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1C Friday January 28 1972 Musselman suspends Taylor and Behagen fh-J ill r' 'JsVi VxtrTi Xt-' Ljri1( I if j. Corky Taylor Stars beat Montreal 6-5 Frank Tarkenton evaded a defender on a scramble to gain yardage in his early days as quarterback of the Vikings. He's coming back to Minnesota with visions of leading a team to the apex of professional football," a Super Bowl championship. University of Minnesota basketball coach Bill selman suspended Ron Behagen and Corky Taylor form the squad at least through Saturday's game at Iowa for their part in the brawl which terminated Tuesday's Minnesota-Ohio State game. Tse suspensions are pending a final decision by Big Ten commissioner Wiyne Duke, which is expected to be announced at a press conference today.

Duke and other Big Ten officials are investigating the circumstances leading up to the brawl which ended the game with Ohio State leading 50-44 and 36 seconds remaining. Duke, who watched the game, discussed the matter Thursday with Ohio State officials in Columbus, Ohio, as he had done Wednesday with Minnesota officials in Minneapolis. Two of Ohio State's players, 7-foot center Luke Witte and reserve forward Mark Wager, have been ruled out of Ohio State's Saturday game against Michigan because of injuries they suffered in the brawl. Both sustained concussions as well as lacerations and abrasions. Films of the incident appeared to indicate that Taylor and Gopher Clvde Turner jumped to block a lay-uo attemot by Witte with 36 seconds to plav.

Contact was made which sent Witte sprawling to the floor, prompting the officials to eject Turner for a flagrant foul. As the officials made the call, Taylor walked over to Witte and extended a hand, as if to help him up. Witte reached for his hand and Taylor pulled him up, but kneed him in the groin in the process. Witte fell back to the floor as players from both benches poured onto the court, fol lowed by a number of fans from the crowd of 17,775. Behagen, who had fouled out of the game, rushed onto the floor and stomped on Witte as he lay writhing on the floor.

Musselman, who would not elaborate on the action, told the players last night of the suspension. "Sure I'm disappointed about the suspension," said Behagan. "But I'd rather not rap about it, man." The team had been scheduled to leave at 10 a.m. today for Iowa City. There had been some rumors that the Ohio State and Minnesota games might be postponed, but neither report was substantiated.

"If there are going to be any suspensions," Iowa coach Dick Schultz had jd earlier last night, "I'd just as soon have them come after our game. I'd rather be playing Minnesota at full strength. Nothing has been said about calling off the game, though, and I think I would have heard something. "It's unfortunate that kind of thing had to happen just when the interest in Minnesota basketball seemed to be bubbling over up there," he added. Ohio Gov.

John Gilligan urged Duke and the Big Ten to take "strong and forceful action" in disciplining the Gopher players involved. Gilligan said he agreed with Ohio State coach Fred Taylor that the incident amounted to a "public mugging." An aide to Minnesota Gov. Wendell Anderson said the governor "is confident that the university and the Big Ten will make a careful investigation." By Dwayr-e Netland Staff Writer Vikings sold' Tark, they buy back Montreal, Canjtfa Lou Nanne scored the first hat trick of his National Hockey League career Thursday night and the North Stars took home a 6-5 victory over the Montreal Ca-nadiens before 17,897 puzzled fans at the Forum. The Minnesota right winger got the game-winning goal at 16:27 of the third period to climax an uncharacteristically loose night of scoring by the two teams. Montreal, delivered 41 shots at Cesare Maniago in the Minnesota nets, and the North Stars directed 39 at Phil Myre, who was employed last night instead of regular goaltender Ken Dryden.

Maniago saved everything for the Stars with a stretching glove save on a 15-foot dead-on shot from Montreal's Guy LaPointe at 12:50 of the third period. That' kept the Stars in a 5-5 deadlock, and they were willing to settle for the tie and the point from it. But Nanne' saw art opening from 25 feet out with 3:33 left and unloaded a shot on which Myre had no chance. The victory was Minnesota's fourth straight and the loss was Montreal's second straight on its home ice after 18 wins and three ties previously. The Canadiens had their Forum string broken 8-5 by Boston last Saturday.

Nanne had to share his hat trick honors with Frank Mahovlich, the Montreal winger who generally terror-North Stars continued on page 1C Ron Behagen Vikings By Tom Briere Staff Writer Fran Tarkenton, 1961 vintage with the Minnesota Vikings, and Fran Tar-kington of today are two different quarterbacks. That's the opinion of an original Viking tackle Grady Alderman. Reaction to Minnesota's re-acquiring Tarkenton from the New York Giants Thursday ran from Atlanta coach Norm Van Brock-lin's "no comment" to jubilation by Vikings players. Differences between Tarkenton arid Van Brocklin, the head coach in the Tarkenton years with the Vikings, led to the, trade sending the then-scrambling quarterback to New Vet: Tarkenton By Merrill Swanson Staff Writer Fran Tarkenton left Minnesota in a turmoil in 1967, fleeing an unpleasant relationship with his coach, a group of players that were going through the rigors of losing, a still-young team that was uncertain of its future. But he also left behind a contribution to that future, in the form of draft choices that the Vikings used to help build themselves into a contender.

