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The Ogden Standard-Examiner from Ogden, Utah • 22

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npy'wiyr'i A(J iT'l'm liffnf8'biiriTlfflitf ri vp Ogden Standard-Examiner Tuesday October 27 1970 'Huskers Robettson Unusual Mb Knew Secret of Living For Unbeaten 260 the following year He moved into the front office after he was through playing and at the time of his death he was helpng his brother Calvin run the Twins as vice president and farm director of the club time and most figure the Cornhuskers assuming they go unbeaten will be headed for Miami and the Orange Bowl Classic Newton and Murtaugh however indicate that was their preference WANT NO 1 TEAM By MILTON RICHMAN NEW YORK (UPI) -Sherry Robertson had the same advice for everybody Quit worrying! His motto was a classic ot simplicity is gonna get Sherry tson would always say why Sherry Robertson had the i real secret of living Happiness He a miser about it either He was glad to share what he had with everyone Last Friday evening around 8 Calvin Griffith the President of the Minnesota Twins picked up the telephone and called Tom Mee the Director of Public Relations at his is Calvin he began feel so good tonight tell you why My brother Sherry got killed a car VERY CLOSE had a wonderful outlook on life always cheerful and says Billy Martin the former Minnesota manager who now manages Detroit and was with Robertson hunting pheasant and geese before he was killed matter how tired Sherry ever would be he always find the energy and time to be hospitable I remember in spring training how always have what he called his It was open to anyone and everyone Sherry made sure you came along It matter whether it was for a drink a little fun or some good conversation He wanted everybody to be like he was Sherry Robertson was only ol when he died driving all alone in his car after hunting near a little town called Houghton in South Dakota but his brother Calvin says enjoyed 70 years of life the way he Nobody is sure yet what happened to Sherry last Friday that caused the car he was driving to go off the road and hit a tree They sure if he fell asleep at the wheel blacked out or what All the police can say for sure is he was driving within the speed limit he had his seat belt on 'and there was no one else In the car with him League Play Ends Friday Regular league play in the Weber County junior high school football league will end Friday with three games Roy will go after a perfect record as it visits Bell while Wahlquist will be at North Ogden and Sand Ridge at Soutn Roy and North Ogden already winners in their respective di-vision will playoff for the league championship on Nov 6 Standings: Northern Division North Ogden 5 1 Sand Ridge 2 4 Wahlquist 1 5 Southern Division 6 0 3 3 1 5 Roy Bell South 1U 1000 500 167 KANSAS CITY Mo (UPI)r Nebraska has not won six football games and tied this season because the Com-huskers lack superior athletes Coach Bob Devaney has a tub full and two of the finest offensive tackle Bob Newton and linebacker Jerry Murtaugh answered questions Monday via a telephone hookup from Lincoln Neb Both have been named Big Eight Lineman of the Week this season and Newton a 6-4 248-pounder has been nominated four times This represents the most times an offensive line-man has ever been nominated both for a career and season Both Newton and Murtaugh seemed confident the Cornhus-kers could complete their schedule without being beaten have a good team and we know we can win all our said Newton all know not going to LITTLE PRESSURE a little pressure in going said Murtaugh a good football team can handle it We think we have a real good chance of going all the way The way going now I think be hard for anybody to beat Asked if that kind of talk was going to make coach Bob Devaney wince Murtaugh said he probably admit it but he probably feels the same Bowl talk has been running rampant in Lincoln for some just like to play Texas or Notre said Newton is ranked No 1 rather play that just follow Bob along on said Murtaugh going for No known that the Cotton Bowl would like nothing better than a Nebraska-Texas matchup while the Orange Bowl would seem to be thinking of a Notre Dame-Nebraska confrontation Texas however will not play Arkansas until Dec 5 so the Cotton Bowl probably will have to wait until then to know which will be its host team TOUGH CHALLENGE Nebraska will face one of its toughest challenges Saturday when it visits Colorado in Boulder The Buffaloes are known for their ability to win at home nothing different about playing out said Murtaugh altitude affect you It might a little in the