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JOHNSON CITY PRFSS CIllioNICI Thntsdiy No ember 2H 1071 Page 17 Cowboys Lions Cardinals picked for wins Nevertheless this should he a "really lag and that takes rare of lor lhe Monday night viewers since the Godlather" isn't a rival attraction 1X)LP1IINS 24v BENGAIS20 manage to lose again in the final seconds? Tune in Sunday and find out GIANTS 21 BEARS 7 SAN FRANCISCO i4 7i at CLEVELAND I3-8) II thov forgot to play this game would am body reallv Oh well 49ers 26 BROW NS 13 Then there Moiulav CINCINNATI (7-4) at MIAMI (83): Whatever happened to Dandy iXm Oh ves he's on that other network 0tMier scheduled SAN FRANCISCO (APi -The San Francisco Giants will play their 1975 opening home fame Aurd L1 aeainsL Lhe t- Dr Lit favors Penn State today Penn State rates only a one-point advantage over Pittsburgh on Pitt's field today in the traditional battle between the two finest independents in the East according to the Litkenhous Ratings Penn State has had another fine season despite a shocking 7-6 upset loss to Navy while Pittsburgh has rejuvenated its football program and almost knocked over Notre Dame this season In a classic Southeastern Conference battle on Friday that will decide the SKC championship and also the supremacy of the state of Alabama Bear Bryant's Alabama Crimson Tide is favored by 10 points over Auburn Southwest Conference enemies Texas and Texas A also butt heads on Friday with the Litratings figuring Texas seven points stronger than the Aggies Tn games Southern enjoys a three-point' nod over Notre Dame and Navy rates a seven-point margin over Army in their ancient feud Top-ranked Oklahoma is a 22-point favorite over Oklahoma State and Baylor enjoys a 14-point advantage on Rice In some other in-state rivalries Florida gets an eight-point cushion over Miami and Georgia is a solid 11-point pick over Georgia Tech but Arizona State is favored by only two points over Arizona Tennessee rates' an even smaller choice over Vanderbilt the Volunteers are picked by only two-tenths of a point in that game at Nashville In a makeup of a game wiped out by a hurricane Tulane is favored by one point over Ole Miss losses by Green Bay and De-trmt But the Vikes may have to wait for that until next week VIKINGS 27 SAINTS 13 BALTIMORE (2-9) at BUFFALO (8 3): Bert Jones is expected to bo back in action for the Colts But it really doesn't matter who's quarterback for Baltimore does A Buflalo victory can keep the Rills in the thick of the AFC East race BILIS 30 COLTS 16 GREEN BAY (6-5l at GREEN BAY (6-5) at PHILADELPHIA t4-7) llnimm! John Hadl succeeded Roman Gabriel as quarterback of the ls Aiigeles Ranis Now vithffie' Packers' and Gabe's with the Eagles Does that make the Packers seven-point Mavbe but in this week's Upset Special let's say EAGLES 21 PACKERS 20 SAN DIEGO (3-8) at NEW YORK JETS (4-7): Dissension is rife in the San Diego camp and the Jets are riding a winning streak for the first time in many a day JETS 27 CHARGERS 14 NEW YORK GIANTS (2-9) at CHICAGO (3-8) Can the Giants lanta Braves The Giants in announcing their 81-game home schedule 'Tuesday said starting tunes have been moved back by popular demand Single day games will start at 105 pm night games at 805 and Sunday doubleheaders at 1205 pm Early deadline Because of an early Thanksgiving edition deadline last sports results will not appear today but will be carried in editions Home Tam Alcorn Post Miss Valley Pittsburgh Presbyterian Tuskegee Auburn Texas Rating 71 6 54 2 67 3 92 4 631 676 1084 845 8 1 99 3 96 6 86 0 95 2 96 4 63 2 70 4 89 4 65 0 126 1 82 8 104 1 80 7 78 7 81 0 92 6 Arizona Army Baylor Boston College Cincinnati Florida Georgia Hawaii Jacksonville Louisiana State Louisville Oklahoma San Diego State Southern Cal Tampa Tulane Tulsa Vanderbilt Hutch Award who has learned to live with the knowledge that he