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-arrie 2B Kingsport Times Tuesday October 14 1975 TTainns Preps The VJeeh D2trJS Medkm Trick Pay Off i Fake FG in 27-17 the key victory Ketron Herron Sensky Get East Tennessee Nod By SAM FOGG UPI Sports Writer By RON BUSS Executive Sports Editor The victory kept the Redskins 3-1 one step away from the undefeated Dallas Cowboys in the battle for divisional honors and dropped the Cards two games behind Thomas scored a second and game-deciding touchdown in the final quarter after St Louis had rebounded to tie again at 17-17 He told of talking with his brother Earl a star receiver with St Louis prior to the kickoff and related: He told me well little brother we both are the pros now I hope you play well but were going to whip you It didnt happen that way WASHINGTON (UPI) George Allen a man of caution gambled on a rookie and a fake field goal and his Washington Redskins raked in a three-touchdown jackpot worth a 27-17 nationally televised victory over the St Louis Cardinals Monday night Mike Thomas a fifth round draft choice was used by Allen who prefers veterans and responded with 100 yards rushing and two touchdowns in less than three quarters of action Steve Ketron gets so excited his teammates have to calm him down says Ketron High School coach Benny Compton "Hes an intense competitor and gets so keyed up at times that he almost goes wild says Compton "He calls our defensive signals for us and sometimes he gets so excitefiat instead of calling right or leffne calls something like grass He just gets so fired up he cant think straight Last Friday Ketron played traditional rival Lynn View and it was supposed to be a close ball game But when Ketron and his mates got done theyd left the Lynxes for dead 35-0 The 5-10 160-pound senior con- tackles 11 tackles and 8 assists and took back an interception to set up a touchdown for us Despite his small size (5-11 175) Herrons had contacts from East Tennessee State Virginia Tech and some other major colleges because of his outstanding defensive play Sensky isnt even a regular for Tennessee High He is an alternate running back behind Kevin Bourne and Fred Millard in the high-powered Viking backfield He was called upon in the second quarter when Millard left the game because of an injury but only carried one time before the overtime period But with Elizabethton leading 21-14 in the first overtime period Senskys number was called and the 5-9 165-pound senior responded in style They were playing us to run inside says his coach Bill Bingham but we ran an option to the outside with the ball going to Ron He ran it in on the first play Elizabethton won the toss for the second overtime period after Tennessee High tied it 21-21 and chose to let Tennessee High have the ball first In the third period with the score tied 10-10 Allen decided to forego a Mark Moseley field goal effort from the 37 and the result was a 30-yard touchdown pass from holder Joe Theismann to John Pergine a reserve linebacker who goes in as a blocking end for the kicking unit WASHINGTON (UPI) Individual statistics statistics of Monday nights Redskins Cardinals game St Lous-Washlngton Passing Washington Kilmer 15-29 0-168 Theismann 1-1-0-30 St Louis Hart 20-41 3-220 Receiving' Washington Taylor 2 42 Jerry Smith 5-49 Jefferson 5-56 Denson 1 4 Brown 1-5 Pergine 1 30 Thomas 1 12 St Louis Gray 4-78 Thomas 4-6S Jackie Smith 2 17 Metcalf 7 50 Otis 2-5 Jones 1-5 Rushing Washington Thomas 18-100 Brown 13 22 Denson 5-20 Nelson 1-13 Kilmer 2-3 St Louis Metcalf 9 37 Otis 9 24 Jones 1-7 St Louis 3 14 017 Washington 3 7 1027 Washingtons Chris Ilanburger swarms St Louis Mel Gray after Gray catches short pass in first period of Mondays game Wash FG Moseley 47 St Louis FG Bakken 47 Wash Thomas 2 run (Moseley kick) St Louis Metcals 93 Kickoff return (Bakken kick) Wash Pergine 30 pass from Theismann (Moseley kick) St Louis Gray 48 pass from Hart (Bakken kick) Wash Thomas 1 run (Moseley kick) Wash FG Moseley 34 A 55004 We caught them with their pants down Theismann relegated to third string quarterback duty said I thought about running but John got so open Theismann recalled scrimmaging as a freshman against Per-' gine then a senior when both were at Notre Dame He used to rack me up pretty good he said but I made a hero out of him tonight Pergine said it was the first pass he ever caught in either college or the pro ranks It caught us completely by surprise St Louis Coach