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1 omi ito. i'ogumu. iiSKCrS -'Standings Baltimore Takes Super Bowl Step Better Defense A split on the road at TCU and SMU over the weekend was disappointing, but not discouraging, to Nebraska basketball coach Joe Cipriano. "We played well enough to win both games," said Cipriano, "but we tired in the second half Saturday night." Cipriano noted that the weariness contributed to ineffective rebounding and defensive play. "I thought we could play better defense, but I think our poor Monday Night rebounding Saturday night was Nevada (1-2) Thomas (6-2) Wright (6-5) Scott (6-5) Nebraska (4-1) Riehl (65) Petersen (6-8) Jura (6-10) me oiggesi aisappoinuneiH, he said.

Even at that the Cornhusk-ers had opporunity to win. "We had our chances, but just Bodini (6-2) Stewart (6-3) Gregory (6-2) Jones (6-0) Tipoff 7:35 p.m., nu coliseum. By Tht Associated Press National East Division Pel. Pis. OP New York Giants 4 0 298 2i9 Dallas 4 .692 247 211 St.

Louis 4 1 .667 298 2CO Wabriinqion 5 1 0 .365 269 257 Philadelphia 2 10 1 .167 211 112 Central Division x-Minnesota 11 2 .146 298 13 Detroit 1 4 .667 299 179 Green Bay 7 0 .462 196 273 Chicago I 0 .585 232 258 West Division San Francisco 3 1 .750 314 260 Los Angeles 8 3 1 .727 271 171 Atlanta 4 7 2 .364 199 224 New Orleans 2 10 1 .167 169 323 American East Division Pet. Pts. OP x-Baltimore 10 2 1 .833 286 214 Miami 9 4 0 .692 252 221 New York js 4 0 .308 235 251 Buffalo 3 9 1 .250 197 592 Boston 2 11 0 .154 142 316 Central Division Cincinnati 7 6 .538 267 248 Cleveland 4 7 0 .462 259 252 Pittsburgh 8 .385 190 242 Houston 3 9 1 .250 207 3CO West Division x-Oakland 8 3 .727 293 25S Kansas City 7 4 2 .636 259 213 Denver 7 1 .417 240 237 San Diego 4 6 251 265 x-Won Division title Saturday's Results Oakland 20, Kansas City 6 Dallas 6. Cleveland Only games scheduled Sunday's Results New York Giants 34, St. Louis 17 Baltimore 20, Buffalo 14 Cincinnati 30, Houston 20 Minnesota 35, Boston 14 San Francisco 38, New Orleans 27 Washington 24, Philadelphia 6 Atlanta 27, Pittsburgh 16 Chicago 35, Green Bay 17 Miami 16, New York Jets 10 Denver 17, San Diego 17 tie Only games scheduled Monday's Game Detroit at Los Angeles, night, national television Saturday's Game New York Jets at Baltimore Only game scheduled Sunday's Games Boston at Cincinnati Buffalo at Miami Chicago at New Orleans Cleveland at Denver Green Bay at Detroit Houston at Dallas Kansas City at San Diego Los Angeles at New York Giants Minnesota at Atlanta Pittsburgh at Philadelphia St.

Louis at Washington San Francisco at Oakland Only games scheduled By Associated Press "The first step to the Super Bowl." That's how coach Don McCafferty described the 20-14 victory his Baltimore Colts registered Sunday over the Buffalo Bills in National Football League action. The triumph gave the Colts, 1969 Super Bowl losers to the New York Jets, the championship of the American Conference East and one of the eight NFL playoff berths. The Colts joined the Oakland Raiders and the Minnesota Vikings on the list of division champions. The Raiders wrapped up the AFC West on Saturday with a 20-7 decision over Kansas City, defending Super Bowl titlists. Minnesota won the National Conference Central Division crown last week.

With only one more weekend of regular season action left, the NFC East and West and the AFC's Central Division races will go down to the wire. The New York Giants, behind Fran Tarkenton's three touchdown passes, joined Dallas as NFC East co-leader by thumping the St. Louis Cards 34-17 in one of Sunday's key games. Dallas was a 6-2 victor over Cleveland on Saturday. St.

