The Miami Herald from Miami, Florida • 57

iEiami Hjeralb Thursday September 17 1970 INSIDE Elliott Hardie fl DOF Pearson Also Feels Ax Dolphins Release Emanuel Warren rvyrYTrv Shula Picks Up Young Safety And Linebacker Nebraska Bets On USC Win By GARY LONG Herald Sports Writer Coach Don youth movement took its toll of two more original Dolphins Wednesday Waivers were asked on 31-year-old cornerback Jimmy Warren and 27-year-old linebacker Frank Emanuel to make room for first and second-year players claimed on waivers Also wide receiver Willie Pearson was cut in an aftermath of the deal for Willie Richardson the former Baltimore Colt star acquired from Pittsburgh Tuesday for a future draft choice The newest Miami additions are linebacker Dick Palmer who was a 10th-round draft pick of the Baltimore Colts this year and safety Dean Brown who saw limited duty last season with the Cleveland Browns Press Wirephoto Jim Warren Lets Bake Turner Get Away For 1969 Touchdown Sullivan Finds Self As Player Individual Frank Emanuel one of originals nois graduate signed his 1970 contract and said he really tell whether that was a factor I hope The encouraging aspect if pro football is through with him Warren offered is that have the foundation laid for the Married last February he recently purchased his own home and he has been involved in a training program with Jordan Marsh was really looking forward tq my best year in pro he said I still feel in practices I could play bump-and-run and cover as well as anybody out there if I hook on with anybody have to change my dedication from pro football to He hopes eventually to be a buyer for the department store firm here Wake Forest A 97 sprinter with great football instinct also deep man on kickoff and punt re-' turns A 175-pounder Rodgers was moved to wingback when Husker Coach Bob Devaney contemplated the abuse he might take as a running back I had my says Rodgers rather run the ball I mind being a receiver DESPITE his size Rodgers has never been hurt playing football bad enough to miss a game he grins never get hit too he says never get in a position where I can get hurt About the only way to get hurt as a receiver is to catch a short one and go back to the As might be suspected Rodgers underrate himself I never have lacked he says Rodgers chose Nebraska over a galaxy of other college offers he says I figured it would be a waste to go out of state and start all over I won every award I could win in football in high THE PICK-UP Sunday games in Kountze Park occupied summer had a lot of fun and it really helps It keeps you in condition choose up different every week Everybody liked to get Marlin because we needed a Most of the players were collegians but others who drifted in from time to time included Simpson Gale Sayers' and Green Travis Williams It was fun says Rodgers sometimes get mad and start betting money -Then it got Southern Cal thumped Nebraska 31-21 in last season opener in Lincoln It was a game that perhaps irked the Cornhuskers more than any other As All-Big Eight linebacker Jerry Murtaugh said a few weeks ago got the jump on us last year I think this year beat the hell out of But that was before USC drubbed Alabama 42-21 Amon Rejoins Racing Circuit WESTPORT Conn (UPI) Chris Amon of New Zealand International Grand Prix driver returns to the Canadian-American Challenge Cup Series at Brainerd Minn Sept 27 driving a new March 707 Chevrolet from England Amon is a Can-Am veteran having teamed with the late Bruce McLaren in 1966 the first year of the Sports Car Club of America series Tom mother is he says she never pushed me about it She just sort of put me on it and then told me to pick my own way from Now in his third year away from a home frequently transitory because of his Navy duty 20-year-old Sullivan has picked his way into the Bible on his own look forward to reading it like when I took up art this summer You learn about yourself from being by yourself reading the Bible painting sculpting even like a long canoe trip I took this summer figure you have to know yourself and change yourself into something better before you can make things better for others You know the song that fellow Dion sings In Your Own the way it is with Not incidentally the University of 185-pound fullback will be picking his way through William Mary defenses Friday night in another of his own backyards the Orange Bowl It has been a handy playpen for Sullivan He led Hurricanes rushers against