Clarion-Ledger from Jackson, Mississippi • Page 27

THE CLARION-LEDGER MONDAY December 14, 1981 3C 1 Tennis 's College Football n. TcEnroe clinches Tennessee's spea favis Cup victory urns isconsin i I it. m. -t n'unm Wisconsin's Troy King, 35, is halted by Tennessee. ed States' doubles tandem of McEnroe and Peter Fleming then battled for 4 hours, 11 minutes Saturday before overcoming a strong upset bid by Qerc end Vilas 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, 4-6, 11-9.

It is the 27th Davis Cup title for the U. which has played in 52 finals, and its first since 1979. Argentina was making its first appearance in the finals of this international team competition, which began in 1900. The U. S.

reached the finals by def eat-ing Mexico, defending champion Czechoslovakia and Australia. Paced by Qerc and Vilas, ranked fifth and sixth in the world, Argentina defeated West Germany, Romania and Great Britain. In the final game the 45th game of the 3-hour, 52-minute match McEnroe lost the first point when he sailed a forehand volley long. But he took the next four points, the final one with a service winner, jumped high into the air, then leaped over the net, first to congratulate his Argentine opponent and then to celebrate with his teammates; "You want to go five sets?" McEnroe shouted at one point in the fourth set. It was one of his few outbursts of the day.

With the crowd shouting "U-S-A, U-S-A," McEnroe was at his finest as he sensed victory was his. Once the final point was won, McEnroe leaped into the arms of U. S. captain Arthur Ashe, then raised the cherished Davis Cup high over his head. The Associated Press CINCINNATI Forget Wimbledon.

Forget the U. S. Open. John McEnroe admits he's patriotic and that Sunday's victory was something special. "This is the first time I've won a five-set match in Davis Cup finals," McEnroe said after his 7-5, 5-7, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 thriller over Jose-Luis Qerc of Argentina Sunday gave the United States the 1981 Davis Cup.

The final match between Roscoe Tanner and Argentina's Guillermo Vilas was halted by mutual consent of the two captains with Tanner leading 11-10 in the first set. The match will not count, thus the U. S. wound up as the winner, three matches to one. "It's by far the best Davis Cup victory I've had," McEnroe said.

"The other ones I won in the finals weren't even close." The victory didn't come easily. "He came out really quickly (in the fourth set) and kind of surprised me," McEnroe said. "But I was ready to play the fifth set. I played a good set. I kept the pressure on." U.

S. team captain Arthur Ashe said McEnroe "was very tense today. Every time you change ends, you take a look at the Cup. It's staring you in the face." But, said Ashe, McEnroe "did what we thought he would do." The world's top-ranked player, McEnroe began the three-day final Friday by crushing Vilas 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 before Qerc outlasted Tanner 7-5, 6-3, 8-6. The Unit neesee jersey, completed 14 of 25 passes for 194 yards in the first half, including a 43-yard second-quarter touchdown pass to Hancock.

Before he scored the clinching touchdown in the final quarter, Alatorre also fired a two-point conversion pass to Mike "Go" Cofer following Hancock's touchdown catch, while freshman Fuad Reveiz kicked field goals of 22 and 44 yards as Tennessee opened a 21-7 half-time lead. "He (Alatorre) was the difference," McClain said. "He was really outstanding." Tennessee coach Johnny Majors said he felt his team "had the edge in kicking and in speed, but not in physical strength. Our offense has carried a big load the last few games. The receivers, Alatorre, the line there has been a lot of improvement." Alatorre scored the decisive touchdown on a 6-yard keeper with 8:23 left in the game, capping a 53-yard drive in which he connected on three passes in as many attempts for 32 yards.

That touchdown offset a pair of scoring passes in the final quarter by backup Randy Wright, who quarterbacked the second half. Wright threw 6 yards to Jeff Nault and 11 to Thad McFadden but the Badgers' rally fell short when Tennessee held the ball for 5 Vt minutes before Mike Casteel downed a punt at the 1-yard line with 55 seconds remaining. Alatorre finished with 24 completions in 42 attempts. Statistics, Page 7 The Associated Press EAST RUTHERFORD, N. J.

-Across the United States are numerous highway signs warning that "speed kills." The Wisconsin football team was done in by speed Sunday but after they got off the team bus. Track stars Willie Gault and Anthony Hancock put on their afterburners and combined with Steve Alatorre's record-breaking passing performance to lead Tennessee to a 28-21 victory over Wisconsin in the Garden State Bowl. Gault blazed 87 yards for the first kickoff return touchdown in the bowl's four-year history, while Hancock caught 11 passes for 196 yards, both game re- cords. "We've never seen speed like that in the Big Ten," Wisconsin coach Dave McClain said. "That's awesome speed.

