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m4 fjr COLUMBUS In a season for politicking, Art Schlichter did some heavy campaigning here Saturday. The Heisman Trophy candidate from Ohio State went after votes with his first star performance of the season in leading the Buckeyes to a 38-21 victory over Arizona State. Schlichter totaled 310 yards in total offense, including scoring passes of 23 and 10 yards to Doug Donley and 13 yards to Gary Williams as 88,097 in Ohio Stadium watched a wild and woolly offensive show by both teams. Schlichter completed 14 of 19 passes for 271 yards with one interception. He added 39 yards rushing in 15 attempts.

It was the first time in his career he has thrown three scoring passes in a game and it was his biggest show since he had 353 total yards against Purdue as a freshman. SCHLICHTER was somewhat unhappy a week ago when he was permitted to throw only 12 passes against Minnesota. "This is more like it," he said with a smile when informed of his passing statistics. "I think our passing game came of age today after two tough weeks. My protection was great and Donley and Williams are such great receivers.

I was just happy for our sake that our passing has finally come around." Ohio State coach Earle Bruce smiled when it was suggested he turned Schlichter loose to appease him. "Well," said Bruce, "Art does have some ideas about the passing game. He's thinking pass all the time. Today he was just great." SEVERAL OTHERS also played well, especially Donley, who caught six passes for 133 yards; Williams, who had four for 73 yards, and tailback Cal Murray, who ran for 98 yards in 14 carries, including a 1-yard touchdown run and a 52-yard gain that set up another score. It was a day of big plays for both sides and when it was over, the Buckeyes and Sun Devils had combined for 1,031 yards in total offense.

OSU had 591, Arizona State 440. series ends The 111-year-old series between Princeton and Rutgers, the longest in college football, came to an end Saturday, page C9. A streak ends Florida State's 19-game regular season unbeaten streak ended Saturday with a 10-9 loss to rival Miami, page Cll. Also inside Marvin Hagler wins middleweight crown, page C2. Cavaliers are a team of strangers, page C3.

Kent Roosevelt High, host Ma-lone College dominate cross country meet, page C5. Genuine Risk wins Ruffian, page C7. Central-Hower shows football power, page C14. fails again urday. CENTRAL MICHIGAN'S victory extended its string of games without a loss to 22, third longest in the nation behind Alabama and Southern Cal.

Kent, which entered its MAC opener as a 29-point underdog, fell to 0-1 in the conference and 0-3 in as many road games. Central Michigan is 3-0 in the MAC and 4-0 on the year. The loss was Kent's ninth straight, and established a modern-day school record for consecutive losses. The old mark was eight straight, set during the See KENT, page C8 Beacon Journal photo bv Ted Walls OSU's Art Schlichter turned things upside down for Arizona State The air seemed filled with footballs. In addition to Schlichter's heroics, Arizona State quarterback Mike Pagel threw 49 passes, completed 24 and had 288 yards with two interceptions.

Pagel's pitching saved some face for the Sun Devils, who came into the game unbeaten and ranked No. 20 in the polls. He led them to three second-half touchdowns. But there never was cause for Ohio State to worry after Schlichter Co. took a 24-0 halftime lead.

"They just got one big play after another," said Arizona State coach Dar-ryl Rogers. "Everything we tried to avoid, we gave up. We thought we could run against them but they stopped us cold, so we had to go upstairs." Arizona State had 152 yards rushing to OSU's 320. And 55 of the Devils' yards came on one play, a run which set up their final score in the last three minutes of play. OHIO STATE started slowly, getting a 19-yard field goal from Vlade Janak-ievski in the first period.

But Schlichter set the tone of the game in the drive when he hit Williams with a 46-yard bomb. And it was bombs away for the Buckeyes in the second period. Murray got his 52-yard run and on the next play, Schlichter threw a 23-yarder to Donley in the end zone. Ohio State went 50 yards to score on its next possession, fullback Tim Spencer getting the final yard. Then Schlichter fired again, hitting freshman flanker Cedric Anderson for 44 yards to set up a one-yard scoring run by Murray.

All Arizona State had to offer in the first half were field goal attempts of 50 and 41 yards by barefooted kicker Scott Lewis and he missed both. THE SUN DEVILS turned to Pagel See SCHLICHTER, page Cll Second-half mistakes cost Akron Special to the Beacon Journal TERRE HAUTE, Ind. Two turnovers by the University of Akron in the second half led to 10 Indiana State points and enabled the Sycamores to defeat the Zips 27-9 before a crowd of 10,486 Saturday night. In addition to the turnovers, running back Eric Robinson was the Sycamores' chief weapon in the second half. Akron opened the scoring when Andy Graham kicked a 25-yard field goal with 8:53 left in the first period.

