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Huskers Hustle Huskies in Debut, 17 Sophomores Shine On Pacific Coast By HAL BROWN Seattle Nebraska's defending Big Eight champions, setting out to the experts wrong, began their series of lessons on why more football games are won on green turf than on paper by overwhelming what is considered a good Washington team, 17-7, here Saturday afternoon. The Huskers. with their inexperience showing only on a few occasions, dominated play both from an offensive and a defensive standpoint before a packed house of 47,000 fans in the opener for both teams. Looking much better on the field than they have in practice sessions, coach Bob squad gave plenty of indications that they had taken their words to heart when he said earlier this week his Huskers giving up just because the so-called experts saw little hope of a fifth straight Big How They Scored Second Quarter NU WU 6 0 Davis, 1 run 7 0 Bombergcr, placement 13 0 Patrick, 1 run 14 0 Bombergcr, placement 14 fi Sparlin, 48 run 14 7 Martin, placement 17 7 Bombergcr, 20 field goal Nebraska 17 0 Time left 12:52 Washington ............0 7 0 Eight championship trophy in the NU stable. An offense that was supposed to be hampered by inexperience in offensive line and by indecision on a starting quarterback showed none of these shortcomings Saturday afternoon as they piled up 17 points in the second quarter and controlled the ball most of the game.

With linemen such as Glenn Patterson, Joe Armstrong, Roger Kudrna, Carl Ashman and Bob Taucher blowing holes in what is supposed to be the best Nebraska's Dennis Morrison is brought down by Washington's Bob Pederson (left rear) but not before picking up 10 yards. Can Do The Seattle Big Bob Taucher was an exhausted, dripping, but still eloquent spokesman for the Nebraska offensive line late Saturday afternoon. been ribbed since spring ball about being a bunch of youngsters. We just wanted to show people that youngsters can do a job if they want he said as he poured down a soft drink. was just basic fundamentals low, hard, quick and aggressive stuff coach Selmer has been teaching us since been at the the senior tackle pointed out.

Bob. who weighed 275 as a junior and trimmed to 248 for his final season, figured that he finished up the day Saturday at about 235. The Seattle temperature at game time was 85 degrees and the humidity had to be in about the same range in the stadium on the shore of Lake Washington. Up For It were up for this game. We knew we could do added guard junior Mel Brichacek.

thought we could do well if we got a good chimed in center Roger Kudrna. off to a fine'start he added. stunted quite a little, but we seemed to pick up pretty he continued. Quarterback Frank Patrick was in complete agreement and have been happier about it. line did a fabulous job I hit one time back he said.

guys were working open real he said of his receivers, hit them all the time. As time goes on get better at he said of his opening game 9-24 passing effort. Senior end Dennis Morrison, who led the NU receivers with four catches, was having early success on delay patterns. Double Teamed was delaying and then going to the flat or the middle, but in the second half they double-teamed me a little he explained. A 31-yard Patrick to Morrison pass in the left flat on such a delay pattern set up the second Husker touchdown.

Patrick and the Husker offensive linemen were in agreement that playing against the tough Nebraska defense all spring and fall, although not designed to make the unit look good, was a big help in getting ready for the opener. Don Forsythe Washington defense in 11 years, sophomore quarterback Frank Patrick coolly directed the NU backs through and around the defenders for two touchdowns in a four-minute span in the second quarter. An alert play by Patterson, who hustled downfield despite having to wait until the ball was kicked under the new punt rule, set up the first Husker tally of the season. The NU offense appeared to be stopped late in the first quarter when Dana Stephenson went back to punt, but Frank Smith fumbled the punt and Patterson, filling in for the injured Dan Delaney, found the ball at the 33-yard line. After sending Ben Gregory up the middle for two yards, Patrick and sophomore Joe Orduna, who had a great day in his NU debut, missed a handoff which Patrick fell on for a one- yard loss.

The 6-7 Husker quarterback found Dennis Morrison loose up the middle and hit him with a 10-yard pass for a first down at the 22. Orduna gained seven and Davis added two. Patrick sent Gregory for six behind Armstrong and Taucher and repeated with Dick Davis for another six behind the same blockers. This put the ball at the one-yard line and Davis went outside on the right as Dennis Morrison blocked the defender to the inside for six points with 12:52 left in the second quarter. Bill Bomberger, another of the many sophomores who played a key role Saturday, booted the extra point for a 7-0 lead.

