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Lineman omore MPs Harper Found Position, Voted Top Soph Nebraska's Rogers Named Top Kicker Receiving two votes each were Oklahoma defensive end Ray Hamilton, Kansas State middle guard Charles Clarington 1 and Nebraska center Doug Dumler. Three sophomores were tabbed on one ballot each. They were Dave Pittman, Iowa State center; Greg Pruitt, Oklahoma wide receiver? halfback and John Carter, Oklahoma State defensive tackle. Harper was briefly in the, Kansas State game and his backup, Doug Johnson, replaced him. After the game, Johnson said, "I enjoyed playing, but we need Willie in there.

In my opinion, he's the sophomore lineman in Big Eight this year." Even Harper's substitute agrees with the selection. He did everything that, was of him and more; He led Nebraska in tackles for losses, throwing opposing quarterbacks nine times 'for 73 yards. In addition, he was credited with 25 unassisted and 25 assisted tackles and broke up three passes. An elementary education major, Harper was voted1 Thursday as the Big Eight's sophomore lineman of the year by United Press Interna-; tional. He was named on seven of 20 ballots cast by conference sportswriters and sports-casters.

Harper was one of eight sophomores named in the balloting. Nebraska wingback Johnny Rodgers received three votes by those who didn't want to make a choice between him and Oklahoma's Joe Wylie, the sophomore back of the year. Kansas City, Mo. (UPI) There was no doubt, from the moment he stepped on campus, -that Willie Harper could play football for the. University of Nebraska.

Only difficulty the Cornhusker coaching staff had was deciding where he would play. He, was recruited from J. W. Scott High in Toledo, Ohio, by Bill (Thunder) Thornton who coached there one year before returning to his alma mater as an assistant. Harper, a 6-3, 205-pounder, was all-city and all-state as a prepster.

He was placed at middle guard on the 1969 Nebraska freshman team. 1 But Mike Wynn and Sherwin Jarmon both were graduated from last year's Sun Bowl champions and, when the Huskers assembled for spring practice, there was a gaping hole at defensive end. Harper was chosen to fill it. Kansas City, Mo. (UPI).

-Paul Rogers started his varsity football career properly at Nebraska. He kicked a 51-yard field goal to beat Wyoming, 10-7, as a sophomore in the Cornhuskers' 1968 opener. He's been high on coach Bob Devaney's list of favorite persons ever since. 1 J' Willie Harper Top Soph Lineman NY Ends Tie String, Wishes It Hadn't DeilVeTS Coaches Rangers Break Rut With Flyers iiayivood Seeking In three years, Rogers, a 6-0, 192-pounder from Rock Rapids, Iowa, has kicked 24 field goals and 92 of 100 extra'point attempts. When United Press International sent out its all-Big Eight ballot to conference sports- writers and sportscasters, it included a place for a kicker.

Rogers was an overwhelming choice, being named on 11 of the 20 ballots. Colorado place-kicking specialist Dave Haney was run- Files Suit New Jobs Paul Rogers Best Booter Rogers' 24 field goals represent a Big Eight record, along with the 55-yarder he booted against Kansas in Probably his greatest game was in last December's Sun Bow, where he toed 50, 32, 42 and 37-yarders all in the first quarter and set the stage for the Huskers' 45-6 rout of Georgia. nerup with three, votes and Iowa State's Reggie Shoemake received two. Getting one vote each were punters Keith Leip- man of Kilisas, Jim Benien of Oklahoma State and Jack Bastable of Missouri. One voter did not name a kicker.

LINCOLN, NOV. 26, PAGE 61 By Associated Press The New York Rangers have broken their Philadelphia rut but they were better off in it than they are out of it. The Flyers, who set a National Hockey League record with 24 ties last year including all six games they played againsf New York, ended the string of deadlocks against the Rangers with a 3-1 victory Wednesday night. Rookie Bob Kelly celebrated his 20th birthday with a goal that helped the Flyers end a four-game winning streak for New; York and keep the Rangers one point back of idle Boston in the vNHL's East Division race. Elsewhere in the NHL moved Pittsburgh to its tie with Buffalo.

