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Sfcturtay, October! 1979 MattooM.) Journal 'Disappointing 20-6 loss forMHS 'Flat' Wayo falls' to Inspired' Lincoln BY JIM KIMBALL JG Sports Editor I IWmi Til -s. 4t Iff vJalJCa with Jay Berglin making the recovery. Orr's guys appeared touchdown-bound at the time. They advanced from their own 24 yard line picking up three straight first downs before the fumble Lincoln's Tom Spencer Intercepted a Spitz pass with Mattoon trailing 20-6 to stall a potential Wave scoring drive at Lincoln's 21 yard line with 4:16 left in the game. However, Spitz enjoyed his most productive aerial game of the season.

He completed 9 of 21 tosses for 137 yards and the one touchdown after the Wave was forced to the air by Lincoln's stubborn defense against the rush. "Our goal was to limit Moss to I than 100 yards," Shoop rev aled after the game. M)ss, who went into the com est averaging 5.3 yards per can and 174 per game, was limited to 56 yards off 16 carries. He did pick up 73 yards off four pass receptions to give him a total offensive showing of 129 yards. Mattoon had to settle for 108 yards rushing.

Gilbert contributed 44 off 8 carries to share ball-carrying honors with Moss. "I'm not taking any credit away from Lincoln, but our kids simply did not play good offensively or defensively all night long," Qrr expressed. "It's disappointing after watching them play such good Ipotball in the first three games (Decatur MacArthur, Paris and Bloomington). "We made some key mistakes. and penalties killed us," he added.

The Wave was called for six infractions amounting to 70 yards compared to 8-and-90 totals for the hosts. "I'm hoping we just had a flat game," Orr commented. "I'd like to think these kids have too much ability and desire to Dut WUiwuii, ui, MCH UUIWUI i football coach Larry Shoop Aniovs smoklnff clears 0 0 'JV; Ua tune miffltift ah mia Fato. night in his office after watching his club surprise Mattoon's Green Wave 204 before a 3 "Parents Night" crowd. "This one tastes extra good," he admitted.

ala Red of the Boston Celtics jj? who used to light up on the sidelines when his club had a victory sacked away. Shoop had a right to enjoy the Dost-eame treat. Afterall it was his first varsity victory after four at- tempts since assuming the head reins from retired veteran Gene A McDonald, now the school's 0 athletic director. "Despite our record (0-4 go-: ing into the meeting with MHS) we have played some good football this season," Shoop said of his club's first win. "I was pretty confident the kids could get the job done tonight.

i "It seems like in the ten years vl've been at Lincoln (9 as a member of McDonald's staff) we always have trouble playing well at Mattoon and they have trouble playing well up here." a Mattoon coach Rex Orr -agreed with most of Snoop's theory. "They played a hellava football game," he said. "On the hand, our kids just didn't lay with any spark, -j- "I didn't think I would have to make this statement this season, but I'm really disappointed with the lack of desire In which we displayed. i "I know Lincoln was hungry to get its firstwin, but we should -Shave been just as anxious to get jjback pn the winniqg track after making one hellava good effort to almost beat (20-13) an undefeated club (Bloomington) tast week i "The kids just didn't play football tonight. that was a disappointing showing," he Padded.

'-ir "Lincoln was really a fired-up football team," Orr credited. "We couldn't run with any Authority against them. we Angels win Lincoln's Terry Biggs (33) gained 1 69 yards and scored 2 TDs UPI picks Bears, Cardinals to lose Local sports menu MONDAY 4 p.m.-MHS golf teams host Mount Zion at Mattoon Golf and Country Club. 7 p.m.-MHS sophomore football team hosts Newton at Gaines Field. NFL standings AMERICAN CONFERENCE East" PHILADELPHIA 27, WASHINGTON 17 Eagles flying high after upsetting Pittsburgh last week.

