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A Lions' Defense Second Behind Ranks Vikings I 4 I if JOE FERGUSON GARY BAUER MIKE KENNEY Winhawks Open Season I onight TERRY HURLBURT kids will give us depth and we are not so potent that we can say our first string is so much better than some of our other boys," Kenney said. offense," Schmidt said. "Green Bay is 14th in the league, Chicago 15th and Detroit 16th. That's what happens when you have to play those kind of defenses twice each." "To me it's real simple," Packer Coach Phil Beng-ston said after looking at the statistics and pondering the Packers' last two losses to Baltimore then Minnesota. "They have a better defense than we have an offense.

There is no theory to it. It's just the facts of competition," he said. But Schmidt wasn't buying the story of a weakened offense, the Packers or anyone else's. "Look, when we played St. Louis, we were scared to death of their offense," he said.

"But we ended up shutting them out," he added. "It could go the other way this time. We're meeting a team that hasn't been able to score, and they might just explode on us." Green Bay has only one touchdown in its last two games. And that was an 85-yard pass interception against the Vikings by Doug Hart. The Packers beat Detroit 28-17 earlier this season, sidelining quarterback Bill Munson with a broken passing hand.

He is ready, but "won't start. Sophomore Greg Landry will be at the controls for ft SCOTT HAZELTON as head basketball coach at Winona High and in his 23rd year of coaching basketball Hazelton was the only one of the five starters who was a starter at the end of last season. He averaged 6even points per game. Finley, Stevens and Free were all regulars for the Bears. Finley averaged 15 points per game.

Hutton cafls Free his team quarterback and says, "He's a good ballhandler and he's still learning." Game time at Lincoln, located on 88th is 7:30 p.m. Women's 600 Tourney Sunday at Westgate A Women's 600 Tournament will be held Sunday at Westgate Bowl beginning at 3 p.m. To qualify for participation in this tourney, all entrants must have bowled a sanctioned 600 series. Almost 50 bowlers are expected, including women from St. Charles and Lew iston.

A dinner and banquet at the Golden Frog Supper Club will follow the Unifas Denies He Will Retire GREEN BAY, Wis. on -The Detroit Lions, riding a three-game winning streak, roar into Green Bay Sunday for what could be another one of those defensive slug-fests on the torn-up grass of midfield. Detroit, which needs to win to stay alive in the National Football League's Central Division race, has the same problem the Packers had last week. The Packers lost to Minnesota last week, 9-7, dropping them three games off the pace, and for all practical purposes out of the race. Detroit racked up its second shutout of the season, defeating St.

Louis 20-0 as its defense claimed half of the league's shutouts. Green Bay and Minnesota both have blanked Chicago. The Lions' defense ranks second in the league, yielding 2,150 yards, helping boost the injury riddled Lions to their 6-3 record, two games behind Minnesota. The Packers, 5-4, have the No. 5 defense, yielding 2,435 yards.

"That's the mark of a great Lions' Coach Joe Schmidt said about the shutouts. "We've played good defense. But this is the defensive division. There we are, all four teams in the top five of the league on defense." Minnesota is first and Chicago third. "The other side of it is i JIM NELSON "We know that Lincoln is big and experienced and we will have to get over those first game jitters," said the Hawk mentor who is in his 13th year announced plans to operate his quarterbacks in tandem the rest of this NFL season.

"I won't play under the Unitas was quoted in the story.x "This is the last year of my playing contract. I might consider playing for another club." In Baltimore, Unitas denied making the statements about retiring or going to another club and said he was not "bitter" about not starting this Sunday. "I don't like to sit on the bench," he said. "Anyone with competitive spirit doesn't like to sit on the bench. Earl Morrall) doesn't like it either." WILL NOT RETIRE i -i SSr (- -J1 A regular-laden Bloomrngton Lincoln cage squad will provide a stern test for the relatively inexperienced but tall Winona High team in the opener for both squads at Bfoomington tonight.

The Bears of Lincoln are listed as a strong contender for the Lake Conference championship. Coach Joey Hutton's lineup will also show an overload of height with Scott Finley, 6-5 senior and Bill Stevens, 6-5 senior at forwards; Terry Martin, 6-5 senior at center and Dave Free, 6-2 senior and Greg Karbo, 6 0 senior at guards. If that is not enough, Hutton can also rely on reserves Pete Van Nice, 6-5 transfer student from Helena, and Dave Johnson, 6-2 junior forward. "WE HAVE three or four boys who are making the transition from football to basketbalf but we are as ready as you can be in nine days of practice," said Hutton. MIKE SCHULTZ last year." That statement means a lot because Jeresek has five lettermen, including two starters, back from last season's Root River championship team.

