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it i r. Fumbling Pirates Fall Short, Carolina Wins Opener 14-10 '9 fumble by ECU quarterback Leander Green at the Tar Heel 19. East Carolina coach Pat Dye saw his Pirates drop to 1-2 but said he was encouraged. "The big thing arrived this afternoon," he said. "I think most people would say that we stayed and fought for it all the way.

I'm proud of everyone of thent hey all played hard and didn't give up." Lawrence Hurt North Carolina sophomore halfback Amos Lawrence ran for just 44 yards and sat out the first half. Crum said Lawrence was suffering a hip pointer, but said it was not serious. East Carolina lost six of seven fumbles, four of them given up in the first half, but stopped North Carolina from scoring on four penetrations deep into 30-yard pass and substitute quarterback Steve Greer added 22 on a keeper. East Carolina kicker Bill Lamm added a 39-yard field goal in the fourth quarter after defensive interference was called on a 46-yard Green pass. Just moments earlier, a long East Carolina drive fell short when Lamm missed a 40-yard field goal try.

North Carolina freshman kicker Jeff Hayes missed on three field goal attempts in the first half, two of them from 26 yards. A North Carolina scoring threat failed with less than a minute remaining in the first half when, on fourth and one at the 11th, Hayes'try was wide. North Carolina led 7-0 at the half. Sutton Leads ECU East Carolina was led in East Carolina territory. North Carolina missed three field goal attempts.

"We had a lot of opportunities to score in the first half, but just didn't take advantage of them," Crum said. "East Carolina's defense deserves some of the credit for that, but we really hurt ourselves with mistakes." North Carolina halfback Ter-rence Burrell scored on a 1-yard drive late in the first quarter, capping a 62-yard drive. North Carolina quarterback Matt Kupec, scrambling to avoid being sacked late in the third quarter, found end Bob Loomis at the goal line for a scoring pass. East Carolina's Theodore Sutton scored the only Pirate touchdown on a 5-yard run in the third quarter, after Green hit Billy Ray Washington on a rushing by Sutton, who gatte ered 80 yards. Eddie Hicks had 52 and Mike Hawkins had 50 yards as East Carolina rushed for 276 yards, most of it in the second half.

North Carolina halfback Doug Paschal led the Tar Heels with 91 yards rushing, including a 42-yard run on the second play of the game. Sophomore halfback Amos Lawrence rushed for just 44 yards in 11 carries. Kupec completed six of eight passes for 60 yards while ECU'S Green hit three of 10 for 5 yards. North Carolina substitute quarterback Clyde Christensen took over in the second quarter but ended a Tar Heel drive when he fumbled on the Pirate 7-yard line. irit NOWHERE TO RUN North Carolina's Amos Lawrence (20) can't get around ECU'S Tommy Sumner (64) and Mike Brewington (right( as he looks for running room in the second quarter of yesterday's 14-10 Tar Heel win over the Pirates.

Lawrence was hurt in the first half and didn't see. action in the second half, but the Heels won anyway. (AP Laserphoto) The Sunday Telegram Baseball Golf Woods and Waters JJL Rocky Mount In Ninth, 3-2 Stofe Sf aggers Syracuse, 27-1 9 Do It Again WA I -jr J- 'tf CHAPEL HILL; N.C (AP) -North Carolina coach Dick Crum, whose Tar Heels needed a last-minute fumble recovery to hold East Carolina 14-10 Saturday, gave credit to the defense for salvaging his debut "Our defense very well today. That was what won the game for us," a relieved Crum said after North Carolina had won its season opener and first game under the new head coach. "East Carolina came to play today, and played a very good football game.

They were a very gutsy team," Crum said. "They had their backs to the wall in the first half but they didn't quit" East Carolina came alive in the second half after earning just 72 yards in offense in the first half. But the Pirate revival died with 21 seconds remaining when North Carolina guard Dave Simmons recovered a N.C Telegram Sept. the 1 yard line with 2:04 left in the third period following a Missouri fumble on the 40. Then six seconds into the final Boosters Meet Rocky Mount Senior High football fans may see game films and highlights from the Gryphons'20-12winoverEastern Wayne at the Boosters Club meetingTuesdaynlghtat7p.

m. at Buck Overton's. Head football coach Walt Wiggins talksaboutthegame and the team's Gryphon of the Week awards are presented at each week's meeting. season high of eight, while walking four batters. Reggie Jackson smashed a two-out, two-strike home run in the fifth to tie the game.

