The Lincoln Star from Lincoln, Nebraska • Page 40

I A beptettiuet I liltlitlillitllil May Be Wrong By Dick Becker Sunday Sports Columnist Jones Remember Grover (Deacon) He played first base for the Lincoln Chiefs back in Deacon got his big break last week. He was sent to Chicago after the Sally League season was over for a phvsical checkup. While there Manager A1 Lopez of the White Sox asked him to workout with the White Sox Then came 1 quick surprises. Deacon was sent up to pinch hit 3 times and got two hits. He was used some at first, base to rest Joe Surprise No.

4 came when he was sent in to pinch hit after the White Sox had overcome a 6-1 Yankee lead to tie the game in the 9th inning. He hit lor another ex-Chief Mike Hershberger and slammed a long single to win the game. It may been the biggest break of career couhi be just what we're looking laipez said. can always use a good lelty pinch hitter and backup first Another Lincoln Chief who made good is Alvin Jackson of the 1958 club. Alvin was named to the major league all-star rookie club as the left-handed pitcher.

As a member of the New York Mots. Alvin have an outstanding record, but he was one of the workingest pitchers in the major leagues and he pitched creditable ball all year long. lor Ijiiloi'. Jackson are you folks going to get wise and give the outdoors the full page it used to asks Tomlin of Beaver Crossing. you know that football, baseball and other spectator sports are And now with football I suppose your paper will start the nauseating habit of having 20 photos and reams of space devoted to the University of Nebraska football team again, you think (he religion page is so important, you better the lacking coverage of outdoors you been guilty of.

Or you know that the same people who go to church participate in outdoor get on the ball here! have more outdoor coverage, especially on Sunday. If you think 350.000 outdoorsmen in the state are not important segment of your readers, you got another think coming Dcfi.sioii lo lo riioi'iUoii Arbor, Mich. Bob Devaney lit the fuse on an explosive Nebraska performance when he sent Bill (Thunder) Thornton into the game at the start of second quarter here Saturday against Michigan. It had an almost magic effect on the Huskers. On the first play the all- Big fullback threw a crushing block which sprung Dennis Stuewe on a 42- yard jaunt.

The Huskers were off and running then. felt Thornton said of his shoulder which had been dislocated just 3 weeks aco Delighted that he a able to play against Michigan as his mother watched him in a college football game for the first time, Thornton said: hurt at all. I got hit real hard on one kickoff return. I even see the guy about the play when he was smacked and had to have help from the NU trainers. Thornton explained that he had just had the wind knocked out of him.

can say it left me a little Thunder grinned. Coach Bob Devaney explained that team doctors liad said before the game that Thornton was okay to play. left it up to Devaney said. said he wanted to try it. Doctors had told us that there was no more danger or reinjury now than there would be in 3 or 4 weeks.

I i of thought Bill would play. too good a competitor not The players were quick to point out the lift Thornton gives the team. Dwain Carlson, guard from Fullerton who serves as captain with Thornton, declared, coming back was a big help. good just to see him back Thornton will be ready for duty against Iowa State, but, as Saturday, he'll probably only be used on offense. ft fi (I 1 12 iftd Quftrtrr 7 Mich ft run Baliuo kick Neb 7 Mich Clinka 8 run 3rd Keb 13 Mich anton 1 run Neb 19 Mich 5 run 4th Ouartcr Neb 4 run (Timber Uke luck) Neb.

2S Micb 16 run riiornloM severe lest IS Ihird ior Sli Jowa Iowa State scrimmaged late in practice for its Big 8 football game against Nebraska Saturday in Lincoln. The Cyclones who had an open date, worked against both freshman running Nebraska offensive plays and the reserves testing li varsity ofiense. Coach Clay Stapleton features a big dose of pass defense. Big Man, Big Win, Big Yell Point ti, 'I 259-pound Guard Bob Brown, shouting out ictory yell in dressing room alter Huskers surprised Michigan. Bryant Covers Iowa State Next Nebraska Foe Aiilmrn I pst'ls 22-21 Sophomore quarterback Jimmy Sidle riddled a porous Tennessee pass defense Saturday and sent bullish halfback Larry Laster in for two vital touchdowns to lead Auburn to a pulsating 22-21 football upset.