Don Coryell admitted -tk HERRON KETRON Again the Cyclones played for Bourne to carry the ball inside and again the ball went to Sensky on the same play and the super-sub legged it around left end untouched for his second overtime score Other players considered for honors this week included the follow Ohio State Still No 1 Vols 16th In UPI Poll WASHINGTON (UPI) Statistics of the St Louis Washington football game STL Wash First Downs 13 21 Rushes Yards 19-68 39 158 Possing Yards 220 189 Return Yords 20 90 Posses 20-41-3 16-30 0 Punts 6-37 8 6-36 8 Fumbles Lost 22 22 Penalties Yards 9 69 4-35 ing: tributed to the shutout by making 17 tackles and intercepting a pass And for his effort he joins Rogers-villes Wayne Herron as this weeks Times-News Prep of the Week on defense for Upper East Tennessee Offensive honors go to Tennessee Highs Ron Sensky who scored both touchdowns for the Vikings in the two overtime periods they needed to beat Elizabethton 28-21 Ketron has made the Times-News check list almost every week this season and upped his season tackle total to 90 for six games with his effort Friday night In the last three games alone hes had 15 15 and 17 tackles Tennessee High D-B Move Up In UPI Poll NEW YORK (UPI) Ohio State continued to be the overwhelming choice of the UPI Board of Coaches with 34 first place votes of the 42 cast but second ranked Oklahoma narrowed the gap somewhat with their hard-fought victory over arch-rival Texas The Buckeyes rolled over wmless Iowa 49-0 Saturday to improve their season mark to 5-0 Despite their impressive victory over the Hawkeyes Ohio State lost three of its 37 first place votes a week ago to Oklahoma after the Sooners defeated Texas 24-17 in a brutalizing game NASHVILLE Tennessee High of Bristol and Kingsport Dobyns-Bennett took big jumps in the rankings and Sullivan Central slipped a little in the United Press International high school football poll released today third while Nashville Maplewood climbed from sixth to assume the No 4 position Maplewood used a 40-0 victory over Chattanooga Red Bank to climb while Knoxville Fulton rated fourth a week ago plummeted all the way to 17th after a 23-22 loss to Clinton In order after Tennessee High were McMinn County Dobyns-Bennett Memphis Bishop Byrne Memphis Hamilton and Steves notbig but in our defense hes ideal for what we need says Compton We need quickness and he gives us that Hes real quick and really loves to hit people Hes strong for his size and pursues real well Offensive Standout! Earl Kincaid Rogersvlllo Gained 103 yards In nine carries and scored on 31-yard run In Warriors victory over Sullivan West John Henry Rogers Rogersvllle Gained 96 yards rushing In Warrior victory and also had outstanding defensive game Fronklln Poe Rogersvllle Caught two touchdown passes In Rogersville win Gregg Duncan Ketron Gained 66 yards In 10 tries stored two TDs and had a third called back in win over Lynn View Marty Browder Dobyns-Bennett Gained 75 yards In 8 carries ond scored touchdown In win over Erwin Scott Clendenln Dobyns-Bennett Scored on 25-yard run and gained 58 yards In nine corrles In win Van Williams Johnson City Gained 160 yards rushing and scored on a 71-vord punt return and on scrimmage runs of 3 and 9 yards In Hllltopper victory over Sullivan East Roiph Rollins Johnson City Gained 135 yards rushing and scored on 14 yard run In victory over East Bobby Lowe Dovid Crockett Scored crucial TD In fourth period caught an extra point pass and led Pioneers on defense in win over Hampton Greg Darnell Sullivan Central Carried 18 times for 66 yards In Central victory over Boone Joey Holt Sullivan Central Led Central touchdown drive and scored winning TD on five yard run Defensive Standouts Mork Sturgill Sullivan Central Eight hits and stripped Interference effectively In Central win Eddie Crawford Sullivan Central Played one of his finest games In Cougar win over Boone Keller Sullivan Central Started for III reoular ond turned In outstanding performance totaling 11 hits from his linebacker position Doug Whetsel Dobyns-Bennett Had one of his best gomes of the season for the Indians intercept ing a pass to set up a TD causing a fumble and leading Indians in tackles while defense limited Erwin to 47 yards total offense Also graded out os top offensive lineman Ken Rumgay Drew Ring ond Fred Byington Dobyns-Bennett All played outstanding game in shutting down Erwin offense Steve Bradley Tennessee High Had 11 tackles 7 assists