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Second-half Western rally hips Chattanooga 10 7 By CLARK HANES Daily News Sports Editor CHATTANOOGA Tenn-Western spotted UT-Chattanooga a 7-0 lead the opening minutes here Saturday night but came back to pKt a hard-fought 10-7 win before a crowd of 8000 at Chamberlain Field The home-standing Mocassins impressive 24-0 winners over Illinois State last week in their opener drove 79 yards for a touchdown on thier fust possesion of the game But proud defense stiffened and irr-C never seriously threatened to get on the scoreboard again The Hill toppers meanwhile closed their deficit to 7-3 in the second quarter on a Dave Betz field goal and drove 67 yards for what turned out to be the winning touchdown in the third stanza Apparently last season-opening tie with Troy State made Western coach Jimmy Feix a believer in his defensive unit Despite sustained drive early in the game Feix said he was never worried about his defense -a went a long he said they had a lot of help too We had a few penalties against us and we barely missed sacking their quarterback a few times when it would have ended their As it turned out though Feix have anything to worry about Chattanooga wound up with a total offense of only 148 yardslh its strong veer attack accounting for a total of only 124 yards on the ground On the other hand offense was held to one tochdown for the second week in a row But Feix saw improvement in this aspect of the game too The passing attack with a trio of quarterbacks seeing action was anemic Doug Davis Bill Smith and Steve Larimore combined to complete on three of 15 attempts for a minus two yards led by Jimmy 95 yards on 18 carries Western picked up 199 yards on the ground really need to work on our passing Feix noted we did a lot of other things better on offense tonight not worried about our offense either because this is two good teams played now made a lot of mistakes tonight he added lucky to win anytime you do that But on the whole I was really proud of the wav we Besides everything else the gamfe had two interesting sidelights One was a punting duel between Walt Herod and Greg Cater and the other was a donnybrook that broke out on the field before the final play of the game flerod a senior from Hendersonville Tenn averaged 44 yards on six boots for the Hilltoppers while Cater-a UT-C freshman-punted six times for an average of 48 yards per try 10 Things bogged down again though and-the Toppers were forced to settle for a 23-yard field goal by Betz It was later learned that Jefferson had suffered torn ligaments in his knee and would be lost indefinitely go-ahead score came late in the third quarter on a one-yard sneak by Smith capping the seven-play 67-yard march The drive was almost over before it started with Woods breaking into the UT-C secondary on the very first play But deep back Stan Eller the last plan with a shot at speedy sophomore runningback brought him down after a 28-yard gain The biggest play of the drive was a 25-yard draw play by Woods that moved the ball down to the one-yard line It came on a desparate third-and-long situation following big losses on the two previous downs Early in the final quarter a daring punt return to midfield by Jimmy Thomas set up what appeared to be another scoring drive by the Toppers The march broke down at the UT-C 23 but the Western defense made the three-point difference stand up i In be closing minutes timely interceptions by Roy Kesterson James Jones and Thomas put an end to potential UT-C scoring opportunites Western begins the Ohio Valley Conference portion of its schedule next week when the Toppers entertain Austin Peay You had to be impressed with UT-Cs game-opening drive even if it took three Western penalties to keep the march