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D-6 gbt Atlanta iuurwa.1 AND CONSTrTUTION OCTOBER 8, 1 989 COLLEGE FOOTBALL: THE ACC Wake Forest Holds Off Tar Heels 17-16 Jllh con. Gwaltney tied it 10-10 in the third with a 37-yard field goal, and that's the way it might have ended except for a Carolina mistake. With six minutes remaining in the game, Felton, later to be a hero, lost 15 yards on a reverse before fumbling and recovering at his 1-yard line. Scott McAlister, punting magnificiently all day, hit a boomer for 51 yards, but Ricky Proehl hauled it back 10 yards to the N.C. 42.

Anthony Williams had runs of one, three and nine yards, then Barnhill passed 24 yards to Proehl for the TD Hootie Ingram Vince Dooley Hrsi downs Nuttwt-yird Passing yards Return yards yards. Then he hit Felton for seven to Wake's 25. Hall then sent Felton down and out to the left, then cutting back to his right. Hall hit him at the goal with a perfect 24-yard strike. On the next play, fullback Michael Bene field cracked in for the touchdown, cutting Wake's lead to 17-16 with 1:35 left.

But on the two-pointer, Hall rolled right and tried to find fullback Mike Faulkerson with a pass in the right corner of the end zone. Deacon defensive end James Du bose stepped in between to bat the ball away, then high-fived all the way to Wake's 30-yard line. Carolina's last desperate gambit failed seconds later when Clint Gwaltney's onside kick wound up in the hands of Wake Forest's Steve Brown. Hall had been cast aside in favor of freshman Chuckie Burnett after the Virginian started the first three games. Hall was largely forgotten after the first four possessions in the N.C.

State game (a 40-6 North Carolina loss). But Burnette produced only three completions in 11 attempts (for 40 yards) and was intercepted once before a knee injury removed him Saturday in the third quarter. Carolina averages only 101 passing yards a game. Hall hit on five of nine for 56 yards and rushed twice for 18 yards in only a little more than a quarter of play. "You have to give North Carolina a lot of credit for coming back," said Wake coach Bill Dooley Jona than Hall played outstanding ball on that drive In terms of going for the two points, whatever Mack decided to do was the thing to do.

It was a passrun option. My main concern was having the proper lanes covered. And Steve Brown made a great play getting the onsides kick." Said Mack Brown "Give full credit to Wake Forest 1 told our team afterwards that it earned the tie, but in turning around our program, I made the decision to go for two that I felt would be best, that it would be better to win the game than to tie. Against a team ranked in the Top 10, it might be different, but not against a team where you enter the game with a chance to beat them." Wake, its left-handed offense led by junior QB Phil Barnhill, marched 63 yards with the opening kickoff and took a 3-0 lead on Wilson Hoyle's 35-yard field goal. North Carolina (1-4, 0-2 in the ACC) recovered a fumble at Wake's 39 late in the first quarter.

But it took 11 plays before the anemic Tar Heels offense could produce a TD Benefield's buck from a yard out. Wake (1-3-1, 1-1) struck back in 51 seconds, Barnhill tossing a 59-yard TD pass to the same Steve Brown the first tochdown in the split end's almost three-year career as a Dea- By Bill Robinson Stuff Writer CHAPEL HILL, N.C. Wake Forest, relying on its Demon defense, swatted down a two-point pass attempt by North Carolina's Jonathan Hall with seconds remaining, preserving a 17-16 triumph for Wake its first of the season. For the Tar Heels, who lost their fourth straight, it was akin to deja vu. Coach Mack Brown's beleaguered young team lost 12-7 to Navy here in the fourth period last Saturday.

Yet, in defeat, Brown may have found in Hall a 6-foot-l, 197-pound senior from Vienna, Va. the quarterback he desperately needs. With Carolina trailing 17-10 and 2:29 left. Hall strung together passes to split end Randall Felton to bring the Light Blue within an eyelash of winning. Hall's first pass, fired from near his end zone, was tipped incomplete by Wake's strong safety Brad Benson.

