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SPORT SIGNALS By Hal Brown Sports Editor, The Star SMITH GOES 1ST Wednesday, Morch 15, 1967 The IJneolw Star 21 DRAFT True Tests Coming Denver, Colo. Post-season basketball tournaments are in full swing this week and as far as concerned the only true test in basketball comes during these tournaments. With only a of exceptions, there is no home court advantage during these tournaments. For the first time since last December the crowd is a minimal factor in the outcome of the game. Any one who tells you a home crow'd a big factor in the outcome of a basketball game watched a game at Wichita, Lincoln, Lawrence, or Boulder, Just to mention four of the 556 sites where the home team enjoys a tremendous much as 12 points, according to some gamblers.

Basketball is unlike any other sport in the help its fans give to the home team. How would you, as an office executive, function if your office were full of supporters from a rival company, yelling at the top of their while you tried to figure out the best deal for your client? Boulder, the home of the University of Colorado, only a few years ago was figured as the home of the rowdiest crowds in the Big Eight and coach Sox Walseth was spending more time on the boob tube before games, pleading with Colorado fans to behave themselves, then he was after games trying to explain why the Buffs won or lost. At about the same time, Lincoln crowds were running a close second to those in Boulder for rowdiness and for throwing things onto the court. A New Leader But now the Big Eight apparently has a new leader, Kansas crowds at Lawrence sewed up their dubious honor with a late rally in the contest with Colorado a week ago. Actually, the Kansas fans started making (heir bid for the "worst honor early with someone sending a telegram to Colorado's Pat Frink, warning him, you come to Lawrence, there will be trouble.

You won't get out of town The Jayhawk boosters kept their bid alive with a continual booing of the Buffs throughout the contest and by keeping the floor littered with debris. was a bush league crowd for a championship one observer remarked during the contest. The lid was put on the trophy for the Kansas crowd when Kr cheerleader Dave IloJt rushed onto the floor and shoved the Frink. White, the cage star, proved players and coaches have far more sense than most fans, quickly taking care of Holt. "I just told him it ncce.ssary for him to come out on the Jo Jo explained, "it his business to be out KU coach Ted Owens, angered by the incident, later apologized to Walseth.

And the basketball game the only thing the Buffs lost in Lawrence that night. Buff had their dressing room invaded during the game and thlefs got with a wrist watch, a wallet belonging to Frink, a sweater, a shirt and change out of pockets. The basketball team that can win consistently on the road these days has to be great. At the same lime, the basketball team that win consistently at home either is a lousy team or it trained its fan properly. OUT AT SECOND Dick Simpson is forced at second during a double play started from St.

Louis shortstop Jerry Buchek to secondbaseman Phil Gagliano, taking the throw. John Kibler is the umpire. Four Spartans Picked In First Eight Choices NU'S WILSON, STITH TABBED manv davs. The Bills sent I paeans. Gilllam.

south CaroUna I lA I State flanker. 27, New Orleans, David quarterback Daryle Jjumonica i Rowe, penn tackie. and split end (ilenn Bass to. New York i.T’L—Bubba Smith, Michigan gigantic defensive end, was the No. 1 and split end (ilenn Bass toJ third roi nd choice Tuesday in the com-! Oakland in exchange for quar- bined National and American terback Tom Flores and split-' iK" Football League draft which end Art Ptiwell.

Oakland also i state, kicker. 3, Houston. was spiced by a series of ma- received third and iSda? Sfhack! jor player trades. fifth round draft choices. On Tn all tho.

nliiKc nir.L-oH 1 MoudaV, Buffalo dealt Goeddeke. Notre Dame, cen- in all, me ClUOS picked loo Paul Tennes- olavers in five rounds takine end lom and its see, lackie. piayers in nve lounas, round draft rhoirp to Mi.s.souri. 11 HrnifC anrl AA OV 1 lUllllU ill dll 1.11011.1 lO (lanUnr F'rancisCO chOic'C aC- ittsburfth. Frank Michigan.

