The Kansas City Times from Kansas City, Missouri • 28

ir 4 jf- i 28 THE KANSAS CITY TIMES Monday October IS 1973 Chiefs Settle for Tie With Packers Chet Marcol two of top clutch kickers and each a hero the previous Sunday exchanged field goals Marcol booted a 46-yarder in the second quarter while Stenerud got the Chiefs final points with a 36-yard connection early in the fourth period Marcol had two kicks interrupted by Wilbur Young the giant defensive end who plays over the middle on field-goal situations first run-in with a Marcol kick was a 32-yard picked up by Nate Allen for five more that set up the touchdown in the first quarter Len Dawson threw an 8-yard pass to Morris Stroud for a 7-0 advantage Young tipped a Marcol kick from the 44 in the third quarter with Green Bay holding a 10-7 lead one gained in the last two minutes of the first half on a 26-yard touchdown pass from Jim Del Gaizo to Jon Staggers The scoring pass came after the Chiefs made their best goal-line stand of the season to stop a drive at their 2 But a short punt (27 yards) out of bounds by Jerrel Wilson put the Pack back in business and it took only two plays to dim the memory of the back-to-the-wall defensive heroics Even after the late costly penalty the Chiefs had another shot at getting back into scoring range The late sequence began at the Kansas City 34 after Ed Podolak fielded Ron 33-yard kick and returned three yards There were 58 seconds to go when the Chiefs lined up for their final possession On the first play Jeff Kinney ran the left side for a yard loss Then Kinney got the ball again as the crowd of 47265 buzzed at the decision and made a yard at the left side Dawson decided to go deep throwing to Otis Taylor who was hounded by two defenders at the Green Bay 20 This meant the Chiefs had to punt and Wilson responded with a pressure boot of 49 yards that Staggers returned only four yards One long Del Gaizo pass and it was all over Del Gaizo a southpaw who had been benched was pressed into duty when Scott Hunter suffered chest injuries on a second-quarter pass play Hunter leaped into Marv Upshaw giving the Chiefs defensive end a clear smash The Pack lost John Brockington their top back with 106 yards early in the fourth quarter with a strained knee By Bill Richardson A Member of tha Sport Staff Milwaukee It should be said the Chiefs deserved their 10-10 National Football League tie with Green Bay here yesterday afternoon From a merit standpoint the Chiefs deserved no worse than a stand-off by shutting off Green attack at a time the home team seemed to nave control of the game But on the other hand the Chiefs got what they deserved in the final minute when they chose a couple of running plays and a long desperation pass instead of attempting three strikes to reach Packer territory for a possible game-winning field goal Undoubtedly Kansas City had its American Conference Western Division lead in mind in playing for the tie There was no way the Chiefs could drop out with a deadlock Nonetheless a victory would have served their purposes better The question is sure to be debated all week maybe for several weeks among the followers So now the Chiefs stand 3-1-1 Green Bay left the deadlock at 2-1-2 still trailing Minnesota in the National Conference Central race For what worth after a failure to win Kansas City has now gone four weekends without a loss The Chiefs lost a big chance for victory on a pushing call against center Jack Rudnay in Green Bay territory It wiped out a first down to the 20 by Wendell Hayes and ultimately Kansas City was pushed out of field goal territory just before the final 2-minute warning This opportunity had been set up when linebacker Bobby Bell made a saving interception over the middle at the 18 and hauled the ball back 24 yards As expected this game featured the defenses and kicking units The Chiefs made only 149 yards against the Green Bay defense compared to 315 by the Packers who wasted big offensive maneuvers with turnovers The kicking game was prominent as Jan Stenerud and returned it to the Green Bay 39 setting up the Chiefs' touchdown in the first quarter The contest in Milwaukee ended 10-10 yesterday (Wi rephoto) The middle of the Packers' back-field is the right place for Wilbur Young at