And now he returns with the hope of making that contender into a champion. Jim Finks is the man who first traded Tarkenton away and who now has brought him back from the New York Giants, in exchange for quarterback Norm Snead, wide receiver Bob Grim, rookie running back Vince Clements, the Vikings' first-round draft choice this year and second-round choice in 1973. "This one was a totally different type of deal," the Vikings general manager said Thursday. "In 1967 we gave up a proven quarterback for four intangibles, for four draft choices. In 1967 we were selling.

We were at a disadvantage because Tarkenton had said he wanted to leave our club. "This time New York was doing the selling. They called us. This was the type of deal we couldn't afford to make two or three years ago. It's the type of deal only a contender can make.

"Realistically, all we gave up was a starting flanker Bob Grim. Norm Snead is a fine quarterback, but he wasn't playing much. He was our No. 3 quarterback. Clements hadn't run a single down for us.

And we gave up those two draft choices, two intangibles. For that we got a proven quarterback. "We needed something to hypo our offense. Francis has had a good offensive record for 11 years. Let's hope he continues to do it.

Hopefully, he'll get us over the hump, We've won a lot of football games in the last three years 12-2, 12-2 and 1 1-3 but we haven't won the cigar." And so while Tarkenton left in an aura of disagreement in 1967, he returns now in complete harmony. The only thing he has never attained in his career is a championship. He hopes to find that in Minnesota. Tarkenton found a great deal of personal success his last stay here, gaining acclaim for his scrambling and for the kind of passing that resulted in 1 13 touchdown passes in Tarkenton continued on page 4C now Tarkenton, 1961 proven major change that he has seen in Tarkenton's development. the early Vikings, Tarkenton was truly a scrambling quarterback," said Alderman.

"With the Giants in recent seasons, Tarkenton has run under control with a purpose. He no longer gets trapped for those 30 to 40-yard losses on crosscountry runs back and forth across the football Tingelhoff mentioned that "you're talking to a close friend of Tarkenton, a guy who snapped to him for five years and I know him to be a take-charge guy on the field, an excellent quarterback. He has always been a winner." Van Brocklin told the Atlanta Constitution that he tr Duhamel keeps lead in derby St. Cloud, Minn. French-Canadian Yvon Duhamel continued his winning ways Thursday missing trail signs to hold his lead in the grueling Winnipeg-to-St.

Paul 500 Snowmobile Race. The speedster from Ville LaSalle, Quebec, ran the 201 -mile Walker to St. Cloud leg in four hours, 10 minutes, 42 seconds. Duhamel again made a wrong turn, losing several minutes of time and again had track problems with Duhamel Continued on page 4C York and to Van Brock-lin's charge that "you'll never win with Tarkenton." Alderman and Vikings center Mick Tingelhoff answered that charge by saying, "Tarkenton is a proven winner of 1 1 years experience in the National Football League." Alderman added, "I disagree with anyone saying that Tarkenton is not a winner. Francis is an exciting player to the fans, a leader on the field who' makes things happen.

We didn't win a championship when he was with us, but he generated an offense for the Vikings and scored points. We need that. "In 1965, I think it was, Tarkenton, 1971 winner had nothing to say about the Vikings' trade for Tarkenton and said, "When you've got nothing to say, you say 'no The Atlanta coach said, however, that he wasn't surprised by the deal. With Vikings' fullback Bill Brown out of town for a basketball game Mrs. Bill Brown said, "We're delighted.

We think Francis can take us to the Super Bowl." The' general fan reaction in telephone calls to the Tribune expressed mixed emotions: One man said, "That's all the Vikings got in the deal was Tarkenton." Another caller said, "Great, I can't see that the Vikings gave up much to get Tarkenton." si Wading Pool Table lennij ShuHleboard Putting Green Sauna Battu HOTEL FREE cJZftXL. lOO-MiMMpolit 54S-0441 4 with Tarkenton at quarterback, our Vikings averaged 33 points per game, but we didn't have the defense we have now. Our defense gave up an average of 34 points per game. We finished .500 at 7-7." In 1971, the Vikings aver-' aged 17 points on offense and allowed an average of 9 points per game on defense. Alderman, in evaluating the trade, noted that the Vikings traded a fine flanker in Bob Grim for an outstanding pro quarterback.

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