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The Orlando Sentinel Pirate Mike Easler's grand slam puts Braves' losingstreak at 6, D-5 Sunday, September 4, 1983 inn i jiii i 1 ji i i in i J.jj'. pmtwmmi -J If atoirs tifoummp enor-prone 'Caimes scored. Redshirt freshman quarterback Bernie Kosar, who showed some signs of greatness but more signs of inexperience, threw three interceptions. Florida didn't lose a fumble and threw just one interception, in the final minute with reserve quarterback Dale Dorminey in the game. Florida Coach Charley Pell started the season saying he needed a consistent running game and a strong defense.

The running game is still a question, but the defense is there. Quarterback Wayne Peace, who underwent back surgery in July, was self in the foot, then followed with the leg, the arm, the shoulder and everywhere else it could find. The inexperienced Hurricanes, screamed at by a record Florida Field crowd of 73,907, avoided their first shutout since 1975 with a 41-yard Jeff Davis field goal with 3 seconds left. It was little consolation. Miami couldn't sustain a drive throughout the game without making a mistake.

Much of that was because of a persuasive Gator defense. Miami fumbled four times, including its opening drive, and each time Florida ID-go-round! Seimiiraolles Sake last ride, 47-46 By Brian Schmitz OF THE SENTINEL STAFF A By Tim Povtak OF THE SENTINEL STAFF GAINESVILLE It started early and never stopped. The University of Miami, riddled with mistakes from beginning to end, self destructed Saturday night with some strong encouragement from the Florida Gators. Playing as mistake-free as Miami was mistake-filled, Florida opened the 1983 season with a solid 28-3 drubbing of the archrival Hurricanes. Miami opened the game by shooting it 4 East Carolina's Henry Williams is 111 up TALLAHASSEE Florida State's No.

7 ranked football team has an offense that is as good as its defense is bad. That's not hearsay, just fact after the Seminoles escaped with a pulsating 47-46 victory Saturday night over an East Carolina team they beat by 56 and 39 points in the last two meetings. The Seminoles couldn't stop the quick-footed Pirates until they stopped themselves with a controversial fourth-quarter fumble. East Carolina, which twice held 10-point leads during the game at Doak Campbell Stadium, lost the game when quarterback Kevin Ingram's fumble was recovered on the FSU 32 with 3:39 left. FSU defensive back Eric Riley who earlier intercepted Ingram to set up FSU's winning touchdown, a 5-yard pass from Kelly Lowrey to Tom Wheeler was credited with the recovery.

East Carolina Coach Ed Emory was outraged. "This was an embarrassment to the state of Florida and to Bobby Bowden's great program," said Emory of the official's call. "To have officials take the game away like that is just unbelievable." Emory's team had nothing to be ashamed of. It rolled up 390 yards and It in air after scoring in topsy-turvy completing 18 of 32 passes for 146 yards and 2 touchdowns. He showed no signs of back problems, although this may not have been a true test.

His veteran offensive line protected him like gold. He was rarely touched. Peace opened the game with his 2 touchdown passes, for 6 and 2 yards to fullback Joe Henderson in the first quarter. After that Miami made the mistakes and Florida capitalized. "(Miami) Coach Schnellenbergr said before the game that turnovers and big plays would be the key," Pell said.

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threw a mighty scare into FSU's immediate future. Next Saturday, FSU travels to LSU, where it was buried last year, 55-21. "We just couldn't stop them," said FSU Coach Bobby Bowden. "They were so quick. We couldn't do a thing.

Good thing we can score ourselves." The Seminoles had to mount a rally near the end of the first half to stay in the game. Cedric Jones' 5-yard run cut the East Carolina lead to 30-27 at intermission. Logic would have demanded that the upstart Pirates would tire out and fold up the tent, satisfied Please see FSU, D-6 Unknown gives Vilas 2-fisted exit By Steve Goldstein KNT NEWS SERVICE NEW YORK An amateur named Gregory Wayne Holmes made it look elementary on Saturday in bouncing sixth-seeded Guillermo Vilas out of the U.S. Open tennis championships. Holmes, 20, the 1983 NCAA singles champion from the University of Utah, who is ranked No.

