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1 fg)(5)EnagiPocketbook, 18-19 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 1 984 LINCOLN, NE. JOURNAL 11 9 Nil T7" KiimibalL Gamble set for game 11 111 i. iii mi uai iff? -3 I 'I 4 I i 2v Y- I was too small He said they can make a tall player better, but they can't make a good player taller." Kimball was recruited by UCLA. "But with Bobby playing at Oklahoma, I was always more interested in the Orange Bowl than the Rose BowL" he said. For Gamble, it was different.

"We lived about an hour from the Rose Bowl and I went there twice when I was a little kid," he recalled. Those memories were precious and they never lost impact "It was important for me to play" in the Shrine game," Gamble said. "But I've always wanted to play a college game in the Rose the grand daddy of them all "I know it isn't THE Rose Bowl game," Gamble said. "But it's against the Rose Bowl champion and it's on their home turf." The Bruins own a 10-1-2 record in the Rose Bowl since 1982 and two California receivers are hoping to help end that domination. "This game is the big test for us," Kimball said.

"We don't have the Ro-ziers, Fryars or Gills. But we've pulled together like a team and I think we're going to show it against UCLA." By Randy York i Assistant Sports Editor 7 PASADENA Just when you're convinced top-ranked Nebraska lives strictly by the run, two Husker split ends admit they're California Scott Kimball and Jason Gamble wait to play eighth-ranked UCLA in the Rose Bowl They can't wait to show the Bruins the Huskers have other guns and can travel other ways. CBS-TV may be aware of these two California receivers dressed in Nebraska uniforms for a 2:30 p.m. nation- ally-televised kickoff. But few Bruin fans in a crowd estimated to reach 75,000 probably are aware that Kimball and Gamble already have played in the JloseBowL Kimball, a 6-0, 195-pound senior jstarter from Camarillo, remembers catching six passes for "more than 100 yards" in the 1980 California high school Shrine game before 32,000 fans in the Rose BowL Gamble, a 5-11, 175-pound second-year freshman from Santa Barbara, recalls catching seven passes for 78 yards in the 1983 Shrine game "before 35,000 to 40,000 in the Rose BowL" Naturally, both Califomians realize the airwaves won't be nearly as busy for them Saturday.

But that doesn't diminish the thrill of their respective homecomings; "I played a lot against UCLA last year," Kimball said. "But this game's a little more important because it's like a Jiome game for me. live 45 minutes north of Pasadena and more than 150 people are coming to the game from my hometown," Kimball pointed out. "I don't know if they'll all be dressed in red. But I know they'll be pulling for me." Gamble is also guaranteed a private cheering section.

"About 30 people are coming from the Friendship Baptist Church in Santa Barbara," he said. "And I've got some cousins driving up in a van. So maybe they'll help get our red wave going in Gamble, who shares Nebraska's sec ond-team split end duties with sophomore Robb Schnitzler, admits he has a personal motive to play well in Saturday's showdown. "UCLA has a couple defensive backs I played against in high school," he said. "Dennis Price and Chuckie Miller were both Ail-Americans for Long Beach Poly when I played against them in high school." Price, a second-year freshman, starts at safely for the Bruins.

"We got sort of a grudge going in high school," offered Gamble. "When I was a junior, his team beat us in the CIF semifinals. Then his team beat us in the Shrine game. I caught a lot of balls against him. But I've never scored a touchdown against him." Gamble, the second fastest player on the team behind I-back Paul Miles, likes the end zone.

When he was named Most Valuable Player of the Northern California sectional all-star game, he turned three of his seven catches into touchdowns. This season, Kimball and Gamble are considered dangerous weapons buried amidst the image of Nebraska's powerful running game. Kimball has caught only three passes for 40 yards. Gamble has snagged only two for 31 yards. Neither is disappointed.

Neither is complaining. "My brother, Bobby, was a starting split end for Oklahoma (until 1978)," Kimball pointed out "I talked to him this week and we still joke about catching balls in the Big Eight. "You're not going to see 12 balls a game like you're going to see at BYU Kimball acknowledged. "But catching one ball at Nebraska and hearing that that's as good as catching 10 balls anywhere else." Although Gamble has not reached the full measure of that philosophical conclusion, he knows one catch would be meaningful against UCLA. "UCLA never really did recruit me," he said.

