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Gibson Readies Wildcats Awesome Named Most Valuable Compiled from News Wires Kansas State is getting ready for its most important Big Eight Conference football clash of the campaign, meeting with Nebraska at Lincoln. With a victory over the- Cornhuskers, the Wildcats can turn the Big Eight title race into a two-way deadlock between the two teams. The Cornhuskers are now 5-0 in conference play and the Wildcats 5-1. play good against Kansas State coach Vince Gibson predicts. thing we do is play defense with To beat got to be able to throw the football, and we can do that, Gibson says the thing that me most about Nebraska is their great offensive balance.

got to establish a running game to beat Nebraska, and got to shut their running game Gibson says he thinks Kansas State has of the best defensive players in the conference. I think better than Mike Kuhn, Ron Yankowski, Oscar Gibson, Clarence Scott and Mike The Kansas State defense is bi'ing geared to try to stop the running of Joe Orduna and Johnny Rodgers and the passing of the two quarterbacks, Jerry Tagge and Van Brownson. The Wildcats have the best passer in Lynn Dickey, who has broken all Big Eight records. Dickey suffered a ruptured blood vessel in his right knee while standing in the shower last Saturday after the 28-15 victory over Oklahoma State. He was hospitalized but the injury was not expected to bother him in any way in preparation for game.

Gibson, the coach, says he is more worried about the knee of Oscar Gibson, the linebacker. Oscar played through only one defensive series against Oklahoma State before sustaining an injury to his right knee. have to wait and see about Coach Gibson says. think the best linebacker in the Big While passes have been the big factor in getting Kansas State where it is now, the Wildcats do not count entirely on their aerial game. They have some outstanding runners in Henry Hawthorne and Mike Montgomery.

Both Hawthorne and Montgomery also are big targets for passes. With six victories and three defeats, Kansas State has more triumphs than any Wildcat team since 1954. The Wildcats have won four games in a row for the first time since 1953. Not since 1934 has Kansas State won five conference games. That year, the team defeated Nebraska to claim the Big Eight championship.

Since Gibson took over at Kansas State as coach, Nebraska has won two games from the Wildcats and lost one. Nebraska won in 1967 by 16-14 and last year by 10-7. In 1968, Kansas State shut out the Cornhuskers 12-0. In Norman, where the Sooners devoted a short session to pass defense and blocking, halfback Everett Marshall was unable to practice. considered for the Kansas game at Lawrence.

Kansas coach Pepper Rodgers figures a few his Jayhawks can trip Oklahoma, the only team in addition to K-State with a mathematical chance in the race. Rodgers said, feel a personal incentive because we beaten them since guess Missouri and Iowa State must be tied for having the most frustrated coaches in the Big says Missouri coach Dan Devine, whose Tigers sport a disappointing 2-3 conference record. Cyclone coach Johnny Majors, hoping to beat Missouri and record hfs first conference win of 1970, has turned Jock job at fullback over to Dennis McDonald and benched Ken Caratelli at right linebacker in favor of Steve Jacobsen. Sophomores Doug Tarrant and John Allen are being groomed for starting defensive jobs in Oklahoma game Saturday against Colorado. be replacing linebacker Steve Farris, out for the season with a broken hand suffered in the K-State game, and safety Johnny Gates, who is recovering from a sprained ankle.

Fights San Antonio, Moreno, San Antonio, outpoirrted Raul Noria, 112, Mexico City, 10; Luis Madrid, Tarnplco. outpointed Lorenzo Truiillo, 127, Houston, 10. Griffith, 158, New York, ovipointed Nate Collins, San Francisco, 10. Miami John (Boog) Powell is awesome evidence the Baltimore Orioles can win something besides the World Series. The baseball world was beginning to wonder.

Earl Weaver was edged by the Ralph Houk for manager of the year. Minnesota Twins pitcher Jim Perry captured the Cy Young Award over the mound triumvirate of Dave McNally, Mike Cuellar and Jim Palmer. Then came Boog. Powell, a blond behemoth at first base, Tuesday was named Most Valuable Player in the American League. The Orioles at last had a hero who made it.

