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DAILY PRESS, Newport ft ews. Va.t Sunday, Govern Per 1)4 BEHR'S MISSED 'CHIP SHOT' CRUCIAL I Richmond Conquers Furman 19-13 THE WAY THE BALL BOUNCES Furman 13 45-115 119 3 10-130 3-44 3 2 7 55 Rick 21 68-282 60 1 7-11-0 3-38 52 7-32 irst Downs Rushes-yards Passing Yards Return Yards Passes Punts Fumbles-lost Penatties-yards By ED RICHARDS Daily Press Sports Writer RICHMOND Furman's Bobby Behr picked a heckuva time to miss his first field goal of the season Saturday afternoon. The Paladins' senior kicking specialist misfired on a 25-yard "chip shot" with 12 left and that's the only i i i i i By BOB MOSKOWITZ play and tackle Greg Mitchell followed suit with another nine-yard setback. Facing fourth-and-21 from its 9, Furman lined up to punt with some 40 seconds left. No one for the Spiders was fooled when punter Willie Freeman attempted to run for the first down.

Freshman defensive end Jon McKinney from Hampton put the brakes on Freeman, forcing him to cough up the ball. It went up for grabs in the end zone and wound up a safety for Richmond. "I'm just pleased we were able to hold on," pointed out Richmond Coach Jim Tait after watching his team nearly squander a 14-0 halftime cushion. The victory elevated the Spiders' record to 3-6 and left Furman at 4-3-2. Senior halfback Buster Jackson powered Richmond's running game, which struck for 282 yards.

Jackson picked up 101 yards on 20 carries, giving mond. The Spiders scored twice more, first on a 43-yard field goal by freshman Steve Adams with 1:48 to go and then on a safety with 30 seconds left. Adams' boot, ironically, was only his second of the year in eight tries. After Adams gave his mates a 17-13 lead, the Spiders' defense went to work. Furman quarterback David Henderson went to his two-minute offense, completing a seven-yard pass to halfback Jimmy Kiser on the first play after taking possession on the Paladin 20.

That was it, however, as stampeding defensive end Ray Chase sacked Henderson for a nine-yard loss on the next uicdiw nicuiiiunu opmers neeaea aown the stretch for a 19-13 victory. Behr's crucial failure came with Richmond clinging to a shaky 14-13 bulge. Prior to his fruitless kick just inches off to the left of the uprights Behr had connected on seven straight attempts this season. They included a 35-yarder in the third quarter and a 36-yarder early in the fourth period that pulled the Paladins within one point of their hosts. After Behr's miss, it was all Rich- George Scott TOUGH YEAR COMING UP All along, Carl Slone has insisted that "there is no reason" the University of Richmond "cannot have the best basketball program in the State of Virginia." In three seasons, the Spiders' gangling coach has marched in that direction.

Unfortunately, a detour looms ahead. In the three seasons he has been at the helm of his alma mater, Slone's ledgers have read 10-16, 14-14 and 15-11. In the thick of the progress were a handful of junior college transfers. Slone admits in effect that the method backfired. As a result, his roster is shorn of experience.

There is one senior and he experienced knee surgery Oct. 1. The Spiders' ranks, then, include six freshmen and 11 sophomores and only one junior college transfer. Happily, he's a beaut. "It'll be a definite rebuilding year," says Slone in quiet understatement.

Later, he concedes "It'll be a tough year." To be sure. The Spiders face a lineup of foes that includes George Washington, Virginia Gilbert Jones Top Golf LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) Gibby Gilpert and Grier Jones blended their talents for a back-nine 29 that propelled them to a three-stroke lead Saturday in the third round of the $200,000 Walt Disney World National Team Golf Classic. "The only really nice thing about a third-round lead," said Jones, "is that you know if you play good the next day you're going to win. If you're trailing, you can play good and not win." Gilbert and Jones had a better-ball score of 61, a whopping 11 under par on the rain-soaked, Magnolia Course' at Walt Disney World and compiled a 54-hole total of 187, a dizzying 29 under par.

Tied for second at 190 were the teams of Tom Weiskopf and Hale Irwin and Chi Chi Rodriguez and Mexican Victor Re-galado. Weiskopf and Irwin combined for a better ball 63 in the cloudy, threatening weather, while Regalado and Rodriguez clowned their way to a 65. "We've still got a lot of golf to play," warned Gilbert. "And we've got some tough teams behind us Irwin and Weiskopf aren't gonna be easy to handle. I just hope we can do it.

