The Daily Oklahoman from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma • 29

SPORTSLINE' 460-1212 THE SUNDAY OKLAHOMAN A 24 HOUfl 8ERVKE OF THE OKLAHOMAN AND TIMES 1B SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1982 Mountaineers Throw It All at Sooners deep pass intended for Paul Clewis gave Oklahoma a fourth-and-eight at its 43 with 3:06 left. Following the Sooners' next-to-last timeout, Phelps threw a screen pass to Wilson, but nose guard Jim Merritts stopped the Sooner halfback for a two-yard gain. That, for all practical purposes, was it. But there wasn't much practical about Saturday's game. On second down, Curlin Beck, who had carried twice for eight yards, burst through a mangificent hole and raced 43 yards through the heart of the Sooner defense for a final touchdown.

Switzer gave the play a low five. After watching Beck's run, he turned toward the north end of the field and swiped his hand in front of him, a gesture of "What's the use?" Across the field, the West Virginia sidelines had erupted into a sea of high fives. The participants included headphone-bearing assistant coaches and even defensive tackle Todd Campbell, hobbling along with the aid of a cane after suffering a hip pointer in the first quarter. How the game had reached such a point was incredible considering its Sooner-dominated beginning. Indeed, Campbell and Andre Gist, another key Mountaineer lineman lost for the game early in the first half, must have been astonished when their teammates entered the locker room at the See Page 3B, Column 1 But one record did fall Saturday afternoon.

Barry Switzer is no longer an unbeaten head coach on opening day. Although Hostetler's destruction of the Soonjjr defense was close to absolute, victory for the Mountaineers, an unheralded team that won the Peach Bowl las year and might do more this time around, 'wasn't so certain. The score was tied at 27 entering the fourth quarter and, for what it was worth, the Sooners had the wind. The Mountaineers had Hostetler. And on first-ahd-10 from his own 49, he unloa'ded a deep one to split end Rich Hollins, who leaped at the Sooner 15 and Won a battle with free safety Steve Haworth for a 42-yard gain to.

the nine. After linebacker Thomas Benson pressured Hostetler into an overthrow on first down, the 6-3 junior rolled right and hit flanker Wayne Brown cutting back against the flow in the end zone for six points. Paul Wood-side's conversion gave West Virginia a 34-27 lead with 8:05 remaining. A screen pass to Stanley Wilson gained 13 yards on the first play of the Sooners' next possession, but they were forced to punt from their 38. When the defense held the Mountaineers, OU had another opportunity with the ball at its 28 and 4:28 to go.

A face mask penalty helped the Sooners to a first down at the 41, but two running plays and an overthrown came a consistent means of travel and where the Sooners' dangerous wishbone attack played almost no role at all beyond the first quarter. A pair of 80-yard drives put the Sooners ahead 14-0 less than 11 minutes into the contest, but that was before West Virginia decided to test the OU secondary. The examination lasted the rest of the afternoon and the Sooners flunked badly. Hostetler, a transfer from Penn State, completed .17 of 37 passes for 321 yards, 59 short of the record against OU that Kansas State's Lynn Dickey established in 1969. Hostetler's four TD tosses Were also one shy of a record, that one set by Florida State's By Tim Cowllshaw NORMAN Ninety-three-degree heat and an ill wind blowing out across a field of synthetic grass hardly the scenario that songwriter John Denver could have had in mind.

Yet Saturday, those conditions were, indeed, "Almost Heaven" for West Virginia. The shotgun arm of Jeff Hostetler, an anonymous figure until 1:30 yesterday afternoon but never to be again, riddled an Oklahoma secondary for 321 yards and four touchdowns and the Mountaineers stunned the Sooners, 41-27, in the college football opener for both teams. It was a day where the wind played a curious role, where the long bomb be- Pokes Mean To the Green Chris Wins; Lend! Bests McEnroe NEW YORK (AP) While Chris Evert Lloyd is thinking about, history, she's busy rewriting it on the tennis courts. John McEnroe meanwhile, lost his chance to join her in the record books. Lloyd, the wiriningest woman in U.S.

Open history, captured her sixth singles title Saturday, disposing of Hana -Mandlikova of Czechoslovakia, 6-3, 6-1, in just 64 minutes. "The first time you win Wimbledon or the U.S. Open is really a thrill," she said, "but I appreciate and maybe have a place in history by winning a sixth, so I can understand that a little bit better." McEnroe saw his bid for a fourth straight men's crown disappear when he was stopped by his nemesis, Ivan Lendl of Czechoslovakia, 6-4, 6-4, 7-6. McEnroe's three consecutive champi- onships were the since Bill Til-den captured six straight U.S. national titles from 1920-25.

