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Meyer, Benoit lead pack of 6,515 at Marathon
By BERT ROSENTHAL
AP Sports Writer
BOSTON Greg Meyer surged
into the lead with just over six miles
left and won his first Boston Mar
athon yesterday, while Joan Benoit
shattered the woman's world best in
the grueling 26-mile, 385-yard race.
Meyer, 27, a native of Grand Rap
ids, Mich., now living in nearby
Wellesley, Mass., overtook Benji
Durden of Stone Mountain, Ga.,
shortly before the 20-mile mark and
Joan Benoit, of Watertown, Miss., crosses the finish line yesterday to win
the women's division of the Boston Marathon. Benoit's record time of
2:22.42 shattered the old mark by nearly three minutes.
romped to victory in 2 hours, 9
minutes. His victory capped a bril
liant eight-month assault on U.S.
road and track racing.
The diminutive Benoit, running
alongside world-class marathoner
Kevin Ryan of New Zealand for the
entire race, was clocked in 2:22:42,
smashing the woman's best of
2:25:29 by nearly three minutes.
That mark was held by Allison
Roe of New Zealand, who set the
world best in the New York City
Marathon in October 1981, and was
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equaled Sunday by Grete Waitz of
Norway in the London Marathon.
It was the first time the woman's
world best had been broken in the
Boston Marathon since 1975, when
Liane Winter won in 2:42:24.
Meyer's victory the fourth in
seven career marathons was vin
dication for his "embarrassing"
11th-place finish in his only previous
Boston test, in 198 L He had won his
last four races and 11 of his last 13 at
varying distances on the road and on
the track
Ron. Tabb of Eugene, Ore., hus
band of world-class distance runner
Mary Decker Tabb, finished second
in 2:09:32, and Durden was third in
2:09:58.
Then came Ed Mendoza in 2:10:07
and Chris Bunyan in 2:10:54.
Bill Rodgers, the four-time Boston
winner who had been nursing a cold
for the past week, struggled home
10th in 2:12:06:.
Among the women, 1980 champion
Jacqueline Gareau of Canada fin
ished second in 2:29.27, followed by
Mary Shea in 2 :33: 22, Karen Dunn in
2:33:34 and Sue King in 2:33:51.
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The victory was Benoit's second in
the Boston Marathon., Her previous
triumph was in 1979 in 2:35:15. Last
Sept. 12, she set the American re
cord of 2:26:11 in the Nike-OTC
Marathon at Eugene, Ore.
A field of 6,515 5,914 men and 701
women was entered in the race
that began at Hopkinton, west of
Boston, and ended in front of the
Prudential Insurance Co. in down
town Boston. One of the entrants was
75-year-old John A. Kelley, the 1935
and 1945 winner. This was Kelley's
52nd Boston Marathon.
As usual, large. crowds lined the
entire route, and they reserved their
biggest cheers for Meyer and Be
noit.
For the early part of the race, the
sturdy, bearded Meyer simply
stayed with the early leaders.
Little-known Abraha Aregha was
the early pacesetter and was first
most of the way until Durden swept
past him near the eight-mile point.
• Durden, runner-up in the 1980 U.S.
Olympic Trials, stayed in front for
nearly the next 12 miles.
At one point, it appeared Durden
had opened a 100-yard advantage.
But Meyer doggedly went after
him, and once he caught Durden, he
quickly assumed command.
Unlike 1981, when Meyer moved in
front near the 16-mile mark and
began fading about three miles lat
er, he didn't fall apart this time.
"Squires (Coach Bill Squires) had
me strong enough to hang on," said
the grimly determined Meyer, the
American record holder at 10 and 15
kilOmeters.
"It was a matter of being patient
and hoping I could hold on longer
this year," he added.
"Benji did a lot of the work and
that made the pace fast," said the
winner, who ran the third-fastest
BoSton marathon in history. His
time has been exceeded only by 1982
winner Alberto Salazar (2:08:51)
and last year's runner-up Dick
Beardsley (2:08:53).
Neither Salazar nor Beardsley
was entered this year. Salazar ran in
the Rotterdam Marathon April 9 and
Beardsley is hurt.
After the race, Meyer was pre
sented with the traditional laurel
wreath by Boston Mayor Kevin
White. And he kept it on his head
during the press conference follow
ing the race
Meyer had said that two years ago
when he ran Boston he was inex
perienced at the distance. This time,
he prepared perfectly, and it paid
off.
He also said he was able to survive
the prerace pressure of being the
favorite.
Tabb's second-place finish was a
, bit of a surprise.
Plagued by injuries most of 1982,
he was forced to drop out of the
Boston Marathon. Meanwhile, his
wife gleaned most of the headlines,
setting numerous world records and
winning the Sullivan Award as the
nation's outstanding amateur ath
lete..