10. Chicago, Gary Wa.shington. halfback, ll, Washington. Curt Belcher. Brigham rtefpnsive back.

12, San Fran. ci.sco, Bill Tucker. Tennessee ti-l. half- I back. 13, Ncw York Jets.

Dennis Ran- jndvcia III iivtr luuiiub, round drnff rhnirp to Minnesota. 1 11 hours and 44 minutes. Tliev 5 tianker. o. will resume Wednesday morn- bcilh inc.

Eleven more rniinds are i.yie, George Wa; ing. Eleven more rounds are scheduled. Two Nebraska gridders were selected, Philadelphia Now It's Devaney Named AD ing tackle Carel Stith their National l.ragur i irom (lakland thnVug'h traded end Me-, Rhoades, Notre Dame, defensive end. 18 lourin-rounu piCK. Keevn and its current No I dratt pick Baltimore.

Leon Ward, Oklahoma State, VN.I».. for halfback Tommy Mas-: hnPhackcr. 19. Cleiciand, F.ppie Barncv, I ne IjailUllOrC lolls dralted.on, cnJ Hal Bcdsole and Minnesota's I Iowa -State, linebacker, 20. Pittsburgh Smith ('ollpizp I inn- Minnesota u.sed the vhoicc acquired trom Philadelphia.

Rod. iiiitii, i.mo l.llit oralt pick to select Alan Page, i ney Firetas, Oregon State, center man of the Year, using New end. 1 0 -New York Jets, choice acquired fli-ct Minnesota's pick to draft Wil- i Boston. Henry King. I tab State, riefcn- UrieanS Iirsi round selection.

Ue Ellison. a hack from Texas Southern, sive back 22, Oakland choice acquired The t'olts had aenilired thr Francisco traded flanker Bornic from Buffalo, Rill Kairband, Colorado, A I 11 Jim linebacker. 23, Dallas. Phil Clark. North- baints opening choice in the Norton to Atlanta for Atlanta's No.

3 western. bat Hixol ivhioh cant City, Billy Masters, Louisi- aeHl WniCn sent choice to sclcct quarterback Steve ana State, tight end. Green Bav. Garv Cuozzo to New Orleans riorida. John Rowser.

Michigan, defensive hack. xiai.v iw iflUdllh linebacker New t)rleans. Del Williams. Florida last week. i jerry Hillehrand to St.

laiuis for run- State, center. 27. New Orleans. Ben Hart, ning back Bill Triplett, Oklahoma, halfback The Minnesota Vikings, who rui.b.r.i, i i. 1 had three first round picks aS rhUadrlphla for (uUback tlarl Gros.

guard kicker. 2. New a result of two trades, had i the No. 2 pick and chose an- Draft Picks FIRST ROI ND 1, Baltimore choice acquired from New Orlean.s, Bubba Smith, Michigan State, defensive end. 2, Minnesota choice ac- REGENTS ACT TUESDAY AFTERNOON irrna-'' Sports Menu Wednesday not KKV-Oklahoma City at Omaha.

Ak-sar-Ben Coliseum. Thursday IHM KFV Omaha at Memphis. Eriday MN Big F.ight I hampion- ahip.H. Nl iiliwum, III. Annual Banquet 'riie Pioneer Golf As.sociation will hold its annual banquet at the Knolls Saturday, March 18.

at 1 p.m., according to Mrs. Carol Rustad. The public is invited. Murdock Volleyball Team Top-Seeded Omaha The University of Nebraska Board of Regents made official Tuesday what had been expected since Tippy resigned as athletic director. Head football coach Bob Devaney will take over as athletic director.

The decision came at the regular monthly meeting, held here Tuesday afternoon at the College of IMedi- cine. Devaney was on band at the meeting to accept the position and said that he had not applied for the AD Job but was glad to have it. Devaney also said that he hoped assistant athletic director and ticket manager Jim Pittenger would stay on and that he would ommend one of his football assistants at the next regents meeting to also be an assistant athletic director along with Pittenger. The regents also announced that Devaney's salary would remain same. He makes $25,500 a year as head football coach.