453 in the world, employed a fierce attacking style reminiscent of Jimmy Connors' to score a shockingly one-sided 6-2, 6-2, 6-3 victory over Vilas at the National Tennis Center. Connors joined Holmes in advancing to the round of 16 with an easy 6-0, 6-4, 6-0 triumph over Bruce Manson. The winners could meet in the quarterfinals. Connors, the third-seeded player, decided to go ahead with his match despite a telephone call indicating that his life might be in danger. "I'm going to play," Connors said, and he went on court about an hour after the call was received.

After the completion of his 77-minute match on the stadium court, the four-time U.S. Open champion immediately left the tournament site in Flushing Meadov. Two years ago, Bjorn life was threatened by a caller just before Borg took the court for the Open final against John McEnroe. A Please see OPEN, 3 Larry Guest THE SPORTS COLUMN A Peaceful opener: Wayne feels no pain AINESVILLE In the Florida-Mi-ami game Saturday night, Wayne Peace was supposed to be the guy you could follow by the Castanet sounds coming from his lower back. The Florida quarterback underwent disc temoval surgery just last July 1, and Hurri-; cane linemen figured to locate Peace by lis-tening for anything that sounded remotely like tin cans being towed by newlyweds.

Running from 260-pound assasins has nev er before been prescribed as post-op therapy. The fear was that the first time UM nose guard Tony Fitzpatrick got his hands on Wayne, they'd have to bring out a dustpan to collect all the loose parts. But the stitches held, and the bones nev-; 7 er came unbolted, and Peace became a prized testimonial for the American Medi-' cal Association, leading the Gators to a victory. After his magnificent 13-for-16 first half, there were sketchy reports that y47 college coaches promptly scheduled their quarterbacks for back operations. Charley Pell confidence in Wayne's sum-J mer repairs was such that Peace was still in there winging with Florida enjoying a i 25-point, 4th-period lead when discretion might suggest he should be on the sidelines scanning Southern California travel folders.

x-v As Pell is wont to do lately, he down-; played everything to the media, assuring that he would never have used Peace had his medics not given absolute assurances. '1 had no problems with the back at all," said Peace. "I didn't really get hit until the v. last play I was in the game. It felt good." Leading medical miracle of the night, however, may have involved Wilber Mar-shall, Florida's mongoose linebacker.

A pair of trainers had to help Wilber to the lockers late in the second period, one ankle obviously broken in 13 places. Fears esca-; lated when Marshall did not return to the field with the Gators for the start of the second half. But several plays into the half, he bound-V ed out of the South tunnel to the cheers of riearby Gator fans, the apparent recipient of the world's fastest transplant. In the very next defensive series, he was right out there adding to the education of Miami freshman quarterback Bernie Kosar. i a Turns out that Marshall only aggravated an old foot injury, and his delay was only to find a larger shoe to accomodate a spe-; cial pad.

'C For all of Peace's cool precision and re-cuperative powers, this was not so much an offensive victory for Florida as a feather for the Gator defense. Kosar showed flashes of i'jiis bright future for a moment or two in the second period, but for the most part he and his inexperienced mates were de-vCvoured by the Gators' "Orange County Crush" front wall and a veteran outfield led SJ free safety Tony Lilly. Lilly, twice a second-team All-SEC served notice he is ready to move up larger plaques. It was his jarring hit that dislodged the ball on a Miami fumble that 'gave the Gators a gimme touchdown in the third minute of the game. And it was Tony's interception inside the UF 5 that fhoked off Miami's last opportunity to make a game of it late in the second period.

Tony added a few other groan-producing J'ihits during the evening just to keep the orthodontists in pocket money. And, presumably, this second straight 'Florida win over Miami gives this heated vV Jntra-state series hope for the future. Miami is a team the Gator management enjoys treating like somebody who got on the invi-v tation list by mistake. Ybu'd get the idea the Hurricanes are of questionable ancestry came to the party in last year's fashions, but their real crime is only that they had whipped the Gators too frequently in icent years. So UF Athletic Director Bill Carr and Charley Pell, holding all the finan- cial aces, jacked the Hurricanes around vover future scheduling, refusing to continue 'V; the series unless Miami agreed to play only v- one of the next four games in the Orange BowL J.

