Virgil Carter passed for four touchdowns tonight as the Chicago Sun whipped the Southern California Sun 32-22 before 27,133 at Anaheim Stadium.

Carter completed 10 of 16 in the first half for 185 yards and three TDs and came back with a 10-yard toss to Mark Kellar late in the game for icing.

The victory upped Chicago's record to 7-2 in the Central Division of the World Football LEgaue, and the Sun is 5-4.

Missing the trip - and perhaps the rest of the season - was kicker Chuck Ramsey. He arrived at O'Hare Field yesterday dressed too casually for Fire brass and not wearing the club's standard travelling outfit of either a suit or sport coat and tie.

The former Wake Forest All-American also had words with Coach Jim Spavital conceivably about his poor performance against Birmingham last week, and told him he quit the team.

Replacing him tonight was Allan Watson, a soccer-style kicker obtained from the Pittsburgh Steelers. Watson is from New South Wales, Australia, and came to this country to try out with the Pittsburgh Phantoms of the North American Soccer League.

Watching from the sidelines was Cyril Pinder, whose left ankle never recovered well enough to suit Spavital. He came here in hopes he would be 100 percent, but the Fire also brought Billy Taylor, the ex-Michigan star, just in case.

The Fire scored midway in the first period after surrendering a touchdown to the Sun on a 20-yard scamper by ex-UCLA star Kermit Johnson.

Setting up the score was a 20-yard pass from Tony Adams to Terry Lindsey, and a long gain by Adams himself, who evaded Linebacker Ron Porter to bring the Sun to the Fire's 20.

Johnson too the ball on a draw and dashed in untouched. Adams tossed to ex-NFL star Dave Williams for the "Action Point" and Southern California led 8-0.

Getting the ball in good field position, the Fire marched on the ground with Jimmie Calip replacing Pinder, and Mark Kellar up the middle for a key first down at the Sun 26. An end-around play by James Scott failed miserably, before Carter found Jack Dolbin standing alone in the end zone. This time, Dolbin didn't drop the ball and the Fire trailed 8-7.

A disputed call deprived Chicago of an "Action Point," when Scott fell to his knees making the catch and the official ruled it incomplete.

The Fire stopped a Sun drive, a field goal went wide and Chicago and Carter took over. Calip ran well on sweeps, brining it to the SoCal 6. Carter hit ex-Bear Jim Seymour over the middle and the Fire went up 14-8.

With 1:58 left in the first half, the Sun climaxed a 52-yard drive in 12 plays with a 13-yard TD run by Ralph Nelson, a Los Angeles prep star who never went to college.

Highlighting the drive was Adams passes to McAlister and Williams, and an 18-yarder to Greg Moses. An offside penalty against Chicago set up Nelson's run.

But the Fire came back again, Carter hitting Dolbin and Kellar on short passes before upnloading a 53-yard bomb to Scott for a TD with 1:01 left and the Fire led 22-15.

With only eight seconds left in the half, Watson, who was called in Youngstown, Ohio late last night and arrived here at 3 a.m. this morning, booted a 39-yard field goal and the Fire went in the lockerrom leading 25-15.