alive The Mocs took over on their own 21-yard line after the opening kickoff and proceeded to go the distance in 19 plays Chattanooga took what defense was giving three yards here and four yards there and wound up keeping the ball over half the first period The big-gainer of the drive in fact was a 15-yard facemask penalty against the Toppers Junior quarterback Doug Elstead saved the drive by sneaking two yards on a crucial founh-and-one situation inside the Western 10 and moments later hit rookie Ed Richardson with an eight-yard scoring pass big chance to turn things around came midway through the second quarter when freshman linebacker Carl Estelle intercepted a pass and returned it 29 yards to the UT-C 35 The Toppers went nowhOre in three plays and the threat appeared to end when Dave field goal attempt fplLshort However Betz was roughed up on the play and Western wouixlp wqjfi a first down at the 20-yard line Reserve tailback Lawrence Jefferson was injufeJhqn the next play but he darted 12 yards up the middle to give the Tops a firsbqnd goal inside News SPORTS SUNDAY Phils gain ground on Pirates Pag DeJesus Easterly 1-0 struck out four and walked four before needing help with one out in the ninth Leon gave up Manny RBI single before retiring the side Royals 6 White Sox 5 KANSAS CITY (AP) Jim ninth-inning single his third bit of the game scored Fred Patek from second base and gave the Kansas City-Royals a 6-5 victory over the Chicago White Sox Saturday night The victory protected their 5 -game lead over Oakland in the American League West The nipped Texas 3-2 in an afternoon game Patek opened the inning with a single and moved to second on a sacrifice by Buck Martinez before scoring the winning run The White Sox had tied the game in the eighth on Jim single and a double by Lemar Johnson Larry Gura 2-0 the fifth pitcher was the winner while Ken Brett 10-10 was the Hs night in Chattanooga and Western rallied for record to 1-0-1 (Staff Photo by David Gibbons) a 10-7 win moving its season CARL ESTELLE (55) and Steve Carrico (30) of the Western defense close in on Troy State quarterback Gerald Collins in last 10-10 tie The Topper defensive unit held UT-Chattanooga to no points in the second half Saturday SEPTEMBER 19 1976 the score 1-1 Jerry Grote doubled and later scored on a sacrifice fly by Mike Phillips eighth homer in the third made it 3-1 Then Grote who had been sidelined since Aug 27 because of a pulled jnuscle broke the game open with a single in the sixth which knocked in Felix Millan and Kranepool Giants 5 Reds 0 CINCINNATI (AP) Ed Halicki and Gary Lavelle combined for a two-hitter and Gary Thomasson and Chris -Speier hit solo homers leading the San Francisco Giants to a 5-0 victory over the Cincinnati Reds Saturday night Lavelle 9-6 allowed only one hit in five innings of relief after Halicki departed in the fifth with a sore back It was only the seventh shutout suffered by Cincinnati in 150 games this season The Giants staked Halicki to a 2-0 lead after four innings one of the runs coming on homer in the first They added two' runs in the sixth one of them a leadoff homer by Speier Fred Norman suffered his fifth loss against 12 victories Braves 5 Dodgers 2 ATLANTA (AP) Jamie Easterly and Max Leon combined on a six-hitter and Tom Paciorek blasted a solo home run to pace the Atlanta Braves to a 5-2 victory over the Us Angeles Dodgers Saturday night The Braves scored a pair of runs in the second inning on two hits an error and a wild pitch Paciorek ripped his third homer of the season in the fourth and Atlanta added two runs in the seventh on run-scoring singles by Jerry Royster and Willie Montanez Rookie right-hander Dennis Lewallyn 0-1 took the loss In his major league starting debut snapped shutout bid in the seventh when Lee