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I 26 The Boston Globe Tuesday, October 29, 1974 I Si NH, PLAYBACK ffiirnovers tell ales of woe tfr Jack Craig i p. (yi( fimmi ffftlfct IIS! Force him inside Bears tip Patriots on how to halt OJ United Press International CHICAGO The Chicago Bears believe that in defeat Sunday they took the heart for combat out of the Buffalo Bills' mainstay, running back O.J. Simpson. "O.J. didn't want to run in the second free safety Garry Lyle said.

"He caught a pass, then he ran for nine yards, and then he ran on the next play and somebody hit him. "He didn't run the rest of the game. Oh, he carried the ball, but he didn't run." Coach Abe Gibron said the Bears, beaten 16-6, went into the game planning to make Simpson, the only NFL player ever to gain 2,000 yards in a single season, run inside. "To do that," he said, "you've got to have team defense. The linemen have to get to their gaps.

We had a linebacker and our strong safety come across so he had to run inside. "It worked. O.J. not only gave his offensive line hell because he didn't like it, he ran the fullback out of there to get (Jim) Braxton in there to block. "I'd like to play them every week." The Bears held Simpson to 62 yards in 17 carries and for the sixth straight game did not give up a touchdown in the second half Here's one way to beach a Dolphin.

Miami's Melvin used to snare field goals and extra points while catch-Baker winds up hung out to dry after landing in net ing pass out of end zone against Colts Sunday. (UPI) 25 Patriots banged up, but Bills hurting, too lobe Staff The term "turnover" has joined the language of ffcotball almost as much as punt and pass. And apparently it is more important. The word means a mistake, in the form of fumbles ajid interceptions, and generally falls outside the control oJ the most carefully calculated game plans. It seems cjTicial to victory and defeat i Last Sunday, for instance, of the 12 NFL games played, only once did the team that committed more tirnovers triumph.

The Dolphins suffered three compared to two for Baltimore during their 17-7 win. The one-sided ratio held up for the previous two Sundays, too. On Oct. 20 there was just one exception to tie tendency, again the Dolphins as they toppled the Quefs despite three interceptions compared to two for te losers. Does Miami's ability to win in spite of mistakes suggest how strong the Super Bowl defenders really ace? Or do those errors demonstrate a past precision gpne that-a-way? I The previous Sunday, Oct.

13, the team with the njost turnovers won only twice in 12 games. The Dolphins were involved in one of those statistics against the gfain, losing to Washington, 20-17, despite the latter's fur-to-three edge in mistakes. The other instance was Ajtlanta tipping Chicago, 13-10, despite out-erring its opponent, five to three. i A careful look at the difference in turnover totals during major upsets over the last three Sundays verifies the importance of the term. In the Oilers' 34-21 slfocker over Cincinnati, the latter had six turnovers, Houston none.

Less emphatically, the numbers hold up for surprising upsets in other games surveyed. 1 At the risk of carrying collective statistics over the bink, there is one other for the three Sundays of play wjiich tends to refute arguments that officials' penalty calls turn around ball games. Of the 36 games checked, 25 occasions the winners were penalized the most. Are rougher teams better teams? i Last Sunday's results sharply colored playoff hopes. The Bengals' and Broncos' chances of wild-card berths siiff ered badly as each lost for the third time.

Cincinnati his two games left with the Steelers, Denver two with Oakland, in addition to other toughies. Five losses appear to be a no-no for the wild-card in this season of Etstern Division strength among the Patriots, Dolphins aadBills. i For that matter, four losses could be one too many c-r the first time since the system was developed, which could be ominous for the Patriots. After all, among tljem, Miami and Buffalo, one will win the division and only one can qualify for the wild-card. Meanwhile, in the NFC the wild-card picture is widening.

