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NFL Official: Bears Deserved Two Points By MERRILL SWANSON MinneapolU Tribune Staff Writer An official of the National Football League ruled Thursday that the Chicago Bears were deprived of a two-point safety last Sunday, at a crucial part of a game against the Minnesota Vikings. Mark Duncan, personnel director of the National Football League and supervisor of officials for both the AFL and NFL, said the Bears should have been awarded two points for a safety instead of having to kick over again when it was ruled that Clinton Jones accidentally kicked the ball while trying to field a Chicago kickoff. "The kicking of a loose ball, accidentally or otherwise, has to be considered im petus." Duncan said by telephone from New York. "Since Minnesota placed Impetus on the ball they had to get it out of the end zone which they did not." The referee, George Rennix, ruled that the Vikings should be penalized 15 yards for kicking the ball and that the violation should be assessed from the point where the play started the Bears' 40 yard line, from where they kicked off. The ruling was In error, Duncan said, because it was a loose ball, free to be recovered by either team.

"This is one of the most complicated areas in the rulebook," he acknowledged, "the difference between klckoffs (free balls) and kicks from scrimmage, which are not free. "Nonetheless, it's all over. It was "a judgment call by the official and it stands as he ruled it. Hindsight, you know, always is 20.20." Jones said after the game that he did not think the ball had touched his foot, but that it evaded him when he tried to pic it up. "You can't tell by the movies what happened," Duncan said, "except that the Minnesota player (Jones) muffed it never had control of it the ball rolled into the end zone and Minnesota recovered it.

It does appear that the ball started to roll faser as the Minnesota player tried to pick it up. That's all I could say from watching the film. "If the Minnesota player had not kicked the ball, then it would have been nothing mote than a touchback with Minnesota taking over at the 20-yard line (which is what happened after the Vikings downed Chicago's second kick in the end Bud Grant, Viking head coach who saw the same films as Duncan, agreed that it was impossible to determine if Jones had kicked the hull "At least it didn't end up to be closi ganii (The Vikinus won a 1 -14)." Gran ise Yes. i aumu came at a Key time (Chicago would have led 9-7 in the second quitter and the Vikings would have had kick off). "But who knows what would have happened.

Chicago might even have fumbled the kickoff." fihe jfBmneapoIts tKribune Sid Hartman .25 Dick Cullum ..26 Crossword .45 Cryptoquip .45 25 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1969 AskocUted Pits MONTREAL'S YVON COURNOYER 112) EYED PUCK Philadelphia goalie Bernie Patent kicked shof away Spring Repeats: Daigneau Hurt On Screen Pass NHL ROUNDUP "3 Blues Whip Detroit With Power Plays By JON ROE Minneapolis Tribune Staff Writer if trol of the puck as Philadelphia's Lew Morrison knocked him down. The puvk, however, trickled over Redmond's stick past Flyer's goal Bernie Parent who had moved out to meet an expected slam from Redmond. Redmond's goal snapped a 1-1 tie and was the first of three final period scores by the Canadiens. Claude Provost made it 3-1 with 4:10 remaining in the game and Lapcrriere scored from his own blue line with six seconds left after the Flyers had removed their goalie. It was the West Division Flyers first defeat this year by an East Division team.

Don't try to convince Maurie Daigneau that lightning doesn't strike twice or that history doesn't repeat itself. The Northwestern quarterback, by way of Rochester John Marshall High School, has been the victim of lightning and history. And it may keep him out of the Wildcats' game with Minnesota Saturday at 1 p.m. at Memorial Stadium. On the third from the last play of last Saturday's game with Ohio State, Daigneau called a screen pass.

But just as he was set to throw the ball he was decked from the blind side by Jack Tatum, the Buckeyes' All America linebacker candidate. In the collision, the Wildcats' sophomore signal caller hurt his shoulder. "It was the same play on which I separated my shoulder in the spring game," said the 195-pound-er sophomore Thursday by telephone from Evansion, "A screen pass to the Tribitnu Plioto bv John mfl DAN WOODBURY, WHITE BEAR QUARTERBACK, ABOUT TO FUMBLE Bob Edam, Kellogg defender, shook ball ooso in Kellogg loss WOODBURY STARS White Bear Trips Oriole Star, McLain Share Young Award NEW YORK. N.Y. i.T l-'or the first time in the history of balloting by the Baseball Writers Association of America a a award wound up in a tie when Mike Cucllar of Baltimore and Denny McLain of Detroit each received 10 votes for the 1 9(19 American League Cy Young Award Thursday.

The other votes of the 24 man committee, from each league city, went to Jim Perry of Minnesota, who got three, and Dave McNally of Baltimore, who received one. The Cy Young winner in the National League was Tom Seaver of the New York Mets. Seaver rec eived 23 of the 24 votes in the National League last week. McLain was a unanimous winner of the award in lOfiR when he won 31 games. "I'm surprised," said McLain in San Jose, Calif.

"I thought sure they'd go with the pennant winner." The closest thing to a tie came in 1958 when a 15-man committee gave Bob Turley of the New York Yankees five votes, Warren Spahn of Milwaukee four and Lew Burdette of Milwaukee and Bob Friend of Pittsburgh, each three. At that time one award was given with pitchers from both leagues eligible, into consideration. McLain was the first American Leaguer to repeat. Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers won it three times. McLain had a 24-9 won-lost record lor the Tigers and a 2.80 earned run average.

