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32 Seniors Maybe One Coach In Final Contest IOWA CITY, Iowa Thirty-two football players and probably one coach r- will close out their careers at Iowa and Illinois Saturday when the Hawkeyes play host to the Illini in the final game of the 1967 season. The game will mark the renewal what was once a fierce rivalry. Iowa and Illinois haven't met on the gridiron for 15 years but will portedly on his way out at the end of the season. A crowd of about 40,000 far below the season's average is expected to be on hand for the 1:30 p.m. kickoff as the Big Ten also rans struggle to make a successful season out of a single game.

Iowa hasn't won since a season-opening victory over Texas Christian. Illinois downed Northwestern last meet in the season-ender for the next five. Fourteen Hawkeyes will be in an Iowa uniform for the last time and 18 Illinois grid-ders will also get their last chance for glory in Illini colors. Iowa defensive coach Bob Watson will probably be in action for the Hawkeyes for the final time, also. Coach Ray Nagel's No.

1 assistant is re three on offense and four on defense. Eleven Illini will be playing their final game as starters six on the offensive platoon and five on the defensive unit. Ed Podolak is expected to be in the starting lineup for Iowa, although Nagel wasn't sure Wednesday whether the quarterback would be ready or not Watson, who has expressed interest in the head coaching job at Iowa State, made vacant by the resignation of Clay Stapleton, has reportedly fell into disfavor with Nagel and is in his last year at Iowa. A former teammate of Nagel's at UCLA, Watson joined Nagel's staff at Utah in 19C3. He followed his boss to Iowa week to bring a 3-6 mark into the game.

Iowa is 1-7-1. Although the two teams haven't met since 1952, Iowa hasn't defeated Illinois since 1941 giving the Illini 11 straight victories over the Hawkeyes. Illinois leads in the series with 22 wins against nine losses and two ties. Iowa will have seven seniors in its starting lineups last season. Watson's defensive unit has been infamous this season.

Nine opponents have rolled up 2,333 yards on the ground against the Hawkeyes an average of 4.5 yards per try. Over-all, Iowa has given up 3,453 in total yardage this season, an average of 5.2 yards every time an opponent ran an offensive play and that includes 59 incomplete passes. ILLINOIS Ends-John Wright (190) and Craig Tlmko (SOD Tackles-Bob Robertson (222) and Jerry Line (239) Guards Steve Oman (209) and Willis Fields (253) Center John Davis (211) Backs-Dean Volkman (176), Carson Brooks (209), Dave Jackson (170) and Rich Johnson (207) IOWA Ends Al Bream (IBS) and Paul Laaveo (205) Tackles-Mike Phillips (222) and Wei Morris (241) Guards Jeff Newland (205) and Jon Meskimen (237) Center-Paul Uslnowlcz (204) Backs Ed Podolak (191), Barry Crees (169), Silas McKinnie (205) and Tim Sullivan (215) Times-Democrat pavenport-Bettendorf, Iowa POSITS Also In Tliis Section Classified Ads Latest Markets fmmmm mm ajuHJl'j fc vV -i'-X 4 FRIDAY, NOV. 24, Rams Lions DETROIT (AP) The Los Angeles Rams capitalized on a series of Detroit mistakes and exploded for 17 points in the fourth quarter to defeat the Lions 31-7 Thursday in a National Football League Thanksgiving Day game. Ram quarterback Roman Gabriel fired two touchdown passes and fullback Les Jo-sephson added two more scores on short runs.

The victory, eighth for the Rams against one loss and two ties, kept them within striking distance of the unbeaten Baltimore Colts in the Coastal Division of the NFL. The Lions, 3-6-2, jumped to a 7-0 lead in the opening quarter after Dick Lebau intercepted a Gabriel pass at the Rams 35 and ran it back to the eight. Karl Sweet an moved the Lions in to score in two plays, with Tom No- Sonics Stun Cells PHILADELPHIA (AP) -The Seattle Supersonics built an incredible 44-point halftime lead over the Boston Celtics and went on to a stunning 133-106 upset victory Thursday night in the first game of a National Basketball Association game. An unbelieving crowd watched the Supersonics run off 15 straight points for a 25-8 lead early in the first period on their way to handing the Eastern Division-leading Celtics one of their worst defeats in many years. It's Curtains For That Gary Robinson, 8, is shown at left as he stands on the sidelines at the Kansas City San Diego American Football League game in Kansas City last Sunday.

