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r2 AH.Y PRESS. Newimrt News. Sundav. September 25. 1977 i i BERGERIA MAJOR FACTOR IN 17-14 THRILLER Blocked Punt Big Play, Madison Beats Mamaeaa Sydney 10 41-210 22 6-15-1 6-33-7 I First downs Rushes-yards Passing yards Return yards Passes' Punts Fumbles-lost Penalties-yards It 59-29 22 1-16-1 H4J 2-4 4-51 By GEORGE WATSON Daily Press Sports Writer HARRISONBURG They're billing defensive guard Woody Bergeria as an Ail-American at James Madison University.

He left little doubt Saturday as to whv. Besides beine in on a bushel of country's top-ranked team last year with a 21-14 triumph. "That blocked punt was certainly the turning point," offered a dejected H-S Coach Stokeley Fulton. "It didn't affect our team so much as it affected them giving them the momentum. "Bergeria sure made up for last year," Fulton added.

"He had a super ball game." Bergeria, a 1975 honorable mention All-American selection, admitted that last year's loss to the Tigers was a great motivating factor. "There definitely were no friend- scoring drive, culminated by Joe Showker's 27-yard field goal with 3:08 on the clock. The big play of the drive was a 37-yard romp by fullback Shane Hast, who wound up with 113 yards on 20 carries for the afternoon. Linebacker Mike Battle's interception, the eighth of the year for the Dukes, with 1:46 remaining iced the victory. The loss was the first of the season for the Tigers, rated the nation's No.

9 Division III power. Ironically, it was H-S that knocked Madison from its lofty perch as the a punt which was recovered by teammate Bob Cappalli in the end zone for the tying score with 9:07 left in the game. That completely turned the game around for the Dukes. After forcing the nation's fourth-ranked team in total offense to punt after only four plays on the next series, the aroused hosts mounted an 83-yard tackles, the 235-pound senior came up -with the one tide-turning play that allowed the Dukes to escape with a thrilling 17-14 triumph over Hampden-Syd-ney in what is fast becoming one of the State's top gridiron attractions. With his team trailing 14-7, Bergeria -burst through the Tigers' line to block SI HL Ik tea A7 Aerial Bomb Starts Terps To 27-9 Loss Z9 iff.

ships on that field today," the Triangle, native reflected. "I know I made a couple of enemies myself. "On the blocked punt we got good penetration from the outside that caused their backs to come out and let me go straight through." Until the blocked kick, H-S held a 14-7 advantage courtesy of running back Jimmy Ferguson's dazzling 63-yard TD romp down the right sideline with 3:38 left in the third period. Ferguson broke a tackle at the JMU 45 and then received a beautiful block from flanker Ben Newell at the 20 to allow him to scamper in for the score. The junior from Lynchburg, who stood 12th among the nations's Division III ground gainers going into the contest, piled up 144 yards on 20 carries.

After failing to score from the 1 late in the first quarter, H-S got the game's initial touchdown 3:37 before intermission when Dale Marks hit Newell with a quick opener over the middle for 21 yards. Mike Adkins' attempted placement was blocked by the Dukes midway through the third period. The Dukes drove 44 yards in 1 1 plays with quarterback John Bowers finding split end Ralph DeMarco all in the end zone on a fourth-and-goal situation from the 7. Bowers, who became the Dukes' field general when No. 1 signal-caller Stan Jones suffered a severe knee injury last week, finished with 90 yards rushing in addition to hitting eight of 16 passes for 78 yards.

"I told the kids Friday night that the key to this game would be how swell our specialty teams performed," explained JMU Coach Challace McMillin. "And they did an outstanding job. As for Bergeria, the Madison skipper had nothing but praise. "Woody just had great individual effort on that blocked punt. He is playing the best this year that he ever has.

He is certainly one of the best in the nation." No one in the crowd of 6,500 would have disputed that. 4 1 IWAr Penn State 20 47146 2W IS 2030-0 384 1-0 2-16 Maryland 11 37-31 277 7 IB 41-0 10407 0-0 2-0 First downs Rushes-yards Passing yards Return yards Passes Punts Fumbles lost Penalties-yards GUARD WOODY BERGERIA Has All-American Day For Dukes! Trojans Roll Over TCUj Ford Shines' LOS ANGELES (AP) Thir(l-string tailback Dwight Ford rushed fpr 117 yards and two touchdowns and Frank Jordan kicked three field goals Saturday as second-ranked Southern California mauled outmanned TCU 51-0 in an intersectional college football game. I Ten different Trojans figured in the scoring, as USC reserves played more of the one-sided contest than the starters Equally impressive as the Trojans' offense, which rolled up 642 yards, was their overpowering defense. Led by tackle Walt Underwood and linebacker Garry Cobb, the USC defenders completely smothered the Horned Frogs' offense. The victory, USC's third of 1976 was its 14th in a row extending over two seasons, and also the 14th consecutive loss for TCU, winless in three tries.