both Florida State and Florida in the Orange Bowl last year although the UM lost both games a fun thing with me too outmaneuver-ing Sullivan says course it always happen that way Last season I thought I was outmaneuvering Florida defensive end Jack Youngblood pretty good But once I tried to block him and he just stuck out his hand and I fell down Pretty the high school until his senior season He was an instant star and immediately accepted an invitation to come to Miami when Coach Charlie Tate tenderedit at a banquet exceptional balance as a runner then only matches that of his personal life know what you call the way I like to think I can keep my feet on the field Maybe sort of a I just try to keep my feet wide apart at all times and let my feet follow my His cleats followed his hip-pads for 319 yards in 79 runs last year This year with an improved passing attack and both the veteran Bobby Best and sophomore Foreman (injured this week) available as runners Sullivan appears eligible for more daylight than ever By CHARLIE SMITH United Press International Writer KANSAS CITY Mo Johnny Rodgers has more than a passing interest in game with Southern California Saturday In fact he has $20 bet on it Rodgers the sophomore wingback made the bet this summer at Kountze Park in Omaha whre he and others worked out on Sundays in touch football games He made the bet with 0 Simpson Southern Heisman Trophy winner now with the Buffalo Bills Martin Briscoe also with the Bills got in on the bet bet says Rodgers I could go was $20" ROGERS widely heralded product of Omaha Tech High School started his collegiate career with a 61-yard touchdown catch last week against American League EAST DIVISION Pet GB 96 51 653 83 65 561 1312 75 72 510 21 75 73 507 2114 72 76 486 242 68 78 466 2Ji2 WEST DIVISION Pet GB 88 59 599 81 68 544 8 78 69 531 10 58 88 397 29 56 91 381 32 53 93 363 34i2 RESULTS Oakland at Milwaukee incomplete Chicago at Kansas City 2 incomplete California at Minnesota incomplete Detroit at Cleveland incomplete Baltimore at Washington incomplete Boston at New York incomplete TUESDAY'S RESULTS Baltimore 6 Washington 2 New York 8-3 Boston 8-2 Cleveland 4 Detroit 3 Minnesota 7-3 California 5-5 Chicago at Kansas City ppd rain Wiailwaukee 1-5 Oakland 0-5 TODAY'S GAMES Kansas City (Bunker 1-10) at Milwaukee (Downing 4-12) 9 pm California (Murphy 14-12) at Minnesota (Perry 22-11) 2:30 pm Detroit (Neikro 12-12) at Cleveland (McDowell 19-10) 7:45 pm Baltimore (Cuellar 23-7) at Washington (Bosman 15-10) 7:30 pm Boston (Peters 14-11) at New York (Ke-kich 6-3 or Waslewski 2-2) 2 pm National League EAST DIVISION Pet GB 78 68 534 78 70 527 1 77 70 524 li2 71 78 477 82 66 82 446 13 65 82 442 132 WEST DIVISON Pet GB Cincinnati 93 57 620 Los Angeles 80 67 544 llx San Francisco 79 69 534 13 Houston 71 76 483 20 Atlanta 72 78 480 21 San Diego 58 91 389 34 y2 RESULTS St Louis 8 Chicago 1 New York at Montreal incomplete Pittsburgh at Philadelphia incomplete Cincinnati at Houston incomplete Atlanta at San Francisco incomplete San Diego at Los Angeles incomplete TUESDAY'S RESULfS Montreal 5 New York 4 10 innings -Pittsburgh 8 Philadelphia 3 Chicago 5 St Louis 3 San Francisco 8 Atlanta 0 Houston 9 Cincinnati 2 Los Angeles 5 San Diego 4 TODAY'S GAMES Pittsburgh (Veale 8-15 or Ellis 12-9) at Philadelphia (Short 8-15) 7:35 pm St Louis (Reuss 5-8) at Chicago (Jenkins 19-15) 2:30 Pm Houston (Billingham 12-7) at Los Angeles (Foster 9-12) 11 pm San Francisco (Robertson 6-9) at San Diego (Dobson 12-14) 10:30 pm WARREN and Emanuel were the fourth and fifth Dolphin originals given the ax by Shula joining quarterback Rick Norton safety Bob Neff and tight end Doug Moreau Two others center Tom Goode and wide receiver Bill Darnall are on the injured reserve list leaving just six active players who have been with Miami since its 1966 inception They are offensive linemen Norm Evans and Maxie Williams receivers Howard Twiiley and Karl Noonan running back Stan Mitchell and defensive back Bob Pe-trella not said the personable Warren And if no other National Football League team claims him he plans to take the initiative to find a job the team that gave me' the roughest time last year the (New York) Jets is the first team going to he said Dolphins are young with no place to go but up And Coach Shula wants to go with youth But the Jets are at the top already and they have some inexperience in their secondary Sometimes a veteran can come into a situation like that