at home, but the Phillies won here Friday and Saturday to send the best-of-five series to a fifth game. It was Rogers' second triumph of the series, and he again beat Phillies' ace Steve Carlton to seal the victory over the defending world champions. Montreal took a 2-0 lead in the fifth on a two-run single by Rogers, his second hit of the game. The Expos boosted their lead to 3-0 in the sixth. Andre Dawson led off with a single to right, and, after Gary Carter flied out, Parrish belted a double to the wall in right-center, scoring Dawson. Rogers walked one and struck out two. He was in slight trouble in the first when the Phillies had hits from Pete Rose and Mike Schmidt, but each was retired. The Montreal pitcher also made a fine defensive play in the fifth inning when'he caught a drive by,shortstop Larry Bowa. were covered well and he was rushed and forced to throw out of bounds. And Black ledge was sacked three times and inter cepted twice. But that was minor compared to what the Lion defense did to BC. The Eagles rushed for only 78 yards. In three quar ters, Eagles quarterback John Loughery was one of 15 for two yards. It took a quarterback not even listed on the depth chart, Dough Flutie, to get the Lions for 135 yards in the air. It was kind of a disappointment for the underpublicized Lion defepse not to get the shutout, linebacker Matt Bradley said, the Eagles' touchdown happened on a pass pattern that was hard to cover. The overall effort couldn't be faulted much. "We like those shutouts; we look for ward to them," Bradley said. "But I guess that happens. We weren't disap pointed with the guys who were in there. (Boston College) ran that crossing pat tern. That's a tough play to cover. "I really don't like to look that far ahead," Hamilton said. "I just take things game by game." "It's too far down the line," Blackledge said. "I'm just thinking about Syracuse now." Penn State meets Syracuse this week at the Carrier Dome and then faces West Virginia, Miami (Fla.), North Carolina State, Alabama, Notre Dame and Pittsburgh. Pitt, a 17-0 winner at West Virginia on Saturday, joins Penn State, Texas, Missouri, Southern Methodist and North Carolina as the only remaining unbeaten and untied major college . football teams. This is not the first time Penn State and Texas have vied for the No.l poll position. In 1969, N 0.3 Texas vaulted past N 0.2 Penn State to win the national championship although both teams recorded perfect seasons. anything until the end of the season." Although the Lions think the polls mean nothing now, they don't disregard the importance of Southern California's loss. "It means a lot to Us," Ashley said. "We've been thinking of being national champions all along, and with USC, there was no way we could meet up with them." Since the winner of the Pacific 10 Conference goes to the Rose Bowl to play the Big 10 winner, USC could not face Penn State for a possible national championship showdown. Thus, the Lions now have more of a say in determining their fate. Texas is a member of the Southwestern Conference, and its champion earns a berth in the Cotton Bowl against a school invited regardless of conference tie-ups. But a No.l vs. N 0.2 season-ending shootout is not yet on the Lions' minds. Philadelphia threatened in the sixth, and although the Phillies got a break on a poor throw by shortstop Speier, they still couldn't score. Lonnie Smith opened the inning with a bunt single, and Rose walked. George Vukovich, whose 10th-inning pinch hom er won Saturday's game, bounced to Manuel for what appeared a routine double play. But Speier's throw pulled first baseman Warren Cromartie off the bag, and Vukovich was safe. With runners at first and third and one out, Schmidt, the major league home run champion, grounded to Speier, and this time the Expos completed the double play, bailing Rogers out of trouble. Carlton worked eight innings yester day, allowing seven hits and all three Montreal runs. The victory gives Montreal manager Jim Fanning, who took over in early September for Dick Williams, a chance to become the first man to win a pennant after taking over in the season's final month. Jerry Reuss outpitched Nolan Ryan and the Dodgers scored three runs in the sixth inning to soar to their third straight victory over Houston yesterday in Los Angeles to qualify for the National Please see DODGERS, Page 12. "They're the type of offense that have a lot of different formations. They try to mix you up a little bit. We adjusted well. We went right at them, we didn't play around." Obviously , not. The Eagles lost four fumbles and three interceptions, too. Some of that was due to the philosophy of BC coach Jack Bicknell. "We didn't want to be conservative today, but we just kept turning the ball over," he said. "We cautioned our kids before the game that lack of execution would mean a long afternoon." It