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H0U MilIjiMi Sn i i ray MWWI MffW I COLLEGE FOOTBALL SCORES California 34 Georgia Tech 22 30 Purdue 21 Michigan State 14 Iowa State 13 San Diego State 13 Georgia 16 Baylor 14 I Sports Section Sunday September 17 1978 MWJ THE KANSAS CITY STAR- California Jolts Royals 7 Bulletin I of the season a shot into the California bullpen Singles by Porter and McRae rig-naled the end of stint inthe third Frost came on to retire Cowens on a line drive to Joe Rudi the Angel' left fielder infield hit in the fifth was the1 only Royal traffic until the uprising in the seventh Frost issued a one-out walk to Braun Willie Wilson pinch running added fuel with an uncontested steal of' second With the count 2-and-0 BreiU was given an intentional walk Frost ran the count full on Otis gh with Wilson and Brett running with the pitch the Kansas City center fielder stroked a single through the hole cated by Chalk who was racing to cover second Wilson scored and Bftjf wound up at third Ken Brett replaced Frost and qtrfck ly retired Porter on a popup in shallow right-center With John Wathan announced asl pinch hitter for LaCock the Ang countered with a right-handed pitcher Dyar Miller The Angels used bacfefoTr back singles by Lansford and Lyman Bostock and Don for a run in the first With Bostockon third Pattin retired Rudi on a fly ball Kalamazoo Cruises KALAMAZOO Mich Sopho: more Rich Counsman ran for 141 yards and two touchdowns to lead zoo to a 40-0 triumph over Concordia' III in a non-conference game The California Angels scored three runs in a fight-filled eighth inning that saw Lyman Bostock of the Angels and A1 Hrabosky of the Royals ejected to edge Kansas City 4-3 By Del Black A Member of the Sports Staff Frank White hit a two-run homer in the second inning and Amos Otis singled across a run in the seventh to give the Royals a 3-1 lead over California Saturday night before a crowd of 40237 at Royals Stadium Marty Pattin touched for a run in the first inning had retired 17 straight batters through the seventh inning Paul Hartzell made the start for the Angels departing in the way of a nine-hit assault through two outs of the third inning The Royal first was a study in how not to score despite three hits and an error Steve Braun and George Brett hammered consecutive singles but Braun was out when he was hit by Brett's hit while on the way to second base After Brett was thrown out attempting to steal Amos Otis was safe on third baseman Carney error Darrell Porter single sent Otis to third Hartzell escaped when he deflected Pete smash to shortstop Dave Chalk who flipped the ball to second baseman Bobby Grich for the force on Porter Hal McRae beat out a smash to deep short to open the Kansas City second but was forced by Al grounder White followed with his fifth homer A V'v Wio IS i 'v Joseph A Colemanstaff be perfect one thing was missing the ball which went through his hands before hitting the turf as an Alabama defender watches Right Through The Hands Gerrv Ellis leaps for this throw from Phil Bradley during the first quarter of Missouri's game with Alabama Saturday afternoon in Columbia but while the form might MU Fails to Ride I r- Crimson Tide 38-20 KU Statistics Kaniat 0 0 0 Washington 14 10 0 Wash Porras 7 run (Lansford kick) Wash Steele 1 run (Lansford kick) fG Lansford 24 Wash Greenwood 4 pass from Flick (Lansford kick) Wash Staala 3 run (Lansford kick) Kan safaty (Flick pitchout out of snd zona) Slew Clips Affirmed NEW YORK Seattle Slew flashing his 1977 f5rm when be won the Triple Crown led all the way Saturday in capturing the $300000 Marlboro Cup at Belmont Park completing lVs miles only two-fifths second off the world record In this first meeting between Thoroughbred Triple Crown winners the 1978 champion Affirmed was second all the way and failed to mount a stiff challenge finishing three lengths behind Meadow Hill Stable's Nasty and Bold finished third in the field of six five lengths behind Affirmed Seattle Slew carrying 128 pounds including Angel Cordero Jr had been a disappointment because of injury and illness since becoming the only thoroughbred to win the Triple Crown while undefeated Since then the 4-year -old Bold Reasoning colt was upset by JO Tobin on July 3 1977 in the Swaps Stakes and race again last year He was not brought back to the races this year until May 14 when he won an allownace test He won another allowance test Aug 12 before finishing second by a head to Dr Patches in the Paterson Handicap at the Meadowlands Sept 5 In the interim his Triple Crown trainer Billy Turner was fired and replaced by Doug Peterson and recently Jean Cruguet the only jockey he ever had was fired because he said the horse was not fit As the 2-1 second choice behind 1-2 Affirmed Seattle Slew timed in 1:45 45 returned $620 $280 and $240 Affirmed who carried 124 pounds including Steve Cauthen paid $220 and $210 Nasty and Bold paid $240 In competing for the first time against older horses Harbor View Affirmed suffered only his fourth career loss in 19 starts It was only his second defeat this year the other coming in his last start in the See AFFIRMED on Page 2S Kansas Finds Huskies Real By Joe McGuff Sports Editor COLUMBIA Alabama defeated Missouri 38-20 Saturday at Farout Field in a game of wild scoring and emotional sweeps that entertained the record crowd of 73655 and left Bear Bryant Alabama's coach looking hot weary and a bit older than his 65 years just tickled to death to get out of a perspiring Bryant said was a funny atmosphere In the morning it looked like it was going to rain Then it got hotter than an Arkansas cotton For Alabama the hottest part of the day was the