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Page 10 Pharos-Tribune, Logansport, Indiana, Tuesday, October 23, 1984 Dickerson Leads Rams' Win ATLANTA (UPI) Containing Los Angeles Rams running back Eric Dickerson is easier said than done. The Atlanta Falcons knew that was what they had to do if they were to have a shot at beating the Rams twice in the same season for the first time but they couldn't do it. Dickerson, the No. 2 rusher in the NFL, battered the Falcons for 142 yards on 25 carries Monday night including a 10- yard touchdown jaunt while leading the Rams to a 24-10 victory that avenged a 30-28 loss in Los" Angeles barely two weeks ago. In the process, Dickerson, a second-year man out of Southern Methodist who gained 164 yards last week, increased his season total to 911 yards, just 36 behind Chicago's Walter Payton in their battle' for league rushing He had 108 of those yards in ihr rirst half while the Rams plained that the Falcons were hitting him late.

"I guess they teach them to take cheap shots," he said. "I won't say they are a dirty football team, but I don't call the way they hit so late as being good football. No. 27 (Atlanta defensive back Tom Pridemore) did a headstand on my back when I was down and getting up. "But, we are not intimidated by late hits," said Dickerson.

"It is not going to change the way we play. We especially wanted this one after losing to them (on a last-second field goal) two weeks ere Lui quart of tne a 21-3 lead with second-quarter ns. He was up to 140 by through the third jjt layed little the rest 'fc-nsive line was the ar so well in the first i S-foot-3, 220-pound simply didn't in the second half." v--ho had a of blaming one on bad haraoff" and the other for "trying to change the ball from one hand the other" com- With Dickerson' running and Henry Ellard scoring on 9-yard pass catch and a 69-yard punt return, the Rams dominated play all the way, improving their record to 5-3 and leaving them two games behind once-beaten San Francisco in the NFC West. THE FALCONS, who have lost three of their last four games, dropped to 3-5, four games behind the 49ers at the midpoint of the season. The Rams' only points outside the second quarter was an 18- yard field goal by Mike Lansford with 7:33 left in the game after Los Angeles had marched from its own 14 all the way to a 4th-and-goal at the Atlanta 1.

"I was disappointed we didn't put the game out of reach in the second half," said Rams coach John Robinson. "Dickerson helped us control the game with his running and Ellard and the special teams were also posi- United Press International Eric Dickerson looks for yardage against Rams lives. This was a good win for us to have going into the 49er game this weekend." The Falcons, who have scored 10 or less points in three of their last four games, had a 39-yard Mick Luckhurt field goal in.the second quarter and got their lone touchdown with 1:08 left to play on an 18-yard pass from Steve Bartkowski to Stacey Bailey. "We like to play the Rams, but we never got into the game," said Bartkowski, who completed 20-of-31 passes, but for only 144 yards. "Our offense never got going enough to take them out of their defensive game.

Mental errors and trying so hard caused us to make our own mistakes." Football Previews Northwestern At Cass PROBABLE STARTERS N'WESTERN(lO-l) POS. Jeff Wagner, 168 TE Doug Kite, 245 LT Andy Atkinson, 191 LG Mike Pugh, 167 RG RT Drew WhlUock, 157 SE Jason Barnes, 158 QB Dave Willy, 175 FB Matt Maher, 157 TB 158, Matt Powell, 158 FL LEWIS CASS (1-8) 195, Bonnie Mullens 193, Mark Chambers 166, Scott Turnpaugh 165, Dave Richason 153, Ty Woodruff 196, Sam Layman 145, Aaron Truax 150, Scott Fields 160, Greg Hartley 165, Dave Claxton 160, Dan Richason 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Lewis Cass High School, Dan Robinson, Northwestern; Dave Arnold, Lewis Cass. Robinson: "The number one key for us is moving the ball and keeping the defense off the field. Cass enters the game with everything to gain.

They'll be well-prepared. It will be a whole lot easier game if we've got the Arnold: "Physically they're bigger up front and that could create a problem for us. They lost their tobest quarterback three weeks agoa and that has hampered their passing. The passing scares me to death. If we can keep them on the ground I think we'll have a much better chance.

