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ports JL Newport November 25, 1979 JCjVLivU Mips rv TTS ft Vcvl" 4 aaal i i. I II I I Ml I "mi. i-fs'" By GEORGE WATSON Daily Press Sports Writer WILLIAMSBURG The end came swiftly for William and Mary's Indians Saturday afternoon. Powerful East Carolina scored the first three times it had the ball to roll to a 17-0 advantage and was never really challenged in handing the Indians a 38-14 season-ending defeat. While closed out its campaign at 4-7, the high-powered Pirates finished 7-3-1 but saw their slim bowl hopes disappear when Missouri accepted a bid to the Hall of Fame Bowl opposite South Carolina.

Some sources say the game was the end to Coach Jim Root's eight-year tenure on the Reservation but Athletic Director Ben Carnevale stated no decision had been made on Root's status. Root had "no comment" on his job situation. (See related story this page). ECU's stable of speedy backs ran inside, outside, around and through the Tribe defense in compiling 540 yards in total offense 504 on the ground. The Pirates had mounted a 31-0 lead before the Indians finally got on the scoreboard in the fourth quarter.

"Pride was the only thing motivat- 'sSta On the surface that doesn't sound too revealing, except that sources indicate the 50-50 numbers seem to revolve around the sometimes-congenial, oft-combative and controversy-tossed man himself. One "50" represents credit for Root and his overall handling and accomplishments with the football playing-coaching program, while the other "50" probably reflects, that viewpoint which feels Root is "his own worst enemy;" Another interpretation of the 50-50 is that Root, when not dealing strictly See Root's, D-8, Columns 5-6 Wysocki tus? (Staff Photo by Ken Silver) Swarming East Carolina Defense Stymies Fullback Alvis Lang After Short Gain Root Dye Laments ECU Bowl Snub; postseason bids, they beat the Tribe handily, 38-14, and that's what saddend who rated this ECU squad "the best offensive team I've ever been associated with. "I wish some way they could got some national recognition," exclaimed Dye, who said that offensively ECU was even better than teams at Alabama when he was an aide to Paul "Bear" Bryant. That's why the host Indians (4-7), in the before and after, would have had to soar to majestic heights to ambush even the "methodical" Bucs. Yet, even if the Tribe could have "pulled it out," it probably wouldn't have had any effect either way on whether Root's coaching tenure would be extended or terminated.

Athletic Director Ben Carnevals, who watched from his customary press-box seat, said "I haven't made up my mind yet. It's one of the toughest decisions I've ever faced." College President Dr. Thomas Graves hasn't decided anything, either and won't, until Carnevale ponders his position some more and makes his recommendations to Graves. As for the Board of Visitors, it meets near the end of this month, but probably Dl ing us there at the end," explained Tribe senior wide receiver Al Tafro who scored second TD on a 14-yard pass from Chris Garrity with just 50 seconds remaining. "We just didn't get unraveled early enough." Actually, the Tribe offense didn't get "unraveled" until midway through the final period when it rolled up 156 of its 309-yard total output in putting together scoring drives of 79 and 77 yards.

A 51-yard pass play from Garrity to Mike Burgess set up the first TD, a 15-yard run by Burgess on a reverse with 8:40 remaining. ECU'S second team offense came right back With an 84-yard scoring drive of its own before the Indians tallied again on Tafro's reception. Split end Mike Zupan's circus catch of a 49-yard Garrity aerial set up that score. While offensive fireworks were confined to the game's closing minutes, the Pirates pretty much ran at will all afternoon. By the conclusion of the first quarter, the Pirates boasted a 178-43 advantage in total offense, held a 10-0 lead and were on their way to another score.

After taking the opening kickoff, came out in a spread formation to try to pick the Pirates apart with a short passing game. It didn't work. See Speedster, D-8, Columns 1-2 East Caroline William 10 0 i4 a 0 14 14 ECU-FG Lamm 21 ECU Harrell 40 run (Lamm kick) ECU Collins run (Lamm kick) ECU Collins 1 run (Lamm kick) ECU Sutton 2 run (Lamm kick) Burgess 1S run (Libassi kick) ECU Trevathan 4 run (Lamm kick) Tafro 14 pass from Garrity (Libassi kick) A 9,100 ECU First downs 29 Rushes-yards 75-504 Passing yards 36 Return yards 20 Passes 3-8-0 Punts 3-41 Fumbles-lost 5-0 Penalties-yards 6-38 16 33-111 198 133 13-29-1 4-43 3-2 2-18 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS RUSHING ECU. Collins 19-162. Harrell 9-72, Sutton 16-72, Hawkins 5-56, Green 16-52.

Cobb 9-46, Wiley 3-35. Lang 12149, Garrity 11-16. Best 5-10. PASSING ECU, Green 7-3-0 36, Treyathan 0-1-0. Garrity 29-13-1 148.

