The Cincinnati Enquirer from Cincinnati, Ohio • Page 50

er i. il 1 i i i ii i i -i IWJ t. -Hi 50 THE CINCINNATI ENQUIRER Monday, October 30, 1972 "tij Jl32S 'S "Till' I Q4k, it Sn t'Sj5S) 4 A Strange Sort Of Homecoming i By TOM CALLAHAN they're going to Enquirer (Mark Treitel) Photoi Anderson Goes 6 For 6 Bengal quarterback fakes handoff (Photo 1 above) and begins six-yard bootleg sweep 12) for final Cincinnati TD with only Willie Alexander In his path (3) to the goal line, which he hits squarely, stepping on the coffin-corner pylon (4). tnquircr irrta atriuD) more I aft temyvi mkmr Wri Big Day For Steve Chomyszak 7 Bengal lineman flattens everyone in sight quarterback Dan Pastorinl for one of four traps he had Sunday. Brown In Good Humor An Easy One For 'The Old Coach' 1 1 ifrm toiarn 1 r.

sier, Brown agreed that "we felt Dressier could do the job or we wouldn't have done it He's going to be all right I guess you could say our tirade forced the issue." Brown was more than pleased with all of the new players and rookies he used, among them starting offensive tackle Stan Walters for the injured Rufus Mayes. "I thought he (Walters) did well," Brown said. "He's a big man and gets the job done in there." AL BEAUCHAMP, Cin-cinnatl linebacker shrugged off the brief contretemps with former Bengal Fred Willis in the second period. "When I tackled him, he got a little excited and threw the ball at me," grinned Beau-champ. "He was fired up, you know.

You have to overlook things like that." Enquirer Sports Reporter Paul Robinson jerked awake Saturday as the airplane met the runway. "Fred," he thought to himself, noticing his friend Fred Willis was on the plane, "I Just dreamed I got traded to Houston." But the next instant Robinson was glad he had kept his thoughts to himself because clear-headed he knew they had been traded to Houston and, what's more, were back so soon to play the Bengals. Sunday, they did, and the sensation was naturally strange, perhaps more so for Robinson (who had been in Cincinnati five years and wanted to be traded) than for Willis (who had been here less than two and wanted to stay). "When you're traded, you want to leave," explained Robinson, this town's first professional football hero, "and all of a sudden you're back to play the old team. "You dress in the visiting locker-room you come out and stand at the other bench." And you score touch-downs for the "other" team, or at least Robinson did Sunday, then flipping the football into the stands as a symbol and token of gratitude to the people who cheered him even louder than before.

"It felt like I was at practice," said Willis of the afternoon, although It struck him as an elaborate practice, indeed, attended by 59,409 people Fred tried slugging linebacker AlBeauchamp when they bumped in the first quarter and threw the football in Beauchamp's face, anyway. But he had a reason. "I was just upset because I wasn't on their side of the field," he said with a sheeplsnly sorrowful smile, a far different smile than he was cracking in the Oilers' huddle the time he heard Bengal linebacker Ken Avery chattering, "Easy, dog, easy." Of course, Willis knew each time to expect a blitz. The mop-haired runner was sheepish for a reason, although his performance wasn't It, five carries for 32 yards representing a pretty good day considering his team only rarely had the ball. "They (the Bengals) haven't moved the ball like that all year," Willis chuckled uncomfortably, hu-manly disappointed he wasn't missed.

"I got the opinion today Against Oiler Doug Dressler's four-yard TD slash went through Walters' slot midway in the first quarter, and it seemed for a time that Walters wasn't going to stop until he had driven Bethea into the seats. "It was a lucky block," Walters said. "We had him double-teamed Bruce Coslet was on him too, I think and when he went for the first fake, I had his momentum going for me." Walter said that was the first time the Bengals sent the ball his way and they thought he needed the fake "to help neutralize Bethea." Regardless, said Walter, "It's sure some reward to see your man (Bethea) three yards into the end stone and your teammate with the ball right behind you." right without me." Robinson's despite the maddening com-petence of Cincinnati's runners, was even more than all right. "Even though I wanted to be traded," said Paul, who more accurately wanted to play, "this was funny. I knew I was going to be traded near the end of last season.

Then I knew I was going to be traded during this exhibition season. Just when I thought I was here to stay all year. I was gone." The Oilers long coveted Robinson, but when Bengals coach Paul Brown finally got to desiring a long pass-catching threat that badly, Houston changed its mind. Paul Robinson for Charlie Joiner was no deal as far as Houston was concerned. The Oilers wanted Willis, who here would start games but then hardly play in them.

