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D2 DAILY PRESS, Newport News, Apprentice Better, But Bows 24-0 STEVE ATKINS SPARKLES Maryland Edges North Carolina 21-20 6 40-144 139 3-12 2 4 9-34 Ae 13 52 105 71 7 16-2 3D 9 2 2 1 100 -169 132 First downs Ruslies-vards Passing yards Passes Return yards unts Fumbles-lost Penalties Mary 21 44 228 t4 1 13-M--0 J-322 0-0 9-71 First downs Rushes yards Parsing yards Return yards Parses Punts Fumbtes-iost Penalties-yards 1S-2S 1 6-37 9 "We'd been wondering all week where Johnson had been last week," said Claiborne ruefully. "We couldn't find him on the game films. (Johnson didn't play because of a sprained ankle.) "Now we know where he was waiting for us. He just ran over us on several plays." The big man wound up with 64 yards in nine carries, 26 more than "Famous Amos" Lawrence and seven more than Mack. "No, we didn't key on Lawrence," claimed Claiborne.

"We don't key on backs. We just play our game on defense." Neal Olkewicz, Bruce Palmer led in that department with 13 and 12 tackles, respectively-. North Carolina put together its best drive of the day halfway through the third quarter, a 15-play march nettning 67 yards which illustrated Claiborne's comment about the Tar Heels' ability to do the job on third down. Eric Sievers and two to Jan Carinci for a first down on UNC's 34. Five plays later, O'Hare hit Gary Ellis for 28 yards before Atkins ran the right side untouched for what proved to be the winning points.

There was 7:27 remaining. "That was the most gratifying thing for me," said Claiborne," the way we controlled the game early, then were able to regain control when we had to. It speaks well for our conditioning and aggressiveness After going ahead on Loncar's first field goal, it took the Terps eight minutes to enlarge that margin. Starting on their own 49, three running plays netted the visitors 15 yards. Suddenly, Atkins broke a tackle in the Maryland backfield, then raced 36 yards up the middle for the TD.

Loncar's kick hit the upright, no good. The Tar Heels came right back with an 81-yard march of their own on the ensuing kickoff. They negotiated a first down at their 30, then Kupec passed to Loomis for 24 and a first down at Maryland's 43. Kupec hit Loomis again for nine, then on fourth-and-one Billy Johnson seemed stopped at the line of scrimmage, but slipped the tackle and went 34 yards up the middle for six. Maryland led 9-7.

By CHUCK FRAIME Daily Press Sports Writer CHAPEL HILL. N.C. Maryland 'Coach Jerry Claiborne insists running back Steve Atkins isn't in shape yet. If that's the case, Lord help the "Atlantic Coast Conference when the 220-pound native of Spottsylvania rounds into form. All the hard-running senior did Saturday afternoon was rush for 162 yards in 28 carries, including 36 yards for an Maryland touchdown and six for 'the game-winner later, to lead the Terrapins to a 21-20 victory over North 'Carolina in the ACC opener for both teams.

"I didn't know Steve was doing that -well," said Claiborne when told Atkins had rushed for 112 yards in the first "half. 107 of them in the first quarter. The Terps, winners of three straight ACC titles before the Tar Heels broke string last season, wasted little time getting onto the board, but still had to come from behind for their third triumph in three starts this season. North Carolina is 1-1. North Carolina, which trailed 15-7 at intermission after Maryland's Ed Lon-car had booted field goals of 47, 34 and 33 yards, jumped ahead 20-15 with 12:11 to play.

Taking over on its 44 following a fair catch, the Tar Heels reeled off 56 yards in six plays, including a 36-yard jaunt by Ken Mack which left everybody in jam-packed Kenan Stadium wondering where the ball was. Mack was finally run out of bounds at the 5 by Lloyd Burress. Carolina quarterback Matt Kupec was sacked on the next play, and lost his jersey. This brought back-up Clyde Christensen on for his only appearance of the day. Christensen, who likes to scramble anyway, ran around in his own backfield to relieve the pressure, then passed to tight end Bob Loomis near the goal line.

The ball caromed off either Loomis' fingers or those of Burress and came to rest in the arm of flanker Wayne Tucker. Maryland came right back on its next possession. Taking over on its 32, lefty Tim O'Hare, whom Claiborne described as "better than we'd thought when the season started;" connected with Dean Richards for 13 yards, then got four yards from Atkins. He completed successive first-down passes to THE CONTROVERSY OVER INJURIES If you believe what you've been reading over the past month or two, college and pro football are on the verge of extinction. So much has been written about football injuries, most of it caustic even if safety measures are suggested, that abolishment by legislative action or by presidential edict would appear precariously imminent.