Both streaks are currently the longest in college football. Taias It SoMtfm 11 51 Hampdafl Jamas 7 It 17 (UPI Telephoto) USC-FG Jordan 49 USC-FG Jordan 2t USC-White 24 run (Jordan kick) USC-Ford 9 run (Jordan kick) USC-FG Jordan 40 USC -Coco 30 pass interception (Jordan kick) USC-Sweeney pass trom HertX (Jordan kick) USC-Ford 70 run (Kerr kick) USC -Williams If) run (Sorce kick) HSC Newell 21 pass trom Marks (kick failed) JMU DeMarco 7 pass from Bowers (Stmrkcr kick) HSC Ferouson (3 run (Marks run) JMU Capoalli recovered Mocked punt in end zone (Showker kick) JMU FG Showker 27 STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) -Quarterback Churk Fusina's 58-yard touchdown pass to flanker Jimmy Cefalo snapped a 3-3 third-period tie and triggered fifth-ranked Penn State's Nittany Lions to a 27-9 victory over the Maryland Terrapins Saturday. Fusina completed 19 of 29 passes for 286 yards and two touchdowns as Penn State beat the Atlantic Coast Conference team for the 15th straight time, and 22nd in 23 meetings between the Eastern powers. Penn State took a 3-0 first-quarter lead on a 21-yard field goal by Matt Bahr, but Maryland tied it on Ed Loncar's 18-yarder as the clock ran out on the first half of the regionally televised game.

In the third period, State broke open the savage defensive struggle after Scott Fitzkee's punt backed Maryland to its 3. The return kick carried to the Nittany Lion 39, and, on second down, Cefalo raced behind the Terps' secondary and grabbed a 58-yard touchdown pass from Fusina. Later in the third quarter, State took over at its 48. Cefalo ran for 10 on a reverse, and Fusina completed two passes for a first down at the Terp 17. Maryland held, but Bahr booted a 37-yard field goal, his sixth of the season in as many attempts to make it 13-3.

Unbeaten Penn State completed its third victory with a 12-play, 74-yard drive climaxed by Fusina's 20-yard touchdown throw to Mike Guman. Bahr converted his 10th extra point of the season in 10 tries and it was 7-0-3. Maryland scored with four minutes left in the game on a 49-yard pass from quarterback Larry Dick to wingback Dean Richards, but it wasn't enough to avert the second loss in three games for the defending ACC champions. Penn State's final touchdown came with less than a minute to play on a 14-yard pass from Tony Capozzoli. NITTANY LION MAKES IMPOSSIBLE CATCH Scott Fitzbee (46) Holds On Despite Tumble Incredible Game Won By Sooners Upset Bid; Ends In 3-6 Loss! Towsm Rand-Macea If, .14 31-104 45-16 tta 94 1 2 15-32-3 7-21-J 4,33 4 1-34 .1 0-0 3-1 t-05 t-10t First Downs Rushes-Yards Passing Yards Return Yards Passes Punts Fumbies-Lost Penalties By RICHARD ALLRED Daily Press Sports Writer ASHLAND Randolph-Macon fans couldn't believe what happended to their Yellow Jackets Saturday afternoon.

Even Towson State's visiting Tigers left the field in a state of near disbelief. However, they were more than willing and thankful to escape the Jackets' nest with a 3-0 victory in the last three seconds. Until the last period, Randolph-Macon's defense had almost manhandled the sixth-ranked club among the nation's Division III college football teams. The Tigers, who managed to keep their record unmarred in three outings with the narrow escape, actually only threatened the Jackets twice with the second fruitful drive beginning with 1:45 to play. After taking possession at its own 38 freshman quarterback Ron Meehan Oklahoma Ohio State First downs 18 14 Rushes-yards 71250 54173 Passing yards 44 11 Return yards 0 9 Passes 352 2-6-0 Punts Fumbles-lost 74 32 Penalties-yards 770 440 successful on an on-sides kick which everybody knew was coming and smartly moved into position for the winning field goal, which the West Berlin-born von Schamann booted with a 15-mile-an-hour wind at his back.

