The Kansas City Times from Kansas City, Missouri • 13

1k Saturday December 25 1971 THE KANSAS CITY TIMES 13 Visits in St Louis Hoff a Gift of Horse To His Granddaughter St Louis James Hoffa walked with his 8-year-old granddaughter down a tree-lined street in the suburb of Glendale yesterday and they talked about Black Gold the riding horse he bought her while he was still in federal prison at Lewisburg Pa The former Teamsters Union president was released Thursday when President Nixon commuted his 13-year sentence on jury tampering and mail fraud convictions As they strolled along he in a windbreaker and khaki pants they waved to neighbors who were outdoors on the mild holiday morning will have a Hoffa said to Barbara Jo Crancer his granddaughter Quarter Horse He still needs some breaking in The picture is here the horse will be here in the He had popped his Christmas gift early Hoffa 58 chatted even while his attorney Morris Shenker was saying there would be no interviews As he came downstairs after a sleep at his home he was whistling look just like a little Mrs Josephine Hoffa his wife said But Hoffa did not hear it He was talking about the frequent diet of sauerkraut beans and pork he ate during his 57 months in prison He lost 22 pounds He was asked if he thought a stipulation in his parole that he not participate in the running of the union until 1980 was fair He paused said and continued walking hand in hand with Barbara Jo He said he certainly want continue his work in labor but then added: know until we see the details of the He said he was to report Monday to parole officials in Detroit 1 Huskers arrived New Year's night (Wi rephoto) O'Byrne a princess The No in Miami yesterday for their game with Alabama Coach Bob Devaney of Nebraska takes the time to allow two Orange Bowl girls welcome him to Miami Fla At right is Miss Connie Ensor the The Pause That Refreshes Orange Bowl queen and at left is Miss Maria Bama Fan Lets Huskers Have knew we could score on he said that remains to be seen against now Jacobson said Alabama was Remember not the best Miami Fla (AP) top-ranked Cornhuskers were welcomed to Florida yesterday by Orange Bowl glad-handers kisses from beauty queens and a razzing from an Alabama fan Bama Go Bama Go Go screamed the Crimson Tider boys gonna be showed how Nebraska 12-0 meets No 2 Alabama 11-0 in a national championship showdown in the Orange Bowl New night The Tide will arrive in Miami tomorrow labored under the same pressure all said Coach Bob Devaney folks who want to knock you off But it beats the hell out of finishing Orange-blazered bowl committeemen greeted 78 Husker players 14 wives and a total party of 250 that flew from the chilling winds of Lincoln Neb to 88 degrees in sun-splashed Miami The unfriendly hoots came from a nearby airline repair hangar where mechanics hoisted a sign proclaiming Will Be No giant All-American defense tackle Larry Jacobson said the Huskers would be meeting a defense superior to that of Oklahoma the No 2 power before losing a Thanksgiving game to troops Jimmy Hoffa former Teamster union president whose prison sentences for jury tampering and mail fraud were commuted by President Nixon is spending Christmas in St Louis With Hoffa is his granddaughter Barbara Jo Crancer He gave the 8-year-old girl a riding horse for Christmas (Wirephotjg) Joyful Hoffa defense is the he said Asked to compare his unit to that of the Tide Jacobson said better than Nebraska arrived in Miami a year ago as the No 3-rated collegiate team after No 1 Texas bowed in the Cotton Bowl and No 2 Ohio State bowed in the the Huskers stopped LSU and slipped away with the national championship has the toughest defense said Devaney unlike many teams with a wishbone offense they have a good passing Running back Jeff Kinney just over a stomach disorder said the pressure was different in being the hunted rather than the hunter year the newspapers made us No he said our job to hang onto The Huskers worked out shortly after their arrival and held a Christmas party following the evening meal The players were presented with cuff links and the wives received charms where he will make his home only thing we know about iPlan to make a career of prison growing up the the conditions of the parole I speak out (children getting older and your what read in the about what he add-fg he said ed he said appreciative of the fact that he (Nixon) saw fit to release-me so I could be with my Although he has commented I He said the most trying as-about jpect of his imprisonment was in prisons since his release Hof-j his separation from his family fa said yesterday he does not I very difficult to know your BUSINESS IS FIXER Sports in Brief Blues Hold Cushion Night Rice Man Threatening Son Yields After 19 Hours Blues Risk Third Place Might Sue To Keep Coach Tonight will be when the Blues meet Omaha in a 7 game at the American Royal Arena Each person attending the game will be given a foam cushion with the emblem as a gift from the club and the Butternut Coffee Company for lor to the Cincinnati Royals a future draft choice By Dick Mackey A Member of The Star's Sports Staff Item: The Blues never haye lost to Omaha on Royal ice ter-off you-are For while