head Colorado has a real good team but I think we have a good chance to One thing is certain: no lack of confidence on the Nebraska football team Sherry Robertson and Calvin Griffith were very close even for brothers They were among five boys and two girls adopted by their uncle Clark Griffith the Washington late owner Clark Griffith and his wife were childless so what they did with Calvin was change his name legally and bring him up as their own son Sherry and Calvin loved to play baseball as kids and later with the elder blessing both put in time in the minors naturally in the system Of the two Sherry showed more playing ability He made it to the big leagues with the Senators in 1940 stayed with them until 1952 and then was dealt to the As a left-handed hitting shortstop third baseman and outfielder Sherry Robertson never compared with such Washington greats as Joe Cronin Buddy Lewis or Sam Rice but he did give an acceptable account of himself and was anything but a drawback He hit 251 with 11 homers and 42 RBIs in 1949 and ROGER RISCHER LISTED IN CRITICAL CONDITION OAKLAND (UPI) Former California heavyweight champion Roger Rischer was in critical condition Monday night with one bullet wound in the head and four others in his back Rischer 37 was shot early Monday morning in California Hotel He was rushed to Highland Hospital for immediate surgery A nursing supervisor reported condition had improved only slightly following the operation Police said they were seeking another hotel resident suspected of the shooting Several per" sons reported hearing a loud argument followed by gunshots in one of the hotel rooms MATT SNELL hard-hitting fullback for the New York Jets reports to New Lenox Hill Hospital on crutches for recent treatment SnJl on his way to his best season ruptured his Achilles tendon in Oct 4 gi une against But-faio and will be out of action for remainder of the pro football season NORTHWESTERN TOUGH Packers7 Rich Moore Will Undergo Surgery Hayes Fears Mext Foe is Northwestern a Ohio State scout Esco Sarkkinen said not just coming back to Ohio for a BEST YEAR GREEN BAY The Green Bay Packers got more bad news from the sick bay Monday when doctors told them defensive tackle Rich Moore would have to undergo surgery Tuesday to repair a pulled Achilles tendon Sarkkinen said Robinson having his best Sarkkinen watched the Wildcats trim Purdue Saturday and said (Agase) has fashioned himself a very good football team He said if he could stay away from injuries he would have a good earn and he Bengtson said Starr already hurting from a variety of injuries suffered a couple of more bumps to an already ailing arm but Beng-tsen said looks like he will be all Amsler who was added to the squad just prior to game pulled a leg muscle and should be ready to play next week Adamle all-Big Ten last year has rushed for 648 yards 148 carries this season and has scored five touchdowns Windsor the only whisky born high in the Canadian Rockies Speedster Says He'll Attempt Run on Water COLUMBUS Ohio (UPI) A( picture is worth a thousand words or at least more than a i3-3 record when Ohio State coach Woody Hayes is sizing up I his next opponent I Hayes knows his team will not be facing a break-even type team Saturday when Alexj Agase brings his Northwestern Wildcats to Ohio Stadium to face the No 1 ranked Buckeyes are in all the pictures we have of them a real fine footbah Hayes said Monday at his weekly press luncheon Northwestern playing its us-usla suicide schedule opened the season with losses to Notre Dame (35-14) UCLA (12-7) and SMU (21-20 Since then the Wildcats have romped over three Big Ten foes beating Illinois 48-0 Wisconsin 24-14 and Purdue 38-14 and share first place in the conference with Ohio State and Michigan a darn shame they lost those games out of the Hayes said would give you a truer picture of their definitely think Northwestern is a team on the the Buckeye coach concluded Moore injured the tendon in 30-17 victory over the Philadelphia a hard-played game that saw several other players also sent to the sidelines with injuries halfback Tom Woode-shick broke a bone in his ankle will be lost for the season center Ken Bowman fullback Travis Williams quarterback Bart Starr and defensive end Marty Amsler also were injured with Bowman and Williams the most seriously hurt DISLOCATED SHOULDER Bowman had a dislocated shoulder and Coach Phil Bengtson said there was a chance he would be able to play next Sunday against the San Francisco 49ers on the West Coast Williams suffered 'a sprained ankle which was badly swollen when he reported to the training room Monday look ABLE PEOPLE got to find some Bengtson said