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HUDSPETH, BOYLE STRONG CONTENDERS Tulsa Search Continuing Trade to Chiefs Super for Lowe Running back Paul Lowe had straddled one of the two chairs that belongs in his hospital room. A nurse was dangling from, his right pulse and a thermometer tinkled across his front teeth as he enthusiastically discussed Kansas City's prospects of being super enough to win the Super Bowl. 1 (-, "Is it normal?" he asked when the nurse had seen it was no use trying to take a man's temperature when his mouth won't stay shut, i "Probably," she said. Mr. Lowe's left shoulder kept getting better over the weekend but his blood pressure must have gone up something awful as he sweat out the latest American Football League developments.

On Saturday he had to watch his television to make sure the Chiefs did in Denver, which they did with ease. The next afternoon he hoped his old buddies, the. San Diego Chargers, could upend Oakland and thereby John Dratz is chairman. The committee's recommendation then goes to the athletic committee of the board of trustees and to the president of the university. Don P.

Holmes is chairman of the athletic committee of the trustees. "There is nothing scheduled as of this moment," Dobbs said after returning from his trip. "I have been out of the state talking to coaches and athletic directors and we hope to have some more interviews in the next few days." "There are some telephone calls we are expecting by tomorrow (Tuesday) that will determine when interviews will be scheduled." Dobbs announced his resignation as coach a week ago at the end of a disappointing 3-7 season which saw the Hurricane crushed by Houston 100-6 in one game. TULSA. (AP) Glenn Dobbs, outgoing football coach at the University of Tulsa, Monday said the university hopes to name his successor before Christmas.

But Dobbs, who has been traveling in several states in the search for a new coach, said he does not know when any more faculty conferences will be held with potential coaches. He said he could not even estimate at this time how many men would be interviewed. Interviews were held late last week with Tommy Hudspeth, Brigham Young coach, and with Chuck Boyle, a Dobbs assistant now. Dobbs described both as strong Hudspeth has been considered -a very strong possibility locally because of a northeast Oklahoma background. He is a native of Afton and played at the University of Tulsa'.

Tuesday, Dec. 17, 1968 13 Dobbs said he was interviewed early, along with Boyle, "because he. was in the area recruiting." Potential choices will be interviewed first by the faculty athletic committee of which Steeler Coach FRANK BOGGS Fired PITTSBURGH (AP) Pittsburgh Steeler coach Bill Austin, whose record got worse each year, was given the ax Monday after, winning umy iwu gcinies uus season. When you don't wm, guess you do something about it," Austin said when asked why his contract wrap up the. AFL's Western Division title for Kansas They came, closa; close enough, so the Chiefs must meet Oakland next Sunday for the right to challenge Joe Namath and the New York Jets for the Super Bowl berth.

Lowe has been in town having a separated shoulder put back together. Part of it went this way and another part went that way the first time he carried the football this "season after being shipped to the Chiefs from San Diego. "I ran a sweep and they had a safety blitz on. I tried to stiff-arm this guy and then an outside linebacker came up and hit me." Lowe met earth with athud left shoulder first. When he decided to try standing again something was -sticking out.

He assumed that something was a shoulder pad. "I tried to tuck it back," he said. "But it was my shoulder." So Lowe has not spent this fall running up and down football fields. When he's able he is one of the best in the business at that. He.

joined the Chargers when the league was formed in 1960 and by 1965, when he gained wasn't renewed. However, the 40-year-old protege of Vince Lombardi held out little hope for a quick improvement in the fortunes of the Steelers, who have never won any kind of title in the National Foot ball League. Help Needed "They need help in certain he told a news con ference. Austin, whose three-year- record was 11-28-3, said he would stay in" coaching even if he had to take an assistant's job. I'm a darned good line coach, he said.

The Steelers said they 1,121 yards, was named AFL player-of-the-year. Lowe has been, an observer the' AFL since day one. "It was awful at first," he admits. "No teams had time enough to get' organized and work together. As I.

look back, it's. made tremendous improvement. You're REALLY playing pro football now. So much more has been added to the offenses new wrinkles, new ideas. It's just like modern-day life.

You gotta be ready for the switch or be left out in the wash." Lowe played on some excellent teams at San Diego. But from what hefs seen at City -none can compare with this year's band of Chiefs. He was happy to make the move. From visiting with him you can guess he is not serving as president of the Sid GHlman Fan Club, the man he played under for eight seasons be- were going to interview a lot ference title. Bob Hayes got in this predicament when he sailed out of the end zone in New York Sunday after catching a TD THE DALLAS COWBOYS will be hoping for a little better playing conditions than this when they meet the Cleveland Browns Saturday for the NFL Eastern Con of men for the job.

2 Names Mentioned Dan Rooney, vice presi dent of the club, said Penn Santa Clara Soars to 10th State coach Joe'Paterno and Florida State coach Bill Pe terson had been mentioned Art Rooney, owner of the St. Bonaventure advanced Steelers, said it was painful By Associated Press It's: only fitting that Santa a notch to ninth. Kansas held to let Austin go because he 11th place. had gotten along so well with Louisville, both 5-0, are the new clubs among the ranking teams. State climbed to 14th and Louisville to 19th.

