The Daily News Leader from Staunton, Virginia • 18

Dietzel fires answers back COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP)-University of South Carolina head football Coach Paul Dietzel has responded to a wave of criticism, which has been mounting with each loss suffered by the Gamecocks who stood 2-4 on the season before Saturday's game with North Carolina State. In a letter to the state's news media, Dietzel said, "Although many things have been at-tributed to me, there are two things that I don't believe I have been called. To my knowledge, no one has ever questioned my honesty nor have I been called stupid. "If you are in the coaching business, you are always going to have people who can tell you what you should have done, but they have the advantage of being able to wait until you have already done something that didn't work.

"Calling the shots the second time around is infinitely easier than it is the first time through." The coach and athletic director at USC, Dietzel said he was the object of the same type of criticism during his early years at Louisiana State University where he eventually won a national championship. He took note of those who would argue that He noted his salary is set by the Board of Trustees and is "commensurate with other comparable jobs." In addition, he said "if I dropped dead tomorrow, all the facilities that your money has bought are still going to be at the University of South Carolina. No one can take them away and no one can destroy them." "When an army first goes into battle, everyone is all charged up," he said. "As soon as there are a few casualties, some of the fighters lose a little of their enthusiasm. As the fighting becomes a little more intense, more people lose their faith.

And when the battle really becomes fierce, many more lose their guts and give up. "It is only those with termendous faith who can keep their eyes on the target that succeed. "It started when I arrived and we were immediately put on two years NCAA probation. We have been fighting up from the bottom ever since. Success from the bottom is very rarely instant.

It follows a very irregular and jagged line. If you lose your guts on the way up, then you fall by the wayside. Please rest assured that I have not lost my guts. We are going and I know what it takes to get there and I am willing to pay the price." he won the national championship at LSU in his fourth year of coaching there, but has won next to nothing in his seven years at Carolina. "Let's examine the facts," he said.

"These are not whimsical data, these are facts and I challenge anyone to dispute them. In our fourth year at Carolina, using ACC recruiting, we beat every school in the ACC that we played and won the championship and went to a bowl (the Peach Bowl in Atlanta). "In the previous four seasons at Carolina (during which time we could use people we had recruited) using ACC recruiting rules, we have a record against ACC schools of 17 wins-7 losses. That sounds like pretty fair success against people who are using the same kind of 'marbles' that you are shooting. "During that same span of time.

1968 through 1971, to out-of-conference schools, we won 5 games while losing 13. Sure, we were beating ACC opponents, but I can't be satisfied with the mediocre success we have had overall. "Sticking with the ACC rules, there was no way we were ever going to improve Carolina's football stature. When we got out of the ACC, it was too late to have any effect in that year, recruiting-wise, as we did not know which direction we would take until too late. "The freshman team that we now have on the campus is our first team recruited as an independent.

They are the best freshman team in numbers and depth that we have had here at Carolina. If you recall, when we got out of the conference, I said then that there was no way that we could have instant success. What we had to have was a couple of independent freshman teams back-to-back that could participate as varsity football players. This is the first of those freshman teams. "With this freshman team and another one, if we then can't hold our own and win more than our share against any opponent, then I would term our whole program in football as a failure." He pointed to the difficulties of recruiting for a school which has no winning tradition or "bowl history" in football, noting South Carolina has never in its history had a season when it won more than seven games and loss less than three.

Dietzel scoffed at those who have criticized the amount of money spent on new athletic facilities, notably a renovation of the football stadium, and to those who say he is getting rich off the university. at critics Indians shoe Gobblers 17-16 fV 171 Jjik i i fcYV sr 1 West meets West in NFL action West meets West and top meets bottom with Miami once again putting its unbeaten record on the line this weekend as the National Football League reaches the midway point of the 1972 season. In the West, the Los Angeles Rams visit the Raiders in Oakland in the only interconference game of the weekend. The Rams, 4-1-1, hold a one-half game lead over Atlanta in the National Conference West while, in the American Conference West, Oakland, with a 3-2-1 record, also led by half a game, this over Kansas City. The Dolphins, 6-0 and leaders by two games over the New York Jets in the AFC East, carry a seven-game winning streak including last year's regular-season finale against Green Bay intp their meeting Sunday against Baltimore.

