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llic Lincoln Slav 17 Tuesday, Nov. 10, 1970 I tPOOT SIGMIS it 4 i By Hal Brown SporU Editor, The Star Old Man Bland a At 43 Can Remain Nonchalant SI 'NO USE GETTING NERVOUS' Pepper Agrees With Devaney Kansas football coach Pepper Roclgers agrees with Nebraska coach Bob Devaney on the need for a change the Big Eight rule that limits the travel squad for league oad games to 47 players. he said Sundav, My kicking going for 21 has kepi me years." He started kicking goals professionally in field 1949, with Bob's statement that you're not saving by limiting squads to 47 players," Peppers many did Nebraska take to Southern with the Chicago Bears, he was a third when string "I agree nuch money ays. "How onnnv quarterback hehir.d When told it was hn ronlinrl "Wo In Curacncn "He's mt there. ears old, running the wind sprints with us, yelling all the time, coming in to pull it out for us," Otto said.

Blanda pulled out Sunday's victory with a 1 4 a touchdown pass to Warren Wells, kicked the extra point, tying the score with 1:32 to play, and then a 52-yard field goal with seven seconds left. A week earlier, his 48-yard field goal with three seconds to go tied Kansas City 17-17. Two weeks earlier, his three touchdown passes led the Raiders to a 31-14 win over the Pittsburgh Steelcrs. Blanda has proven beyond a doubt he still can throw, but Oakland 1' George Blan-da admitted his age, which is 43, briefly last September. "My age is against me.

A team has to look for younger players," he said after the Oakland Raiders put him en the taxi squad. But Sunday afterr.oon, after throwing a touchdown pass and then kicking a field goal in the closing seconds to beat the Cleveland Browns 23-20, lie said. "I think it's good to have a little experience around." His teammates are getting the message. "The guy almost embarrasses you," center Jim Otto, just 32, said after Blanda's Sunday performance. ma it costs a lot more to take them to Los Angeles and ew York than it does from Lincoln to Lawrence or from -awrence to Manhattan.

except you're we go ay bus most everywhere in the league Colorado and we always have empty scats. All saving is a room for one night and a couple of meals. 'No, you're not even saving meals because if the player sn't with you, he's back home eating at the training table. Kou've got to feed him whether he's on the trip or not. GEORGE BLAND A Nervousness no problem.

got some boys who could play on teams if they could make the trips, them on the trips, you wind up not "Every team has he kickoff or punting )iit if can't laying them at home mi Ml cither because you want to play the SWEEPS ImW Lb at home you're going to have on the road with you. mm IN Champ Wards Off Challenge Lujack and Sid Luekman. His kicking has miproved with age. But Blanda has an explanation for some of his had days with the Bears. "George Halas dhe owner and coach i wouldn't even buy me a kicking toe and they only let ine practice field goals two or three minutes a day." he said after booting Ins 251st three pointer Sunday.

Blanda. who never got along well with Halas. "retired from football in 1959 only to show up with the Houston Oilers when the American Football League was formed in I960. He had 11 points Sunday, increasing his all-time pro scoring record to 1,534. Blanda has taken over for starting quarterback Daryle Lamonica twice in the past three games after Lamonica suffered minor injuries.

Ken Stabler, a young quarterback from Alabama, is stuck in the No. 3 slot and must know how Blanda felt in 1949. "Sometimes I feel sorry for Kenny because he doesn't get to play more," Blanda says. "But maybe it's better for him that he doesn't have to go in there in some of these situations." After 21 seasons, Blanda said "There's no use getting nervous. "I've been cheered.

I've been booed. I've made field goals and I've missed them. I've had every experience you can imagine. That's why can remain nonchalant." St. 8696-500 -9196 i Louis sixth, again was able to known down ninth eight pins on his first ball Both struck in the seventh, eighth and -915 7.

Gary Dickinson, Ft. Worth 8707-450 8. Gary Mage, Seattle, Wash 8632-500- 9. Teata Semi. up a 7-9 split in the fifth.

