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THE SUNDAY CONSTITUTION, 23, 1975 1C Sooners Turn Nebraska i Fumbles Into 35-70 'Win NO ARGUMENT. Oklahoma All-America halfback. Joe Washing- Ion brings down thefhouse as He proclaims rhei Sooners'Number One in second half ofOil's 35-10 Big Eight win Saturday. Washington's proclamation came after his, block opened the door for Elvis Peacock' to score the Sooners' third touchdown, early in the fourth quarter. (Staff Photo by Bill Dixon) By GENE THRASHER NORMAN The football, finally bounced in Oklahoma University's direction Saturday, and the Sooners cashed in quicker than you can peel an orange.

OU, stymied all season by costly fumbles, hopped, on Nebraska fumbles, picked off two Husker passes and gave" the Cornhuskers a good old country licking. 35-10. Barry Switzer's Sooners thus landed a juicy 'invitation the. prestige- steeped Orange Bowl, and a Jan. 1 date with" Michigan: Nebraska, unbeaten and ranked No.

2-in nation, came into the contest with high" hopes of winning and earning the Orange Bowl trip. AFTER- all, OU had lost to Kansas and had a miraculous escape against Missouri the previous two weeks, while the Cornhuskers breezed. But a sellout throng of 70,266 fans at Memorial Stadium watched the Soo- ners turn in a brilliant defensive effort to upend Nebraska' for the fourth consecutive year. And.OU's. offense, after a shaky stan which saw the Sooners lose two first- quarter fumbles, came together, and played steadily the rest of the day.

But this was another big day for OU's defense, which has played magnificently all year, with the exception of a second-half lapse against Missouri last week. Junior Scott Hill and senior Lcroy Selmon, in his last OU-appearance at home, delivered the big hits for the Sooners. Both forced Nebraska quarterback Vince Ferragamo to cough up the football, and the Sooners turned both recoveries into touchdowns. Hill did his thing on a safety blitz in the second period, when Ferragamo was back to pass with Nebraska on OU's-43. Leroy recovered the ball at Nebraska's 42, and the Sooners scored their only first-half touchdown on a -12-yard.

13-play drive. It was Leroy's turn to lay the shoulder to Ferragamb in the'third period, and the resulting fumble turned the tide of battle Nebraska, leading 10-7, had the ball at midfield after a short OU punt. Ferragamo. who was trying to sweep right, coughed up the ball, and OU defensive end Mike Phillips pounced on it with 2:45 left in the quarter. The Sooners promptly drove 47 yards GAME IN FIGURES Nebroiko Oktohomo Flrsl 13 39-70 Posslno.

yards 175 Return yards 31 23 Posses 15-J7-? 10-0 Purls 6-10 8-37 Fumbles-losl S- J-3 Penalties-yards 4-30 o-5 29-13 By HERB JACOBS Cameron's proud" defensive -unit set up the. offense fpr-17 quick'fourth-quar-. the.Aggies.roared from behind to defeat East Central, 29-13, here Saturday night and-claim Oklahoma's smallrcollege football championship. The Aggies entered the fourth quarter in a 13-12 hole, but that changed quickly. Linebacker i fumble recovery arranged a 46-yard march for the go-ahead touchdown, Larry Jackson pounced 1 on.

an East Central bobble to set up march, and Briley's 11-yard return a pass interception put Cameron in position for Duane Christian's 24-yard Demons Schedule Ti GUYMON ('Staff) Duncan traveled 80 yards to score'the first time it had the ball, Gary Morgan drilled a second-quarter field: goal and a stout Demon defense made those points stand for a 9-0 victory, over Guymon Saturday night in a Class 3A quarterfinal game. The win sends the streaking Demons into next weekend's semifinals against Ardmore, the team they 16-6, in the final game of the regular season. The game is definitely set for Duncan's Halliburton Stadium, and probably for Friday night. But the date and kickoff time won't be confirmed until sometime today. Darrcll ScoU -capped Ihe Duncan TD drive with a five-yard sweep midway through the first period, to give the Demon defense all the advantage it The score capped a march in which Reggie Smith produced the big gainers oh sweeps of 27 and 15 yards.

