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Sample's 216 Pounds Not Enough For Pro End By HAL BROWN Star Sports Editor The Lincoln Comets have one of the best linebackers in the Professional Football League of America mainly because Washington Redskins think Sam 216 pounds was enough to play defensive end. 1 graduated from Hastings College in 1963, Washington signed me as a defensive he recalls. then they decided 1 was too light to play that spot, so they made a linebacker out of Sample had been a defensive end at Hastings and had never played linebacker before joining the National Football League club. Despite learning a new position, Sample made it until the final cut before GENEVA COACH PERFORMS LINEBACKING DUTIES FOR LINCOLN COMETS being released by the Redskins. Comets coach Don Erway calls him of the better linebackers in the league.

And 1 think an opinion that is shared by those Erway emphasizes. impresses me most about Sam is his knowledge of the game and his Erway continues. a real heady player and he has the size and mobility to go with Sample will be moved from corner linebacker to middle linebacker to replace the injured Dick Mc- Cashland for encounter with the Omaha Mustangs. The native Nebraskan who is coaching at Geneva this year has grown a little since the NFL cut and IS playing with the Comets at 230 pounds on a 6-2 frame. He has no ambitions to try pro football again, calling coaching, main purpose in life However.

Sample admits he wishes he had taken advantage of one of the semipro leagues such as that Lincoln is in when he was cut by the Redskins. wish I had done something like this two years Clinches For NL Pennant PHOTO COMfTS LINEBACKER Sample. Giants' Loss Aids Dodgers BRAVES BLANK LA, 2-0 Los The Los Angeles Dodgers clinched at least ar tie for the National League pennant Friday night despite a 2-0 loss to Milwaukee that snapped their 13-game winning streak. The Dodgers clinched the tie one hour and 10 minutes after their first loss since Sept. 15 when Cincinnati whipped the second-place San Francisco Giants 17-2.

A Los Angeles victory plus SCORES TD Northeast Punt Return Stops Lincoln High, 6-0 By BARRY BURKHART Star Sports Writer Defensive back Jack Ketterer took a Lincoln High punt on his own 30-yard line and returned it 70 yards for a touchdown as Lincoln North- Fans Like Giants The Giants, in nine games at Shea Stadium in New York against the Mets, drew 336,278 fans this season. east defeated the Links, 6-0, at Seacrest Field Friday night. Ketterer caught the punt late in the first quarter, faked a handoff to Doug Campbell and went down the sidelines behind strong Rocket blocking. On the try for the extra point, the aroused Lincoln High defensive line rushed in and blocked kick. Lincoln High play in American League Won 101 Lost Pet.

Behind 59 .631 xMinnesota Baltimore 93 67 .581 8 Chicago 93 67 .381 8 Detroit 87 72 .547 13Vi Cleveland 86 74 538 15 New York 75 85 .469 26 California 74 86 .463 27 Washington 69 90 434 31Vi Boston 62 98 .388 39 Kansas City 59 101 .371 42 pennant. Results Chicago 6. Kansas City 1, night Baltimore 2-2, Cleveland 0-3, twi-night Detroit at Washington, postponed, rain. Bight Only games scheduled. Games I.OS Angeles (McGlothlin 0-2) at Min- Besota (Pascaul 9-3) morning York (Stottlemyre 19-9) at Boston (Bennett 5-6) Detroit (Lolich 14-9 and McLain 15-6) at Wa.shington (Richert 15-1 and Duckworth 2-1), 2 Baltimore (Bunker 10-8) at Cleveland (Siebert 16-8) Kansas City (Talbot 10-11) at Chicago (Howard 8-8) National League Won Lost Pet.

Behind Los Angeles 95 65 .594 San Francisco 93 67 .581 2 Cincinnati 89 71 .556 6 Pittsburgh 88 72 .550 7 Milwaukee 86 74 .538 9 Philadelphia 82 76 .519 12 St. Louis 78 81 .491 Chicago 72 88 450 23 Houston 65 95 .406 30 New York 50 109 .314 Results Milwaukee 2. Los Angeles 0, night Cincinnati 17. San Francisco 2, night Houston 4. St.