Teams that do both, passing and running, give us a lot of trouble. Last week (35-6 loss to Twin Lakes) we made some mistakes. We gave them the ball in good field position and that put us in a 21-0 hole. As long as we don't give them the ball in good field position we'll be o.k." PLAYERS: Northwestern: Dave Willey rushed for 143 yards and two touchdowns in Northwestern's 24-14 win over Maeonaquan Friday, Maher rushed for over 100 yardsand a touchdown; Cass: Fields hit 10 passes for 109 yards and a touchdown last Friday against Twin Lakes. NOTING: The Tigers rushed for 308 yards against Maconaquah Friday.

Northwestern beat Cass last year 36-6. Capture 7th Tourney bl the city seventh grade ui. all tournament held at Columbia Monday In tiieir first match the Saints defeated 55-21. 6-15. and 15-12.

Leading the way for Use winners with ll points was Stephanie while Ann Richardson had nine points and two aces. Jenny Davis contributed six points and two spikes. Lincoln was led by Jill Eller with 18 points, seven aces, and 11 bumps while Steph Brown had 10 points, one ace, and six bumps. Tammy Davis had six points, eight bumps, and one save while Tiffany Sherrill had one point, three dinks, and eight bumps. In the championship game the Saints defeated Columbia 15-6, 15-6.

leading the Saints with 11 points was Richardson. Amy Dexter had seven points and one ace while Davis had three spikes and three points. Columbia was led by Renee Yoder with four points, nine passes, and one spike while Cheryl Peoples had three points. Robin Bass had three points, 12 passes, and one dink while Janet McLochlin had 22 passes. In its first match Columbia defeated Pioneer.

The Saints finished their season with a 15-2 record. All three city middle schools will play in a eighth grade tournament at Lincoln tonight. Logansport Frosh Finish 2-5 The Logansport freshmen finished their season with a 22-14 home loss to Twin Lakes Monday night. Scoring touchdowns for the Berries were Dan Frye (43-yard run) and Jeromy Brummet (seven-yard run). Scoring a two-point conversion was Steve Gochenour on a run.

Defensively, Brummet had 12 tackles while Brad VanHorn had seven tackles and a fumble recovery and Rodney Stovall had a pair of pass interceptions. The Berries finished their season with at 2-5. Caston JH At Pioneer At Pioneer the Caston junior high squads finished their seasons with a victory and tie Monday night. The Comet seventh grade was a 18-0 winner while the eighth grade was in a 0-0 tie. Scoring touchdowns for the seventh grade were Football Chad Pugh (40-yard run), Matt Single (50-yard run), and Aaron Sherrick (three-yard run).

Defensively, Dean Leazenby had a pass interception. Pioneer was paced by Aaron Koons and Jeremy Mersch with seven tackles each while Brad Miller and Shane Smith had six each. In the eighth grade contest Jason Wray had a pass interception while Jeff Rans led in tackles. For Pioneer Troy Smith had 11 tackles and Scott Harrison had 10 tackles. Rick Bledsoe had a pass interception.

The Caston seventh grade finished with a 5-1 record while the Pioneer seventh grade finished at 4-3. The Caston eighth grade finished at 0-5-1. Lewis Cass Routs Carroll, 122-43 Sports Scoreboard FLORA Cass won 10 of 11 events in defeating Carroll. in a girls swim meet here Monday Earning individual firsts for the Kings were: Donita Bolinger (200 freestyle), Kelly Dunlap (200 individual medley), Chris Cuthbert (diving), Kris Parsley (100 butterfly), Angie Ronk (100 freestyle), Denise Lake (500 freestyle), Tina Grant (100 backstroke), and Lori Roberson (100 breaststroke). Teaming up to win the 200 medley relay were Kim Richter, Steph Bui'fum, Collett Richter, and Parsley.

Winning the 400 freestyle relay was the Cass squad of Missy Downham, Denise Lake, Lana Smith, and Jenny Hannah. Cass is now 6-5 on the year and will travel to Twin Lakes Oct. 30. Cass 122, Carroll 43 200 MEDLEY RELAY Cass (K. Richter, Buffum, C.

Richter). Cass, Carroll, 2:20.3. GSris Swimming NFL 200 FREESTYLE Bolinger (C), Downham (C). Lowery (Car), 2:29.6. 200 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY K.