This contest may well be a test of divergent strategies. Jeresek admits that his Trojans "like to run and press a lot." Despite Rush-ford's admitted tactics, however, Nett has not had his team practice in preparation for any particular brand of offense or defense. "We haven't had enough time to work on anything special, just general practices," said coach Nett. Of the Cotter starters, only one is a regular and letterman from last year, that being Browne. As he indicated before, though, Nett doesn't expect the brunt of the scoring to gravitate into the hands of I I BALTIMORE (AP) Quar terback John Unitas, admitting he doesn't like to sit on the Baltimore Colts' bench, has denied reports he said he might retire or seek the undisputed No.

1 job with another club. "I don't know where you guys get these things," the 36-year-old National Football League veteran said when asked to comment on a story Thursday by Dean Eagle, sports editor of the Louisville Courier-Journal. "I have no idea of retiring or for going to another team," Unitas said in Baltimore late Thursday. Unitas was benched in the second half of last Sunday's 20-17 loss to the San Francisco 49ers, and Baltimore coach Don Shula has tabbed Earl Morrall as his starting quarterback this Sunday against the Bears in Chicago. The Louisville article quoted Unitas as being unhappy with the benching and with Shula 's This Week Basketball TODAY LOCAL SCHOOL Winona High Sloomingten Lincoln, 7:30 p.m.

OAIRYLAND Whitehall at Blair. Alma Centtr at Eltva-ftrum. Ono-Firchlld at Cochran FC. Augusta at Independcnct. WEST CENTRAL Taylor at Arkaniaw.

Immanutl Luthar at Alma High. COULEE West Salem at Bangor. Holmtn at Trtmpealaau. Gila-Ettrick at MclroM-Minflora. Arcadia at Onalatka.

DUNN-IT. CROIX Pepin at Somerset. Prescott at Plum City. Elmwood at Boyctville. NON-CONFERENCE Luverna at Mjnkalo.

Waseca at Faribault. Hopkint at Austin. Plainview at Lewitton. North Winneshiek, Iowa at La Crescent. Elgin at Peterson.

Holy Cross at Caledonia. Blake at Austin Pacelli. Kenyon at Wanamlngo. Cannon Falls at West Concord, Wabasha at Lake City. Zumbrota at Goodhue.

Chatfield at Slewartvillt. Kasson-Mantorvillo at Byron. Rosa Creek at Dodge Center. Pino Lsland at Maieppa. SATURDAY AT WINONA STATE (Nonconference) Wabasha vi.

Peterson Oilmenton vt. Cechrant-Fatintain City Cotter vs. Rushford NONCONFERENCE Faribault Deef at Wisconsin Deaf Houston at Elgin Dover-Eyota at St. Charles St. Paul Monroe at Owatonna Dodge Canter at Kasson-Manlorvlllt Rochester at Alexander Ramsey Cretin at Shattuck Red Wing at Rochester Lourdea Detroit.

"He's been improving with every game and doing a good job," Schmidt said of Landry. "Witih the experience of the last five games, it has made a world of difference." A defensive battle can be won by a kicker, and there Detroit has a definite advantage. Packer castoff Er-rol Mann has hit 15 of 19 for the Lions this season after being unable to make it in Green Bay last year. Mike Mercer, who made it in the strength of a tremendous exhibition season, it on the strength of a tre-and has had six blocked. 'L1 mi JK 4b Winona Daily Ntwt Winona, Minnesota FRIDAY, NOV.

21, 1969 MIKE O'BRIEN the coach says, "I don't know how effective a press would be. We're awful green yet." Offen i 1 Cotter's cagers will probably not do a lot of running but will rely on the steady play-making game that has characterized them in the past. Turning his thoughts to the Rushford Trojans, Nett confessed that he doesn't know quite what to expect from them. He saw them play once during the past season and commented, "They had a good ball club Skibob rental! in the state have soread to Rib Mountain near Wausau, to Mount La-Crosse, Whitecap Mountain at Montreal, and to other resorts, including some near the Wisconsin border in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. The ski-equipped "bicycles" aren't expected to replace snowmobiles.