Chicagogot two goals from Bryan Campbell and whipped Montreal to stretch its unbeaten string to nine games. The victory opened a four-point lead for the Black Hawks over idle St. Louis at the top of the; NHL's West Division. Mike Byers powered Los Angeles past California with a pair of goals as the Kings broke a five-game winless string. The setbacks extended the Golden Seals' wrnless streak to five.

Juha Widing collected Los Angeles' other goal while Gary Croteau of California spoiled the shutout bid of Kings' goalie Dennis DeJordy by scoring late in the final period. Milwaukee Nears Win Record Wednesday night, Chicago topped Montreal 5-3, Pittsburgh tied Buffalo 4-4 and Los Angeles turned back California The Rangers had tied seven straight against the Flyers all six games last year and the final meeting of the 1968-69 season. It had been almost two years since a game between the two teams was won by one or the other. After New York's Dave Balon and Larryv Hillman of the Flyers traded first-period goals, Kelly tallied for Philadelphia in the second. Glenn Sather's goal with just over four minutes left to play Los Angeles (Sfl Attorneys for basketball star Spencer Haywood, stalled in U.S.

District Court, have filed suit in Superior Court asking nullification of the 6-8 center's contract with the Denver Rockets of the American Basketball Association. The action followed Wednesday's hearing in federal court in which Judge Warren J. Ferguson suspended proceedings pending an investigation of contracts involving Haywood, last year's Most Valuable Player in the ABA. A federal suit was filed by the Denver Rockets against Haywood's attorneys, seeking to prevent them from getting the player's six-year, contract dissolved. Ferguson, in the heated hearing, also refused to lift a temporary injunction which prohibits the player's advisors from tinkering with the Denver contract or negotiating with any other professional team.

In ordering the study into contracts involving Haywood, his attorneys, a service com Brown Criticism Of Modell Stands Cincinnati (8) Paul Brown, coach and general manager of the Cincinnati Bengals, said he still stands on his criticism of some non-football administrators in the National Football League. But he declined to mention the name Wednesday of Art Modell, general manager of the Cleveland Browns, who fired Brown eignt years "It will serve no purpose to pursue By Associated Press Five college football coaches were looking for new jobs today after either resigning or being I fired, from their posts on Thanksgiving Eve. Bob Odcll, coach at Pennsylvania since 1965, and Jerry Claiborne, who had coached Virginia Tech football for 10 years, both resigned. Fred Taylor of Texas Christian, Vito Regazzo at VMI and Gayton Salvucci of American International were dismissed. Odell said he was leaving Penn to give himself time to ithink about hts future.lTve-been a coach for 24 years," he said, "and I felt this was the time to sit back and review my career." Claiborne, whose Tech teams compiled 61 victories, 39 defeats and two ties, had been expected to resign ever since mid-season when he had been told he would not be retained by the school.

He issued a statement in which he said "Mutual trust and reciprocal confidence in relation to the administration," had been missing since mid-season. Taylor will remain with TCU for Saturday's final game of the season against Southern Methodist. The Horned Frogs have compiled a 14-25-1 record under him since he took over the club in 1966. A feud between Ragazzo and Lieutenant General George R. E.

Shell, VMI's superintendent, led to the coach's dismissal. "I'm real disgusted," said Ragazzo, "you tell the team what should be done, how to approach football. Then something like the comes along and knocks the bottom out of everything." VMI has won just one game in the last two seasons. Salvucci, coach at American International for 15 years, compiled a 49-78-5 record. The team was 2-6-1 this season.

I 'V Jfc tliis thing," he said after hea.ing of Modell's comments of. rebuttal. "I'll stand on what I said and that's it." Modell accused Brown of "bitterness" in a statement after hearing about comments made by Brown eight aays ago on a Cincinnati radio station. I'-VJ I Brown guessed that the decision to vrmmm start rookie Mike Phipps at quarter- hnnr 1 1 fl? 1 i udLn in a it-iu wncinnau win two I At? weeks ago "came from the too." I PSi pany cailea AU-rro Management, and the Rockets, Ferguson declared from the bench: "Everyone's after this kid's money." Al Ross, one of Haywood's attorneys and majority owner of All-Pro Management, said the Superior Court suit was ed against the Rockets alleging "fraud or neglect and misrepresentation" in signing of the then 2 0-year-old Haywood to a contract by his guardian. By Associated Press The Big A and Big are earning their letters with Milwaukee and spelling success for the young Bucks.