"Our strategy is to put two balls on every green and give us a par-option-birdie opportuni- ty." Steve Melnyk and Andy North were four strokes back at 191 after a 64. him his first game over the 100-yard barrier. "Buster had another fine game for us, but he's been doing that all season," noted Tait. "The offensive line did a fine job opening some of those holes, too." The first half belonged solely to the Spiders. Furman protected its record of not being scored on in the initial quarter, but then the hosts went to the bank twice.

The first march covered 49 yards in seven plays, all on the ground. Reserve tailback Demetri Kornegay, known for bis dives over the top from in close, was called on to do just that from one yard out. He delivered. With 45 seconds left in the half, the Spiders culminated, a 60-yard thrust, spiced by a dazzling 26-yard end-around play on a fourth-and-one from the Furman 28 by junior wide receiver Harvey Jones. Two plays later, fullback Wilt Ruff in bulled in from the 1.

By intermission, Richmond had piled up 178 yards rushing and added another 50 passing to 80 yards in total offense by Furman. "We played a very excellent first half, perhaps the best we've played all year," said Tait, "but in the second half we just didn't have any fire. I think we left a lot of our game in Athens (vs. Georgia last week)." The second half belonged to the Paladins. They scored on their first possession following a fumble recovery at the Richmond 41.

Tailback Jimmy Kiser crashed the final yard and Behr kicked the extra point, making it 14-7 with 9:58 left in the third quarter. Some five minutes later, Behr found the mark on his 35-yard field goal. On the preceding play from the Richmond 18, the Paladins might have had a touchdown but Henderson overthrew tight end Chris Reich, wide open around the 7. Behr's second field goal early in fourth quarter from 36 yards was somewhat of a prayer answered. The ball hit on top of the crossbar and tumbled over.

Terps COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) -George Scott ran for a school record of 237 yards, and scored three touchdowns and Maryland overcame a string of second-half turnovers to beat Villanova 19-13 in college football Saturday. Sqott. starting at tailback because of 1 s. "-Hs 4 I 5 j) i -it i It- -1 i iiijui iv.

iu wit niniiia anu mvui mau dox, carried 42 times to help the Terps boost their season record to 5-4. His rushing yardage, which nearly doubled his season total, easily topped the previous Maryland mark of 215 yards by Atkins against Syracuse last year. The 6-foot-2, 210-pound sophomore scored the winning TD on a five-yard run with 5:01 left to play capping a 69-yard, 11-play drive. Scott carried on all but one of the Dlavs. Tech, Wake Forest, Vanderbilt, Old Dominion (twice), South Carolina and Virginia.

Most certainly, no one is giving up. Slone allows quietly, as usual "we'll be all right." For one thing, there's 6-foot-6 Miller Butler out of Chipollo (Fla.) Junior College. Butler's credentials are awesome. They include a 27-point scoring average last Winter when he also hauled down 14 rebounds a game. On the Richmond also boasts sufficient height, especially in the middle, where 6-9 Bob Boehl-ing will share work with 6-11 Mike Dow.

Freshman Vern Outlaw (6-10) also is on the roster. The fly in the ointment here is that although Boehling is the highest scorer returning, he only scored at a 6.9 clip and averaged just 4.9 rebounds. Last season's won-loss credentials represented Richmond's largest victory haul since Slone's freshman year of 1955-56, when the Spiders went 16-13. The long spell without as much success makes it obvious why Slone took what appeared to be the easy route when he recruited five junior college standouts in his first year back in the Capital City. "I took a chance," he concedes.

