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45 THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER Sun Sept 11 1977 egler Launches Wildcats To 2147 Win At Fordham 7 A ik 4 't 3et411'S 4 "U1 44401 0 001- Later a one-yard touchdown run by Leg ler was called back yards in 16 carries and sophomore halfback Craig Pyles accounted for another 54 in 10 tries Davis who had 85 yards in 12 attempts was Fordham's key weapon until Legree a transfer from Pitt recovered from early difficulty to log 62 yards passing and 39 rushing Although Farrell got his first opening victory as Davison coach he was not fully satisfied with the outcome "I wanted to come out with a satisfying win" Farrell said "We won and Fordham has a good team but it wasn't a satisfying win "We made mistakes and shut ourselves down Also our defense let them get out of several tough situations "I think we executed the offense well We threw the ball thoroughly It was penalties not broken plays that stopped us" The Wildcats assessed 18 penalties for 115 yards reached the Ford-ham 1 early in the opening quarter but an infraction eventually cost them the ball on downs at the 23 reducing the margin to a mere three points Davison claimed an onsides hick by the Rams and time was almost out when the Wildcats finally gave up the ball again Leg ler who led all runners with 139 yards in 23 carries put the Wildcats on the scoreboard midway through the first quarter with a 10- yard dash ending a four-play drive of 54 yards A 30-yard field goal by Fordham's Brian Curd cut the margin to 7-3 in the second quarter but Davidson followed with a 75-yard march with fullback Mark Hooper bursting the final nine to give the Wildcats a 14-3 halftime cushion Davidson had more than 300 yards total offense in the half and finished the day with 421 the highest opening game total in Ed Farrell's four years as head coach Davidson's rushing was not limited to Leg ler Walley added 78 Pete Leg ler -F(1 Farrell 0 0ofripsf- 1 0 ''a 4 1 ii: 3 i 4 ''l A -'7 i MeGlamry Sting Furman It: I 7 ins Opener Special To The Observer NEW YORK Davidson made its first football trip ever to the city known for its power failures and opened its college football season by pulling the plug on Fordham 20-17 at Jack Coffey Field Saturday afternoon The victory accomplished largely on the running of sophothore halfback Pete Leg ler appeared to be a cinch at one stage but the Wildcats had to scramble hard at the end to preserve their first opening game triumph since 1970 Davidson built a 20-3 lead early in the third period when sophomore fullback Page Walley scored from the 1 line to conclude a 25-yard drive putting the Wildcats ahead by 17 with 9:23 left in the quarter But Fordham retaliated with a 6yard march ending in halfback Pierre Davis's one-yard run Then quarterback Chris Legree raced 22- yards to score with only 1:23 to play Menougaid Coes Over sophomore back had big night for 61 yards of Georgia Tech's game total 259 Otherwise darting wish bone quarterback Gary Lanier was stymied And though tailback Eddie Lee Ivery got 142 yards rushing his gains were scattered through the contest South Carolina surged to a 10-0 halftime lead as a 55934 Williams-Brice Stadium crowd watched and prevented the Yellow Jackets from mounting a serious touchdown threat until the waning moments "When you consider that we've got eight players at new positions on de vr 1mtv-1-77: 3: 4 1 m177R244' :11:4 'i'' 0 I Ls' 1 w7c 4 'ri ii44 m-- -t 41 0417177717i4' t'-i 4 4 '13404 ''''''I'''''''' 4'''' t'' 1 i''' 4 lilt ''''''44 '''ty'-' 4 1 uf '1 I 'fA 1 r1 I '7 'ii )e 1 1--') '4 1 4- ii i fl it ti 1 dt-'41- 4 '4: '46''' 1 1 )' i': a'-- -'e i i'''- '''i''''" 0'''''''''-' 1 A '71''' '''''''3 A' ''e i i -c ''I''" ''i''-'14'N'''''i-''''''''' 2'L'' ''-'0'-''' 1)' '')''1 ''''''''P'''''''' fill 14'44-t' 4 fro ''''''4 i'' i ''q' i' 9til 4 r-' 4' ii-7 4' ''1' pc' 4'4C4''' At- 4 -'4---'i' -r y- i :) ir "') 11 ''''''''A 1fy ppk4 f4 'i''4'1 'k' 4'' i0 f': f'' ''4-1 47 t' i' J': '11f