he break through to block a 24-yard field goal attempt by Chester Marcol (13) Nate Allen (48) grabbed the ball and Wilbur Right Statistics As Crumble in 12th Pushing Penalty Bitter to Rudnay Chiefs Packers 9 16 33-96 41-169 53 146 57 43 10-19-1 12-23-2 7-41 3-39 1-0 0-0 5-46 2-20 7 0 0 0 10 0 KC Stroud 8 pass from Dawson (Stenerud kick) FG Marcol 46 GB Staggers 26 pass from Del Gaizo (Marcol kick) KC FG Stenerud 36 47265 Rushing Kansas City Podolak 15-49 Hayes 15-45 Kinney 2-1 Wright 1-1 Green Bay Brockington 15-106 Lane 20-52 Williams 4-7 High-smith 1-2 Del Gaizo 1-2 Passing Kansas City Dawson 19-10-67 1 Int Green Bay Del Gaizo 12-6-89 2 Int Hunter 11-6-64 Receiving Kansas City Podolak 6-30 Taylor 2-24 Stroud 1-8 Kinney 1-5 Green Bay Staggers 2-39 Lane 4-38 Glass 3-31 McGeorge 1-28 Smith 1-10 Brockington 1-7 Punting Kansas City Wilson 7-413 Green Bay Widby 3-387 er Mays would have handled easily Instead Jackson wound up with a triple Tenace walked and McGraw who had not pitched more than six innings this season was relieved by Stone Jesus Alou singled to right scoring Jackson and the crowd roared Ray Fosse forced Alou with Tenace moving to third Andrews walked on four straight pitches Davalillo batted for Paul Lindbiad and popped out Campaneris bounced to Harrelson and the game was over The 4-hour and 13-minute playing time surpassed the record of 3:28 set by the Cubs and Tigers in a 12-inning game in 1945 The longest World Series game in innings was played by the Braves and the Dodgers who went 14 innings in 1916 The Mets and had 28 hits between them left 26 men on bases and used 11 pitchers The employed six pitchers and had Catfish Hunter warming up in the 12th Hunter will start the game tomorrow night in New York but Williams said he would have used him yester- day had the tied the score The Athletics have only an 8-man staff The only players left on the Oakland bench at the end of the game were Hunter Ken Holtzman and Pat Bourque Holtzman was the opening game starter This was a game the could have broken open early They scored two runs in the first Jones the left fielder lost Joe fly in the sun and it fell for a double Sal Bando tripled Rudi home and scored himself on a double by Alou The had the bases loaded with two out See on Page 33 By Joe McGuff Snorts Editor The second game of the World Series was an event of unbearable drama and rank slapstick It produced great clutch performances unbelievable misplays and transformed a fumbling stumbling Willie Mays from an object of pity into a hero World Series Game 2 AMERICAN AT OAKLAND NEW YORK A I Garrett 3b 6 1 Millan 2b 6 Staub rf 5 Mays ef 2 Jonas If 5 Milner lb 6 Grote 6 Hahn ef 7 Harrelson ss 6 1 Koosman 1 Sadecki 0 Theodore ph 1 Parker Kranpool pn Beauchamp ph McGraw 2 Stone 0 Packers and got the ball back on a return punt at their own 33 with 58 seconds remaining Two running plays by Kinney ran the clock down to 21 seconds before Dawson uncorked a desperation pass intended for Otis Taylor The two running plays earned a tide of booes from the crowd of 47265 who thought the Chiefs were sitting on the tie Not so insisted both Stram and Dawson have to be careful in that part of the said Stram want to do something to give them three points We were hoping to break the weak-side sweep to get us in position for at toast a try for a field goal I know it looks ultra-conservative but a guessing game what might in the joint thought we were going for the pass except the Green Bay Packer said Dawson running the sweep the first time I ran the same play again hoping to catch them off those plays are in our 2-minute said running back Ed Podolak On the third-down pass to Taylor which was just beyond his straining fingertips deep in Green Bay territory the Chiefs were going with hope as much as anything else a play like that hoping for a good catch a penalty or any kind of mistake by the said Taylor got past one man but the safety make a mistake He was right on thought we had a said Dawson got great ability to jump and always the chance that maybe get an interference But there was no interference The call that helped decide the game had been made several minutes before By Fritz Kreisler A Member of the Sport Staff Jack Rudnay thought it was a raw call So did Coach