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cnsatola Journal OOF Friday, January 12, 1973 i rates No 2 Ron me Wd lacks Tel ilSllll In the Mat ion Joyc Tale? Super Sports Editor ii pi.ni fS If i I 1 1 I KANSAS CITY (Special) Pensacola Junior College, unstoppable in 10 straight games, has moved up another notch in the National Junior College basketball poll, taking over second place behind Vincennes, Ind. I The Pirates, which opened the 1973 portion of their cur- I rent campaign with a 107-64 victory last Tuesday night, took over the No. 2 spot from Casper, College, which dropped to the No. 9 position. "National polls are great," said first-year head coach Richard Daly.

"But, we tell the boys that you can't depend too much on them." Defending champion Vincennes (13-2) which just recently completed a road trip through Florida, has led the poll since the first week. However, it lost to Edison of Florida last Monday night and the outcome may have a I Si Turn CsoGuka: Strong Talk. With Super Bowl VII just around the corner, it's for sure Miami defensive back Lloyd Mumphord isn't "Mum." And while it is too early Mumphord's words might come back to haunt him. For example here is the Dolphin defender speaking of Washington quarterback Billy Kilmer. "I like the way he throws the ball up.

When he was with New Orleans, I intercepted one off him for a touchdown and almost had a couple more. "He (Kilmer) doesn't have that much zip on the ball and he tries to throw it, anyway, even if the receivers are covered. Should Be, if he's gonna throw it at me, I ought to be able to come down with something." That's pretty strong talk for a man who isn't even a regular for Miami but will start Sunday in place of the injured Tom Foley at left cornerback. Not only did Mumphord insult Kilmer but he didn't have a heap of praise for the Redskins' two top receivers Charley Taylor and Roy Jefferson. "Taylor never made any big catches on me.

I've covered both Taylor and Jefferson. Neither of them really ever made any big plays on me. I've never had any trouble out of them," Mumphord stated. That's also strong talk. If other Dolphin players feel the same as Mumphord, then Sunday will be a long afternoon for the men from Miami.

While the Super Bowl is the subject of just about evary football fan at present, a myth should be cleared up about the name of Washington's "Over the Hill Gang." The ages of Redskin players aren't nearly the ages some believe. The average age of the regulars is 28.8 years or only 1.2 over the average for the entire National Football League. BflCjj Redskins LOS ANGELES (AP) -Washington's chances in Sunday's Super Bowl game rest with its runners headed by the National Football League's most valuable offensive player, Larry Brown. He has carried the ball for 1,216 yards this season and scored eight touchdowns. In the 28-3 victory over defending world champion Dallas, Brown carried 30 times for 88 yards, more than twice the carries of his teammates combined.

Miami must figure, stop Larry Brown and you stop the Redskins. No one can argue with that theory. "He had a real good game against us in the pre-season and we didn't contain him," recalls Miami's defensive captain Nick Buoniconti. "But I think we're a little better prepared for this game than we were for that one in the preseason." Miami lost to Washington 27-24 in that exhibition, the last defeat suffered by the Dolphins who went through the regular season undefeated and beat Cleveland and Pittsburgh in playoffs. Buoniconti continues: "You can't underestimate Charley Harraway either, he's a fine fullback.

I think a reason Larry Brown has been such a great runner is because of the blocking of Harraway. In the Dallas game, he made some blocks that were just incredible. "We won't do anything special. But you can't key on Larry Brown. "They run an awful lot of formations with the two guys in the backfield.

It's pretty hard to key on anybody. They can go either side, they can go up the middle, they can go weak side or strong side. It's awfully hard to key on Brown sitting behind Harraway. "He makes his cutbacks and you've got to take those cutbacks away from him. You've got to stay in your lanes and you've got to stay on your feet." Buoniconti's agility makes him the key man in the linebacker defense.

He isn't particularly big at 5 feet 11 and 220 pounds, but ho is quick and has 11 years of experience behind him. Defensively, the Dolphins will line up against the run Turn to 4D RICH DALY head Piralc LOS ANGELES (AP) I know this is going to sound like another one of those cliches, but this is a 40-man team. Every one has a role to perform. Regardless of the size of the job, it's an integral part of the entire system. The coach wouldn't put up with anything less." The player is Larry Csonka of Miami, who played some of the roles in carrying the Dolphins to a National Football League single-season rushing record, a perfect season and into Sunday's Super Bowl VII against Washington.

But Csonka wasn't talking about himself Thursday. He was talking about some of the no-names of the American conference champions. The no-names already well known by many fans are the members of the "no-name Defense" Vern Den Herder, Nick Buoniconti, Manny Fernandez, Dick Anderson and others. The real no-names, though, are the guys like Charles Leigh, Ed Jenkins and Hubert Ginn. Their counterparts on the National Conference champion Redskins are guys like George Nock and Mike Hull.

