Richmond Times-Dispatch from Richmond, Virginia • 87

iy lyi sortsinsiness Eimcs-Biiapnirf) Section Business Sports If-17 1-13 Sunday October 24 1976 Banner Bay for Big 5 'ri 'isiMiFyr iw Victories UVa Snaps i Loss Streak I Amid Gloom Hokies Find -f Right Blend Roll 42-14 Grier Bowie's roommate simply outdistanced the Deacon secondary and quar- terback Andy Hitt lofted a per- feet 36-yard pass into the far right corner of the end zone Grier left his feet sailing through the air arms outstretched as he made the -reception while tumbling to the ground a few feet from the back line Wake's All- American safety Bill Armstrong arrived too late was a great catch an un-believeable catch but I don't think Andre caught it by himself" said Bestwick eyes red choking with emotion "I think Kevin helped him catch that The Hitt-to-Grier game-: winner capped what had to be an unexpected turnabout by the Cavaliers for both the Deacons two-to-three touchdown choices to hand Virginia its seventh loss of the season and a Continued on Page 9 CoL But as good as the offense was in the first half it had to share equal billing with the Tech defense which allowed the Golden Flashes only three first downs before intermission Tackle Tpm Beasley set the tone for his defensive mates right from the start when he hit Continued on Page 6 Col 1 Kent I 7 7-14 Va Tech 14 14 14 4Z VT- Heath 4 run (Engle kick) VT Foster 70 pan from Barnes (Engle kick) VT Lamie 4 run (Engle kick) VT Foster 28 pass from Barnes (Engle kick) KS Daniels 6 pass from Whalen (Marchese kick) VT Dolphin 15 pass from Lamie (Engle kick) KS Best 85 run (Marchese kick) VT Coles 1 run (Engle kick) A 37000 STATISTICS Kent Tech First downs 18 18 Rushes-yards 45-247 61-285 Passing yards 127 188 Return yards 0 21 Passes 11-25-2 6-108 Punts 585 7-44 Fumbles-lost 3-2 2-2 Penal tles-yards 480 11-88 By Jerry Lindquist Times-Dispatch Sports Writer WINSTON-SALEM An inspired second-half performance enabled the University of Virginia football team to snap the longest losing streak 15 games Saturday when a diving catch by Andre Grier witii 53 seconds remaining provided an 18-17 victory over heavily-favored Wake Forest There was little time to celebrate however No sooner did the players reach the dressing room than coach Dick Bestwick informed them Related Story Page C-l teammate Kevin Bowid a sophomore from Plainfield N-J was killed Friday night According to athletic director Gene Corrigan Bowie injured (neck) in last week's 14-10 loss to Virginia Tech and not scheduled td play against Wake was given permission to visit his grandmother in Washington DC Corrigan said Bowie was shot to death trying to break up a holdup outside a fast-food chain restaurant (The Washington police however issued a statement which said they had no lead on either a motive or a suspect in the shooting The police spokesman called the robbery motive I have no idea where that came from Our reports don't indicate that at Roscoe Coles Breaks From Grasp of Two Staff Photo by Masaaki Okada Kent State Defenders for lst-Half Yardage Indians Hang 20-0 Setback On Bobcats By Laurence Hilliard Times-Dispatch Sports Writer BLACKSBURG A balanc- ed offense can be best even for a wishbone team as Virginia Tech demonstrated to a homecoming crowd of 37000 at Lane Stadium Saturday on an ideal afternoon for football The Hokies complemented their usually strong running game with an unusually strong passing attack to post their highest point total of the season in a 42-14 victory over Kent State that improved record to 5-1 It was the 18th time in 21 years the old grads were sent home happy from the homecoming game Tech had the game wrapped up by halftime on the strength of four touchdowns and 301 yards of offense for a 28-0 lead 1 1 was a far cry fron the meeting of the teams a year ago in Ohio when the Hokies fell behind 17-0 at halftime rallied in the second half but lost 17-11 The Hokie? put together drives of 79 80 71 and 34 yards for the first-half scores and passing played a part in each drive That was a far cry from 37-7 Tobacco Festival victory over VMI the previous high score for the season two weeks ago when the Hokies did not attempt a pass Quarterback Micheal Barnes' first pass of the game on the third possession ghve Tech its initial first down when split end Moses Foster made a sliding reception on the Tech 44 for a 16-yard gain From there the Hokies went in to score on five running plays with halfback George