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Daily Gazette Saturday, September 21,1968 Vikings Run Out of Defense Parker High Tops Harlem By DAVE KALVELAGE Gazette Sports Editor AN EASY It's easy to see how Harlem's Dan Hopkins (right) caught this pass. Harlem's Dave Williams (center) has his arms around (Gazette Photos by Bob Godfrey) an unidentified Parker defender as the ball comes to Hopkins. Harlem's Doug Babcock (68) has just knocked down another Parker player (lower center). Edgerton Falls One Yard Short By DAVE WEDEWARD Gazette Sports Writer STOUGHTON -To look at Stoughton High Coach Bill Cahee, you'd have thought he'd just been attacked by a pack of wild animals. The sweat was streaming down his forehead, his white shirt was ripped to ahreads and he was gasping for breath.

No, Cahee wasn't the victim of any wild really. In fact, he was a winner. But any football coach would be in the same condition after surviving the torture he went through here last night. And there's no better word for it than torture, as far as Cahee is concerned. He had the viable task of watching his Vikings try to protect a one-point lead in the last three minutes, while arch-rival Edgerton moved 79 yards and practically ran Stoughton off the field.

But somehow the Vikings sur 1.1 2 0 downj Rushing Penaltv Yards rushing 104 Yards passing 96 131 Passes Attempted 12 10 Completed 7 Intercepted by I 1 Fumbles lost 0 0 less than a yard to a thrilling 13-12 victory in a Badger Conference opener for both teams. That would have been about enough excitement in one night for any coach. But after the game, Cahee was in the center of a massive Stoughton celebration. And struggling through that mob was almost as bad as fighting off Edgerton. "After a game like that, you feel like you're about ready to die," the exhausted Stoughton coach admitted.

"I certainly couldn't stand too many of those kind. But they're great when you win," he grinned. YOU BE THE QUARTERBACK By Paul (Bear) Bryant Head Coach, University of Alabama Virginia is using a defense, with the monster or rover changing position, depending on the situation. You, the Purdue quarterback, have noted the monster is stationed inside on first downs, but to the outside on later downs. You have a first down on your own 40, in the center of the field.

play will you call: 1. Running play inside? 2. Sideline pass? 3. Running play outside? 4. Counter play starting outside, hitting back over center? (Answer on next page) Fort Triumphs; Eagles Beaten Strong running games cui'- ried Fort Atkinson and Middleton to victories in opening Badger Conference football games last night.

Foil Atkinson rallied in the second half to defeat Monroe. 21-7 and Middleton scored in every quarter to win at Jefferson, In otlier openers. Sun Prairie downed Monona Grove, 27-0 and Stoughton edged Edgerton, 13-12. Fort Atkinson was trailing 7-0 going into tlie second half, but rallied for two touchdowns in the third quarter and another in the fourth. Both of the third-quarter scores were by Doug Judd.

Ife ran four yards for the first one and went 21 for the second. Judd now has six touchdowns in ihi'ce games. He gained yards last night in 19 carries. The final Fort touchdown came on a 16-yard pass from Rich Frame to Mike Humbach. Jim Kammer Icicked all three extra points.

The visiting Cheesem alters scored their only touchdown in the second quarter on a one- yard run by Bob Bosanny. "We were very pleased with our defensive line." said Fort Atkinson Coach Karl Schlender. "We played the kind of defense we like to play." Middleton overpowered Jefferson both offensively and defensively. The Cardinals gained 322 yards rushing and held Jefferson to a minus 45 running. Jefferson tied the score in the first; quarter after Middleton's Todd Randall had run 14 yards for a touchdown.

Jefferson quarterback Evan Schenkat passed 20 yards to Neal Heggie for the touchdown. Tlien Middleton's running game took over and kept control of the ball. Leon Pulver- machor ran yards for the second quarter touchdown, randall dashed 26 yeards for the third-period score and Dave Sims went one yai-d for a TD in the final quarter. Sims was the top runner of the game, picking up 112 yards in 18 carries. Jefferson's defensive leader was Randy with 18 tackles.

