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THE SACRAMENTO BEE Wednesday Dec 23 1970 Page B7 Nolan On Raider Rerun: 'Super' Pay Hike For Giant's Webster 4 -404' i 1 4 '7 S'''Z'' i -i I 110 A 040 41 Ao tf' 1 At' 0 I A' 1 CI I SAN FRANCISCO (Al') Coach Dick Nolan of the San Francisco 49ers says he has great admiration for the coach of his team's My Area rivals the Oakland Raiders Nolan said Tuesday that when he met Oakland's John Madden Sunday after a 38-7 49ers victory "I told him I hope Nve're both good enough to meet again this season7 The only possible place the teams could play again is in Miami at the Super Bowl Jan 17 The 49ers have the toughest first round assignment of the National Football League playoffs They must leave the relative warmth of Northern California to take on the powerful Minnesota Vikings Sunday in frigid Bloomington Minn Nolan said Tuesday that his offensive line can expect "tremendous pressure" from the Vikings Two proud units will be facing each other at the line The 49ers gave quarterback John Brodie the best protection in NFL history allowing him to be tackled only eight times all season on passing attempts The Vikings sacked oppos ing quarterbacks 49 times "What would you say if you were facing an offensive line that allowed the quarterback to be dumped only eight times? Nolan said "You'd say 'I'm going to make it nine" Nolan listed running back Doug Cunningham as a probable starter after Tuesday's practice Linebacker Skip Vanderbundt was listed as possible Both starters missed the last two games of the season Cunningham with a ham string pull and Vanderbundt with a knee injury i 4--N 4i -i: i 4 14 4 A'i li i 4: ft'o-' I i '1-1 -L ::::1: 1:::: 4 I 4'1- 5- 'I ik ''''1-' '4: 0 fr lk- 2 -1 1 1 z-'-'- A' 1 i' 'IP 4 -v? -ii: -1' 1 :1) s' 7 tp- 1- 0 t- 0' i ziti Alex Webster Raiders Are PickedOverMiami NEW YORK (AP) Just two pro football seasons ago Alex Webster became the surprise head coach of the New York Giants in a "battlefield promotion" Today he is a surprise contender for coach-of-the-year honors and he has a new oneyeari contract with a big raise in his pocket The jovial Irishman who was given the job when Al lie Sherman was fired after the Giants lost all five exhibition games before the 1969 season "haggled for about 35 seconds" before signing a pact reported at $40000 a $10000 raise The one-year stipulation was at his own request although team owner Wellington Mara said he would have given Webster a long-term pact after the Giants surprising 9-5 finish following a 6-8 mark the previous year The Giants missed a chance at the playoffs on the final day of this season by losing to Los Angeles "When he first signed I gave him a two-year contract because I told him it was a battlefield promotion and the first year wouldn't be a real test" Mara said "The record speaks for itself We improved three games in one season and that means he'd done a heckuva job" There was little doubt that Webster would be rehired although there had been some grumbling when the Giants started the season 0-3 It was thought that Webster might not be a strict enough disciplinarian however the Giants turned around and won six in a row to move into contention East-West Shrine Game Coaches the 46th annual Shrine football game Jan 2 in Oakland him a similar award And a club in Blanda's home town of Chicago named him that citys top athlete of the year Blanda who broke into pro football with the Chicago Bears in 1949 says he's "90 per cent sure" he'll retire if the Raiders win the Super Bowl The road to the Jan 17 game and an N11 title looks rough The Raiders were 0-4 this season in games with other teams that have reached the playoffs One of the losses was a 20-13 setback in Miami They also lost to Cincinnati Detroit and the 49ers They finished their regular season with a 38-7 loss to San Francisco But they won the Western Division of the American Conference with an 842 rec ord edging the defending Super Bowl champions the Kansas City Chiefs The Dolphins 10-4 have a sixgame winning streak going into the playoffs John Pont left of Indiana and Eddie Crowder of Colorado will coach the East and West All-Star squads respectively in UPI Telephoto Shrine Coaches Hit The (Punch) Line In Gab-Fest At Fisherman's Wharf Frazier Goes Wilkerson Joins Chargers SAN DIEGO San Diego Chargers have dealt tight end Willie Frazier to Houston the club that surrendered him five years ago for a first draft choice The newest member of San Diego's football team is Doug Wilkerson a rookie offensive guard who played only three