Lew Alcindor and Oscar Robertson, a perfect parlay of scoring power and precision ballhandling, helped Milwaukee win its 16th game in row Wednesday night with a 113-87 National Basketball Association conquest of Detroit. The Bucks' streak puts them two games shy of the NBA record held by. the New York Knicks, whom they meet in a home-and-home series Friday and Saturday. Philadelphia beat Buffalo 99-92 in the first game of a double- header "in Boston, and the Celtics took the nightcap, beating Portland 112-115 Wednesday night. Elsewhere in the NBA, New York turned back' Atlanta 114-111; San Diego crushed Cincinnati 138-120 and San Francisco bounced Cleveland 108-99.

In the ABA, it was Pittsburgh over New York 99-96; Virginia topping Indiana 109-100; Texas edging Memphis 113-103; Kentucky ripping Denver 153-138 and Carolina nudging Utah 95-94. the NBA's Super Soph, scored 31 points and veteran smoothie Robertson, in his first year with Milwaukee, scored 15 and propelled the He also called the trade which 4 sent Ron Johnson and Jim Kanicki to Brown the New York Giants for Homer Jones "the kind of thing that happens when non-football people decide they know how to run a football team." Kanicki and Johnson are regulars and Jones has seen limited action. Brown said the remarks came in a discussion of Baltimore Colts owner Carroll Rosenbloom. He said Rosenbloom had made 'derogatory remarks" about Miami Dolphins coach Don Shula, who left Baltimore. Bad Taste Remarks Brown said the remarks by Rosenbloom "were out of line and in bad taste.

It comes under the category of conduct detrimental to professional football. No owner has the right to destroy a person. "I'm very conscious of it and for a very good reason. A lot of these coaches have contributed more to pro football than the people trying to destroy them." Said Modell: "We at the Browns have done things collectively and democratically but the' final decision on team personnel and strategy always has been vested in one man alone Blanton Collier. "Somebody must have been doing something right in the last seven years.

Our overall record is among the third or fourth best all of pro football. 1 "We have won one world championship three division and four conference championships and I would say, judging from' our attendance, the fans have enjoyed what they have been seeing." On trades, Modell said, "one of Paul Brown's first moves after going to Cincinnati was to trade, No." 1 and 2 draft choices for what he considered to be a top quarterback-John Stofa." i Weaver To Join KU Staff UPI TELEPHOTO It also claims Haywood acted without legal counsel and understanding when he ratified the contract after turning Ross said the suit also seeks damages of court costs and "any relief the court may deem appropriate." The Rockets' suit against the attorneys aks $1 million" exemplary damages. Ferguson inquired deeply into Ross' role as Haywood's lawyer and his role as his personal business manager through Pro-Management. Ross was admitted to the bar last February. The court wanted to know if Ross' firm contacted Haywood before or after he became a lawyer.

The point was never fully clarified. Ross seated at the defendant's table, was represented by Charles H. Phillips. With Haywood on the witness stand, Judge Ferguson sought to ascertain if one or two contracts exist between Spencer and the Ross interests. Haywood insisted he knew of only one.

The court felt there were two, and when Ross raised a finger as if to comment, Ferguson slammed a pack of papers on the desk and admonished Ross to remain silent. The court wanted to know whether Ross was receiving 10 per cent of his client's gross revenue and Pro-Management 1 25 per cent more for its personal services. New York Ranger defenseman Brad Park seems to have gotten the worst of the fight he had with Philadelphia's Bill Lesiik. The referee is escorting Park to the penalty box for five minutes. Kellc)' Feels 'Bolts Capable Of Outplaying All Opponents Sports Briefs Bucks with his backcourt Play.

