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Lwn test-n. mr INPtPLNDLNt (AM) PRESS-TELEGRAM (PM) C-5 1 a centimeter short reports Bom Can SC stay xiwake THE CAME: LA. Coliseum (capacity 71 432). Radio: KFI, 1:30 p.m. Teteviskm: tape, KNXTtaSstunUy Sunday 4 p.m.

THE 0b08: Gam is oft the board. THE SERIES: TCUleadi 3-L winning 71a 1864 and 74 in I960. DSC won the first meeting 2S-26 in 1961. THE RECORDS: USC is andefeated i i- -x he said. "The article be interesting to try "metric football 1 bought bat was great, because football is the only game we pity where people are to conscious of distance.

I was-teaching a class the metric system, so I approached our athletic director about a metric game, then wrote a formal -memo proposing that we do it Carieton officials, concerned that their Midwest Conference might question the results of a game played undo the metric system, invited their notKCOofer- ence rival from aeross St Olafr which agreed to the game. TWO WEEKS ago Carieton formally approved the game, and groundskeepers marked off the field meters rather than ards. Looking down from be press box, sportscaster Tom Albrecht, who does the SL Olaf games for radio station KDHL of Faribault, inadvertently referred to a few Vard gains rather than meter gains1 early in the game, but had ouble thereafter. little trouble I lSC fbottwll fans should have a lot to theer about during the Troians' home opener against Texas Christian Univer CalHNla aftawiiM luty Saturday afternoon if they can tUy awake. The game, which pits the countrys No.

tanked team against the No. Gn the Bottom Ten), wont lack for offense, but may be low on excitement "We cant afford to overlook TCU, laid USC coach John Robinson, not very -coovincinglXt With chances lor victory so reniotT game was taken off the betting board in Las Vegas, Lake Tahoe, Reno and intermediate points, TOTs rookie coach FA. Dry has settled on another goal "We're Just trying to he laid. "Progress is our most important product now if we hope to become solid later in the season. We are getting a chance to test ourselves against what may be the best team in the United States.

Despite losses the teams first two games, Dry is encouraged. Ive noticed some progression be tween our first and second game, he said, "and that's despite the fact that we changed 10 starters between those games And now start six freshmen. Dry noted accurately bat TCU has "been able to seme. The Horned Frogs have put 45 points on the board two games. However, bey have also sunen--dered 74 during that period and could double that figure against a USC offense that is averaging 438 yards per game.

By Michael fflrsley VUcm Trtkme 8en4t NORTHFTELD, Minn. It was too warm tot football, and many young men in the crowd took off their shirts as temperatures rose to 25 degrees. Celsius, that Is. It was about 78 degrees Fahrenheit temperature, as everything else inside Laird Stadium at Carieton College Saturday, the metric system prevailed. The nations first metric football game, billed the Metric Bowl, was played on a fiekflOOLineten long and 53 meters wide.

That means the playing field, not counting the end zones, was 109.38 yards long Instead of the normal lOtyrards, and 57.96 yards wide instead of Instead of yard lines every 10 yards there were, meter lines every 10 meters. And instead of 4 downs to make 10 the teams Carieton and SL Olaf, two small colleges be same town had 4 downs to make 10 meters, or 10.9 yards. With that the pastoral Minnesota town that confused Jesse James and his outlaw band, thwarting their attempted bank robbery 101 years ago, was at it again. This time Northfields targets were all be traditional football fans, sports-, casters, and most especially statist-. dans across be country.

INCIDENTALLY, there arent too miany.football traditionalists at Carieton, where there is no admission price for football garnet and where the mar student pen band includes bstrurn ists who play cello, violin, oboe and guitar. Watching the kickoff wib glee was Carieton chemistry professor Jerry Mob-rig, who dreamed up the Metric Bowl a year ago. I had read an article to Sports Illustrated about how the metric system exists so many sports and how most international sports records are kept first down under the 10-yard system, he was a few centimeters sny of a first down under the metric system. in that instance, the metric system fid what Carieton had trouble doing all afternoon. It forced St Olaf to punt and kept it from scoring.

That didn't happen to St Olaf often Saturday. It punted only three times, and won the game 43 to 0. After be game, Carieton coach Dale Quist said, were throughly outmatched, but I bink wie may have looked even worse wib the metric field. It gave them more room laterally to cutmanen-. verus." IF QUIST-wu -unhappy about the acme, had to he pleased at another aspect of the game.

