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iTiiE v' Telegram Basebo Football Gof Woods Wafers 1. i 4 Rocky Mount, N.C. Telrfram Sol, Sept Pff Gets 'Rammed' Wake Downs Carolina Bycarona drops of Curry and a tight secondary led by Ricky Barden, Kupec had a relatively easy first half. His backs remained fresh because Crum was able to substitute freshman Kelvin Bryant for Lawrence and Walter Sturdivant for fullback Doug Paschal. Crum sent Bryant into the game with the Tar Heels camped on the Panther five, third down and a yard to go.

He promptly ran for four, and Kupec scored on the next play. Pitt's inability to move the ball forced Sherrill to change quarterbacks and go to air. The Tar Heels picked off three passes in the first half and recovered two Pittftunbles. WINSTON-SALEM. N.C.

(AP) Quarterback Jay Venuto set two school and ACC records and freshman Phil Denfield booted a game-winning 40-yard field goalin the final period to lead Wake Forest to a 23-20 non-conference victory over visiting East Carolina Saturday night. Venuto, who did not play a single down before this season, completed 28 of 33 passes for 334 yards, both records, to lead the Demon Deacons to their third win without a loss their best start since 1951. Venuto's only touchdown pass, a- 27-yard strike to sophomore Wayne. Baumgardner in the third period, gave Wake Forest a 20- 13 lead. The score came one play after Venuto connected with wide receiver Kenny Duckett for a 53-yard gain.

East Carolina tied the game when senior running back Anthony Collins raced 72 yards for a score on the Pirates' second possession of the period. Denfield, who kicked a 42-yard field goal in the second period, booted his game winner with 6:03 to play after Wake Forest drove from its own 13 to the East Carolina 23 before stalling. The Pirates, unsuccessful on a 54-yard Bill Lamm field goal attempt with no tiir left on the clock, dropped their third straight game and fell to 1-3 on the season. By DICK BRINSTER AuocUUri Press Writer CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) Matt Kupec believes the Atlantic Coast Conference is being shortchanged in the national collegiate football rankings and said early last week that a victory over 13th-ranked Pittsburgh would help remedy that somewhat.

So the North Carolina quarterback, who later broke Danny Talbott's school record with his 197th career completion, got the Tar Heels rolling toward their second straight victory With atS-yard touchdown pass to Phil Farris on North Carolina's third offensive play. This was the catalyst that led Dick Crum's Tar Heels to a well-deserved 7-7 upset of But the day belonged not to Kupec, nor to Tar Heel tailback Amos Lawrence, the nation's lOth-leading rusher. The man of the hour wag linebacker Buddy Curry, who led a relentless North 'Carolina defense that contained Pitt's Randy McMillan, the nation's 9th-leading rasher. Curry intercepted two passes, made seven solo tackles and assisted on four others. The North Carolina defense, which has surrendered just seven points in two games, overshadowed a respectable showing by the Panther defenders.

Pitt entered the game as the nation's 8th-ranked defensive team. The Panthers were first against the rush. But they were unable to overcome the Tar Heel defense, which forced them into seven turnovers. After the touchdown pass to Farris, Kupec capped a 14-yard drive that followed Lee Shaffer's first-period fumble recovery with a one-yard sneak. Pitt converted one of North Carolina's rare mistakes into its lone score in the third period.

Rick Trocano passed 13 yards to Kenny Bowles. Jeff Hayes closed out the scoring for North Carolina with a 43-yard field goal in the fourth period. North Carolina Immediately put Pitt deep in its own end. Hayes' kickeff to start the game was taken a yard into the ejpd jane.by Jerry, He rari imo ail official near the goal line and was tackled at the six. That set the the tone for for the first half.

The Panthers, thanks to deep kickoffs by Hayes and punts by Steve Streater, took pouon of the ball at their own 6-, 21-, 19-, 14-, 22-, 23-and 15-yard Finally, PiU reached Tar Heel territory when Carlton Williamson intercepted Kupec and returned the ball 28 yards to the North Carolina 38 late in the second period. But the Tar Heel defense, which earlier negated McMillan, held its ground against the passes of backup quarterback Daniel Marino. While Sherrill pulled starter Trocano, who was forced into several poor throws by the Gamecocks Stomp Duke Terps Trim Mississippi St. COLUMBIA (AP) Junior tailback George Rogers gained 161 yards to pace a bruising ground game as the University of South Carolina smothered Duke 354 in a none onfere nee college football game Saturday night The Gamecocks piled up 397 yards on the ground and put the game out of doubt with two touchdowns by Rogers in the second half. The independent Gamecocks are now 2-1 for the season, and Duke of the Atlantic Coast Conference is 1-1.