The Zips got the ball back on a fumble and Graham kicked a 40-yard field goal with 3:01 still to play in the first quarter. Indiana State took the lead 7-6 with 7:12 left in the first half when Robinson scored from the one on fourth down and Joe Stellern kicked the conversion. The Sycamores took the second-half kickoff and kept it for 11 plays, nine on the ground, and went 77 yards with Robinson going 1 yard for the score. The Zips then drove to the Indiana State 26, from where Graham kicked a 43-yard field goal. Stellern kicked a 23-yard field goal for the Sycamores on the ensuing possession, and after Akron got the ball, Darren Morgan fumbled it away at the Zip 18 and Stellern kicked a 31-yard field goal to put Indiana State ahead 20-9 with 9:55 left in the game.

The Sycamores sealed the win when they intercepted a pass which set up a 2-yard, Reggie Allen-to-Hubert Moore touchdown pass 3:24 from the end. FOOTBALL FOCUS Nightmare continues for Kush COLUMBUS He stood off to the side, out of the way, a Reporter' Notebook in his strong hands, a fara way look in his cold, sharp eyes. And on his Reporter Notebook was his name, his autograph: Frank Kush. After awhile, he walked quietly out of the room where Earle Bruce the triumphant coach, was being in terviewed, out where the air was cooler, and he slouched against a stair railing. He did not look so tough now, not at all, not in the dark, limp blazer that hung from his bent shoulders and the crepe-soled shoes that only media types seem to wear.

Yet it was he, Frank Kush, who, a number of his former players swear, beat them with chains, with ropes, with chunks of wood. They say he did that sort of thing got away with it because he was a winner, for 25 years at Arizona State, But then a punter named Kevin Rutledge charged that Frank Kush had struck him in the face during a game, sued him and Arizona State for $1.1 million and hell opened its gates to receive Frank Kush. There were charges of illegal funds, charges that he had ordered his assistants to lie under oath, charges that he was involved with gamblers. IV' longer mighty Frank Kush, high and mighty Frank Kush, was fired last October by Arizona State and so Saturday, when he might have been on the field at Ohio Stadium, he was in the press box. Television reporter Frank Kush, a Reporter's Notebook in his strong hands, a faraway look in his cold, sharp eyes.

He works for a station in Arizona, does a daily commentary. You guys have a helluva good job," he told a newspaper reporter who followed him out of the room, out to where the air was cooler. Kush said he enjoys what he is doing now, said it is so relaxing, so much fun. "I'm learning to type, or trying to, he mentioned. In truth, he was not relaxed, he was not having fun when he was in that room listening to Earle Bruce.

I was thinking about what I would say if I were up there talking about this (38-21) victory," Kush said. He indicated that he never ex pects to be up there talking again, not as a college coach. "That part of my life is gone, as far as I am concerned," Kush said. "I have a new life now and I must make the most of it." Can't forget Still, though, he cannot forget the old like and what it did to him. "A nightmare? That is an under statement.

I can remember times when I would pinch myself to see if I were dreaming and then I would be sorry that I had done that, had pincnea myself, because I knew then that it all was true. "It was a complete, living hell. I used to go out and run just to maintain my sanity. I had to battle, battle harder than I'd ever had to battle, for three months to escape that living hell I mentioned to you," Frank Kush said. He said he did not punch Kevin Rutledge, and then he went on and on about the "garbage stories relating to his ties with gamblers that exterminated his opportunity to become the head coach of the Baltimore Colts (He has been cleared by the Frank Kush said he had Dlaved in Ohio Stadium 30 years ago for Michi gan Mate, said it certainly was nice to finally get to watch halftime shows.

And he had a tough time of it. he and his emotions, when somebody asked him if he still was close to the players he had recruited for Arizona State. "I miss them but this iob gives me a chance to talk to them from time to time," Kush said. He quickly directed the conversa tion to other things, things like the hot dogs in the press box. "I ate four hot dogs todav." Frank Kush said.

"As I said before, you guys have a helluva good job." ISPORTS SPECIAL Thursday's Muhammad Ali-Larry Holmes fight is expected to gross $40-50 million, but even the loquacious Ali has been doing much talking about it, page C12. Oklahoma upset 31-14 Associated Press NORMAN, Okla. The weather was made to order for Stanford's 31-14 upset of fourth-ranked Oklahoma Saturday, but Sooner coach Barry Switzer said the key element in the Cardinal win was the quarterbacking of John Elway. "John Elway put on the greatest exhibition of quarterbacking play and passing I have ever seen on this Switzer said. "We won't have to play against a quarterback like him again this year.

