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lyi jnfip 1 prrTrp'yprT E6 The Post, Sunday, December 6, 1981 football Coach Couldn't Keep Handle on Temper tool. "But after the Fort Valley game, the whole team had fallen apart. All my seniors are captains. They have the right to come to me and talk to me about things. So they came to me and said, 'We need you to get the ax handle back on the field, coach, because some guys are not putting We had four punts blocked in the Fort Valley game.

If we had one punt blocked years back, they said I would have taken someone's head off. Sure enough, I brought it back out, and they played well." Morris Brown won its next two games. The much-publicized locker-room episode on Oct. 29, which McCray described as "a little rumble," has left many players ambivalent over their roles, their feelings toward Reed and his controversial coaching philosophy. On a broader scale, the events at Morris Brown, a predominantly black school with 1,425 students, appears to have struck other sensitive areas, particularly as to how recruiting trends have affected coach-athlete relationships at predominantly black schools and the responsibility of the coach as father-figure.

As a Division II school in the National Collegiate Athletic Association, Morris Brown's sports exploits have been overshadowed by such traditional black powers as Grambling, Florida and Jackson State. Reed was hired after a successful career as the first black head coach at an integrated high school in Florida and assistant jobs at the University of Florida and the University of Miami. Recalling Reed's three years on his staff, Doug Dickey, the former Florida coach, said: "There was never, ever a situation that was out of control. He was a guy who was usually low-key and had the best interest of the players at heart." At 6 feet 4 inches 240 pounds, Reed is an imposing figure. McCray admitted that even as Reed "molded us to be the kind of player he wanted," the ax handle became a crutch that the players needed.

"That's all we knew," McCray said. "That was the system." Reed said he initially used the ax handle as a cane, after having undergone knee surgery. He had "whacked" players on the shoulder pads 'and helmets in practice "to get their attention. As far as hitting a player on his skin, or his flesh or body, I've never done that," he added. "I used it more for motivation than anything else." "He used it on me once," said Alvin Pierce, a sophomore defensive tackle.

"It seemed to bring out my potential even more. You become more alert, but I don't agree with his using it." "I put myself in Ben's position," said Leonard Campbell, a freshman quarterback. "What if it had been me? What if he had come at me like that? Then again, I respect coach Reed a lot. What happened happened. Everybody's entitled to a mistake.

That's his." Reed said the intense recruiting of Southern black athletes by Georgia, Alabama and other Southeastern Conference colleges had created additional pressures for coaches at black schools. "When I played for Morris Brown from 1955 through 1959," he said, "a high percentage of the athletes that we have on our squad now could not have made that team because we would have the Herschel Walkers from Georgia or the good athletes from Alabama. Now, the Southern white schools are recruiting them. We're getting a different caliber athlete in terms of athletic ability as well as attitude. You take athletes you normally wouldn't take based on size, speed, strength and ability.

In order to win against the big schools, and we've won our share, I've had to drive my athletes in order to get them to perform. I must make them perform above their potential all the time in order to win." Morris Brown finished with a 6-4 record (the team was 4-4 when Reed was suspended). The question of whether a coach should hit athletes to make them perform "above their potential" lingered in the aftermath of the school's second consecutive conference title. "It's like this," said McCray, a 5-11, 222-pound all-conference performer, who hopes to be selected in the pro draft. "I don't think he has to do it that way.

I could find a different tactic to motivate a player. I came in under his system, so I had to abide by his rules and regulations. I had to take it in stride. I love coach Reed. He's like a father to me.

But if I had a kid, I wouldn't want my kid to be treated like that." Neil Amdur New York Tlmei Lambert Reed's dream was to make Morris Brown College "the black Notre Dame," a collegiate football power. "The reason I came back to coach at Morris Brown," Reed said recently, "was because it was my alma mater and I'm a member of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. We have over one million registered AME members. It's the only school in the church with a complete athletic program. I was trying to build a program on a national basis, where the entire church would get behind us." Reed's dream became a nightmare earlier this season when he was suspended for striking one of his players, Ben Scott, a senior cornerback, with an ax handle.

Ironically, several weeks before the incident, after an embarrassing 35-2 loss to Fort Valley State, a group of seniors met with Reed. One of their recommendations: bring back the stick. "We wanted it back because that's how he kept us straight," said Clifford McCray, a senior linebacker. "Some of the guys aren't motivated enough. With the stick, he gets the tempo.