Steve Dorsey added 92 yards for the Gamecocks and one touchdown, and freshman Percy Reeves, relieving Rogers in the fourth period, had 65 yards and one touchdown. South Carolina wasted little Kelvin Bryant, 44,. former Tarboro High Day in Kenan School standout, sweeps around left end in the gained 78 yards third quarter against Pittsburgh on Rams By GORDON BEARD AP Sports Writer COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) Dale Castro kicked five field goals, one off the NCAA record, and Charlie Wysocki ran for two touchdowns, one a 73-yard dash on the third play of the third quarter, leading unbeaten Maryland to a 35-14 victory oiiar Mississippi State-Saturday. Castro booted a 45-yarder after Mississippi State, 0-2, won the toss and elected to kick off, then added kicks of 29, 18 and 32 during a 3:40 span of the second period when the Bulldog fumbled and lost two consecutive kickoffs.

The four field goals tied an NCAA record for one half. A 42-yarder by Castro late in the fourth quarter set a Twins Win Benefits Birds Bulldogs Bitten By ACC Again Covs Coast By Keydets Pittsburgh." 0 0 0- 7 J4. Carolina '( UNC Farris 43 pan from Kuptc (Hayes kick) UNC KupaclrunlHeyeskick) PITT-Bowles 13 pan from Trocano UNC Hayesfiald goal 43 50.550 Pitt II KM 00 21 44 4 37 S3 1 43 UNC 10 S3 133 a 41 6 17 1 13 41 21 009 First down Rushes yards Passing yards Return yards Passes Punts Fumbles lost Penalties yards INDIVIDUAL LEADERS RUSHING Pitt. McMillan 13 34. Jacobs 13 41: UNC.

Bryant 1178. Lawrence 19 71 PASSING Pitt. Trocano 10 37 3. 304. UNC.

Kupec 4 16 l.u RECEIVING Pitt. Still 05. UNC, PKhai 11 Farris 1 43 period and a 92-yard kickoff return by James Jones with 68 seconds remaining. Mississippi St. 0 0 0 14 14 Maryland 3 16 13 3 35 Maryland FG Castro 45 Maryland-FG Castro 29 Maryland' Castro 16 Maryland FG Castro 32 Maryland Wysocki 10 run tCastro kick) Maryland Wysocki 73 run (Castro kick) Maryland Peck 42 run (kick tailed) Miss St.

King I run (run (ailed) Maryland FG Castro 42 Miss St. Jones 92 kickoff return (Collins run) A 37.212 First downs Rushes yards Passing yards Return yards Passes 4111 Punts 5 3S Fumbles lost Penalties yards 49 149 51 251 105 5 ia 4 9 16 1 4 42 42 6 SO and the first time since 1952 it has held two foes scoreless at home in the same season. VMI, also 2-1, came closest to scoring when junior Robert Savage blocked a punt, giving the Keydets at the Virginia 10 with eight seconds left in the third quarter. But a bad center snap cost. VMI 5 yards and two plays later Floyd Allen fumbled a pitchout and Mike Brancati recovered for Virginia.

tv, 4 AP LaserpDoto 4fttK I time in establishing its ground superiority. After taking possession on their own 30 after the opening kickoff, Rogers and quarterback Garry Harper led the Gamecocks 70 yards in 10 plays and Harper capped the drive with four-yard touchdown run. Rogers carried six times in the drive for 35 yards, and Harper connected on a 16-yard pass to Tim Gillespie good for 16 yards on a crucial third down. The Gamecocks launched another touchdown drive with 8 seconds to play in the first quarter when linebacker Scott Wade recovered a Greg Rhett fumble at the Duke 36. Dorsey scored on a 2-yard run six plays later and the Gamecocks took a 14-0 lead at halftime.

The victory was only the second of the season for Keough, who had lost 14 straight games at one point. Elsewhere in afternoon AL action, Oscar Gamble hit a pair of homers, Jerry Narron powered a three-run shot and Reggie Jackson added a solo homer to lead the New York Yankees to a 74 decision over the Toronto Blue Jays. In the National League, Bruce Kison and Kent Tekulve combined on a four-hitter and Phil Garner drove in one run and scored another as the Pittsburgh Pirates snapped a three-game losing streak with a 4-1 victory over the Chicago Cubs. John Denny and Roy Thomas combined on a five-hitter and Lou Brock tied the all-time career stolen base record with his 937th career steal as the St. Cardinals defeated the New York Mets 6-3 in the opener of a double-header.

