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THE SUN Tuesday, December 30, 197S BS Terps Ibeat Florida 13 -0 in Gator Bow Hff 1 1 uses v-w. f. -JV. v. wf vy mm Unbeaten Terps rip cage foe 'Bama upset by Princeton in tourney losers' mistakes, runs by Atkins By KENT BAKER Sun Staff Correspondent Jacksonville, Fla.

The University of Maryland shat- tered a 20-year victory drought against the Southeastern Conference and scorned its reputation as a big game loser last night, thoroughly dominating Florida, 13 to 0, before 64,012 spectators at the 31st annual Gator Bowl. The triumph was the first for the Terrapins against the SEC since 1955, when they whipped Louisiana State by an AP photos Maryland tailback Rick Jennings (above photo) gathers in pass as Florida defender Bobby Ball looks on helplessly in first quarter of Gator Bowl. In bottom photo, Florida quarterback Don Gaffney (8) is trapped for loss by Maryland tackle Mike Smith as Terps continuously bottled up Gators' vaunted wishbone of fense. Lii iI; Sunpapers photo Irving Phillips Morgan's Ivan Young is unable to block pass to Randolph-Macon's Kevin Wood (foreground). Morgan, Drexel gain Kiwanis cage final By JOHN W.STEWART NFL controversy flares again wanis Christmas Classic basketball tournament at the Civic Center last night.

A slim group of 300 fans watched Drexel hold off a late rally by Howard University in the first game to make off with a 74-to-66 triumph. Morgan State, up by 9 points at the half, made its first shot after intermission, then went five minutes before making another. A four-minute dry period almost proved disastrous. Randolph-Macon took 12 minutes to erase that lead and forged ahead when Kevin Wood rebounded his own miss for a 41-40 lead. At the four-minute mark, the Yellow Jackets had made two of their last eight shots, while Morgan had hit two of its previous 14 and clung to a 46-43.

Randolph-Macon, which shot 32 per cent from the floor, also had problems at the foul line. The Jackets missed 12 second-half foul shots, including the front end of four 1-and-l's. Coach Nate Frazier's Morgan team, now 8-1 on the season, was apparently home free with a 54-45 lead with 1.14 to play. Randolphi-Macon refused to quit however, forced a couple of Morgan turnovers and battled back to within 54-51 with 20 seconds left. Then Arthur Solomon got free for an easy layup to clinch the decision.

Coach Harold Nunally's club, now 3-2, did a good job in the second half of containing Morgan stars Billy Newton and Eric Evans. The two had combined for 27 of their team's 34 first-half points, then were shut down completely but for a lone Evans field goal in the second half. Drexel built a 16-point lead late in the second half of its See MORGAN, B6, Col. 2 luenucai margin. The famine had spanned 11 games, including 10 losses and a frustrating tie against Kentucky earlier this year.

It was probably the most satisfying and was assuredly the most redeeming win of the four-year regime of coach Jerry Claiborne, a loser in his four previous bowl games, two each at Mary and and Virginia Tech. Maryland thus completed the campaign with a 9-2-1 record and assured itself a position among the nation's top 15 teams in the final wire service polls. Underdogs by a touchdown, the Terrapins left no doubt about their superiority from the onset, breaking the Gator wishbone with aggressive, alert defense spearheaded by guards Paul Divito and Ted Klaube and punctuated by three interceptions and a fumble recover-y. Florida, which finished with a 9-3 record and its third consecutive bowl defeat under coach Doug Dickey, did not penetrate into Terp territory until early in the third period, achieving it by virtue of a roughing-the-kicker infraction. That gave the Gators shortlived inspiration, but the drive faltered at the Terp 25 when, after punching successfully at the Maryland mid-section and tackles earlier along the route, Florida inexplicably elected to pass on fourth down.

