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Gators, Datrgs, Tide Din 2 Tournament .2 Ercrt lioyd Uiiu Igaln .6 7 Major League Baseball 8 Sooner Fall In Shocker 12 Sundoy Section September 12, 1982 N(os mm urn. The Sounds finished the best-of-five series with a 3 games to 1 advantage. Jacksonville scored two runs after one out in the top of the ninth inning to tie the game, but the Sounds' hung on, with Guy Elston, Nashville's fifth pitcher of the night, hurling the final 3 innings for the win. DAYETT'S BLAST came with two outs and Buck Showalter on base. "This climaxes the whole year," said Dayett, who had tied the Sounds regular-season record with 34 homeruns this season.

"That tops it. "I knew I had to hit the ball toward the. alley for Buck to By MIKE MORROW Triumph. They did it. They won it all.

AND, A MAMMOTH two-run homer by Southern League Most Valuable Player Brian Dayett was the crunching blow. The Nashville Sounds, a team which had to hitch up its britches after a lackluster first half of the season, climaxed a thrilling second-half surge last night and won the Southern League champion beating Jacksonville 5-3 in a marathon 13-inning spine-tin-gler. Dayett did the honors, smashing a Dan St. Clair pitch over the double-wall in left-center field before 4,106 fans at Greer Stadi- score from first," he said. "I can't think of any bigger homers I have hit." "You knew it was gone the minute it was hit," said St.

Clair. It is the second Southern League championship for the Sounds. The first came in 1979, when they were affiliated with the Cincinnati Reds. Under the guidance of Johnny Oates, the former major league catcher in his first year of managing, the Sounds marched brilliantly through the playoffs in this, their third season as the AA affiliate of the New York Yankees. The Sounds had lost last year in the finals to Orlando.

(Turn to Page 6, Column 4) Swn(o8 irelf8 I U. II -22 il 1 -til 1 7 i A I 'fv, 4 I I 1 I (' vSr -i. a on czs Van a mmit pens With 24-1 4 Win i ii ii ii 1 1 1 1 1 ny iw i i WITH JOHN BIBB him in the numbers. Ricky Anderson, who was to kick a 37-yard field goal later in the second quarter, added the extra. MEMPinS STATE had scored on its first possession, taking the kickoff and marcing 80 yards for the score.

The touchdown was a 1-yard scamper by quarterback Trell Hooper on a well-executed keeper play. Vanderbilt moved ahead later in the second quarter when the Taylor-Matthews combination scored from the 15. This time it was a marvelous bit of fakery bv (Turn to Page 4, Column 1) -SPORTS EDITOR MEMPHIS Vanderbilt's space-age Commodores added an old-fashioned battering ram to its offensive arsenal here last night as they rolled to a 24-14 opening-game victory over Memphis State. The crowd of more than 30,000 came to the park in anticipation of seeing the much-heralded Vanderbilt passing attack in action. The fans certainly weren't disappointed as quarterback Whit Taylor and Allama Matthews combined for all three of the Commodore touchdowns.

What the opening-night crowd didn't expect, however, was the dazzling performance by fullback Ernie Goolsby. With the Memphis defense obviously braced for the anticipated pass-happy offense, Goolsby found running room to demonstrate he Staff photo by J.T Phillips Calm Down Coach MEMPHIS Vanderbilt head coach George Ma-1 while arguing with officials at Memphis State, clntyre is restrained by assistant Watson Brown Quarterback Whit Taylor looks on. Rally For 23-21 Win is to be a factor this season in the Commodore attack. It isn't altogether accurate to say he found running room, for in piling up 134 yards rushing, Goolsby frequently made his own holes. GRACIOUS GOOLSBY, in the best tradition of running backs, praised his linemen.

"All things considered, it was a matter of me picking out a hole, getting through it and then trying to get as much yardage as possible when the tacklers got to me," said Goolsby, a Vandy senior was is a junior college graduate. Goolsby's running certainly adds a strong dimension to the Vanderbilt passing game, and Taylor and Matthews have never been better. Matthews triggered Vandy's first touchdown drive with a spectacular, on-the-run, one-handed catch of a Taylor pass. It covered 42 yards for a first down on the Memphis 21. The touchdown, which enabled Vandy to earn a 7-7 tie, came on a 9-yard bullet from Taylor to Matthews.

