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It's official Scovil is the new Aztec head coach Diego State, but Ive got to get this staff together as quickly as I can lth-out overlooking anyone. Our top priority will be recruiting, and we will leave no stone unturned. Once the staff is assembled I will have to meet with them to decide which holes we plug ith junior college players and what areas we will recruit freshman plajers. There is no question that we will recruit some freshman this year, he added Ultimately, we would like to get more freshman than JC players, but for now we look to be in the transition period day Bowl San Diego. This is going to be a very hectic couple of weeks, Scovil said.

I still have responsibilities at BYU, but I've got to get some things done here Theres no question Ill put in a lot of hours in the next two weeks. The first order of business for Scovil will be to assemble his staff, hoping that that staff will lighten his load the next few weeks as he prepares the Cougars for the Holiday Bowl. Im looking for the best teachers and best assistants that I can find, said the new Aztec coach. I have some people in mind already and I will consider the current staff at San BYU for four seasons, is the architect of the Cougar offense that rolled up 98 points and more than 1,000 yards total offense in the last two games against the Aztecs. He is also the mastermind behind the BYU offense that led the NCAA in passing 1976, 77, 79 and 80.

Its those impressive figures and Bourdets desire to replace the fired Claude Gilbert with an explosive, offense-minded coach that led to Sco-vils hiring over the other top candidates Dick Coury (an assistant with the Philadelphia Eagles), Jed Hughes (the defensive coordinator at UCLA) and Fred Whittingham (the defensive total $185,000. Gilbert never earned more than $39,000 in any of his 14 seasons with the Aztecs. But, if Scovil can come close to duplicating his BYU feats at San Diego State, he may be worth every penny the Aztecs will pay him. Im excited and enthused about this job, Scovil said. I can hardly wait to get going, as a matter of fact, I was in the office this morning and Ive already done some work.

Scovil will certainly have his work cut out for him as he tries to assemble a staff and recruit players for San Diego State while coaching BYU in its effort to beat SMU in the Dec. 19 Holi coordinator at BYU). Ive said all along that I was interested replacing Claude with a man who liked to throw the ball, Bourdet said. I think weve found that man in Doug Scovil. Lets face it, were in the entertainment business and in order to compete for the sports dollar San Diego I felt that we had to have an entertaining as well as winning team.

I think Doug will give us both of those commodities. Scovil didnt come cheap, however. It is estimated that the new Aztec head man signed a series of three one-year contracts. The total, including fringe and outside benefits is said to By JOHN MAFFEI T-A Sports Editor SAN DIEGO After two seasons of trying to beat him and getting their heads handed to them on a plate, the administration at San Diego State de- -cided it was about time to ask Doug Scovd to jom them. At a press conference in the Alumni House on campus, Aztec athletic director Gene Bourdet confirmed what the media had known for 36 hours Scovil has been named as the 11th head football coach in the schools 58 years of competition.

The 53-year-old Scovil, who has been the offensive coordinator at Redskins take Chargers short for a thrashing By JOE FROLK T-A Staff Writer WASHINGTON Don Coryell looked like he was in shock. He leaned against a cement wall in the bowels of Robert F. Kennedy Stadium, his hands on his hips, his shoulders slumped, his head shaking. The color was gone from his face. He stared at the floor through dull, lifeless eyes.

As his bruised and embarassed San Diego Chargers shuffled from the showers and began dressing for their long flight home, Coryell tried to explain to reporters and to himself what had happened. But the words did not come easy to Coryell. He stammered and sputtered, speaking in choppy, broken sentences punctuated by long pauses. Perhaps like most of the 48,556 people who attended yesterdays game, he could not believe what he had just seen. His powerful Chargers had been crushed, 40-17, by a Washington Redskin team that had won only three of its previous 13 games.

We lost to an awfully good football team today. The Redskins played well, Coryell said, in a voice barely audible just a foot away. You really have to admire them. They were out to prove something, and they did. Coryell praised the Redskin defense CHARGERS' DAN FOUTS GRIMACES AT 40-17 SHELLING old 'Skins magic gone? Padres finally get Kennedy DALLAS (AP) The St.

Louis Cardinals acquired relief ace Rollie Fingers and catcher-first baseman Gene Tenace from San Diego today in an 11-player trade, with the Padres obtaining seven players, including four pitchers. In addition to Fingers and Tenace in the long-discussed trade, St. Louis received left-handed pitcher Bob Shirley and a minor league player to be named later. In exchange, San Diego acquired catchers Terry Kennedy and Steve Swisher, infielder Mike Phillips and pitchers John Urrea, John Littlefield, A1 Olmsted and Kim Seaman. Fingers and Tenace both were important cogs in the three straight world championships won by the Oakland As from 1972-4.

