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Cornhuskers' Onen Title DEFENSE, 21-7 Jv-QLQ Black Shirts Have Answers tyC viif(j 3- ,1 XTS Statistics Missouri Nebraska First downs 10 16 Rushing yardaRe 87 217 Passing yardage 131 71 Return yardage 133 132 Passes 9-24-3 9-23-3 Punts 8-46 10-43 Fumbles lost 3 2 Yards penalized 59 43 By DON FORSYTHE For nine months the big question throughout Nebraska has been whether or not a defensive unit with eight newcomers could be good enough to make the Cornhuskers 'championship contenders in the Big Eight. The Black Shirts answered with an emphatic YES Saturday. It was their stubborn resistance and break-producing play which inspired a 21-7 conquest of Missouri, co-champion with Nebraska last year and the team most feared as a championship challenger this season. The Cornhuskers have never had as much at stake In a conference opener as Saturday. A sellout crowd of 67,538, second largest in Nebraska history, and the presence of scouts from the Orange, Cotton, Sugar and Liberty bowls offered testimony to the fact.

Showcase For NU Defense It was a great showcase for the Cornhusker defense, which was dented only when the Tigers were given the ball first and goal at the Nebraska one following Lorenzo Brinkley's interception of a Jerry Tagge pass on the opening play of the second quarter. Likewise, it was a great showcase for the Cornhuskers offensive versatility. Nebraska slugged it out toe-to-toe for three quarters, then put Missouri on the skids with its big play capabilities in the decisive fourth quarter. The 21-7 loss which drops the Tigers' record to 1-1 in Big Eight and 3-2 overall cost the Tigers dearly. The most discouraging aspect of the defeat was the loss of tailback Joe Moore with a separated shoulder late in the first quarter.

Moore, who entered the game as the nation's No. 3 rusher, will be out for the season. He came out second best in a thunderclap of a collision with Nebraska tackle Dave iiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHBlilllllllt Walline with 5:20 left in the tj acoreA opening period. Walline made now luev 3tor" a great move at the line of NU mu Left scrimmage and met Moore on Fjrs(. Quarter the opposite side of the center 6 Kinney.

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On Page 2D Bevaney Defense Lauds i mf Win 'Hk 1 7 i. i wmwwwm mmmmimiwm A strong rushing game and an aggressive defense paved the way for Nebraska's 21-7 win oven Missouri Saturday. Nebraska I-back Jeff Kinney (top) pounded the Missouri line for 108 yards in 28 carries while the Nebraska defense was holding Missouri to 87 yards on the ground with plays like Willie Harper (81) tossing quarterback Mike Farmer (14) for a loss. 1 f. 1 ire Call Aid Orioles Win, 4-3 Ump half.

Missouri was playing so many men up close that we thought we might be able to pop somebody loose and Joe Orduna's 41-yard run helped." That run set up the Huskers go-ahead touchdown. "But they never got easy to run against," Devaney added, "And I think it hurt them when they got some key people injured in the game." The Huskers were able to move the ball well on the ground early in the game, then switched to more of a passing attack in the second quarter. "They began to stop our running game," Devaney offered. "And we had the wind in the second quarter and we thought we could crack the game open. "We have confidence in our Cont.

On Page 7D yjiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiii Big Eight Standings iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiil' Conf. AH Games Nebraska 1 0 0 4 0 1 Kansas 1 0 0 4 1 0 Colorado 110 3 10 Kansas 1 10 2 0 Missouri 1 1 0 3 2 0 Oklahoma ....0 0 0 3 1 0 Iowa State 0 10 3 10 Okla. State 0 10 13 0 Saturday's Results Nebraska 21, Missouri 7 Kansas 21, Kansas State 15 Colorado 61, Iowa State 10 Texas 41, Oklahoma 9 Oklahoma State 34, TCU 20 This Week's Schedule Kansas State at Iowa State Oklahoma at Colorado Nebraska at Kansas Missouri at Notre Dame Homer, Cincinnati () Veteran third baseman Brooks Robinson gave Baltimore the run they needed with a homer and veteran umpire Ken Burkhart made a home-plate call they needed as the Orioles edged Cincinnati, 4-3, Saturday in the opening game of the World Series. By HAL BROWN The Nebraska squad voted to award the game ball from their 21-7 win over Missouri Saturday to the defensive unit and head coach Bob Devaney couldn't have agreed more with that move. "The defense got the game ball and rightfully so," Devaney pointed out.