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"They say football's a game of inches," Staffen said. "Tonight it was proven," he moaned. Edgerton's spectacular drive started from its own 20-yard line with 2:47 to go in the game. On the first play, hard-running Dale Pope picked up five. Then Dan Bice fired a perfect pass to Dale Edwardson, who dashed around one Stoughton defender and raced 64 yards to the Viking 11.

With less than 90 seconds remaining, Pope carried on three successive plays for five, two and three yards. That made it fourth down on the one just mches from a fu-st not much more from a touchdown. But on the final Crimson play, with 51 seconds left, the rugged Stoughton defense was loo much for Bice's quarterback sneak. "The quarterback sneak is the quickest hitting play in foot ball," Staffen said, while dis cussing Edgerton's last play. Houston To Play at Texas By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The college football campaign is just beginning but Coaches Darrell Royal of Texas and Bear Bryant of Alabama and quarterback David Olivo of Miami, are in midseason form.

"They'll be snorting blue flames," Royal said of the 11th- ranked Houston Cougars, who invade Austin tonight to take on the fourth-rated Longhorns. "I think they'll come at us to kill or be killed," said Bryant as he prepared to send his seventh-ranked Crimson Tide against visiting Virginia Tech at Tuscaloosa. Olivo let his strong right arm do his talking last night. He threw thi-ee touchdown passes as Miami trounced Northwestern 28-7 in the Orange Bowl, avenging last year's upset at the hands of the Wildcats. Houston-Texas and Virginia Tech-Alabama headhne a slate of 17 major college games tonight.

In other contests involving Tlie Associated Press' Top Twenty teams, Texas No. 13, is at Louisiana State, No. 20, and UCLA, tied for 16th despite the loss of Heisman Trophy-winner Gary Beban, entertains Pitt. The rest of the after-dark schedule finds Oklahoma State at Arkansas, Duke at South Carolina, Wisconsin at Arizona State, Mississippi at Memphis State, VMI at Vanderbilt, New Mexico at Texas-El Paso, Cin cinnati at Texas Tech, New Mexico State at North Texas State, Wichita State at West Texas State, Miami of Ohio at Pacific, St. Joseph's, at Dayton, Quantico Marines at Xavier, Ohio, and Southern Mississippi at Southeast Louisiana.

Miami took a 7-0 lead over Northwestern on Olivo's 11-yard pass to Dave Kalina in the first period. But the Wildcats tied it at halftime on a 35-yard pass from David Shelbourne to Ken Luxton. Olivo then sparked the Hum- canes to three scores within a 10-minute span of the second half. He threw TD passes of four and 11 yards to Rick Strawbridge and Vince Opalsky capped the scoring with a two- yard plunge. "And if we had it to do over again, we'd do the same thing.

However, if we'd been back four or five yards, we'd have tried a field goal." The Stoughton coach had a few words to add, concerning Edgerton's final thrust. "They came so close on that third down play, I could hardly believe they didn't at least have a first down," Cahee sighed. "But I could have dropped dead when they got down there (in scoring position) in the first place. We had 'em in the hole and let 'em get away." It was a couple of nifty pass plays which ruined the Crimson. Stoughton's winning touchdown came in the third quarter on a quick pass from Mike Gloyd to Dave Selbo that went for 61 yards.

The kick was blocked and the Vikings' lead stayed at 13-6 with 1:25 to go in the quarter. Each team had scored once in the first half. Edgerton took a 6-0 lead with 11 seconds left in the first quarter on a 19-yard pass from Bice to Edwardson. That clhnaxed a 43-yard Crun- son by Pope and Tom was all on the ground until the final blow. The kick for the extra point was blocked.

Stoughton bounced right back The Vikings began the second quarter on their own 23 and moved 77 yards in 13 plays. The key play was a 22-yard sideline pass to Selbo on third-and-12. It pulled Stoughton out of a hole and gave the Purple a first down on Edgerton's 33. From there, it was easy. Selbo wound up grabbing an 18-yard pass for the TD and Tim Deneen ran for the decisive extra point.

