European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 21, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday september 21, 1977 the stars and stripes Page 21 Steeles trounce 49ers, 27-0, As Harris rushes for 100 Yards two ids Pittsburgh up Franco Harris ran for 100 Yards and two touchdowns monday night to become the National foot Ball league s 20th leading All time rusher and Lead the Pittsburgh Steeles to a 27-0 Victory Over the san Francisco 49ers in their nationally televised season opener. Terry Bradshaw passed 15 Yards to John Stallworth for another Steeler to while Roy Gerela added Field goals of 49 and 47 Yards and three extra Points. Harris Rushing performance in 27 car Ries gave him 5,233 career Yards moving him in front of Lenny Moore of Baltimore for 20th place on the All time Rushing list. Harris a six year Veteran also moved into a tie with Jim Taylor of Green Bay for fourth place on the All time list of most 100 Yard games in a career with 26. Harris touchdown runs of 14 and seven Yards also made him the Steeles third All time leading scorer with 282 Points on 47 touchdowns. Gerela tied his own personal Steeler record for his longest Field goal with his 49 games their record of not giving up a touchdown in the first period. The Pittsburgh defense kept the 49ers bottled up deep inside their own territory the entire first half As Plunkett was Able to take the team no further than its own 36. In the second half the 49ers were Given an excellent scoring Chance when Mel Phillips recovered a Fumble by Harris to give his team Possession on the Pittsburgh 22. But with a fourth-and-11 on the Pitts Burgh 23 the snap for a 40-Yard Field goal attempt was muffed and kicker Tom Wittum failed in his attempt to pass for first Down. San Francisco o 0 0 0 0 Pittsburgh 0 10 3 .1427 pit Harris 14 run Gerela kick pit Fig Gerela 49 pit Fig Gerela 47 pit Harris 7 run Gerela kick pit Stallworth 15 pass from Bradshaw Gerela kick a48,046. Tag you re out Oakland Pinch runner Sheldon Mallory glances Over his shoulder As Kansas City third baseman George Brett closes in to make a tag after catching him in rundown in an american league game at Kansas City. Up photo first Downs rushes Yards passing Yards return Yards passes punts fumbles lost penalties Yards 49ers 8 33-82 19 17 4-18-2 9-39 1-1 8-50 Steeles 19 45 175 133 83 12-24-0 8-38 1-1 7 71 Boston win Over Yankees tightens Al East race orioles lose to jays Yard kick in the second Quarter. However Gerela s All time personal career record is a 50-yarder he kicked As a Houston Oiler and the Steeles longest Field goal Ever was a 51-yarder by Lou Michaels. Cornerback Jimmy Allen set up two of the Steeles touchdowns with interceptions. His interception of a Jim Plunkett pass on the Steeler 38 that came 37 seconds into the second Quarter resulted 10 plays later with Pittsburgh s first to on Harris 14-Yard burst off tackle. Midway through the final Quarter Allen picked off another Plunkett pass on the san Francisco 13 and returned it to the 6. Three plays later Bradshaw who had been sacked for a 10 Yard piss on the second play from scrim Mage hit Stallworth with his 15-Yard scor ing pass. Harris other to with 4 25 gone in the final Quarter capped a seven play 62-Yard drive. Gerela kicked his 47-yarder for the Only scoring in the third Quarter. The Steeles continued their Success on monday night Home games never having lost a game. The Steeler defense also stretched to 30 straight regular season by United press International the american league East race the Only one in baseball tightened up again monday night when the Boston red sox playing in the Friendly confines of Fenway Park stopped the new York Yankees 6-3 on the strength of Home runs by gallon Fisk and Carl Yastrzemski. The win moved the red sox into a tie for second place with the Baltimore orioles who were losing 3-1, to the last place to Ronto Blue jays. Both Are now 3l/z games behind the Yankees. In other american league games Chi Cago blanked Oakland 8-0 Detroit put away Cleveland 6-4 and Texas downed California 6-1. There were no National league games scheduled. The expansion Blue jays who earlier this year did their share to keep the pen Nant race close by tormenting the Yankees for six victories in 12 games scored their Victory Over the orioles behind the pitch ing of Rookie Southpaw Jerry Garvin. Three clubs have a helluva shot at this thing if we beat the Yankees again said manager Don Zimmer whose red sox were to Complete their season series with the Yankees in Boston tuesday night. At this stage i la take being Down two in the loss  the red sox who Lead the american league in Home runs dropped two out of three games to the Yankees in new York last week mostly because the Distant fences of Yankee stadium Short circuited their Long Ball Power. Nobody was happier than Fisk to be Back Home. I hit the Ball better five times last week than i did tonight and they were All outs said Fisk who stroked a three run Homer his 24th, in the third inning. It s Nice to be Home