Dunlap (C), Robertson C. Richter (0,3:06.0. 50 FREESTYLE Lanflston (Car), Drlggs (Car), Williams (C), 31-6. DIVING Cuthbert (C), Clements (Car), Hood (C), 169.8. 100 BUTTERFLY Parsley (C), Median (C), Clements (Car), 1:20.2.

100 FREESTYLE Ronk (C). Langston (Car), R. Ounlap (C), 1:08.7 600 FREESTYLE Lake (C), Downrtam (C), Robertson (C), fl-JQ 100 BACKSTROKE Grant (C), Grelder (C), K. Richter (C), ne.o. 100 BREASTSTROKE Roberson (C), Drlggs (Car), Wagoner (Car), 1:23.8.

400 FREESTYLE RELAY Cass (Downham, Lake, Smith, Hannah), Cass, Carroll, 4:42.4. AMERICAN CONFERENCE East Miami 8 NY Jets 6 New England 5 Indianapolis 3 Buffalo 0 Central Pittsburgh Cincinnati Cleveland Houston West LA Raiders Denver Seattle San Diego Kansas City Pel. PF PA 0 0 1.000 267 117 245 205 173 154 153 112 80 74 2 0 3 0 5 0 3 0 4 0 6 0 7 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 40 .750 201 157 .625 165 189 .375 151 206 .000 136 133 .500 165 170 .250 132 184 .125 102 150 .000 103 234 .875 215 158 .875 163 99 .750 220 156 .500 231 218 .500 148 156 East NATIONAL CONFERENCE Bears' Ditka Wary Of Detroit LAKE FOREST, III. (UPI) Chicago Bears coach Mike Ditka, his team firmly in first place in the NFC Central, said Monday he is wary of the Detroit Lions in the second half of the season. The Bears improved their record to 5-3 with a 44-9 drubbing at Tampa Bay Sunday.

Chicago holds a two-game lead in its division at the halfway point. The lead is technically three over the Bucs, as a tie between the two would give the Bears the advantage because Chicago beat Tampa Bay twice during the season. But Chicago, 3-0 in its division with a date at home against Minnesota Sunday, has not played Detroit in 1984. The Lions beat Chicago twice last year and are 3-5 this season. "They are a very good football team.

They started 1-4 one year ago and won the division," Sports Shorts Basketball Rules Clinic Tonight The IHSAA Basketball Rules Clinic will be conducted by the North Central Officials Association at 7:30 tonight at Peru High School. Coaches, referees, players and spectators are invited to attend. Basketball Coaches Mini-Clinic The Indiana High School Basketball Coaches Association will host a mini clinic for all area coaches Thursday from a.m. at the Wabash High School gym. The program is open to coaches at all levels.

Coaches will be admitted with their IBCA card. Membership will be available at the doors, which will open at 8:45 a.m. Ditka said. "What were they, 1-5 this year? And now they are 3-5. They have a great runner in Billy Sims and have good people on defense." Ditka noted the Lions have played in the last two weeks like the club they were when they won the division one year ago.

Chicago plays Detroit at home Nov. 18 and at the Silverdome Dec. 16. Ditka also isn't overlooking Minnesota, which lost to the Lions Sunday. But the Vikings may face Chicago without starting quarterback Tommy Kramer.

"They are a different team without him, and they may not be as effective," Ditka conceded. "But Archie Manning can run the ball and is a threat." Ditka didn't say the club has the division title locked up. But quarterback Jim McMahon, who threw three TDS against the Bucs, said the club will win the division. Myers Wins Forecasts Bruce Myers of 810 N. Pearl St.

was the only one of 52 entries to go 10-0 in this week's forecasts. Eight others tied for second with 9-1 marks. Myers will recieve a pair of free tickets to a Chicago Cubs or White Sox game next summer. Greg McClure led the panel with a 9-1 record to go to 64-16 on the year. Because all but one area team plays Wednesday night forecasts will take a short break and return next week.