Of the group, one became homesick, one transferred and one encoun He had earlier scored on a nair of 1 ,00 lead before the Wildcats, now 3-6, charged back in the second half. 10 0 3 5 Furman 0- 10 0 Ricti Kornegay 1 run (Adams kick) Rich Ruffin 1 run (Adams kick) Fur. Kiser 2 run (Behr kick) Fur FG Behr 35 Fur FG Behr 36 Rich FG Adams 43 Rich Safety Freeman fumbled ball out of end SwnitmfrWnAi Cirr 3 vimif vl)-r-l HU immlW Mary Scott 1 run (Loncar kick) Mary Scott 1 run (tuck failed) Vill FG Fernandej 28 Vill Ctienet 2 run (Fernandez kick) Vill FG Fernandez 33 Mary Atkins 5 run (kick tailed) A 30,136 (AP Wireohoto) HAMPTONIAN RECOVERS FUMBLE FOR RICHMOND Orlandus Branch Ready To Snatch Ball From David Henderson 12.000 Colts Liked Over 'Skins, But Allen's TV Slate 9-1 62-4-41 187 62- 63-65 1TO 66-61-63190 64-63-64191 64- 64-64 66-63-63 142 66-61-66193 65- 64-64193 63- 66-64193 65-66-62193 65-64-64191 65- 65-65195 66- 64-65195 66- 65-64195 64- 66-65195 64- 66-65195 65- 64-66195 67- 64-64195 68- 61-66195 64- 65-67196 63- 66-68197 66- 65-66197 65- 64-68197 65-67-65-197 67- 64-67198 65- 66-67198 64- 67-67 198 65- 68-65198 66- 64-68198 66- 64-68198 69- 62-66198 65-68-65198 68- 65-66199 65- 68-66199 66- 67-66199 64- 6B-67 199 67- 62-70199 66-66-67199 66- 67-67200 65- 67-68200 67- 66-67200 68- 65-67200 67-66-68201 65- 67-69201 67-65-69201 66- 67-70203 66 67-71204 Gilbert-Jones Regalado-Rodriguez IngoldWeiskopf Melnyk-North Catlett-Pearce Hatalsky-Pooley HinMe-Stadler Miller-Nakaiima Burns-Crenshaw D.Hill-M.Hill Kite-Mahaffey Peete-White Peddy-Young Fergus-Hancock Fezler-Maltbie Smith-Wynn Barber-January Green-McLendon Rosely-Weibring Etder-Wiechers Carr-Shaw Garretl-Gilder Altgelt-Barker Goelby-Haas Porter-Zender Jacobs-Spradlin Lietike-Rogers Adams-lverson P.Purtzer-T.Purtzer Erickson-Storey Baird-Eastwood Jmieson-Masserio Blackburn-Kratzert Armstrong-Edwards RudolDh-Sikes Benson-Dougherty Booros-Mitchell Acton-Nevil Newquist-Twitty Lum-Webb Heard-McCord Kelley-Morgan Groh-Menne Blancas-Ziegler N.F.L. NOTES Anderson's Returns Help Heat Oilers By BOB MOSKOWITZ Daily Press Sports Writer On a Sunday when fireworks within the National Football League schedule are expected to be limited to a comparable few, the Pittsburgh excursion to Denver appears to top the day's schedule. Hence, in no particular order, NFL notes would appear to be in order.

tered legal difficulties. The other two graduated last June with three other seniors. Corralling five from junior college ranks "wasn't fair to the kids I wouldn't do it again," Slone admits. There's always a long adjustment for such-transfers. Five really can't blend with a team.

What happens is that they become the program. You don't recruit from junior colleges if you're not going to play them." Despite the problems, Slone continues to build not just on campus but for the entire State of Virginia. Last June, he was one of the prime movers in a hastily-promoted basketball game in Richmond Coliseum. The joust between North Carolina and Virginia graduating seniors attracted 7,000 and produced a one-point triumph by the Tar Heel Staters. This year, Slone expects "a sellout." It will be promoted entirely by A.H.

Robins which pleases Slone no end. In the meantime, the season opener approaches at a rapid pace. Asked if he has detected a "bright spot" in practice, Slone's answer was hardly shocking. He cited "tremendous kids." Then he talked excitedly of a foursome of homegrowns: Mike Kizzie (Henrico) and Mike Perry (Thomas Jefferson), both 6-5 freshmen, and sophomores Boehling (Tucker) and guard J.D. Harrison (Maggie Walker).

They are, in effect, the foundation. It will be interesting to see what the rest of the building looks like. 7T Joe Louis' Health Now Satisfactory HOUSTON (AP) A spokesman for Baylor College of Medicine said Saturday that former heavyweight champion Joe Louis' condition had improved to very Taylor. NOTES ON THE RIVALS Mitchell's 99 yards last Sunday leaves him second in the NFC behind Oakland's Mark van Eeghen. Ballotting among fans for the Colts' silver anniversary team also ends Monday.

