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jTS T CAROLINA TIMES SAT, OCTOBER 22. 1977 i pi A Dears Roll to 63-13 Victory South Carolina. State spotted Morgan State a first quarter touchdown and then came back to score 35 points in the second quarter en route to a 63-13 victory over the Bears and sole possession of first place in the Mid Eastern Athletic Conference, (MEAC). The game billed as a showdown match in the MEAC race was played in Orangeburg, S. C. Morgan got on the scoreboard early in the first period following a bad snap from center on fourth down. Then the rop ranked Bulldogs got their offense in high gear and rolled to a 42-7 half-time margin and the game was never in doubt again. The victory over Morgan State gave South Carolina State a perfect 4-0 league mark and a 6-0 slate against all opposition. By virtue ' of gaining first place in the MEAC, the Bulldogs have the inside track toward the MEAC title and the right to represent the MEAC in the Gold Bowl. December 3 in Richmond, Virginia against the champion of the CIAA. In other games involv- .t ing MEAC teams, Delaware State took over second place in the league with a 23-0 win over North Carolina Central - and North Carolina A&T won its third Straight win with a 49-0 shellacking of Maryland Eastern Shore. In a non-conference - contest, Howard! celebrated 'its homecoming with a 33-0 shut out over Virginia State. South Carolina State's offense got to rolling and ended up rushing for 500 yards with three backs gain ing over 100 yards on the ground. Quarterback Nat Rivers rushed for 200 yards in 13 carries and scored four touchdowns, fullback Ricky Anderson tarried the ball 17 times and gained 170 yards and halfback Willie Abrams rushed for 142 vards Anderson scored three tds and i Abrams scored one.. The other touchdown for the Bulldogs came on a 13 yard pass from Jesse Prather to tight end Mickie Pringle. ' Jesse Moore plunged over ' from the one-yard line early in the first period after Mor- gan State gained possession of (the ball at the S. C. State 18 fyard line. The PAT by Mike Wright gave the Bears a 7-0 lead. But then S. C. State got its offense going. Rivers raced 55 yards on a quarterback keeper, to tie the game at 7-7 .'at the end of the first period. I' Then in the second stanza it was all S. C. State. ;The Bulldogs scored 35 points in the period to take a .commanding, lead. Anderson j scampered 14 yards to pay- , 'dirt and then added the two point conversion to give the Bulldogs a 15-7 lead. Later in the quarter Rivers sneaked over from the one Abrams scooted 20 yards, Anderson ' plunged over , from the two and , then Rivers rumbleed 21 yardiMalcolm Montgo mery converted following each TD with the exception of the Abram score when the kick was blocked. The Bulldogs finished the game with 500 yards rushing on 55 attempts and added 13 -yards passing. The Bulldogs limited Morgan to 96 yarjji rushing and 50 yards passing. S. C. State also intercepted three passes. Elsworth Turner : cele brated A&TY homecoming . by throwing four touchdown I passes and passing for 181 i with 14 of 21 completions. The Aggies scored 21 points in the first period, added another six pointer before S intermission and then scored t two TDs in the third: stanza plus one more in the final 15 minutes. . 'Hornets Blank Eagles In Saturday's Momecomer IIHLSIDZ ROMPS TO TOP OF DIG SEVEN C0:iFERBiCE RACE In the second game of a double-header St Durham County Stadium, the Hill-, side Hornets buzzed to a 41-14 victory over the Chapel Hill Tigers Saturday night. The Hornets piled up a 21-0 halftime advantaged and added three more tallies in the second half. 'To be frank, I didn't expect to dominate the ame like this," Bradshaw remark-1 ed, whose team rushed for 329 yards. "Our kids, for one time, really wanted to play football." , Hillside's first TD came on a five-yard scamper by Gene Tatum, who rushed for 120 yards. The touchdown would have been sufficient for the Horents to experience victory had they not have crossed the goal again. On the first play of the second period, Vernon Harris, scored on a 14-yard run to give the Hornets a 140 lead. "They 4id everything; better than we did," ' explained a disappointed Tiger Coach Gary Moses. "We were just down too much in the second half to come back. They've got an excellent ball club. It'll be interesting to see just how far they can go;' r Chapel Hill quarterback, Darrell Dickev directed his team to two fourth quarter TDs. One of these against the Hornets second string defense.. i "; , . , , v f i Ccccb Robta son on "Cc!l:c3 Ihcaca" Sobdloa Ccl;ico ' G RAMBLING - Gramb ling coach Eddie Robinson has been named to the offi cial selection committee for the Eighth Annual Rotary Lombardi "College Line man of the Year" award. The veteran