Redskins, also 4-1, still haven't beaten any tough clubs. BUFFALO 24, CHICAGO 13 BY JOE CARNICELLI UPI Executive Sports Editor NEW YORK (UPI) The Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh Steelers suddenly are faced with a duel for superiority within their own division. The Steelers, who have had injury problems this seasojjJJears can't beat AFC competi- MnnAtAil f-A rtiM irfrfln (n fm ftVat tfoAtf'lfA larvot fllfatk in a PAIll consecutive beofe iinany laiung last weex. at Philadelphia. Cleveland, meanwhile, also swept its first four games before bowing last Sunday to Houston.

Last Sunday's action caused a three-way tie for first place in the AFC Central Division and the Steelers and Browns will go at it in Cleveland Sunday for first place. Houston, meanwhile, also 4-1, plays host to St. Louis and can remain tied with the Pittsburgh-Cleveland winner for first place. PITTSBURGH 20, CLEVELAND 17 Steelers' defense should keep them in the game. Browns will need to strike quickly if they hope to win.

CareW' stairs couldn't throw. they simply took the game away from us early," he felt. "They won the game where most football games are won. in the front lines. both offensively and defensively.

"Not taking anything away from (Terry) Biggs, because he's a good back, but if the holes hadn't been there he couldn't have run wild against us like he did most of the night." Biggs, an all-Big 12 Conference performer last season, bulled his way for 169 yards off 22 carries and scored two touchdowns to overshadow Mattoon's brilliant junior tailback Charles Moss. Biggs scored on a 27-yard run to give Lincoln a 6-0 lead with 7:21 left in the opening quarter. The pile-driving 190-pounder bounced off would-be Wave tacklers at the 20 and 15 yard lines to reach the promised land and cap a 66-yard drive. Mattoon quickly retaliated with a tying score. Junior Mike Gilbert, making his first season start at fullback, scored on an eight-yard pass from Tim Spitz with 3:58 remaining in the opening period.

The two clubs exchanged fumble recoveries midway through the second period. Jeff Stollhans pounced on a loose ball after Moss failed to handle a Spitz pitchout on Lincoln's 19 yard line. Moments earlier Moss had recovered a Biggs fumble to stop a potential scoring drive at the 18 yard stripe. Lincoln scored the go-ahead touchdown four plays after Stollhans' recovery. Biggs gained 13 to the six and five to the one.

Then, after Ed Wright was stopped without any gain, quarterback Jay Craine rolled out to the left and into the end zone. Bob Seimer kicked his first of two PATs to put the Railers atop a 134 lead. Snoop's guys added an insurance tally with 5:30 left in the fourth quarter. Biggs plunged one yard for the score, The drive originated when Spitz made a faulty pitch to Moss at Lincoln's 41 yard line raucous crowd of 43,199 did not realize was that if Bumbry had caught the ball the Orioles would be AL champions because Carew would have been doubled off second base. Thinking the ball was going to drop for a hit, the seven-time AL batting champion had hightailed it to third before Bumbry even got to the ball.

"When I saw Bumbry I didn't think he'd catch the ball," said Carew. "I'm glad he dropped it. When I looked back I saw the ball on the ground and I saw Bobby Knoop (third base coach) waving me home. If he had caught it I don't know if I would have time to get back to second base. "I'm just glad I could contribute a big hit when we needed it." Angels' Manager Jim Fregosi admitted he couldn't believe it when he saw Carew running on Grich's liner.

"My first thought when I saw the ball hit was that I thought Rodney was going to be doubled off second," said Fregosi. "I have no idea why he was running." Bumbry couldn't believe he ever had," Quigley said. Illinois Gov. James R. Thompson made a personal appeal on its behalf In August He made his pitch on grounds moving the Hainbletonlan out of Illinois will hurt the DuQuoin, Springfield and Indianapolis Grand Circuit are.

Jhn Benedick, president and general manager of DuQuotn, expressed disappointment by the Society's action. "It's a (aUappotnting to me," Benedick said. "We felt there was no good reason to move. The ilamMetonlan was not in trouble." The Society turned down DuQuoin State Fair package of flJI million by 1S83 and an offer from the Syracuse Mile of S4 minion, tncnidinf timlllkaiorme Hainbeefcnlan Itself. The DuQuotn package tnctuded a Hamhietodan guarantee of 1000,000 by Liei Game stats IttM IT J- INDIVIDUAL SOORING: L-Terrjr Bljfa, jrard mm.