I) a y. as everyone now well knows, began his coaching career with II seasons In the Michigan high school ranks after graduation from Alma College in Michigan in 1939. In 1957 Devaney took his first head job at the University of Wyoming where in his five years the Cowboys had a 35-10-5 record and won a Sun Bowl game. In 1962 Devaney took a Carl Ward. Michigan, halfback.

4. Miami, Robert Greenlee, Vale, tackle Houston, Carol Stith. Nebraska, tackle. fi. Denver.

Carl Cunningham. Houston, defensive end. 7, Minnesota. Alvin Coleman, Tennessee State, defensive back. 8, Detroit.

I-ew Kamanu. Weber State, defensive end. 9. Pittsburgh. Rav Mav, Southern California, linebacker.

10. Chicago, A1 Dodd. Ncrthwe.st Louisiana State, defensive back. 11. San Francisco.

Wavne Trimble, Alabama, defensive back. 12, New Jets, Julian Gray, Grambling, de- fen.si\-e back. 13. Green Bay choice acquired from Washington. Travi.s Williams, State, back.

14, San Diego. Dick Post. Houston, halfback. 15. Chicago choice acquired from Ixis Angeles, Tom Greenlee, Washington, defensive back.

Hi. Oakland, James Ray Okla- coach in the United States. Rams' No. 1 draft pick. The i a 9-2 last year.

Devaney's collegiate i washed up football program and put it to sail at other Michigan State star, halfback Clint Jones. That pick was acquired from New York in the trade which sent New York Giants. Clint quarterback Fran Tarkenton! state, halfback. 3 san 1 Francisco choice acquired from Atlanta, to me vjiantS. i Steve spurrier, Florida, quarterback.

4, Miami, Bob Griese, Purdue, quarterback. Later, the Vikings traded 3 Hou.ston, George Michigan two veterans-running back rp A- 1 i S' Denver. Floyd Little. Syracuse, half- tommy Mason and tight end back. 7 Detroit, Mel Farr.

CCL.A. half- Hal Rprtcnlp and fhpir Ma 8. Minnesota, Gene Washington, ndl oeusoie ana meir Michigan state, md. 9 C.reen Bay choke 1 1 9 1 Ps iilKan run. vviceu imajivc Nebraska and in the pro- draft pick, to Los Angeles for acquired from Pittsburgh, nob iiyiand cess is now the winningest end Marlin McKeever and the iTS' BOTH SIDES HAPPY- NBA End Players Threats I Peru high school has been seeded num- ber one in the 21 st annual Peru State College high school girls invitational volleyball tournament, scheduled for March 20-21-22 at Peru State College.

National that Commissioner Kennedy ulldogs are the defending Basketball "assured me, on behalf of the champion last par delealmg 3 3 Bratmn-Urnon the threatened to can- In 19b4 Murdock annexed the championship playoffs Peru State volleyball tourney starting next week, championship. Murdock w.Ui They agreed to negotiate en er this year tournament: pension dispute ith the ith a perfect 13-0 record, the I on the assurance of Commissioner Walter Kennedy a plan satisfactory best in the field. Board of Governors of the NBA, that the Board is not in disagreement with the players on the principle of their requested pension coverage. advised me, however, that the owners cannot commit themselves, at the present time, to a specific plan; but -SECOND-DAY ACTION to the players ill be adopted' they have authorized the study Michigan, Tennessee Teams Squeak In NAIA From News Wires no later than June 8 Kennedy threatened to cancel the playoffs with their $280,000 pool if the athletes did not bind themselves to participate in them by Tuesday noon. Both sides in the labor dispute, which might have proton State to a 72-60 victory duced the first sports-wide Kansas City Second- over Trenton State of New i strike in American history, seeded Eastern New Mexico, Jersey in the first round of i termed the settlement satis- fighting for its tourney the 30th annual tournament.

factory. outclawed unseedcl RockJ caged nine of 11 from -hurst ot Kansas ity in a M-o9 3 dec.sion and Valdo.sta, C.a.. Washington to its of several alternative plans as well as the tax problems involved. He further assured me that a plan completely satisfactory to the players will be adopted no later than June 8 1967. We have scheduled a series of meetings with a committee representing the owners, to commence on Friday of this week to discuss Dr.