When Stoughton got that late third quarter touchdown, it looked like the end for Edgerton, But the Crimson wasn about to quit. Pope returned the kickoff nearly 30 yards and Edgerton started a drive from its own 48. Tlie big play was an 18-yard end sweep by Bice on third-and-12 from the Stoughton 19. It put the ball inside the one with eight minutes remaining and Bice scored on the next play. The extra point kick went wide and that was it.

Although Edgerton battled to the end, Staffen insisted the game was lost in the first half "In that first half, our lineback ers and tackles weren't playing the way they can," he said "They kept letting themselves be blocked out. But everybody came through with an extra effort in the second look what happened." There were numei'ous standouts in the game. But none were better than Pope and Selbo. Pope, Edgerton's shifty tailback, piled up il8 yards on the ground and caught four passes. Selbo was on the receiving end of three passes for 102 yards.

"Dale played his usual great game," Staffen said. "There's not much you can say about him. He just does it all. As for they've got so many fancy receivers, they're almost impossible to stop. And you can't leave any of them open or they'll kill you." This was only the second conference win over a four-season span for Stoughton the Vikings now are 3-0 on the season and this one proved their comeback is for real.

They go to Jefferson next week, while Edgerton, now 2-1 over-all, has the chore of facing Sun Prtirie an easy 27-0 winner lasit night at Monona Grove. One of the things Parker High football Coach Don Barnabo stresses most is team defense. He believes it 's a must for successful football. By team defense, Barnabo means togetherness in the defensive unit. The defense must work as a unit and forget about individual play.

Parker didn't have its team defense operating last night, but still escaped with a 22-7 victory over Loves Park, 111., Harlem in a nonconference game at Monterey Stadium. After the game, Barnabo expressed his disgust with the Vikings' performance. "It wasn't a team defense at all," he complained. "Our kids were playing on their own out there. The kids who know defense best were most guilty.

We we.re making a bunch of stupid mistakes." takes." Fortunately, the visitors were not of the caliber of several teams Parker will face before this season ends. And, luckily, the game is early enough in the season for the Vikings to do something about it. The collapse in the team defense didn't come until the second half and made Parker look ahnost like two different teams. In the first half, the Vikings were knocking Harlem players all over the place on both defense and offense. In the second half, they were outscored and generally outplayed by Harlem.

When they were at their best, the Vikings looked much like the team which overpowered Beloit last week. That was in the first half when they built up a 20-0 lead. The first two tunes they got the ball, the Vikings drove for touchdowns. They got the opening kickoff and went 53 all on running plays. Joe Falder, running much more than last week, did most of the carrying and got help from Kent Burdick and Jim Betz in the first touchdown drive.

Falder, running to the right, gained 32 yards in five carries in the drive. His eight- yard run put the ball on the five and Burdick ran over the middle from there for the touchdown. Burdick kicked the exira point making it 7-0 with 7:30 remaining in the quarter. After holding Harlem to nine yards in three plays, Parker got the ball again after a punt. This time the Vikings drove 60 yards for a touchdown.

Passes from Tom Anacker to Burdick covering 15 and 13 yards were the big plays in the drive. Falder ran five yards for the touchdown with 16 seconds remaining, but Burdick's extra point was no good. The third Viking touchdown came with 2:52 remaining in the first half. Harlem's Mike Hoffman kicked a high punt which Burdick caught at the Harlem 47. He faked to the right, then headed for the left sideline and broke loose.

He cut back to the middle of the field at the 20 and went into the end zone for the touchdown. His extra point kick made it 20-0. Harlem's touchdown came in the third period after the Vikings lost a fumble on the Harlem 25. Reserve Halfback Mark Ca- goni broke loose on a counter STATISTICS LPH JP First downs 8 Rushing 10 Passing 1 Penally I 0 Yards rushing 125 170 Yards passing IS 106 Pass Attempted US Completed 1 7 Intercppted by 1 1 Fumbles lost I 2 Yards penalized 25 40 play and shook out of the grasp of a Parker tackle to go 34 yards for the touchdown. Quarterback Hans Suohy kicked the extra point with 3:09 remaining in the period.

