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Cuellar Ball Control Tactics Pay Off Reserve 1 Sparks 10 35 Ground Goph ers Ignites Ciiicy Statistics NU Minn. First downs 27 14 Rushing yardage 240 196 Passing yardage 166 74 Return yardage 57 8 Passes 29-16-1 18-8-3 Punts 4-25 4-36 Fumbles lost 1 2 Yards penalized 25 58 But after giving up 143 yards on the ground to the Gophers in the first half while building a 28-10 lead, the Nebraska Black Shirts stiffened their defenses and allowed only 53 rushing yards in the final 30 minutes for a total of 196, well below the 489 yards Minnesota gained on the ground last week against Ohio University. And 45 of those yards came on one play when the Gophers Ernie Cook scored on a draw play that tied the game at 7-7 with 7 09 left in the fir st quarter. The Huskers, who went on more long marches than a Boy Scout troop during the afternoon, put an 80-yard, 11-play effort together to go out front by 14-7 with 2:38 left in the opening period and 48 seconds later had another tally and that was the ball game. The 80-yard drive was kept alive by two big Jerry Tagge pass plays although the Husker quarterback, who went into the game with a 70 per cent completion percentage, didn't Cont.

on Page 2E trolling the ball themselves as the Buskers continued their domination of Big Ten teams with a 35-10 triumph over the Gophers. The Huskers set the tempo for the contest early in the game, running 29 plays in the opening quarter to only 11 for Minnesota and after letting up a bit in the second quarter, resumed the ball control tactics in the second half. The victory boosted NU coach Bob Devaney's record to 9-0 against Big Ten opposition and pushed Devaney's record in non-league road games to 10-0-1. It also was the Huskers 11th game without a loss, dating back to last season. The last setback suffered by Nebraska was to Missouri, the Husker foe this week in Lincoln.

A game that will match last year's Big Eight co-champions. If there was one thing that could be termed disappointing in the Husker victory here Saturday, it would have to be the way the Gophers were able to move the ball on the ground against the Husker defense, tops in the Big Eight against rushing going into the contest. By HAL BROWN Minneapolis Nebraska linebacking coach John Melton expressed concern Friday night here that the big Husker problem against Minnesota Saturday afternoon might come if Minnesota were able to control the football against the Big Red outfit. A couple of hard-running Nebraska I-backs, Joe Orduna and Jeff Kinney, running behind a hard-charging line of center Dong Dumler, guards Dick Rupert and Donnie McGhee. and tackles Wally Winter and Bob Newton took care of that, con msma Mizzou Rollsr 40-20 Buffs Shocked, 21-20 Page SEC.

8 PAGES, LINCOLN, NEB. OCT. 4, 1970 IXJtKf i' Jk in i i--n mmm V'llfi lull Xy vv'f Pittsburgh UP)-Ty Clinc, a journeyman outfielder who underwent abdominal surgery early in the season, succeeded where the other members of the' Big Red Machine failed Saturday and triggered the Cincinnati Reds to a 3-0 victory over Pittsburgh in the first game of the National League playoff series. Cline, who underwent explor-' atory surgery May 30 to determine why he kept running out of gas from fatigue, put the gas in the Reds' tanks in the 10th inning when he came to the plate to pinch hit for pitcher Gary Nolan. Until then, Nolan and Dock Ellis, the Pittsburgh starter, had been locked in a scoreless pitching duel in a tense struggle overshadowing the unique situation created by the first umpires' strike in baseball history.

Cline, acquired in a trade with Montreal in June, came to the plate knowing one thing: "You can't ever think of ber ing a hero from the bench. And I don't think I'll ever be any hero with the guys we But Cline belied the thoughts he explained in a happy dressing room after the game by collecting a triple that was only the seventh hit off Ellis. Pete Rose then singled to end the scoreless tie and Lee May wrapped it up with a two-run double. Cline was the furthest thing from anyone's thoughts probably even those of Cincinnati manager Sparky Anderson as four minor league umpires, headed by John Grimsley of the American Association behind the plate, worked the game in the absence of striking major leaguers. The major league umpires were on hand, but they were outside the ball park picketing, carrying signs that read: "Major league umpires on strike for wages." The umpires' strike, however, quickly took a back seat as the pitching duel between Nolan and Ellis developed in a game replete with excellent fielding plays that cut off any opportunity to break the deadlock.

