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Dec. 29, 1 975 (ggHahaBB? Dftttflrrai Hendricks frustrates Bengals 0 DrTsss OAKLAND (AP) Ted Hendricks, who went from All-Pro to second-stringer, took some of his frustrations out on the Cincinnati Bengals Sunday. "I felt badly about not being able to play. I don't feel I've reached my potential," the linebacker said in the Oakland locker room after the Raiders' 31-28 victory in the first round of the National Football League playoffs. "But you don't have any time to think about your frustrations out there," he added.

The frustrations on the field were experienced mostly by Cincinnati quarterback Ken Anderson as Hendricks Oakland's fourth linebacker playing up front most of the game sacked him four times and also partially blocked a Cincinnati punt. Hendricks, an All-Pro with Green Bay last season, became a free agent and signed with Oakland this year but was unable to break into the starting linebup. The Raiders went with an extra linebacker and just three defensive linemen after losing end Tony Cline with an injury a week earlier. Hendricks, joining the pass rush on almost all plays, forced Anderson to shelve his longpassing plans for much of the game. Oakland quarterback Ken Stabler, working without one of his favorite receivers, Fred Biletnikoff, also threw short more than normal.

Tight end Bob Moore led all receivers with six catches including one for his first touchdown of the year. "We were taking things they were giving us, not trying to force it up top," Moore said. "That's where my game comes in. I don't have the speed of Cliff Branch. They played off and gave us the short stuff." Stabler said, "Of course, I'd like to throw a 60-yard touchdown pass every play, but they don't give up cheap touchdowns.

They make you work." As for next Sunday's rematch with the Pttsburgh Steelers, who beat the Raiders in last year's American Conference title game, the Raiders' quarterback said, "They've picked our pocket a few times, cost us money. We owe 'em." Some other Raiders shyed away from any talk of revenge. "You never go into a game thinking revenge," said guard Gene Upshaw. "Then when things don't go right, you start looking around for answers. You've just got to execute." "It's not a matter of revenge," said Moore.

"It's just a matter of one team going to the Super Bowl, us or Pittsburgh." Oakland holds on 31-28 lc Lj Branch. So Stabler threw short. His touchdowns covered nine yards to Mike Siani, eight to Bob Moore, and two to Dave Casper. It was the first score of the year for both Siani and Moore. Stan Fritts and Lenvil Elliott ran for Bengals' touchdowns, and Banaszak got Oakland's other TD.

(Continued from Page 18) The Bengals then forced the Raiders to punt for the first time, and Anderson came right back, finding a leaping Isaac Curtis for a 14-yard score with 5:44 left. Three plays later, Pete Banaszak fumbled a handoff and Cincinnati's Ron Carpenter recovered on the Oakland 37. But linebacker Ted Hendricks sacked Anderson for the fourth time in the game and the Bengals failed to move. They lost their last chance with 50 seconds left when Chris Devlin narrowly missed blocking Ray Guy's punt and crashed into Guy, giving the Raiders the first down they needed to run out the clock. The Bengals designed their defense to shut off the long bombs to Cliff Reg.7995-8995 Redmen face Indiana "Because we're on probation, the All-College tourney is a very big thing for us," said Centenary Coach Larry Little, whose team is in the middle of a possible six-year probation period.

"This is about the only chance we have to play in tournament competition. We've set a goal to come out on top. It gives us something to play for." Wake Forest won the Gator Bowl tourney in Jacksonville, as Rob Griffin scored 23 points, including four foul shots in the final 43 seconds. Jon Ponsetto hurled in 22 points as Detroit won its own Motor City Classic. Elsewhere, Gannon College defeated Navy.

55-52 and Georgetown beat Colgate 51-49 in first-round games of the Porreco Cup basketball tournament in Erie, Pa. and Texas Tech turned back Colorado State 59- 55 and Duquesne trimmed Oregon 78-74 in first-round action at the Far West Classic. proud of our team. I feel awfully good about the win and the way we won." Ernie Grunfeld scored 36 points to lead Tennessee past Penn. Tulane came alive late in the game on a series of fast breaks triggered by Phil Hicks to rout Ohio State.

Rhode Island used its quickness and 39 points from Jim Williamson and Mark Cizynski to upset San Francisco. Michael Thompson blocked seven shots and scored 21 points to lead undefeated Minnesota to its eighth straight victory and second straight Pillsbury Classic. Nate Bland pumped in 20 points to boost Centenary over Bowling Green. Utah State took charge of both backboards and center Ed Gregg hit for 26 points to lead the Aggies past North Texas State. Carl Brown's 25 points led Eastern Kentucky over Oklahoma City.

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"I don't think they're better," the veteran wide receiver said after the 31-28 National Football League playoff defeat. "We should have won the ball game. We just ran out of time." It was the third trip to the playoffs for Coach Paul Brown's Bengals, founded only eight seasons ago. Cincinnati also suffered first-round defeats the first two times, but the scores weren't nearly as close. "We finally got our passing game going in the second half," said quarterback Ken Anderson, who threw two touchdown passes after the Raiders build a 31-14 lead in the last quarter.

"We just came up a little short." A few inches, the distance by which Oakland tight end Bob Moore passed the first-down marker after catching a pass in the final minutes could have meant the difference. "Our kids got very riled up over that," said 67-year-old Brown, whose players protested that Moore stepped out of bounds before gaining the necessary yardage. (Continued from Page 18) in New York, No. 11 Louisville was locking one up at home. The Cardinals defeated Texas 102-88 in the championship game of the Holiday Classic in Louisville.

In other weekend action, ninth-ranked North Carolina State beat Auburn 79-74; lOth-ranked Tennessee defeated Penn 77-70 and Tulane walloped Ohio State 80-65 in first-round games of the Sugar Bowl Classic in New Orleans; Rhode Island stunned 14th-ranked San Francisco 85-77 to win the Ocean State basketball classic in Providence, R.I.; No. 19 Minnesota trimmed Creighton 80- 74 to win the Pillsbury Classic in Bloomington, and in the All-College Tournament at Oklahoma City, it was No. 19 Centenary 82, Bowling Green 69; Utah State 105, North Texas State 87; Eastern Kentucky 74, Oklahoma City 62, and Long Island University 69, Long Beach State 62. Elsewhere, Kansas edged Nebraska 69-66, Colorado beat Oklahoma 61-50, Missouri stopped Oklahoma State 81-79 and Kansas State routed Iowa State 81- 67 in the first round of the Big Eight Tournament at Kansas City; Wake Forest won the Gator Bowl tournament by whipping Florida 78-75 in overtime, and Detroit took the Motor City Classic with a 74-67 whipping of DePanl. After disposing of Columbia with ridiculous ease, Indiana tore up Manhattan as May scored 32 points.

Alagia, St. John's little package of dynamite in the backcourt, exploded for seven points in a 13-2 run late in the game to help the Redmen beat South Carolina in Saturday night's semis. Wesley Cox scored 13 of his 19 points in the first half and Phil Bond had 15 of his 23 also before intermission to lead Louisville past Texas Roy Roberts had 30 points, a Louisville Holiday Classic record, to lead the losers. Kenny Carr scored eight of North Carolina State's last 12 points to help the Wolfpack survive a late rally by Auburn. "I had a feeling Auburn was going to be ready for us," said North Carolina State Coach Norm Sloan.

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