Elway completed 14 of 25 passes for 187 yards and two touchdowns as the Cardinals jumped to a 17-0 halftime advantage on the rain-slick artificial turf and stretched the lead to 31-0 before Oklahoma got on the board. Switzer added, "He controlled the See STANFORD, page Cll Kent State By John Seaburn Beacon Journal staff writer MT. PLEASANT, Mich. Ron Blackledge said several "ifs" figured in Kent State's 21-6 Mid-American Conference loss to unbeaten Central Michigan before 17,108 at Perry Shorts Stadium here Saturday. Blackledge saw three decisive elements in the Kent State loss Kent reached the Central 11-yard line in the second quarter without scoring, Chippewa backup quarterback Stephen Jones ran 63 yards for an insurance touchdown and the Flashes were making their Barker wins 19th; Tribe nips Orioles By Bob Nnld Beacon Journal staff writer CLEVELAND Grateful is the word to describe Len Barker.

The third time was, indeed, the charm for him here Saturday. After failing twice to get his 19th victory for the Cleveland Indians, it suddenly was his. Not that it was easy. The score was 6-5 against the Baltimore Orioles and it took some fine relief pitching by Sid Monge to lock it up before 9,989 at Cleveland Stadium. But it looked beautiful to Barker considering that the Ori oles had broken up a scoreless game Hon the Al top 20 fared Here's how the Associated Press' Top 20 maior college football teams fared Saturday: 1.

Alabama (3-0) beat Vanderbilt 41-0. 2. Ohio St. (3-0) beat Arizona St. 38-21.

3. Nebraska (3-0) beat Penn St. 21-7. 4. Oklahoma (1-1) lost to Stanford 31-14.

5. Southern Cal (3-0) beat Minnesota 24-7. 6. Pittsburgh (3-0) beat Temple 36-2. 7.

Texas (2-0) played Oregon St. in night game. 8. Notre Dame (2-0) did not play. 9.

Florida St. (3-1) lost to Miami, 10-9. 10. Georgia (4-0) beat Texas Christian 34-3. 11.

Penn St. (2-1) lost to Nebraska 21-7. 12. Missouri (3-0) beat San Diego St. 31-7.

13. Washington (2-1) lost to Oregon 34-10. 14. North Carolina (3-0) beat Maryland 17-3. 15.

Arkansas (2-1) beat Tulsa 13-10. 16. UCLA (3-0) beat Wisconsin 35-0. 17. Michigan (1-2) lost to S.

Carolina 17-14. 18. Auburn (2-1) lost to Tennessee 42-0. 19. Maryland (3-1) lost to N.

Carolina 17-3. 20. Arizona SI. (2-1) lost to Ohio St. 38-21.

The KFLWoek 4 Cleveland tackle Doug Dieken must hold off Tampa Bay's LeRoy Selmon today. Report on the Browns-Buccaneers plus NFL picks, statistics and standings, page C6. road show third showing on the road in as many starts. "If we'd scored when we reached the 11," Blackledge said, "It might have been a different ballgame. "If we hadn't let Jones get away for that long run, we might have had a far different outlook in the late going.

"And if we hadn't had to play three games on the road, maybe we wouldn't be as banged up and on a losing streak like we are. After three road games, I hope we're ready to play well at home." Kent State opens its home schedule against the Ohio University Bobcats Sat J. II. Richard emotional return 4 i Appearance by Richard inspires Houston victory HOUSTON () The Houston Astros, inspired by the appearance of striken Astro pitcher J.R. Richard, rode the shutout pitching of Joe Nierkro and Dave Smith to a 2-0 victory over Cincinnati Saturday.

"I think half the team had tears in their eyes," Astro Manager Bill Vir-don said. "I had a lump right here in my throat and I just couldn't get it out." Richard, recovering from a stroke suffered July 30 took the starting lineup to home plate prior to the game, then looked on from a private box. FOLLOWING the emotional reunion with Richard, the Astros shut out the Reds for the second straight time on the combined four-hit pitching of Joe Niekro and Dave Smith and Craig A- 1- Expos edge Phils to tighten NL East race. Page C4. Reynolds' game-winning double.

The victory kept the Astros in first-place in the National League East. The third-place Reds fell 44 games behind. The victory made an Astro believer out of Cincinnati third baseman Ray Knight. "The Dodgers beat you with ability, the Astros beat you with heart. They are a good club and they make things happen.

They go out and beat you." In picking up the save, Smith struck out George Foster to end the eighth inning and fanned Knight to end the game. See HOUSTON, page C4 witn four runs off him in the fifth and had Scott McGregor going after his 20th victory. "I almost gave up," Barker said. "I was sitting there on the bench, mad at See BARKER, page C4.