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i i J- rr 7 9 Green Bay Prtm-Gazetlo) Friday, July 28, 1 978 Ray Remembered by QBs Commentary- Was it the eyes, those hooded, menacing eyes as they stared across the line at the with one of the most vicious tackles I've ever seen. Brown fumbled, the Packers recovered and that TV went on to win. I felt one play turned the game around. "When you talk about great linebackers, you 're certainly talking about Nitschke." Johnny Unita remembers. He remembers how vocal Nitschke was on the field and how it was to deal face-to-face with him.

"He was very aggressive, very smart and blessed with good instinct. He had a whole lot of good people around him, too, but that everybody's reason for greatness. "Was he mean? Well, if he saw your hand sticking out of a pile, he'd step on it. "But he was just an outstanding individual and player. He and (Dick) Butkus were' the two beet middle linebackers around.

"I would say he was more exceptional against the run. Of course, he got his legs banged up later on and then he warn quite as good on pass coverage. Billy Wade remembers. He recalls Nitschke's imposing height at middle linebacker. Here's how the ex-Chicago Hear quarterback in the early 1960s remembers Ray.

"Ray was the first unusually tall middle linebacker I can recall. (Sam) Huff and (Tom) Bettis were tough, but they were only about 6-foot-1 or so. "Without question, Nitschke stood out even on that defense. 1 admired the physical toughness of the man. He would have been great anywhere, hut with that Packer defense, he was greater.

"With that Packer system, he was in on a lot of action. And there weren 't too many games where he didn't have a great game against us." Yeah, Ray, they still remember. You made sure they wouldn 't forget. quarterback? Was it the mouth, yelling instructions to the defense with that toothless gap giving his entire face the look of a man hell-bent on destruction? Was it the way he would wave his arms and lean forward on the balls of his feet, waiting for the snap of the ball, waiting for another chance to separate a ball carrier or a quarterback from the football, and perhaps, temporarily, his senses? "You want them to respect you when they run a play," says Ray Nitschke. "You want them to be a little shy the next time they run a play your way.

You want them to remember that you're there." Hey, Ray, there are some quarterbacks who still remember you vividly. And, to a man, they congratulate you on the eve of your induction in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio. And, again to a man, they remember your inimitable style at middle linebacker. Y.A. Tittle remembers.

He remembers that raw, vicious December when Nitschke was the spearhead of a Packer defense that dismantled Tittle's plan of attack. And he was subsequently named the outstanding player of that 16-7 championship win. "That 1962 game was the most miserable day of weather I ever played in. Not the coldest, but the most miserable with the wind howling and the temperature at 14 degrees. It was the only day I can remember where they could have tossed a coin and declared a winner and I would have been happy to get off the Held.

"Nitschke was outstanding that day. I remember him intercepting a pass, but it was the brutal way that game was played that I remember most. And he was in on a lot of it. "I always heard he was a wild renegade unti' lambardi got him by the ears. I don't know about that, but he was a strong man, and strong-looking with quite a physical stature.

"I just have kind words for Nitschke: I can't recall a better middle linebacker i played against. He was the anchor man of a very strong defensive unit. Nope, 1 never had any bad words for him. But, of course, we've had the same barber for years. "I just don 't remember Nitschke playing badly in a game I played against him.

Frank Ryan remembers. In fact, when he wc quarter-backing the Cleveland Browns he vividly remembers a Nitschke play in a 1964 game a play that, Ryan feels, turned the game around. remember one incredible play he made at a game in Green Bay in 1964. We lost 28-21, but we were ahead at the half. "On the first play of the second half, we had a play specifically designed to fool Nitschke.

