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Tuesday, August 25, 1970 The Lincoln Star 13 1 M. SPORT SIGNALS Texas Aims For National Title With 32 Seniors By Hal Brown Sport Editor, The Star All-American academic team last year. Worster and Zapalac say California Sept. 19 and UCLA Oct. 3 will be among the tougher teams Texas plays this year.

Zapalac also lists Oklahoma "automatically." "Some teams would give their eye teeth to beat us because of what they consider unnecessary scoring by us last year," says Henderson. "The first four games California, Texas Tech, UCLA, Oklahoma will be real excellent proving ground for Eddie Phillips, successor to quarterback James Street." "I'm scared of every team we play," says Wuensch, a 6-3 235-pound charger who threw wipeout blocks on critical downs against Notre Dame and in "the big shootout," Texas' 15-14 victory over Arkansas. "Not scared mentally or physically but scared of what we might -do wrong, scared of them in a good way," said Wuensch. "Both senior classes have talked a lot about it," says linebacker Bill Zapalac. one of four Longhorn captains.

"I'm sure it 'Would be an outstanding contest," says fullback Steve Worster, 6-0, 210, the outstanding offensive player, with 1-55 yards rushing, in the 21-17 Cotton Bowl victory over Notre Dame on New Year's Day. Linebacker Scott Henderson also says he would like to play Ohio State, "But I'd rather play Pcnn State because of the controversy last year." The Nittany Lions won 11 straight and complained of being ranked second to Texas. Worster rhymes with rooster and Henderson expected Texas to start off No. 1 this year. "Ohio State claims it has the best athletes but until they go through a season undefeated they're not entitled to be No.

1," says Henderson. Henderson, 6-0, 215, and Zapalac, 6-4, 220, the two lincback-ing captains, are above average in brains. Both made the Austin, Tex. UD "It's going out there and beating the hell out of somebody." That's the way offensive tackle Bobby Wuensch, an All-American candidate and one of defending national collegiate champion Texas co-captains, feels about football. And you might say it's the general attitude of the whole gung-ho Texas team.

They return their largest senior class ever 32 this autumn. The Longhorns are loaded as they try for their second consecutive national championship. Of course, the competition will be stiff. Take Ohio Slate for example. They are senior-heavy with the same folks who won the national title as sophomores in 1968.

There's a lot of talk the national championship will fall this season to one or the other. Texas players would dearly love to play Ohio State. mm AVCI CASPER Kearney Wins State Softball Speaking Of Football Football notes and quotes: Former Nebraska ail-American Bob Brown, now an offensive lineman with the Los Angeles Rams, once again lias been predicted as the top offensive lineman in the National Football League in the annual poll of players 'conducted by Sport Magazine. Baltimore Colts coach Don McCafferty, who played with the New York Giants in the late 1940s while wearing a crew cut, on the length of a player's hair today says, "All I care is that they can see the football and that it doesn't hang out beneath the helmet so far that they could be tackled by it. I think that would be too long." Dan Reeves, Dallas player-coach on the difference between playing and coaching: "You think you are pretty smart after a few years in the league as a player.

But you get into the coaching end and you realize how much work is involved in learning the game. Coaches do most of the york, get little credit, and are like the quarterback they get all the blame." Pain Comes Monday Randy Johnson, Atlanta Falcons quarterback on the physical beatings a quarterback takes: "People stop me and ask about the beatings I've taken. They ask about Deacon Jones and all the big defensive linemen. To tell the truth, you are so busy in a game that you arc not aware of any beating or battering. You have too much to do.

If Jones or anyone else gives me a bad time, I never know it until Monday. You never hurt on Sunday." Jerry Hendren, No. 4 collegiate pick by the Denver Broncos, after he was drafted said: Everyone at the U. of Idaho Breaks (From 11-AAan Logjam COASTS TO VICTORY Kearney Coop nipped Roberts. Skyline of Lincoln, 1-0, Monday night at Ballard Field to capture the Nebraska State Men's AAA Fast Pitch Softball Tournament.

Earlier in the evening the dairymen beat the undefeated Coop, 2-0, in the double elimination meet to force another game to decide the championship. Roberts also whipped Clarkson, 4-1, Monday night before clashing with Kearney for the crown. iVm? irTT pim 8 Masters, the Los Angeles Open and the Philadelphia Classic and now has gathered a whopping 47 titles in his 16-ycar pro career. Bitterly disappointed Tom Weiskopf and Rod Funseth finished tied for second at 280. Sutton, Mass.