"I came here to make a comeback
race and I did," said Tabb, third
place finisher in the 1980 Boston
Marathon and fourth in the Olympic
Trials that year
The 5-foot-1 3 / 4 , 101-pound Benoit,
who ran strongly throughout, had
downplayed her chances of breaking
the wol•ld best and even winning the
race prior to the traditional Patriots
Day event.
"I have to concentrate on the
race," said the native of Portland,
Maine, who now resides in Water
town,' Mass., and coaches at Boston
University. Afterward, she said:
Lions look for rebound
By RON LEONARDI
Collegian - Sports Writer
Early season rains have been
the nemesis to date. Today, how
ever, the baseball team could see
those ominous little white parti
cles remnants of an undead
winter.
Despite a frigid weather fore
cast which could drop tempera
tures into the mid to upper 30s, the
Lions will attempt to rebound
from Sunday's double-header loss
when they host the University of
Buffalo at 1 this afternoon in a
twinbill at Beaver Field.
"We're going to give it a shot but
the weather is shaky to say the
least," Lion Head Coach Shorty
Stoner said. "The bad part is the
temperature is going to be 37 or 38
degrees and that's not what we'd
like to play in. But we're at the
point where we want to keep play
ing and force the issue again.
"If it gets too bad, we may agree
to play one nine inning game rath
er than two seven inning games.
The Lions, winners of eight of
their last 12 games, saw their six
game winning streak snapped
Sunday with a pair of 4-3 extra
inning losses to Widener, which
Stoner said were given away.
"We literally gave them both
ballgames," he said. "They tried
to give us the second game and we
didn't take advantage of that. We
Phils tower past Cubs
PHILADELPHIA (AP)
Gary Matthews hit a solo home
run and Mike Schmidt a towering
two-run blast in a three-run third
inning to help power the Philadel
phia Phillies to an 8-2 victory over
the Chicago Cubs last night.
The Phillies trailed 2-0 with two
out and nobody on in the third
when Paul Moskau, 0-1, ran into
trouble. Matthews, who had a sin
gle and a double later in the game,
hit his third homer .of the season,
Joe Morgan walked and Schmidt
drove in two more with his fourth
homer.
The Phillies added three in the
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Greg Meyer breaks the tape at the 2:09.00 mark in the 87th running of the
Boston Marathon yesterday afternoon. The victory for the Wellesley,
Mass. runner marked his first marathon win.
"I was not projecting what I was
going to run. If conditions were
right, though, I felt I could break the
world record.
"I always felt in control," she
added, "but I felt fatigued from
about 24 miles on."
Benoit, who plans to give up
coaching after this year, said prior
to the race that she had not been able
to train as much as she would have
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The Daily Collegian
Tuesday, April 19
had three good pitching perfor
mances until the latter innings but
this problem has plagued us the
entire year.
"When you have a lead," Stoner
said, "the pitcher has to take the
situation in hand and say I have all
the advantages on my side and the
odds of them doing anything are
bad, • but I must throw strikes.
That's not happening."
A perfect example was the first
game where the Lions staked
southpaw Jim Harry to an early 3-
0 lead and let it slip away in the
late innings.
"The pitchers have put pressure
on themselves and on the team,"
Stoner said.
"They've done this many times
and gotten out of it but it has
haunted us enough that we've lost
some ballgames because of it."
Stoner said another thing the Li
ons have been hampered by is
errors and walks.
"We'll go out dnd walk a man or
two and commit a few errors and
put them right back in the ball
game," Stoner said.
"Other than one bad inning in
the first game, we played some
good steady ball against a very
good Rider team."
LION NOTES: Today's ex=
pected starters are Lion right
handers Mike Bellaman 4-2 and
Tom Bart 0-2.
fourth, knocking out Moskau, who
was recalled April 14 when Dickie
Noles went on the disabled list. Bo
Diaz and Ivan DeJesus singled,
winner John Denny, 1-1, bunted
then ahead and Pete Rose then
tripled to right-center. Rose came
home one out later on Morgan's .
grounder.
The Phillies added a run in the
seventh on Tony Perez's RBI-sin
gle and one in the eighth.
The Cubs scored in the first
inning when, with two outs, Bill
Buckner beat out an infield single,
Leon Durham tripled and Ron Cey
singled.
liked. Now, she will concentrate on
working toward the Olympics next
year.
Along the way to her record
smashing effort, she set personal
bests at many distances. t
The race also was the first qual
ifier for the 1984 U.S. Olympic Mar
athon Trials. Any man running
under 2:19:04 qualified, while any
woman under 2:51:16 will make it.