But then the Hall-Felton act began to work as the Heels, last in the ACC in offense, began a seven-play, 90-yard march to score, bringing a roar of approval from the 47,500 gathered in Kenan Stadium. Hall fired to Felton for 20 yards, then kept himself for 13 more before finding Felton again for nine 21 20 45-188 51 198 233 103 22 25 15-28-1 9-21-1 542 8-43 2-2 2-0 9-85 5-45 27:41 32:19 Freshmen Spark Renewed Debate NCAA Presidents Put Off Issue Punts Fumbles-tost PenaMsi yards Timeofpossesstoii Wake Forest North CcroHns 3 7 0 7-17 0 7 3 0-10 WF-FG Hoyte 35 NC Benefield 1 run (Gwaltney kick) WF Brown 59 pass from Bamhi (Hoyte kick) NC FG Gwaltney 37 WF Proehl 24 pass from BamhiH (Hoyte kick) NC Benefield 1 run (pass tailed) 7,500 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING Wake Forest: Williams 25-132. Rogers 8-29. North Carolina: Staples 20-117. Jordan 14-33 PASSING-Wake Forest: BamhiH 15-29-1-233.

North Carolina: Burnette 3-11 1-40. Had 5-9-0-56. McAlister 1-1-0-7. RECEIVING Wake Forest: Proehl 8-119, Brown 3-84. North Carolina: Felton 5-7, Reese 1-15.

sports, across the board." Freshmen have been eligible to play on the varsity in all NCAA-sanctioned sports except football and basketball since 1968. Freshmen were allowed to play football and basketball beginning in 1972. Does freshman ineligiblity mean no practice or games for freshmen? Practice but no games? Practice and competition on freshman teams? "If there are no limitations on practice in football, for example it's very questionable how much value ineligiblity would have," Bailey said. "Philosophically, the idea is to reduce pressure on the athletes and give them more time and a more ordered first-year environment for the individual to adjust to the college experience." And what about varsity eligi Pack Rolls To 35-14 Victory The Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. Greg Manior xk rushed for two touchdowns and Shane Montgomery passed for 177 yards and another score as N.C.Stat.

North Carolina State I shook off a cold start The Associated Press By David Davidson Stuff Writer The issue of freshman eligibility has evolved into a contest of nerves between the philosophical and the pragmatic. The philosophers argue incoming freshmen athletes need a year, in the words of Auburn professor and former NCAA president Wilford Bailey, for "social development for their emotional, psychological, physical and academic welfare. "To really get the desired and necessary reforms in intercollegiate athletics," Bailey said, "we've got to have better balance and recognition that our primary mission is education." The pragmatists insist there is no hard evidence practicing and playing is a detriment for freshmen. "We've got a standard Proposition 48 that states already certain freshmen are not eligible," said new Alabama athletics director Hootie Ingram, a member of the NCAA Council. "They can't practice or play in games, but they can go to school and concentrate on academics.

I wouldn't argue if somebody wants to raise that standard, but we forget about the young man or lady who does all the things to prepare academically to go to college and work hard as an athlete to get a scholarship. "If someone makes 1,000 to 1,200 on the SAT Scholastic Aptitude Test and can jump or shoot or throw or catch, why do we want to keep them from playing? If they've done these things and can do the schoolwork and they have the talent to play, how can you tell them they can't play? I'm not necessarily for everybody being eligible as freshmen, but if they meet the minimum standards, they ought to be able to play. "Somewhere along the line, you've got to adjust. Some kids are adjusted when they get to the 10th grade, some aren't when they get their Ph.D.'s. That's part of the challenge of counseling at the university.

It's part of our job to help them utilize their time and do all the other things." Those who haven't adjusted concern Georgia athletics director Vince Dooley, the Bulldogs' football coach for 25 years before retiring following the 1988 season. "I favor freshman ineligibility, and I realize this is not a popular position among most football coaches," Dooley said. "But for the good of the whole, for the greatest number, ineligibility is the best rule we can have." Basketball coaches responding to a survey by the NCAA's committee on basketball issues voted 207-56 in favor of making freshmen ineligible. According to committee chairman CM. Newton, the former basketball coach at Alabama and Vanderbilt who is now athletics director at Kentucky, a resolution asking the NCAA Presidents Commission to study the issue will be introduced at the NCAA's January convention in Dallas.

The commission, caught in the middle of the controversy, isn't quite sure what to do. At its quarterly meeting in Kansas City earlier this week, it tabled the issue until the Dallas convention. Among the top priorities for the commission would be defining freshman ineligiblity. "If you're going to say freshmen are ineligible, what does it mean?" Georgia Tech athletics director Homer Rice asked. "What's the cost and how do you do it? Do you do it for football and basketball only? Personally, I think it should be done in all '1 Wake Forest's Anthony Williams (44) moves beyond the reach of North Carolina defenders Larry Whiteside and Roy Baker (92).

