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Sunday, Sept. 11, 1977 Star-Tribune. Casper, TTD. tik39 Faleinis Inn sewefas Ibattle ,1 poIMs By CHUCK HAXKINS scoreless tie Involving Wyoming since a 1957 game against BYU. Cowboy and Falcon defensive units dominated the game throughout.

Each team had several opportunities to get on the scoreboard but each time the defense rose to the occasion. Air Force had nine opportunities to win, Including a field goal shot with four seconds left to play. But Mark Noonan missed his third field goal try of the game after a high snap from center Gerry Smith. Noonan other missed field goals came from the 37 yards out In the second quarter and 22 yards out In the third. Wyoming kicker Dan Chrlstopulos missed field goal tries of 40 and 33 yards.

Chlr-stopulos missed his first shot In 'the opening quarter and his second field goal attempt In the third period. The scoreless tie left Air By CHUCK HARKIN3 SporU Editor LARAMIE It was a nothing to' nothing shut-out. But Jt definitely was not a no hitter. Before 27,107 fans, the largest crowd In Memorial Stadium Wyoming and the Air Force Academy played to a scoreless tie in the season opener lor both teams. It was the first shutout of Wyoming since the Cowboys beat Utah 28-0 in 1967.

It was the first shut out against Wyoming since CSU edged the Cowboys 3-0 on 1975. It was the first Force leadilng the series (-7-3. It was the 6th time the teams have opened against each other and that series stands 3-2-2. Although Wyoming failed to give Its largest crowd In history a victory or, a touchdown, junior college transfer Myron Hardeman made a sizzling debut by rushing for a 123 yards In 19 carries. Three times the 9.3 Texas sprinter came close to breaking a play all the way.

Hardamen led all ball carriers, topping Air Force tailback Mark Bushel! who gained 92 yards. The expected aeiral assault proved to ourselves today that we can play good defense." After the game, Lewis revealed that Wyoming's game plan revolved around stopping Air Force split end Paul Williams. "Our defensive ends did such a good job that Williams didn't really figure In the ball game." A year ago Williams caught two touchdown passes from Zlebart In the Air Force victory at Falcon Stadium. Wyoming had six penetrations Into Air Force territory Including to the 16-yard line. Air Force started nine series's In Wyoming's territory with their best opportunity coming on the final play of the game when Noonan missed the short field goal.

Wyoming will host Texas El-Paso next Saturday at 2 p.m. In the Western Athletic Conference Opener for both games. ATA II M-M t-IM Ml 4 II -ia -I Ull M7.I I 79 rirst dam Ruthta-yardl Patting yards Return yirtb Pum Punts Fumblea-lott Penalties-yard LARAMIE Jimmy Raye spent only one season at Wyoming, however, left a good recruit In Myron Hardeman. Now on the San Francisco 49cr staff, Raye made the first contact with Hardem an last year while he racking up the. yards for Navarro Junior College In Corsicana, Tex.

And, as so often is the case, the first contact by a college recruiter is the one that leaves a lasting impression. Raye did a good job of selling Hardeman on (he University of Wyoming. Bill Lewis and his staff did nothing to diminish Hardeman's wishes to enroll at Laramie, so the fleet native of Schulenburg, Is now a Wyoming starter. One of six children of Lewis and Henrietta Hardeman," Myron is outspoken and articulate. He says what he wants to say and gets It off his chest In a hurry.

What's his goal? "I want to become the No. 1 running back In the Western Athletic Conference," he says. How does he intend to go I by Falcon quarterback Dave Zlebart failed to materialize. After riddlylng Wyoming In a 41-21 victory at Falcon Stadium last November, Wyoming's new tone defense held Zlebart to only six completions in II throws. Wyoming Intercepted two Zlebart passes, and also made him cough up the ball once.

Wyoming quarterback Marc Cousins completed six of ten passes but was forced out of the game in the second half after suffering a sprained foot. "We won't know (or at least 24 of the 48 hours bow serious the injury is," said Wyoming coach Bill Lewis. "He has some pulled ligaments In his foot and it will depend upon how much swelling developes before we know how long he will be out of action. Lewis said he was disappointed in not winning the game but not disappointed in his team. "I expected to win the game and so did out players," he added.

