Lincoln Journal Star from Lincoln, Nebraska • Page 15

Nixon Visit Bowl All Over Again By RANDY YORK was the Orange Bowl all over how Nebraska quarterback Jerry a described President honoring the national championship team Thursday at the Coliseum. was too much, just too Tagge said. was the greatest thing ever. It seem possible that I shook hands with the President I had both hands Cornhusker coach Bob Devaney, who drew the loudest cheers from the primarily college crowd, was understandably pleased with the way in which the President was received. honor meant a lot to Devaney said, way the students reacted to the whole championship and the way they reacted to the Devaney, bypassed in a national coach of the year vote announced Thursday, simply said, people have He was more interested in looking ahead.

got a lot of work to he said. Devaney related that Nixon had told him have to do the same thing again next Nebratska cffensive guard Dick Rupert was also looking to next season after the emotionally-charged visit. What does a team do for an encore after an undefeated season? for it again next Rupert said, goit the material and with a little luck, do it from California and from Rupert of Nixon, something to meet and shake his hand in Fo-rmer University of Nebraska chancellor Dr. Cliff- fo-rd Hardin, who was the primary force behind visit, no-ted that Devaney has what the now U.S. Secretary of Agriculture called a subtle philosophy of winning.

Hardin pointed out, the most important time to be ahead is at the end of the game and the most mi- Jaurall LINCOLN, NEBRASKA JAN. 15, PAGE 15 portant time to be No. 1 is at the end of the Hardin recalled that Dr. Joseph Soshnik, University of Nebraska president, was acting athletic director in 1965 when game plan called for the Cornhuskers to be national champs before a team down South ruined regents never quite put ft this Hasrdin said, some time later they asked Dr. Soshnik to be Nixon said that he had tried to telephone the Nebraska locker room after the Cornhuskers had edged LSU in the Orange Bowl.

a President can get through on the Nixon said, the White House operator said the circuits were busy. Everybody in Nebraska was The President also related that he decided not to name any team No. 1 until after the bowl games on the recommendation of Nebraska senator Carl T. Curtis. said wait until after the bowl Nixon said.

that was vision, real Nixon noted that he had myself in by naming Texas No. I last year when Penn State was still undefeated at the time. then I been able to get into Pennsylvania without a Nixon said. When Devaney received a substantially larger roar from the crowd than did Nixon, the President told the Cornhusker coach: ought to run for something in this Devaney, however, related after the awards convocation that he has no political aspirations. just want to get to the work stacked up on my he said.

Husker Capers Return Hoping to Restore Lombardi Legend at Green Bay Devine Not Too Old for New Challenge Cornhusker end Guy Ingles he was there any heckling from the crowd. That form of protest just defeats its own purpose. proves we have such a monolithic Ingles added, that our government is not so distant. I knew we were No. 1 the minute we walked off the field, and this just helped it soak Cornhusker defensive tackle Larry Jacobson, noting that meet the President every day in your claimed it was a fitting climax to an undefeated season.

been the underdogs all he said, everything, including President, finally came through for Shaw Probable Starters Iowa Stale (4-10) Nebraska (10-3) Engel (6-5) Nissen (6-3) Moser (6-4) Chalk (6-7) Reinebach (6-6) Jura (6-10) Mack (6-1) Stewart (6-3) DeVilder (6-3) Gregory (6-3) Tipoff: 7:35 p.m., Nebraska Coliseum. Iowa State-Nebraska freshman preliminary, 5:15 p.m. Disappointed by a one-point loss on the road at Kan.sa'S State in their Big Eight basketball opener, Cornhuskers hope to regain their winning ways as they meet Iowa State at the Coliseum Saturday night. think our kids have bounced back in practice this claims Cornhusker coach Joe Cipriano. was a big letdown to lose at Kansas State after leading most of the way.

but the big thing been thinking about is avoiding a repeat of last he says. A year ago the Cornhuideers lost their road o.pener and also their home opener to get off to a slow 0-2 start in the Big Eight race. That, for all practical purposes, eliminated Nebraska as a title threat. loss put us out of the says Cipriano. The Cornhusker coach will go with a smaller lineup against the Cyclones, one of the shorter teams in the Big Eight.

