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Mondoy, Dtc. 21. 1964 itar It mm HUSKERS DEPART FOR TEXAS Team forms a line at baggage check point (left) and steps up ramp to waiting DC-7 (center). Coach Devaney (right) lugs garment bags up the ramp, (Star Photos) BILLS RIP BOSTON, 24-14 Jack Kemp Engineers Buffalo Title Triumph Boston Kemp, demoted a week ago led the Buffalo Bills to the Eastern Division title of the American Football League Sunday by scoring twice and throwing a touchdown pass in a 24-14 victory over the Boston Patriots In a swirling snowstorm. The field was covered with snow and the yard lines had been obliterated before the game started one-half hour late.

As soon as the ground crew removed the tarpaulin new snow fell. As the a ended a miniature blizzard whirled down on the 38,021 fans at Fenway Park. Despite the miserable playing condition falling temper- tures and the wind-blown snow, the teams played good football. victory sent Coach Lou Bills in IN EASTERN LOOP week while Daryle Lamonica I team Dubenion, caught six Ai 1 AO ran the show, put the Bills out front early with a 57-yard TD pass to fleet Elbert Dubenion. Kemp later scored twice from the one on quarterback sneaks.

Pete Gogolak, the rookie from Cornell who kicks soccer style, added a 12-yard field goal. Babe PariUi, the 34-year-old former Kentucky ace, found the cold weather alittle tough but he hit Tony Romey f'oo i-H Buff Dubenion 57 from Kemp (Goeolak kick) Bos Romeo 37 from ParlllJ (pass failed) Buff Kemp 1 run (Gofolak kick) Buff FG Gogolak 12 Buff Kemp 1 run (Gogolak Bos Romeo 15 pass from Parilli (Colclouih pass from ParilU.) Attendance 3B.021. passes for 103 yards. Dubenion got away with three for 127 yards. Colclough grabbed six for 134 yards for Boston.

The top runner was Cookie Gilchrist with 52 yards on 20 carries, leaving him just short of a season. Cookie, the All-Star fullback, wound up with 981 for the year. Buffalo 7 10 1-24 Louisiana State Making Intense Bowl Preparation Baton Rouge, La- Louisiana State held a brief but comprehensive practice session Sunday, preparing for its Sugar Bowl date with Syracuse. Coach Charles McClendon and his team reviewed offense, defense and the kicking game. They put particular emphasis on passing drills and goal-line offense.

McClendon said the Tigers would work out Monday in their final practice before Christmas. Weekend Tough For Big Eight Midland Tourney Scheduled For December 28-29 with a 37-yard scoring pass in the first period. Coach Mike Holovak gambled on a try for two points and the lead, but lost. attempted two-point conversion pass to Gino Cappelletti failed when Cappy slipped and fell in a comer of the end zone. The Patriots score again until the final minutes to an AFL title game with! when Parilli connected with San Diego Saturday Dec.

26 for another TD from 15 First Rushing yardage Passing yardage Passes Intercepted by Punts Fumbles lost Yards penalized BIUs Pats 17 15 94 33 2m 294 12-24 19-40 2 3 5-30 Wolverines Welcomed By Bod Weather 0 1 40 30 at Buffalo. Kemp, who sat out last Snowholfs Fly At Title Gome Boston Buffalo Bills had hardly stepped out of the dugout at Fenway Park Sunday when they were meti with an awesome aerial at-i were unable to throw up an adequate defense. As a matter of fact, Buf-, falo booster groups who had come in for the key game with Boston, were seen waving white flags under the snowball assault. the way it went as the Bills and Patriots met for the Eastern Division title in the American Football League. Snow, which fell throughout the night and during the game, left a heavy mass on the straw and tarpaulins covering the field and caused a half-hour delay before the players ran through the goal posts toward the cameras for the pre-game introductions.

yards out. Romeo passed to Jim Colclough for a two-point conversion. Buffalo went into the game with a one-half game lead over favored Boston, which could have won the division title by a victory. The Patriots beat Buffalo a year ago in a tie playoff for the division crown and then were routed by San Diego 51-10. Mike Stratton, All- Star linebacker, played a tremendous defensive game and Ron Hall, a Boston All-Star safety, intercepted two of passes as both receivers and defenders skidded around the slippery field.

Many of the players wore gloves, and the fans amused themselves by throwing snow balls at each other and the Lou Saban Elated After Title Win Boston Lou Saban jammed into a kneeling group of Buffalo Bills huddled together around a table In the dressing room Sunday and yelled at the top of his lungs: everlasting thanks to you for beating All-Star guard Billy Shaw then leaped on a table in the center of the room, held up the game ball and asked who would get it. Lou, came the chorus. Holding the ball in one hand plavers. A small delegation of and grabbing a bottle of cham- Buffalo visitors who carried aj pagne in his other, Saban then Pasadena, Calif. football team reached the Rose Bowl scene Sunday for its New Day date with Oregon State and was greeted with the worst on the arrival of a Big Ten team in four years.

