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i SECTION SPORTS cciistcr Des Moines, Iowa, December 21, 1975 Copyright, Des Moines Register and Tribune Company More research heeded to curb growing NFL injury rate REGISTER REPORT By Buck Turnbull ft Yy iN 111 i 7" jj Wk '-'MM ik. On one recent Sunday afternoon five National Football League quarterbacks limped or were carried to the sidelines with crippling injuries! As the regular season winds to a close today, Jim Plunkett could not play for New England, Bob Griese for Miami, Billy Kilmer for Washington, Len Dawson or Mike Livingston for Kansas City, Bill Munson or Greg Landry for Detroit. Jim Hart at St. Louis, Steve Spurrier at San Francisco, Ken Stabler at Oakland, Ken Anderson at Cincinnati, Charley Johnson at Denver, rookie Steve Bart- kowski at Atlanta all have been hurt this season. They're all quarterbacks, some of the biggest names in the game, but they're just a few of the NFL players who have been banged up in an unbelievably bad year.

Why? Are humans becoming too big and fast for this violent sport? Is artificial turf at the root of the prob-lem, as many players claim? Is better equipment needed? "I believe we definitely must do more" research to answer some of those questions," said Jan Van Duser, backer Wally Hilgenberg of the Minnesota Vikings, whose home games are played on natural grass at Bloomington's Metropolitan Stadium. "The shoes are lightly constructed," said Hilgenberg, "and until they're de-v 1 properly you'll probably see many more foot and toe injuries. "The strained toe that Bob Griese has you never heard of that on grass. "My main gripe about artificial turf is that if you're not used to playing on it TURNBULL Please turn to Page Six the body are the most susceptible." THE STUDY, done by Stanford University, reached some fairly obvious conclusions. Running backs and defensive cornerbacks are most frequently hurt.

Linebackers also have a higher than average injury rate. Knees are the No. 1 problem area (the Kansas City Chiefs have had 15 knee injuries this season, the Detroit Lions 10), and legs account for about half of all injuries. "We have 162 players on the injured reserve list," said Van Duser, "more than ever before. So I believe it is time we delve deeper into the bio-chemical aspects of the game.

"First, there are bigger, faster and stronger people coming into pro football every year. "SECOND, THE majority of playing surfaces through-, out the league are artificial, yet these fields are not the same. The field at Miami, for example, is different from the new one at Detroit (the stadium at Pontiac, "Third, there is so much variance in equipment. KEN ANDERSON BOB WALLY ED ORIESE HILGENBERG PODOLAK director of NFL player personnel, from the league headquarters in New York City. "We recently completed a five-year study on injuries, attempting to discover when and how they occur, what positions are the most dangerous, and what areas of "Much more work must be done in the shoe area to find what is best for the synthetic fields." That's a valid point, agrees former Iowa line Some players don't even wear what's available to protect them such as cornerbacks not wearing thigh or knee pads because they want to get that extra step.

REGISTER PHOTO BY LARRY NEIBERGALL a 3 "W'lwf MtDSllfl 37 BY HARRIS BREAK DRAKE NOWBALLS MARM CM STOP Iowa's Grant favors cutback in scholarships CYCLONES LOSE AGAIN; FALL TO 0-7 Worst start since 1908-09 But Ortegal raps defensive effort By RON MALY Patsy? What patsy? Ken Harris set a record with his 37 points and new sfartpr MINNESOTA Bills 35-13 losers as NFL marks fall Littlepage col Statistics By A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OMAHA, NEB. For Ken. lected 19, but there, weren't a other positive things Drake's a tball team did Saturday night. Vikings Bills 28 20 41-168 26-120 219 189 80 49 27-43-1 16-35-4 5-40 3-39 5-1 1-1 First downs Rushes-yards Passing yards Return yards Passes Punts Fumbles-lost Trickey, it was another night S-44 0-35 Penalties-yards SCORING By RON MALY Sunday Register Staff Writer IOWA CITY, IA. Dr.

Christine Grant was sitting in her office the other day, talking about the financial problems of college athletics. The women's athletic director at Iowa said she had a couple of ideas that could relieve the money crunch: The maximum amount of an athletic scholarship should be reduced to tuition only. The number of scholarships should be "drastically" reduced especially in football. Now, before you label Grant anti-men's sports and anti-Big Ten football, let her finish. "Maybe the women can help the men," she explained.