One more victory will equal Miami's victory record. The Dolphins, going for the first time with quarterback Earl Morrall as the starter in place of injured Bob Griese, managed to squeeze out a 24-23 triumph against surprisingly tough Buffalo. And the Colts, with quarterback Marty Domres starting in place of Johnny Unitas as part of Sandusky's youth movement, came within a minute of beating the Jets before Joe Namath and Eddie Bell combined on an 83-yard touchdown pass play that put New York on top 24-20 at the end. Sunday's other NFL games have Washington going against the emerging Giants in New York, Kansas City at San Diego, Minnesota at Green Bay, San Francisco at Atlanta, New England in New York to face the Jets. Cleveland at Denver, Pittsburgh at Buffalo, Houston at Cincinnati, Philadelphia at New Orleans and Chicago at St.

Louis. On Monday night, Detroit visits Dallas. passes for 40 yards and Doug Gearhart accounted for the rest on the ground as the Indians went 66 yards for the game's first touchdown, Gearhart scoring from three yards out with 25 seconds left in the third quarter. After Dave Strock missed his final field goal attempt with six minutes left, the Indians rolled 80 yards in 10 plays, the payoff being Deery's throw to Smith. Va Tech 0 3 0 13-16 Wm Mary 0 0 7 1017 VPI-FG Dave Strock 33 3 run (Regan kick) Regan 34 VP Don Strock 1 run (Dave Strock kick) Smith 32 pass Irom Deer (Re gan kick) VPI Scales 6 (pass from Don Strock pass tailed) RICHMOND, Va.

(AP) -William Mary's Indians, whose first two scoring bids were foiled by a fumble and an interception, stood off a last second passing barrage by Don Strock and edged Virginia Tech's Goblers 17-16 in the Tobacco Festival football game Saturday. The Indians went ahead for good on a 32-yard pass from Bill Deery to Mark Smith with 2:29 left in the game, and Terry Regan kicked what proved to be the decisive extra point. But Strock, the nation's leader in total offense and passing, drove the Gobblers 86 yards and hit Ricky Scales with a six-yard touchdown toss with 13 seconds left. But when Strock attempted to throw into the end zone for what would have been the winning two point conversion, the Indians batted the ball away. Strock finished with 24 completions in 43 attempts for 339 yards but, until the final drive, he couldn't mount a sustained touchdown march, Tech's first touchdown, which came after William Mary had scored 10 points on a 66-yard drive and a 34-yard field goal by Regan, came from only 22-yards away, thanks to a 57-yard punt return by Jerry Scharnus.

Another 43-yard punt return by Scharnus gave Tech a shot from the William Mary 13, but a penalty set the Gobblers back and Dave Strock missed a 31-yard field goal try. The leftfooted kicker, whose 33-yard field goal accounted for the only score of the first half, missed two other attempts from 47 and 51 yards. Deery completed three Rebel back breaks loose VPI 18 29 62 339 128 24 43 2 345 11 5 66 20 56 207 175 40 13 20 1 7 39 42 4 59 First downs Rushes yards Passing yards Return yards Passes Punts Fumbles lost Penalties yards Herman Snyder (24) breaks into the clear behind a block of a teammate Friday for a big gain against Elkton. Snyder scored 24 points and the Rebels won 42-7 to make homecoming a gay affair, (Photo by Dennis Sutton) efferson Veer' rips Lee Alabama Hyndman wins golf title Hyndman, 56, said after the won. Person had won the PINEHURST, N.C.

(AP)- tournament in 1966, 1968 and 1969. Hyndman is a runnerup in past U.S. and British Amateur tournament and was a member of the U.S. Walker Cup team last year for the fourth time. tournament, "I can't recall a week when I was hitting the ball farther." One of his drives went 260 yards.

Person, 62, said, "There's no question the better golfer players up from the Jayvees. Rowland directed the attack superbly without a turnover, while Jefferson turned the game around with the three interceptions and a fumble recovery in the hard-hitting game. Maddox, Glenn Shenk and T. G. Mace made many tackles from the secondary.