Louis 2, night Pittsburgh 2, Chicago 1. night Philadelphia at New York, night, postponed. rain Games Milwaukee (Cloninger 24-10) at Los Angeles (Koufax 25-8) Cincinnati 3-9) at San Francisco (Herbel 11-9) St. Louis (Jaster 2-0) at Houston (Arlich 0-0) Philadelphia (Short 18-11 and Running 18 9) at New York (Gardner 0-2 and Bearnarth 3-4), 2, twi-night. Chicago (Jackson 14-20) at Pittsburgh (Cardwell 12-10) first half, statistically speaking, made the Rocket touchdown seem like a fluke.

The Links gained 72 yards rushing, compared to 23 for their opponent, and gained 14 in the air, while the Rockets made none. Furthermore, Northeast could accumulate only two first downs while the i picked up seven. The only real Lincoln High I threat in the game, however, came in the final minutes of the second quarter when the Links, using mostly running plays, reached the Rocket 20 on a sustained drive that began at their own 32-yard line. With the ball on its own 20, Northeast thwarted three aerial attempts by Link a Giant loss would have given the Dodgers their third pennant in the last seven years, but they now must wait at least until Saturday when they play their next-to-the- last game of the season against Milwaukee and the Giants again meet the Reds. 'The only hope of gaining a tie for the pennant is to win their last two games while the Braves beat the Dodgers twice, thereby forcing a best-of-three playoff.

Denny Lemaster allowed only five hits as the Dodgers suffered their first shutout since Aug. 8. They have much of a chance against Lemaster after he labniptly halted a first-nm- ning threat. He gave up just three hits after that inning, bringing his record to 7-13 while not permitting a runner past second base. Maury Wills led off the Los Angeles first with a single and moved to second as Jim Gilliam singled.

But the 26-year-old left-hander struck out Willie Davis and Lou Johnson and got A1 Ferrara STAFF PHOTO BY HARALD DREIMANIS INJURED GRIDDER Dwight TIetjen soaks injured ankle while onlookers view situation with grim faces. he says in talking of the season with the Lincoln Comets. think if I had done this then, I might possibly have gotten picked up by one of the other pro teams. too late now to start thinking about making a At present. main interest is in coaching.

like to give everything got to coaching and I want to stay in coaching if I can The Geneva coach is looking toward a small college job. like to get into a small college, even as an assistant, if I could someday move up to a head coaching job in a small His coaching duties at Geneva and his playing duties with the Comets leave Sample with a close schedule at times. When he practices in Lincoln at 7:30 with the Comets, he get out of Geneva until about 6:20 after putting his prep gridders through their paces. pretty he admits, it interfere. Before I started plav- ing with the Comets, I made up my mind that my main job was coaching at Geneva and that that would come Tlie big Comets linebacker feels Lincoln is better prepared to meet Omaha this time than in their first encounter, a 58-21 setback for Lincoln.

At least he figures nothing worse can happen than happened early in that first meeting. worst thing happened all he points out, when we called a blitz on one of the first plays against Omaha and while we had called a blitz, they had called a screen pass which went for a touchdown. think we are better prepared. We know what to expect since it was our first game in the league. We do know that Omaha has one of the better teams in the The Comets take on the Mustangs at 4:30 p.m.

Sunday at Seacrest Field. Wesleyan Waltzes Past St. Mary, 66-12 PLAINSMEN SCORE THIRD STRAIGHT TRIUMPH quarterback Reuben Worster to force Gilliam to second, and ended the threat. The Dodgers, who had beat- In the second half, the Rock-! en Lemaster in three of four ets came to life with 103 yards previous decisions this season, Cyelone-Husker Lineups Nebraska (2-0) No. Name 84 Tony Jeter 227 6-3 73 Jim Brown 249 6-2 67 La Verne Allers 209 6-0 55 Duncan Drum 219 6-0 66 Wayne Meylan 239 6-0 78 Dennis Carlson K9 6-2 85 Freeman White 221 6-5 15 Bob Churchich 20 Ron Kirkland 31 Harry Wilson 45 Frank Solich OFFENSIVE STARTERS (2-0) Iowa State Wt.