"We set a victory as our goal and when you don't reach one of your goals you have to disappointed." The Wyoming coach blamed Inability to control the line of scrimmage on the shutout. "We were unable to sustain the line of scrimmage and when you don't you can't sustain the drive." Lewis was pleased with his defense because they lived up to the game plan of stopping the big play. "We went Into the game with the Idea of preventing them from completing a long pass or a long run. To do that, we gave them something on the weak side and they took advantage of that in the second half but were still Air Tvt FV i 4- sv t. jql I ft tit III! about becoming No.

1 in the WAC? "You chop it up In little pieces," he claims. "Team goals come ahead of personal goals. You're not going to be No. 1 If you don't play for a good football team, so it's important that personal goals don't conflict It tir It Kent wins KENT, Ohio (UPI) Senior fullback Tom Roper scored two touchdowns, including one on a 73-yard punt return, Saturday to lead Kent State to a 33-14 thrashing of Illinois State. Illinois State was stopped cold on their first possession and the ensuing punt was taken by Roper on the 27 and he ran down the right sideline, cut back to the middle, and went on to score.

with the team goals." Hardeman, It seems, has his head screwed on right. He's rowing In the same direction as the rest of the guys In the Wyoming boat. And there's more to his personal goal of becoming the No. 1 back in the league i Vf -j 4 Terps 21 unable to get on the board. We Individual Tlgers 14 I I -1 I stat card WYOMINO Hirdemann IH23: Jonct IS- CLEMSON, S.C.

(UPI) -Reserve quarterback Larry Dick hit Jim Hagen with a 43-yard touchdown pass with just under five minutes to play Saturday to give ninth-ranked Maryland a 21-14 Atlantic Coast Conference victory over up-setmlnded Clemson. The victory extended Maryland's ACC win streak to 21 games and put the Terrapins on the way to a possible fourth consecutive league title. CousUu ll-M; Cliyton I minm I. Ptmiaf Coulni 104-1 for yardt CUylon 14-1 lor tero yards. focrtrlni Howard fO; Bagliukl 1-7; Wilton l-e.

PiaUni Clayton tt for 17.1 average. Amrortci Ruahtot -Bushell l-92; Holda M7; ThomulVM. Zlebart 11-36; Webb 1-14. Patting Zlebart IM-I lor 4 yards. HMrvta- WlUlamtl-ll; Bushell Ml; HoidaMO.

PuoUafSchaefer t-MI for 40 1 average. v.vn. fi MSI MARC COUSINS, Wyoming quarterback, is dumped for a loss by unidentified Air Force defender. Moving in on the action is Air Force linebacker Jack Kucera. The Poke-Falcon duel ended in a scoreless draw.

(Picture by Harvey Landers) than merely saying It, too. "It must be done step-by-step," he contends. "First you have to make the team. Then you have stay on the first team. You do that by playing every down as hard as you can.

you've got to have a lot of help from you team mate. You can'tbe a No. 1 back without help up front and at you side." And Hardeman agrees it takes a certain amount of luck, too. "You don't stand a chance to realize your goals if you wind up with an injury that knocks you out for the season." Hardeman is hung up on the Veer offense. He should be because he's been running it since he was back in junior high.

"I love the Veer because it gives me a chance to show my speed and quickness," he reflected. "And I really like the way out quarterbacks run it. If you don't have a guy to operate it right a running back Isn't going to be able to go very far because It's the quarterbacks who reads those big defensive linemen out of the play." INSIDE OR OUTSIDE He likes to run both inside and outside. "I like to run all over the field. "I'm trying to make it to the goal line every time a get the ball.

I don't care if its straight ahead or around the corner, my goal is six points and not six yards." Hardeman is glad he enrolled at Wyoming for the spring semester. gave me a chance to get a jump on the freshman and on the junior college players who didn't come in until fall." It wasn't all football that drove Hardeman to the University of Wyoming. "I wanted to get away from he said. "The first thing I did when I got here was walk around campus and check out the buildings and grounds. I checked out the students, too, and liked what I saw.