It was Jackson's 23rd homer of the year and 336th of his 12-year career, tying him with former Milwaukee Brave Joe Adcock for 32nd on the all-time list. Rice's two-run homer in the first gave the Red Sox their first lead against the Yankees in their last six meetings. The opposite-field clout, following a single by Jerry Remy, was Penn State's 8ahr Kicks Buckeyes COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) him and showed him some cov-Penn State was ready. Ready erages he hadn't seen. We for Rod Gerald, Ohio State's thought our defense did an out-slick senior quarterback.

Ready standing job. Jerry Sandusky, for Art Schiichter, the fabled our defensive coordinator, put 17, 1978-33 period, the Tide capitalized on another Missouri miscue, quarterback Phil Bradley's fumble on his own 26. Quarterback Jeff Rutledge hit Lou Ikner with a 23-yard scoring strike to put the game out of reach. Alabama, a 20-3 victor over Nebraska in its opener two weeks ago, swept 71 yards in six plays to seize a 7-0 lead on its first possession. With 12:07 remaining in the half, a rout seemed ordained when Alan McElroy's 26-yard field goal gave Alabama a 17-0 lead.

Then Missouri, which shocked defending national champion Notre Dame 3-0 in its opener last week, rebounded to take a 20-17 halftime lead with the biggest offensive spurt anyone has dealt Alabama since Auburn Of The A TD FOR TED North Carolina State's Ted Brown carries Syracuse's Rober Arkeilpane(20) into the end zone with him as he scores in State's regionally televised victory over the Orangemen Saturday afternoon. Brown carried for over 200 yards in the win. (AP Laserphoto) Rice's 41st of the season, tops in the major leagues. The Yankees got a run back in the first. Randolph dropped a perfect bunt down the third base line, took third on Munson's run-and-hit single and scored on Jackson's single up the middle.

Rivers, who doubled down the third base line in the seventh inning, hanjmered a two-strike pitch in the ninth. Yastrzemski, who had moved from first base to the outfield in the ninth, seemed to be playing Rivers unusally shallow. together a great game plan." Ohio State's Woody Hayes call it "as bad an opener as we've played. The biggest single thing was our inability to establish a running game, but a lot of it had to do with them. I think our new quarterback will be as fine a passer as any in the country.

I think we asking a little too much of him today to take over a Big Ten team." Perm State upped its record to 3-0 and stretched its overall winning streak to 11 games. Ohio State, which dropped its opener for the first time in 11 years, also was saddled with its first three-game losing streak since the end of the 1971 sea- son. Bahr's field goals one in the first period and three in the fi- nal quarter, all followed inter- ceptions of passes by Schlich- ter, who chose Ohio State over Penn State in a torrid recruit ing chase after being named Ohio's High School Football Player of the Year in 1977. Yanks NEW YORK (AP) Mickey Rivers bashed a leadoff triple in the ninth inning and scored on Thurman Munson's sacrifice fly as the torrid New York Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox for the sixth straight time, 3-2, in a nationaally-televised game Saturday. The speedy Rivers hit a two-strike pitch from Mike Torrez, 15-11, over the head of left fielder Carl Yastrzemski and easily made third.

After Willie Randolph grounded out, Munson attempted a suicide squeeze, but fouled off the pitch. On the next offering, the veteran catcher drilled a fly ball which was caught by right fielder Jim Rice before Rivers tagged third and scored. The victory, the Yankees' fourth straight and 10th in their last eleven games, moved them 3Ms games ahead of second-place Boston in the American League East. The Red Sox have lost five straight and 14 of their last 17. Catfish Hunter, 10-5, pitched a six-hitter.

He struck out a scored 24 points in the second quarter in 1969. The momentum shifted wildly to Missouri when Earl Gant scored on a 4-yard run, Bradley sped 69 yards for another score and Russ Calabrese zipped 20 yards with a pass interception. Flag Football There will be a meeting of all interested men's flag football team managers in the Athletics Office at R. M. Wilson Gym This meeting will be for both new and old team managers.