x': 3 '''1''' -7'''' dd)1414i fr4 '''-'J i'' '-1i 1'' 6 il 'cz -i: 'i iilii4 t''''- ii i'-''-'" r't' 44 4 ''')'-': T' 1- IA 1 'L z'-1 I 4 '''5 ''V'': 1 I '1' ''ti''' 'i 4'-' 'c Oc 4 4 I 1 -t --i-flb: 1 1 i- '4 '-5): 'it700' 1- iJ10 411( 4 1t -1 0 gm 04 I J-1 i' ''''''G4 A t' '41-: it' t1 14 4 1 0) AP photO -'1'''' -i t-R Snaps Sl-timp At 11 Beats Smith By LES BOWEN Observer Staff Writer HICKORY The first football victory since 1975 for the Lenoir-Rhyne Bears was over a 35-18 waltz over Johnson Smith and Bear quarterback Ronnie Pugh fresh from the shower rubbed his wet hair as he sat down on the bleachers of the Lenoir-Rhyne gym to savor the triumph ''Not bad a'tall" he grinned 'Coach (Jack) l-hiss's been lookin' for a quarterback n' I told him by gosh I was it" Pugh a 6-foot 182-pound senior from Asheboro played a lot at quarterback for last year's 0-11 Lenoir-Rhyne team a circumstance that made Saturday's victory over the Golden Bulls even more important than it would have been for the average team The Bears last win came in the last game of the '75 season a 31-28 victory over Elon Saturday Pugh directed an offense that amassed 223 yard rushing and 133 yard passing Lenoir-Rhyne scored only five plays after the opening kickoff when Pugh connected with senior tight end Brian Bishop on an eight-yard pass to cap a 61-yard drive with 13:33 left in the first quarter Bishop who played only on the special teams last year has amazed Huss With the progress he made over the summer He caught all three Bear touchdown passes The second touchdown came when Lenoir-Rhyne punted on 4th and 16 Smith had too many men on the field the Bears then faked a punt nd snapped the ball to up-back Ronnie Jolly and he ran 13 yards to spark a touchdown drive Lenoir-Rhyne scored five plays after the fake punt tailback Butch Baker scoring on a one-yard dive with :11 left in the first quarter Baker also scored the next touchdown a nine yarder that came after the team exchanged turnovers deep in Smith territory The first turnover an intercepted pass came after fullback Kevin Johnson had run 59 yards off tackle But then Pugh and Bishop put it together again The quarterback scrambling to evade the Smith pass rush lofted a 25 yarder on the run and Bishop caught it to put the game out of reach with 13:12 left The Bears' Jeff Howe a junior quarterback who attended Independence High School found Bishop over the middle for the 28 yard final Lenoir Rhyne touchdown The Smith subs scored a meaningless touchdown against the Bears' subs with 1:11 left quarterback Anthony Downing passing to Erwin Costner Except for the brief spurt of respectability in the third quarter the Bulls probably couldn't have had more problems Runners and quarterbacks ran into each other receivers turned the wrong way on pass attempts and the Smith defense had more leaks than a congressional committee The Bears also had three passes intercepted But Huss remembering how it was to lose last year had nothing but kind words for the Bulls "They were disorganized like we were when we lost to them last season But they got a good team They hit hard and they've got some great receivers" Huss detailed the changes he had made after the disaster of last season "We run the same plays we ran last year but we run them from a different offense The quarterback isn't running as much Defensively we cut out things we're trying to do fewer things well" Fullback Kevin Johnson gained 104 yards on eight carries for the Bears Baker ran for 95 yards on 17 attempts One bright spot for the Bulls was the running of Williams who gained 106 yards on 21 carries IC Smith 0 0 12 6-18 LenoirRhyne 14 7 0 14-35 8 oass from Pugh (Barger kick) 1 run (Barger kick) 8 run (Barger kick) 25 run (kick (ailed) 1 run (run failed) 25 pass from Pugh (Barger kick) 78 pass from Flown (Barger kick) 14 Pass from Downing (kick) Smith LRlivne First downs 15 )3 Rushes-vards 58'212 42-223 pas5ino north 69 133 Return yards 12 71 Passes 5-21-3 717-2 Punts 7-399 5-41 0 