The powerful UCLA Bruins maintained their solid hold on first place al the organization. The only problem that 1. UCLA (29) 3-3 598 2. North Carolina (1) 4-0 i-BS $8 5. New Mexico 5-0 351 downed San Francisco 7S-56 last week for a 5-0 season's mark.

The setback dropped Houston' from to 20th place, almost knocking the Cougars into the laps of the Duke Blue Devils and Iowa Hawk-eyes: puke, ninth a week ago, dropped out of the rankings altogether; after losing Claus should be the big wheel at this time of year, but the old guy' with the sleigh and white beard took a back seat Monday, to Santa Clara, suddenly among the elite in The Asociated Press' major college basketball poll. we've had is that we didn't win enough ball games," he though they were not a unanimous choice as, they were a dd. After the fans lost interest Paul Lowe fore headin' He's a large booster of Hank Stram, the Kansas City coach. "We feel about him! like the guys felt about Vince Lombards. Kansas City is an organization, that lets you know where you stand.

It's where they talk to you like a man7 It's really a close-knit organization. Now the players, we can call each: other names. But if a stranger comes along and does- that he'd be in big trouble." Lowe says an improved Chief defense makes this the best Kansas City team yet. "You can't find a weakness in it." He says if they can hurdle Oakland, then New York, they can become the first AFL team to win the Then he said something about that "$25,000 at the end of the rainbow" and his left shoulder already was feeling much better, thank you. 9.

St. Bonaventure 10. Santa Clara week ago. The Bruins -col The -Broncos soared from midway through the season, Pitt Stadium wasn't haif filled for many games and the Rooneys said it cost lected 29 votes, top spot among the 30 sports writ and broadcasters 15. California 16.

Lasalle three games last week. Iowa relinquished 19th place and a 16th all the way to- 10th place, highlighting the voting in the" latest poll based 17. Ohio State Kentucky participating in the poll 19. Louisville them $100,000 a Sunday. standing among the Top 20 after its defeat by Wichita State.

on games through last Satur 20. Houston Others recelvlnq votes, listed Runnerup North Carolina Tutored by Lombardi Austin, an offensive guard day. Santa Clai-a upset 12- took the other first place Wasblnalon, quesne, Florida, George ranked Houston 75-50 and Michigan, New Mexico State and vote. Tulsa, 'Vanderbll't, Wisconsin, Wyoming with the New York Giants for seven years, joined Lombardi at Green Bay in 1959 and stayed there until 1964 when he spent a year with Redskin Back Is Satisfactory the Los Angeles Rams. He came to Pittsburgh in Vikings Poised For Discipline 1966 and produced a 5-8-1 Cowboys Will Key On Kelly Saturday season, better than expect- But last year he was WASHINGTON (AP) 4-9-1 and he finished up his Redskins rookie Jim Smith, three year contract with who suffered a broken neck MINNEAPOLIS (AP) discipline ourselves more on Sunday in Washington's sea the field, we could be a bet-.

2-11-1 season, leaving the Steelers tied with Atlanta and Philadelphia as the only teams in the NFL with only The Minnesota Vikings call it coach Bud Grant's discipline program. ter football team. son-ending National Football League game with Detroit, was listed in satisfactory condition in a hospital Mon We knew we had the per two victories. The players give that pro sonnel to hold our own with Austin refused to talk gram part of the credit for day. anyone in the Central Divi about the Steeler personnel sion if we stopped beating Team physician Dr.

Minnesota's championship in the Central Division of the; Monday, but he said all sea outselves with mistakes George A. Resta said there has been no indication of DALLAS (AP) Dallas coach Tom Landry said Monday the Cow boys must stop Cleveland's Le-roy Kelly to win the National Football League Eastern Conference title Saturday. "Cleveland has a great running game and Kelly is just a great performer," Landry said. "Kelly will be our No. 1 objective." National Football League.

son that defense, especially pass defense, was killing the Tinglehoff said. "Looking When the Vikings gathered club. paralysis. Smith is scheduled to re back at the season, we didn't make as many mental errors and the championship last summer for training No Apologies main in the hospital in trac He told one reporter after Grant and the Viking staff sought to instill a program resulted." Monday's session that, when against Cleveland in the playoff game. "Baynham will be OK and I feel (defensive tackle) Jethro Pugh should be ready to go," Landry said.

Pugh also suffered a knee injury in the New York game which was played in 17-degree cold and snow flurries. Landry said quarterback Don Meredith "will stay in the game all' the way" against Cleveland even though the veteran signal was ineffective against the Giants. "We have a 12-2 record with Meredith," Landry said. Noting that it will probably be cold in Cleveland tion for two to six weeks. Resta said the defensive Saturday, Landry said "We can't worry about the weather.

