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2S DES MOINES REGISTER Sat, Dc. 27, 1973 It'oodys World Get ready for Rose Bowl, starring Woody SEE BUCKEYE COACH PUNCH MICKEY MOUSE, BUST CAMERAS, AND TALK ABOUT CIVIL WAR Jiijii I Ml Ul 1 Akron, who majored in American history, points out that the general he's talking about actually fought in the French-Indian War, Hayes will stalk out of the and say he doesn't have time to "argue with smart-aleck writers." Four old ladies who are playing bridge outdoors at the Huntington-Sheraton Hotel team headquarters for Ohio State will look up when they see three 260-pounders with the initial "0" on their blazers walking near their table. "Gosh," one of them will say, adjusting her bifocals, of a bar in downtown Pasadena at 7 p.m., arguing about whether this year's Ohio State team is "more physical" than the last tional championship squad. Then they'll watch the team bus unload and pretend they didn't see six de-f i linemen wearing high-heeled shoes, long hair and turquoise necklaces. Hayes will show up at a press conference three days before the game and start talking about some Civil War general.

At least he thinks it's a Civil War general. When a sportswriter from vision studio because a situ-ation comedy is being taped. "We're here to win a na-1 1 a 1 championship," Hayes will snap, "not to be entertained by a bunch of pretty-boy types who got out from their high school football team." The coach of the Pacific Eight Conference team in Dick Vermeil of UCLA will insist that the Big Ten squad has an advantage "because they're always more hungry when they come in out of all that cold weather." Hayes will blow his cool PASADENA, CALIF. -Well, it's Rose Bowl time in Never-Never Land. People are streaming in from the midwest, throwing aside their winter parkas for a week and asking where the stars are.

It's not that they want to take the Gray Line tour of the movie stars' homes. What the folks from Wa-pakoneta and Ashtabula, Ohio are really looking for are the Ohio State football players. Yes, Rose Bowl week. It's when Woody Hayes, the Ohio State coach, will cancel his team's tour of a tele "Scout should be flushing some pheasants any time now!" "do the Rams play Oakland this week?" Someone will ask Hayes about the passing per-c a of quarterback Cornelius Greene. 'In a poll of 1,251 college deans across the Hayes will answer, "Ohio State's college of optometry ranked first; education and pharmacy were third and veterinary medicine was fourth.

"I wonder why nobody asks me about those things." The sports editor of The Lantern, Ohio State's student paper, then asks Hayes how many of this year's seniors will graduate on time. "Greene completed 61 passes out of 103 attempts for a percentage of 59.2," Hayes will say. "Next question." VERMEIL WILL carefully sidestep making any comparisons of John Sciarra, his own quarterback, and Greene. "I don't want to make the old man (Hayes) mad," Vermeil will explain, knowing full well that the best way to treat Woody is to keep him happy. Hayes will turn on half a smile and say his views of newsmen have softened in Sub flAortensen adds 8 Sun Devil points singing 12-and-oh all year and V'1-.

i- REGISTER REPORT Ron Malf at Disneyland, punch Mickey Mouse in the stomach and mumble something about "those west coast people sending us all over the place, trying to lull us to sleep." A COUPLE of guys from Cleveland will stumble out wings They said I wouldn't play, but I couldn't play." And Snyder said, "The sus pension is lifted as soon as he shows up to play. Until he comes back he will be fined the same as any other player." Coach Jack Ramsay sched uled Dale Schlueter to start at center against Philadelphia. No. 10 Louisville wins, 106-93 LOUISVILLE, KY. (AP) Wesley Cox scored 28 points to lead tenth-ranked Louisville to a 106-93 victory Friday over Kentucky State in the opening round of the Louisville Holiday Classic.

The victory sends Louisville into tonight's final against Texas A. and a 71-67 winner over Seattle. Cox hit 13 of 17 shots from the field against the top- ranked small college team and grabbed a career-high 19 rebounds. is Li Walker rushed for FIESTA Continued from Page One sistently bad field position be- cause the Sun Devils blitzed and stunted with everything short of the kitchen sink, and Coach Tom Osborne set up a winter of being second guessed. Quarterback Switch Very shortly after starting quarterback Vince Ferragamo was intercepted on the Husk er' first possession, Osborne removed the Junior who has done most of the work in the conference season and went the rest of the way with Terry Luck.

"I thought maybe Terry had practiced better all week and Vince seemed nervous," said Osborne. "I had Vince ready to put in with about eight minutes left, but we took over inside our own five. "I didn't want to put in a man who hadn't been taking snaps. Terry went in and did pretty well, so I stuck with him. I don't know if I'll be second-guessed, but it's pos sible." The Sun Devfis, owners of the longest winning streak among major college teams (13), snapped the Huskers' string of bowl victories at six.

