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Wally Chambers Top Defensive Rookie For '73 Bears' Tackle Gets AP Award former Frederick High Standout Honored By AP Chuck Foreman Rookie Of Year BLOOM1NGTON, Minn. especially since few Rookie starters are rare ever made the first CHICAGO (AP) Wally Chambers who news had any doubts about making it in the National Football League, sai Thursday that being selected by The Associated Press as the NFL's defensive rookie of the year was "a dream come true." "You hope for it," said the Chicago Bears tackle, "and I knew I was a candidate, but when I thought about it I got a little shaky because of playing wilh a losing team." The Bears finished the season with a 3-11 record. Chambers, despite being double-teamed most of the sea- son, led the club in tackles with 101 and added 31 assists. He forced seven fumbles, recov- ering two, and sacked enemy passers nine times and assisted on five others. "I never had any doubts about making it in the National Football League," he said.

"I felt I was as good as anyone. "But 1 also felt I especially had to prove myself because I came from a smaller school. I had to prove it to guys from bigger schools with the bigger names." The 6-foot-6, 250-pound bach- elor from Eastern Kentucky was the Bears' No. 1 choice in last year's draft. He is the first Chicago player to be named rookie of the year since Gale Sayers in 1965.

Chambers re- ceived 36 votes, finishing far ahead of defensive backs Dick Jauron of Detroit and Eddie MacMillan of Los Angeles, who had eight each. Sunday School League Schedule For Saturday AT CENTRAL T.M.C.A. Methodist Jr. vs. Se md Baptist Continental.

Memorial vs. Central As- sembly, National. St. Sr. vs.

First Nazarene, National. Methodist vs. Calvary Meth. (Cumberland), National. Sr.

vs. First Christian, National. Lutheran Jr. vs. Emman- uel Episcopal, Continental.

St. Blues vs. LaVafe Meth- odist Continental. Baptist vs. Christ Lutheran, National.

Meth. (Ridgcley) vs. Bed- ford Rd. aiptist, United. Methodist vs.

St. Luke's United. Mark's vs. Graceland Baptist, United. Luke's Sr.

vs. Second Baptist, National. Patrick's Jr. vs. Memorial Heights Baptist.

Continental. Park Sr. vs. Wiley Ford American. AT AtLEGANr HIGH SCHOOL Paul's Lutheran vs.

LaVale Methodist American. John's Sr. vs. Calvary Bap- tist American. Methodist vs.

First Presbyterian Continental. Presbyterian vs. Melvin Methodist, American. Jr. vs.

Park Place Continental. Place Sr. vs. Calvary Bap- tist United. Cross Episcopal vs.

Holy Cross Methodist, United. Lutheran Sr. vs. Trinity Methodist, American. AT ALLEGANT COMM.

COLLEGE Methodist vs. Christ Metiio- dist (preliminary to ACC Hagers- town JC game). Tuesday, Jan. 8 AT CENTRAL Y.M.C.A. Methodist vs.

St. Luke's United. Methodist vs. Emman. uel Episcopal, Continental.

Luke's Sr. vs. Christ Luther- an, National. the National Football League. And praise of a rookie from a veteran is even rarer.

But Alan Page, star defensive tackle of the Minnesota Vikings who himself won a starting berth in his first year, credits much of the Vikings' 1973 suc- cess to Chuck Foreman, who was named Thursday by Associated Press as the NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year. "We've got the offense to go team. Page did it in 1907. Jeff Sicmon, middle linebacker, was another who made it, in 1972. "Our thought is that a rookie has to earn his right to a posi- tion," Grant said at the time.

Foreman led Viking rushers in five preseason victories, but when Grant posted the lineup for the regular-season opener against Oakland, he wasn't among the starters. The C-foot-2, 216-pound Fore wo touchdowns. 'tilling Fur Self undue pressure. "lie brought me along slow Foreman, who played collegejuntil I knew the system," Fore- oothall in Miami, where hcjman said. "I didn't play that was relaxing before joining in the preseason.

There cammates in Houston for the was so much to learn in a short iupcr Bowl, said the Dolphins time." with the defense now," came into the game as a said after one of Minnesota's 12 reserve and gained only 26 regular-season victories. "This yards in nine carries. But the is the best Viking team I've No. 1 draft choice from the been on. Chuck Foreman is the reason.