Even if it's around 20 degrees it shouldn't bother us. We did pretty well in New York yesterday." Dallas defeated Cleveland 28-7 in September but Landry said: Cleveland has retained the confidence it lost earlier in the year. Quarterback Bill Nelson has given the Browns a lot of momentum. The loss to St. Louis in the final game of the season shouldn't hurt them because they went into it with the same feeling we did, just trying to use everybody on the squad." The Vikings continue their to cut down on the mistakes he came to Pittsburgh, the comeback Sunday, playing that troubled the Vikings in personnel was worse than an Mike Sinnerud 89ers Lose Two in Trade Baltimore for the Western back is expected to recover completely and should be a 3-8-3 season.

expansion club. Conference championship, The extra work apparently Austin said he had no apol They know a $25,000 jack paid off and the Vikings' pot awaits the eventual Su 24-17 victory over the Phila- ogies to make for trading quarterback Bill Nelsen to Cleveland where he led the per Bowl champion but the delphia Eagles Sunday gavej Vikings will be trying to Minnesota the division title Browns to a division title. The Houston Astros think of football, not dollar when Green Bay beat Chica Nelsen was never healthy swapped catchers with the signs. go 28-27. with the Steelers, he said, able to return to football next year.

Films showed Smith, who had fallen on a dropped football, was injured Sunday when kicked in the neck by a teammate who tried to leap over him. Smith, a first-round draft choice from Oregon, had won a starting berth at safety in his initial season with the Redskins. Kansas City Royals Monday You could see in training! The Vikings had an 8-6 The sanay-haired, even in a three-for-one trade and camp last summer that the record, Chicago finished at tempered Austin who of included in the deal were 7-7. ten wears aust shirtsleeves two Oklahoma City 89ers players matured a great deal," said offensive tackle Grady Alderman, the last of Poise and discipline are on the sidelines despite bit Portuguese Pretender, The Astros gave up rookie! so much a part of football ter cold is a native of San Pedro, and grew up in Off to Angola War the original expansion team catcher John Martinez and and winning football teams Expos' Mota Slated For Elbow Surgery MONTREAL (AP) A spokesman for the Montreal in 1961. S9ers Mike Sinnerud, an in Grant, in his second season ground gainer in the NFL and the heart of what Lan- dry calls "an excellent rushing football team." Landry said he didn't think there would be a re-Tpeat of last year's performance in which Dallas crushed Cleveland 52-14 in the Cotton Bowl.

"But you know it's hard to say how a game of this importance will turn out particularly if a team gets the momentum like we got last year," Landry said. unpredictable things can happen." Landry said Dallas running star Craig Baynham. be ready for the Browns although the Georgia Tech star suffered a slight knee in last Sunday's 28-10 "victory over New York. Baynham scored three touchdowns last year Woodburn, Ore. He was LISBON (AP) The pre.

"They stopped talking fielder, and catcher Tommy lineman with Oregon State in the NFL after 10 years coaching in Canada, said tender to the Portuguese about money they might win smith in exchange for John before going to the Giants throne, Prince Pio de Bra in the Super Bowl and start Expos of the National League said Monday the ed thinking of winning foot several weeks ago. "I think the players can see where the discipline is winning ball Legra OK's Fight 76ers' Jackson Has 2nd Leg Operation PHILADELPHIA (AP) Luke Jackson of the Philadelphia 76ers underwent a ny Jones, who hit .246 with Buffalo of the International League last year. Martinez and Jones were picked in the ganca, has gone off to war in Angola, the West African territory where Portuguese club has been advised that outfielder Manny Mota will ball games." Jap Mat Great Dies LONDON (AP) Jose Le games and the poise is put forces have been fighting undergo surgery this week in recent draft by the Astros! ting the pressure on other teams. With that kind of black nationalist guerrillas TOKYO (AP) Sadaji and Royals, respectively. since 1961.

Houston for an elbow injury. Mota, 30, has been plajrfng winter baseball In his native gra, Spanish claimant of the world featherweight boxing title, will defend his share of the crown against Australian Johnny Famechon at Lon background and that kind of Akiyoshi, president of the Japan sumo wrestling asso Sinnerud and Smith were both assigned to Kansas The prince recently com a base, we can build. pleted cadet flying training ciation and a former grand City's Omaha farm club, ex second operation on his left leg Sunday to alleviate arterial spasms in the calf muscle. Jackson was operated on Friday morning to repair a ruptured left Achilles tendon. Dominican Republic.

He was obtained by the Expos from don's Royal Albert Hall and will serve as a pilot. The champion, died of a liver ail "Grant told us in training1 camp that if we cut our penalties in half," said Vikings center Mick Tmglehoff, "and pected to be a member of the Pacific Coast League the Pittsburgh Pirates in Jan. 2L promoter Mike Bar Portuguese monarchy was ment at the Tokyo university last October's draft. abolished in 1910. rett announced Monday.

next season. hospital Monday. He was 56..