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Veterans Lead Muskers Classic Title to If ilJt'M! IB Outdoor News mm Georgia Tech Wins Page SEC. 8 PAGES LINCOLN, NEB. DEC. 20, 1970 By PON FORSYTHE Nebraska's Cornhuskers celebrated "Veterans Night" at the Coliseum Saturday night, nipping previously unbeaten Colorado State, 69-65, for the Husker Classic basketball championship. Cornhusker coach Joe Cipriano, who had at least one sophomore in the starting lineup in each of the seven previous games, called on his five lettermen as starters for the first time with the, tournament title at stake.

And the veterans put together their 'best effort of the season to hand the 17th-ranked Rams their first loss in seven starts. Earlier, Oklahoma City had made up a nine-point deficit in the last three-minutes regulation play and scrambled past Miami of Florida, in overtime, 94-91. 5C Colorado State quickly tied the game at 35-35 as the second half opened, then went ahead at 43-41, 45-43 and 49-48 on Rick Fisher's sensational shooting before the Cornhuskers took control. Leroy Chalk's sweeping hook shot following an offensive rebound with 11:22 left put to have more than good shooting against the powerful Rams. "It was a good team effort," said Cipriano.

"Everybody contributed to the win. Our defense is starting to come and our board play was good." Nebraska roared away to a 12-1 lead in the first four Whatever Friday's first round games lacked in drama and excitement the Saturday night games produced, much to the delight of the 6,680 in attendance. The Cornhuskers hit for more than 50 per cent from the field for their eighth straight, game, but they had Nebraska ahead to stay. A few moments later Chalk led all rebounders with 13, stole the ball at mid-court and drove for an uncontested lay-in. It was the highlight of a 10-point Cornhusker spree which boosted Nebraska into a 58-51 lead.

Stewart, taking a feed from Nissen, gave Nebraska its biggest lead at 64-52 with 6:15 remaining. Then the Cornhuskers started slwoing. things down. For all practical purposes the- gme was over when Nissen canned a pair of free throws with 2:00 left to make it 68-60. But the tenacious visitors came back to close the gap to 68-65 on Willie Edwards' steal with 13 seconds to play.

Oklahoma City staged a 1 miracle rally with three starters on the bench with five fouls. Bob Hanes, who came off thie bench to score eight of the last 12 points for the Chiefs and their first six in the overtime period, took charge in the frenzied finish. The who suit up just nine men, were actually down to four and a half players when seven-footer Norman Russell fouled out midway in ths overtime period. Coach Abe Lenons had to call on Jack Price, who had earlier left the game with an ankle injury. Price wasn't handicapped at the foul line, however, dropping in six of eight free throw tries in the last 94 seconds to preserve the win Hanes made possible.

Miami's Willie Allen, with 27 points and 20 rebounds, joined Stewart, Jura and Colorado State's Mike Childress and Fisher on the all-tourney team. Husker Offense Faces Challenge Analysis of 11-game statistics for Orange Bowl outstanding' player of the tournament, but he couldn't have been any more valuable to the Cornhuskers in the finals than Nissen. Al directed traffic, cleared six rebounds and contributed 14 points as he joined Stewart, Chuck Jura (14) and Leroy Chalk (13) in double figures. 0 tfSSfffl WW tries Nebraska and Louisiana State points to a well-matched contest. The, obvious confrontation is between Nebraska's potent offensive machine and the Tigers' stubborn defense.

The Cornhuskers carry the nation's No. 2 scoring average (37.2) into the bowl battle while LSU ranks No. 3 in defense against scoring with (8.7). The Tigers have been especially effective in shutting off their opponents' running attacks, limiting their 11 foes to an average of just 52.2 yards a game, best defense against rushing in the LSU gave up only two touchdowns on the ground all season. The running game -is the bread and butter of the balanced Nebraska attack with the Cornhuskers compiling 232.2 yards of their 421.3 total offense average on the ground.

The comparisons: Offense Page Colorado State refused to wilt under the early Cornhusker pressure and a 1 1 1 back to trail by only one at 35-34 at halftime. 'They kept their poise well," said Cipriano of the Rams, who he called the best team the Cornhuskers have faced this season. lain muttiSmmmmmt TQTT'c V- rf-, NU Scoring average 37.2 Rushing average 232.2 Passing average 189.1 Average gain per play 5.2 Fumbles lost 18 Punting average 38.7 Defense Average points allowed 16.1. Opponents' rushing average 148.3 Opponents' passing average 157.8 Average gain per play 4 .4.5 minutes of play and was never headed in the first half as guards Marvin Stewart and Al Nissen led the charge. Stewart shot the eyes out of the basket in the first half (5-7)," said Cipriano, "and Nissen had one of his finest games." Stewart was.

