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' • • Page 8 7'/lt: 11/LLTOP · Septetnber 19. 1975 • Oil The , • Sports Hilites • • ' Rill JN Ho ward squeaks by Wayne State, 7-,6 ' No. 1 Soccer team to play Madison College ' Gymnastics Grows 01arlic Neat: Voice of the Ho ward Bison Spoi'ts Morgan St. ,Crunched • Bl\JC Machine Opens Fal l Season ' • , New Howard 'Netters' By Roy Betts ' It's the opening. moments of the ' I Howard' -Wayne State football game with the Bison in pOssession of the,,/\ bal~~:h~he~ ;aa:~~~·B1i~o~3~~~~~=;back l. ' ·Bisons Hold Off ayneSt. has just attempted a thirctldown pass1 • By Roy ~tts play to wide receiver Nor.man Gavin exceptional ball players and should The Howard University Bison that falls inco.mplete. provide 'lots of excftement 'to every f otball team stymied a late fourth l't is fourth do'wri now and o Howard fan. • uarter assault by the Wayne State ; comes Julius Gamble, Howard's firs Michiel Banks and Kenny Warren 'iarters' and successfully opened , · string tight end1 and . field goa hooked up for 77 yar9s through_the • t eir 1975 season, winning, 7-6 -las1 ., specialist· to attempt a 27 yard fie_I air in tile first game g~ the seasori so aturday afternoon 1n Detroit, ' goal, well within his range _ look out for them tori'ite as well. ichigan. The kiCk is u~. l't's good accordin Defensively, .the man of the hour Before a near capacity crowd of ' to one official po ~i tioned in the en last week was right linebacker Jeffrey ~,200, the Bison opened the scoring zone. He gives the proper sign an Simmons who made the key tackle ' l_irst at 6:46 in the second Qµarter i m med i a tely. '-"!'ithout hesitation. of the day, stoppi~a Wayne State f'ith a three yard plunge by fullbacK another official drops his flag; citin ~ ball carrier on the goal line late in the 11 Donald Barnes. who finished the day an 'infraction upon the Bi}on offense fourth quarter. His t ckle made the kith 82 yards rushing. Julius Gamble The penalty wa ~ 15 .big yards fo difference between victory .and ickcd the e~tra point that later holding and moved the ball back t defeat for the Bison. ' . roved to be the margin of victory. the Wayne State 25. Gamble'· All ·American defensive tackle Ben Unfortunately, penal I tie ~ · and attempt failed' this time and so. Harris and offensive' tackle General ostly fumbles plagues the Bison Howard was forced to 1give up the Rooney, both seniors were qui_te throughout the game. The first half ball . • ii impressive against State by pressuring ended with the score Howard 7 and Saturda~ Such was the case 'Tartar' quarterback Ed Skowneski1 Wayne St. 0. At this point the Bisbn, afternoon in Detroit, Michigan as the all afternoon. 'Big Ben' and 'The who accumulated a surprising 150 Howard University Bison opened its General' will definitely be on the yards in penalities as compared to 1975 football seasonI wit. h an prowl for Hawks this evening a118:00 State's 31, had 67 yards lost to 0 astonishing 150 yards jin penaltie ~. p.m. penalities and two fumbles. Hardly charactefistic of a Bisor.i Wh ile the Bison struggled to Highly regarded 'Tartar' football team. · l victory, t"he U'niversity ot quarte rback Ed Skowneski was Each1 time the• BisonJmoved dow Maryland-Eastern Shore was hit for ininus 8 yards rushing~ li~ted t.o t~e field, · they were victimized bf ,over 200 yards in penalties during 9 yards in the passing departmenvat some officials poolij judgemen\. their/ first game. Johnson c: Smith ' tl1c half as the fierce Bison defense Wayne State on the other hanit tap~d the Hawks in Charl~tte, N.C. f)revailed . Fullback Donald Barnes crashes over the goal line with 6:46 remaining in the second quarter as the Howard accumulated a mere 130 yards i 26· 14. The second half appeared to be a Universlty Bison football team defeated the Wayne State 'Tartars' 7-6 in Detroit, Michigan last Saturday. penalties. Tµrning to other Howard sporting ' replay of the first as the Bison and ' activities this week-end, the Skowneski rolled to his right and schools. The next meeting is set for Last year's "MEAC 'MVP'. Michael Between you and me, we were HoW~rd 'Tartar' defensive