Portage Daily Register from Portage, Wisconsin • 8

PORTAGE DAILY REGISTER Tues July 18 1972 Page 8 6 Super FAN-ATIC set to pull Special to the Register un-Devine noting that such information would give great comfort to the enemy the Packer head-master did volunteer are two like to point out Mike McCoy had an exceptionally good time for a big man and Ray Nitschke had a good one too from that the only before noon ending the last day the veterans are likely to have for some weeks to come They reported en masse this morning for their first exposure to 1972 practice regimen patently accelerated from a year ago The rookies of course have been at workslnce UstTCiursday the offensive toe times were poor ad thus have three days of any want several watches and Coach Dan Devine later was careful to explain official time was a little slower than it was no surprise to the coaches or the railbirds a relatively svelte 262 pounds at this point always has accelerated with startling facility for one of his heft But there were more than a few elevated eyebrows when MacArthur Lane Packer payoff in the Donny Anderson deal churned the 40 yards in 47 seconds not once but twice The brain trusters knew Lane was fast particularly Cochran who coached the former Utah State star at St Louis in 1968 but even they were impressed I All of the returns obviously wii not be in for some time but straightaway performance suggests the Packers can safely claim an early edge in the trade Anderson it has been reliably way you to measure them Which means getting pretty good mileage out their abilty to their credit in other words It means the guards are reported Was caught at a somewhat surprising 54 in the early camp dash trials in shorts Although MacAfthur outstripped all his fellow running backs and was only five-tenths of a secondoff the pace of squad leader Ken Ellis he was not happy with his time even if Devine was thought it was he said with a disapproving curl of the lip wanted a Devine meanwhile clearly regarded show of swift as yet another indication of his potential DD pointed out was first in all of the sprints (there were 18) by our Exhibiting a facetious smile DD admitted many times he crosses the goal line is something else But never seen a better conditioned athlete at this stage of the Although he declined to disclose all of the 40-yard times double drills behind them along with the individual coaching that Devine is confident will enable them to push his returnees Initial squad cuts can be expected momentarily although GREEN BAY Careening to a stop 20 yards past the moustachioed Gale Gillingham circled back and anxiously inquired was my time? Packer coaching aide Red Cochran looking up from his stopwatch cryptically rejoined got Beaming at this intelligence Gillingham flexed his muscles a la Charles Atlas threw out his ample chest and triumphantly challenged? them rookie This revealing little tableau took place last Sunday morning as Packer veterans ran the 40-yard dash against the clock in full pads an exercise held in conjunction with the annual on the South Oneida Street practice field Whatever actual time was (he was clocked by College All-Star camp) and Tipi Webster has been kicking well so I doubt if we will be bringing Lou! in All be doing is doing qn injustice to Mike McCoy a billowy 304 pounds when he checked in as a rookie in 1970 proudly reported Sunday 273 right Hie massive defensive tackle a1 twinkle in the eye added lifted weights in the off-season and that helped me redistribute' the mass Hanner wants me to try to play at this year and sure be down there by the time camp if it is over If I get too! weak I can always go up five he grinned me to go up MacArthur Lane carefully avoids the personal pronoun for the most part feel I can put it together this year I have a positive he says I feel WE can put it together here a team effort personal goal? I really like to talk in those terms But have been all-pro Now I want tp go to the Super pjUtoggiHid and it isan example Seyare nSeTto to exteS that although speed is important at this point Most of the current in personnel will be needed to provide balance and competition for the intra-squad game to be staged in Lam beau Field Wednesday night July 26 football so are other things like wanting to get out in front of the ball carrier just goes to show our offensive line did a fine job last year (the Packers finished second in the NFC in rushing) considering there are no barnburners out The speed tests were concluded PACKER PATTER Devine updating an earlier report on the status of veteran placekicker Lou Michaels said Sunday it looks now I would say Lou will not be reporting ankle is better (Marcol presently is in the I xx) king at the schedule the Pack should be about 2-12 this year unless Dan Devine can come up with some way to lose the Houston and New Orleans games and I have every confidence he will After all he trade Donny Anderson for MacArther Lane? Speaking of Devine can you think of any coach or general manager in pro football that you trade him for? Duane Oaig CHESS NOT SPORT Alright lets just stop and think a minute! A few TV cameras do not an athlete make And that