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Simpson's Leader-Times from Kittanning, Pennsylvania • Page 17

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Elderton High Ties Altoono ELDERTON Eltlerton and two losses and two ties. St. Vin- Altoona high ieams played yesterday school soccer deadlock on the a 1-1 afternoon Elderton field. It was practically a moral victory for Envin Olscn's (earn to hold such a large high school to a deadlock. a core Elderton's goal while Bamazzot- li tallied for the Mountain Lions.

Elderton had 17 shots at the cent Prep will play at Elderton on Friday at 4 p.m. Elderton starters were Rick Collar, Gary Johns, Dave Graff, Gerry Howard, Jerry Kimmell, Dave Richardson, Jeff Elgin, Chuck Miller, Tom Gratzmiller, Glenn Gratzmiller and Mike Schall. Elderton substitutes goal, including six corner kicks and had eight goalie saves. Altoona took 21 shots, with two corner kicks and had five goalie saves. Elderton had four fouls and no offsides while Altoona had seven fouls and two offsides.

Elderton's record is four wins, Vern Pom Demich, Rearick, Tom Spangler, Bud Orr, Bill Beers, Dick McKling, Dan Peck, Roger Hooks, Dan Heilman, Larry Graham. Altoona a were Ramazzotti, A Pennypacker, O'Donnell, Higgins, Marlett, Cox, Learner, Sauers, Butler, Walls. Youth vs Royals, Pilots Stock New Teams BOSTON (UPI)-- They paid looking ahead to "1970, 1971 and their money, million 1972" according to Genera apiece, and they took theiri Manager Cedric Tallis. choice. Neither ihe Kansas City figure that pitchers Roger Royals nor the Seattle Pilots'Nelson, 24, Steve Jones, 27, Jon ijxpect to become the butt of Warden, 22, Dave Morehead, 25 Met-type jokes.

Wally Bunker, 23, Jim Hooker The two brand new and Bill Butler, 21, have League franchises were stocked jvith rosters of 30 players each Tuesday. They paid the existing clabs $175,000 for each selection potential." But just in case their "kiddie korps" is too young," the Royals installed Hoyt Wilhelm ivji j.iu_vai aiiaiaueu XlOvl Wlineim in-'a day-long expansion draft. 45, and Moe Drabowsky 33, in Arid both managements came their bullpen. fiway poorer but insistent they Seattle wnt the veterans had gotten what they wanted. Kansas City went solidly for youth, some tried, most not.

Seattle went more for "name" players and, as a result, acquired a much older collection of veterans. Look To Future The Royals were admittedly i i Penn State Voted No. 1 (East Power i i EW YORK (UPI)-Penn State, unbeaten and untied and the nation's third-ranked major college power, was ranked No. 1 for the third straight week today in voting for the of Eastern football supremacy. The Nittany Lions, who beat UGLA 21-6 last Saturday, were h' unanimous choice of the art eight members of the commit- or what Tallis called players with "dwindling potential." Pilot General Manager Marvin Milkes didn't agree.

"We wanted established players and we got them. We got power and speed. We expect to trade for more pitching strength. We have players of value and people on the other clubs already want to talk to us. Our store is always open," Milkes added.

He displayed a chart listing selections by position that showed an infield of Don Mincher, 30, Ray Oyler, 30, Rich Rollins, 30, and Jack Hernandez, 28; an outfield of Tom Harper, 28, Tommy Davis, 29, and Chico Salmon 27; Jerry MeNertney, 32, as the catcher and Pitchers Buzz Stephen, "larty Pattin, 31, Gerald college schoen, 21, Jack Aker, 28, and Steve Barber, 29. Some Holes The Tallis player position tee and thus scored a tie" 80 points. They 'possi- were followed by Syracuse (3-1) with 72; points, Boston. College (3-0) with 63 points, Yale (3-0) with 51; points, Army (2-2) with 48 points and Princeton (2-1) with 32 points. Australians Compete NEW YORK (UPI)-For the first time ever an Australian was incomplete.