"Right off the bat, we could have been behind by seven or three points if it'- hadn't been for our He was referring to the fumble on the opening kickoff that gave Missouri the ball at the Husker 23-yard line. "Our defense not only prevented them from going in for a touchdown," he added, "But they even pushed, them back so they weren't in good field goal position." Missouri's Jack Bastable's field goal attempt from 31 was wide to the left with little more than two minutes gone in the game. "Our defense played well throughout' the game," Devaney The only score they' gave up came when a pass interception put Missouri at the NU one-yard line. Comparing them with last year's defensive unit, Devaney pointed out, "There's not much difference between the two in speed, but this group is coming along well and they're a well-balanced unit. "We're fortunate that your young backs are getting by and in the process are learning a lot.

This week, for instance, we've got lo face a fine run-pass threat in that' guy (Dan Heck from Kansas. "We may not be a better defensively than we were last year, but I think we're as good. This defensive unit does a fine job of pursuing and that prevents the long runs." Offensively, the Huskers made some halftime adjustments that made the running game go in the second half. "Mainly we tried, to quit doing some things that we were doing in the first half," Devaney explained. "We weren't able to protect our passer well enough, so we cut down on our passing plays.

"And we tried to develop a better running game the second IliltePi fJOi SEC. 10 PAGES LINCOLN, 11, 1970 Helms two out and Tommy Robinson went only l-for-19 as the Orioles were upended by the New York Mets in the World Series last year. But he snapped a 3-3 tie in the seventh inning Saturday with a home run that put the finishing flourish on a three-homer Baltimore barrage. Robinson's homer came only a half inning after the Orioles had gotten the call they needed from Burkhart. That came after Bernie Carbo walked with manager Sparky Anderson argued.

The crowd of 51,531 howled in derision. Four towels were sailed out of the Reds' dugout. But the decision stood. And Anderson refused to complain after the game, explaining quietly: "The umpire didn't beat us Baltimore did it by putting three over the fence. Carbo told followed with a single.

Carbo raced around to third on the play and streaked home when pinch hitter Ty Cline tapped in front of the plate. As Carbo neared the plate, he upended Burkhart while Hendricks lunged, for the tag. Burkhart, prone, signaled for the out. Carbo argued. Cincinnati's me Hendricks never tagged him with his glove hand and had the ball in the other hand.

Carbo said Hendricks tagged Burkhart. "I thought Burkhart was falling and couldn't see the play. I asked Burkhart: 'did you see him tag Burkhart said: 'Yes, I saw him tag I have to take the man's word for it." Burkhart, appearing in a towel outside the umpire's room after the game, said, "Anderson came out and argued that he did not tag him. And I said be absolutely did tag him." However, Burkhart admitted he didn't see Carbo racing home. Asked pointedly how he could see Hendricks make the tag while looking over his shoulder as he was falling, Burkhart said: "I don't know how I saw it.

It happened so fast." The Reds also got off fast in this one, collecting three runs on a run-producing single by catcher Johnny Bench in the first inning and May's two-run homer in the third. But then Baltimore starter Jim Palmer settled down and the Orioles displayed their own power against Cincinnati's Gary Nolan. First baseman Boog Powell, the hulking blonde bomber, got two runs back with a homer in the fourth and Hendricks tied it with a homer in the fifth. That set the stage for the heroics by Robinson, who also made a sensational fielding play in the sixth inning as the Orioles took a 1-0 lead in the opener of this bestof-7 series. Robinson, who entered the season considered by many too old after two lackluster seasons, flashed his fielding skill at the start of the sixth inning when he took a hit away from May.

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SB Tola" S-Noian. IP RER BB SO AP WIREPHOTOS This sequence of dramatic photos shows the controversial play where Cincinnati's Bernie Carbo (25) tries to slide around umpire Ken Burkhart and is tagged before missing the plate by Baltimore catcher Elrod Hendricks who is credited with a putout despite not having the ball in his Kansas City, 3 p.m. (3). Notre Dame Highlights 10:30 a.m. (3).

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Chicago, 1 p.m., followed by San Francisco v. Los Angeles, 3:30 p.m. (6-10). STAFF PHOTO BY HARALO DREIMANlS Palmer 1 1-1 3 3 3 5 3 3 3 3 Rlchert 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 in; Nolan iJ) 5 Carroll 3 1-3 1 Rlchart. WP Palmar, Nebraska defensive back Joe Blahak (27) leaps high to intercept this second quarter pass intended for Missouri's John Henley (80).

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