Versatile junior A1 Nissen will get the call at a forward spot with sophomore Tom Gregory moving into the backcourt with Marv Stewart. At Kansas State Cipriano started Tony Riehl at the forward spot in place of the injured Mike Peterson. have his best game in Manhattan, but been looking good in practice this says Cipriano. The Nebraska coach hopes the Cornhuskers cau utilize their size advantage against the Cyclones, whose tallest starter is 6-6 sophomore Jim Reinebach. State is a team that has good discipline, as usual, and relies a lot on outside says Cipriano.

no question about Gene Mack and Jack DeVilder being good shooters. We have to contain them to The Cyclones blasted Oklahoma State last Saturday, then dropped a home court decision to Missouri Monday night. Green Bay, Wis. Dan Devine here Thursday to hear perhaps the most important announcement of his life, but even in absentia he made one thing perfectly clear. At 46 the same age Vince Lombardi was when he took charge of the Green Bay Packers 12 years ago Devine too old to tackle a new challenge.

One of the most successful college football coaches in the nation, Devine is willing to give up hi's coaching job and athletic directorship at the University of Mis.souri w'here tenure gave him total security to try to fill the National Football League footsteps of the legendary Lombardi. Devine was given a five-year contract at undisclosed terms as head coach and general manager of the Packers. His mission i's clear: to restore the pioneer NFL club to somewhere near the heights it ascended in the 1960s under Lombardi. The mantle was passed to Devine, the seventh head coach in Packer history, after three disappointing seasons under Phil Bengtson. Bengtson was handpicked by Lombardi as his successor in 1968, when the Packers were riding a qrest of three consecutive NFL and two straight Super Bowl titles.

But his three-year record was only 20-21-1, including 6-8 in 1970. He quit under fire Dee. 22. Dominic Olejniczak, Packer president, announced the signing of Devine at a hastily called news conference Thursday. George Allen was believed to have been Green first choice when he was fired by the Lois Angeles Rams.

But then Allen was hired by the Washington Redskins, and the Packers turned to the college ranks. They are known to have interviewed Frank Ku.sh of Arizona State, Joe Paterno of Penn State and Bob Schnelker, an assistant under Bengtson, before choosing Devine, who is to arrive here Tuesday for a press conference. Olejniczak was asked if the Packers had any misgivings about turning over direction of a pro football club to a man with no pro experience. Olejniczak said. you meet him next Tuesday at the press conference, you will realize what a capable and able man he Devine will be in complete charge of everything pertaining to football, absolutely he said.

includes, of course, selection of his assistants. The staff will be strictly of his own Devine, a native of Augusta, said he would be than honest if I say that reaching this decision to leave the University of Missouri was the most trying experience of my no way could I have left Missouri for any other college job and for very few professional Devine said. ever since I was a youngster, I have followed Green football, and for a fellow who grew up in Proctor, this is an opportunity that attracted me He entered coaching in 1948 at East Jordan, High School, where he had undefeated teams in two seasons. He moved to Arizona State as head coach in 1955 and, after two years, went to Missouri to succeed Frank Broyles as head coach. In the next 13 years, second longest coaching reign in Missouri history, he compiled a record of 93 victories, 37 losses and seven ties.

His teams played in six bowl games, winning four. Dan Devine Alloriiey (donerai lo Be (lonsiilled Directors Move to Fire Foote Again SPORTS SL a WI All events free unless all times a.m. unleM boldfaced for p.m. Friday Local Basketball Northeast Lincoln High, Pershing Auditorium, Beatrice at East. Grand Island v.

Southeast at Johnson Gym; Waveriy at Pius 7:.30. Swimming Iowa Stale at Nebraska, Grand Island at Northeast, 3:45. Wrestling Southeast at Pius 4:00. State Basketball Peru at Pershing; Northern Colorado at UNO; Hastings at Dana; Chadron at Wayne, Portland v. Creighton at Omaha Civic Auditorium.

Swimming Lincoln High at Hastings: East at Columbus. Wrestling Lincoln High at Beatrice. National Gymnastics Nebraska, Memphis State at Oklahoma. Pro Scores NBA Buffalo 119, Portland 113 Detroit 108, Cleveland 106 Chicago 108, Philadelphia 103 Los Angeles 126, Cincinnati 120 Phoenix 107, New York 88 Seattle 114, Baltimore 110 ABA Pittsburgh 122, Kentucky 111 Carolina 133, Floridians 130 Utah 116, Memphis 102 NHL Montreal 3, Minnesota 3 Philadelphia 3, Toronto 0 Boston 9, Los Angeles 5 Detroit 2, Pittsburgh 2 Buffalo 2, St. Louis 1 CHL Fort Worth 6, Amarillo 4 Frank Foote Firing Attempt Fails By BOB MUNGER Once more a move was made to fire Frank Foote, assistant director of the State Game and Parks Commission, at the Thursday meeting of the board of directors of the group.

