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6 10 THE DAILY TIMES Moe Barber Redskins Sharp In Giant Win EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) The undefeated Washington Redskins didn't let the National Football League players strike interfere with the about-face that began last season. The Redskins beat the New York Giants 27-17 Sunday, raising their record to 3-0 this season and giving them six straight victories over two years. After a dismal 0-5 start last season, the Redskins won eight of their last 11 games to finish 8-8. Quarterback Joe Theismann showed the 70,766 fans at Giants Stadium that the Redskins were capable of continuing their winning ways after the eight-week strike, throwing for two touchdowns to put Washington ahead 14-0.

Two minutes after Theismann's 39-yard touchdown pass play to Charlie Brown, John Riggins ran 2 yards for a touchdown. stretching the Redskins' lead to 21-0 and forcing the Giants to scramble to catch up. Theism ann, who completed 16 of 24 passes for 185 yards, said the victory resulted from hard work and many days spent practicing at a neighborhood park during the 57-day layoff. "I'd say the efficiency level we achieved was due in part said to us Theismann, staying together," who also fired a 1-yard scoring pass to Otis Wonsley. We worked out a minimum of three days each week.

The last two weeks we played, touch receivers, football. and 14 We to 16 of them were at every Although coaches for both teams predicted the strike would hamper offenses more than defenses, the Giants suffered more from missed tackles than offensive miscues. On Brown's touchdown, cornerback Terry Jackson missed tackle at the 32- yard line and the first-year wide receive from South Carolina State scooted in. "I thought one of the biggest things missed was tackling," said Giants Coach Ray Perki.s. "Normally speaking, tie layoff should hurt the offense more.

From where I sit, it hurt both sides, offense and Joe Danelo's 20-yard field goal cut the Redskins' lead to 21-3 at halftime, and the Giants got as close as 24-17 early in the fourth period. SPORTS Salisbury, Md. JMB, Snow Hill Set For Title Bid Undefeated Clippers, Eagles Play In Friday's Class Finals By BILL SEE Times Sports Staff history SALISBURY of the For Maryland the first Public time in Secondary the nine Schools Athletic Association state football tournament, two Eastern Shore teams have made it to the finals in the same year. Another first for the DSSAA tournament is the scheduling of all four championships games to be held at one site Byrd Stadium at the University of Maryland. M.

Bennett High School, undefeated in 11 appearances this year, will face Oakland Mills High (9-1) in Friday's 2 p.m. game for the Class championship, while Snow Hill High (8-3), no stranger to the playoffs by any means, eyes its second Class championship in three years when facing Mount Hebron (10-1) earlier that day at 11 a.m. The Clippers secured their championship berth for coach John Usilton by eliminating Bel Air High 13-0 DEL AIR 00 Friday night at Wicomico County Stadium. Meanwhile, the Moe Barber-coached Eagles advanced to Friday's finals after defeating No. 1 seeded Catoctin High 26-13 in Saturday's semifinal game in Fredrick County.

This will be a rematch of the '80 championship game in which Snow Hill captured the its first Class title. Bennett utilized the fancy footwork of half Carl Morton and the quick hands of defensive back Elmer Davis to drop the Bobcats. Morton, a 6-2, 185-pounder, broke off right tackle, eluded several would-be tacklers and raced 83 yards for a touchdown on the Clippers' first play from scrimmage. Morton rushed for Clippers 148 total offensive yards in the defensive thin contest. Davis, the Clippers fire plug back at 5-6, 160 pounds, picked off a Bel Air pass late in the fourth quarter and sprinted 20 yards for the TD.

Snow Hill's offense was led by the running of William Spicer and scoring of Mike Waters. Spicer rushed for 114 of the Eagles 410 yards total offense on 16 carries and scored the winning touchdown on and 8-yard jaunt. Waters, the Eagles' 5-9, 190-pound halfback, scored on a 1-yard plunge and hauled in a screen pass from quarterback Reggie Truitt and raced 50 yards for the touchdowns. The Oakland Mills Scorpions, featuring one of the best defenses in the tournament, made it to the finals with a 12-7 victory over highly-regarded Allegany High on Saturday. Mount Hebron clinched a berth the Class title game after shutting out Northern of Garrett County 12-0 on Saturday.

