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VPI Clips aiders. Nip Citadel. Art jJL Win Crown 7 mm i i ihiwi. t. lvs Kfs Tait praised as "a super-defense team." Asked if he changed anything for the Spiders to halt a late Citadel rally, Taitsaid, No, we just prayed a lot.

Little Johnnie Jones, who on three occasions missed first -half attempts at field goals 58, 25 and 43 yards out, converted for the extra point. Ironically, the margin of triumph in this low-scorer matched Richmond's widest winning point spread this year (when it beat Appalachian 4-17). The Citadel also bid for a three-pointer. With time running out on the first half, "green" specialist Joe Sumrall, who'd made only two previous tries in practice, misfired from 34 yards away. Only one other serious scoring venture was launched by the Bulldogs, coached by native Richmonder Bobby Ross, coming late in the contest and falling short just one and a half yards from the Spiders' goal.

After Richmond's TD, reserve quarterback Ron Lanning, playing all the way in place of injured Gene Dotson (out for the year), directed the Bulldogs almost the 80 yards needed before end Mike Copley tracked him down from behind for a loss to the 15, one of the five times he was sacked by the Spiders. Shortly after the clock ran the Spiders' record to 5-4 over; all and 5-0 in the SC. See Shaw, D-8, Col. 5 VIRGINIA TECH QUARTERBACK GAINS 8 YARDS Phil Rogers Runs Off Tackle, Eludes Houston's Lester Price Ends ught Citadel Richmond RICH-Shaw 3 run (Jones kick) William ft Mary Virginia Military 13 18 56-165 44-169 65 87 58 -10 7-11-1 8-19-2 6-49 5-35 0-0 32 8 90 3-25 First downs Rushes-yards Passing yards Return yards Passes Punts Fumbles-lost Penalties-yards The Keydets, who had fought back from a 13-0 deficit, had four chances to move past the 21 but the Tribe defense rose to meet the challenge and didn't budge. Knocking down a fourth-down pass at the Tribe 5 to preserve the triumph was defensive back Scotty Back.

It was a trick play, with halfback Drn CHadel 13 43- 104 6-134 4-46 31 3-3S Rtchmontf 13 49 1T2 107 28 0-13-0 5-41 3-1 7-75 First downs Rushes-yards Passing yards Return yards Passes Punts Fumbles-tost Penalties-yards By CHARLES KARMOSKY Daily Press Sports Editor RICHMOND Offensive football took a holiday for most of an unseasonably sunny, warm Saturday, but Richmond finally mustered enough to win the championship outright in its Squires Get 'No' By Moe By JOHN PHELPS Daily Press Sports Writer The Squires' inability to hold a board of directors meeting late in the week apparently cost them the chance to hire Doug Moe as their new coach. Moe, currently the assistant to Larry Brown with the Denver Nuggets, said Saturday that following the Squires' first contact with him he had "just about decided" to take the job. "If I'd gotten a second call right away making a formal offer, like I thought I was going to get, I'd probably be coming to Virginia," said Moe, a former Squire player. Instead, Moe said, "I wound up with a couple of days to think about it, and some things have come up here, so it looks like I'll stay in Denver." With Moe withdrawing from consideration for the job, Joe Mullaney, whose Baltimore Claws were folded just before the American Basketball Association season began, again emerges as a prime candidate. However, Squires' General Manager Jack Ankerson said he will try to talk with Moe today to find out exactly what changed his mind.

The Squires fired Al Bianchi on Monday and named Mack Calvin, the injured star guard who played for Denver last year, as interim coach. On Wednesday, Ankerson called Moe and said he would call again the following day, hopefully with a formal offer. Moe said he talked with Calvin Wednesday night, "and I told him I was all set to come to Virginia if we could get together on salary and so forth." However, Moe got a call Thursday from a Squires' secretary telling him that Ankerson still needed a go-ahead from the board of directors before he could negotiate terms. Friday went by without hearing from the Squires, whose major owner, Van Cunningham, was out of town. During a visit to a Denver hospital, where Nuggets' publicity man Ted Malick is in critical condition, Moe said he talked to a sports writer and "I told him it looked like I'd be staying here." Even then, Moe said, he remained somewhat undecided.