named the Morrall Sparks Colts Statistics Jets 13 3 169 First downs Rushing yardage Passing yardage Return yardage Fumbles lost Colts 23 102 355 44 80 17-31-0 20-37-1 7-43 S-3 0 I BALTIMORE (AP) Earl Morrall- getting his most playing time in the final regular season game, passed for four touchdowns and 348 yards as the Baltimore Colts beat the New York Jets 35-20 Saturday in a National Football League play- off tuneup. Baltimore's Eastern Division champions, who play at home next Saturday in the opener of the American Conference playoffs, finished with an 11-2-1 record. Morrall, who likely will return to the bench in the playoffs, replaced starter John Unitas.late in the first quarter and turned, in Baltimore's best passing performance of the season. He comr pleted 18 of 33. including two TD passes to Eddie Hinton in the 14-14 first half, and one each to Jimmy Orr and Ray Perkins.

The Colts scored twice in a two-minute -span of the fourth period to put the game out of reach after two field goals by Jim Turner had pulled the Jets to within 21-20. After Morrall connected with Perkins for a 4-yard touchdown. Baltimore linebacker Ted Hendricks blocked a Steve O'Neal punt and pounced on the ball in the end zone to make it 35-20 with 9:54 remaining. The Jets, whose final record of 4-10 was their worst in the club's 11-year history, led twice, in the first half. Al Woodall, who completed his first six passes, tossed 15 yards to Richard Caster to make it 7-0, and a 41-yard interception return by linebacker Larry Grantham made it 14-7 with 1:44 left in the half.

i But Morrall completed four passes on a 56-yard TD drive before time expired, hitting Hinton in the left corner from 7 yards out New York 7 7 320 Baltimore 0 14 7 14 3S NY-Caster IS pass from Woodall. (Turner kick) BA-Hinton 25 pass from Morrall (OBrien kick) NY Grantham 41 Interception return (Turner kick, BA Hinton 7 pass from Morrall (O'Brien kick) BA Orr 18 pass from Morrall (O'Brien kick) NY-F3 Turner 25 NY FG Turner 29 BA Perkins 41 pass from Morrall (O'Brien kick) BA Hendricks recovered block punt In end zone (O'Brien kick) P5sw en- LSU 25.2 154.7 185.1 4.5 16 37.5 8.7 52.2 192.3 3.6 25 15.7 30 fi He .12.2 Creighton Wins, 89-67 Omaha, Neb. () Playing without high-scoring Cyril a i the Creighton University basketball team outdistanced Wisconsin State of 0 89-67 Saturday night. A trio of Blue jays took up the slack left by the absence of Baptiste who was out with a sprained ankle. Joe Bergman hit 18, Denny Bresnahan 17 and Mike Caruso 14.

Creighton held a five-point lead at the half and then pulled away. High scorer for Oshkosh was Tyree Vance with 17 points. All events free unlets followed-by all lix a.m. ualew boldfaced for p.m. Sunday State Hockey Amarillo at Omaha, Ak-Sar-Ben Coliseum, 7.

At STAFF PHOTO BY JOHN HENNINGS Cornhusker center Chuck Jura (54) is all alone on this rebound with Colorado State's Gary Rhoades (22) not yet off his feet. Nebraska won its own Husker Classic with a 69-65 victory over the Rams. NWU Bopped, 89-85 By STEVE GILLISPIE Nebraska Wesleyan played catch-up basketball most of the game Saturday night at Ira Taylor Gym and almost cashed in. The Plainsmen pressed George Williams College hard before dropping an 89-85 verdict. The loss dropped NWU to a 3-1 record before the Christmas break.

George Williams jumped into the lead at the outset and it appeared the game would be a rout for awhile. The Plainsmen were unable to score until 3:04 had elapsed. NWU then slowly closed the gap until 11:03 remained in the half when John Brown brought Wesleyan to within two at 17-15. The Indians held onto the slim lead until Brown hit three straight fielders', to pull Wesleyan from; a 31-26 deficit to a 32-31 advantage with 4:33 left. The Plainsmen then held the lead until just seconds before the' half when George Williams went ahead, 43-42.

The second half continued to be a tight battle until there was 16:23 remaining. The Indians then went ahead for good. George Williams stretched its lead to six, 58-52, before Wesleyan began playing even ball again. Then the two teams almost traded baskets for the remainder of the game. Wesleyan center Bob Beecham had one of the best Pai-riPR fit his 1YWTT osraar scoring 22 points and grabbing 10 I t'UUUUUS.