In NL action, Montreal played two games at Philadelphia, San Francisco visited Atlanta, Cincinnati played at Houston and Los Angeles was at San Diego. Along with the Cleveland-Baltimore double-header, Chicago visited Seattle in AL night action. fans by coming from behind time and again to notch victories. Baltimore had a 32-17 record in one-run decisions, was 19-14 in games decided by two runs, and 36 times came from behind or broke a tie to win in the seventh inning or later. A whole new set of rooters, mostly teen-agers and young adults, flocked to Memorial Stadium and tumbled attendance The final figure could approach 1,700,000, or some 500,000 above the previous record set in 1966.

Significantly, the upsurge came at a time when the club was sold and there was fear that the franchise would be moved or some games would be played in Washington, D.C Edward Bennett Williams, the Washington attorney who is due to take over as owner in November, was properly impressed. He announced that all games next season, would be played in Baltimore. By ED ROWLAND Associated Press Writer CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) -Lester Brown slammed a half-yard for a touchdown for the Clemson Tigers, who spilled Georgia 12-7, in a bruising in-terconference football game Saturday. Brown carried the ball the last four plays that picked up the final 10 yards of a 70-yard drive midway through the third period.

The assault was entirely on the ground with fullback senior Tracy Perry picking up the largest chunk with a 23-yard jaunt. Clemson's Obed Ariri booted a 24-yard field goal and the Tiger defense spilled Bulldog quarterback Jeff Pyburn in the end zone for a safety, both in the fourth period. The victory was the 400th for the Tigers of the Atlantic Coast Conference since they fielded a football team in the 19th century and pushed their record to 2-1. Georgia of the Southeast Conference dropped to 0-2. Clemson pounded the Georgia line throughout the second half and early in the fourth period drove 79 yards to the Bulldog 1.

Maryland one-game record and gave the junior 10 in a row this season, one shy of the NCAA's record for consecutive field goals. Wysocki, who scored a 10-yard run late in the second quarter, left the game after his long TD jaunt. He gained 139 yards on 20 carries, giving him -478ards in Maryland's three victories this season. The other score for the Terps came on a 42-yard run by Lyle Peck late in the third period. It was the first collegiate carry for Peck after one season at linebacker.

Mississippi State, which fumbled four kickoffs and had two players collide on another attempt, scored on a one-yard run by Donald Ray King midway through the final Shumock's key block returned a punt 56 yards for a score. Those touchdowns gave Virginia a 14-0 halftime advantage, and the Cavaliers added five points' in the third quarter as they upped their record to 2-1 and beat VMI for the first time in four years. Both victories have been shutouts, the first time since 1968 Virginia has blanked two opponents in the same season Jfc We Did It Earl Yj CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) Spectacular scoring runs by junior running back Greg Taylor and sophomore safety Pat Chester sparked Virginia's Cavaliers to a 19-0 football victory Saturday over Virginia Military's Keydets. With the game barely more than a minute old, Taylor took a pitchout, hit off right tackle and raced 72 yards for bis fifth touchdown of the season.

Then, with 5:58 left in the half, Chester aided by Bryan tarn StaH photo by Soon O- Brian Stadium Saturday. Bryant on 21 carries for the day. with cornerback Anthony Rose stepped in front of a Belue pass at the 1 yard line. Five plays later Sims fumbled it away on the Tiger 26, but linebacker Jeff Davis picked off Belue again at the 18. Georgia's Pat Collins had the Bulldogs' only interception in the second period.

Clemson quarterback Billy Lott, a Georgia native, completed only five of eight passes but baffled the Bulldogs with adept handoffs and option plays along the line. Belue was more successful, hitting 11 of 18 passes but having three intercepted. Georgia 0 0 0 7- Clemson 0 0 7 Clem Brown 1 run (Ariri kick) Clem Safety Pyburn tackled inendione Clem FG Ann 24 Ga Belue 21 run I Robinson kick) First downs Rushes yards Passing yards Return yards Passes. Punts Fumbles lost Penalties yards 13 19 35 68 71 306 174 6 1221 3 639 10 4 26 53 14 5' 1 1 646 32 9 75 with the Montreal Expos. Singleton, voted the most valuable Oriole in two of his four previous years with the club, made a bid to be the league's Most Valuable Player as he set career highs with 35 homers and 110 RBI.