blocked one punt partially blocked another and threw the Elizabethton auarterback for eight-yard loss on key down In second overtime period Bill King Ketron Made 11 tackles and pass Interception In Wildcat victory over Lynn View Jonathon Clark Rogersvllle Made nine tackles and five assists In Warrior victory over Sullivan West Mark Herzok Surgofnsvllle Made 17 tackles In Eagle loss at Unoka Mork Hawn Ketron Returned fumble 45 yards for score In Wildcat win over Lynn View Gary Murray Sullivan Central intercepted two passes ogalnst Daniel Boone jumped from 18th to 10th after demolishing last weeks lOth-rated team Oklahoma State 41-14 Colorado the fourth Big Eight team to gain national ranking was 11th Florida moved up from 17th to 12th in the ratings after shutting out Vanderbilt 35-0 Arizona State and Arizona both unbeaten each moved up one spot to 13th and 14th respectively Notre Dame remained 15th and Tennessee regained national ranking as the No 16 team Pittsburgh also returned to the ratings as No 17 with San Diego State again 18th Miami of Ohio was 19th with no other team receiving votes this week NEW YORK (UPI) The United Press Inter-natlonol board of coaches top 20 college football teams with won lost records and first place votes in parentheses (Fifth Week): Team Points 1 Ohio St (5-0) (34) 412 2 Oklahoma (5-0) (5) 372 3 Southern Calif (5-0) (2) 299 4 Nebraska (5-0) 286 5 Texas A8M (5-0) (1) 254 6 Alabama (4-1) 149 7 Michigan (3-0-2) 132 Penn St (5-1) 116 9 Texas (4 1) 113 10 Missouri (4 1) 52 11 Colorado (4-1) 29 12 Florida (4 1) 22 13 Arizona St (5-0) 20 14 Arizona (4 0) 17 15 Notre Dome (4 1) 12 14 Tennessee (31) 5 17 Pittsburgh (4-1) 4 18 San Diego St (6-0) 3 19 Miami (Ohio) (4-1) 2 (Only teams receiving votes) NOTE By agreement with the American Footbalt Coaches teams on probation by the NCAA are Ineligible for top 20 and national chompionshlp consideration bv the UPI board of cooches Those teams on probation for 1975 are Mississippi State SMU Long Beach State and Southwestern Loulslona Ohio State dominated the UPI poll with a total of 413 points followed by Oklahoma with five first place votes and 372 points Except (or the slight reshuffling among the bottom teams the top 10 remained virtually as it was last week Tennessee High jumped from 12th to 5th despite having to go two overtimes to beat Elizabethton 28-21 last Friday while Dobyns-Bennett climbed from 11th to 7th on the strength of a 16-7 victory over a good Erwin team Herron is another who has consistently made the check list But he had perhaps his best effort to date in a 28-7 victory over Sullivan West Friday night NASHVILLE Term (UPI) The too 20 hloh school football teams In Tennessee with first place votes and records In parenthesis 4 I 1 eft rff if 4 -v lJr 4 I jl -AJ 131 122 103 SO Central meanwhile had to fight for its life against Daniel Boone and slipped from 16th to 18th in the weekly poll Hes our best defensive player says his coach Dickie Jones He has a real nose for the ball Hes not fast but has good quickness and for 10 or 15 yards can cover the real good Jones also classifies Herron as a "hard hitter and says part of that came from the fact he lifted weights this past summer to get ready for football Ketron and Elizabethton received votes but were not ranked among the top 20 Southern California with two first-place votes again was third and Nebraska again was fourth Texas which picked up the other first-place' vote climbed from sixth to fifth Alabama continued its climb back among the leaders after losing its season opener to Missouri and moved up a notch from last week to sixth Michigan and Penn State also moved up one spot to seventh and eighth respectively Texas which was fifth last week dropped to ninth Missouri which Imade the biggest gain of the week 1 Oak Ridge (4) (0-0) 2 Chattanooga Baylor (7) (6-0) 3 Nashville Ryan (2) (4 0) 4 Noshvllle Maplewood (1) (4-1) Bristol (5-1) 6 McMinn County (1) (6-0) 7 Kingsport (4-0) 8 Memphis Bishop Byrne (1) (6-0) 9 Memphis Hamilton (5-1) 10 Brownsville (5-0) 11 Loudon (6-0) 12 Memphis Carver (6-1) 13 Nashville Overton (4-1) 14 Covington (5-2) 15 Jackson Central Merry (5-1) 16 Chattonooga City (5 1) 17 Knoxville Fulton (5 1) 18 Sullivan Central (6-0) 19 Nashville McGavock (4 2) 20 Maryville (4 2) Others receiving votes Include Chattonooga Notre Dame GoodlettsvIHe McMinn Central Cleveland Ketron Elizabethton Antioch BGA Warren County Oak Ridge held onto its shaky lead in the poll