We pulled the guards one way and sent Jim Brown back the other way. "Nitschke met Brown right at the hole Ray Nitschke Displays Menacing Look in 1 968 Bear Game Thomas Resets Goals As Brews' Top Angels wr-'f 'ft' y-i MILWAUKEE (AP) Gorman Thomas, closing in on the personal goals he had set before the season, has reset his sights much higher. So have the rest of the Milwaukee Brewers, who would have been ecstatic during spring training if someone could have assured them of a .500 season. "I told my wife in spring training that if I could just get an opportunity to play, hit .250 with about 25 homers and drive in 70, 80, 90 runs, maybe we could buy us a condominium here," Thomas "Now I've got one picked out." Thomas belted a tworurr homer, his 23rd, Thursday night to back the steady, if unspectacular, pitching of Mike Caldwell as the Brewers broke a three game losing streak by beating the California Angels 6-3. The second place Brewers LeRoy Arnold Benefit Draws Record Crowd Angel Brian Dawning Wipes Out Jim Gantner, 17, After Smoke, There's Tullis held out of both sessions.

He twisted the knee Wednesday that had undergone surgery last winter. Earlier, the Packers announced that he had suffered a bruised thigh. Meanwhile, safety Steve Wagner returned to practice after injuring a hamstring Wednesday and running back Willie Wilder returned after being hurt in Tuesday's scrimmage. Defensive end Houston Lloyd, who was cut Thursday, down our necks," he said. "The pressure is on Boston.

We've got the momentum, the drive, the potential, the and the experience. I would be very disappointed and astounded if we're not very close to first place at the end." "I had a feeling we would win tonight," Brewer Manager George Bamberger said. "I probably shoudn't have that feeling against Nolan Ryan, but Ryan hasn't been himself and Caldwell has been fantastic." Caldwell (13-5) wasn't fantastic this time and said later his arm is tired. He allowed 1 1 hits, but walked only two batters and usually kept the ball down as the Brewers registered 16 putouts on grounders. Ryan (5-9), who struck out three Brewers to supplant Bob Feller in ninth place on the all-time strikeout list with 2,582, nonetheless lacked nis usually overpowering fast ball.

He walked six and continually was behind in the count. The Brewers took the lead to stay at 2-0 in the first inning on a single by Robin Yount, three walks which forced in a run and a sacrifice fly by Sal Bando. A single by Jim Gantner, a double by Charlie Moore, an RBI single by Yount and a double play grounder by Don Money made it 4-0 in the second. The Angels scored in the fourth on successive singles by Dave Chalk, Carney Lansford and Lyman Bostock, but the Brewers led 6-1 after a single by Bando and Thomas' homer in the fifth. "Ryan is all right," Angels' Manager Jim Fregosi said.

"But he just couldn't find the plate tonight, and we've been playing some awfully tough competition lately." The Angels filled the bases with one out in the ninth and scored their final two runs on an error by Bando and Chalk's infield Caldwell then retired Lansford on a grounder to secure his sixth successive victory and his league leading 15th complete game. "My arm has been a little tired lately, so I didn't try to overpower them with sinkers," Caldwell said. "I threw some of the tricks. Frank Tanana used to beat us last night offspeed sinkers, palm balls, changeups and even four or. five screwballs.

I was able to keep them offstride when I had to." "That old goat, he's something," pitcher Lary Sorensen said of Caldwell, his roommate on the road. "He didn't have real good stuff tonight, but he's so determined. He wants i nothing more than to beat the team he's facing. He just decides he wants to win and nothing is going to stop him. Then the rest of the team gets that same feeling." "This is beautiful," said Caldwell, dean of the Brewers' staff at 29.

"I've never played for a team before with a win- ning record at this point of a season and with this kind of an attitude. No one in baseball thought we'd be in this posi-i tion, and I like to think I've contributed." Caldwell admitted he is starting to watch the scoreboard, which evoked a huge cheer from the crowd of 18,847 when it showed Texas had beaten Boston 3-1. "We have eight games with Boston in the last two months, and we'll be up there if we're competitive with them," Caldwell said. "We want to beat Boston. We don't want to back into it.