"I got tickets to a game and visited their locker room. But one of their coaches told my high school coach STAFF PHOTO BY RANDY HAMPTON Scott Kimball (left) and Jason Gamble. Probable starters Offense Nebraska travel roster OG 6-2 6-1 6-6 OG 6-3 53 Anthony Thomas 54 Mark Cooper 57 Mark Troynowicz 58 Harry Grimminger 65 Tim Roth 67 Greg Orton 68 Bill Lewis 69 Tom Welter 72 Rob Maggard 73 Mark Behning 74 Stan Parker 75 Rob Stuckey 76 Chris Spachman 77 Tom Morrow 78MikeZierke UCLA (2-0) NameNo Tennell 81 Hartmeier 63 Mannon 56 Baran 71 McCollough 77 Love 67 Sherrard 82 Bono 12 Wiley 22 Andrews 24 Young 18 UCLA Randle 64 Block 78 Walen 95 Dellocono 39 Knowles 85 Tavlor 42 Phillips 49 Price 6 Welch 2 Pitts 47 Washinatnn .1 Yr Hf wt Pos Wf Ht Yr Sr. 6-3 215 TE 225 6-4 So. Jr.

6-0 265 LT 263 6-5 Jr. Sr. 6-3 265 LG 250 6-4 Sr. Sr. 6-6 265 262 6-5 Sr.

Sr. 6-1 260 RG 263 6-5 Jr. Sr. 6-3 260 RT 265 6-3 Sr. Sr.

6-0 195 SE 185 6-2 Jr. Sr. 6-1 190 QB 210 6-4 Sr. Sr. 5-9 195 IB SB 206 6-1 Sr.

Jr. 6-1 235 FB WB 175 5-11 Sr. Sr. 5-9 200 WB FL 185 6-1 Sr. Defense Sr.

6-2 210 LE So. 6-4 260 LT 237 6-3 Sr. Sr. 5-11 230 MG 256 6-3 Sr. Sr.

6-3 245 RT 245 6-5 Jr. Sr. 6-1 205 RE OLB 222 6-1 Sr. Sr. 6-3 235 LB 223 6-1 Sr.

So. 6-2 225 LB 238 6-1 Jr. OLB 210 6-0 Jr. Sr. 6-1 200 AA 158 6-1 Fr.

Sr. 5-10190 LCB 175 5-11 Sr. Sr. 6-0 190 RCB 180 5-10 Sr. Sr.

6-3 200 185 6-1 fr. OT 6-0 OG 6-1 6-6 OT 6-4 OT 4-3 OT 6-6 OG 6-4 DT 6-3 DT 6-4 OT 6-3 DT 6-3 TE 6-2 DE 6-3 DE 6-2 DE 6-3 SE 5-9 SE 5-11 DE 6-2 SE 6-0 NEBRASKA (2-0) No Name 94 Hiemer 65 Roth 58 Grimminger 57 Troynowicz 67 Orton 77 Morrow 88 Kimball 15 Sundberg 28 Smith 26 Rothman 17 Swanson NEBRASKA 87 Weber 76 Spachman 64 Tranmer 75 Stuckey 90 Strasburger 51 Daum 41 AAunford 2 McCashland 33 Burke 11 Harris 10 Clark Kickoff: 2:30 p.n 108.11). Broadcast: KFORand KZKX). 33 Dave Burke CB 5-10 190 Sr. 35 Kevin Parsons LB 6-2 230 So.

36 Scott Porter FB 6-0 222 Sr. 38 Steve Forch LB 6-1 220 So. 39 Jim Thompson WB S- 190 Sr. 41 More Munford LB 6-2 225 So. 42 Mike Carl DB 5-11 180 So.

43 Brian Washington DB 6-2 205 Fr. 45ChrisCarF 6-1 195 So. 46ChadDaffer LB 6-0 230 Jr. 47DanWingard 6-1 200 Jr. 48 Scott Livingston K6-2 210 Sr.

49KenKaelin FB 5-10 210 So. 51 Mark Daum LB 6-3 235 Sr. 52KenGraeber MG 6-2 245 Sr. 1 Dale Klein 6-1 -190 So. 2 Mike McCashland 6-1 200 Sr.