But the move failed on a suggestion by commissioner Bruce Cowgill of Silver Creek that the group check first with legal council to make sure of procedures before proceeding. It was then decided to check with council and proceed with a Haywootl Case By Allorneys IX)S Angeles Spencer attorneys have broadened their case against the National Basketball Association, setting the stage for a courtroom showdown Monday. An amended cross complaint filed Thursday in U.S. District Court added antitrust allegations involving the college draft and reserve clause to the original attack of the four-year college eligibility rule. Concordia Gels l.ulheran Honors Minneapolis (UPI) Six football players from Concordia Teachers College have been named to the 1970 All-Lutheran College Squad.

Second team selections were quarterback Rodney Giesselmann, punter Brian Naber and linebacker Neal Koch. Cited for honorable mention were offensive end Dan Danielczyk, specialist Warren Schmidt and defensive tackle Gerry Luehrs, liearing for Foote at the March meeting. Represented by attorney Pat Healey, was that he had had no indication of the exact charges against him, that he must be given a reasonable time to reply to any such charges, and that his civil service status must be protected during any proceedings. only ask for fairness for this Healey said. Chairman Milt Muncie of Plattsmouth, who was serving as chief prosecutor at the hearing, said always have fair hearings.

have been blasted in the newspapers for not following the rules. I say we have followed them. We have nothing to hide. All trying to do is set up correct Muncie then called on fellow commissioner Francis Hanna of Thedford for a motion on the matter. Hanna moved to fire Foote for and neglect of The motion never came to a vote.

Instead came another motion to check with the attorney general on correct pro- cedures, which passed. In the only concrete move of the day, the seven commissioners (board of directors) voted Jim Columbo of Omaha as chairman for 1971, with Hanna as vice chairman and Cowgill as second vice chairman, to take effect beginning at the next meeting, on Feb. 26. Most of the day was spent in harassment of director Willard Barbee. He was scored by Muncie and Hanna for not providing more information to the board, for supposedly not spending Upland Game Bird Stamp money for the use it was intended and for not having a better public relations program.

The discussion of the status of Foote heated up considerably when Healey insisted on a reasonable amount of time to reply to whatever charges were to be preferred against Foote. want to drag this thing out for Muncie told him. are only throwing up road blocks for this commission. Do you want a hearing or Hanna said that there was no difference between Foote's ease and others that had been demoted or censored by the board. he something special, or Hanna asked.

Director Barbee was told to call the attorney office for an immediate opinion as to whether or not the group could fire Foote, He did, and was advised to make such a query in writing and a reply would be made in writing. During the morning session State Sens. Maurice Kramer of Aurora and George Syas of Omaha dropped in to check the proceedings. At another time during the session commissioner Columbo said that the newspapers have us an injustice for hinting of ridicule because we sold the Iron Horse Trail back to adjacent He said that: percent of that land will never be changed. The land is just too rough to farm.

We make a mistake when we sold it back 10 them, because it opens more land for hunting. the farmers down there like us, and before they hated AP WIREPHOTO New Packer Boss. Win Skein In Danger? By Associated Press Danger signals were flying Friday for 24-game winning streak, currently the longest in college basketball. The New Mexico State Aggies who play the unbeaten nationally second-ranked Warriors at Milwaukee Saturday, were upset by West Texas State 72-67 at Amarillo Thursday night. That forbodes trouble for Marquette since the Amazing Aggies will be on the rebound against the Warriors.

The gies gained! their nickname in the NCAA championship tourney last March by beating St. Bonaventure for third place. Ralph Houston scored 18 points and grabbed 18 rebounds to pace the Buffaloes. Chito Reyes was high for the Aggies with 19. Notre Dame, beaten by Marquette 71-66 earlier in the week, bounced back to beat Detroit at South Bend, 93-79, as Austin Carr threw in 47 points.