A fourth-quarter safety completed the Parker scoring. Parker's defensive end, John Doran, broke through the Harlem line and tackled Suchy as he attempted to pass. The Vikings could have made Packers Play for Top Spot the score much worse. Burdick intercepted a Harlem pass and ran 36 yards for an apparent touchdown, but a roughing the passer penalty nullified the touchdown. Later in the game he ran 18 yards around left end for what appeared to be a touchdown, but it, too was called back by penalty.

Parker had a drive stopped at the Harlem 16, two other series ended at the Huskies' 23, one drive stopped at the Harlem 28 and a Parker pass was intercepted on the losers' 5. "We could have broken it open several tunes," Barnabo said, "but there were those stupid mistakes. You give a team some room or time to regroup and they'll come back at you." Barnabo felt Harlem was not nearly as good as Beloit, which Badgers To Open Tonight MADISON (AP)- "We'd better be alive," Coach John Coatta conunented yesterday as his University of Wisconsin football squad made final preparations for tonight's opener against the powerful Arizona State Sun Devils. The Badgers' long road to Tempe, today was strewn with such thoughts as Arizona State's 42-16 conquest of Wisconsin in the Badgers' winless 1967 season and that vh-tually the same Sun Devil squad will be hosting the Badgers tonight. "This has to be by far the best team we've opened against smce I've been back at Wisconsin," Coatta said.

Coatta, a record-breaking Big Ten quarterback in his Wisconsin varsity days, became the Badgers' chief assistant coach four years ago, and took over as head coach last year in time for the Badgers' worst football season on record, 0-9-1, "I've been watching them in the films, and you can't realize how fast they are until you look at them like that," Coatta said. "Arizzona State has fantastic speed." The Sun Devils have several players who have been unoffi cially clocked in less than 10 seconds in the 100-yard dash. Their best is flanker J. D. Hill clocked in :9.3, Arizona State, which lost only two games last year has nine seniors and two juniors in its offensive lineup.

Wisconsin has six juniors and two sophomores in its offensive starting lineup. Coatta said he probably wouldn't announce until game time who his starting quarter back would be, although Lew Ritcherson seemed the likely appointee. However, even if John Ryan doesn't start, he too can expect to see action. By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. The Green Bay Packers and the Minnesota Vikings battle for the Central Division lead in Milwaukee County Stadium tomorrow afternoon.

And, it's only the second week of the National Football League season. Both clubs won theu- openers last week as Minnesota crushed Atlanta 47-7 and Green Bay toppled Philadelphia easily, 30-13. Chicago and Detroit, the other members of the Central Division, stumbled to Washington and Detroit, respectively. Other games in the NFL tomorrow are Cleveland at Dallas, Baltimore at Atlanta, Chicago at Detroit, New York at Phildelphia, Washington at New Orleans, Pittsburgh at Los Angeles and St. Louis at San Francisco.

American Football League games have Houston at San Diego and Oakland at Miami tonight and Buffalo at Cincinnati, Denver at Kansas City and New York vs. Boston at Birmingham, tomorrow. The Vikings will bring a lot of credentials to Milwaukee. Their flun'y last week was a Viking point record as quarterback Joe Kapp hit 16 of 20 passes, including 11 in a row, for 191 yards and three touchdowns. Running back Clint Jones' 17 carries accounted for 101 yards as Minnesota balanced its attack with 186 yards rushing and 218 passing.

"They look good, very good," Packers Coach Phil Bengtson said. "Kapp seems to be a little smoother this year." Last year, Kapp completed only two passes, but the Vik- the Vikings had beaten last week, 33-6. Now 2-0, Parker plays at Madison Central (0-2) next Friday. Harlem now has lost to both Janesville schools and begins ptey in the Ulinoii Big Eight next week. Burdick gained 60 yards in 11 carries and Falder 60 in 13 to lead the Viking runners.