In Saturday's finals, Northwood of Montgomery County, winner over South River, faces Thomas Johnson of Fredrick County in the Class A championship game at 11 a.m. Johnson was a 27-14 win over Thomas Stone on Saturday. In the Class AA final set for 2 p.m., Winston Churchill of Montgomery County, which routed Meade on Saturday, will face Oxon Hill, a 16-12 winner over Woodlawn. John Usilton Kush Calls Colts' Beating Disgrace NEW YORK (AP) Freeman McNeil picked up where he left off when the players' strike wiped out eight games of the season. And he set a New York Jets' record in the process.

The second-year running back out of UCLA, who missed most of last season with a leg injury, rushed for 123 yards on 22 carries and scored two touchdowns Sunday to spark the New Jets to a 37-0 victory over the Baltimore Colts. In all three games of the abbreviated season the 5-foot-11, 225-pound back has topped the 100-yard mark in rushing, the first player in Jets' history to have three such performances in succession. McNeil said his play was deceiving because the layoff from the 57-day strike was taking its toll on his body. "I wasn't at my, peak today," said McNeil, who also caught a TD pass for 32 yards. "I hurt much more coming back today.

At one point my body said, 'I missed that for a long McNeil said he was proud that he set a team rushing record, but he wasn't going to dwell on it. not a real rah-rah player," he said. "I'm the type of guy who'd rather do it every Sunday but when I don't, I'll that look back and remember I did it, I broke the record." The Jets, 2-1, put in a solid performance before a crowd of 46,970 at Shea Stadium. There were 13,402 no-shows. Besides McNeil's strong receiver Wesley Walker and kicker Pat Leahy.

Todd completed 13 of 27 passes for 231 yards and two touchdowns, Harper had 82 yards in total offense and Walker had four receptions for 84 yards, including, a 47-yarder from was good on three field goal attempts of 43, 37 and '19 yards. Colts, 0-3, were unable to generate much of anything on offense or defense much of the afternoon. "The layoff hurt us," said Baltimore running back Curtis ickey. had a team meeting for 20 minutes and tried to get up for the game, but couldn't. "I couldn't tell from the way we played who layoff hurt worse the offense or defense.

The offense is supposed to put points on the board and we didn't and the defense is supposed to keep points- off the board and they didn't." Rookie quarterback Mike Pagel connected on 17 of 34 passes for 230 yards, but was intercepted twice. Zachary Dixon was the Colts' leading rusher with 37 yards on 10 carries. Baltimore Coach Frank Kush, still seeking his first, victory in the NFL, didn't have anything nice to say, about his team. As far as I my he' said, thought it was a disgrace football, especially. defensively.

We were absolutely pathetic. "The only thing that. stopped the Jets was the end? zone." Cape Gets Home Field Advantage Seaford-McKean Lean Playoff Set SEAFORD Seaford High School and Cape Henlopen will represent the Henlopen Conference this weekend in the first round of COLTS TAKE BEATING. A New York Jets fan expresses his feelings as the Jets gave the Baltimore Colts a 37-0 whipping in Sunday's NFL game at Shea Stadium. The fan, enjoying the resumption of the season after a 57-day strike, whirls around a stuffed Colt.

(AP Laserphoto) effort, the Jets also got good Richard Todd, all-purpose play from quarterback back Bruce Harper, wide the Delaware Secondary Schools Athletic Association football playoffs. Seaford, winners of the Northern Division crown with a 5-0 divisional record, will travel to McKean High Friday at 10 a.m. in the Division II semifinal game, while Cape, which captured 2 Ram Spikers Finish 2 In Third Place Tie CATONSVILLE Parkside High School volleyball head coach Bev Elzey couldn't brag about a state championship, but the Rams did improve on last year's 1-5 record. the No. 4 seeded team entering Saturday's Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association Class state tournament held here at Catonsville Community College, captured two victories over No.