And the Bengals were indecisive whether to switch him to fullback or what? He wasn't going to push out Essex Johnson, that was clear from Johnson's performance. So the two-for-two exchange was made with linebacker Ron Pritchard, the fourth party. "They told me in Houston I was traded for Pritchard," said Willis with a bemused laugh, knowing that if the Oilers were telling the truth the Bengals have given him for a linebacker on the bench. Willis was asked if this were one of those benevolent trades of Paul Brown's to help people he can't use to stay useful somewhere else. "I dont need Paul Brown to find me a place to play," said Fred, who also says he is grateful to the coach for all his lessons.

"Paul Brown didn't do me any favor. It was just a business deal. "I'm going to leave the way I came," he said with that vinegar smile again, "unknown." Robinson won't have to leave that way. The fine he expects for tossing the ball to the people could hardly keep him from leaving the Riverfront richer. "I'll gladly pay It," he said.

"I owe the Cincinnati people a million." He wondered if he didn't owe his old teammates for his first touchdown as an Oiler. "Some of the Bengals may have looked the other way, too," Robby shrugged. When he got back on the plane, Robinson felt glad even if the Bengals had indeed looked out for him, and everybody better look out now. Star Bethea Ironically, both Walters and Bethea are New Jer-seyans, although Walters is from the north end of the state in Rutherford and Bethea is from the southwest in Trenton. "I hadn't realized that," Walters said.

"But to tell you the truth, I wasnt thinking of Elvin Bethea, all-pro, or anything like that. I was just thinking of me getting into a game. I didn't know how I would do, whether I was going to get killed or what. The big thing was whether I could cut it, whether I could do it myself." Did he? Was he satisfied? "I wasn't really satis-fled," Walters said, shrugging off Mike Reid's "great game" comment from the next locker. "A couple of times, fie put a lot of moves on me.

"We played like a team making a run at it," Bengal coach Paul Brown said Sunday in the wake of Cincinnati's overwhelming 30-7 victory over Houston. "Our guys are playing for it They might not be Individual Stats HOUSTON Alt. Net Yds. Ava. 2 13 6.5 32 6.4 7 43 6.2 Ruihln Rodqert Willis Robinson Pastorinl Passing Pastorinl Nix Receiving 10 10 TO 0 0 1 19 14 10 1 10 10 0 Art.

Comp. Yds. TD IG Had Int. 8 3 18 0 11 0 9 4 47 0 18 1 N. Ydi.

10 TD 3 23 II 0 3 25 18 0 Willis Smith Beime InterctitioiH Charles Puntint Pastorini Punt Return! Johnson Total 1 17 17 0 No. Yds. LO TD 1 6 6 0 Nl. Yds. Ava.

5 187 37.4 No. Yds. LG TD 10 0 0 10 0 0 CINCINNATI Rushing Dressier Johnson. Phillios Con lev Anderson Passing Anderson Att. 19 16 6 3 Net Yds.

Avo. 110 5.8 103 6.4 16 2.7 8 2.7 L0 16 19 5 5 TD 1 1 0 0 2 7 3.5 6 1 Att. Comn. Yds. TD 16 Had Int.

28 20 189 0 22 I 3 3 63 0 29 1 tarter Pats Receiving Mvers Thomas Johnson E. rumov Joiner Interception! Parrish Punting lewis Punt Return! Casanova Totals No. 'Yds. IG TD 5 51 15 0 17 7 0 3 54 22 0 5 31 11 0 8 90 29 0 I 19 19 0 No. Yds.

IG TD 10 0 0 No. Yds. Avg. 1 39 39 No. Yds.

IG TD 2 6 6 0 2 6 6 0 9 OS 73 "ulu AP (Gem Smith) Photo pounds of eager rookie time he's ever dressed for a National Football League game. Gets the word Thursday that he's not only going to be activated, he's going to start. "I didn't have time to get worried; there was too much work to do," he grinned. And 's Bethea. Five-year pro and, in the words of the Houston press guide, "one of the outstanding defensive ends in pro Has led Oilers 1 sacking Quarterbacks me past three seasons.