6Todd Fisher 6-0 185 Jr. 8PernellGatson WB 5-10 180 So. 10 Bret Clark 6-3 200 Sr. 11 Neil Harris CB 6-0 190 Sr. 12CleteBlakeman QB 6-1 185 Fr.

14 Travis Turner QB 6-2 205 Jr. 15Craig Sundberg QB 6-1 190 Sr. UShane Swanson WB 5-9 200 Sr. 21 Paul Miles IB 5-10 200 Jr. 22DougDuBose IB 5-11 185 So.

26Tom Rathmon FB 6-1 235 Jr. 27 Dennis Watkins CB 5-11 180 Jr. 28 Jeff Smith IB 5-9 195 Sr. 31 Charlie Cartwright 5-9 195 So. 290 Sr.

230 So. 265 Sr. 265 Sr. 265 Jr. 260 Sr.

270 Jr. 255 So. 265 So. 290 Sr. 240 So.

245 Sr. 260 So. 260 Sr. 240 Sr. 230 Jr.

230 Jr. 210 So. 215 Jr. 170 So. 175 Fr.

210 Sr. 195 Sr. 220 Jr. 205 Sr. 215 Sr.

215 Sr. 265 So. 235 Jr. 235 Jr. 80ToddFrain 81 Brad Smith 83 Brad Tyrer 84 Gregg Reeves 85 Robb Schnitzler 86 Jason Gamble 87 Bill Weber 88 Scott Kimball 89 Scott Tucker DE 6-3 90 Scott Strasburger DE 6-1 TE 6-3 TE 6-3 2 oon Bourn 94 Brian Hiemer 95 Danny Noonan 96JimSkow 99KenShead DT 6-3 DT 6-3 MG 5-11 i.

(CDT), Rose Bowl. Telecast: CBS-TV (Channels 6, Nebraska Football Network (Omaha KFAB, Lincoln Norris spikers halt jinx, stop Pius UCLA roster 2HerbWelch CB 5-11 175 Sr. 3 James Washington 6-1 185 Fr. 4 Ken Potter 6-1 207 Sr. 6 Dennis Price 6-1 158 Fr.

7 Chance Johnson DB 6-1 205 Fr. 8KarlDorrell 5-11 186 Jr. 9DavidNorrie QB 6-5 220 Jr. lOBrendanMcCrackenQB 6-0 195 Fr. 10 Harold Bartake 6-0 185 Fr 11 Matt Stevens QB 6-0 200 So.

12 Steve Bono QB 6-4 210 Sr. 14 Kirk Alexander CB 5-11 177 So. 15 Danny Thompson WB 6-0 180 Fr. 17 Kevin Buenafe 6-0 205 Sr. 18 Mike Young 6-2 185 Sr.

19David Clinton 5-7 180 So. 20 Bob Garibaldi SB 5-11 184 So. 21 Eric Ball RB 6-2 197 Fr. 22 Bryan Wiley SB 6-1 206 Sr. 23 James Primus WB 5-11 185 Fr.

24 Danny Andrews WB 5-11 175 Sr. 25 John Lee 5-11 175 Jr. 26 Paco Craig 5-10 161 Fr. 27 Alan Dial WB 6-0 173 Fr. 53 David Simpson LB 6-1 192 Fr.

28JoeGasser 5-10 180 Jr. 54WesJordan DT 6-3 223 So. 29Daryl Henley DB 5-10 175 Fr. 55Tory Pankopf NG 6-3 238 So. 30 Craig Rutledge 6-1 184 So.

56Mork Mannon OG 6-4 250 Sr. 31 Mel Farr, Jr. WB 6-1 205 Fr. 57 Adam Hutchins LB 6-2 225 So. 32JoshShinnick 6-0 191 Jr.

59 Melvin Jackson LB 6-3 222 Sr. 33 Greg Francois WB 5-10 195 So. 60 Mitch Johnson OG 6-4 235 Fr. 35 Leonard Wilson 5-9 182 So. 61 Eric Rogers OT 6-4 235 So.

36 Ted Henderson 6-2 182 Jr. 62 Steve Davis 6-5 221 Fr. 37 Chuckie Miller CB 5-8 167 So. 63MarkHartemeier OT 6-5 263 Jr. 39 Neal Dellocono LB 6-1 222 Sr.