Soutar went ahead, striking in the fourth and getting a spare in the fifth, but both bowlers then again began rattling off strikes. -9132 i "And the more boys you have playing or making the rips, the more money you're going to make because you'll icll more tickets because his relatives and friends are going 0 want to come see him play. "It's foolish that we can take 55 or more players halfway utoss the country to Syracuse, but we can only take 47 1 lew miles down the road to Manhattan or up to Lincoln." FG Kickers Improving. Field goal kickers in college football this season are licking them through the uprights from farther away and ith more frequency. The average distance of successful field goals this season 32.7 yards, up slightly from last season's final 32.3, also i record.

If you're wondering what the probabilities are if successfully kicking a field goal from certain distances, lore's a handy guide: PERCENTAGE MADE By TOM HENDERSON Star Sports Writer Dave Soutar became only the second bowler to win back-to-back tournaments on the PBA tour this year when he added the frames, but while Soutar continued the onslaught with two more strikes in the 10th, Davis River Edge, 8445-500- 8945; 10. Butch Ge'arhart, Fr. Lauderdale, Fla. 8544 400 8944 11. Les Zikes.

Palatine, III. 8448-350-898 12. Don Hellinq. St. Louis 8505-200-8 '05 13.

Mike McGrath, El Cerrito, Calif 8368-300-8668 14. Paul Colwell, Tucson, Ariz 832-250-8622 15. Bob Strampe, Detroit 8353-150-8503 16. Jim Godman. Hayward, Calif 8273-200- 8473 Position round: Dave Soutar def.

Dave Davis. 275-222. Skee Foremsky del. Nelson Burton, 248-168. Wayne Sheridan del.

Johnny Pctraglia, 224-216. Gary Dickinson def. Gary Teata Semiz def. Butcrt Gearhart, 183-182. Les Zikes def.

Don Helling, 231-181. Paul Colwell def. Mike McGrath, 238-218. Jim Godman def. Mike Strampe, in the lotn, men taneu io pick up the spare as Soutar gained a 275-222 victory.

By winning the championshp game, Soutar took a 9465-9363 victory in the tournament to earn the first prize. Davis was second, while Skce Foremsky finished third, and Wayne Sheridan was fourth. Johnny Pctraglia of Brooklyn, N.Y., who had been leading going into Monday's match-play finals, had started the evening session in second place, but, although winning four of his six matches Monday night, he finished fifth. "I'll tell you, that's the best I've ever bowled to finish second," Davis said after losing to Soutar. second annual $32,000 Lincoln Open title to last week's victory in the St.

Louis Open Monday night at Hollywood Bowl, but he had to ward off a stiff challenge by Dave Davis to do it. Davis, wimier of the 1967 Omaha PBA tourney, had been lodged in eighth place at the conclusion of Monday afternoon's session, but won all six of bis match-play games Monday night to take a narrow one-pin margin over Soutar going rnto the tourney's final game which pitted the two headon. Soutar, however, who had moved from third place to take 151-pin lead in the afternoon matches, but won only three of his six Mondav night matches 17-20 .773 .714 21-25 .762 .683 26-30 .682 .674 31-35 .530 .603 36-40 .143 .457 41-43 .417 .317 46-50 .241 .190 51-55 .154 .154 56-60 .000 .091 Totals .500 .477 -NWU HAS OTHER IDEAS Concordia Seeking Mineral Bowl Bid It was Soutar's fourth victory this year after winning only five titles in his nine previous years on the lour. The results: 1. Dave Soutar, Gilroy.

Calif 8915-550-9465 2. Dave Davis, Miami, Fla 8813-550-9363 3. Skee Foremsky, Houston, Texas 8885-4509335 4. Wayne Sheridan, Richmond, Va 8711-550-9261 5. Johnnv Petraglia, Brooklyn tsl.Y 8731-500-9231 4.