After stopping Washington for a three-yard loss alter kicking off, the Huskers be an another scoring march, going 43 yards in eight plays for a 14-0 advantage. A 1 i g-on penalty against Washington helped the Huskers this time after two Patrick passes were incomplete and Davis was thrown for a six-yard loss, the Huskies were called for extracurricular activity against Davis. The 15-yard penalty made it fourth and one at the Husky 34 and Patrick leaned his 6-7 frame forward for the first down. Then two plays later, after Orduna lost three yards by fumbling, Patrick discovered Morrison at the 28 and hit him with a pass. Morrison carried the ball to the five and three plays later Patrick followed Kudrna one yard into the end zone.

second PAT gave NU a 14-0 edge with 9:09 remaining in the first half. The final Husker tally came with only 26 seconds left before intermission when Bomberger booted a 20-yard field goal. An NU drive that started when Harry Meagher intercepted a Tom Spar lip pass reached a fourth and goal juncture at the three and Devaney. apparently thinking of the talented field goal kicker Don Martin, decided to go for the field goal. Bomberger responded for a 17-7 halftime margin as the second half turned into a fierce defensive struggle that was expected at the beginning.

And it was on defense that the Huskers really shined, not only keeping the Huskies from the goal line except on the one occasion, but also coming up with numerous key plays that kept toe out of range. The only lapse on defense came when the Husker defenders became a bit confused over an injury to tackle Jerry Patton. With Washington at the NU 48, Patton was injured and Devaney sent Drakulich onto the field. Jim McCord, not knowing Patton had been injured, started off the field when he saw Drakulich enter the game. While McCord was hustling back into position, Sparlin faded to pass and saw the opening created by the momentary confusion on the part of the NU defense.

This confusion got Spar- Continued on Page 4C, Col. 5 NWU Romps 3C Outdoors 6C Frank Patrick linds room and follows the blocking of teammate Roger Kudrna (54) across the goal line for the second touchdown which came in the second quarter of play from one yard away. Devaney Praises Interior Line 'Big Green9 Becomes Big Red BY DON FORSYTHE coach Bob Devaney, alter seeing his mature and emerge as in a steamy pressure cooker Saturday, labeled the 17-7 victory over Washington say that because we played a good football team, we played away from home and went into the game with a lot of inexperienced he said. It was the first road opener for the Huskers in six years at the helm. Atlanta 74 Pittsburgh 74 Los Angeles 68 Houston 60 New York 55 It hard for the NU boss to pinpoint the area of greatest pleasure.

real proud of our interior offensive line. all very inexperienced players, but they never once made the kind of sophomore mistakes that expect. I think they were he beamed. The forward wall was especially impressive in the first half in handling what is regarded as a tough Washington defense. was real pleased with said line coach Carl Selmer.

went out Statistics First downs Rushing yardage Passing yardage Passes Passes intercepted by Punts Yards penalized Fumbles lost Wash. Xeh. 8 120 69 5-15 0 75 1 19 209 92 9-26 2 73 3 jmiiiiiiiiiimmiiiiiiiiiiiiimii'iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii determined to do the job and did Selmer pointed out that the game was a great benefit, as far as experience goes, for his young linemen because the heat dictated that there be liberal substitution. have some kids down there who are eager to play and I'm tickled that they were able to do the he commented. Devaney complimented the play of sophomore backs Frank Patrick and Joe Orduna, both impressive when the Huskers put 17 points on the board in the second quarter.

has some great possibilities, but hard to base greatness on just one Devaney pointed out. because he has speed, can be a great foot- STANDINGS National St. I-ouis San Francisco Cincinnati Chicago Philadelphia Won Lost Pet. Behind 56 .624 .547 .537 ,536 .517 .500 .497 .459 .405 .374 11 Vi 13 13 16 18'i, 19 24 Va 32'a 37 Tigers Nab 1st! Saturday's Results St. Louis 4, Cincinnati 1 Philadelphia 8, Los Angeles 4.

11 innings Pittsburgh 5. San Francisco 4, 16 innings Houston 6, New York 1 Chicago 2, Atlanta 1 Games Chicago (Niekro 8-7 or Hands 7-7) at Atlanta tl.ema.ster 9-8) St. Louis (Briles 12-5) at CincinnaU (Maloney 14-10) New York (Koosman 0-0) at Houston (Wilson 10-9) Los Angeles (Osteen 16-15) at Philadelphia (Ellsworth 6-6) San Francisco (Sadecki 9-6) at Pittsburgh (MacBean 6-3) Games I.os Angeles at New York, night St. Louis at Philadelphia, night Cincinnati at Atlanta, night Pittsburgh at Houston, night Only games scheduled. American Won Lost PrL Behind Detroit 85 64 .570 Boston 84 65 .564 1 Minnesota 84 65 .564 1 Chicago 84 66 .560 l'i xCalifornia 75 71 .514 B1 a Washington 69 79 .466 15'i Cleveland 70 81 .464 16 Baltimore 66 81 .449 18 New York 66 83 .443 19 xKansas City 59 .404 2414 Saturday's Results Detroit 5.