The meeting will be held on Tuesday, fees, scheduling, and game sites will be discussed at this meeting. Bulge RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) Ted Brown, North Carolina State's hard-hitting halfback, figures it will take more than a season of 198-yard performances such as he had Saturday against Syracuse to give him a shot at the Heisman Trophy. "We'd have to have a undefeated season for the team and quite a few more yards for me," said Brown, the Atlantic Coast Conference's most serious Heisman candidate ever, after the error-prone Wolfpack beat Syracuse 27-19 in a regionally-televised game. Brown, a muscular 199-pound senior, scored on an eight-yard run and increased his career rushing total to 3,574 yards -15th on the NCAA's all-time rushing list.

The performance Saturday moved him up seven notches, passing such standouts as Mercury Morris of West Texas State and Anthony Davis and Ricky Bell of Southern California. "I thought he looked pretty, good," Wolfpack Coach Bo Rein said. "No big gains, but he ran awfully well and awfully hard he's a great, great back. Jacobs Boots FGS Halfback Billy Ray Vickers scored twice on runs of 17 yards in the second quarter and 6 yards in the final period and sophomore Nathan Ritter booted field goals of 33 and 37 yards for the Wolfpack, 2-0. Senior Dave Jacobs hit field goals of 40, 38 and 32 yards in the second quarter and 45 yards in the third period for Syracuse, which capitalized on Wolfpack mistakes to keep the game close.

The Orangemen fell to 0-2 on the season. Sophomore quarterback Tim Wilson, filling in for, injured wiiliam Hurley teamed up with halfback Art Monk on a 59-yard pass play in the second quarter for the Orangemens' other score. North Carolina State spurted to a 100 lead in the first quarter as Ritter got his first field goal 33 yards out after the Wolfpack had marched from its 22 with the opening kickoff. Wilson fumbled on Syracuse's second play from scrimmage, and safety Mike Nail recovered at the 32-yard line and Brown burst up the middle from eight yards away for his touchdown. The Orangemen cashed in on N.C.

State mistakes and scored on their next two possessions to pull even at 10-10v After the Wolfpack had used two 15-yard penalties to move to the Syracuse 30, running back Mike McLean fumbled and Bob Tate recovered at the 29. Wilson, throwing the first pass of his career for the Orangemen, found Monk open down the right sideline for 59 yards and Syracuse's only touchdown of the afternoon. N.C. State's John Isley then punted straight up and it bounced backward for an 8-yard loss, setting Jacobs' 40-yard field goal that tied the score at 10-10. The Wolfpack moved ahead again, marching 82 yards with Vickers going over the right side of the line for 17 yards and the touchdown.

Jacobs got two field goals in the last 1:09 of the half, the first from 38 yards away following a drive from the Syracuse 18. Brown then fumbled at the Wolfpack 15 with two seconds left on the clock and linebacker Mike Zunic recovered. Jacobs hit another field goal from 32 yards out. Syracuse took the lead early in the third quarter after marching with the kickoff to the North Carolina State 27-yard line. Jacobs' fourth field goal of 45 yards made it 19-17 with 12:24 remaining in the third period.

Alabama Overcomes Missouri freshman. The Nittany Lions were ready for anything and everything the Buckeyes threw at them. "I said before the game I thought they would go with Gerald, but we were ready for both of them," Coach Joe Pa-terno said after fifth-ranked Perm State used a record-tying four field goals by Matt Bahr, an 80-yard drive capped by Matt Suhey's 3-yard touchdown run and eight Ohio State turnovers to embarrass the sixth- ranked Buckeyes 19-0 Saturday. Schiichter, the heralded rookie, wa given a rude wel- come into the collegiate ranks, Penn State intercepted him five times and forced him into one of Ohio State's three lost fum- bles as the Buckeyes unveiled a new-look pass offense that put the ball into the air 34 times. "Woody used up his passes for September," cracked one press box wit.

"Schiichter is going to great," Paterno said, "but our defense put a lot of pressure on COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) No. 1 Atebama-, stunned by three Missouri touchdowns in the second quarter, recovered the lead on Ricky Gilliland's 35-yard run with a blocked punt and cruised to a 38-20 victory over the 11th-ranked Tigers on a hot, steamy field Saturday. A crowd of 73,655, a Missouri record, roared when the Tigers erased a 17-0 deficit with three quick touchdowns, the most points scored against a Bear Bryant team in one quarter in nine years. Gilliland scooped up the loose ball after E.