Fumbles-lost 2-1 3-2 PenallieS-vardS 7-57 6-67 First downs 15 Rushes-yards 58'212 42-2: pas5ing yards 69 1: Return yards 12 Passes 5-21-3 717 Punts 7-399 5-41 Fumbles-lost 2-1 3 PenallieS-Yards 7-57 6-1 Hunt Takes Pole In Italy Associated Press MONZA Italy James Hunt the defending world champion gained the pole position for Sunday's Grand Prix of Italy Formula 1 auto race 'clocking the fastest time in the final minutes of official trials Saturday The English ace drove his McLaren in 1 minute 3808 seconds over the 58-kilometer lap of the Monza Autodrome to shatter by more than seconds the official track record Argentina's Carlos Reutemann in his red Ferrari had the second fastest time of the two days of trials In 1:3815 His good showing drew warm applause from the 50000 fans crowding the Autodrome and noisily supporting the drivers of the home factory Ferrari Jody Scheckter of South Africa In -a Wolf came in third in 1:382 9 and Andrettl the Nazareth Pa restdent had the fourth best time in Lotus racer His time was 1:3837 Austrian ace Nikl Lauda the lead er of the 1977 world standings and the fastest In Friday's trials was clocked in better than his Frinay time but only worth fifth place Saturday Lauda also was involved in an accident during the morning runs when his Ferrari went off the para bolic bend of the Autodrome and re rceived a broken mbeel Davidson 7 7 6 0-20 Fordham 0 3 7 7-17 ler 10 run (Lankenau kick) 35 Curd 9 run (Lankenao kirk) 1 run (kick blocked) 1 run (Curd kick) 22 run (Curd kick) Davidson Fordharn 19 21 66-283 46-228 142 88 -4 30 6-9-0 6-23-0 8-354 7-34 1 0-0 0-0 13-115 6-60 First downs Rushes-yards Passing yards Return yardage Passes Punts Fumbies-lost Penatties-Yards DAVIDSON Rushing Walley 16-81 Setser 1-1 Leo ler 23- 139 Pyles 9-54 McCarthy 8-(minus 17) Atkinson 4-5 Hooper 3-17 Cannion 1-6 Passing McCarthy 4-6-0 64 yards Rhyne 2- 3-0 58 Receiving Golmont 2-67 Hammons 1-14 Selser 1-8 Atkinson 1-50 Weey I-3 FORDHAM Rushing Zirooli 5-32 DAvis 12-85 SimononS 7-16 Connolly 3-minus 15) Smith 5-17 Legree 13-39 Tatiierre 2-54 Passing Connolly 0-3-0 Legraa 5-17-0 62 yards Freeman 1-2-0 26 Davis 0-1-0 Receiving Zirooli 1-25 Madison 1-12 Smith 1-23 Davis 1-(minu5 3) Simmons 1-5 Reis 1-26 2 FURMAN Pushing K1110I 7(149 Wootf1(41' 79 Slow) 9 MS Kelly 18 Sou ihaid 2O 2 1 Htnder Si)11 7 7 Passing Henderson 6 14-1 76 vardS Kiser 2 2-0 45 Receiving Sou 1))scr1 375 Kelly 1(rninus 1) 2-40 1 ite1ch 111 Paws 1-(rninus 4) WAKE FOREST Rushing Mcliouvald 37411 Rola' -74 t'11( 0104(711 1( 6 S000 m( '2' 6 FJvin 14(41111 2- Ornoto 3) Johnson 7-1 Ku by 4141 nist passing mcOlainty 916 0 11 var (IS 61Y i I 0 4 Receiving Solith 2-36 leglinsal 229 Lverelt von 2 300 Kilson )4 4 litt Wake Forest's jams McDottgald Furman 'Defense in Deacons' 24-13 victory By RICHARD SINK goal with 7:55 to go for the final Observer Staff Writer points WINSTON-SALEM Wake For- Furman lost 19 players who est tailback James McDougald has started at some time or another in been called "possibly the next Tony 1976 when the Paladins went 6-4-1 Dorsett" by Sports Illustrated and beat NC State Wake Coach Deacon quarterback Mike Mc- Chuck Mills felt if anything his Glamry has yet to be called the next squad was leery of the unknown in Kenny Stabler or Terry Bradshaw facing Furman an underdog by anyone "Maybe the kids were too complaBut between McDougald and cent about what they had to do not McGlamry Wake Forest was able to overconfident but unsure of what make up for some kicking game mis- they had to do" said Mills takes and repel a tougher-than- "I think it is of some merit that thought Furman team 24-13 Salty- our kids did not play particularly day night in the season opener for well but we still won I'm not exciteach team ed about the way we played but we did play with character when got beMcDougald tile already-heralded hind and then did what we had to sophomore from Maxton gained 133 do" yards on 32 carries scored twice and The Deaeons' kicking game both thoroughly impressed Furman Coach