and fill the Warren cited the case of controversial pass defender Johnny Sample who was cut by the Baltimore Colts but then hooked on with the Jets and came back to haunt the Colts in Super Bowl WARREN had an inkling he on real solid ground when Shula started rookie Curtis Johnson opposite his other first-year corner Tim Foley against Washington two weeks ago know whether it was a psychological pattern or the 5-foot 11-inch Warren said thought at first it was a move just to make me push to get the very best out of me But I was Also Warren who claims 18 interceptions in his two seasons with San Diego and four in Miami reflects sadly on an incident in Saturday 20-17 exhibition loss to Atlanta Warren ill-a i 1 charged forward when halfback Harmon Wages took a handoff late in the first half and Wages threw over him to Paul Flatley for a 9-yard touchdown Warren described his action as real bad play a big mental and Shula he reported went even further glpd his priest in the Warren chuckled sadly The play he added' just may have sealed his fate THE UNIVERSITY of Illi- SULLIVAN is the only child in a family headed by an 18-year Navy veteran who works as a meteorologist I he says with a grin I just lucked Tate is convinced the Hurricanes lucked out when they landed the kid the coach calls He also has been tagged after the California wonder horse of some years ago Then there are other names squadmen have him he grins again of them sort of But all the plaudits and playfulness apparently will not convince Sullivan to try pro football want to get beat up for a he says want to play on winning teams here and get my BA in art maybe specializing in sculpture know this: Our team this year is so big' and strong if we can just cut down the mental mistakes we made last year we have a chance to be as good as 10-1 1 figure Alabama is going to be the But first there is William Mary Sullivan said thoughtfully there is William Mary But I love that Poly-Turf in the Orange Bowl The traction is unbelievable Consider the warning posted GEORGE MIRA once sidered a natural for the Miami Dolphins because of his sparkling University of Miami career did not draw a nibble from Coach Don Shula when placed on waivers by Philadelphia spring at draft admitted Dolphins personnel director Joe Thomas would have been most ipterested Not The Eagles acquired Mira in a trade with the San Francisco 49ers during the offseason but cut the Key West product in preference for veteran Norm Snead and rookie Rick Arrington Orioles Strike Out To Colts BALTIMORE (AP) Judge Deweese Carter ruled Wednesday that the Baltimore Colts may play the nationally-televised game scheduled for Sept 28 at their home town Memorial Stadium A bitter controversy had developed between the National Football League team and the Baltimore Orioles over a date conflict A Colt spokesman commented after the decision that the team is In ruling in the NFL favor however Carter laid down eight conditions under which the Colts could use the field including moving the playing field 30 yards north in order to keep damage to the mound at a SELDOM is Sullivan embarrassed onfield or off He is the essence of cool Sullivan is the second black football player in Hurricane history just behind now-injured Ray Bellamy although the UM also has black varsitymen in runner Chuck Foreman and defensive back Burgess Owens and with more black players on the freshman squad But Sullivan has no visible hangups about race school football or life in general like it he says I expected something different but I found that there are so many people here from so many different places the atmosphere does not lend itself to racial Perhaps it is more Sullivan himself than the In Jacksonville in 1966 he enrolled for the 11th grade in a Fletcher High School being freshly integrated I started meeting people up there all my fears and doubts went Sullivan did not even volunteer for football at Ming One Up for the Barbell PRO FOOTBALL The countdown to the Super Bowl begins Sunday ond The Herald's sports staff sizes up the chances of the 26 NFL teams in another great $11 'Featurefest Weightlifting Championships at Columbus Ohio And poor Mr Miyake landed on his seat with his feet over the barbell Yo- Associated Press Wirephoto shiyuke the defending champion finished third YQSHIYUKE Miyake of Japan tries to lift 150 kilos Monday night in the clean and jerk competition But the barbell got away from the featherweight lifter in the World.