Sidle, a 190-pound Birmingham native, directed on 3 touchdown drives and another that ended in a field goal as the Tigers opened Southeastern Conference With a tremendous comeback triumph. Tennessee, opportunists, as always, turned two breaks into a 14-0 lead in the first quarter, but Sidle and i sophomore cronies Waid and David Rawson sparked a furious rally that was almost a carbon copy of last 24-21 Auburn victory at Knoxville. II ft 1 0 15 7 Tctiti Foxal fumble in end kick) Tenn Wal; 12 Faircloth i Shuiord kick). FB FG WkKxlaU 27 4 lun failed) Vub-Simpson 6 pass irom Sidle failed). 13 from Canale (Shuiord kick).

1 run (Woodall kick). 1 Continued from Page ID in Wolverines upset the Huskers, 20-0. And like resurrecting Hockne at Dame, the Wolverines brought back 9 surviving players from that contest 45 years ago. the huge throng in a carefree mood in anticipation of an afternoon of fun and frolic, cheered the old warriors while the gigantic Michigan band played the haunting strains of this Big 10 beautiful alma mater song. It was this crowd that was later to boo Michigan quarterback Dave Glinka and Nebraska quarterback Denni.s Claridge when he waved for less they began to realize that it really was their team that was an underdog, not the expected two-touchdown favorite.

But the frustration of the Wolverine fans was understandable. Not only did their snininons to the past for aid this day fail, the Nebraska Cornhuskers sprung tradition, albeit recent, of their own. Here's Tliiiiuler That was Bill (Thunder) Thopton, all Big 8 fullback and bonafide All-American candidate, and his presence once again with the Cornhuskers made them a whole learn. It was a bit of magic, coupled with the superb play of the other Cornhuskers, that simply overcome the Wolverines. Thornton expected to least not much he asked Coach Bob Devaney for permission to test his injured shoulder.

appearance undoubtedly spurred his teammates to greater effort. And he gave that shoulder a brutal test on his first opening play of the second quarter. He rampaged to his left and smashed into a Michigan defender with such force that the unfortunate Wolverine almost sailed into the stands. It was the block Dennis Stuewe needed to spring him for a 42-yard sprint to the Michigan 24, setting up the first touchdown. Later, a similar block paved the wav for Stuewe to score that tirst touchdown.

Still later. Thornton boomed over for a one-yard to make it 13-7 and. much later, it was richt that Thunder blasted 16 yarls through the baffed Wolverines for the final, victory- clinching touchdown in the 4th quarter. Yet, in saluting Thornton, whose mere presence on the job is a Husker stimulant, thrashing of Michigan was by no means a one-man show. Not on your life.

Claridge generaled the Cornhuskers with the daring and efficiency of Wellington at Waterloo, running for 42 key yards, hitting 6 of 12 at vital spots, scoring the 3rd Husker touchdown after a masterful fake to Thornton. There was Dave Theisen, who net a yard but who passed 30-yard strike to end Jim Huge, a concussion victim last week. snare was unbe- was among 3 it set up the second touchdown. Jim caught two others for a total of 61 yards. Tierce Stuewe Stuewe, tvvisling, ramming, fighting, gained 60 yards to lead the NU ground corps, and he caught a 20-yard pass.

Warren Powers gained 38 yards, Willie Ross 20, Kent McCloughan 15 and Gene Young 13. While 3 of the touchdowns were supplied by the first unit, the alternate at times by Claridge and to one TD and was equally as gallant on defense as the No. 1 club. Let It be known, too. that the Nebraska line kicked the stuffing out of the vaunted Big lOers, 3 times in the first quarter halting Michigan deep in NU once forcing an unsuccessful field goal try.