Mississippi State defeated Florida 72-58, Southern Methodist overcame Oklahoma City 88-80, Furman tripped Richmond 101-77, Santa Clara humbled Pepperdine 91-66, U. of Pacific tumbled Nevada-Las Vegas 95-77 and Los Angeles Loyola whipped San PYancisco 85-68 in other games. Fesko Qiiils Creighloii Team Omaha (UPI) Paul Fesko, 6-6 junior, has quit the Creighton University Basketball team. Fesko made every trip with the team this season and apparently was disturbed after the Bluejays victory over the University of Wisconsin at Neither he nor Roy Baptiste played, in spite of two opportunities to enter the game. Coach Eddie Sutton offered to put both players into the contest with minutes left and again with two minutes remaining, but they declined.

Fesko voluntarily withdrew from the squad. Baptiste, young brother of 6-9 starter Cyril Baptiste, has been placed on probation. Palmer Pebble Beach, Calif. (iP Tom Shaw compared himself to Arnold Palmer as he discussed his winless 1970 season on the professional golf tour. kept thinking win a tournament.

But, just like Arnold, I ran out of said the 28-year-old bland from Oregon after shooting a four-under-par 68 Thursday to share the first round lead with Bobby Nichols and Terry Dill in the Bing Crosby National Pro-Am Championship. Palmer, the all-time leading money winner, also went without a tournament victory in 1970. But with $128,000 in prize money, the year was no disaster. Shaw won the Doral Open and Avco Classic in 1969 and totaled $83,332 in winnings. But a reversal in his fairway fortunes last year made him one of the second class nonexempt player.

He was 68th on the money list, with $34,004 in 1970. was no big change in my game. My scores were just loo he said Thursday after his sub-par round at the Cypress Point course. Nichols, who made his 1970 season with a $60,000 first-place check in the Dow Jones Open, also played his opening round at Cypress, the shortest of the three courses used in the Crosby. 68 was at the old Spyglass Hill course and was the best round ever at the course in Crosby competition.

Shaw, Nichols and Dill were one stroke ahead of veteran Howie Johnson. At 70 were Gene Littler, Rick Massengale, Lefty Gene Ferrell and Roberto de Vicenzo. Jack Nicklaus, who passed up last season-opening tournament in Los Angeles, started 1971 with a 72 at Cypress. The Ohioan, whose five 1970 titles included the British Open, was bunched with Palmer. Masters champion Billy Casper and several others at even par.

Shaw and Nichols had early tee times Thursday and played most of their rounds when the weather was warm and calm on the Oceanside wurses. Blustery winds moved in later in the day. Shaw made two big birdie putts, from 25 to 30 feeL Nichols outdid him, however, with putts of 40 and 45 feet for two of his six birds. Terry Dill 33-35--68 Tom Shaw Bobby Nichols Howie Johnson Tommy Jacobs Gene Litfler Gene Ferrell Robert de Vicenzo Rick Masseogale Rolfe Deming Tom Weiskopf Paul Harney 35-36 71 Jim Gilbert Bob Murphy Hale Irwin Bob Goalby Don January Rick Rhoads George Knudson Jack Nicklaus Arnold Palmer Charles Coody Jack Lewis Grier Jones Lou Graham Billy Casper Jim Terry 37-35-72 Hugh Royer 37-35-72 Orville Moody Fred Jerry Heard Dave Eichelberge Lee Elder John Hayes 73 Jim Colbert Dick Lotz 37-36- 73 Bob Stone Bruce John Miller Dave Stockton Don Massengale Jimmy Wright Rex Wilson Rod Curl Lionel Hebert 35-36-73 BrJs Rosburg Babe Hiskey Larry Hinson Tony Jacklin Ray Floyd Mason Rudolph George Boutell 37-36-73 39-34-73 39-34- 73 38-35-73 37-36-73 35-38-73 Peru 19lli STAFF PHOTO BY HARALD DREIMANIS Jeff Kupfer and Bill Bone Itop) are a mass of arms and legs in their 132-pound match. Kupfer eventually won 8-2.

Results Rage 16. I Friday Prep v. Lincoln High, 7:55 p.m. (KFOR, New York (UPI) Peru State (9-1) was named No. 19 in this basketball ratiugs released by the National Association of IntercoMegiate Athletics.

Kentucky State was first with a lO-l record. i.