The center field position, for example, was entirely blank. But the Royals' boss quickly filled it with an arrow minor league outfielder Pat Kelly, 24- year-old brother of the Cleveland Browns' Leroy Kelly, from right to center. Tallis had Joe Foy, 25, Mike Fiore, 24, Paul Schaal, 25, and Billy Harris, 25, written across the top though additional notes confused the matter somewhat. In addition to Kelly, his 18--Leoder-Times Oct. 16.

Cats Given Edge Over Blue Devils San Diego State No. 1 In Small College Poll NEW YORK (UPI)-San Die- tough 31-28 decision to major go State's small college cham- college Cincinnati, but its pionship express gathering more steam. The Aztecs, just and keeps fy more game in four decisions helped the Florida school maintain its seeking an unprecedented third consecutive for the 22 nd week today when 35-member United Press International Board of Coaches in the nation. State, which small the 1968 grid season, hopes to make Leechburg win No. 2 this week.

The Wildcats, mauled by a tough early season schedule that threw them in with Burrell Freeport, and Punxsutawney, va th easier. for lts fourth straight victory, received 25 first place votes and points, the same figures as beating out The Blue Devils, host to Kittanning on Friday night, have TM" i may iiigiJl. ilaVc I a similar record, 1-5. showing ea Iy beatin out only a 6-0 vlctorv akota State (W) for victory Sewickley. Last Friday the Blue Devils were gunned down by Richland's undefeated Rams, 420.

Last year Kittanning crushed Leechburg 38-0, finding Devils a soft touch, but the this JEftRY SLOAN (4) of the Chicago Bulls and Willie Reed of the N.Y. Knicks go 6 JD iiuwiuu miv up for a rebound during their game at Knicks. The Bulls won, 100-96. j' up i Telephoto) Madison Square Garden last night. Looking on is Howard Komives of the Bulls Upset Knicks, Win 100-96 Tilt By United Press International Dick Motta, a successful college coach who gave up a ecure job in his home state to nter the unpredictable ranks of )rofessional basketball, has no egrets thus far and he robably won't as long as his Chicago Bulls continue winning.

The Bulls gave rookie coach Motta a big sendoff. Tuesday light in opening their 1968-69 National Basketball Association campaign by upsetting the New York Knickerbockers 100-96. Motta, who coached at little Weber State at Ogden, Utah, After Upsetting Purdue. Woody Hayes UPI Coach of Week COLUMBUS (UPI) Woody rush than most teams have year's meeting is rated as an I even battle, with the edge, if 'any, going to Kittanning. i Pitt Gets Hard Work After Loss PITTSBURGH (UPI) Pitt's football team will get plenty of contact work this week.

Coach Dave Hart told a group of sportswriters at a weekly luncheon Tuesday he was unhappy with his team for "giving up" against Syracuse last Saturday. "They threw the towel in," Hart said. "I let them know about it in no uncertain terms." He said he was going to work them hard this week. Hart said he scrimmaged -the Panthers Monday night and gave post practice duties to players who scored poorly on a film review of the 50-17 loss to the Orangemen. The only players excused top ranking.

North Dakota State, now 5-0 after wrecking Augustana 70-18, received four first place ballots the voting. Texas AI took third again, followed by Eastern Kentucky which moved up to fill the void created when Northern Michigan lost to North Texas State 21-3 and plunged to 12th. New Mexico Highlands earned three first place votes en route to No 5 ranking while Chattanooga took sixth and Arkansas State College seventh. Tampa lost a Hayes being 'feels nameo" guilty" United International's Coach of the Week today for his Ohio State Buckeyes' shutout of Purdue Saturday. That means coordinator Lou McCulIough, interior line coach BH1 Mallory, defensive end coach Esco Sarkkinen and defensive backfield coach Lou Holtz.

Hayes and his four-man staff laid the groundwork for last about given them, tied up very tightly Press with excellent pass coverage. National Horse Show here. The Australians will send the TM Joe Keough, 22, Steve Whitaker, 25, and Bob a Oliver, 25. The long list of delegation of three riders pitchers, a dozen righthanders competition scheduled for land five southpaws, dominated Tv.t/._i. KJIUI.C at ugueii, Ulan -before taking the post with the Saturdav stunning 13-0 upset Bulls, was the happiest man on win ov tthe Previously unbea- ten and first-ranked Boilermakers.