Seven teams are only a game apart, with 4-3 or 3-4 records, all legitimate contenders at midseason. tyen Atlanta and San Francisco have a right to maintain a dream. The wild-card scramble in the NFC is the key because the Cardinals (7-0) have such a long lead now aid the Vikings and the Rams plainly seem so superior, despite recent difficulties, over the mediocre clubs smuggling in their divisions. After three weeks in which 100 yards were gained by only 11 runners, eight surpassed the figure on Sunday, led by unheralded Don Woods, with 154 yards in a losing cause for San Diego. It marked the third time in jur weeks that Woods topped the roadrunners.

a Miami a first with two 100-yard runners Patriot tight end Bob Windsor underwent surgery for a torn medial ligament in his, right knee yesterday and will be placed on the injured reserve list for the rest of the season Bob Adams will move up as starting tight end Linebacker John Tanner and running back John Tarver will be groomed as tight ends to back up Adams "The doctors told me after the operation that there weren't any complications or anything unusual," said coach Chuck Fairbanks. "Tanner played some tight end in San Diego and Canada before coming here. Tarver has the ability to play" tight end. We'll look around for another tight end, but right now. we don't know where we can get one." Linebacker Will Foster, who quit the team last week, came back to practice yesterday "I didn't ask all these injuries are coming because we're playing in so many competitive games.

There's been a lot of noise out there when that ball is snapped. Fairbanks praised defensive end Julius Adams for his work against Minnesota: "He might have played his best game as a Patriot." Buffalo has some injuries. Since the Pats played them two weeks ago, the' Bills have lost starting outside linebackers John Skorupan and Rich Lewis with injuries Cornerman Dwight Harrison didn't play against Chicago Sunday, but is supposed to be ready this week. Fullback Jim Braxton was rested Sunday, but had to come into the game in the third period when the Bills were having a hard time moving the ball. WILLMcDONOUGH PATRIOTS NOTEBOOK him why he left," said Fairbanks, "i only asked him jf he wanted to play football.

He said he did. Right now I'm interested in the future, not the past. The injury to-Windsor leaves a spot open on our roster, so we could put Foster on if we want to." Twenty-four Patriots were treated by trainer Tom Healion yesterday. Wide receiver Steve Schubert was on crutches, hobbled by a sprained knee. Corner-back Ron Bolton had a broken finger.

"Just the usual kind of Monday around here," smiled Fairbanks. "I don't know if anyone will miss our game with Buffalo. It's too early in the week to judge that. I think maybe Right through the winter, trout there for the fishing WOODS AND SHORE MONTY MONTGOMERY Even working at it, I have trouble remembering the endless opportunities for fishing in this state. Just remember, when it comes to it, I said fishing, not catching.

We forget that the trout season is now open virtually year-round, with some legal wrinkles. On Sunday, I took a hike by the Squannacook River in the Groton Conservation Commission area, just to be out of doors. The water is just at ideal fishable levels, and in the brief warm of the after- noon a light hatch of mayflies came off the water. Besides the duns, the immature flies just there were some spinners hovering in the pine branches. 'It never occurred, to me to take a rod, although the trout season will be open until mid-March.

yellow or natural deer hair, with or without a touch of maribou feather. The most intriguing fly-tying problem, one I have yet to see solved adequately, will be the creation of a streamer fly that imitates the juvenile herring that abound in Cape and southeastern ponds that are linked to the sea. You can drift along the thoroughfare between Mashpee and Wakeby ponds and watch clouds of tiny brilliant silver herring fry schooling below the canoe. A white maribou streamer with a silver body is not a bad imitation, but it is much too opaque. If there is a satisfactory streamer wing material which is transparent and silvery, I haven't seen it.

In the old days, when it was available, a very sparse tie of genuine polar bear hair was the closest match to fishy transparency. It will close just long enough to get the houses off the ice and the stocked fish into the rivers and streams. However, the reclaimed ponds (which are all but one on the Cape, and all pretty well marked with signs that hot only prohibit winter fishing, but the use of live bait year around) are closed. For good trout water, that leaves us with' the big ponds, Mashpee-Wakeby and John's Pond on the Cape, and Long Pond in Plymouth. The limit in the legal ponds and the rivers and streams is just two trout a day, and it will be hard enough to catch that limit, small as it is.

