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Minn. -Buff, stats ORCHARD PARK, K.Y.(UPI-- Slaliltlcs of he Minnesota- Buffalo Rushes-Yards PdUfrgYardi Return Yords PatMS PunJi iKnWei-L05t Peoalllej-Yorcfs $-1 1-44 5-35 i--Foreman 4 run kick) I--Lash fumble recovery Ml end zone Cox kick) Foreman I rwi (Cox Buff--Simpson 14 run (Leypotdl kick) 1 pass from (Cox kick) 6 from Tarkenton kick) Bufl--Simpson 54 pass from Moroogl (kick faded) Minnesota-Buffalo 'Passing: Minnesota-- Tarkefitoo 25-360-214, 3-7-1-26. Buffalo-- Ferguson 6-16-3-51, Mara.igl 10-IM-lil. Receiving: Minnesota--Foreman 10-87, Lash 4-35, Volgt J-36, Marmora McClanohan 3 B. Buffalo--Simpson 3-66, Ganl Braxlon 2-15, Hill )-2A, Seymour 1-IB, Washington 2-21, Chandler 4-33.

Minnesota--Foreman 19-85, Atarlnaro 3-lfi, McClanohon 1247, Osborn 4-20, 1-0. Bullalo--Simpson 12 Braxton 7-2o, Marangi 3-25. Washington 2-3, 1-3. Foreman powers Minnesota Sugar: A sellout ORLEANS (DPI)-The 1975 Sugar Bowl, a sellout, will be televised in the New Orleans area on New Year's Eve, officials announced Saturday. Officials of the New Orleans Mid-Winter Sports Association said some 35,000 visitors are anticipated hi from Pennsylvania, Alabama and' other areas to watch the matchup Bear Bryant's University of Alabama Crimson Tide and the Nftlany Lions from Penn State.

Another 40,000 tickets were sold in the New Orleans area. The game will be carried on ABC television nationally and WVUE locally. The game is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. CST; New Year's Eve. At Stadium A A (UPD--Chuck Foreman ran for two touchdowns and caught two scoring passes Saturday to power the playoff-bound Minnesota Vikings to a 35-13 victory over the Buffalo Dills in the a season i a at snow-covered Rich stadium.

Foreman tied Gale Sayers' all-time season scoring record with 22 touchdowns, but was overshadowed by the Bills' O.J. Simpson, who ran for one TD and caught a 54-yard scoring pass to give him 23 for the year and a new NFL record. Minnesota quarterback Fran Tarkenton also broke a record with his two touchdown passes, giving him a career mark of 291--one more than the previous record held by John Unitas. Simpson ran for 57 yards to finish with 1,817 for the season, while Foreman had 85 to finish with 1,070 and become the first Viking ever to rush (or 1,000 yards in a season. Depending on how the St.

Louis Cardinals' Jim Otis does on Sunday, Foreman could be the leader in three categories--rushing, receiving and scoring--in the National Football Conference. Otis is the only other NFC back to rush for more than 1,000 yards this season. Although the Vikings have long since clinched the playoffs, the victory virtually guarantees them the home field advantage in the playoffs with a 12-2 season record. The Bills finished with an mark, their worst record since 1B72. The Vikings took a 21-7 halflime lead, then held off a Bills' scoring threat early in the third quarter as they went on to the victory.

Foreman barrelled in from the four-yard line at 5:54 of the first quarter to cap a 60-yard drive. The drive was set up when Vikings cornerback Bobby Bryant intercepted a Joe Ferguson pass on the Bills' first drive of the game--the first of three interceptions by the Vikings in the first half. Foreman plowed in from the one at 11:44 of the second quarter to cap a 41-yard drive, also set up by an interception. Foreman nearly had a touchdown late in the first quarter but fumbled at the three-yard line. Fortunatey for Minnesota, wide receiver Jim Lash was in the end zone and jumped on the ball for a Vikings touchdown at 12:08 to make it 14-0.

The Bills scored late in the second period with 1:55 left when Simpson ran in 24 yards up the middle to close it to 21-7. The Bills cnme out charged up in the second half and stopped Minnesota on its initial drive, but a subsequent Bills drive was halted at the Vikings' 25 and a 42-yard field goal attempt went wide. The Vikings came right back on the next drive with Brent McClanahan and Foreman doing most of the ball carrying before Tarkenton slipped a one-yard pass to Foreman at 10:39 of the third quarter to put Minnesota ahead 28-7. Later in the third quarter, the Vikings' Doug Sutherland recovered a fumble by Jim Braxton and Minnesota took over on the Bills' 38. Six plays later, Tarkenton flipped a six-yard scoring pass to Fori" to break Unitas' mark.