Washington 4 Chicago 5, Minnesota 4 Baltimore 4, Boston 1 Cleveland 6, New York 1 Kansas City at California, night Games Kansas City (Lauzerique 0-0) at California (Weaver 1-0) Minnesota (Merritt 12-3) at Chicago (Peters 15-9) Washington (Bertaina 5-5) at Detroit (Hiller 4-1 Cleveland (Tiant 10-9) at New York Stottlemyre 14-12 Baltimore (Braebcnder 4 4) at Boston (Bell 12 11 Monday's Games Chicago at California, night Minnesota at Kansas City, night Boston at Detroit, night New York at Baltimore, night Only games scheduled. By The Associated Press The Detroit Tigers grabbed the American League lead Saturday by edging Washington 5-4 behind right-hander Earl Wilson while Baltimore downed the Boston Red Sox 4-1 on the three-hit pitching of rookie Jim Hardin. The victory, their fourth straight and ninth in the last 11 games, moved the Tigers one game ahead of Minnesota and Boston in the four-way pennant chase. The Twins were beaten by Chicago 5-4 Saturday night and fell into a second place deadlock with the Red Sox, who lost to Baltimore 4-1 in an afternoon game. Wilson became the first 21- game winner in the majors as the Tigers moved one-half game ahead of the Minnesota Twins, who met Chicago in a night game, and one game up on the Red Sox.

The Twins, Tigers and Red Sox started the day in a three- way tie for first place. The Tigers spotted Wash- Jim Lonborg Oriole Victim run cally in the fourth, Wis- tory against two setbacks. Powell hit his first homer since July 23 in the seventh off reliever John Wyatt after loser Jim Lonborg, 20-8. was lifted. Rico Petrocelli hom- ered for the Red Sox.

In the only other daytime action, Manny run- scoring single in the 16th inning gave Pittsburgh a 5-4 voctory over San Francisco. Mota stroked the winning hit against 19-game winner Mike McCormick, the seventh Giants pitcher. Willie Mays had pulled the Giants in a 4-4 tie with a three-run homer in the eighth. In National League night games St. Louis clubbed Cinson knocking in the go-ahead cinnati.

4-1, to reduce their run with a single. Norm Cash pennant-clinching who replaced Wilson, 21-10, 1 to three: the Chi- in the eighth, weathered the cago Cubs clipped Atlanta, two-run ninth inning 3-2; Philadelphia belted Los rally. Angeles, 8-4; and Houston Boog three run whipped the New York Mets. homer in the seventh snapped 6-1. a 1-1 tie at Boston, giving the Orioles their second victory over the Red Sox in 24 hours.

The Cleveland Indians downed the New York Yan- ball player. A couple of times today he was cornered, but turned on the speed and got Devaney noted. The Huskers did not alter their game plan a great deal, but did wind up throwing the ball 26 times, 19 in the first half. first objective was to control the ball. We planned to run at at the start.

But throw if we can and they forced us into throwing the short and intermediate zone passes. We were still able to control the the coach pointed out. Devaney noted that there were few errors until late in the game. had some boys in positions they ready to play because of injuries. When we lost Orduna and Mick Ziegler we were without a right halfback.

I don't think Buster Yannon had ever worked at that position he said. Devaney had praise for the defense in keeping the Huskies in containment. Washington never made a serious threat before or after its only touchdown, a 48 yard scamper by quarterback Tom Sparlin. they had hit on a couple of plays that i s- fired, it could have been a different Devaney noted. The Husker boss had praise for tackle Jim McCord and sophomore 1 i e- backer Ken Geddes for some big defensive plays.

And. of course, the label was reserved again for Wayne Meylan. just expect it out of Devaney told Washington writers. figure had a good day unless in on about half of the ington a 1-0 lead, then surged Hardin struck out eight in ahead to stay with a three- i picking up his seventh night games kees, 6-1, and California edged 111 Kansas City, 2-1, in American I 0(11 lllilOlUlCCS Sunday Football Notre Dame Football, 10:30 a.m. (3), Pro Footbal Bears v.

Steel- ers, 12:30 p.m. (6). 1 p.m. (10-11); Oilers v. Bills, 1 p.m.

(3); Patriots v. Raiders, 3:30 p.m. (3). SPOUTS SLATE (All events free unless followed by all times a.m. unless boldfaced for p.m.) Sunday fieds, Midwest Speedway, 27th Local ancj Superior, Auto Races Super Modi- His Retirement Pittsburgh Dick Groat of the San Francisco Giants, who vaulted from Duke University to major league star- idom, announced Saturday he was retiring from baseball at the cqd of the season.

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