Speed was a major factor. We knew they had it, but we didn't think they would rip us like that." Gault, who made the 1980 U.S. Olym-'. pic team and tied an NCAA record last fall by returning three kickoffs all the way, quickly brought Tennessee from behind just 1 1 seconds after quarterback Jess Cole's 3-yard run had given Wiscon-t Sin a 7-3 lead. Then, Alatorre and Hancock took over, with the senior quarterback passing for a Garden State Bowl record 315 yards.

Alatorre, whose name was misspelled Alatoree on the back of his orange Ten- plays later he scored on a keeper around right end. The lead was short-lived. Gault took Pat Hady's kickoff at his 13, broke into the clear at the 30 and easily breezed down the right side, cruising the final 20 yards. Wisconsin withstood an interception by Lemont Holt Jeffers when Reveiz missed a 33-yard field goal attempt. But on the Badgers' very next play, fullback Gerald Green had the ball jolted free by freshman linebacker Carl Zander, and Lee Jenkins recovered for the Vols at the Wisconsin 27.

After three incomplete passes, Reveiz kicked his second field goal. Alatorre, who passed for 93 yards in the first quarter, tacked on 101 in the second quarter. He accounted for all the yardage on Tennessee's second touchdown, completing three of four passes for 87 yards. Tennessee is 8-4, the most victories in Majors' five-year tenure. Wisconsin, 7-5, dropped its fourth bowl in as many tries, while Tennessee evened its postseason mark at 12-12.

A crowd of 38,782 was on hand, although 53,220 tickets were sold for Giants Stadium. The temperature was in the mid-30s and a bright sun made it a comfortable afternoon. Tennessee came out throwing, with Alatorre completing five of seven passes for 63 yards as the Vols took the opening kickoff and rolled from their 21-yard line to the Wisconsin 5 before settling for Reveiz's first field goal. Wisconsin struck right back with a nine-play, 68-yard drive for its only lead. Cole heaved a 43-yard pass to McFadden on the first play to put the Badgers at the Tennessee 25.

Wisconsin needed a fourth-down sneak by Cole to keep the march alive at the Tennessee 1 5 and four The struggle continues CjCD i.uunj ii mm wgiy -iff? 9, 1 'ftli'lH 1Millihifcli' CFA hopes members will approve contract with NBC i wmn? ir saiH- "i thint up ran nut as voiced approval of the CFA contract, but S. WHITE Jr vprsirv. CFA member, said: "I think we can put a By GORDON seemed to be alone at a CFA meeting, held in 1 jmf 1 1 BRAKE SERVICE YOUR CHOICE LUBE AND 01 CHANGE together enough for an NBC contract. I believe there has been a misunderstanding that the CFA was formed to be a power play. I don't think anyone can argue that the football team and the TV rights belong to the university.

We feel it is very important that we have an opportunity to plot our own destiny, so to speak. "I think as more of the CFA members look at the contract that NBC has and compare it to the ones that we've had in the past, they will see we can put it together. They will see what it means to college football across the country and to the young people in college football which I think is very meaningful to America." The NCAA agreed last summer to a four-year $263.5 million contract with CBS and ABC to cover the 1982-85 football seasons. A few days later, the CFA's executive director, Chuck Neinas, announced a $180 million four-year contract with NBC in direct opposition to the NCAA. The battle lines were drawn.

Then, by a narrow margin, the CFA members voted to go along with the NBC contract. But the 61 schools were given until mid-September to declare whether or not they would go along with the NBC pact. That deadline was postponed when the NCAA, under obvious pressures from the CFA, called the special convention for Dec. 4. The NCAA felt that it had appeased the CFA somewhat.

But there were still holdouts. Clemson, Oklahoma, Florida, Georgia, and Texas said they would go along with a CFA contract even after the NCAA special meeting was held. But unless more teams join in, those five schools cannot support a television contract for NBC. Although the new deadline for declaration of intent on the NBC contract is Monday, the CFA said it would notify NBC but not announce the result until sometime later in the week. Oklahoma, Clemson, Florida, Georgia, and Tex N.Y.

Times News Service NEW YORK The College Football Association, consisting of 61 of the strongest football teams in the nation, will try again today to get enough of its members to agree to a television contract with NBC Sports to make such a pact acceptable to the network. This may be a difficult thing to do. Geoff Mason, executive vice president of NBC Sports, said, "We are cautiously optimistic." This is the latest move in the continuing battle between the CFA and the National Collegiate Ath-. letic Association over control of football television rights. The NCAA has controlled football televion for three decades and wants to remain in control.

