The Paducah Sun from Paducah, Kentucky • 16

SUNDAY. NOVEMBER. 1, 1981 ji i THE PADUCAH SUN, PADUCAH, KY. Sidelines Eastern sees through Stewart ghost urday in the $15,000 Almaden Grand Masters tennis 17. His was one of three Eastern touchdowns in the fourth quarter.

"All we heard coining into this game was about our record here. We wanted to change that" It took more than the Eastern offense to change those omens. It took Colonel defensive back George Floyd to finally end the show. "We just came in here looking to win, that's alL" said Floyd, who intercepted a Racer pass at Eastern's two-yard line with just 16 seconds left to stifle Murray's last breath. "We knew all the things we would be up against here.

The defense had to make the play and they did." each other. Two seasons ago Murray upset Eastern at Murray when the Colonels were ranked first in Division I-AA football. Last year, the Colonels unset Murray when the Racers held that honor. This year, Eastern was ranked first coming into the game, Murray tenth. These two teams trade off play ing each other on their Homecoming weekends.

All those spells seemed to be working as Murray bumped its way to a 20-3 lead with only a quarter left to go. Then somehow, the witching hour ended. "When we finally scored a touchdown, you could see the thing By STEVE MILLIZER Sua Sport! Writer MURRAY, Ky. Spells, charms and omens can be frightening on a day like Halloween. Somehow.

Roy Kidd's Eastern Kentucky Colonels survived the fright of their lives Saturday. All the signs were against the Colonels as they battled Murray State in the Racers' Homecoming game at Roy Stewart Stadium before 16,600 Racer fans. Eastern hadn't won a game in Roy Stewart Stadium in four tries. Murray hadn't lost one there in a dozen previous regular season games. There was also the No.

1 jinx these two teams seem to harbor for Racers drop 3rd straight (Continued from Page 1) Murray had dominated most of the game, pounding out 304 yards rushing at the nation's best team against the rush. The Racers had 461 total yards, but three interceptions and three lost fumbles finally cost them. The victory was Eastern's seventh, with only a loss to Navy. It also gave the Colonels a 6-0 Ohio Valley Conference record, assuring them a share of the OVC title. Steve Bird, who wanjted to change a few bad habits he and the Colonels had gotten into, finally got his team rolling.

In the third-quarter, he had dropped three big asses, all easy catches. "I got in a urry," he said. "I wasn't watching the ball all the way." When Bird finally watched one all the way into his hands, he redeemed himself. After catching a fourth-quarter throw from Issac, Bird broke several tackles and banged his way 61 yards into the end zone ending a 90-yard drive to cut Murray's lead to 20-17 with eight minutes left. "For Beamer, the decisive moment came just as the fourth quarter opened.

As an Issac pass headed for the end zone, Racer 'freshman defensive back Alan lArrington backed up and won a scramble for the ball with an Eastern receiver. He won the battle until the official threw his flag. "That was a critical pass interference call." said Beamer. "Both guys were fighting for the ball. I don't see how it could have been icalled on either one.

I "That turned them around. It got them into the game again, it got Phoenix trying to attract NFL Arizona Gov. Bruce Babbitt has met with National Football League Commissioner Pete Roz-elle to discuss the possibility of a franchise in Phoenix, an aide said Saturday. According to the aide, Babbitt flew to New York for a meeting Friday with Rozelle "on behalf of the state" and was not representing any interests that may finance an NFL expansion team. "His intention was to find out what the obstacles are," the aide said, adding that It was "an exploratory meeting." Last week, representatives of three groups which want a pro football team here met with Phoenix Mayor Margaret Hance about the possibility.