Then came Saturday and still no phone call or formal offer from the Squires. "Now I've made my decision," said Moe, explaining that the question of the Squires' future opposed to Denver's apparent stability was the largest determining factor. Bianchi, meanwhile, has his house in Norfolk's Ghent section up for sale and he and his wife reportedly are planning to move back to the Seattle area. Bianchi coached at Seattle before moving to the ABA. UV A Falls To ECU In Laugher SPORTS Dailn Jrt55 Section November 9, 1975 final season of campaigning in the Southern Conference.

If the Spiders' homecoming defensive struggle had wound up scoreless, as it threatened to do against The Citadel which ranks fifth nationally in scoring defense, Richmond could have backed into the title, but spared itself embarrassment with a hard-earned 7-0 decision over the Bulldogs. Quarterback Larry Shaw ran option-right to nudge the ball into the end zone with 6:12 remaining, polishing off a 64-yard march of eight plays in which he twice hit Hampton-bred wide receiver Ricky Brown for long, key aerial gains. Sacked four times by the defensively tenacious South Carolinians, Shaw threw to Brown once for 23 yards moving the ball into The Citadel's territory at the 37, then a low pitch good for 10 yards put the Spiders ust inside the Bulldogs' 5. i Two line thrusts by Demetri Kornegay and Ed Krellis netted only two yards, after which Shaw took matters into his own hands for the TD which finally subdued what Coach Jim By ED RICHARDS Daily Press Sports Writer LEXINGTON The law of averages finally fell William and Mary's way Saturday afternoon. The beleaguered and winless Indians, who couldn't seem to get a break all season, got four turnovers in the first 34 minutes of the game and went on to a 13-7 upset victory over Virginia Military Institute.

In the end, however, the Indians had to call on their defense to stop a Keydet drive which ran out of gas at the Trive 21 with 50 seconds left in the game. Penn State Burned By Wolf pack North Carolina St Penn Stale irst downs 19 20 Rushes-yards 53-167 57-213 Passing yards 173 82 Return yards -2 21 Passes 11-22-0 7-20-0 Punts 6-48 6-38 Fumbles lost 2-1 1-0 Penalties-yards 3-34 4-30 UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. (UPD -Jay Sherrill's 24-yard field goal one minute into the last quarter climaxed an uphill battle by North Carolina State Saturday and gave the Wolfpack a 15-14 upset victory over eighth-ranked Penn State. North Carolina State came from a 14-point deficit on the passing of Dave Buckey and the running of Ted Brown to hand the Nittany Lions their second loss of the season and dampen their bowl hopes. Penn State jumped to a 14-0 lead, scoring twice within seven minutes.

Steve Suhey ran 14 yards for the first touchdown and Lions' quarterback John Andress carried over from the one for the second score. But North Carolina State came back to score 20 seconds before halftime on Brown's oneyard line smash. Sherrill was wide on the extra-point attempt, and Penn State led 14-6. The Wolfpack drove 76 yards at' the outset of the third quarter as Brown ran in Buckey's pitchout from the Penn State one-yard line. A two-point attempt failed and the Lions clung to a 14-12 lead.

North Carolina Slat Penn State 0-14 PS Suhey 14 run (Bahr kick) PS Andress run (Bahr kick) NCS Brown 1 run (kick failed) NCS Brown 1 run (pass failed) NCS-FG Sherrill 24 A 59,536 ouston By 34-28 Virqima Teed Houston First downs 17 22 Rushes yards 70-374 49 19; Passing yards 74 173 Return yards 49 0 Passes 4-0 14-27-4 Punts 4 46 6 41 Fumbles lost 7 7 5 Penalties-yards 5-54 5-41 By BOB MOSKOWITZ Daily Press Sports Writer HOUSTON Even in soccer, they don't kick the ball around as much as they did here Saturday night. when this spectacle of miscues of had finally ceased, an Astrodome gathering of only 17,350 had watched Virginia Tech survice a siege of horrors for a 34-28 football victory over Houston. The Gobblers' first triumph ever over the Cougars came amidst a startling total of 15 turnovers nine by the losers, who ended the scoring with nine seconds left. Errors weren't limited to turnovers. Virginia Tech's normally steady kicker Wayne Latimer mised three second-quarter field goals (he made a 29-yarder in the third period) and failed on three kicks for the extra point and had one blocked.