The left-handed hitting Cline, batting for Nolan, lined a shot to deep right center that got by Roberto Clemente. Cline, from Montreal in a June trade for outfielder Clyde Mashore, raced around the bases careening into third ahead of the Clemente Dave Cash Richie Hebner relay. On the next pilch, Rose lined a single to the right past the drawn-in infield that enabled Cline to trot home with the game's first run. Bobby Tolan then flied harmlessly to John Jeter for the first out, but' Tony Perez slammed a long drive to deep center field. Matty Alou pulled it in, but Rose tagged and went to second after the catch.

That brought up Johnny Bench, the Reds' catcher, the majors' leading home run and runs batted in end unquestionably the biggest gun in the Reds' arsenal. Ellis got his Instructions from manager Danny Murtaugh to walk Bench. But May foiled the strategy by doubling down the left field line for the final two runs. The Pirates went out harmlessly in their half of the inning as Clay Carroll came on in relief of Nolan and put a sparkling ending to it by get ting Dave Cash on a grounder and then striking out Clemente and Jeter. CINCINNATI PITTSBURGH ah hi ab bt Rosa rf 5 Tolan Paret 3b Bench lb McRae ph Carroll 5 12 1 MAlou cl 3 0 2 0 5 0 10 Cash 2b 0 0 0 4 010 Clement rf 3 10 0 Stargell If 5 012 Jeter If 1 0 0 0 Sangullln 0 0 0 4 0 3 0 1 0 0 0.

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S-EIMi 2. ip noion ivy.i-vi 7 arroll 1 0 0,0 Ellis (L.0-1) 2 1 1 Clbbon 1-3 0 0 0 0 1 How Top 20 Teams Fared 1. Ohio Stall (241 defeated Duke, 2. Texas (34) def. UCLA, 20-17 1, Stanford (3-1) lost to Purdue, 28-14 4.

Notre Dam (34) def. Michigan Stata, 29-0 5. Southern California (3-0-1) def. Oregon State, 45-13 Nebraska (1-0-1) def. Minnesota, 35-10 7.

Mississippi (3-0) def. Alabama, 41-2 I. Colorado (2-1) lost to Kansas Stata, a Orioles Minneapolis-St. Paul Baltimore's explosive Orioles -walloped three home runs in- eluding a grand slam by pitcher Mike Cuellar for a seven-run fourth inning and blitzed the Minnesota Twins 10-6 in Saturday's opening game of the American leape championship playoff. The victory ga ve the Orioles, defending AL champs, a 1-0 lead in the best-of-five series which continues Sunday.

Cuellar, a 24-game winner and an .089 hitter during the regular season, hurt the Twins more with his bat than he did with his arm. He surrendered six runs and 10 hits in less than five innings of work and it took 4 2-3 innings of shutout relief by 40-year-old Dick Hall to nail down the decision for Baltimore. But before he left the Cuellar put the Orioles in, charge with his grand slam homer- a 330-foot -fly ball lofted down the line in right field that made it just inside the foul pole and landed just beyond the fence, close enough tb the field to bounce back on it. After Cuellar's homer, Don Buford and Boog Powell followed with long blasts that shot the Orioles into a 9-2 lead. But the edge wasn't enough for Cuellar.

The Twins nicked him for a run in the fourth and three more in the fifth one on a towering homer by Harmon Killebrew before Hall came on. The journeyman right-hander with the herky-jcrky motion, who won 10 games and saved three more during the regular season, shut the Twins off with only one hit after coming on and earned the victory. Cuellar and Jim Perry, who also won 24 for the Twins during the regular season, were both treated roughly at the start. The Twins picked up a run in the first on singles by Cesar Tovar and Killebrew sandwiched around Leo Cardenas' sacrifice. Tht was to be their only lead all day.

