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.5 fdas1 viand Ootrohes Ocai 2fl-2Pcno S20 7 v. -E i uv i nf ur Hi ehiq Stcf Ho. 10 ttichigcn St. Coccli's Dobut Oucccss Dolls Oyer Eilini, 33-16 Pago OS CONSTITUTION fTA SUNDAYSEPTEMBER 9, 1979 i I Li CTT3 II By pyyy.iy:ii u5 'I And in the Tide's Lockerroom: Shealy's Back 77ie Game: Kelley's Kick Jackets' Only Sting By DAVID DAVIDSON Journd Staff Writer Alabama quarterback Steadman Shealy was in sophomorish form in a 30-6 victory over Georgia Tech at Grant Field Saturday, which might not sound at all complimentary for a senior, but both Shealy and Crimson Tide Coach Bear Bryant are glad of it "Shealy looked like his old self," Bryant said. "He passed exceptionally well, too." Shealy, who was described as "a better runner than passer" by Bryant less than a month ago, completed nine of 11 passes for 108 yards and was intercepted only once as the defending national champions opened the 1979 season in convincing form.

A year ago last spring, Shealy hurt a knee and while playing behind starter Jeff Rutledge a year ago he was never as effective as a junior as he had been as a sophomore. "I think this game will dispel a lot of doubts people -might have had about my knee," Shealy said. "I hope it does. I felt quick, I made a few cuts and jumped back a couple of "I might have been a little tense in the first half he added, "but I settled down." Shealy contributed 79 yards on 13 carries, including an 11-yard touchdown run late in the third quarter. See BAMA, 4C By JESSE OUTLAR Constitution Swrts Editor 3 For the first time in 15 years, legendary Coach Bear Bryant and his Alabama Crimson Tide appeared on Grant Field Saturday afternoon, and for an eight-second span in the first quarter it seemed like old times.

That's how long it took quarterback Mike Kelley's 80-yard third-down -quick kick to roll dead on the Alabama 12. That was the peak of the game for over matched Georgia Tech as the defending national co-champions rolled to a 30-6 victory before 57,621 in-house fans and a national ABC-TV audience. The series that had ended on a bitter note after 1964 was resumed in serene surroundings. Neither the Tech fans nor the Jacket offensive unit exhibited any hostility. Bryant, who used to dodge debris so often in Atlanta that he wore a helmet on his head before the 1964 game, remarked in the Tide dressing room, "No, it wasn't like the old days.

It wasn't intense at all, but I hope it gets that way again, and we can keep the rivalry going. I'd have liked to have had Georgia Tech back in the SEC with me. fj "I thought E.J. Junior's 59-yard run after his interception was the big play of the day," Bryant added. "Kelley's quick kick impressed me.

We'd worked on the quick kick during the week, but they surprised everyone See TECH, 4C A I I '--v- V.V'v-' r1-' Heated Rivalry Tech Passed, And the Tide Was Rolling By FURMAN BISHER Journal Sports Editor Fall was in the air-in Great Falls, Mont The radio said the temperature was 32 degrees there Saturday morning. Summer was in the air in Atlanta, Ga. Temperature was I 1 f. Jt' 'f 83 degrees. All that cool we'd been promised from Canada never showed op," and it was easy to sweat just watching other people block and tackle.

It was the kind of day a fellow could have used a funeral home fan. I guess there is something to be said for a 4:50 kickoff besides knocking a lot i ifc. i h- i 4 rt3 k0: i) mil I SttH Pho-Lou Ftvorltt Georgia Tech Quarterback Mike Kelley goes down and under as a big wave of Alabama Crimson Tide defenders comes rolling in Ford's Debut Success CoIIcgo Scores Football Scores on 8C Clemson 21, Furman 0 Missouri 45, San Diego north Carolina 28, south state 15 Carolina 0 Florida State 17, Son. Mississippi, 14 Miami-Ohio 27, Ball State 3 Michigan 49, Northwestern 7 Wake Forest 30, Appalachian St 23 Virginia 31, Richmond 0 Ohio State 31, Syracuse Clemson Sluggish in 21-0 Win By EARNEST REESE Aside from rising to cheer touchdown "I don't know how it looked from np- omtitutkM sttH wrtar runs of 19 and 44 yards by tailback Brown and stairs," he said, "but Tm just glad to get it CLEMSON, S.C.-Danny Ford, who rode a spectacular 81-yard TD pass from senior over. As long as you win, you've got to be on the shoulders of his players after guiding quarterback Billy Lott to flanker Perry Tuttle, proud." Qemson to a 17-15 Gator Bowl triumph over a record opening-day crowd of about 55,000 As expected, Clemson defense was tough Ohio State in his debut as a head coach last twisted and turned in their seats from appar- against the run, allowing Furman just 82 yards December, Saturday rode the back of a sick ent boredom.