"It's unlikely that, once we feel the ramifications of Title 9, men will be able to give out full-ride scholarships and women won't. "My concern is that the nation as a whole cannot afford to duplicate full-ride scholarships for women. So why not Minnesota 14 7 14 035 Buffalo 0 7 6 013 Minn Foreman 4 run (Cox kick) Minn Lash recovered Minnesota mare. Iowa State lost its seventh straight game Saturday, '84-73, to unbeaten Nebraska-Omaha, and Trickey, coach of the win- fumble in end zone (Cox kick) It was a KEN 1 a kadaisical Harris defensive per Minn Foreman 1 run (cox kick) formance," snapped Coach less Cyclones, was in no talk-- But Simpson 24 run iLeypoiat kicki Minn Foreman 1 pass from Tarken-ton (Cox kick) Minn Foreman 6 pass from Tarken-ton (Cox kick) Buf Simpson 64 pass from Marangi (kick failed). A 54,993.

Bdb Ortegel after the Bulldogs whipped Northeastern Illinois, 118-95. Nearly Out-rebounded Not only did Drake fail to kv play much defense, but the have cutbacks now?" GRANT, 39, WHO came to Iowa in 1968 from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, said she does not favor full rides for men or women. Bulldogs didn't hustle at times and nearly got out-rebounded by their much smaller foe. BUFFALO, N.Y- (AP) -Minnesota battled not only Buffalo but also snowballs from fans Saturday as Chuck Foreman scored four touchdowns. The Vikings, who beat the Bills, 35-13, thought Foreman would have had more if not for snowballs.

Foreman said his vision was Harris wasn't very happy, either, after, surpassing the mg mood following the defeat. "You'll have to talk to Coach (Gus) Guydon," was all Trickey would say after the game at the Omaha Civic Auditorium. Trickey had said before the game that he would depart the arena immediately following his postgame radio show, and he did. Trickey said he was going to Tulsa, to "do some Christmas shopping" and he had to catch a plane. Hurries Off The coach spent about two minutes with his players in the locker room after the game and then hurried off.

Guydon, Trickey's assistant, was left to explain another poor performance, this time against a team that doesn't even play major college bas- Veterans Memorial Auditorium record for points by a Bulldog. The old high of 35 was o-owned by Willie 1 If "I am also a strong supporter of so-called minor sports," she said, "and I don't want to see them suffer. "I worry about them being eliminated in this. financial bind the colleges are in. Why should a football player receive a scholarship and not a tennis player?" McCarter and Bob Whitley.

blurred after being hit in the right eye by a snowball dur Littlepage throws up big defense "It's just another number," said Harris. "I didn't play too ing the second half. Fran Tarkenton, who threw well I stood around too much. two touchdown passes that gave him a National Football "I'd feel better about the Northeastern Illinois guard Andrew Love finds teammate Tyrone Ruetus screened out by Rod Littlepage, Drake's 7-foot sophomore center, as he probes for opening during Saturday night's game at Veterans Memorial Auditorium. It was strictly offensive show, however, Ken Harris breaking Auditorium school record with 37 points to pace Bulldogs to 118-95 vctory.

League record of 291 career record if we were 7-0. When we re 4-3 it doesn mean Grant said she doesn't want anyone to think she is proposing a cutback only at Iowa. scoring passes, was particularly upset by the snowballs. much." Dr. Christine Grant Supports 'Minor' Sports Drake Sluggish Worst Exhibition' "I was watching fathers Drake obviously wasn't a 1 1 though Nebraska-Omaha is 7-0.

make snowballs for their sons to throw," said Tarkenton. He SPORTS roundup mentally prepared to play a team that lost, 110-56, here last season. The Bulldogs moved slugglishly to a 57-51 Frost's 29 lift Hawks, 67-52 said he was hit several times, and one snowball caused him "I am saying it should be done across the nation," she explained. "I don't see where men's athletics would suffer that much if all the colleges went to tuition-only scholarships and cut down on football grants. "I also am in favor of single-platoon football.

That would be another way of cutting down on costs." AMONG THE differences in athletic programs in the United States and Canada, Grant said, is that "high school and college sports in Canada are funded by the institutions. "They don't have to depend upon gate receipts from halftime lead and didn't break to throw an incomplete pass. the game open until after Ty 'I thought I was being struck on the helmet by a rone Kuetus, a b-toot -men sophomore center, fouled out points, continually worked in By A SPECIAL defensive end's hand," he CORRESPONDENT side for high percentage with 8 minutes 37 seconds to go. said, "It was the worst exhibition I've seen in 19 years of The Cyclones' seven defeats match the school's worst start ever in basketball. Iowa State, in its first year in the sport (1908-09), lost its first seven games.

