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THE DANVILLE REGISTER OUNDED EBRUARY 1847 NO 30805 DANVILLE VA SUNDAY MORNING OCTOBER 19 1975 Rogers Leads Tech Over Virginia 24 17 coming on the Alt iiii till 5 A AA9 pisi Richmond Nips VM Phil Rogers Scores irst Tech Touchdown Against Virginia Tar Heels Miss Two Point Conversion Nfc '4 World Series Delayed State Holds Off UNC siui les on rage 4 iaf wirepnoto) Remains Unbeaten Against ACC Teams Duke Defeats Clemson 25 21 winning op 37 17 0 27 pass run 44 Wake Reds rain 6 20 8 21 31500 as if it would run Clemson out of Wallace Stadium Duke scored on its first two possessions on a 24 yard field goal by Vince usco and a four yard keeper by quarterback Mark Dunn to take a 10 0 first quarter lead However Clemson stemmed the tide in the second quarter with three quick touchdowns Donald Testerman of South Boston started the rally with a 20 yard scoring burst early in the second quarter Testerman carried the final 23 yards of the 80 yard scoring drive Workhorse quarterback Willie Jordan gave Clemson the lead the next time the Tigers had the ball with a 67 yard scoring strike to Joey Walters After the kickoff Clemson forced a Duke at the Blue 39 and the Tigers scored in five plays for its third touchdown in less than BLACKSBURG Va Phil Rogers ran for one touch down and threw for another and Virginia Tech's defense blunted a second half Virginia rally Saturday to give the Gob blers a 24 17 college football victory over the Cavaliers The win improved the Gob record to 4 2 while the Cavaliers fell to 1 5 Tech secured its fourth straight victory with only 49 seconds remaining when Tom Beasley hit Virginia quarter back Scott Gardner causing him to fumble and Mike Stoll ings fell on the ball deep in Tech territory The Gobblers then ran the clock out fumble came after he had moved the Cavaliers to the Tech 14 on a 41 yard pass to Mike Dowe Moments earlier the Gob blers had thwarted another Vir ginia drive when cornerback Billy Hardee picked off a Gard ner pass on the Tech 23 Twelve plays later Wayne Latimer kicked a field goal for the Gobblers' only sseond half score and their final margin of victory Tech jumped to a 14 0 lead in the first quarter on five yard touchdown run and his 28 yard pass to Jerry Inge The Cavaliers cut the margin to 14 6 with only 39 seconds gone in the second quarter when Gardner found Tommy adden in a crowd with a 15 yard scoring pass The Gob blers' Gary Smith blocked the extra point attempt Virginia Tech made it 21 6 with 10: 45 remaining in the sec ond period on Paul five yard touchdown run The score was set up by Doug Tha cker's interception of a Gard ner pass and 10 yard return to the Virginia 37 Virginia narrowed the gap to 21 14 early in the third quarter when Billy Copeland took a pitchout and raced two yards for a touchdown Gardner then hit Tim Quinn with a pass for the two extra points Dan Hottowe got the Cav final score when he kick ed a 32 yard field goal with 3 24 left in the third period usco 4 George Washington scored on the final play of the match yesterday to defeat the Dan ville Rugby Club 10 9 Danville on the strength of three field goals by Eddie Gunnell set the pace most of the game Danville is at home Saturday for a match against Duek at 2 pm RALEIGH A two point conversion pass from Johnny Evans to Don Buckey proved decisive Saturday as North Carolina State preserved a 20 comeback victory over bitter rival North Carolina in an Atlantic Coast Conference football game The Wolf pack had to stop Tar Heel quarterback Billy Pas chall's own two point try with 12 seconds left to win the thrill er before a record crowd of 50500 Down because Evans had missed a conversion kick NC State drove 80 yards on the ground for a touchdown that gave it a lead with 3:43 left reshman running back Ted Brown who gained 117 yards and scored twice got the touch down by bursting 27 yards be hind the blocking of Tom Ser fass Evans rolled right on a con 57 253 68 65 5 10 1 3 4 2 2 10 3 12 ourth Section ourth Section 67 kick) run irst downs Rushps yards Passing yards Return yards Passes Punts