Gloomy, drizzling conditions prevailing when the Wolverines landed at Los Angeles In-1 is no better than ternational Airport continued; against outside teams. By Associated Press Kansas was the only i Eight winner Saturday night as five conference basketball teams, all playing on the road, experienced the 1 a roughest night of the season. The squeezed by a good Maryland team 63-61 in overtime at College Park, after three previous defeats by a combined nine points. Kansas State, a winner at Washington Friday, was an easy 71-62 victim for the same club Saturday. Colorado blew an 11-point lead and lost 7061 at Houston.

Oklahoma State lost to ninth-ranked Vanderbilt 60-58 in the championship game of the Vanderbilt In- I vitational at Nashville. Nebraska pressed Texas Tech all the way but lost 82-78 at Lubbock. It only served to emphasize the outstanding balance in the league this season. Only two teams. Colorado at 3-4 and Iowa State 1-5, are under the .500 level, but the conference 26-25 Fremont col lege teams battle it out for top honors in the Midland Invitational Holiday Tournament set on the basketball court at city auditorium Dec.

28-29. Director Max Kitzelman has announced that tournament participants are Dana, Kearney and Midland, all of Nebraska, and St. of Winona, Minn. In the Monday night opening rought action, Dana will be pitted against the out-of-state invaders in a 7:15 p.m. contest with Midland battling it out with Kearney in a 9 p.m.

game. The two opening night losers face off early on the second night with the two winners fighting for championship honors in the later game. 'Fewest Mistakes Possible NU Goal' as the squad set up camp in suburban Pasadena. Coach Bump Elliott, in a brief speech, termed Oregon State a worthy and later called premature the 11-point role bestowed upon his team. think it is foolish to make anybody an 11-point favorite lor any game, certainly one such as this said Elliott.

Despite the dripping skies, Elliott herded his squad to Brookside Park, next door to the Rose Bowl, for a light workout. Husker '5' Looks For Fourth Win banner around the field were pelted with a barrage of snow balls before the police made them break up their demonstration. The field looked like a setting for a Santa Claus pageant at the end. The second half was played under lights, with the thermometer tumbling down the scale. Kemp completed 12 of 24 for 286 yards despite the weather.

Parilli hit with 19 of 1 39 for 294 yards. Glenn Bass, I favorite target after the Pats started to walked to his cubicle to discuss 24-14 victory over Boston in the clash for the Eastern Division title in the American Football League. is the greatest victory ever said Sabah, after all the nonsense from this city. never be another one like references were to the fact he had been let out as Boston coach in 1961 and had lost four of six games to the Patriots since then. Saban said he had planned all week to start veteran quarterback Jackie Kemp instead of second-year signal-caller Daryle Lamonica but had not told Kemp until the plane ride to Boston Saturday afternoon.

Why Kemp, who had sat on the bench the previous while Lamonica went all the; way? felt we would need the good passer, and said Caban. needed a chance to redeem we were going to go with him come heck or high all he added. were determined, Minnesota Signs Tulsa's Jordan Minneapolis-St. Paul The Minnesota Vikings have signed their No. 8 draft choice defensive back Jeff Jordan of Tulsa.

Chief scout Joe Thomas signed Jordan Saturday following the Bluebor.net Bowl football game in Houston, in which Tulsa defeated Mississippi 14-7. Jordan also was drafted by Denver of the American Football League. The Big Eight had an 8-7 record for the week, however, and only four games were played on Big Eight home courts. This nine-game card includes only three at home. Then comes the Conference Holiday Tournament Saturday in Kansas City.

Oklahoma State has the best won-lost record so far at 5-3. Missouri and Oklahoma arc 3-2, Kansas and K-State 4-3 and Nebraska 3-3. K-State winds up its western trip at Oregon Monday night while Kansas concludes its eastern swing with seventh-ranked St. at New York and Colorado ends its southwest trip at Texas Toch. California plays at Nebraska and Oklahoma at Bradley in other games Monday.

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PU OP 0 0 .000 5 3 .625 453 0 0 .000 3 2 .600 .361 365 0 0 .000 3 2 .600 399 404 0 0 .000 4 3 .571 442 405 0 0 .000 4 3 .571 498 0 0 .000 3 3 .500 463 474 0 0 .000 3 4 .429 493 497 0 0 .000 1 5 .167 376 Gibson Sets Record Pitcher Bob Gibson of the Cardinals set a World Series strikeout record with 31 in 27 innings. Bluehonnet Star Rhome 'Keeping Guessing' ON CONTRACT FRONT Houston (iPV-Jerry the North-South game in the top college pass- Miami on Christmas Day. er, is keeping a pair of Texas professional football teams guessing. fresh from leading guys; his Tulsa team to a 14-7 up- the set victory over Mississippi in Bluehonnet Bowl, Kemp said he got good pro-1 says it will be a week or so tection iind did the same before he makes up his against Boston as we did ear-1 mind whether to sign with the lier in the season when we Houston Oilers or the Dallas lost. We just hoped we Cowboys, make any Both Houston Oiler President Bud Adams and Cowboy The underdog Hurricane used a couple of surprises to schock Ole Miss in the bowl game.