64 David Randle DT 6-4 237 Sr. 40 Terry Tumey NG 6-2 221 Fr. 65 Kevin Cronin OG 6-5 255 Sr. 41 Ken Norton, Jr. RB 6-2 210 Fr.

66JimWahler DL 6-4 235 Sr. 42 Tommy Taylor LB 6-1 238 Jr. 67 Duval Love OT 6-3 265 Sr. 43 Marcus Turner CB 6-0 185 Fr. 69JoeGoebel 6-6 250 So.

44GastonGreen RB 5-11 190 Fr. 70John Kidder OT 6-5 264 Fr. 45 Marcus Greenwood SB 5-11 207 So. 71 Dave Baran 6-5 262 Sr. 46 Eugene McGaugh LB 5-11 205 Fr.

72RobertCox OT 6-5 250 Jr. 47 Ron Pitts CB 5-10 180 Sr. 73 Jim Alexander OG 6-5 247 So. 48 Doug Kline LB 6-2 230 Fr. 74 Russ Warnick OT 6-5 235 Fr.

49 Tony Phillips LB 6-0 210 Jr. 74 Bobby Menifield OG 6-2 260 Fr. 51 Tom Whitenight DL. 6-4 230 Fr. 75DougWassel DT 6-4 228 Fr.

52 Terry Theodore 6-2 221 Jr. 76 Chris Cox OG 6-5 235 Fr. 77Jim McCullough 78 Chris Block 790nno Zwaneveld 81 Derek Tennell 82 Mike Sherrard 83 Willie Anderson 85 Lee Knowles 86 Ron Butler 87 Scott Franklin 88 Al Wilson 89 Jeff Nowinskl 90JimMastera 91 Greg Bolin 92 Frank Batchkoff 93JoePickert 94 Steve Mehr 95 Mark Walen 96 Billy Rav 97 Marcus Hudspeth 98 Erie Smith 98KimoChun 99 Steve Jarecki OG 6-5 NG 6-3 OT 6-5 TE 6-5 SE 6-2 SE 6-0 LB 6-1 LB 6-2 6-2 SE 6-0 TE 6-3 TE 6-3 TE 6-2 DT 6-5 TE 6-4 TE 6-6 DT 6-5 LB 6-4 DT 6-3 LB 6-4 LB 6-4 LB 6-3 263 Jr. 256 Sr. 261 So.

225 So. 185 Jr. 154 Fr. 223 Sr. 229 Sr.

194 Jr. 175 Jr. 231 Jr. 230 So. 230 So.

238 So. 218 Fr. 225 Fr. 245 Jr. 210 Fr.

228 Sr. 215 Fr. 225 Fr. 225 Jr. happy with the improvement because Norris is obviously a very good team and we battled them.

"We still have a problem of falling just a little short, like coming back all that way in the first game and still losing. And we have some other problems right now that we're playing through, but the signs of improvement are there." At East, senior Julie Vermeer scored nine ace spikes and teammate Julie McMahon tallied three more in the third game to lead the Spartan net attack against Southeast. Renee Elefsrud and Holly Tropp See SPIKERS on page 13 ReaP season just beginning for Padres WWMWMWWi lift ft By Ken Hambleton Journal Prep Writer Norris' volleyball team finally broke the ratings jinx, overcoming Lincoln Pius to post a 16-14, 15-9 victory before a crowd estimated at 350 Thursday night at the Pius gym. In other games in Lincoln Thursday, No. 9-rated Lincoln East ended its three-game losing string with a 4-15, 15-10, 15-3 decision over No.

8-ranked Southeast, while top-ranked Lincoln High downed Columbus, 16-14, 15-9. Norris jumped into the Class ratings this week at the fifth spot after winning the Queen City Invitational in Beatrice last weekend "I think that every time we've either shown up in the ratings or moved up in the ratings, we always follow it with a loss," Norris Coach Karen Schlueter said. "I was worried about that again tonight because we've never come through before. "Add to that jinx the fact that Pius can cause a team a lot of problems because they're so unorthodox and scrappy on defense," Schlueter said. Norris pulled away from a 3-3 tie in the first game and took a 14-7 lead after ace spikes by Kay Rademaker and Beth DeBoer, plus scoring soft hits by Becky Mitchell, Rademaker and Renee Mosi-man.