All CFA members belong to the NCAA. CFA members have been threatened with expulsion from the NCAA if they go ahead with a contract other than the one the NCAA has arranged with ABC and CBS for the next four regular college "football seasons, 1982-1985. During a special convention of the NCAA on Dec. 4, that association approved a resolution to let -the strong football teams in Division I-A have a little more say in such contracts. NCAA officials said i the resolution may be strengthened with rules and regulations at the regular convention next month in Houston.

i But this did not satisfy some CFA members, all of whom belong to Division I-A of the NCAA. It did not satisfy them even when Division I-A was cut from 137 schools to fewer than 100 during the spe-. cial convention. That move gave the 61 CFA mem- bers an easy majority of Division I-A and what the NCAA felt was a concession toward some control over television decisions. But these CFA members also were unhappy when the NCAA refused to give each institution full control over all its property rights, such as televi- sion negotiations.

William L. Atchley, president of Clemson Uni- St. Louis right after the NCAA special convention. Joe Paterno, Penn State's athletic director and football coach, voiced cautious approval but emphasized he did not speak officially for Penn State. Penn State's president, Dr.

Jack Oswald, was present and said nothing. It has been learned from a source close to the Pittsburgh football program that Pittsburgh and Penn State will probably not agree to the CFA-NBC contract today. Kansas, Iowa State, and Syracuse are among several teams to announce they would say no to the contract. The Southeastern Conference reports that at least seven of that league's 10 teams are not going with the CFA, while seven of the eight Atlantic Coast Conference teams appear ready to stick with the NCAA. Tom Hansen, assistant executive director of the NCAA, said Friday, "I don't know how they will get even six teams." One Pittsburgh official said: "We formed the CFA about five years ago to make divisions in football that would have more say in things like television rights.

Now we have gotten that from the special convention. We have to go one step at a time, and we can't grab for it all at once." Clemson's president, Atchley, realized his football team would be punished by the NCAA if he went along with the CFA contract. If a college is expelled or suspended from the NCAA, its entire athletic program is out. Thus, any college going along with the CFA-NBC pact may find itself barred from the NCAA basketball championships, another lucrative event in the business of big-time college athletics. The Pittsburgh official said: "The best thing to do is give the NCAA idea two or three years to see just how it works." Clemson, Oklahoma and the other CFA members favoring an NBC contract agreed.

Li Musi cais Many imports and lighi trucks Additional pans and services enira il needed Includes ud to 5 qts maior brand motor oil Oil filter extra it heeded Includes mosi cars Many imports and lighi uueks Please call lor an appoinimenl We'll change oil, perform chassis lube and check: Transmission fluid Power steering fluid Brake fluid Battery water level Battery cables Air filter Belts and hoses Differential level Tire pressure and condition. Includes: Install new front grease seals, pack front wheel bearings, inspect hydraulic system, add fluid, road test 2 Wheel Front Disc: 4-Wheel Drum: In-Install new front stall new brake lining brake pads, resur- OR and resurface all four face front rotors. drums inspect calipers 12-MQMH WME-UP 7T Electronic Ignition r-, i- 1 rj "iV ru. Systems Additional pans NFVs dynasties going way of dinosaurs Most U.S. cars.

Many imports and light trucks. ELECTRONIC IGNITION: Check charging good lot one year Iram dale of tune up ANY IME WITHIN ONE YEAR of tune up lake and slatting systems Install ne rotor new Jit ii. invoice and certificate back to stoie that pertormedtune up and Goodyear will provide free ol charge up lo ihree separate analyses II any ol these check ups indicates -need tot adiustments oi part replacements thai weie pati ol original tone -up Goodyeai will make adiuslmeni oi replacement tree ol charge spaik plugs Sel liming to recommended specs Luhncate and adiusi choke Adjust caihiirclnt STANDARD IGNITION: Add $8 00 lor re quired (mints condenser and additional laoot 12 MONTH TUNE UP SERVICE AGREE MENT Goodyear will tune cat elecliomcally and provide Free ngine Analysis certificate Em are this year. Bill Walsh is a great factor in the 49ers' success. "I'd say the NFC is looking stronger as we enter the '80s.

It's taking over the role the AFC had the last five or six years and it should show in the Super iL to a tailender like New Orleans. Cleveland went from first to last in the AFC Central in just one year. Defending Super Bowl champion Oakland has been eliminated from this year's playoffs. Minnesota rose to the top of the NFC Central, then lost four in a row. Stram calls it a "stock market" league.

"Up and down," he said, explaining the analogy. Of course, there are such things as "blue chip" stocks. One or two "blue chippers" always could emerge in the NFL. "The potential is there for someone to move out of the pack," Staubach said, "but as of right now, it doesn't look like it." If Staubach were to pick a likely candidate for the role, he probably would go with one of the NFC teams like his former Dallas club, Philadelphia, or Atlanta, despite the Falcons' recent difficulties. "In the AFC there's not anyone right now who's Continued From Page 1C "The great athletes are there," Staubach said -from his office in Dallas.