Ht. Cl. Pog. Cl. Ht.

Wt. Name No. Sr. LE Jr. 6-1 193 Eppie Barney 11 Sr.

LT So. 6-3 Jr. LG So. 6-0 Sr. Sr.

6-3 So. RG So. 6-1 Sr. RT So. 6-3 226 John Chism 76 206 Dennis Storey 62 227 Dick Kasperek 50 212 Rick Burchett 66 244 Larry Brazon 73 205 George Maurer 86 Sr.

RE Jr. 6-1 176 5-11 Jr. QB Jr. 6-2 173 Tim Van Galder 24 213 6-2 Jr. LH So.

5-11 200 Leslie Webster 15 196 5-11 Jr. RH So. 6-0 183 Tom Busch 45 158 5-8 Sr. PB So. 6-1 142 WilUe Robinson 33 Average weight: Nebraska 228, Iowa State 216; Nebraska 186, Iowa State 193; Nebraska 212, Iowa State 208.

Nebraska (2-0) No. Name 87 Bill Haug 70 Dick Czap 69 Mike Kennedy 52 Jerry Murphy 63 Lynn Senkbeil 77 Walt Barnes Coleman 198 6-2 256 6-2 219 5-9 235 6-2 206 6-2 252 6-3 197 6-2 36 Larry Wachholtz 162 5-8 21 Kaye Carstens 191 6-1 30 Marv Mueller 192 6-0 DEFENSIVE STARTERS (2-0) Iowa State Wt. Ht. Cl. Pog.

Cl. Ht. Wt. Name No. Sr.

LE So. 6-1 193 Dranis 81 Jr. LT Sr. 6-1 220 Wayne Lueders 60 Sr. LG Jr.

6-0 237 Bob Evans 70 Jr. Sr. 5-11 203 Jim Wipert 57 Jr. RG Jr. 6-1 224 Dick Paukert 79 St.

RT Sr. 5-10 210 Sam 65 Jr. RE Sr. 5-10 193 Ernie Kennedy 43 Jr. QB Jr.

6-2 210 Harry Alley 42 Jr. LH So. 6-1 181 Doug Robinson 40 So. RH Jr. 6-1 189 Larry Carwell 41 28 Bill Johnson 188 5-10 Sr.

FB Jr. 5-10 199 Ron Halda 35 Average weight: Nebraska 223, Iowa State 211; Nebraska 183, Iowa State 195; Nebraska 208, Iowa State 205. TEAM ROSTER Nebraska 47 WEINMAN, 48 TATMAN. 49 WORLEY, 91 KIMMEL. 51 52 MURPHY.

0 53 HILL.c Iowa State 11 BARNEY, 61 BEUCHICK. 14 LETWIS, 62 STOREY, 14 C. r.EWlS, 63 TURK, 15 WEBSTER, 64 BROOKS, 20 KINGS, 65 RAMENOFSKY. 22 BALKOVEC. 66 BURCHETT, 23 KOSKI, 67 KETTLESON.

24 VAN GALDEX. 68 31 BAKER, 69 ALTON, 32 J. 70 EVANS, ROBLNSON. 71 TRAUSCH, 35 HALDA. 72 40 D.

ROBINSON, 73 BRAZON, 75 SCMAFROTH, 76 CHISM, 78 DE LA ROSA, on the ground, while limiting the Links to 26 yards rushing. Lincoln High did, however, amass 68 yards via the airways, mainly on the combination of Worster to senior end Steve Hanneman. I The Rockets threw only four one and having one intercepted possibly because they had a great deal of trouble getting receivers open. Northeast relied instead on quarterback Ketterer, a 1 f- backs Campbell and Tom Purbaugh and fullback Tom Reinick. Reinick and Purbaugh provided the explosive runs with gains of 21 and 20 yards, respectively.

