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Show The Suit Lake Tribune, Monetary Woes Fail to Dilute Aussie Foo (hall Fun MhLBorRNF, Australia (Al'i - A game nwd f 19.107 Australians, sat trails I. sed fur throe hours Saturday nighi two groups of strangely attired mencans went through a ritual al most totally unknown in this country The football teams fiom the L'ni-rsity of Wyoming and the I'mversi-l- won by Wyoming ahead without muili of ttie planned American razzmatazz That didn l worry the crowd at hL 1aik, hon of Australian rules football, who apparentlv loved every minute of the contrc.,ed malevolence The stadium has a seating capacity of 75 000 Nearly all of them previously had seen American football only on television. where a National Football League game is screened each week. I'd seen a bit of the sport on television, so I found it quite easy to ptek sa: . Melbourne businessman up. Charles ( , atfield. "It's terribly confusing to start with but it's quite easy to pick up and once you understand it, it's great. My u y Paso came halfway across the world to give Australians their first taste of a competitive foot ball match and the fans voted the match a huge success of Texas-L- l ' field Andy Cottingham's goal with 9 35 remaining gave Wyot ming a victory in the Western Athletic. Contwo-poin- ference game. Financial problems virtually have bankrupted the promoters and the greatest difficulty w - in focusing on the roles of so riunv players I haw no idea of the finer points at all " Chatfield said he liked what he do siribed as "long distance throws" u- 23 21 wont he That is realh spetlacular said The crowd, essentially made up ut families, got extremely involved in the action, clapping and cheering lordly each time the padded powerhouses completed a play. Hardly anyone left before the end I enjoyed it but I would have liked to see more cheer squads." said housewife Linda Clayton of Melbourne "I thought it was great value for the money and I'd love to go again The crowd paid $10 (about $0 50 s money) h.r tickets to the game The bruised behemoths of both teams agreed that the game, dubbed 'The Australia Howl,'' had been a great success, despite the organizers f.nancial problems 'We didn't know what to expect bdt the crowd was really great," said Wyoming quarterback Scott Runyan, who threw for two touchdowns and ran for a third 1 (r .Sumlav, 01 Dvcemher 8, IIKi 1 t Q BE THERE!! vs OHIO BYU STATE ROOTER'S Deports Dec. 25 (7 p.m. Return Dec. 31 18 p m.) SPECI . 35900 Includes: Delue Bus Round Trip Deluie Hotel Rooms 3 nights in Orlando. Choice Bowl Game Seats ,With transportation to game & bark Special BYU Bowl 'Em Over" Rooters Cap free day to visit Disney World or tPCOT Center FIRST COME . . . FIRST SERVED "Our players certainly enjoyed it and the crowd seemed to, said Wyoming Coach Al Kincaid "I hope the idea continues." ITEP Coach Bill Yung said. 1 think a lot of teams will want to come out here after this match. Despite their problems, the organizers de serve a lot of credit " RESERVE TODAY FIESTA MOTORCOACH TOURS 328-355- 6 373-710- (SLC) (Provo) 0 z Reno Gains Narrow Win I-- AA Tribune Wire Services Senior linebacker Mike Dixon blocked an extra point attempt with the contest to seal victory over Arkansas St. in an NCAA Division football playoff game played, in a Reno snowstorm Saturday. A extra point would hav sent the game into overtime. Arkansas State had two chances to g kick a field goal in the last 27 seconds of the contest. Jhb first failed on a third-dow- n situation when there was a bad snap from center, and the second failed on a fourth-dow- n play. . ... Trailing 10-- at the half, Nevada-Ren- o scored 17 unanswered touchpoints. The down came on a pass from Eric Beavers to Calvin Sailes with 10.45 to play in the third quarter. Nevada-Ren1 on the now field goal year, then added a by Marty Zendejas and a scoring pass from Beavers to Thai Ivery with 3:41 left in the third quarter. snowIn a swirling fourth-quartstorm. Arkansas State got back into the game on a plunge by Lewis drive. Brown, culminating a N. Iowa 17, E. Washington 14: At Cedar Fallas, Iowa, Northern Iowa zoomed to a 17-- 0 lead while Eastern Washington was still trying to wake up and held on for its victory to move into the semifinals of the NCAA Division football playoffs. The game began at noon, which was 10 a.m. Washington time, and both coaches agreed the early start was a factor. They were so worried about that and it. was,. a problem, for-- . them,. Northern Iowa Coach Darrell Mu dr a said. Obviously, it didnt hurt us because we came out like gangbusters. Quarterback Mike Smith guided fourth-ranke- d to Northern Iowa ) its early lead, completing three passes for 49 yards on the Panthers'-- j first possession of the game to set up field goal and Kevin Motes touchdown a pass to firing tight end Brian Baker late in the first . quarter. 3 10 remaining Nevada-Reno'- s in 24-2- 3 sue-cessf- ul game-winnin- 7 third-quart- er 11-- - RROTiEGilfANJi d 1 JJ. iS & 0 (11-1- Furman I Island 15: At Furman got four 59, Rhode Greenville, S.C., touchdown passes from Bobby Lamb and took advantage of nine Rhode Island turnovers on the way to an easy football playoff victory The quarterfinal triumph came despite a record-settineffort by Ram quarterbacks, who threw a combined NCAA record 90 passes and completed 45 for 532 yards. With the win, Furman (li-1- ) earned a host semifinal berth in the playoffs next Saturday. 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