In 1976, the first year of baseballs free-agent re-entry draft, both signed with the Padres. 34, had an 11-9 record with 23 saves and a 2.80 earned run average in the 1980 season. His career record is 101-101 with 244 saves, the most among active major leaguers. -Tenace, also 34, batted .222 with 17 home runs and 50 runs batted in this year. Shirley was 11-12 with seven saves and a 3.55 ERA after leaving the bullpen to become a starter.

Kennedy was one of the most sought-after players on the Cardinals roster and had been mentioned in most trade talks involving St. Louis. Kennedy, a first round amateur draft choice in June 1977, batted .254 with four home runs and 34 RBI in 1980, his first full major league season. He is the son of Chicago Cubs general manager Bob Kennedy. When the Cards came to an agreement with free-agent Darrell Porter yesterday, it gave them four catchers, and it was obvious that general manager-manager Whitey Herzog would use some of that surplus to obtain much-needed bullpen help.

Swisher, one of the four catchers, appeared in only 18 games last season, batting .250 as a third-stringer behind Kennedy and starter Ted Simmons. i The four pitchers obtained by San Diego all spent time in the minors and with St. Louis last season. Littlefield was 5-5 with nine saves, the best relief record on the Cardinals staff. Urrea was 4-1 with three saves for the Cards, Olmsted was 2-3 at St.

Louis and Seaman was 3-2 with four saves for the Cards. Phillips, a seven-year veteran, batted .234 in 63 games for St. Louis. Acquiring Kennedy and the four young pitchers continues our goal to build a young, hustling club that can quickly grow into a contender, said Jack McKeon, general manager of the Padres. We feel the Cardinals can be immediate contenders in the National League East with the addition of Fingers and Shirley, KcKeon continued, but Fingers has only one year left on his contract and you certainly have to give up something of quality to acquire a catcher like Kennedy.

-Everybody who needs a catcher was interested in Kennedy, said Herzog. We didnt think we should bring him back as long as Simmons is there. Its for his own good. Hes ready to start and make money. -Herzog also said the Cardinals would contine their pursuit of Chicago Gibs relief pitcher Bruce Sutter.

Over the weekend, the Cardinals thought they had a deal for him involving -third baseman Ken Reitz and outfield-er Leon Durham, but Reitz, who has a no-trade clause, vetoed the swap. That deal still could materialize if the Cubs can change Reitz mind. which picked off five Charger passes and sacked quarterback Dan Fouts four times. He defended a game plan some observers thought a bit too conservative for such an explosive team. And he lauded the talents and courage of Washington signal caller Joe Thiesmann, who shook off a painful hamstring pull to spark his team to victory.

Someone mentioned that Coryell has never had much luck in this stadium. Five times in the 70s, he brought his St. Louis Cardinals here and four times he went away a loser, usually after a nail-biting fourth quarter. Yeah, I guess youre right, the head Charger said without emotion. I havent had much luck here.

Joe Gibbs, San Diegos offensive coordinator and a Coryell assistant at St. Louis and before that at San Diego State, stood a few feet away from his boss and friend, wearing a similar mask of gloom. I dont know what it is, said Gibbs, who would spend much of the trip back to the West Coast making Xs and Os on a legal pad and trying to find the answers to yesterdays humiliation. I just cant get a wm in this place. Part of the reason is we didnt play as well as we could have, analyzed Coryell.

But a lot of credit should go REDSKINS' JOE LAVENDER fake a running play to freeze the usually devastating charge of the Charger front four, then roll out and dump a short pass to one of his backs. All afternoon, San Diegos linebackers dropped back to defend against the bomb and Thiesmann would hit Clarence Harmon or Wilbur Jackson or Dee Forte or Bobby Hammond in the to the Redskins. They had a very good game plan. They certainly did. Coach Jack Pardee and Redskins shut down the San Diego passing game, merely the most prolific in the history of the National Football League, with astonishing ease.

They chipped away at the Charger defense, exposing weaknesses Coryell could not manage to correct in the heat of battle. They hogged the ball, holding it for 37 minutes to 23 for San Diego. But more importantly, the Redskins played more aggressively than the Chargers. They outhit and outhustled their visitors from the West. They found an opponent brimming with confidence and rudely reminded them that on Pete Rozelles playgrounds there are no patsies and anything can happen on an autumn Sunday afternoon.

We totally did not play like a championship ballclub, said veteran safety Willie Buchanon. We made too many mistakes. Washington had nothing to lose. You come up against a team thats going to the playoffs, maybe the Super Bowl, and youre going to be up. You want to beat them.

Luckily for San Diego, yesterdays loss did not cause irreparable damage Please see Redskins, D-3 Associated Press Photo PICKS OFF THIRD FOUTS PASS zones they left uncovered. Coach Pardee told us earlier in the week that the running backs should get 20 passes, said Harmon, who grabbed 12 of Thiesmanns 26 completions to break a club record shared by Bobby Mitchell, Charley Taylor arJ Frank Grant, all wide receiver. Please see Magic, D-3 Associated Press Photo TRIUMPH, THOUGH has that In Pardees rookie season, the Redskins woft their first six games, then collapsed, finishing 8-8. Last year, thanks to a remarkable coaching job and an equally remarkable lack of injuries, the team went 10-6. The 1979 Redskins missed the playoffs only because Roger Staubach performed the final miracle of his career and led the Cowboys to a come-from-behind 35-34 win on the last day of the season.