In the plethora of chaos which in-See Rogers, Page D-6, Cols. 5- Virginia Tech 13 9 12 34 Houston 0 0 14 14 21 VPI Adams 1 run (Latimer kick) VPI Gallowy 27 pass from Roqers (kick failed Hou Bass 13 pass from McGalllon (Coplin kick VPI-FG Latimer 29 Hou McGallion 2 run (Coplin kick) VPI Galloway 47 pass from Barnes (run failed) Hou McGaihon run (McGallion run) VPI Rogers 38 run (kick failed) VPI Thacker 34 pass interception (kick failed) Hou Foster 15 pass from McGallion kick failed) freshman linebacker Jim Ryan. The 6-foot-1 and 210-pounder from New Jersey tried his first two field goals of the season and hit the mark on both from 32 and 39 yards. The four turnovers, more than the Indians had gotten in their previous four games, proved the Keydets' undoing. A fumble recovery by guard Jack Kroeger on a muffed punt at the VMI 21 paved the way for Ryan's first boot with 9:54 to play in the first quarter.

That, unbelievably, was the first score the Williamsburg outfit had put on the boards in the first half all Six minutes later freshman safety Mark Mullady stopped a Keydet threat by intercepting a pass at the 3 and returning it to midfield. A personal foul was tacked on and six plays later Ryan got set to try another filed goal from 34 yards out. Root, however, reached into his bag of tricks and called for a fake, field goal. It worked as holder Kruis, the Tribe's No.l quarterback for half the year, connected with fullback Keigh Fimian all alone in the end zone. Following an interception by Back, the Indians hiked their lead to 13-0 as Ryan connected on his 39-yard field goal with 4:47 left in the third quarter.

Prior to Saturday, the Tribe, (now 1-8) had tallied only six points in the first three quarters of all games. "Our mistakes allowed them to get the jump and we knew they would be hungry," sighed VMI Coach Bob Thalman. "They just wanted it more than we did today. We've been in a lot of close games this year but just See Mistakes, Page D-10, Column 1 William and Mary Virginia Military 10 0 17 7 FG Ryan 32 Fimian 17 pass from P. Kruis (Ryan kick) FG Ryan 39 VMI Gibson 3 run (Tufaro kick) 6,200 Nobiliary Captures Big Race LAUREL, Md.

(UPD Nobiliary, a 3-year-old filly, led from front to finish Saturday to capture the 24th running of the Washington, C. International, giving Franc three consecutive victories in the $150,000 event. Nobiliary, paired as an entry with the 1973 victor, Dahlia, withstood a stretch challenge to defeat another French horse, Comtesse de Loir, by three quarters of a length. Winning jockey Sandy Hawley also had to withstand an objection filed by Comtesse de Loir's rider, Jean-Claude Desaint, which was rejected by the stewards. i- On My Way, a third French competitor, finished third while the U.S.

entry, Shady Character, wound up fourth in the 1M: mile race on turf. Star Appeal of West Germany was See French, Page D-7, Col. I Prep Football D-6 Radio-TV Log D-8 Southern Conference Sportscope D-2 State College Cross Country Soccer D-10 Weightlifting D-12 Women's Column 13-7 JV iff i Everyone seemed to be at their best for the Indians. Sophomore tailback Jim Kruis rushed for 152 yards on 28 carries, surpassing his previous entire output. Sophomore Joe Agee, who had troubles with his punting the first part of the season, looked like a million dollars as he drilled six for an average of 49.5 yards.

One of his punts went for 77 yards, tying the school record of Russell Brown set in 1972 against Richmond. Agee also had a 61-yarder downed on the Keydet 1. Perhaps the biggest surprise was Third Quarter Wake for 97 yards and scored on runs of 2, 28, and 1 (twice). The victors took immediate command in the second half, marching 55 yards on six running plays for a 21-14 lead with 12:12 left in the third quarter. Benjamin bolted 28 yards up the See Duke, Page D-8, Columns 2-4 D-2 Andre Gibson taking a pitchout from quarterback Jeff Yates and then throwing back to him.

