Lexington Herald-Leader from Lexington, Kentucky • 29

Section October 4 1981 21-3 PressureObvious All Over Stadium UK Victim Again Of 2nd-Half Rally VV Sty --4 4 i -1' Pressure Frustration A sense of Anility and finality 'The pressure at Commonwealth Stadium yesterday was so thick you could cut it with a ballpoint pen 1 For the first time since Fran Curd became coach nine seasons ago you could sense an atmosphere In the stadium charged with tension a crowd and team truly frustrated and a coach still seeking answers It is a scenario I witnessed during the last days of John Ray's regime First the booing then the resignation to yet WSnll another defeat Was -T 1 iffy that a phma OT a RtZMaUriCe AOF vultur circling the stadium yesterday afternoon? Cats have now lost 12 of their last 16 games and die fans are a mite testy The loudest boos of the day came in the third quarter when the public address announcer informed the crowd that erf game will be shown Monday on the Fran Curd Previously the crowd had voiced its displeasure when Terry Henry who had replaced starting quarterback Randy Jenkins after first three series fumbled The paying patrons also voiced their version of the Bronx cheer when Jenkins became the Cate1 Designated Passer on next possession entering the game on third-and-eternity AS IN THE PAST Kentucky was often its own worst enemy In the second quarter Andy Molls had a dandy 40-yard punt return nullified by a biocking-beiow-the-waist penalty that took the ball from the Clemson 45 to the UK 15 Henry then fumbled on the UK 16 and before the half' was over Jenkins threw an interception But the killer came in the third quarter after Clemson had fashioned a playbook perfect 83yard drive to claim a 7-3 lead with 9:02 left in the period Baritone-back Richard Abraham who had sung the National Anthem without missing a beat fumbled Jenkins' handoff to the Tigers on the Kentucky 21 and Clemson was' on the board a half-dozen (days later with a 143 lead The orengeand-white dad visitors had scored two touchdowns within four minutes and 37 seconds All these malevolent machinations had Curd cruising up and down the sidelines pirouetting in pique flapping his arms in frustration and Just plain old venting hi spleen and maybe even his pancreas FRUSTRATION has apparently filtered down to his team When Henry was taken out of the game instead of standing along side his coach to leant from successes and failures sit on the third row of the bench about as Air away from the action as you could get without buying a ticket- And in an apparent contradiction in terms Henry was not alone in his isolation Perhaps alienation is a better term The cliques on the team are easily read by anyone (Turn to CATS Cl) By Jerry Tipton 1 SMWMv The explanation like the execution was nothing fancy "The first half we didn't play the ball capable of Tiger linebacker Jeff Davis said coach (Danny Ford) said we weren't blocking and tackling In the second half we Clemsoh did a lot of both in the second half to tun beck outmanned Kentucky 21-3 yesterday at Commonwealth Stadium Trailing and embarrassed by a 34 halftime deficit the 14tb-ranked Tigers took the game by the throat in the third quarter and didn't let go Clemion scored on its first two possessions of the sec- ond half moving methodically between the tackles and down the field While it especially photogenic for a regional television audience it made a lasting impression "We showed whtfs said Davis Kentucky losing its third straight game to a second-half comeback dkbiT argue The Wildcats let Alabama and Kansu off the hook according to the players but Clemson never nibbled at the Wildcat upset bid "They do anything different in the second half except the boot that's the first time run UK safety Greg Long said "It wu Just well-executed phy" The wu Clemson quarterback Homer Jordan's slight of body trick at the Kentucky 3yard-line After Jordan faked a handoff to the right side he bootlegged against the flow He Jogged into the end zone with 4:25 left in the third quarter putting Clemson up 143 Other than that the Tigers "Just took the ball right at Jordan said "This one might be easier to wide receiver Rick Massie said "Losing in the last two minutes realty gets to you Today the second half wu Clemson took the secondhalf kickoff and went 83 yards for a touchdown in 13 plays The march wu 18 