With the exception of Hanneman, Link pass receivers were well covered, as they completed seven of 21 passes and had two intercepted. Northeast 6 0 0 Lincoln High 0 0 0 70 punt return. Statistics Rockets downs ............................6 Rushing yardage 128 Passing yardage 0 Passes 1-4 Passes intercepted by 2 Punts 6-35 Fumbles lost 1 Yards penalized 50 get more than one runner on base in an inning the rest of the way. The Braves, meanwhile, were unable to score against Claude Osteen until the sixth i i when they broke through for an unearned run. Night Game MILWAUKEE LOS ANGELES i ab bi ab bi Aiou if 4 12 1 Wills ss 3 0 10 I Jones cf 3 0 0 0 GUliam b3 4 0 1 0 I Aaron rf 1 0 0 0 W.Davis cf 4 0 0 0 Torre lb 4 0 0 0 Johnson If 3 0 10 Oliver 4 0 0 1 Ferrara rf 4 0 0 0 deiaHoz 3b 3 0 10 Lefebvre 2b 4 0 10 3b 1 0 0 0 Parker lb 3 0 10 ss 4 13 0 Ros'boro 2 0 0 0 Alontar 2b 3 0 0 0 iDrysd'le ph 10 0 0 4 0 0 0 Osteen 2 0 0 0 Tortwrg 10 0 0 Totals 31 2 6 2 Totals 31 0 5 0 Milwaukee 000 001 Los Angeles 000 000 000-0 Gilliam.

1, Los Angeles 1. 8. Los Angeles 6. Johnson. Jones.

IP HR ERBBSO Lemaster W. 7-13 9 5 0 0 1 4 Osteen L. 15-15 7 5 2 1 3 1 Miller 2 1 0 0 0 2 Lemaster, Johnson: By Miller, Aaron. AAorehead Forfeifs NashvMe, Tenn. Morehead, Ky.

12-9 football victory over Youngstown University last Saturday has been forfeited because of participation by an ineligible player. Nebraska Wesleyan University turned on its touchdown machine against hapless St. Mary of the Plains at Magee Stadium Friday night and romped to a 66-12 football victory, its third without a loss this season. Almost everybody scored in this one, including tackle Mick Pierce, who ordinarily gets close enough to the ball only to make a stop on an opposing runner. 'The Plainsmen offense was unstoppable in dealing St.

Mary its third straight defeat. Ray lads piled up 303 yards on the ground. 196 through the air and made 23 first downs. Best of the Plainsmen probably was quarterback Dave Lebsack, who had his best night or half a night- He saw no action in the second half, but before intermission he completed seven of eight passes for 148 yards and two touchdowns, plunged for one touchdown himself and pitched for another. But there were many stars and many touchdowns.

The first one was a dandy. Wesleyan penetrated to Cavalier seven on the first series, lost the ball on the 20 and recovered a fumble a play later on the 21. From there, Lebsack headed around left end. He was bit at the 10 and pitched to Gary Muehlhausen, who darted the rest of way. Dave gave one back a bit later.

He got in trouble at his own 45 and lobbed a pitchout which dropped into the arms of St' Mike Vollmer. He raced unmolested to score, but Terry Monk blocked Jim kick and Wesleyan still led by 7-6 at the end of the first quarter. The Plainsmen then rolled SPORTS MENU Saturday HORSE RACING Atokad. South Sioux City. 1:30 p.m.

8 p.m. High Sclmols: Pius at Omaha Bishop RummeL 7:30 Big Eight: Iowa State at Nebraska. Memorial Stadium. 2 p.m.: Colorado at Kansas State: Tulsa at Oklahtmu State: Kansas at California: Missouri at Minnesota: Navy at Oklahoma: State Kearney at Wayne: Doane at Haetings; Peru at CHiadron; Concordia at Sioux Falls; Midland at Dana: Momingsfcle at Omaha: Norfolk JC at Ellsworth. Iowa: Colorado Frosh at McCooI JC: Profeesion- al Foothall League of America: at Grand Rapids: Des Moioee at Rock Island.