"Everybody seems to be going at the pace I enjoy. I like to play football with a lot of speed, but I don't like to rush into everything off the field. I like a slow pace and this place has it." Who's the hardest hitter on the Wyoming football team? "Ken Fantettl," Hardeman replied. "Without a doubt, he's the hardest hitter." How does Hardeman know? "I knew it the first time I saw him tear into a back," he said. "You can also tell it by the sound." Has Hardeman ever laid one of his patented smashed on Hardeman? "Nope," he claimed.

"And It will be okay by me if he never does. "I try to stay as far away from him as a can, just like all the other linebackers. Making the first team, of course, helped Hardeman to stay awdy from Fantettl. Generally, Wyoming doesn't practice the No. 1 offense against the No.

1 defense, or the reverse. It might create too many injuries. That's okay with Hardeman and a lot of other backs because Wyoming Is loaded with some good hitters. By the time you read this column on Myron Hardeman you'll have a good idea whether he has taken another step towards becoming the No. 1 running back in the Western Athletic Conference.

It was written in advance of the Wyoming-Air Force game. Before the game Hardeman said: "We own those, guys something for making us look so bad last year. That shows good team continuity because when Air Force beat Wyoming 41-21 last year, Myron was still back in Texas. KICKER TCU is in a devil of a fix, according to a Frog fan. "How can you comeback when you've never, been anywhere?" Horns rout Eagles 44-0 Cod takes meet early In the third quarter.

FORT WORTH, Tex. (UPI) Freshman quarterback Mike Ford passed for two touchdowns to Emanuel Tolbert and led Southern Methodist on four more scoring drives to give the Mustangs a 45-21 victory over Texas Christian Saturday in the Southwest Conference opener for both teams. The SMU defense Intercepted four passes and allowed TCU to cross midfleld only twice in the first three quarters to ruin coach F.A. Dry's TCU debut. Dry, after six seasons at Tulsa, joined the Horned Frogs after-their wlnless 1976 season.

Ford, playing all but the final three minutes in his first collegiate performance, completed 13 of 25 passes for 161 yards, including touchdowns of 14 and 17 to Tolbert. Running back Arthur Whit-tington boosted the SMU offense with 102 yards on 20 carries and AUSTIN, Tex. (UPI) -Freshman quarterback Jon Aune tossed an 88-yard scoring pass for a school record and kicker Russell Erxleben added a 57-yard field goal to lead Texas past Boston College 44-0 Saturday in Fred Akers' debut as head football coach for the Longhorns. The Longhorns, who had introduced the wishbone to college football under Darrell Royal In 1968, ran up 477 yards of total offense with their need veer formation. Texas registered 171 yards rushing and 238 passing, Including Aune's record 88-yard touchdown pass to split end Alfred Jackson.

Texas, who avenged an opening loss to Boston College last season, was equally tough on deense, holding the much larger Boston College team to 104 yards total offense. BC didn't make a first down until in a playoff. Schofield received third and Shellds finished in fourth. The other teams finished with Riverton In second with a 702, Green River placed third when they shot a 706, Lander ended in fourth with a 708, Thermopolis received fifth with a 720, then came Evanston with a 768 and Rock Springs with a 772. TEAM SCORES Cody SI1-SM-4V7: Pete Shellds 0-I-III Troy Ford 7M-1I7: T.

Sleglell-M-169; D. Pelo tl-U-179; G. Murray 96-14 NO. Riverton S4t-S4-7m: Flic Stoufler 79-79-151; Kevin Curry no-M-171; Pendergraft 94-90-1M; S. Norrls 95-94-119; T.

Graham llO-lOllll. Grata Rlrer --7D4: R. Slaughter 8S-e 171; T. Hermanson I7-M-17S; A. Comer (Ml-ltO; L.

Lopes B-M-IIO; M. Frlnk 94-90-1M. Lander M-Xt-TH: Kevin King S4-7S-III; Mark Kramer H-B-171; Steve Fehlauer 192-141; Mark Doebele lu-M-IM, Frank Dual 94-IOS-I99. iWmopollt Mt-MO-TM: M. Andreen 17-47-174, J.

Curtln 47-89-174; West KHO-Itt; Turcot te M-M-II7; L. WarrenM-lOJ-195. Evanttoa SM-I74-M: T. Lewis 85-47-172; S. Dlckerson 94-91 -19; B.