He was wrapped in a curtain in the cold weather. When the picture appeared in the Kansas City Times, an anonymous reader sent the newspaper $10 with instructions to get Gary a coat. Newsmen took Gary on a tour of clothing stores, then introduced him to his hero, Chief running back Mike Garrett (right) before Thursday's game with Oakland. and the Meredith-Hayes 59-yard scoring strike. Dallas built its lead to 37-14 in the third period on Rent-zel's first touchdown and second Meredith-Hayes bomb.

Rookie quarterback i Hart, who was injured in the third quarter when tackled while attempting to pass, shocked the Cowboys on the second play of the game when he hit Jackie Smith with a 67-yard touchdown pass. Don Perkins' one-yard run evened the score after a 54-yard Dallas drive. Then Hayes, breaking two tackles and turning on the speed, raced 69 yards with Chuck La-teuretre's punt and the Cowboys never trailed again. The run equaled the Dallas club's punt return record. Mel Renfro's recovery of Johnny Roland's fumble slart-ed Dallas on its first scoring drive, and Meredith's 48-yard pass to Reeves put the Cowboys on the St.

Louis four. Hart pitched a 38-yard pass to Roland to tie the score for the last time. Charley Johnson, on military leave for weekend play with the Cardinals, replaced Jj. Haiders Crush Chiefs 44- DALLAS, Tex. (AP) Bob Hayes scored on plays covering 69, 59 and 34 yards as the Dallas Cowboys whipped the St.

Louis Cardinals 46-21 Thursday night in a National Football League game. Hayes' tremendous speed was too much for St. Louis to contain as he returned a punt 69 yards for a touchdown and caught scoring passes of 59 and 34 yards from Don Meredith. Lance Rerlzel's 74-yard reception of running back Dan Reeves' option pass gave the Cowboys a 30-14 lead at the outset of the third quarter. The victory, Dallas' eighth in 11 games, gave the Cowboys a 2y2-game lead in the Capitol Division with three games to play.

The loss crippled St. Louis' chances of catching Century Division leader Cleveland. Meredith tossed a third touchdown pass, a 10-yarder to Rentzel, late in the game. After a 28-point first quarter, in which both teams scored two touchdowns, the Cowboys took the game away from St. Louis on Danny Vil-lanueva's 22-yard field goal Oklahoma's Don Pre; Ms I ,1 Sf3.

SO1 I 1967 Pound 31 7 watzke going over on a three-yard burst for the score. Sweetan, replaced by Milt Plum just before the half ended, failed to move the Lions, who otherwise never got inside the Ram 40 in the first half. Los Angeles tied the score late in the second quarter, driving 62 yards In six plays. Gabriel, who had gotten off to a slow start, hit Jack Snow with a 39-yard scoring pass to tie the game. Snow made a great over-the-shoulder catch just inside the corner of the end zone.

Mel Farr's fumble set up the second Ram touchdown. Farr lost the ball after taking a pass at the Detroit 17 and Chuck Lamson recovered for the Rams. Josephson scored two plays later on an eight-yard run. The third Ram touchdown came at the start of the fourth quarter when Gabriel hit Billy Truax on a six-yard strike. Bruce Gossett booted a 23-yard field goal a few plays later to make it 24-7.

The Rams drove 55 yards in eight plays late in the final period, with Josephson going over from the two. Statistics Rams Lions First downs 15 10 Rushing yardage '7 70 Passing Yardage 171 38 Return yardage 24 148 Passes 9-21-1 10-25-2 Punts 6-40 9-34 Fumbles lost 0 2 Yards penalized 48 28 Los Angeles 0 14 0 17-31 Detroit 7 0 0 0- Det Nowatzke 3 run (Walker kick) LA Snow 39 pass from Gabriel (Gossett kick) LA Josephson 8 run (Gossett kick) LA Truax 6 pass from Gabriel (Gossett kick) LA FG 23 Gossett LA Josephson 2 run (Gossett kick) Attendance 54,389. the Pacific Eight Conference will ask for a new deal when a new Rose Bowl pact is signed, if one is, with the Big Ten. It should demand that the Big Ten's champion each year play in Pasadena, not a No. 2 team.