But Hance said she made it clear to all the groups that the city would support a franchise but not if it meant building a stadium solely with tax-generated money. Arizona State University athletic officials and the state's Board of Regents have long been opposed to any plan to rent out Sun Devil Stadium in suburban Tempe to NFL teams, excluding exhibition games; Auto racing NASCAR's elite will resume their chase for the checkered flag Sunday in the 18th running of the American 500 Grand National Race at North Carolina Motor Speedway. The (196,400 race was postponed last Sunday because of rain, but the National Weather Service says conditions will be far better for the second attempt, scheduled to start at noon. The forecast calls for partly cloudy skies, a high temperature near 65 and less than 30 percent chance of rain. Darrell Waltrip, who has won three straight races and 11 this l.

season, will lead a ueia or entries. Richie Evans of Pleasant Garden, N.C.. narrowly missed a sweep in the last doubleheader at Martinsville Speedway, and he'll be out Sunday to make up for it in the Cardinal 500 Classic twin bill. Starting on the pole in both the Modified and Late Model Sportsman races in the spring Dogwood 500, Bodine quickly missed his double when he finished second to Richie Evans of Rome, N.Y., in the Modified half of the twin bill. The veteran, driver came back to win the Late Model Sportsman race that wound up the double-header.

Bodine again will be on the pole for both races in Sunday's Cardinal 500, which opens with the Modified race at 12:30 p.m., EST. Tennis Unseeded American Mark Vines upset top-seeded Yannick Noah of France and Frenchman Pascal Portes eliminated Stan Smith of the United States Saturday to qualify for the title match in the $50,000 Crocodile Open tennis tournament. Vines posted a 64, 7-6 victory over Noah, while the seventh-seeded Portes overcame Smith, the No. 5 seed, Vines and Portes will meet Sunday. The champion will collect $10,000 and the runner-up will receive $5,000.

Alex Olrnedo of Peru and Neale Fraser of Australia scored semifinal victories in singles play Sat 80 change around," said Eastern Coacn Roy Kidd about the remarkable comeback his team made to score a 24-20 victory. "We Just kept telling the kids they had plenty of time to score, theyjust needed to hang in there. "The last time we came in here (Roy Stewart Stadium) they got us down early and we completely lost our composure. That didnt happen today." Even the Eastern players had heard the ominous signs. "We were determined to put a stop to all that," said Colonel receiver Steve Bird, who seemed to open the flood gates for Eastern when he scored on a 61-yard pass play that cut Murray's lead to 20- Those three drives spoiled a perfect third quarter for the Racers.

After a lackluster first half ended with Murray ahead 6-3 on two 37-yard field goals by Jeff Lancaster, the Racer offense took command. Pounding over the right side of the offensive line, Murray banged 70 yards on the runs of Nick Nance and Tony Lester. Twice, Murray or February for a successor to Gene Felker, who resigned the position earlier this month. Devine said he is a close freind of Rosenzweig but has "never met with the Sun Angels on more than a social basis." The 56-year-old Devine launched his college football coaching career here in 1955 guiding the Sun Devils to a 27-3-1 record in three not much you can do but watch." Hart, who threw his 200th career touchdown pass- last week in beating Minnesota, will have two of his favorite targets in the lineup this week. Mel Gray and Pat Tilley are back from early season injuries that sidelined them for the first Redskins' game.

In the backfield, the Cardinals will start Ottis Anderson and 'Wayne Morris. Morris, who has Sained 222 yards this year, gained 00 in a 1978 game at Washington, iVvr'tV I x' Murray State's Marcus Moss (27) tries to step around an Eastern Kentucky defender in Murray's lost to the Colonels Saturday at Murray. Moss was later injured in the game. The defeat was the Olrnedo downed Frank man of Australia 7-0. 3 wl Fraser rallied to defeat fellow countryman Mai Anderson 4-6, 6-4, 6-4.

Olrnedo and Fraser will meet Sunday for the singles championship. The winner will earn $3,220. Top-seeded Andrea Jeager Saturday night defaulted to Betsy Nagelsen, who advanced to the finals of the $50,000 First National Bank Tennis Classic against Susan Mascarin. Mascarin eliminated hometown favorite Andrea Leand 6-2, 6-2, Saturday afternoon in a semifinal round at Towson State. Jeager was forced to cancel out of the evening match about two hours before Its scheduled start, after contracting a neck and throat infection.

A similar problem forced her out of a tournament in Tampa, a month ago. American Sandy Mayer downed Tomas Smid of Czechoslovakia Saturday 6-1, 6-2 to gain a berth in the final of a $75,000 indoor tennis tournament. Mayer will meet the winner of second semifinal match between top-seeded Ivan Lendl of Czechoslovakia and Sam Giam-malva of the United States. Cross country Murray State took a clean sweep of the Ohio Valley Conference Cross Country Championships Saturday wjien both the men's and women's team took team titles. The men's team, lead by Chris Bunyan's second place time of 30 minutes, 25 seconds, scored 28 points to outdistance Western Kentucky's 36 and Eastern Kentucky's 78.