Don't hold your breath waiting for the sport to PRESTO! disappear from the scene. If the U.S. sporting public is so enraged by the game's brutality, as the anti-injury and pro-safety crusaders would have us believe, the huge crowds would be outside stadiums picketing and not inside watching. Don't sweat over happening, either. Accidents will happen.

Most football injuries are accidents, even if the more serious ones are instigated by high-pitched emotion. That's the name of the game Maryland N. Carolina- MARY FG Roncar 47 MARY Atkins 3d run (Kick tailed) UNC Johnson 34 run (Hayes kick) MARY FG Roncar 34 MARY FG Roncar 33 UNC Burrell run (Pass failed) UNC-Tucker 5 pass trom Christiansen (Haves MARY Atkins 6 run (Pass failed) Hi's Baker Pulls Stunner On Bulls HI 18 47-147 145 49 11 233 1 46 00 7 55 14 37-125 75 60 7 19 3 4 33 2 1 8 118 First downs Rushes-yards Passing yards Return yards Passes Punts Fumbteslost Penalties-yards I fy fy sKv-'T SE-s-jg- BETHESD Md. (Special to Daily Press) The Apprentice shcool suffered a 24-0 defeat Saturday afternoon to Montgomery College, but that's not to say the Builders didn't show some promising signs. Head Coach Norm Snead's squad ran 73 plays to the victors' 52, but key penalties, bad punts and defensive breakdowns sent the Newport News school to jits third straight loss.

1 The breakdowns were I in the form of long passes as Montgomery scored on plays of 60 and 59 yards. The Maryland school tallied 17 points in 'the second quarter. The Builders ended -the game just a foot from the Montgomery goal line, but failed to push the ball across. Apprentice more than doubled Montgomery's first-down output and rushed for almost as much yardage. But time after time drive were nullified by infractions.

In total offense, how-ever, Montgomery chalked up 283 yards to the Builders' 183.. Montgomery's final tally came in the third quarter on a one-yard run. Apprentice suffered some in the passing department as the shipbuilding school managed to gain just 78 yards on 7 completions in 26 attempts. Snead praised the the play of newcomers Randy Hopkins, a defensive back, and running backs Steve Carlton and Mike Powers. CNC Records Soccer Win Christopher Newport snapped a three-match losing streak while William and Mary was forced to settle for a 1-1 tie with visiting Lynchburg in college soccer play Saturday afternoon.

Rob Olson scored for the Indians with 11:42 gone in the first half, but Brian Lowy tallied just over three minutes later to tie the score. Two 10-minute overtime periods failed to provide a victor. The deadlock snapped a string of three victories by Lynchburg. is 2-2-1. Visiting Averett scored the first goal, but Christopher Newport ended up with a 2-0 victory to up its record to 2-5 for the young season.

During a scramble at the Averett net with 28 minutes gone in the first half, one of Averett's own players accidently fell on the ball, rolling it into the goal and giving CNC a 1-0 Midway through the second half, freshman Joe Garone tallied from Baker hit converted fullback Willie Pair for 12 yards, the tight end taking the ball to the 49. After a yard loss. Baker displayed perfect execution of the quarterback sneak, going 52 yards untouched for the clinching score. "Our passing game broke down when they committed nine men to the line of scrimmage and we couldn't complete any passes," Lovett said of Baker's sudden cooling. Despite being praised by JCSU Coach Wylie Harris, defensive tackle Alfred Wring summed up his team's situation.

"Mistakes, mistakes, mistakes, mistakes, mistakes," he muttered. The Bulls (0-3) were penalized 118 yards to the Bucs 55 and the hankies were thrown for violations ranging from having 12 men on the field (twice) to two pass interference calls totaling 57 yards. While Harris mourned the temporary loss of seven starters, he was more than pleased with lineman Jeff Tobias. The 6-foot-l and 230-pound freshman had to battle Hampton's 6-foot-8 and 302-pound Ernie White much of the night. emotion.

Where there's emotion, the accident rate 'is bound to quicken, and when crowds are more emotional than the players, it's quite likely that even the quickened accident pace can be doubled. IRRESISTIBLE VS. IMMOVABLE Besides, the injury index was bound to rise and keep rising. More athletes are playing football than ever before, and 10 years from now the number of participants might be doubled. Naturally, then, when the craving for banging well-conditioned bodies together is accelerated, there's bound to be an equally natural higher rate of accidents.

