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Second Section THE SUNDAY Page Seventeen December 31,1978 Stayed Busy At Peach Bowl (Editors note: Dave Kitchell, a Logansport High School graduate and sports editor at the Purdue University newspaper, The Exponent, recently attended the Peach Bowl and travled with the team to all the official functions while the Boilermakers were in Atlanta. This is his account of what it is like to participate 'in a college bowl atmosphere.) It took almost 12 years for the Purdue Boilermakers to earn an appearance in a post-season bowl game after they won the Rose Bowl in 1967. But Purdue's' team, alumni, band and official party ended the long wait and made their presence known as they marched through en route to the Riveters' appearance in the nth annual Peach Bowl Classic on Christmas.Day. Being invited to a college bowl game isn't all work as the team quickly found out. The Peach Bowl Committee had many official functions for the team to attend and other activities to keep the players busy while they were in Atlanta.

Over 300 partisans left West Lafayette December 21st by bus to join the Purdue charter in Indianapolis. One of the contingency who was not on hand was special teams captain Tom Kingsbury. Kingsbury, due to a misprint on his itinerary, missed the location of the bus departure point and was forced to join the team in Indianapolis. After a short flight to Atlanta, the party set up Purdue's bowl headquarters at the Atlanta Marriott Hotel. Friday, while most people were doing their last minute Christmas shopping, Purdue's team and fans participated in the Players and Coaches Luncheon hosted at the Marriott.

The luncheon introduced Purdue to Atlanta via former NFL running back Harmon Wages who emceed the event. That.evening, Purdue followers began to filter in downtown Atlanta purchasing Peach Bowl tee-shirts, peanuts and mugs. Saturday, December 23r'd, Christmas seemed to be farther away than ever as the the Players Awards Luncheon was held at the Hyatt Regency of Atlanta. Peach Bow! President, Bill Cooksey, officially welcomed Purdue to the bowl and gave both coaches (Pepper Rodgers' of Georgia Tech and Jim Young of Purdue) Peach Bowl watches for all the members of both teams. Deborah Mosley, Miss Georgia, and Lynne Adkerson, the, 1977 Peach Bowl queen addressed the Regency ballroom crowd of over 700 and posed with Purdue players for numerous snapshots.

The highlight of the luncheon was an appearance by Georgia Tech's record-breaking running star. Eddie Lee Ivery, who was injured in Tech's last game with arch- rival Georgia. He announced he would be unable to play in the game because of a bilateral sprain in his right ankle. That struck a blow to the Tech game plan because Ivery established a NCAA single game rushing record against Air Force six weeks earlier. Penny Kolafik was then crowned the 1978 Peach Bowl queen and posed with Purdue standouts Keena Turaer and Mark Herrmann for newspaper photos.

That evening, the President's Ball concluded the festivites of the day at the Marriott. Both a rock band and a dance band were supplied for the event in which over 300 couples attended and the players and coaches alike danced on the ballroom floor. The day before Christmas, the Boliers were hosted by the Peach Bowl Committee for a holiday buffet at the Marriott. Purdue quarterback Herrmann was excused. from the buffet so he could make a halftime appearance at the NFL playoff game between the Philadelphia Eagles and Atlanta Falcons.

Sunday night, Atlanta churches hosted several members of the Boiler party with Christmas Eve services. The Purdue Student Association held a disco party at the Atlanta Hilton Hotel later on in the evening. An 11 p.m curfew was put into effect by Coach Young, which the Purdue players, other than fullback Mike Augustyniak, made in lime. Christmas Day, the Purdue team arose early and after a- light breakfast headed for Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium to dress for the game. Ironically, Atlanta, the home of author Margaret Mitchell and the bearer of a square in her name, was the site for a first quarter Purdue blitz, and the Boilers were quickly "gone with the wind." No less than four Purdue touchdowns were tallied on the Scoreboard in the first stanza and the game was never in doubt after that.

Purdue went in at halftime with an impressive 34-7 lead and although the Boilermakers let up in the second half and allowed two Tech touchdowns, they coasted to a 41-21 win. It was a Christmas gift indeed for the team and especially for defensive tackle Calvin Clark, the game's defensive MVP and an Atlanta native who said, "It was great to have all the fellows (the Purdue team) down. They had a great time. The Peach Bowl was set up beautifully for us. I want to thank the Peach BowJ committee-I liked winning, I liked having it here, and I like being most valuable player." Clark, who signed a letter of intent to attend Georgia Tech, before deciding upon Purdue, had no regrets about attending Purdue instead of Georgia Tech.