The Cyclones have a chance to surpass that start in the Big Eight Holiday tournament beginning 'Best People' Said Guydon: "I don't know if one win is the answer to our problems. We can't go out CYCLONES Please turn to Page Two IOWA CITY, IA. Dan Frost tied his career high of shots. Hawks Hot "We scratched and fought," football." Football COLLEGE TANGERINE BOWL Ayami (Ohio) 20, South Carolina 7 NFL bos Angeles 10. Pittsburgh 3 Miami 14, Denver 13 Minnesota 35, Buffalo 13 Basketball GREATER DES MOINES Ankeny 65, Savdel 56 Ankeny 86, Saydel 51 (g) Ballard (Huxley) 75, Johnston 45 Bopdurant-Farrar 66, Madrid 40 Dallas 63, Norwalk 59 Please turn to Page Four 29 points Saturday night in leading Iowa to its sixth The victory assured Min The Hawkeyes connected on 29 of 50 from the field for 58 nesota of playing at home in straight victory, a 67-52 deer National Conference playoff sion over patient U.S.

Inter game next Sunday. national. Tarkenton said he would Frost connected on 13 of 16 said Dr. Isadore Salario, Northeastern's coach. "For us to put 95 points on the scoreboard against a team like Drake really surprised me.

"I don't think Drake is as good as it was last season and Ortegel doesn't feel they are, either." The only Drake player who wasn't used was Gregory have liked Foreman to have shots from the field as Iowa broken Gale Sayers' NFL overcame the Westerners' per cent in dropping U.S. International to 4-4. Iowa had reeled off 11 straight points late in the first half to take a 40-29 halftime lead. The Westerners, running a controlled offense, didn't miss a shot from the field until 2 minutes 19 seconds remained FG-A FT-A RB PF TP slowdown tactics ana 71 per 4-7 i. 0-0 0-0 record of 22 touchdowns in a season.

3 cent shooting. Scheduling Mistake Foreman's four scores gave spectators. Grant said she doesn't think it's such a bad idea for athletic departments to get their money from a "central" fund at their school. "Understand, I am not against gate receipts. But I would like to see them funneled into the general university fund." Football receipts support most other sports at Iowa and in other "big-time" programs.

"There's a tremendous amount of pressure on the men," said Grant. "They have to draw large crowds at the football games to support the other sports. "Maybe it's time we began asking if athletic departments in this country are funded the right way. "If state legislatures would accept the philosophy that athletes are part of the total educational program and funded them accordingly, it would take the pressure off." OTHER ATHLETIC directors do not agree with Grant's proposals. "I like full-ride scholarships," said Betty Werner, women's director at Drake.

"I like the idea of an athlete being able to receive tuition, room and board. "I guess I'm a traditionalist. That's the way it's been and MALY Please turn to Page Six -14 7-21 1-3 5- 1-6 0 0- 7 5-15 1- 2 55 0-0 2-2 0-0 0-0 2-2 0-0 0-0 4 5 19 3 5 2 3 3 12 1 2 2 0 0 0 5 3 2 7 5 10 0 12 113 "It's a mistake to schedule him 22 for the year, tying the old mark, but Bills running back O. J. Simpson set the record of 23 by scoring two and were credited ivith 11 of DRAKE Please turn to Page Two a game like this," said Hawk-eye Coach Lute Olson afterward.

Dick Schultz, Olson's IOWA STATE Roman Butkus Julian Butler Hercle Ivy Andrew Parker Mike Benjamin Bo Peake Calvin Freeman Dale Smith Art Johnson Jim Murphy Team Totar NEB-OMAHA Terry Keehan Dennis Forrest Toby Johnson Nate McMorris Norm Enqlhardt Marty Brown Leo Grimes Paul Potter Bob Grems Glen Moberg Terry Donahue Steve Criss Team 32-84 41 19 7 FG-A FT-A RB PF TP Inside: Up a Tree DOGS VS. RACCOONS In the Open: 2-D Jim Murray 2-D Dolphins Triumph College Basketball Tangerine Bowl Prep Basketball Steelers Fall 5-D Fair Play 5-D 0.0 n-n N.E. ILLINOIS FG-A FT-A RB PF TP Tom Griffin 8-20 2-2 0-0 predecessor, scheduled the contest. touchdowns. Suggested Play "U.S.