After all, no one ever would have dreamed of "tennis elbow" reaching painful, epidemic proportions, but it was a natural if undesirable development with the great, continued increase of participants in the serve-lob-and-volley sport. The same law of eventuality applies to football. No one can go around banging other people without the risk of getting hurt. Also, how can anyone truly be amazed if the incidence of injuries among professionals might be greater than that among collegians? No matter what anyone says, pros are not as well-conditioned as the collegians, yet they play just as many (more) games. Therefore, it should be expected that more play-for-pay guys will be hurt because they're not as fit for absorbing the punishment.

GOOD EQUIPMENT HELPS SOME More sophisticated, safer equipment isn't the answer, either, although it is and should be welcomed as an accident-injury deterrent. For instance, it's amazing that some running back hasn't been "hung" by a chinstrap when a head-tackier tore loose his helmet. Yet, chinstraps are necessary, otherwise too many athletes might lose their helmets or their heads in heated action. On another tack, who would dare abolish weightlifting as a conditioner for football-playing athletes? No one, yet if lifting develops stronger gridders so they can better capitalize on the coaching dictum to "hit quicker and hit harder," then football is bound to suffer more injuries, and even agility and quickness wwon't soften the impact enough. Nor are rules revisions any cure-all.

For instance, this year the pros changed a rule so that pass-catchers can't be "chucked" (jolted) after they've advanced five yards beyond the scrimmage line. That means receivers run freer and faster, which steps up their offensive potential, but it also means if they get hit hard while running "with abandon" they could be seriously hurt. Remember Darryl Stingley? POCKETS' DANGEROUS, TOO Rules-changing also isn't the remedy for preservation of quarterbacks, though some legal loopholes were allowed offensive linemen which will be helpful. Indeed, a recent interview with an NFL official in the latest issue of Pro Football Weekly revealed that quarterbacks could be "their own worst enemies" even while trying to preserve themselves. To illustrate, quarterbacks are told that, to be more effective, they should stay in the protective "pocket" their mates provide.

However, Jim Tunney of the NFL officials' staff believes "they would stay healthier if they (a) ran less and (b) dumped tbe ball off more." Instead, some stay in the pocket too long (instead of dumping) and then are pounced on heavily and too often. Outside of deliberate, dirty tactics where the aim is to maim and should be and is discouraged, there are countless examples of athletes "asking" for accidents to happen. The same applies to the sport itself, which by its very nature even when played inside strict guidelines is looking for accidents. One of football's cardinal rules is to "make things so it's next to useless to add (UPI Teleotnto) MARYLAND'S DEAN RICHARDS DIVES OVER UNC LINE Tar Heels' Buddy Curry (57), T.K. Daniels (92) Try For Tackle Dunn Triggers Big Drive, Duke Checks Gamecocks By ALAN HIRSCH Daily Press Sports Writer CHARLOTTE If Hampton Institute's Jenson Baker isn't a passing quarterback, what happened to Johnson C.

Smith University in the first half of a Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association football game Saturday night never took place. Known for his strength and running ability, Baker completed seven straight passes for 81 yards and two touchdowns as the Pirates raced to a 13-0 lead and defeated the Golden Bulls 19-6 at Memorial Stadium. After his first misfire, Baker appeared ready to blow the hosts out of their own stadium. Caught with 12 men 6n the field during a Hampton punt, the Bulls paid dearly as Howard Jackson tan for 13 yards and Baker began his string with an eight-yard pass to the fullback. Baker went to Lewey Hale for five yards and the first touchdown with 8:03 showing on the clock and Don Rose -tagged on the first successful extra point of the season.

On the next series, the Pirates (2-1) moved 78 yards to make it 13-0. Baker went to Hale for 33 yards, Hampton High graduate Donnell Jones for 7 and to Jones again for the final 9 with 1:17 left in the first period. A pass interference call on Willie Jones helped the drive along. A pair of 15-yard penalties aided the Smith comeback which bridged the first and second quarters. "If the game would have been over -then," HI Coach Walter Lovett said of his team's 13-0 lead, "it would have been fine with me." Instead, though, the penalties and Koonce's 10-yard dash on a third-and-three situation from the HI 29 brought the Bulls back to life.