Let's start with Leigh. He gained 79 yards for the Dolphins. Not in one game. Over the entire season. That's just 1,038 yards less than Csonka, the man he understudies.

ft Plays iami's JIM KIICK Dolphin back MERCURY MORRIS Miami star LARRY BROWN 'Skins runner In WT'IMMII Dolphins LOS ANGELES (AP) The Washington Redskins throttled John Brockington and Calvin Hill but Coach George Allen says the Miami Dolphins have not one but three supreme running backs. "We haven't laced a team with three backs who are capable of beating you running or catching," says Allen of Miami's Larry Csonka, Eugene "Mercury" Morris and Jim Kiick. Csonka, 237-pound fullback, gained 1,117 yards; Morris, 190-pound speedster, 1,000, and Kiick, 214-poimder who lost most playing, time to Morris, 521, as the Dolphins set a National Football Leapue season rushing record of 2.951. The Redskins, in beating Green Bay and Dallas, held rushers Brockington and Hill to nine and 22 yards respectively. Neither the Packers nor the Cowboys could net 100 yards rushing in those playoff games.

Both managed only one field goal. "In pictures I've seen," says Allen, "I haven't seen Larrv Csonka get hit for a loss." But the big difference between the Dolphins this year and last, when they lost the Sucer Bowl to Dallas, is Morris, a man rankled last year because he felt he should have carried the football more. Allen even inquired into the possible availability of Mercury. "We talked, but all I had to offer was draft choices," Al-1 says, adding, Miami Coach Don Shula "didn't want to wait until 1977." Allen has used many future draft choices to acquire veter-' an players. He was even fined by the league for trading draft choices he didn't have immediately.

"The improvement in the Dolphins this year can be credited to number 22," he says of i Morris. "You have the threat of the big gain the home run." The strength of both teams is the running game, Washington countering with Larry Brown and Charley Harraway. "If it gets to be a real running battle between our two big guys and their two big backs," Washington defensive tackle Diron Talbert says, referring to Csonka and Morris or Kiick, "it's going to be the Turn to 4D GEORGE NORTON no jPnx RoanoEte Wo to 3D yards and on kickoff returns he had the team's best average at 25.5 with one of his returns going for a Miami-high 45 yards. Want to talk about frustrating? Talk about Jenkins. Compared to him, Leigh is a star.

Ed never carried the ball for Miami this season. The only thing he carried was himself behind the sidelines and into the stands for each game. "Now that's frustrating," says the rookie on the taxi: squad, an llth-round draft: choice from Holy Cross. "To' work out with the team each week, then not to even be able to put on a uniform on Sun day that can drive you up a wall. "On second thought," Jenkins continues, "maybe I shouldn't say it's frustrating.

I mean, with a team like this, w'th the bast backfield ever in pro football, I figure it's an honor, it's a credit to me to even be on the team, to be associated with such talent. "I played only 14 games in three years at Holy Cross I had hspatitis one year and broke my arm in anotherand played four positions. I was a linebacker, halfback, fullback and defensive end. Most of the time, when I was a runner, I was more of a blocking back. "And when the Dolphins picked me, I was signed as a wide receiver.

Then I took a look at what they've got there, what with Paul Warfield and Otto Stowe and Howard Twil-ley and the rest, and decided I'd be better at running back because of my blocking ability," Would he prefer to be traded to get the chance to be at least a part-time runner on a less-than-championship club, rather than wait out those endless weekends with the Dolphins? "Let's put it this way," Jenkins replied. "I'd rather sit in the back seat of a Mark IV for a while, rather than drive my own Volkswagen right now. I believe in a few years I can climb over the seat and get behind the steering wheel. "I've always felt had the ability to play. I've got the speed and the moves.

But I'm not ready yet. Timing's a very important factor. You've got to work out the timing with the blockers, just like a quarterback's got to get his timing down pat with his Me Area Prep Action Oyer Mat Furthermore, the players who will start for Washington Sunday have been Redskins much longer than many think. Not nearly the number have been acquired by trades of George Allen as one is led to believe. Of the players who will start at the 24 positions (including two kickers) for Washington against Miami, 16 of them joined the Redskins before Allen arrived.

Fifteen had been regulars at one time or another during the 1969 and '70 seasons when the late Vince Lombardi and Bill Austin were in charge. Therefore, Allen deserves credit not so much for his trades of draft choices but for taking the inherited talent and making winners of it. Of the Allen-Redskins some like Kilmer are especially significant. Kilmer, the 32-year-old flinger, was the first player Allen got by trade, from New Orleans for a fourth and an eighth round draft choice plus Tom Rousell, a reserve linebacker. The only other Allen acquisitions on offense are Jefferson, and guard John Wilbur.

All the other offensive regulars were holdovers from the '70 team. The defensive unit was the inspiration for "The Over The Hill Gang" label because Allen did trade for such oldies as Ron McDole, a 32-year-old; Jack Pardee, 36, and Roosevelt Taylor, two other Allen imports, Verlon Biggs and Diron Talbert, are still under 30 and two more, Myron Pot-tios, 33, and Richie Petibon, 34, have lost their jobs as starters this season. A look at the Redskin rosters for the last four seasons shows that seven of the 12 defensive regulars are longtime Washington players and of those only one, Chris Hanburger, is past 30. So the question is "Over What Hill?" are the people speaking of when they talk of "The Over The Hill Gang." And because Mumphord has such a big mouth, the pick for Super VII is Washington 20, Miami 10. Tv dcaHs, LARRY CSONKA Miami back Frustration? "Not really, I guess," says Leigh after taking a few moments to make up his mind.