We've already beaten surged to within 4V4 games of slumping Boston in the American League East, while the Angels fell four behind first place Kansas City in the West. Thomas, batting .248 with 57 runs batted in, moved into a second place tie with teammate Larry Hisle and California's Don Baylor in the league home run derby. The three are one behind Boston's Jim Rice. "If Larry and I at the end are battling for the home run lead, at the very worst we'll be in the playoffs," Thomas said. "And if Larry can win the RBI title again, we'll definitely win because he's the big stick in our lineup.

"There's no reason. to-get nervous," said Thomas, who like most Brewers is a stranger major league pennant pressure. "We're not in first place with somebody breathing fering from a muscular disease, plan to put the money toward a van and a wheelchair-accessible home. Eighty-six drivers competed in the various events. In the late model feature race, Roger Regeth of Kim-berly slipped inside of Tony Strupp entering the third turn of the 13th lap, and went on to capture the 20-lap event.

Regeth, driving a 1978 Ca-maro, held off a late charge by Rick Somers of Stevens Point and Alan Kulwicki of Milwaukee, who ran second and third, respectively. Strupp was fourth, followed by Roger Paul and J. Smith. Ken Lund of Deerfield stole the lead on the last lap and clipped Duane Forbeck of Ap-pleton by half a car length in the 15-lap late model semi-feature. Earlier, Lund posted an even slimmer victory in his heat race, winning by about three inches.

Other heat winners were Forbeck, Regeth and Pete Parker. In the Sportsmen Class, Don Anderson of Menominee, took the 20-lap feature, followed by Gary Stankevitz of Green Bay, Pete Berken of Ap-pleton and Al Golueke of Green Bay. Gene Steinfeldt of Appleton added to his heat race victory by copping the 15-lap semi-feature. Other heat winners were Anderson, Jim Rosera of Appleton and Sharon Schneider of Appleton. It was the second heat race victory in the last three weeks for Schneider, the only women to compete against men in the 28-year history of the Fox River Racing Club.

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2:23. Where BY CLIFF CHRISTL Press-Gazelle Sports Writer "I've got myself some smoke out there now," Lew Carpenter chirped one day last week after coming off the practice field. In Carpenter's lexicon, smoke stands for speed, the raw ingredient most essential for playing wide receiver in the National Football League and something that has been sorely lacking as of late on the Green Bay Packers. Now, last year's shortage is this year's surplus. One of the speed merchants is a holdover, Steve Odom.

Two others are James Lofton, the team's No. 1 draft choice, and Willard Har-rell, a converted running back. Carpenter expected them to make a difference and they have. But the fastest receiver on the team is Walter Tullis, a free agent who has failed previous trials with Washington and the New York Giants. The 40-yard dash times recorded by the Packers become classified information, but he apparently has run a consistent 4.3.

That makes him faster than Odom, who has run' pro sprint exhibitions, and Lofton, a college ashman last year. Speed isn't everything. That's why Tullis will remain as much a suspect as a prospect until he's been more thoroughly tested. But so far the 25-year old Delaware State product has been one of the Packers' pleasant surprises in training camp. "He's looking exceptionally well," said Carpenter, the Packers' receiving coach.

"He's got a chance." Not only has Tullis been able to outrun just about everybody who has been assigned to cover him, but he's caught the ball surprisingly well. He's had his lapses, but he's also made some difficult catches. "I've had a couple of bad days, but that's about it," said Tullis. "I'm just trying to keep it together. You're going to have some good days and bad days.

The big thing is the mental attitude of coming back FOOTBALL SPECIALS Over 1 5 different models to choose from AP Lusorpnoto Force at Second sprained an ankle during the first day of testing and never really participated in a practice. Packers Slate Open Scrimmage The Green Bay Packers will hold a full scale scrimmage at 3 p.m. Saturday on their Oneida Street practice field. The scrimmage will be open to the public. au.