Pel. PF PA i 3 0 .625 217 145 3 0 .625 241 199 .625 157 170 .500 139 143 .500 138 173 3 0 4 0 Washington 5 St. Louis 5 Dallas 5 Philadelphia 4 NY Giants 440 Central Chicago 5 3 0 .625 178 136 Detroit 3 5 0 .375 159 180 Tampa Bay 350 .375 143 200 Minnesota 2 60 .250 163 203 Green Bay 1 7 0 .125 137 191 west San Francisco? 1 0 .875 214 143 LA Rams 4 3 0 .571 160 127 Atlanta 3 4 0 .429 164 153 New Orleans 350 .375 170 191 Monday's Game Los Angeles 24, Atlanta 10 Sunday, Oct. 28 Indianapolis at Dallas, 1 p.m. Cincinnati at Houston, 1 p.m.

Denver at Los Angeles Haiders, 1 p.m. Detroit at Grean Bay, 1 p.m. Minnesota at Chicago, 1 p.m. New Orleans at Cleveland, 1 p.m. New York Jets at New England 1 p.m.

St. Louis at Philadelphia, 1 p.m. Tampa Bay at Kansas City. 1 p.m. San Francisco at L.A.

Rams, 4 p.m. Washington at New York Giants, 4 p.m. Atlanta at Pittsburgh, 4 p.m. Buffalo at Miami, 4p.m. Monday, Oct.

28 Seattle At San Diego. 9 p.m. 9. Miami, Fla. (7-2) 10.

Boston College (4-1) 11. Oklahoma State (5-1) 12. Georgia (5-1) 13. Auburn (5-2) 14. West Virginia (6-1) 15.

Florida State(5-1-1) 16. Southern Methodist (4-1) 17. Iowa (5-2) 1B.FIo»da(5-l-n 58 17 20. Penn State (5-2) 16 Note: By agreement with the American Football Coaches Association, teams on NCAA or conference probation are ineligible for the Top 20 and national championship consideration by the UPI Board of Coaches. The teams currently on probation are Arizona, Clemson, Illinois and Kansas.

MISSION, Kan. (UPI) The NCAA Division I-AA football rankings, released Monday, with team records through Oct. 21 in parentheses: Division V-AA School 1. Indiana State (7-0) 2. Holy Cross (Mass.) (60) 3.

Tennessee State (7-0) 4. Alcorn State (Miss.) (5-0) 5. Mississippi Valley (W)) 6. Rhode Island (7-1) 7. Middle Tennessee (6-1) 8.

(tie) Boise St (Idaho) (5-2) (tie) McNeese State (5-1-1) (tie) Murray State (6-1) 11 Georgia Southern (7-1) 12. (lie) Fur-man (S.C.MW) (tie) New Hampshire (6-1) 14. Louisiana Tech (5-3) 15.Colgate<N,Y.)<4-2) 16. Northeast Louisiana (5-2) 17. Texas-Arlington (5-2) 18.

(lie) Boston U. (5-2) (tie) William and Mary (44) 20. Arkansas Slate (4-3-1) lo.Dekalb7-2 14 Also receiving votes: Concord, Griffith, Boonville, Seymour, BlacKford, Harrison, Betlmonf. Class 2A 1.lndplsChatard(4)8-1 75 2. lndplsCathedral(1)8-1 68 3.

Western (2) 9-0 61 4. EV Mater Dei (DM 60 5. New Palestine 9-0 48 6. NorthWoodW 35 7. Fort Wayne Luers 6-3 30 8.

Hamilton SEB-1 22 9. Lawrenceburg8-1 19 10. Lakeland $4 9 Also receiving votes: Providence, Oak Hill. Muskegon 1 2 1 Flint 0 WettDMtton Peoria 2 0 Indtanapotls 2 Salt Lake City 1 0 Fort Wayne 1 1 1 Milwaukee 030 1 1 0 1 10 15 13 8 16 13 11 5 11 12 10 18 Teams get one point for an overtime loss. Monday's Games No Games Scheduled Tuesday's Games No Games Scheduled Wednesday's Games Kalamazoo at Indianapolis Muskegon at Flint Salt Lake City at Peoria Class A I.Sheridan (8) 9-0 2.

North Judson 9-0 3. Mishawaka Marian 7-2 4.Tri-West8-1 5. Jimtown 8-1 6. Carroll 7. RockvilleM B.Wlnamact-1 9.