With a partisan crowd of 88,119, third highest in Ohio Stadium history, screaming in support of the Buckeyes' defense, Oklahoma relentlessly wrenched victory against seemingly impossible odds. Following Kinlaw's fumble recovery, Kenny King bolted 10 yards, third-string quarterback Dean Blevins passed to Steve Rhodes for 10 more and a crucial offside penalty against Ohio State gave the Sooners a first down at the 7 after King had been stopped two yards short. Maryland Penn 0 3 0 6 3 0 10 14 27 COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -Fumble-prone Oklahoma blew a shocking 20-point, second-period lead, then rallied in the final lVi minutes on Elvis Peacock's two-yard touchdown run and a 41-yard field goal by von Schamann with three seconds left for incredible 29-28 triumph over Ohio State Saturday in the first meeting between two giants of college football. Until the stirring finish, third-ranked Oklahoma had tried its darndest to give the -game away, losing four fumbles and throwing two in- terceptions. Coach Barry Switzer had said his Sooners "lead the universe in turnovers," and all that charity gave them the astounding total of 19 turnovers in three games.

But ironically, it was a fumble by second-string quarterback Greg Castignola with 6:24 remaining that swung the tide back to Oklahoma after the fourth-ranked Buckeyes had surged to a 28-20 lead by playing error-free football since early in the game. The Sooners stormed 43 yards in 13 plays after Dave Hudgens separated Castignola from the ball and Reggie Kinlaw recovered at the Ohio -State 43. The Buckeyes turned back a two-point conversion run by Peacock. But Oklahoma was LANCE CASE FROM AN N.F.L. VIEW An old theory of relativity, linking the sports world to the everyday world which surrounds it, is being widely circulated again.

It offers the premise that what goes on in sports is nothing more than a reflection of what's happening in government, our communities, and so forth. More pertinently, what could be said is that anyone closely allied or conversant with the affairs of organized athletics can't be too much taken aback by the Bert Lance banking saga and its most far-reaching governmental implications. For example, the view would be that a little bit of political chicanery is no better (nor worse) than sports-world grade-juggling and the like. The surprising thing is that, although we can't picture the president as an avid follower of sports, it would appear he might have learned some of its lessons even if exposed only to a few bumps. (In current college football parlance, by the way, "bumps" signify contacts with athletes, and one bump too many renders an athlete subject to ineligibility.) HOW TO WAIVER, AND WAVER NOT Anyway, it's pretty plain the president (some Planter, as recall), is not at all acquainted with the National Football League's rules on maintaining rosters.

Especially with the waiver aspects thereof. They're tricky, of course, but, my goodness, there's a fella named George Allen in D.C. who could be a lot of help to a president. During recent weeks, when prexy was mindful of such oddball affairs as the Palestine and Panama Canal and inflation-deflation crises, Allen "gave" a public demonstration of how to work the waiver rules to one's ultimate benefit. In fact, Baltimore's Colts also provided a mini-illustration.

Briefly, what happened is this. placed Ron McDole and Jerry Smith on waivers. Redskin loyalists were stunned. About the same time, ex-Allen aide Ted Marchibroda exposed little (5-foot-9) Howard Stevens to the same treatment. Colt boosters were appalled.

It was much ado about nothing not at all like what happened in the Bert Lance case. The three players are back, Lance is gone. NO WAY TO LOSE WITH WAIVERS The reason why there was no need for any great furor over the Redskin-Colt cases is that waivers are just helpful gimmicks, but reliably and remarkably double-edged. If you want to get rid of a player, you waive him and it either releases him or makes him available to purchase by someone else for a nominal sum. How neat, yet not nearly so dandy as when you want to keep a player but want to pretend that you don't or don't have room for him "no room" for the moment, that is.

In this latter case, you do the same waiver routine but at a time when there's a time allowance for recall. Thus, if someone tries to claim the player then you exercise a recall and the player is still yours. That's not the whole waiver rule, at least not the beauty part of it. Unless some legal-eagle (or Allen) can explain it better, the rule permits a team to seek accommodations with other teams so that said "other teams" won't claim on waivers any disposable player which the team issuing the waivers doesn't really want to get rid of. Understand? RECALL REVERSED ON LANCE Obviously, "our president" doesn't know how to play the waiver game, in which case he might arrange for lessons from Mr.

Allen. Somewhere along the line, plainly the president (or his top aides) got Bert Lance through the first round of waivers (approval), but failed to obtain the accommodations which would have allowed recall of the waivers on him. Failing that, though, the prexy or someone in the hierarchy might have prepared for the worst by checking into the possibility of having Lance placed on the taxi squad. Since Lance didn't even fake an injury, an attempt should at least have been made to put him on the inactive reserve list. Alas, something tells me there's no such thing as taxi squads or inactive reserves in Washington (although a sensitive nerve), but isn't it about time they did have? Since the NFL for the past decade or two has been enjoying unprecedented popularity by such gimmicks as waivers, tv-timeouts and what-nots, and since the Federal government's ratings have been plummeting, somebody had better ask Pete Rozelle for a few tips on how to run things and improve the Feds' image.