games for the Oilers last season on defense A 6-2 245-pounder from North Carolina Central College Wilkerson was the 141 player selected in the 1970 college draft and the first offensive lineman "I could say Willie Frazier was a disappointment" said general manager Sid Gillman Tuesday of Frazier whose consistency and approach to practice never satisfied the management The Chargers first saw Wilkerson when he was practicing for last year's Senior Bowl and college all-star games A 11Sin taste to remember but not on the tip of your needed a quarterback Three days later in came Crowder He was an All-American at Oklahoma But he couldn't pass Eric Prewitt OAKLAND National Football League playoff games will be settled in sudden death overtime periods if they are tied after four quarters Maybe that's why the Oak-lad Raiders are favored in Sundays game here with the Miami Dolphins They have George Blanda The 43-year-old Blanda was undoubtedly the NFL's top clutch performer of the regular season saving four games with field goals or touchdown passes in the final moments "I didn't feel any pressure I knew what we had to do I've been in every kind of situation you'd want to' think of since I started playing this game" he'd explain week after week Six Seconds The later it got in the game the better Blanda was Ile kicked three field goals winning two games and tying one six seconds or less left to play Blanda has become the most honored backup quarterback in pro football history On Tuesday the Miami Touchdown Club named him the winner of its Playerof-the-Year award Last week the Maxwell Club of Philadelphia voted iFfA bowl game once in a while" Santa Clara's Pat Malley replacing Washington's Jim Owens said "This is a big moment in my life When I was going to St Ignatius High School I passed the Shriners' Hospital every day "Pastorini is just great Crowder told me Danny's the second great quarterback I've coached When I was coaching at Ft Hood I told the commander I From Page 134 sophomore was second last year and fourth this year despite missing two games He broke the NCAA record for career completions Two years ago he threw for over 400 yards against Ohio State's Rose Bowl champs This year he went over 400 yards against Texas "We're a Bible school you know We try to get along with people just go to a I( LUI1911Ce IV "6'14 11 't rv ill li 1 (I p) 4 I 1 1 1 I 111'11 zA'4'''' -IvP111 r'4-i''' li 40 let A 1 '1 i 4 Drivers Join Title Defense Redwoods is Victor In Basketball Tourney The Unbiteable Oilers-Giants Battle HOUSTON (AP) The Houston Oilers announced Tuesday they will meet the New York Giants in a preseason National Football League game in the Astrodome Aug 9 Mc Catchy Newspapers Service AMPHORA "Green" is a rich aromatic blend that has no bite at all from the very first puff to the last Try a pouch of superb AMPHORA "Green" today and discover its pleasing autumnlike aroma AMPHORA-America's largest Selling Imported Pipe Tobacco 'By The Hour "Actually I'm just a temporary coach at Santa Clara I have been for 12 years I really get paid by the hour In fact the first two years they paid me with green stamps" East assistant Earle Edwards of North Carolina State said "We didn't have a good year We scored only if they dragged us across the goal line Our team was like 'Mission: Impossible' We would self-destruct at the 20-yard line" Pont named his Hoosier tight end 6-3 220-pound John Andrews "the best player on our team We have three players in the game Watch Mike Adam le from Northwesi ern (who averaged 125 rushing yards a game) He's only 5-9 and 180 pounds but he's a complete player who never tires" Another assistant Yale's Carmen Cozza said "We brought our linebacker Tom Neville He's 6-4 and 230 a real pro prospect and a Phi Beta Kappa And we have our tailback Don Martin He has 95 speed" It was announced Don Klein will narrate a 30- minute film of past game highlights prior to the TV broadcast Northwestern (who aver- aged 1'25 rushing a a game) He only 5-9 and 180 pounds but he's a corn plete player who never tires" Another assistant Yale's Carmen Cozza said we brought our linebacker Tom Neville He's 6-4 and 230 a real pro prospect and a Phi Beta Kappa And we have our tailback Don Mar- tin He has 95 speed" It was announced Don Klein will narrate a 30- minute film of past game highlights prior to the TV broadcast DAYTONA BEACH Fla (AP) Four of the vvorld's greatest race drivers have joined the powerful John Wyer Porsche team to begin defense of the World Manufacturer's Championship in the 10th annual 24 Hours of Daytona