Richmond Times-Dispatch from Richmond, Virginia • 94

f2 Richmond Timf-nipnlrh Sun Per 6 1WI n4 VMM A'flw days ago a lady of my acquaintance from jailed to impart sotto voce a bit of intelligence "I thoeght you might like to know that Virginia has already hired new football she said Before I could get out my pen to take notes she added Chinese His name is Win One One Of the most amazing things about University of Virginia football fans is that they're still laughing after all these years $9 of them in fact 29 years with only two winning football seasons 29 years with a 302 winning percentage 29 years with tight football coaches and a ninth to be hired shortly 2 The most recent UVa coaching casualty is Dick Bestwick who was fired Monday by Athletic Director Dick Schultz Bestwick had a 19-491 record for six seasons but he also had three years to go on a five-year contract he signed after the 1979 season In the wake of the latest beheading a number of UVa partisans has wondered out loud why former Cavalier AD Gene Corrigan gave Bestwick such a Juicy contract Well he couldn't have done so had he known that Bestwick was going to go 4-7 in 1980 and MO in 1981 What a lot of UVa faithful seems to forget is the general euphoria that existed in their ranks in December of 1979 Just after Virginia had closed out a 6-5 season at the same time original contract expired Cavaliers everywhere believed they saw beckoning the Promised Land of Atlantic line at this level performance has to be a part of He did 4gl3 believe that one victory in the last 15 games constituted! acceptable performance Schultz wanted Bestwick to accept a contract revision that would require six victories in 1982 snd he said that the new coach whoever he is will have to agree to a victory timetable of some sort By making winning football games the prime measuring stick and spying so publicly Schultz has put pressure on himself If his new guy is a loser some of the ensuing cannon fire will land in Schultz1 office Basketball and non-revenue sports at UVa were healthy before Schultz became Aik Schultz has put himself in a position of being Judged according to Use swings of the football scoreboard At least he understands his own stake in the way the new coach does his Job "If we keep going 1 and he said not going to be around here in two or three Finally even some of detractors didn't like the way Schultz did the firing like the fact that Schultz asked Bestwick to change the conditions of his employment "I like the way it was an old-line Wahoo said Friday afternoon not the University ci Virginia way" Dick Schultz obviously believes time to try it another way first of his concern over the condition of the football program He established right away that he was a man different from his predecessor Corrigan had been around UVa athletics for years and had formed attachments there were people to please feelings to keep unruffled favors to repay Schultz came in cold and unencumbered by the personal relationships that occasionally complicated Corrigan's task Schultz was given authority by Uya president Frank Hereford to run the athletic department and the discharge of a coach popular with his players the faculty and administration is a clear signal that he intends to do it A source at the university said Schultz did not consult with Hereford about discharging Bestwick he only informed him that the action was going to be taken When Schultz met with football players Monday evening to inform them that Bestwick was no longer their coach Cavalier senior defensive tackle Mike Budd said the AD "was cool and calm like a machine It was like he didn't have the human element in Yet shortly thereafter in a remarkably candid conversation with three reporters in his office Schultz was obviously disturbed by the events of the day Firing Bestwick and his eight assistants (who have three yean worth of contract protection) clearly bothered him he said he liked Bestwick personally and that the football program was better than it was when Bestwick took over But he added that along the Coast Conference championships and bowl games and Bestwick was Just the man to lead them there They wanted to know why it was taking Corrigan so long to get Bestwick then under consideration for the vacant Georgia Tech Job signed to a new contract In fact one very influential UVa alumnus from Richmond telephoned Corrigan late in December of 79 and told him "You better get Dick signed or your bleep is in a tight Corrigan got him signed and little more than a year later got himself gone to the athletic director's chair at Notre Dame where he is not being blamed yet for the hiring of Gerry Faust When Schultz replaced Corrigan the clock started running on Bestwick Introduced to the press last winter right in the middle of the finest basketball season Schultz spoke ef A 3-3 deadlock i Football i College From Wire Dispatches Punter Joe Sartiano kept Navy in the hole and the Army defense kept the Middies' attack under control yesterday as the underdog Cadets earned a 3-1 tie in the annual clash between the service academies in Philadelphia Sartiano had punts of 51 and 57 yards in the fourth quarter to keep Navy deep in its territory In the first half Sartiano recorded punts of 58 and a record 79 yards The 82-year-old series stands at 38-37-7 in