El Paso Herald-Post from El Paso, Texas • 19

EL PASO HERALD-POST Friday September 9 1977 Pro football 1 DeWitt Rearick Djlus ALL KINDS Insurance 4024 GATEWAY EAST-774211 Namath to face skeptics again Beat Steelers Cowboys find good defense By BRUCE BAKKE DALLAS (UPI) Four plays into the final preseason exhibition the Dallas Cowboys' defense finally Jelled Earlier this week following the Cowboys' humiliating loss to the Houston Oilers Dallas Coach Tom Landry had said ha was confident his defense would become a strong unit but ha wasn't sure when that would happen At the start of the Cowboys' final preseason game yesterday it looked as though it would not be the night for the Dallas defenders to find themselves On the first play of the game Pittsburgh's Franco Harris smashed for 15 yards Rocky Bleler gained four on the next play and then Harris ran for five with a pitchout Then the Dallas defense took hold HARRIS FUMBLED feU on the ball for a two-yard gain and a first down He lost two yards and Terry Bradshaw threw an incomplete pass On the next play veteran defensive tackle Jethro Pugh sacked Bradshaw for an 11-yard foil and Dallas dominated the game from that point on for a 3(H) victory over Pittsburgh Efren Herrera kicked field goals of 44 47 and 35 yards for Dallas Roger Staubach threw a five-yard touchdown past to Jay Saidi and Danny White tossed a 21-yard scoring strike to Butch Johnson Robert Newhouse who ran for 23 yards in eight cap ries scored on a one-yard dive The defense completely bottled up Pittsburgh's passing attack Dallaa tacked Pittsburgh quarterbacks Bradshaw and Mike Kruscek eight times The Cowboys intercepted a paaa from each quarterback and alto blocked a punt Because of the 75 yards lost on the eight sacks Pittsburgh ended with a minus 23 yards in its passing game "Boy that felt good" Mid Pugh Just nice to have a real solid defensive game In what some are billing as a dry run for the 1978 Super Bowl Oakland will travel to Los Angeles for one of four concluding pre-season games As the victims of Namath's last-minute heroics in the 1968 AFL title game the Raiders are certain not to underestimate his talents Namath's theatrical aerial attack grounded the Raiders and enabled him to lead his New York Jets to their miracle upset of the Baltimore Colts in the 1969 Super BowL LOS ANGELES Coach Chuck Knox was unwilling to concede that starting Namath indicated a preference for the 13-year veteran over sophomore quarterback Pat Haden simply Namath's turn to open a game" Knox said "I dout want anyone reading anything into that" Haden with 29 completions in 55 attempts for 434 yards and five touchdowns has an edge in statistics over Namath who is 15-of-34 for 219 yards and one TD Oakland 3-2 during preseason is fresh from an impressive 33-0 rout of the San Francisco 49ers Ken Stabler who is completing 574 per cent of his passes and his outstanding receiving corps id Dave Casper Fred BiletnL-koff and Clifford Branch are expected to play most of the game since Coach John Madden indicated he will use his veterans extensively OurjDertificales ol ueposij are popula todaylbecausefsolmanyTotherlinvesI mentsTareJpayingYlowjiintereslJates $t000jinvestedfo6fyearsfpaysXlhe magnilicenllJafaUa 4-yearJnvest ment paysthe7wonder(ur4 fo(Sub stantiat interest penally' jwequiredby youQnoney workJoCyou by Jnvest ing' in today best savings bargain that'swhatjriends arejor" ROBERT NEWHOUSE of the Dallaa Cowboys (44) hurdles over the Pittsburgh Steeler line to core a touchdown in the first half The Gowboya won 30C White Sox acquire Phils' Nahorodny CHICAGO (UPI) The Chicago White Sox yes- terday announced the acquisition of catcher-first baseman Bill Nahorodny on waivers from the Philadelphia Phillies Nahorodny 24 waa to report to the White Sox in Anaheim Calif tomorrow During aix years in the minors Nahorodny hit 