Cuthbert's Runs, 3 TDs by Hines Help Duke Hold Off Army 35-29 to beat I-AA rival Middle Tennessee State 35-14 Saturday. N.C. State (6-0) had trouble in the first half, leading by only 7-0 even though the Blue Raiders (3-3) were facing a nationally-ranked I-A team for the first time. But Montgomery, who completed 16 of 30 passes, disregarded two first-half interceptions and kept finding openings 10 to 15 yards downfield. N.C.

State needed a pass-interference call at the Middle Tennessee 2-yard line to keep alive a 48-yard scoring drive. Tyrone Jackson leaped from the 1 to make it 14-0 with 9:27 left in the third period. Then the Wolfpack, which had converted 12 turnovers into scores coming into the game, got the ball back less than a minute later when Jesse Campbell fell on a fumbled pitch from Dino Stafford to Joe Campbell at the Middle Tennessee 36. Manior, who finished with 37 yards, scored two plays later on a 23-yard run to put the Wolfpack up 21-0 at the 7:26 mark in the third quarter. The next N.C.

State drive also was aided by a pats-interference call on a third-and-3 at the Middle Tennessee 37. Six plays later, Manior scored from the 5 for a 28-0 lead with 33 seconds left in the quarter. Middle Tennessee backup quarterback Phil Ironside ignited a late comeback, keying a 68-yard drive capped by his 31-yard touchdown pass to Kenny Donaldson with 8:02 left to pull within 28-7. But N.C. State came back with a 79-yard drive that consumed 6:29, with Brian Roxburgh scoring on a 26-yard run to make it 35-7.

Ironside hit Donaldson on a 37-yard strike at the 1 to set up Wade Johnson's 1-yard touchdown with 58 seconds left for the final margin. mts NCi bility after an athlete's first season? Would it be four years in which to compete three seasons, or four years to compete four? "I'm not in favor of a rule under which a freshman is ineligible and can't compete or practice," Rice said. "Can you imagine having a Herschel Walker who could practice but not play? I'm for the old rule whereby freshmen could not practice with the varsity and they'd have their own schedule. I'm not in favor of a freshman season, then four years of varsity eligiblity after that. Under the old rule, an athlete had four years to play three on the varsity level." Others, such as Notre Dame basketball coach Digger Phelps, have suggested three years of varsity eligibility, with a fourth year predicated on an athlete being within 24 semester hours or 36 quarter hours of graduation.

On the basketball coaches' survey, 317 favored a conditional fourth year, 70 were opposed and 52 were undecided. The vote on the basketball committee's resolution at the convention will give an indication of where the issue stands. "There won't be any legislation proposed by this committee at this convention," Newton said. "But we'll see how much support there is for the If freshman ineligibility includes football and Auburn's Bailey argues it should the coaches who would be missing up to 25 freshmen players each year are sure to want them replaced on the roster by an equal number of scholarship players. Thus, rising costs would become a factor.

In an era when "cost containment" is the buzzword among university presidents, increasing the number of scholarships would be a potentially devastating expenditure. At Duke, for example, a one-year athletics scholarship costs $18,000. The one-year cost of 25 additional scholarships would be $450,000, or $1.8 million over a four-year period, for the football program alone. In addition to scholarships, many coaches favor a limited freshman schedule which would cost many thousands more. And, in basketball, the Presidents Commission also has recommended a shorter schedule, which would reduce revenue.

"I think what I'm hearing from out among the Division I schools is there are huge financial problems and they want to find a way to contain costs." said ACC commissioner Gene Corri-gan, formerly athletics director at Virginia and Notre Dame. "If, in fact, cost containment is a priority, those people who have to run the programs day in and day out can't isolate freshman ineligiblity from cost containment." ACC Standings Overall ACC Turn WL WL Saturday Result Next N.C. State 6 0 0 4 0 0 Beat Middle Tenn. 35-14 Oct. 21 at Clemson Clemson 5 10 2 10 Beat Virginia 34-20 vs.

Ga. Tech Virginia 4 2 0 2 1 0 Lost to Clemson 34-20 vs. N. Carolina Duke 3 3 0 1 1 0 Beat Army 35-29 Oct. 21 at Maryland Wake Forest 13 1 110 Beat N.

Carolina 17-16 vs. Maryland Georgia Tech 1 3 0 1 2 0 Beat Maryland 26-24 Sat at Clemson N. Carolina 1 4 0 0 2 0 Lost to Wake Forest 17-16 at Virginia Maryland 1 5 0 0 3 0 Lost to Ga. Tech 28-24 at Wake Forest Remaining Conference Schedule SATURDAY OCT. 28 NOV.

