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All-new Sonny Smith Show gets The practically all-new Son-nv Smith Show will make its debut Monday night with a lot of new faces in the cast a brand-new stage and a new format In other words the East Tennessee State Buccaneers will open the 1977-78 basketball season Monday at 8 pm as they meet the Campbell College Flghtin' Camels in Memorial Cotter the hew 12000 seat arena which gives the Big Blue one of the finest arenas in the nation in which to play Under Maestro Smith who wiU be beginning his second season at the helm of the Buccaneers there will be a different style of play this season dan to speed up the said Smith attempt to run more this season than we did last year We will be quicker and we will use a tought man to man defense least we hope he added added ball handling skills and quickness" the Buccaneer coach said needed a dominating center which we didn't get and we really have the physical strength to give us the intimidating force you need in basketball However Smith and his assistants Jim Hallihan Mack McCarthy and graduate assistant Henry Argabnte did a rather remarkable job of turning the Buccaneer program around their first season They took a 6-20 team and turned it around into a 12-14 dub which would have been better with some added luck in several contests Smith figures the Buccaneers had an adequate recruiting campaign and hopefully he and his staff have-blended seven returning veterans with two junior college transfers and two freshmen into a smooth-working unit There is some talent on hand but as the Buccaneer coach quickly points out everyone" else on the schedule has a lot of talent also The Buccaneers have been hampered in pre-season drills somewhat by injuries but Smith does feel progress has been made as his charges begin a very tough schedule which sees them play seven" games in 14 days Scott Place a 6-6 sophomore from Roanoke Va is the leading scorer returning from1 last season Place an All-OVC freshman selection earned a 10 point scoring average for the total campaign However when he was inserted into the starting lineup midway through the season he averaged better than IS points per game Jim Smith a 6-6 sophomore from Livingston Va has fully recovered from a knee injury which sidelined him the latter-part of the season Smith was just coming into his own when he underwent an operation He was carrying a better than eight points per game average and was instrumental in Buc wins over Eastern Kentucky and Morehead State BJ Johnson a 6-3 guard from Harrisonburg Va is back but will be at a new post Last year Johnson played point guard but has been moved to the other guard spot for the upcoming campaign Luke Veney a 6-S 220 pound senior from Lexington' Va returns but he underwent a knee operation several weeks ago and is not back to fullstrength as yet He was considered the team's best defensive player a year ago Another returnee who has looked good in pre-season drills is Atlee Hammaker The 6-2 guard from Alexandria Var -earned himself a -reputation last season for (See SONNY SMITY page 26) PRESS-CHRONICLE SpOrtS Sports JOHNSON wmwi mt wcw ow NOU SUNDAY NOVEMBER 27 1977 Yols elude SEC cellar maul Vanderbilt 42 it vt A 14 i ft LiM Brw- our future" The Tennessee coach has been harping on that theme throughout the season one which Majors desenbed as late as late yesterday afternoon as long arduous last two weeks of practice before Kentucky and Vanderbilt have been two of the toughest ever Majors said team responded well and it's rewarding to seem them The Vols racked up a 28-0 halftime lead and then added 14 points the final period for an easier-than-expected victory Tennessee had been a one-touchdown favorite With Greg Jones former Tennessee High of Bristol stalwart leading the way the Vol defense did a superb job of containing the Commodore offense limiting the invaders to 88 yards rushing and only 190 total yards The Vols got one more yard passing than the Commodores and collected 223 yards on the ground for 326 total net yards Quarterback Jimmy Streater scored three times and threw a 51-yard pass to Jeff Moore for another TD Kicker Jun Gaylor among the seniors playing their final game kicked six extra points for a 24-24 season while extending his string of no misses to 50 extra points 1 Jones had 19 solo tackles and six assists for 25 hits plus an intercepted pass a broken-up pass and a fumble recovery Another of tn -captains Danny Jenkins of Elizabethton had eight hits including