The Lincoln Star from Lincoln, Nebraska • Page 35

Cornhuskers els, No Dust Journal anil Best Bead in Spoifs Is the Sport Bed Wirephoto Outdoor Page I Slalislics I LINCOLN 1, NEBRASKA, SEPTEMBER 23, 1962 Sophomore Sprints SECTTON If-I itu-hinu H'irst Duuns lotal First Hushing Et.ained Hushing Hushing Ni't Hushing ConiipU'ti ci Int. Yards I'assmg 1 42 4h 4 1 It Ifi Total Vardagp 'S ai fF hit NihuUt Punts o- Punt Bloi'kf'fi Punting Avurago Punt lifliirncfi arris Hetiirnori Kitkuff arris Hi'turncri NuniixT Varris 17 11 h'unhilr 142 Fuinhlf's in.i (1 11 t) 27 (I 12K 3H 2 0 20 Yards for Cornhusker Score 3 Tnai misKer Dennis Claridge Uitppmann r. Ihtker pitching to Soph Kent McCloughan who turns on speed I and outruns South Dakota. I-S Loses, 39-35 FoiTland, Ore. Baker oi Orgon State and Dave Ilopjmiann ot Iowa State tangled in a wild ofiensive duel Saturday night with Baker and his teaininates snatching a last-minute victory, 39-35.

The tall liaker cooly pieked Iowa State to jiieces in the tinal tpiarter when he conducted his team to 3 touchdowns. Baker had a hand in every Oregon State touchdown, scoring 3 of them himself and jiassing to the other 3. He accounted for 314 yards in his offensive display. the I ALCIiiicliiiig Today JF Can Win Hopiimann, leading collegiate yard-gainer last year, was great for his team. too.

He scored twice and had a hand two other' touchdowns. Most of the fireworks came in the last period, i opened with Oregon State trailing 2H-19. I Then Baker led 0 i Stati' on a 70-yard marcii, diving the final yard to cut the i margin to 28-26. Two minutes later a pass intercejition by fullback Rich i Brooks State the; ball on the Iow a State 14, and it took Baker just 3 plays to get t.h(* touchdown that put State in front for the first time 33-28. The score came on a 10-yard pass from Baker to end Burke, a junior who nabbed 12 tosses during the night.

Iowa State houneed right hack in front as quarterback l.arry Switzer pass 18 yards to halfback Dick Limerick, who caught the ball on the Oregon Slate 40 and raced to the end zone on a play. With that lov4a State went back in front 3.5-.‘*3. An Oregon State drive was stopped on the Iowa State and Oregon State did not I again get the ball until 1:07 remained. 'F were 63 yards to go, but Baker accomplished it on two passes. The la.st one going 43 yaids to end Jerry Xeii, who snapped it on the .5, shouldered aside two defenders and went into the end zoik for the victory.

Only 29 remauK'd and Iowa State could do nothing in that time. loua state OirKoii Stale Itt 13 IS lloppmami 1H run (St hriMM'! kn'ki, OS Baker 2 run is Hnppniann 1 run i.Si'hrei'or kick). IS Hoover run OS Burke .31 trom Baker (kick failed IS I.imerick 12 pass tiom Hoppniann (Schreiver kick), os -Baker 43 run (run failed) 1 run kick). O.S Burke 10 pass Baker son kick). IS Limerick pas.s iSchreiver Os 4.1 pa.ss trom Raker (run tailed).

30 4 10 No event.s scheduled. Vational Baseball New York Yankees V. Chicago, TV-3, 12 .30 p.m. Football-Baltimore v. Minnesota.

TV-6 10. 1:30 p.m.: Houston V. San TV-7. 2:30 p.m. Moiulav Local No events By Associated Press The New York Yankees continued to back toward the American League pennant clinching Saturday when they lost to ('liieago 6-2 but saw' their reduced to two when Minnesota was beaten by Baltimore The I.A Ihnlgers their HlOlh victory by beating St.