Lacy walked and scored on a triple by Ivan Fisher zips Houston 49-14 CHICAGO (AP) Jay Johnstone collected four hits including a triple and a double Saturday as the Philadelphia Phillies snapped a three-game losing streak with a 4-1 victory over the Chicago Cubs The triumph was only the sixth in the last 24 games for the slumping Phillies and raised their lead over second-place Pittsburgh in the National League East to four games Pittsburgh was beaten by the -New York Mets 6-2 Saturday Steve Carlton 18-6 struck out including the side in the but lost his bid for a shutout in the seventh when Cubs pitcher Rick Reuschel doubled and scored on a single byMickKelleher Garry Maddox opened the game with a double moved to third on an infield out and scored on Mike single The Phillies scored again in the fourth on triple and a sacrifice fly byTimMcCarver double triggered a two-run ninth Pinch-runner Ollie Brown scored on a single by Larry Bowa and Bobby Tolan who beat out an infield hit scored when Reuschel was charged with a balk Mets 6 Pirates 2 NEW YORK (AP) Dave Kingman belted his 35th home run of the season and Ed Kranepool also homered as the New York Mets beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-2 Saturday The defeat coupled with 4-1 victory in Chicago dropped the Pirates four games behind the Phils in the National League East Division race Each team has 15 games remaining Tom Seaver 14-10 won his fourth in a row with a five-hitter solo homer in the second inning came off Larry Demery 108 and moved him back into a tie with MikeSchmldt for the mjor league lead Following leadoff homer in the second which tied Baseball standings GAINESVILLE Flai'fAP) Senior quarterback Jimmy Fisher came out passing and drove the Florida Gators to an easy 49-14 victory over the Houston Cougars in an intersectional football game Saturday night -Fisher conducted 80-yard touchdown marches each of the first three times Florida had the ball and took the Gators 85 yards to open the second half He ran for touchdowns of 31 and eight yards and passed to wide receiver Wes Chandler for a 35-yarder Willie Wilder swept right end 35 yards to score another second string under the guidance of Junior Bill kynes rolled 58 yards for a touchdown that had the Gators well in control at 28-0 midway in the second quarter Earl Carr ran 18 yards for that touchdown and broke loose on a 46-yard scoring run in the third quarter Third-string quarterback Harry Lecount produced another TD on a oneyard pass to Nap Green late in the game Alabama 56 SMU 3 BIRMINGHAM Ala (AP) -Quarterback Jack running like a fullback snapped a stumbling Alabama team to attention with two touchdowns in 49 seconds to lead the Crimson Tide to a 56-3 football victory over Southern 15 3 Rangers 2 OAKLAND AP) Vida Bjue survived a shaky eighth inning to post his fifth straight victory Saturday as the Oakland defeated the Texas Rangers 3-2 The victory put the five games behind first-place Kansas City in the American League West The Royals play the Chicago White Sox Saturday night Blue 16-12 shut the Rangers out on six hits until the eighth when he gave up a home run to Jim Fregosl and two more singles before he was replaced -by Jim Todd The victory snapped a twogame losing streeak for -Oakland which got all its runs off Texas starter Tom Boggs 1-6 Yankees 5 Brewers 3 MILWAUKEE (AP) Graig Nettles hit his 28th home run of the season a tiebreaking two-run shot in the fourth inning Saturday to lead the New York Yankees to a 5-3 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers Late games not included Results Cleveland 5-2 Baltimore 1-3 Boston 5 Detroit 4 New York 5 Milwaukee 3 Oakland 3 Texas 2 Chicago at Kansas City Minnesota at California scores Srockport Stata 4 AMrad Bathuna-Cookman a Uvingttons Col 