Some people play on emotion. They have to be up. That's how he had us playing. He had us fighting." "I had put the ax handle away," Reed said, recalling how he had been admonished by the school's president in the spring of 1980 for using the wooden stick as a training College Football 177 r.n i 4 California Makes Kapp Head Coach Aft.av HPnVi Rrnit (J I r' 4 fS Xi Xt JVhK' A 4 Walker Praises Georgia's Line A A1 IP" I v' Vi Post Wirt Services BERKELEY The University of California turned to the man who last led the Golden Bears to the Rose Bowl Saturday, naming former pro quarterback Joe Kapp as head football coach. "Joe Kapp is California football," said athletic director Dave Maggard in announcing the choice of Kapp, a charismatic figure who quarter-backed Cal in the 1959 Rose Bowl, the Minnesota Vikings in the 1969 Super Bowl the British Columbia Lions in two Canadian Football League Grey Cup games.

Kapp's only coaching experiences have been brief stints as temporary assistant at Cal and at two-year Laney College. But neither he nor Maggard said they were worried by that. "I make no apologies for Joe's lack of coaching experience," said Maggard, who signed his friend and classmate to a three-year contract. Added Kapp later: "If Howard Co-sell can coach all the pro football teams in the world, why can't I coach the Golden Bears." "Kapp has all the ingredients to be an outstanding coach at Berkeley," Maggard said. "He is a leader, he is tough, he is competitive, he is compassionate and he has a great knowledge of the game." Kapp, 43, replaces Roger Theder, who was fired two weeks ago after guiding the Bears through a 2-9 season marked by the midseason abandonment of a wide open offense.

Kapp told reporters at a news conference that his team would play "basic" football out of a T-formation. "You'll see a team that has a lot of pride. You'll see a team that knows what it's doing. Hopefully, we will not beat ourselves," Kapp said. "We're not going to fool anybody.

We're just goin to come out and play football and we're going to have some fun doing it," Kapp said. "Contrary to what a lot of people think, I believe in the forward pass," said Kapp, who was famous for his impromptu scrambling and ragged but accurate passing with the Vikings. Kapp said he would call on his net i Post Wirt Services ATLANTA All-America Herschel Walker was praising an unsung offensive line yesterday after rushing for 225 yards and four touchdowns as second-ranked Georgia crushed Georgia Tech 44-7. "I think our offensive line is better than people gave them credit for," Walker said. "They were young, but I gained over 1,000 yards and anytime you do that, you've got to have some great blocking from somewhere." Not only did Walker break the mark, he soared to 1,891 for the year, third best in NCAA history trailing only record-setting Marcus Allen and Tony Dorsett.

Allen, Southern California's AU-American, led the nation this year with 2,342 yards, breaking the previous mark of 1,948 set by Dorsett in his final season at Pittsburgh. "Georgia absolutely ran over our defense in the first half," said Tech coach Bill Curry, who saw the Bulldogs score on their first six possessions in the game, including an 80-yard scoring play on the game's first play when Buck Belue fired a pass that Lindsay Scott caught at mid-field and took the rest of the way. "Georgia is the best team we have olayed all season," Curry said. "They to everything well." It was the eighth consecutive umph for the 10-1 Bulldogs since dropping a 13-3 decision to currently top-ranked Clemson. Walker's season total also broke the Southeastern Conference one-year standard of 1,686 yards set in 1977 by Charles Alexander of Louisiana State.

Walker scored on runs of 2, 1, 2 and 1 yards, giving him an SEC record 20 touchdowns for the year. Kevin Butler accounted for Georgia's other scoring with three field goals covering 52, 46 and 35 yards. NCAA Division I-AA Boise State 19, Jackson State 7 JACKSON, Miss. Running backs Rodney Webster and John Broadous sliced Jackson State's defenses for 225 yards yesterday and pottered Boise State to a 19-7 victory in the first round of the NCAA division I-AA football playoffs. E.

Kentucky 35, Delaware 28 RICHMOND, Ky. Quarterback Chris Isaac ran for two scores and hooked up with Bernard McPhaul on a 32-yard scoring pass with a minute to play as Eastern Kentucky edged Delaware 35-28 in an NCAA I-AA football playoff game. NCAA Division II SW Texas St. 62, N. Michigan 0 SAN MARCOS, Texas Quarterback Mike Miller ran for two touchdowns and threw for two others as he directed a Southwest Texas State offensive attack that buried top-ranked and previously unbeaten Northern Michigan 62-0 in a Division II semifinal playoff game.

N. Dakota St. 18, Shippensburg St. 6 SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. Mike Ka-sowski scored two touchdowns and rushed for 142 yards to lead North Dakota State to an 18-6 victory over Shippensburg in an NCAA Division II college football semifinal game.

NAIA Division I Pittsburg St. 14, Moorbead St. 13 PITTSBURG, Kan. Stan Patton and Cebron Robinson scored fourth-quarter touchdowns to rally Pittsburg State to a 14-13 victory over top-ranked Moorhead State in the quarter finals of the NAIA Division I football playoffs. NAIA Division II Concordia 23, Westminster 17 NEW WILMINGTON, Pa.