Meantime, it's sickening or so the president says, with Bert Lance ousted and no one available from the taxi squad or the inactive reserve roster. With Allen or Rozelle in charge, that never would have happened! PS-FG Bahr 21 Mary FG Loncar 18 PS Cefalo 58 pass from Fusina (Bahr kick) PS FG Bahr 37 PS Guman 20 pass from Fusina (Bahr kick) Mary Richards 47 pass from Dick (pass failed) PS Cefalo 7 pass from Capozzoli (Bahr kick) Lou Brock Captures Monthly Sports Vote NEW YORK (AP) Lou Brock, who broke Ty Cobb's career stolen-base record, was named the August winner in the Hickok Professional Athlete of the Year voting. The St. Louis Cardinals outfielder received 98 first-place votes and 325 points in the poll of broadcasters and sports writers. PGA champion Lanny Wadkins finished second with seven No.l votes and 128i points.

Tennis star Guillermo Vilas of Argentina, winner of the U.S. Open at Forest Hills earlier this month, ranked third with 10 first-place votes and 104' points. Ramsey, Kentucky Impress Oklahoma 17 1 2 Ohio State a 14 0 a Okla Peacock 33 run (Von Schamann kick) Okla Sims 14 run (Von Schamann kick) Okla FG Von Schamann 23 Okla FG Von Schamann 33 Ohio Springs 30 run (Janakievski kick) Ohio Gerald 14 run (Janakievski kick) Ohio Payton 1 run (Janakievski kick) Ohio Moore 16 pass trom Castignola (Janakievski kick) Okla Peacock 1 run (run tailed) Okla FG Von Schamann 41 A 88,119 Kentucky 19 58 276 71 45 4-11-0 6-41 4-2 2-10 West Va 15 47-134 182 31 12-18-2 6- 33 41 7- 55 First downs Rushes-yards Passing yards Return yards Passes Punts Fumbles-lost Penalties-yards Boston College Downs skillfully guided Towson to the R-M 4 with his strong passing arm and a pass interference call against the Jackets. Meehan, who wound up completing 14 of 26 passes for 189 yards, connected with Terry Beck, Bill McDonald and Mike Hoey in moving the Tigers 58 yards in 10 plays. While the pass interference call saved Towson 's drive with 26 seconds left and put the Tigers at the 25, Hoey's 22-yard catch over the middle two plays later reached the jacket 4 and gave kicker Randy Bielski his second field goal opportunity.

i Bielski, who had missed a 27-yard try at 8:37, made this one good with three seconds showing from 22 yards away. "I really wish we could have won the home opener. It's tough to lose like this," offered roving safety Dough Mason of Hampton after the Yellow Jackets suffered their third straight setback in as many games. The most disheartening aspect of the game for Mason was the fact that it was probably Randolph-Macon's best effort on defense all season. "We did what we wanted to on defense just about whole game.

We were hitting good and containing," Mason said. Although Randolph-Macon actually didn't threaten on offense in the second half, running back Mike Woolfolk repeatedly hammered at Towson 's line and continued his first-half efforts that almost culminated in three points for the Jackets. Woolfolk, who rushed 24 times for 141 yards, was instrumental in a first-half drive that put R-M at the Towson 8 and yielded a chance for a field goal. Late In the first period, the Jacket marched from their 31 inside the Towson 10. Quarterback Butcb Butler engineered thelongest drive for R-M.

It also was assisted by a penalty for a personal foul. Mark Harman claimed the first of three Interceptions against the Tigers in the first half to give R-M possession. Then Woolfolk took an option toss from Butler and raced around his left end for 25 yards, his longest gain of the day. After a three-yard gain by Larry Lane, Butler and Woolfolk combined efforts again. This time Woolfolk hauled in a 19-yard pass that put the Jackets at the Tiger 23.

Towson committed a personal foul on that play, too, and R-M wound up at the 12. Towson defenders stood their ground, though, and allowed the Jackets to penetrate no farther than the 8. Dan Petitte's 25-yard field goal attempt hit the crossbar and bounced back. On Towson's first play after the long drive, Kirk Goeldner came up with R-M's second interception and the Jackets began their second most threatening series from the Towson 32. Coach Xy9 Young 11 Ul Army, Smith Sparkles RICHMOND, Va.