Nelson Burton, Jr. prior to the championship game, wasn't about to let the victory slip from his grasp. Both bowlers opened with three straight strikes, but Davis had to settle for a spare in the fourth frame and couldn't pick By STEVE GILLISPIE Star Sports Writer Coach John Seevers of Concordia Teachers College says the Bulldogs may be invited to play in the Mineral Bowl. However Concordia must beat JV 1 1 NWU held the Broncos to six points and scored seven, bu1 Hastings had a 19 point lead at the half. What impressed coach Jim Frazier of the Broncos about Wesleyan 's defense was it stopping Hastings rushing attack.

"Wesleyan didn't let Garv (Filipi) gain much yardage and he is the second leading rusher in the league," Frazier said. Also in the second half acainsl Nebraska Wesleyan when the Plainsmen travel to Seward lor an afternoon game Saturday. The title for the Nebraska Intercollegiate Athletic n-ference also will be at stake Saturday. Texan s' Defense Throttles Omaha Fort Worth, Tex. Ml The Omaha Mustangs put up a battle, but an aggressive defensive performance of Fort Worth was too much and the Texans won a Continental Football League game, 31-14, Sunday night.

It was the season windup for each club. Omaha could muster only 98 yards total offense, with 30 of it coming in the first half. The Mustangs tied it twice in the first half, the first time on a 77-yard interception by Pat Smagacz. James Walker, hampered by an injury all season, scored four touchdowns for the winners. Successful field goals now average 1.14 per game (boih earns combined i.

up from last season's record high of 1.08. 'ield goals started increasing in 1959 when the goal posts cre widened almost five Icet, and a higher tee in 1965 listed production even more. Successful field goals have ioubled since '64. In case you're wondering, extra-point kicking iccuracy is up, too: .880 vs. a record .878 last season.

Huskers Have Chance Rob Sands, formerly of the Tulsa Tribune and the Big ight Banner. sees. Nebraska having a shot at the Big Eight asketball title in his size-up of the league race for the S'CAA Basketball Guide. "Nebraska, under the direction of Slippery Joe Cipriano, las enough talent to take it all," he writes. "Returning ire 6-10 Chuck Jura.

6-7 LeRoy Chalk and 6-1 Al Nissen. lso, Marv Stewart will be eligible again. Adding depth for the Cornhuskers will be rookie Tony iehl. who shot 59 per cent from the field as a freshman, md Tom Gregory. They both were 20-point scorers in pre-.

arsity competition last year. However. Sands tabs Kansas and Kansas State as the ogical favorites. Irv Cross, defensive backfield coach for (he Philadelphia Fagles. offers this comparison between playing in the defensive line and being a defensive back: "Playing on the defensive ine is like dancing to rock 'n' roll music.

Playing defensive back is like dancing in the ballet." The shy little fellow was deathly afraid of his boss. One day he told a fellow worker he was sick and the fellow worker suggested he go home. "Oh, no. I couldn't do that," the shy little fellow answered. Don't be silly," said the fellow worker, "the boss isn't even here today.

He'll never know Finally, the shy little fellow decided to go home and as he approached the house, he looked in the window and his boss kissing his wife. He high tailed it back to the office and told the fellow worker, "Some friend you are. Because of you, I almost got caught." Cyclones Take KU Invitational Gymnastics Meet Lawrence. Kan. Defending Big Eight champ Iowa State won the Kansas University invitational gymnastics meet Saturday, scoring 162.50 points.

The Cyclones' Brent Simmons was the all-around champion with a score of 55.00. Iowa State was last year's national runner-up. Six Big Eight teams competed. Missouri and Oklahoma State do not have teams. Kansas was second with 157.90 points, followed by Oklahoma with 152.30.

Kansas State 139.40, Colorado 123.0 and Nebraska 45.40. Rain Forces Mizzou Inside Columbia, Mo. The Missouri football squad worked 40 minutes in Brewer fieldhouse Monday to avoid a drizzling rain. Hastings. NWU slowed down Hastings' passing attack allowing only eight completions in 20 attempts for 53 yards.