Navy's favor but the tie was encouraging for 3-7-1 Army Navy (7-3-1) is bound for the Liberty Bowl Dec 30 against Ohio State Army took the second-half kickoff and drove to the 3-3 tie on a 27-yard field goal by Dave Aucoin Keying the 11-play 81-yard drive was Todd Williams' 42-yard run The sophomore running back substituting for Gerald Walker who suffered a bruised thigh in the first half picked up 90 yards on 16 carries most in the second half A 16-yard pass from quarterback Jerryl Bennett who replaced starter Bryan Allan to flanker A1 Wynder put the ball on the Navy 11 Three running plays netted six yuds before Aucoin came mi to knot the score Navy scored on a 35-yard field goal by Steve Fehr as time ran out in' the first half The Middies took over with 2:45 left before intermission at their 31 i Running back Eddie Meyers who had 119 yards on 32 carries broke up the middle for 16 yards to midfield 1318 yards set a Navy season record breaking the 1977 mark of 1292 yards set by Joe Gattuso His 277 rushes also broke Gattuso's season mark and the senior holds the Navy career rushing record 2935 yards NCAA I-AA EASTERN KENTUCKY 35 Chris Isaac ran for two scores and connected with Bernard McPhaul on a 32-yard scoring pass with a minute to play as Eastern Kentucky edged Delaware in Richmond Ky The win moves Eastern Kentucky 11-1 and ranked Nol in I-AA into next game against Boise State BOISE STATE 11 JACKSON STATE 7 Tailback John Broadous ran for 75 yards including a touchdown and tailback Rodney Webster rushed tor 156 yards to lead Boise State over Jackson State in Jackson Miss SOUTH CAROLINA 21 TENNESSEE STATE 25 Ben Mungin connected with tight end Andre Charlton on a 15-yard touchdown pass and A1 Gardner kicked the extra point to give South Carolina State an overtime victory over Tennessee State in Orangeburg SC NCAA II semifinals NORTH DAKOTA STATE 11 SHIPPENSBURG STATE 6 Mike Kasowksi rushed for 142 yards and two touchdowns to lead North Dakota State over Shippensburg State in Shippensburg Pa The Bison (10-2) will meet Southwest Texas State next Saturday in the Palm Bowl in McAllen Texas for the Division II championship Shippensburg finished with a 12-1 record SOUTHWEST TEXAS 62 NORTHERN MICHIGAN 6 -Mike Miller hit Gary Peoples for two touchdown passes and ran for two more scores to lead Southwest Texas to a romp over Northern Michigan in San Marcos Tex NCAA III final WIDENER 17 DAYTON 16 Widener College capitalizing on two fourth-quarter fumbles rallied from a 10-0 halftime deficit to defeat Dayton in the Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl in Phenix City Ala After recovering a fumble at its 39 Widener (Pa) drove 61 yards in six plays to take a 14-10 lead as Tony Britton ran 20 yards for a touchdown Mark Stephen added a 23-yard field goal set up on a fumble recovery by the Pioneers' Denpus Sheedy at the Dayton four-yard line rl NAIA I quarterfinals HILLSDALE 12 FAIRMOUNT STATE 0 Jay CM or ran for a touchdown and Rick Year kicked two field goals as Hillsdale College built a 12-Q halftime lead and held on to beat Fairmount State in Fairmount WVa 1- ELON 37 CONCORD 8 Quarterback John Bangley transfer from VML threw a pair of first-half touchdown pasObs and Elon defense accounted for two touchdowns and a safety as the Fighting Christians routed Concord CollegeTiT Bluefield WVa PITTSBURG STATE 14 MOORHEAD STATE 13 Stan Patton and Cebron Robinson scored fourth-quarter touchdowns to rally Pittsburg State over top-ranked Moorhead State in Pittsburg Kan CAMERON 48 CENTRAL ARKANSAS 27 Cameron fullback Emerson Brown making up for the absence of Bryce Vann scored five touchdowns as the Aggies whipped the University of Central Arkansas in Conway Ark Vann the Aggies' leading rusher and sewer was declared ineligible earlier in the week for academic reasons NAIA II semifinals CONCORDIA 23 WESTMINSTER 17 Jim Klug for two touchdowns and Doug Berglund booted three field goals to lead Concordia College of Minnesota over Westminster In the semifinals of the NAIA Division playoffs in New Wilmington Pa Concordia advances to the championship game against Austin College AUSTIN COLLEGE 33 WILLIAMS JEWEL 28 Larry Shillings threw three touchdowns and ran for another to guide Austin College over William Jewel in Sherman Tex Herschel Walker dives for his fourth touchdown in rout of Georgia Tech Walker (225 yards 4 TDS) ignites 44-7 rout uw T-M GaTft I I I 7 Ci InH pm bm Bthc (BMkr kick) Ci Walker I rut IBMtar kick) Ci Wakar I (Mkr kick) Ci Walkar I (Bailer kick) Ga FG Butler ci re Butler ee Cl re Butler CT Unite I na Rk kick) Ci Walker 1 na (Bader kick) a tua Ga GT Fintdeaaa Rieka pirti W-11 Pam par Ml Retmyir IT Panel 11-1T-I IMM Sacki kpyardi S-U MS Pane an S-M S4S PmklahM 1-1 PetuHiei yirSi 141 IW Ttana at ama I1M WU leap with 150 left in the game Those 225 yards gave the sophomore tailback 1891 for the season 205 more than the previous SEX! record set by Charles Alexander of LSU in 1977 His four touchdowns gave him 20 for the season two more than the previous SEC record set by Tommy Durance of Florida in 1969 The victory was the 10th in 11 games for Georgia which will be playing Pittsburgh in the Sugar Bowl for what the ATLANTA (UPI) Her-sChel Walker breaking two Southeastern Conference single-season records rushed for 225 yards and four touchdowns yesterday