umhles lust Penalties yards 7 110 441 4 2 5 56 run from (Jordan (run receptions for the Gobblers for 48 yards Gardner completed 18 of 30 passes for 270 yards with ad den the fifth leading receiver catching four for 67 David Sloan had 79 yards rush ing on 16 attempts for Virginia Tech had 373 yards in total ottense 275 version play and lino an open receiver He turned around and tossed back to the other side of the field where Buckey was all alone to make it 21 14 But UNC was not through Paschall drove the Tar Heels 64 yards in the waning minutes Mike Voight got his second touchdown and 155th rushing yard of the day on a one yard plunge and barely made it into the end zone with 12 seconds left The score was Tar Heel Coach Bill Dooley has never gone for a tie He sent Paschall rolling to his left on an option play The receivers were covered and the Wolf Tom Higgins pushed Paschall out of bounds at the four The win gave NC State a 4 3 record and marked its first conference victory in three tries More important it gave minutes Jordan scored from two yards out following a pass interference penalty against Duke and three rushes by Tailback Ken Callicutt In addition to his signal calling duties the freshman from Griffin Ga is the placement specialist Dunn moved the Blue Devils 77 yards in five plays to narrow the margin to 21 16 by in termission Art Gore raced around end for the final 12 yards The freshman from Hamp ton Va gained 19 yards on two carries and passed 39 yards to Troy Slade who made a circus catch at the Clemson 12 Slade was behind the defense but had to come back to make a leaping catch on the ball which was underthrown He grabbed it away from two defenders at the Tigers' 12 usco kicked a 44 yard field goal the longest of his career in the fourth quarter to move 5 downs yards yards irst downs yards Passing yards Return yards Passes Punts umbles lost yards victory over Virginia Keydets The triumph in the 27th an nual Tobacco estival game moved the Spiders to the top of the conference race with a 3 0 record and left the defending champion Keydets at 2 1 Rich mond is 3 3 over all VMI 2 4 Richmond was outplayed after capitalizing on a fumble and pass interception to build a 17 0 lead after only 10 minutes Theteams traded touchdowns in the second quarter and VMI narrowed the gap with sixpoin ters in the third and fourth pe RICHMOND Va Spiders ignited zy junior tailback Ed 100 yard return of the opening kii koff jumped off to a quick lead Saturday and held on for 24 19 Southern Conference football majoring in said Gobblers Coach Jimmy Sharpe thought it was going to come right down to the end like last year (when Virginia won 28 27) It was a big win for us to say the least had to have it and we continued to do it the hard said Sharpe Local Rugby Team Loses To GW 10 9 Glaifieds Automotive DURHAM Despite the combined 3 7 record of the combatants first place in the Atlantic Coast Conference was at stake The importance of yester Duke Clemson football game clearly demonstrates how much prestige the ACC has lost on the gridiron in one year Duke scored in the final two minutes for a 25 21 triumph which evened its overall record at 3 3 and vaulted the Blue Devils into a brief tie with Maryland for the ACC lead at 2 0 The Terps blanked Wake orest for their third loop win Tony Benjamin broke several tackles as he bulled his way 19 yards for the go ahead touchdown with 1 38 remaining in the game The touchdown run capped a two play drive which followed an 18 yard Clemson punt to the 33 Duke opened the game before a homecoming crowd of Sports News SERIES GAME RAINED OUT Cincinnati Manager Sparky Anderson looks out through speckled glass door of his Boston hotel Saturday after the sixth game of the World Series was postponed Other RfnriAQ nn Pacrn dD AP WirnnlmMj A kid scoring drive early in the sec ond quarter Lambert passing 10 yards to Brooks on a fourth down fake field goal try But minutes later after a 72 yard Bruce Allen punt to the VMI two Richmond added its final touchdown on run The Keydets scored the first time they had possession in the second half as