Morgan missed the' touchdown, but made up it late in the "first half when he boome'd a field, goal from 31 yards out to increase the-lead to 9-0. Guymon didn't acme close to.threat- enirig- the second: Duncan allowed the Tigers- 14 yards' on field goal. The comeback an 8-2-1 season for John They finished with seven straight victories, including five against 'Oklahoma opposition. East will play in the Bicentennial Bowl in Little -Rock Satur- a a an eight-game win skein snapped, are 8-3-1 for the year. Les Varner, who was injured-late in the first half, returned in the fourth period to.

quarterback Cameron's three scoring drives. Fullback Jerry Darnell- arid tailback Jesse Cohee did most of the running damage, Darnell ripping through' the Tigers for 68 yards and. GAME IN FIGURES 6CSU First Downs 1 18 Nol yards rushing 5 Net vards passing 147 Passes Pass interceptions, 0-0 Punts and averages! Fumbles Lost Penalties'and 7-73 Ass 22 56 -1-18 3:62 3-6 9-75- Cohee for 46 in- the'second half. 'The rugged Darnell finished with 97 steps, Cohee earned 67 for the evening. The Ags- played without rushing leader Billy who was suspended for one game.

Big Ken Domb'rowski keyed the slashing defensive unit i tackles and two Allen Mounce and Briley each had a hand in 11 stops, and they had plenty of help. The Aggies had keeping up with' fullback Larry King in. the first half. King, who usually takes a back to District 9 rushing champ Ron sprinted outside the Cameron defense for 10.7 yards before intermission, and a the by firing a 19-yard touchdown pass to Willie Guient. But the Ags were waiting for King.in the second half, holding him.

to minus- two yards on-six And th'e-pass riddled for 116 yards and two the elaborate, half time show-, choked off the'Tigers with just two completions in 'eight attempts'after pass a threw them for so losses that the losers had a net of minus-two-yards in the final 24 min- Guymon advanced into Duncan territory-only orice, midway through the first half. A'pair of passes from Tim to Dave for 19 and 13 yards, did the damage. But Jimmy GAME IN FIGURES Duncan 'Guvmon First Downs 11 '5 Nel. yards rushing :.233. IP vords passinu 0 69 Passes 0-3 5-16 Pass interceptions, yards 0-0 0-C Punts and Fumbles Lost 1 Penahies ond yards 5-25 1-5 Kidd and Billy Schllttler came'up with back-to-back "defensive sparklers ss top at Duncan's .28..

up but.was-.unable"to get. into the end'--jone second ha-lf. threatened twice-, 'but a ended one bid'-and. Guymon's-. defense thwarted other.

a record' and an eight game; winning streak'into the rematch with.Ardmore. Duncan's-earlier victory over the Tigers' was' in the championship game. SCORE BY QUARTERS '3 0 0 9 0 0--0 How they scored: Dorrcll Scoll 5-run. -Field Goal: Gary 31. CLOSE QUARTERS.

Dick Ryan (22) reaches up to break up an East Central pass intended for East Centrals Willie Guient last night. The pass from Blackburn was barely (Staff Photo) The first quarter was a sparring session for the most part, with the old rivals, looking for weaknesses. Cameron finally made the. first offensive move, driving 66 yards 11.. plays after Briley, Don Robinson and Albert Henry stopped-Don Erwin short of a i down on a fourth-and-one gamble; Darnell's 17-yard burst the big gainer, and tight end Tim Huffer over the'middle 18-yard TD payoff.

East -Central counte'fed in three A. 49-yar-d -pass from Chuck. Blackburn to-rugged tight end Winfred; Newson carried to "the. King ran the option.pass and fired to Guient for the. Ken' Raleigh broke the tie conversion kick.

The to again, moving 75.yards in .19 time-con- 9y2-minute drive. ended palmed a pitchout and sprinted around left end for the. filial'two paces. The Ags. were knocking on the door again two minutes later, but a fumble returned'the ball to EC with 1:51.

to go Blackburn moved, the club 69 yards flipping a seven-yard touchdown to Newson with one second left. in the a in the but the Ags were when-Briley pounced on James' fumble 40 yards from the end zone. Varner onto the field, hit Bimbo Herron for 12.yards on a third-and- 10, then found Darnell for nine to the one. Jesse Cohee'rammed across right guard for the go-ahead TD, and he hit the same hole for the two-point conversion. Jackson's recovery of King's fumble' returned the ball to CU, and the Tigers helped by collecting a personal.

foul penalty on a third-and-13. Cameron took it on the ground from there- ner the yard on fourth down: Briley stepped in Blackburn's receiver and took his interceptionJl.yards to the 18 to set up goal SCORE BY QUARTERS' Eolt, Central 0 1 3 0 0--13 Cameron 4 0 17--29 How They Scortd: CU Huffer ,18 poss from Varner (run faiO. 60, 1st. Guient 19'pass from Kino (Raleigh kick), 7-6, 2nd. CU Brown'2 run (run taiu, n-l, ind.