"No way," be said, "I like every thing about Purdue except the weather. It gets a little chilly up there sometimes', but the coaches and facilities are excellent." Kingsbury, who didn't miss the team bus to the game this lime, said the bowl win was "excellent." Quarterback Herrmann commented on the game and the season by saying, "We had a tremendous time. It was even better than what I thought it would be. They treated us like kings down here. I can't say enough about the whole Peach Bowl committee and the trip down here.

It was relly a pleasure. It was a great season. We couldn't ask for much more. (A record of) 9-2-1 pretty well surpasses all our expectations. Now, I can't wait far next season." Cowboys Defeat Atlanta Woody Hayes Fired DALLAS (UPI) Danny White, who has patiently served as an understudy for three years, came in to replace the injured Roger Staubach Saturday and rallied Dallas ro a 27-20 playoff victory over the Atlanta Falcons.

The Cowboys finally put a halt to the amazing streak of the Falcons, who made the NFL playoffs for the.first time and gave the defending Super Bowl champions all they could handle until White and the fanatical Dallas defense settled the issue in the fourth quarter. Staubach was tackled late in the first half with Atlanta leading 20-13, and during the halftime break doctors determined the Dallas quarterback had suffered a concussion. That left it up to White, the former World Football League star who had been used almost solely as a punter since coming to the Cowboys. White teamed up with Jackie Smith, the former St. Louis tight end acquired Dallas three months ago, to tie the game midway through the third period on a 2-yard TD pass.

Then, after a critical third-down decision by Atlanta backfired and Falcons' punter John James, under pressure, could manage only a 10-yard kick out to his own 30, the Cowboys struck for the winning score with 9:46 to play. A 10-yard run by Tony Dorsett, a personal foul penalty and a 14-yard run by Scott Laidlaw carried the ball to the Atlanta 1-yard line. From there Laidlaw scored his second TD of the day, putting the Cowboys into the Jan. 7 NFC title game against the winner of Sunday's Minnesota-Los Angeles mat- chup. Atlanta had outfought Dallas in the first half and taken advantage of three turnovers to move in front.

Bubba Bean scored on a 14- yard run in the first quarter to give Atlanta a 7-3 lead, bartenderrturned-placekicker Tim Mazzetti kicked a 42-yard field goal early in thfe second quarter to tie the game at 1010 and late in the halfv Atlanta struck quickly for 10 points on a 17-yard scoring pass from Steve Bartkowski to Wallace Francis and a 22-yard field goal by Mazzetti for the 20-13 bulge. Dallas had scored in the half on field goals of 34 'and 48 yards by Rafael Septien and a 12-yard run by Laidlaw, who successfully caught the Falcons in one of their typical all-out blitzes. In addition to White. Dallas owed its narrow victory to the defense, which shut out the Falcons in the second half and allowed them only one trip past midfield in the final two quarters. After Dallas scored its winning touchdown, Atlanta had three opportunities on offense.

The first one ended with a punt with eight minutes to play, the second possession ended when Atlanta failed to convert a fourth-and-one situation on the Dallas 42 and the last was finished off when Cliff Harris intercepted a Bartkowski pass with 28 seconds remaining. The game turned on two key plays early in the fourth their own 29, the game tied and 12 minutes left to play, the Falcons chose to go for the bomb. Bartkowski's only deep receiver, however, was well- covered, and the Atlanta quarterback was sacked by Larry Cole for a loss of nine back to the 20, James was then called on to punt, but under a heavy rush by Charlie Waters, he shanked the ball and it carried only 10 yards to set up Dallas' winning TD drive. White, who started Dallas' final regular-season game a victory over the New York Jets completed I0-of-20 passes for 127 yards in helping the Cowboys to their seventh straight victory. Bartkowski started hot, but fell victim to the Dallas rush and wound up completing only 8-of-23 for 95 yards.

