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SPORTS SECTION Raiders Pin Hurricane On Late TD OKLA STATE irji I Hogs Hit Rebs Late 24 19 Inside ARKANSAS NL Preview 10 Baseball Averages 8 Cards Regain East Lead AP RANKING for an 46 sec irst downs Rushesyards Passing yards Raturn yards Passas Punts umMes iost Penatlies yanft Tul 17 52 226 72 15 7 14 0 537 7 2 7 55 irst downs Rushes yards Passing yards Return yards Passes Punts umbles lost Panafties yards onds left But Austin DEENSE AND THOMAS saved OSU Thomas covered all 30 yards in the only touch down drive (after kicker Joey recovered the fumbled second half kickoff) When it be came apparent that nothing else was safe or effective Thomas battered away at the NTSU de fense in the fourth quarter ena bling the Cowboys to at least con trol the clock and field position The OSU defense had its hands full covering the mis takes especially in the second See OSU Strains ori'E 4 Mis 13 24 33 259 59 19 35 1 8 46 4 1 3 35 Rhone cighth ranked Oklaho I ma State had to fight for its life and nearly lost it Not until line backer Ricky Adams stepped in front of I Rhone's pass at nine seconds re NORTH TEXAS PENETRAT ed the OSU 20 only twice got no closer to the goal line than the 16 and permitted Thurman Thomas yards (in 40 carries) it seemed perpetually in position to win North Texas did not generate much offense of its own Rhone rushed for 60 yards and passed for 87 was the chief threat But the Eagles used what OSU gave them and that was plenty The Cowboys lost four fumbles had a 22 yard field goal attempt blocked suffered an interception when the intended receiver was open and in position to score and had a touchdown called back be cause of a penalty Two of North three field goals came after the Eagles failed to get a first down following fumble reco veries By BILL CONNORS World Sports Editor I uLSA came within 11 seconds Saturday night of writing its second straight Bastogne story for its historical war buff of a football coach But Texas Tech quarterback Aaron Keesee and split end Tyrone Thurman turned it into an Alamo Keesee a washout as a passei until the final minute passed 20 yards to Thurman for a touch down that overcame second half heroics by quarterbacks Richie Texas undermanned and out gunned clung desperately to its dream of a gigantic upset And in the end it was only a dream Tulsa World SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 15 1985 AP RANKING 14 Kevin Currert is looking forward to a rematch with Boris Becker in Tulsa this week 16 midfield with maining did OSU know it would still be unbeaten after the second game of the 1985 collegiate foot ball season The final score was 10 9 The game itself fit neatly into the pat tern formed by nine previous en counters OSU heavily favored erred at almost every turn North nc World Staff Photo by Johnny Walker ObU Mitch Nash (23) leaps North Johnny Schindler as teammate Lynn Beck (foreground) throws a block The British European team takes a two point lead over the stunned Americans going into Sunday's final singles of the Ryder Cup golf matches 14 tn ho nut done His 39 yard pass with four seconds left was tipped by Nath aniel White and into the waiting arms of Jamie Holder who trot ted untouched the last 10 yards 1 1 over said Arkansas coach Ken Nick Miller rose up and drilled Nathan Wonsley on a fourth and one dive That turned the ball back to the Razorbacks with 4:18 left and they didn't give it up until only 1:03 remained were in the power 1 and we expected them to run the iso lation said Miller did exactly like we expected 1 just went up and made contact in midair thought we got a bad spot But it matter after Neither team showed much of fensively in the first half but Ole Miss punter Bill Smith a junior from Little Rock who Arkansas recruited as a tight end provided the first turn Trying to punt out of his end zone Smith allowed the snap of Ross Genovese to slip through his hands By the time he retrieved the ball he was being Dressed for three Arkansas tacklers and he stepped out of the end zone for a safety That came with 6:05 left in the and second successful comeback in si nd aiiu Arkansas put 10 gemer ns nest arive to tnat point after the free kick The drive ran out of steam at the Ole Miss 20 and Greg Horne kicked a 37 vard See Hogs Heat on (i Cubs Bow 5 4 rHICAGO (AP) Ozzie tie breaking dou ble capped a two run sixth inning Saturday carrying St Louis to an uphill 5 4 victory over the Chicago Cubs and back into first place in the Na tional League East The Cardinals lead the New York Mets who lost to Montreal 5 1 Saturday by one half game in the race for the division pennant Cesar Cedeno walked to open the St Louis sixth took second on a balk by Lary Sorensen 3 7 and scored the tying run on a single by Terry Pendleton Smith then followed with the double to left scoring Pendleton Reliever Bill Campbell 5 3 was the winner and Jeff Lahti the fifth St Louis pitcher went the final two innings for his 17th save kept us in the game he was the guy that turned it said St Louis manager Whitey Herzog Kurt Kepshire started for the Cardinals and de parted after walking the first three batters he faced Matt Keough relieved and walked Keith Moreland to force in Shawon Dunston before Leon Durham grounded into a double play as Gary Matthews scored to give the Cubs a 2 0 lead St Louis scored a run in the third when Smith singled stole second and scored on Vince two out single Ryne Sandberg offset that run with his 23rd homer of the season in the bottom of the third The Cardinals loaded the bases on singles by Tommy Herr Cedeno and Tito Landrum in the fourth but managed only one run when Pendleton grounded into a double play Dunston got that back in the