five solo tackles and three assists plus a fumble recovery and one tackle for a 12-yard loss-Jones had a tackle for a three-yard loss Other leading Vol defenders were Chris Bolton Johnny Chavis David Barron Kim Logan Chip Linebaner and Jesse Tumbow leading defensive player Jim Noonan had a good day with five tackles and five assists bringing his total to 150 hits for the season 104 solo tackles and 46 assists 5 The Vols scored with 5 07 left in the first penod on a six-yard run by Nate Sumpter that climaxed a 71-yard drive in 10 plays covering four minutes and 20 seconds Tennessee got its next TD in the second penod by taking advantage of a Vandy fumble Frank Mordica was attempting to take a pitchout from quarterback Mike Wright when Noonan hit Wright about the time Kim Logan hit Mordica forcing the fumble Martin Mumel then recovered' the (See VOLS Page 26) dives over Streater scored three touchdowns and threw for another in the first SEC win for the Vols in six games this season (Photo by Robert Leach) Streater of Tennessee dives over right tackle for the third touchdown in 42-7 Tennessee romp over Vanderbilt at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville Finishes 7-0 in SEC Tide rolls over Auburn BY JIMMY SMYTH Executive Sports Editor KNOXVILLE does it better than the read one of the big signs ringing Neyland Stadium on a 25-degree day which was the occasion for the annual Ten-' nessee-Vanderbilt football game That was a pretty large boast for a 3-7 team trying to keep from being the only Volunteer squad to ever lose all of its Southeastern Conference games But the Big Orange fulfilled the faith of even rabid and of times over-zealous fans by crushing the Commodores 42-7 here yesterday A 1-5 SEC mark much better than an 66 record of course but to coach Johnny Majors and the 1977 squad the win was more than just a win As Majors later commented: gives us help in building bomb SMU 110-86 LEXINGTON Ky (AP) -Jack Givens poured in 30 points and Rick Robey added 23 as second ranked Kentucky opened its basketball season with a 11086 rout of Southern Methodist Saturday night Kentucky led 48-36 at halftime and broke the game open by sconng four straight baskets to open the second half Scoreboard 'Saturday's College Football Scorn By Tbo Associated Pros EAST Holy Cross 35 8ost0ft Col 20 Lektgh 30 Massachusetts 23 Peon St 15 Pittsburgh 13 Widener 33 Albany NY is SOUTH Georgia Tech 16 Georgia 7 Tennessee 42 Vanderbilt 7 Virginia Tech 27 VMI 7 Alabama 40 Auburn 21 MIDWEST Dakota St 20 Michigan 4 Wabash 37 Minn Morris 21 SOUTHWEST Baylor 46 TCU 9 Texas 57 Texas 20 FAR WEST Colorado St 13 Utah St 10 Saturday' Cotld BMkdbdH Rnuta By Tke AukIHH Press Notre Dame ill Mississippi 62 Purdue 90 Xavier Otno 02 Cantsius 91 Geneseo 03 Cofwvecticut 73 Fordftam 62 Virginia Tech 104 Ohio Northern 73 Indiana 75 Carolina 59 Northwestern 92 Illinois 70 Wyoming 91 Chadron St 60 Carolina St 97 Appalachian 79 Averett 94 Coker 79 Nazarene 85 Ponta Loma 70 Hampden Sydney 00 Clinch Valley 45 North Carolina 94 Oregon St 63 South Carolina 42 Minnesota 55 Cincinnati 91 Akron 81 Virginia 85 Fartetgh Dickinson 50 Kentucky 80 Kentucky 73 Morris Harvey 76 PittsOorgh 72 Kentucky 110 SMU 66 Indiana St 86 Westmont 54 Duke 95 Johns Hopkins 49 Princeton 80 Colgate 53 Ball St 80 Houston Baptist 67 Berry 86 Eckerd 69 Brooklyn 70 MlT 68 Bethany 83 Metro St 55 Tennessee Teen 72 Van derbiit 71 Cincinnati 91 Akron 81 Arkansas 65 SW Missouri St 47 Dayton 87 Cal Hayward SO Marshall 97 Robert Morris 80 Davidson 106 Wofford 88 lona 90 St Lawrence 81 Seton Hall 107 Lowell 83 Mount Union 86 Grove City 60 Austin Peay 71 Belmont S3 Okla Christian 103 Bartlesville We si 37 St Peter 60 Jersey City St 67 Stony Brook 69 Baruch SO Wiley 71 Texas Southern 67 Dakota 101 Rocky Mountain St 62 Francis Marion 64 Lyncmurg63 Toledo 90 Oakland 43 Bioomsburg St 70 Lock Haven S9 Franklin 0 Marshall 63 Juniata 52 Spring Garden 82 Urstnus 76 1 I Streater exploded for five touchdowns in a 14-minute stretch of the first half to take a 33-7 lead The convincing victory which clinched the Southwest Conference title completed an 11-0 regular season for the rags-to-nches Longhorns who were unranked at the start of the year and sent them into the Cotton Bowl against fifth-ranked Notre Dame as college football's only unbeaten team Campbell's outburst pushed his 11-game total to 1744 yards passing Oklahoma Terry Miller who ended his season last week with 1680 In addition Louisiana State's Charles Alexander went into Saturday