has a form of leukemia is the winner of baseball's 1974 Award" Thompson 26-year-old shortstop of the Minnesota Twins was informed in February 1973 that he was suffering with granulocytic leukemia The Hutch Award honors the memory of Fred Hutchinson former pitcher and manager who died of cancer in 1964 when he was manager of the Cincinnati Reds (UPI Telephoto) McCutcheon leads NFL rushers NEW YORK AP Running backs Lawrence McCutcheon of Los Angeles Otis Amstrong of Denver and Simpson of Buffalo stand poised on the threshold of 1000-yard seasons McCutcheon who ran for a for 64 yards last Sunday in the Rams' 20-17 victory over Minnesota leads National Football League rushers -with 951 yards 13 more than Armstrong who blasted through Oakland for 146 yards in the Broncos' 20-17 upset of the Raiders Just one yard further back at 937 is Simpson who punched out 115 yards in the 15-10 triumph over Cleveland which enabled the Bills to regain a share of first place in the American Conference East Ken Anderson remained the leading passer although Oakland's Ken third on the list behind Sonny Jur-gensen of has thrown a league-high 20 touchdown passes Stabler's teammate Cliff Branch and Drew Pearson of Dallas share the receiving lead with 50 catches apiece Branch has gained 894 yards with his for a 179-yard average to the 173 by Pearson who has gained 867 yards Tom Wittum of San Francisco leads in punting with a 42 9-yard average Lemar Parrish of Cincinnati is No 1 in punt returns with a 178-yard average Terry Metcalf has a 317-yard average to lead kickoff returners and Emmitt Thomas of Kansas City is the leading pass thief in the league with 10 interceptions In scoring Chuck Foreman of eighth in rushing and fourth in leads all players with 90 points on 15 touchdowns nine on the ground and six through the air Green Bay's Chester Marcol has 83 points on 17 conversions and 22 field goals to lead scoring among kickers LEADING RUSHERS 9 Att Yards Gam TDt NEW ENGLAND (7-4) at OAKLAND (9-2 1 The schedule-makers sure made it tough for the Patriots who play the Raiders the Dolphins and the Steelers to wind up thg season But 7-7 is still a lot better than the Pats have done in years RAIDERS 34 PATRIOTS 17 LOS ANGELES (8-3) at AT-LANTA t2-9i: Who is the only active coach in the National Football league without a victory If you said Atlanta's Marion Campbell advance to Boardwalk on vour Monopoly set RAMS 34 FALCONS 10 HOUSTON (5-61 at P1TTS-R11KCIL jfi-2-lcjtlna thine tur certain the Oilers won't have the No 1 choice in the unless they trade for it The Steelers can wrap up the AFC Central title by it Cincinnati accommodates by losing to Miami on Monday night STEELERS 18 OILERS 10 NEW ORLEANS (4-7 1 at MINNESOTA (74): The Vikings after losing two in a row about to make it three Anyway Minnesota can finally win the NFC Central title with a victory over tfee and 1 RESERVE THE RIGHT TO LIMIT QUANTITIES PSif D-B cops offensive honors in Big 9 Dobyns-Bennett's Indians the 1974 Big 9 Conference champion won the total offensive title for the season with a 299 2 yard average beating out Sullivan Central which averaged 2729 yards per game The Indians also yielded the last yardage per game a 142 1 average Central was the rushing leader with an average of 2058 yards per game and the top passing mark went to D-B with an average of 958 yards per game ranks No 1 of defense according to figures with an average of only 778 yards per game but the best defender against passing was Greeneville with a 424 yard average In scoring the Indians averaged 25 3 points per game while Greeneville led in limiting opposition scoring with only 8 3 points per game The averages: TOTAL OFFENSE By BUN THOMAS AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) They're playing Cowboys and Indians in the National Football League on Thanksgiving Day and the Redskias will get the Turkey