Sunday at Lincoln Comets. Seacrest Field, 4:30 p.m. Monday Extra Point Club Lunchecm. Lincoln Hotel, nootu ELIMINATION Reds Bomb Giants With 17-2 Thumping 10 DUDA, 11 FIERRO, 12 SIGLER, 14 WEBER, 15 CHURCHICH. 18 WALLS, 19 UNIS, 20 KIRKLAND, 21 CARSTENS, 22 GREGORY, 23 ZEMKO.

25 THORELL. 26 28 JOHNSON, 29 ZIEGLER, 30 MUELLER, 21 WILSON, 33 ALVAREZ, 34 PAPPAS, 55 DRUM, 56 NARISH. 57 GRELL, 58 E. HANSEN, 59 OSBERG. 61 KUDRNA.

62 R. COLEMAN, 63 SENKBEIL. 64 McCORD. 65 GATZIOUS, 66 MEYLAN, 67 ALLERS. 68 CANARSKY, 69 KENNEDY, 70 CZAP, 71 WILKS, 72 STITH.

73 BROWN, 74 STROHMYER. 1 75 TAUCHER, 88 PATTON, 89 CASEY, 90 STARTZER. 54 PETERSEN, 82 DELANEY, 94 RUDD, 35 CRITCHLOW. 76 BRICHACEK. 36 WACHHOLTZ, 77 BARNES.

37 MORRISON, 78 CARLSON, 38 HAASCH. 39 BECK, 40 BRUNK. 41 BUCKLER, 42 KUEHL. 43 JANIK. 44 WINTERS, 45 soucn.

44 VACrOR. 41 CARWELL. COL SS' 44SOUCEK.e 45 BUSCH, 50 83 SMITH, 84 JETER, 85 WHITE, 86 ZIMMER, 87 HAUG. 54 JONES, 56 MAYBERRY, 57 WIPERT. 58 STANLEY, 40 LUEDERS.

79 PAUKERT. 80 RUN- te 81 ESSELMANN, 83 CUNMNGHAM. 84 FEIKEMA. 85 YEAGER, 86 MAURER, ADVICE to quarterback Jack Ketterer. STAFF PHOTO BY WEB RAY Winning Northeast coach Art Bauer points out maneuver SAN FRANCISCO Cincdimatii Reds pushed San Francisco to within one game of elimination from the National League pennant race by burying the Giants 17-2 Friday night behind a four- hoimer barrage triggered by Frank Robinson.

The defeat, their seventh in the last 10 games, left them two games behin(l National league leading Los Angeles with two games to go. The Dodgers, despite a 2-0 loss to MUwaukee, cUnched at least a tie for the pennant when San Francisco lost. 'The Giants only hope is to win their final two games while the Dodgers lose both, forcing a playoff. San Francisco Manager Herman Franks used eight pitchers in an attempt to stem the explosive 21-hit attack, but the game was actually decided when Robinson and Gordy Coleman hom- ered in a four-run first inning. Given that support, Sammy Ellis breezed to his 22nd vie-1 tory wih an eight-hitter.

The Reds snapped a five- game losing streak and quickly appUed the coup de grace to the Giants with the four first-inning runs. After Pete Rose and Vada Pinson singled off starter and loser Bob Bolin, Robinson hit his 33rd homer far over the leftfield fence. Coleman followed with a 420-foot homer and Bolin left, having retired 008 man, with the muffled boos of Candlestick Park fans as accompaniment. It was the first time this all season the Reds had beaten Bolin after three unsuccessful attempts. He was going for his sixth straight victory and 10th triumph since the All-Star break.