3 seed Aberdeen High to finish with a 2-4 worksheet and a share of third place. Aberdeen also finished with a 2-4 record. No. 2 seed Great Mills High of St. Mary's County captured the championship with a 5-1 record, while Albert Einstein High, the No.

1 seeded team, settled for second place with a 3-3 record. In the Class championships, North Caroline High finished fourth with a 1-5 record, behind Mount Savage (6-0), Mount Hebron (3-3) and Fransic Scott Key (2-4) Alece Shockley and Linda Alexander led the Rams' attack with 12 and nine service points, respectively, while Alexander and Sheila Long combined for eight Terps Awesome; On To Honolulu CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) Coach Bobby Ross didn't want to take all the credit for the success of this year's Maryland football team. "Jerry Claiborne (now at Kentucky) left us some fine players and a good group of Ross said Saturday after the Terps completed an 8-3 regular season with a 45-14 Atlantic Coast Conference romp over Virginia's Cavaliers, 2-8. Quarterback Boomer Esiason passed for three touchdowns and tailback Willie Joyner ran for two more as the Terps earned a bid to the first Aloha Bowl on Christmas Day in Honolulu against either UCLA or Washington.

"We will leave about the 20th and return on the 26th or Ross said of the Terps, who wound up 6-11 in the ACC. "We've played some teams that are better than us and that have played well Nov. 22, 1982 12 John Usilton SWARMING DEFENSE. A swarming defense like the one shown against Bel Air High School Friday night in the Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association Class semifinals has led the James M. Bennett High team in the state finals Friday against Oakland Mills.

(Times Photo By Bill See) Adams' Clutch Shot Lifts SSC In Opener NEWPORT NEWS, Va. Lewis Adams hit a 19-foot jumper with seven se seconds remaining to knot the score and hurl the Salisbury State College men's basketball team's season opener into an overtime thriller against host Christopher Newport Saturday night. Tied at 67-67, the Sea Gulls gained possession of the overtime tap and quickly went ahead on a shot by sophomore forward Ed Jones. SSC, continued to extend their lead in the five minute period with junior tri-captain Adams sinking eight shots from the charity stripe to give the Gulls an 82-75 victory. Trailing by as much as 13 points, the first half looked grim for the Gulls, who went to the locker room at halftime eying a 36-27 CN lead.

"It (the first half) looked like we were still on the bus," commented SSC head coach Ward Lambert. The Gulls managed to connect on only 38 percent from the floor in the opening period, while the Captains blazed the nets shooting 69 percent and outbounded their comparably taller Sea Gull opponents 19-9. SSC quickly turned the line in the overtime encounter, but SSC toed the line again and gain for 11 of their 15 overtime points. The Sea Gulls sported a balanced attack with five players in double figures. Scott Smith led scoring at the Wicomico High School grad pumped in 19 points.

Tim Sponaugle and Adams tallied 14 whild Dave Pritchett connected for 13 and Jones added 12. Sponaugle, senior tricaptain, also led the Gulls in rebounding with 10 snags. SSC domineered in this category in the overtime period, 7-0. SSC's second half comeback upped their overall floor percentage to 50, while CN on 56 percent. The Gulls travel to Shepherdstown, W.

tonight for a 7:30 contest against Shepherd College. SSC Adams 3 8-10 14, Smith 8 3-3 19, Pritchett 5 3-4 13, Sponaugle 6 2-2 14, Wynn 3 0-1 6, Jones 6 0-0 12, Bell 2 0-14. (TOTALS: 33 16-21 82). CN Deans 4-4 16, Clark 31-27, Daly 1 0-02, Eure 5 2-2 12, Griffin 8 1-2 17, Harris 2 1-2 5, Strayhorn 6 4-5 16. (TOTALS: 31 13-1775).