Cubs fourth with his second homer of the season but St Louis scored again in the fifth on a pinch hit single by Ivan DeJesus anrinfield out and a single by Willie McGee Hatfield "I was proud of our de fense It went down to the last play just like I thought it An onside kick attempt by Ole Miss after the last touchdown was caught by Arkansas receiver James Shibest Carl Miller scored on a five yard pitchout with 8:47 to go to put the Hogs ahead for good His run ended a 30 yard march that began with Kevin Wyatt recover ing Shawn Sykes' fumble llzx Virxtarzxt trw z4bzxvzx zx 4 hr i uo vtV IHIOO tlUYVVVVl U1 UVL l4J IliV I thankful and glad Arkansas 22 before linebacker By CHARLIE SMITH 0 the World Staff JACKSON Miss There was no way to figure it: Arkansas and Ole Miss poured across six second half touchdowns But in the end it was those five base ball like points the Razorbacks scored the first 30 minutes that mattered Still a Memorial Stadium crowd of 52110 delighted in 72 uegree tem peratures and the late game offensive his trionics Arkansas ranked No 14 before its first eame nrnod in Ole Miss fumble into the go ahead touchdown with 8:47 left then made a stout defensive stand to clinch what turned out to be a 24 19 victory 4:18 from the end But even after that both teams scored touchdowns The final swapout came in the last minute irst Kevin Ander son batted a Kent Austin pass into the waiting arms of team mate David Dudley who burst 34 yarus oown tne sideline Arkansas touchdown with Stephenson and Steve Gage and sent Tulsa down to its first defeat under Don Morton 21 17 It completed a 63 yard drive and was only the third completion in seven attempts by Keesee His second completion with 40 sec onds left was a 25 yard blockbust ei that left tiny receiver Wayne Walker dazed hospitalized TU safety Marcus Anderson the tackler with a neck injury and set the stage for the deciding play Vz ij 4 it i A Skelly Stadium saw a wild and exciting finish to what had been a dull first half that TU led 3 0 on Jason 32 yard field goal Tech scored two touchdowns within four minutes in the tKird quarter on a 78 yard drive and by converting a fumble to take a 1 4 3 lead But six yard touchdown in the final minute of the third quarter cut lead to 14 10 and 61 yard run set up the go ahead touchdown which he scored from the two for a 17 14 lead with 4:52 remain ing It appeared TU had done as the Allies did at Bastogne when Ger final attempt to win the war in Europe was crushed in the 1944 Battle of the Bulge BATTERED DEENSE did just as the US Army did in one of favorite battles It held until the offense so bril liant in last ambush of Houston arrived and arranged what appeared to be the np viz second victory out wnen everything was on the line defense did not have enough left to hold off the Raiders as the game ended on an Alamo note It was the first nonconference road victory for Tech a touch down underdog in seven vears from its new wishbone in as many weeks Although Tulsa had an edge in total offense of 298 yards to 255 Morton said offensive prep See Teeh's on 4 THE STATISTICS Tech 1 45 1 54 7 3 7 1 5 44 3 1 3 75 Expos Pin Mets jLtONTREAL (AP) Tim Raines had two hits and scored two runs to lead the Montreal Expos to a 5 1 victory over New York Saturday knocking the Mets dropped out of first place in the National League East The loss coupled with St 5 4 victory over Chicago moved the Cardinals one half game ahead of New York in the NL East David Palmer making his first start in seven wqpks went five innings to raise his record to 7 9 The Montreal righthander who spent most of that time on the disabled list with a sore shoulder allowed five hits and walked three for his first victory since June 27 Jeff Reardon worked the final two innings to register his league leading 36th save was a very solid said Expos man ager Buck Rodgers of Palmer fastball was actually about two or three miles an hour faster than his last time Raines led off the first inning with a double to left field off Mets starter Sid ernandez 6 9 He went to third on a groundout and scored on Hubie slow roller to shortstop The Mets tied the game in the third inning on a double by Mookie Wilson and an RBI single by Keith Hernandez The Expos took the lead for good in their half of the third as Raines hit a drive off leg and went all the way to third When third baseman Howard Johnson picked up the ball and threw wild ly past first Vance Law then hit a sacrifice fly The Expos scored in the fifth on Jim RBI single in the sixth on Mike itzgerald's sacri fice fly with the bases loaded and in the eighth when i 7A KX7 oil zx At a zx lx 1 zxzl 4 i Llu a ued around on Etcher World Sta Photo John ergusoL ing error of the game Linebackers Steve Kropp and Mike Williams lead a TU wave that engulfs Tech James McCowent UCLA 26 Tennessee 2o 10 9 Nod By RANDY KREHBIEL Of the World Staff Stillwater More than 49000 came to Lewis Sta dium Saturday night They ex pected a rout It did not happen Stymied by penalties and turn overs surprised by a sprightly North Texas State quarterback named tviiKe THE STATISTICS Ark 20 67 292 22 83 3 10 0 8 40 4 1 7 43 Pokes Squeak Tech Silences TU Cowboys Sweat Out Colorado 21 Oregon 17 Maryland 31 Boston College 13 Northwestern 27 Missouri 23 Brigham Young 31 Washington 3 Michigan Notre Dome 20 12 1 2 A BWS ilBS 'wt "sLt 4 KWO3 7 17 'it Cl Si? tjvsacasssi A 'I li i mi i iiriii 7 i ini kiim ibi hrwi I I ITTJ 'M i i i 4L I 111 i I' 1 fl iL 4 1 IMI JB HL IB Js IBSm i HI 'WeIf fl 1 Sh 4 THE STATISTICS NTS OSU lnt downs 12 14 Rushts yardi $0 129 50 199 Passing yards 87 64 Rotvrn yards 12 4S Passes 718 2 6 161 Punts 4 43 4 44 umMos lost 4 3 4 4 Ponattios yards 2 20 6 50 Timo of Possession 32:48 27:12 AP RANKING 8.