have people here Of course a limit to what you can injury is the second such to the Green Bay starting defensive unit this year Linebacker Dave Robinson underwent a similar operation two weeks ago and is lost for the season Offensive halfback Dave Hampton is also recuperating from surgery He had an abscess removed from his abdomen Bengtson said there were I several alternatives to his defensive line the most likely ones moving Bob Brown to tackle and playing Clancy Williams end and substituting Kevin Hardy for I Moore We found the perfect place to make whisky In a little valley about a mile up in the Canadian Rockies It has just about everything a distiller could hope for Clear and pure glacial water Cool dry mountain air And rich hardy northern Canadian grain Conditions so good for making whisky that Windsor Canadian acquires a natural lightness and smoothness the like of which never tasted more Windsor is fully aged four years And while Windsor Canadian is very expensive for us to make very economical for you to buy Because we ship it here in barrels and then bottle it Compare Windsor with your an excellent chance join the thousands of Americans who now settle for less or pay more mph in a boat dragster and hopes for a sponsor to help him build his new machine The auto in which Gabelich broke Craig old record of 600601 mph was the Blue Flame a 38-foot long rocket-powered racer built by Reaction Dynamics Inc The record came after 19 attempts since Sept 17 WASN'T GOOD weather too good the dav we broke the record Gary said usually like to have the sun shining but it at first But later on it came out and I knew we would have a good he added LOS ANGELES Gary Gabelich set the world land speed record of 622407 miles an hour last Friday but now wants something more He said Monday that his next goal is to hold both the land and water speed records and to tell ibout During a news conference here Gabelich 30 of Long Beach said that he plans to build a hydrofoil-type boat that made of aluminum and honeycombed steel would break the existing record of 285 miles an hour like to go from 300 to 350 he said Gabelich told newsmen that he once hit a little over 200 OHIO FLAVOR RADIAL BONDED NEW TREAD IOW YIR The smoothest whisky ever to oome out of Canada! WINDSOR SUPREME CANADA THREE FRESHMEN REINSTATED BY IDAHO STATE'S CAVANAUGH POCATELLO Idaho (AP) Three suspended black freshman players at Idaho State University have been reinstated head football coach Ed Cavanaugh said Monday Cavanaugh said the three freshmen who bad been suspended with 14 black varsity players last Thursday for boycotting a practice talked with him and his It was decided the three had been victims circumstances Cavanaugh said The three freshmen Ken Conley Roscoe Hill and Royal all worked out with the freshman squad Monday night the coach said It was also reported that blacks on other Idaho State varsity teams had been asked to participate in the boycott but had declined No official reason for the boycott has been made PUb Cavanaugh said the suspension of the 14 varsity players remains in effect Northwestern has a very definite Ohio flavor in that 21 natives of the Buckeye State are on the Wildcat roster The list includes the two leading ground gainers Mike Adamle of Kent and A1 Robinson of Elyria and six other starters Adamle son of former Cleveland Browns linebacker Tony Adamle was a high school teammate of three of Ohio more prominent players center Tom DeLeone linebacker Stan White and back Tom Campana Those four along with split end Jerry Brown of the Wildcats played high school ball under father Tom Sr at Kent Roosevelt High School are 21 Ohioans on the Patented process Premium rubber Weahermaster Super grip tread Sculpture for min road noise Studdable NOW ON SALE AT THESE VERY LOW PRICES iMEQRTiEB SIZES 650x13 SALE PRICE $1095 700x13 1195 15 1195 1295 1495 1595 1595 775x14 or 825x14 or 15 855x14 or 15 885x14 1 915x15 A IB TUTZn fjm urtrftm SPECIAL WITH PURCHASE OF 2 1 set of battery jumper cables or 1 case (24 bottles) of Pepsi ONLY WEBER PHEASANT HUNTING UNIT PERMITS ON SALE OCT 27TH 200 Available at: DICK'S CAFE PETE'S CAFE DEPOT GROCERY IKE'S GROCERY (Permits will not be put on hold) Canadian Rockies make PHEASANT PERMITS will go on sale WED OCT 28 at CITY HALL ot Willard Utah 7 o'clock pm 5 day of hunting 2 permit per person Applicant must have valid bid for hunting I PHEASANT PERMITS for PLAIN CITY on solo at OLSEN GROCERY up to Nov 7th ZCMI AUTO CENTER 444-24thStreet Ph 399-3353 CANADIAN WHISKY-A BLEND 80 PROOF IMPORTED BY NATIONAL DISTILLERS PRODUCTS CO NEW YORK plus tax and exch.

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