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Tf aT it I ffh a. tt- a i I THE CINCINNATI ENQUIRER was real good, which made for a good practice." Detroit brings to Cincinnati what many consider the most improved team in the NBA and a probable rookie of the year candidate in 6-3 Dave Bing of Syra-. cuse. The Pistons also are carrying a second rookie, Dorie Murrey, their No. 2 pick from the University of Detroit, a 6-8, 215-pounder.

Player-coach Dave Busschere is extremely high -on the leaping youngster, but may want to bring him along gradually. In that case, the Piston starters at-guard probably will be Eddie Miles and Tom Van Arsdale. DeBusschere has been hampered with a shoulder Injury, but is a probable starter tonight at forward with Ray Scott. Joe Straw-der, last year's holdover at center, will probably get the call over reinstated Reggie Harding. A "Partridge Night" crowd in excess of 9000, one of the best opening night turnouts in Royals' history, is expected.

With his first two points of the night, Robertson will reach the 14,000 mark in career points, becoming only the eighth man in league history to reach that plateau. Probable starting lineups: BY JIM SCIIOTTELKOTTE Of The Enquirer Staff The Royals made it plain Friday they're going with the youngsters. They traded veteran Tom Hawkins to the Los Angeles Lakers for cash and a high draft choice, which means five rookies, the most since the big rebuilding year of 1958-'59, will be in uniform to-night when Cincinnati opens its 10th National Basketball Association season against the Detroit Pistons at the Gardens. The Hawkins' deal, a complete surprise, trimmed Cincinnati's roster to 12 men, the maximum number that can be carried, and it returns the popular Tommy the Hawk to his hometown and to the club from which the Royals obtained him in 1962 for a second draft choice. "They called us talking about different players and this is what we wound up with" said Royals' general manager Pepper Wilson.

"He's done a good job for us, and we've been very happy to have him with the ball club," added Wilson. "The big thing is he's getting older and he didn't have a good tour. It's a good break for him going back home." Hawkins, who will be 30 years old in December, enjoyed his Dest season with the Royals in 1962-63, averaging 9.4 points and spark- mmmmmmgmmmmmmsmm Ohio's 3 Cincinnatians Who Go Against Xavier Guard Robin Steffens (Wyoming High, halfback Greg Mckenzie (Princeton) and halfback Chuch Williams (Withrow), left to right, with Bobcat line coach Bob Kappes," former head coach at Western Hills. Saturday, October 15, 1966 ing the club off the bench. He was a starter most of last season.

Hawkins' departure solves what was a big dilemma for the Royals' front office which player to cut to get down to the maximum number. It means coach Jack McMahon will present five newcomers center Walt Wesley, forwards Jim Ware and Bob Love, and guards Freddie Lewis and Flynn Robinson to Cincinnati fans tonight. Wesley, the 6-11 pivot-man from Kansas, came along fast on the exhibition tour, raising the Royals' hopes of upsetting both Boston and Philadelphia and winning a first Eastern Division title, but McMahon Friday named a veteran, Connie Dierking, to start at center. Dierking missed the Royals' last four exhibition games with the Boston Celtics because of a severely sprained right ankle, but Page 17 after watching him go in practice Friday, McMahon decided he's ready. Jerry Lucas also will start despite a severe cut on the ring finger of his left hand sustained in a powermower accident.

Luke will have the finger protected with a special sponge bandage, but McMahon worries it might affect his shooting and rebounding. We'll have to play It by ear," said the Royals' coach. At the guards, incomparable Oscar Robertson and Adrain Smith, comprising one of the best backcourts in the game, will be back at their old stand. The other forward berth is a tossup between Hap Hairston, who joined the club late, and, surprising George Wilson, who could well get the nod off his good play in the exhibitions. "We actually looked very sharp today in practice." said McMahon.

"The spirit Hosts Roarin' Ohio Xavier BY DICK FORBES Of The Enquirer Staff In case Xavier's Musketeers haven't come down from the clouds after last week's victory over on Clifton they'd better get back to earth before 8 o'clock tonight. They have a football date with Ohio University in Xavier Stadium at approximately that hour, and if they have any doubts about the Bobcats' credentials, they have only to look at two other meetings with the Mid-American Conference earlier this season. The Muskies lost their Ht. CINCINNATI Pos. DETROIT Ht.