night game against Wyoming Views BIRMINGHAM Ala (AP) Fullback Johnny power running and quarterback Jeff Rutledge's deft passing paced Alabama's second-ranked Crimson Tide to a 48-21 Southeastern Conference football victory over Auburn Saturday The victory gave Alabama a 7-0 SEC mark and a 10-1 record to take into the Jan 2 Sugar Bowl against Ohio State Rutledge hit on 9 of 13 passes for 193 yards including scoring tosses of 42 and 30 yards and also ran for 102 yards on 10 carries Davis's 104 yards on 20 carries included a 12-yard burst up the middle for a score The 48 points was the most Alabama has scored against Auburn since Bear Bryant became the Tide coach in 1958 The previous high was 38 in 1962 and last fall Auburn stung Alabama early when Joe Cribbs cut through left tackle picked up blockers and ran 85 yards for the second-longest touchdown run in Auburn history The longest was 92 1936 After Alabama had the game under control Auburn's Charlie Trotman connected with Byron Franklin on a 72-yard scoring pass Tony Nathan scored on two short runs for Alabama to give him 92 points for the season After run the Tide moved 70 yards to tie the score on a 30-yard pass from Rutledge to Bruce Bolton Two possessions later runs by Davis and Nathan earned Alabama 58 yards for the score by Davis and Alabama led from then on other sconng pass was for 42 yards' to Ozzie Newsome who took in four tosses for 119 yards He ended the season with 36 catches for 800 yards a 22 2 yard average per catch Cnbbs led attack with 133 yards on 15 carries The Alabama offense rolled up 515 yards to 297 for Auburn as the Tide defeated the Tigers for the fifth straight time Mike Wright (11) Vanderbilt quarterback is third penod game in Knoxville shaken loose from the football and Greg Jones won 42-7 by Tennessee (Photo by Robert (53) recovers the fumble to break up a Leach) Commodore threat at the Vol 21 early in the Milligan beaten! 06-89 48-21 and led Texas to an upset over arch-rival Oklahoma ln the fourth game of the season when two other quarterbacks were injured He fired a 43-yard pass to Johnny Jones that set up first touchdown run and scampered 12 yards on the final play of the opemng penod to put the ball in position for another 4-yard scoring run by Johnny Jones on the first play of the second quarter Three minutes later McEachem flipped a 9-yard sconng pass to Alfred Jackson and six minutes after that Jackson made a leaping grab of a 12-yard pass between two defenders in the end zone to make it 33-7 Longhorns maul Aggies 57-28 Wrapped up score in the first game in a Milligan win against Hanover 72-69 on Fnday Other Buffaloes in double scoring numbers were Shepherd with 16 Zeltman with 11 and William Lewis with 10 Bradley a product of Science Hill and a freshman this season was not named to the tournament team but perfor- Houston HOUSTON (AP) Alois Blackwell scored twice and went over 1000 yards for the season and quarterback Delnck Brown passed for three touchdowns and ran for another Saturday as the Cougars almost ASHEVILLE The Milligan College Buffaloes fell on a poor night of shooting from the field University of North Carolina at Asheville walked away with a 106-89 decision In the championship game of the Asheville Optimist Tip-Off Tournament Milligan placed five players in double figures and had two players named to the all-team selection but it was a 42 percent shooting night on 35 of 80 which hurt the Buffaloes Jon Zeltman and Mike Shepherd were both named to the all tourney team Mike Fuller paced the Buffs in sconng with 22 points as Walter Bradley turned in 20 points the same amount he med well offensively and last night hauled down 14 rebounds Milligan will next be in action on Tuesday at Clinch Valley unc nw Gilbert 26 Jones 17 Stickles 16 Wilkins 16 Bumpbus 4 Harber 6 DeVries 2 Oakes 10 Grace 2r Blevins 7 Milligan (89) Fuller 22 Bradley 20 Sheorterd Zeltman 11 Lewis 10 Huggins 5 Arvin 3 Frazier 3 Score by Halves UNC A 5 Milligan 39 89 51-21 nonchalantly deleated hapless Rice 51-21 The loss closed out a disappointing season for the Owls who won their season opener and then lost 10 in a row for the longest losing streak in the school's history with 1455 The four touchdowns boosted Campbell's point total to 114 six more than Darrell Lipford of Western Carolina whose season is over After spotting 12th-ranked Texas an early 7-0 lead when Curtis 7-yard run capped a 70-yard drive following the opening kickoff Texas roared back late in the first penod on the 60-yard