The Wichita Eagle from Wichita, Kansas • 89

Cross Country Sports Live on the Air On the Inside Scoreboard 2G Randy Brown 4G NFL Report 11G Dr Jock 13G Outdoors 14G Kapaun-Mt Carmel boys win Class 5A cross country title -Page SG TUNtSL burWt MloiMd by vs Lo aural at Oi 11 1 am NFL FOOTBALL: Kanul City at Danvar CD 1 Giant (Hr Wuhili '(fhtglc Jw5eocon iHF Sunday Odobar 28 1979 1 0 NFL FOOTBALL: DouMhcadr CMIm At K-State Upsets Missouri 19-3 By MAL ELLIOTT Staff Writer How They Scored- University last year to lead Mizzou to a bowl game and an season A group of supporters were raising a fund to pay off 655000 obligation to his former school but the NCAA ruled that illegal and put a halt to it after only $20000 had been raised rmsrMJAKns I MlHtty 11 tftiHtay 11 KSU7MUS mm tram Dlck- PAT: Stockkwklck Drlvacawradllyaratlfl 11 Mays Kay slay IWyard mbs from Dtckay to Whmay and a 1 1-yard nanaHy aaalnai MtMaurl which pava K-bari ffnt dawn at 1yard llna THIRD QUARTER KSU 11 MU 1 4: Pickard 8 aau tram Dtckay PAT: Stacklna'iklclMiMaDrtwacevarad yard In May Kay slay ISyard saw tram Dtcksy to Uaha to Mlaasurl 17-yard llna FOURTH QUARTER KSU 19 MU Spaas from Srawn FAT: StackhW kick wlda Drlvp aat up whan IGStata mad on Udaa kick and racayarad It at lha Mliasurl X-yard Ihw Kay stay 11-yard paw la VWiltlay to Missouri lyard lint K-Stata had avan chancw to aesra tram lha dnaa bacauw at a pass Houston 13 Arkansas 10 Ken Hatfield's FG with 1 :12 left is the difference Page IG Michigan 27 Indiana 21 Michigan scores on the final play of the game to win Page IG Notre Dame 18 Carol 17 Notre Dame strikes with 42 sec-bnds left to win Page IG Nebraska 36 Colo 10 Jarvis Redwine's fifth straight '100-plus yard rushing game sparks Nebraska Page IG COLUMBIA Mo Missouri football coach Warren Powers probably thought the NCAA decision which may have cost him 135000 would be the worst thing to happen to him this week Kansas State coach Jim Dickey probably thought one of die best things that could happen to him would be a road victory over Missouri K-State gave Dickey the victory a 19-3 verdict which is the most eartlwhaking upset in conference warfare this season But both coaches were SECOND QUARTER KSU 7 MU 1 11:71 Varrhl FO Mtaraurl arcad la Mitts tar Hattf boal whan K-Stata mad brilliant dafamlva ttand bialda It awn aldht-yard llna altyt game never really seemed in doubt GAME was actually more lopsided than the score indicates Missouri never appeared to be in it despite the fact that the Tigers' backs were against the wall in a season in which they had hopes of going to another bowl The Tangerine Bowl had a representative on hand to see Missouri's record drop to 4-3 and 1-2 in the Big Eight Conference Kansas State is 3-4 and 1-2 (See K-STATE IG Col 1) the best thing that's happened to me since been at Kansas said the elder Dickey glowing over the first conference road victory in his two years at the helm It was the first time K-State has beaten Missouri since 1971' Powers jumped a contract at Washington State YOUNG DICKEY completed 15 of 25 passes for 187 yards and two touchdowns and led an offense which dominated the game controllling the football almost 40 minutes to Missouri's 20 wrong The best thing about victory was that it waa directed by Dickey's son Darrell a freshman who was so much in command that the Scores on 2G Shocks Tumble to 1-7 West Texas Humiliates WSU 58-0 Bad Turns To Worse For WSU By RUSS CORBITT Staff Writer There was no miracle comeback Saturday afternoon at Cessna Stadium No fourth-quarter Wichita State rally with the wind at its back No similarities at all to last week when the Shockers showed signs of a football resurrection under new head coach Jeff Jeffries No the Shockers burrowed themselves in such a hole Saturday that even Supermole have dug his way out of it How bad was it? Try 280 at halftime and 52-0 after three quarters West Texas State's big bad Buffaloes those guys from Canyon who now boast a 3-5-1 record scored again with 25 seconds remaining for a final count of 58-0 A crowd of 9127 including Gov John Carlin watched the massacre in disbelief A quick search through the Shocker record book hinted it was WSU's worst home loss and worst Missouri Valley Conference toss ever The heroes of Homecoming in last week's 24-17 victory over Drake the Shocks' only win in eight outings now were the goats of Band Day Satur- QUARTERBACK Prince Mcjunkins who had elevated himself to the MVCs No 2 passer with two straight 100-yard-plus days was the biggest victim Saturday he put the ball in the air nine times He completed one for minus 4 yards and had two others intercepted Running he netted only 15 yards on eight carries and fumbled the football away twice It was enough to bring on second-stringer Terry George midway through the second quarter and third-stringer Mike Boccella in the fourth JljE" Staff Photo by John Avery The story of a Saturday afternoon Mcjunkins fumbles after being hit by Mike Nelson Team Embarrassed 99 Says Fambrough OSU Stages 