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OPEN EVENINGS" RENT A 31 MINNEAPOLIS TRIBUNE Dec. 5, 1966 Van: Vikings Offense Had No Fight, Desire Co mplete Tarkenton Berry HARTMAN'S ROUNDUP Rental Service i.7i urn a By did Mailman 1, CO. FORMAL WttR FOt OCNTltMEN 5 Exclusive Formal Shops Van Brwklin Hecker Van Brocklin: We Owed Berry Siart THE MINNESOTA Vikings lost 20-13 Sun-, 2508 Hennepin FR 7-4331 2316 Central NE. 1-3611 3827 W. 50th WA 6-4466 1049 Grand St.

Piul CA 5-7111 1112 Nicollet Ave. FE 2-8803 (DOWNTOWN STORE) But Atlanta played under the same conditions." Later Van Brocklin was asked who the Vikings quarterback will be next Sunday in Detroit. "I haven't decided, yet," he said. "But Fran wants another crack at the Lions and I think we can arrange that." Three Vikings were injured during the affair. Middle linebacker Lon-nie Warwick again suffered a muscle spasm in his back and was replaced for the second half by Bob Schmitz, who was acquired from Pittsburgh two weeks ago and activated only Thursday.

Offensive guard Jim Vellone reinjured his shoulder and Larry Bowie replaced him for the final three periods. And offensive tackle Doug Davis pulled a back muscle and Archie Sutton, who was also activiated Thursday, played the final 2'2 quarters. It's true, these injuries hampered the Vikings. But the game had been decided before they on field goal attempts. At halftime, with the Vikings trailing 20-10, Van Brocklin told Tarkenton he might be used in the second half.

"I don't think it would have served any purpose," Francis said while standing in front of his locker. "If you're going to give a guy a game, then give him the entire game. "Besides, I was cold!" Berry, two lockers down, was disappointed, naturally. In his pro debut he completed 12 of 33 passes and had five intercepted. "It felt good to play again, it's been a long time," he admitted.

"But there's just not much I can say about the game. What is there to say?" Someone asked about the field conditions. "I'd say I only got proper footing a handful of times," he answered. "Mostly, it felt as if I were throwing while on the run. I couldn't set up.

"It was tough for our receivers to cut and our backs couldn't get outside. 1 day to first-year team Atlanta with regular quarterback Fran Tarkenton on the bench and Bob Berry at the controls. The Vikings also lost to the Los Angeles Rams while Tarkenton sat out for three HAVE LUNCH AT THE EDGEWATER INN I HOLIDAY Vellone Riggle quarters and Ron VanderKelen ran the team. Two losses later, coach Norm Van Brock- I lin was asked about his decision to give the reserve quarterbacks an opportunity to play. LUNCHEON SPECIAL LUTEFISK With Cream Sauce (vervdav 'til Chrislmai VanderKelen EDGEWATER INN ON THE MISSISSIPPI 10WRY MARSHALL N.I.

"True, winning is the most important thing," said Van Brocklin. "But I felt we owed both Berry and VanderKelen a chance to play. Who knows? We might have lost the two games, anyway. "Yes, I was ready to put Francis on the field in the third quarter, but then Berry marched the club down the field. We had to settle for a field goal, but because the 3 RESERVATIONS it.

Pi game was close, our feeling was that this By BOB FOWLER Minneapolis Tribune Staff Writer There were 20,206 persons at Metropolitan Stadium Sunday who probably suspected something was missing in the Vikings' 20-13 loss to the Atlanta Falcons. Like excitement. And blocking. Their suspicions on the second point were confirmed by coach Norm Van Brocklin, who pointed out the Minnesota offensive unit didn't make much contact with the Atlanta defensive team. That is to say, the offensive unit wasn't very offensive.

The patrons likely disagreed. "We didn't get after anybody," the coach lamented while sitting in the desk chair that won't be occupied again' until Sam Mele sits down in April. Norm lit a cigarette. "The same thing happened when we changed quarterbacks in Los Angeles," he said. "Nobody plays.

"That shouldn't happen just because there's a new quarterback. But it did." He puffed on the cigarette and continued. "I've seen high school kids scrap harder than our offensive team did. They had no fight. No scrap.

No desire to play. "They should have those things. They're supposed to be pro athletes. "Fumbles and interceptions made the difference on the scoreboard. But they don't tell the real story." When Ron VanderKelen replaced Fran Tarkenton in Los Angeles, the game was played in the rain.

Yesterday, when Bob Berry made his first start, the field was covered with snow. "It's too bad Bob had to slip and slide all over the field," Van Brocklin added. "I think he's going to be an NFL quarterback. He's got a helluva arm." The only time Fran Tarkenton got into the game was to hold the ball 1.. jveeu iuiu in.