Louis isn't out of the title picture, however, although the Cards dropped to third place in the NFC East. In Sunday's other games, Cincinnati's Bengals claimed sole possession of the AFC Central lead with a 30-20 beating of Houston; the Vikings crushed Boston 35-14; San Francisco remained on top of the NFC West with a 38-27 decision over New Orleans; Washington, with Larry Brown cracking the rushing barrier, defeated Philadelphia 24-6; Atlanta cooled Pittsburgh's AFC Central title hopes 27-16; Chicago blasted Green Bay 35-17; Miami remained in the playoff picture despite Baltimore's title-clinching triumph by downing the Jets 16-10 and the Denver Broncos and San Diego Chargers played to a 17-17 deadlock. touchdowns and ran for a third as the Vikings crushed Boston and former teammate Joe Kapp, now the Pats' signal caller. Lee, pinch-hitting for injured Gary Cuozzo, passed for 278 yards, hitting on 18 of 25. Forty-niners 38, Saints 27: The Saints took a 21-10 halftime lead before San Francisco's John Brodie primed his offense, passing for three touchdowns, all to Gene Washington, and also sneaking one yard for a fourth TD.

Redskins 24, Eagles 6: Brown, who wound up with 1,081 yards, joins Gale Sayers and Le-roy Kelly as the NFC's only active rushers with over 1,000 season yards. He scored one of the Washington touchdowns. Falcons 27, Steelers 16: Randy Johnson got his first start this season as Atlanta's quarterback and threw two touchdown strikes. The Steelers had four turnovers and were eliminated from the playoff picture with their loss. Bears 35, Packers 17: Jack Concannon had his finest day for Chicago, hurling four touchdown passes and running 15 yards for a fifth score.

Dick Gordon, leading pass catcher in the NFL, was on the receiving end of seven Concannon tosses. Two of Gordon's receptions were for touchdowns. Dolphins 16, Jets 10: The Miami victory boosted the Dolphins' playoff chances and hurt those of Kansas City. A Dolphin triumph over Buffalo next Sunday or even a tie would give Miami the best won-lost showing among AFC runners-up and eliminate the Chiefs. Balding Garo Yepre-mian was the star of the Miami victory, kicking a 14-yard field goal.

with 1:57 left to break a 10-10 deadlock and then adding another three-pointer before the final gun. Broncos 17, Chargers 17: Rookie Al Pastrana directed two fourth-quarter scoring marches to rally Denver from a 17-0 halftime deficit. John Hadl had passed 63 yards to Gary Garrison for one of San Diego's first-half TDs. Summaries Page 18 LINCOLN, DEC. 14, PAGE 17 The Los Angeles Rams, only a half-game back of the 49ers in the NFC West, host the Detroit Lions, second-place team in the NFC Central Division but still playoff hopefuls, in Monday night's NFL television spectacular (ABC).

The division winners in each conference, plus a fourth team from each conference the division runners-up with the best record-qualify for the playoffs and a possible trip to next month's world championship game in Miami. And here's how it went Sunday: Colts 20, Bills 14: Norm Bulaich's three-yard scoring run after a 20-yard Johnny Unitas pass to Roy Jefferson brought Baltimore back from a 14-10 third-quarter deficit. Buffalo's Robert James got thrown out by officials as the result of a fight which erupted after Bulaich's TD. The Bills were assessed 1C yards in penalties. Giants 34, Cards 17: This game also saw a fight break out.

Tarkenton, scoring once on a rollout himself, completed 14 of 21 passes for 242 yards plus his three TD tosses. One, however, was with the aid of a lateral by Bob Tucker to Don Hermann. Tucker went the first 12 yards, Hermann the final 20 on the scoring play. Bengals 30, Oilers 20: Houston had to rally in the second half and Essex Johnson was the sparkplug. He ran 15 for one touchdown and hauled in a 49-yard pass from Virgil Carter for another score.