units would not be lucky to get out of Detroit alive wi t University Bison Soccer team (1974 hit tailback Terry ,Grimes with a pa~s RFK Stadium in 197p. · Banks completed 5 passes for 96 out-done. 1 NCAA .Soccer Champions) will open on the Bison 12, but quickly Howard The Bison had f47 total yards . yards and suffered one interception. so many flags flying all over the But with 3:52 remaining in the place. · tbeir season on the i-oad against linebacke r Jeffrey Spencer moved up offensively while limiting Skowneski Defen~· ively, Jeffrey Spencer was 1 j game, Barnes fumbles on Howard's Madison College in the Tour of from his position an.d la id a jarring led 'Tartar' offensive unit to 158 theman with 6 tackles, ·6 assists, and Fortunately, the Bison suffere'tl 19. The 'Tartars' recovered the ball Champions at Harrisburg, Virginia. blow on Grimes stopping him within yards. the key hit of the day, followed by no serious injuries r o any ke and quickly moved in to score on a There will be two ffiatches for alt three yards of the goal. Senior tailback Anthony1 ''The tackle Kevin Cunningham with 8 personnel in last S3turday's 7-~ 12 yard spurt through ·the right side squeaker over Wayne State and you ~ports enthusiast.s who might Howard took possession' of the Juice·· Tapp had an outstanding day in d ividual tackles and se nior 0 of the line with 1 :58 left in the should go into to1ite's. contest decide to ma.ke the trip. The first is _ ball at their own 45 and simply ran for the Bison as he rL1sh ed for 91 co-captain 'Haywood Corley with 7. game. against the Uniivers1ty f at 9 :00 p.m. ahd the next is at 4:00 7-6 Howard, the out the remaining seconds on the yards on 21 attempts. Donald Barnes With. the score Maryland-Eastern Shd re at ·f p.m. Next week the ~ILL TOP will clock. "finished second in rushir1g with 82 'Tartars' elected to go for. the strength. ] take' an indepth look into the recent Th is g<ime marked the first yds., followed by Harvey Bank s who two-point conve rsion and the Running backs Ant ~ony Tapp a controversies surroui;iding the soccer confrontation between these two added 52 yards. * * * * victory. Doncld Barnes put ip outstandi g team and their inco ~hplete. schedule . performances against tpe '-Tartars' ?if s So STAY TUNED. l 1 Wayne State combini?g for a sol1Cl Remem 1~r. the Bison t~kes the • 173 yards on the ground. (Tapp, ~ 1 .field tonite at B:OO p.m. in RFK carries for 91 yards J nd s ·arnes, 24 stadium' against Maryland-Eastern carries for 82 yards.)' Both are Sho're'. • ' FIN,AL TEAM F©OTB~LL STATISTICS ' l • HOWARD WAYNE First. Downs•Pushirg 1O 5 First Downs Pass ing 4 2 First Downs by PJnalties "' 1 3 TOTAL FIRST D~VINS 15 10 Number Attempts j ~us~i ng 62 39 Yards Gained Pus ~ ing 276 138 Yards Lost Pushing 25 32 NET YARDS GAINED PUSHI G 251 106 Number Passes Cofpteted< 5 7 Number Passes Attempted 14 20 NUmber Passes Ha~ lntercente 1 0 NET YARDS GAINED' PASSI G r 96 49 Number Plays Rushing and Pas ing 76/ 59 TOTAL OFFENSE YARDAG . 3.47 155 • • Number lnterceptihns 0 0 NET YARDS INTERCEPTIO RETURNED 0 0 Number l "ime·s Punted 5 12 ' Number Purits Had Blocked 0 ~ 0 PUNTING AVERAGE. YARO 31.8 33.3 Number Puh ts Returned 5 1 , ' NET YARDS PUNTS RETUR ED ' • 8 0 · Number Ki ckoffs Returned O , 2 -.. NET YARDS KICKOF'FS REliURNEO O • ' 1 • •., ~ 4 2 6 4 ' ' ' Gymnastics Grows • ' by Leaps U Bounds . Rooters Play Division hamps By Andrea Shelton By Robert Utsey HI.LL TOP Staff Writer • • Howard is the only predominantly .The ' Commu rii ty Gymnastics HILL TOP Staff Writer Black institution with both a Program was origjnally created to The Bison Boaters , 1974 NCAA gymnastics ·team and expansive give student. gymnast~' more HOWARD UNIVERSITY :SOCCER R STER Socci?r Champions, will be playing in programs. _ practicing time. It has sirice been the Tournament of Champions with Last year the Howard Gymcana . 'expanded to include the cOmmunity, No. Name Pos. Ht. t. Home 1 Troupe (organized for exhibition) employing the volupteer assistance of host ~~adis qn College at Ha frisbu rg, Virginia, today thru Sunday. was featured during halftime at both s tudents to te r ch the skills.