RECEIVING ECU, Sutton 1-18, Davenport 1-13, Harrell 1-5. Burgess 4-89, Zuahn 3-56, Tafro 3-35, Schiekelbein 1-11, Lang 2-7. 6ocks9 Vigorito and Taylor, both juniors, had set personal goals of reaching the magic plateau, but only Vigorito made the grade only the third Virginia player to rush for that much. His season total of 1,044 yards is behind that of Frank Quayle in 1968 (1,213) and John Papit in 1949 Vigorito came into the game needing just 37 yards, and Taylor had to get 117. Vigorito carried 184 times this season for an average 5.7 yards per carry.

Wysocki's average is 4.7. Taylor, unhappily, wound up with a 5.6 average per carry. Except for a brief few plays in the third quarter, Virginia failed to play on the Maryland side of the 50-yard line. The break that time came when-' Mike Lewis fumbled Ford Mays' punt at the Terps' 35. Taylor and Vigorito i.

combined for six yards on two plays before Todd Kirtley fumbled the third- down snap and Darnell Dailey got the ball back for Maryland, which has a 7-4 record overall and 4-2 in the ACC. Virginia fell to 6-5 and 2-4 in the conference in this first winning season for UVA since the 1968 team was 7-3. All but six of Virginia's total offense See Terp, Page D-10, Columns 1-2 CNC Cagers Open Season With Victory By TOM FOSTER Daily Press Sports Writer Overall, Bev Vaughan had to be "extremely pleased" with his Captains' first outing of the 1979-80 basketball season Saturday night. "For an opener with a lot of new people, we had more bright spots than you usually expect," the veteran Christopher Newport College coach said. "There was balance in our attack; but we made some mistakes that have got to be ironed out.

All I can hope is that they were just first-night jitters." The Captains stopped visiting Hampden-Sydney's second-half rally; with just over three minutes gone after intermission and went on to a 71-60 triumph at Ratcliffe Gym. The Tigers, who had suffered See Vaughan, Pg D-6, Cols. 2-4 OB UY A For Teri won't figure in the decision-making other than to approve the Carnevals-Graves verdict or over-ride it unlikely either way. Root, on the other hand, can only "wait and see," or keep hot whatever "irons in the fire" he might have working for him. One of the hotter "irons," a group headed by Gil Oranger, circulated material to the media Saturday afternoon which pledged solid support to Root.

At best, the eight-year custodian of grid fortunes (39-48-1) has a 50-50 chance of making and winning in another "last stand." having his punts blocked, kicked well. The four punts he got off averaged 44 yards to set another regional record. See 8th, D-8, Cols 3-6 York 13 37-98 108 12 22 4 21 5 3 8-75 Southampton 16 45 236 57 5-17 3 64 S-33 10 14-117 First downs Rushes-yards Passing yards Passes Return yards Punts Fumbles-lost Penalties-yards York 7- SH Lee 6 run (Parker kick) SH Lee 1 run (Parker kick) SH Faltz tumble recovery in end tone (kick blocked) SH Peterson 25 run with blockPd punt (Parker kick) SH Peterson 16 run (Parker kick) By CHARLES KARMOSKY Daily Press Sports Editor WILLIAMSBURG The football Indians of William and Mary couldn't have, won Saturday's 1979 finale for their coach, Jim Root, whose coaching career presently seems to be hanging in the balance. East Carolina, as expected, proved to be too tough for any miracle-making, although winning' coach Pat Dye, obviously "choked tip" tarily, said "I should be elated, but it's sad to me Although his Pirates from Greenville, N.C., weren't fired up by any Aces Beaten In Laugher Again By 6-1 RESULTS SATURDAY Richmond 6, HAMPTON 1 Utica 4, Erie I (Only games scheduled) Richmond 12 2 3 Erie 8 5 1 Baltimore 7 7 0 Utica 6 7 2 Johnstown 4 9 0 HAMPTON 3 10 2 GAMES TODAY Utica at HAMPTON. 7 P.m.

Johnstown at Erie, night Pt 27 17 14 GP GA 89 51 47 42 63 47 52 59 50 71 44 75 By TOM KNOTT Daily Press Sports Writer RICHMOND The Hampton Aces played tough, aggressive hockey Saturday night just as Coach Muzz Mac-Pherson had wanted them to do. It got them nowhere in this capital city proclaiming itself No. 1 in the Eastern Hockey League. It got them a 6-1 defeat from the league-leading Richmond Rifles, bolstered by a balanced scoring attack and a supportive crowd that numbered 4,658. Six Rifles found the net on goal-tender Jim Bales, who was the main attraction for much of the night.