6-8 Lucas Scott 6-9 6-7 Hairston or DeBusscheri 6-6 6-b Wilsoi 6-10 Dierking Strawder 6-10 6-5 Robertson Miles 6-4 6-1 Smith Binq or 6-3 Van Arsdali 6-5 'Cats Hope To Snap Tulane Grid Spell Al Heim LAlL won and they haven't stopped since. They own victories over Boston College and Kent State, both definite upsets, then dumped Toledo, 21-6, last Saturday. For the uninitiated, Toledo downed Xavier, 9-0, at the start of the season. Xavier's comeback against Cincinnati last Saturday was just as remarkable. The Muskies, behind two touchdown tosses by Carroll Williams and an aggressive line, smashed the Bearcats, 25-13, and finally looked like the team they were supposed to be at the start of the campaign.

Both clubs have a couple of injuries. The Bobcats will be without tailback and split end Dick Con ley, whose bad shoulder will keep him out of action until OU's all-important game with Miami next weekend. Xavier center Ken Zuk is sidelined with a cas? of the flu, the second-string center is just recovering, and ol reliable linebacker Jim Louder has been assigned to play both ways. The Muskies offer plenty of backfield talent in Ty Anython, Jim Davis and Bob Zellna, and of course, Williams will be throwing to his No. 1 target, that receiver supreme, Dan Abra-mowicz.

The sophomore studded Bobcats have a pony back-field in Bogan, Bob Hou-mard and Wash Lyons, and plenty of heft up front although Xavier is slightly bigger. Probable offensive lineups: No. Wt. OHIO Pot. XAVIER No.

Wt. BY BILL FORD Of The Enquirer Staff NEW ORLEANS The bridge between the first football game between Cincinnati and Tulane and tonight's renewal measures 55 years. The distance between goal-lines is, of course, 100 yards. Those unrelated gems of knowledge earn special mention because they tie first two games against MAC foes without scoring a touchdown, and the comeback kids from Athens promise to be just as tough as Toledo or Miami, and maybe better. In any event, this might just be the best college game in Ohio on this balmy, mid-Octoter Saturday, and Xavier figures to come pretty close to packing its stadium if the expected crowd supporting Ohio materializes.

The old rivals have played 17 times in a patchwork series that began in 1922. The Bobcats hold a 9-8 edge, but the Musketeers have won the last three in a row and can tie it up with this one. The Muskies have managed to tame Ohio 23-19 and 21-19 in their last two games, and this despite the fact that both Xavier's Ed Biles and Ohio's Bill Hess stress defense. So tonight's clash figures to be another thriller. Ohio didn't win a game last year, and when Purdue mobbed the Bobcats, 42-3, to open the '66 season for OU's llth straight defeat, things looked dark indeed down in the Hocking Valley.

But then came deliverance. Behind the accurate throwing of sophomore quarterback Ron DeLucca and the fine running and receiving of Sam Bogan plus great improvement on defense, the Bobcats finally NBA Roundup TONIGHT'S OPENERS DETROIT AT CINCINNATI, I m. LOS ANGELES AT IALTIM0RE, night. SAN FRANCISCO AT I0ST0N, night. NEW YORK AT PHILADELPHIA, ni.ht.

CHICAGO AT ST. LOUIS, iM. iSUNDAY GAMES No fiiMS Tiooff: 8 o. m. Besides, coach Chuck Studley notes rapid strides in his offense this week.

Most noteworthy is the vork of Jackson at quarterback. A good runner always, Jackson, spotted on the defense when the season started then reclaimed because of a string of injuries to regular quarterbacks, pitched well a week ago with 10 completions in 17 throws. That was the best ever for the Junior and should buoy his confidence when he elects to go to the Tulane, not unsimilar to Cincinnati, likes the ground rather than the air when It comes to moving the ball. The Wave average 231 yards on the ground, a national ranking of sixth, and quarterback Bobby Duhon, exceptionally good at the option, is the big cause. He averages 5.1 yards' a carry, although Pete Johns (3.7) and Jim Trahan (9.2) do a lot, too, and Duhon also has a 22-for-43 pass record, including a touchdown.

Probable starting lineups: Wt. CINCINNATI Pos. TULANE Wt. 190 217 215 200 215 235 200 190 172 170 194 200 Hoose 240 E. Miller 205 Teismann 225 Monk 215 Nemann 235 Nelson 220 Montqomery 185 Jackson 195 Pate 165 Ford 205 Misik LE O'Steen Lf Dembiniski LG M.ckal Moore R3 Cammarati RT Wriaht RE Pizralotta QB Duhon LH Johns RH Trahan FB lindley Kickoff 8:30 p.

m. Radio broadiest-WKRC up unique circumstances attending the 8:30 kickoff (Cincinnati time) in Tulane Stadium the proper name of the joint, which masquerades as the Sugar Bowl on New Year's Day. In both Instances, the Bearcats are batting an embarrassing .000, having failed not only to beat Tulane previously, but to get across the goal as well. Oddsmakers look for the Green Wave to maintain an unblemished record in the dwarfish series rather comfortably. Whether they deny the Bearcats space on the scoreboard is a matter wise money hereabouts say is a distinct possibility.