Billy Casper, calmly pulled out of an 11-man logjam Monday, established a three-stroke lead and coasted to his fourth victory of the season in the Avco Golf Classic. Casper, the 39-year-old reign Funseth had a 66 and Weiskopf ing Masters champion, had a final-round 69, three-under-par, on the Pleasant took a 71. A group of five followed at 281. They were Charles Coody and Mac McLendon, with 67s, Larry Hinson, 68, and Lou Graham and Larry Ziegler, each 71. Dan Sikes and Dave Hill, each with a 73, John Schroeder, 67, Valley Country Club course for a 277 total in the rain-delayed windup.

The $32,000 first prize pushed Casper past idle Jack Nicklaus and into the top spot on the season's money-winning list at $139,585. Casper came into this event as John Jackson pitched all three games for Roberts allowing only 10 hits but was beaten by an unearned run. Garry Jurgens doubled in the bottom of the second inning for Kearney in the title tilt and scored on the same play on a two-base throwing error. Roberts-Skyline 4, Clarkson 1 Roberts-Skyline 020 002 0- 9 0 Clarkson 000 001 01 5 i Jackson and Flachman; Dubsky and Novotny. Roberts-Skyline 2, Kearney Coop 0 Roberts-Skyline 010 010 02 9 0 Kearney Coop 000 000 00 2 0 Jackson and Flachman; Blessen and Giltming.

Kearney Coop 1, Roberts-Skyline 0 Roberts-Skyline 000 000 00 3 1 Kearney Coop 010 000 1 4 0 Jackson and Flachman; Blessen and Gillman. Results Page 14 STAFF PHOTO BY JOHN HENNINGS the only man to win three tournaments this season and now has twice as many victories as any other player on the pro circuit. He previously won the ALMOST Alvin Erbesti usf makes it to third ahead of tag by Roger Kaltenberger. and host pro Paul Harney, 69, followed at 282. Gary Player had a 67 for 283 and new PGA Champion Dave Stockton had a 71 for 288.

It was a particularly sweet triumph for the soft-spoken Casper, who went into the final round delayed a day by torrential rain Sunday with a one-stroke lead. He had taken a whopping 81 in the first round of this tourna told me how much I would like Denver." After I'd been in Denver one monlh, I'd seen four things; the locker room, the practice field, the coaching staff and the ceiling of my room." Kansas City quarterback Len Dawson explaining the most important thing abou. being a winner says, "When you're a winner, you don't have to explain anything. "The Minnesota Vikings (Super Bowl losers to the Chiefs) had a fine season but they had to spend the winter explaining why they lost. We, won and we didn't have to explain a thing.

After we lost the first Super Bowl game we spent the next three seasons explaining that single defeat." Quote from Lou Sahan, general manager and head coach of the Denver Broncos: "If I were a college athlete today, with good size and speed, and wanted to play professional football, I'd play in the offensive line. There's a crying need for offensive linemen in the pro game today." Denver Broncos' wide receiver Mike Haffner discussing the progress the team has made recalls', "When I first came to Denver, we had a cha-cha offense one-twothree-kick." Trouble With Pigs Denver Broncos' guard George Goeddeke noting the extreme bow-lcggedness of Broncos' backs Floyd Little and Bobby Anderson claims "neither of them couW pigs ir an alley." Philosophy ofa rookie linebacker: "In track, somebody has great speed or athletic ability and they'll' It's the same in basketball. The guy with size iad' ability-will win. But that's why I love football. It' unique? might be bigger or have more ability than you, but you can still beat him.

You can beat him with things you can't put your finger on, intangibles something Kiner. 6-1, 220-pound third round draft choice of the Dallas Cowboys. "Speed is a relative factor in football, relative to endurance and effort," savs San Francisco coach Dick Nolan. "Speed Cctniglia Reports 77 Out At UNO Huskers Prove To Be In Shape DEVANEY PLEASED WITH MOST OF TEAM'S CONDITION Omaha (UPI) University of for the lower practice fields afternoon session. By HAL BROWN Star Sports Editor An NCAA regulation prohibits Jerry Tagge and Van Brownson, while the other spots is a problem of filling holes left by graduation of last year's regulars.

"We'd like to have oui expected to be able to go from 1 to 2 miles. While limited to no pads drills for the first three days, the Huskers got right down to some things that normally aren't done "The players haven't seemed to have any trouble adjusting to AstroTurf," Devaney said. "They appear to be a little starting lineups set by that Monday before the Wake Forest opener, Devaney explained, "So we'll have a week to work Nebraska at Omaha football coach Al Caniglia reported 77 candidates turned out for the first day of practice Monday. Thirty-three were returning lt-termen. He said two-a-day practice sessions will be held each day at 9 a.m.

and 3 p.m. until the season opener Sept. 12 against the University of South Dakota al Vermjllion. Caniglia said he felt the boys were in "pretty good shape" for the first day. He said the day was spent mostly on condition ing drills.

