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AY'L FQOTDAIJ. LEAGUE S.C. Slate Tcfics 4-0 Ilcrfi Info HolrdGy Oroofr ORANGEBURG, S. C A year ago when the South Carolina State College basket ball team took its holiday break, the Bulldogs had struggled to a 2-5 record. Tim Autry's team is 4-0 this season as S. C. State prepares, for its Christmas break. The Bulldogs will have a two-week layoff before re turning December 27 topre- are for the Winston-Salem C.) Holiday Festival December 30-31.3 Autry, who guided; the Bulldogs to a 15-11 record and the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference title last ; season despite the poor , start, attri butes this year's fine start to determination on the part of his veteran squad. "We are trlbre mature this season" said Autry, "but the big factor, I feel, is the determination ' and coheshre ness this team has shown thus far. We don't know what the Dew year holds in store for us," ; continued " the Bulldog mentor, "but we have been playing good ball and should continue to win if we do not let up. Right sow, we are looking toward the Winston Salem tournament" Autry, named top Coach in the MEAC last season, noted . that scheduling may have something to do with his team's unblemished mark. Two of the Bulldogs' four '. victories have come at home.. Last season, S. C. State played its first nine contests on the road. In posting, its four vic tories, S. C. State downed Savannah State (85-81) and Armstrong State (109-107) in winning the sixth annual Bibb lettuce was not named for its shape but for John Bibb, a Kentucky farmer who developed it in his garden. Here's hoping your Christmas is auto-maticslly wonderful!, Drive safely over the holidays arid enjoy all tha warmth and merriment of the season. CASUS MSG!) CARS 1810HOLLOVYAYST. , V DURHAM, ti, C, Shrine Classic and took re gular season triumphs over Armstrong (104-90) and. College of Charleston (108 97). , In the upcoming Winston-Salem tournament at the Winston-Salem Coliseum will open against Elizabeth City State on Friday. The host Rams will play Delaware State in the second contest. The winners will meet for the title on Saturday. In other action, play off . bound powers, Dallas and Denver dueled : . far , Texas Stadium The; Cowboys won 14-6 and both clubs finished , with 12-2 records, the best in : the league. Oakland made it 11-3 with a 21-20 squeaker over Kansas City. The other , playoff team, Minnesota, got by Detroit Saturday night 30-21.,: ,,;. i i Tampa Bay, who had lost 26 games in a row, won for, the second week in a row after a 17-7 victory over a, tail-spinning St. Louis team.' Another team that backed up was the Cleveland Browns. They dropped a 20-19 deci sion to the expansion Sea hawks, who have had a good year. Atlanta crushed New Orleans 35-7 to finish with a. respectable 7-7 record. In' . the other games, Philadelphia shut out the Jets 27-0, and Gree Bay beat San Francisco ,16-14. , . The AFC will start the " Playoffs this Saturday with Oakland at Baltimore, and Pittsburgh at Denver. On Monday, Chicago will travel to Dallas and Los Angeles hosts Minnesota. The predictions: Oakland has too much character and personnel t TA REGULAR SEASON, ENDS : By LARRY BARBER Now there are only eight teams left, but some of those play-off slots were not decided until the final gun on Sunday. There was no Monday night game. The Baltimore Colts went into their game with the New England Patriots needing a win to reach the playoffs. The Patriots were knocked out of contention by Miami's victory over Buffalo on Saturday. But New England playing on pride was leading 240 late in the third quarter, and it looked ' like the Dolphins might sneak into the post season. Bert Jones then threw two touchdown passes to pull within one point, Linhart missed an extra point. On the Colt's winning touchdown drive, an apparent New England fumble recovery of a Jones' scramble was nullified be cause a referee,. Fred Silva, said the whistle blew. Balti more won the game 30 24 and a playoff berth. Another team ,: had the opportunity to write their own destiny on Sunday. The Chicago Bears had to beat the . Oakland 27, Baltimore 1 7 ; This is strange time for,. Denver, Pittsburgh's beert there - Pittsburgh 20, Den ver 13; Chicago's just not ready yet - Dallas 3 1 , Chicago 14; Minnesota still crippled, ' Los Angeles will be ready Los Angeles 24, Minnesota 10. at f 't ; Giants to make' the playoffs, and Walter ' Payton needed .199 yards rushing to break 0. J. Simpson's , season's mark. The weather was bad in New Jersey, and . Payton did not have a chance at the record. More importantly, the Giants put , up a good fight, and pushed Chicago . into, an overtime. Now if the Bears tied for lost, thd Red skins, who had , beaten Los Angeles, Saturday, would go to the playoff. Chicago place kicker Bob Thomas missed two field goals in the extra period before hitting a 28 yarder with only .a' few seconds left to play. to win 12-9. They will be in the championship chase for the first time since 1963. The Cincinnati ' Bengals, also had control over their season. All they had to do was beat the Oilers down in Houston, and represent the AFC central instead of Pitts burgh; It was -not tos,be. Houston played the spoiler ; by beating the Bengals 21 16. The Steelers are again in the final' eight, and even though they won over San Diego, .10-9, it would not have mattered. " Halley's Comet will next be seen in 1986. . r 1 s':K TT " Buidc Regal for 78., . . . It's one reason why so many people want Biuck. This year, you're going to redesigned Buick Regal. An an affordable Dtice. . . , The new Regal Limited has an elegant interior of crushed-velour covered seats, plush carpeting and easy-to-read controls. And wait 'till you check out the ride. Smooth, quiet, comfortable. - " ; The new Regal has something else people want, too. A trim new style. But with more head and leg (lams Lkvb ' WINSTON-SALEM1 The Winston-Salem State , Rams moved into first place in the CIAA Southern Division with ; Conference wins over Living stone 91-73 and Shaw Uni versity, 78-56. Four non-conference wins givethe 1977 ; CIAA defending champions;, , an overall record of 6-0 going'. mm THE v DOCTOR OPERATES-Phlladelphia forward Julius Erving slams home two of his 29 points during -action In. game with the Milwaukee Bucks.- frying t effort was not enough as the 76ers lost 129-1 17. UPl P it see a thoroughly impressive mid-size car r Into Ffrsff Plato In CIM into . the ' Christmas ' break; ! Their non-conference , wins.; were - over ' Delaware State Ul-58, High Point, 83-71, NorA' Carolina Central, 80 66, and North Carolina ;.A&T, 84-74, & f , k - , v -,r i Carlos Terry last year's CIAA , Tournament's Most )ta, t room and more usable than last year. No wonder so manv Buicks. Once you test Mr 4 dealer, you U want to join our fan club too Buick Regal for 78. V V, V , Valuable Player is leading the team and the conference wiu a 28-6 scoring average. He is getting strong support from Reginald Gaines (145 PPG) and Mike Robinson (12.1 PPG).V The Rams would like to regain , their regular season CIAA title from the St. Augustine's Falcons. Greetings Ti) f c. J v . JF . -4 7 Mb v Hi joys' of Christmas be yours! Happy holidays to you and your family! Potor Pan Harhot 51 7 8AC0N STREET 1 DURHAM, N. C. X Ss.' ' ' ' " ' ' ' "i trunk space people love going places drive the Regal at your Buick m So. Dttfofo The "next appearance of the Rams will be in the Winston-Salem Holiday, Fes tival on December 30th and 31st when they will sdve as hosts to Delaware State,. Elizabeth , City and South . Carolina State. o " v "t "i ,J if j May the simple country in '1 A 1 1 if
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