makes the Fischer-Spassky chess joke non -athletic Sure its a lot of fun and enjoy reading about the results when and if there are some REALresults as much as anybody But me into thinking chess is a sport is a game a high class mental game sure but just a game and people who talk about chess and athletics in the same breath must just like to hear the noise The more TV trys to search out new kinds of people-against-people competition to show the American public the more off-the-wall stuff is thrown at us in the guise of sports Well believe it Games are still just games and keep this straight chess is just a game Jerry Gocke PATHETIC PICK Dan ability to make draft picks is about equal to Haug ability to run the 100-yard-dash Take Dave Purifory for instance Nobody else did Only the Packers And supposed to be a lag help for their line Turns out so slow that Devine refused to release his time in the 40-yard dash So now Devine is saying that seen a lot of linemen who fast but they were good because they were quick Purifory is so slow that if they cut him it will take him three weeks to leave camp Another great move by Devine Daryl Moen HOTDOG TAGGE The Packers drafted hometown boy Jerry Tagge I know if use him as quarterback or to sell concessions like he used to at Packer games He will probably turn out as the biggest hot dog in Imbeau Field I figure why Devine drafted Tagge not from Missouri Paul FISCHER PROMOTER A local attorney quipped recently that Bobby Fischer is the only guy in the world who can make a Russian look like a good guy That may be true but Fischer is also an astute businessman and has more moxie than a Cassius Clay With his theatrics he got some real money into his world championship chess match He also made the event which is played in Iceland of all places a front page event around the world a promoter A great one What would you have done if you were given the assignment to get the publicity for the match thafhe did? Even Baraum would be moved to admit Fischer is a grandmaster at promoting if not at chess Daryl Moen Readers are invited to respond to items printed here or sound off about their favorite sport or sports figure in Fan-atic All contributions must be signed no items will be printed anonymously Please include address Send contributions to the Portage Daily Register Sports 309 DeWitt St Portage or bring them to the office The column will appear every Tuesday All Fight Postponed NEW YORK Muhammad Ali the former heavyweight champion who fights A1 Lewis in Dublin on Wednesday had his fight with two-time champion Floyd Patterson put off from Aug 28 to Sept 20 Monday The date change for the 12-round bout to be held in Madison Square Garden resulted from the cancelation of another Ali match in South Africa wv-v Allen claims AL fans 9 wait for yearly prize MILWAUKEE (UPI) They came with salanii sandwiches umbrellas cans of soda and a deep desire to buy Green Bay Packer tickets And they came three days before the tickets even went on sale At 9 am Wednesday tickets to the Green Bay Packers three games at Milwaukee County Stadium go on sale to individuals with each person being able to buy two tickets to each game The sale is on a first come first serve basis and Mike Jalowiec and Jo Lazzaro both 17 and Mark Colton 16 were the ones who came first at 3 pjn Sunday came that Jalowiec said last year we were only in the middle of the line We get first crack at the seats we wanted This year he said we wanted to be No By Monday afternoon several dozen persons were lined up out- side the Milwaukee Journal building along 4th St sitting up against the wall and trying unsuccessfully to get away from a rainl' that had fallen most of the day They had umbrellas up and a huge plastic sheet covered seven people as they beat the rain but other resignedly got wet with only! thoughts of the Packers to keep them warm One group of persons moved across the street to the Milwaukee Arena and sat dry and comfortable in the deep welled But one guy had to hold their place in line and he gof wet Jalowiec Lazzaro and Colton planned the operation carefully They came early and brought sufficient supplies 45 sandwiches (salami and ham) two cases of soda and several bags of potato chips Other fans were sending out to for hamburgers or pizza parlours but nobody was going hungry Rudy Banyae was about No 7 in line and he got there at 1 pm Monday He teachers sixth grade at a school in Cudahy and says he will leave during the day to teach but his wife will stay to hold their place in line One a woman" who has stood the vigil for the past eight' Luis Aparicio of the Boston Red Sox Both are repeaters from last year along with Robinson and outfielder Carl Yastrzemski of Boston Carew received 832055 votes to easily beat out Cookie Rojas of the Kansas City Royals while the veteran Aparicio who may not be able to play because of an injury received 625074 votes well ahead of Bert Campaneris of the Oakland Athletics Bill Freehan won the starting job drawing 767538 votes to beat out Ray Fosse of the Cleveland Indians In the outfield along with Yastrzemski will be Reggie Jackson who received 902421 votes and Bobby Mincer of the New