here Jan 30 The two-car Wyer team will again be headed by Mexico's Pedro Rodriguez The young performer will be seeking an unprecedented fourth victory in the 24-hour race Rodriguez teamed with Finland's Leo Kinnunen last year to win the test over Daytona's 381-mile road track circuit Rodriguez will be joined in the No1 entry by Jackie Oliver Jo Siffert and Derek Bell will team in the No 2 machine Bell and Oliver both 29- yearold Britishers replace Brian Redman and Kinnu- nen The tvvo-car Wyer team Nvill again be headed by Mex ico's Pedro Rodriguez The young performer will be seeking an unprecedented fourth victory in the 24-hour race Rodriguez teamed with Finland's Leo Kinnunen last year to win the test over Daytona's 381-mile road track circuit Rodriguez will be joined the No1 entry by Jackie in Oliver Jo Siffert and Derek Bell will team in the No 2 machine yearold Britishers replace Brian Redman and Kinnu Bell and Oliver both 29- Tlen Rocklin 79-65 in the other consolation semifinal Butte of Durham downed Napa 91-89 for third place Houston hit 30 and 21 points in his two games and held the scoring record with 76 points until Cooper fin ished Cooper had 35 points in the first game 16 in the second Alba led Butte with 21 points in the game against the Chiefs Four other Roadrunners were in double figures Campbell had 29 Steve Bakker 22 for Napa Butte was up 44-42 at the half Larry Michel had 17 Cooper 16 and Curtis Adkinson 16 against Siskiyous Kim Dittner hitting 20 for the Eagles Alan White 17 Yuba was down 43-41 at the half David Erb had 17 for Lassen against COS and the Eagles were ahead all the way 43-29 at the half Dennis Ross added 18 points White 11 for the winners Alan Howarth 13 and Jeff Hart 10 for the Cougars Yuba had a 36-30 halftime lead over the Wolverines from Rocklin and never let Sierra catch up Sierra tied the 49ers from the field with 58 points but hit only seven free shots Scot Winters had 22 points Tim Jones 13 for the losers Cooper his 35 Michel 16 and Atkinson 15 for the winners Yuba Sierra Cooper 111 1311 Childs fa ft to 3 0 6 18 877v 1111 Rates i 9 Winters 0 241 Mcnel 16 Caldwell 0 1 He-both 1 I 3 Morns 3 I 7 Manor 0 1 1 Prewitt 4 0 Marion 2 0 4' Totals 29 21 79 Totals 29 7 65 Halftime score: Yuba 36 Sierra 31 1- it 1 1' i- 3 I 1 i 1 41 11 7 Ili 4' 5 REDDING College of the Redwoods from Eureka showed the 18th annual Golden Valley Conference Basketball Tournament how not to make mistakes last night to win the championship with a 59-45 victory over the host Shasta College Knights The Corsairs made just seven ball-handling errors the turnovers coaches dread and only one in the last half when they overcame an eight-point deficit for the victory Shasta was ahead 29-21 at the intermission but lost high-scorer Ted Holcomb on fouls in the second half and for all practical purposes was finished Holcomb scored 10 points and was most valuable player for the tournament Four Corsairs were in double figures including all-tourney Doug Oliveria with 11 Others on the all-tourney team were John Alba of Butte College Gary Cooper of Yuba Ron Campbell of Napa and Lindsey Houston of College of the Siskiyous And Cooper set three tournament scoring records most points with 78 most field goals in one game with 14 and most field goals in three games with 30 The Siskiyous Eagles tied a team mark most points in three games with 266 They won the consolation title with a 92-73 victory over Yuba after defeating Lassen of Susanville 90-69 in the semifinals Yuba from Marysville topped Sierra of Of Kentucky Sports Official Dies At 65 LOUISVILLE Ky (AP) Dr John IIeldman Jr associated with the University of Louisville for 33 years as a baseball coach and athletic director died of an apparent heart attack Monday night He 'damn 65 was stricken at his home shortly after returning from Louisville's basketball game with Kansas He had been planning to retire in July as head of the health physical education and recreation department Jim Brown Tops Ground-Gainers CANTON Ohio (UPI) Jim Brown who in nine seasons rushed for 12312 yards is the leading ground-gainer at the 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$250000 when it was signed the Inquirer said adding that when the two leagues merged the Houton Oilers agreed to let 39 vs of 77RENTACAR iaLdi Hall Of Fame Po' st FORT LAUDERDALE Fla (AP) John Higgins head swimming coach at the US Naval Academy was elected president of the International Swimming Hall of Fame Tuesday Seagram Distillers Company New York City Blended Whiskey 86 Proot 65 16 Ctain Neutral Spirits.