heave from McEachem to Campbell and the 4-yard plunge by Campbell 2 10 later that made it 14-7 McEachem a junior who spent last season on the injury list as a spotter in the broadcast booth came off the bench COLLEGE STATION Texas (AP) Burly Earl Campbell stampeded for a career-high 222 yards tallied four times and became the country's top rusher and scorer as the No 1-ranked Texas trounced Texas 57-28 Saturday and edged within one game of the national championship Campbell earned 27 times and scored on runs of 4 6 and 23 yards after grabbing a 66-yard bomb from Randy McEachem for the first touchdown McEachem Texas' Cinderella quarterback tied a school record by throwing four sconng passes three of them coming as the high-powered Longhorns 1 4 Bench Northern An zona (15300) East Tennessee (12000) and Weber State (12000) are the three newest with 1977 the first year of occupancy Four opened last year Kentucky (23000) Samford (17500) Nebraska (15500) and Texas-El Paso 12000 1 The ones at Kentucky and Brigham Young (22700) are the largest built the last decade Samford which plays at UT tomorrow has the third largest home gym built In the last 17500-seat Civic Center in Birmingham where the University of Alabama with a 15043 gym of its own opened in 1968 plays some of its games The Birmingham arena was opened in 1976 Tbe Top 10 opened in tbe last 18 years and capacity are: (1) Kentucky (23000) (2) Brigham Young (22700) (3) Samford (17500) (4 Indiana (16668) (5) Nebraska (15500) (6) Northern Arizona (15300) (7) Alabama (15043) (8) Utah (15600) (9) Arizona State (14733) (10) Arizona (14438 LSU Iowa State West Virginia Idaho State and Purdue all have facilities seating 14000 or better The 13000-plus arenas are at Providence Dayton Auburn and New Mexico State Plus Ohio The 12000 or more in addition to ETSU are Weber State Texas Washington State South' Carolina and Long Beach State The 11 000 and over facilities are at Middle Tennessee and (See BENCH VIEWS page 26) basketball in the earlier and a little later Chicago Stadium and Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City contributed A crowd of 16188 fans turned out for the first regularly scheduled doubleheader the old Garden in 1934 laying the groundwork for the National Invitation Tournament The Palestra last season observed jts 50th anniversary The Big Five drew 13 million spectators and 140 colleges came to the Palestra over that span But the growth of college basketball is something else again Tbe Garden drew 152201 last season the Palestra 12376L But 46 major colleges drew at least 100000 spectators last season Twenty-two colleges outdrew the Garden and 30 colleges outdrew tbe Palestra The NCAA reports that Kentucky showed an increase of 174392 fans at the new Rupp Arena That made 312527 last season for Kentucky or 22323 per( both all-time highs And to think that the Wildcats' old facility of 12000 capacity was the apple of Adolph Rupp's eye a quarter of a century ago when he proudly gave me a personal tour of the place on one of my trips through Lexington Division One basketball drew nearly 16 5 million spectators an increase of 1 1 million NEW facility is one of 41 with at least 10 000 capacity built in the last 10 years COLLEGE BASKETBALL takes over tomorrow night Well maybe not totally but there's an air of expectancy and mostly concerned with the hardwood sport despite the rather indisputable fact that football has some big action up ahead too The University of Tennessee which has gone to the NCAA two years in a row only to be demed further advancement in upset losses to Virginia Military and Syracuse opens at Stokely Athletics Center at 8 tomorrow against Samiord of Birmingham Ala East Tennessee- State's Buccaneers get their second season started uqder Sonny Smith by hostmg Campbell College at 8 tomorrow with the game launching the new basketball era in 12000-seat Memorial Center Other area colleges including Milligan have already taken off the wraps Is basketball still You betcha And in the southeastern portion of the nation it's taken giant' strides with the building of numerous new facilities seating 12000 fans or better Much of the progress has been accomplished over the past four decades The 1978 press kit includes the information that the first NCAA basketball tourney drew 15 025 fans for five dates The 1977 tourney drew nearly 250000 for 18 sessions New York's Madison Square Garden and Palestra are Riven much credit for popularizing college By Jimmy Sra)th Executive Sports Editor.