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By ALLARSON Rams "straight! acket Staff Writer applied by Merit Olsen, David Jones, JJojr Bacon and Diron Talbert After yeilding- a fiyarri. goal to Pete Gogiflak the first, time the Giants" owned Rams command of the game the second time they had possession and they were never -r Gabriel conhied for two touchdown. strikes measuring five land 40 JOHN DIXON, Sports Editor MONDAY, DECEMBER 21, SECTION PAGE C-l As soon as they kicked the dressing room doors, tiie pfayers broke into a hardy, three cheers; for the Rams." Then Rinnan Gabriel give three, cheers for Oak-; land. Maybe the vibrations -wiR get to and help. They didnt.

The "sellout "crowd -of 62J70 efotier had felt a series of vibrations created by' the Ram defense. George Allens heroes it 4 i -r: The conversations and Rams chartered airliner stoppedabruptiy the pitot announced over the I have a final score." The players knew what was coming. It was 38-7 In favor of cap- tain said. The conversations resumed with the knowledge that -their $25,000 a man Super Bond dreams had been thrown into bankruptcy, The 49ers saw to How They Scored MlLY, Vimt quart-' QUART! InIhr EHIion 4 run. RWf IM Tfisr TJJ1BD QUART 1 run.

Raynck. 1:11 FOURTH QUARTRR IJ iittmi i when they played tiw rote of Scrooge and rocked Oakland in their- season ender. Suddenly the over. tiw skies of Ohio, -mads the Rams 31-3 win over tiw New York Giants seem. as.

flat as tiw last glass of. a rette.in dunce and with the NFJj playoff and weto toA abetter. liiS The point bmnage undoubtedly oddsmakers iwiohad quot- ed the Giants is ttiree- were their-usual -destrue point, Tu five selves ris they limited the. Giants, miming game to 50 yards and permitted Fran Tarkenton only 13 The .182 yards muscled on the ground represented a high- for tiie Jlains this season Joseph eon, 49ers Roosevett Tfyfor; left, beat Gene Upshaw (63) to ball. It was one of nine Oakland ttiraovers as San Fran--osco ended 25 yean of frustration with 38-7 win.

Hands Hewritt Dixon, with arm resting on torf, was to scora ChtUand tcmown Sunday aginst San when funny thing happened. He fumbled. RAIDER MISCPES FATAL (FOR RAMS) throw; and Bruce Taylor setting yards to Pat StuchtiB; Wll-Ue Ellison sprinted 'four-yards untouched, and Les Josephson '-divedLr for yard for big dx.pdnters-and David Ray booted a dub record 29th. field goal of 25 yards. wound upi Rams' leading ground gainer with 640 through giant holes provided by Tom Joe Sd-belli, Ken Inum, Charlie (Continued Page C5, CoL 1) TELEVISION Lakers vs.

Ifilwankee, KABC (7)i 6 pjn.s RADIO Lakers vs. 3filvraukee, KABC, 6 p.m. USC vsj Alabama, KF J-l. soar? m. ha-of vv pc i sgailiMeisiir Rain fell from the open- ing tothe final iq4WaihingtonapossiWyflwSuperBovdLj5iJyifirtMni completions in 30 attempts-far -a meager -103 yards, land, one a by Mo Pottios.

For the time, in many, meetings with tiw Rams, pro footballs Hoik (fini failed to slip out of the Hsness Radng Park, first post 7:45 p.m. CoOegeBasketban -TJSC vs. Alabama, LA. Sports Arena, 8 p.m. Prep Basketball See story, Page and a tteto win the NFC die tapped bis finest year West' by a fuITgamedver asfa po quarterback Sum the Rams.

day, throwing time. touch- The 4Ders. will meet the ddm peases in the rain Vikings next and p-mi as the Ban Fran- in tiie first round daco fieri Touted tiw AFC ef the NFC playofls. Tha Raiders, who won tiwir di. vision, title a-week ago, host MLamlDoIphins tiie sene afternoon in tiie AFCpbyoff.

