Tucson Daily Citizen from Tucson, Arizona • Page 31

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1969 A I I I PAGE 31 Dallas 9 tBearThought Of Yet Another Big Loss Zs'EW YORK (AP) Why can't Dallas win the big ones? The same impertinent question still haunts the Cowboys this week as they prepare for Sunday's rematch against the Cleveland Browns, who buried them 42-10 in November. In'the years since the Cowboys entered the national Football League they have had three big chances to win it all. Each time they faltered and fell back. The memory of the 1966 title game in the Cotton Bowl still haunts Dallas fans, who recall the fatal offsides call and the rushed pass that Don Meredith threw into the end zone for an interception by Green Bay's Tom Brown. And the following year in 13- below-zero weather at Green Bay when Bart Starr sneaked home for the winner in the final seconds for a 21-17 edge.

Then there was last year when the Cowboys went to Cleveland as favorites to take home the Eastern Conferences title only to fall before the Browns 31-20. After the 42-10 beating Nov.i2, Coach Tom Landry of the Cowboys said, "It was just a mess. We'll thro wit out. There were so many mistakes you can't even evaluate a game like this." Bill Nelsen riddled the Dallas defense with five touchdown passes that November afternoon in Cleveland when Milt Morin caught seven balls for 101 yards. Now comes the rematch in the more hospitable atmosphere of the Cotton Bowl with so many scores to even.

Although most people think of the Cowboys as a passing team, the truth is they have thrown the ball less than any of the four teams in the NFL playoffs, and have run it more. The absence of Bob Hayes for four games due a shoulder separation suffered in preseason and the slight separation in Craig Morton's pitching shoulder have been factors. The most important, however, probably is the arrival of Calvin Hill, the rookie from Yale who has won Optimistic Arizona Open iiasts State By STEVE KELLEY Citizen Sportswriter There's anew, infectiously optimistic air about the University of Arizona's gymnastics team this year. Just how far that takes the Wildcats remains to be seen, but there's a certain, confidence which, combined with improved personnel, promises at least, a minor improvement over last season. Plagued with injuries, inconsistency and ineligibility, the gymnasts could only muster a 3-8 record last year.

Arizona gets is first outing as a team tonight in a dual meet with Mankato State (0-2) in the first stage of the ninth annual Western Gymnastics Clinic. Meet time is 7:30. Heading a list of returning lettermen is Doug Boger, a junior whom Wilson has termed Murray Traveling Accident When Jerry Quarry, the boxfighter, was a veiy young man, he poised on the edge of a swimming pool one day and executed a perfect swan dive. Which would have been all right except there wasn't any water in the pool. When Jerry Quarry got his first chance at the heavyweight title, he chose the eve of the fight to get in a little horse play his brother.

Which would have been all right except he sprained his back. i When Jerry Quarry fought Jimmy Ellis for the WBA heavyweight championship, his fight plan called for him to out-box Jimmy. Which would have been all right except the only thing Ellis does well is box. 'When-Jerry Quarry fought Joe Frazier for the heavyweight championship of the world, his fight plan called for him to slug it out with Frazier, Which would have been all right except the only thing Frazier can do is slug. When Jerry Quarry fought George Chuvalo for the fun of it, bis fight plan called for him to butt heads with Chuvalo.

Which would have been all right except that the only'thing Chuvalo can do is butt heads. When Jerry Quarry got knocked down and bounced back up at the count of 1, he could even have made a phone call as long as'he stood on his feet, and the, referee would still have wiped his gloves at the count of 8 and resumed the contest. Which would been all right except Jerry sank back to one knee and gave the ref no choice but to count him out, even though he was as conscious as the ushers. If Jerry Quarry's life story is ever made into a book, the title will te "Oops!" Quarry Vs. Quarry Jerry Quarry is the kind of guy who, if he brought you hot' soup at the hospital, he'd spill it on you.

If he brought you flowers, 1 they'd have a bee in them. If he helped you on with your tux, he rip it. He's a traveling accident. He went surfing one day and was on his way to Hawaii when the lifeguards caught up to him. He would have been the first guy in history to lose the heavyweight title by drowning.

Jerry "The Accident" Quarry is a guy who, if he got his choice of weapons in a fight with a choose biting. In a contest with an elephant, he would choose-stomping. He would trade kicks with a mule, scents with a skunk Jerry has unequalled talent at putting himself at a Only three fighters in the world can lick Jerry Quarry. Unfortunately, one of them is 'Jerry Quarry. He would fold a hand with three aces.

If he were leading the Open, he would play the wrong ball on No. 18. George Chuvalo didn't knock Jerry Quarry out. Jerry Quarry knocked Jerry Quarry but. It is Jerry's i8th lifetime KO -and he is the first man to put Jerry Quarry down for a 10-count.