ends of it receiving and punting Art Baker McGlamry a senior from hurt them through three quarters Columbus Ga continually hit on "Probably the things that hurt us of key passes for 171 yards connected fensively and defensively was the with tight end Steve Young for the kicking game a punt penalties final go-ahead touchdown and sur- and the muff" said Mills "The kick-prised Baker ing-game penalties took good field "1 think McDougald is great" said position away from us" Baker "He's the hardest guy to After Hely missed a 48-yard field tackle I've ever seen I don't know if goal on the first series Wake held he has Dorsett's speed but then I the Paladins and partially blocked a don't know if Dorsett (the 1976 punt But returner Dan Smading unHeisman Trophy winner) can break wisely tried to one-hand the wobbly tackles like that McDougald is the bouncing ball at midfield and never best we've played against in five had a chance to control it Mark years" Cory recovered for the Paladins and "McDougald is one reason we although they didn't move in for a didn't play good pass defense We score they did bury Wake with a played him so tough to run it opened Bill Freeman punt out of bounds at it up for the quarterback" the six Able to punch out only to their 30 The Deacons' third straight victo- the Deacons had to give the ball back ry (they beat Duke and South Caron- to Furman and punter Barry Sikes na at the end of a 5-6 season in 1976) under no rush whatsoever got off wasn't -clinched until they scored 10 only a 27-yard kick points in the fourth quarter to ex- The Paladins started from their pand a 14-13 lead 43 Moved along by a 34-yard lookMcGlamry mixed in 20-yard in pass to tight end Brette Simmons passes to Solomon Everett and from quarterback Jimmy Miser they Young in a 75-yard drive and Mc- had a touchdown in seven plays On Dougald dived the last yard for a 21- third down from the 2 flanker 13 advantage with 11 minutes left Tommy Southard swept left and When the Purple Paladins from dived at the end-zone flag the Southern Conference tried to It took Wake only 3:52 to tie rally immediately David Hender- McGlamry had first-down strikes all son's pass was picked off near mid- of at least 11 yards to John Zeglinfield by safety James Royster Bob ski Everett and Tom Smith Smith Hely soon line-drived a 37-yard field made a remarkable diving one-handed grab at tile 13 for a 25-yard corn- pletion and McDougald then took ogavienre anfotethr tlfu lol bi tchke fSi trastn artfolnaprtk ou rt and 2 oug a I burst five yar throug the mt for tying touchdown with 10:25 to go per Rodgers: "We simply made too Once again in the last half Wake many mistakes" mistakes set up a Furman score The Despite that Bass hit but six of his Deacons' first of two clipping penal17 passes and the Gamecocks squan- ties on punts in the third period set dered scoring chances Still it was them back to the 12 on their first an upswing from South Carolina's possession after halftime After a 32-17 triumph against Appalachian first down fullback Bob Ventresca State the season opener on his first of two carries for the Anyway a year ago the Game- night fumbled the ball over to de-cocks jumped off to a 3-0 start but fensive back Beach Foster at the 18 settled for 6-5 overall Two seasons In four plays Bobby Behr had a back Carlen's first at South Carolina 30-yard field goal with 10:02 left in after immigrating from Texas Tech the quarter they opened 5-1 but closed at 7-5 As Again Wake came right back for this year time will tell with a touchdown An 80-yard drive appeared stalled after a 16-yard loss on first down by McGlamry but on third and 19 Young took a pass and 0' ai 4 nit Itallies broke tackles and tippy-toed 54 yards down the left sideline rr1 rip The Paladins earned their next I 0 le Austin points moving from the 15 The big gainer was a 48-yard run by Mark Stowers with Royster saving a Associated Press touchdown Four plays gained not hDENVER JoAnne Carner sank tog and Furman settled for a 29-vard