The Cowboys must scalp the Redskins to keep alive their flickering hopes for a playoff spot And that's exactly what they will do Dallas can't win the National Conference Fast title The Cowboys can't keep Washington out of the playoffs but they can make the Redskins work a lot harder Last week's showing by guest -Przx Rat enberg was which didn't exactly set the world on ffre and dropped the effort to or 676 Blame it on the or the defense or something Anyway here's the Thanksgiving menu: WASHINGTON (8-3) at DALLAS (6-5): The Redskins won 28-21 when these two teams met 10 days ago in the nation's capital The two teams have made a habit of splitting their games in the past few years and Dallas is a slight favorites So COWBOYS 24 REDSKINS 21 DENVER (5-5-1) at DETROIT (6-5): Don't count the Lions out yet They've won six of their last seven games and could catch the Vikings yet But don't bet on it Detroit's opponents after this one are Philadelphia and Cincinnati The Vikings in addition to this Sunday's game with New Orleans play Atlanta and Kansas City Anyway LIONS 31 BRONCOS 27 And on Sunday: KANSAS GITY (4-7) at ST LOUIS (9-2): A victory will assure yie Cinderella Cardinals a playoff berth no matter what else happens If the Cowboys do what they are supposed to do on Thanksgiving Day then the NFC East crown belongs to St if it wins So CARDINALS 27 CHIEFS 17 Gamecocks looking for grid coach COLUMBIA (AP) -South Carolina has interviewed four persons in its search for a football coach to succeed Paul Dietzel and plans more interviews next week Robert Peters chairman of the committee named to screen applicants for the trustees said Tuesday that pre- liminary interviews had been conducted with former high school coach Mooney Player of Columbia Georgia feeh assist-a ant coach Dick Bestwick and Dietzel assistants Bob Gatling and Sam Mitchell Dietzel announced early in the season he would step down when the Gamecocks ended their schedule They finished with a 4-7 record after losing their first five games Peters said Texas Tech Coach Jim Carlen has been given permission by Red Raider officials to talk io South Carolina but that if Carlen has been contacted has been on a strictly confidential basis The committee chairman said North Carolona State's Lou Holtz and Pittsburgh's Johnny Majors have taken themselves out of contention He added that the committee would like to take to Maryland's Jerry Claiborne Vanderbilt's Steve Sloan and Mississippi State's Bob Tyler "if they're interested in talking to us Jimmy Dykes top ULC scorer All-stater Jim Dykes of Church Hill is the 1974 scoring champion in the Upper Lakes Conference final figures show Dykes hard-running senior racked up 15 touchdowns and added 12 other points via the extra point route to total 102 points He was the best point-getter last season with 96 Teammate Steve Christian finished second with 92 points followed by Tim Snapp of Rngersville with 78 Fourteen top scorers: Dykes Church HIM Christian Church Hill Snapp RogeriviM Snapp Church Hill Sherfey Ketron Ouncan Ketron Buck Rpgarjvillf Rogers RogpMvilIt Slinks Sullivan Sca Sullivan Kiidav Oanial Boona Aforeiock Sullivan Davis Lynn View Ware Churcn hm Other Scoring Daniel Boone Rnodes 13 Ba ley 12 Lawrence 6 Wmkie 6 Jot 6 SuHvan Baiey 12 12 12 Honeycutt 12 Roberts 6 Holden 6 Steadman tyn View Beard 6 w-ms 6 barren 6 Oishner 6 Myers 4 Giadson 12 Henderson 6 ketron King 18 FlemnQ 12 Clark 18 17 GH Hawk 2 Co 6 8 Cnurcn hm AHey 8 Wmegar 12 MorW ock 14 Baien 6 Coop' 9 Rogersvilie Kmcaid 18 fanny JONES DROPPED CINCINNATI (AP-turl Jones veteran sports announcer has beert tiVi bavkrll telecasts ot te Cincinnati Reds to the Cincinna' fnfjmrt-r in remoni TIICCriA wi DEC 3 FREEDOM HALL CIVIC CENTER 7:30 PM ALL SEATS RESERVED BATTFRY REPLACEMENT Guarantee Era rpiackmAnt within I 90 day of 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