Vikings 35, Patriots 14: Reserve Minnesota quarterback Bob Lee threw twice for couldn't get that key basket down in the last three minutes," said Cipriano. The Cornhusker coach will make one lineup change Monday night as his club meets Nevada (Reno) at the Coliseum. Sophomore Tony Riehl will move in at one of the forward spots, replacing Leroy Chalk. Chalk, the club's leading re-bounder, managed just three rebounds against SMU Saturday night. The bright spot for the Cornhuskers continues to be their shooting.

"We've been shooting well all along," Cipriano indicates. Elsewhere, Kansas remains as the only unbeaten team in the Big Eight as Nebraska and Oklahoma suffered their first losses. The Jayhawks are 4-0, having played all four games at home. The Cornhuskers are one of four teams with one loss. Oklahoma, loser only to Arizona State, is 5-1; Nebraska and Missouri are 4-1 and Colorado 3-1.

Oklahoma State stands 3-2, Kansas State 2-2 and Iowa State 1-3 as the Big Eight has compiled an overall record of 26-11 against outside opposition. Football News Names Devaney Top Coach Nebraska's Bob Devaney has Blackout Protested Miami UP In the past Miami-area residents have not been allowed to watch the Super been named 1970 Coach of the Year by Football News Weekly. Football News editor Roger Stanton gave Devaney, the nation's winningest coach, the nod over Ben Martin of Air Force, Woody Hayes of Ohio State, Darrel Royal of Texas, Bill Battle of Tennessee, Alex Agase of Northwestern, Frank Kush of Arizona State, Charles McClendon of LSU, Ara Parseghian of Notre Dame, Frank Lauterbur of Toledo and John Ralston of Stanford. Stanton wrote: "The Big Eight is considered by many to be the nation's toughest football conference and the Cornhuskers breezed through it without a loss and mostly with very convincing victories." He also noted that Wilson Cards' 'Chump1 St. Louis Wl "CHAMPS." That va3 all that' was on the sign hanging from an upper tier of St.

Louis'' Busch Stadium, but in omitting the A or the it underscored the meaning of the National Foot- ball League game between the New York Giants and St. Louis Cardinals Sunday. The way it turned out the Giants and quarterback Fran Tarkenton get the A. The Cardinals and safety Larry Wifcnn fTAf 4fiA TT Bob Devaney National Honor In the. same Dec.

21 issue of Football News, Cornhuskers Johnny Rodgers and Willie Harper were named to the first team and Doug Dumler and Joe Bla-hak to the second team on the sophomore all-America squad selected by staff writer Harry DeVold. Nebraska's Orange Bowl trip will be the seventh bowl game for the Cornhuskers in nine years under Devaney. ft oTwSv 5 jmr? Bowl football game television, contenting themselves with listening to the roars of spectators in the Orange Bowl. But Monday, a Miami Beach attorney was scheduled to go to U.S. District Court to ask a judge to force the National Football League to broadcast the professional world championship in South Florida.

Ellis Rubin claims the blackout wonld be in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act. Rubin also claims more than $100,000 of taxpayers' money was used to promote the Super Bowl game, which is to be played Jan. 17 Congress allowed professional sports teams to blackout television coverage of home games, Rubin said, but added the blackout rule could not apply to the Super Bowl. This game is scheduled before the season starts, he argues, and therefore, cannot have a home team. Rubin claims more than 2.5 million South Florida residents, Including thousands of servicemen at Key West Naval Base and Homestead Air Force Base, were being discriminated against by the blackout.

All events free unless followed by all times a.m. unless boldfaced for p.m. Tuesday For Tarkenton and the Giants rode a quote and a decision by Wilson to a 34-17 victory over, St. Louis that knocked the Cardinals out of the lead in the National Football Conference's Eastern Division and enabled the Giants to tie Dallas for first place. Wilson's words, uttered with premeditation prior to the game, were to the effect that the Cardinals would like to "stick it in Tarkenton's ear." "I said that," a disconsolate Wilson admitted after the game.