Their Buckeyes did the rest in limiting Purdue to just 57 yards rushing and blanking a team that had averaged 41.3 points in three previous victories. Both Ohio State touchdowns were set up by pass interceptions. Ted Provost ran back an intercepted pass 35 yards for the Buckeyes' first score. "Purdue gives you two problems," Hayes pointed out. "Through the years they've Nov.

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"I knew we could do it and I'm very proud of my boys," said the young coach who acquired his winning habits at Weber State. The big star in the Bulls' win was Flynn Robinson, a former University of Wyoming star who came to the Bulls from the Cincinnati Royals. Robinson pumped in 32 points and rookie center Tom Boerwinkle did an outstanding job of rebounding to preserve the win. The Bulls led 50-42 at haHtime and built the margin to 61-46 passing. We gave them a harder shocker" before Cazzie Russell led a Knick surge that cut the margin 75-74 at the three-quarter mark.

Then the lead see-sawed until Boerwinkle gave the Bulls a 9139 advantage with 3:11 to go. Chicago never relinquished that lead. Russell led (he Knicks with 29 points. maintained an excellent balance seen," and labeled between passing and running. "Occasionally we sent a linebacker blitzing through.

We felt we had a good pass rush. We felt we had a real quick pass defense. When Purdue's running attack had obviously failed, they tried draw plays. That failed, too. Then the more he (Mike Phipps) passed, the harder he got rushed.

He didn't have tune to pick out receivers. By the time he did, he was on the seat of his pants. '0ur kids were able to anticipate what was coming They were always in the right place at the right time," Hayes said. In stopping Purdue, the Buckeyes put the clamps on All- America halfback Leroy Keyes, who managed just 19 yards in seven carries. Keyes, also a dangerous pass receiver, fin ished with three reception; totaling 44 yards.

Hayes called it "the greates defensive effort I have 'com the rough drills were quarterback Dave Havern, split end Skip Orszulak and linebacker Jeff Barr. Barr was one of those injured in the Syracuse game. Hart said that because of the large number of injuries he We stopped (Leroy) Keyes sweeps, we cut off their State prior to fast i -i "greatest victory." He collected 109 victories at Navy. spectacles in a game showing in losing only its first No. 8 ranking.

Small College Grid Ratings NEW YORK (UPI) The United Press International top 20 small college football teams with first-place votes and won- lost-tied records in parentheses. (Fourth week.) Team Points 1. San Diego St. (25) (4-0)330 2. N.Dak.

St. (4) (5-0) 3. Texas AI (4-0) 4. Eastern Ky. (1) (4-0) 5.

N.Mex. Hilnds (3) 6. Chattanooga (4-0) 7. Arkansas St. (4-1) 8.

Tampa (3-1) 9. Western Ky. (1) (4-0) 10. Weber St. (4-0) Second 10--11.

Morgan (40); (21); Alcorn (AIM) (15); 15. Texas- Arlington (14); 16. Northern Iowa (13); 17. Troy St. (1); 18.

Tie, Montana Colorado State (Greeley), Willamette and Appalachian (1) (10). 292 239 222 156 133 84 82 72 54 St. 12. Northern Michigan 13. C.

W. Post (16); 14. Kansas City Chiefs Have Leaders in Air, Scoring NEW YORK (UPI)-All it takes to know why the Kansas City Chiefs are leading the Western Division of the American Football League is one look at the individual offensive statistics in the sixth week of the season. The Chiefs, who took First place last Sunday with their fifth victory in six games, have the individual leaders in passing and scoring and the No. 2 and No.