"I mean, every body can't be a star. I suppose it's got to be some sort of honor just to be backing up a running back of Larry's stature. "If I was on a team with maybe one good running back and I wasn't playing, then I could see getting frustrated." But Leigh, making his way into the NFL as a free agent by way of the Continental and Canadian leagues, still has his moments of glory. He led the Dolphins' punt returns with 22 of them for 210 said he hoped the committee studying inter-league play, would have a report in advance of next August's major league meetings. The designated pinch-hitter rule will not apply in All-Star, World Scries or exhibition games between the two leagues.

The owners also discussed player-relations negotiations which hinge on the basic agreement between owners and players. The basic agreement, which includes the controversial reserve clause and numerous ode Elsewhere Friday night, Woodham (6-6) plays at Catholic (0-8), Tate (4-6) is at Fort Walton Beach (3-6), Foley, Ala. (2-10) is at Gulf Breeze (2-5), Liberal Arts (5-7) is at Santa Rosa Christian (2 9) and Pensacola Christian (5-7) is at Munson (0-14). "We're not going to assume anything when we go over there," Norton said. "We know Pensacola High has a good team and we know they had a rough time with Choctawhatchee.

They fell behind and came back and that's the mark of a good team." When asked if the Wildcats' 61-37 and 65-50 victories over the Tigers this year would have any effect Friday night on either team, Norton said, "In a game like this, our kids know we have to play a good game to win. Pensacola High always gets up for Washington and we always get up for them. We've just got to play one of our best ball games if we are to win." By JUNIOR INGRAM Journal Prp Editor "I don't believe in jinxes, only coincidences." With those words, Coach George Norton and his unbeaten, second-ranked Washington Wildcats prepared themselves for Friday night's battle with Pensacola High a team with only two losses to Washington marring its 9-2 record. The question of jinx or no jinx dates back two seasons. Washington has won its first 10 games this season as it has the past two, however the Wildcats were defeated in game No.

11 each of the last two campaigns. And if there's a team capable of knocking off the Wildcats, the Tigers are it. Coach Fred Newcome and company, however, are coming off a not-so-impressive 64-63 victory over surprising Choctawhatchee Tuesday night in a game that went to three overtimes. oiers TERRY WILKES top scorer i ''V fij 1 To Open Citrus Tourney American League Will Use Pinch Hitter Rule in 73 Argos Meet No. 5 Tonight i hope our players can meet the challenge." The Argos will work out in the Florida Southern gymnasium Friday morning to tuneup for the Maroons, who stand 10-3 on the season.

Florida Southern meets St. Mary's of Maryland in Friday night's late game with the finals following a consolation game Saturday night. West Florida, which has lost four of its last five games and seven of ten on the season, will have a newcomer in its starting lineup. Clayton Jordan, a reserve guard who has brought a deadly shooting eye off the bench in recent games, will open in the backcourt with Dick Appleyard. Leading scorer Terry Wilkes draws a starting forward assignment along with Curtis Williams.

Top rebounder Clarence Strong is the center. Walt Fitzpatrick is the No. 1 frontline reserve while Gary Jordan waits in the wings for backcourt duty. By PAUL THOMPSON Journal Sporti Writer LAKELAND West Florida, which has already played two teams listed among the best in the small college ranks this season, tackles No. 5 nationally-ranked Roanoke, Friday night at 5:30 p.m.

(CST) in the opening round of the Citrus Invitational Tournament here. The Argos upset last year's No. 3 national NAIA finisher Xavier of New Orleans, 65-63, then lost to the Gold Rush 80-64 In a rematch: And Tennessee-Chattanooga, which has gained mention in the Associated Press small college poll, clipped West Florida, 76-75, last week. Roanoke won the NCAA College Division national title a year ago and three starters are back from that 24-4 club. "They have a fine all-around ball club and are extremely says West Florida coach Marvin Beck.

"I just CHICAGO (AP) The American League was given permission to use the designated pinch hitter rule for the next three years at a joint meeting of major league baseball owners Thursday. The National League, however, will not use the experimental rule, but gave its approval for the experiment. The two leagues also announced the appointment of a major league committee to study and review aspects of inter-league play. Commissioner Bowie Kuhn, who presided at the joint meeting, other contractual matters, expired last December 31. A new agreement is also mandatory if spring training is to start on time this year; John Gaherin, negotiator for the owners, said "I liked what happened at this meeting today." Gaherin added that he will meet Tuesday in New York with Marvin Miller, executive director of the Players Association.

Commissioner Kuhn also expressed an opinion that the owners apparently had added Turn to 3D it i.