Buoyed by that surprisingly strong showing, Redskin fans expected even greater success this year. They didnt get it. The Redskins won just three of their first 13 games. And at times, they looked downright pathetic. Against Tampa Bay, Washington gave up two safeties, the final one when a snap sailed over the head of punter Mike Connell and out of the end zone.

The coaches and players begged for time. They pointed out that star running back John Riggins had walked out of camp and was spending the season in Lawrence, Kan. They cited the disruptive contract disputes involving defensive backs Lemar Parrish, Joe Lavender and Jeris White, the rash of injuries to key personnel, the mysterious early-season slump of placekicker Mike Moseley. They noted that almost all the players Allen acquired with those draft choices had retired some probably were collecting social security already. In moments of candor, they even admitted the present Redskin roster includes very few NFL-caliber athletes.

But the fans, spoiled by success, closed their ears. They turned on their heros. They began staying away in ever-increasing numbers. Sure, Robert F. Kennedy Stadium always was sold-out it was yesterday for the 106th time in a row.

But that is because the Redskins sell 55,000 season tickets every year. Yesterday, wlien the Redskins staged their best performance of the season, more than 10 percent of those seats were empty. And the roar that greeted the introduction of the Redskins was mild, a far and much softer cry from the explosion that D.C. LOVING 40-17 Where By JOE FROLK T-A Staff Writer WASHINGTON The romance had ended. The old magic was gone.

Throughout the 1970s, this city had carried on a very public love affair with its Redskins. Burgundy and gold were the favored colors of ghetto dwellers and Georgetown hipsters. Every watering hole from Tysons Comer to College Park was decorated with pictures of Sonny Jurgensen and Billy Kilmer and Charley Taylor and Larry Brown and Diron Talbert and Pat Fischer and all the other lovable lugs in the Over-the-Hill Gang. No jukebox was complete without a well-worn version of Hail to the Redskins. The business of government came to a halt when the Dallas Cowboys came to town.

Forget Mao and Leonid and Fidel. Stop Roger, for gosh sakes. And under George Allen, the Redskins won. During the seven years he ran the show exceeding his unlimited expense account, former controlling owner Edward Bennett Williams used to say Allens teams won 67 of 93 regular season games, made the playoffs five times and the Super Bowl once. But while Allen who operated under the motto, The future is now was busy winning football games, he also was destroying the very foundation of the franchise.

Intent on immediate success, he had traded away so many draft picks for veteran ballplayers that during his tenure, the Redskins never chose before the fourth round, long after the blue chippers were long gone. One year, their first pick came on the eighth round and Allen used it to draft Moses Denson, who already had five years pro experience in Canada. Last years draft, the third since Allens departure, was the first in which Washington had a first round pick since 1968. Allen jumped ship after the 1977 season, refusing to renew his contract because, some Redskin observers believe, he knew the roof was about to fall in. Fall in it did on Allens successor and one-time protege, Jack Pardee.

would shake the place when the game was over. Worse than the empty seats, though, were the whispers. The Redskins have quit, some fans grumbled. They are not trying. They dont care.

Those whispers were given added credibility last week. First, a TV commentator named George Allen said he did not think the Redskins were playing with intensity. Why, they even were shaking hands with their opponents after losses, Allen groused. His players didnt even shake hands with their wives after a loss. Then, good ole boy Kilmer seconded his ole coachs opinion.

Even newspaper columnists some of whom hate Allens guts jumped on the bandwagon. By the time the Chargers rolled into town for yesterdays game, the Redskins were ready to go on the warpath. All those things that are being said are totally false and unfounded," quarterback Joe Thiesmann declared after practice Saturday. Its hard as hell when youre 3-10 to play with the same intensity and enthusiasm as when youre winning. But no man on this team is throwing in the towel, no man on this team has quit.

There isnt a guy here you can call a loser. No one, even the teams harshest critics ever called Thiesmann a loser or a quiter. A ham, yes. A quiter, no. The loqacious Thiesmann played his heart out even as his team faltered.

He played in excruciating pain with a separated shoulder, a pulled groin muscle and a dozen lesser aches and pains. When a pulled hamstring finally sent him to the sidelines two weeks ago against the hated Cowboys, it was because he barely could walk. Still sore, Thiesmann forced himself to play yesterday, and when the game was over, the Chargers were the ones in pain. Little Joe, the Notre Dame grad with the nose of an eagle and the ego of Ali, sliced the San Diego defense to ribbons as the Redskins scored more points than they have in a single game since 1975. Time and again, Thiesmann would -f I I A.