Simpson broke Sayers' record when he grabbed 54-yard pass from Gary Marangi, who replaced Ferguson late in the third quarter and ran along the sidelines for the Bills' final score at 14:13. The Vikings took a 21-7 halftime lead, then held off a Bills' scoring threat early in the third quarter as they went on to the victory. The Bills said 72,994 tickets were Pud Grant blasts guards A A (UPI)--Minnesota Viking Coach Bud Grant blasted Rich Stadium's security guards Saturday after running back Chuck Foreman's right eye was injured by a snowball thrown by a fan during the Vikings' 35-13 victory over the Buffalo Bills. Grant said Foreman's eye would be examined Sunday because he has blurred vision. Grant blasted the security officers Tor not trying to cut down on the barrage of snowballs thrown at the field, and said he was hit "four or five times in lhe head and about 100 times iath'eback." Vikings quarterack Fran Tarkenton sai'd the snowball throwing was "the most ridiculous thing I've seen in 19 years of football.

"The people in Buffalo ought not to be v.ery proud of what happened here he said. Foreman said he was Injured when he sipped after missing a Tarkenton pass in the third quarter. "I slipped as I was going back and somebody hit me in the eye with an icy snowball," Foreman said. "My vision's kind of a blur right now. They're going to have some tests tomorrow.

I hope I'm going to be able to play in the playoffs." Tarkenton said that on one play, "Some guy hit me with one (snowball) just before I threw a pass. Whoever he is, he's got the damnedest arm I ever did see. thought it was a defensive end's hand hitting me in the head." The Vikings' slar quarterback said he saw "fathers making snowballs for their children" and lamented it as the reason "we have trouble with the kids today." Grant set his bench into the locker room late in the last quarter because "they were being subjected to a barrage and nobody was doing anything about it. "We didn't want another player to get hit in the eye. Buffalo has some of the best fans in the league, but there are a few people who spoil it for most." Despite the snowball throwing, Tarkenton passed John Unitas as the NFL's all-time leading touchdwon passer during the game, throwing his 291sl career scoring pass to Foreman late in the third period.

"It's good to get it behind us," he added. sports shorts Pyran retains title SAN JUAN, P.R. (UPI)--World Boxing Association lightweight champion Roberto Duran retained his title Saturday by knocking out Mexican challenger Leoncio Ortiz in round. lhe seventh title defense for (he 2 3 a a a a i a efiainpion, a heavy favorite, who has Jro'n all his title defenses by a knockout. floored the 26-year-old Ortiz fit 2 minutes 46 seconds of the final round with a right uppercut to the jaw.

The Panamanian, nickenamed "mano de pledra" (rock fist), appeared almost always in control and ocassions left Ortiz groggy. 'But the Mexican recovered time and 5again and came back fighting to the fea'. f- Duran set the pace in the first round, the challenger with left hooks to the face and body. Ortiz, 26, was dazed but kept fighting as the following rounds showed the same pattern. The Mexican gave his best snowing in (he 12th round, when he the champion with a series of left jaSas to the head.

Duran appeared tired. But Ortiz also had lost strengh and could not hit with power. In- the 13th round Duran got his second wind, seizing the initiative, and the 14th round he was trying for the punch that came In the final 'round. No tickets left BALTIMORE (UPI)--More than 200 Baltimore football fans will have to cancel i a i to Pittsburgh's Three Rivers Stadium for a possible NFL playoff game between the Colts and the Steelers because only 500 tickets were reserved for visiting fans. Louis Grasmick, a lumber company executive who organized the trip, said the Steeler management forced the cancellation when it reserved only one per cent of the stadium's 50,000 seats for Baltimore fans.

Most of those tickets would be used by Colt players and management, their families and friends, Grasmick said. "Nothing can be done about getting more tickets. I suppose it's a league said. Arrangements had been made with Amtrak to charter four railroad cars for the Pittsburgh excursion at a roundtrip cost per person of P1.50, Grasmick said. He said two Colt Corral groups arid many other individuals who planned to attend the Pittsburgh game were also forced to forego their plans.

The Colts will face Pittsburgh in the first round of the NFL playoffs if win the American Football Conference's East Division title and Cincinnati is the AFC wild card team. college cage 28 Delta Democrat-Times Greenville, Miss Mich. 90, Miami (O.) 76 A A i I a center Phil Hubbard ignited a 14-1 blitz early in the second half Saturday to help Michigan rout Miami of Ohio, 90-76, and win its own MicMgan Invitational basketball tournament for the fifth time in six years. Princeton didn't give up a single free throw and rode the scoring of guard Armond Hill to lake Southern Illinois, 69-58, in the consolation game of the last Michigan Invitational. It is being discontinued until at least 1979.