It was the first time since 1969 that the men's team has won the event. Diane Stewart's fifth-place finish with a time of 19:06 lead the women's team to their third straight title. The Racers had 40 followed by Western's 54 and Eastern's 56. The championships were held at the Murray Country Club. Boxing Johnny Bumphus, scoring heavily in the last six rounds, took the U.S.

Boxing Association junior welterweight title from defending five-time champion Willie Rodriguez Saturday. South African Genie Coetzee knocked out American Leroy Caldwell at 2:37 of the fifth round of their scheduled 10-round heavyweight boxing match Saturday night. Basketball Murray State white squad defeated the blue squad 65-63 Friday in an intra-squad game held at the Murray State Sports Arena. The white team won when Glen Green tipped in a missed shot with two seconds remaining. The game was tied 13 times.

Green lead his team with 16 points while Ricky Hood had 13, Walt Davis had 10 and Tommy Slaughter and Vada Martin had nine each. Lamont Sleets tied Green for game scoring honors with 16 to lead the blue team. -Other blue team scorers were Sidney Bolden with 11, Kenney Hammonds and Sammy Curran with 10 and Mike Brady with eight. MEN'S 4 BOYS' SHOP third in a row for the Racers. the momentum rolling and they kept it rolling." Issac ran the final two-yards for Eastern's first score and Bird followed with his 61-yard touchdown play.

Eastern's defense swarmed around Murray to get the ball back. They drove 70-yards into the end zone, with Thompson scoring on a sweep. with me." However, Devine will be here on Nov. 21 when he and his wife, Jo, serve as grand marshals of the Arizona State University homecoming parade. Devine said he plans to talk to school officials about the job at that time.

Sun Angel President Harry Rosenzweig said the booster group will make its decision in January Booster job holds interest for Devine St. Louis travels to Washington By The Associated Press TEMPE, Ariz. Former Notre Dame football coach Dan Devine could be returning to a college campus next year, this time at Arizona State University, but not in a coaching capacity. Devine is reportedly one of the leading candidates for the vacant position of executive director of 'The Sun Angels" Arizona State's athletic booster group. "If I don't coach again, it is the type of job I feel I'm qualified for and I would certainly be interested," Devine said in a telephone interview from his home in South Bend, Ind.

"But by the same token, I haven't applied and they haven't burned up the wires to get in touch PARTI I EH Chain Saws SALES SERVICE PARTS RASCHE CYCLE 713 Ky. Ave. Ph. 443-8142 (SUtt photo by Ben SUckhouM) successfully converted fourth and short plays. After going to the right side most of the distance, Nance finally banged to the left side to score Murray's first touchdown on a two-yard run.

Murray scored on a 63-yard pass from Gibbs to wide receiver John Walsh for a 204 lead. years before heading to the pro ranks. Devine compiled a 25-27-4 record in four years as head coach of the National Football League's Green Bay Packers and was 53-16-1 in six seasons at Notre Dame. After a year's retirement, Devine said he would like to return to a campus and "all of a 'sudden, people are showing interest in me. the last time the Cardinals won here.

The Redskins will show the Cardinals a new look from their first meeting. The team now operates under a two-tight end offense, with Coach Joe Gibbs alternating John Riggins and Joe Washington at running back. Neither player was available in SLLouis because of injuries. ''They will be much tougher this time," said Cardinals Coach Jim Hanifan. Agents ICT 1 if '5 SINCE 1 876 A mm mmm ft (Continued From Page 1) caught four passes for 115 yards and one touchdown, intercepted a pass from his safety position and returned a kick 17 yards.

"The guy is no fluke," insisted Redskins' defensive, coordinator Richie Petitbon. "He has caught 18 passes and is averaging 23 yards a reception. He is a legitimate wide receiver. But this time we'll know what to expect" Knowing what to expect and doing something about it are two different things. "In the first game (quarterback Jim) Hart had a real good day against us (three touchdown passes and 226 yards)," Petitbon said.

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