The stadium was nearly filled to its 10,000 -seat capacity, which school officials said was about 8,000 more than normal crowds at Carieton games. "The last full house we had was when Dwight Eisenhower spoke the stadium during his 1952 campaign, said Mohrig. Normally, Carieton has no cheerleaders, but a special student squad was hurriedly drafted for Saturdays game. Coeds donned Cheer-liter tee shirts for the occasion, while men wore "Drop-back 10 meters and punt shirts. -UTER Carolyn Hall, 18.

a freshman from Champaign, 111., at her first college football game, said she had trouble whenever I tried to make a conversion (to metric units). It's harder to malm up cheers. Perhaps the biggest problem from the metric system feu to George Dehne, director of college relations at Carieton. And it came after be game. "Now, Ive got to get those groundskeepers back out to change be field back to the old yardage measurement and move the goaf posts back in for next weeks game, he said.

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The more I look at it, the less problem it is. He was helped considerably by pregame sheets listing the players heights centimeters and weights kilograms. There was only one time the game that the metric system had an obvious 'effect QUARTERBACK Tim Bates of the white-shirted St Olaf visiting team hurdled his 188-centimeter and 82-kilogram body (6 feet 2, 180 pounds) toward an onrushing 300-kitogram aggregate of Une-shirtM Carieton defenders on a thud-down play midway through the second quarter. though: COLLSGK VOATHmllM csct. tcu, afl tht satfjfrjL'Eis; Mtektlpyi SL 3 owr FMdl.

MMUguTt SZn9mLt AUnlMr 45-21. loss to Southern Methodist snd 29-24 loss to COACHES: John Robinson is 11-1 two games into Ms second season gbSSJAA" -THE PLAYERS: DSC tailback Chariio Whits has already rushed for 241 yards and quarterback -Rob Hcrtei has the idenocalnumber of passing yards. Bothahould pad those figures signify canthr against porous Homed Frog defense tiiat has surrendered 74 points in two games. Trojan receiver Randy smmrin, eeefing to extend school record of consecutive games In which he has caught it least one pea to 27, wont have to emend himself tow Busiest man on the field may be TCU sophomore punter Cameron Young. He's a good one.

kick-inf five for a 4SJ average against SMU.Re-cetverlllke Renfro is i with i i for 1 College, has. been, switched to flanker after leading team in rushing tost Tight end is 237-pound Jamea WrlghL end Bayuk nave fresnmea brothers on the" team. Hart Renfro is a receiver, Jim Bayuk a linebacker. MATCHUPS: USC has not played gainst a Veer offense this year so the contest will give the Troians cood preparation for next era Pacifica Sattievritfi Wuhh which has a similar offense. Trojans should be able to get a good look at soma of their other, running backs.

Dwight Ford. Bod Connors and ijran Caia should all saa increased action to thebackfield. defensive team, says Lamar coach Bob Fredrick. "When you play like they did, you should win. THE GAME: Vetersns Stadium (14.10 Hank Holltogworth Memorial game, honoring deceased I.

P-T sports columnist. Radio: KKOP-m foil Kickoff: 1:30 p.m. THE ODDS: Game is even. THE SERIES: bmg Beach leads series, 1-4 1871 GAME: Long Beach won, 21-10, as tailback Tim scored twice on titort runs and quarterback Joe Paopao threw aa eight-yard TD pose to MUtsWUlto. THE REOOtUhS: Lamar to 1-1.

opening the season with a 21-7 win over Northeast Louiri- ana. then taring, 104, to NW Lonistone tost week Long Beach to with 5041 win over Cal Slate Fullerton. 1 TOE COACHES: Bob Frederick to 2-10 second year at Lamer; Dave Currey to 14 first season at THE PLAYERS: Loaf Beach quarterback Jin Freitas risks No. 2 la the satin fat pesetas aad total offoaae aad the 48sn an iia total offense as a teen after amassing STS yank to opener with Cal State Fttltortoa. demonstrated balance in opening win, uti running talents of Chuck Bennow nod Urn Cunningham and receiving skills of Dennis BrnkxTbny Haddocks, Jin McCbskey, Benbow.