Henry, Trustees Huddling Champaign. 111. University of Illinois Board of Trustees and the school president discussed Tuesday and negotiate possible courses of action Oscar Robertson, star of prior to Big Ten It was reached night- ('ineinnati Royals and Conference deadline for a long negotiations that ex-i of the as- "show in a final distended almost to noon Tues-i declared very position of the Illinois athletic day between Kennedy and pleased. I had been hop- slush fund case. Larry Flcisher, attorney for ing for this all school spokesman said a fff layup with J- the association, who arriving at a salisfac- was unlikely any report on; made the announeemenM tory solution to the most sen- outcome of the discussion ill earlier firsl-round eon- ffnlTal Michigan, a ous problem in its history, I would be made public, tests, Southern State of Mag- yn-dnry over Albany State of Although there were side is- believe the NBA Itas reached Dr.

David D. iioiia, Central Washing- Georgia. thc -iJ new plateau in player re-; Henry. (Illinois president) or Ion State and Wilber Jones of A 1 a now rigidly Kennedy. Commissioner Hill Reed of College all salted away State was the leading binding, and the number ol Fleisher said the the Big Ten, will announce wins, while ('entral scorer with 24 points.

exhibition games, the pension Board of Governors also had before Friday whether record is now 82-18-5 including six bowl appearances, five of them at Nebraska. The Cornhuskers won the 1962 Gotham Bowl and the 1964 Orange Bowl and lost the 1965 Cotton Bowl, the 1966 Orange Bowl and the 1967 Sugar Bowl. His teams have won the Big Eight championship in every year but the first. selection as athletic director makes him the seventh, as near as recollection can tell, to serve as both athletic director and football coach. He is the third coach in the conference to hold the dual role.

Football coaches Dan Devine and Eddie Crowder at Missouri and Colorado head the show. Basketball coach Henry Iba is the AD at Oklahoma State. may be coming soon. The Iowa State job is open and football coach Clay Stapleton, basketball coach (jlen Anderson and business manager Kim Tidd have put their names in the Cyclone hopper. I IL i'af' Ron Billinssley, Wyoin- end from Notre Dame.

Page detensive tackie. is. Minnesota. 3 tho I acquired ttom Los Angeles. Alan was me lOtn player picked page.

Notre name detensive end. 16. Tuesday laiuis. Dave Williams. I'niversity of Washington, end.

17. Oakland, Gene I p. shaw, Texas tackle. 18, Cleveland, Bob Matheson, Duke, linebacker. 19, Philadelphia, Harry Jones, Arkansas, halftiack.

20, Baltimore, Jim I'letvsil. er. Michigan, halfback. 21. Boston.

John Charles, Purdue, defensive hack. 22. Buffalo, John Pitts. Arizona State, flanker. 23, Houston choice acquired from Dallas, Tom Regner, Notre Dame, guard.

21. Kansas City. Eugene Trosch. Miami, tackle. '25.

Green Bay. Don Horn. San Diego State, quarterback. 31. New Orleans, Lesley Kelley, Alabama, halfback.

SECOND ROI ND 1, New Orleans. James Burris, Houston, quarterback. 2. Minnesota choice acquired from New York, Bob Grim, Oregon State, halfback. 3.

Miami, Jim Riley. Oklahoma, tackle. 4, Houston, Bob Davis, Virginia, quarterback. 5. Atlanta.

Leo Carroll. San Diego State, end. 6, Denver. Tom Beer, Houston, end. 7.

Ixts Angeles choice acquired from Minnesota. Willie Ellison, Texas Southern, back. 8, Detroit, Lem Barney, Jackson State, defensive back. 9, Pittsburgh, Don Shy, San Diego, halfback. 10.