Minnesota looks like a cinch to be the Big Ten's team. It hardly seems possible that Wisconsin can offer the burly Gophers much competition in the wrapup Saturday. We predict 27-12 for Minnesota. Mr. Keyes, meanwhile, will be giving Indiana fits to give the Boilermakers the Big Ten title.

The Hoosier bubble has burst. Figure the score at 21-8. Up With Wright Notre Dame 2), Miami, 14 Michigan State 17, Northwestern 13 Ohio State 18, Michigan 10 Missouri 14, Kansas 10 Oklahoma State 24, Kansas Slate i Colorado 17, Air Force 12 Massachusetts 7, Boston College 4 Columbia 12, Brown 7 Holy Cross 19, Connecticut 7 Penn State 27, Pitt 16 Cornell 20, Penn i Princeton 13, Dartmouth 12 Rutgers 14, Colgate Yale 20, Harvard 6 Florida 13, Florida State 10 Tennessee JO, Kentucky 0 LSU 19, Tutane 3 Southern Mississippi Louisiana Tech Virginia 13, Maryland North Texas 14, Memphis Stat 13 Clemson 12, South Carolina 10 VanderbiH 16, Mississippi 14 (upset pick) Richmond Parsons 13 Houston 21, Tulsa 14 Arkansas 10, Texas Tech 7 SMU 13, Baylor 10 TCU 9, Rice 3 Arizona State 20, Arliona 12 Brigham Young 23, Wichita San Diego State 20, Utah Stat 18 UCLA 14, Syracuse Texas-El Paso 19, Utah 13 Washington 25, Washington State Last week's record: 27 right, 13 wrong and one tie for 4.3 per cent. Season: 318 right, 120 wrong, 11 ties for 71.9 per cent. KANSAS CITY (AP) -Four pass interceptions and Pete Banaszak's excellent fill-in job for injured Clem Daniels fired Oakland to a 44-22 romp over Kansas City's fallen champs Thursday and kept the Raiders on top of the American Football League's Western Division.

The victory gave Oakland a 9-1 record while dropping the defending AFL kings to 6-5. The game was never really in doubt after cornerback Willie Brown's 25-yard scoring run with an interception made it 17-3 in the first period. Brown also intercepted at the Oakland two-yard line, taking the ball away from Otis Tay JERRY JURGENS the injured Hart and pulled St. Louis 79 yards late in the third Cjuarter for its third touchdown. A 27-yard run by Lateurette on a fake punt moved the Cardinals to the Dallas 36, from where Johnson passed to Dave Williams for the score.

It was the first time in the third period that St. Louis could advance past its 33-yard line. Dallas added a safety in the firal quarter when Roland was tackled in the end zone. Statistics St. L.

-5 732 174 13-27-3 J-J8 Dal. First Rushing yardaqe Passing yardage Passes Punts Fumbles lost Yards penalized St. Louis Dallas I '4 300 13-24-1 5-41 i 0 15 41 14 0 7 0-21 14 9 14 9-46 StL Smith 67 pass from Hart (Bakken kick) Dal Perkins 1 run (Vlllanueva kick) Dal Hayes 69 punt return (Villanueva kick) SIL-Roland 38 pass from Hart (Bakken kick) Dal FG Villanuova 35 Dal Haves 59 p.iss from (kick tailed) Dol Rentrel 74 pass from Rpeve-i iVil-lanueva kick) Dal Hayes 34 pass from Meredith (Vil-lanueva kick) StL D. Williams 36 pass from Johnson (Bakken kick) Dal-Satety, Roland tackled In end zone. Dal Rentzel 10 pass from Meredith (Villanueva kick) Attendance 68,787.