yards more than the total offensive output in the first half and put Kentucky behind for good Jordan limited to 19 total yards in the first half completed two passu for 42 yards on the drive The rest of the plays on the drive were runs by reserve tailback Chuck MCSwain (six carriu for 30 yards) fullback Kevin Mack (two for 12) and Jordan Mack scored from 11 yards out breaking several tackles on a run up the with 9:02 remaining in the third quarter UK fumbled on its first possession Richard Abraham the third different starting fullback this season lost the ball Clemson defensive end Andy Hesden recovered at the Wildcat 21 Six plays later UK trailed 141 Jordan went over on the bootleg "They must have done something to fire them up at Long aid "They Just seemed to button up theta chin straps and come after in Clemson executed better than anyone "Clemson is a better football Kentucky coach Fran Curd said "We stop them the best team played to (Turn to CLEMSON C5) HenM-LsadarDaffd Party A Big Blue Day Kentucky defensive back Kerry Baird reflects the frustration that enveloped the Wildcats in the dosing moments of their third straight loss a 21-3 setback to Clemson yesterday afternoon Breezes to 41-14 Victory going early they can get the momentum and go a long way We wanted to take that away "Phis it was Just that Kidd-said holding his fingers Just inches apart Three plays later Eastern wu faced with a from its 43-yard line This time tailback Terence Thompson took the ball on a draw play He broke through the right side of the line veered to the middle of the Add at the Austin Peay 30 dodged a blitzed wu his Austin Peay team Eastern rolled up 543 yards in total offense 306 on the ground 23 first downs and rolled to easy 41-14 victory over Ohio Valley Conference rival Austin Peay before 12J00 fans at Hanger Field ft wu 21st straight victory at home Eastern ranked No 5 in Division I-AA is now 4-1 overall and 34) in the OVC The Colonels are tied for first in the conference with Murray State which beat Morehead yesterday "They were doing a lot of stunting and bringing theta linebackers a lot" aid Eastern offensive line coach Tom Jones after the game "But we picked them up pretty good and when you do that you can hurt And we have a couple of guys out there that can hurt you in a Eastern put a big hurt on Austin Peay in a hurry yesterday The Colonels took the opening kick at theta 27 and it appeared the Govs had stopped Eastern when three plays netted nine yards By Gene McLean -Staff WMSt RICHMOND Before game with Eastern Kentucky Austin Peay coach Emory Hale thought he had a defensive tactic that 'might stump the Colonels' offense plan wu simple He would use a lot of stunts and blitzes and hopefully catch the Colonels off-guard and in the backfieid Well daredevil stunts were a disaster and the only thing that got But Eastern coach Roy Kidd de- cided to gamble early and go for the first down at his 36 with 14:06 left in the first quarter The gamble paid off when quarterback Chris Isaac sneaked over center Chris Sullivan for 2 yards and the first down "Normally we go for it in that situation? admitted Kidd after the game "But we wanted to get on them early We wanted to sane and put die pressure on them They are a young team and if you let them get tackier at the 10 and trotted In with a 57-yard touchdown ran with 12:46 left in the first quarter Jamie Lovett missed the extra point but Eastern wu up 80 and on its way "The draw wu open and I Just broke said Thompson who entered the game the leading rusher in the nation in Division I-AA averaging 1353 yards a game He gained 135 (TUm to EASTERN CS) Allen Breaks Two Records As USC Rolls Inside Braves Win 4-3 Eliminate Reds 1 Sports TkA Cm The though their record is the best tar -14 I -j Vvj iV' Expos and Brewers clinch divisional playoff bertha Pago C3 Jkn Cotbart and Craig Stadler share Texas Open golf load Paga C12 John McEnroe and Pater Flaming cBnch Darla Cup tide tor US Paga CIS Sporta Digest C2 NFL matchupa C2 ftjfphaff CS College footbaB C4-10 Bowling C11 Golf Cl 2 Horse racing C14 ter and took third on Chris Chambliss' single Dale Murphy fined out to (Jester who threw wildly past first base trying to double up Chambliss allowing Horner to score Atlanta scored in the first inning when Brett Butler singled stole second and took third on Brian infield hit Homer then