One was decision to roll out and run with the ball to pick up crucial yardage, the other was defense which allowed Mississippi to advance only as far as the Tulsa 44 in the second half. Bantamweight Champ Wins Bout By DON EVERSOLL Star Sports Writer The Nebraska basketball team probably had a word of warning about that famous for the Husker football team departing Sunday for Texas and a Cotton Bowl date with Arkansas. Joe crew came away from the south smarting from two losses handed them by Texas teams over the weekend. Texas tripped the Cornhuskers 77-73 Friday night, and Texas Tech added insult to Injury Saturday with an 82-78 victory. Nebraska is now 3-3 with all losses coming away from home.

But tonight the Huskers return to the Coliseum, hosting the California Golden Bears in the first of two games which they hope will help restore glow to thj cage picture. home court has been poison to all three of its opponents thus far. South Dakota, Purdue and Michigan have all been victims in Lincoln, and the victory over the Wolverines Dec. 12 boosted the Scarlet and Cream to 16th In the national rankings of one wire service. California brings a 2-2 record into Lincoln, sporting wins over St.

(62-44) and Arizona (57-55), but having lost to USF (65-55) and Utah (99-74). The Golden Bears carry a 4-3 advantage in the all-time series over Nebraska but have never defeated a Husker team in Lincoln. The last time the two teams played, during the 1961-62 season, California escaped with a narrow 50-49 victory at Berkeley. Captain and top forward Dan Wolthers leads the Bears in scoring after four games. The senior from Redlands has scored an average of 20.8 points per game and is second-best rebounder to Mike Brownsville, Tex.

-1 braska Coach Bob Devaneyi praised Arkansas Sunday and said he would try to eliminate his mistakes as he set up training camp on the Southern tip of Texas. The Nebraska squad flew in to get in almost a work preparing for the Jan. 1 meeting with Arkansas in the Cotton Bowl. ran its whole offense with a minimum is, errors in ball handling and assignments -particularly in the last five or six Devaney said. are quick on defense.

They have not shown any defensive weaknesses. They ap-1 pear equally efficient at passj defense and running The Nebraska coach said he, was not planning any surprises for Arkansas. just going to try to eliminate as many mistakes as he declared, a bowl game, I think the big objective is to get your team to go in with a lot of enthusiasm and execute your offense SAYS DEVANEY with as few errors as s- The Cornhuskers begin twice a day workouts Monday on the Texas-M I border, continuing until Christmas Day when they fly to Dallas for more workouts on the Southern Methodist Unl- I versity campus. The Nebraska squad and staff flew into Brownsville I Sunday from Lincoln, of i aboard a chartered jet transport. The weather at Brownsville has been damp and chilly the past few days.

The temperature was 55 degrees when the Cornhuskers arrived. Syracuse Makes Last Preparations Pensacola, Fla. UFi The Syracuse football team flew into the Pensacola Air Station Sunday to wind up their practice for the Sugar Bowl. The chartered flight was delayed more than four hours by bad weather. Coach Ben Schwartwalder said he would commence two- a-day practice sessions Monday to prepare the squad for their Jan.

1 battle with seventh-ranked Louisiana State. Barnes Quits Coaching Job At UCLA Los Angeles Barnes announced his resignation Sunday as head football coach at UCLA. He said he resigned cause they were not going to renew my Barnes, 47, has been head coach since the middle of the 1958 season after serving as an assistant for eight years. UCLA won four games and lost six the past season. The Bruins also allowed more any other major team in the country.

Barnes said he got the bad news from Athletic Director J. D. Morgan. asked Morgan why I was through, but all he would say was, are a lot GRAHAM STOPPED Art Graham, (84) of the Patriots is halted after pass completibn. Mississippi Coach Johnny aen; oua Aua.i.s auu Vaught had said earHer his second-oest reoounaer assistant Coach Jim team wmld put the big rush talked to Rhome after the Xane.t olaver tl Nn vet total loss of 37 yards, but Rhome said later.

will be he contributed Rio de Janeiro a while before I do. Maybe. runs of 23 and yards to African bantamweight cham- next week. I want to talk to, keep both Hurricane touch- a tax consultant and a law- down drives alive. ycr Mississippi was an 11-point rrs Rhome, a Dallas native who' favorite in the sixth edition of before Big Eight Tournament was voted the outstanding back, will play next pion Valdemiro Pinto scored a 15 round decision over Argentine champion Miguel Botta Saturday night in an evenly fought bout.

the Houston classic played in 41-degree weather. Tallest player on the west coast team is 7-0 John Wardell, a reserve center. He has scored a scant six points this year. The two-game series for the Huskers wUl be the last action before Big Eight Tournamem play in Kansas City next Mon I day. CALIFORNIA CENTER Miko Hendwson..