Quarterback John Unitas a lock on the spot as top vote-getter with 16,543. Top surprise, though, is the widest margin. It belongs to punter David Lee, nearly 15,000 votes ahead of Ray Brown. Only current Colts seemingly headed for a team berth are tackle George Kunz and Lee, although Ted Henricks (now with Oakland) and Washington linebacker Mike Curtis also are position leaders. Curtis figures to start against his old mates as a replacement for Hanburger.

Redskin Pat Fischer has been released from the hospital eight days after undergoing surgery to relieve pain from a pinched nerve in his spine. Only two Redskins remain unsigned: defensive tackle Bill Brundige and reserve linebacker Pete Wysocki, out now nursing a pulled hamstring. Pro Grid Standings Carolina Loop Meeting Today WINSTON-SALEM, Ji.C. (Special to the Daily Press) The four-team Carolina League will meet here Sunday. Among other things, the group is expected to reelect Jim Mills president for his second term.

The schedule also will come under scrutiny. Pat Bradley Leads Golf Win KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) American Pat Bradley, ranked ninth among the world's women professional golfers, led her team to victory in a pro-am golf tournament at the Royal Selangor Golf Club course here Saturday. Teaming with Bradley were three local players, Ghafar Baba, Zain Yusof and Thoe Munro. Dallas, which may visit with quarterback Roger Staubach sidelined because of a bruised thigh, goes into the action as the league's only unbeaten contingent at 7-0. Seattle quarterback says of last week's 56-17 crushing of Buffalo: "I felt like I hadn't missed a game, like I had been playing all the time." After a four-game absence caused by a damaged knee, Zorn came back to inspire a total offense that whirled for 559 yards.

The Seahawks (2-5) need similar fury today against defending Super Bowl king Oakland (6-1). The Giants (3-4) face nearly as stiff a challenge against Dallas. New York smarts from five sacks of quarterback Joe Pisarcik in the 28-0 whipping administered by St. Louis. One plus was the return of quarterback Jerry Golsteyn, seeing his first action in a month.

Williamsburg's Warren Anderson continues to back up Houston wide receiver Ken Burrough and return kicks excellently along with more renowned Billy "Whiteshoes" Johnson. Anderson has carried eight kicks for 182 yards, a 22.8 average, eighth best in the American Football Conference. Johnson, the league's leading punt returner, has carried nine kickoffs for 248 yards and a 27.6 average, also an NFL high. An interesting joust pits a pair of 2-5 records today when New Orleans visits Philadelphia. By BOB MOSKOWITZ Daily Press Sports Writer It is a setting that more often than not pleases the maestro.

Monday night, the still badly battered Washington Redskins take their bandages and lacklustre 4-3 record to Baltimore. The nationally-televised conflict, as diagnosed by the wagering folk, figures to be onesided. The Colts are at least 11-point favorites. Redskins' Coach George Allen delights in such surroundings. Most assuredly, Washington doesn't always steal victory away from prohibitive favorites in the night.

What the Redskins have done in the past is minimize mistakes. They have not been able to perform in such admirable- fashion this season. However, indications that treacherous mistakes were on the downswing appeared in last week's 23-17 conquest of Philadelphia. Penalties were far less frequent. There also is Allen's near-fastidious record on television.

At Washington, his Monday tv-night credentials are 9-1. The only blemish came in 1973, when Pittsburgh triumphed 21-16. Obviously, the Colts have not mounted a 6-1 ledger using mirrors. Fresh from a 31-21 trouncing of Pittsburgh that was far more lopsided than it sounds, the Colts' forces have been strengthened somewhat. Their defensive line, which Jed the -American Football Conference in get-, ting to quarterbacks in 1976, will probably be back together for the first time Marshall Cops X-Country Title LEXINGTON, Va.