The Vikings, who will play Miami in the Super Bowl Jan. 13 at Houston, opened training camp last July thinking Fore- man might be the needed spark for an offense built around Fran Tarkenton's passing and John Gilliam's receiving. Earned Chance At the time, Coach Bud Grant was asked about Foreman's University of Miami caught six passes for 53 yards in a 24-16 victory and won a starting job the next week. Foreman exploded against the Chicago Bears with a 116 yard rushing day that firmly established him as a regular. A knee injury kept him out of two games, and Grant substi- tuted freely after the Vikings clinched their division title in November.

Gef Offense, Defense Honors Simpson, Dick Anderson Best At Their Positions NEW YORK (AP) If you paid even passing attention to the National Football League season, then it should come as no surprise that Buffalo's 0.3. Simpson was voted the NFL's Offensive Player of the Year in an Associated Press poll Thurs- day. And, for any team that tried passing against the Miami Dol- phins, the selection of safety Dick Anderson as Defensive Player of the Year isn't exactly a stunner, either. Both players, chosen in an AP poll of sports writers and broadcasters who cover the NFL's 26 teams, dominated their positions this season. Heagerty Stakes Slated Saturday At Bowie Track BOWIE, Md.

(AP)-Gala Double and Trenton Joe, stakes winners at the recently ended Laurel meeting, head a prob- able field of 11 in the added E. Palmer Heagerty Stakes at Bowie on Saturday. Sandy Hawley, who took the riding championship last year with 515 winners, was assigned to ride Gala Double--winner of the Senatorial Stakes last Thursday. Trenton Joe, winner of the Maryland Futurity on Nov. 23, will be ridden by Joe Imparato and like Gala Double will carry 122 pounds.

Another top entry is Splitting Headache, winner of his last two starts in New York. He will carry 115 pounds including Rob- yn Smith. Th Heagerty, at seven fur- longs, is for Maryland-bred 3- year-olds. If 11 start, the gross purse will be $23,550, with 307 going to the winner. The breeder of the winner will earn 52,000.

WINNING COACH FOXBORO, Mass. (UPI) Coach Chuck Fairbanks of the New England Patriots had a fantastic college record at the University of Oklahoma with 52 victories in 68 games. i shattered i Brown's all-time single-season NFL rushing record with an awesome 2,003 yards. He gained more than 200 yards three times during the year. That performance earnec him almost unanimous selec tion in The AP poll as the top offensive player with 70 votes Only two other players received any mention.

They were Los Angeles' passing battery quarterback John Hadl and wide receiver Harold Jackson. Anderson led the NFL with eight interceptions which he re- turned for 163 yards. Four those thefts came in the first half of the Dolphins' 30-26 victo ry over Pittsburgh in the glare of national television during a Monday night game last month He returned two of those pick- off for touchdowns, one for 27 yards and the other for 38. Those interceptions increased Anderson's career total to 32 for six NFL seasons and gave him the edge in the close AP vote over several other defen sive standouts. Anderson had 16 votes to 12 for Los Angeles line backer Isaiah Robertson.

Righ' behind those two were two the top defensive linemen in the NFL, Pittsburgh's Mean Joe Greene, who had nine votes and Minnesota's Alan Page who had eight. Bright And Breezy Cops Liberty Race PHILADELPHIA (UPI) Delfino Farm's Bright am Breezy, under jockey Loui: Soindler, charged from off the pace in the final yards to post a head victory in the mil allowance feature at Liberty Bell Thursday. A 4-year-old son of Rise 'b Shine, Bright and Breezy captured his initial victory of this meeting and rewarded his backers in the crowd of 7,223 with payoffs of $20.00, $7.00 and $3.40. The Kentucky-bred sped the distance in 1:41 1-5 over a sloppy racing strip. No Mystery, who displayed his speed at the start and quickly sprinted off to an early lead, finished second, two lengths in.

front of Ghoul. Still, Foreman finished as the cam's leading rusher with 801 ardfi and four touchdowns, an veragc of 4.4 yards per carry. Ic was second in pass recep- ions with 37 for 362 yards and used to be his favorite team, "but now, I'm pulling for my He said he had Coach Grant to thank for letting him prog- ress during the season without It-Tin CwtirM Htm. Mte, hum 4,1174 Wotkins Glen To Cancel All June Racing WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. (UPI) The fuel shortage and the international auto a i schedule have forced the famed Watkins Glen Race Course here to cancel all June racing and schedule only two racing weekends in the 1974 season.