was a long afternoon for everyone in one way or another. NOTES: Brian Franco added a field goal in the first, quarter for Penn State. . .He attempted another one in the second quarter from 47 yards but was wide to the left. . .The miss was his first as a Penn State kicker. Please see related story and statistics, Page 12. Dodgers 4, Astros 0 Fullback Mike Meade (38) scores a touchdown behind Sean Farrell's (62) block on Boston College linebacker Jim Budness in the second quarter of Saturday's win over the Eagles. Meade makes most of new responsibilty RON MUSSELMAN Daily Collegian Sports Writer After Penn State's first four games this .year, fullback Mike Meade had gained only 77 yards on the ground while split ting the first-string job with Joel Coles. But with Coles sidelined for the the season with a fractured tibia in his right foot, Meade has assumed the No.l job for the rest of this season. "This is the first time I've been listed as the starting fullback," Meade said in the locker room after the Lions' victory over Boston College on Saturday. "With Joel there, I felt like my name in the program should have had an asterik beside it." Meade seems to like the idea of having the starting role all to himself. "I can prepare better for a game when I have more responsibility," Meade ad mitted. "And with Joel out, I saw more responsibility resting on my shoulders, which I didn't mind at all." In the first part of this season, Meade has been primarily responsible for open ing holes for tailbacks Curt Warner and Jon Williams. But Saturday, he . also got an opportunity to display his running talents. Meade shredded the Eagles defense for 107 yards in 13 carries. He got 86 of those in the first half. "I knew I had the one long run," said Meade, referring to a 47-yard jaunt in the second quarter. "But I didn't know how far it was." Nor did he appear to care. "If you get caught up with the numbers game, it effects you negatively," he responded. "If I make over 90 percent of my blocks, that's as important to me as rushing for a hundred yards." That point alone makes coach Joe Paterno happy. "Meade is a good football player who's never really gone into a ballgame and carried the ball 10, 12 or 13 times a game,The said. Although Meade has been used exclu sively as a blocking back the past two seasons, Paterno didn't seem to lack confidence in his fullback's ball-carrying ability. Monday, Oct. 12 1 0 "He's got good speed, and he's a strong runner, as he showed today," Paterno said. "With Joel's situation, it was great to see him play so well when he had to. He just probably needs some success to be really good." Meade, on the other hand, tried not to lose confidence in his running game. "It's not so much I had doubts," Meade said. "You've got to wonder if you can still do it after not carrying the ball that much. I still knew I had the ability to run it if given the chance." Meade wasn't sure when that chance would come, though. "After some of the games, me and Joel, half-heartedly joking, would ask the coaches to let us run the ball more," Meade said. "But we were serious about it." Even though he denied it, Paterno may have received the news from one of his assistant coaches just in time to put Meade into the game plan. "We were out there to win the game, but a couple of the defensive looks (Bos ton College)- gave, we were having trou ble outside with the tailbacks," Paterno said. "So we started giving it to the fullback a couple of times to try to get them (BC) to stay at home." According to Meade, who's previous rushing high was 39 yards, the new wrinkle in the Lions' offense may force some other teams to stay at home, too. "I think now we'll make teams more weary of our other offensive threats," Meade said. "Hopefully, it will make it harder for other teams to defend. But I think the biggest thing 'that will help our running game is Todd's improvement of our passing game, which he has done steadily the past couple of ball games." Like Blackledge has improved the passing game, Meade's running prowess could only help the running game im prove, a thought Paterno'likes. "And I think he'll get better," Paterno said of Meade. Meade said: "Our offensive line makes running the ball a pleasure." Getting 100 yard games from Mike Meade is a pleasure for Paterno. ate won ~.: ~ ~ dl. V ri Varsity edges alumni taxers Anyone who thought yesterday's men's lacrosse alumni game would be one of those "ho-hum, nice to be back" affairs was in for a real surprise. The alumni squad and varsity did anything but go through the motions in a hard-fought contest that ended with an 11-10 varsity win in overtime at Pollock Field. "I think the varsity may have thought that they were just going to walk on the field and beat the alumni," Penn State coach Glenn Thiel said. "I think they were a little surprised with the depth of the alumni team. But