Parker's were beaten, 13-6 by Harlem in a pre- Ihninary. Quarterback Tom Wolfe scored the lone touchdown for Coach Joe Bertone's Parker team. Loves Park Harlem 0 0 7 ft-T Janesville Parker 13 0 5 run (Burdick kidt) JP-Falder. 3 run (kick faUed) punt ret. (Burdick kick) 34 run fSuchy kick) tackled in end by Doran.

ings upset Green Bay 10-7 when Fred Cox booted a 12- yard field goal with eight seconds remaining in the game. The Packers evened the count the second time the two clubs met, 30-27, when Don Chandler kicked a 19-yard field goal, also with eight seconds showing on the clock. Gene Washington "is a much improved receiver," Bengtson said of the big 6 -foot-3, 218- pound Minnesota split end. "They have a good running attack with Bill Brown and Jones. And they have a good passing game, too." "We will have to stop their big threats," the Packer coach said.

"We're going to have more consistency defensively to do that." While Minnesota was rewriting its record book last week, the Packers were adding to theirs. Donny Anderson rushed for 92 yards, his best ever as a pro, and Elijah Pitts, fully recovered from a knee injury, added 45 yards. Veteran quarterback Bart Starr connected on 14 of 18 passes for 220 yards, and receiver Boyd Dewier hauled in five aerials for 110. In the 14 meetings between the two clubs, the Packers have won 11. Green Bay has been extremely successful against Minnesota through the air.

Dowler has scored eight touchdowns, flanker Carroll Dale three and tight end Marv Fleming two. But the Vikings have ahnost throttled Green Bay's "Road Runner," Travis Williams. The speedster averaged only 21.3 yards on kickoff returns against Minnesota in his rookie season last year wHile terrorizing the rest of the league. Yastrzemskis Hitting Revives Elmer Flick EdRPrton 8 Stouebton 0 (l-i: Edwardson. 19 pass from Bice.

Il kick failed) 18 pass from Gloyd iDcneen Run). 11 pass from Gloyd (Deneen kick blocked). nm (Pope's kick wide). Ttapsboot Tomoitow JUNEAU The 16lh annual poultry, ham and merchandise trapshoot, sponsored by the Juneau Rod and Gun Club, is set for 10 a.m. tomorrow in the city park.

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Ehner Flick is back in business thanks to a late-season surge by Boston's Carl Yas- trzemski. Yaz slapped two singles and his 21st home run of the year last night, helping Boston to a 4-3 victory over the New York Yankees and raising his American League leading batting average to .306. That's the same mai'k that Flick managed in lowest average ever to win a major league batting crown. Until Yas- trzemski picked up a head of steam a month ago, it seemed that Flick's record would be erased in this season of averages But since Aug. 20, Yaz has had 43 hits in 99 trips to the plate, raising his average 31 points from .275.

With just over one week to play and a 14-point cushion, Yastrzemski's second straight crown seems secure. And Elmer Flick's record may survive too. Elsewhere in the American League yesterday, Detroit pounded Washington 6-3, Chicago shaded Baltimore 2-1, and Oakland whipped Minnesota 7-1. Cleveland and California were not scheduled. The Tigers won their 10th straight, matching the longest winning streak in the majors this year, with four home runs of them by Jim Northrup for all their runs The Senators did manage to knock out Tiger starter Mickey Lolich, ending the Detroit pitch ing staff's complete game string at 12.

It was the first time since Sept. 4 that the Tigers needed a reliever. Reliever Wilbur Wood tied an American League record with his 82nd appearance of the year, helping the White Sox nail down their victory over the Orioles, Jim "Catfish" Hunter pitched Oakland past Minnesota with (Gazetta Photo by Bob Godfrey) Kent Burdick (22) dropped on end sweep Craig at Beloit Loves Park Harlem, 20-0 laat week and Beloit was beaten, 33-6 by Parker. The game is at 7:45 p.m. at Strong Stadium and will broadcast by WCLO.