Sports In BriefTerps Await Aloha Opponent Connors Dominates Borg Series HONOLULU either No. 11 -Maryland, UCLA or No. 5 Washington SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Jimmy Connors beat Bjorn (AP) ranked 19th in the nation, will face Borg 7-5, 7-6 in the sixth and final match of their fall in the inaugural Aloha Bowl football game to be played exhibition series. here Chistmas day, bowl officials announced here Saturday. Connors, the reigning Wimbledon and U.S.

Open Maryland's opponent Arizona determined by next champion, won five of the matches and earned $75,000 of weekend's Arizona Pac-10 game to see if the $100,000 purse. ASU or UCLA goes to the Rose Bowl. If ASU wins, UCLA will come to the Aloha Bowl. If loses, goes to the Rose Bowl and Washington will come to Hawaii, Richmond Paves Way For Waltrip with Arizona State hosting the Fiesta Bowl, officials said. RIVERSIDE, Calif.

(AP) Tim Richmond raced to An official invitation was extended to Maryland by the victory in the Winston Western 500 Grand National stock Aloha Bowl executive Committee immediately follow- car race as Darrell Waltrip wrapped up his second ing its 45-14 win today Virginia. The Terrapins straight Winston Cup season championship with a voted unanimously to spend the Christmas holidays in third-place finish. Hawaii, the Aloha Bowl officials said. led Bobby Allison by 22 points entering the Waltrip season-finale, and he clinched the title when Allison's Teacher Gives Fibak Lesson car engine quit seven laps from the end. DORTMUND, West Germany (AP) Brian Teacher Richmond, the 1980 Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the outlasted Poland's Wojtek Fibak 6-7, 6-2, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 in a Year, drove a Jim Stacy Buick, sponsored by Stacythree-hour end 51-minute match to win a $300,000 WCT Pak, to an average speed of 99.823 mph.

Rickey Rudd tennis tournament and a $100,000 top prize. finished second, 7.85 seconds behind the winner. Lloyd Downs Jaeger In Tokyo Shearer Cops Australian Open TOKYO (AP) Chris Evert Lloyd captured the SYDNEY, Australia (AP) Bob Shearer of Australia $200,000 Lion Ladies Cup tennis tournament, defeating fired a 2-under-par 70 in the final round and scored a Andrea Jaeger 6-3, 6-2 in the final to win a $100,000 purse four-stroke victory in the $225,000 Australian Open golf and a Japanese car. tournament. In earning the top prize of $40,500 and increasing his Shriver Falls In Aussie Final 1982 winnings total to over $250,000, Shearer finished with a 72-hole of 287, one-under-par.

Wendy Jack Nicklaus carded a closing 72 and finished in a tie Australia (AP) Australia's Turnbull whupped defending champion Shriver 6-3, for second with fellow American Payne Stewart at Pam 291. 6-1 in the final of the $125,000 National Panasonic shot 70. He and Nicklaus Stewart a closing Women's Classic. In the doubles final, Billie Jean King and Anne Smith $19,912 apiece. overpowered West Germans Eva Pfaff and Claudia Kohde 6-3.

6-4. Peete Three-Stroke Winner Rimington Outland Winner MIYAZAKI, Japan (AP) Calvin Peete shot a OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) Outland Nebraska for the center second Dave Golf Tournament by three strokes with a 7-under-par final-round 72 to capture the $409,000 Dunlop Phoenix Rimington won the Trophy 281. straight year and became the first two-time winner of Peete won $60,377 first-prize money and a Japanese the award, given to the outstanding college football car. guard, tackle or center selected by the Football Writers Defending champion Severino Ballesteros of Spain Association of America. from Omaha, and Larry Nelson, the reigning U.S.

PGA champion, Rimington, unanimous a 295-pound choice of senior the group's eight-man tied for second with 284. The Spaniard had a 67 Sunday, was a while Nelson posted a final-round 70. Ballesteros and All-America committee. Nelson each received $29,433. is Lewis Adams tables, for 12 however, bursting points the outset of the second half to take the lead 39-38.