Adams Central 7-2 10. Eastern 7-2 80 65 64 52 46 45 33 23 11 7 Transactions Also receiving Eastern Hancock. votes: Westtield, NHL High School Ratings NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE WALES CONFERENCE Patrick Division Pts. GF GA NY Islanders 420 8 34 30 Philadelphia 321 7 26 16 Washington 221 5 19 18 NY Rangers 221 5 18 20 Pittsburgh 230 4 16 16 New Jersey 230 4 19 21 Adams Division Hartford Buffalo Montreal Quebec Boston 24 18 27 25 19 14 29 27 16 26 College Ratings NEW YORK (UPI) The United Press International Board of Coaches Top 20 college football ratines, with first-place voles and records in parentheses (total points based on 15 points for first place, 14 for second, 1. Washington (30) (7-0) 591 2.

Texas (7) (4-0-1) 490 3 Oklahoma (2) (5-0-1) 481 4. Brigham Young (11(7-0) 463 5. Nebraska (6-1) 462 6. Louisiana State (1) (5-0-1) 384 7. Ohio Stated) (6-1) 369 8.

South Carolina (64) 265 INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) The UPI Board of Coaches top 10 teams in the four Indiana high school football classes (Includes total rating points and first place votes): Class 4 A 1. Penn (6) Ml 78 2. Warren Central (2) K) 74 S.HobartW 63 4. Fort Wayne North 94 52 5. Eikhart Central 8-1 34 6.

New Albany 33 7. Crown Point 32 8.ShelbyvilleW 29 9. Perry Meridian 8-1 17 10. Indpls. Washington 8-1 12 Also receiving votes: New Castle, Castle, Michigan City Elston.

4 1 1 4 2 0 3 1 1 330 240 CAMPBELL CONFERENCE Norris Division Pis. GF GA 320 6 24 20 3 3 0 2 4 Class 3A 1.Roncalll(6)8-f 2.Brownsburg(2)9-0 3. Fort Wayne Dwenger 6-3 4. SB St. Joseph's 7-2 5.

Plainfield 7-2 6. Jasper 7-2 7.Mooresville7-2 8. Delta 7-2 9. Tell City (1)8-1 77 72 51 51 St. Louis Chicago 330 6 33 30 Minnesota 240 4 19 22 Detroit 240 4 25 31 Toronto 240 4 14 29 Smythe Division Edmonton 6 0 1 13 43 20 Calgary 420 8 35 23 Winnipeg 220 4 16 13 Vancouver 150 2 20 37 Los Angeles 052 2 20 34 Monday's Games No Games Scheduled Tuesday's Games (All Tlmw EOT) Montreal at Quebec, 7:35 p.m.

Vancouver at N.Y. Islanders, 8:05 p.m. Philadelphia at Minnesota, 8:35 p.m. Hartford at Calgary, 9:35 p.m. 36 INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE East Division 31 29 25 Kalamazoo 1 0 23 Toledo.

1 1 Pts. GF GA Baseball Atlanta Placed pitcher Pete Falcone on (fie voluntarily retired list. Boston Signed a working agreement with Greensboro (SAL), replacing Winston-Salem. Chicago (AL) Added pitcher Ed Correa, catcher Ron Karkovice and outfielder Ken Williams to the major- league roster; released pitcher Guy Hotfman and outfielder Casey Parsons; sent infielder Mike Soders to Denver (AA). Los Angeles Signed left-handed reliever Steve Howe, who will play for the team's entry in the Dominican Republic Winter League.

New York (AL) Named Woody Woodward vice president-baseball administration. New York (NL) Named Jim Bibby minor-league pitching coach. Pittsburgh Named Willie Stargell minor-league hitting instructor. Basketball Dallas Traded guard Terence Stansbury and forward Bill Garner! to Indiana for a No. 11990 draft pick.

Golden State Waived guard Don Collins. Football Cleveland Dismissed coach Sam Rutigliano; named defensive coordinator Marty Schottenheimer coach through the 1986 season. Philadelphia Placed wide receiver Kenny Jackson on injured reserve. San Diego Signed defensive end Lee Williams. Tampa Bay Waived offensive guard Noah Jackson.

Hockey Washington Signed defenseman Rod Ungway to a contract through the rest of his playing career. Soccer Cleveland (MISL) Waived forward Vic Davidson and defender Peter Milar. St. Louis (MISL) Placed forwards Sean Mulqueeny and Mike O'Mara on waivers; released defender David McDaniel..