second quarter The Crimson Tide dominated the first quarter and early stages of the second then watched in shock as a 17-0 lead disappeared before the rallying Tigers who scored 20 points in a span of 4 minutes 17 seconds Missouri drove 72 yards for its first touchdown Phil Bradley ran 69 yards for the second and Russ Calabrese returned an interception 30 yards for the third Thus the Tigers went leaping and shouting from the field at halftime with a three-point lead and a tidal wave of momentum hand I think of a game that turned so Bryant said at once we collapsed I think we collapsed so much physically as Said Warren Powers new head coach thought we had them on the Alabama however proved to be more resourceful than Notre Dame which was upset 3-0 by Missouri on opening Saturday of thv season Missouri still was in control of the game and emotionally in the opening minutes of the second half but then Alooaina scored on a blocked punt with 11:34 remaining in the tnird quarter Alabama scored again late in the third quarter by going 40 yards after recovering a fumble Another fumble recovery this one on the Missouri 26 led to the final touchdown of the gameonly six minutes into the fourth quarter Powers and Bryant agreed that the blocked punt was the turning point blocked punt is one of the worst things that can happen to Bryant said turning point? It was the blocked Powers said rush came fron the left side but not sure what EJ Junior a defensive end blocked Monte kick and the ball was picked up by Rick Gilliland who ran 35 yards to score and then fell on his back in the end zone and rolled in ecstasy Continued on Page 10s INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Edigar 3-1 Hinas 14-3 Friass 6-12 Wagoner 5-20 Borrow 5-17 Smith 1-5 Sydney 4-14 Steals 26-102 Porras 6-40 Gipson 10-44 Smith 4-8 Stevens 9-22 Flick 2-minus 1 Blacken 1-4 Akina 1 -minus 3 Tyler 2-minus 1 Coby 2-18 PASSING Hines 6-24-47 Sidney 0-1-0 (one intercepted) Porras 10-17-91 Flick 7-8-61 RECEIVING KANSAS Verser 2-minus 3 Murphy 2-23 Little 1-8 Smith 1-4 Friess 1-1 Nick-ens 1-14 Richardson 2-23 Gaines 2-22 Steele 2-IB Smith 1-11 Briggs 4-3 1 Greenwood 4-3 1 Blacken 2-1 6 PUNTING 1 1-36 7 Wilson 4-363 Ccisorio 3-403 Auburn Holds Off K-State By Mike DeArmond A Member of the Sports Staff MANHATTAN A funny thing happened on the way to the graveyard Saturday afternoon The corpse tried to switch places with the undertaker Which roughly translated means: Kansas State lost to Auburn 45-32 hut not before putting up one whale of a struggle before 27620 shell spectators at KSU Stadium Auburn a team which which had felt fortunate to have won its season-open- 1 ing football game had the WildgjitS down 3512 at the half The Tigers bthr hind James 168 yards in the opening two quarters burial plot all staked out quarter when a Husky pitchout went through the end zone About the only positive sign the Jay-hawks had in the first three quarters was a 64-yard kickoff return by Jimmy Little who carried to the Washington 33 At that point Kansas was down 14-0 Jeff Hines who opened at quarterback and played almost the entire game scrambled for 19 yards on a sec-ond-and-15 play that carried to the Huskies' 19 But the drive was foiled by two losses in the next three plays and Mike Hubaach set up for a 45-yard field goal The attempt was wide short-circuiting Kansas' deepest penetration until late in the fourth quarter in a while we could get a good run but we couldn't get it all said Mike Gay one of starting offensive tackles time someone would break down the next time it would be somebody else Washington which was led by the passing of junior college import Tom Porras and the running of tailback Joe Steele totaled 385 yards compared with 119 Steele carried 26 times for 102 yards and added two receptions for another 18 He scored two touchdowns one on a one-yard run in the first quarter and Continued on Page 158 4 By Rich Sambol A Member of the Sports Sta ff Few people in the Pacific Northwest expect Washington to get a shot at defending the Rose Bowl crown it earned in its victory New Day over Michigan But the Huskies although they dropped a three-point game to UCLA last weekend are talented a fact they put on display Saturday against Kansas Washington scored the first three times it had the football added another touchdown in the final 27 seconds of the first half and used the 24-0 lead as a springboard to a 31-2 victory Kansas which opened its season with a 37-10 loss to Texas trailed by 14 points before it picked up its initial first down By the end of the first1 quarter the Jayhawks trailed in total yardage 151-9 "Washington is one of the better football teams played in a good said Bud Moore coach may have helped them look better than they are but they are an outstanding fooball team and their execution is The game started under almost-clear skies in 59-degree temperatures But before it ended clouds rolled in off the ocean and it began drizzling later turning to rain In the meantime Kansas scored its two points on a safety late in the fourth I What and the few folk were chased home by the 101 i didn't count on was the ability of dead to walk mention run and pass Before falling for the second sfra week Kansas State rolled up 507 ya total seventh best on the time school list Dan Manucci Eugene Goodlow (No 25) of Kansas State appears to have the perfect form for catching a football But then so does Alan Hardin (No Bo Raderspecial to The Star 49) Auburn defensive back Hardin came up to intercept the pass to stop a Kansas State drive Saturday afternoon in Manhattan Kan Keepaway Big Eight leader in pass i tions wound up with five more recep See Auburn on Page Mtt 9 5- -rt.