Another win by the Hurricanes Saturday knight, and they might have been required to play the Gators blindfolded next year. Florida holds the aces because the Hurri-" canes need the big UM-UF paycheck, and know they can attract a large and profitable turnout for any old Indiana State 7. (read: sacrificial lamb). Thus, fair play and sportsmanship are given a holiday when Co. sit down with Hurricane Zi officials.

I- The amusing part is how the Gator brass seem genuinely baffled why this high-handed attitude only intensifies the widespread and fervent wish among so many Miamians that Gainesville Jse swallowed by, a sinkhole. -3 ASSOCIATED PRESS McKay ends mystery Golsteyn will start 1 jf 0 r- i game. The Dues game WHO: Detroit at Tampa. WHEN: Today. 1 p.m.

WHERE: Tampa Stadium. RADIO: Buc network, WDBO-AM (580). TV: Blacked out locally. TICKETS: 5,000 remaining. POINT SPREAD: Bucs by 3.

The schedule Philadelphia at San Francisco, 6 p.m. St. Louis at New Orleans, noon Green Bay at Houston, 1 p.m. Atlanta at Chicago, 1 p.m. (WCPX, Ch.

6) Baltimore at New England, 1 p.m. Denver at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m. Los Angeles Raiders at Cincinnati, 1 p.m. Los Angeles Rams at New York Giants, 1 p.m. Miami at Buffalo, 1 p.m.

(WESH, Ch. 2) Minnesota at Cleveland, 1 p.m. Seattle at Kansas City, 4 p.m. New York Jets at San Diego. 4 p.m.

(WESH, Ch. 2) Monday: Dallas at Washington, 9 p.m. WALLSENTINEL By Jerry Greene Of THE SENTINEL STAFF TAMPA Jerry Golsteyn. The public's choice turned out to be the coach's choice, too, as Tampa Bay Coach John McKay announced he has selected Golsteyn as his starting quarterback for today's season-opening game against the Detroit Lions. The preseason battle had been between Golsteyn, a hero in eight exhibition games over the last two years, and Jack Thompson, acquired from Cincinnati for next year's No.

1 draft choice. Most observers were positive McKay would pick Thompson in order to avoid criticism of giving away a No. 1 pick for a backup quarterback. Most observers were wrong. But McKay made it clear Friday that he will be quick to replace either quarterback if he felt so inclined during the course of the season.

"Neither one has beaten the other out of anything," the Buc coach said. "They have both-played well. "If the one we start plays well, he will stay in; if he doesn't play well, he'll come out." McKay did not reveal his reasons for selecting Golsteyn. One reason could be that Golsteyn appears to drop back and throw more quickly than Thompson, which could be an asset against Please see BUCS, D-1 1 DENNIS Jerry Golsteyn the wait is over. Eagles win in battle of backup quarterbacks 49ers with a 10-9 advantage.

Philadelphia took the lead on a 30-yard field goal by Franklin, set up on a fumble by San Francisco rookie Roger Craig. It was the first of three costly turnovers forced by the Eagle defense. Oliver's 17-yard touchdown -reception came after linebacker Anthony Griggs intercepted a Joe Montana pass and returned the ball to the San Francisco 32. Franklin opened the fourth quarter with a Please see EAGLES, D-1 1 worski, completed 8 of 10 passes after intermission for 108 yards to rally the Eagles from a 10-3 halftime deficit. Jaworski was forced to leave the game late in the first half after he was slammed to the turf by 49ers' defensive end Fred Dean.

Pisarcik teamed with Mike Quick and rookie running back Michael Haddix to drive Philadelphia to an 11-play, 64-yard march that was capped by Haddix's 1-yard plunge. Franklin, however, shanked the extra point attempt to the right, leaving the UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL SAN FRANCISCO Backup quarterback Joe Pisarcik fired a 17-yard touchdown pass to Hubie Oliver in the third quarter and Tony Franklin kicked 3 field goals Saturday night in leading the Philadelphia Eagles to a 22-17 victory over the San Francisco 49ers in the NFL's regular-season opener. Pjisarcik, filling in for the injured Ron Ja- -i rt ri gn ri ri.