Tiger men tor who is the fourth winnin gest coach in the annals of college football is one of a panel of 82 college coaches, sportswriters and sports casters named to the committee which for the past seven years has selected the outstanding lineman of the year. v Till OWL'S fejf SCOKiDQARB 1 WHERE THEY PLAY MEAC Morgan State at Delaware State Howard at North Carolina A&T N. C. Central at Maryland Eastern Shore South Carolina State at Newberry CIAA ' Elizabeth City State at Winston-Salem ..... Fayetteville State at Livingstone ; Virginia Stateal Hampton J. C. Smith at Shaw Norfolk State at Virginia Union (N) St. Paul's at Liberty Baptist SWAC Alcorn State at Southern Grambling State at Jackson State Texas Southern at Mississippi Valley Bishop at Prairie View (N) OTHERS Kentucky State at Arkansas - P. B. Morris-Brown at Alabama A&M Clark at Savannah State , SCORES OF SATURDAY, OCTOBER Albany State, 45, Shaw 6 Bethune-Cookam 33, Savannah State 9 Central State 15, Langstone 14 Clark 16,Knoxvillel5 Delaware State, 23, N. C. Central 0 Florida A&M 47, Morris-Brown 18 . Grambling State 42, Mississippi Valley 21 Hampton, 18, Norfolk State 0 Howard J3, Virginia State 0 Jackson State 38, Southern 0 Kentucky State 9, West Virginia State 0 Livingstone 14, Johnson C. Smith 2 N. C. A&r497Maryland ; E. S. 0 : South Carolina State, 63, Morgan State 13 TexaS South 37, Alcorn State 14 Tuskegee 27, Morehouse 25 Winston-Salem 40, Fayetteville State 18 Moses had his Tigers to attempt the shotgun forma tion, hoping to avoid the on-rush of the Hornets but this proved to no avail be cause the defenders sacked Dickey several times. The Chapel Hill General hit on 16 of 36 passes for 239 yards but two of his aerials were picked off. Northern Knfchts Stop Bellas In the opening game of a double-header, the Big Seven Conference , the Northern Knights turned back the Bulldogs of Durham High at County Stadium Saturday night, 13-6. The Bulldog's only score came early in the first quarter when running back Carl Hill galloped 56 yards to paydirt. The PAT was wide. Tony Swanger connected with Mark Cromer for the Knights first tally. Thomas . Pruitfs extra point was good giving the Knights a 7-6 edge. The Swanger-Cromer duo supplied most of the Northern offense. The two juniors accounted for 63 yards on six attempts. The final score came in the fourth quarter to give the Knights .13 after the PAT failed. The award is presented annually to the offensive or defensive lineman who, in addition to outstanding per formance and ability; best exemplifies the discipline of football great Vince Lombar di. Past winners include Jim Stillwagon of Ohio State, 1971; Walt Patulski of Notre Dame, 1972; Rich Glover of Nebraska,' 1973; John Hicks of Ohio State, 1974; Randy White of Maryland, 1975; LeRoy Selmon of Oklahoma, 1976; and Wilson Whitley of Houston, 1977. 15 NCCU Unablo To licit AWack oil Dolauaro Quarterback Eddie Epps passed for 141 yards and backs Anthony Beamon and Lucious Goodwine rushed for 216 yards combined to lead the Delaware State Hornets to a 23-0 shellacking of the North Carolina Central Eagles. This NCCU Home coming game proved to be less exciting for the Eagles as they dropped their second straight homecoming game as the Hornets rushed and passed for 415 yards while holding , the Eagles to 137 yards in total offense. The statistics indicated a seemingly easy victory for the Hornets. Third year DSC coach Edmund Wyche la mented, "By no stretch of the imagination was this an easy victory. The Eagles posed a serious problem for our defensive unit. We had to contain Reggie Smith and Joe Mack their tight end." Smith, one of the top receivers in the MEAC, entered the game with 21 receptions and Mack 16 receptions. They were held to 1 reception as the Hornets held the Eagles to . 68 yards passing. "We played a good ball game. We were able to move the ball offensively and con tain them offensively " added Wyche. The Hornets were able to move the ball, especially in the first half when they had three sustained drives that carried them deep finfio Eagles territory.. Their first possession of the game following the'; ' opening kickoff saw 'them go from their 16 to the NCCU 20 where their drive stalled on downs. DSC sophomore kicker Andrew Johnson en tered the game and kicked a 37 yard field goal to give the Hornets an early 3-0 lead with 8:51 left in the initial period. On their second possession, the Hornets marched from their own 1 5 to the NCCU 16 where once again their drive was stalled. Weiv Yorfr Yanfiees IVm World Series In Sin By LARRY BARBER ' The New York Yankees led by flashy Reggie Jackson, defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers in six games to win the 1977. World Series. The "Fall Classic" started in New York Tuesday, October 1 1 , and