Larry Brinson caught the ball but was out of bounds, terminating the drive. The Gators, their offense plodding in the steady rain, finally crossed the 50 under their own power later in the period, but only to the Terp 44 before stalling. Maryland preserved a shutout by holding at its 10-yard line as the game ended. The only score of the second half followed a Terp push from their own 35, which was culminated by Mike Sochko's 27-yard See GATOR, B8, Col. 1 Gator statistics Maryland 7 3 0 J-13 0 0 0 0-0 Md Hoover 19 pass from Dick (Soctv ko kick) Ma FG Soehko 20 Md-FG Soehko 27 Attendance 44,012 Maryland Florida First downs IS 14 Rusties-vard 52-209 54-182 Passing yards 12 28 Return yards 26 25 Passes 7-14-0 3-1M Punts 7-40 7-3 FumOles-IOSl 0-0 1-1 Penalties-yards 5-47 4-44 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS RUSHING Maryland: Atkins 20-127, Jennings 9-53.

Florida: DuBose, 18-95, T.Green 13-31 RECEIVING Maryland: Hoover 2-24, Wilson 2-21 Florida: LeCounl 1-25. Enclade 1-8, Rlcnards 1-mlnus 5. PASSING Maryland: Dick 5-12-0, 67, Manges 2-3-0. 15 Florida Fisher 2' 12-1. 33.

Gaffnev 1-7-2. minus 5 A tjm, v.v.v. v. 4 By JAMES H. JACKSON Sun Staft Correspondent College Park Unbeaten Maryland destroyed Seton Hall, 104 to 69, and Princeton upset previously unbeaten Alabama, 61 to 59, before 10,644 fans in the Maryland Invitational basketball tournament in Cole Field House last night The second-ranked Terps, now 8 and 0 on the season, will meet Princeton at 9 P.M.

to night in the championship game. Seton Hall and No. 7-ranked Alabama will meet in the consolation contest at 7 P.M. Princeton, which entered the contest with a 4-2 record, raced to an early lead over the cold-shooting Crimson Tide and held a 56-42 lead with 7.00 left to rallied in the final minutes, but the ball-control Tigers held on for the victory. The Terps jumped into an early lead and nearly ran Seton Hall off the floor as they completely dominated every phase of the game Princeton led unbeaten Ala bama, 29 to 20, at half-time in the second game of the double- header.

Maryland, which broke a 2 1-2 Seton Hall zone with some precision outside shooting, was led by the scoring of John Lu cas and Steve Sheppard and the work under the boards of Larrv uioson and Lawrence Boston. Lucas, who hit on 8 of 13 field-goal attempts, led all scorers with 21 points, while the bear-like Sheppard chipped witn 18. Mo Howard had 14 points, Boston 12, and Gibson and Brad Davis each canned 10. Boston had 13 rebounds and Gibson 10 and 4 blocked shots. Sheppard had 11 caroms as the Terps outrebounded the visitors, 50 to 42.

Gibson, the 6-foot-10 freshman from Baltimore's Dunbar High School, also did an out standing job on Seton Hall's highly-touted Glenn Mosley, holding him to 10 points while he was in the game. The Terps hit 45 of 78 field- goal attempts, while Seton Hall managed only 29 of 82. I was very, very pleased with the way we played," said Maryland coach Lefty Driesell. "Our defense was excellent. "Gibson and Boston did a fine job inside.

Gibson did an exceptional job on Mosely and John Lucas was very good. Sheppard played well at both ends of the floor and Davis pas sed the ball well. "I thought we did as much as one could ask of our team. It might have been our best game of the season," be said. Seton Hall coach Bill Raf- tery said that Maryland could nave made toe final score anything It wanted They are a tremendous bas ketball team," he said.

"I was stupid enough to think we could See MARYLAND, BC, CoL 1 Goldstein Super Bowl trip for the Colts next January. Accomplishing the feat, however, will be no mean trick even for Thomas who could probably trade the Shot Tower to the Russians for a hydrogen bomb. To be honest I don't know how we can get him," said Trader Joe, sounding as innocent as Snow White. MI don't know bow his contract reads with John Bassett in Memphis. 1 believe it's a personal services contract and that he's still paying (Fa oil Warfield and Jim Kiick even though they're not playing." Now that Bassett has been rebuffed in his bid to join the NFL, he will probably be willing to turn Csonka loose for the right price.