York Yankees who received 506241 votes Carlos May of the White Sox and Lou Piniella and Amos Otis of the Royals were the fourth fifth and sixth outfielders respectively according to the vote All-Star manager Earl Weaver of the Baltimore Orioles will name the pitchers and second stringers later this week NEW YORK Dick Allen a National League castoff who has found a home with the Chicago White Sox polled over a million votes to become the American top vote-getter in balloting by fans for the All-Star Game July 25 in Atlanta Allen a multi-talented slugger who had become a problem child when he played with the Philadelphia Phillies St Ixinis Cardinals and Los Angeles Dodgers of the National League in recent years received 1092758 votes to easily win the starting first base assignment for the 43rd annual classic next week Allen currently leads the American League in home runs (19) and runs batted in (61) This will be his fifth AlLStar appearance He represented the National League four times when with the Phillies and the Cardinals Brooks Robinson the Baltimore slick-fielding third baseman was the only other American Leaguer to receive over a million votes Although Robinson is having an off-year with just a 254 batting average he still polled 1041128 votes and will be making his eighth appearance Completing the American League infield are second baseman Rod Carew of the Minnesota Twins and shortstop Sports Roundup Bench regains form votes BOSTON (UPI) Wayne Cashman of the Boston Bruins signed a multi-year contract with the National Hockey League team Thursday Cash-man scored a career high of 23 goals and 29 assists with the Bruins last season HEMPSTEAD NY Gary Hammond the New York Jets No 3 draft choice from SMU signed his contract Thursday Hammond is working out at quarterback but will be switched to another position signing leaves is reporting in sick to work the next three days and die 1 choice Jerome Barkum a wide receiver as the only unsigned draft choice NEW YORK Catcher Johnny Bench of the Cincinnati Reds who is replaying his MVP 1970 season after a disappointing 1971 performance was the highest vote-getter from fans who selected the National League All-Star team which meets the American Leaguers July 25 in Atlanta Ga Bench who leads the NL in homers xind runs batted in received 1229677 votes to beat out Manny Sanguillen of the world champion Pittsburgh Pirates for the starting catching berth Third baseman Joe Torre of the St Louis Cardinals the MVP in 1971 ranked second in the overall voting with 1180613 followed by outfielders Roberto Clemente and Willie Stargell of the Pirates with 1091623 and 717597 votes respectively Rounding out the starting team will be first baseman Lee May of the Houston Astros who had 688581 votes second baseman Joe Morgan of the Reds who had 654035 and shortstop Don Kessinger of the Chicago Cubs who had 665921 votes The pitchers and utility men will be selected by Danny Murtaugh who retired for health reasons last winter after leading the Pirates to their world championship Murtaugh also led the Pirates to their only other world championship in 1960 Murtaugh and his coaching staff will also choose the players other than regulars They are expected but not obligated to follow the voting pattern of the fans ed to be named And another veteran had taken the week as vacation as he does every year The show of loyalty for a team that last season had an 8-4-2 record was surprising but most of the fans thought the Pack would be better this year Almost everyone predicted a 500 season for them and said that the wait in the rain was worth it One veteran even 4aid that the ordeal was a test of a Packer fan It makes the game so much better when you PHILADELPHIA (UPI) Tight end Fred Hill and defensive back Joe Scarpati of the Philadelphia Eagles both retired Thursday Both players said they planned to devote full time to the real estate business Hill played pro ball seven years and Scarpati played eight years HOUSTON Cesar Ce-deno the Houston outfielder has a pulled groin muscle and will not rejoin the team for the balance of the current road series Cedeno hitting 345 Sayers delays knee test Major Smndings Gabriel downed By United Press International 1 League National American East League East for one month pet 639 560 524 518 444 349 Pitt New York St Lou Chicago Montreal Phila with that blow wind was blowing he says gb 5 9'2 10 16 24 gb I 53 30 47 34 43 39 44 41 36 45 29 54 West I 31 39 40 47 50 52 testing the knee in actual workouts Sayers has reached the of his rehabilitation and the way things" stand now Abe Gibron the new head coach sure whether or not he can count on him this year And if Gale Sayers make it this year that could be the end pet 627 552 518 447 432 373 6 9 15 21 LONG BEACH Calif (UPI) Angeles Rams quarterback Roman Gabriel suffered a collapsed right lung Monday and will be sidelined for at least one month i Gabriel was throwing the football in a non-contact drill at the Long Beach camp on his first day of practice when he complained of feeling ill He was taken to Long Beach Community Hospital where a tube was inserted into his right? lung through a small incision in his