Jones lul-9-191; G. Phillips 117-99-214; J. Overy 109-109-214 Rock Springs J4-544-771: Lansing 93-43-176; vT Magagna 91100-191; D. Abbott 104-95 199; Noble 104-102-104; N.West94-!U-X. LANDER Eric Stouffer from Riverton played steady golf and shot a 158 top a field of 43 golfers in the Lander In-vatational Golf Tournament held this weekend.

Stouffer was the only member of the Riverton team to reach the top five medalists and did so by shooting rounds of 79-79 for his total of 158. Roy Schofield, Pete Shellds and Troy Ford, all Cody golfers, took three of the top five placeq when Schofield and Shellds shot a 161s, and Ford ended play with a 167. Cmdy managed with out the help of Schofield team wise to capture the team crown uith a combined score of 676. Schofield did not make the travillng team from Cody and was playing in the tournament as an independent. The other placer was Kevin King from Lander who tied with Schofield and Sheilds when he shot a 161 and later recieved second when he defeated them Carner, Austin tie Paul Rice added 60 yards on 14 attempts.

SMU opened with an 84-yard drive climaxed by Rice's 38-yard scoring run. Ford took the Mustangs 90 yards in 13 plays on their next possession, completing five of six passes, one the 14-yard touchdown pass to Tolbert. Fullback Duncan Still scored on a one-yard dive to bring the Horned Frogs to 14-7 in second quarter, but SMU cornerback David Hill Intercepted a desperation pass by Steve Bayuk and returned it 44 yards' for a touchdown to the Mustangs a 20-7 halftime lead. The Mustangs added a 22-yard field goal by John Dunlop In the third quarter. Whit-.

tingtcn, who scored three touchdowns against TCU in the 1976 season opener, scored on an 11-yard run to open the fourth quarter and freshman Derrick Shelton added a four-yard touchdown run. DES MOINES (UPI) -Arkansas State cornerback Greg Lawrence tipped away a two-point conversion attempt with two seconds remaining to preserve the Indians' 31-29 victory over Drake Saturday. Arkansas State had taken a 31-16 lead In the final period on Larry Lawrence's nine-yard touchdown run with 7:14 remaining before quarterback Dan Dodd completed two of his three touchdown passes to spark a late Drake rally. Larry Lawrence scored one touchdown and Larry Harkless added a first half score from one yard to give the Indians a 14-9 halftime lead. Arkansas State took the lead in the second jhalf at 21-16 on a 46-yard pass from Kennon Taylor to Jimmy Wicks, who made at diving catch at the goal line.

Another touchdown run by Larry Lawrence and a 27-yard field goal completed the scoring for Arkansas State. Dodd hit Paul Proffitt with a 16-yard touchdown toss to complete an 84-yard scoring drive to make the score 31-23. Minutes later, George Ferguson recovered an Arkansas State fumble at the Indian 32 and Dodd quickly converted it into another touchdown. The two-yard touchdown pass came on a soft lob to Craig Pershall In the end zone, but Dodd's pass for Pat Tuttle, which would have tied the game up, missed connections. Dodd hit Proffitt for touchdowns of 16 and 75 yards and Wayne Williams scored the other Drake marker from eight yards out.

Dodd completed 17 of 26 passes for 159 yards and three touchdowns. Arkansas State's most potent weapon was Larry Lawrence who picked up 157 yards in 31 carries. SEATTLE (UPI) Quarterback Bruce Threadgill surprised Washington with touchdown bombs of 44 and 81 yards to lead ground-oriented Misslssipl State to a 27-18 victory over Washington Saturday. Threadgill found Len Copeland on the Washington three and the Bulldog's half-back raced over the line to complete the 44-yarder midway in the second period. The game clincher came with just over a minute left in the first half when fullback Dennis Johnson slipped unnoticed past a blitzing Washington defense to grab a short Threagill toss and raced the 81 yards to give Mississippi State a 24-9 lead at intermission.