It almost looked as if the Keydets were going to pull the game out as they started their final drive from the VMI page 20 and got help from 35 yards in penalties assessed against "Our kids could have said, 'Oh, no here it comes but they hung in there and fought like tigers," pointed out Tribe Coach Jim Root. "I'm really proud of the whole team. I kept telling them it (a victory) was going to come and we finally got one," added the elated Indians' chief. total offense (322 via the rush) were forced to punt only one and in notching their fourth victory. Senior fullback Tony Benjamin led the Blue Devils' scoring parade with four touchdowns, the most by a Duke player since 1942.

The bullish Pennsylvanian rambled HI Triumphs 22-14 In Eail Carotin Virginia First downs 34 22 Rushes-yards 80-433 50-203 Passing yards 57 219 Return yards 0 16 Passes 2-4-1 14-311 Punts 2-39 3-42 Fumbles-lost 2-0 4-2 Penalties-yards 2-10 4-24 Jim Kruis Gains Five Yards Duke 9s Seco ndHalf Wallo By TOMMY SEWARD Associate Sports Editor CHARLOTTESVILLE If it wasn't a wake it was the closest thing to it as University of Virginia Coach Sonny Randle conducted the emotional post-mortem following the 61-10 victory posted by his former East Carolina University players over the Cavaliers Saturday afternoon. Randle, obviously drained, man--aged to hold his composure until sever- al ex-Pirate football players spoke up for him. Then the tears welled up and his shoulders shook as the sobs were rung out. Butch Strawderman, who was a linebacker when Randle enjoyed better coaching times at East Carolina two years ago, said he naturally was root-See Randle, D-7. Cols.

4-6 East Carolina Virginia 20 0 21 14 41 0 710 ECU Hawkins 6 run (kick failed) VA FG Hottowe 27 ECU Daub 2 run (kick failed) ECU Strayhorn 13 run (pass failed) ECU Weaver 6 run (Weaver run) ECU Daub 8 run (Conaty kick) ECU Jones 9 run (Conaty kick) ECU Kolanko 2 run (Conaty kick) ECU Hicks 87 run (Conaty kick) ECU Greer 9 run (Conaty kick) VA Flow 2 run (Hottowe kick) sn all deadlock at intermission. Hampton native Mike Dunn, the Blue Devils' freshman quarterback, ignited the second-half runaway, directing three touchdown drives on the visitors' first four possessions. The former Bethel High stalwart stuck mostly to the ground assault after intermission and it paid the richest dividends of Coach Mike McGee's five-year tenure. The victory vaults Duke into a tie with Maryland for the Atlantic Coast Conference lead. Dunn and Co.

rolled up 528 yards Ouk Wake Forest 1 14 21-8 42 14 DukeMartinez 23 run (Fusco kick) Wake Zegllnski 1 run (Zurich kick) Wake McManus 4 run (Bunch kick) Duke--Benjamin 2 ru (Fusco kick) Duke Benjamin 28 run (Fusco kick) DukeBeniamm 1 run (Fusco kick) DukeBenjamin 1 run (Fusco kick) DukeHall 8 pass from Corbett (Fusco kick) A Duke Wake Forest First downs Rushes-yards Passing yards Return yards Passes Punts Fumbles-losl Penalties-yards 30 17 64-322 206 50 14-18-32 0-0 2-0 5-59 39-131 123 36 8-18-3 3-36 5-3 3-34 By MIKE KEECH Daily Press Sports Writer WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. Duke eradicated a frustrating first half with an explosive, near-flawless second half to humble Wake Forest 42-14 Saturday afternoon. The Blue Devils staged their highest scoring and total offense show since 1970 to spoil homecoming for 28,900 Groves Stadium fans, the Deacons' largest home crowd of the season. Duke had excellent scoring opportunities on all six of its first-half possessions, but only dented the scoreboard twice, finding itself in a 14- Alt Outdoors ABA Column D-9 ACC Football 3 Bouncing Ball D-3 College Football D-3, 4, 8, 10 Girls Basketball D-12 Hockey Column Norfolk State D-2 Oklahoma Falls To Kansas Redskins Visit New York D-4 Peninsula Runners Falter D-5 A.