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Staunton, News-Leader, Sunday, September 16, 1979 Section NFL roundup Walter Payton runs into Dallas Cowboys By THE ASSOCIATED PR pes five TD passes. The Colts have had virtually no air attack going since Bert Jones went down with a shoulder injury in their season opener. Now Baltimore has to worry about the Browns, 2-0 and hoping to repeat last year's 45-24 romp. Philadelphia quarterback Ron Jaworski suffered a broken finger in last Monday night's loss to Atlanta, but he insists he'll start against the Saints, still looking for their first victory and looking for a consistent kicking game with Russell Erxleben sidelined. Oakland was rocked by San Diego last week when the Chargers "got even" for the famous Ken Stabler fumble of a year ago.

Now the Raiders have a little getting even on their minds. balance. He doesn't care how he gets his yards. He just knocks you down." The Bears, like Dallas, are unbeaten in this young season. That's building the players' self-image, a key ingredient according to Coach Neill Armstrong.

"They have confidence and better talent than last year's team," he said. "You need confidence to play Dallas, and execution, too. At this point I don't know how good we are but we'll find out some things in a hurry." Payton isn't the only running back on Landry's mind. "How well we do depends on stopping Payton and getting our running game going," he says, reflecting on Tony Dorsett and Robert Newhouse. Dorsett, who broke a toe before the yards.

Pittsburgh, not surprisingly, is No. I in American Conference defense. And No. 2 in rushing defense in the AFC is Denver. The Broncos and Steelers will be trying to keep Andrews or Anderson from becoming the first rookie to gain 100 yards in his first three games, Speaking of running, the New England Patriots, who ran roughshod over the Jets 56-3 last Sunday, visit the Bengals, who are still smarting over the 51-24 shellacking administered by Buffalo.

Last week it was the ground game namely four TD runs by Roland Hooks that killed Cincinnati. This time the Bengals have to worry about the air assault. Steve Grogan beat the Jets with season when he dropped a mirror on it, made his first appearance of the season last Sunday in Dallas' 21-13 victory at San Francisco. Newhouse has gained 147 yards in two games, ninth in the league. In Sunday's other games it's Pittsburgh at St.

Louis, Denver at Atlanta, New England at Cincinnati, Detroit at the New York Jets, Baltimore at Cleveland, Philadelphia at New Orleans, Kansas City at Houston, Miami at Minnesota, Tampa Bay at Green Bay, Buffalo at San Diego, Oakland at Seattle and San Francisco at Los Angeles. On Monday night it's the New York Giants at Washington. Last year Earl Campbell of Houston, the NFL rushing champion as a rookie, became only the third running back in NFL history to gain 100 yards in each of his first two games as a pro. This year two more did it, Ottis Anderson of St. Louis and William Andrews of Atlanta.

They're second and third in rushing this far, Anderson with 302 yards and Andrews with 288. Campbell, incidentally, is fourth with 204 yards. And, like Payton, both Anderson and Andrews are running into defenses that know how to handle the run. A week ago, the Steelers limited Campbell to 38 yards, the lowest of his young career, on 16 carries. Pittsburgh also demolished Houston's aerial game, intercepting three Dan Pastorini passes, sacking him five times and allowing just four completions for 16 In two games, Walter Payton of the Chicago Bears has run up 307 yards but on Sunday he runs into the Dallas Cowboys, who have never let him run very far.

He has gained 101 yards against them but it's taken him two games and 36 carries to do so. Still, the National Football League's leading rusher this year and National Conference's ground-gaining champ last year is not to be ignored. And Tom Landry is not ignoring him. "Payton is just so strong," says the Cowboys' coach. "He just runs right through defensive linemen.

They hit him and he doesn't even ripple, just knocks 'em back. He has incredible Cavaliers push State's Wolf pack fcSH A If -v Wadkins, Nelson save the day WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. (AP) A lone victory by tired but unbeaten Lanny Wadkins and Larry Nelson saved the United States from a morning round shutout Saturday as the Great Britain-Europe team closed to within one point of the Americans in the biennial Ryder Cup golf matches. The Europeans won three of the four foursomes matches to cut the U.S. lead to 6-5t4.

Play was continuing Saturday afternoon with four best-ball matches. Wadkins and Nelson, admittedly weary after playing their third match within a 30-hour period and facing the prospect of a fourth later in the day, disposed of Spainards Severiano Ballesteros and Antonio Garrido by 3 and 2. The two Americans were rematched with Ballesteros and Garrido whom they also defeated in a Friday best-ball match in the afternoon. Nelson and Wadkins, two of the top six money winners on the PGA tour, continued their sizzling play in the afternoon as they birdied the first six holes to take a four-hole edge over the two Europeans. However, the United States which won five of Friday's eight matches and divided another lost the other three foursomes.