a four-foot birdie putt on the 1St field goal by Behr with :3:46 left in hole Saturday to pull into a tie with the period Debbie Austin going into Sunday's McDougald and McGlamry then final round of the $50000 National began putting the game away The Jewish Hospital Open women's golf 1133 yards were no shocker front Mc-tournament Dougald who gained 1018 last year as a freshman and Mills had a simCarner's 37-35-72 and Austin's pie explanation for why Wake re36-37-73 gave the pair three-undersorted so much to McGlatnry's pass-par 141s and a one-stroke lead on the tog "We thought" Mills said 'we par-72 6461-yard Columbine Coun- could throw on them" try Club course Furman 0 7 A 0-13 Wake Forest 0 7 7 10-24 One shot back were Vicki Fergon 2 run (Rehr kick) who at one time Saturday was six 5 run (Hely kick) under par for the tournament and 3 C)c1 0 lr Youno55 Pest from McGleMr1" (Hely Jerilyn Britz who slipped in with a Ito) 71 for the day 24 Behr 1 run (Hal11 kick) 37 Hely Knotted at two strokes off the A20200 Furman Wake pace were Judy Kimball Hollis First dow119 13 21 hrs-yerds 50-190 5510A Stacy and Jane Blalock with one Pasting wets 11 1 ti under-par totals of 143 yeds Pos505 75 1J7 10110 Punts A 3) 430 Shooting par after 36 110IPS were Fumbles -lost 1 1 7-7 penailies ds 6-52 4 Mt Amy Alcott who on Saturday cunecocks Shut Out Georgia Tech 1-1 Ar 1 11: fense" added Car len "it really says a lot for our effort" A fumbled punt and a prompt Gamecock recovery set up Spencer Clark's 17-yard sideline scoring run with 4:14 to play in the first quarter And two third-quarter punts by Max Runager rolled dead at the South Carolina two further limiting Georgia Tech's offensive opportunities A 22-yard Britt Parrish field goal and quarterback Bass' one-yard sneak were the Gamecocks' other scores but the matter was never a contest Explained Yellow Jacket coach Pep By FRANK BARROWS Observer Staff Writer COLUMBIA And so with South Carolina's 17-0 victory over Georgia Tech Saturday night the Gamecocks early-season football outlook is once again bright promising and optimistic The mood is upbeat Expectations are high All things seem possible even a bowl-game appearance or an undefeated record Nevertheless South Carolina swept impressively through September during the past two years only to bog down thereafter and struggle to a lackluster finish And though the Gamecocks are now rolling those difficulties no doubt nagged at Coach Jim Carien as he reviewed and analyzed his team's domination of the Yellow Jackets "We've got a long way to go to be a good team" he said "We tried to take advantage of their inexperienced secondary but couldn't Ron Bass was off in his passing Our penalties and turnovers really concerned me" Car len sighed perhaps remembering the previous seasons' letdowns "We've got a long way to go to be a good team" Yet this was a heady performance by South Carolina which posted its first shutout triumph since 1969 Pursuing scrambling and tackling crisply the Gamecocks' defense completely shut off the Yellow Jackets A first-quarter drive accounted Georgia Tech 0 0 0 0 South Cargitna 7 3 0 I SCClork 17 run (rarrish kick) Parrish 1 run (Parrish kick) A-55934 Go Tech 5Caro (Ina First downs 14 19 Wustuts-yords 55-233 61-257 Passing yards 26 49 Return yards 31 11 PoSSOS 17-6-2 Punts 71? 7-41 rumbles-lost 6-4 I-1 Penalties-yards 7-100 7-75 GEORGIA TECH Rushing I l42 Rw ker 9-3 Lanier Snmmbilrger 523 merierty IS I4 Hardie 4 01'1MA 10) Thomn 2-15 Le 2 Hill 1 (mums 4) Passing Lanier 0-2-0 Haute 3 Ill 26 yen Receiving MorIarly 11 I-1111 I 8 'themes 1 11 SOUTH CAROLINA Rushing DuRev In 3 cArir Rtm 17 41 (lark 10 Mr Kinney 1-37 Iotjip 12 36 wrign1 A4I Williams 2 4 1-owier I Iminus Pessing iles 1 2 49 VAf cis Receiving CArler 2-14o IliorseY 2-13 Madrinty I Bo $(011 1-14' mr71' II '4 1" i- ex ip -eE Ss' if 4:::: At :0: 1 ti 7 1-: (f'' '4 ft''' a lF 'A' l': 1: Sq i Nt4F4 'e I '1 I -gsz 4 4 ii 1 17c' F''' ip A 1 :1::: 24 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