Louis. t-L San Eraneiseo was edged by Houston 6-5 as the Dodgers opened up a 4-game advantage in the tight NL race. This combination of events left the Yanks with a chance to up a World Scries berth Sunday if they can beat the White So.x in their single game and Baltimore takes another tall out of the 'I'wins. throwing error by rookie shortstop Phil i opened the door for the White Sox to score 3 in the 7th and take the lead from Ralph Terry who had shut them out up to that point. The Yanks led 2-0 on Elston two-rim homer in the second off winner Hay Herbert.

Blanked until the 7th with 3 liits. the White Sox loaded the bases with nobody out and scored one run on Dean sacnfiee fly. Linz' error let anotlier run score and single put out front, 'ferry was knocked out in the Btli when Chieago i scored 3 more Brandt, Jim (lentile I and Dave Nicholson hit home runs for Baltimore as the Orioles continued to play the role to tlie hilt. It was their second straight over the second-place Twins. In late Baltimore had 5 straight from the Yanks.

44th homer with two on shot the 'fwins into a 3-0 lead in the first but they made only two hits the rest of the way. Rookie Miller, 3rd of 4 Baltimore pitchers, was the winner over Jack Kralick. 33rd Immer came with one on and put the Orioles ahead to stay. The New' York Mets lost their 116th game, a new low in modern National League historv. when thev bow'ed to Chicago 9-2.

The Mets had played an extra game, a tie, but this was their 154th decision. The old Boston Braves lost 115 in 1935. The American League record of 117 was set in 1916 by the old Philadelphia Athletics. Henry Aaron blasted his 41st homer w'ith Eddie Mathews on base for the only runs in 2-1) victory over Pittsburgh which rehired manager Danny taugh for next year. In AL night action.

Leon 2nd homer of the night boosted the L.A past Cleveland 6-4 in innings. Kansas City dropped l)et i 5-2 and Washington nipped 4-3, in 12 innings. In the remaining NL night game Philadelphia edged Cincinnati 2-1. Offense Pleasing; SoDak Hit, 53-0 DICK liKCKIJl A brilliant sun broke over Memorial Stadium, home of the huskers, late Saturday afternoon heralding the successful start of the Bob Devaney era in Nebraska football. In a game that rolled along for almost 3 hours the 1962 Scarlet and Cream proved two things with a 53-0 win over South Dakota: can beat the stuffing out of South Dakota.

days of yards and a cloud of offenses are a thing of the past. But how good the Huskers are will be answered after the Michigan game next week. Some 27,000 fans, watching; Devaney and Mike Corgan the word. IAIii('s Ha.stmgs lAP' Hastings came from behind the 4th quarter held oft a Nebraska Wesleyan drive to lake a 13-7 noncofiierencc victory Saturday night. Wesleyan had the ball on 6-y ard-line when time ran out.

The loss extend the losing skein 18 games Hastings in the first (juartor when Dick Peterson sped ()6 yards. Wesleyan came back for a 7-6 halftime lead on a 15-yard Mike Slatinsky to Boyd Sankey. In the 4th, Dewey intercepted a pass on the Hastinsg 10 and ran it out to the 25. The drive ended with 1) a Hanna jumping over from the one with 6 minutes to play. Hastings now has a 2-0 record and Wesley an is 0-2.

0 W'ith critical eye in the opening breather, drew a sigh of relief as the new' Nebraska football coach disdained a' power running game until the; 4th quarter, using instead a I passing attack moldcfi nicely around a running game. Forty-nine players saw ac- the able-bodied and 8 players scored touchdow ns in the rout which was just 19-0 at halftime. Dev debut, awaited eagerly, saw the Huskers rack up the highest score by a Nebraska team since the Huskers toppled this a South Dakota team Potsy ('lark by the a score in 1945. Even with All-Big 8 fullback Bill ('fhunderi Thornton on the sideline with injuries. the Huskf'rs were able to chalk up 313 yards rushing and another 142 on 11 pass completions for 4.55 yards.