The winning British-European teams were Tony Jacklin and Sandy Lyle, who defeated Lee Elder and John Mahaffey 5 and Peter Oosterhuis and Nick Faldo, 6 and 5 winners over Andy Bean and Tom Kite; and Bernard Gallacher and Brian Barnes, who edged Fuzzy Zoeller and Mark Hayes 2 and 1. In foursomes, which are played mainly in Europe, the two players on each team alternate shots on each hole. In best ball, each player plays each hole, with the better score counting. Wadkins and Nelson, who won two matches Friday in the three-day series, have now accounted for almost half of the United States' points. Each of the 28 matches counts one point.

"We play well together," said Wadkins. "We were aware this morning the other U.S. teams were losing. It made us feel more pressure. We knew we had to win." Nelson and Wadkins lost the first two holes to the Europeans, but rallied by getting an eagle 3 on the par 5 third hole.

Europe's non-playing captain, John Jacobs, said the afternoon matches on The Greenbrier resort's championship course were critical to his team. RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -Quarterback Scott Smith ran for three touchdowns and threw for a fourth as 19th-ranked North Carolina State exploded for four second-period touchdowns and then hung on for a 31-27 victory over Virginia in the Atlantic Coast Conference football opener for both teams Saturday night. Coach Bo Rein's Wolfpack, a 34-20 winner over East Carolina in its season opener last week, took control of the game early in the second period in upping its record to 2-0. Dick Bestwick's Cavaliers, coming off a 31-0 victory against Richmond, are now 1-1.

The Wolfpack got in trouble when it came out flat in the second half and was forced to watch Cavalier running back Tom Vigorito put on an impressive offensive show. He carried 17 times for 192 yards and scored two touchdowns. N.C. State asserted itself midway through the first period after an exchange of punts and never was headed. Virginia scored in each of the last three periods to make the game tight.

end zone only on N.C. State's initial possession of the game. That drive ended with Nathan Ritter booting a 21-yard field goal. The performance of another Wolfpacker kicker, Todd Auten, was typical of the team's efficiency in the first half. He kicked off five times and on each occasion drove the ball into the Cavalier end zone.

N.C. State even refused to yield to temptation once when Virginia's defense had stiffened. With a fourth down on the Cavalier 38, the Wolfpack. went into punt formation and snapped the ball to the short man, Louie Meadows, who gained 13 yards for a first down. While Virginia's yardage looked respectable at the half, much of it came after N.C.

State had put the game out of reach. Included in the Cavaliers' 115 rushing yards was an 80-yard sprint by Vigorito that set up a three-yard scoring run by Greg Taylor early in the second period. Aside from that the Wolfpack defense, led by back Woodrow Wilson and linemen Bubba Green and Brian O'Doherty, controlled the Cavalier offense. The Cavs made four of their six first-half first downs on their final drive. But it was Smith's night.

Working with a 3-0 lead he drove the Wolfpack 67 yards in 12 plays and scored himself from two yards out on the initial play of the second period. Later in the period, with a 10-7 lead. Smith threw the first scoring pass of his col-lege career. On the Wolfpack's first play from scrimmage after the Cavaliers' first touchdown, Smith threw deep to Mike Quick, who caught the ball in a crowd and ran untouched the final 20 yards to complete a 69-yard play. Smith then engineered drives of 54 and 38 yards.

He capped both by running one yard for touchdowns. In addition he completed five of 10 passes for 124 yards while Billy Ray Vickers gained 157 on 30 rushes. With the Wolfpack leading, 31-7, Vigorito scored on a four-yard run in the third period, ran 47 yards to set ud a six-yard scoring strike from Todd Kirtley to Ted Mar-chibroda, and closed out the scoring with a 26-yard touchdown run. The Wolfpack scored every time it touched the ball in the first half, rolling up 281 yards in total offense and 16 first downs before a crowd of 45,800 at Carter-Finley Stadium. The Cavaliers were able to keep the Wolfpack out of the f5 IS DISGUST Lanny Wadkins throws his putter in disgust Saturday after missing a close one at the Greenbrier during Ryder Cup action at White Sulphur Springs.

