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Fort Myers News-Press, Friday, August 19, 1977 foofba roundup Bucs get Reynolds; Griese a kicker 4C reft (X (f v-i C4VMb All H. son, the Vikings scored a 24-13 victory in 1962. So despite some grim Minnesota statistics, the Vikes appear to have a pretty good shot at beating the Colts in tonight's exhibition in Baltimore. One thing's certain they'll be trying extra hard for that victory. "It's on national television and we don't want to look bad in front of millions of people," said Minnesota quarterback Fran Tarkenton.

"I imagine we'll go with a lot of horses (starters) and I imagine they will, ton BROWNS-CARDINALS Cleveland and St. Louis (along with Houston, Tampa Bay, San Francisco and the Giants) will be trying to put victory No. 1 of the 1977 season on the board. The Browns were nosed out 34-33 by Minnesota last weekend on a final-gun field goal while the Cardinals were stung 15-7 by Denver. SAN DIEGO CHARGERS SAN DIEGO Retired Los Angeles Rams tight end Bob Klein reportedly would play football again for $150,000.

The 6-5, 235-pound veteran of eight NFL seasons said Wednesday he was "totally surprised" when the Chargers gained title to him for a draft choice. If Klein refuses to give up his new job in industrial real estate in Los Angeles, the deal with the Rams would be off. He reportedly made at least $80000 with the Rams. DENVER BRONCOS ATLANTA Craig Penrose, the second-year quarterback from San Diego State, has been given the starting nod for Denver Saturday night when the unbeaten Broncos seek their third straight pre-season victory against the Atlanta Falcons. Denver, which already has defeated playoff contenders Baltimore and St.

Louis, will be favored to dispose of the rebuilding Falcons. Coach Leeman Bennett oTthe Falcons will stick to his plan of giving each of his quarterbacks a start, going this time with Kim McQuilken and following in the second half with his No. 1 quarterback, Steve Bartkowski. Veteran Craig Morton is scheduled to divide playing time with Penrose. GREEN BAY PACKERS TAMPA Willard Harrell will start at halfback and John Brockington will start at fullback against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Saturday night, Green Bay Packers Coach Bart Starr announced.

PHILADELPHIA EAGLES CHESTER, Pa. Rookie quarterback Mike Cordova, an llth-round draft pick from Stanford, will see his first action of the 1977 NFL pre-season in Monday night's game against the New England Patriots. TV: Minnesota Vikings vs. Baltimore Colts, Channel 20, 8:30 p.m. From News-Press Wire Services TAMPA The Tampa Bay Buccaneers obtained middle linebacker Jack Reynolds from the Los Angeles Rams for undisclosed future draft choices Thursday to help strenghten a porous Bucs defense.

The Bucs have had their sights set on Reynolds, who was among 17 players involved in a lawsuit in Minnesota. Reynolds, 29, played out his option with the Rams last year. Within the last couple of days he resigned and Los Angeles was free to trade him and receive compensation. "His playing for us is based on several "Contingencies," said John McKay, coach of the 0-14 National Football League Bucs. "It's based on his reporting and his passing our physical.

But as of now he is on our roster." Reynolds is among the oldest players on a squad McKay deliberately has picked for its youth in his build-from-scratch plan. "Even though his age is older he has always stayed in real good shape," said McKay. "We are not getting away from our plan. I figure he can play at least five years." McKay said the addition of Reynolds "should make us stronger inside." The 6-1, 232-pound athlete was the Rams first round draft choice in 1970 after he played college ball at the University of Tennessee. He was All-American and All Southeastern Conference.

MIAMI DOLPHINS MIAMI Quarterback Bob Griese has won the Dolphins' place kicking contest and will boot extra points and short field goals in Dol- game with the Dallas Cowboys in Texas Stadium Saturday. Coach Don Shula also said rookie tackle A.J. Duhe, a No. 1 draft choice, will kick off. Shula indicated that in a long field goal situa-' tion the Dolphins will either punt or go for the yardage, depending on the circumstances.