"And we'd have loved to. I still would." But maybe the Cardinals didn't get a chance because the Giants had read the remarks. "The whole team read it." Local Prep Swimming Southeast at East, 7. Prep Wrestling Southeast at Northeast, 7. Boxing Smoker at Pershing Auditorium, 8.

State College Basketball Delievue at Pershing; Mary Mount at John Monday Local College Basketball Nevada at Nebraska, NU Coliseum, 1:35. KLIN-KFOR-KFAB York JC at Nebraska Frosh, 5:15. State College Basketball St. Francis, Pa. at Creighton, Civic Auditorium, Omaha, Peru at Omaha.

AP WIREPHOTO St. Louis Cardinals' defensive back Jerry Stovall (21) nails New York Giants' running back Tucker Frederickson (24), but Giants won, 34-17 to move into a tie with Dallas for East Division lead. Mclntire Memory Getting Workout Sports; Briefs said angry defensive tackle Jerry Shay. "It's bush league. They talked a good game but you've got to be able to back up what -you say.

I hope Wilson has a hapnv Christmas that Peru is a long way from the school record of 37 wins in a row and Mclntire isn't thinking that far ahead, but it's nice to be noticed. "But maybe there won't be so many of you (the press) hunting me after Monday," he quipped. The Standings (unbeaten Northwest Missouri), while the Antelopes have six. Mclntire said his team was down 13 points in the South Dakota Invitational and behind by 13 at the William Penn meet, but came back to win. "(Larry) Green and (Clyde) Wilkins are both playing real well, but I can't slight anyone.

(Ananias) Montague has not done as well offensively, but what a job he's doing on defense," noted Jack. Green, a 6-7 letterman from Johnson-Brock, is hitting 21 points per game, Wilkins, a 5-11 guard from Louisiana is sinking 13 and Montague, a 6-4 Chicago sophomore, is at 15 per game, down slightly from his 17 plus of last year. Indians go over the 100-point mark for the first time in the school's history with a 102-33 victory against Buena Vista. Peru has a 23-18 series edge on Bob Hanson's crew, but the UNO shooting has never been better in a 3-1 season to date behind Arthur Allen, Mark Langcr and newcomer Henry Berry. Then there's Kearney.

The Antelopes, embarrassed, 101-72, in their opener at Fort Hays Dec. 1, have since won four straight with 100, 95, 102 and 102 offensive efforts. The latter two were against Fort Hays and Omaha. Peru is at Omaha Monday night, but doesn't meet Kearney until Jan. 12 on the Games Pet.

1 .800 2 .600 3 .400 3 .250 4 .333 3 .250 Games Pet. 0 l.OCO 1 .800 3 .571 3 .400 r. Kennedy; Eastern, Wyo. at Platte. Prep Swimming Northeast at Omaha Bryan, 3:45.

Knights Expand Lead in CHL Omaha () Omaha increased its first-place lead in the Central Hockey League to five points over Oklahoma City with a tie and a victory on home ice over the weekend. The Knights stopped Fort Worth 4-2 Sunday night before a crowd of 3,652, with defenseman Ab DeMarco scoring two goals. CHL WLT Pts. GF GA Omaha 15 6 4 34 99 77 Oklahoma City 12 10 5 29 101 93 Fort Worth II 12 3 25 69 69 Dallas 12 7 2 24 90 68 Kansas City 11 12 2 24 94 98 9 13 3 21 92 105 Amartllo 14 3 13 60 91 Sunday's Results Kansas City 3, Dallas 1 Omaha 4, Fort Worth 2 Huskers Take Second Place New York Nebraska's football team was the second highest scoring team in the nation the past season, according to final regular season statistics released by the NCAA Service Bureau here. The Huskers, in averaging 37 2 points per game, trailed only Texas' 41.2 average.