And It was alternate linemen Monte Kiffin and John Kirby who smeared Michigan ace Dave MU gainer with 59 yards, and a nifty speedster, on a 4th down and 6-inch dive at the Husker 31 in the first quarter. Nebraska took over at that point and marched all the way to score, taking a 6-0 lead and never surrendering the upper hand. After 42-yard stunner, Nebraska was guilty of holding and was faced with a 3rd and 20 situation at the MU 34 Claridge lofted a screen pass to Stuewe and he ran for the first down, literally clawing the last 5 yards. Just two plays later. Thornton sprung Dennis for the ice-breaker and after Jim kick the Huskers were in front.

7-0. with 12:35 left in the half. Michigan promptly responded with its most impressive work of the 52-yard scoring march in 9 plays. But the Wolverines almost get that. With 4th down and 8 on the NU 8.

Glinka was trapped behind the line by big Bob Brown and Tyrone Robertson, but somehow he wiggled away and raced to his right for the touchdown. SliooLs i 1 orks incomplete and it was 7-6 Callahan and another Husker march was under way. It might have died, but Michigan was offside on a 4th down punt at midfield and the Scarlets were in posse.s- sion of a first down at the MU 45. Then came pitch and I miraculous snare at the MU 15. Six plays later Thornton leaped high on the pile of struggling bodies at the goal, sommer- saulted, and landed on his feet in the end zone.

Nebraska led 13-7 with 7:48 left in the 3rd quarter when kick was blocked bv Jim Conley. Kally Michigan could still tie or go ahead, but it to be. On the first series after the kickoff. incomplete pass was ruled a lateral at the MU 38 and since Husker Warren Dowers was on top of the ball. Nebraska had a great break.

But the alternate unit, with John Faiman at the throttle, score, so Claridge punted. On the next play, a host of NU linemen crushed Raimey. forcing a fumble which was recovered by Doug Tucker on the Wolverine 28. This time Claridge took command of the alternates and shot Powers straight up the middle for a 19-yard burst to the 5. Two plays later, Thornton scored, but it was called back because of illegal motion.

Dennis cooly faked to Thunder, kept and dove over from the 5 to make it 19-6 with 2:52 left in the 3rd quarter. His PAT pass misfired and the Wolverines still had life. A piling penalty on Nebraska late in the period let Bump Wolverines off the hook and they capped a 55-yard drive with a 4-yard TD run by Dick Rindfuss. Bob kick put Michigan back in business with 12:32 left in the game. Thornton may have doused their hopes on the succeeding kickoff, putting his head down and almost decapitating a tackier at the NU 25, fumbling and then slashing after the ball to recover it himself.

If that inake believers of the Wolverines, 17-yard pass to Larry Donovan soon did. Then Thornton got a first down at the MU 37 and Claridge countered with a 12-yard gallop. Thitcli The Huskers were iamming defeat down throat and ma' ing anv bon''' ab. ut it. with 3rd and 16 at the 44.

after a penalty. Claridge passed to Huge for a first required the 26. 8 at the 24, Claridge drilled a look-in for another first down by inches at was left was for Thornton to break cut out to his left, pull a leg away from a grasp and dash in with the coup de grace touchdown. There was still 6:40 left to play after the try fizzled, but the NU alternates took over and were almost in business when Bill Comstock recovered the fumbled kickoff at the Michigan 28. But Ross fumbled on the first play.

budge the alternates and after forcing a punt, the Claridge again calling the shots moved to the MU 29 before surrendering the ball, the only time a Husker gamble failed. But there were only 2 minutes left and the huskers were already celebrating their second victory. Statistics, too, back the Huskers. They outdowned the Wolverines, 17-13; (hey out- rushed them 222-170, they hit 8 of 15 passed to out-pass them, 119-83. Thus, the Cornhuskers can now look to Iowa a Big 8 club to be reckoned next week.

But with a 2-0 record, and a scoring margin of 78-13, and the satisfaction that comes with beating a good Big 10 team, Dangerous Dandies can be assured that no one will be pooh-poohing them any more. With 4th and pass to Callahan the 16. All that over the middle, PAT pass was with 7:58 left in the half. It was obvious to friend and foe alike that De- did not tell the Huskers to play it safe during the rest period. came to kept the pressure on the Wolverines without letup in the second haif.