Baltimore jumped in front with two in the second, loading the bases with one out on a hit batsman and singles by Ellis Hendricks and Brooks Robinson who had three hits in the game, Mark Belaneer bounced to short for what seemed to be a rally-killing double play, but second baseman Danny Thompson's relay to first was low and and Hendricks and Robinson both scored. Minnesota tied it in the bottom half on a single by George Mitterwald, Thompson's doable and an infield out. It stayed that way until the fourth when Baltimore broke it Frank Robinson, leading off, punched a single to right and raced to third on Hendricks second hit of the game. Brooks Robinson's sacrifice fly got the tie-breaking run home. Then consecutive singles by Dave Johnson and Belanger loaded the bases, bringing up Cuellar.

The Twins had a hunch the pitcher might be bunting on a squeeze play and played Killebrew close at third base. But on a 1-0 pitch, Cuellar swung away, lofting a fly ball down the right field line. Right fielder Tony Oliva angled over and seemed to be deciding whether to catch ball, risking a sacrifice fly, or to let it drop in foul territory. Finally, it dropped, but it was fair and just over the wall for a grand slam. When Buford followed with another homer, Bill Zcpp replaced Perry and, after Paul Blair struck out, Powell zoomed a shot some 407 feet to left field for the third homer of the inning and a 9-2 lead.

That looked like all Cuellar would need. However, Minnesota nicked him for a run on Tovar's two-out RBI-single in the fourth and then jolted him with a 437-foot homer by Killebrew leading off the fifth. Oliva followed with a double and Brant Alyea walked. The runners advanced on an infield out and then Mitterwald's third hit brought home two more runs, closing Baltimore's lead to 9-6. BALTIMOM MINNESOTA ab bl ab hi Buford If 1111 Tovar cf 111) Blair cl 0 0 0 Cardenas ss 4 0 0 0 Powell lb 5 12 Killebrew 3b I I 1 1 FB obi run rf 4 110 Oliva rf 4 110 Hendrcks 5 110 Alyea If 110 0 BRoblnsn 3b 1 1 1 Reese lb 4 0 0 0 DJohnson 2b 3 1 1 0 Mitlerwld 4 13 Belanqer ss 4 111 Thomosn 3b 1010 Cuellar 1114 SWIIIams 0 0 0 0 Kneii 1110 Holt cf Perry Zepp Allison ph RWoodsn OulHcl ss Carew prt Perrnoskl 1000 10 0 1 00 0 0 1000 00 0 0 1000 100 0 0 0 0 0 Total 36 10 13 Total 37 4 11 Baltimore 0 10 71 0 I 0-10 Minnesota 110 1 3 0 0 0- Thompson, Killebrew DF Baltimore 1, Minnesota 3.

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Offensive I MM, WWs MjW MjBj Bj JWs Makes Husker Win just back-pedaled away from me." "We found out we could run' right at them so' we did," said left tackle Bob Newton. We were running our 44 and 46 isolations. They're the basic plays in our offense and both the first and second lines were doing the job," he said. "When we'd come back to the huddle the backs told us that in if ii itiiiiiiiititiMM if rtiu STAFF PHOTOS BY BOB GORHAAA lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll Huskers Praised 1 Minneapolis Nebraska's running game here Saturday afternoon left Minnesota coach Murray Warmath impressed, but so did the Husker passing game. "I thought that' they (Nebraska) had an outstanding running game," Warmath pointed out after his Gophers had been whipped, 35-10, by the Huskers.

"With Rodgers, Orduna and Kinney." "Rodgers is as fine a runner as there Is. He's the best sophomore player around in a long time." But the Minnesota coach also was impressed by the NU passing game. "Their offense could either pass or run," he added. "It didn't seem to matter." Warmath said the Huskers didn't pull any surprises and no fluke plays. "They were just a fine team," he said.