Koonce finished with 86 yards on 19 carries. Herman Harding, one of three Smith quarterbacks to see action with starter Cal Gill injured, hit Charles Stroman for a 17-yard touchdown to cut the deficit to 13-6. Baker, who finished with 11 completions in 22 attempts, continued his string with an eight-yarder to Bucke -Gordon and an 11-yard aerial to Eddy Pratt as the invaders moved doggedly 5to the Bulls' 31. An illegal procedure on third-and-one preceded the end of the passing Jshow. Baker retreated, was chased and had to dump the ball.

The drive ended and another march to the JCSU 8 was aborted when Grover Covington sacked Baker at the 15 and a field goal was wide. Mike Jamison intercepted twice and HI's Mike Kelly and Rose reciprocated jas the ball was turned over four times Jin an eight-minute span of the third and 'fourth stanzas. Rose grabbed his second interception three minutes later (with 9:10 left in the contest) to thwart a serious Bull jthreat. The theft, his fifth of the young season, came at the goal line and he 'returned 34 yards. -J "He's a pro prospect," Lovett raved Jafterward.

"He senses where a quarterback is going to go." Baker, returning to "form," threw second interception, but the HI defense stopped the winless Bulls on four straight pass attempts to take over at Jits 37. SC 21 58- -276 Duke IS 54-201 52 0 3-11-1 2-1 7-35 First downs Rushes-yards Passing yards Return yards Passes Punts Fumbles-lost Penalties-yards 65 17 5-11-0 4430 4-2 e-eo South Carolina, taking the free kick on its 48, failed to penetrate deeply and punted into the end zone. Starting on his 20, Dunn took the first play 15 yards. On the ensuing second down, he zigged and zagged 14 more. Again, waiting one down, he picked up 14 more, carrying the ball to the USC 26.

There, Rhett broke a tackle on the right side and whizzed into the end zone for the 16-12 advantage with 3:07 to go. Dunn kept and tried running the ball in for two points, but was short. The Blue Devils were to received one more break. After the ensuing kick-off, South Carolina recorded two quick first downs and advanced to the Blue" Devils' 44. There sophomore quarterback Cary Harper fumbled, Carl McGee recovering for the hosts, and the Atlantic Coast Conference folks ran out the clock.

Duke Coach Mike McGee called the losers "the best South Carolina team I've seen in my eight years here." He said "Dunn wasn't at the form he'll be at against Michigan. His throwing isn't sharp (hitting 8, 1 interception), but I feel good about Mike's recovery with the thumb." McGee also lauded his team's ability "to adjust when they (the Gamecooks) made changes we didn't anticipate," especially in the second half. By BOB MOSKOWITZ Daily Press Sports Writer DURHAM, W.C. Mike Dunn is back and Duke University are off to their best start in seven years. Those pleasant realities dawned Saturday afternoon, but not until disaster took one giant step in the Blue Devils' direction only to prompt them to an even larger comeback stride toward triumph.

Duke, stunned when a bad snap on a punt turned into a two-point safety and a 12-10 South Carolina lead, retaliated five minutes later with the game-clinching touchdown and a 16-12 victory. Dunn, the brilliant Hampton-bred quarterback, who had been nursing an aching thumb, peaked his initial showing of the Fall by sparking that last, decisive touchdown drive. Following the success, which left USC 0-1-1 and lifted Duke to 2-0, Dunn promptly talked of another 2-0 team. Next week, the Blue Devile travel to Michigan, which whipped Notre Dame 26-14 Saturday. "We won't play dead.

We've got people who can do it," asserted the stringbeanish Dunn. "We had a lot of team meetings with ourselves this week. We wanted this game more than, anything. This is the first time in years we've been 2-0 and they've both been at home." Last year Duke was 1-4 here. South Carolina might easily have turned the game into a runaway in the first half.

Instead, its 227 yards in offense went virtually for naught, primarily because of a half-dozen penalties before the break. Gamecocks Coach Jim Carlen found no fault with the officiating. He simply pointed to this youthful team's inex-perienc and insisted, "We'll get better." about 20 yards out to provide the winning margin. CNC goalie Ken Gagliardi had five saves. The Captains made 11 shots on goal to 14 by Averett.

William and Mary travels to Navy Tuesday while CNC visits (but we will) that accidents don't need much encouragement. Besides, didn't someone once say that man is the best good bet to destroy himself. They started out looking good enough. The Gamecooks, eventually chalking up 341 yards in total offense to 256 for the victors, took a 7-0 lead with 6:43 to go in the first quarter. Sophomore George Rogers, who led all rushers with 150 yards in 23 carries, exploded for a 39-yard scoring thrust.