Craig High's football team opens its Big Eight Conference season tonight with a game at Beloit. The Cougars won theu- non- conference opener agauist in iht LAND OF BLACKHAWK Yastrzemski Blass Danny Cater tagging a home run and Bert Campaneris stealing two bases. The two steals gave Campaneris a single season a career high for him. In the National League, the New York Mets swept a doubleheader from Philadelphia, 3-2 and 5-4. The Mets climbed within two games of the Phillies and Los The curtain comes down on summer tonight, and tomorrow we greet the first day of Autumn.

If the weather is mild and balmy, it could be the first day of Indian Summer. Autumn equinox begins when the sun is directly over the equator and the poles are equal distance from the sun. Equinox, meaning equal, is when day and night everywhere are of equal length. This phenomena occurs twice a 21 and Sept. 22.

From now on days will get shorter and nights longer until Dec. the longest night of the year and the first day of winter. As you read this column we are heading for the high country in Idaho to greet the first day of autumn. With James Washburn, Green County game warden, we are checking duck populations and pheasants in South Dakota, jacki-abbits and other wildlife in Montana, and Angeles, which tied for seventh 1 end up in the Bitterroot Moun by tripping the St. Louis Cardinals 5-4.

Houston dropped one game behind the Mets in last place despite a 7 -6 triumph over Cincinnati. In other games, Steve Blass won his eighth consecutive game and seventh shutout with a two-hitter as Pittsburgh stopped the Chicago Cubs 5-0, and Juan Marichal won his 26tlh, a personal high, with a that sent San Francisco by Atlanta 8-1. Willie Davis's sacrifice fly in the sixth inning broke the tie after the Cardinals had climbed back from a 4-1 deficit aided by homers from Lou Brock and rookie Joe Hague, his first in the majors. The Astros had to come from behind twice against the Reds. Houston scored two unearned runs in the eighth for a 5-4 lead.

The Reds scored twice in the tains on the west slope of the Continental Divide. We expect to bag the greatest trophy of them all, the royal elk, or perhaps if we're lucky even an imperial elk. For more than a year the two of us planned this trip to the high country. We'll be hunting with four ministers and of course the game warden, no better company to be with when it takes a little more than luck to see a royal stag, it takes some praying too. With a couple of professionals leading the pray can we miss! About a hundred years ago, elk inhabited most of the United Delavan-Datien Loses Cross Country Meet High School beat Delavan-Darien 23- ninth, but the Astros returned 32 in a cross country meet yes with two more of their own on Bob Aspromonte's sacrifice fly and Rusty Staub's hit.

Pete Rose got his 20Oth hit for the Reds. terday. Mukwonago's Kim Hum phrey captured fu'st place honors with a time of 11 :33 over the 2.1 mile Delbrook Golf Course. Operation Elk States, but civilization pushed these giant deer farther west and up into higher country until they actually became scarce. It took some wise management and strict huntmg regulations to finally give these big animals a chance to regain their A bull elk may weigh 1,000 pounds, and a cow elk 500 pounds.

The giant bull or imperial elk with seven points oa each side of an antler rack may weigh 1,200 pounds, but these specimen are rare. The royal stag has six points on one side, and some of these trophy-siM bulls are still roaming the ern mountains. We've seen elk in Wisconsia as late as 1942 while working MM a game warden in Vilas County. A small herd from the Rocky Mountains was stocked near Trout Lake in 1917, but all been shot by violators. The last native Wisconsin elk was killed in 1866 in the northwestern part of the state according to early records.

A huge rack of elk antlers was pulled up from the bottom of Lake Koshkonong with la net years ago. It is on in the Milton House Museum irt; Milton. Like the elk, even moose onot inhabited northern Wisconsin. The last moose was killed ii 1921. Since then several have migrated into northern Wisconsin from Minnesota, even in recent years, but violators couldn't resist shooting them.

More on operation elk is coming up in this column..