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The Jackson Sun, Jackson Tennessee, Sunday, October 1 4, 1 979 must situation win Mem ph is State downed MEMPHIS (AP) Tailback Nathan Johnson scored on a four-yard run with 25 seconds left Saturday night to give Northeast Louisiana State a 21-20 upset victory over Memphis State. The game was not as close as the score indicates as the Indians dominated play and prevented Memphis State from recording so much as a first down in the first half. The halftime score was 9-7 with the visitors on top. turn to Page 7C Parker and scored on Milner's double inside first base. AN INNING later, the Pirates added another run this one coming after two were out.

Foli reached base with his third single to left as the ball took an artificial-surface bounce away from outfielder Roenicke. The Orioles tried to mount a rally in the seventh when Skaggs singled and pinch-hitter Pat Kelly was safe on a controversial infield hit. Stargell fielded his slow roller and threw to Garner, covering the base. But umpire Jim McKean ruled Garner had missed the base, triggering an argument from the Pirates. That finished Bibby and left-hander Grant Jackson, an ex-Oriole, relieved to face Bumbry, a left-handed hitter.

Weaver passed up the righty-lefty pinch-hit strategy and let Bumbry bat. That backfired with a rally-killing double play from Foli to Garner to Stargell. BUT INSTEAD of giving up, the Birds came back at the Pirates again in the eighth and put together the game-winning rally thanks to Weaver's successful pinch-hitting strategy. The contest was played at the start under sunny skies the first time that weather has not plagued this World Series. Game time temperature was 42 degrees and a strong wind whipped the banners and flags that decorated Three Rivers Stadium.

By the time the contest was over, almost four hours after it began, there were overcast skies and the lights had been turned on. The" changing weather pattern seemed to reflect the fortunes of the home team in this contest, and now Pittsburgh is faced with a must-win situation in Game 5. The Pirates will use veteran left-hander Jim Rooker in that game against southpaw Mike Flanagan, winning pitcher in Game 1 for Baltimore. Billy Smith batted for Rich Dauer and was given an intentional loading the bases again. Then Oriole Manager Earl Weaver went for his third straight pinch hitter, inserting Crowley to bat for Dave Skaggs.

Again, the strategy worked, with the pinch hitter drilling another double almost identical to Lowenstein's into the right-field corner for two more runs, giving the Orioles a 7-6 lead. Tim Stoddard, the fourth Baltimore pitcher of the game, was the next batter. Because of the American League designated-hitter rule, Stoddard had never had an official plate appearance in the majors. But this World Series is being played without the DH, and the Orioles' hurler, a former star basketball player at North Carolina State, always will remember his first swing. Stoddard bounced a single past third base, scoring the fifth run of the inning, and Baltimore added another on a force play groun-dout by Al Bumbry.

Stoddard then protected the lead over the final two innings to earn the victory in this slugfest which produced 29 hits by the two teams 17 by the Pirates. The Pirates jumped in front 4-0 in the second inning with Willie Stargell's homer touching off an avalanche of six hits five of them in a row. Stargell, the 38-year-old captain and leader of his club, sent a 400-foot shot over the center field fence. THE HOMER was greeted by a scoreboard celebration which pronounced "Bombs away in Pittsburgh, Pa." And the Pirates took the cue and began shelling Orioles starter Dennis Martinez. After Stargell had taken a hat-tipping bow to answer the cheers of the crowd, John Milner drilled a single to right field.

Bill Madlock 1 'kw- mKr. -N. J7 PITTSBURGH (AP) Pinch doubles by John Lowenstein and Terry Crowley drove in two runs apiece and' Baltimore exploded for six runs in the eighth inning, roaring from' behind for a 9-6 victory over Pittsburgh in Saturday's fourth game of the 1979 World Series. The triumph gave the Orioles a 3-1 edge in the best-of-seven Series, which continues today. Baltimore needs just one more victory to clinch its third world championship.

THE SIX-RUN rally was the third big inning in the Series for the Orioles. They scored five times in the first inning of the opener, which they won 5-4, and then had another five runs in the fourth inning of Game 3, which they won 8-4. The Orioles mounted their rally against Kent Tekulve, ace of the Pirate bullpen who came on in the eighth after reliever Don Robinson got into trouble. Baltimore was trailing 6-3 when Kiko Garcia, hero of the Birds' victory in Game 3, opened the eighth inning with a single. Garcia earlier had doubled home the first two Baltimore runs after the Pirates grabbed an early 4-0 lead.

Ken Singleton moved Garcia up to second with his third hit of the game. After Eddie Murray forced Singleton, Doug DeCinces drew a walk, loading the bases. THAT BROUGHT Tekulve out of the Pirate bullpen. The lanky, side-arming right-hander relieved in 94 games in the regular season, posting 31 saves. But he just didn't have it on Saturday.