Perhaps the biggest question mark for the Plainsmen is quarterback Dave McGrane replaced regular Stev McKelvey who is out for the season. Against Hastings McGrane like XWU's defense, began playing good ball in the second half. If McGrane is able to continue improving, Wesleyan mav be able to give Concordia a better game than the Bulldogs want. Scholar-Athlete Honors To Kern, Bruins Dummit New Brunswick. N.J.

Quarterbacks Rex Kern of Ohio State and Dennis Dummit of UCLA were among 12 college seniors selected Monday by the National Football Foundation as 1970 Scholar-Athlete Award winners. A Plainsmen win would not only wreck any bowl bids but also enable Hastings to tie the Bulldogs for the NIAC title. Concordia is 4-0 in conference play, Hastings 4-1 and NWU is 2-2. The Bulldogs and Plainsmen play their last conference game Saturday. Seevers is cautious about the outcome of the game.

"When we play Wesleyan. we consider the rivalry instead of present records," Seevers said. "The two teams are located close together and there are many Wesleyan graduates in Seward. "Wesleyan will have a good defense and because of this we expect a close game. "Last Saturday when we played Northwestern, Iowa, we lost our poise in the third quarter.

It took us 12 minutes to recover but we had a big lead. "We won't be able to let down at all against Wesleyan. Regardless of how many or who is hurt for them, they will play a good game." The Plainsmen's defense which had trouble containing Doane and then Hastings for a half, started playing good ball in the second half at Hastings. Sports Menu STAFF PHOTO BY RANDY HAMi'TON SOUTAR PBA winner. -DEFENSE GOOD, BUT WANTS THEM TO BE GREAT- Oevanev Praises Offense Tuesday Nolhlng scheduled.

Wednesday Nothing scheduled. Thursday Nolhing scheduled. Ring Group Says Controls Are Needed New York New York State boxing officials reaffirmed Monday that they favor federal control of the sport through a national commission. "Generally speaking," state Boxing Commissioner Edwin B. Top Pick Kyle Rote, now a sports telecaster, was the No.

1 bonus pick of the New York P'ootball Giants in 1951. Halfback David Elmendorf of Texas defensive backs James Cooch of Colorado and Willie Clyde a of Dartmouth, linebacker Riii Dooley told an informal hearing, Nebraska Prep Ratings By Virgil Parker Zapalac of Texas. tackle Thomas Neville of Yale, guards Larry DiNardo of Notre Dame and Don Denbo of Tennessee and centers John Sande' of Stanford. Thomas Lvons of I Georgia and Leo Dillon of Dayton also were cited for excellence in the classroom as well "we in New York are opposed to federal regulation of sports, but in the light of our experience we agree that action at the federal level is needed to rid professional boxing on a nationwide basis of taint of gangster influences and monopoly practices." Harry Markson, director of Madison Square Garden boxing, said: "Past events have demonstrated conclusively that as on the playing field. Class 6 By HAL BROWN Star Sports Editor Nebraska football coach Bob Devaney Monday had nothing but praise for the performance of the Husker offense Saturday in the 54-29 win over Iowa State, but said he expected more from the NU Black Shirts, the defensive unit.

"Our offense had another fine game," he praised, "We had good balance between our passing and rushing and we took advantage of our scoring opportunities. "If we can score 54 points, we should win most of our games," he added with tongue in check. "We had good pass protection from our line and Jerry Tagge was lavish in his praise of the linemen in Sunday's paper," the Husker coach continued as he addressed the weekly meeting of the Nebraska Extra Point Club Quarterback Luncheon. "Our offensive line is an aggressive group. "And I was proud of the way they kept their poise and didn't draw any penalties when some things started to happen on the field that have nothing to do with football." He was referring to a brief flareup when one Iowa Stater appeared to take a swing at Husker tackle Bob Newton.