4 Cltadtl 17 Daiawara IS Plttiburgh a Georgia Tech 14 Salem Collaga 14 dluatlald State -Watt Carolina 14 Murray State 10 MIDWEST Akron a Morahaad St a Central SI Ohio 14 Ashland 13 Defiance Col 7 Findlay Cal Kenyan Col 21 Otterbetn Col 14 Muskingum Col 7 Manana Col 4 Vlllanova II Dayton Centra Collaga 31 Oberfln Col I Denison Univ 14 Valparaiso 14 Iowa 41 Syracuta 3 North Mknigan 44 St Norbert I Nebraska 44 Indiana II Oklahoma a Cantorma 17 Southern IHinolt 27 Drake IS Lawrence Umv 14 Mount Sonar la 7 50 Dakota Tech 24 Rocky Mountain la Wabash 22 Hope Cal legs tg Wise Lacrosse 24 wit Othkoth It Wit piertevilis 17 wise Riv Falls 7 Albion 27 Mount Union I (all State 24 Miami Ohio a Sewtlng Ocean 14 East Michigan 11 Michigan St 21 Wyoming Id Wayne St Mkh 1 Northweod Mich I Santdktina IH 14 Dubugue Concord a SI 41 Ptlltbury Cal 7 Olivet Cal 24 St Joseph 4 Ind IF 51 dal Canada 42 Carteton Canada I Valley City 37 Science II wneatan at North Part (el Cent Mkhtant Toledo! Concordia tq 34 kelameioe Cal 2T Saginaw 31 Adrian 7 Illinois 31 Missouri kernes A Kantucky la Minnesota 24 Wastungton SI 14 Missouri Rone 17 Wayne SI Nab I Naira Dame 24 Purdue Wisconsin 44 North Dakota Anderson 17 Taylor gt bethel Mm 24 SW Minnesota IS Sutler 3L Hilisoete Col Centra cottage It Oberim Col Chant on note Mmol Halo 14 Cornell Cauaua 24 i-aon Cal 2a Orimtetl Cm 71 Iowa Wesleyan 7 Hanover Col at terthem Cel John Car ran 24 Hiram Canada 17 Ohio Wesleyan 24 DePeva umv William Penn 7 Monmouth Cat Wheaton Col 41 harm Part Cal FAR WtIT Colorado II WeshudMA 7 Monlane Slate No Das at a 11 7 laws Stela 4t An Fane pass play- from quarterback Randy Wallace The fourth longest pass in history it quelled suspicions that Wallace was bothered by tendonitis in his shoulder Horned quarterbacks Jimmy DanElzner and Steve Bayuk who passed 60 per cent of the time turned their aim to flanker Vernon Wells LSU 28 Oregon St 11 BATON ROUGE La (AP) -Wingback Carl Trimble scored on a 42-yard run and a 37-yard pass as 16th-ranked Louisiana State beat winless Oregon State 28-11 in College football Saturday night Baylor 15 Auburn 14 AUBURN Ala (AP)-Mark Jackson threw a 12-yard fourthquarter touchdown pass to Tommy Davidson and they tossed to Davidson again for a two-pOintconversion Saturday to give Baylor it 15-14 football victory over an AuDum team which gave up the ball six times on fumbles Saturday i Two of the scoring passes went to Steve Davis one of nine yards in the second period and one 36 yards in the third quarter Speedster Gene Washington caught one for an 85yard score also in the third period The win was the second a row for the Southeastern Con-Terence Bulldog? while Clemson fell to 1-1 Starting Georgia quarterback Ray Goff also a senior began the rout in the first quarter when he broke through the right side and outraced the Tiger secondary for a 73-yard TD jaunt with less than four minutes gone A third Bulldog quarterback sophomore Tony Flanagan engineered the final scoring drive of 65 yards in the last period Willie McCleqdon scored the touchdown from two yards out Georgia also got two field goals one from 47 yards and all five extra points from Allan Leavitt who made all his three pointers Clemson running backs Warren Ratchford and Harold Coggins provided the only Tiger punch But Georgia goal line stands held arid field goals failed from the 16 and the 30 A fumble stopped the only second-half drive at the Geor Miss 34Tulane7 OXFORD Miss (AP) -Tailback Michael two touchdowns and the slashing runs bf Reg Woullard led the MIssIssIddI Rebels to a 34-7 football victory over fumble-plagued Tulane Saturday Woullard a sophomore who Is Sweet's substitute scored one touchdown on a three-yard run and set up two others while rushing 21 times for 135 ard? Sweets raced four yards for one