J. Junior blocked Monte Montgomery's punt and gave the Tide a 24-20 lead three a half minutes into the third period. Tony Nathan dived over from Grompton Winning His Battle Iff LJf I well in a win over North Carolina State and gave San Francisco's 7-1 ail-American center candidate Bill Cartwright problems in an NCAA playoff game. In July's pre-rookie camp, Crompton played well inside and was the only non-contract rookie invited back. But hard facts work against Crompton.

Eight players Dan Issel, David Thompson, George McGinnis, Mack Calvin, Charlie Scott, Anthony Roberts, Bobby Wilkerson and Bo Ellis are almost certain to make the team. Three other players, guard Robert Smith, Tom Boswell and Griffin, are the almost-certain category, adding up to 11 players. But there have been 'NE A rumors that Denver might be willing to send McGinnis, Smith and possibly Scott to the Kansas City Kings in exchange for rights to another UN(T great, Phil Ford, who has refused to sign with the Kings. If such a deal materialized, Crompton's chance for making the cut would be enhanced. But the NEA doesn't run on luck, and Crompton isn't counting on luck to get him on the team.

"When I got this chance, I decided to give it my best shot all the way and not worry about anything else," Crompton said. "I figure if I do well enough someone will notice me. There could be other opportunities to open up even if I don't make it here. I'm not ready for my career to end and the only way to avoid that is to work hard every day. That's what I'm doing." including Crompton's chief competition, 6-11 center Roger Brown.

Crompton is considered the better offensive player of the two, but Brown is an aggressive player who rebounds well and has the advantage of National Basketball Association experience. Both Crompton and Brown could be cut after the remainder of the 18-man Nugget team reports for full-scale pre-season workout Friday Jn Colorado Springs. Crompton knows that the odds are against him. But he is prepared for that and refuses to dwell on it. "The fact that I didn't come here with a contract hurts because they don't have much money invested in me," Crompton said.

"But strange things happen sometimes. I've made up my mind to go hard until the very last." Crompton attitude, along with his efforts to lose weight and improved quickness, impressed Denver coach Larry Brown enough to keep Crompton around this long. "Geff's worked as hard as anyone we have," said aide George Irvine. "He's gone through a lot to get his weight down and he's shown us some things. There's no question that he's got the ability to make a fine center.

He lacks the experience of most rookies but he's trying to overcome it." Crompton played in very few games at UNC last season. His averages were unimpressive, 3.1 points a game and 3.3 rebounds. But he played RALEIGH, N. C. (AP) For Denver Nugget rookie Geff Crompton, the battle of the bulge has been a uphill fight throughout his on-again off-again basketball career.

But for right now, the former University of North Carolina basketball player is winning' the fight, and he's hoping his efforts will pay off with a spot on the Nuggets team. Crompton, who has weighed as much as 325 and seldom less than 295, is down to 270. And he's talking about shedding more bulk. "I'll lose even more," said the 6-foot-ll Crompton. "Maybe I'll even get to 250 or 255." The fact that Crompton, a gifted but slow athlete since he first began playing at Burlington Williams High School 10 years ago, has managed to shed some excess pounds doesn't mean he will make the Nuggets team.

The odds are against him. But CromptoftK pleased with his progress, however slight. "It's been rough but I've enjoyed it," Cromp-ton, a rookie free agent, said in a telephone interview from Denver. "I don't know what my chances are here, but I can't worry about that. I think I'm playing the best basketball of my life, and I just want to keep improving." Crompton is one of only three rookies in pre-camp.

The other rookies are Wake Forest star Rod Griffin, Denver's No. 1 draft choice who signed a five-year contract Monday, and third-round pick Hollis Copeland from Rutgers. Four free agents go through daily workouts, THE NBA IS NEXT Ever fincc be begu his college career at Carolina five years age, Burlington's Geff Cromptoa has had a weight problem. Now the UNC grad has trimmed down to Z7S "pounds and seems to have a very good chance of latching oo with the Denver Nuggets at center. Telegram File Photo jt.j.g..