with Chattanooga Baylor close on their heals The Oak Ridgers had to struggle to beat Bradley County Friday 13-9 while Baylor was idle Nashville Ryan was a solid Hes had the most tackles for us in most of our games this year says Jones and Friday night he had 19 Game No 3 Of Series Tonight Starting Lineups menacing Cincinnati go-go gang off the bases The switch from the rain-slowed natural grass and dirt of Fenway Park to the speed-oriented artificial surface of Riverfront Stadium has restored the Reds confidence of running the Red Sox out of town just like they did to the Pirates in the NL playoffs If they (the Red Sox) play as close defensively in the outfield here as they did at Boston we're gonna see a lot of numbers on the board said Joe Morgan the Reds most dangerous base-stealing threat who was thrown out by Boston catcher Carlton Fisk in his only attempt to steal at Fenway CINCINNATI (UPI) Probable starting lineups for the third game of the World Series at 8 30 EDT tonight Boston Cincinnati Cooper IB Rose 3B Doyle 2b Grlffev rf Yostrzemskl If Morgan 2b Fisk Perez lb Lynn cf Bench Petrocelll 3b Foster If Evans rf Concepcion ss Burleson ss Geronlmo ct Wise Nolan Umpires HP Barnett (AL) IB Stello (NL) 2B Moloney (AL) 3B Davidson (NL) LF Frantz (AL RF Colosl (NL) In the only American League ballpark completely surfaced artificially Kansas City's Royals stadium the Red Sox were 4-2 this year But Fisk admits the switch from real grass has caused problems in the past Everytime we came out of Kansas City this year Fisk said we felt wed been in a football game Everybobys legs were sore and their backs were sore The infielders and outfielders know they have to play deeper couple of bonus assets For one his two best-pitched games came in Riverfront Stadium a no-hitter against the Reds in 1971 and a one-hitter two years later And second although idled two years by the American Leagues designated hitter rule Wise still consideres himself one of the best hitting pitchers in baseball "The first thing I wanted to do when we had our warmup here Wise said was to grab a bat and see what it feels like I really miss hitting because I feel I always had an advantage with my ability to hit Wise has hit 15 homers his career but his primary" concern today will be to keep the In an effort to maximize his teams most potent aspect Anderson has juggled his lineup a bit moving Ken Griffey one of his fastest players from seventh to the number two spot while dropping Morgan to third CINCINNATI (UPI) Gary Nolan and Rick Wise a pair of comeback right-handers whose pitching careers teetered on the brink of baseballs scrap pile only a year ago draw gratifying starting assignments tonight at 8:30 when the Cincinnat Reds and the Boston Red Sox meet to break a one-game apiece deadlock in game three of the 1975 World Series Nolan given up for lost by his manager and Cincinnati Reds teammates after two seasons of virtually no activity because of a mysterious bone spur in his pitching shoulder earned his starting nod by putting together a 15-9 record and a 316 earned run average as the National Leagues surprise pitcher of 1975 Wise a bespectacled exNational Leaguer who missed nearly the entire 1974 season after coming over to the Red Sox in a key off-season trade played a major role in Bostons 75 pennant drive by winning 19 games against 12 losses Id be lying if I told you we were counting on Gary Nolan this year said Reds Manager Sparky Anderson "When we went to spring training in February he wasnt even listed on my 12-man pitching prospectus I just didnt want the team to feel we could count on him The Nolan comeback is of course one of baseballs most heartwarming stories of 1975 Stricken by a mysterious shoulder pain when he attempted to throw out the late Roberto Clemente of the Pittsburgh Pirates on a routine grounder to the mound in 1972 Nolan could not convince anyone he was really seriously handicapped Only after the famed Los Angeles career-saving athletic surgeon Dr Robert Kerlan operated on the arm was the bone spur discovered and it still took years of alternated rest and rehabilitation for Nolan to make it all the way back this past spring There was a time said Nolan back in 1974 when I really began to think the cards were against my having a long career I wasnt to the point where I was beating my kids but it was hard to joke around like I do knowing the joke was on me It had been so long since I had gotten anybody out I began