and have a Well hit Ball go  go 3 /2 Al East race at a glance w l pet Newyork 93 58 .616 Boston 89 61 .593 Baltimore 9 61 .593 a i games remaining new York 11 Home 7 Cleveland 4 sept. 26-27-28-29 Detroit 3 sept. 30, oct. 1, 2 away 4 Boston 1, sept. 20, Toronto 3, sept. 23,24, 25. Boston Home 8 new York 1, sept. 20 Toronto 4, sept. 26, 27, 28, 29 Baltimore 3, sept. 30, oct. 1, 2. Away 4 Detroit 4, sept. 22, 23, 24, 25. Baltimore Home 6 Toronto 3, sept. 20, 21, 22 de troit 3, sept. 27, 28, 29. Away 6 Cleveland 3, sept. 23, 24, 25 Boston 3, sept. 30, oct. 1, 2. Cox 22, gets stand no Oval on of Fenway Boston Rookie has 6 hits in 8 trips Boston up it took seven trips to the plate before Ted Cox made his first major league out but by then he already had made a hit with manager Don Zimmer and the Boston fans. Cox promoted to the red sox last week after hitting .334 with 81 rib in 95 games for Pawtucket of the International league Only had two hits in four at bats monday in Boston s 6-3 win Over the new York Yan Kees. A Day earlier he had started his big league career by going 4-for-4 with a walk against Baltimore. Starting As the designated hitter again monday the 22-year-old infielder hit a first inning single to right and a third inning single to left Center. When he came to Bat in the fifth inning the 34,346 Fenway Park fans gave him a standing  never experienced anything like that in my life said the 6-foot-3 resident of Midwest City okla., but then i never expected to get off to a Start like  after the crowd settled Down Cox made his first out a grounder to first. The right handed hitter also hit a Long Fly to Center in the eighth. The six hits came from a Bat he Bor rowed from Butch Hobson the Man responsible for keeping Cox in the minor leagues this season. Both played third base but Hobson was elevated because he was a far better hitter. Cox known for his Good Fielding lost weight and added upper body muscle last Winter to lift his average 56 Points from the .278 Mark he hit in double a Ball the previous  know Butch is going to be Here a Long time and that my future with this team seems to be at first base said Cox. " i played 15 games at first this year and i Hope to play first in puerto Rico this Winter. In fact before i was called up Las week i bought Pawtucket first baseman Jack Baker s Glove for $20. He said he is going to try to make it to the big leagues As a  Cox apparently has earned himself a Job with the red sox solely on his hitting. In contrast to his Power Laden teammates Cox is More of a line drive base hit Batter. Zimmer already has installed Cox in the second position in the batting order and will leave him there As Long As he does the Job. Right now i Don t want to think about that first game or what i did today said Cox who also would not want to know he has a .750 lifetime average in the majors. I just want to go up to the plate and take my swings Yastrzemski sealed the Boston Victory with an rib single in the first and a Solo Homer in the eighth. They have the Short right Field porch and a lot of left handed hitters and we have a Short left Field and a lot of right handed hitters said Yastrzemski. But we still have to win All of them from Here on out or tonight does t mean a Damn  Reggie Cleveland who got no support in losing to the Yankees 2-0 last week benefited from the 11-hit barrage by spacing seven hits in notching his 10th win and eighth in 10 lifetime outings against the Yankees. The Only difference is we got some runs tonight said Cleveland. At Baltimore Only 3,325 fans showed up to see the lowly Blue jays defeat the Ori Oles. Rick Cerone batting just .184 at game time drove in two runs with a double and a single while Garvin spaced nine hits in registering his 10th Victory and 12th Complete game. I guess this shows we re no Pushover for anyone said Cerone who singled in one run in the second and doubled Home an insurance tally in the ninth. Playing the spoiler is sure a lot More fun than just going through the motions at the end of a  what it amounts to said Oriole Man Ager Earl Weaver is that we lost another Day and we re running out of Days. It hurts to look at the scoreboard and see the Yan Kees losing when you re losing  White sox 8, a s 0 Ken Kravec 9-8, tossed a four hitter and struck out eight while Eric Sod erhorn hit his 23rd Home run during a four run fifth inning for Chicago. I Amar Johnson also had a two run triple to help Kravec who pitched his fifth Complete game. Rangers 6, Angels i Toby Harrah hit his 26th Homer with two aboard to help the rangers maintain then one percentage Point Edge Over Chicago for second place in the Al West. Nolan Ryan was deprived of his 20th Victory Doyle Alexander 16-10, went All the Way for the win. Tigers 6, indians 4 Ben Oglivie s two run single in the eighth inning gave the tigers the win Rusty staub who hit his 22nd Homer to trigger a four run seventh led off the eighth with a single and moved up when reliever Bill in Ixion walked Jason Thompson before advancing both runners with a wild pitch