Lendl's sixth straight victory over-McEnroe, dating to the quarterfinals of the French Open in May 1 1981, sends him against Jimmy Connors, who seeking his fourth U.S. Open title in Sunday's nationally televised final f. (CBS). Connors eliminated Guillermo Vilas of Argentina; 6-1, 3-6, 6-2, 6-3. Lloyd now has won-66 matches in America's premiere tennis event, the most ever for a woman.

She has won the singles title in six of the last eight years and has reached at least the semifinals in each, of the 12 years she has competed here. Only two women have won more U.S. Open titles 4- Molla Mallory with eight from 1915 to 1926 and Helen Wills Moody with seven from 1923 to 193L Lloyd, who had to go three sets to top Mandlikova in the final here two years ago, only had to keep the ball in play Saturday as her 20-year-old opponent made numerous errors and several crucial double faults. The 27-year-old Lloyd took home.the $90,000 first-place prize. The victory kept alive Lloyd's streak of winning at least one Grand Slam singles title each year since 1974.

Mandlikova collected $45,000 for her runnerup finish. "I'm not driven by it," Lloyd insisted when asked if being in tennis history compelled her to victory. "When I was younger, I never thought about it. I was just playing for that year. "I know my time is limited.

It gets tougher mentally every year. I think about history more and more. I was in kind of a trance out there because I wanted it so badly." Lloyd's mastery of Mandlikova See Page 9B, Column 4 unmii i ifl -v. sate By Tom Kensler STILLWATER The sixth best rushing day ever by an Oklahoma State running back, a three-touchdown effort by a previously untested quarterback and an impregnable, swarming defense enabled the Cowboys to overcome all obstacles Saturday even themselves. "We have met the enemy, and they are us," would be an appropriate slogan for OSU's 27-6 victory over North Texas State in the Cowboys' season opener.

Try as it; may to play the perfect host, Oklahoma State graciously handed the ball over to NTSU on seven occasions losing each of five fumbles and throwing two interceptions. On another afternoon perhaps last fall when Oklahoma State struggled for a 9-0 win over the Mean Green in Dallas the Cowboy blunders might have proved disastrous. But Saturday, to the delight of 45,500 in Lewis Field, OSU displayed too much firepower to let a case of the giveaways get in the way of fall frolic. The names Ernest Anderson and Adam Hinds figured prominently in the fun. Anderson, a 5-11, 190-pound junior sacrificed at fullback much of last season, needed just one snap to set the tempo.

On OSU's first play from scrimmage at its own 26 after the NTSU kickoff, Anderson took a simple tailback pitch from Hinds and burst between the blocks of John Ce-gielski and Kevin Igo on the left side. He glided through the line, shoulder-faked a linebacker and sprinted into the clear. When Anderson came to rest, just long enough for the high-fives and Staff Photo by Jim Argo West Virginia head coach Jim Nehlen hugs an assistant following the Mountaineers' final TD Saturday. Hogs Dominate Hurricane Staff Photo by Doug Hoko Taking a handoff from quarterback Adam Hinds (background), Oklahoma State running back Ernest Anderson sets sail for some of the 220 yards he gained Saturday. the first time they got the ball because Arkansas smashed 78 yards to the Tulsa two before losing back to the six and settling with a 24-yard field goal by Ernie Villarreal.

Tulsa started its first offensive series from its 10 and got out to its 46 with three consecutive rushing first downs. But on a first down play, Arkansas All-American Billy Ray Smith dislodged the ball from Gunter and Bert Zinamon recovered for the Razor-backs on the Tulsa 42. The rest of the first quarter was largely occupied by Arkansas threats which reached the Golden Hurricane 21 and 38. The first one aborted when Villarreal was wide with a 42-yard field goal attempt and the second one was ended by an interception of an overthrown Taylor pass by cornerback Robert Estes. Estes returned his theft 20 yards to the original line of scrimmage at the Tulsa 38 and the Golden Hurricane went on to make its only excursion in-See Page 4B, Column 5 243 aerial yards.

Sophomore Taylor, who pegged for 726 last year for the Razorback varsity, hit four passes for 134 yards and senior Jones, whose 1981 total was 684 yards, connected on seven shorter tosses for 109 yards. It was the pass, or the threat of passing, which doomed the Golden Hurricane. Taylor hit Derek Holloway with a 67-yard scoring bomb for the first Arkansas touchdown and found the same target with a 51-yard bullet to set up a field goal. Jessie Clark broke a third-and-five draw, play for 72 yards and a touchdown when the Tulsa defense was thinking pass. And linebacker Mon Firsields capped it all for the Razor-backs by picking off a Tulsa pass in the closing minutes and taking it 39 yards to a touchdown.