Wax Gilbert, i ran) oaa rreaa Ttaa Sptlx. UJar Craan, 1 ran) ran; Bab Sttnaor bckerJPAT. L-BlftX jnrd ptunfe; Sttnw IrJckad PAT. TEAM TOTALS TOTAL KHS LHS FIRST DOWNS IS Ruahlaf Paastaf I Penalty I RUSHING Carrie Yards 34 in an 4 i ii7 a MS 334 PASSING Completed rind Intercepted Yank TOTAL OFFENSE Other catefortea No.tfpeoaJrjea Yards peoaUaed No.ofpunta PttHlnf nTtreoy FttmWeehait I I 7 4 I SM 1 I INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS KHS: Charles Moat, 10-S4; Mite Gilbert, (-04: Tim Spta, 1-U; Mart Homann LHS: Terry Blfgt, 33-101; Ed Wrlfbt, 1S43; Gary Earner, 0-30; Tom tUppon, 4-; Jim Gtanm, H-l); Jay Craine, 4K-J); Ty Miner, H-U). Pastmi MHS: x-n, i wn.U7Tarae.

LHS: Jay Craine, 1-oM, 33 yarde. oop in mini MHS: Cfeariea Mom, Wor-73 yards; GUbert, Mite Wurtabaufh, S-hr-ft; Mite 1-31, 1TD; Brtu Rhodes, l-far-6. LHS: Alex Ulrica, I4w-t3 yards. Prep scores Big 12 Conference LINCOLN 20, GREEN WAVE 6. DANVILLE 32, 6.

Tonight's games: Bloomington at Champaign Central. Urbana at Springfield. Area results Atwood-Hammond 12, ARTHUR 3. CHARLESTON 40, Robinson- 0. SULLIVAN 14, Tuscola 6.

ARCOLA 2, CUMBERLAND 16. Others: Casey 7, Martinsville 6. Metamora 63, Clinton 18. Oblong 71, St.Elmo 13. Assumption 20, Pawnee 18 Atwood Hammond 12, Arthur 3 Aurora West Elgin 7 Belleville East 48, Collinsville 7 Belleville West 28, Belleville Althoff 14 Canton 56, Lewjstown 8 CarUnville 7, Staunton 0 Carlisle 19, Nashville 8 Carrollton 28, Nokomis 0 Catlin '46, Bismarck-Henning 12 Cerro Gordo 24 Homer 6 Champaign Centennial 54, Jacksonville 0 Edwards County 16, Bridgeport Red Hill 8 Effingham 24, Vandalia 8 Galesburg 21, Moline 20 (of, Geneseo 20, Princeton 14 Granite City South 7, Edwardsville6 Highland 27, Wood River 0 Hillsboro 30, Greenville 6 John Kennedy (MO) 44, Breese Mater Dei 14 Kankakee Eastridge 50, Crete Monee22 Kankakee Westview 27, Bradley Bourbonnais21 (ot) LaSalle Peru 74, Kewanee 6 LawrencevUle 27, Flora 6 Mahomet Seymour 34, St.

Joseph OedenO Maroa Forsyth 10, Illiopolls 6 Marshall 53, Palestine 0 Mascoutah 27, Cahokla 14 Mount Carmel 24, Salem 12 Mount Zion 19, Chatham Glenwood7 Newman 14, Oakland 6 (ot) Newton 14, Paris 6 Normal Community 43, Decatur MacArthur 14. Ottawa Marquette 18, Pontiac 12 Peoria Richwoods 28, Limestone 14 Peoria Manual 42, Peoria Bergan7 Pittsfleld 32, Decatur Lake view 0 Rantoui 22, East St. Louis Lincoln 6 Roxana 21, Bethalto Civic Memorials Sparta 22, Anna Jonesboro 21 Springfield Lanphier 20, Springfield Southeast I Stockton 28, Lena Winslow Sullivan 14, Tuscola Villa Grove 26, Bement I Watseka 14, Danville Schlarmanl Teams Pet. Miami 4 10 .800 New England 3 2 0 .600 Buffalo 3 2 0 .600 NY Jets 2 3 0 .400 Baltimore 0 5 0 .000 Central Teams Pet. Houston 4 1 0 .800 Pittsburgh 4 1 0 .800 Cleveland 4 10 .800 Cincinnati 0 5 0 .000 West Teams Pet.