Heath slicing over from the four Roscoe Coles provided most of the offense on the drive using his speed for gains of 23 and 26 yards The next time the Hokies got the ball they scored on their longest play from scrimmage of the season a 70-yard Baraes-to-Foster air strike when Faster left corner back Garey Burt flatfooted (Burt) refnembered the other pass and was looking for Foster said he came up I Just blew by him" Barnes and his backup David Lamie each took Tech for one second-period score Lamie ran in himself from the four for the third score after completing his first pass attempt for 14 yards to Foster Then Barnes wrapped up the first-half scoring when he lobbed a perfect 29-yard pass to Foster in the end zone 4- Sharks Trip Wildcats 4-2 Hendrick Wins Ray Hendrick took a half-lap victory yesterday over Lennie Pond in the NASCAR World Service Life 300 Late Model Sportsman race at Charlotte Motor Speedway The win paid the Richmond driver $22500 with Pond of Petersburg earning $14025 for second place (See Story Page E-ll) ter back Andy Vetter for no gain on fourth-and-one The offense took the cue and thtln-dians made off with a 20-0 triumph Theshutout was the second of the year for a feat the Indians last pulled off in 1965 The shutout also was the first against the Bobcats at Peden Stadium since 1965 The decision left both teams with 5-2 records was quite honestly surprised that we were able to close them down like we said coach Jim Root whose club limited the Bobcats to 193 yards of total offense out Virginia earlier but this was a tough game with the weather the way it The temperature was in the low 40s there was a chilling breeze and a steady rain began falling midway of the second quarter As far as the Indians were concerned the sun was shining bright and the game was being played in southern California The defense held Ohio on downs on three more occasions following that opening stall halting thrusts on the Indian seven on an incomplete pass on the 21 on a Bruno Continued on Page 9 CoL i Wm Mary 7 8 7 6 -28 Ohio 6 8 6 6-6 WAM Flmfn 1 ran (Ryu kick) WAM Kruii 15 run (Ryu kick) WAM Vanderbeek 2 ran (kick tailed) i 13650 STATISTICS By Mike Bevans Times-Dispatch Sports Writer ATHENS Homecoming at Ohio University pleasant affair for Bobcats past and present Saturday until the main event a football date with William and Mary got under way Then the sky clouded and the visiting Indians took over the job of celebrating The defense established itself from the start stopping first drive on the Indians' 32-yard line when tackle Mike Wagner wrapped up quar- Inside Hampton Institute and Virginia State put together a classic football thriller yesterday Page Vinny Giles matched the competitive course record (67) at Kingsmill to move within two strokes of the lead after three rounds of the National Bicentennial Tournament of Champions Harold Pearson's Golf Page Reports from games involving nationally-ranked teams Page Referee column Page Chauncey Dur-den'sSportview Weeklybowling scores Horse racing roundup horse calendar Page Roundup of top national college games not involving ranked teams Page Jerry Lindquist's Hockey column standings Page Bo Auto column prep football results Page Max Outdoors column Tide Chart Dog Calendar Page Tennis Roundup Big Lifts Keydets Moses Foster Cradles Pass Under Neck for TD Tech Receiver Had 4 Catches 129 Yards 2 Scores Virginia ViEeFimt WF McDougiad 1 ran (Hely kick) WF Ervin TTran (Hely kick) FG Jenkini 30 WF FG Jenkini 45 Browning 48 pus from HlU(puu tailed) WF FG Hely 26 Grier 36 pan from Hitt (pen tailed) A -18300 STATISTICS UVa Wake Fintdownf 11 25 Ruihei-yardf 334-1) 64-268 Passlnf yards 208 151 Return yards 13 77 Passes 13-214 12-238 Punts 7-47 484 Ftunbles-lost 88 3-1 Penal ties-yards 1-15 7-85 612 7 6 6 16 2-17 night at the Coliseum and bowed 5-4 in overtime Before an audience of 2478 last night Richmond suffered a similar fate at the hands of the visiting Tidewater Sharks Leading 1-0 after one perjo0 the Wildcats gave up three Continued on Page 10 CoL 1 Play 10-6 ed up 20 first downs to 222 yards total offense and only seven first downs for VMI which won its second game in seven' decisions 1 Before Morgan's gajqe buster Delaware was holding on to a 6-3 lead Hank Kline had kicked field goals of 36 and 35 yards for the home team: fumble was one of several mistakes made by the Blue Hens The losers had two other fumbles and were intercepted three times All errors