to question whether I could do it mentally as well as physically You have no idea what it is to be out of baseball for two years and not know if you can ever throw strikes again Pitching this World Series is naturally very gratifying to me Similiary Wise Who threw his shoulder out pitching on a cold and rainy April day early in the 1974 season had his doubts about making it all the way back 1 had never had an injury to my arm in my 10 years in the majors Wise said and there's always that prospect running through your head that youre never going to play again Until you do it between the two lines its there Although one of the two comeback sagas will be curtailed at least temporarily Wise feels he himself can provide the underdog Red Sox a Bear Crying Battle Counting By United Press International Starting pitchers in tonights third game of the World Series will be Gary Nolan of the Reds left and Bostons Rick Wise Squaws Try Again Tonight start winning at any time now Were beginning to learn The experience has been invaluable to us Dobyns-Bennetts Squaws have lost their first two games of the season but coach Lib Dudney and her girls arent about to through in the towel not by a long shot Wheeler while Spiva was replaced by Lyonel Stewart and Mauck by defensive safety Eddy Powers Trainer Tom Wall said the status of the in- jured players was a day-to-day" thing and they would be checked frequently Elsewhere two teams with disappointing records Louisiana State and Kentucky also began work for Saturdays game The Wildcats practiced in shorts trying to shake off the bruises from their loss to Auburn LSU Coach Charlie McClendon was also counting his injured reporting linebacker Darryl Brue and guard Doug Boutte may miss the Kentucky game with knee injuries Auburn Coach Ralph Jordan didnt let his Tigers relax after posting their first win of the season He scrimmaged the freshmen against varsity players and immediately decided he may have trouble with Georgia Techs wishbone offense Saturday The scout team and freshmen put in the wishbone offense in 15 minutes and ran all over our defense said Jordan We just never seemed to be able to stop them Tech Cooch Pepper Rodgers said Auburn will be the best team his 4-L Yellow Jackets have faced It has been a long time since Tech beat Auburn and none of the players on this team have ever shared in victory over them" he said Alabama Coach Bear Bryaqt is crying the blues and Tennessee Coach Bill Battle is counting his injured as preparations begin for Saturday's big Southeastern Conference showdown in Birmingham The sixth-ranked Tide has routed four straight teams since an opening loss to Missouri but Bryant spent Monday building up the 16h-ranked Vols They are the most explosive football team weve ever played against said Bryant whose own team whipped Washington 52-0 last week Were going to have to improve a whole lot to compete with them About his own squad Bryant said he had expected they would be well rested since the starters played only 15 or 20 plays against Washington But he moaned they "were tired and slow looking There was no quickness" Battle was hoping for quick healing by tailback Stanley Morgan (sprained ankle) linebacker Andy Spiva (injured toe) defensive back Mike Mauck (injured hand) and defensive end Kevin Davis (sprained ankle) Morgan was replaced practice by Mike Gayles who scored two touchdowns in the final period last Saturday Davis was replaced by defensive end Ronnie Jackie Carnes will take over the tailback duties Johnnie Mae Swaggerty will replace the injured Lisa Olterman at left end Jane Osborne will get the starting nod at defensive end in place of the injured Ellen Terrell and sophomore Cindy Prescott will open at defensive safety giving the Squaws a majority of sophomores among their starters The Squaws who lost 26-20 to Elizabethton two weeks ago and 6-0 to Gate City last week face a Boone team that has lost in its only outing to BHizabethton And a number of sophomores will be in the lineup for the Squaws accenting Dudneys youth movement "Were not down at all Dudney said while preparing for the teams third game of the season which will be played tonight at Fred Johnson Stadium against Daniel Boone starting at 530 Admission to the game will be $1 for adults and 75 cents for children Student activity tickets will be honored Michelle Campbell will replace the injured Libby Jackson at quarterback In fact were very much up because we know we'll I i.