The Huskers also were 11th in the nation in total offense with a per game average of 421.3 yards. Nebraska I-back Joe Orduna wound up 11th in individual scoring with his 7.8 points per game and Paul Rogers was eighth among kick-scoring leaders with a 6.3 per game NIAC Conference All Pet. Doane 2 0 4 Hastings 0 0 .000 3 NWU ....0 0 .000 2 Midland ...0 0 .000 1 Concordia 1 .000 1 Dana 0 1 .000 1 NCC Conference All Pet. Peru 0 .000 8 Kearney 0 0 .000 4 Chadron 0 .000 4 Wayne 0 0 2 Other Schools Omaha 3 Pershing 3 John F. Kennedy I BeMevue 1 NJCC Conference All Pet.

McCook 3 .750 5 Nebraska Westerns 1 .667 5 Northeastern 2 1 .667 5 Platte 2 2 .500 7 North Platte 1 1 .500 5 York 1 3 .250 3 Fairbury 2 .000 3 Larry Green 21 Point Average road. The Bobcats have only one game in between Pet. 1 .750 3 1 .500 4 .200 Games Pet. Football Colorado defensive coach Don James will take over next year as head c6ach of Kent State University, succeeding Dave Puddington, who resigned. Mississippi coach John Vaught has resumed coaching duties for the first time since a mild heart attack Oct.

20. Ole Miss meets Auburn Jan. 2 in the Gator Bowl. Toledo University coach Frank Lauterbur has been interviewed and is being considered for the University of Iowa head coaching position, vacated by Ray Nagcl. Golf Australian Kel Nagle has won the Otago Charity Classic at Auckland, New Zealand Roberto de Vicenzo won a three-hole playoff against Billy Casper and Gary Player for the El Graffico Masters tournament championship at Buenos Aires.

Track Women's world champion sprinter Chi Cheng of Formosa pulled up lame and fell in the rain 50 meters from the finish of the 400 meter final in the Asian Games at Bangkok. She will return to Taiwan this week and marry her American coach, Vincent Reel. Britain's John Davies has set a world indoor record of 2: 20. 9 for the 1,000 meters. Esposito Hat Trick Ices Detroit By STEVE GUSS Jack Mclntire's memory ranks among the best, but the Peru State basketball coach can't remember the last time one of his teams won eight straight games.

Two tournament championships on the road have helped the Bobcats to their 8-0 start. Jack recalls the 1938-39 and 1939-40 seasons when "we won 13 and 16 in a row. I remember those because I played on the teams as a guard." The '39 club was fourth in the national NAIA tourney, best finish ever in the event by a Nebraska school. Then there was Lon Graf's and W. G.

Speer's teams of the mid 1920s which won 54 consecutive Nebraska College Conference tiits, still a national small college record. Mclntire feels his current club is "the best squad we've had in the last four or five years." The Mike Roach, Tom Yopp, Drcxcl Harvey, Bob Bucttgenbach and Larry Rathe squads of the 1960-63 era came to Jack's mind as the last good group. Peru holds a record for appearances in the NAIA tournament at 13, the last being in 1966. Are the Bobcats on the road back to Kansas City? The team must continue to come from behind, not quit and get by some tough upcoming opposition in the form of Nebraska at Omaha and NCC foe Kearney. Mclntire was in Omaha Saturday night watching the .625 .675 blankenty-blank." "I don't know what it said coach Alex Webster, "But we got the feeling they were flat.

The players could feel it. Even during the warm-ups our guys were yelling, "We want it. They don't want it as much as we do." Wilson, however, wanted it as much as any member of the Giants. But if his statement didn't turn the tide, it's possible a decision he made in the second quarter may have. The Giants had built a 7-0 lead on Tarkenton's 14-yard pass to Bob Tucker and were driving toward another touchdown when they were called for offensive pass interference on a third-down play from the St.

Louis 17-yard line. Wilson had the option take the incompletion, setting up a fourth-down field goal try, or the penalty that would put the ball back at the 32 but give the Giants another opportunity to go for the touchdown. Wilson took the penalty. Tarkenton immediately jumped into the air and clapped his hands. "I was very happy about that," he explained.