Tulane, divorced from the Southeastern Conference and now bidding as an independent under new coach Jim Pittman, carries impressive credentials. It has won three of four, including decisions over Virginia Tech, Texas A and Virginia and that distinction of success is unknown at the school since the 1956 team put away six victories. By comparison, the Bearcats have won only once in three outings, touching off grumblings from the alumni and inciting new vigor among the players. The verve, partly, comes from the insertion of five sophomores in the starting offensive unit which includes among other things a demotion of Clem Turner, the 232-pound halfback who is the team's leading runner. Turner, with 193 yards, surrenders his spot to Lloyd Pate, an impressive rookie.

Pate goes with Ed Ford, Mike Misik and Tony Jackson in the backfield. Ed Miller, Denny Blank and Dan Montgomery, on the line, join Pate and Ford in the soph contingent. Montgomery, incidentally, hasn't appeared In one play this season, but gets the call at tight end on exceptional practices this week. By no means is this a mismatch despite the overwhelming tilt of advantage toward Tulane. The previous two games in the series, both 6-0 verdicts, were decided by late Green Wave scores.

Buckeyes Out To Ambush Top-Rated Michigan State Senate OK's Grid Merger WASHINGTON upi Legislation to legalize the merger of the National and American Football Leagues was approved Friday by a voice vote of the Senate. Sen. Everett M. Dirksen, succeeded in tacking this on to a much amended investment credit tax bill which will go back to the House. Dirksen said his legislation was similar to two previous bills passed by the Senate which protected the football leagues from antitrust laws in their proposed merger.

The Senate action taken after brief explanation and with no opposition was seen as an effort to get House action before the adjournment of Congress next week. Dirksen said the pro football merger approval could be attached to the tax bill because it provided certain tax provisions for the professional football clubs. Several clubs are in bad financial shape, Dirksen said, and the bill would permit them to receive income from four charity games with special tax treatment. It also would permit a championship game next January between the NFL and AFL winners, a combined player draft and in-terleague preseason contests. could be In for a rough day trying to collar such standouts as Clinton Jones, Bob Apisa and Dwight Less.

The Spartans have piled up 973 yards rushing while marching to three straight wins. Quarterback Jim Raye is a double threat. He's picked up 219 yards in 39 rushes and another 274 yards on 18 pass completions in 36 attempts. The key to the Spartan defense, third best in the nation, is giant end Bubba Smith who weighs 283 pounds, and rover back George Webster. Sellers ran back an interception to the Miami 16 and Etter kicked his first field goal 33 yards.

Etter booted another 36 yards after the Bulldogs drove 33 yards and were stymied by the Miami defense. The Hurricanes went the ground route on their 51-yard payoff march in the third period. McGee, pounding through holes knocked in the Georgia line, made a key 23-yard gain and scored from a yard out on fourth down smacking into two Georgia defenders just inside the end zone. McGee bounced back, still on his feet, and dropped in a heap over the ball with the referee signalling the touchdown. He was unconscious and was held out for the rest of the game.

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Sophomore Bill Long is the man who'll be throwing for the Buckeyes. The Dayton, Ohio, lad has completed 19 of 32 passes this season. His primary targets will be end Billy Anders and halfback Bo Rein. The Bucks also will no doubt use the field goal kicking talents of Gary Cairns if they get close enough to the Michigan State goal. The spotty Ohio defense Buck Star Big Surprise COLUMBUS.

Ohio Billy Anders, Ohio State's pass snatching end, is a rarity among present-day college football players. Anders Is what the people in the football trade call "a walk on." This means he's one of the few players around who wasn't specifically recruited to play football. Anders hadn't played a game of organized football before his freshman year at Ohio State although he was an exceptional basketball player. "I really didn't have any idea I'd ever play football for Ohio State although I decided the summer before my freshman year began that I was going to ask for a tryout," recalled Anders. "I always wanted to play football but my high school (Sabina, Ohio) did not have a team." Anders said he explained to Ohio State coach Woody Hayes that he had no football experience but that he thought he could make the team if given a chance.

Hayes directed Anders to the freshman team and asked frosh coach Tiger Ellison to take a look at him. Ellison liked his enthusiasm and raw ability and encouraged him. He also liked his size six feet, two, 200 pounds. "The best thing that happened to me in going out for football is that none of the coaches ever tried to discourage me," said Anders. "One of the biggest problems I had during my first year of football was learning how to catch the ball while getting used to being hit as soon as I caught it," added Anders.

was awarded a scholarship after his freshman year and has been a big factor with the Buckeye the last two years although he has been hampered with a hamstring Injury. Hayes says Anders Is the only player he's ever had who did not play high school football. "This boy came to play football," said Hayes, "and he's improving every game." Anders' record bears out his coach's statement. Against Washington he tied an Ohio State record by grabbing 12 passes. He was almost as brilliant last week against Illinois making several circus catches.