But the 6-10 junior got into foul trouble just before the half, committing his third personal, and sat down. Without Beecham in the game, the shorter Indians were able to drive more and managed to come from behind and once again go into the lead. Beecham received i fourth foul just about the time George Williams went in front for good in the second half. Adding to the drives of the Indians were the long fielders of Dennis DePaola who finished with "28 points, DePaola hit consistently from the outside and helped set up his teammates for good short shots. However coach Irv Peterson of NWU wasn't too disap- pointed in the result.

"After a week of final exams and two games in two nights, the players were a litUe tired," Peterson said. "I figured if we won one of the two games over the weekend, we would be doing good; "They (George Williams) were averaging over 100 points a ball game and we scored enough points tonight to win most games. GEORGE WILLIAMS (89) Lettwicti 1.4 a.s is-tga tt-fta reb 1 1 4 2 3 3 4 1 19 Lennartz l-l 0-0 Calloway 5-12! 3.3 DePaola 13-28 2-4 Johnson 6-14 3-4 Wade 9-12 2-4 Watkins 1-4 Booker 0-1 0-0 rebounds' 1 Totals 34-71 17.27 NWU (85) fg-fga ft-fta reb pf Boals 2-7 0-1 3 Brown 0-2 9 French 2-5 1-1 4 Hiatt 1-4 3-3 Beecham 10-14 2-4 18 Renken 4-8 0-1 10 Lintz 4-14 3-5 4 McLaughlin 0-2 1-2 2 Buntemeyer 1-4 2-2 Team rebounds 4 Totals 3643 12-21 41 1 1 5 21 85 Georae Williams 43 44-89 43-85 NWU 42 FRESHMAN GAME Gl Pizza Hut 44 44-90 NWU Frosh 40 28-68 Pizza Hut Strehle 18, Dondlinger 15, Fox 18, Madison 4, Placke 6, Olson 9, Poppe 14, Bredthaur 4. NWU Wilber 8, Huss 7, Rhoades 7, DeBoer 3, Brown 2 Perry 13, Anderson 19, Nielson 9. Bowl Adding Tampa, Fla.

UB The American Bowl Classic, to be played Jan. 10, added two key players to, the South squad Friday. They were Joe Schmidt, a University of Miami split end, and Houston's Rick Harrington, a defensive safety. Passes Intercepted i. .7 Punt return average Rikcr Tipin Nips VPI BLACKSBURG, Va.

(AP) -Tom Riker's tip-in with one second left gave South Carolina's second-r a Gamecocks a 78-76 basketball victory Satur- day niSht over VirSin: ia Tech, which led mort of the game. The Gobblers, who went into the game with a 2-3 over-all record, took the lead over the unbeaten Gamecocks with 13:10 left in the first half and never relinquished it until South Carolina's Kevin Joyce hit both ends of a one-and-one free throw situation with 1:30 remaining for a 76-74 lead. Loyd King tied it for Tech with 1:12 left and the Game- cocks played for a final shot. John Roche took il and misS( but Rlker "PPed it in for the winner. Roche finished with 20 points and Joyce and Tom Owens had 19 each for South Carolina, now 5-0.

King and sophomore Alan Bristow had 28 points each for Tech. '01 Knight Is Outstanding CSU M5) fg-fga ft fta reb Price S-14 i-z 2 11 9 17 4 1e Katon 1-3 Fisher 7-12 Edwards 2-4 Rhoades 2-9 Ball 0-0 Barnes 0-0 Childress B-10 Lackey 2-8 Team Rebounds Totals 27-60 1-2 3-3 04 5-4 (Ml 0-0 0- 1- 3 11-17 14 nu (a) fg-fga ft-fta reb 14 20 0 13 14 Nissen Stewart Gregory Rieht Petersen Chalk 5-8 4-5 i 9-15 0-1 0-1 4-8 6-11 2-4 0-0 0-0 0-1 11 4-8 11.19 4 0 13 40 Jura 5-12 Team Rebounds Totals 29-54 Colorado State Nebraska A 4,680. 13 49 31-45 34-49 OKLA. CITY (94) fg-fta ft-fta reb Hanes 7-12 0-0 5 Lackey 1.5 4,4 0 Polansky 1-2 o-0 1 gussell 12-20 2-4 1 4 Pri 2-2 4-8 1 1-4 7-8 4 Nelson 4-8 7-10 4 4-7 2-3 7 Lanier 1.3 0-0 1 Totals 33-45 2447 44 Team reb 5 MIAMI (91) fg-fga ft-fla reb If 17 0 5 21 10 I I 4 Harris 3.11 11-14 Soagnola 2-4 1-2 Strong t-W 5-7 westover 4.13 2-3 1-4 0-0 A'" 11-21 5-11 O'Riordan 2-9 1-1 Hubbard 1-4 2-2 Team reb Totals ji7 nm aneil nji nn Oklahoma City 42' 24 91 27 15-94 miailtl 4 38 12-91 I Aiidros I To Speak Oregon State football 1 coach Dee Andros has 1 been named as speaker I i for the annual Nebraska I I football banquet Jan. 1 18.