But that's only part of the problem. "Of course, we'd also have to compensate Miami in some way," Thomas noted. "Csonka still has his option year left with the Dolphins. It would be up to the commissioner to decide what he's worth. I know Oakland had to give Green See DAY, Bl, CoL I Fumbles Vermeil Pasadena, Calif.

(AP)-Uni-' versity of California at Los An- geles coach Dick Vermeil fears I Wendell Tyler, his biggest ground weapon, will not be in top form against top-ranked Ohio State in the Rose Bowl-Thursday. The Brums single-season. rushing champion had a protec-1 live cast removed from his fractured wrist Saturday Ty-1 ler's practice performances since have Vermeil worried. "Wendell never has been the most secure ball handler in the world. He has looked even less secure the past few days Three I weeks with the cast has affect- ed the flexibility of his the UCLA coach said yesterday.

Vermeil and his Ohio State; counterpart Woody Hayes, spoke to newsmen during a brunch at the Tournament oft Roses headquarters. i Tyler obviously figures, heavily in Vermeil's plans to' avenge a 41-to-20 regular sea-1 son loss to the unbeaten Big Ten conference champion. "We broke down from an ex- ecution standpoint and short, yardage situations the first' time, Vermeil told "We can't do that this time. We can't turn the football over and win." Tyler, a 184-pound junior from Los Angeles, fumbled four, times in the 25-to-22 closing' victory over Southern Calif or-1 nia, en route to his school re- cord of 1,216 yards. Against Ohio State, Tyler-gained 76 yards.

Vermeil said Rob Kezirian, a 245-pound junior from Fres no, will replace Jack De Martinis at starting offensive." tackle. DeMartinis had just come off the injured list. Randy Cross, the Bruins'-outstanding offensive will start after shaking off an ankle sprain. I Hayes said all of his regulars will be ready to go after the Buckeyes' 12th straight victory and a possible third national championship. Referring to the lopsided regular-season victory over UCLA, Hayes said, "I don't think winning will hurt a thing.

I don't think complacency will be a factor." Hayes, making his sixth Rose Bowl trip in the last eight years, said his own incentive is as great as his players. "I want to win one more because I've really not won See ROSE, B8, Col. 3 1 6- i ft '31 vk mVvm k' 1 By The Associated Press From the obscurity of the National Football League's roster of officials, Jerry Bergman's name has sprung up again, right in the middle of another controversial call. It was Bergman, a head linesman, who ruled Drew Pearson's dramatic catch of Roger Staubacb's 50-yard touchdown pass to be legal in the game-turning play that moved the Dallas Cowboys to a 17-to-14 National Conference play-off victory over the Minnesota Vikings Sunday. And it was Bergman who was the subject of some post game criticism by Buffalo owner Ralph Wilson three weeks ago that led to $5,000 fines for Wilson and Los Angeles owner Carroll Rosen-bloom, who felt obligated to agree with the Bills' boss.

Also fined by commissioner Pete Rozelle at the same time were Oakland's Al Davis and Minnesota coach Bud Grant who muttered something about a million-dollar business being run by amateurs. Grant could not believe it when no flags were thrown as Pearson and defender Nate Wright battled for Staubacb's pass. But he did notice who the official was on the play. "Very coincidentally, it happened to be Mr. Bergman," said Grant "Quite a coincidence.

"It was definitely interference," snapped the taciturn boss of the Vikings. Then, remembering that Article 9.1C of the NFL constitution forbids criticism of officials, Grant clammed up. "This is the only game where they hold a club over your head you complain about the officiating," be said. The NFL rulebook says interference may be called if any player hinders the progress of an eligible opponent in his attempt to reach the pass. When a pass is thrown, the defensive player has as much right to try for the ball as the offensive player.

"Once the ball is in the air, both players may move for it," said Art McNally, the NFL's supervisor of officials. "Whether there is interference on the play depends on whether either player runs through the other to get to the ball or there is deliberate extension of an arm to push an opponent out." What about contact be Morgan State survived two ice-cold shooting spells in the second half and edged Randolph-Macon, 56 to S3, in the opening round of the first Ki- Greyhounds surprised by visitors St Thomas Aquinas stunned host Loyola, 57 to 56, last night to gain the final of the Loyola College Holiday basketball tournament. St Thomas Aquinas will meet Frostburg State in tonight's 9 o'clock final. Frostburg State posted a 76-to-72 tournament-opening victory over Lycoming, which will face Loyola in tonight's consolation game at 7o clock. Jack Guerci pitched in a 30-foot jump shot at the final buzz er to cap a St Thomas come back that left Loyola in shock.