Bob Kelly, public relations director at the track, said two events originally scheduled for June --the Trans-Am and the Formula 5000 Race --may be held on the two weekends that the track holds the Can-Am and Grand Prix races. lie said a decision would be made in the near future by the Watkins Glen Grand Prix Racing Corp. Kelly said the Can-Am and Grand Prix, both major events, would be held in July and August. The track's third major event, the six-hour endurance race, previously had been cancelled. "The international a schedule and the fuel shortage caused the biggest problems," Kelly said.

Watkins Glen annually hundreds of thousands of spectators for its racing events, but Kelly said, "It's pretty obvious that the fuel shortage is going to have its effect this summer on tourism and tra- vel." "We feel," he continued, "that by cutting back to two spectacular weekends, it will give people the opportunity to see the same type of events and save gas." Dork Shadows Appearing On Hazy Horizon Of NFL By V1TO STLLINO UPI Sports Writer NEW YORK (UPI) The 1973 pro football season might well be remembered as the autumn of discontent in pro football. The season produced many notable moments--including 0. J. Simpson's record smashing rushing performance--but to the dismay of many National Football League officials, there was almost as much attention to the happenings off the field as on the field. The season started on an ominous note when the U.

S. Congress lifted the local televi- sion blackout for games sold out 72 hours before kickoff. Since it was done on the eve of the 1973 season, it's difficult to jmlfjc what it will mean to 1974 season tickets sales. But the number of "no- who bought tick- ets but failed to show up at the games--zoomed G3 per cent to for 182 regular season games. For a sport that has boon booming for 15 years, this wasn't a pleasant trend.

Other problems that con- tinued to worry officials were the trend for low-scoring, defense-oriented games, the possibility of a player's strike next year find the formation of the World Football League that could lead to another "war" and seven-figure player sala- ries. Although officials wnro hop- Ing thftl. the Miami-Minnesota fiuprr Howl clash might pro- duce a dramatic, matchup, there was a general fooling Dial pro football had become duller than it was in the late '50s when it first achieved wide popularity as a wide-open, pass oriented game. Too Many Field Goals Certainly, the pro football season had failed to produce a contest as exciting and pulsat- ing as the Notre Dame- Alabama Sugar Bowl matchup. There was a consensus that there are too many field goals in the game and many remedies have been suggested.

Pete Rozelle, the commissioner, thinks it's more a matter of not enough touchdowns. He'd like lo slop the defensive backs from clobbering the receivers on pass plays. But it takes approval of 20 of the 26 league owners to make any rule changes and with the TV ratings still strong, the owners are reluctant to make major changes. And even rules changes couldn't slop the trend to conservative football. For ex- ample, the Miami Dolphins-- with a Bob Gricse to Paul Warfield passing combination- threw just six passes against the Oakland Raiders in the playoffs.

You can't criticize the Dolphins since they won 27-10 but it wasn't exactly spectacu- lar football. On the field, the player who dominated the game was 0. .1. Simpson, who rushed for 2,003 yards, a i Jimmy Brown's single season record and becoming the first player over to rush for more than yards. It might be said that If Simpson didn't exist, the NFL might have to invent i lie's an engaging, personable star who exudes enthusiasm about the game and shares all the credit with his teammates.

Another player who had a sensational year was John Hadl, who along with Harold Jackson a a McCtitcheon, helped lift the Los Angeles Rams into the playoffs under new coach Chuck Knox. Familiar Names Except for the Cincinnati Bengals, who had a surprising year under Paul Brown while winning the AFC Eastern Dvision crown, most of the other playoff teams were the familiar names--Miami, Min- nesota (allhough the Vikings didn't make it last year), Dallas, Washington, Pittsburgh, Oakland. Fran Tarkcnton, after being called a loser for years, did a brilliant job in guiding the Vikings into the Super Bowl -against Miami. But there was no doubt Miami was the team of the year. After last year's 17-0 season against a rather weak schedule, the Dolphins came right back with a 14-2 mark against, a tougher schedule and became the first team ever to make the Super Bowl for three slrnighl years.

If they win it, they'll join the Green Bay Packers as one of the great teams of the last two decades. Most, pro football officials, though, are less concerned about who wins the Super Bowl than how it's won. This showcase game has been somewhat lackluster in recent ycnrs and blockbuster game would make people stop talking about what's wrong with pro football and start talking about what's right with the game. OR USE YOUR BANKCARD. BY SHOPPING AT A BAUER HOME CENTER YOU FIND EVERYTHING FOR YOUR HOME IN ONE CONVEN- IENT STOP.

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