European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 01, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday december 1, 1985 the stars and stripes Page 21 sports Maryland Downs acc rival Virginia for 3rd title in Row  Park my. A Slan Gilbaugh s 40-Janl touchdown pass to for Roll Edmunds Blum cd Virginia s second half comeback As Maryland posted a 33-21 Victory Friday claiming its third straight Atlantic coast conference championship in the process. The tarps x-3 Overall finished with a 6 0 acc Mark after posting their 17th consecutive league Victory their 14th in in a Row Over the Cavaliers. Virginia 6-5 Overall and 4-3 in the con Ference pulled to within 23-21 on a one Yard to run by Don Majkowski on the first play of the final period. Bui on the fourth play Afier the ensuing Kickoff. Edmunds pulled Loose from Chris Warren after his clutch reception and went the final 12 Yards to score. Dan Plocki s 40-Yard Field goal his Sec Ond of the game completed the scoring Wilh 3 56 left. Mccla Covington made incr cd Lions on Virginia s final two possessions to thwart comeback bids. The first of Howard Polly s two to runs opened the scoring for Virginia but the tarps were ahead 23-7 by halftime. Sandwiched Between iwo Short yardage ads by Rick Badanjek was a 25-Yard score by Alvin Blount. Who rushed for 186 Yards on 28 carries. Plocki booted a i3-Yard Field goal just before halftime. Petty reached the end one from four Yards out Midway through the third Quarter to launch Virginia s rally. A second time consuming drive ended with the touchdown by Majkowski. After the game. Maryland s head coach Bobby Ross said that he will soon Clear the College basketball Duke Kansas gain nit final by he associated press St. John s and Louisville were shooting for a berth in the championship game of Llic inaugural big aspic nit although it did t look like that on the Seal sheets. No. 18 is. John s was beaten 71 70 by no. 6 Duke in Friday night s first semifinal game while the ninth ranked cardinals fell to no. 5 Kansas. 83-78 in the second game to set up sunday s championship and Consolation games at Madison Square Garden. Actually it was t the whole los ing teams Hal Shoi poorly just cer Tain key members As Bolh squads see nit on Page 25 air about his future. Acknowledging that rumours of his Possi ble departure have not been accompanied by Job offers. Ross said it looks like i m going to stay Here. I want to stay at Mary  this is inc third straight year in which Maryland has won eight of 11 games and. As far As 8-3 seasons go Ross figures the current one was tougher than those which preceded it. We were the defending champions and everybody pointed to  he said. Then of course the preseason recognition and where we were ranked put some added pressure on  Ross noted that Maryland s liners were to no. I Penn stale no. 4 Miami of Flor Ida and no. 5 Michigan learns with a combined 29-2-1 record prior to Miami s Gumc saturday against notre Dame this is one of he most satisfying sea sons i be Ever experienced As a coach Ross said a lot of Young men faced a lot of adversity and Learned a whole lot about hanging  the Cavaliers played without acc player of the year Barry word who was under Aca Demic suspension but Petty rushed for 124 Yards and Keith Morgan added another 129. "1 Don t know a team in America that can make Long drives All the  coach George Welsh said after the Cavaliers scored on drives of 65, 83 and 69 Yards and Ihal s the Way we have to play football to be  conceding  has a better learn now. Welsh a cd we just have to catch up next year.  Maryland linebacker Bruce Mesner sacks Virginia s i. First Quarter play in Friday s  trojans beat ducks in Tokyo Tokyo a Rodney Pecic Ihrck a 4-Yard touchdown pass to Hank Norman and Southern California took advantage of two first Quarter fumbles to beat Oregon 20-6 saturday before 60,000 fans in inc Mirage bowl inc final regular season game for both Pacific-10 conference teams. The Victory salvaged a winning season for Southern ca6-5, which will play in the dec. 28 Aloha bowl. The trojans opponent in the Honolulu based bowl has not Cyl been deter mined. Oregon finished its season 5-6. Oregon opened the scoring in the first Quarter on a 32-Yard Field goal by Matt Macleod. But Southern California came Back when Oregon s Lew Barnes fumbled a pull and Martin French recovered for inc trojans at the ducks 33. Seven plays later Southern cat s Ryan Knight plunged 1 Yard for a touchdown. On Oregon s second play from scrimmage after that fullback Alex Mack was hit hard and fumbled Al his own 29. W Here us s Gar Rcpt a Mccland recovered in the closing seconds of the first Quarter. Mack was injured on inc play. Thai Fumble led to Don Shafer s 33-Yard Field goal that put us ahead 10-3 iwo min utes into the second Quad or. In inc closing i nulls of inc first half the trojans struck again when Aaron f Manuel ran two Yards on a fourth Down play to keep a drive alive and then pc Etc hit Al Washingion for a 43-Yard pass to the Ore gon 11. Three plays later pc Etc connected with Norman for another to. Al inc snarl of inc third Quarter South can cat had another Chance when Tim Mcdonald intercepted a pass by Oregon Quad Lerback Chris Miller Al Midfield. The trojans wasted thai Opportunity when full Back Kennedy Poi fumbled and Oregon s Anthony Newman recovered Al his own 20. Four plays later. Miller scrambling around right end was hit hard out of Bounds by us s Rex Moore Ami left inc game with an Apparcel Back injury a personal foul Penally on the play put inc Ball on the soul Horn Cal 36, bul Reserve quarterback Johnny copped go was thrown for an a Yard loss after Oregon a i moved inside the 10, and Macleod kicked a 36  Field goal. The Only other scoring came Early in inc fourth Quarter when Shafer kicked a 44 Yard Field goal. Us ended up Wilh a 5-3 record in the conference including a 17-12 Upsel of Rose howl bound Urcla. Oregon finished 3-4 in inc conference and for the i Lih Lime since 1971. Was unable to beat the trojans. One of those 11 games was a lit. The game was the ninth Mirage howl an annual Evanl in a country where american football has become increasingly popular. A . College All Star football game will be played in Japan in january. Suns Shine in 126-110 Victory Over rockets by inc associated press Phoenix Ari. Now John Mac Leod knows his Phoenix suns can play basketball. So docs Bill filch. Phoenix shot Well and they played with  Sid Houston coach filch after watching inc lowly suns beat his High Riding rockets 12.6-110 in he National basketball association Friday night. The Victory was Only inc third in 18 no Roundup games this season Lor the struggling suns. The rockets had started inc night in first place in inc mid Cal division. This is How we re capable of  said Macleod the Phoenix coach. We be had some heartbreaking games before this. Hopefully this will be the  Points and Larry Nance 30, season Light for Bolh to Lead Phoenix Over Houston. The suns who snapped a four game los ing Streak took advantage of Early foul Trou ble by Houston Forward Ralph Sampson. Sampson was sent to he Bench Wilh his fourth foul Midway in to to second Quarter. This was the and of win we needed said Nance. We really talked about coming Oul Strong in the third Quarter. Thai s Hal we have to do from now on. The Way we played tonight there arc l too Many learns in inc league that could be Oca us in other Aba games Friday night pistons 111, Bucks 102 Pontiac. Mich. Kelly Tripucka scored 26 Points and Bill Lamb car added see Aba on Page 23