(AP Laserphoto) Notre Dame upsets No. 6 Michigan Eichelberger retains lead By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Chuck Male, a walk-on player among Notre Dame's blue-chip recruiting talent, scored all his team's points on a school-record four field goals, rallying the ninth-ranked Fighting Irish to a season-opening 12-10 college football upset over No.6 Michigan Saturday. Male, a 5-foot-ll, 180-pound senior from Mishawaka, booted a 40-yarder in the opening period, and then lifted Notre Dame from a 10-3 deficit with field goals of 44 yards in the second quarter and 22 and 39 yards in the third period. Male's heroics, seen by a large regional television audience, kept the Irish from losing their second straight season opener since the school's first two football seasons in 1887-88 and sent the Wolverines to their first loss to a non-Big Ten team since 1969 when they lost 40-17 to Missouri, which was coached by Dan Devine, currently the Notre Dame coach. But the Irish, who were held to only 179 yards.

I.M. Hipp scored three touchdowns and rushed for 167 yards in Nebraska's romp over Utah State. Tailback Derek Hughes ran for three touchdowns, one a school record 100-yard kickoff return, as Michigan State swamped Oregon. Missouri, with powerful Gerry Ellis rushing for touchdowns of 19 and 24 yards and a 170yard total, stopped Illinois on the 2-yard line in the final two minutes to save its triumph Jay Venuto passed for 273 yards and three touchdowns and James McDonald ran for 189 yards in Wake Forest's upset of Georgia. Uhio State remained unbeaten in the new era under coach Earle Bruce, rallying from a 17-7 deficit as sophomore quarterback Art Schlichter ran 32 yards for a touchdown early in the fourth period and then passed to Bill Jaco for the two-point conversion that ended the scoring.

yards by Michigan's strong defense, had to survive a last-second 42-yard field goal try by Bryan Virgil, which was blocked by linebacker Bob Crable with one second remaining. Virgil booted the ball low, directly into the teeth of the Notre Dame rush. There was only one other upset in the afternoon games played by Top Twenty teams. Unranked Wake Forest edged No. 12 Georgia 22-21.

Despite the absence of injured tailback Charles White, No.l Southern California coasted to a 42-5 romp over Oregon State; third-ranked Oklahoma beat Iowa 21-6; No.7 Penn State crushed Rutgers 45-10; eighth-rated Nebraska routed Utah State 35-14; No. 10 Michigan Stale blasted Oregon 41-17; No.ll Missouri slipped by Illinois 14-6; No.14 Washington walloped Utah 41-7; 15th-ranked Ohio State rallied to beat Minnesota 21-17, and 16th-rated Pitt blanked Kansas 24-0. In night action, No. 5 Purdue was at UCLA; Florida at No. 13 Houston; Colorado State at No.

17 Arkansas; Arizona State at No.18 Florida State; Virginia at No.l!) North Carolina State, and No.20 Southern Methodist at Texas Christian. No.2 Alabama and No.4 Texas were idle. Quarterback Paul McDonald, playing only the first half, completed all but one of his nine passes for 108 yards and two touchdowns, pacing Southern Cal's drubbing of Oregon State. Oklahoma survived sloppy play and the loss of five fumbles to down stubborn Iowa. Heisman Trophy winner Billy Sims had trouble getting into gear but ended up collecting 106 yards and a 1-yard TD run.

Curt Warner burst on the college football scene in a big way, totalling 281 yards in the best performance by a freshman in Penn State's 92-year football history. Warner paced Penn State's victory over Rutgers by rushing for 100 yards on 12 carries, catching two passes for 71 yards and returning kickoffs and punts for 110 more tied for second Fought, Mitchell and Quigley have never won on the tour. Fought and Mitchell shot 68 for the best round of the day, while Quigley carded a 70. GRAND BLANC, Mich. (AP) Dave Eichelberger fired an even-par 72 to retain the lead in the $150,000 Buick Open at Warwick Hills Country Club Saturday.