Cunningham sndf Vsnm Henry, lamer five ford Thomas. in Minnesota tost week. UM tine is ltd wltk bit backups are all sophomores. Avery is soph at QS and so to Thompson. TalUback Marion Barber (ML 208) and flanker sat backftoid reervei as weiL Inexperience should ba Lakerssigndraft picks Nixon, Carr The Lakers have completed their most successful college draft by signing first-round draft picks Kenny Carr and Norm Nixon to multi-year contracts.

Csirr, a Afoot-4 forward from North Carolina State and Nixon, a Moot-2 guard from DuquOsne, reported to the Lakers training camp at the University of San Diego and planned to practice wib the team Thursday. The double signing gives the Lakers an unprecedented three first-round draft picks oa their training camp roster, the other being 6-foot3 guard Brad Davis of Maryland, who signed a multi-year contract early this couroN Bllflowr Genw list Golf Course to tN rn. CtnwtM SI. at I WaAMpi 1 lEteir Riy Swbu Prw Mur MNtkMk. Urnr Btrhr PbwHff After watching films of his team's 50-31 trouncing of Cal State Fullerton, Long Beach State coach Dave Curroy want sure who deserved most of the credit his offense or the Titan defefise.

Fullerton coach Jim CoUetto voted for the latter. Speaking of. his secondary, CoUetto said, "It was the worst performance, collectively, of their football careers. The tackling was horrendous. UCoDettos appraisal is accurate, the bar first thorough test the season Saturday when they meet Lamar University in a' 1:30 p.m.

interoectional encounter at Veterans Stadium. The Cardinals (1-1) are yielding only 206.5 yards per eontest. Theyve given up three touchdowns, on drives of 22, 30 and 15 yards, atoP have intercepted six' passes, recovered three fumbles and mocked two kicks. Last week, in a 104 loss to Southwestern Louisiana, Lamar limited the Cajuns, and their talented quarterback, Roy (Mr. Made) Henry, to 208 yards.

The Cajuns needed to drive only 45 for their points after recovering fumbles. "You cant ask-touch more from a is high The last time a Southern California college team played at Minnesota the grass Memorial Stadium was ankle deep. USC had O. J. Simpson and Murray Wannath, then the head coach, knew he Old Man the.

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(PDT), Memorial Stadium. Estimated attsnd- UCLA la fovondbylpototo 'TOE to 1-1, defeatinf Kansu (17-7) after iosinzlo Houston (17-13). Minnssota to 1-1, defeatinf Western MieMiaa lie-l) bs-fore ktof to Ohio State (fe-TL THE COACHESsTerry 46 in ninth career season, 28-S to sixth year at Minneeota. foie end tall grass was 236 yards and touchdown runs of 36, 1, 7 and 7 yards. Minnesota led 1(M), rallied from 13-10 deficit tot 30-16 lead and ben fell by wayside, 29-20, as.

Smpsou sewed wib 3:31 remaining and again with onhrtg seconds to play. Wannath is gone. So is the iartifidal turf which adorned the Memorial Stacfium basin the past seven seasons. Grass is the kage again and Stoll has 'been letting it grow for three weeks. Ask Terry Donahue how long he wants it, he said kiddingly "Tell him Fm bringing myewR power lawn retorted the UCLA coach.

Theres an NCAA rule that says if the grass is more than eight mcbfes long, we win by for OK, if bats the way he -wants it, said Stem. Tell him it will be exactly eight inches. Donahue doesn't foresee a replay of the 29-20 Gopher tussle Wib USC. iiWMr'llicttaa Hunt'fS-L Im predicting itH be 2D due to sprsindanUe. -a tow-sewing game.

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linebacker Jerry Robinson, ranks No hi IWh pass defense. NO. 2 to scoring af No. In fotof yardage For rusher with 1Z yuus on 11 ctmes. Team's nmous ratio is S-l.

vat Ims TD from offensive drive tins year rime on pass from Wendell Ayery to split end Jeff Anhora. Avey i nit on only I e( 15 passes 38 yards with two mfcrcep- THE MATCHUFS: UCLA's speed oa offense Muno-soU strength defense. Ciphers wiil be severely handicapped by ir the best'we've seen on film tirdtU," says Donfbue. The other fiiMackar. Sieve Stewart (M.

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