Chuvalo moved just fast enough in the ring to keep birds from nesting on him. So Jerry fought the kind of fight that could have been fought in a bathtub. But, since Chuvalo was just another spectator at this knock- put, my'problem is this: Jerry Quarry was ranked No. 3 in the' world before this fight. Now that Jerry Quarry has knocked out.

the No. 3-ranked heavyweight, does this qualify him for another title shot? Or, does Jerry Quarry want a rematch with Jerry Quarry? 1969, Los Angeles Times "the most exciting thing ever to happen in Arizona gymnastics." An all-around man, Boger was sixth last 'year in the NCAA championships in long horse vaulting and" doubled as a diver on the swim team. Of a small wildcat contingency taken to the recent Rocky Mountain 'Invitational, Boger was the only to fourth in floor exercise. Behind him in all-around -is freshman Herman "Hemo" Walters, the New Mexico state high school champion who was also his state's'top gymnast on the high bar and in vaulting. Arizona has additional respectability in floor exercise with letterman Mike Berry and freshman Pat Hattic, who wil' also see action on the long horse with Jay DeBake.

Rings should be a forte with letlei-man- Doug Swartz and Scott Whittaker, a junior college transfer who missed last year due to ineligibility. On parallel bars will be lettermen Babe Corrales and Steve Kite, while letterman Mark Peacock and freshman Steve Bro'ckmeyer round out the high bar team. Sun Devils Try Again In Tourney OKLAHOMA CITY (UPI) -Arizona State University's basketball team makes its eighth attempt to break into the win column in the opening round of the All College Tournament tonight. The Sun Devils, winless in seven games, meet Memphis State (3-3). Host Oklahoma City and Idaho meet in the other first-night game.

Guard Seabern Hill heads Ari- zona'State, averaging 20 points a contest; Memphis State is paced by 6-foot-10 sophomore center Don Holcomb, Averaging 25 points and 14 rebounds a game. The winners and losers of tonight's games meet in the second round, beginning Monday. Among the eight teams, in meet are sixth-ranked Tennessee and Niagara, which features All-America Calvin Murphy. the Offensive Rookie of the Year honors. Until Hill damaged the big toe on his right foot, a vital takeoff spot for a running back, he was on the way to the rushing title.

Although he had not regained all of his early form he proved last week against Washington he still can step. He wound up with 942 yards. The key to Dallas' chances of getting even with Cleveland probably is the ability of the defensive four of Larry Cole, Jethro Pugh, Bob Lilly and George Andrie to put the beat on Nelsen. Cleveland's offensive line held them out all day in November while Nelsen picked the secondary apart. Cole came on strong after an inconsistent start and Pugh has regained form after nagging ankle and shoulder injuries.

Lilly and Andrie hold their own in any company. After listening to those taunts about "can't win the big one" the Cowboys figure to be in an angry mood at home in the Cotton Bowl. Three strikes are out in most leagues but the Cowboys are getting a fourth chance. Perfect Plaimin; NEW YORK (AP) Blanton Collier always seems to be overlooked in the Coach of the Year balloting but most experts will agree that there is none better than the old master at bringing a team up with a perfect plan for one specific game. Ask the Baltimore Colts about 1964 when they were humiliated by Collier's Cleveland Browns 27-0.

Recall last year's 31-20 upset of the Dallas Cowboys for the Eastern Conference title. Or just go back to Nov. 2 and the 42-10 shocker that sent Coach Tom Landry and the Cowboys home muttering. The Browns vary little in basics from the teams Paul Brown used to send into battle. It figures, of course, because Collier is a disciple of Brown's from the old days.

The big back now Leroy Kelly, not Marion Motley of Jim Brown, and the passer is'Bill Nelsen, not; Otto -or even a patch off Otto Graham. But they do a solid job. Landry once the Browns' defense to "a rubber- band that stretches but doesn't break." Although the Cleveland players doh't appreciate the compliment, it fits. They rank in the bottom half in defense, yield plenty of yardage but usually dig in to Tiold. They have been particularly vulnerable to the run this season.

After Nelsen had shredded the Cowboys' shaky pass defense for five touchdowns in that 42-10 game, the quarterback revealed he had told his linemen the night before, "give me three or seconds and I'll get the passes off." Nelsen's protection, except in disaster against Minnesota and in the finale in New York, has been sensational. He has been dumped less than any other quarterback. CALL 887-616) CLIFF VALLEY 1 'Public 18-hole Por-3 Golf Complete Golf Shop, Men's ond todies' Sportswear, Golf Instruction, Snack Bar. 59 ION. ORACLE RD.

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