11 Georgia Tech at Clemson Georgia Tech at Duke N.C. State at Duke Maryland at Wake Forest Wake Forest at Clemson NOV. 16 N. Carolina at Virginia N. Carolina at Maryland W.

Forest at Georgia Tech OCT. 21 NOV. 4 Duke at N. Carolina N. Carolina at Ga.Tech Clemson at N.

Carolina Virginia at Maryland The Associate Press DURHAM, N.C. Duke coach Steve Spurrier unveiled another offensive weapon Saturday in a 35-29 victory over Army. As if he needed one. "Offensively, Randy Cuthbert was tremendous," Spurrier said of his sophomore tailback. "We found a running back that can make people miss him." Cuthbert ran 19 times for 147 yards, the most action he has seen for the Blue Devils in two seasons.

He dashed nine yards off tackle for one touchdown and 18 yards on a pitchout for another. The rest of Duke's scoring came from a more familiar source. Senior wide receiver Clarkston Hines tied a school record with three touchdown catches, giving him an ACC-record 29 for his career. Hines, the ACC's leading receiver, caught eight passes for 150 yards, including touchdown receptions of 29, 22 and 19 yards from quarterback Billy Ray. Although Duke (3-3) led 35-10 with 1:36 left in the third period, two fourth-quarter fumbles let Army (2-2) back into the game.

"It always puts a damper on it when you go out and fumble a couple of times on first down and the other team scores a couple at the end," Spurrier said. "If they get the onside kick, then they've got a chance to win the game. But I'm not going to take away from the outstanding effort and individual performances that we had today." He added, "Like I told the team, 1 take full responsibility for putting a couple of running backs in that 13 29 30-54 53-241 207 177 76 18 13-24-01 16-31-2 6-37 4-45 2-1 1-0 4-43 4-30 23:40 36:20 First downs Rushes-yards Passing yards Return yards Passes Punts Fumbles-lost Penalties-yards Time of possession Virginia at State Duke at Wake Forest N.C. State at Clemson Duke at Maryland Wake Forest at Virginia Mlddl Tnn, N. Carolina St 0 0 0 1414 7 0 21 7-35 Army 7 0 3 10-29 7 14 14 035 were cold.

They hadn't played much and they fumbled the ball. We gave Army a chance to win the game. I'll never do that again, I'll tell you that. I learned something today. It taught me a lesson and it didn't cost us the game." Army Puke NCS Kavulic 9 pass from Montgomery (Hart-man kick) NCS Jackson 1 run (Hartman kick) NCS Manior 23 run (Hartman kdk) NCS Manior 5 run (Hartman kick) MTS Donaldson 31 pass from Ironside (Lisle kick) NCS Roxburgh 26 run (Hartman kick) MTS Johnson 1 run (Crews kick) A 41,200 HtDIVroUAL STATISTICS RUSHING Middle Johnson 9-20, Campbell 11-16.

Carolina Jackson 20-75, Shaw 15- 72 PASSING-Middle Tenn Stafford 3-9-1-50. Ironside 10-150-157. N. Carolina Montgomery 16- 30-2-177, Poag 0-1-M. RECEIVING Middle Donaldson 4-96, James, G.

3-47. N. Carolina Confers 442. Kavulic 4-48. A Barnett 1 run (Havenstrite kick) Hines 29 pass from Ray (Gardner kick) 0 Hines 22 pass from Ray (Gardner kick) Cuthbert 9 run (Gardner kick) Cuthbert 18 run (Gardner kick) A FG Havenstrite 25 Hines 19 pass from Ray (Gardner kick) A Barnett 1 1 run (run failed) A Horn 1 pass from McWilliams (run failed) A McWilliams 1 run (Havenstrite kick) A 25,200 INDIVIDUAL STATIST! CO RUSHING Army, Mayweather 24-160, Cass 12-76 Duke, Cuthbert 19-147, Jones 6-27.

PASSING Army, McWilliams 5-8 0-77. Duke, Ray 18-29-1-270. RECEIVING Army. Jordan 2-52 Duke Hines 6 150. Jones 3-36 21 25 69-347 40-213 77 270 0 0 5-9-0 18-29-1 4-38 2-45 0-0 3-2 4-40 4-34 First downs Rushes-yards Passing yards Return yards Passes Punts Fumbles-tost Penalties-yards Time ot possession 35 19 24:41.