Lambert guided them on a 79 yard march The score came on a 20 yard pass to Brooks As the third quarter neared its end the Keydets got posses sion on the Richmond 40 onlv riods But the hopes of to fumble the ball away two a comeback were dashed by plays later Then in the final two more turnovers during the final 16 minutes Kreilis added a second touch down on a two yard plunge and the Spiders got their other six pointer from running back De metri Kornegay on a four yard sweep Johnny Jones chipped in with a 46 yard field goal Two of scores came on passes from sophomore quar terback Mark Lambert to tight end Ray Brooks and the third was posted by workhorse tail back Kim Glidewell on a one yard smash through the middle Kreilis started his long kick off return behind a wall of blockers found an opening near his 30 and outraced several Keydet pursuers to the opposite end zone On the ensuing kickoff Rich mond defensive back Marvin Smith recovered a fumble to set up field goal Then the Spiders turned a pass inter ception by Dave Sylvester into their overwhelming early lead Sylvester intercepted at the VMI 48 and Kreilis scored 11 plays later VMI engineered an 80 yard blocking broke tor 34 yards to the North Carolina 14 Three plays later Evans faked to Brown and rolled around right end for the score UNC moved ahead late in the first half after recovering a Tim Johnson fumble on the NC State 41 Paschall hit three quick passes and the last one found Mel Collins in the end zone The Wolfpack dominated the second half On its first posses sion NC State drove 80 yards with Brown getting the touch down on a six yard run All of that served to set the stage for the theatrics of the final four minutes North Carolina 7 7 0 NC State 0 7 6 Voight 6 run (Biddle kick) Evans 7 run (Evans kick) Collins 9 pass from Paschall (Biddle kick) NCS Brown 6 run (kick failed) Brown 27 run Don Buckey pass from Evans) Voight 1 run (run failed) A 50500 orest 6 35 UH 46 00 5 12 2 8 33 5 2 3 15 sli Duke closer Another circus catch this time by Craig Bentley good for 46 yards gave the Tigers a first down at the Duke two on their next possession Duke stiffened on defense and Jordan missed badly on a 22 yard field goal attempt usco missed a 52 yard attempt before the poor punt gave the Blue Devils the ball at the Clemson 33 with 2: 10 left Both teams had over 400 yards total offense but happy Duke Coach Mike McGee said his team's defense in the second half proved the dif ference exactly how I a jubilant McGee said after the game can you put a tag on it other than it was Clemson Coach Red Parker said his team missed a hundred opportunities and each one comes back to haunt him three plays were termed the Wolfpack intrastate bragg ing rights at least until basket ball season starts North Carolina which has lost twice in a row in the fourth quarter dropped to 2 4 The Tar Heels are 1 2 in the ACC North Carolina dominated the first half Voight scored the first touchdown in the first period smashing over right end from six yards The score was set up by a 19 yard Paschall run that ended on a fumble but Mark Cantrell re covered for the Tar Heels on the Wolfpack 6 State did not get rolling until the second period when Evans was inserted as quarterback for Dave Buckey Brown behind Adams led the Tech ground game with 113 yards on 21 car ries while Roscoe Coles had 104 yards on 25 attempts Rogers who had 45 yards rushing completed six of 11 passes for 98 yards Inge caught two passes for 40 yards including his touchdown and Steven Galloway had three io 24 run 20 4 '4' Clemon 21 46 191 212 17 12 15 0 4 33 3 2 4 40 Xo Caro XC Slile 23 66 290 20 46 145 139 1 12 19 2 248 3 2 441 0 21 0 0 21 6 0 9 25 (usco 259231 239 00 16 264) 343 2 1 2 30 v'j Ed Krelis Off On 100 Yard Kickoff Return crucial by Parker: failure to get the ball in when we had a first down on the two yard line a penalty before the bad punt were the The holding penalty turned an apparent first down at the 32 into a second and 20 at the 10 Two plays later Richard Holliday missed the punt that gave Duxe its portunity Clemson Duke Dunn kick) Clem