A seasaw battle ensued with the Captains gradually taking the upper hand with a seven-point lead and seven minutes to play. SSC again whittled their way back, with Adams tying the score at the crucial moment. The Captains resorted to gambling at the free throw spike points. Amy Winkler led all Rams in assists with eight. Parkside entered the tournament after scoring a upset victory in the Region IV playoffs.

The Rams completed the regular season with an 8-2 record. The Rams will lose only one senior and return 10 juniors to add strength to next year's squad. Other team members include Tina Cawood, Marble, Kaye Carrier, Yasko, Cathy Raab, Michael Tiffany Zullo, Margaret Ziara, Lisa Killmon, Kim Oliver, Leanne Wells, Lyn Heineken, Lori Davis, Suzanne Walker, Threasa Strobel, Susan Brown, Susan Brittingham, Kim Kerry Schoepf, Dawson and Wendy Routenberg. the Southern Division crown by defeating Sussex Central 13-7 on Saturday, will host. Newark at 2 p.m.

in Lewes. This marks the Blue Jays second consecutive post season appearance after defeating William Penn for the Division I championship last year. Seaford finished the regular season with a 9-1. overall mark. Meanwhile, the Vikings' enter the Division I playoffs.

for the first time since winning the state championship in 1979. finished its regular season 4-1 in the division and 6-4 overall. The likings, ended the season with Dover at 4-1, but the Cape used Senators a 17-14 wing over in seventh game of the season to capture the division title. In the other Division ILmatchup, at-large team Archmere, the state's only unbeaten team this fall with a 10-0 record, will travel to Flight champion A.I. du Pont at 10 a.m.

on Saturday. William Penn, which enters the playoffs with at-large berth, will host Flight A champion Brandywine at 2 p.m. Friday. The Colonials defeated Brandywine 42-61 three weeks ago. against us," said Virginia Coach George Welsh.

"That's what happened out there Maryland ran up 556 yards in total offense in beating Virginia for the 11th straight time and scored on its first four possessions. The Terps were up 31-0 at halftime, and Virginia hadn't crossed midfield. "We thought it was very important to get off to a good said Ross. "Our concentration and intensity wewre pretty good early in the Esiason hit 16 of 24 passes for 198 yards with scoring strikes of 23 yards to Mike Lewis, 8 yards to Greg Hill and 6 yards to Dave D'Daddio, who also added a 28-yard scoring run. Esiason set school one-season records of 298 completions, 560 attempts and 18 scoring passes.

Joyner ran 25 times for 170 yards, giving him 1,039 for the season. Blue Hens Get Berth; Earn Opening Bye By The Associated Press The University of Delaware has received a berth and a first-round bye in the upcoming National Collegiate Athletic Association's football tournament. The Hens, 9-1, will launch their tournament bid Dec. 4 in Delaware Stadium against either Boston University or Colgate, who play each other next Saturday for the second weekend in a row. Colgate rallied Saturday to edge BU 22-21 in Boston.

Third-seeded Delaware, which will complete its regular season this Friday at home against Connecticut, drew one the four byes in the 12-team tournament. The others went to top Eastern Kentucky, 10-0, No. 2-seeded Louisiana Tech, 9-2, and No. 4-seeded Tennessee State, 9-0-1. In the top bracket, Eastern Kentucky will draw the winner of Montana, 6-5, and Idaho, 8-3, while Tennessee State will meet either Jackson State, 8-2, or Eastern Illinois, 10-0-1.

In the lower half of the bracket with Delaware, BU, 5-5, and Colgate, 7-3, are South Carolina State, 9-2, and Furman, 9-2, who will battle for the right to meet Louisiana Tech. The semifinals will be played Dec. 11 at campus sites, while the championship game is scheduled for Dec. 18 in Wichita Falls, Tex. 1.