touchdown and escaped 15 yards for a second as the Rebels broke out of an offensive slump and pushed their record to 2-1 Tulane's touchdown came on a 95-yard kickoff return by sophomore running back vgyv- vjtjLiLdWKSk Methodist Saturday runs of 7 and 19 yards came early in the second period after the Mustangs had taken a 3-0 lead on John 40-yard field goal Alabama ranked 14tb in the nation despite an opening 10-7 loss to Mississippi gave up the ball on its first three possessions on two fumbles and a pass interception But starting the second period with Alabama at the SMU 26 tossed to Thad Flanagan to the seven and then ran over four defenders on the next play to score Art Whittington fumbled the kickoff Pete Cavan recovered it at the 25 and three plays later again bounced off tacklers to take it in directed Alabama 60 yards for another touchdown on its next possession and with the half almost over sophomore Jqff Rutledge threw to Ozzie Newsome who caught the ball at the five between two defenders and scored on a 45-yard play Ga41Clemson0 CLEMSON SC senior quarterback Matt Robinson completed six of nine passes for 165 yards and three touchdowns to lead the nlnthranked Bulldogs to a 41-0 romp over Clemson in an interconference football game air with 207 yards passing to 147 for Akron Morehead was penalized eight times for 75 yards Tenn Martin 38 Middle Tenn MURFREESBORO Tenn (AP) Mark Carroll Intercepted two Middle Tennessee passes and ran one of them back 37 yards for a touchdown to lift the University of Tcnncssce-Marttn to a 38 3 non-conference football victory Saturday night over Middle Tennessee State David Williams Jim liar-degree and Clay Blaylack also Intercepted passes for the winners now 21 MXIDDLE Tennessee held to 95 yards rushing fell to 1-2 Middle Tennessee also fumbled four limes Tim Martin led UT Martln rushing with 55 yards on seven carries Quarterback Alvin Smalls threw eight limes completeing six for 84 yards Middle Tennessee was led by Mike Moore with 71 yards on 28 carries Reggie Scott midway in the fourth quarter Sweet immediately took kickoff 99 yards for a touchdown but his run was nullified by a clipping penalty Other than Scott's run Tulane could not put anything together against the Rebel defenders who recovered five fumbles Tulane an independent that is now 0-2 lost four fumbles in the first two quarters and a low snap from center on a 45-yard field goal attempt by Ed' Murray cost the Green Wave its only first half scoring opportunity Of it only serious threat freshman quarterback Tommy Hightower moved the Wave from its 20 to the Mississippi 28 in the third period before defensive end Gary Turner forced a Hightower fumble and middle guard Pete Robertson recovered for Ole Miss Freshman Leon Perry ripped two big gains and then scored from the three in the last quarter for another Ole Miss touchdown The other touchdown came on their longest sustained march of the season a 70-yard drive in Woullard carried eight times for 65 yards before fullback Tyrone Richards scored from the three Tenn31TCU0 KNOXVILLE Tenn (AP)-Sophomore fullback Bobby Emmons bulldozed for 73 yards and a touchdown to lead Tennessee to a 31-0 victory Saturday night over Texas Christian in an Intersectional college football game The 224-pound reserve danced 11 yards over the middle for the third touchdown In a 62-yard drive that saw him plough through the line for 13 yards four plays earlier carrying four Horned Frogs with him All-American split end Larry Selvers won the battle of receivers against highlytouted Mike Renfro Selvers scored a touchdown in the second period on a 69-yard four-yard keeper and hurling touchdown passes of 50 and slxyards to Gordon Jones The victory was costly however since starting quarterback Robert Haygood left the game