lofted a sacrifice fly to right field The Reds went ahead hi the bottom of the inning George Foster clouted his homer of the season a three-run blast to left field Dave Collins had walked and Ken Griffey singled ahead of Foster's home run CINCINNATI The Cincinnati Reds who carved out the best overall record in major league baseball were eliminated yesterday from the "Second and the playoffs The Reds gave up unearned run in the eighth inning to lose 43 to the Atlanta Braves clinching the second-half title for the Houston Astros The Astros also lost yesterday foiling 7-2 to the Los Angeles Dodgers i Because they finished a half-game behind the Dodgers before the player's strike die Reds be among the eight playoff teams even sure frustrating when you win your league and it good said Reds third baseman Ray Knight referring to the overall record frustrating But heck we knew we had to beat these guys! Bob Homer who drove in three run and slammed two homers scored the winning run from third base on second baseman's Ran (Jester's throwing error in the eighth inning Homer led off the eighth with his third hit of the game a single to cen Lm John McEnroe Fan Hanover Blazes to Victory in Red Tennessee Stakes CORVALLIS Ore Sensational tailback Marcus Allen rushed for 233 yards to break two NCAA records yesterday No 1-ranked Southern California railed over Oregon State 58 22 in the Pacific 10 conference football opener for both schools Alien became the first college player to gain more than 200 yards in four consecutive games even though he ut out the final quarter against the outmatched Beavers yesterday The 8foot-2 2Q2pound senior hu gained 925 yards in leading the Trojan to a 40 start That breaks the four-game rushing record of 905 yards set by Greg Pruitt rf Oklahoma hr 1971 Allen scored on runs of 30 8 and 13 yards the Trojans blew open a 42-17 halftime lead He gained 133 yards hr 20 carriu in the first quarter alone and wound up with the ban 35 times in his three quarters of play Oregon State 1-4 wu able to move the ban surprisingly wen against the Trojans but the Beaverrf defense couldn't stop the powerful SC offense Southern Cal wu forryd in punt only pice against the BejTen Merger set his record in a heat of the Meadowlands Stakes for Juvenile pacers Another new mark wu set yesterday when a 4-yearold mare racing in a 51500 invitational trot became the fastest mare of the season in 137J By Maryjean WaB Stiff Writ Driving Fan Hanover you realize how fast going so says the pacing driver Glen Gamsey But approaching the threequarter pole yesterday at the Red Mile Gam- sey knew the filly wu flying He looked at his watch and knew he had to hold her down lest she fly apart tering Can Fan Hanover's record wu one of three marks set during a program that wu among the finest ever carded at the harness track Championship contenders started fat almost every one of the 13 races Among heat wtanets were Rosarium full sister to Niatross Snack Bar and Charter Party Kentucky Futurity hopehils Merger the fastest 2-year old pacer ever with a new world record of 1:514 and Landslide undefeated until his sulky wrecked last week at Vaware "Whenever you race Gamsey added "your watch is for up from ordinary it looks like stopped It kind of startles The Tennessee Stakes for trotting fillies set up a most unusual race tor among its starters for the first time in history were the winners of both the Little Brown Jug and its filly counterpart the Jugette Fan Hanover became the first fifiy ever to win the Jug when she defeated colts last week at Delaware She wu stalked throughout two huts yesterday by another top filly the Jugette winner Wa These other fillies like Watering Can were right on me They keep you honest so Fan Hanover did set a record of sorts pacing to a record in on her way to victory in the Tennessee Stakes But Gamsey says if the filly is to set aqy worlds records that will have to come next year "Right now I want her to he said "I wouldn't want to take that race out of her by time trialing her Maybe next year I mind a Fan Hanover added her new record yesterday to two other standards achieved She also is world champion on a fiveeighths mile track (1:553) and world champion on a half-mile track Garasev says the filly never hu (Turn a FAN HANOVER CIS) "I wanted to let her go the driver said "rw I wanted to win Atwt thu 1 Kt reart.