Otto Moore scored 17 for Detroit, which lost its eighth game in the last ten after a spectacular 12-1 start. Billy Cunningham scored 27 points and Hal Greer fired in 26 as Philadelphia wasted a 17- Lawrence, Kan. UPl-Doug Weaver, a football player or "coach 23 of the last 27 years, is abandoning a law career and returning to football as a full-time member of coach Pepper Rodgers' staff at the University of Kansas. Rodgers said Weaver, former head coach at Kansas State University, will join the Jayhawk staff Dec. 40-year-old aver worked with -Rodgers during the 1967, '68 and '69 seasons as part-time assistant while earning a law degree at, Kansas.

1 Y'-; "I can't tell you how happy I Cam to have a man like Doug I Weaver on my staff," Rodgers i said. "He's got so much ex- -4 pcrience and he can do so 'f many things and can help us in so many ways. I know he will By VIRGIL PARKER Prep Sports Writer A lot of people might think Lincoln Pius High School basketball coach Don Kelley is Football Shoeless VMI kicker Don Cupit, who booted a record field goals this season, quit the squad when he learned head coach Vito Ragazzo had been fired. All 70,000 tickets for the Mississippi-Auburn Gator Bowl matchup have been sold. The Los Angeles Rams lost running back Tommy Mason 1 4tfK spots is really good," he says.

"Even the lettermen are being I pushed. None of them has a starting assignment cinched, not by a long shot." But when Kelley talks about a potential starting lineup he starts with lettermen Jim i Wilkensen, Dan McCabe, Bob 1 McEniry and Joe Hill and non-; Ictterman Dennis Kipper. Paul Jablonski and Mike Aldrich i also came in for some special praise. v. point lead, then pulled away in the final minutes of their opener at Boston Garden.

JoJo White scored 14 of his 23 points in the fourth period to break open the nightcap for Boston. Willis Reed scored 35 points and took down 18 rebounds as New York whipped Atlanta for the second straight night. The Knicks beat the Hawks 128-119 in New York Tuesday night. Elvin Hayes fired in 48 points and had 22 rebounds and Stu Lantz added 30 as San Diego ripped Cincinnati. Jeff Mullins pocketed 25 points and Jerry Lucas added 21 as San Francisco handed Cleveland its 23rd loss in 24 starts.

Runner Risks Ridicule a tremendous contnbu- for the season with a shoulder separation. Other Sports Cliff Richey assured himself of the $25,000 first prize in the International Grand Prix Tennis Tournament by beating Zeljko Franulovic 6-1, 8-10, 6-3. Bob Barbarossa Hubie Green share the first round lead in the $30,000 Sea Pines Golf Tournament with 67s. The NHL Buffalo Sabres acquired veteran wingers Dick Duff and Eddie Shack from the Los Angeles Kings. All tickets for Illinois University home basketball games in 1970-71 are gone.

The Milwaukee Brewers assigned utility man Hank Allen to Portland in the PCL. Soutar Moves Into Second Akron, Ohio W) Dave Soutar, of Gilroy, received $6,000 for winning the $50,000 American Airlines Open at Detroit Monday night and climbed into second place in the official money standings of the Professional Bowlers Associa ing to Take Race an optimist. But a closer look at his Thunderbolt roster for this winter 'and you might rightfully classify him as a' realist. 1 Last season his club lost its first six games in a row and finished the regular campaign with an' unimpressive 4-12 Just four lettermen return. that doesn't dampen Kelley's enthusiasm.

"I think we're going to be "capable, of beating anyone on our schedule this winter," he says. "I'm sure we both, know that this probably won't hap-. pen, but I think we could. The key will be playing up to our A big' factor in the 'Bolts Try llu ir found it hard to get my breath. "Hill and Kipper have really pleased me with their progress," Kelley admits.

"But if we're going to succeed, McCabe and Wilkensen have to come through. Frankly, they aren't working up to my expectations as yet. So I'm a little concerned. But they're quality players and I'm sure they'll come through and we'll be ready when the season opens." Roster Player Ht. Yr.