the Blues go into the game two points ahead of Omaha and Oklahoma City a double defeat could leave them in fifth place one point out of the cellar Charleroi Belgium A man who barricaded himself in his home with his 1-year-old son threatening to kill him if his wife did not return surrendered to police yesterday after a 19-hour siege Jean-Marie Page 28 a job-' less welder threatened last night to kill his wife Mrs Emilia Posligua 27 who wanted to leave him and return to her home in Ecuador She managed to escape from their home in nearby Montig-nies Sur Sambre with her daughter Patricia 10 He threatened to kill their son Christian and set the house and a neighboring fuel store afire if his wife did not return Page threw makeshift Molotov cocktails at policemen who tried to enter the home Finally a Spanish priest convinced him to hand his son over to the Spanish godfather and surrender to police Garrett Knights Item: Goalie John never has lost to tne Period From The Star's Press Services The president of Rice University has indicated he may take coach Bill Peterson into court to prevent him from switching to the Houston Oilers under a contract assume we can sue said Dr Norman Hackerman the university president who on Dec 20 1970 disclosed that Peterson had switched from Florida State to Horse Racing Calumet Eastern Fleet is a 3-1 favorite in the $25000-added Christmas Handicap a mile and 70-yard stakes for a field of 15 today in Miami Handsome Kid ana Tall Fellow rate as the principal contenders Also in the field are stakes winners Mr Brogann STATION fWAGONSS IN I STOCK! On the other hand a sweep would allow Kansas City not only to put distance between it1 and the rest of the league it would cut into 9-point YY I El Te VSITieS spread over the Blues Tokyo AB) Emperor Hiro- Results: Add item No 1 item No 2 and you come up with a sure winner when the Blues take on Omaha tonight in a 7 face-off at the American Royal Arena Pilot Lands Safely on Bridge liT Judgable Coal Town Cat and Rice under a 5-year contract ICassie Red Brazen Brothe will have to my attorney hi hwei hted at pounds first but we will definitely look and 10 sprinters are en-into the possibilities Hacker- tered jn tke $3ooo0-added Palos man said Hackerman had saidiVerdes Handicap in Thursday night he would not re-1 opening-day feature 'race at There is another aspect to to- as patron of the 1972 game that hangs heavily ter Olympic Games will open on the mind It marks the games at a ceremony Feb of a Sfme hope! 3 in the ultra-modern Makoma-uuu- stunl thaJ wel1 could determine Lai indoor skating rink in Sap whether pnsas Ci is going to Hokkaido north-be a contender in the CHL ori main island an also ran The Imperial Household Agen- now the Blues in the 8 BEAUTIFUL 1971 PONTIAC STATION WAGONS REMAINING ALL CARRY BIG BIG DISCOUNTS EXCISE TAX REFUND TOO! BUSINESS IS FINE AT Coach John Choyce for one sure hopes so because how the docket reads when the Blues risk their shaky third place position in the Hockey League in the first of two critical weekend games Following holiday face Central Santa Anita Spotted Line heads a field of 12 horses entered in the $12500 Christmas off the Blues return 24 a sub-500 record on later to meet Tulsa ice winning five losing six and for the iANDYKLj lease Peterson up to Coach Pete to get his release from said Adams Jr the Oiler owner Handicap at the New Orleans who said he had joked with his I Hair Grounds Spotted Line won wife about having to move out the Christmas Cap last year and of their home because of the i 1S the favorite for this contract terms offered Peter- Tunning son 7801 METCALF north of the other three and on which traffic had not been stopped He had mistaken the Rip Van Winkle Bridge for the Mid-Hudson span Fortunately no cars were traveling over the toll bridge at the time and he landed safely Editor of Psychology Journal Dies at 84 Austin Tex Dr Karl Dallenbach for 42 years the editor-owner of the American Journal of Psychology the oldest existing journal in psychology died Thursday He was 84 SS BUSINESS IS Winter games said yes- As nebulous as those two gke a sudden switch the the imperial couple will omens are Choyce is hopeful Blues will have nowhere 0 fly to Sapporo Feb 1 for a one- they are good enough to fill his hllt dnwn week visit it left over Christmas stocking But then as Choyce would shaky position is say? lEnough of gloomy talk the season to The evident in the CHL standings under the column entitled They will also join the spectators watching the lometer ski race ice hockey matches 500-meter speed Catskill NY When Edger Lange looked down from his single-engine Cessna for an emergency place to land he spotted a bridge over the Hudson River and radioed his airfield that the bridge would have to be it Lange on a round-trip flight from Dutchess County Airport with his children Andrew 12 and Karleen 1 had almost run out of fuel He told the tower he would land on the the Mid-Hudson at Poughkeepsie State police were called They blocked that bridge off to traffic and two other Hudson River bridges at Beacon and Kingston as a precaution Lange however landed on a the Rip Van Winkle (skating event ski jumps and figure skating competitions which