But they offer an economical substitute to those who wince at the price tags on motorized sleds. Snowmobiles, originally developed by a Canadian in the 1930s to make it easier to survive the boredom and rigors of a Quebec winter, are now claimed by Wisconsin with the fervor of a Soviet invention-claims office. The Wisconsin Chamber Commerce figures the state had more than 56,000 individually owned machines on last year's snowmobile trails, or one of the sleds per 75 residents. That figure, the chamber says, makes the Badger State the nation's snowmobife capital. It is a fast-growing business.

A sports equipment salesman, Robert Clement of La Crosse, says he sold five last winter. He said he has already sold 50 this season. REGULAR? PL'E TO LACK OF FOOD BULK IN YOUR DIET Nett Says Balanced Scoring Needed The Bears scrimmaged last week with Rochester John Marshall, St. Paul Central and White Bear Lake. Hutton said JM and White Bear looked strong but Central appears to be down.

Hutton's Bears will display a deliberate type of attack. "We control our break and don't break unless we get the chance," he said. Kenney. on the other hand, says his Winhawks "wifl really scratch and break often." He added, "We'll try to put on as good a show as possible." STARTING for the Winhawks tonight will be Terry Hurlburt, 6-74 senior and Joe Ferguson, 6-5 junior at the double post, Scott Hazelton, 5-10 senior and Gary Bauer, 5-11 senior at wings and Mike Kenney, 5-11 senior at the point. Ready and available will be 6-5 junior Gary Mueller, 6-2 senior Steve Gilbertson and 6-1 senior Chuck Hansen.

"These STEVE WILTGEN one or two individuals. His logic behind this statement was that the cagers haven't been practicing long enough for anyone in particular to develop the scoring touch that needs renewal with each successive season. Balanced scoring will indeed be the order of the night for both teams. Jeresek indicates that his squad also stresses team balance. The difference will lie in the scoring methods.

Cotter will go about things with the slow and cautious approach characteristic of a team whose coach has accumulated many seasons of experience while the Trojans will assimilate the unreserved enthusiasm of their second year mentor. Game time is 9 p.m. and the site is Winona State's Memorial Hall. Ire Fnsc Carfsn in I mi nil in Mnuono ixnimu I By DAN NYSETH Daily News Sports Writer "Our scoring will be balanced," predicted Cotter basketball coach John Nett concerning the rapidly approaching season opener with Rushford at Winona State. "It'll have to depend upon that." This will be the first confrontation of the two squads under their present respective coaches, but that doesn't mean the two team heads are unfamiliar to one another.

Mike Jeresek, the Rushford mentor, play -dL Baltimore Colts' quarterback Winter Recreation Adds $50 Million in Wisconsin Johnny Unitas, shown above being collared by Minnesota Vikings' Jim Marshall, says he will not retire from football or seek to be sent to another NFL team. Unitas was benched last Sunday and replaced by 14-year veteran Earl Morrall. (Daily News photo) "ft- TOM BROWNE ed his high school basketball under Nett. Coach Nett has determined a starting lineup for the Saturday night contest of forwards Steve Wiltgen and Jim Nelson, both 6-0 juniors; guards letterman Tom Browne, a senior, and junior Mike Schultz, both of whom also measure 6-0 and Mike O'Brien, a 62 senior center. "We generally play man to man that's our basic defense," said coach Nett.

The Ramblers will probably not resort to the press, as abandon the kitchen and hearth for the chill weather. Ted Motschman, owner of the Mount La Crosse ski resort, points to his chalet's ski tog shop and its assortment of fancy outdoor apparel as proof that winter activity has become more sophisticated and more fashionable. "The whole act Is comfort," he said, "not less fashion consciousness, but more comfort consciousness." And what better comfort attuned activity than sitting down? The average ice fisherman seated on a wood crate beside a murky hole may be one of the few traditionalists still preferring a war surplus flight Jacket to the plastic-coated nylon garments now gracing the slopes and snow- mobile trails. The nrr mmd is reflected in padded snowmobile seats, and in the latest innovation in skiingseated schussing. "Americans like their fun without a lot of effort," Willy ScharffTer, University of Denver ski coach, said recently to explain the growth of skibob-bing in the Rotky Mountain states.

The skibob is a frame with seat and handlebars, a pair of short skis in front and another pair astern. The rider or skier wears a pair of similarly short skis for braking and balance. The skibob has ber-n popular in Europe for vears. but is onlv recen'ly cropping up in Wiscon sin. Mount Teiemark near Ca tie.

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