Dave Brinson and Rusty Boyers also looked good at times. Lee was missing several starters. Jefferson is now 3-4-1, Lee 3-5. The Leemen, still hoping for a .500 season, are at home against non-district Amherst County next Friday night. BIRMINGHAM, Ala.

(AP)-Fullback Steve Bisceglia bulled for two touchdowns to shake Alabama from its lethargy and the second-ranked Crimson Tide overwhelmed Southern Mississippi 48-11 Saturday night. The Southerners trailed only 7-3 at halftime but Bisceglia's 12-yard run early in the third period opened the flood gates and Alabama came to life for its seventh straight victory. Bisceglia had scored from two yards late in the first period after a 91-yard drive featuring his 26-yard run to the five. Freshman Ricky Palmer of Southern kicked his first college field goal, a 32-yarder. VMI absorbs 18th straight defeat outside, the Leemen swept right back within striking' range.

The score came just 55 seconds before halftime on a screen pass from Huffer to Maddox. The hard-running back received a couple of good blocks, then got the last twenty yards on his own by breaking several tackles. Maddox raced around right end for the two extra points. Lee had 231 yards in offense, Jefferson 222 in the first half alone. This pattern changed in the second half, as with neither defense showing much improvement, Jefferson decided it best to keep the football.

They managed to do this very well, running off 40 plays to 17 for Lee. Although Jefferson didn't score on the first possession, it put together a time-consuming march that Lee finally halted at the visitor's 17-yard line. Lee had the ball for the first time with 4:34 left in the third period. It was time for the Magician defense to bend, as Lee High moved to a first and 10 at the Jeffs' 15. Huffer was dropped for a 13-yard loss on third down, and Philip Swann's punt bounced into the end zone.

Lee's defense just couldn't stop the running attack and an infrequent pass by Mike Rowland, as the Jeffs went on another time-consuming march which resulted in a three-yard scoring run by Moran with 5:48 to play. Rowland shut off Lee's last bid by intercepting a pass at the Jefferson six. The winners added a meaningless touchdown in the final 10 seconds when Rowland connected with end Ed Harper from 18 yards out. This score came against a lineup liberally sprinkled with freshman and sophomore Bill Hyndman, coming up with six birdies, defeated Curtis Person, 3-and-2 Saturday to win the North and South Seniors golf championship. Hyndman, of Huntingdon Valley, overpowered three-time Seniors tournament winner Person with super drives, and outdistanced his opponent from Memphis, by as much as 50 yards on some holes.

Person was 1-up at the third hole on the Pinehurst Country Club's No. 2 course following birdies on two and three. Person had four his birdies, all on the front nine. The two were tied at the end of the first nine holes. Then Hyndman's long drives began to pay off.

On the par-5 10th Hyndman's second shot was hole high on the fringe. He chipped and one putted for a birdie. Person, with a shorter drive, was on the green in three and two putted. Both golfers parred 11 and 12. On 13 Hyndman's approach shot landed a foot from the cup to give him a birdie and a two-up lead.

After a pair of pars on 15 Hyndman ended the match on another par-5, making the green on No. 16 in two and two putting for the birdie. Keydets, John Landry and went the rest of the way without any trouble. Polke, who did not even play last week in a loss to Toledo, regained his Dayton quarterback job and sparked the Flyers. He hit seven of 16 passes for 145 yards.

STATISTICS First Downs Yards Rushing Yards Passing Passes A I Total Offense Fumbles Lost Punts Penalties Jefferson 20 332 85 650 417 0 2 33 6 50 Lee 16 214 108 11 5 3 322 1 2 34 430 Lee Jefferson 6 10 014 7 13 0 12-32 DAYTON, Ohio (AP) -Dayton quarterback Ken Polke uncorked a 51-yard pass with five minutes to go in the game as Dayton handed VMI its 18th straight loss, 14-10, in college football Saturday. Polke connected with Larry Nickels for the winning touchdown. Earlier he threw a scoring pass from 22 yards out to Don Keeling for Dayton's other touchdown. VMI scored on a 39-yard field goal by Mike Cole and a four-yard plunge by Mac Bowman. VMI's record now is 0-8 for the season and its losses have stretched to 18 in a row.