Lowenstein came off the bench to bat for Gary Roenicke ina righty-lefty switch by the Orioles. He drilled a double into the right-field corner, scoring two runs and cutting the Pirate lead to 6-5. scores upset DALLAS (AP) Third-ranked Oklahoma was done in by an Oklahoman Saturday. Texas' awesome defense, which shackled Heisman winner Billy Sims with a sub-100-yard day and permitted the Sooners just six first downs and 30 yards passing, took over from there and the Longhorns rolled to a 16-7 victory with the help of three John Goodson field goals. With No 4-ranked Texas trailing 7-3 late in the first half in this joust of the unbeatens, backup senior tight end Steve Hall of Broken Arrow, scored his first collegiate touchdown on a remarkable one-handed stab of Donnie Little's wobbly two-yard pass.

In 1977, Hall made the block that sprang Earl Campbell for the touchdown that defeated Oklahoma 13-6. Hall said, "Not only was that my first touchdown pass, it was my first catch in two years. It went about how we had been practicing it. "I just fake a block and go out to the end zone. It was a great pass.

It is usually open. I really didn't feel like it won the game because we would have won it one way or another." It gave Texas a 10-7 lead and the Longhorn defense, No. 1 in the Country, made the play stand against the awesome Oklahoma offensive arsenal, which had averaged 45 points a game. The Longhorn defense, led by tackles Steve McMichael and Bill Acker, shackled Heisman Trophy winner Billy Sims, who gained only 73 yards in 20 carries. It was the first time in 14 games Sims, whose longest run was 16 yards, had failed to gain 100 yards.

Sims suffered the indignity of fumbling away the Sooners' last chance late in the fourth quarter to Longhorn defensive end Tim Campbell at the Sooner 30. Sims' fumble led to a 38-yard game-clinching field goal by barefoot kicker John Goodson, who had earlier connected from 37 and 23 yards. Someone asked Sims if he thought he lost the 1979 Heisman Trophy Saturday and he answered, "I don't care. I have won already. We still have a chance to win the Orange Bowl and the Big Eight and that is what matters." TEXAS IS now 4-0 while the Sooners drop to a 4-1 record.

Texas now Jeads this bitter series 44-27-3. it Texas La I 1 i i Jones fellow The blocked and the On moved Dawson's trap. kicker goal. Savannah ball followed with a ground rule double just fair down the left-field line. Then Ed Ott smashed another double, this one skipping over the center field fence on one bounce.

Ott went into his home run trot on the ball, perhaps engaging in a bit of wishful thinking, before the umpires sent him back to second base. Phil Garner followed with a single for the fifth consecutive Pirate hit. Ott was cut down trying to score but prolonged the rundown long enough for Garner to reach second on the play. After pitcher Jim Bibby lined out, Omar Moreno, who had left 11 runners on base in the first two games of the Series, ripped a single to center, scoring Garner for the Pirates' fourth run of the inning. It was Moreno's first RBI of the Series.

The five straight hits was one short of the World Series record for consecutive hits. The Chicago Cubs had six in a row against the De-. troit Tigers in the ninth inning of their Series game on Oct. 10, 1908. Most of the Pirates' quick cushion disappeared in the very next inning when Baltimore came roaring back against Bibby.

Leadoff batter Skaggs reached first when Madlock threw badly after making a nice stop on his ground ball. One out later Bumbry followed with a single to center for Baltimore's first hit and Skaggs stopped at second. Garcia followed with a double up the gap in left-center field, scoring both Skaggs and Bumbry. That gave the Orioles' shortstop five hits and six RBI in the Series. When Singleton followed with another double, Garcia scored, making it 4-3.

Bibby escaped further damage by making Murray his sixth strikeout victim and getting DeCinces on a fly ball. In the fifth, the Pirates made it 5-3 when Foli walked, moved to second on a single by 1 am Stanley Ellis' punt and the ball rolled out at the Tigers' 20-yard line. Three plays later, Elbert Roberts intercepted Carlton Chance's pass and Savannah State had stopped a rare Lane drive that had reached past midfield. Soon after Herbert Curry tackled the Savannah State quarterback for a 25-yard loss. During the second quarter, the Lane defense rose to the occasion, as linebacker Gregory King batted down two passes and Castedell Greene intercepted a Tiger pass at the Lane 35-yard line.

JUST. BEFORE half time, Savannah State capitalized on a major Lane error. Second-string quarterback James McCune made a bad pitch while on his own 25-yard line. Three plays after- wards, quarterback Chuckie Ranson tossed a four-yard pass to tight end Mike Shaner in the; left corner of the end zone. The extra-point by Childs was good and Savannah State was on top 7-0.