"Dan Schneiss had a fine day running and part of that may have been because our quarterback (Tagge) was reading the Iowa State defenses so well," Devaney pointed out. "Jeff Kinney had one of his finer days and Joe Orduna scored three touchdowns which isn't bad for an afternoon's work. "Those two I-backs (Kinney and Orduna) do a fine job of running and of course, they've got that fullback (Schneiss) out front blocking for them along with that line. "I'm very proud of our offensive line and we've got a couple of wide receivers, Johnny Rodgers and Guy Ingles, who aren't too bad, either. "I think we'll keep them around." The NU leader also had praise for tight end Jerry List, uho he called "a very fine downfield blocker," and for No.

2 split end Woody Cox, pointing out, "When he's in there, he does a good job." i I Of the Black Shirt defensive who gave up 17 of the 29 Iowa State points, Devaney observed, "They did a good job, but we expect them to do a great job, "If they give up two first downs in a row, we think that shouldn't happen." Devaney called Iowa State wide receiver Otto Stowe "one of the fine offensive ends we have faced. He is one of the finest all-time receivers in Big Eight history." He also praised Iowa State as a team that "never gave up. They are typical of all Big Eight teams. They keep coming at you no matter how many points you score against them." Looking ahead to this week's foe, Kansas State, Devaney called the Wildcats, "the best team we have faced in awhile and possibly the best we have faced this season. "If Kansas State would win Saturday, they could do no worse than a tie for the Big Eight championship because they are through with their Big Eight schedule and we'd then have to beat Oklahoma to get a tie with them.

"But we're not thinking about that. We're not thinking about anything but trying to beat Kansas State. Each week we've got a maximum effort out of our team and we hope that maximum effort will be enough to win this week." Devaney said the availability of quarterback Van Brownson, who sat out the Iowa State game with a sore arm, was uncertain, but pointed out the Huskers will be without the services of No. 2 middle guard Bob Pabis for the remainder of the season. Pabis suffered a knee injury in the win over Iowa State and will undergo surgery.

"He has been one of our top men in covering kickoffs and might be leading the team in tackles on kickoffs," Devaney noted. "He also has come through for us in some critical situations when we had to put him in when Ed Periard was hurt." Devaney said he would move tackle Monte Johnson over to back up Pabis and work Rich Glover as the No. 2 man at both defensive tackle spots this week. 1 1- Lincoln Pius (5-3) 2- Lexington (8-0-1) 3- Ord (7-2) 4- Aurora (8-1) 5- Laurel (9-0) Comment Pius drops 6 Sidney (8-1) 7 Auburn (9-0) 8 Omaha Cathedral (8-1) 9 Columbus Scotus (8-1) 10 Arlington (8-1) another close one to a top ten the slate commissions cannot cope with problems arising from the interstate nature of our industry. Federal legislation is desirable if the sport is to prosper." U.S.

Congressmen Lester Wolff and Mario Biaggi of New York called the hearings for the purpose of consider ng Pin Pro Foremsky To Hold Free Session Fred "Skee" Foremskv, who's been among the top 20 PBA money winners each vear since 1966, will offer free tips on improving your bowling game at Hollywood Bowl at 1:30 p.m. today. His appearance here as a member of the Brunswick Advisory Staff of bowiini: chamn- rated Class A club, but still deserves the No. 1 spot. Columbus Scotus slides to ninth after being bombed by Omaha Cathedral.

Class 6 Geneva (7-2) 7 Platteview (8-1) 8 Fremont Bergan (7-2) 9 Scribner (8-1) 10 Red Cloud (8-1) tumbled from the tup sHt after a loss 1- Soiithern (8-1) 2- Hebron (8-1) 3- Gibbon (9-0) 4- Elkhorn (8-1) 5- Osceola (9-0 1 Comment Klkhmn establishment of a national boxing commission. King Of Hawaii Tennis pro Billie Jean King, three-time women's world champion, now makes her home in Honolulu. She formerly played out of Long Beach, Calif. i 10 ranked team. Southern, also with since its loss came to Class B's No to Arlington, Class B's No.

an 8-1 record, ranks higher ions is part of the company's effort to entertain patients in Veterans Hospitals and promote interest in bowling Prior to his appearance at the Hollywood Bowl, a luncheon will be held at the VA Hospital in his honor. I 7 rated club. Story, Page 18.