Eddie Leopard, who provided a 36-yard field goal halfway through the second half, kicked the point. Duke tied it at 7-7 on an 18 yard burst by Greg Rhett early in the second quarter, with Scott McKinney converting, McKinney's 22-yard field goal with 3:49 left produced the 10-10 halftime deadlock. After a scoreless third quarter, South Carolins created a nifty chance when safety Nat Veal pilfered a pass by Dunn. The Gamecooks couldn't capitalize, though, and punted, Duke taking over on its 28. On fourth down, Duke center Kevin Kelly's snap sailed high over Ricky Brummitt's head and into the end zone for the safety with 8:35 to go.

Instead of accepting disaster, Duke converted the situation into jubilation. Romaine Victor In PTC Event John Romaine ran a 5.1-mile course at Fort Eustis along the James River in a time of 26 minutes, 29 seconds to win the Back River Road Race Saturday. Former William Mary product Reggie Clark was second in the same time while Crain Allen was third some 35 seconds in the rear. John Englehart, who captured the Military division of the race, finished fourth and Steve Nobles ended up fifth. Other winners: 19-Under Mike McKernan 30-39 Larry Pederson 40-over Theodore Pacuiak (3131).

Women's Open Norma Sims The next Peninsula Track Club meet will be a tri-event against William Mary and Quantico at Dunbar Farms. Haas Takes 1 -Stroke Lead Over Watson In Napa Golf South Duke Itamoton Johnson C- 6- 19 0 6 13 0 NAPA, Calif. (AP) Jay Haas shot his second 66 of the tournament and took a one-stroke lead over Tom Watson and three other challengers Saturday when sub-par golf was the rule in the third round of Napa's $200,000 tour event. "Birdies definitely are flying out there," the 24-year-old Haas said after his 6-under par round on Silverado Country Club's North course. "I was 11 under after nine holes and barely on the leader board." Haas, whose victory in the San Diego open last winter was his first as a member of the Professional Golfers Association tour, was 8 under par for the tournament and tied for third going into Saturday's round.

His back nine Saturday included three birdies, dropping him to a 14-under-par total of 202 for 54 holes. HI -Hale 5 pass trom Baker (Rose kick) Hi J.wes 9 pass from Baker (pass failed) JCS Stroman 1 oass from Harding (kick failed) HI -Bilker 52 run (kick faild) Hampton Junior Horse, Pony Show Slated SC Rogers 39 run (Leopard kick) Dke- Rnett 18 run (McKinnev kick) SC FG Leopard 36 Oke FG Mc Kinney 22 SC Satety Brummitt tackled in end zone Oke Rhett 26 run (run failed) 10,000 Meters Run Won By Rodgers PURCHASE, N.Y. (AP) Bill Rodgers extended his undefeated streak to 17 by scoring a five-yard victory Saturday in the National AAU 10,000 meters road racing championship. The 27-year-old Melrose, athlete was clocked in 28 minutes 36.3 seconds. Randy Thomas of the Greater Boston Track Club finished second.

Mike Black of the University of Chicago Track Club was a distant third, with Bob Hodge of the Greater Boston Track Club fourth and Gary Bjorklund of the Chicago Track Club fifth. Tommy Aaron Howard Twitty Alan Tapie 71-70-69-210 68 68-74- 210 70-66-76-210 The Hampton Junior Horse and JPony Club' has scheduled a show for Saturday at the James River Hunt Club on Old Mallory Road. Judge for the show, a Peninsula jHprse Show Association event, will be jfPat Dodson of Clemmons, N.C. Chairman is Jim Wyatt (851-7772) and secretaries are Pat Sullivan and Rachel jfCatlett. The show committee consists of jBetty Milone, Bob Davis and Jim li.Wyatt.

A beginner show by the Hampton club is scheduled for next Sunday. Twenty-seven classes will be judged Saturday plus a modified Olympic class between 18 and 19. Schooling will commence at 7.30 a.m. with the fences set at 3 feet 6 inches. All points won will count towards year-end awards providing the owner is a PHSA member and the animal is Worried with thp PHSA Jay Haas Tom Watson Ed Sneed Barry jaeckel Bruce Don January Bod Zender Bob Eastwood Bob Byman Bobby Walel Andy North Mark Haves Bob Gilder D.

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