After clipping penalty put NU on its own 19, Claridge ran 13 yards, then fired a 12-yard strike to Dick Late Tally Gives Idaho 9-6 Win Moscow, Idaho (UPl) Sophomore halfback Rich Naccarato ran from the 3 for a touchdown with 33 seconds remaining in the game Saturday to give the University of Idaho a 9-6 football win over Idaho State College. Naccarato also picked up two first downs as Idaho moved 56 yards in 15 plays in its last-minute drive to victory. Idaho State, which plays in small-college circles, came within a field goal of drawing a tie with the Vandals, who once played in the powerful Pacific Coast Conference and are still rated with the NC.AA as a major school. The Bengals completely dominated the first half, taking the ball 76 yards in 15 plays for a touchdown on their first series of plays. Slalislics IlitllllllllllllllliilintiUltNUtlllllllllllillltlliiiig By Bryant Sunday Sports Columnis Iowa State ()lay a game yesterday, but the ('y clones resting last week.

Not by a long shot. Coach Clay Stapleton brings hh rough and ready Cyclones to Lincoln this week for the first Big 8 test of the year for Iowa and Nebraska. I tried to arrange a telephone visit with Clay and it took 5 reminders irom Cyclone secretaries that in conference studying movies working on the Finally we connected and Stapletcm confessed: no rest for the weary, you Iowa State lost a 39-35 decision to Oregon State the same day Nebraska socked South Dakota, 53-0. Mention of the optming game acted like a burr under saddle. AVof yu was awful, just he said, flashing his best Tennessee drawl.

just got the film of that game and been trying to set up our defense for Nebraska. Why, impossible. That game was the biggest mismatch in the history of inteicollegiate i'hcrc was consolation. bet'ause Iowa State got to scout the Huskers against Michigan. know anything about Nebraska, hut know more after Michigan.

However, I suspect Nebraska has a real fine team and we'll have our hands full. hoping Nebraska will hands full with us, too So it should be a fine football Clay reports the Iowa State offense is not causing any worries even though the switched from the single wing to the power this year. Drake, didn't move too Clav said. against Dregon State onr offense was better than It has ever been. We are well-pleased with the way our kids adapted to our offense.

got some defensive problems lo straighten out, however, and what working Sri Stapleton that Nebraska fans would see Dave Hoppmann. the No. 1 total offense leader last fall, at his best or halfback In Hie new otfense. left Larry Switzer (sophomore quarterback) in the whole game against Oregon State, and let Dave concentrate on Clay said. is not a great quarterback, but he did a good job against Oregon State and he runs our offense well.

So going to leave him Ilow' about against Oregon played greatest game ever seen him (lay said. that was because he was hack at his old be at his old spot against Nebraska Michig an lU SIII.M, Tries (iains Loss Net Dodd 6 22 1 21 Raimey 17 69 10 59 i Glinka 1 8 48: Rindfuss ..4 18 018 i Hood100 Timlxrlake 7 36 0 36 Sparkman3 21 021 i Kva.siievski 38 35, StrolK'l 1 2 0 2 Totals1.3 184 14 170 PASSING Comp. Int. Yds. Glinka 8 3 0 30 TimiK'i'lake 4 2 0 16 i 5 1 0 17i F.vashevski 3 1 017 Priahard 110 3i Totals 21 8 0 83 PASS RECEIVING i No.

Yds. i W'ard I 9' Raimey ..1 -2i i Slrolxd 24 1 23: Kocan 226 Hood. 1 3 totals PC'TI'G 8 83 No. Yds. Avg.

.3 1823). Nebraska nrsHlNG Tries (iains Loss Net I Claridge 1.3 .1210 42 Theisen 3 2 4 .0 Stuewe 560 0 60 Powers 4 350 38! Ross 6 20 020 i Young 4 13 0 13; Faiman 2 (i 7 McCloughan 4 15 0 15 Tucker 1 3 0 3 Thornton (1 400 40 Totals 222 PASSING Att. Comp. Int. Yds.