Atlanta appeared in trouble early in the second quarter, but when Dallas' Butch Johnson fumbled a punt at his own 24, the Falcons were able to tie the game 10-10 on Mazzetti's first field goal. A fumble by on the first play after Atlanta had taken a 17-13 lead, brought about Mazzetti's second field goal, boosting Falcons' halftime lead to 20-13. And when it appeared Dallas might score late in the first half, White fumbled the snap in the shotgun formation and ruiner" the opportunity. Atlanta 7 is 0-20 Dallas 10 3 7 7-27 Dal-FGSeptien34 Atl-Bean 14 run (Mazzetti kick! Dal-Laldlaw 12 run (Septlen kick) Att-FG Mazzetti 42 Dal-FGSeptien4g Atl-Francis 17 pass from Bartfcowski (Mazzetti kick) Atl-FG Mazzetti 22 Dai-Smith 2 pass from White (Seplienklck) Dal-Laidlaw 1 run (Septten kick) All First downs 16 Rushes-yards Passing yards 52 221 Return yards 0 69 Passes 8-23-3 PuntS Fumbles-lost 6-3 Penalties-yards individual Leaders RUSHING-Atlanta-Bean 1772. Stanback 9-62, Franklin 8-24, Esposito 2-fi, Dallas-Uidlaw 17-66, Dorsctt 14-65, DuPree 1-20, Staubach 1-3, P.

Pearson 1- minus 2, Whites-minus 4. PASSING-Atlanta- BartKowski 8-23-3-9-95. Dallas- Staubach 7-17-0-105, White 10-201-127. RECEIVING Atlanta- Francis 6-66, Ryckman 1-22, Esposito 1-7. Dallas-O Pearson 475, DuPree 5-59, Smith 3-38, Hill 336, Laidlaw MS, Dorsett 1-9.

Woody Hayes was fired Saturday as the head football coach at Ohio State University. Hayes pushed Clemson defenisve player Charles Bauman in the waning moments of the Gator Bowl night. A more detailed story is on Page 20. (UPI) Pittsburgh Crushes Broncos tz Declines Comment HONOLULU (UPI) If Arkansas football coach Lou Holtz plans to become Woody Hayes' successor at Ohio State, he isn't telling the public yet. Holtz, in Honolulu as coach of the West team in the Jan.

6 Hula Bowl, was not returning any media phone calls from his Waikiki hotel room Saturday morning. "He might be on the beach," said Charlie McClendon, Louisiana State's coach who will be heading the East squad. "He's got four young children. After that Woody Hayes thing on television, he might even be hiding out for a while." Holtz, a former Hayes assistant, has been reported to be the leading man in line to take over as Ohio State head football coach after Hayes was fired for charging a Clemson player in Friday night's Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, Fla. Holtz' wife took one call from UPI Saturday morning and said he was watching the National Football League playoffs with McClendon in McClendon's room.

However, Hoitz failed to return the call and his room phone was continually busy the rest of the morning. An operator at Holtz' hotel said later Holtz was taking messages only. Mackay Yanagisawa, founder of the Hula Bowl and still serving as its consultant, said he could not reach Holtz. "He's been getting calls from all over," Yanagisawa said, "Columbus, Fayetteville. People have been leaving messages with us.

I'm expecting, a call back from him." PITTSBURGH (UPI) The Pittsburgh Steelers had something to prove Saturday and they did it in record- shattering fashion. A year ago, the Denver Broncos overran the Steelers 34-21 and went on to win the AFC title. But Saturday, the charged-up Steelers left no doubt as to which was the better team. Franco Harris, the forgotten superstar, and John Stallworth, Pittsburgh's "other receiver," turned in record-breaking performances to carry the Steelers into next week's AFC title game with a 33-10 rout of the Broncos. Harris, a six-time rusher who received little national recognition this season due to the heroics of Houston's Earl Campbell, set an NFL record of 12 career playoff touchdowns by scoring on runs of 1 and 18 yards.

Stallworth, who plays in the shadow of All-Pro'teammate Lynn Swann, set a division playoff record with 10 receptions for 156 yards, including a leaping 45-yard TD grab in the last period that put the game out of reach. The victory was Pittsburgh's 15th against two losses, the best record in the NFL, and the Steelers 'will play host to Sunday's' Houston-New England winner on Jan. 7 for a berth in Super Bowl XIII in Miami, Jan. 21. Denver, which saw its one- year reign as AFC champion ended abruptly, finished at 10-7.

"We won this time because we have a really great team, and because we really wanted to beat them," said Harris. "We had some embarrassing moments against them last year, and I guess people were beginning to think we couldn't beat. Denver, so we had to prove them wrong." "We decided before the game that we would spread it out about with our passing said Stallworth. "I just got hot in the first half. It seems like I was holding everything in my direction.