Rose smashed a 410-foot homer over the center field fence in the second inning off reliever Masonori Murakami after Ellis singled. 'The Giants made it 7-2 in the fourth when Ellis gave up singles to Len Gabrielson and Hal Lanier followed by walks to pinch-hitter Bob Burda and Jim Davenport. The Giants left the bases loaded as Jesus Alou flied out, ending the most serious threat to' Ellis. Night Giiinr i CINCINNATI SAN FRANCISCO I ab bi ab bi Rose 2b 4 2 3 4 ss 3 0 11 Shamsky ri 6 0 0 0 Fuentes ss 1 () 0 0 i Pinson cf 6 12 0 J.Alou rf 4 0 0 0 Robinson If 6 3 3 3 Mays cf 3 0 10 Coleman lb 4 12 1 cf 0 0 0 0 Perez lb 2 3 2 0 McCovev lb 4 0 0 Johnson 3b 6 4 4 4 Hart 3b 4 0 10 Edwards 5 0 10 Haller 4 1 1 I Cardenas ss 6 3 2 2 If 4 1 3 0 I Ellis 3 13 1 Lanier 2b 4 0 I 0 Bolin 0 0 0 0 Priddy 10 0 0 Burda pb 0 0 0 0 M.Alou ph 10 0 0 Cepeda ph 10 0 0 Schroder pr 0 0 0 0 Totals 48 17 21 15 Totals 34 2 8 2 Cincinnati 000 San Francisco 010 100 E-Hart 2. Davenport.

1. LOB-Cincinnati 9, San Francisco 8. Perez. (33), Coleman (14). Rose (11).

Johnson (32). Haller (16). IP ER BB 80 Ellis 22-10 9 8 2 2 3 3 Bolin L. 13-6 1-3 4 4 4 0 1 Murakami 4 2 2 0 0 Priddy 2 2-3 2 1 1 0 2 Estelle 2 0 0 0 0 2 Perry 0 3 3 1 0 0 Hands i 4 4 4 2 1 Henry 1 2-3 3 2 2 0 2 Perry faced 3 men In 7th. Estelle.

Rose. 69 yards 12 plays, Lebsack wedging in from two yards out for the touchdown. It took two plays after the ensuing kickoff 'for St. Mary to get that one back. Quarterback Mike Johnson passed to halfback John Archey, who sneaked behind the Plainsman secondary, gathered the throw in with one hand and raced for an 87-yard counter.

That, however, was that for the visitors. And Wesleyan was just getting started. Dale Pelz returned the following kickoff 19 yards to the Wesleyan 45. Bill Rohrig got to the Cavalier 39 in one burst. Then Lebsack faded, found Tietjen in the clear and hit him.

Dwight faked the last defender at the five and scored easily. The next time Wesleyan got the ball, Willis Weisbrook sped up the middle on a play, found some down- field blocking and outraced his last opposition on a 33-yard touchdown dash. That looked like it might be for awhile, because after Tietjen returned a St. Mary punt to the Cavalier 38, the Wesleyan reserves took over. It took sub quarterback John Westland five plays to tally.

He did it himself, going I around right end on a naked reverse, tearing away from two tacklers at the four and dancing home. The last one before intermission was another nifty, coming after Doug a picked up fumble at the St. Mary 34 and returned it to the ie with 16 seconds left. But the Plainsmen needed varsity help. After Westland was dropped at the 21, Lebsack sauntered into action, faked a runner beautifully into the line, drifted back and spiraled a beauty to Pelz, alone and friendless in the end zone.

NWl 7 33 13 St Mary 6 6 0 pitch from Lebsack 21. kick. St run with 45. Kick blocked. run 2.

Kick failed. St. pass from Johnson. 87. Run failed.

pass from Lebsack. 39. kick. run 33. Kick failed.

Westland, run, 26. kick. pass from Lebsack. 2L kick. run.

with lateral, 2, from after run with fumble, 38. kick. NWU-Handa, run 1. Kick faUed. run K.

kick. run, 3. Kick failed. Statistics NWU St. Mary First downs 23 14 Rushing yardage 303 193 Passing yardage 196 87 Passes 9-13 1-7 Passes intercepted by 1 1 Punts Fumbles lost 2 3 Vvtte.