Tulsa, on the other hand, looked like the team which ripped Air Force for 507 yards on only its first possession of the game. The Golden Hurricane was down 3-0 ByRaySoldan Staff Writer FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. The Arkansas Razorbacks put the defensive clamps on Michael Gunter and every Tulsa Golden Hurricane back to breeze to a 38-0 season-opening victory over the Golden Hurricane Saturday before a full house of 43,280 in Ra-zorback Stadium. Gunter amassed 240 yards in 16 carries last week as the Golden Hurricane successfully opened its season at the expense of Air Force. Arkansas held Gunter to 20 yards on eight carries.

One thing did not change in a week for Tulsa. Air Force poured across all 17 of its points in the second quarter to take a 17-14 lead in a game it ultimately lost, 35-17. Saturday, Arkansas whipped across 18 points in the second quarter to build a 21-0 halftime lead. The chief damage to Tulsa was delivered by the passing of alternate "quarterbacks Tom Jones and Brad Taylor. Together, they accounted for hugs to arrive, he waved his arms signalling an amazing beginning which ties for the 12th longest run from scrimmage in school history.

Last year it took the Cowboys nearly five quarters to score their first touchdown. In 1982 it took 11 seconds. Anderson's scamper was no fluke. He would go on to score OSU's next TD on a one-yard pass from Hinds later in the quarter and finish with 220 yards rushing on 26 carries, despite sitting out the fourth quarter. Only Terry Miller (246 yards vs.

Missouri in 1977. 228 vs. See Page 4B, Column 1 Clergy in Track Towns at Odds on Betting TIE rp-iOTiiyBHfjgjjy lf trm baseball game is entertainment. In fact, both in the United States and worldwide, no professional sport draws more fans than thoroughbred and quarter horse racing. Pari-mutuel wagering on horse races draws over 50 million people a year to tracks in the United States.

On Sept. 21, state voters will decide whether to allow pari-mutuel betting on horse races in Oklahoma. The issue is one which draws passionate pleas from both sides. To some ministers, the placing of a $2 bet by Mrs. Mendoza is as morally wrong as taking a Saturday night nip.

To them, pari-mutuel wagering is considered a seedy brother to liquor and pornography, and they attack it with a determination usually reserved for Hustler and Playboy. To other religious leaders, though, placing a $2 bet at the race track is no more morally wrong than going to a Dallas Cowboys football "You have to know the horses," says Mrs. Mendoza. "At least you can make an educated guess that way. It's better than trying to pick a lucky winner out of the air." Almost every Saturday during the racing season at Ruidoso Downs, which is located in the Sacramento Mountains of southern New Mexico, Mrs.

Mendoza, who lives in nearby Alamogordo, can be found sitting in her lawn chair somewhere along the front rail. "My son comes by every Saturday and brings me to the track," she says. "We bring the grandkids, so it's sort of a day out with the family. Before my husband died four years ago, we'd come two, three times a week." Mrs. Mendoza says she has a policy of betting $2 on each race.

"I'm not a big spender," she says. "I get just as excited about a $2 bet as some people do about a $200 bet." Before each race, Mrs. Mendoza stands up and peers over the rail to watch as the horses By Dean Bailey By noon Saturday, an hour before the first race of the day, Lucille Mendoza has found the spot where she will spend the remainder of the afternoon. She has positioned her lawn chair along the rail in front of the grandstand at Rui-doso Downs, and with a copy of The Daily Racing Form in one hand and her parasol in the other, the 72-year-old Mrs. Mendoza settles back for a day at the races.

"I like to get here early so I can get my spot," says Mrs. Mendoza. "Saturdays are always crowded. If you don't get here early, you're out of luck." Luck is something Mrs. Mendoza doesn't count on, though, when it comes to picking winners.

With an hour to kill before the first race, she meticulously pores over the race charts in the racing form, a publication which gives detailed statistics on every horse entered in the 12 races that afternoon. game. In fact, they say, a day of betting at the race track, as long as the wagering is kept in perspective, can be just as stimulating as a good sermon. And where does this leave Mrs. Mendoza and her $2 bet? "I go to church," she says, "and I read my Bible.

You show me in The Bible where it says that gambling is wrong. You hear a lot of preachers whining about it, but they can't ever tell you what's supposed to be wrong with it." AYeporter for The Oklahoman spent the past three weeks visiting with ministers and government, police, tourism and horse racing officials in three towns Ruidoso Downs, N.M., Hot Springs, and Bossier City, La. which have pari-mutuel race tracks withir their city limits. It should be pointed out thai some of those interviewed asked not to be iden tified. It's that kind of an issue.

A See Page 1IB, Column 1 are paraded past the grandstand on their way to ihe starting gate. "I like to see what I'm betting on," she cays. She then gives her son $2 and dispatches him to one of the many pari-mutuel ticket windows to lay down her bet. Before the afternoon of racing is over, the 6,429 horse-racing fans at Ruidoso Downs will bet a total of $835,897. To most of those in attendance, spending the afternoon laying down a bet on a horse race is entertainment in the same sense that going to.

football game or a.