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USC9 AMemwins 19.81. Heisman. Trophy The Associated Press i NEW YORK Marcus Allen of Southern California, the first running back in college football history to gain more than 2,000 yards in a single season, was named winner of the 1981 Heisman Trophy last night. Allen became the fourth USC tailback to claim the prestigious trophy, which is presented annually by the Downtown Athletic Club to the outstanding college football player in America. The other USC winners were Mike Garrett in 1965, 0.

J. Simpson in 1968 and Charles White in 1979. "I guess I've found my place in history," Allen said. "In acting, it's the Oscar. In football, it's the Heisman." The USC star said the Heisman was "an award you can't win by yourself.

I'd like to thank the team, my parents and, most of all, God, for allow ing this to happen This is a very humbling experience." Allen totaled 1,797 points in the balloting to capture the award. He had to withstand strong challenges from Georgia running back Herschel Walker, quarterbacks Jim McMahon of Brigham Young, Art Schlichter of Ohio State and Dan Marino of Pittsburgh. Walker, Georgia's brilliant sophomore who finished third in the Heisman voting last year, was second behind Allen, receiving 1,199 points. McMahon was third with 706 points, followed by Marino with 256, Schlichter with 149 in the voting by a nationwide panel of sports writers and broadcasters. The announcement of Allen's selection climaxed an hour-long television special broadcast from the Downtown AC, which was awarding the Heisman for the 46th time since inaugurating the award in 1935 when Jay Berwanger of the University of Chicago won it.

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 as one of football's pioneers; 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. Allen's Heisman credentials were awesome.

He set 10 NCAA records and tied another during the 1381 season for the 9-2 Trojans. There were five consecutive 200-yard games and a career-high 289-yard performance against Washington State. He finished the regular season with 2,342 yards, averaging 213 per game. That pushed his career total to 4,682 yards, sixth on the alltime list. He also caught 29 passes and 81 for his four seasons at USC.

He will complete his college playing career in the Fiesta Bowl against Penn State on New Year's Day. Allen, who is 6-foot-2 and 202 pounds, came to USC as a defensive back and was a backup tailback as a freshman when he gained 171 yards. Playing fullback as a sophomore, he rushed for 649 yards and eight TDs and led the blocking for White, who won the Heisman that season. He blossomed as a junior and attracted national attention by rushing for 1,563 yards and scoring 14 TDs in 10 games, finishing second to South Carolina's Rogers, last year's Heisman winner. He had three 200-yard games last season and was the nation's No.

1 all-purpose back, averaging 179.4 yards per game. Behind the top five were Darren Nelson of Stanford, who had 48 points, then Anthony Carter of Michigan with 42, Kenneth Sims of Texas with 34, Reggie Collier of Southern Mississippi 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.

Thr Heisman panel is composed of 1,050 voters from across the country broken into six regional sections Northeast, MidAtlantic, 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. Piscataway defeats Middletown South, 20-0, and wins the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group IV championship. Page 3 John Lee's NFL career was given a shot in the arm when New England claimed him on waivers from the San Diego Chargers. Page 6 Asbury Park Press Dec.

6, 1981 1C31 Brick smothers East wins Group IV title Aobury Park erennan fatkokekxa A St Rom Howell V.Vi SCOn MC ARTHUR T.R. Eatt i i i GECRGE I CELNOVATCH, 7 -T; A--h' -VV-- f-Qj )-'. Brick mEart If I rL IT i tm' i I i By TONY GRAHAM Press Staff Writer EAST RUTHERFORD In its hour of need the Brick Township High School football team turned to its defense. The Green Dragons smothered a Toms River East first-and-goal threat at the three-yard line in the third quarter and Pete Panuska and Tim Jones each rushed for 117 yards to power Brick to a 17-0 victory in yesterday's NJSIAA South Jersey Group IV championship game at Giants Stadium. The victory gave Brick (11-0) its second SJ IV championship.

East, which also lost to Brick in October, 17-8, finished 9-2. An estimated crowd of 4,500 saw the Brick defense rise to protect a 10-0 lead after East linebacker Tony Infante picked a fumble by Jones out of midair at the Brick 40-yard line. Infante returned the ball to the Brick 13 before being knocked out of bounds by Brian Blair. The Raiders appeared almost certain to score when quarterback Joe Scott completed a pass to Bob Valenti at the three. On first down Pat Slevin drove to the one.

On second down, Jones, who played an overpowering game at linebacker, combined with tackle Bill Vermeal to halt East fullback Chris Schiavo for no gain. On third down, Jones knifed through the line to upend Slevin on the two. "It was wild," said Jones referring to the game's pivotal defensive series. "Our defensive line got such a surge to plug up Schiavo and Slevin. It was great." On fourth down, Scott fired a look-in pass that glanced off the right shoulder of the Jones and fell incomplete in a maze of arms and legs in the end zone.

"I saw Scott fake to Schiavo and I Just knew they were going to try a look-in pass," said Jones. "I Just tried to get my body up in the air as much as possible." Jones would have preferred to bat the ball away but has been wearing a chain-type shoulder harness all season because of a shoulder separation he suffered last year. "My shoulder would always pop out. There was so much pain I didn't know if I'd be able to play the whole season before I got the harness," said Jones. "That shut down their momentum," said Panuska, who also plays safety.