Jim Klug scampered for two touchdowns and Doug Berglund booted three field goals to lead Concordia College of Minnesota to a 23-17 win over Westminster in the semifinals of the NAIA Division II. Austin 33, William Jewel 28 SHERMAN, Texas Larry Shillings threw three touchdowns and ran for another to guide Austin College to a 33-28 victory over William Jewel in a NAIA Division II semifinal. NCAA Division III Widener 17, Dayton 10 PHENIX CITY, Ala. Tony Brit-ton scored a touchdown on a 20-yard run with 6:46 left to play to lead top-ranked Widener to a 17-10 victory over Dayton. With the win, Widener captured the NCAA Division III national football title.

TVS Associated prtss Hands down, Georgia's Herschel Walker proves he's too tough for Tech Underdog Army Ties Bowl-Bound Navy Liberty Bowl Dec. 30 against Ohio State. Army took the second-half kickoff and drove to the 3-3 tie on a 27-yard field goal by Dave Aucoin. Keying the 11-play, 81-yard drive was Todd Williams' 42-yard run. Co GT 21 59-350 26-3) 220 Ml 17 12 11-17-1 27-49-3 2-15 4-25 First dwns Rushes-yrds Passing yrds Return yrds Passes 'Sacks by Punts Fumbles-lost Penalties-yards Time ot Possession Georgia 2 38 3- 40 2-1 4- 60 a 31 7-44 0- 7 1-1 1 85 31:29 14 20 1 NAIA Division I Elon 37, Concord 8 BLUEFIELD, W.Va.

Quarterback John Bangley threw a pair of first half touchdown passes and Elon College's defense accounted for two touchdowns and a safety as the Fighting Christians routed Concord College 37-8. Hillsdale 12, Fairmont State 7 FAIRMONT, W.Va. Jay Cifor ran for a touchdown and Rick Vear kicked two field goals as Hillsdale College built a 12-0 halftime lead, then held on for a 12-7 victory over Fairmont State. Cameron 48, Central Arkansas 27 CONWAY, Ark. Cameron fullback Emerson Brown, making up for the absence of Bryce Vann, scored five touchdowns to lead the Aggies to a 48-27 victory over the University of Central Arkansas in 'an NAIA Division I playoff game.

Pott Wirt Services PHILADELPHIA Punter Joe Sartiano kept Navy in the hole and the Army defense rose to the occasion yesterday as the underdog Cadets earned a 3-3 tie in the annual football game between the two service academies. Sartiano's five-punt average of 57.6 yards set a new NCAA mark, breaking the average of 57.2 yards for five punts by Colorado's Zack Jordan in 1950 against Arizona. Sartiano had punts of 51 and 57 yards in the fourth quarter to keep Navy deep in its own territory. In the first half, Sartiano had punts of 58 and a record 79 yards. The 82-year-old series now stands at 38-37-7 in Navy's favor, but the tie by the 3-7-1 Army team was more than just a draw against the highly favored Navy team, 7-3-1, and bound for the 0 0 7 Georgia Teen Ga Scott B0 pass from Belue (Butler kick) work of friends in football circles to help him with recruiting, and he mentioned the need for running backs and linemen.

Kapp was drafted by the Washington Redskins but jumped to the Canadian Football League and spent eight years with the British Columbia Lions and the Calgary Stampeders. Because of the NFL's reserve clause, he never played for the Patriots. He led the fight to overturn than clause by suing the league in 1972, charging antitrust violations and alleging that the NFL and its teams had engaged in an illegal boycott against his free agency. Kapp joked about his carouser image, saying some of the reputation was not earned. As he left the podium, he yelled, "Anybody got a beer?" Nav Arm First downs 17 13 Rulhes-yardt 49-112 47-162 Pasting yards 160 93 Return yards 1-4 2-14 Passes t-19-2 10-19-0 Punts 5-30 Fumbles-lost 1-0 a-4 Penalties-yards 4-25 2-30 Time ot Possession 39:06 29:54 Army 1 0-1 Navy 1 g-J Nav FG Fehr 35 Arm FG Aucoin 27 A 60,470 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Rushing Navy, Meyers 32-119, Pagnanelll 11-33, Jackson 5-15.

Army, Williams 16-90, Walker 12-35, Waldorlt (-16, Bennett 6-11, Aklns2-37. Passing Navy, Pagnanelll 1-19-2-160. Army, Bennett 17-0 96, Allem 12-0-7. Receiving Navy, Papalohn 4-106, Weller 1-31, Clouse 1-19. Army, Aklns 1-30.