early In the second quarter with torn ligaments In his left knee and Pitt officials said he probably would be sidelined for the rest of the season Dorsett ran for 1 13 yards on 27 carries lifting his career total to 4428 yards He remained 749 yards shy of the all-time career mark of 3177 yards held by Ohio Archie Griffin Akron coasts over Morehead Late games not Included Results St Louis 4-7 Montreal 1-4 New York 6 Pittsburgh 2 Philadelphia 4 Chicago 1 San Francisco at Cincinnati Los Angeles at Atlanta San Diego 4 Houston 1 College Saturday's Callaga Fastball taunt Tbs Aaaaclatad Pratt EAST Pott 17 Hotstra Dartmouth 20 Pennsylvania 0 Harvard la Columbia 10 Klnot Paint 10 Lalaytttt 7 Maryland 24 Watt Virginia I Moravian Col 21 Okkinson Cal 7 Navy 21 Comactkut 2 Now Hampshire IS tot Ion umv 0 Princttan 2 Cor nail 0 Rhodt Island IS Nortbaaitam 14 St John's NV 7 Stony Sroak St 0 Salon Hall 31 Rochattar If Ttmpla 31 Orambllng 30 Wldtnar Col It Labanan allay 0 Army 20 Holy Croat 74 Hobart Collaga 44 Rochattar Santlay 0 Watt Now England brown 14 Valt 0 idinbort Slatt 34 Cortland Stalt II Framingham St haw Havan 7 Nichoit 37 Curry Callaga 14 Ohio Stata 13 Pant Stata 7 Slippery Rock 20 Mlllartvllta St 17 Wm Poltroon 22 Trtnton St 10 SOUTH Autllh Paay 22 Mart Hill 0 Sail Ktntucky 20 Wittanbarg 0 MlttHtlppI 14 Tulant 7 Watt Kantucky Tam Chattanooga 7 Color la 17 DavMten 7 Emory i Hanry 2a Wtthingtwi 4 Laa 17 Qeorgetown Col 21 Hatdalbarg Maditon Col 20 Teuton St It MittitHPRt SI Loutivillt 14 Florida A4M 34 Albany St Oa 22 Howard Umv 41 Md Eattarn snort 0 SI Paul'l Col 7 Snogtwtttr Va 0 Aooalachian St 31 Virginia Military It North Carolina II Nerthwattam 0 Virginia Tacit 17 South Mittituppi 7 William 4 Mary la Virginia I Saylor 14 Auburn 14 Hampton Inti 34 thaw I Vandarbilt 17 Want Farttl It Carnegie Malian lb Setheny Va 14 Concord College 24 Wttl Va Slate II Otgrgit 41 Citmtant Hemgmt Sydney It lawanaa 7 Norfolk Stata 7 Fartttavina 7 Shapnard Cal 14 Rtndoioh Macon 7 bow Slots 14 Protiturg S' at 2 Clatabaro St II Salitbury SI Id No Carolina Cfnt 31 Wmtton Ittrm I Watt Maryland a WrtMut 14 Furman a Pratbylatian Cal 21 Virginia Uman 14 Smth I) Miami Fit 47 Florida Staial Dorsett leads Pitt AKRON Ohio (AP) The Akron University Zips scored three touchdowns In the first period and coasted to a 26-6 football victory over Morehead State Saturday night despite a record 175 yards In penalties The Zips were assessed 17 penalties as they broke the previous school record of 163 yards set In 1953 against Wittenberg Greg Thurman scored on a 10-yard run to start things off for the Zips Dave Axncr tattled on a one yard plunge and Marty Bczbatchenko hit Clcnn Evans with a 30-yard scoring pass to give Akron a 2H) first quarter lead Jim Polena added a secon- dhalf touchdown for Akron on a twyard run before Morehead got on the scoreboard late In llie game with a 32 yard touchdown pass from Phil Simms to Keith Mescher Akron plied up 264 yards rushing while Morehead's Eagles were held to 97 The Eagles did better through the 'I ATLANfA (AP) All-American Tomy Dorsett scored three touchdowns rambled over the 100-yard mark for the ninth straight game and led thlrdranked Pittsburgh to a 42-14 rout of Georgia Tech In college football Saturday night Dorctt scored on runs of six five and 10 yards as the Panthers easily rolled to their second straight victory breaking the game open In Die final 23 minutes by erupting for three touchdowns Reserve quarterback Matt Cavanaugh also accounted for three touchdowns scoring on a In his clutches MICKEY SHULER (82) Penn State tight end leaps high for pass from teammate quarterback John Andress for a 1st down (APWlrephoto) against Ohio State In 1st period of game af University Park Pa In for tackle In rear Is Lenny Mills of Ohio State '1.