The awesome attack, triggered bv no less than 20 ill Stirak Ends. 6-0 By (ONDE SARHENT I'rep Sports Writer That explosive football combination of pass and Saturday night wrf'cked Lincoln's longest fircp winning streak in a decade and left Northeast scoreless for first lime in 3 years. A 74-yard (irand Island scoring j)lay, with sprinter Tom Millsap on the receiving end. made the Islanders a 6-0 winner over Northeast at Seacrest Field. fans watched.

The Rockets had won 11 straight in two years, most since a combination of 12 around unbeaten team of 1951. Northeast had scored in 28 backs, gave Devaney a much straight games and ironically isfand was shooting for end Marty' Jacobson, a frequent target, on 4th down and 7 on the '23. Jacobson was two steps behind Millsap clear but the (H safely man leaped high to knock down the pass. Then late in the final od, when Northea.st was trying to muster a drive, Millsap returned a punt yards to 26 to put the game out of reach. He was almost gone on tlii.s one but (Jrand Island blockers hesitated a shade loo long on the lone Rocket between Millsap and the goal.

Northeast, which plays Lincoln High at Seacrest PTeld this Friday night, controlled the ball in the second half, ing 32 plays to 18 for (Irand more impressive start than recent coaches at Nl'. de- was last shut out on Sept. 25 bv Cl rand Island. The score spite the caliber of the opposi-: to Saturday's Devaney and Doug Tucket tion EJliott only managed a 34-6 win over South Dakota in fiis 1956 debut while Bill (ilassiord managed just a eount against the Foyotes in his 1919 start. Bill niiigs opened with a loss to Washington State.

A little guy named Diek Scott, 5-foot-5 and 151 pounds, gained the admiration of the crowd ith his continued rips into the Husker line. But (roach Bob Coyotes could manage just 6 first downs, none the first half, anil a total of 103 yards for tlie aiternoon. Most of tins came in the final peiiod against a 4th Neliraska unit The Huskers, meanwhile, sputtered a bit at the start but erased all memories of the Hawaii defeat tlie 1956 opener by having the alter- outeome. It was a evening for coach Bauer's Rockets who had won then' first two this year (Land Island now IS 3-0 file 3iil period jilay marked the first penetration by (Irand Island withm Northeast's 20 yard Im. Northeast, on the other hand, saw 3 scoring threats die inside the 30 taking over on downs on the (H '23 when one ol the Rocket drives was stopped, (juarteii)ack Sanii ers shot a siiielme pass alter a ing play 'file halfback was free as a bird and used lii.s century to roar in for the score.

Millsap was a thorn nate unit click for the first; more than score of the year midw ay in the first period on a beauti- tremendous jump to bat fill 20-yard strike fi'om Northeast pass on his terback John Faiman to end line saved a But the Rockets obtain the impetus to reach the goal. With 6 minutes remaining. Nortlieast reached 7 -the closi'st but lost the bail on downs a.s Bob stopped Jack Haiida or- a 4th and 3 situation, i) to Jaculisoii passes oi 11 and 12 yards and two line runs by Tyrrell eased the Rockets from their own 33 to tlie 7. Sandei" u-'Cd his feet thiA time to set liack the liockets. boomina a 51 yards t)ack to NF's 20 (H moved trom 7 to the 28.

-piraled ucai'ly as good as to MilNaj). Tfie was a long one vvitli tucking it in ovei 40. Sanders threw it from about the 15, lir.iiid KLiiirt 0 0 fi Niirtlx-a'l t) ') oriiig i.i.iiiil Islaiiii 7i ii'Hi S.irwliT',. Statistics DevancA' and Jim Huge sideline secret. first unit.

Continued on which had age 31), Col. 1 touchdown and sub.sequently led to his own quarterback 1 Int. Hv.