Matthews streaked across the end zone and was in front of the goal posts when Taylor's pass hit tafe wo Football SEC Tennessee 23, Iowa State 21 Vanderbilt 24, Memphis State 14 Auburn 28, Wake Forest 10 Alabama 45, Georgia Tech 7 Miss. 28, Southern Miss. 19 Florida 17, Southern Cal 9 Miss. State 31, Arkansas State 10 Kansas State 23, Kentucky 9 Georgia 17, Brigham Young 14 Locals Tenn. State 21, Jackson State 0 Sewanee 14, Fisk 10 OVC Tenn.

Tech 17, Western Car. 10 Austin Peay 31, Ky. State 24 Middle Tenn. 34, Elizabeth City Eastern Ky. 31, Youngstown 17 Morehead 24, Franklin, 17 (Turn to Page 4, Column 1) of the fourth period to cut Iowa State's margin to one point.

Then after Lee Jenkins recovered Harold Brown's fumble at the Iowa State 43, Reveiz kicked a 52-yarder, the seventh longest in Vol history to win the game. IT WAS A far cry from the final period of the Duke game last week, when the Blue Devils dominated the fourth quarter. This time it was Tennessee up the field goal to put Tennessee ahead at half time 10-7, and in the end it was two magnif icient field goals in the fourth quarter that brought the Vols from behind and to their narrow win. Fuad Reveiz, who has never missed an extra point at Tennessee, added two for a total of 30. But it was his field goals that turned the tide.

He booted one of 21 yards at the nine minute, 23 second mark After falling behind 21-17 on the second play of the final period when Jon English threw a 14-yard pass to Michael Wade and Alex Giffords kicked the extra point, the Vols drove 61 yards for Reviez first field gal. Then they got the fumble by Jenkins to provide the winning margin. And they capped it off when Carlton Peoples made an inter- (Turn to Page 6, Column jt) By F.M. WILLIAMS Tennesson Sports Writer KNOXVILLE Tennessee kicked Iowa State 23-21, and that's literally the truth. On a night when the Cyclones were rolling up a ton of yardage, 397 in all, it was the kicking game and a rugged defense that enabled the Vols to even their 1982 record a 1-1 before 90,201 fans.

FIRST IT was punting that set TSU Blanks Jackson State wmmmm-m. SUA By DAVID CUMER All of that pregame worry about Tennessee State's troublesome quarterback situation was unnecessary. When you play defense like the Tigers did last night, you don't need many points to win a football game. With much of the pressure placed squarely on their shoulder pads, TSU's defenders pitched a shutout, blanking Jackson State 21-0 at Vanderbilt's Dudley Field. THE WIN was a successful kickoff to the Tigers' season while Jackson State, an impressive 21-0 winner, over Alabama State last weekend, fell to 1-1.

It also marked a winning return to active, on-field coaching for John Merritt, whose poor health forced him to sit out much of last season. Merritt joined an estimated 22,000 fans in watching a superlative Tiger defense, led by tackle Richard Dent and linebacker Vynell Henderson, absolutely stymie State's offense, sending them back to Mississippi with far more bruises than points, THE TSU defense was so overwhelming that Jackson State was never able to advance the ball farther downfield than the TSU 21-yard line. And that penetra-tion was quickly aborted by consecutive quarterback sacks by Henderson and Dent, sending the visitors back, ioward midfield and taking a major psychological toll. The defensive effort was even more impressive in light of the absence of starting linebacker Primes Bobo, who has been hospitalized with migraine headaches. "Our defense just whipped Jackson State physically," said Merritt, putting everything quickly into focus in the aftermath of his 216th collegiate coaching victory.

THE DEFENSIVE precision enabled junior quarterback Kenneth Biggies to slowly get his feet wet on Dudley Field's rain-dampened artificial turf. Subbing for the injured Brian Ransom, Biggies misfired on his first four passing attempts but later began to make connections with his receivers in an offense that was more oriented toward ball-control than in the past. Biggies had a hand or arm in three Tiger touchdown including a 70-yard second-period bomb to Mike Jones that put TSU up 14-0 and made for some long faces in the son State dressing room at half- time. BUT THE real stars of the cloudy, pleasant night could be found in the TSU defensive huddle. And to hear Dent tell it, the whole thing was just a matter of setting goals and meeting them.

"You always go into a game (Turn to Page 6, Column 1) I'iMtamfms sl A it 1 1 I L. r-n Staff Photo by Pat Casey Daley Staff photo by Frank Empson Big Blue Eyeful Colelman' Train Acomin Tennessee State offensive coordinator Joe Gilliam Sr. gets an eyeful from the sideline as the Big Blue rolls to a 21-0 win over Jackson KNOXVILLE University of Tennessee running back Chuck Cole-man runs for daylight as an Iowa State defender and teammate AlvinToles (44) trail. State at Dudley Field..