2nd Half Rally Pins KU 30-17 period For the day the Shockers threw four interceptions and fumbled the ball away four times The defense yielded 385 yards of total offense to go with the 58 points Who could explain such an embarrassment of a team that had supposedly "found itself with last week's 22-point fourth quarter against Drake? OSU tackle Curtis Boone never gave him a chance either He smacked into Verser forcing a fumble The ball bounded into the end zone where end Dexter Manley recovered for a Cowboy touchdown "They put a blitz on and I never had a chance to tuck the ball said Verser we lined up they were calling out to watch for die reverse They were ready for it had called out to watch for the reverse the first time too But that time they didn't blitz I had a chann" (See OSU IG Col4) Should've left it alone But then Fambrough couldn't OSlTs defense was shutting KU down inside And the Jayhawks needed to do something because they were trailing 22-17 in the third quarter So the play was called Another Verser reverse at 20-yard line Mike Higgins took the handoff from quarterback Brian Bethke Then Higgins slipped the handoff to Verser It was Higgins' first handoff in a game this season It clean took it on my said Verser never could get control of it'' barrassed The team's embarrassed thing we tried Caught in the backfire were the hero dreams of Verser and Hubach Not to mention KU's chance for victory Verser played like a hero The junior wide receiver set up one touchdown with a 17-yard pass reception and a 49-yard grab scored another He even had a 37-yard gain on one at those clever reverses In fact Verser looked so good on that play Fambrough figured he'd try it again By RICK PLUMLEE StaH Writer LAWRENCE If you ever get a chance to be a football hero tuck the memory away Or better yet find something you can hang on to Just look at Kansas' David Verser and Mike Hubach Good times turned bad But that was how the day went for KU against Oklahoma State Saturday Down 16-0 after the first quarter Up 17-11 at halftime When it was over OSU had a 30-17 victory That left KU coach Don Fambrough fuming about how played a terrible game em- JEFFRIES TRIED through a veil of disappointment just didn't want to play football" he groped for an answer know they're not 56 points better than (See WEST TEXAS 4G Col 1) Percy Battle: A Fighter Who Lost By BOB LUTZ StaH Writer the ministry However he was not able to accomplish that by the time of his death Battle unmarried fathered a daughter Sherrea who was 2 at the time of his death His parents were divorced when he was young 7 1 seemed as if Percy was so confused and afraid that if he get a grip on himself soon he would end up in serious Percy Battle was a fighter His toughest fight may have been with himself Battle was shot to death last week at a local nightclub The former All-City running back from Wichita Southeast was 23 Wichita police still are searching for a suspect in that shooting Noble Green Battle died after he was shot once in the face with a JS-calUwr pistol about 5:20 am outside file Disco Inferno Club 1802 ISA He had worked at MBPXL until two weeks before his death MBPXL officials said Battle left his job Battle's family refused to be interviewed but The Eagle-Beacon talked to several persons who knew him during his high school days and others who dealt with him as he struggled later in his life The Rev Lloyd Hall Jr FIRST CONTACT with Percy was on a Sunday morning here at the said the Rev Uoyd Hall Jr pastor of the Tabernacle Baptist Church took a seat on the front pew Then he went back to get his baby and returned to the front row After the service he asked for prayer He ready to commit himself to the Lord at that time the next morning between 1:30 and 2:30 I received a call from Percy and his grandmother It seemed as if Percy waa so confused and afraid that if he didn't get a grip on himself soon he would end up in serious trouble Many things were running across his mind He was concerned about the mother of his child that she was running with the wrong crowd And he was concerned about his brothers and their activities He just poured out his heart He was really concerned about others often more than he was concerned about Barrens suffered eye damage and spent seven days in the KU student hospital and another eight days in a Kansas City hospital Battle then went to Hutchinson Junior College but left there before playing any football to join the Marines He spent newly three years in the service before leaving with an honorable discharge Battle returned to Wichita in April of 78 and several months later attempted to straighten out his life by entering AFTER LEAVING SOUTHEAST in 1974 Battle endured some harrowing experiences He accepted a football scholarship to Kansas University but was dismissed from KU after getting into fight with another freshman Melvin Barrens from Tulsa In that scuffle File Photo PERCY BATTLE AT SOUTHEAST He won CL rushing title ai senior (See PERCY 15GCoLl) a--MjhtJ.