Michigan led by only 37-36 after a sloppy first half but Hubbard slammed in three baskets and set off two fast breaks with steals to bolt the 12th-rated Wolverines into a 5M1 lead in the first four minutes of the second half. Maryland 81, Fordham 56 A I i a a a breezed past Fordham Saturday 81-56 behind the 17 points of forward Steve Sheppard. It was the Terps' sixth victory without a loss. Fordham's deliberate offense and zone defense stymied the Terps early in the game. Maryland went ahead to stay, 20-18, with only 1:40 left in the first half, building a 29-21 halftime lead on the strength of six free throws by Sheppard.

Illinois 66, Arizona 60 CHAMPAIGN, 111. (UPI)--Rich Adams, Otho Tucker and Nate Williams combined for 53 points Saturday to lead Illinois to a 66-60 upset victory over 19th-ranked Arizona. Adnrhs scored a game-high 19 points, Tucker added 18 and Williams chipped in 16. Al Fleming led the Wildcats with 18 and Bob Elliott had 15. Arizona held the lead through most of the first half to a 33-30 score at the buzzer.

But the mini came back with three straight baskets to start the second half, taking a 3S3 lead. The Wildcats battled back to a 44-40 lead with 12 minutes to play but Fleming and Elliott both picked up their fourth fouls within 10 seconds and sat down. During that four minutes, the lllini outscored Arizona, 12-6, to take a 52-50 lead. The lllini never trailed again. The Wildcats made only four of 15 freethrow shots for a .267 mark while lhe lllini hit on 18 of 24 from the line, giving them a .750 average.

Arizona dropped to 54 on the season. Illinois is 6-2. Kerby Farrell dies NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UPD-Kerby Farrell, former major league player and manager, died recently of a heart attack. He was 62.

Farrell managed the Cleveland Indians in 1957. He played for Boston under Casey Stengel for two years and in Chicago for a year. Farrell, 62, a native of Leakwood, was out of baseball last year. He was three times chosen Minor League Manager of the Year. Farrell won five pennants in the minors at Spartanburg in the Tri State League in 1947; at Reading in the Eastern league, 1953; Indianapolis of the American Association in 1954 and 1956 and at Buffalo in 1959.

His manager of the year awards came at Indianapolis and Buffalo. Last February. Farrell was inducted into the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame. 'Tarkenton has plenty of protection as he breaks passing record sold for the game, but a steady snowfall that began late Friday and dumped up to six inches on some areas resulted in a turnout of only 54,993. About retiring The stadium seats 80,020.

Los Angeles, by beating Pittsburgh Saturday night, could still tie Minnesota for the best NFC record but would have to score at least 31 points while several other NFC teams were held scoreless to earn the overall home field advantage. OJ still undecided A A Simpson still hasn't made up his mind. Simpson wasn't evasive, but just being honest about the possibility of his retiring Saturday after the Minnesota Vikings scored a 35-13 National Football League victory over the Buffalo Bills on a snow-covered field at Rich Stadium. "I really don't know about my future," said Simpson, who broke Gale Sayers' single-season touchdown record with his 23rd TD of the year as he raced 54 yards with a pass from quarterback Gary Marangi. "I want to play football.

I'll try to work it out." Simpson has said he would quit football if he could get some key movie roles in the future. He says he's particularly interested in the role in the movie "Ragtime," wich is scheduled for filming next September. "There are situations where you can deal outside of the game and if you can get them, then you do," Simson said. Simspon finished the season with 1,817 yards rushing, third best in NFL history, behind Jimmy Brown's second best total of 1,863 set in 1963 and Simpson's own 2,003 mark set in 1973. i a i touchdown came just 24 seconds after Minnesota's Chuck Foreman ran six yards with a Fran Tarkenton pass for his 22nd touchdown of the season, tying Sayers' mark.

wanteo. me last one because I was thinking about scoring points," Simpson said of the record breaker. was aware of when he (Foreman) tied the record. I realized I needed one and I wanted to do it. I was kind of glad it happened right away." Foreman said he would have liked to have gotten the record, but said he was happy that Simpson got the record if he couldn't.

"It was something I would like to have done," Foreman said of the touchdown record. "I got so far and couldn't get any further, but 1 wasn't disappointed at all. "1 was happy for O.J.," Foreman added. "I gave it all I could give it." Against Americans Mexicans overwhelming I I I A sharp-shooting Mexican doubles team of Raul Ramirez and Marcelo Lara overhelmed Dick Stockton and Erik Van Dillen of the United States in four sets Saturday, 8-6. 3-6, 6-3, to put Mexico ahead 2-1 in the North American Zone Davis Cup playoffs.