It's great to have a receiver of Lynn Swann's caliber playing across from you. The defense has to respect him and it opens things up quite a bit." Bronco defensive end Lyle Alzado called Pittsburgh the better team. "They just kicked our butts," said the All-Pro. "They were the better team and they beat the crap out of us. I don't know what else to tell you.

They beat us, they're a better football team and they'll probably win the whole thing. Denver 370 Pittsburgh 613014-33 Den-FG Turner 37 Pit-Harris 1 run (kick failed) Pit-Harris 18 run (Gerala kick) Den-Preston 3 run (Turner kick) Pit-FGGereLa27. Pit-Stallworth 45 pass from Bradshaw (Gerela kick) Pit-Swann 38 pass from Pitt 24 40-153 272 93 16-29-1 11-88 Bradshaw (Gerela kick) Den First downs 15 Rushes-yards Passing yards 131 Return yards 110 Passes 12-22-0 Punts Fumbles-lost 2-2 Penalties-yards Individual Leaden RUSHING Denver-Keyworth 612, Lytle, 5-6, Canada 1-3, Perrin 6-6, Preston 4-14, Weese 4-43, Armstrong 1-3. Pittsburgh-Harris 24-105, Bleier8-26, Bradshaw 2-4, Thornton 24, Moser 2-6, J. Smith PASSING Denver-Morton 3-5-0-34, Weese 8-164-118, Dills 1-1-0-16.

Pittsburgh- Bradshaw 1629-1-272. RECEIVING Denver-Moses 2-33, Dotbin 4-77, Lytle l-minus 1, Perrin 2-16, Odoms 1-24, Preston 2-19. Pittsburgh- Stallworth 10-156, Grossman 4-64, Swann2-52. Yanks, Lopez, Horses Highlight Sports Year BYJOECARNICELLI UPI Executive Sports Editor NEW YORK (UPI) The sports picture in 1978 was highlighted by a tempestuous team that refused to quit, a woman who refused to be tjeaten and two gallant horses who refused to concede. The team was the New York Yankees, torn by strife and controversy but still talented enough to pull off one of the greatest comebacks in baseball history.

The Yankees trailed Boston by 14 games on July 17 but with a mellow Bob Lemon replacing a fiery Billy, Martin as manager, they overtook The American League East race ended in a tie but the Yankees won a dramatic one-game playoff against Boston 5-4 when relief ace Rick Gossage got Boston's two best hitters, Jim Rice and Carl Yastrzemski, in the ninth inning with the tying run on base. The Yankees were on their way to a third consecutive AL pennant. They cruised past the Kansas City Royals in the pi ayoffs in four games and then surged back after losing the first two games of the World Series to stun the bumbling Los Angeles Dodgers in four straight games. Ron Guidry of the Yankees was named the AL Cy Young winner after an astounding season in which he finished 25-3 and led the league in shutouts (9) and earne'd run average Rice, meanwhile, was the AL's offensive star. He led the league in homers (46), runs batted in (139), runs scored hits (213), triples (15) and slugging percentage His efforts earned him the AL's Most Valuable Player Award.

Pittsburgh's Dave Parker was the NL's equivalent of Rice. He won his second straight batting title led the league in total bases (340), was second in'RBI (117) and third in homers (30) and was an overwhelming choice for the NL's MVP Award. Cincinnati's Pete Rose stirred baseball in mid-summer when he compiled an NL record-tying 44-game hitting streak. The 37-year-old Rose also topped the plateau, only the 13th player in history to achieve that milestone. Rose, who played out his option with Cincinnati, signed a $3.2 million, four-year contract with Philadelphia in December.

The world of golf was highlighted by the performance of- 21-year-old Nancy Lopez, who was invincible at one stretch of the summer. Lopez enjoyed the greatest single season in LPGA history, winning nine tournaments as a rookie and earning a record $189,813 in official money. Along with incidental pocket money picked up along the way, she wound up with $203,430, becoming the first woman golfer to exceed $200,000 for a year. She was named both Golfer of the Year and Rookie of the Year on the LPGA tour. The horses, Affirmed and Alydar, waged-the closest and most exciting Triple Crown duel in history.

Affirmed, with Steve Cauthen guiding him, won all three jewels of the Triple Crown but all three times it was Alydar close at his heels. Affirmed won the Kentucky Derby by 114 lengths, the Preafcness by a half length and then, in what has been called by many veteran track observers as the greatest horse race in history, the two horses dueled head-to-head for the final mile of the 1 Vfe-mile Belmont before Affirmed barely edged ahead at the wire. Affirmed was named Horse of the Year but it was a disputed title, mainly because of the heroics of Seattle Slew. Slew, the 1977 Horse of the Year when he became the first unbeaten Triple Crown winner, appeared to be finished by illness and injury. But he came back to defeat Affirmed easily in two confrontations and at the end of the year seemed to be the dominant horse in the U.S.