(AP) Harry K. "Cy" Army Boston Col NEWTON, Mass. AP) Ken Smith Young, 84, tormer atn- lete, coach and alumni ciirrotlT-ir of Wachmiitnn First downs Rushes-yards Passing yards Return yards Passes Punts Fumbles-lost Penalties-yards 17 23-44 268 1 23-39 3 6-37 42 2-18 24 51184 301 64 19-30-1 6-4 9-75 ann T.cp ITniuorcitv Huui Saturday in a Richmond hnsnital Young, who gradu-- ated from in 1917, A. won tour letters each in fnAlKall KoclrAthll oaseuan ana tracts ana was a team captain in LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) -Kentucky's Derrick Ramsey plowed across the goal line from inches away for one touchdown and passed 50 yards to Felix Wilson for another score as the Wildcats defeated 17th-ranked West Virginia 28-13 Saturday in college football.

West Virginia took an early 7-0 lead on an 11-yard pass from Dan Kendra to Dave Riley in the first quarter, but Kentucky struck back with four touchdowns for a 28-7 lead early in the fourth period. West Virginia scored its last touchdown on a pass from Kendra to Rich Duggan with 13:15 to go. Kentucky consistently attacked the interior of West Virginia's defensive line, opening large holes in the second half. The Mountaineers, 2-1, got the ball deep into Kentucky territory twice in the final minutes, but could not score. On the first drive, Kentucky regained the ball on downs at the Wildcat 6 and the second threat ended when reserve quarterback Danny Williams' fumbled pitchout was recovered at the 11 by Bubba Wilson.

Ramsey's short plunge, set up by a Dallas Owens' interception at the Mountaineer 38, tied the game 7-7. eacn He was one of the ear- ly members chosen to the Virginia Sports Hall of dashed Army's hopes in the fourth minute of the final period when he unloaded a long pass to Mike Godbolt. The wide receiver made an over the shoulder catch on the run at the Army 30 and raced into the end zone to complete a 69-yard scoring play. That snapped the 28-28 deadlock. The Eagles, posting their first victory in three starts, added two insurance touchdowns in handing Army its first defeat in three games.

Smith outdueled Army ace Leamon Hall who hit on 23 of 39 passes for 268 yards and three touchdowns. Army shocked the Eagles in their home debut as Jim Merriken scored on a 26-yard pass from Hall and a three-yard run with the game less than eight minutes old. set a Boston College record by passing for five touchdowns, including three to Pete LaBoy, as the Eagles shook off Army's upset threats Saturday for a 49-28 victory over the Cadets. Smith, who hit on 19 of 30 passes for 301 yards, rallied the Eagles twice-after Army had taken a 14-0 lead in the first period and after the Cadets had pulled into a 28-28 tie in the fourth quarter. Smith, a senior promoted to the starting quarterback job a week ago.

HI Grid Boss Lovett Sports Club Speaker Walter Lovett, who's brought Hampton Institute back to football respectability in just three years, will be the Peninsula Sports Club's guest speaker Monday atits meeting at the Hampton Holiday Inn. A social gathering at 11 :45 a.m. will precede the 12:30 p.m. luncheon. Lovett, who started his coaching career at now-defunct Carver High School in 1955, was an assistant and then head coach at Virginia State prior to accepting the challenge of rebuilding the HI program, that had reached rock bottom.

of the National Football Foundation Hall of Varna As a football player, he was an All-Southern Conference selection three years and the parh pann nvront hie 14 14 Army Boston College- 7 21 inninr vpflr wnpn a hrn. Ken couaroone siaeiinea him midway the season. He twice won A 13 7 11 West Virginia Kentucky aoutnern recognition in basketball, led the team Army Merriken 26 pass trom Hall (Castelli kick) Army Merriken 3 run (Castelli kick) BC LaBoy 40 pass trom Smith (Moorman kick) BC LaBoy 11 pass trom Smith (Moorman kick) BC McCarthy 35 pass from Smith (Moorman k) BC Conway 1 run (Moorman kick) Army Merriken 48 pass trom Hall (Castelli kick) Army Dwyer 6 pass from Hall (Castelli kick) BC Godbolt 69 pass trom Smith (Moorman kick) BC LaBoy 27 pass trom Smith (Moorman kick) BC Stabile 1 run (Moormankicki in scoring and played on WVa Riley II pass from Kendra (McKenzie kick) Ky Ramsey 1 run (Bryant kick) Ky Wilson 50 pass fnom Ramsey (Bryant kiak) Ky Oipre 2 run (Bryant kick) Ky Brooks 5 run (Bryant kick) WVaDtggan 37 pass from Kendra (pass failed) A 57,796 Towsm State wsl's only unbeaten ''team in 1917. TOW FG Bielski 21 if 0.