In the second half, the Lane defense never got' much of a rest, as Savannah State controlled much of the tempo of the game. for kk 1 jx Vac2- I) -) mi I f-' mMW s- r-i I I I ri i i v.yc. -'if .1 Vo Is shutout Tech By ANDREW CLARKE Sun Sports Writer KNOXVILLE The future of this season's University of Tennessee football team seemed to be like Saturday morning's weather in Knoxville cloudy with a chance of rain. Well, the sun peaked out of the skies right before kickoff at the UT-Georgia Tech contest and Tennessee's future seemed to be a bit more promising. AND there was a rain that fell on Neyland Stadium a rain of Orange defenders drenching Georgia Tech's "Ramblin It was a 31-0 shutout, but more importantly, it renewed some lost faith in the Vols' defense and the ability to come back from an embarrassing loss.

UT's defense intercepted three passes and recovered two Tech fumbles while limiting the Yellow Jackets to 151 total yards. It was something of an atonement for a shoddy tackling performance during a 28-9 loss to Mississippi State the previous week in Memphis. "I was very pleased with the team effort and the way we bounced back from our performance of last week," said Vol coach Johnny Majors. "From on the field, it looked as though we tackled better and had more pursuit than any time I can remember. "In practice this week I felt the defense was making progress with better second effort, harder hitting and knocking the ball loose.

Our performance today showed good improvement." Offensively for the Vols, it was another Jimmy Streater day. The senior quarterback completed six of 12 passes for 96 yards and two touchdowns, and rushed for 103 yards in 13 carries. His 10-yard run with 8:25 left in the first half gave him 4,210 total yards offense for his career, enabling him to surpass quarterback Condredge Holloway's career mark. HIS FEAT was announced to a crowd of 85,524, the smallest attendance of the year for a home game in Knoxville, following a scintillating 43-yard touchdown on a quarterback keeper. "It was an option to the corner," Streater said.

"And when I went out, I noticed the defender wasn't worrying about me. Reggie (Harper) was to my left, and I guess it was just instinct on my part. I just cut back across the grain for the score." Streater's touchdown and Alan Duncan's extra point early in the third quarter made the score 31-0, but the Vol defense pretty much determined the outcome of the game in the first half. Tech coach Pepper Rodgers, whose Yellow Jackets fell victim to Notre Dame 21-13 last week, was totally displeased. "Today, I didn't really see anything good on our part.

We didn't do anything to help ourselves on offense. Tech's offensive woes bgan with the opening kickoff when Marion Hegg's 40-yard return was called back to its 14-yard line because of a clipping penalty. Following Ted Peeples 36-yard punt and Roland James 18-yard return, Tennessee scored on a 42-yard field goal by Duncan. Cornerback Danny Martin intercepted a Mike Kelley pass later in the quarter, but the Vols were unable to capitalize UT's second interception of Kelley in the quarter, Please Turn To Page 8C 1 Savannah State College players Edwin Thurmond (55) and Mike during Saturday afternoon's game. On the ground after attempting a (90) zero in on Lane College quarterback Carlton Chance (11)' block is Dragon tailback J.

C. Johnson. The Tigers outdueled Lane 7-0. 'fair ne "la. 4 Sun photo by Gene Mortindale avannah Early in the third quarter, the Dragons did come very close, as Savannah State fumbled the ball at their own 37-yard line.

Defensive end Tommy Storey recovered the ball and Lane was threatening. On fourth and four, junior placekicker Jerome Townsend hooked a field goal attempt off to the right and Lane threatened no more. Savannah State rolled up 254 total yards, 188 of which were rushing, while adding 17 first downs, Sophomore tailback Dawson collected 96 yards in 36 carries. LANE COULD manage only four first downs and 76 total yards, all of which were on the ground. Lane quarterbacks were 0-12 passing and threw one interception.

The two teams combined for 200 yards in penalties, as Lane had eight flags for 133 yards and Savannah totaled 67 yards on eight miscues. This Saturday the Dragons travel to Fort Valley State, for a battle with conference foe Fort Valley State College. By JEFF CLARK Sun Sports Correspondent Mistakes were the cause as Lane College fell to Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference member. Savannah State College 7-0. Saturday afternoon contest was dotted with punts, pass-interference calls, fumbles, roughing the kicker calls.

BOTH TEAMS travelled the length of the field numerous times only to turn over the ball close to goal line. their second possession, the visiting Tigers downf ield with the aid of halfback Ken powerful running, including a 20-yard The Savannah State offense stalled and Ricky Childs attempted a 32-yard field The try, made in a light breeze, was short. Despite a roughing the kicker penalty on State, the Dragons could not push the across midfield. After a 45-yard punt by Virgil Stephens, Savannah State controlled the ball for a series of plays. On fourth down, former Milan Bulldog Robert Sturdivant blocked.