Chicago. Bob Jones, San Diego State, defensive back. 11, New York Jets. Rich Sheron, Washington State, end. 12, Washington.

Spain Musrove, If ah State, tackle. 13, San Francisco, Tom Holzer, lavuisville, tackle. 14. San Diego, Ron McCall, Weber State, linebacker. 15.

Green Bay choice acquired from Los Angeles, Dave Dunaway, Duke, flanker. 16, Buffalo choice acquired from Oakland. Jim LeMoine, Utah State, end. me Casey, guard Jim Wilson n. st.

Bob Rowe, western Michand end Nortftn tn Atlnntn Philadelphia. Jon Brooks, dliu CIIU lO RUk for the No. 3 choice In the Volk. Michigan, defensive hack 20 ll 1 1 Cleveland, Larry Coniar. Notre Dame.

draft. The 49ers then selected fuimack 21 Kansas cit Harry Wilson After Smith and Jones were selected by the Colts and Vikings, San Francisco traded three veterans flanker Ber- kle 19. Philadelphia. Chuck Hughes. Texas Western.

Flanker. 20. Baltimore. Charles Pucker. Maryland State.

Halfback, 21. Ite.ston. Miami of Ohio, Defensive end. 22. Buffalo.

Garv Bucen- hagen, Syracu.se, Tackle 23, Dallas. Cur- tts Marker. Northern Michigan, Guard, r-' City, Ron Zvvernemann, Fjast Texas State. Guard 2,5 St. Izmis choue acquired front Green Rav.

Rowiiiig. Virginia Tech. Linebacker li New Orlean.s. Rill Carr. Florida.

Center. 27. New Orleans. Tom Stangle, Davton, Knn. Fifth Round I.

New Orleans, Dttn McCall, California, halfback. 2. New York tiianls, pave Lewis. Stanford, halfhackquarter- back. 3.

Denver acquired from Miami). Fran i.ynch. Hofstra. fullback. 4.

Houston. Peter John.s. Tulane. defen- s)ve back. 3.

Atlanta. William Delaney. American Internationa, tight end. 6. Denver.

John Huard. Maine, linebacker. 7, Philadelphia fchnice acquired from Detroit), Boh Vac Pelt. Indiana, center, 8, Minnesota. Ken Last, Minnesota.

end. 9. Green Bay (choice acquired from Pittsburgh). Dwight Mood. Bavlor.

defen.sive tackle. 10. Chteago, Bruce Alford. Texas Christian, kicker. II.

New York Jets. Ijouis Jack.son, Grambling. defen.sive hack. 12. Houston (choice acquired from Wa.shington through Dallas), Willie Parker.

Arkansas defen.sive tackle. 13. Atlanta (choice acquired from San Francisco), Randv Matson, Texas tackle. defen.sive end. 14.

San Diego. Bernard Erickson, Abilene Christian, linebacker. 15. Los Angeles, Nate Shaw. Southern California.

Defensive back. 16. St. lajuis. Jamie Rivers.

Bowling Green. Ught end. 17. Gakland, Gerald Warfield, Mis.sisslppi. halfback.

18. Philadelphia. Dick Avsher. Maryland, Ught end. 19.

Baltimore, Ron Porter, Idaho, linebacker. 20. Houston (choica acquired from Cleveland through Dallas), Moore, lancoln defen.sive back, 21, Mel Witt, Arlington de- Steve Spurrier, the Florida quarterback. linebacker. 22.

San Diego choice ac- who from Buffalo. Boh Howard. San rr' 1 Diego Slate, defen.sive hack Zi, Hous- WOn tiie lieiSinan irophv as ton choUe acquired from Dallas. Roy college cho 'rarau rcd 'I'ami i.hoi.i- a.quir.d player last season. The other top choices were: 4.

Bob Griese, Purdue quarterback, by Miami of the AFL. 5. George Webster, Michigan State end, bv Minnesota of the NFL. 6 Little, Syracuse Halfback, by Denver of the AFL 7. Mel Far UCLA halfback, by Detroit of the NFL.