From now until at least December, trout in the Cape ponds will be active, chasing minnows in the shallows, and working over the occasional nymphs that abound year-round over mossy and grassy bottom. In shallow water, the fisherman is advised to spend more time looking for cruising trout than casting blindly. In land-locked ponds, the favorite pattern of anglers of my acquaintance is the old standard, the black-nosed dace. I seldom spy a genuine black-nosed dace in the Cape ponds, or Walden, but it is a good representative minnow imitation. The second choice, probably more because the anglers have faith in it than because of any special virtue, the fly may have, is one of the Muddler series, either Westfall nets 3 as Islanders roll Celtics regain Nelson for 3-in-ro Cavaliers NHL ROUNDUP turn back Pittsburb, 20- By Bob Ryan Globe Staff The victory lifted the first-place Kings record to 6-1-3 and 15 points while the Penquins remained winless in their last five gapies.

From Wire Services Former Bruin Ed West-fall and Bill MacMillan scored three goals each last night and the New York Islanders cruised to a 10-1 triumph over the California Golden Seals. The 10 goals were the most ever scored by the Islanders, in their third DON NELSON back in action irj the same game, Don Nottingham and Benny Malone. The biggest offensive explosion of the weekend was provided by a loser, the Bengals, with 608 yards. Next iri punch were the Patriots, with 510 yards. The best defensive performance, statistically, was Buffalo, holding the Bears to an aggregate 274 yards.

The cluster of quarterback deals negotiated last week had little immediate effect in the won and lost columns Sunday. For the most part, the traded signal callers didn't play. The exception was Craig Morton of the Giants. After watching the first period of Dallas's 21-7 victory frpfli Jhe bench, Morton came in and went the rest of the way. He hit 11 of 22 passes for 185 yards including a 7-yarder that left the Giants on Dallas's three-yard line as the first half ended.

But the Cowboys intercepted hip three times. "I was keyed up, and I was under pressure," Morton said. "I wanted to play but I only had about 20 or) 25 plays to choose from. I haven't been here long enough to get the Giants' system." season. Their previous high was in a 9-7 victory over Boston last Jan.

18. Westfall collected two of his tallies in a four-goal New York second period, while MacMillan scored twice in the four-goal third session when the Islanders fired 20 shots on the Seals' goal. Bob Bourne, Billy Harris, Ernie Hicks and Gary Howatt' had the other goals for New York, which ran its record to 6-1-1. KINGS, 2-0 Goalie Rogie Vachon posted his 23rd career shutout and first of the season to help Los Angeles Kuberski stars in 'Hall' game Associated Press SPRINGFIELD Newly-acquired Steve Kuberski came off the bench to lead the Milwaukee Bucks to an 88-75 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers last night in the third annual Basketball Hall of Fame exhibition game. CLEVELAND For four years they formed a perfect unholy trinity the city, the team and, most of all, the arena.

Now, those days are gone. Tonight's Celtics game with the three-wins-in-a-row Cavaliers (WBZ, 8 o'clock) will not be in Cleveland Arena, which was not only the coldest arena in the Western Hemisphere but was also the only one in which the plumbing system was older than the combined age of the players. Instead, the contest will be in what is termed simply, "The Coliseum," an edifice seating 19,500 which will be the home of the Nick Mileti Empire (the Cavaliers and the Crusaders). Located in the southern suburb of Richfield Township, some 25 minutes from both Cleveland and Akron, the Coliseum is expected to spark interest in both Mileti teams. It has already worked wonders for the Cavaliers, who tonight are expecting the largest crowd ever to see them play, which could mean anything from 12,000 up.

The fans will see an improved Cavalier team that recovered from dropping its first 1 three games to launch its present streak. -iVV Coach Bill Fitch has coaxed the" most out of such people as Bobby Smith, Jim Chones and Steve Patterson while attempting to establish Jim Cleamons as his play-maker and Dick Snyder as a swingman. 53 mm $1 tfRUINS NOTEBOOK KM Kuberski, a former Celtics reserve forward who went in the expansion draft to the New Orleans Jazz before being picked up by the Bucks, scored a game-high 18 points and led Milwaukee with 12 rebounds and four assists. He sparked a second-period Milwaukee outburst at Springfield's new Civic Center Arena which brought the from a one-point deficit to a 53-41 halftime lead. Sophomore forward Steve Mix paced Philadelphia with 17 points and 19 rebounds.

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