stands for points I as in the-more-you-have-the-bet- WINDSHIELD WASHER CLEANER SOLVENT 99c And so it is Michigan Cager Will Be Ready Ann Arbor Mich University of basketball coach Johnny Orr got an early Christmas present when doctors told him that his injured star forward Henry Wilmore will be ready for the Big Ten opener Jan 8 Wilmore suffered a knee injury Monday night in an invitational tournament game One full gallon of pre-mixwl Kolution No freeze to Don Faurot Sees Day Coming When Defense Snaps Wishbone I Tlmtone 4 DAYS -3 NIGHTS SUPER BOWL TOUR JAN 14-17 CAU FOR PRICE KC NEW ORLEANS ROUND TRIP JET MOTEL TRANSFERS GAME TICKET LIMITtD SPACE AVAILABLE ALLAN BELL CHARTERS SUITE 205 1800 BURLINGTON NKC MO (816) 421 1433 24 HRS BankAmericard Master Charge Accepted Complete International Travel Service first came up with a 7-2 defense for it in 1946 with his ends dropping off like cor-nerbacks The next year homa went to a 5-4 very ulti-1 lar to Don Faurot pio-neered the Split offense 30 years ago at the University of A perceptive offensive Missouri It was the scourge of thinker the lean jut-jawed Fau-collegiate football until Coach rot Tatum devised a 7-2 de- that the fense for it five years later in mate in a new-f angled aphis only season at Oklahoma proach yet to concede is the RETREADS WISHES YOU HAPPY HOLIDAYS 681 9 Johnson Dr 8314500 Speculation on what has been described as a lifetime contract centered on 10 years at $75000 a year In jest Oiler General Manager John Breen said is for almost a lifetime and guess about three Hackerman said Peterson telephoned from Montgomery Ala yesterday and told him he had accepted the Oiler contract It was the first conversation between the two men since rumors of departure started early this week Hackerman said he told Peterson he still had four years to go and he had no intention of releasing him In Miami Fla Curt Watson and Tommy Durrance were named as starting running backs for the South in Monday Shrine North-South game The South coaches Bill Battle of Tennessee and Fran Curci of Miami said Jim Hamilton of Arkansas State would open at quarterback for their team Baslceball The Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association traded reserve guard Fred Tay- AS LOW AS NEW 1972 CHEVY II NOVA $2145dL Call for credit check 421-6600 $12o Now the Wishbone is fast "coming into vogue How long will it take for defenses to neutralize it? Faurot now working part pan basic plays of the Split are coming he asserts Split Wishbone and Triple Option all feature the same four the dive the keep the pitchout and the Alumni ning pass BUY THEIR CAR BUY OUR RADIO KC Auto Sound plus 27c to 35c Fed Fx Tax par tire (da-pendiny aa ilia) and ratraadabla lira goodyear SERVICE STORES time in the office hazard a guess 'h teams start bring At- used to dive or fake to the halfbacks but the Wishbone urc nauuatfta uui me lauuunu FELD Ing up nine men to stop it the fyntmek and the other two backs playing ke provides the quick-hitting man-for-man pass defense-: play t0 either sidCi the fake-I that what it 11 take he says which makes the formation MEROLLIS CHEVROLET 161 Iwdtptndenn more ROY SMITH GIVIS GREAT DEALS AT DeBACKER CHEVROLET 117th 71 Hi way SO 3-4000 1971 OLDSMOBILES CLOSE-OUT PRICES Blow Dllr Cot Whll They Last GRIFFITH OLDSMOBILE 6200 Trooat 363-1800 474-4200 Faurot naturally prefers the Split or the Wishbone the formation your quarterback slides and fakes close to the line you need to overpower in the line To run the you gotta have real blocking and be stronger than your like Nebraska and because the hits too Will some professional football team gravitate to the Wishbone? comes quick rejoinder want to run their quarterback The pros want a passing game much easier for them to advance the ball by throwing it rather than running Yugoslav leers Set Belgrade (AP) The Yugoslav Olympic Committee voted yesterday to permit its national ice hockey team to enter the Winter games in Sapporo Japan in February quote me i Faurot admonishes in his typical peremptory way teams never could stop anybody very well so sure no expert But right now flaying 5-and 6-man lines MUD and SNOW RETREADS HUGE SELECTION OF '72 CARS AND TRUCKS SEE PAPPAS CHEVROLET'S NEW AND IMPROVED SERVICE DEPARTMENT FOR AU YOUR SERVICE NEEDS 115 GRIGORY On 71t BetwMn Moin 6 Wornnll In the early concept of the Split the fullback was primarily a blocker on pitchouts He was a seldom-used runner on the until full-- back-types like Ed (Big Mo) against the Wishbone and Modzelewski of Maryland and Wc'u et 11 the Buck McPhail be-Still a spry wiry guy just six jgan months away from his 70th 8 birthday Faurot never has Strayed far from the game since Split offense and its his retirement as Tiger coach in i'ulihouse backfield was a weak 1956 He color com- pissing Faurot con- mentary for the Missouri Sports cedes you throw inti again will help pretty well you were apt to get coach the Blue squad in the i stopped Christmas Jfl JERRY SMITH BUICK IIOH HIM 16th I McGft 474 6609 Silt 6:95 14 7:35 14 blnchwoll tubtltsi plus 4t MT AT ALL UNIROYAL HOME AUTO CENTERS 4 You can depend on Gateway for fast expert and economical I PHOTO FINISHING UNIROYAL 3 TROOST AVI JA 3-5353 Gi mmm.