Loyola bad jumped to a 9-0 lead to start the game, and led by as much as 11 points in the second half. Loyola seemed to have the game safely in hand with a 56- 51 lead with five minutes re maining, but the Greyhounds never scored again. The defeat was the third in five starts for Loyola, while St Thomas Aquinas is now 7-5. Dennis Lynam led all scor ers with 20 points for St Thomas, while Mark Rohde scored 15 for the Greyhounds. Frostburg State and Lycom tag both placed all five starters in double figures, but Frostburg jumped away at the start, and never trailed in posting its third victor against four losses.

Ly coming is now 3-5. Wayne Simonsen, with 24 points, and Leroy Scott with 23. paced Frostburg to a 43-34 half-time lead, which it never relinquished. John DiMarco scored a See LOYOLA, B6, Col.3 Patient Indiana tops St. Johns New York (AP)-Scott May scored 7 of his game-high 29 points in the last five minutes to help top-ranked Indiana de feat St Johns, 76 to night in the heart-stopping final of the 24th Holiday Festi val basketball tournament Unbeaten Indiana, which hardly broke a sweat while beating Columbia amd Manhattan to gain the final at Madison Square Garden, really had to work for its ninth victory of the season.

The 15tb-ranked Redmen would not allow the brawny Hoosiers to pull away and forged a 65-65 tie with five minutes left behind George Johnson, who scored 23 points and pulled down 10 rebounds in the tension-filled game. With a record college bas ketball crowd of 19.694 roaring at every St Johns basket, John- ion, the Redmen's high scorer See HOLIDAY, BS, CoL 1 tween receiver and defender? "If both men are making a play for the ball, you're going to get contact" McNally said. "Incidental or even strong contact doesn't mean a thing." Dallas coach Tom Landry viewed the game films yesterday and said: "The call looked fine to me. It looked to me that the ball was a little un-derthrown and that both Nate Wright and Drew were coming back for it It looked like Wright stumbled and came into Drew while he was falling down. Drew went for the ball, caught it and that was that You had two officials within 10 yards of the play from different angles." "We were both said Pearson.

"He pushed me," snapped Wright. "That's all I can say. He pushed me." Later, Wright said he could not believe what happened. "I thought I had an interception," he said. "I had position.

I wasn't thinking anything else. I felt myself pushed. I slipped forward and tried to hold my balance. All of a sudden, I was lying on the ground. I never saw him catch the ball.

The officials were See NFL, B8, Col. 7 of secretary trainer Mike O'Shea checks operations IV Another Day I 4HBL. I f- fcr.f- tY 1 1 By Alan On a gray, drizzly fall afternoon in 1967, Joe Thomas sat in the stands at Pitt Stadium and gave his undivided attention to a powerful fullback named Larry Csonka who was gaining substantial real estate for Syracuse every time he carried the ball. Then and there, Thomas decided Csonka was the man who could turn the Miami Dolphins into winners, and, of course, history proved himself 100 per cent correct Last Sunday, and coined-dentally, igain in Pittsburgh, Thomas Watched the Steelers' Franco Harris run roughshod over his Colts. Of course, Thomas has about as much chance of stealing Harris away from the Steelers as the Orioles have of smuggling Willie Stargell from the Pirates.

Harris is the "new Csonka" of the National Football League. But Thomas would quickly settle for the "old Csonka" who has openly expressed interest in playing for the Colts next year. A Csonka-Mitchell backfield combination would all but guarantee a i iimi imiiririn 'i in ii hi iij -n--iTiiniirvi -n rmi it- umili 11 i Stmpaoers photo WiHiam Holt oat lockers as Baltimore football team closes down at Stadium astfl next season. Colts coach Ted Marchibroda (left photo), with aid Maureen Kilcullen, goes over mail, while (at right).