Hank Stram was ridiculous the play was said Stram of the 15-yard pushing penalty on Rudrray the center that took the steam out of a potential game-winning drive in the 10-all tie with the Green Bay Packers here yesterday The penalty came on a play that Wendell Hayes had just picked up a first down at the Green Bay 20 but instead of having the ball well within touchdown or field-goal range they were set back to the 44 Two downs later the Chiefs were forced to punt from their 45 after a Len Dawson fumble was saved by Jeff Kinney Rudnay was torn between despondency and helplessnes in the post-game dressing room He faced his responsibility squarely but left no doubt that he thought it was an unfair call He knew only that the penalty was for illegal use of hands but maintained that he was doing no more than he had all game my hands were away from my body then I suppose you could call it he said had a clenched fist which is usually a determination in holding But they called it illegal use of hands so I know ridiculous for a call like that to ruin a drive by a whole Linebacker Jim Carter of the Packers said Rudnay held him came at me and grabbed Carter said pushed me out of the way so the guy could run through The ball carrier got the gain they needed but he kept holding me and the officials caught After yielding the ball on a punt the Chiefs held the Total OAKLAND 6 5 5 6 3 6 5 2 1 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 It also served to re-establish the Mets as competitive equals with the Athletics although it took them 12 innings and four hours and 13 minutes to do it as they gained a 10-7 victory to tie the series at a game apiece In playing time this was the longest game in World Series history The Mets carried a 6-4 lead into the ninth inning but the Athletics rallied to tie the score with the help of a mis-play by Mays and run producing hits by Reggie Jackson and Gene Tenace The Mets had the potential winning run thrown out at the plate or a wildly disputed play in the 10th The Mets won the game by scoring four runs in the 12th but Oakland did not go meekly The picked up a run of their own and had the bases loaded with one out when George Stone retired Vic Da-valillo and Campy Campaneris to bring the exhausting struggle to a close before 49151 fans in the 'Oakland Coliseum Mays bothered by the sun misplayed two balls in center field and fell three times running the bases but he also delivered the tie-breaking hit in the 12th It was not a blow of heroic proportions but since the Mets won it mattered little that his hit suggested the works of Maury Wills rather than those of Babe Ruth matter how old you are when a player like Mays still a Dick Williams The manager said him than someone The frantic events of the 12th inning opened with Bud Harrelson hitting a double to right center against Rollie Fingers who pitched three and a third innings Saturday and then relieved at the outset of the 10th yesterday Tug McGraw who pitched six innings in relief and was the winner squared away to sacrfice Sal Bando charged in from third McGraw popped the ball over his head for a hit with Bando falling as he tried to retreat Harrelson moved to third Fingers struck out the dangerous Wayne Garrett and retired Felix Millan on a popup to Tenace Now he had only to disposeof the 42-year-old Mays and he was out of trouble Mays swung at the first pitch and missed Then he hit a bouncer that skipped over the mound and past the straining gloves of Campy Campaneris and Mike Andrews into center field Harrelson scored and the Mets were ahead 7-6 seen Fingers a lot on Mays said likes to work in and away Saturday he threw me a fast ball outside and then came back with breaking stuff away I knew just about what I was going to get from him Williams worked for (Gene) Mauch at Montreal and the way they pitched While hit supplied the tie-breaking run it took two errors by Andrews to provide the Mets with their eventual margin of victory Handle's Not There John Milner hit a bouncing ball to second for what appeared to be a routine out but the ball went between legs into center with two runs scoring and Jones going to third thought the ball was in my Andrews said only reaction was one of Dick Green who started at seqpnd base offered