Griese is being forced into action because of regular kicker Garo Yepremian's pulled hamstring muscle and fifth-round draft choice Mike Michel's pulled calf muscle. VIKINGS-COLTS The Minnesota Vikings haven't had the greatest success against Baltimore but times are changing. Since the Vikings joined the National Football League in 1961, they've managed to win only four of 16 regular-season game against the Colts. Two of those victories, though, came the last two times the teams got together, in 1969 and 1971. And the last time they met in the pre-sea- AP Kansas City's Mark Bailey (39) is tackled by Washington's Dave Butz, who also has Tom Condon Theismann bombs KC "I'd like to spend more time helping theY, but can't.

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PASSING Kansas Cltv, Adams 9-25-2, 190 yards. Washington, Kilmer, 13-16-0, 115, Theismann, 8-16-1, 127. Always somelhlnq neuer rind nicer the YMCA Defensive aces voice demands 18 HOLE CHAMPIONSHIP EXECUTIVE COURSE GREENS FEES $4 AFTER 1:30 $3 NEW YORK There is an epidemic of unhappiness among National Football League defensive -players. In Houston, middle guard vClirley Culp wants out in the worst way, and Elvin Bethea is in and out of camp and may wind up in the courts. The Chicago Bears' all-pro tackle Wally Chambers just signed a contract which will make him a free agent at the end of 1977.

Chambers' gripe stems from possible part-time status in special situations. His knee is affecting his LECTRIC CART AFTER 1:30 rookie running backs in Tim Wilson and Rob Carpenter. Now they need Dan Pastorini to pull them together. Bears are flying after upsetting Oakland on the West coast. Chicago by 3.

New York Giants at San Diego The great Charger firepower is surfacing. Joe Washington and Johnny Rodgers have produced 89 and 68-yard punt returns in the first two exhibitions. San Diego by 6. Sunday Cincinnati 3 over Detroit, Los Angeles 6 over San Francisco. Monday New England 6 over Philadelphia.

GOLFERS PACKAGE 2 PLAYERS CART 12 $1Q00 Yi MILE SOUTH OF SHELL FACTORY Jimmy The Greek WEST ON LITTLETON ROAD N. FT. MYERS 995-5434 Syndicated Columnist Pfinn ii I II llll llll UIHU OLDSMOBILE mobility, but more significantly the development of Ron Rydalch is forcing Chambers out of the tackle position and over to defensive end. Jack Lambert and Mel Blount are maintaining their stand that they won't play for Pittsburgh again. John Dutton still refuses to report to Baltimore, and Claude Humphrey had a long hassle before coming to terms with Atlanta.

It appears defensive players have finally entered the bargaining arena for real. Somebody must have tipped them there is a shortage of quality down linemen and secondary people. Building a winning team starts with the defensive line. Saturday, the Miami Dolphins put their unbeaten pre-season mark on the line in Dallas. Miami's offense looks impressive.

With Freddie (King) Solomon, Nat Moore and Duriel Harris and second-year running back Gary Davis, Don Shula will have an abundance of outside speed. Bob Griese has been sharp at QB as has his backup Don Strock. Strock will go most of the way against a Cowboy defense which had problems with Seattle's passing game last week. Duhe gets a big test against Bob Neely, and the Cowboys are favored by 6. In tonight's action: St.

Louis at Cleveland The Cardinals have been surprisingly punchless with only 7 points in their first two outings. Cleveland by 3. Minnesota at Baltimore All the Vikings do is win and the Colts have not been too productive on the scoreboard, missing deep-threat holdout Roger Carr. It's Baltimore's first effort at home and Bert Jones will be getting more work. Baltimore by 4.

Saturday: Denver at Atlanta While Steve Bartkowski is healthy again, the Falcon QB has not been able to put the ball across the goal line. Denver by 3. Buffalo at New Orleans The Saints are spending their exhibition campaign gaining fans as well as victories. New Orleans by 3. Green Bay at Tampa Bay Poor John McKay can't catch a break.

The Packers are a team Tampa has a shot at beating, but Bart Starr has the Pack fired up after last week's humiliation at the hands of New England. Green Bay by 3. Pittsburgh vs. New York Jets (Giant Stadium) Even the Steelers morale problems and missing defenders will not slow them against the Jets, but New York will show continual improvement as the season approaches. Pittsburgh by 9.

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