came inside the VMI 30 The lone bright spot 'for Delaware was the performance of junior halfback Dave Bachkosky who carried24 times for 133 yards the Blue Hens' best outing this season by a running back Tailback Kim Glideweil led ground attack with 115 yards on 26 carries The JCeydets had their own share of miscues fumbling twice and giving up one interception A 22-yard second-quarter field goal by Craig Jones was the Keydets' only other score Delaware (4-2-1 rolled up 388 yards in total offense and chalked up 20 first downs to 222 yards total offense and only seven Continued on Page 7 CoL 5 VMI 6 3 6 7 -16 Delaware 16 16 6 D-FG Kline 36 VMI FG Jonei 22 D-FG Kline 35 VMI Marian 67 ran with fumble (Jonei kick) A -21134 STATISTICS Haynie Steal Helps UR Outlast Furman From Special Dispatches NEWARK Del Freshman middle guard Jeff Morgan grabbed a fumble in mid-air and raced 67 yards for a touchdown with three minutes left in the game Saturday lifting Virginia Military Institute to a 10-6 upset of Division II power Delaware Delaware's Craig Carroll was gang tackled by the Keydets after a short gain Morgan a 6-1 223-pounder from Lynchburg gathered in the loose ball and headed for the end zone couldn't believe Morgan said of a sudden it was hanging there in mid-air I By John Packett A hockey team is supposed to have the advantage in its own rink but the Richmond Wildcats haven't become aware of that fact of life yet The local entry in the Southern Hockey League blew a 4-1 third-period lead to the Baltimore Clippers Thursday just grabbed it and started running I never looked back and when I got in the end zone it was like a The game ended with VMI mi the Delaware seven but coach Bob Thalman elected to let the clock run out couldn't be any prouder of these Thalman said after the game the losses we've had a lot of teams would have quit This team has guts I mean a lot of guts said we were going to win our Irst four and as far as concerned we're Delaware (4-2-1 rolled up 386 yards in total offense and chalk Bonato (63) Staff Photo point edge but the Paladins made an all-out effort to pull out the win in the closing minutes Moments after the Shaw-to-Call scoring play Mike Copley who intercepted a lateral early in the game stole the ball from Paladin quarterback David-Whitehurst UR tookover atthe Furman 31 but wound up punting the ball back to the Paladins Pressure Mounts That's when the pressure began to mount on the Spider defense as time and time again the Paladins came up with big plays mostly Whitehurst passes and methodically marched toward the UR goal line After reaching the Richmond 17 Whitehurst who hit 5 of 7 passes in the 63-yard drive fired toward the left front corner of the end zone However Haynie stepped in front of the Continued on Page 9 CoL 2 Richmond 6 7 6 6 Furman 6 I 6 6 8 Ruffin 1 run (Jones kick) FO Coh 30 Kiser 25 run (kick failed) Call 31 post from Shaw (kick tailed) A -8000 STATISTICS By Vic Fulp Times-Dispatch Sports Writer GREENVILLE SC -Just about the time the University of Richmond had come close to running out of backing-up room and Furman University had come close to running out of time Dave Haynie gave the Spiders a change of direction Dorsett ANNAPOLIS Md (UPI) -Pittsburgh tailback Tony Dor-sett broke former Ohio State star Archie major college career rushing record Saturday when he gained 180 PM 7 7 21-45 Nwy see -6 Rp-CbM pM fkum Yewdc ding luck) Dorsett 6 nm (Long kick) PC Lmg 40 Pin-Walker nm (La kick) Donen 21 nm (Long kick) PM-Donett 31 nm (Long kick) Sink-Mid 16 nm (Long kick) pass interception killed a late Paladin threat and enabled Richmond to escape with a 13-9 victory Saturday afternoon at Furman's Sirrine Stadium A 31-yard touchdown pass from Larry Shaw to John Call with 7:47 left in the game gave the Spiders their final foijr- Cracks Marks yards and scored three touchdowns to pace the second-ranked Panthers to their seventh straight victory 45-0 over Navy Dorsett a 5-11 195-pounder not only broke' Griffin's record but also became the first back in history to put together four consecutive 1000-yard seasons on a 32-yard touchdown run early in the fourth quarter He took a pitchout from quarterback Tom Yewdc broke around left end and rambled virtually un: touched past the Navy defense Dorsett's performance gave him a career total of 5195 yards breaking record of 5177 set during his Continued on Page 6 CoL 1 Richmond's Ed Kreilis Leaps Over Blocking Teammate Lou.