San Diego 4 1 0 .800 Kansas City 3 2 0 .600 Denver 3 2 0 .600 Oakland 2 3 0 .400 Seattle 1 4 0 .200 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East Teams Pet. Washington 4 1 0 .800 Dallas 4 1 0 .800 Philadelphia 4 1 0 .800 CARDS 1 4 0 .200 NY Giants 0 5 0 .000 Central Teams Pet. Tampa Bay 5 0 0 1.000 Minnesota 3 2 0 .600 BEARS 2 3 0 .400 Green Bay 2 3 0 .400 Detroit 1 4 0 .200 West Teams Pet. Los Angeles 3 2 0 .600 New Orleans 2 3 0 .400 Atlanta 2 3 0 .400 San Fran 0 5 0 .000 Confident Pirates finish off Reds against MHS Friday victory. Bengals don't have any.

HOUSTON 31, ST. LOUIS 17 Oilers smell first place as Steelers and Browns fight it out. Cardinals faltering after solid early showing. ATLANTA 17, GREEN BAY 10 Falcons due to break loose and home crowd shoujd help. Packers may be emotionally whipped after Monday night upset of New England.

NEW ENGLAND .34, DETROIT 13 Patriots get back to winning ways after woeful showing in Green Bay. Lions need some offensive help. NEW YORK GIANTS 17, TAMPA BAY 16 Winless Giants about ready to rack one up and undefeated Bucs are prime targets for upset. SEATTLE 33, SAN FRANCISCO 24 Two good offenses get cranked up after poor performances last week. Seahawks simply have firepower.

Monday night MIAMI 24, OAKLAND 17 -Upset loss to Jets should wake up Dolphins. Raiders have been erratic. hit, nine-strikeout, complete-game performance. Only Johnny Bench's one-out, sixth-inning solo homer prevented Blyleven from notching a shutout. The Pirates, however, continued to pour on the offense the rest of the way, scoring two runs in both the third and fourth innings and another in the eighth.

McNamara conceded after the game there probably was nothing he could have done to prevent the Pirates from taking their first pennant in four NL championship series with the Reds. "We started to have trouble scoring runs in the middle of September," McNamara said. CINCINNATI CoTum rf Morpa ft. Catena roster It Bend) Mean lb KnlfM 3b PITTSBURGH atrial akrasl 1010 Moreno ef 3100 OOOOFeS 400 1 3111 4133 3 0 0 0 1000 3111 io or nn 3110 4031 4000 Staraell 4111 Winer 4 0 0 0 BFtobnan 4 0 3 0 Madca 00 oo Gam 1 0 0 0 Blytm 1000 1000 0000 1000 0000 0000 S101 Totak laCeas Norma LeDrtal Anrbd Soto Spiaaa pa iu won-; E-feraan LOS-CfedKatj 7. Pttutrt 1 B-taajM, Starfet SB- Canar.

tffi-leaea, Star Haded St- Moreno, Pater, t-Horeaa. Srarea Sf-Pirtar. NL a initio LaCaa Norman (L) 1M 3 14 3 1H 1-3 4 I I 0 0 0 I 1 I I 0 (II I I 3 40 l-IM I I 0 I M-baiaelT ANAHEIM, Calif. (UPI) -Rod Carew was a hero and Al Bumbry a goat. But for a twist of fate, their roles would have been reversed in the third game of the American League playoffs.