ICE FISHERMEN Don't sit in the open CANVAS Brown Haynie Captures 3rd Playoff Win FOR FISH HOUSES IIAKKIS BUT NOT HECKER Most Falcons Expected to See Tarkenton By JOHN WIEBUSCH Minneapolis Tribune Staff Writer "Who's at Quarterback?" that periodic chapter of a Viking fan's travails occurred with unerring forethought Sunday at Metropolitan Stadium. The man in charge yesterday on a field of slush and snow that would make Park Board teams cringe was Bob Berry. The second-year pro from Oregon suffered through a wearying afternoon of five interceptions, and Minnesota was humiliated by the novice Atlanta Falcons. The final score was 20-13; the margin was the same when the two teams entered the final quarter and the 20,000 hardy denizens of the stands and the warm press box devotees began clamoring for Francis Tarkenton. Francis and his $35,000 salary had been called upon only to hold the ball on one extra point and two field goals.

His services weren't needed even in that menial task in the last period. If Norb Hecker, the Atlanta coach, wasn't surprised, his players were. "There was no sense in Norm Van Brocklin playing Tarkenton in the fourth quarter," claimed Hecker. "The footing out there was simply unbelievable. "Tarkenton wouldn't have been able to scramble the way he's used to.

And, also, there's the risk of injury. Tarkenton is quality merchandise it becomes a question of whether it's worth taking a chance." Bob Riggle, a rookie from Penn State who intercepted two of Berry's passes and ran one back 62 yards for a touchdown, said he expected Tarkenton to enter the game in the final quarter. "I know they wanted to get a look at Berry," drawled the pleasant defensive halfback, "but when the Vikings were down by just seven points we sort of figured we'd see Tarkenton. "It was a break for us that we didn't." Jerry Richardson, who matched Riggle's pilfering total, agreed. "But," he said, "it's easy to second-guess.

On a day like this almost anything you do is a gamble. Berry threw the ball well, but we were just in the right spots." Interceptions by Richardson and former Viking linebacker Bill Jobko in the fi- Whitworth two-putted on the WAREHOUSE 4 CANVAS SALES 511 30th Av Oft Univ mmmunaam 331-1311 extra hole. Miss Haynie and Miss Whitworth were co-leaders "Berry did not lose the game. We didn't have any spark and we didn't play aggressive football. There isn't any reason why we shouldn't be able to block those guys.

"We've learned a lot of things about this football team," said Van Brocklin as he shook his head with a disgusted look. M'lSS Players: While happy about the victory, ex-Viking Bill Jobko of Atlanta was quick to point out that the Vikings have been weakened by injuries. "The Vikings aren't the same team with Tommy Mason missing," said Jobko, whose "DON MORRISON'SN going into yesterday's round. PENSACOLA, Fla. VP) Sandra Haynie scored her third playoff victory of the year Sunday, winning the Pensacola Ladies PGA Invitational with a par 4 on the first extra hole against Kathy Whitworth.

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"I know personnel-wise they were hurting. nal 15 minutes stifled the last faint hopes of the Min-nesotans. "Van Brocklin is just a stubborn man," said a Falcon who asked not to be identified. "He had made up his mind to go with Berry and he (the Viking coach) is just the kind of guy who'd rather eat his own words than make himself out to be a liar." Hecker said he was most pleased with his defense and, more specifically, Riggle. "Our defense was better than theirs," commented the coach.

"Football can't be judged on a day like this, though. It's a question of opportunism, I guess. We had that going for us." Riggle wears number 20, the same round in which he was drafted by the Falcons last December. He has started every game this fall through a 2-10 Atlanta season. "They had five special choices in the first five rounds," he said, "so I actually was their 25th choice.

Alex Hawkins (a veteran Falcon flanker) had priority on that number." Meanwhile, the bundled spectators trudged out of the stadium. "Son," said one parka-clad man to a youth who accompanied him, Vikings once had a team as bad as Atlanta's now they're worse." "It's the Christmas spirit," laughed another, "giving not receiving." Sarcasm, it seems, is a partner with Christmas Gift Center FRJOWJ.INGBALLS BAGS SHOES IN STOCK WIDE VARIETY oT COLORS BRAND NAMES AMF HYDE MANHATTAN See: Duwayne Breault ond Jim Sjostrom, specializing 10 yn. IN CUSTOM FITTING, REPLUGGING AND REORILLING OF BOWLING BALLS "Bob Berry is a fine quarterback and he did throw the ball well against us. But when he is trapped he is trapped. He can't scramble like Tarkenton and we realize that Francis is a lot more dangerous.

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