"We got our momentum up and that changed the whole ball game." "We had played our goal line defense See BRICK, page C16 Asbury Park Prett Brick Township's Nick DiPalma tries to elude Toms River East defenders Jim Verderosa and Chris Schiavo (47) during game at Giants Stadium. Wolf takes a licking but keeps on ticking GLENN SCARPELLI Brick Kwnorial stu Frwhcli Eoro KU.TT LUEDY Oil IAHX ZACILCVICZ St Rom EAST RUTHERFORD While Brick Township High School players and coaches were celebrating their 17-0 South Jersey Group IV victory over Toms River East, head coach Warren Wolf was on his way to Riverside Hospital in Secaucus to have his ribs checked. Wolf, the only head coach Brick has had since it opened in 1958, was hurt on the third play of the game on the Brick sideline. "Two kids ran into him," said Dennis Filipone, a Brick assistant coach. "He went down like a ton of bricks." Wolf remained on the sidelines throughout the game, played at Giants Stadium.

"He said it was okay," said Brick trainer Jack Roberts. "But he was having trouble catching his breath. "I wanted to treat him but be wouldn't leave the game." Roberts said that Wolf, at halftime, was able to lift his arms, so he didn't think the injury, which appeared to be in the rib cage area, was serious. Wolf went with the team to the locker room and led the Dragons in a post game prayer before being wisked away in the Brick Township First Aid Squad ambulance. Wolf had precautionary X-rays taken at Riverside Hospital which proved negative and was released.

He was unavilable for comment. All-Shore Soccer Team has hampionship fl avor TP 1 I 1 Shore, rales II By BILL EDWARDS Press Staff Writer WEST LONG BRANCH "I felt we had an opportunity to be a unique football team," says Nick Cammarano, Shore Regional football coach. "To go 11-0 is an accomplishment. "You figure the odds are against us." "But when you have a chance to get it, you go for it." Well, by virtue of Shore's 35-0 victory over Asbury Park here yesterday, Camma-rano's Blue Devils have beaten the odds. They're the newest NJSIAA Central Jersey Group champions.

They're 11-0. -And they've long been declared an accomplished football team. Reinforcement yesterday was overwhelming. Shore's underpublicized offensive line, keyed by tackles Bob Kondrackl and Chris Evarts, lent all sorts of support for halfback Timmy Britton and as the Blue Devils counter-trapped and off-tackled their way to 243 yards. See SHORE, pCe C16 at all to acclimate himself to varsity play.

This year was Benson's first on the varsity level and the Junior striker led his team as well as the Shore in scoring, netting 33 goals and 9 assists. And Toms River East coach Chuck Potter says he worked for all of them. "He didn't get any of those goals off -penalty or direct kicks," said Potter. "He's excellent in the air. He's gotten about 10 goals by heading the ball in." The secret to scoring that many goals isn't found in a play book.

"He's Just knows where the ball will be," said Potter. "He's the kind of guy in the right play at the right time. He knows where the ball will come down and where the keeper is. He's a pretty instinctive player." GEORGE GELNOVATCH There's not much Wall Junior striker George Gelnovatch can't do with a soccer ball. He's got enough moves to frustrate any defender.

"He gets good movement," said Wall coach Tom Farley. "He can hit the man with the ball. He can take the ball deep, go baseline, and turn that pass right across the goal mouth." Gelnovatch In his third year starting, is only the second player in Wall's history to play varsity as a freshman. He finished the season with 20 goals and assists. "He's always been a big, strong kid," said Wall coach Tom Farley.

"He's a savvy player. We thought about playing him at mldfield, but he's too offensively minded. "He can unleash that cannon of his every time. He adds a lot of dimensions to our atack." THEY'RE THE most dangerous players on the soccer field. They're the players that make other teams cringe.

They're the 1981 All-Shore Soccer team. This year's team is chock full of NJSIAA champions. Wall won Central Jersey Group for the fifth consecutive year and Group for the fourth time. The Crimson Knights are represented by senior sweeper Kurt Luedy and Junior striker George Gelnovatch, making his second appearance on the team. Toms River East won its South Jersey Group IV title thanks to the offensive punch of Junior striker Mike Benson and the defensive determination as well as offensive effort of senior center halfback Scott Mac Arthur.

Seniors Glenn Scarpelli and Mike Wissing were notables on the South Jersey Group champion Brick Memorial squad. St. Rose captured the Parochial A championship paced by the defensive efforts of Junior sweeper Bill Brennan and senior keeper Mark Zabilowicz. Central Jersey Group II champion Freehold got firing power from senior right wing Stu Shilling. And while neither St.

Joseph or Howell won championships, both teams won their share of games. St. Joseph received outstanding play from senior center halfback Rick Lansing and Howell 's senior center halfback Pat McKenna controlled the Rebel's mid- field terrain! MIKE BENSON It didn't take Mikenson any time GLENN SCARPELLI His shot is powerful and usually accurate and that's why Brick Memorial senior striker Glenn Scarpelli is always a marked man. "He demands a lot of attention," said Brick Memorial coach Woody French. "He's got the hardest shot on the team.

He gets into openings and of course has a great shot." Scarpelli found the net 15 times and assisted on 19 scores. "He's the main cog in our machinery," said French. "He moves without the ball extremely well. He has great ball control. He's matured a lot this year.

He's a more well-rounded soccer player. This shows with the amount of assists he has." STU SHILLING Stu Shilling was more than Just Freehold's leading scorer. He was Freehold's team leader. "He did more than just score for us," said Freehold coach Harold Moses. "He was our leader.

When he didn't run, the team didn't run. Off the soccer field he's very shy and quiet. He took on the role quite well. It wasn't something that came naturally. Shilling, a right wing, netted 24 goals and 15 assists this season.

"He scored from a lot of different places on the field," said Freehold coach Harold Moses. "He's a complete soccer player. He's one of the few people who has almost as many assists as goals. He's smart on the field. He knows what to do and when he can do it.

He takes what the defense gives him." SeSCORERS, page C3 tv7l Asbury Park Preu Shore's Tim Britton hardies and breaks into the open. -ir, inrti -i--'-ii-irf if-iin i "i fi -kr r.ni inniTr---".