known as the I il i 1 i 1 great pumpKin" in 3 Oregon because of his I short, rotund stature and I his wearing of Oregon I State's orange and black 1 colors, served as an assistant on the Cornhusker staff under i Pete Elliott in 1956. The banquet is to be I held at the Cornhusker I Hotel. West Records 205000tk Point Atlanta () Jerry West, Los Angeles Laker superstar, Saturday night became only the fifth player in National Basketball Association history to reach the mark for a career. West hit his point with a free throw with 8:57 remaining in the third quarter of the Los Angeles-Atlanta game. He entered the game needing 17 points.

He hit 16 in the first half, missing an 18-footer from the left corner in the final 10 seconds of the period. He missed his first two shots of the third quarter, each 12-. foot jumpers from the left side. Prep Wrestling ELKHORN INVITATIONAL WRESTLING TOURNEY TEAM SCORING 4 weeping Water 54 Vf 1 ev 79 O. Cathedral a Platteview 71 Bennington is Elhrn Gretna WINNERS 1 98-Perry Clark, Central; 105-Mark Sager, Elkhorn; 112Ron Baxter, Weep.

Ing Water; 119 Harold Danley, Cen-tral; 124-Mark Kubik, Central; 132-Bill Sturgen. Platteview; 118 Mark Hopkins, Valley; US-Joe Leggett, VaU ley; 15J--Pat Moore, Platteview; 167 Dan Sfoller, Elkhorn; 185---Larry Pa-den, Elkhorn; Hvy Jim Reiac, Cao' tral. tp 14 4 2 24 10 9 15 I 10 2 94 Sunday aee Hichlichts Creighton Cage Highlights 10:30 p.m. (7). Pro Football Los Angeles v.

New York Giants, Noon, followed by San Francisco v. 3 p.m. (6-10). Bowling Noon (7). Pro Football Kansas City v.

San Diego, 3 p.m. (3), (KLIN). Monday Pro Basketball Los Angeles v. Milwaukee, 8 p.m. (7).

Hassling 10:25 p.m. (7). Look Cornhuskers Sport Neiv era frt lill kx i sin By RANDY YORK Iowa State Bill Knight, competing out of his regular weight class, won the outstanding wrestler trophy Saturday night in the Great Plains AAU championships at the Northeast YMCA. "I'm a regular 126-pounder, but I came into this tournament at 134," Knight related, "and I must admit I don't regret it. I've never felt better and I believe this is the best I've ever wrestled." But his success at 134 a weight where he didn't lose in six tournament matches has not changed his mind about competing at 126.

"I've got a pretty good reason for not wanting to stay at 134," Bill said. "Phil Parker usually wrestles 134, but he moved up a weight for this tournament too. He was Big Eight champion and third in the NCAA last year. I don't particularly want to challenge him every week." Soph Redshirt A sophomore redshirt, Knight recorded two pins, including the fastest in the tournament when he disposed of Bob Gilman (No. Illinois University) in 30 seconds during the fourth round.

"I think the final match was perhaps the best I've wrestled," Knight said, referring to his convincing 19-0 decision over Marc Gilbert of Northern Illinois. "We've got four good wrestlers in my class," the Iowa City native added, "and we're all pretty even, but I didn't come here with defeat on my mind." The Great Tlains cham- ion ship marked Knight's second tournament title this season. He also won the 126- pound crown at the Iowa State Invitational. ISU Dominates Iowa State wrestlers dominated the meet as the Cyclones won seven of 10 individual titles. One Ames champion, 190-pounder Ben Peterson, was awarded the outstanding sportsman trophy.

Nebraska wrestler Doug Erickson, who manufactured one of the more startling upsets of the meet (pinning ISU's Parker), won a special trophy for the most falls, (three in No Cornhusker wrestlers, however, managed to win championships. I fact, University of Nebraska at Omaha's Mel Washington (177), the defending national NAIA champ, was the only state WTestler to nab an individual title. Former Lincoln East wrestler John Lowe, a freshman at Iowa State, gave 118-pound champion Steve Lampe, an ISU senior, a tough final match before dropping a 2-1 verdict to finish second. Three University of Nebraska wrestlers received third place trophies Erickson (142), Joe George (167) and Jim Haug (177). Former Cornhusker wrestler Gene Libal, the tournament's defending heavyweight champ, who now coaches at Minden, finished fourth.

Results Page 2C Nebraska defensive backs Bill Kosch (center) and John Decker get their first look at the Cornhuskers' new Orange Bowl jerseys as modeled by tackle Dave Walline. For the first time, the Cornhusker jerseys include the player's name as well as number..