9 runners in tbe league. Len Dawson is the passing leader with 61 completions in' 156 attempts for a .494 percentage, 1268 yards, nine touchdowns and an 8.13 average gain while Joe Namath of the New York Jets is third with 85172 for .494, 1339 yards, eight touchdowns and 7.78. Jan Stenerud is the leading over! scorer with 68 points on 14 extra points and 18 field goals-20 points more than Jim Turner of the Jets, who has 48 points on 15 extra points and 11 field goals. George Blanda of the Oakland Haiders is third with 40 points. 102 attempts for a percentage, touchdowns 818 and yards, an average Hewritt Dixon of the Raiders 3 gained 484 yards in 91 four attempts for a 5.3 yard average and the Chiefs' Bob Holmes, 5- second with 77 completions in Collins Treated 0 ui njunca MC uuers is imra ana rsen vires was making backup quarter- CLEVELAND, Ohio (UPI)-of the Buffalo Bills is fourth back Frank Gustine a second Flanker Gary Collins i unit defensive back and shifting Cleveland Browns has second string split end Bill PH-entered the hospital for treat- conis to first string defensive ment of a shoulder injury for Saturday's game at incurred 10 days ago in a game second with 335 yards on 54 attempts for a 6.2 average.

Hoyle Granger of the Houston Oilers is third jind Ben Gregory The No. 9 ranking runner is re-Kansas City's Mike Garrett, who has gained 208 yards on 59 attempts for a 3.5 average. with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Collins underwent surgery SPECTACULAR FIRST NEW YORK (UPI)-Boston's William H. White was, in 1877, first National League his shoulder or insert new ones' aaseball pitcher ever to wear during his second visit to the' ALERT INTERCEPTORS HOUSTON, (UPI)-The a J.CA.

following the Steeler game for a American Football League's shoulder separation and doc-jrecord for pass interceptions in tors will tighten the pins in, one season is held jointly by hospital. Fred Click of Houston and Dainard Paulson of the 1964 N.Y. Jets. FAN FARE Bv Walt Ditzen With 206-yard SMU Top Passing Eleven in Nation NEW YORK (UPI)-- The pin- The Bulls-Knick game with accuracy of Chuck Hixson for a .607 percentage. HOCKEY AU2EAPV? Windows Condensation Weather? the only one scheduled Tuesday.

Three games are scheduled tonight' with Detroit at Balti- has enabled Southern Methodist to open up a 206-yard advantage uumguL yum juuiron at hsalti. more, Chicago at nval rmlPPP nnscinff nffonco tViic. and Cincinnati at Atlanta. NBA Standings By United Press International college season. Baltimore Boston Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Philadelphia New York East W.

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Pet. G.B. passing offense this Figures released today by the National Collegiate Sports Services showed that Southern Methodist has gained 1352 yards passing in four games com! pared to 1146 by West Virginia for in the same number of games. Southern Methodist has completed HI of 208 passes for a -534 percentage while West Virginia has completed 85 of 140 Hixson has accounted almost all SMU's passing yardage with a spectacular; individual performance which includes 108 completions in 196 attempts for 1332 yards. i Stanford ranks third, Cincin- 1 nati is fourth and the University of Texas at El Paso is fifth in passing offense, followed by Tulsa, Duke, Columbia, David-son and Yale.

Houston, which has won two smes, lost one and tied one, is jthe leader in total offense with Chicago i 1.000 Atlanta 0 0 .000 Los Angeles 0 0 .000 Phoenix 0 .000 San Diego 0 0 .000 San Diego 0 0 .000 San Fran 0 0 .000 Seattle 0 0 Tuesday's Results Chicago 100 New York 96 (only game scheduled) Race Scheduled LONG POND, Pa. (UPI)-- u. The National Open Champion- ship Race for Super-Modified Valcars will be held Oct. 19 and 29 the partially completed no International Raceway. Vij Construction crews have been overtime to complete an average of 517.3 yards per game followed closely by Indiana with an average 505.5.

Virginia is third with 496.8' and Notre Dame fourth with 493.8. Princeton, co-leader of the Ivy League, offense with game with leads 365.0 and Virginia 355.5 while in rushing yards per is second unbeaten is the 3x4 mile oval and it expected to be in top shape for the championship. Kansas is the national scoring leader with 176 points in four games for a 44-point-per-game average. Houston is second with 40.5 and Ohio University third with 40 per game. INSTALL STORM SASH ROW! STORM SASH AVAILABLE NOW FOR ANY SIZE WINDOW.

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