And while Affirmed, Alydar and Seattle Slew dominated the headlines, a great career ended when Forego, a three- time Horse of the Year, finally was retired as the second leading money-winner of all time. In the world of pro the Dallas Cowboys defeated the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XII in New Orleans in January and seem ready to bid for an unprecedented third Super Bowl crown in Miami on Jan. 21. The Cowboys won the NFC East title and qualified for the playoffs in their conference along with division champions Minnesota and Los Angeles and wild card entries Atlanta and Philadelphia. In the AFC, 14-2 record was the best in the league and.

earned the Steelers the Central Division title. Denver and New England were the other division champions and Houston and Miami earned wild card berths. The outstanding performer was Houston's Earl Campbell, the first rookie to lead the league in rushing since Jim Brown in 1956. Campbell set a rookie rushing record, gaining better than 1,400 yards in leading the Oilers into the playoffs for the first time in 10 years. In college football, unbeaten Penn State and once-beaten Alabama finished 1-2 in the UPI ratings and will settle the issue on New Year's Day when they face each cither in the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans.

Oklahoma junior Billy Sims was voted the Heisman Trophy as the nation's outstanding college player and his roomate, guard Greg Roberts, was named the Outland Trophy winner as the outstanding interior lineman. In boxing, an out-of-shape Muhammad Aii lost his title to Leon Spinks in February before getting serious and winning it back handily from Spinks in September. Ali has been in semi-retirement since then and is expected to announce his retirement sometime early in 1979. The Washington Bullets stunned the pro basketball world by winning the NBA title behind an outstanding performance by Elvin Hayes and Kentucky, as expected, captured the NCAA title in St. Louis.

Marquette's Butch Lee was college basketball's Player of the Year. The Montreal Canadians dominated hockey again, winning the Stanley Cup, but it was young Mike Bossy of the New York Islanders who captured much of the attention by setting a rookie scoring record. The year 1978 also saw Bobby Orr, considered by many the greatest hockey player ever to put on a uniform, retire for good after a half dozen operations on his battered knees, Orr's career included 16 major trophies, two Stanley Cups and one tremendous season in 1970 when he won the scoring title, was named the outstanding defenseman, the Most Valuable Player and also the Most Valuable Player in the age 22. In men's tennis, Sweden's Bjorn Borg won the French and Italian Opens and seemed on his way to a grand slam when he defeated Jimmy Connors at Wimbledon. But Connors ended that dream when he came back to stun Borg at the U.S.

Open. But a new star began to rise with the improved play of John McEnroe, who led the U.S. to the Davis Cup with a victory over Great Britain in December. In women's tennis, the big names remained on top. Chris Evert took the early part of the year off and Martina Navratilova won everything in sight, taking straight matches.

Evert returned and lost to Navratilova twice in two weeks, the second at Wimbledon. But Evert roared back to win the Open when Navratilova was upset by 16-year-old Pam Shriver the semifinals and Evert then won the final three meetings against her top rival to establish herself once more as the world's top woman player. Mario Andretti was the key figure In the world of auto racing as he became the first American in 17 years to win a Formula One driving championship, winning six Grand Prix races. In track the dominant figures were marathon runner Bill Rodgers and Kenyan Henry Rono. Rodgers came close to an unprecedented Triple Crown, winning the Boston Marathon and the New York Marathon before finally falling short in Fukuoka, Japan, when he finished sixth.

Rono had an 81-day span in which he set four world records in four events in three countries on two continents. He began by running the 5,000 meters in 13:08.4 at Berkeley, for a world record. On May 14 at Seattle, he ran off a 3,000 meter steeplechase in 8:05.4 another record. In Vienna on June 11, Rono ran the 10,000 meters in 27:22.47 and on June 27 in Oslo, he ran in 7:32.1 both world records. In soccer, the New York Cosmos, stocked -with stars from Europe and South America, won the North American Soccer League title for the second straight year by defeating Tampa Bay 3-1 in the Soccer Bowl before almost 75,000 fans.

Argentina made the big news in world soccer by defeating' Holland 3J to win the month-long World Cup competition in.