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ICE FISHING DELAYED BY WEATHER PAGE 7 umeapoli TObuue SPORTS PEACH MINNEAPOLIS, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1965 1 Whoa, There Johnnies Clip Linfield By BOB FOWLER Minneapolis Tribune Staff Writer fh is i. Kit ly and defensively from Mike Collins, John Ford, Ed Dona-telle, Joe Mucha and Dave Griffin. Fullback Stan Suchta, a co-captain playing in only his fourth game due to injuries, scored three touchdowns on short runs and was named the game's top back. But he wasn't the leading ground gainer. Halfback Jim Shiely picked up 114 yards in 16 carries compared to 91 in 19 attempts for Suchta.

Halfback Don Nett added 61 yards in 17 tries and quarterback Terry Hartman completed 4 of 9 passp.s, scored one touchdown, kicked two extra points and directed three long touchdown drives. AS IF THAT wasn't enough, No. 2 signal-caller ''-fa 'ft '-'I I- Associated Press Tom Gilham combined with Mucha on a 52-yard scoring pass with 4:27 remaining for the game most thrilling single play. Linfield's fans, who made St. John's Continued on Page Four Tllin It OwAi.

Garry Cuozzo (right) and Tom I aiKIIiy II UVer MattC( Nos 2 and 3 Baltimore Colt quarterbacks, discuss strategy before today's Na-; tional Football League game with Green Bay Packers. Injury has forced John Unitas, Colts' top signal-caller, out of the contest, which could determine the outcome of the NFL's Western Division race. (Colt-Packer Story on Page Six.) Associated Press ST. JOHN'S DEFENSE GANGS UP ON LINFIELD RECEIVER BRIAN CARTER AFTER SHORT GAIN Mike Hennenny (62) and male make atop; Linfield's Odis Avritt (22) in foreground Old Nemesis' Nagel Is New Iowa Grid Coach Lions' Defense Is Hostile Host for Tarkenton By DWAYNE NETLAND Minneapolis Tribune Staff Writer A AUGUSTA, Ga. St John's of Collegeville, won its 11th straight football game, posted us seventh shutout, won the Champion Bowl trophy and proved it is indeed the nation's No.

1 ranked NAIA team Saturday by smashing Linfield (Oregon) College 33-0. A crowd of 4,873 turned out in 65-degree weather at Richmond Academy's rickety stadium to watch St. John's completely dominate Linfield. It was a sunny day, but Lin-field's backs didn't see much daylight as the Johnnies yielded a meager 28 yards rushing and 123 passing. MEANWHILE, St.

John's picked up 307 yards on the ground and 142 through the air. The total yardage figure of 449 set a new NAIA record. No group has conquered so much of Georgia's land since Sherman's march to the sea. Several Johnnies were simply outstanding. Tackle Fred Cremer was named the game's best lineman, but he had plenty of help offensive- 0 V- DARRELL ROYAL Witling to talk dating from "when I was a student athlete at the University of Oklahoma." Cross said he would contact Royal Sunday to offer a five year contract wsth salary and benefits of approximately $35000 a year.

IOWA CITY, Iowa The University of Iowa hired Ray Nagel of Utah as head football coach Saturday in a continuation of its youth movement that failed to produce a winning season the past four years. In selecting Nagel, 38, it might be a case of "if you can't beat him, join him." Three UCLA football teams with which Nagel has been associated two as a player and one as an assistant coach have beaten Iowa, Nagel, head coach at Utah for eight years, succeeds Jerry Burns, also 38, who was fired four days before the end of the 1965 season. The Hawkeyes won only one of 10 games, their worst record in 76 years. Burns, 33 at the time and the backfield coach, was hand picked by his head coach, Forest Evashevski, to succeed Evy as Iowa's head man after the 1960 season. Burns' five-year record was 16 victories, 27 defeats and two ties.

Iowa never finished higher than fifth place in the Big Ten Conference under Burns, and in the last three years it placed eighth, ninth and 10th. This came after Evashevski directed the Hawkeyes to two conference titles and two Rose Bowl trips. Chairman Hugh Kelso said the selection of Nagel was unanimous by the board in control of athletics. Nagel's salary was not announced. Burns received $18,500 a year.

Evashevski, now Iowa athletic director, said of Nagel's appointment: "We need somebody young, somebody who has stood the test of time and competition. Nagel will give us the impetus and salesmanship to get Iowa back in the upper echelon of the Big Ten." Nagel's Utah teams won 42, lost 39, and tied one. His 1964 club was the best in the university's history, winning nine of 11 games, including the Liberty Bowl, and tying for the Western Athletic Conference title. This past season Utah was 3-7. A 1950 graduate of UCLA, he quarter-backed the Bruins on offense in 1946-47-48, setting a school passing record in 1948.

The next season, under a new coach, the late Red Sanders, who installed the single wing, Nagel started every game on defense. ton ha completed only three touchdown passes against eight interceptions. Despite some personnel Vikings Continued on Page Four Fog Delays, Vikings for Six Hours By Staff Writer DETROIT, Mich. The ill fortune which has pursued the Vikings on the playing field most of this season carried over into their transportation Saturday. Unable to land at Detroit's Metropolitan Airport because of a heavy fog, the club's charter plane stopped instead at Toledo, Ohio.

Arrangements were made from the plane for buses to take the Vikings to Tiger Stadium in Detroit for an afternoon workout. It developed that the buses could not cross the state line into Ohio. A fleet of limousines was then secured to drive from Detroit for the same purpose. Instead of traveling directly to the Toledo airport, the limousines de-toured to the Detroit airport to pick up a load of fog-bound passengers. The Vikings, meanwhile, waited three hours in the Toledo airport for their transportation.