-vThM i 1l AS I If 1 A AP Wirephoto Steve Barrett's end zone interception. A pair of field goals by Mike Vachon, one a 43-yarder, and a 47-yard, nine-play drive capped by Ron Shotts' one-yard plunge had provided the Sooners their earlv lead. Statistics OKI. Nrt 123 290 93 22-41-4 13-27 3 32 8 o-i First downs Rushing Yardaoe Passing yardaoe Relurn yardage Passes Punts Fumbles lost Yards penalized Oklahoma Nebraska ,6 '74 129 tS 13-' 8-39 I 25 ...10 3 0 14 Okla-FG Vachon 20 Okia Shotts 1 run (Vachon kick) Okla-FG Vachon 43 Neb Gregory 9 pass from Patric (Bomberger kick) Neb-Patrick 1 run (Bomberger kick) Okia-Hinton 23 run (Zabel pass fio Shifts 1 Attendance 60 011. jiWSM A 4 AP Wirephoto Cold reer, ripped the Chiefs for 81 yards in 13 carries and caught four passes for 27 yards.

Kansas City's Len Dawson was under a fierce pass rush from Oakland's front four, led by end Isaac Lassiter and tackle Dan Birdwell. Dawson made few attempts to move the ball on ground and was dumped six times for 53 yards while trying to pass. At the half, Kansas City's net yardage in total offense was only 61 yards, and 59 came on a TD bomb to Frank Pitts, which cut the lead to 17-10. Near the finish, 40-year-old George Blanda quarterbacked the Raiders to a quick TD from the 20, making it 44-15. Jacky Lee, Dawson's backup man, then passed the Chiefs 63 yards to their second TD.

A 13-yarder to Otis Taylor got the score. Blanda returned am led another drive to the Chiefs 19 at the gun. Lamonica hit 20 of 35 passes for 281 yards and his 22nd TD, which leads the AFL. Biletni-koff caught six for 158 yards and one touchdown. Dawson completed only 11 of 32 for 130 yards.

Mike Garrett, the AFL's No. 2 rusher, carried just four times for a scant seven yards. Norwegian Jan Stenerud kicked a 48-yard field goal and a 50-yarder which hit the cross bar and bounced over. Oakland's secondary was in top form as Brown broke up seven passes and Kent McCloughan and Howie Williams five each. Statistics Oakland Kansas City First downs 26 13 Rushing yardaqe 156 56 Passing yardaqe 3M 136 Return yardage 136 223 Passes 23-41-7 15-40-4 Punts 4- 7-41 Fumbles oJ 0 0 Yards penalued U3 64 Oakland 17 6 7 1444 Kansas City 10 0 2 1022 Oak FG Blanda 10 Oak Biletnikofi 5 pass from Lamonica (Blanda kick) KC-FG Stenerud 41 Oak Brown 25 Interception (Blanda kick) KC Pitts 59 pass from Dawson (Stenerud kick) Oak-FG Blanda 18 Oak FG Blanda 43 KC Safety, Oakland holding In end lone Oak Banasiak 1 run (Blanda kick) KC-FG Stenerud SO Oak Powers 33 Interception (Blanda kick) Oak-Todd 4 run (Blanda kick) KC -Taylor 13 pass from Lee (Stenerud kick I Atlendancc 44,050.

As Grid Season Nears End Aggies Roll Into Cotton Boivl 10-7 Pfrimmer (43) drags down Nebraska's Ben Gregory (22) lor to stop a Kansas City drive at the outset of the second half. Safety Warren Powers set up the first Oakland touchdown with an interception at the Raiders' 45, and his 33-yard touchdown run with another stolen pass in the last quarter made it 37-15. Quarterback Daryle Lamo-nica had little trouble picking the Chiefs' defense apart. His favorite target, flanker Fred faked out Fred Williamson for a 56-yard pass wjiich set up a TD for a 30-12 lead. Banaszak, a second-year pro who had carried the ball only nine times in his pro ca- the first half and go in at intermission with a 3-0 lead on Charley Riggs' 32-yard field goal.

In the fourth period, Bill Bradley's passing and Ted 's running carried the Longhorns 56 yards to a touchdown that put Texas ahead 7-3. Bradley got the score with a two-yard smash. Then Hargett unlimbered tiis arm and threw a long pass to Long who got behind the Texas defensive halfback, Ronnie Ehrig, and caught it on the Texas 36. He ran across with Pat Harkins hanging on him on the longest scoring pass play in the Southwest Conference this year. It totaled 80 yards.