back Dr Jules Rasinski Jr team physician for the Rams said that it was a common illness caused by a rupturing of a small air cyst at the top of the lung and that Gabriel might be released from the hospital as early as Wednesday The doctor added that if ttiere are no complications Gabriel can take part in contact scrimmage in about three weeks and return to competition in a month Joe Louis it- turns out is retired but still fighting and to what extent is detailed in Barney absorbing book Brown Also recommended: Jerry Many Miles to another provocative book examining those aspects of sports which do not turn out to be all fun and games Monday's Results Boston 4 Calif Balt 3 Texas 1 Detroit 3 Chicago 1 Oakland at Milwa ppd rain) not the least bit worried about them finding a suitable room in Reykjavik look they found a table in Paris they? Sports Roundup BOSTON (UPI) Larry Siegfried who played on a national championship team at Ohio State and with five NBA champions with the Boston Celtics Thursday was named the head basketball coach at North Adams State College Siegfried played with Boston from 1963-64 until he was picked up by the San Diego Rockets in the 1970 expansion draft He was traded to Atlanta last December and retired in January Cinci Houston A Atlanta San Fran San Diego Monday's Results Cine 7 Chicago 2 1 Pitts 6 Atlanta 5 1 St Lou 3 Houston 2 Today's Probable Pitchers (All Times EOT) Cincinnati (Nolan 13-2) at Chicago (Jenkins 11 8) 2 30 Atlanta (Reed 7 10) at Pittsburgh (Blass 10 3) 8 pm St Louis (Cleveland 11 4) at Houston (Reuss 5 8) 8 30 pm New York (Matljk 9 5) at Los Angeles (John 8 4) 11 pm Philadelphia (Champion 4 9) at San Diego (Arlin 7 10) 10 30 Montreal (Moore 1 3) at San Francisco (Bryant 7 4) 11 pm Wednesday's Games Atlanta at Pitts Cinci at Chicago St Lou at Houston New York at LA Phila at San Diego Montreal at San Fran Hank Stram the coach of the Kansas City Chiefs must be getting soft He gave his ball club the day off Sunday It was file first complete day off he has given his players in 13 years Today's Probable Pitchers (All Times EOT) Chicago (Lemonds 1 3 or Bahnsen 11 10) at Detroit (Coleman J1 8) 9 pm Oakland (Horlen 2 1 and Hunter 11 4) at Milwaukee (Stephenson 2 2 and Lonborg (7-4) 2 7 California (Ryan 11 6) at Boston (Siebert 7 5) 7 30 Baltimore (McNally 10-7) at Texas (Hand 7 6) 8 30 pm Cleveland (Perry 15 7 and Wilcox 6 11) at Kansas City (Splittorff 9 5 and Dal Canton 5 3) 2 7 Minnesota (Perry 7 8) at New York (Kline 8 4) 7 30 pm By MILTON RICHMAN UPI Sports Writer NEW YORK (UPI) Gale Sayers makes sure he keeps busy vital The way he does is by throwing himself completely into the five-times-a-week TV show he has in Chicago Sayers as well as some other outside interests he has so that he dwell on his football career too much He knows if he he runs the risk of being depressed of wondering whether he has any football career left at 29 Sayers has worried about that and still is worrying now You know the old line Well nothing funny about it to Sayers The Chicago Bears have started without him begun practice at their Rensselaer Ind training camp and when all the regulars showed up last Saturday Gale Sayers did not The brilliant running back who has played only two league games in each of the last two seasons has been working out regularly the past few months following a third knee operation but Dr Theo- dore Fox who performed the surgery feels in Sayers' best interest if he delays Chi Chi Rodriguez says the trouble with most weekend golfers is they worry too much about how they look you worry too much about how good you look out there in Rodriguez says example they talk about the way Doug Sanders looks when he swings All I know is I never see the guy out of the fairway You can also worry too much about how your clothes look give you another example I gotta wear loose pants Baggy So what? I go out there for a fashion Wine Signs On PHILADELPHIA (UPI) Bobby Wine released last week by the Montreal Expos signed on with the Philadelphia Phillies Monday as a coach and infield instructor Dave Kingman San six-foot-six slugger says not that and what makes it such a joke is he means it and says this all with a straight face his problem he really know how strong he says Charlie Fox the manager week or so ago he took a half swing against all it was a half and he hits a line drive outta the Philadelphia ball Kingman with 21 homers already too impressed AUCTION ERICK'S SHED LOCATION 6 miles southeast on Highway 16 to Dunning Road Watch for sign Wed July 13L 7:30 pm Items already consigned are as follows Sofa bed and chair to match Gulbransen piano Bedroom set complete chord organ Wurlitzer juke box Bunk beds Double bed Electric stove Chest of drawers Round chrome table Roundoak table 2 bikes Stromberg Carlson radio and phonograph wool rug Floor lamps Chatter bench Bob Sled Tobaggon Large tent and many many small miscellaneous items For more information call 742-2633 Williams Honored SAN FRANCISCO Billy Williams who batted 586 for the Chicago Cubs in games from July 10-16 Monday was named National League Player of the Week Bobby Fischer took awhile but he finally got back in the ball game.