Paul Kucera 5-10 12 Dan McCabe 4-J 12 DanMcCabe Quality Player we provide another team, not whether we happen to be Class or not." The Pius hoop boss says his club will be better off this year than last. "I hope we'll be able to compete on a nearly even level, particularly with the other Lincoln teams." nun uui iugiaiii. For the past 10 months Weaver has been associated with a Lawrence law firm which he joined after com- pleting work on his degree last January. V' I The one-time Michigan State linebacker said he did not realize, how much he would miss football until the past fall when he was out of the game for the first time since 1943, except for three years Air Force duty in the mid-1950s. this point in my, life, I feel my calling is coaching," he said.

'n favor is the strong finish Kelley's club had at the end of last season, Pius swept JimWMklnsen 12 University Park, Pa. (UPI) Frank Shorter risked ridicule for wearing a pair of women's panty hose, but1 it helped him win the U.S. Track and Field Federation crosscountry championship. Shorter won the six-mile event record for the Pennsylvania State University course. He and his teammates from the Florida Track and Field Club wore panty hose to keep their legs warm in the 20-degree weather with bone-chilling "It took about three miles to warm up," he said, "but once the legs were warm the panty hose kept them warm.

This had to be the coldest weather I've ever xun in. "My biggest problem1 was that my lungs kept icing up. I Rick Croissant He adds that "it can be pret-, hi Dennis Kipper My lungs kept getting tight inside." John Bednarski of the University of Texas at El Paso finished second, just 7-10th of a second behind Shorter. The defending champion, Jack Bacheler, one of Shorter's teammates, finished fifth behind Donal Walsh of Villanova and Greg Fredericks of Penn State. Shorter eclipsed the time set by Bacheler last year on the same course 29:35.

Bacheler was running with a heavily taped ankle this year, but his fifth-place finish enabled the Florida club to win the team championship with 36 points. Villanova was second followed by Texas El Paso. Colorado was sixth. AH evenU trie tmleM followed. by all tine i.n.

umleM boldfaced for p.m. Thursday State College Basketball Nebraska Junior College Tournament at York. Bob McEniry wo a-0 -t 6-0 t-2 S-ll 5-10 Jim Miller Paul Jablonski Mike Lien Mike Aldrich Nick Payne through its district tournament to earn a spot the Class state lost a first-round clash to Laurel, which went on to the finals. "I don't like the constant "reference and comparison of Class A and Kelley feel we have a good pro-' gram at Pius, as was ly uisuuui aging 11 11 yuu ic outmanned and can't win, as, it was with us much of the time last winter. But, that khd of excellent competition was certainly responsible for making us a better team when we got to our district tournament." nAftervi Air Force duty, he returned to Michigan State as a member of Duffy Daughter's staff in 1956 and two years later.

joined Dan i at Missouri. Thursday Denotes Letlerman. Schedule December! 4 at Nebraska City; 15 Fairbury; 18 at East; 2-30 Waverly tournament. January: at Lexington; Southeast; 15 Waverly! 22 Beatrice! 23 at Northeast, 30 Syracuse. February: 6 at Omaha Paul VI; 12 Lincoln High; 13 at Omaha Gross; 19 at David City Aquinas; 20 at Omaha Cathedral; 26 at PapHlion.

Others in the top 10 on the list are: Nelson Burton St. Louis, S44.250; Don Johnson, Akron, S43.240; Dava Davis, Miami, S38.9I0; Jim Stel anich, Jollet, George Pap-pas, Charlotte, N.C., Skee For. emsky. Houston, J3I.398; Dick Rit-ger, Hartford, $31,203, and Johnny Petraglla, N.Y 130. 74.

Kelley has been pleased with demonstrated this fall in foot- He became head coacn at Pro Football Green Bay v. Dallas, (6-10). College Football Houston y. Florida State, 6:30 p.m. (7).

Kansas State in 1960, and was ball, and we'd like to be judged his pre-season workouts. "The there seven years. 1 on the quality of the opposition competition tor the starting.