AUBURN, Ala. (UPI) -Jorge Portela kicked four field goals and linebacker Freddie Smith set up two scores with a blocked punt and a forced fumble Saturday to lead Auburn to a 21-10 victory over Arizona. Smith, the Southeastern Conference freshman of the year last season, set up the first Tiger touchdown by blocking a Ryan Engle bunt deep In Arizona territory. The ball was recovered on the 15 and three plays later, Joe Cribbs scored on an eight-yard run. Cribbs was the game's leading rusher with 121 yards on 17 carries.

4 Morgan tops B.C. by four DENVER (UPI) JoAnne Carner, a 38-year-old Florida golfer considered to be one of the longest hitters on the LPGA lour, fired an even-par 72 Saturday to share the lead with first round leader Debbie Austin after two rounds of the 950,000 National Jewish Open. Austin, of West Palm Beach, toured the 6,461 -yard Columbine Country Club course 'with a 1-over-par 73 as both omen finished with His. Only one stroke behind going "into Sunday's final round 'when the winner will walk off Iwith $7,500 in prize money rookie Vicki Fergon of San Diego, Calif, and Jerilyn Britz of Luverne, Minn. Fergon had a Tournament and the Borden Classic, said she thought her game was erratic, particularly her putting.

"I hit pretty well to the green, but had trouble with putts," Carner said. "Nothing would work. I couldn't kick it in the hole." Austin, who fired a 68 on the opening round, said she had a "rough day" Saturday and complained aobut her putting. Fergon, a 20-year-old rookie who once played AAU basketball, was so excited at her second-round score that she spilled a soft drink when she entered a newsroom to talk to reporters. "I'm so nervous," she said.

is the fifth tournament I've played in and it's definitely my best. When I get pumped up, I can hit anything. My putting saved me." Jane Blalock, Judy Kimball and Hollls Stacy all finished with 1-under-par 143s after two rounds of play. "My game is just not as solid as it has to be for me to win," said the 48-year-old giant of the sport. "I can occasionally shoot well, but I lose my confidence too easily with the bad shots, and I don't know why.

It used to be when I got into trouble and needed a good shot, I got it, but I can't expect that anymore." Elder, who has been In contention a couple of times 1hs year but Is winless since last year's Houston Open, rallied on the back nine to stay within range of Morgan. "I played like a dunce on the front nine. It looked like I was ready to pack my grip and go home," said Elder. "But things started coming around late in the round a few putts started to drop and now I think that I've got a shot." Mexican Victor Regalado stood second to Morgan after 14 holes In the third round, but slumped to a bogey and two double bogeys before a birdie on the final hole left him 3under for the tourney. The winds that plagued the narrow course Friday diminished slightly Saturday and scoring was generally better.

The best round of the day was a five-under 66 by litle-known Californian Ray Arinno -who has cashed in just once in 17 tournaments this year but now stands at 210. The tourney ends Sunday with 77 golfers biding for the $40,000 first-place 4 ENDICOTT, N.Y. (UPI) Playing steadily while other contenders faltered, Dr. Gil Morgan Saturday found himself in an unusal positon four strokes ahead of the field after three rounds of the $200,000 B.C. Open.

Morgan, a non-winner in six years on the Professional Golfers Association tour, shot a two-under-par 69 for a 54-hole total of 201, 12 under on the par-71 En-Joie Golf Club. Lee Elder birdied four of the last seven holes to rally to his second straight 70, good for second place at 205. Florentino Molina, Mac Artie McNickle and Bob Smith were at 208. Arnold Palmer, two strokes' off the lead Friday, fell to a four-over 75 and stood in a seven-player crowd at 209. Morgan earned his doctorate in optometry in 1972 but has postponed setting up a practice while he concentrate? on pro golf.

He has never been in the lead after three rounds of a tournament, despite earning a respectable $68,000 this season. "So far In my career I've never put together four good rounds in the same tournament," said Morgan. "I don't feel that I'm striking the ball the best that I ever have but I'm coming up with rea'ly good numbers and I guess that's what we play for." Palmer, seeking his first tour victory since 1973, was not surprised at his f.vo-blrdie, six-bogey round. t72 and Britz a 71 Saturday. The second round of com-; petition was played under partly cloudy skies and tem- peratures in the 80s.

Carner, the second leading money winner on the circuit this season and winner of the Talk.