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Netmen turn history
around. on WVU, 5-4
By MATT MICHAEL
Collegian Sports Writer
Fortunately for the men's tennis
team, history didn't repeat itself
this'past weekend when the Lions
took on Atlantic 10 rival West
Virginia in the first match of the
Mercyhurst Quadrangular at Mer
cyhurst College in Erie. '
Last year at West Virginia, the
Lions lost 5-4 to the Mountaineers
in a match that wasn't decided
until the final doubles match was
completed
This year the match was again
decided on the last doubles match,
but it was Penn State with the 5-4
win. .
In this year's tournament, Penn
State held a 4-2 lead after the
singles matches and following the
completion of two of the doubles
matches, Lion Head Coach
Holmes Cathrall was still waiting
for the decisive win.
"We had the same situation
going into the doubles matches
last year at West Virginia," Cath
rall said. "I thought to myself, 'oh
no, here we go again.' "
But Cathrall's fears were put to
rest. The 'Lions snapped a two
game losing streak when the No. 1
doubles team of Jeff Factor and
Virgil Christian edged Joey Cham
bers and John Moore 7-6 (7-1), 7-6
(7-1) to clinch the win.
Sparked by victory over the
Mountaineers, Penn State (5-7)
went on to capture the Quadran
gular by defeating Bloomsburg
and host Mercyhurst by identical
5-1 scores.
Factor, Christian, Howard
Beckman and Bryan Crist won
their singles matches against
West Virginia to give Penn State
the 4-2 lead heading into the dou
bles competition. Factor and
Christian's win gave the Lions a
much-needed boost for the rest of
the Quadrangular since they had
to play Bloomsburg late Saturday
evening and Mercyhurst early
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Sunday morning.
"The West Virginia match was
the key one for us," Beckman
said. "The momentum from that
win carried us through the
Bloomsburg match."
Factor, Christian, Beckman,
Crist and Brad Rush supplied the
wins against the Huskies. Rush
clinched the win with 6-2, 6-2 victo
ry over Walt Brenner of Blooms
burg and the teams decided not to
play the doubles matches because
they both to had to play the next
day.
The same five players who won
against Bloomsburg came through
again for the Lions as they
clinched the Quadrangular by de
feating Mercyhurst 5-1 on Sunday.
The doubles matches were not
played because Penn State had
already clinched the' win.
A big reason for the Lions' suc
cess was the performance of their
third through sixth singles play
ers, who won eight of 12 matches.
Unlike the No. 1 and No. 2 players,
Factor and Christian, the other
players did not have the benefit of
playing last season.
"I'm playing so much that men
tal doors are opening up for me,"
Beckman' said. "With experience
your game picks up both physical
ly and mentally."
Cathrall said the weekend did a
great deal to boost his squad's
confidence.
"The kids now realize they can
win against better competition,"
Cathrall said. "That is the best
thing that can happen to them."
Christian was voted the most
outstanding player in the tourna
ment by virtue of his three singles
wins and one doubles triumph.
Christian defeated West Virgina's
Pete Perotta 6-4, 6-4; Blooms
burg's Marty Coin 6-0, 6-3; and
Mercyhurst's Wayne Ashmead 6-
4, 7-5, in addition to teaming up
with Factor for the doubles win
against West Virginia.
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Lady taxers two-dimensional in goal
By CHRIS LINDSLEY
Collegian Sports Writer
Tough games are supposed to bring out the best
in everyone. And for the women's lacrosse team, no
one proves this any better than its two goalies,
Lyhn Mattson and Sally Ratcliffe.
These two have been sharing the net all season,
and their reliable play has led a defense which has
allowed only 58 goals in its first eight games, and
gave up only four to the high-powered William and
Mary offense in the second half to preserve Penn
State's 14-11 victory.
Against the Lady Indians Mattson, who has
started all but one game in net for Penn State in the
last two years, gave up seven goals in the first half,
which ended deadlocked at seven-all.
But in the second half it was Ratcliffe who led an
inspired defense which turned away numerous
William and Mary scoring opportunities. She made
10 saves while allowing only four scores, enabling
the Lady Lions to extend its home-game unbeaten
streak to 38 in the process
This is just one example of how the Lady Lions
have been two-dimensional in the goal all season.
Ratcliffe, who has been coming off the bench for
most of the season, said she felt nervous about
coming into the game with the score tied, but
gained confidence as the game went on. .
"This was really our first close game of the year,
and I knew I couldn't let them down (with the game
on the line)," Ratcliffe said. "I was nervous com
ing into the game and I started out slowly, but after
Herzog still skeptical after
By PAUL LeBAR
AP Sports Writer
ST. LOUIS The St. Louis Cardi
nals are where they left off last fall in
major league baseball still under a
manager who refuses to get excited.
"What have we got left 155
games?" asked Whitey Herzog fol
lowing the defending world cham
pion's most recent success, a 6-2
victory Saturday night over the New
York Mets.