But the Thunderbolts, now 2-6, held on for 10 sideouts. With a scoring block by Anne Daddario, who also slammed four ace spikes, and two dinks by Joan Kelley, the 'Bolts tied the game at 14-all. The two teams battled through seven more sideouts before DeBoer scored on a service ace to end the game. The Titans took an early lead in the second set, but Pius rallied to tie the game at 9-9, before DeBoer scored on two ace serves and teammate Mitchell slammed two ace spikes to end the match. ''Ever since we won our first game last week (against previously unbeaten Raymond Central) we've been a different team," Pius Coach Kathy Bren-nan said.

"We've always been strong on defense, but we're starting to gain some confidence in our offense now. I'm NL East at a glance Chicago 90 62 .592 New York 83 70 .542 Ti Philadelphia 81 72 .529 9Vj AL West at a glance Kansas City 78 74 .513 California 77 74 .510 Vt Minnesota 77 75 .507 1 From News Wires The wisened baseball veterans who led the San Diego Padres to their first-ever National League Western Division championship mixed their jubilation with a warning that the real baseball season is just beginning. "We have some momentum, although you donwant to peak too late and you don't want to peak too early," San Diego Manager Dick Williams said Thursday after the Padres clinched a berth in the NL Championship Series with a 5-4 victory over the San Francisco Giants. The Padres' victory and Los Angeles' 6-2 triumph over second-place Houston gave San Diego a 10-game lead with 10 games remaining. Added relief ace Rich Gossage: "It's a game of mountains and valleys, and when you're sitting on top of a mountain, it feels pretty good.

But we're only part of the way up." In other games Thursday, the downtrodden Pittsburgh Pirates beat East Division leader Chicago 7-6, Atlanta ripped Cincinnati 9-3 and St. Louis got by Montreal 3-2. In the American League, California moved within a naif-game in the American League West of division-leading Kansas City with a 2-0 victory over the Royals. In other games, Baltimore routed Boston 15-1, and Toronto defeated Milwaukee 6-4. Williams, who managed Boston to an American League pennant in 1967 and won world championships with the Oakland A's in 1972-73, reveled in his latest success.

"Believe me, gentlemen, it's a great feeling," he said. "I'm 10 (actually 11) years older than I was the last time this happened. You can never have enough of this." Among the keys to San Diego's title drive were former New York Yankees Gossage and Graig Nettles and former Dodger Steve Garvey. The trio tangled in three World Series, with the Yanks winning in 1977 and 1978 and Garvey's Dodgers prevailing in 1981. "At the beginning of the season, I didn't know what to think," Nettles said of the Padres' prospects.

"But after a while, I realized we were good enough to play wit anyone in our division. Not to be a pessimist, but even if we lost in the playoffs, this would be a very successful seasoa" "You look at our team," Gossage added, "and we're not high in any of the statistics, but we do everything well just enough to win." "This is as special as any of them," said Garvey, who played in four World Series for Los Angeles, "because it's the first time the Padres have won. It feels great." San Diego scored all its runs in the second inning off Giant starter Mike Krukow, 10-12, with the key hits Garry Templeton's two-run single and a three-run homer by Padres starter Tim Lol-lar, 11-12. It was Lollar's third homer of the year. Nettles lead off the inning with a single, Kevin McReynolds walked and Car-mello Martinez was hit by a pitch to load the bases Templeton then drilled a two-run single to left, and Lollar followed with his blast over the rightfield walL Lollar, who went 5 1-3 innings, surrendered an RBI single to Manny Trillo and a sacrifice fly to Jeff Leonard in the third.

John Rabb stroked his third homer of the year in the fourth. Dave Dravecky, who gained his eighth save, allowed the final Giant run on Chili Davis' single in the ninth. Pirates 7, Cubs 6 Johnny Ray's eighth-inning sacrifice fly broke a tie and gave the Pirates a three-game sweep over the Cubs. The result kept Chicago's magic number for clinching the National League Eastern Division title at three. Any combination of Chicago victories and New York Met losses totaling three would advance the Cubs into postseason play for the first time since 1945.

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