Claridge 12 6 89 Faiman 2 00 0 Tlb'iscn 1 1 030 Totals -9 4 0 119 PASS HECElVlNt; No. Yds. StiK'we 1 20 Huge 61 Callahan 2 20 Donovan 118 Totals 4 119 No. Yds, Avg. Claridge5 137 27 Errors Irk liuinj) Ann Arbor Offensive errors.

Defensive errors. You name them and we made them This w'as Bump answer to the question asked repeatedly Saturday after 2513 loss to Nebraska were the one thing wo were afraid of going into the Elliott said, it was our Mich Neh. First downs 1.3 Rushing 9 Passing 3 Penally 1 Total number of rushe.s 43 Net yard.s—rushing 170 Pa.ssing 8.3 Forward passes attempted 21 Oliala Itoinos Ottawa. The Ottawa Rough Riders scored once in each quarter, blitzed the Hamilton Tiger Cats 27-0 in a Canadian Professional Football a Saturday and pulled to within one point of the leading Tiger Cats in the Eastern Conference. first game and of the overall experience of the team pulling punches to for our otlier games, was too fine a football Elliott said.

-Michigan Left enfl.s Brown, Conley. Farabee Left tackles-Houtman, Keating, Mader, Left guards Minko. Hahn Favlolf. Muir, Green. Kiiiht Kuard-s Marcum, Siy- manski, taekie.s O'Donnell, Siiiikus Right Ward, Koe.tn, Vaiu (iuarterback.s TImberlake.

GItnka, (liaiifliei Led halthack.s Chapman, Sir oh Pnchaul Hifiht halfhack.s-. Rtndfu.s.s, Raimey, 1 Hood lullback.s lUxid. Sparkman, Schmitt. Nebraska ends Donovan. Tomlinson, tom- st(Hk Left tackles Robert.son.

i Kramer Left guards arl.son, Kirby, Dervin. CentiTs Baffico, Stevenson Riaht Kuards Biown. TiMigtMKl, Hifiht tackle.s Vo.ss, Fischer, Itifiht end.s-C allahan. Huge Ouarteiback.s C'laridge. Faiman, Tucket Lett halftiack.s Hos.s.

Thei.sen. Right halttiaeks Stuewe, McCloughan, Fullback-. Oung. Cowers, Thorntan. I iglll lo Draw Dortmund, Germany, West German champion Erich Schoeppner and Doug Jones of New' York fought to a 10- round draw' a coloriul heavyweight bout watched 16,000 in Westfalen Hall here Saturday night.

Completed Intercepted by Total plays and passes Punts. nurnt)er Average distance Kickoffs, returned by Yard kicks returned Punts Yards kickoffs returned Fumbles, number Ball lost by Penalties, numbc'r Yards 8 64 5 36 5 0 3 3 3 6 26 "i VnK'ricaii Nalional 64 5 27 3 118 32 4 4 2 65 86 AS 78 I'ct. .596 .5.59 .525 ,522 .488 .478 .475 .447 ,371 GB 6 9U ll'i 1 17'i; 19 24 S1)S I.O-MS. I 1-10 Brookings, S.D. lUPI) Montana State beat South Dakota State, 14-10 Saturday after traiing 10-7 into the final quarter of the non-conference football game.

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ifti Sun Francikfo km Cinrlnnati Piltstmrgh 68 75 7.V. 78 hiladetphia 7g Houfttnn 64 9.5 Chkago ....58 103 New Vork ,40 119 x-cKnrhed a tie for first SATI BDVV'S RFSCLTS Milwaukee 7. riUkburgh 3 New Vork 2, birago I San Franrisro H-2. Houston S-4 St. Louis 2, Angeles 0 Only games scheduled GAMFS SI I.ouis (Simmons at Lna (Dodr.

Houston (Farrell 16-19) at Kan risco (O'Dell 19-14) New York (Hook 8-19 or Jarktoa (takago (Buhl 11-14). Fbiladelpbia (Mahalfey 19-13) at cinnatl (Tsttourls 6-4). Pittsburgli (Haddix 9-7) ar Law l9'7) at Milwaukee (Curtis 4-6). An-.