eluding high of 16 to '71 Nearing all-pro tus." sta- Let it be recorded that Bethea sacked no Cincin nati quarterbacks this day. He made no progress toward all-pro status. And two Cincinnati touchdowns wenf around Walters side of the line. A OK lxC7r i 71 i I and blocker Ron Saul 1 Houston he found the? were all excited- about Robinson and didn't have many fullback plays for Fred, so he got down even more about that." I someone wanted to know what it meant to Dressier to have two running backs like Robinson and Willis leave. "Well," he retorted.

makes me more tired I in practice." i Oil Depletion HOUSTWKINCINNATI Total first downs 1Q 29. First downs rushing 6-First downs tusiina 17 ia 0 496 77. 6.4 244 First downs by oenaltv L. Total offensive vareUa Total No offensive playi Average pain per offensive play Net rushing yardaoo Total rushing plays Average gain per 13 34 4.1. 5.J Net passing ysrdago rusn piay 6.5' 47-' bross yos.

gained passing 65 Times thrown, yards lost attempting pass 3-TS 0-9 I' Passes attempted-compUted- fe had intercepted 1 7-7-1 3T-23-I Avg. gain per pass play Punts, No and average 1-39. Fumbles, No. and lost J-l 1-1 Penalties, No. and yards rj-0.

8-96 Total return yardage 140 20 No and yds. punt returni 1-0 2-6 returns No. and yard! kickoff returns 6-134 M4 No. and yds. Intercom tions return 1-6 1-11-0 Enquirer (Fred Straub) PSptol Up, Up And Away Jlorst Muhlmann's 43-yard field goal soars high and true as fans and players alike watch the football's flight.

lucky enough to get there, but they're playing for It," Drown said, in obvious reference to championship aspirations. Was it the Bengals' best game of the year? "It was the easiest game on the old coach," he grinned, "but not necessar-' ily the best" Brown said, "Our catchers caught the ball well, the boo-boo at end of the half (on quarterback Ken Anderson's attempted touchdown pass to newly acquired wide receiver Charlie Joiner) was just a mistake by a young man, and probably my fault." Joiner and linebacker Ron Pritehard, both acquired from Houston for running backs Fred Willis amid Paul Robinson last Tuesday, saw limited action. "Our new guys didmt get to do too Brown said, "but give us a little ttoe. They certainly got Paul and Freddie ready in a hurry." Asked further about the tirade, because of the phenomenal day by Doug Dres moved in when Rufus Mayes was hurt and put on the two-week move list came so suddenly he wasn't able to alert his parents to come out and see his debut. The way coach Paul Brown was pleased by his showing "he did very well the whole way.

Very encouraging." Stan shouldn't have any trouble giving the folks enough time to fly in for his next outing. Walters says he won't be so tight the next time out. "I think I can play here now," he said. An offensive lineman is the most anonymous man in sport. Does that bother Walters? "I've been an offensive lineman all my life," Walters retorted.

"I never got any publicity, so I never missed it." this doesn't start any phobias. Rookie Walters In Flashy NFL Baptism DOUG DRESSLER, who had a great day with 141 yards total offense, felt a bit sorry for Willis, who went to Houston with Paul Robinson in a trade last week. "He thought he had a home here," Dressier said. "Then when he got to sd At Urn V.v'( inninntrnt i m. igrfnMr By MEL WOODY Enquirer Sports Reporter It was a bad case of post-game rookie shock.

The big guy had already left the Bengals' dressing 'room, gone to his car and here he was, heading back to the dressing room with a large frown on his large pan. "Aw," he said sheepishly, "I forgot my wallet, my -keys and everything." Forgive him, Bengal fans, for while he knew not what he was doing after the game, Stan Walters did what he was supposed to do at left offensive tackle during the game. He played defensive end Elvin Bethea of Houston, one of the good ones, to a standstill as Cincinnati rolled up a 30-7 laugher. Consider the feat. Here's Walters, 6-f oot-5 and 266 fresh out of Syracuse.

First Then I would try' to anticipate and he'd zip inside me. There were several times in the game when he had me nervous, wondering what he'd do next. As soon as I'd start thinking about his a 11 -pro moves, I'd mess up. "I had been warned he would take it easy, then zip one on you. Like a dumb rookie, I would watch him panting, then race by me." As Walters says, he has a lot of work.

But he worked under a good line coach at Syracuse, Rocco Plrro. "Our offense was nothing like the pros unbalanced line and all that," said Walters. "But Plrro was great. His philosophy was, 'Don't ask questions, Just get the job done. Get your "And I learned that." Walters' promotion he fMMMM'Mm Brief Convalescence Mike Reld gets attention for a dislocated elbowJ fthen returned to war in the second half..