Dayton is 3-4-1 for the season. Nickels caught the game-winning pass on VMI's 30-yard line, and slipped away from 7-10 7-14 Polke Virginia Military 0 0 3 Dayton 0 7 0 Day-Keeling 22 pass from (Schwarber kick VMI-FG Cole 39 VMI Bowman 4 run (Cole kick) Delaware, 28-9 PHILADELPHIA (AP) -Reger Mason's three touchdowns and 182 yards rushing carried undefeated Delaware to a 28-9 triumph over Temple in a soggy college football homecoming game Saturday. Mason's three scores came in the first half. His first was a 25-yard scamper in the opening period. Then he went over from "the three and the one-yard line in the second quarter.

Polke Day-Nickels 51 pass from (Schwarber kick) Roanoke Valley teams put on offensive show Dayton 9 35 102 145 7 16 0 34 00 557 66 VMI 16 54 177 65 30 8 17 1 635 32 7 65 By MATT WILLIAMS ROANOKE Jefferson Senior and Robert E. Lee High schools put on quite an offensive show here Friday night as they churned up and down the Victory Stadium turf for over 700 yards. But Jefferson controlled the ball for most of the second half to pound out a 32-14 Roanoke Valley District win. Lee began as though it would run the Magicians right back into the dressing room. A touchdown on the opening kickoff put the Leemen in control at their own 20.

Two runs by Alvin "Preacher" Maddox netted a first down at the 40, and couple of plays later, David Huffer connected with flanker John Stuart on a 41-yard pass play to put Lee at the hosts' 11. A penalty set them back, but Huffer ended the drive with a 16-yard run on the option. The kick was wide, but Lee led 6-0 with 9:48 left in the first quarter. The Jeffs moved the chains a couple of times and punted. Lee's Huffer was intercepted by Pat Moran, who almost returned it for a score, but a clipping penalty gave the Magicians possession on the Lee 29.

Five plays later, fullback Bill Williams crunched over for the tying touchdown, and W. D. Thacker converted to put Jefferson ahead 7-6. They were never again headed. Late in the first period, Jefferson forced a punt and began a long, 82-yard march, with William netting his second touchdown on a short plunge and Thacker again converting.

Moran contributed the big play in the drive, a 3S-yard gallop. Lee roared tack downfield on the running of Maddox arid Leonard Robinson and Huffer 's passing, l-t a k.g bwrJ) by Huffer resulted in Mean's second ixtert-eption at the rear of the end z'jm, zsA te Jeffs' Wishborn-T off ir.d running again. The used variatiCffiS of without success. Rot 14 Patrick burst o2 the left Witt and outran the Lee oefeacirj 65 yards for a advantage. The extra point kvJk.

wide to the right, but Jeffersoa was in command with ieft in the first half. With Huffer and Maddox running effectively to the First downs Rushing yards Passing yards Return yards Passes Punts Fumbles lost Penalties yards Terps trip Cavaliers 24-23 which would have recorded its first ACC victory before the Scott Stadium crowd of 21,500 had Allen been able to escape four costly second-half interceptions. Maryland, with Carter, Franklin, and Mike Reitz leading the way, ground out 229 yards rushing against the Cavalier defense. Roanoke Valley District football teams spent last week working on offense if last Friday night's results are any indications. In the four games involving district teams, 164 points were scored.

Three of the four games were league clashes. Andrew Lewis had a tough time disposing of improving Cave Spring 23-13, Franklin County rolled over Northside 25-10 and Jefferson enjoyed its biggest win this season over Lee of Staunton 32-14. In the only non-league game, William Fleming dropped a tough 24-23 decision to Western District rival Martinsville. Lewis was down after a big 37-0 win over Fleming last week and Cave Spring came up against the Wolverines ready to play. The Knights played excellent defense against the Lewis ground game, holding the Wolverines to 85 yards rushing.

However, when you have the state's No. 1 passer as does Lewis, you can afford some rushing lapses. Quarterback Eddie Joyce Jr. completed 12 of 17 pass attempts, and, as Cave Spring Coach Charles Hammes parsed, the Knights "couldn't stop Joyce." Cave Spring's Kenny BehL the district's vfjxA leading scorer with 54 points, scored t.e for the Knights. Lr is' TDs were tallied by Grant, Sprinkle, fc.iy Sample and Carey Casey.