Eichelberger, who started the day 2 shots in front, shot a round of 37-35 for a 210 total to remain 1 stroke in front of five other golfers. In second place at 211 are veteran George Archer, Michigan's Mike Hill, John Fought, Jeff Mitchell and Dana Quigley. Eichelberger, who has not won on the PGA tour since the 1977 Greater Milwaukee Open, said, "I had a terrible day and I am happy to still be in the lead." Three of the five players 68- 70-72-210 70- 73-68-21 1 71- 72-68- 211 69- 73-69 211 70- 71-70211 68-72-71-211 68- 74-70212 69- 72-71-212 71- 70-71-212 68- 72-72- 212 72- 71-70 213 69- 74-70-213 71- 72-70- 213 72- 70-71-213 69-72 72- 213 738-72-213 67-73-74-214 72- 70-73215 71-72-72-215 73- 69-73 215 69- 72-74-215 70- 71-74 215 Dave Eichelbewr Jeff Milrhrll John Fought Mike Hill Dana WuiKley Georse Archer David Graham Scott Slener Dan Halldorxon Geortte Burns Jim Simons Tom Weiskopf Bill KraUert David Kdwards Jim Colbert Bob Smith Cesar Sanudo Buddy Gardner Eddie Pearce Un Hinkle Terry Dlehl Bob Tender Casey leads Gobblers over Appalachian State DeLuca builds 6-stroke lead possession of the second half, going ahead for the only time 24-21 on Brown's second touchdown pass to Beasley. The momentum had swung to the Mountaineers, but the Gobblers got it back when Fitzgerald, a bullish 232-pound fullback, ripped up the middle for a 15-yard touchdown run to put Tech ahead for good 28-24 with 2:57 left in the third period. Lawrence's 59-yard scamper gave the Gobblers a 35-24 lead and appeared to seal the Mountaineers' fate.

game offset the Appalachian State passing combination of quarterback Steve Brown and split end Rick Beasley, who teamed for two 27-yard touchdown aerials. Brown added a third scoring toss to split end Roth Hayes. Brown completed 20 of 42 passes for 317 yards with Beasley snaring nine for 147 yards. The Gobblers appeared to be setting the stage for a rout with Casey's scoring toss to Drinkard that put Tech up 21-7 with 11:07 left in the second period. But the stubborn Mountaineers, despite being unable to contain Tech's running backs, fought back and cut their deficit to 21-17 at the half.

Appalachian State then put together a seven-play, 67-yard scoring march on its second BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) Sophomore quarterback Steve Casey fired two touchdown passes and ran for another score Saturday as he propelled Virginia Tech's Gobblers to a 41-32 football victory over Appalachian State's Mountaineers. The triumph was the second straight for the Gobblers, while the Mountaineers dropped to 0-2. Casey had scoring tosses of 3 yards to tight end John Drinkard and 27 yards to split end Ron Zollicoffer. He ran 17 yards for a third score.

The Gobblers had 444 yards rushing, led by Kenny Lewis' 161 yards on 23 carries. Mickey Fitizgerald ran 17 times for 115 yards and freshman Cyrus Lawrence, who raced 59 yards for a touchdown on the first play of the fourth quarter, ran nine times for 89 yards. Tech's powerful ground NORFOLK (AP) With 10-time champion Chandler Harper taking a quadruple-bogey 8 on the first hole, 19-year-old amateur Tony DeLuca of Vienna built a 6-stroke lead with a 2-under-par 68 in the third round Saturday of the 72hole Virginia PGA Open golf tournament. Although the 65-year-old Harper rallied stubbornly to get five birdies over the last 17 holes and finished with a 1-over-par 71 for a 54-hoIe total of 208, he's well back of the 202 DeLuca carries into Sunday's final round over the Lake Wright course. DeLuca 's total put him in position to give the amateur golf ranks of Virginia a sixth straight title in the tourna-ment run by the professionals.

Tied for third place at 209, 7 shots off the pace, were two amateurs, defending champion Bobby Inman of Chesapeake and J.P. Leigh of Portsmouth. Inman had seven birdies en route to a 68 and said, "It could have been much better, but I was so inconsistent with my putting." Leigh, who was second as a pro the last time the PGA Open was played at Lake Wright in 1972, shot a 2-over-par72. Pros Paul Gooden of Staunton and Chuck Brewer of Lynchburg were next in line at 211, followed by host pro Claude King, the 1971 champion who had a third straight 71 for 213. David Jimenez of Wintergreen slipped to a 74 and was tied for eighth place at 214 with amateur John Greer of Norfolk.

75, and pro Jennings House of Virginia Beach. 4 But Appalachian State, getting the ball with just 6:04 left, drove 73 yards in nine plays with Brown hitting Hayes on a 21-yard scoring toss. Tech finally secured the victory with 2:16 remaining when Casey perfectly led Zollicoffer down the sidelines for a 27-yard score. Wilson 's homecoming queen and king Wilson Memorial's 1979 Homecoming queen, Deborah Hodgkinson Jones, a senior at WMHS, is escorted by king, Timothy Talley (left), while Wilson principal Al Costa crowns the happy Miss Jones during halftime ceremonies at the Wilson-Buffalo Gap game Saturday night, won by the Hornets, 12-0. Jones is the daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Malcolm G. Jones of Waynesboro, hile Talley is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl E.

Talley of Staunton. (Photo By Dennis Sutton).