GALS SOFTBALL quicker on it. "I think it's good that we're using it in the morning and the other fields in the afternoon because it can get hot on the AstroTurf when it gets up near 90 like it does here this time of year." with them as a unit." The Huskers held their morn until the final week betore the opening game. "We started working on punts and punt returns right away," Devaney explained, "Because that first game (an 11th game) sneaks up on you this year. "We plan on being ready to go with our kicking game in our first scrimmage Saturday and that's something we normally don't do until later in the fall ing workout Monday on the new AstroTurf, then moved to thr Nebraska's gridders from putting on pads and getting down to contact work until Thursday, but the Huskers have already proven to head coach Bob Devaney they're in shape. "With very few exceptions, all of them did what we' had asked of them during the 12-minulc run," Devaney said Monday afternoon.

"And of those who didn't, most of them have an excuse because of asthma trouble." In the 1-minute run, linemen are expected to be able to go lVz miles and backs and ends are ment last year, his highest competitive round ever, and missed the cut. "I'll be back," Casper vowed at the time; And back he came with a vengeance. He fired an opening 68, took a 67 and the fead after the second round and retained it despite some distractions on the third round Saturday. Billy reeled off birdies on his first two holes Monday but didn't pull away until later. At one time or another, Hill, Sikes.

Jim Colbert and Weiskopf pulled within a single stroke of him. And 11 players were, at one point or another, within two strokes. But Casper bounced back from a bogey four on the seventh with a bird on the next hole. Then he birdied the 10th and had it alone as he played a solid, conservative game coming home and one by one his challengers bowed to the is a tootoail weapon or.iy insoiar as me amieie is wimiig to sacrifice and be in condition. Monday's Results Hamilton's 15, Randolph Sr.

Swingers 16, Hickman Greens 13, Hickman Sr. Cengas 24, NBC Joy's Sr. 12, Lindburg Joy's Jr. 27, Valpariso 20. drills," The Husker coach, also hopes to settle the question-mark positions early in fall camp, at center, offensive guards, defensive ends and quarterback, all spots where the starter is in doubt at present.

"We think we have to settle, on a starter at those spots by the time we start the final week of practice ahead of our first game," the head coach pointed Soutar's Comeback Nets Bowling Title "When a player conies off the line with great acceleration, he's still got to be doing that in the fourth quarter to be an effective football player, and that means endurance. So you are endowed with good speed somewhere else along the line you've got to pick up courage and the right attitude. "For instance, if you run a 5-fIat 40 and you're in great shape, you can play with or ahead of a player who runs 4.5 but who hasn't made the same sacrifices you've made. That's a lesson we-coaches sometimes fail to learn ourselves. You've got to ask yourself what factors gd into making the individual other than speed.

Is he a fighter? Is he a pluggcr? And, is he capable of enduring the processes that football asks of him?" i Washington Redskins quarterback Sonny Jurgenson on the new 1 formation fad: "I think you could win with the old single wing if you could execute and properly motivate personnel. People win, not formations." pressure. Weiskopf was particularly out. "And that includes quarterback." The question mark at quarterback is one of choosing between two tested veterans, Soutar. who had been the leader after 18 games before dropping all the way back to 12tb Sunday afternoon in the finals, rolled 243 in the final game to give him a 41-10 victory over Lefty Johnny Petraglia, a Waukegan, 111.

UP) Dave Soutar, 30, of Gilroy, roared back in the final seven games Sunday night to win $3,000 first prize in the $40,000 Waukegan Professional Bowler's Association Open. Mrs. Fisher Collects Kansas City Lincoln golfer Mrs. Andy Fischer had rounds of 77-75-72-224 for $120 in prize money here at the completion of the $20,000 Southgate Open Golf Tournament. who moved from third to second to earn $1,600.

The 6-foot-three Soutar wrapped up the title in the final game with his 243 to beat Don Johnson of Akron, Ohio, who had 204. This gave Soutar six victories in his final seven games and his seventh full victory in 10 years. TREMAIN GETS DEFENSIVE AWARD- Blue, Simmons Tie In Voting For Shrine Offensive Honor upset. "I'm very, very the tall, young man from Ohio said through tight, white lips. "I don't feel like I played too swift with the putter.

I only made two putts over 12 feet in 72 holes. It's a gare of putting out there. When you don't putt, you don't score well. "If I could putt a little, I could beat anyone playing. That's my final comment." Weiskopf has been in contention eight times this year, once needing only a par on the final hole to clinch a tie for the top, and has yet to win.