Roenicke, who had only 148 major league at bats, was generally overlooked when Baltimore searched for outfield talent last winter. But he hit 25 homers, far exceeding his best minor league total, while pushing second baseman Rich Dauer, designated hitter Lee May and first baseman Eddie Murray for most game-winning hits. Stanhouse, an off-the-field flake who turns serious on the mound, posted a 7-3 record with 20 saves. He headed a bullpen which was strengthened considerably when the Orioles failed in efforts to trade lefty Tippy Martinez, 10-2. Mike Flanagan took tip the slack for Palmer, a three-time Bryant Ram-bles Brown's dive for the touchdown was stopped short, however.

Two plays later the stonewall Clemson defense dropped Pyburn behind the goal line. Georgia quarterback Buck Belue raced 21 yards with nine seconds to play to avoid a shutout Before Belue's scoring. run, the only Georgia threats ended in missed field goals beyond the 30. The Tigers' Eddie Geathers stepped in front of a deep pass at the Clemson 21 late in the game to stop a last-gasp effort just before the Bulldogs managed the face-saving touchdown: The victory was Clemson's third against Georgia since 1914 and avenged its only loss of last year. Clemson, mistake-prone in the first half, dominated the final two periods.

Marvin Sims, Brown's running mate in the backfield, continually pounded the middle of the Georgia line and ended the game with a career high 146 yards rushing. Brown had 81 and Perry 68 as the Tigers rolled up 306 yards on the ground. Clemson staved off the Bulldogs in the second period After losing five straight in July, which reduced their lead to 14 games, they reeled over seven victories in a row and matched that streak again in early September. Only three players Palmer, center fielder Al Bumbry and shortstop Mark Belanger remain from the 1974 Baltimore team which' won its fifth division title in six years. Shortly thereafter, they suffered heavy losses in the reentry draft, including Reggie Jackson, Bobby Grich, Wayne Garland, Ross Grimsley and DickDrago.

But they still managed to average 91 victories a year over the next four seasons, while infusing the roster with talented farm system youngsters and veterans acquired in trades. Three of this season's outstanding performers, out-, fielders Ken Singleton and Gary Roenicke, and relief pitcher' Don Stanhouse, came to Baltimore in two separate deals By The Associated Press The Baltimore Orioles clinched the American League East Division title Saturday when the second-place Milwaukee Brewers lost a 6-3 decision to the Minnesota Twins. The Brewers are now 104 games behind the Orioles with eight games to play. Baltimore has 11 games left, including Saturday night's double-header against the Cleveland Indians. The California Angels, meanwhile, opened ground in the AL West by beating the Texas Rangers 3-1 while the Kansas City Royals were losing 2-0 to the Oakland A's.

The results left the pace-setting Angels three games in front of the Royals. Hosken Powell and Rob Wilfong each knocked in two runs in Minnesota's second straight victory over the Brewers. Mike Marshall saved Roger Erickson's third victory with his 32nd save of the season. Bobby Grich led off the seventh inning with his 29th home run and Chris Knapp hurled a five-hitter to pace California's victory. Matt Keough scattered seven hits to lead Oakland past Kansas City.

Cy Young Award winner who missed at least 14 starts -because of various ailments, and loomed as the next Cy Young winner with a 22-8 record. Dennis Martinez, the league leader in innings pitched and complete games, won 15 games, McGregor recovered from his arm miseries to win 12, and Steve Stone, acquired through the re-entry draft, won 11. First baseman Eddie Murray, the only player other than Singleton to appear in every game, continued his consistency as he closed in on the 27 homers he had hit in each of two previous major league seasons. The Orioles also got clutch hitting from Dauer, May, and part-time outfielders John Lowenstein and Pat Kelly, and fine receiving by catchers Rick Dempsey and Dave Skaggs. Generally, it was a team of no-names which seldom beat itself and turned on the local Rebuilt Orioles End Drought By GORDON BEARD AP Sports Writer BALTIMORE (AP) The Baltimore Orioles, rebuilt by the front office and rejuvenated by frenzied fans, are American League East champions again after a four-year drought.

Picked by many forecasters to finish fourth in the division behind New York, Boston and Milwaukee, the Orioles got off to a 3-8 start before settling down. Despite the losing the services for a month or more of pitchers Jim Palmer and Scott McGregor, who combined for 36 victories in 1978, and third baseman Doug DeCinces, the club's home run leader with 28 last season, Baltimore was not to be denied. Known in the past for their September stretch drives, the Orioles this time posted a 23-6 record in June while putting together a nine-game winning streak, 'v jssssksJs tucik; niat iwu -t Baltimore Orioles Rick Dempsey throws Indians as the Minnesota Twins beat the his arms around manager Earl Weaver after Milwaukee Brewers (-3 enabling Baltimore to the Orioles clinched the eastern division prior win without having to play. The division title to their double-header with the Cleveland is the first for the Orioles since 1974. tit.