Texas came back to drive to the Aggie 15 where Buster Adami intercepted Bradley's pass to end what proved to be Texas' last threat. The second time the Aggies had the ball in the first period they rolled to the Texas 17 and from the 23, Riggs, missed a field goal wide to the left. A Hargett pass to Long for 43 yards was the big punch in the 63-yard drive. The next time the Aggies had the ball, they drove from their 30 to the Texas 25 in a drive that covered 45 yards but Leo Brooks batted down a Hargett pass on fourth down, and Texas took over. as the Sooners battled the Cornhuskers in a Big Eight Conference contest at Lincoln Thursday.

Others are Oklahoma's Jim Files (84) and Nebraska's Bob Kalsu (77). Sooners Take Title ith 21-14 Victory A couple of thoughts as we go into our final weekend of predictions for this football season: It's too bad that Purdue and Southern California a 't meet in the Rose Bowl for a match of the nation's two greatest halfbacks, O.J. Simpson of the Trojans and Leroy Keyes of Purdue. They're 1-2, take your choice for the Heis-man Trophy, and both are juniors. And wouldn't a Southern Cal-Purdue game be a better contest than what Minnesota, or possibly Indiana, can offer in competition with the Trojans New Year's Day? Anyway, it would seem that Hawks Must Keep The Iowa Hawkeyes get their last chance for a Big Ten triumph against Illinois Saturday.

And unless the Hawks can come up with a good pass defense, they'll take it on the chin again. The Illini have one of the nation's finest receivers in John Wright who has lots of speed. The Hawks, perhaps, haven't faced an end as fast as Wright all season. Even against much slower people their pass defense has been vulnerable. We've been going along with the Hawkeyes week after week, but this time we'll desert the ship.

Take the Illini 24-20. In other weekend games we like: COLLEGE STATION, Tex. (AP) Edd Hargett's mighty pass to Bob Long brought Texas A from behind in the final minutes to a 10-7 victory over Texas Thursday and won the Aggies their first Southwest Conference football title in 11 years. It also sent the colorful Aggies into the Cotton Bowl New Year's Day where they will meet Alabama, coached by Paul "Bear" Bryant, who taught Coach Gene Stallings what he knows about football. The gripping game here, witnessed by 50,000 fans, saw the Aggies outplay Texas in PROFESSIONAL National League Dallas 46, St.

Louis 21 Los Angeles 31, Detroit 7 American League Oakland 44, Kansas City 22 San Diego 24, Denver 20 COLLEGE Oklahoma 51, Nebraska 14 Texas 10, Texas 7 Toledo 52, Vlllanova 6 Virginia Military 12, Virginia Tech 10 Tennessee Martin 47 Austin Peay 6 Middle Tennessee 33, Tennessee Tech 20 Humbolt State 32, San Francisco 22 Southern Mississippi 58, Louisiana Tech 1 North Carolina A8.T 19, North Carolina College 6 Tennessee Stata 87, Allen 0 Presbyterian 14, Newberry 0 Idaho State 22, Portland State 21 Lenoir Rhyne 26, Catawba 7 Morris Brown 21, Clark 14 Hofstra 19, C. W. Post 0 LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) -Oklahoma's Eddie i rambled 23 yards for a come-from-behind touchdown in the final quarter Thursday and the fifth-ranked Sooners clinched their first undisputed Big Eight title in five years with a 21-14 victory over Nebraska. The triumph ran Oklahoma's season record to 8-1 over-all.

The Orange Bowl-bound Sooners are 6-0 in the conference going into next week's windup game against Oklahoma State. For the Cornhuskers, deposed Big Eight champions, the loss closed out a 6-4 season, poorest since Bob Devan-cy became head coach five years ago. Nebraska spotted the powerful Sooners 13 early points on a touchdown and two field goals, then rallied for second quarter touchdowns on the passing of sophomore quarterback Frank Patrick to lead 14-13 at the intermission. Late in the third quarter, a short Nebraska punt gave Oklahoma field position on Nebraska's 33. A 10-yard Bob Warmack pass to Steve Zabcl preceded Hinton's touchdown sprint on the third play of the final period.

A fourth quarter Nebraska threat was turned back when Gary Harper intercepted a Patrick pass on Oklahoma's three. An earlier Nebraska assault had been stopped by- MvlM4WWaNMiAM.