Carew shared a hero's mantle with Larry Harlow and Rick Miller Friday night In leading the California Angels to a 4-3 victory over the Baltimore Orioles which enabled the AL West Division champions to remain alive in the best-of-five series. Yet, Carew came awfully close to ruining the Angels' winning ral'y in the ninth inning a rally he started with a one-out double off Orioles starter Dennis Martinez. Carew was on second and Brian Downing on first via a walk off reliever Don Stanhouse when Bobby Grich hit a low line drive to center field directly at Bumbry. Bumbry charged the ball, gloved It then dropped it for an error as Carew scored the tying run. Moments later Harlow delivered a bloop double to chase home Downing with the winning run.

But, what many in the oifanoiher performance like we did tonight. "We (ubWt8ebr4gMifote that I saw," Se closed. Mattoon hosts Rantoui next Friday in its annual Homecoming game on Gaines Field. missed the ball. "I should have caught it," said Bumbry.

"The ball was knee high. I took my eye off the ball at the last second. I wasn't thinking double play. I just wanted to catch the ball." (Gtntll BALTIMORE CALIFORNIA abroM abrbbl Burabry cl 5 110 Miller cl 4 010 Garcia 81 3 0 0 0 Lanstrd 3b ,1011 Ford rt 1 0 0 0 Baylor db 4110 Carew lb 3 0 3 0 Domini 3 011 Crtrt 2b JOOlHariow If lOOOAnoersn 4110 4011 4111 4 130 3110 4 0 0 0 4011 3010 Crawly Belangr Stagletn if Murray lb May dh DeClncs 3b RocoJci If LowDstn If Dauer 3b Saaggs Totals 1000 4010 4 0 0 0 01 Totals H4I) One out when vtanlKj run scored. Baltimore 0HI011II0-J California 100 100 0B- 4 B-Garda, Bumbry DP- Baltimore 2, California 8.

LOB- Baltimore 0, California 0.3B-Stngfetw, drew. IB-Bumbry HR-Baylor. SB-Lnnsford, Carew. SF-DeClnces. IP RERBBSO Baltimore D.

Martina Stanhouse ID California Tanana Aase (W) 11-3 0 3 3 I 1 Tanana pitched to 3 batters In 0th; Stanhouie pitched to! batters In Ml HBP-by Tanana (Roenicse). T-1S0 A cm. "DuQuoin has done a wonderful job of showcasing the race for 22 yean," Quigley said. Hambletonlan Society resident Max C. Hemptof lecbanicsburg, expressed mixed emotions about the move.

"Bill Hayes has done a wonderful Job at DuQuoin but the Hambletonlan directors apparently felt it was time (or a change," Hempt said. Jack White, director of the Syracuse delegation, was not surprised. Before going before the society's board of directors, he said, "Well go in and answer a few questions. Well take oar shot and lose." The bids of the three groups were presented Aug.aULiQuouibuttbe sodety postponed Its de dsioa until Friday the day of the running of the Kentucky Futurity, which Is harness racing's last triple crown leg. Bills offense is rolling and DALLAS 31, MINNESOTA 10 Cowboy defense should pose all sorts of problems for young Viking QB Tommy Kramer.

NEW YORK JETS 37, BALTIMORE 24 Jets proved last week In upset of Miami they could run on anybody. Defense, however, still gives up too many points. SAN DIEGO 31, DENVER 17 Chargers look to open two-game gap on Broncos In AFC West. Once-mighty Denver defense has been awful lately. NEW ORLEANS 24, LOS ANGELES 23 Saints may have come to life with victory last week and could tie for first in NFC West with victory over Rams.

KANSAS CITY 24, CINCINNATI 17 Upstart Chiefs looking for third straight before the game that the Pirates were preparing to move in for a quick kill. He had veteran Fred Norman warming up in the Reds' bullpen even before young starter Mike LaCoss ever took the mound. "I had Norman warming up in the bullpen early because we entered the game down 2-0 and we couldn't take chances out there," McNamara said. McNamara's instincts were good, but his remedy wasn't enough. By the time Norman came in with two out in the bottom of the second, the Pirates already had scratched, together a 2-0 lead on just one' nit, four walks and sacrifice flies by Parker and Tim Foil -all the runs they needed to win on Bert BIyleven's nifty seven- Don Sutton 'will not go toBostonS PITTSBURGH (UPI) -Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Don Sutton said Friday be would try to stop any trade sending him to the Boston Red Sox.