The usually pokedRaid-ers handed the 'ball over to the dBsrs'nine times on four fumbles and five pass Interceptions in one of West champion Oaktond Rilderi 3-7 to win Aeir fiiyt cfivlrion title In 25 yehrs. Brodk, the NFCs lead-in year long, threw scoring strikes of 28 yaftls to Ted KwaUck, 34 toCGens Washington and 27 to BU Tucker as tiw tiers the. Rama return home for Christmas to Watch it all it front of tiw fbmQy TV set Just for tiw record, tiw 48ers.won their first divi-iontitlo everwkbahW-l record whfie tiw, Rama wound up M-L vr Time of were to teams that made tiw defensive line coach Torgy Torgeson igunr yam 4 pohited out The only 7 team we tort to that didnt make tiw playofib war tiw 1 SMMWMMWWMMWSMAMAaMMA ff The previous mark was Only time hourf earlier tiw Ram nlavers had dab San-andscocMdcSiS: for Joe Namath of tiw New York Jeta In 1968. but for the tiers, who never have wot a division title, it must have seemed like a sunny afternoon In Brodtes fine passing, Rea WIDard Wurkhoroe mnning beck, cored a wtoyard wnmih Jimmy. Johnson ran 36 yards with a pass interception for still another seme said Bruce Gossett" added a ti-yard field goaL The Raiders, who take an 84ti record into One Httle glrl even infe- 'C took i a sportswriier for i GARY RAUSCH Staff Writer i- i Bette lets than never, thi Stanford football team arfivedita Longr Beadi Sunday Bight to begin prepsrriLona for Its Jan, 1 dato vifia (Brio State In tiw Tbs' Western Airitoes jtoudwd down at -Long Beads fdmridpalAfr- portr seariy 40 minutes pus from Daryle Limoni- ca to Ray Chester.

Brixfie- completed seven of 21 passes for 171 yards. The three touchdowif aerials gavehimaregular-season total of 24. San Francisco, Slaint: favorites, broke the game open in the first7: seven minutes of tiie second. quarter when they scored time touchdowns to take a 247 lead at intermission. Two those firsthalf scores came sp a result of on -and innocently diked, Would you please sign Aria.

The Indiana ahould all' be well known by New Well havw anumber -open practicea at Cal State Long Beach," confided head coach JobntRalsfen after arriving at tiw Edge-water Hyatt House foHow-ing a' six-mile motorcade from tiw airport- stiH 'wirtng- Wednesday of tida week, be Asked what he was pri-marily Tconcerned with about Ohio Stated Rahtoit repliedr4We cant hide the fact phqring. a real they headeniito the cata-' of Yankee stadium. Tiiey had played Itiw role spoilers themselves by "snuffing out the- Giants snuffing hopes of wimdng the NFC East and gaining a spat in the playoff tournament 200 wdtwidwrs who greet- and Roib Bowl queen Ka-ed the Indiana. thy Arnett rod her court Tbe crowd consiated pri- Tbe Indiana filed off tiw marily of frunilfea and aircraft under a barrage of friends of the players. bright lights from movie Twenty-two members of and- still SOman traveling squad were also the usual group are Southern Cattfenrians, of mitograph hunters, but so tt wasg hwwronringof few of them recognized oris for many of tiw Pa-- any of tiw players, save dfie Conference diampi- Hdsman Trophy winner ona.

Jlto Plunkett t. a- -tst Jr Also cn hand forTwei- coming ceremonies were Stanford, nlaver. hawfaii our gamo plan and eqwot wMiiiatoThaveT ttln-soUd-by Bat, ths.jlelay.didoLjrpMrnsment of Roses presr dampen tiw sptzlts of tha ident A. Lewis Stringier nine Dick- Nolan promld to begn. about the lfinnesota Vi- Unga tiw first Wng in The tiiird-year ggesfof hiscoacMnca i fe coach called Sundays vic- leer.

We knew what, we had to do tiwse last time games, and we did it," No-lan saiiL TWs was a complete gsunefor to finish, offense amd da-fens Nolan- JAnr time yira good foothall team and Zhave itheideCpest ixespectriand coachJoJm Madden, foftiw offense and de-- Tta up wipe to- tills one out of our minds. We know all about their baltcontrd ami itt our Job to get that foot-balL. Do the Indians have any-tiring that the Buckeyes should be concerned about? We better, have some firings that concern them. We think we do. Mayor Edwin W.

Wade extended tiw key to the dty to Ralston and remarked that could expect a large cOo-tingent it Lbng Beads peojrie in; tiw Bose'Boiri New Years Day." Ralstoa told tiwse at-teniting tiw reception in the Edgewaters Empire Room that-Stanford, a 12-point underdog at present, chose to train in Long Beach because of its community spirit Heavy rain delayed the team's departure from San Jose by one hour and Ralston only hopes tiw Indians haven't brought tiw rain wtihllwm. fhere: and dont score, fts Lakers, Bucks Iaangu-rute NBAs Vide Series Touight' Page Ci OSE QUEEN GREETS GMD KING jMe Bowl queen Kathy Arnett offers Southland, greetings to Stan-. I joci quarterback, and Heisman Troplqr winner Jim Plunkett The In-' dians arrived at IJL Municipal Aupoxt Sunday night to begin final Stions for Jan. 1 date with Ohio State. Close to 200 friends and i were on hand to welcome Tribe, Staff Photo THREE AND SYMPATIIY i It-has been said that defensive lin emen eat quarterbacks but Ram trio Jack Pardee (32), Coy Bacon (79) and Diron Talbert (72) stalk mighty slim prey in 185- pound Gignt quarterback Fran Tar-kenton.

Furious chaige forced Tark to throw incomplete pass in see-omkquarter of game won by Rams, 31-3..