New OPTEX 7x35 EXTRA WIDE ANGLE FULLY COATED OPTICS HEXOMATIC EYE CUPS "QUICK-ACTIVE" FOCUS BAR LENS COVERS CARRYING CASE 7x35 SELSI Luminous field 7.5 center focus i COATED OPTICS LIGHT WEIGHT CARRYING CASE $3495 SPORT SHOP 922-26 Main Struct AT OUR DOOR There's WALTER TULLIS after the bad ones." Tullis realizes his speed is what probably has -gotten him in the door for a tryout. "Whenever you have speed it helps the deep passing game and means a quick six points," he said with practical consideration. "Any team likes a quick six points." His speed also helps' his confidence. "I haven't seen one out there yet I can't outrun," he said of the defensive backs he's been going up against. "Every time I leave off the line, I feel capable of getting open." At the same time, however, Tullis realizes speed alone isn't going to earn him a steady paycheck in the NFL.

He has to prove that his six-foot, 168-pound frame can take the pounding dished out by opposing defenders and that his courage doesn't abandon him on patterns across the middle. "I feel I'm pretty tough and I've worked during the off-season to strengthen my body to take the punishment," he said. "I know the punishment is going to be there." Although he doubled as a running back as a senior, Tullis played mostly defensive back at Delaware State, a black school with a humble football program. He was drafted 12th by Washington in 1976 and failed to make it as a defensive candidate. Then last year, the receiver-poor New York Giants looked at him on offense and let him go- Tullis, however, tsn convinced he's been given a fair KAUKAUNA (PG) A record Thursday crowd of 4,173 fans turned out to pay tribute to injured stock car driver IeRoy Arnold at the Wisconsin International Raceway here.

Arnold, who was paralyzed after a racing accident two years ago, received a standing ovation when introduced to the crowd before the benefit racing card began. One track observer described Arnold as wearing "a smile on his face that you wouldn't believe" during his introduction. Drivers donated 25 percent of their earnings and all track profits were turned over to the Arnold family. More than $4,000 was raised. The Arnolds, with two of their three young children suf- Yorton No.

2 At National Mat IOWA CITY, Iowa (PGf Quinn Yorton of Shawano placed second at 191.5 pounds in the National Junior Greco-Roman wrestling tournament Thursday at the University of Iowa. Yorton was beaten for the championship by Jim Weaver of Iowa. Kevin Fisher of Wild Rose was third at 165 pounds. In the first round of the National Junior Freestyle tourney here Thursday, Greg Woosen-craft of Pulaski decisioned Larry Montonez of Colorado 10-8 at 132 pounds. HeaVyweight Randy Gaw-ryleski of Pulaski was pinned in his first match of the double-elimination tourney by Myke Miller of Washington.

Manitowoc's Bob Holmes decisioned 'Randy Zarkin of New York 14-8 at 191.5 pounds. Keith Swett of Seymour and Terry Kramer of Fort Atkinson are coaching the 28-man Wisconsin team in the tourney, which concludes Saturday night. shot yet and he's looking forward to it being different this year. "This time I've gotten a little better coaching as far as teaching and patterns," he explained. "The previous years I just tried to use my speed.

This year, my patterns are getting better and, now, 'I just have to catch the ball. "I don't feel any pressure. It all boils down to having a positive attitude. The biggest question I had was the attitude of the people around me. The previous years I was confronted with different types of pol itics and wound up being released.

"Here the attitude is different. The people around the other places had favorites. I don't feel that here. The best man will be in the' slot. Fpr once I don't have to feel the pressure of favorites.

The atmosphere is much better." This time there should be no excuses. And it might be his last chance. "Deep down in my heart I feel I can make it," he said with genuine sincerity. "Until it's proven otherwise, that's when I'll stop." PACKER PATTER: The Packers held a 20-minute scrimmage Thursday morning during which the defense again had an edge over the offense. Three players were hurt during Thursday's workouts.

Defensive end Bob Barber suffered a scratched eyeball in the morning and watched the afternoon workout with a patch over his eye. Lofton dislocated his thumb in the morning, but returned to the practice field. And rookie linebacker Mike Douglass suffered a sprained ankle in the afternoon. Guard Leotis Harris was Fight Results LAS VEGAS. Nov.

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