"They're just spread around on more teams. I think it's exciting to have more teams in the race. It gives more meaning to every game." Said Stram: "It all begins with the players. When you have balance, you have parity, you keep as many teams as you can in the race. That's good be-cause that's what the philosophy of the league is.

"It's good when your team can lose five or six games and still be in the race for the Super Bowl. If you have a winning season, you have a shot at the playoffs and a chance for the Super Bowl. When Green Bay played Oakland in Super Bowl II they were a 9-5 team in the regular season (actually 9-4-1). Nobody remembers they were 9-5 because they played in the Super Bowl. The season record was secondary to getting in the playoffs and the Super Bowl." Just Say 'Charge It' With Approved Credit.

Goodyear Revolving Charge Account Use any ol these other ways lo buy Our Own Customer Credit Plan MasterCard Visa American Enprcss naiip Rlsnrhp Dmprs Plufl Ol Nationwide Auto Service Limited Warranty All Goodyear service is warranted lor a least 90 Store where the original work was performed days or 3 000 miles whichever comes first and we II In il free II however you re more many services much longer It warranty service than 50 miles Iram the original store go lo any is evei required go lo ihe Goodyear Service ol Goodyeai 1300 Service Sioits nationwide Bowl through the 80s. me top teams in tne istL now are stronger than the top teams in the AFC. "It's mostly because of the running backs. Something like eight of the top 10 running backs in the league are in the NFC, and the running game is still imperative in winning football games." Dallas, a consistent winner since the mid-'60s, Philadelphia and certainly Atlanta, however, hardly espouse the air of invincibility once possessed by the Steelers, Packers, and Browns. "There are not any great teams in the league," Stram said.

"There are some good teams but not any great ones. This is what the league was striving Ab Sutherland Store Mgr. WEST JACK Allan Doggett Store Mgr. COLUMBIA S04 S. Hightchool 736-6311 Sat.

Tom Powell Store Mgr. LAUREL 143 W. Magnolia St. 425-2364 Sat. David Fowler Store Mgr.

JACKSON Downtown 10S t. PaKogoulo 352-4451 Jot. stepping to the forefront," Staubach said. "Cincinnati and the Jets are showing some signs, but the other teams aren't moving out like even the 49ers other teams aren't moving out like even the 49ers Paritv has made life at the top of the NFL pre SON Aerou from Wettland Plata 3601 Robinson St. 354-4004 tat.

carious. A division leader like Cincinnati can lose for, and they nave succeeaea. like Ali, fight program had plenty of problems The Associated Press president is James Cornelius of Los Angeles Curtis Rhodus Store Mgr. McCOMQ 126 N. Broadway 684-7270 Tug Ledford Store Mgr.

FOREST 2nd Davit St. 469-4781 Jimmy Sumrall Store Mgr. CANTON 212 liberty St. 859-1535 Sot. Steve Hunt Store Mgr.

N. JACKSON Aoou from Jock ion Mall 3J3 W. Woodrow WiUon 353-1666 m.JM. 7.JO-; Vot. TWhirk's nurse has been estimated between NASSAU Rahamas "It was a good feeling, 7.301 Sal.

7.30-3 Boxing Sal. $250,000 and $500,000. Ali reportedly got $1 million. But the fight was held, and it turned out to be Ali's last. "I think I'm finished," Ali said Saturday at a press conference.

"I know myself better than anybody. I know it's the end. "The timing wasn't there and the reflexes weren't there. I could tell I was 40. 1 could tell he was younger.

I could feel it." Bob Pigott Store Mgr. NATCHEZ 713 Main Si. 442-2503 Muhammad Ali said of the cries of "Ali, Ah that greeted his appearance in the ring. "You're just sorry you can't respond to the shouts. I thought I could win." But Ali lost a 10-round unanimous decision against Trevor Berbick Friday night, and those shouts won't be heard ag-in.

Ali's colorful and controversial career which included winning the heavyweight title three times seems to be at an end. pe bout had proble 8, beginning with tl an- Jesse Barnett, Jr. Store Mgr. MERIDIAN oiS Ss. 693-1804 Sat.

Carey Bolls Store Mgr. HAZLE- KURST 231 N. Intention St. 894-1171 Sot. Mike Pierce Store Mgr.

E. JACKSON MdouHn Mtsrt Hwy. 10 Pood 939-6512 7.3ft V. nouncement of the fight and continuing until the start of the first fight on the card, which began about 2 hours, 15 minutes late because there were no boxing gloves and had tc be sent for. In fact, until about 5:15 p.m.

Friday, when he got a letter of credit for money owed him, Berbick was threatening to pull out of the fight, promoted by Sports Internationale, of tht Bahamas, whose Sot. ft- 4-.