If Herzog preferred a low-key ap
proach to, the 6-1 start by St. Louis,
such was not the case with George
Bamberger, the New York manager.
"They've got great balance, great
team speed," said Bamberger.
"They've got the kind of defense that
can beat you alone. Plus they're
getting great•pitching."
I made my first save I gained some momentum
which helped me the rest of the way."
With two different goalies sharing the playing
time, it may be hard for the team to feel comfort
able behind both of them. But Head Coach Gillian
Rattray said the team plays equally well no matter
who is in net.
"Sally played very well (against William and
Mary), and I know I can put her in any situation
and she'll be unflappable," Rattray said. "But
overall I feel who's in the net has no effect on our
defensive play. They are very close in skill level,
and I think the team works well with either goalie
(playing)."
Left defense wing Jane Koffenbergcr agreed the
team plays well behind either goaltender, and she
added having two quality people in net is a big asset
to the team.
"I am very confident with either (Mattson or
Ratcliffe) in net, and the rest of our defense
compliments both of them," Koffenberger said.
"And having two good goalies is a big pus for us. If
we only had one (goalie) capable of platy ing, and if
she was playing poorly, the defense would tend to
become frustrated. But here if one is riot playing
well we are all confident the other will come in and
do the job."
With both Ratcliffe , and Mattson not knowing who
is going to start until moments before the opening
draw, both of them feel they must give their all in
practice to try to make a good impression with the
coaches. And Mattson said the competition helps
The Cards, since bowing 7-1 to the
Pittsburgh Pirates in its season-open
er, have since clicked off six straight
victories and moved to the top of the
National League East
"It's good to win any time," Herzog
said. "We're playing good right now.
The games you win now you don't
have to worry about later."
St. Louis, while profiting from its
tight pitching, has also capitalized on
the sudden explosiveness of its at
tack. . .
Only George Hendrick has hom
ered for the team that a year ago
ranked last among 26 clubs in that
offensive category. But the Cards
have already made a habit of man
ufacturing big innings. Topping the
barrage was a seven-run first against
the Mets.
Third baseman Ken Oberkfell pre-
diets speed will maintain the rapid
pace for St. Louis, which a year ago
scored fewer than three runs in 51 of
its 162 regular-season contests.
"We don't have a lot of power, but
we all make contact," said Oberkfell.
"We can put the hits together. And
once we get on base we just run, run,
run."
Herzog's unswerving dedication to
the running game and bold coaching
at third base by Chuck Hiller have so
far manufactured the keys to two of
the Cards' victories.
Against Pittsburgh last week, Hill
er sent Keith Hernandez home from
third base for the winning run on
Oberkfell's shallow fly to left center.
A day later, Hiller waved Oberkfell
all the way home from first base on
David Green's double to right.
"They force you into a lot of mis-
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her to keep her concentration at all times.
"Not knowing who is going to start puts a little
more pressure on me in practice, but I feel that I ,
Would work as hard even if I was the only one
(goaltender)," Mattson said. "Also, the competi: l
tion makes me keep on my toes, and I think it helps
both of us. We both know we must concentrate ;
when we go in, and the intensity we display in net
often at times helps to get the team going."
In a situation such , as this, there is always the
possibility of resentment. Both the goaltenders
would like to play more, but Koffenberger said
their friendship and helpfulness towards one other
makes both of them accept their roles and makes
splitting the time a little easier.
"They are good friends who get along well on the
field, and it's a big help to the team that they are
willing to share the position," Koffenberger said.
"In practice they cheer for each other, and their
' good attitude turned what could be a tense situation
into an asset for us."
Mattson also said she and Ratcliffe feel no
resentment for one another, and in fact they help
one other to improve. She said this is needed if the
team is going to be successful.
"Sally and I help each other in practice, and we
point out mistakes we are making, which helps both
of us to improve," Mattson said. "If we resented
each other, it would hurt the team effort and also
effect the way we played. But we both want to win,
and if we help each other, winning will be that
much easier."
Cards' start
takes with the pressure they keep on
you," said New York outfielder Dan
ny Heep as St. Louis swept three
games from the Mets.
Only five early postponements
including a Sunday game against
New York which was called off be
cause of snow have marred the
Cards' fast start
Joaquin Andujar's pitching and the
hitting of Hendrick, Green and fill-in
second baseman Mike Ramsey have
thus far provided the spark for the St.
Louis, which a year ago won the NL
East with a 92-60 record.
"I'm not surprised, but I'm glad
we're playing so well," said Herzog.
said. "You never know. One year in
Kansas City (where Herzog Once
managed) we were 36-36 and wound
up winning 102 games. I like to win as
many as I can as fast as I can."