to lead the second-ranked Georgia Bulldogs to a 44-7 rout of Georgia Tech Walker scored three of his touchdowns in the first half on runs of two one and two yards while helping the heavily favored' Bulldogs build a 34-0 intermission lead His fourth score came on a one-yard Bulldogs hope will be a chance to repeat as national champions Georgia a 21-point favorite over the Yellow Jackets who lost 10 straight after upsetting third-ranked Alabama in their opener scored all six times it had the ball in the first half The Bulldogs were on the board only 10 seconds into the game when Buck Belue connected with Lindsay Scott mi an 80-yard bomb mi the opening play panders powers UCLA romp Basketball From Wire Dispatches UCLA used the of brought Purdue within 47-46 with 1035 left in the But Purdue did not from the field game score again until Russell Cross who had 30 points hit with 3:34 remaining DePaul outscored the Boilermakers 154 during the spurt to open a 62-50 lead Purdue had its biggest lead at 18-15 with 7:46 left in the first half but the Blue Demons reeled off eight straight points in the closing minutes of the first half to take a 35-29 intermission lead KENNY ARNOLD sank two free throws with 42 seconds left in overtime to cap an Iowa comeback as the sixth-ranked Hawkeyes defeated Marquette 68-65 in Milwaukee Guard Bob Hansen scored 12 of his 18 points in the second half and overtime and 6-11 freshman Michael Payne added 17 points for Iowa (3-0) which rallied from a 13-point deficit late in this first half Guard Glenn Rivers hampered by an ankle injury suffered midway through the second half scored 19 points to lead Marquette (3-2) Marquette scored first in overtime on a free throw by Marc Marotta but the Hawkeyes came back to lead 6440 with 232 left on a basket by Kevin Boyle a baseline jumper by Hansen and a free throw by Payne MIKE ANDERSON scored eight points down the stretch to help Na 9 Tibs shake off determined SL Tex 5743 in Tulsa The Hurricane out-scored the Rattlers 13-2 in the final five minutes to break open a close contest and improve the record to 2-1 The San Antonio school an NAIA member fell to 2-3 The Hurricane frustrated by the patient offense led 27-22 at intermission Tulsa held a 4441 lead with five minutes left before going into a slowdown scoring the final eight points of the game David Brown had 11 points all but two in the first half while Anderson and Phil Spradling added 10 each 8 -4 9 Second-ranked 24-point scoring Mike Sanders and sharpshooting from the free line to wallop Notre Dame 75-49 in South Ind yesterday The Bruins (2-2) handed the Irish their second loss in three games The defeat marked the first time the Irish had lost two of their first three games since the 1972-73 season launders converted all 12 free throws as the Bruins Went 23 of 26 at the free throw line in the second half UCLA led 26-23 at the half but outscored the Irish 8-2 in the opening three minutes of the second hall Notre Dame which lost to UCLA for the third Straight time was forced to repeatedly foul in the second half but fell behind as the Bruins converted one-and-one Opportunities Michael Holton added 14 points for UCLA and Kenny Fields scored 10 Notre Dame guard John Paxson paced the Irish with 19 points But Paxson was contained in the second half when he was limited to four baskets Tim Andree added 12 for Notre Dame Notre Dame jumped to a 9-4 lead in the opening seven minutes but the Bruins reeled off 10 straight points to take a 14-9 lead with 9:40 left in the half The Irish scored eight straight points to regain the lead at 17-14 but two free throws by Sanders with 3:26 remaining gave the Bruins the lead for good "DIRK MLNMEFIELD scored 14 of his 18 points iriitfiq second half as third-ranked Kentucky pulled away to a 78-62 victory at Ohio State £h4 game was played without two injured super-stare- 7-1 center Sam Bowie and Ohio State's 6-7 forward Clark Kellogg Bowie is out indefinitely with an injured leg Kellogg was sidelined after being struck in the face and losing a tooth i iV game Wednesday iff Top 10 basketball Minniefield a 6-3 junior hit seven baskets all from long range within a 10-minute period midway through the second half as Kentucky stretched a 33-30 halftime lead to 66-54 with 5Vb minutes left Kentucky (2-0) held its biggest margin (78-56) with 1:29 to play Ohio State (3-2) started with a three-guard lineup in the absence of Kellogg the Big leading rebounder a year ago and the Buckeyes stayed even for the first 16fc minutes ANTOINE CARR led a balanced attack with 16 points to propel Na 7 Wichita to an 87-67 romp over Cincinnati in the championship game of the Wichita State Classic Bill Sadler scored 23 points to give Pepperdine a 72-71 win over the District of Columbia for third place It was the third time in as many years that the Shockers (3-0) have won their tournament Wichita State worked its way to a 42-34 halftime lead and allow Cincinnati (3-1) to get closer than 10 Joints during the final 18 minutes TERRY CUMMINGS scored 23 points and reserve Bernard Randoph added 20 to lead Na 9 DePaul to a 73-67 victory over Purdue at Rosemont The Blue Demons (2-0) held the Boilermakers (2-1) without a field goal in a seven-minute span in the second half to break open a tight game A basket by Keith Edmonson who scored 17.