8 Gene Washington, Michigan State end, by Minnesota of the NFL. i 24, Kansas City, Willla Lanisr. Morgan Sfatr, linebacker. 2,5, Green Bay, James Flanigan, Pittsburgh, linebacker. 26, New ga, halihack.

2.3. Green Bav (chotce acquired from Richard Tate. LTah. defensive hack. 24.

Oakland (choice acquired from Buffalo through Kansas City). Mike Hi- bier. Stanford, linebacker. 25. Green Bay.

Jav Bachman, Cincinnati, center. 26. New Orleans. John Douglas, Texas Southern, defensive hack. 'i state Rebels ran away from (Quincy, III.

College in first- round play Tuesday in NAIA tournament here. 23rd victory in 26 games. easy Michigan anti Tennessee Wes-. John Fontanella sparked levan both had to sweat a lit- the ninth-seeded Wesminster, tie before pulling out their Pa College to an de- vietories. plan was the main issue.

The, agreed to review the standard school wants another mect- players threatened the strike' player contract, now pat- ing ot the conference faculty if their demands for $600, lerned on ba.seball’s reserve, represt Carel Stith Light as you like. Toste Imperial. See how light it really is. Hiram Wolker makes it this way -for knowledgeable tastes. more than three points until and led all was not niet.

i ly in the form requested; to The faculty group, at a the last. The Valdosta Rebels ran away from Quincy College, Wesleyan charge nsentatives at which over Oshkosh, i monthly for 10-year men at clause; to adopt a uniform will "show why three Eastern led all the way in, state after a slow first half. 165, retroactive to the start of medical, health and life in- coaches involved in the scan- ponntrv the second hall but never by; hit from cverv each NBA career, surance program substantial- dal should not be tired. -as not met ly the form requested; to The faculty group, at a with 30 points. The present NBA pension eliminate pmes immediately March 3 meeting in is a little over $200 monthly before and after the All-Star sustained a previous man -1 chosen the fu st lound ot and to increase pay- date by the Big Ten drafting by the 25 pro teams ments to participants in the directors that Illinois fire w-ere Loyd Phillips, a delen- All-Star game.

head football Coach sive end from Arkansas, chos- The players agreed to an 111 11, head basketball en by Chicago; Ray McDon- increase in next Coach Ilarrv Combes and Idaho fullback who led schedule to 82 games, one sistant basektbail coach Howie the nation in rmshing last sea- more than now. Braun or be dropped from the son, picked by Washington, since the turn of the conference. 'l om Regner, Notre Dame century has a group of ath- Five lllinoi.s atlilctc.s were purd soicped by Hou.ston. crease to about 59 monthly ietes joined together and re- declared permanently '1 will bo ip'fiunds ()i the for Eastern witli 18. Tiiree overtime baskets by with the owners making ail maincti united under such leible by the faculty group draii cxteiiuing over two or controlled the Davis, gave him a total of 29 additional payments, and the trying de- 4 at Chicago, as re- 'uoit days, boards 61-46.

points. Ferguson was the players still contributing $599. dared Fleisher. "That loyal- of the! tinancial a i The vs and dealing Alel ox scored points leading scorer i i Fleisher said in a statement ty has now been amply re- trom the $21,696 iHogal fund, continued as mad la pleading Central read at conference existence since Uade in 'Fuesday that gave the 11- dogs a thrilling 94-89 r- 78-64. Southern State rode an 18- polnt halftime margin to a 75-62 triumph over Kastern over Indiana Montana to open play.

Leniiai. Bill Burson and Dan Den- After a nip and tuck first ton led Southern State with balf Indiana Central pulled anQ 19 points, respective- after seven minutes of Ernie Fortney was high tlie second half. nanced by each player contributing $500 yearly and the owner of his team matching this. With this a $2,000 endowment type policy is purchased. Ten of these provide over $200 monthly.

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