The stunning Mexican victory completely dissipated any lingering impressions that the much-vaunted American squad would snap to life and march to a more-or-less easy triumph here. The U.S. squad now has their back to the wall, needing singles victories in both Sunday matches when Jimmy Connors meets Ramirez and Brian Gottfried faces Lara. Stockton and Van Dillen, named at the last minute Saturday by team captain Tony Trabert to handle the doubles, were unable to sustain any court drive. They made a major thrust to win the third set but, returning to the court after a 15-minute rest for the fourth set, had lost all their steam.

Ramirez and Lara, obviously buoyed i i a i performances--hi which Lara nearly defeated Connors and Ramirez slaughtered Gottfried--played inspired tennis together Saturday. With Lara giving another impressive display of precision strokes, the Mexicans dominated the first set. They faltered in the second set, when Stockton and Van Dillen seemed to regain the "natural coordination" for which Trabert said he paired them for the doubles. After the Americans breezed through the first three games, Mexico copped the fourth. Then a see-saw battle ensued, with the U.S.

winning the fifth, the Mexicans the sixth and the Americans the seventh. Ramirez and Lara then took charge, winning the next three games, dropping the 10th and coming back to take the llth. Stockton and Van Dillen were erratic--sometimes extraordinarily smooth, but often plainly poor. They slammed into the net repeatedly and went over the base and sidelines with their drives. But it wasn't for lack of wanting to win.

Stockton slipped and fell twice in the match. Ramirez went down once. The stunning Mexican victory completely dissipated any lingering impressions that the much-vaunted American squad would snap to life and march to a more-or-less easy triumph here. The U.S. squad now has their back to the wall, needing singles victories in both Sunday matches when Jimmy Connors meets Ramirez and Brian Gottfried faces Lara.

Stockton and Van Dillen, named at the last minute Saturday by team captain Tony Trabert to handle the doubles, were unable to sustain any court drive. They made a major thrust to win the third set but, returning to the court after a 15-minute rest for the fourth set, had lost all their steam. Ramirez and I.ara, obviously buoyed i i a i performances--in which Lara nearly defeated Connors and Ramirez slaughtered Gottfried--played inspired tennis together Saturday. With Lara giving another impressive display of precision strokes, the Mexicans dominated the first set. They faltered in the second set, when Stockton and Van Dillen seemed to regain the 'natural coordination' for which Trabert said he paired them for the doubles.

After the Americans breezed through the first three games. Mexico copped the fourth. Then a see-saw battle ensued, with the U.S. winning the fifth, the Mexicans the sixth and the Americans the seventh. Ramirez and Lara then took charge, winning the next three games, dropping the 10th and coining back to take the llth.

Stockton and Van Dillen were erratic--sometimes extraordinarily smooth, but often plainly poor. They slammed into the net repeatedly and went over the base and sidelines with their drives. But it wasn't for lack of wanting to win. Stockton slipped and fell twice in the match. Ramirez went down once.

Away for Xmas Gridders sentimental PITTSBURGH (UPI)--Even big, strong football players on their way to a date with the Sun Bowl and national television have a right to be sentimental about being away from home at Christmas. "I know I'll be homesick," said Pitt Hanker Rodney Clark before the ITth-ranked Panthers left Saturday for El Paso, where they play No. 19 Kansas on national television Dec. 26. "It's the first time I've ever been away from home on Christmas." Being away at the holidays will be doubly hard for Clark, whose honri Is loo far away--in Miami, permit the kind of visits the local boys sneak In during the school year.

Safety Dennis Moorhead, for example, went home to Indiana, a few days before he left for Texas. "They're kinda sad," he said. "They said it'd be the first Christmas they didn't have me at home." But, he said, a brother and a sister will be with his folks, and "I think I'm just fortunate enough to be going somewhere where they can watch me on television." Coach Johnny Majors and the team's official Pitt family have taken the players' possible homesickness into account. "We'll have a little get-together on Christmas Day; we have a little program planned," he said. "There's a limit to what you can do but we'll have a little Christmas." Majors didn't go Into detail about the upcoming party.

But the Panthers' itinerary shows there will be plenty of I activities--besides practice--to keep their minds off home and loved ones. Scheduled Sunday night is an "Evening in Juarez," just across the border in Mexico. Monday is free time for the Panthers after practice. Tuesday includes "tours" and the "Sun Bowl Touchdown Dinner." Wednesday features another tour, the "Sheriff's Posse Breakfast" for anyone ready to eat at 7 a.m. and the "Sun Bowl Awards Dinner." After Friday's Sun Bowl there will be "shuttle service to Mexico," and the buses will run again Saturday morning.

The players, however, will have to be north o' the border by 7:30 p.m. EST, when their plane returns here for what they hope will be a heroes' welcome..