Casper's birdie on the difficult 10th, a par 4, 411-yard spread, pushed his lead to three strokes and he didn't have a major challenge coming home. He lipped out a birdie putt of 15 feet on the 230-yard, par 3 14th, saved par with a beautiful chip after missing the green on the 16th and played it safe in nailing his victory. IV Sports Menu Third place went to Butch Gearhart of Fort Lauderdale, who was married on the Tuesday By VIRGIL PARKER Prep Sports Writer For the second time in the 12-year history of the Shrine Bowl all-star football game a tie developed in the voting for the HORSE RACING Columbus, 3 p.m BASEBALL American Association: Evansville at Omaha, Rosenblatt Stadium while five others received votes in the defensive category. They were Steve Manstedt of Wahoo and Omaha Benson's Wes Buller from the North team and Jay Chapman of Geneva, Lincoln East's Stan Hegener and Tom Vincentini of Omaha Central, all teammates of winner Tremain from the South. 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday lane Saturday night. Soutar finished the 40 games in the meet which began Friday with 9,310 pins, including 400 pins for winning eight of 16 games. The victory raised Soutar's earnings for the year to $25,849 on the pro bowling circuit. HORSE RACING Columbus, 3 p.m BASEBALL American Association: Evansville at Omaha, Rosenblatt Stadium, CASPER 7:30 p.m. Thursday HORSE RACING Columbus, 4 pm.

enroute to win. outstanding offensive player of the game. The touchdown duo of Lincoln East quarterback Barry Blue and Bellevue end Mike Simmons, who combined for both Rebel tallies in the 14-0 South victory, deadlocked in the balloting for the Blue Howell trophy, annually awarded to the game's outstanding offensive player. The defensive player of the game award, the Clayton F. Andrews trophy, went to Chuck Tremain of Beatrice, also from the triumphant South squad.

The South's Harry Meginnis of Lincoln Southeast was the only other performer to figure in the balloting for the outstanding offensive player, To Four utoes NCAA Slops etna CHUCK TREMAIN peting in 10 games on a tour of the Caribbean in the summer of 1969. The tour was known as Sports Caribbean and did not have NCAA certification. Both players were declared ineligible but the school refused to recognize the ineligibility, Brown said. Southern University's reprimand resulted from two vklaUor. One concern a player who was provided free room and board and participated in 1969 preseason football practice and was not on an athletic grant-in-aid.

Brown said the NCAA believes the school used the practice period to evaluate the athlete's ability with a view toward giving him a grant-in-aid. The other violation was the participation of an athlete in the non-certified Sunkist Invitational Track and Field meet in Los Angeles in January 1970. In accordance with NCAA policy, names non-sanctioned tour of Czechoslovakia. Warren S. Brown, the NCAA's Enforcement Division director, said Saint Norbert was aware that the tour was not certified by the NCAA prior to the tour.

Brown said the State University of New York at Buffalo was involved in two violations, both dealing with financial aid. Ou oue vioiaUAO, lour disadvantaged athletes received transportation and entertainment allowance not permitted under NCAA regulations. Seven athletes were given financial aid and were permitted to practice football and basketball at the Buffalo school when they did not meet necessary requirements. Brown said the school discovered its violations arid moved to remedy the situation immediately. The reprimand of Jackson State College resulted from two basketball players com of athletes involved were not revealed.

Aa operating budget of $1,291,800 for the NCAA fiscal year, extending from Sept. 1 through Aug. 31, was announced. The NCAA said it would sponsor a National Intercollegiate Lacrosse Championship for the first time in 1971 with the finals at Hofstra University in New York Juoa The first and second round games in the eight-team single elimination tournament wilt be held the last two weekends in May. More than 100 NCAA members with iiv tercollegiate Lacrosse teams will be eligi-be.

The NCAA said it had dropped its plans to limii colleges to 40 baseball games a and that it is exploring the possibility of having a summer baseball program in the colleges and holding two college championship baseball tournaments. Kansas City W) Two colleges were placed on one-year probation and two others were reprimanded by tha National Collegiate Athletic Association Monday. Placed on probation, effective Aug. 21; were the State University of New York at Buffalo and Saint Norbert College at West De Pere, Wis. Jackson State College at Gaston, as4 SeeUjera University si Baton Rouge, were reprimanded.

Only the Buffalo school is in the NCAA's University Division, the others are in the College Division. Saint Norbert College, a school with an excellent basketball record last season, received the severest penalty of the four. It will not be permitted to participate in postseason basketball competition. The probation resulted from an athlete's participation in basketball games during a J1" rx 1 1 MIKE SIMMONS BARRY BLUE.