an explanation for error when he said is the worst field in baseball You tell whether the ball will come up or stay interlude of anguish was not over however Jerry Grote hit a ground ball to his left Andrews fielded it but his throw was wide and pulled Tenace off the bag at first allowing Jones to score with the fourth run Now it was the turn Reggie Jackson who had four of 13 hits lashed a drive to deep centeri Mays went to the wall and moved in the direction of the ball Suddenly he seemed to lose it in the sun and the ball bounced off the wall a few feet from him no more than head high might have had a chance to qatch Mays said it had been a close game I would have played it differently but we had a 4-run lead You go out and kill yourself on a ball like that got a lot more games to play and (Rusty) Staub is hurt so they may need Despite assertions the ball was one that a young- Oilers' Coach Reported Out Houston A Houston Oiler player who asked not to be identified said last night It was common knowledge among the players that Coach Bill Peterson had been fired The player said Peterson had been fired following 48-20 defeat to Denver in the Astrodome The player said the word spread among the players after the owner (Bud) Adams made an appearance in the dressing room When Sid Gillman Oiler general manager was asked about status in the dressing room he said rather not answer that question right Adams making a rare appearance in the Oiler dressing room this season said coaching changes are up to Sid the one that has full authority to make a Campaneris ss Rudi If 3b Jackson ef Tenace lb Alou rf Posse Du Green 2b Mangual ph Kubiak 2b Andrews 2b Blue Pina Knowles Congliaro ph De Johnsonph Lewis pr Fingers Lindbiad Davelillo ph Volney Ashford Dies at 65 Total 47 7 13 7 NEW YORK 011 004 000 OAKLAND 210 000 102 7 Koosman Bando Knowles Tenace Andrews 2 DP New York 1 Oakland 1 New York 15 Oakland 12 Rudi Alou Jackson De Johnson Harrelson 3B Bando Campanar Is Jackson HR Jones (1) Garrett (1) McGraw IP RERBBSO Koosman 2 Vs 6 3 3 3 4 Sadecki 1 0 0 0 0 3 Parker 1 10000 McGraw (Wl-0) 6 5 4 4 3 3 Stone 1 10 0 10 Blua 5Vs 4 4 4 2 4 Pina 0 2 2 0 0 0 Knowles 3 3 0 0 2 4 Fingers L0-1) Vh 6 4 1 0 2 Lindbiad Vs 0 0 0 0 0 Save Stone (1) HBP by Pina (Grate) by McGraw (Campaneris) bv Fingers (C Jones) 4:13 49131 reer Dr Ashford also served as basketball baseball track golf tennis and wrestling coach The funeral will be at 1:30 pm tomorrow at United Methodist Church here with burial in Ridge Park Cemetery In lieu of flowers the family asks that memorials be sent to the college physical education building fund There will be no visitation ion championships nine bowl games and at one point 41-straight victories It is one of the longest collegiate winning streaks in modern times Ashford was a 1931 graduate of Missouri Valley and began his coaching career in 1933 at Harrisonville High School He became head football at Missouri Valley in 1937 but missed three years during World War II because of Navy service This was the disputed play yesterday in the 10th inning with Bud a 1 Harrelson of the Mets and Ray JUt bate Fosse catcher of the A's the principals in the World Series drama (Wi rephoto) Bv The Star' Own Service Marshall Dr Volney Ashford 65 former athletic director and football coach at Missouri Valley College died yesterday afternoon of a heart attack Ashford who retired from coaching in 1967 after a first heart attack had been serving as president of development for the college He was stricken yesterday while playing golf at the municipal golf course and was pronounced dead on arrival at Fitzgibbon Hospital here In 28 years at Missouri Valley Ashford compiled a record of 197 victories 55 losses and 12 ties He is a member of the Helms Football Hall of Fame and has served in various capacities with the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics the American Football Coaches Association and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes He led Viking teams to 14 Missouri College Athletic un- Tiger-Cats Use Pass Toronto (AP) Chuck Ealey connected on ll-of-16 pass attempts for 122 yards and gained 117 yards rushing in sparking the Hamilton Tiger-Cats to a 16-11 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