96 home runs and this year with Oklahoma City of the American Association he baited 265 and hit 16 home runs Nahorodny wna the No 6 (election by the Phillies in the June 1972 draft EUPASO NATIONAL! BANK Trans Texas Bancorporatiori Inc By CHRIS TURKEL UPI Spirt! Writer It seems Joe Nemeth will elweye heve to overcome the skepticism of those who doubt thet hie heed erm or knees ere be good enough to snore the NFL chompionship egein Tonight the 34-year-old Nemeth gets chence to disprove the cynics ss he lesds the Los Angeles Hems against the Super Bowl champion Oakland Raiders Meanwhile Dallas humbled Pittsburgh 3(H) in the only game played last night for the first pre-season shutout in the 19-year history of the Cowboys Clint Longley released SAN DIEGO (UPI) The San Diego Chargers yesterday waived three players including quarterback Clint Longley Longley a four-year NFL veteran from Abilene Christian was waived along with rookie wide receiver Juan Campbell of Oregon State and tackle Ron Singleton a two-year veteran from Grambling The Chargers also announced they will reassign wide receiver Dwight Campbell a three-year veteran from San Diego State at the start of the regular season He was waived last week Longley came to the Chargers in 1976 from Dallas after the Cowboys suspended him following two altercations with quarterback Roger Stau-bach He appeared in only one game last season During the current preseason schedule Longley appeared only in the opening game against the Cowboys completing only four of 18 passes Buffalo acquires wide end Baker ORCHARD PARK NY (UPI) -The Buffalo Bills Thursday waived two players and acquired free agent wide reciver Mel Baker The Bills asked waivers on rookie quarterback Fred Besana and rookie defensive end Greg Morton Besana from the University of California bad been regarded as a strong prospect and may still be eligible for the two-man inactive squad if he clears waivers Baker six-foot 190 pounds from Texas Southern has been in the NFL for three years Originally drafted by the Miami Dolphins he has also played with New 'Orleans New England San Diego and Houston ertificaies of Oeposa irt iiso ivadabie iiuocute anksjtfiisl Slid Bank Nonhgile National Bank BorfleMP'' Bank" and Chimijjl National Bank 9 9 '4 i i 'J i it -it 1-7 -in '4l! 01 ill 'I it I EFREN HERRERA kicked three field goals including a 47 and 44-yarder and the rejuvenated Dallas defense kept the Steelers in the hole all night sacking the opposing QB eight times intercepting two passes and blocking a punt in the final pre-season game for both teams In other games tonight the 'New York Jets visit Washington Philadelphia is at Green Bay and Cleveland Journeys to Detroit On Saturday Cincinnati at Chicago Denver at San Francisco St Louis at Kansaa City Houston at New Orleans Baltimore at Tampa Bay and Minnesota at Buffalo Atlanta at New England Miami at the New York Giants and Seattle at San Diego conclude the pre-season schedule Sunday Rockets waive forward Kennedy HOUSTON (UPI) The Houston Rockets Thursday waived 84 forward Eugene Kennedy to trim their roster to 14 players Kennedy 28 was acquired by coach Tom Nissalke in 1976 He averaged two points per game Any other NBA team can claim Kennedy for a 1000 waiver price Introducing our Finest Radiol Tire Everl firestone steel-belted RADIAL 721 WHITEWALL NEW STRONGER STEEL CORD Our previous steel cord used only five steel filaments The new cord is stronger more durable because it has 10 filaments seven wrapped around two with one more filament binding the cord together SR7S-1S ttsns-ii '42 SIM FI care-ii 60 UNFIT CRTS-14 58 UNFIT UM FIT EI7S-14 FS7S-14 ars-M 6065 UNFIT H4MIT UH FIT sais-M 68 UN FJ LRTS-1S 81 UNFIT SR7S-1S HSTS-1S 73 7075 70 UNFIT UNFIT II FIT toovt Fried far WkitiMlIi Piui FET OH Tirt Blackmail! 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