His nine shutouts led the league. Cuellar came to the Orioles from rr in a trade last winter. He helped pitch Baltimore to the pennant with a 23-11 record and a 2.38 earned run average. Jack Lang, secretary-treasurer of the writers association, said there were no tie-breaking provisions. The secret ballot is conducted by mail with only regular season games taken into consideration.

DETROIT. Mich The St. Lou's Blues continued to thrive on their newfound power play Thursday night, scoring three times while Detroit was shorthanded, to whip the Red Wings 5-2 in a National Hockey League game. Red Berenson scored his sixth and seventh goals of the sea.con, one on a power play, as Detroit's four-game winning streak was snapped before 12.557 St. Louis ranked 1 1th in the 12-team NHL in power play goals last season, but the Blues added Phil Goy-ette from New York during the summer and the slick 36-year-old center is paying off.

Goyette scored the game's first goal on a power play, and assisted on Berenson's first goal to break a 1-1 tie and put the Blues ahead for keeps. St. Louis now has scored 16 power play goals in just 12 games and leads the league. Montreal 4, Philadelphia 1 PHILADELPHIA. Pa.

Mickey Redmond rolled in a 12-foot, third period goal to lead Montreal to a 4-1 victory over Philadelphia. The victory, combined with Detroit's loss to St. Louis, put the Canadiens in a three-way tie in the NHL's East Division with the Red Wings and Boston. Redmond took a pass from Jacques Lapierriere and skated from his own blue line before losing con EKLUND'S CARCOATS MAKE IT Kellogg Then Kcllosic advanced 65 yards, with halfback Doug Lee scoring from the one. The kick failed and Kellogg never got closer.

White Bear led 14-6 at halftime. Woodbury completed two passes in a 45-yard march which sent fullback Mark Jordan one yard over right guard for the touchdown. A 35-yard field goal by Rich Dammeier provided White Bear's 17-6 margin into the final quarter. Lee's 19-yard touchdown run brought Kellogg within 17-12 in the fourth period, but Jordan scored again from the three for a 25-12 cushion for the winner before Kellogg scored in the final seconds. Ktllogg 0 6 0 1420 While Bear 7 7 3 IS WB Woodbuty 2 run (Petrvk lucM.

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"In both cases," Daigneau recalled, "I got hit just as I turned. I had been able to avoid Tatum through most of the game. On one play, a wiggle (quarterback keeper), he did hit me. But otherwise we had directed our attack away from him until that play near the end of the game." Daigneau said yesterday the shoulder is responding to treatment, but that after throwing a few passes during practice it was still sore. "I guess I'll have to wait and see if I'll be able to play Saturday." a i neau (pronounced) Dane-you) made a spectacular debut.

He got his first starting chance against the Buckeye, and completed 22 of 36 passes for 294 yards. The 22 completions broke the Northwestern record shared by Otto Graham and Tom Myers. And the yardage was only one Daigneau Continued on Page 28 without tnc GJ" OvJ slightly higher) 4 championship two years running, said that "normally wc pass more than we did tonight. But Kellogg was giving us the middle for the run so we took it. "Woodbury is pretty nifty with the ball and he's done a good job for us all year." On the other side, Kellogg completed only 4-for-14 and had two intercepted.

White Bear. 7-2 for the season, held command from the outset. A 41 yard pass from Woodbury to halfback Tom Dufrcsne set up White Bear's first-quarter touchdown, moving the ball to the Kellogg 25-yard line. Four plays later Woodbury ran the option for the touchdown from the two. Jim Petryk's conversion made it 7-0.

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The misconduct penalties are worth $25 apiece and the game misconduct cost Polanic another $50. Polanic has 41 total penalty minutes this season, second in the NHL to Chicago's Jim Pappin with 42. The North Stars lead the league in team penalty minutes with 224 an average per game of 22.4. Coach Wren Blair, in a conversation with Campbell, said that Shetler provoked the action by tugging at Polanic's shirt. "It was just a routine fight between two players who had dropped their sticks and their gloves," Blair said.

"It would have been oyer in a minute if Shetler had not interfered." Blair was worried, in North Stars Continued on Page 26 By TOM BRIERE Minneapolis Tribune Staff Writer The difference was quarterback Dan Woodbury, a magician with the football Thursday night. The 170-pound senior passed White Bear Lake to a 25-20 victory over Kellogg in the Suburban Conference "Super Bowl" at O'Shaughnessy Stadium. Woodbury, who faked beautifully on handoffs or options when he wasn't passing, completed 7-of-12 for 129 yards. He also ran for a touchdown. Coach Dick Mulkern of Hamline, scouting for a quarterback to replace senior Larry Hegerle next season, said: "I'll settle for Woodbury right now." Coach DuWayne Deitz of White Bear, which has won the Suburban playoff Your Call NOW! (612) 545-0441 iJLJLJL RESORT MOTOR HOTEL Wayzata Blvd.

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The North Stars had just completed a workout in the Forum before taking an afternoon flight home from the last stop of their six-day road trip. The injury may keep Polanic out of the game against St. Louis Saturday night at Metropolitan Sports Center. Pojanic survived his hearing in the chambers of the NHL president Clarence Campbell without a suspension for pushing linesman Pat Shetler in a game Saturday night at Pittsburgh. Campued fined him $100 for accruing two misconducts and a game misconduct, administered a few words of rebuke and then let the matter drop.

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