Heather 2-12, Wynder 1-16. Ga Walker 2 run (Butler kick) Ga Walker 1 run (Butler kick) 1 Ga Walker 2 run (Butler kick) Ga FG Butler 52 Ga FG Butler 46 Ga FG Butler 35 Tech Lavette 3 run (Rice kick) Ga Walker I run (Butler kick) A 56.623 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Rushing Georgia, Walker 36-725, Norrls 4-35, Belue 9-25. Georgia Tech, Lavette 13-47. Passing Georgia, Belue 11-17-1, 220. Georgia Tech, Kelley 25-44-3, 283.

Receiving Georgia, Scott 5-154, Kay 2-23. Georgia Tech, Kearney 4-47, Thompson 4-42, Kelsler 3-53. Heisman From El- Shyness Just Soft Cover For Hard-Hitting Allen i i. I) -Wty AA V-AtA with 30 and Rich Diana of Yale with 23. Allen received 441 first-place votes, 204 second and 66 third.

Walker was named on 152 first-place ballots, 278 second and 187 third. McMahon received 91 first-place votes, 131 second and 171 third. Allen led in every region of the country except the South, where Georgia's Walker finished first and the USC tailback was second. The Heisman panel is composed of 1,050 voters from six regions Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, South, Southwest and Far West. Each section is supervised by a media representative and one, the West, has as its overseer 1940 Heisman winner Tom Harmon, representing Sports Productions of Los Angeles.

Each elector votes for three players, with a first-place vote worth three points, a second-place vote two points and a third place, one point. The award is named after John W. Heisman, who played football at Brown and Penn and was one of the most successful coaches in the history of the game. He is credited with instituting the center snap and helping to legalize the forward pass. Heisman had a string of 25 straight victories during his coaching career and was the first athletic director of the Downtown Athletic Club.

He is a member of the National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame. pose back, averaging 179.4 yards per game. Behind the top five were Darrin Nelson of Stanford, who had 48 points, Anthony Carter of Michigan with 42, Kenneth Sims of Texas with 34, Reggie Collier of Southern Mississippi Lombardi Award HOUSTON One of four finalists will be named Thursday night as winner of the Lombardi Award, symbolic of the nation's top collegiate lineman of 1981. The finalists, selected by a 95-mem-ber committee of coaches, sportsw-riters and sportcasters, are Kenneth Sims of Texas, Billy Ray Smith of Arkansas, Bob Crable of Notre Dame and Sean Fan-ell of Penn State. All four players are first-team members of the 1981 Associated Press All-America team.

The award is named in honor of Vince Lombardi, the former Green Bay and Washington coach who died of cancer in 1970. I Sims, a 6-foot-5, 270-pound defensive tackle, was runner-up in the voting for the Outland Trophy as the nation's outstanding interior lineman. Nebraska's junior center David Rim-ington took the Outland award. Smith, 6-3, 225, has started every game for the Razorbacks since his freshman year and was voted the most valuable player in the last year's Hall of Fame Bowl. Smith is the lone junior among this year's finalists.

success. "I don't consider myself the best; there's always somebody better and the sooner you realize that in life, the better off you are," he said. Interestingly, his view of theegame as a team sport is solid enough that it extended to the bad as well as the good. Asked during a recent interview if he was disappointed that the Trojans didn't make it to the Rose Bowl his two years as tailback, he shot back: "Why are you zeroing in on me? I'm just one guy." When he was recruited by Southern Cal, Allen comfortably accepted the coaching staff's plans to make him a defensive back. An outstanding quarterback at San Diego's Lincoln High School, he instead became the fullback mostly blocking for White during his sophomore year at USC.

Switched to tailback when White left, he had a good if not great junior year, finishing second in the nation in rushing to Heisman winner George Rogers. His quarterback 'experience probably contributed to his versatility he's considered a fine receiver and also can throw the ball. His year at fullback for the Trojans helped him develop his power running and blocking ability. NEW YORK (AP) Marcus Allen does not seem particularly comfortable in the limelight, but he always has made it clear he would not mind stepping center stage at New York's Downtown Athletip Club. While the Southern Cal tailback generally views his play in the context of the team's performance, he's always had a quick answer when asked if he wanted to win college's football's best-known award, the Heisman Trophy.

"Yes." Described by his coach, John Robinson, as a blend of "natural leader and one of the guys," Allen's public shyness would appear deceptive. "When the guys are lining up to go to a movie or something, Marcus is the one laughing and trying to break in line," said Robinson. "The rest of the players enjoy kidding him; whenever there's something going on with the team, Marcus is usually right in the middle of it. "He giggles a lot." Robinson, who coached 1979 Heisman winner Charles White at Southern Cal, called Allen "the finest football player I've ever seen." Allen has tended to downplay his accomplishments, usually crediting tha Trojans' offensive line with his The Aitecletee' Press Marcus Allen gained 233 yards against Oregon St. gam was fourth of a rocord fivt consocutivt 200-yard fforts.