Testerman (Jordan kick) Walters Jordan Jordan 1 Jordan kick) Gore failed) usco irst Rushes yards passing Return Passes Punts umbleslcit Penalties yards 29 The loss dropped Wake or est to 1 2 in the league and 1 5 over all Maryland rolled up a 25 6 first down lead and ran for 231 yards to 104 for the Deacons reshman Steve Atkins ran 19 times for 84 yards and Wilson added 60 on eight carries to lead the Terp ball carriers John Zeglinski with 57 yards in 15 rushes led Wake orest with teammate rank Harsh adding 43 yards in 14 rushes Dick passed 21 times with 13 completions The first Maryland drive cov ered 15 plays and 78 yards but the Terps were more explosive after the intermission After sweeping to their first third pe riod touchdown in only four plays they moved 70 yards in five plays for their final six pointer Maryland Wake orest Md Sochko 27 Wilson 1 run kick i Jennings 6 run i Sochko kick Md Hoover 47 pass from Dick (Sochko kick Md Sochko 27 A 19300 Maryland 1 irst downs Rir hes yards Passing yards Return yards Passes Punts umbles Jost Penalties yards Duke 24 55 299 157 30 9 154) 341 3 2 8 84 ''v period with Glidewell carrying six times and finishing with a one yard dive VMI narrowed the gap to 24 19 But hopes of a game winning drive vanished when Richmond's Jeff Nixon inter cepted a Lambert pass at the 35 with less than five minutes left Kreilis finished with 98 yards on 18 carries for Richmond But he was outdistanced by Glidewell who had 117 yards on 28 attempts Lambert completed 12 of 19 passes as VMI outgained Richmond 139 36 in the air and the Keydets had a 280 218 edge in total yards Richmond 17 7 0 0 24 Va Military 0 6 6 7 19 Kreilis 100 kickoff return i Carter kick) Jones 46 Rich Kreilis 2 run (Carter kick) VMI Brooks 10 pass from Lambert (kick failed) Kornegay 4 run i Carter kick 1 VMI Brooks 20 pass from Lambert (pass failed! Glidewell 1 run (Tufaro kick) Richmond VMI 11 50 182 36 10 2 6 0 444 3 1 8 56 Maryland Blanks Wake orest 27 0 WINSTON SALEM NC I Larry Dick passed for 190 yards and a touchdown and 19th ranked tough defense smothered Wake or est's offense Saturday night to give the Terrapins a 27 0 Atlan tic Coast Conference football Tim Wilson and Richard Jen nings added touchdowns on short runs and Mike Sochko booted two 27 yard field goals as the defending conference champions ran their ACC record to 3 0 and their all games mark to 5 1 1 It was the 13th straight conference victory for Maryland Sochko's field goal wds the only first period score and Wil son scored from the one in the second period for a 10 0 Terp halftime lead Maryland came charging out in the second half and moved the ball 66 yards in four plays Jennings going over from the six Dick hit Kim Hoover on a 47 yard scoring pass and Soch ko kicked another field goal lat er in the quarter to complete the scoring The scoreless fourth period produced a missed field goal attempt of 32 yards by Sochko and Wake orest's best threattopped by a Doug interception at the Maryland Elon Wins 12 0 At Presbyterian CLINTON SC How ard erguson and Prince Veese scored a touchdown apiece Sat urday as Elon claimed a 12 0 South Atlantic Conference foot ball victory over winless Pres byterian erguson Elon's leading rusher with 148 yards crashed over from the four to give the ighting Christians their first score in the third quarter Veese raced around end from three yards out in the fourth period to clinch the victory Elon the conference leader ran its record to 4 2 overall and 2 0 in the league while Presby terian dropped its fourth loss against one tie Elon's first drive covered 74 yards with the big play a 53 yard halfback pass from ergu son to Ronnie Stroud at the PC four where erguson went in on the next play The ighting Christians had to move only 16 yards for their second touchdown after an in terception by Mark Hill deep in Blue Hose territory 'a AX: WJS J1 2 I IJWW 71 7747711 wtMi ISLMwrZ 7777 7 4 jf jw wr Ljk 4 4 4 111 7" tit 7 7 JISI I WWIliS AW i 7' 'A Sy 's 1 A 'i is AAAiX' ''i X'77' 7 a74' ss3S 7'7 3g vtfgsgwp a s'W wS I 0 f'a tf' 11! z3XX i A ANSW tS xWl i I i I Xtxxbx w1 i I i.