International lulls you 13 shooting at intermission. Iowa jumped out to a 9-5 lead, led 17-11 with eight minutes gone and 25-21 with four minutes remaining before Frost and a pressure defense keyed the surge. Frost, who had 19 first-half Simpson set the record on a 11-17 a 0-0 0-0 2- 10 0-1 5-10 4-6 0-0 3- 6 9-10 0-0 3- 5 0-0 0-0 6-6 2-3 4- 5 0- 0 1- 4 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-1 10-11 4-4 0-0 3-4 2-2 Gary Briars o-o George Shimko 0-0 Andrew Love 0-1 Steve Kidd 6-13 Bbby Beckum 2-9 Gary Staniec 6-10 Sam Clark 514 Dave Maclin 2-4 Tyrone 7-10 Jeff Johnson 0-1 Team pass trom reserve quarter to sleep, then all of a sudden you find yourself getting back Gary Marangi in the beat," added Lute. Totals 36-82 23-26 41 26 IS Totals Score at" VIKINGS Please turn to Page Five 29-60 26-35 51 13 84 half Nebraska-Omaha 39, A 1,762. DRAKE FG-A FT-A RB PF TP points, making eight of eight from the field, hit three bas- Iowa State 28.

ICen Harris 15-26 7-8 IOWA Please turn to Page Two "And it's not fair to the fans. They come to be entertained, but this team wasn't going to come at you. They're going to wait and get the shot from six feet." Iowa maintained a comfortable lead throughout the second half as Frost and Bruce King, who finished with 14 0-1 0-0 2- 2 3- 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-2 0-0 Raymond Watson 7-12 Paul Mellen 6-8 Wayne Kreklow 5-9 Napoleon Gaither 6-9 Rod Littlepage 8-13 Earl May 1-2 Ron Clarkson 3-4 Tom Egli 0-0 Roger jacobsen 0-1 Mike Johnson 0-1 Team Czechs, U.S. on brink of Davis Cup elimination U.S. INTERNATIONAL FG-A FT-A RB PF TP Vince Manson 3-5 1-1 4 4 7 Chet Hancock 10-14 3-3 6 5 23 Sheldon Hudson 0-0 0-0 14 0 David Duran 3-5 0-0 0 3 6 (Willie Watson 1-1 2-2 3 4 4 16-21 47 27 118 51 44 61118 Totals 51-85 Northeastern Illinois Drake Swedes near first crown Joe Sobkowiak 3-4 0-0 1.

6 Jay Trouseale 1-1 4-4 0 0 6 Terry Belsan 0 0-0 0 0 0 Steve Simpson 0 0-0 0 0 0 21-30 10-10 15 20 52 FG-A FT-A RB PF TP Totals IOWA STOCKHOLM. SWEDEN 3-7 Dan Frost 13-16 (AP) Bjorn Borg and Ove Archie Mays 2-7 Bruce Kina 7-14 Scott Thompson 5-10 player, put on a spectacular display of running and leaping as Mexico beat the Americans, 6-4, 8-6, 3-6, 6-3. Mexico needs to win only one' of two remaining singles matches to eliminate the United States from the Davis Cup for the second year in a row. Ramirez will play Jimmy Connors and Brian Gottfried goes against Lara today. The Mexicans broke van Dillen's serve three times and Stockton's once in the 2Y2-hour match.

Stockton had trouble with his serve as he made four double faults. The Americans had a chance to tie the match at 1-1 in the second set when they broke Lara's serve and led, 3-1. Ramirez and Lara broke van Dillen's service in the ninth and thirteenth games to rally and win. Mexican duo hits Americans MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (AP) Raul Ramirez and Marcelo Lara defeated Erik van Dillen and Dick Stockton in doubles Saturday to give Mexico a 2-1 lead over the United States in the 1976 North American Zone Davis Cup tennis tournament. Ramirez, the No.

1 Mexican the Swedish pair led through-o the 1-hour 40-minute match, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4. "But we haven't won the trophy yet. There are two matches left and the Czechs can still squeeze past said Sweden's non-playing captain, Lennart Bergelin. "But I'm counting on Bjorn," added Bergelin. "He DAVIS CUP Please turn to Page Thre Bentson scored a key doubles victory over Czechoslovakia's uick pein u-u Larrv Parker 1-1 Big Peach turns white temporarily Today's Big Peach sports section is printed on white paper because of a temporary shortage of peach paper brought about by a strike in the newsprint industry.

The daily Register sports section will continue on peach paper until the supply on hand is exhausted. 0-0 0-0 0- 1 1- 2 2- 2 3- 5 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Jan Kodes and Vladimir Zed- Cal Wulfsberg 0-0 John Hairston 0-0 Mike Gatens 0-0 William Mayfield. 1-1 Jim Magnusson 0-0 Clay Hargrave 0-1 Team nik Saturday to give Sweden a 2-1 lead in the 1975 Davis Cup final. Supported by 4.000 noisy fans in the Royal Tennis Hall, Totals 29-50 9-18 23 14 67 Score at half U.S. International 29.

Iowa 40. Technical U.S. International. Attend, nc. 1,300..