ended in New York, Tuesday, October 18. In that sixth game, Reggie Jackson smashed a record , tying three home runs to bury Los Angeles 8-4. The Dodgers started off like they wanted to play seven games by scoring two big runs at the top of the first inning. But Chris Chambliss hit a home run, scoring Jackson ahead of him to tie in. tht (Yankee second. Reggie Smith came right back for the west coast' team by blasting a solo homer in the third. After that, it was all Reggie Jackson, and because of nis over-all series ' f erformance, he was M. V, P. ackson's heroics over-shadowed a fine pitching dis play by Mike Torriz, who went the distance.' - New York won the first game 4-3, but it to6lc them , 12 innings, and LosAngeles came back the next, night with a 6-1 victory. fj)e Yan- Constipation: relief without feer Recently a national panel of doctors discovered some laxa tives were ineffective .. ; unreli able. But they found the single medicine in EX-LAX was effec- ' tive and safe. EX-LAX gently stimulates, your system's own ' natural rhythm for overnight , relief. Chocolated tablets or un favored pills. EXm LAX This time Johnson's 34 yard , field goal attempt was wide to the right. Senior safety Andre Dixon set up the first Hor nets touchdown with a 38 yard interception of an errant NCCU pass that gave Del State the ball at the Eagles 37. tpps completed two con secutive passes - 17 yards to Ralph Kemmerlin and 13 yards to Anthony Beamon giving the ball first and goal at the 7. On a third and goal from the 2 Lucious Good wine bulled in for a score giv ing the Hornets a 100 lead that they carried into the dressing room. The Hornets racked up 211 total offen sive yards in the first half. The Hornets and Eagles battled through a scoreless third period, however, the Hornets started a 65 yard 10 play scoring drive that was climaxed with a 23-yard touchdown pass from tpps to Culbrest on the first play ' of the final period. Donald Holden's second interception of the day gave the ball at the Hornets 47. In 7 plays Epps guided the Del State aggegation in to score with his touchdown pass to Brown ending the scoring with 4: 14 left in the game. Anthony . Beamon en joyed his second consecutive . 100 yard rushing day '- gain ing 111 yards in 28 carries . against Eagles. Goodwine added J 05 yards in 16 carries as .the Hornets became the first team to rush and pass for over 400 yards against the Eagles this year. Safeties Andre Dixon and Donald Holden each had two interceptions apiece for the Hornets. Coach Wyche added, "Our defense played a heckuva game. . . " For the year, Beamon has 445. yards in 111 carries and Goodwine 286 yards in 64 carries. Epps has com pleted 40 of 87 passes for 533 yards and 3 touchdowns. kees took the first (wo games in Los Angeles 5-3 and 4-2, taking a 3 game to 1 lead. The Dodgers stayed alive on Sunday by beating New York 104 in a game of home runs, (t was not enough to shake the Yankees, how ever, and they brought supremacy back to the American League. The Cin cinnati Reds had won the two previous champion ships. ' C1C Faycttovllh UP j t ... DELAWARE STATE SPLIT END Decosta Brown drops a surt touchdown pan as NCCU Cornerback Wallace Barnes is hot on his heels. Brown did catch 7 passes for 67 yards. (Photo by Kelvin Bell). mTzr&PrM h h r ijr DELAWARE STATE'S Andre Dixon (23pntercepts an errant pass Intended for Maurice Bassett. Dixon picked off two passes against the Eagles. (Photo by Kelvin Bell).' ,..;..-. i : ; . Epps' fav&rite receiver DeCosta Brown picked up 7 passes for 67 yards thus gfrtag him 17 catches for 282 yards and 2 touchdowns. John Foye led the Eagles with 56 yards in 9 carries. . t Quarterbacks , Charles Armwood , Alvin Cauthorn and Charles Yuille completed only 6 of '26 passes for 68 yards. They had 4 intercep tions, as the vaunted passing attack has fallen from its seasonal high of 290 yards passing against Morgan State of two weeks ago to today's total of 68 yards. , k Smith, one of the lead ing receivers in the MEAC, was held to 1 catch and tight end Joe Mack was shut out as the Hornets players double-teamed them. The Hornets upped their MEAC record to 3-1 (4-2 overall), while the Eagles dropped to 0-2 in the MEAC (1-5 overall). The Eagles were in Hornets, territory with , their ' deepest threats at die DSC 15 in the first and DSC 19 in the final period after fumble recoveries. , CtDrcr.ch ( 6- ' - " iiu. mmm ,f"mmm V rsxssrt .i.'v .i' 'JJ 'M Svv-il E AC. .FOOTBALL NCCU ''Eagles" vi : SOUTH CAROLINA St :H h "Buiidoas" Saturday, Oct. 29 O'KELLY STADIUM Adults . S5M , . ' ..,i-'f.Cl TICKETS ON SALE: Anpix (likiwed) flowar World (Seith Snf) Dirbaa Sportlig Goods (Dowitowi 4 Northfita) NCCU Stidtit Uiiei PAY DY It is the safe easy way to pay bills. 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