Sutton was responding to a question about a reported trade Involving Boston center fielder Fred Lynn and three Dodgers Sutton, Ron Cey and Steve Yeager. Sutton made the comments during a nationally televised game between Pittsburgh and Cincinnati, which he worked a color commentator. Sutton said be had the power to veto any deal sending him to the Red Sox and added, "I will not go to Boston." DuQuoin loses Hambo PITTSBURGH (UPI) -The Pittsburgh Pirates knew they were going to clinch the National League pennant Friday night before they even took the field for what became a 7-1 series-winning victory over the Cincinnati Reds. And everybody who saw them in their clubhouse before the game knew that they knew. The only unanswered question was whether their first World Series appearance since 1971 would be against Baltimore or California.

Dave Parker arrived at Three Rivers Stadium wearing a black T-shirt with goto" and white lettering that spelled out the message: "Pittsburgh Pirates, 1979 National League Champions." He left it on as an undershirt when he changed into his uniform. Kent Tekulve squatted In front of a portable television on the floor near his locker to watch his wife Linda being Interviewed on a news program. Matt Alexander gave a couple of haircuts pa a stool behind the -clubhouse picnic table, where some players played cards with friends. A few feet away, four other players were deeply involved in a game of backgammon. There was no need for them to meditate or talk strategy or deliver pep talks.

They were ready to play and to win. "Yeah, we knew, we were confident," third baseman BUI Madlock said after the game, during which he contributed a solo homer and some stellar defensive plays. "I think everybody felt that way. We knew If you give them an inch, they'll take a mile. We had to do it We had the two-game lead and we had to finish them oft." Cincinnati manager John McNamara must have sensed Sunday's Games Detroit at New Eng, 12 p.m.

Green Bay at Atla, 12 p.m. KanCityatCinci, 12 p.m. Uiicag at Buffalo, 12 p.m. WashatPhila, 12 p.m. PittsbghatClevel2p.m.

Tamp at NY Giants, 12 p.m. St. Louis at Houston, 3 p.m. Dallas at Minneso 3 p.m. Los Ang at New Orlns, 3 p.m.

NY Jets at Baltimore, 3 p.m. San Diego at Denver, 3 p.m. Seattle at San Fran, 4 p.m. Monday's Game Miama at Oakland, 8 p.m. WLKL-FM to broadcast Mattoon roslvsopfi games MATTOON WLKL-FM will broadcast five upcoming Mattoon High School freshman and sophomore football games.

Games to be broadcast and alrtlmesare: Oct 8 Mattoon soph. vs. Newton, 6:55 p.m. Oct 9 Mattoon frosh. vs.

Newton, (:55 p.m. Oct 11 Mattoon frosh. vs. Rantoui, 3:55 p.m. Oct 20 Mattoon soph.

vs. Urbana, 9:25 a.m. Oct 25 Mattoon frosh. vs. Parts, 6:25 p.m.

WLKL, the radio station sponsored by Lake Land College, Is located at 90.3 on the FM dial. LEXINGTON, Ky. (UPI) The DuQuoin State Fair In Illinois has tost the prestigious HamMetonlan Trotting Claaste to The Meadowl-ajsdt in New Jersey after staging the race for 22 yean. The first leg of harness racing's triple crown, with a piaranteed purse of $800,000, shifted to East RotbertordtalaVlonalM vote Friday by the HamMetonlan Society in Lexington. Worth 1300,000 this year, It will bare a tl Oflliou purse by 1983.

Robert J. Quigley, general manager of aWnriands, said the track was "Itooored and delighted" to host the Hjqrrtrtnrrlan tram 1911 through 1983. "The HarnNetordan is fiat stogie most taiportant treat ta all of harneaa to main the (meat pwotatfea the race hat.