(UPI) -Marshall University captured the Southern Conference Cross Country championship Saturday, placing three runners on the ail-league team, but Virginia Military's Rex Wiggins won the title race. Wiggins covered the six-mile crosscountry championship course in 30 minutes 23 seconds, beating out John Dotson and Brian Jonard of Marshall who captured second and third place respectively. Marshall took team nonors with 37 points, followed by VMI with 55, Furman 60, Appalachian State 122, Western Carolina 148, Davidson 161, The Citadel 169, and Tennessee-Chat- tanooga 214. Wiggins, Dotson and Jonard were named to the all-league team along with the next five finishers: Dennis Kasperzak of Western Carolina, Phil Barker of Furman, Coty Tinckney of Davidson, Damon Clark of Marshall and Joe Jenkins of VMI. Marshall coach Rod O'Donnell was named the league's coach of the year.

TOLIITG! 7:29 P.G. HAMPTON COLISEUM vs. immw JOE EHRMANN He's Alive And Well this season against Washington. Tackle Joe Ehrmann, sidelined for five games with a broken hand, is ready again. While the clash is the first between the two clubs since 1973, when the Redskins won 22-14, it also is the first between Allen and former Assistant Ted Marchibroda, now the Colts' highly successful leader.

If there is one surprising and pertinent statistic involving these two closely located rivals, it is to be found in matters of passing. The Redskins have actually accumulated over 100 more yards through the airways than the Colts and their brilliant field leader, Bert Jones. There is, however, deception lurking in the figures. True, Washington has picked up 1,160 ards in the air by both current quarterback Joe Theismann and predecessor Billy Kilmer. While the Colts' figure of 1,002 may sound wanting, the Baltimore troops have been able to cultivate a much more devastating ground game, While Jones is the leading passer in the AFC, teammate Lydell Mitchell ranks second in conference rushing and is tied for fourth in pass receptions.

Just as significantly, however, are figures concerning the Redskin defense. It is third in the National Football Conference against the rush (compared to the Colts' sixth spot in the AFC). Washington's hopes of at least partially cooling that torrid group of runners has been dashed somewhat, however. Veteran linebacker Chris Hanburger still will not start, and may not see any action. In a similar physical state of uncertainty is brilliant wide receiver Charley The Saints' field goal kicker, Rich Szaro, was cut in a tryout with the Eagles a few years ago.

Last week his 31-yard field goal with a little more than three minutes left pushed New Orleans over Los Angeles 27-26. The lead American Conference EASTERN DIVISION Pet Pt Opp Baltimore "1 0 162 112 New 5 2 0 .714 171 113 Mwmi 5 2 0 .714 1SI 111 New York Jets 2 5 0 .216 123 IS Buffalo 1 0 .143 75 13 CENTRAL DIVISION Pet PIS OPS Cleveland 5 2 .714 112 130 Pittsburgh 4 3 0 571 140 122 Houston 3 4 0 .42 113 111 Cincinnati 3 4 0 .411 105 111 WESTERN DIVISION Pet Pts Opp Oakland 6 1 0 .057 162 1H Denver 6 1 0 .057 1 40 70 San Diego 4 10 .571 111 11 Seattle ISO 14 1" Kansas City 1 6 0 .143 91 101 National Conference EASTERN DIVISION Pet Pts Opp Dallas 7 0 0 1.000 147 00 Washington 4 3 0 .571 106 111 St. Louis 4 3 0 .571 152 122 New York 3 4 0 .42 41 154 Philadelphia 2 0 .216 00 110. CENTRAL DIVISION Pet Pts Opp Minnesota i 0 .714 01 41 Chicago 3 4 0 .424 143 134 Detroit 3 4 0 .424 04 147 Green Bay 2 i 0 .204 07 00 Tampa Bay 0 7 0 .000 4 110 WESTERN DIVISION Pet Pts Opp Us Angeles 4 1 0 .571 150 41 Atlanta 4 1 0 .571 70 44 New Orleans 1 0 .206 145 174 San Francisco 2 5 0 .2116 44 124 Games Today Buffalo at New England, 1:00 p.m. Chicago at Houston, 2 p.m.

Cincinnati at Cleveland 1 p.m. Dallas at New York Giants, 1 p.m. Green Bay at Kansas City, 2 p.m. Miami at New York Jets, 1 p.m. New Orleans at Philadelphia, 1 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Denver, 4 p.m. St. Louis at Minnesota, 4 p.m. (CBS) San Diego at Detroit, 1 p.m. San Francisco at Atlanta, 1 p.m.

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