EC Newson 7 pass from Blackburn (kick tail), 13-12, 0:01 2nd. CU Cohee 5 run (Cohee run), 20-13, 13:15 ith. CU-- Varner 1 run (kick fail), 7:35 J1h. CU'-- Christian 2i fitld OOOl, 29-13. 4:02 Jth.

in 12 plays for the go-ahead touchdown with brilliant senior quarterback Steve Davis leading the charge. DAVIS, who time and again found running room on the wishbone option and had 130 yards for game rushing honors, squirted for gains of 5. 9, 6 and 14 yards, as the Sooners slashed to the two-yard line. Elvis Peacock, who had thrown a big block to help. Davis turn the corner on the preceding play, then.

took an option pitch and went in, but an illegal procedure penalty wiped out the tally. The Sooners, shoved back to the seven, weren't to be denied. Two- plays later. Peacock took another Davis got Jcey block from running- Joe Washington, and five yards to paydirt. Tony DiRiehzo's PAT made it 14-10, 1:14 left in third period.

Few fa'ns expected that Nebraska would -not be able to come. back. But the Huskers promptly turned the ball over on two and an interception in the fourth quarter. And the Sooners converted each mistake into seven points to win going-away. The back-breaker, however, came with 10:36 left, when OU punted from its own 45.

Tinker Owens' 42-yard punt was fumbled at Nebraska's 13, and sophomore Lee Hover recovered for the Sooners. Washington swept to the four-yard line, and after Horace Ivory was stopped 1 for no gain. Peacock again went left on the pitchout, got a super block from Washington, and went in. That just about wrapped it up. 21-10.

The Sooners, operating with great. momentum, scored two- more times in the final 2:44 once after an interception by Jerry Anderson, who sprinted 23 yards to NU's 10, and again after a recovery when the Huskers fumbled away the ensuing kickoff. Davis and freshman halfback Billy Sims counted the. TDs on runs of seven and four yards. It was a battle royal for three quarters, and things got pretty shaky for OU on at least two occasions.

The first half ended with Nebraska, trailing only 7-3, camped on the Soo- one-yard line. And the Huskers cashed in on an OU fumble in the Sooners' first series of the second half to go ahead with a 32- See Sooners, page 2C NWraiko 3 Neb-- FG Coyle 2J Oklo-- Davis 1 run (DIRIenzo kick) Neb-- Anthony run (Covle Oklo-- Ivory 5 run (DiRlenio kick Okla-- Peacock 3 run (DiRienzo kick) Okla-- Davis 8 run (DIRIenzo WckJ Sims i run (DiStltnxo klcX) A-- 70,286 7 7 7 21-- 3J rnie Banner ESNIE BANKS Mr. Cub By DAN COLLIER Ernie Banksshas been pro- baseball now ior'about- four b'ut Ihe.smooth-fielding 1 slugger of the. Chicago Cubsstill, hasitne.youthful image that was'-so popular'to baseball fans in the 50s' and 60s', Ernie, was Lawton. Saturday.vis-: iting 'the Lawrence Kuykendalls.

kendall's Mack, also.a former Cub, was and Buck 'O'Neil, a present scout-for the Cubs, also was there. Banks was an All timesV He played shortstop early in.his career and gleaned the Most Valuable Player award in the National League i I 9 6 0 and 61. b'Nfeil recruited Banks into pro- was a natural," the. former a of the a a i Nlonar'cns said: quick of the truest arms I have ever seen and wrists." -was a'true hitter! He is high the all time Cub'hitting lists 'Er- me do a dot of pros- 1 "He coiild hit' the low ball. All of the good ones can do it and he was more than just a good The; soft-talking'Banksr vill rriore-" than likely be nominated Shortly to" the Baseball Hall of Fame.

A player must be out of the game for five years to be eligible for nomination. Ernie, the game even though -he-still a'coach in the farm league's. "What miss is the competition. I.miss coming'up -to the plate against' Sandy Don Drysdale and Marichal. some feeling against; guys could hit one out on 'em." Ernie.Banks 'do if' he -had '-a 'head coaching job -offered to him? right out and say he 7 would take it', did hint that a coach would be a great way to make a living.

Mack Kuykendall, who was an Stater from. Ahadarko. 60's, wasn't as reserved as Banks about the would make a super coach," he He knows.the game of. Banks had high praise, for several athletes of the area now the cub uniform. "It looks like' Ray Bums will, be our.

No. 1 pitcher right, now. He had a great.year^and, won 15 ball games." native of Gould, played two summers for the Lawton Pepsi Semipro organization. O'Neil, a veteran in the scouting some greats. He signed Lou Brock.for.J12,000 and now Brock is making in hundreds of thousands.

Have the attitudes changed much with young people "being scouted? "Not really, say. They want more money, of course," but you can't, blame them for thati It is-just the times we areliving in," Ernie.Banks has'set a goal for him- self much like the one he laid, down 25 years he begaciplaying the game for.money. '-L always to be a great baseball player, the best.in baseball. Now I'd" like to be the best coach in the game..