Tvmmy Garrett added a 37-yard field goal two extra points. Garrett is the district's premier kicker with 22 points including two Uii goals. After losing their first three games this season, Coach Dick Foutz's Franklin County Eagles have come on strong with four wins and a tie in their last five outings. Foutz said, "We have been playing good defense all year. Now we proved we can score." Four different players scored for Franklin, now in fourth place in the district with 2-2-1 mark.

The hard-hitting Eagle defense held the Vikings from Northside to only 79 yards offensively. Northside, seventh place in the district with a 1-4 league mark, was led by Butch Milam who scored on a touchdown pass and a two-point conversion. Northside also scored on a safety. Fleming may have lost more than a battle at Martinsville. The war, for this season at least, may be over for the Colonels.

The depth-shy Colonels have been hard hit by injuries all season. Friday night senior signal caller Gary Overstreet joined the ranks of those sidelined. Overstreet suffered a shoulder seperation in thexlosing stages of the contest and will be lost to Fleming for the season. The Colonels have had trouble offensively all season, especially on the ground, and heavily depended on Overstreet. Although the Colonels hold onto third place in the district at 3-2-1, their overall record slipped to 3-4-1.

In Saturday night district action, heavily favored and undefeated Patrick Henry took on visiting Amherst of the Western District. 7-24 7-23 Maryland V.roini. 10 10 3 and Tim Brant stole a pass by Cavalier quarterback George Allen Jr. on the Virginia 46. Moments later, wingback Jamie Franklin collected the first Maryland touchdown on a six-yard scamper and the Terps were off to the races.

Maryland went 48 yards, scoring on Carter's 25-yard run, to pull within six points at 23-17 later in the third period after defensive back Bobby Smith had intercepted an Allen pass. And then, with scarcely four minutes remaining, the Terps sewed up the ballgame after Ken Schroy pulled an Allen pass out of the air at the Virginia 35 and ran it back to the 13. Franklin ran twice and Carter twice, the last of Carter's runs being good for the touchdown and setting up Mike-Mayer's game-winning kick. CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) Maryland's football team turned three pass interceptions into touchdowns in the last half Saturday and came from 20 points behind to nip Virginia, 24-23, in an Atlantic Coast Conference game.

Tailback Louis Carter's second touchdown of the afternoon, a two-yard run, and Steve Mike-Mayer's placement with 4:03 remaining climaxed the remarkable comeback by the Terps and gave them their fourth victory in eight starts and their second in ACC competition. Virginia, now winless in three conference starts, turned two interceptions of its own into scores and held a 23-3 lead when Maryland got back in the ball game midway in the third period after defensive Virginia's Billy Maxwell set a school record by booting three field goals of 35, 37 and 26 yards as the Cavaliers moved into a 23-3 advantage midway in the third period. One of Maxwell's field goals, and a 36-yard touchdown run by defensive end Billy Williams, came after interceptions of passes by Maryland's fine sophomore quarterback Bob A vellini, who all told had five passes stolen by the Cavaliers during the afternoon. Virginia's other points came in the second period on Allen's four-yard TD pass to end Dave Sullivan, a touchdown set up when defensive back Steve Sroba gathered in a Maryland punt on the Virginia 21 and ran it back 75 yards to the Maryland four-yard line. The defeat was the fifth in eight games for Virginia, UVA-FG Maxwell 35 UVA-Williams 36 pass interception (Maxwell kick) Md-FG Mike Mayer 25 UVA-FG Maxwell 37 UVA Sullivan 4 pass Irom Allen (Maxwell kick) UVA-FG Maxwell 26 Md-Franklin 6 run (Mike Mayer kick) Md-Carter 25 (Mike Mayer kick) Md-Carter i run (Mike Mayer kick) Virginia 13 44 91 71 147 Maryland 22 SS 229 97 66 12 23 4 336 II 112 8 20 51 First downs Rushes yards Passing yards Return yards Passes Punts Fumbles lost Penalties yards J34 00 4 50 4.