"They played their game and we didn't play ours. "Every play they made yards and we didn't. We made a lot of offensive and defensive mistakes and we had to pay for them, You can't do that against a team like Nebraska and win." "With blocking beginning Kinney (35) takes Jerry Pro FootFa btandm Eatt Pcf. dh 2 0 Washington 0 2 0 1.000 Washington 0 2 0 .000 40 34 26 23 44 53 78 27 6u 38 1 New York Giants 020 o.oo Philadelphia 0 2 0 .000 Ctntril Division Xnwot." Chicago 2 0 1.000 Detroit 2 0 1.000 Green Bay 1 1 .500 West Division zoo 1.000 Los Angeles 2 0 0 1.000 Francisco 2 0 0 1.000 San Atlanta 1 1 .500 New Orleans 0 2 .000 Sunday's Games Dallas at St. Louis Minnesota v.

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WLT Pel. Pit. op 45 17 the holes were gigantic. That makes you feel pretty good," he said. "It was just about man on man blocking," said right tackle Wally Winter.

"You can kind of feel when things are going well, when we all get a good takeoff. Early in the game we just knew we couldn't be stopped," he said. "That's the kind of team I iiniiMiniiMiiitirf tiTD'in riuiMiitiiiirenf iri-ritf i iitinti t5 All Games WLT Conf. WLT 1 0 0 I 0 01 1 si 1 0 0 0 0 .0 Line like to play," said right guard Donnie McGhee. "They're, big and we're big.

Those small, quick teams are more troublesome." Joe Orduna, who picked up 70 yards in 14 carries, termed the line play "tremendous." Joe kept his perfect passing record intact when he floated a 14-yard pass to Guy Ingles In the first quarter. "That's only the second pass I've ever thrown. The first was in the 1968 Missouri game when I threw for 45 yards to Tom Penney," he recalled. "I forgot all about the wind," said Joe of his TD pitch. "I knew Guy was open and I just wanted to get the ball to him." While the offense carried the load early the defense got progressively stronger after giving up an early touchdown." "I don't know what it was.

We were just a little slow in the first half. I know I wasn't reading my keys well and I was arm tackling a lot in the. first half," said linebacker Jerry Murtaugh. "In the second half everybody got much tougher, he added. "One thing you can't do Is arm tackle Barry Mayer.

He's a good one," said Murtaugh, Big Eight Standings By DON FORSYTHE Minneapolis It wasn't hard to pick out the highlight of Nebraska's convincing 35-10 win over Minnesota Saturday. Everybody was talking about the superlative effort from the offensive line. "Some of the holes were so big you could have run three backs through them," claimed I-back Jeff Kinney, who had his best day of the season with 91 yards in 21 carries. "The whole line must have been beating them because it didn't matter which side we ran on. They Just blew 'em right out," he added.

"The line did a terrific job," beamed quarterback Jerry Tagge. "Last year we ran a lot of sprints at them and this year they were conscious of our wide game so we Just ran straight isolation plays. Their defensive tackles took an outside position on the rush so we just concentrated on running inside." Co-captaln Dan Schneiss claimed that the line played so well that it didn't leave him much blocking. "I figure I had a poor game," the big fullback said. "Usually I'll find a linebacker to block, but the line was doing such a good job there was no linebacker there and that left a 1 1 3 Missouri I Kansas State 1 Iowa State I Nebraska Kansas, Oklahoma Oklahoma State Colorado J.

Saturday's Results Nebraska 35, Minnesota 10 Missouri 40, Oklahoma State 20 1 I Kansas State 21, Colorado 20 Kansas 49, New Mexico 23 Iowa State 16, Utah 13 21-20 9. Michigan (3-0) def. Texas AiM, 14-ia 10. Air Pore (4-0) def. Colorado Stata, 49-22 11.

Arkansas (3-1) def. TCU, 4914 12. Auburn (3-0) def. Kentucky, 33-15 13. UCLA (3-1) lost to Texas, 20-17 14.

West Virginia (4-0) def. Indiana, 15. Georgia Tech (4-0) def. Clemton, 21-7 18. Penn Slatt (1-2) lost to Wisconsin, 39-16 17.

Alabama (2-2) lost to Mississippi, 41-23 11. Arlion ttat (3-0) def. Wyoming, 52 3 19. North Carolina (4-0) def. Van-t derbllt, 10-7 20.

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