"I got another chance to get the TD." And he did, but by an unusuat route. Fading to pass, he iound himself trapped. He scrambled left, then found Bob Tucker free downficld and hit him with a pass that covered 12 yards. Tucker, surrounded immediately, lateraled to Don Hermann, who took it the rest of the way. 3 .625 .778 2 .714 4 .429 5 .375 Last Week's Results Friday Briar Cliff 83, Concordia 78; Dickinson.

Sunday night gave him 26 for the season in 29 games, a production pace that would shatter all existing NHL scoring records if he can keep it up. Espo leads the league in scoring with 55 points and has 12 goals in the last eight games. Two of his goals Sunday night came in a 3-minute span in which the Bruins connected four times to bust the game against the Red Wings wide open. New York used a goal and two assists by Jean Ratelle to sink Los Angeles as goalie Gilles Villemure turned in his second shutout. Villemure, who has lost only one game in 12 starts as relief man for regular Ed Giacomin, kicked out 28 shots and played a significant role in Ratelie's goal.

Chicago opened its West Division lead to seven points with a 5-2 victory over Minnesota that included Bobby Hull's career point. Second place St. Louis played a 2-2 tie with Philadelphia 4-0. Esposito, who set an NHL" record with 126 points two years ago, is scoring at a blistering rate. His three goals Saturday liasketball Holy Cross 92, Yale 65 Syracuse 75, Canisius 64 New Mexico SI.

63. Texas-El PsO 61 Columbia 73. Penn state 61 (ot) Texas Tech Arirona 67 Noire Dame 68. St. Louis 67 New Mexico 72, No.

Colorado 45 Tu'arte Texas Houston 81, Oregon 68 Texas 95, So. Mississippi 80 Pepperdlne 83. N. Dakota St. 64 Pacific 84, Wyoming 69 San Jose St.

94. U.C.Davis 65 Oreoon State 9, BYU 80 Washington 86, Montana 67 Southern Cat. 88. Ariiona State 6 California 75. Weber State 65 Santa Clara 65, San Francisco 59 By Associated Press Three years ago in Montreal it was Expo '67, This season in Boston, it's been Espo '70.

Rangy Phil Esposito continues to carry the hottest stick in the National Hockey League and his amazing scoring pace is keeping the Boston Bruins atop the NHL's tight East Division race. Esposito exploded for three more goals Sunday night his fourth hat trick of the season-leading the Bruins to a 6-2 victory over Detroit that kept Boston two points ahead of the pursing New York Rangers. The Rangers shut out Los Angeles 4-0, extending their home ice unbeaten streak to 14 games. l.i other NL action Sunday, N.D. 60, Chadron 57; Pershing 73, Nebraska Wesleyan 68; Peru 90, Midland 66; Sioux Empire B5, Bellevue 84; Southwest, Minn.

66, Wayne 55; McCook 67, Northeastern, Colo. 57; Nebraska Western 84, York 76; Northeastern 96, Platte 94. Saturday Omaha 102, Buena Vista 13; Doane 93, Dana 61; Northern Iowa 70, Wayne 66; Chadron 72, Dickinson, N.D. 70; McCook 84. Platte 78; North Platte 98.

York 81; Northeastern 88, Iowa Western 74. This Week's Games Monday Peru at Omaha; York al Nebraska Frosh. Tuesday BeMevue at Pershing; Mary Mount at John F. Kennedy; Fairbury at Penn Valley; North Platte at Colby, Kan.i Eastern, Wyo. at Platte; Northeastern at Southwestern, Iowa.

Wednesday Kearney JVs at North Plattt. Thursday Minot, N.D. at Chadron) John F. Kennedy at William Penn; Central Nebraska Tech at Bellevue; Northeastern at Fairbury; Nebraska Western at North P'atle. figure Joy's Triumph Lincoln Joy's, a girls basketball team, won its fifth straight game Sunday, beating Fremont Paden, 53-32.

Cyndi Schneider paced the Joy's at- tnif is, aa Monday Pro Football Detroit Los Angeles, 8 p.m. (7)..