Nebraska finished 10-2 on a day when Kansas also took the count. Record Crowd The Fiesta Bowl Is played in the Sun Devils' stadium and a record crowd of 51,396 was ecstatic a good share of the final quarter when the upset that should help WAC prestige started becoming vis-ible. Larry Gordon, a linebacker who was kicked out late in the game along with Husker center Rik Bonness for fighting, stole Ferragamo's pass and Clipping Jayhawks' scored two touchdowns, one on 60-yard dash, and 123 yards as Pitt crushed Jayhawks, 33-19. Pittsburgh fullback Elliott Walker eludes flying effort by Kansas end Harry Murphy Friday in Sun Bowl at El Paso, Tex. that's where we are." As he said it coming off the field, Sun Devils were rushing around with index fingers held high: "Twelve-and-oh No, 1.

Twelve-and-oh. Anthony sliced in for his second touchdown. He led Husker rushers with 94 yards, Fast Freddy Williams paced the Sun Devils with 111 on 18 tries on a day when the pass- er, catchers and kickers made the splashes. Jefferson fielded eight for 113 yards, including the touch down that allowed the tie, Sproul cranked up 35 times hit 14 for 163 and did an ex-cellent job of reading de- fenses. It was Mortensen, a good passer who has missed the last two seasons because of being on a Mormon mission to Taiwan, who delivered eight huge points in a hurry.

Stroul Shaken Up Sproul was shaken up on a quarterback sneak for two yards that got a first down on the 11 early in the final quar ter. Back-to-back 15-yard pen alties had badly hurt the Huskers. In came Mortensen. A run ning play gained a yard. "Then we ran 39 read twice," said Mortensen, There's a fake into the line then you throw either to the guy slanting over the middle or the guy in the flat.

"The first time I threw to Jefferson over the middle for the touchdown. On the extra point, they picked him up so I threw to Mucker in the flat." Jefferson was mighty hap- py. "They came down here looking down on he said. "Like they knew we hadn't played anybody and they were gomg to stomp us. Mistakes Hurt "Field position, or lack of it, was probably our biggest problem," said Osborne.

"A couple of bad punts hurt us and so did some penalties." After doing nobly on several kicks from out of the end zone, Lessman had an 11- yarder wobble off the side of his foot in the middle of the third quarter, then was saved by the roll on his next effort. We made some mistakes again, like we did against Oklahoma," said Luck. "Arizona State has a fine team and is definitely under-rated." Not any more. McAdoo 'f eels wants an apology LASERPHOTO (AP) Winters, Meyers boost Bucks MILWAUKEE, WIS. (AP) Milwaukee, sparked by Brian Winters and rookie Dave Meyers, rallied from a 12-point second quarter deficit to defeat Washington, 85-81, Friday night in the National Basketball Association.

Meyers nit tour points as the Bucks outscored the Bul lets, 12-2, and took a 78-73 lead with 5 minutes to play. Winters scored 24 points and Junior Bridgeman had 19 for the Bucks, who snapped Washington's longest winning streak of the season at three games. Elvin Hayes scored 23 for the Bullets. Boston 112 Phoenix 106 Jo Jo White with 25 points, including nine in a 35-point third quarter, sparked the Celtics, who trailed at the half, 59-53. Atlanta 98 Cleveland 97 Connie Hawkins and Tom Henderson each scored 19 points as Atlanta withstood a furious second-half rally at Cleveland.

The triumph by the Hawks before a crowd of 832 ended Cleveland's club- record string of seven vic tories. Detroit 101 Chicago 87 Bob Lanier scored 30 points as the Pistons ended a nine- game losing streak at Detroit. The loss was the Bulls' twen ty-second of the year and twentieth in the last 24 games. Philadelphia 96 Buffalo 95 George McGinnis scored 31 points to lead the 76ers Friday night at Philadelphia. Randy Smith scored 32 points to lead the Braves, who had a four-game winning streak end ed.

Los Angeles 104 Portland 95 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar scored 41 points, grabbed 20 rebounds and blocked nine shots as the Lakers improved their record at home to 16-1 and remained in second place in the Pacific Division behind Golden State. Seattle 90 Kansas City 87 Slick Watts and Burleson each sank two free throws in the final 40 seconds to hand the Kings their eighth straight defeat. The Kings had led by 12 points late in the SUN Continued from Page One ball on its 49. A 22-yard Hay- er of the Oklahoma State-Mis- good pass and a 17-yard run by Dorsett were the key plays in the drive that put Kansas three touchdowns behind. Threat Fails Kansas had one good threat in the first half, but gave the ball up on downs on the Pitt 16.

The Jayhawks narrowed Pitt's lead to 19-7 early in the econd half on Laverne Smith's 55-yard touchdown run, but Walker, who also scored on a 60-yard run in the first quarter, gave Pitt a 26-7 advantage on a two-yard plunge. Haygood passed seven yards to Gordon Jones for the other Panther score. Kansas got its other scores on a 17-yara run Dy Jmitn late in the fourth quarter and on a 38-yard pass from Scott McMichael to Skip Sharp. The victory sent Pitt's record to 8-4 while Kansas dropped to 7-5. Ticket sellers absent-Jazz fans wait, wait NEW ORLEANS, (AP) More than half the ticket sellers failed to show up for the New Orleans-Houston National Basketball "Association game Christmas night, leaving hundreds of fans outside in wind and cold.