IF YOU THINK college football teams are relying more and more on field goals, you're absolutely right. Last weekend, for example, major collegians connected on more three-pointers than did any of their predecessors during any weekend in the 30 years official records have been kept by the National Collegiate Athletic Association. The record 64 field goals featured these feet feats: Four field goals each by a pair of undefeated teams. Oklahoma and Wyoming. Sooner sophomore Mike Vachon hit on all his four attempts (from 20, 31, 41 and 43 yards), while Wyoming junior Jerry DePoyster missed once from 54 yards out.

But DePoyster had little to be ashamed of. Besides a 21-yarder, the 195-pound powerhouse rightfooted three-pointers through the uprights from the staggering distances of 54, 52 and 54 yards. By sharp contrast, no other collegian of the last 30 years has booted more than one goal from more than 52 yards out at any time in his career, let alone in the same game. Three field goals by Ohio State, including a 55-yarder by Gary Cairns that equals the longest shot by a major collegian in the last quarter century. (John Gavin of Air Force boomed one the same distance against Miami of Florida in 1962, and Fred Powers of Denver hit on a 56-yarder against Idaho way back in 1939.

The modern record is held by Jan Stenerud of college-division Montana State with a 59-yarder against Montana last year. Two big games in which all the points scored were field goals. Unbeaten Georgia Tech tripped Tennessee, 6-3, in their nationally televised battle, and Texas Christian outbooted its rival. Texas Tech, by the same score. So far this season, major collegians have successfully kicked 205 field goals in 239 games, a rate ahead of last season's all-time record pace (195 in the first 243 games).

Just four teams have not yet kicked nor yielded a field goal Holy Cross, once-beaten Baylor and unbeaten Houston and Notre Dame. More Importantly, one of every nine games this fall has been won by field goals (26 of 239 games). TIw biggest hero in this category is six-foot, 235-pound placekicking specialist Dale Livingston of Western. Michigan. Livingston, who never played high-school football and was plucked off the intramural fields in college, has already won two games with field goals this fall (16-14 over Bowling Oreen last Saturday and another 16-14 over Lamar Tech in the season opener).

As a sophomore last season, Livingston led the country's boot brigade by winning three games and tying another with field goals for the 6-2-1 Broncos. al ii'' II Georgia Jarred! MThe Finest 7 ycad run BY AL HEIM Executive Sports Editor COLUMBUS, Ohio -Woody Hayes and his Ohio State Buckeyes have been pointing for mighty Michigan State for a year In hopes of avenging a humiliating 32-37 loss. Today the Bucks, who have been harmless this season, get their chance before 84,000 victory-hungry fans in cavernous Ohio Stadium. But even the most loyal Ohio State diehard doesn't give the Bucks much of a chance against the top-ranked Spartans from East Lansing, Mich. Coach Duffy Daugherty brought a typical Michigan State team into Columbus Friday afternoon.

The Spartans, two touchdown favorites in this one, are stingy on defense and have plenty of speedy, powerful backs. Grim-faced Hayes admits he's been waiting for the Spartans for a year and believes his Bucks could get high enough for this one to pull the upset of the year. The Buckeyes, with back-to-back losses to Washington and Illionis, will be trying to avoid an unprecedented third straight loss and at the same time stay alive in the Big 10 race. Ohio State hasn't bowed three times in a row since the 1943 season. Ohio State is expected to use the once-scorned forward pass often in its bid for the upset.

Hayes is apparently convinced that his once-feared ground game cannot penetrate the heavy IWSIPI KENTUCKY pWJTE bourbon 2 i Available in Ohio T0dy! SFBIHQS TJnm Lm 0 KENTUCKY 3 it STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISHT tjrfft MIAMI (UPI) Led by a halfback who knocked himself cold scoring the game's only touchdown, Miami's Hurricanes played Georgia-style football in the second half Friday night and knocked the 11th-ranked Bulldogs from the undefeated elite, 7-6. Doug McGee, a 210-pound junior, was the hero with his blast into the end zone in the third period. Ray Harris point -after kick clinched the battle of powerhouse offenses and near-invincible defenses before 41,756 in the Orange Bowl. Georgia's points were on two field goals by Bob Etter. Two interceptions of Miami quarterback Bill Miller's passes sent Georgia to the dressing room at halftime a 6-0 leader.

In the first period, Terry.