they did take charge when they had to." Freshman George Connor scored the winning goal early in the overtime period after the two teams battled to an appar ent 10-10 tie in regulation. (Actually, the two sides disagreed on the score and decided to settle matters with an over time period.) Connor's goal completed an uphill bat tle for the current Lions as former stars like Mark Gelsomini and Billy Curran kept the alumni on top for most of the contest. Gelsomini and Curran each had two goals, and strong play by Keith McGuire, Paul Sullivan and Jack Barry kept the alumni in charge until the fourth quarter. ANNOUNCING: PRE-LAW INTERVIEWS The School: SOUTHWESTERN SCHOOL OF LAW Represented by: DARRELL JOHNSON The Date: TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1981 The Place: 124 SPARKS BUILDING The Time: 1-4 P.M. For Further Information, Contact: EARL DAVIS, 865-7515 Department of Political Science-107 Burrowes Bldg. FORUM ON FAITH "Strengthening Your Faith Through Insights from Science" Fall Term presenter: • DR. RUSTUM ROY —Evan Pugh Professor of Solid State Science —director, P.S. U. Materials Research Laboratory , . —chairman, Science, Technology, and Society Program 12:30-2:00 p.m. Octoberl3 HUB Gallery Lounge October 20 HUB Gallery Lounge October 27 HUB Gallery Lounge November 3 HUB Gallery Lounge Sponsored by the Office of Religious Affairs, and Campus Ministries In the late minutes of the game, the varsity tied the game and then took the lead. But the alumni showed they still had some spunk left and sent the game into the extra period. "The alumni had a lot more personnel than we had anticipated, and they gave our team a good battle," Thiel said. "Our guys knew they'd be going against some talented players, but they didn't expect to face as many guys as they did." Particularly outstanding for the alum ni was goalie Rich Caravella. At 6-4, 250 Lions finish fall with double- Penn State closed out its fall baseball season with a double-header sweep against Lock Haven yesterday afternoon at Beaver Field. Lion starter Mike Belleman gave up three hits in four innings enroute to a 6-0 Lion victory in the opener. Second base man Bob D'Ambrosio banged out a single and a double and knocked in two runs to spark a 10-hit attack. Designated hitter pounds, Caravella was very BIG for the returnees, and his 24 saves helped keep his team in the game. Caravella's counterpart in the nets, freshman Tom Florence, was almost as impressive, with several clutch saves in his three periods of action. Thiel was very pleased with the goalkeeper. "This was the first time he faced anybody besides his own team in game action, and he played very well," Thiel said. baseball header win Keith Carango and outfielder John Tar ley also collected two hits apiece. In the nightcap, Tom Bart worked four innings, allowing three hits, and relief pitcher Andy Scherkness closed the door in the final three frames to give the Lions a 2-0 victory. Each team collected three hits, with Randy Simcox driving in the lone Penn State run. The other scored on an error. 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Fourteen members of the Top Twenty actually failed to lose, although one of them, seventh-ranked Alabama, settled for a 13-13 tie with Southern Mississippi and another, N 0.16 Miami (Fla.), wasn't sched uled. The list of casualties begins at the top with No.l-ranked Southern Cali fornia dropping a 13-10 decision to unheralded Arizona, despite Marcus Allen's fifth consecutive 200-yard rushing effort. The other victims were eighth ranked Brigham Young, a 45-41 loser to Nevada-Las Vegas as the nation's longest major college winning streak was snapped at 17 games; 10th-rated Oklahoma, under the .500 mark (1-2-1) for the first time since 1968; N 0.12 lowa State, bombed by San Diego State 52-31; N 0.17 UCLA, which fell to previously winless Stanford 26-23, and No.lB Ohio State, a loser for the sec- and week in a row, this time bowing to Wisconsin 24-21. As a result of the wild, woolly, wacky, weird weekend, there are some strange doings in the conference races. Would you believe Wisconsin and Washington State in the Rose Bowl? For the time being, at least, the Big Four in college football are Texas, Penn State, Pitt and North Carolina. Fourth-ranked Pitt, playing without quarterback Dan Marino, blanked West Virginia 17-0, and N 0.5 North Carolina, minus tailback Kelvin Bry ant, thrashed Wake Forest 48-10. Rounding out the Top Ten, ninth ranked Clemson beat Virginia 27-0. Meanwhile, No.ll Georgia mauled Mississippi 37-7, N 0.13 Missouri bur ied Kansas State 56-13, N 0.14 Southern Methodist clipped Baylor 37-20, N 0.19 Mississippi State downed Colorado State 37-27 and N 0.20 Florida State turned back Notre Dame 19-13. The top teams just don't get respect any more. Arizona trailed Southern Cal 10-0 after one period, but the Wildcats .... a .