"It's difficult to estimate just how many people went home in disgust, but it appeared to me to be more than several hundred," said Jazz Vice-President Barry Men-delson. More than 12,000 got into the Superdome and watched Pete Maravich return to action with the Jazz after miss ing five weeks with a shoulder separation. "People were still coming in at halftime," Men- delson said. It was the second time this year tnat a shortage of ticket sellers cost the Jazz. Don Hubbard of Superdome Services, said there would be an inquiry into the reasons the employes skipped work.

LASERPHOTO (AP) BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) The Buffalo Braves journeyed to Philadelphia for a National Basketball As sociation game against the 76ers Fri day night, but Braves star Bob McAdoo remained home, still suspended. Braves Owner Paul im posed an indefinite suspension Wednesday on McAdoo, the NBA's leading scorer, after McAdoo complained of an aching back that kept him out of last Tuesday night's game, and refused to take a second physical examination. And although McAdoo said Friday he now feels fine, he and Snyder were still at loggerheads. "I think I deserve an apology or something before I play," said McAdoo.

"They sort of made me feel foolish. OB MCADOO recent years. But during the game, he will kick the camera out of a photographer's hands and trample it. He will order his student manager to keep the dressing room doors locked after the game. If Ohio State loses, Hayes will come outside for five seconds.

His post-game comments will consist of two sentences: "UCLA is a good team. We'll be back next year." If Ohio State wins, Hayes will hold up his press conference for 90 minutes so he can have the lighting improved in the interview room. He will bring all of his seniors into the room, along with Archie Griffin's parents and 150 high school seniors he's trying to recruit for next year. "I love all of you," Hayes will tell the writers. BUT THE PRESS conference will end abruptly when some newsman in dark glasses will ask Woody if he plans to retire.

"Our university's policy says I can coach until 1983," he says. "I still have a lot to contribute to college football. "I've already been 21. But none of these players has ever been 62." When Ohio State is ready to board the plane after whipping UCLA. 49-0, for its twelfth victory of the season and winning the national championship, Hayes will say he's going back to Co lumbus "and get my mind off coaching for a couple weeks." However, at 7 o'clock the next morning, he will be looking at films of the last 10 games with Michigan and making appointments to see the parents of a hotshot quarterback prospect from Youngstown.

'I didn't get to be the best in this business by sitting on my fanny," he will say. Americans lead SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA (AP) American yachts' Kialoa and Windward Passage were leading the early stages of the Sydney-to-Hobart yacht race which started at noon Friday. OUTDOOR TIPS Because op careless MAINTENANCE OR POOR cowsrcucnoM, many FIBERGLASS BOATS ARE SUBJECT TO THE SAME PROBLEMS- LEAKING, WARPING, ckw-kinu, WOOPEN PEFORE BUYING A USED BOAT, HAVE IT THOROUGHLY CHECKED BY SOMEONE WHO IS QUALIFIED. nn7n The most reliable GUARANTEE OF ANV GLASS BOAT IS THE GOOD REPUTATION! OF THE BUILDER nine plays later Kush kicked his first field goal. The Huskers, who toiled continually and never did establish a passing game, came 73 yards in eight plays to send Monte Anthony over for the first of his two one-yard touchdowns.

Anthony had made It possible with a rampaging 34-yard run in which he ran over one tackier before being hauled down by Mark Haynes on the seven. Crisp Drive The Sun Devils got the second field goal with no time left on the clock at intermission, thanks to one of the best beat-the-clock 10-play drives you will see in college football. Arizona State exhausted its time outs in stopping Nebraska from trying to run out the clock. Following a 42-yard punt by Sioux City's Randy a the Sun Devils somehow got off 10 plays in one minute, 27 seconds. Dennis Sproul, who did most of the quarterbacking, mixed purposely incompleted throws to stop the clock with four completions, two for 11 and 15 yards to the highly talented Jefferson.

Kiburz Plays An incomplete toss stopped the clock after Jefferson's second grab on the 15 with one second remaining and Kush delivered field goal No. 1 to pull to within 7-6 at halftime. Nebraska drove 91 yards in 16 plays on its first possession in the second half and that was a big time for Brad Kiburz, a junior from Marion, who is a reserve defensive tackle for the Sun Devils. Randy Moore, the regular, sprained an ankle. Kiburz played quite a bit the rest of the way.

"I got my chance to play," he said, almost in wonderment. "Staying in there was what did it for us. We've been with Ufl Vvv- i UV UP THE MIDDLE Nebraska I-back Monte Anthony hurdles blocker and gains yardage up middle in Friday's Fiesta Bowl gameoigainst Arizona State. Anthony scored two touchdowns and rushed for 94 yards not enough to keep unbeaten Sun Devils from twelfth victory of season, 17-14, in upset decision at Tempe, Ariz. third quarter..