The fans heckled him the Rifles bombed him. And they personally attacked him on several occasions. He survived, and caused a furor following the first-period slashing of Lawrie Nisker, Richmond's prized center. MacPherson defended his equally respected player. "You can be sure Nisker gave him a shot behind the pads the other night," See Aces, Page D-6, Col.

1 Indians By ROBIN BRINKLEY Daily Press Sports Writer COURTLAND It was York's turn to discover Saturday afternoon that playing Southampton for the Group AA Region I title isn't half as much fun as getting there. The Indians' intercepted four passes, recovered three fumbles and blocked two punts in rolling to a 34-0 victory that could have been worse. Southampton had three touchdown passes called back by penalties, as well as a 51 -yard strike that carried to the York 5. But the way the defense played, the offense could have concentrated on tiddly winks. Indian defensive back Richard raltz j- I BY TOMMY SEWARD Associate Sports Editor COLLEGE PARK, MD.

Charlie Wysocki ran for his second consecutive 200-yard game and the sophomore tailback's feats Saturday sparked the University of Maryland's 17-7 Atlantic Coast Conference victory over the University of Virginia. Both Wysocki and Virginia's Tommy Vigorito passed the mark for the season in the first half, while UVA's Gred Taylor fell 67 yards shy of accomplishing the same thing. For the second week in a row, Virginia had to score in final period to avert a shutout on its record for the year. In piling up 202 yards on 33 carries, Wysocki set up each of Maryland's three scoring drives. He sprinted for 34 yards to the UVA 1 shortly before the first half ended, and it two mdre carries he posted the game's first points.

He came back to open the second half with a 41-yard run that set up Dale Castro's record-tying field goal. Castro connected from 29 yards out for his 17th three-pointer, equalling the ACC mark owned by N.C. State's Gerald Warren and Nathan Ritter. Then he helped begin the last-period TD thrust by the Terps with another 34-yard scamper that led to a 12-yard scoring pass from Mike Tice to Jan Carihci. It wasn't the offense that got Virginia on the scoreboard.

With 2:02 remaining, defensive end Quentin Murray grabbed Lyle Peck's fumble in midair and ran untouched for the TD. Freshman Wayne Morrison added his 29th extra point. The first half might have ended 0-0 except for a UVA mistake and Wysocki. In the regular-season wrapup, he raised his year's total to 1,140 on 244 carries. Virginia 0 0 0 7 1 Maryland 0 7 3 7 17 Mary-Wvsocki 1 run (Castro kick) Mary-FG Castro 29 Marv Carlnci 12 pass from Tice (Castro kick) Virg Murray 36 intercepted tumble (Morrison First downs Rushes-yards Passing yards Return yards Passes Punls Fumbles-lost UVA 8 41-140 Maryland 18 63-300 I '4 39 42 2-113 9-15 1 8 3 5-36 11 22 3-29 3-25 Penalties-yards INDIVIDUAL LEADERS RUSHING Vliqinia, Viqorito 23-82, Taylor 14 50.

Maryland, Wysocki 33 21B. Whittle 12-44, Fasano 5-17, PASSING Virginia, Riccardi 5-1-0 12, Kirtlev 3-1-2 6, Whitehead 3-0-1. RECEIVING Virginia, Gomolak 112, Matton t-6. Maryland, Carlnci 3-2S, J. Tice 2 13.

Ellis 2-23; Peck 2-13. (UPI Telepnolo) THIS CAVALIER MANAGED TO ESCAPE THE CLUTCHES OF A MARYLAND DEFENDER Fete Glamp, who missed Gordie Whitehead, and his Terp teammates won the contest 17-7 Slays York 34-0 9 Ambush recovered a Judson Moore fifmble in the end zone for one touchdown and Elton Peterson returned a blocked punt 25 yards for another. Southampton had to drive only 21, 23 and 48 yards for touchdowns in winning this game for the eighth straight year. "Southampton was more physical and just outmanned us," said York Coach Bill Lyons afterwards. "I don't see who is going to stop them and I've seen Western Albemarle." Southampton (11-1) meets Western Albemarle, a 40-6 winner over previously unbeaten Handley, next Saturday in a State semifinal game here.

Despite the score, York's offense wasn't totally inept. It moved the ball with regularity, though it never man aged to get closer than the Southampton 27. The big play simply eluded the Falcons, who finished their season at 10-2. "We had, our spurts," noted Lyons, "but we just weren't consistent." Moore completed 12 of 22 passes, despite a thunderous rush that very nearly put him out of the game. Sam Cavallaro made eight receptions, two more than the previous Group AA regional record, and intercepted a pass.

Walter Hester picked off two. The Falcons gained only 98 yards rushing, but that total includes 48 yards in losses. And Billy Parker, when he wasn't 11 1.