Some of the players were eating dinner when the limousines arrived. Several drivers, unfamiliar with Toledo, becama lost. The Viking party finally arrived in Detroit at 8:30 p.m., six hours after their scheduled arrival. Norm Van Brocklin and his coaching staff had left Toledo for Detroit by limousine earlier in the afternoon, hoping to arrange for a night practice at Tiger Stadium. No workout was held.

"They told me that they had to have 21 hours no tice before they could turn on the lights," Van Brock lin said, "so that was that." Associated Press STAN SUCHTA RAMS OVER FROM TWO FOR FIRST ST. JOHN'S SCORE Linfield's Dennis Schweitzer had a shot, but couldn't hold on Coach Labels St. John's 'Best, Great' After Win NEW IOWA COACH RAY NAGEL Succeed fired Jerry Burns UTAH WONT HURRY IN JOB OF REPLACING DEPARTED NAGEL SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH UP) Dr. James C. Fletcher, president of the University of Utah, said Saturday the university will move slowly in picking a successor to football Coach Ray Nagel.

Nagel was hired yesterday as head coach at the University of Iowa. "We are sorry to see Ray leave Utah," Dr. Fletcher said. "We thought Ray was good, and we don't want to take anything but the best." Dr. Fletcher said the school would try to make a selection before the start of spring training but indicated if it took longer he did not intend to be rushed.

"We will not hurry into picking his successor. It is better to have a bad team one year than to get the wrong person," he said. DETROIT. Mich. -This is alien country for Fran Tarkenton.

When the Vikings play the Detroit Lions here today, Francis confronts the defensive unit against which he has thrown fewer touchdown passes and more interceptions than any other team in the National Football League. The Lions claim they have discovered the solution to Tarkenton's scrambling. More than any singular piece of strategy, however, it is a large and mobile defense which has limited the classy Viking quarterback to only seven touchdown passes in nine games. Detroit, moreover, has Intercepted 16 of his passes and dumped him for 339 yards lost on passing attempts. Tarkenton has enjoyed some monumental days against all other NFL opposition, but his only real banner afternoon in competition with the Lions was Nov.

24. 1963, when he completed 16 of 24 passes in Minnesota's 34-31 victory at Metropolitan Stadium. Significantly, that is the only time the Vikings have beaten Detroit. In the hostile confines of Tiger Stadium, Tarken- Cazzie Russell broke a regulation-time scoring record at Chicago Stadium with 45 points. Iowa remained undefeated bv nipping homestate rival Drake 66-60 and Houston clobbered Wisconsin 82-57.

Dave Schellhase scored 34 of Purdue's points, but the Boilermakers trailed until their was just 8:31 remaining. Kentucky used the scoring of Louie Dampier and Pat Riley combin i ng for 45 points to dump touring Big Ten Continued on Page Five 4 ir Collins outstanding' Cremer BIG TEN ROUNDUP O.U. Wants Royal-He Is Interested inois, Purdue Win; Northwestern Falls By Staff Writer AUGUSTA, Ga. St. John's football coach John Gagliardi must have used the adjectives "best" and "great" 30 times during his post-game press conference Saturday.

He had just directed the Johnnies to a convincing 33-0 victory over Linfield College in the NAIA's Champion Bowl. As far as he was concerned, his players and team were "best" and everything else connected with the event was "great." Gagliardi called his defensive unit "the best I've ever coached. "And today was their best game of the season. They improved with each game and today was the climax. They were great.

"We tried to use only a four-man rush against Linfield and it worked. Those guys up front (Joe Mucha, Dave Griffin, Mike Collins and Fred Cremer) were outstanding. "And how about my defensive backfield? Every one of those little guys (Randy Halstrom, John O'-Conncll, Pat Whalin and Greg Bohrer) intercepted a pass." When informed that Cre- I Mucha Griffin 'were mer had -been named the game's outstanding lineman, Gagliardi commented, "That's wonderful. But I can think of about 20 other guys who looked as good to me." The 39 -year -old coach, who had just won his 105th game against 32 losses and Bowl Notes Continued on Page Four JOHNNIES SET TO ARRIVE AT 2:30 The charter airliner carrying the St. John's football team is expected to arrive at the Twin Cities International Airport at 2:30 p.m.

today. The Johnnies left this morning from Augusta, where thev defeated Linfield (Ore.) College to win the NAIA Championship Bowl title. Royal had not made a commitment, but added "I would not make the offer except with the expectation he would accept." Royal, contacted at his Austin, home, said "Certainly I'd be willing to talk to the University of Oklahoma." Royal declined to comment on chances of his acceptance. "I really don't think we should go into that," he said. "If Dr.

Cross calls me, I'm going to talk to him, but that's all I can say." Royal laid he and Dr. Cross have "been friends for many, many years," NORMAN, Okla. The University of Oklahoma wants Texas coach Dar-rell Royal for its football coach and Royal, a former Sooner quarterback, confirmed Saturday he is "willing to talk" about accepting the job. Dr. George L.

Cross, university president, said the OU Athletic Council recommended unanimously Saturday that Royal be offered the position vacated by Gomer Jones who resigned Monday. Cross said he talked with Royal Saturday morning and learned he "was interested." The OU president said Illinois and Purdue posted Big Ten nonconference basketball victories Saturday -the Illini ripped West Virginia 96-86 and Purdue came from behind on sharp free throw shooting to trip Butler 84-77. Don Freeman scored 35 points as Illinois handed touring West Virginia its first loss after four wins. Rich Jones also scored 32 points for the Illini. Michigan's second ranked Wolverines broke from a 45-42 halftime lead to down San Francisco 96-78 in the second game of a double-header in Chicago, as.