41 rushing attempts. The unit also allowed man to victory. Undaunted by the way Clemson extended just 179 yards through the air. But the Tigers Led by an ailing Lester Brown, Ford's its winning streak to 11 games as it heads into offense, operating without Brown for all of the first-edition Tigers registered a less-than-im- an Atlantic Coast Conference match against last 41 minutes, sputtered, for most of the pressive 21-0 win over Furman, a state foe Maryland next week at Clemson, Ford was afternoon. from only 40 miles away.

just glad to get it over and in the win column. See CLEMSON, 8C Purdue 41, Wisconsin 20 Forman Bisher of cocktail parties in the head and keeping a bunch of drunks off the highway, assuming most of Alabama'' spent the night donating to the coin boxes of Atlanta. It was only fair exchange for the afternoon of treasured enjoyment they'd had at Grant Field Saturday, where Georgia Tech had the same kind of chance against Alabama's football team the bull has in Spain. I should pause here to point out that the delayed kickoff wasn't-WAS NOT-to allow the ABC network to televise the great Soccer Bowl, as previously suggested. Donn Berstein, the once large now thoroughly dieted public relations voice of the network, explained: "In these semisummer days people are still boating and picknicking and out in the sun, and we get much better ratings with a later kickoff.

Honest injun." There was very little doubt about the outcome of this less-than-sentimental event Georgia Tech and Alabama back together again in football first time in 15 years. I mean, there was little doubt after Mike Kelley, the Tech quarterback, threw his first pass. It was completed to a man in a blood-red shirt, No. 39, and that's about all Tech players saw of E.J. Junior, a junior, of Alabama-his number.

Junior ran the interception back 59 yards for the first touchdown. The rest of the time it was about as close as the Six-Day War. It's tough when the enemy takes a look at 1 your best weapon and spits it back in your eye. Young Mr. Kelley, a sophomore from Augusta, spent the rest of the afternoon getting a good view of the sky, either as a sackee or -after delivering his pass.

He was severely molested by an Alabama defense that could reduce the crime rate in Atlanta abundantly. Meanwhile, Steadman Shealy, Alabama's God-fearing quarterback, rollicked about on the new carpet with the abandon of a cutpurse whose daddy's the sheriff. Of the 11 passes Shealy threw, only one wasn't caught-by somebody-and when he ran with the ball, he averaged six and a half yards and scored a touchdown. Kelley's statistics won't look bad. Fifteen for 27 and 160 yards are all respectable numbers, but the heat he was under caused four interceptions, and the one score he finally put on the board came with 12 seconds left in the game, by which time Alabama partisans were reduced to applauding the acrobatics of their cheerleaders and keeping time with their "Million-Dollar Band," which is worth more in these inflationary times.

That feared home court juggernaut, the Tech student body, didn't figure in the outcome, it is worth reporting. That's because there are no students. School hasn't opened. During the week Coach Paul W. Bryant of Alabama had expressed great concern over the influence of his group upon the game.

It is notorious for its behavior, from fish-hurling to cussing. Without this enemy force at his back, Bryant spent a quite relaxed afternoon at his work-bench, strolling the sideline with the easy, soft-shoed saunter of a mountain moonshiner. This release from fear of these naughty lads and lasses seems to have influenced his humane spirit toward a team that had it been pugilism, would have been counted out in the second round. By the end of the game he was Temple 38, West Virginia Central Michigan 10, 16 Western Michigan 0 VMI 7, William and Mary Michigan State 33, Illinois 3 16 Maryland 24, Villanova 20 Indiana 30, Iowa 26 McEnroe's Attack Silences Connors Tar Heels Delay Start Of Carlen's 'Best Year' By NORMAN AREY SmcM to Th Journtl-ContHtutkm FLUSHING MEADOW, N. Y.

It was billed as a Jimmy Connors vs. John McEnroe. The best of the established regime against the best of the new. The Young Lions taking on those who had already proved their mettle. It wasn't anything the had been led to believe it would be, except possibly for the third set MrF.nrnc atlarklnff Connors relentlessly.

By BILL BRYANT Journal Stiff Wrlltr CHAPEL HILL, N.C-When Jim Carlen came to South Carolina, he asked for five years to rebuild. This is the fifth year, and he had said he would be his best Gamecock football team. Preseason forecasts said for the first time in 76 years, South Carolina might win more than seven games in a season. But it took North Carolina only one sunny afternoon and a 28-0 Tar Heel advantage in Kenan Stadium to put an early dent in South Carolina's plan. The Tar Heel defense and punting game kept the Gamecocks backed up the entire game, and Amos Lawrence rushed for 131 yards and two touchdowns to lead the offense The Tar Heels played field-position football to perfection.

Thanks to the North Carolina defenders, who limited the Gamecocks to just 149 yards oithe ground and 99 through the air, and punter Steve Streater, who kept pushing the Gamecocks back with his powerful right leg, South Carolina was seldom operating from a position of strength. Of the Gamecocks' 14 offensive series fore a sellout crowd of 49,500, they started 10 of them at their 20-yard line or worse. And their deepest thrust into Tar Heel territory was to the UNC 28 in the early part of the fourth quarter. But that drive fizzled after two incomplete passes and Garry Harper's second interception of the day. One other time, midway through the second quarter, the Gamecocks took the ball to the Tar Heel 32 before safety Ricky Barren rushed through on a blitz to nail Harper fof an eight-yard loss and remove even a field-goal possibility.

Harper, the 6-0, 180-pound junior quarjef-back from Hialeah, attempted 25 passes A See GAMECOCKS, 3C breezed through to the finals of the United States Open with a relatively easy 6-3, 6-3, 7-V I victory. and 20 minutes earlier when Vitas Gerulaitis I gave away the opening two sets to hard-serv- I ine Koscoe unner, men puuea nirnseu w- i vcther to Uke a 3-6. 2-6. 7-6. 6-3.

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