Powell lounged beside the pool of his expansive Miami home after learning he was the MVP. midsection exploded over a pair of Bermuda shorts. He washed down the news with a can of beer. LINCOLN, NEBRASKA NOV. 11, PAGE 41 prouder and more excited than I ever thought I could be he said.

the biggest thing that ever happened to Powell is 29, a middle of the roader agewise on the powerful Big Bird Machine between the elders such as Frank and Brooks Robinson and the exciting kids like Jim Palmer and Mark Belanger. He hit .297 with 35 homers and 114 runs batted in. not an old club and the young players look he said, sounding more like a team owner than a first baseman. ever like to call your team a dynasty, but if any team ever looked like a dynasty, we house is 20 miles south of the spring training headquarters at Miami Stadium. about 150 miles up the Overseas Highway from Key West, where the name Boog Powell was once as acknowledged for football as baseball.

has been i nickname since his childhood in Lakeland, Fla. It was coined by his dad, who claimed young John was a mischievous little booger. was a 225-pound high school tackle and he recalled. signed a football scholarship at the University of Florida, but backed out when the Orioles offered me a $25,000 bid in 1959 was healthy, but nothing when compared to the multitude of six-figure bonuses being passed out in a talent bidding war. were giving $100,000 here, $100,000 there in those days.

I wanted my 100, too, but was happy to get the After his rookie season at Appleton, life was changed. Baltimore skipper Paul Richards converted him from an outfielder with less-than-antelope speed to a big, mobile first baseman. Now, a decade later, the first man fulltime at his position to become MVP since Jimmy Foxx in 1938. Powell say what ask the Orioles in the way of 1971 salary, but a safe bet the request will top $100,000. Despite his affluence, plaudits and zest winning the enough, maybe feed his lovely wife, Jan, 4-year old 7-year-old John who is called Boog Powell Most Valuable pie Crown and everything else in Booger lives a surprisingly simple life.

His home is minutes from Biscayne Bay, where Boog goes mackerel fishing in his 18-foot boat. If the catch is large Jennifer or Weslev a Broadway restaurant down U.S. 1 a piece, but nowhere in sight is a short order stand named Burgers or the like. holding onto my he says. seea too many athletes go busted in those businesses, especially restaurant chains.

not hooked up with Floating in the Powell pool is a six-foot inflated model of a w'hisky bottle. a Boog-sized bottle. Powell has grown three inches liigh and 35 pounds wider since high school. gets tougher every year to take off the weight in spring training. going to make a strong effort to watch it this winter, banquets or no Individuals Key To Rush of Dickey Analyst Picks NL As No.

1 Top Twenty I. Nebraska 114.4; 2. Texas 113.8; S. Notre Dame 113.3; 4. Ohio State 113.1; 5.

Stanford 109.8; 6. Auburn 109.7; 7. Michigan 107.2; 8. Arkansas 107.0; 9. Tennessee 106.3; 10.

Air Force 106.2. II. Mississippi 105.9; 12. Arizona State 104.3; 13. LSU 102.9; 14.

Toledo 101.5; 15. Southern Cal 101.4; 16. UCLA 98.90; 17. San Diego State 98.8; 18. Texas Tech 96.9; 19.

Georgia Tech 96.8; 20. Oregon 96.7. No. Don Carr, whose business it is to know, casts his ballot for Nebraska. The sport analyst has ranked Nebraska No.

1 in the nation this week, moving the Cornhuskers past Texas following the difficulty in defeating Baylor. the first time the Cornhuskers have ever been No. 1 in the Carr Ratings. Notre Dame is ranked No. 3, Ohio State No.

4 and Stanford No. 5 by Carr, whose rankings differ somewhat from the wire service polls announced earlier in the week. With the No. 1 ranking comes the burden of proof. Carr has installed Nebraska as a 17- point choice over late-blooming Kansas State this week.

The forecast; Big Eight is one of the cars that will be on display at the Nebraska Custom Auto Show opening Friday at Pershing Auditorium. By DON FORSYTHE Nebraska football coach Bob Devaney is a firm believer in team play and balance, but he says the key to getting a good pass rush against Kansas Lynn Dickey Saturday is exceptional individual play. pass rush has got to come from individuals beating he says. soon as you start sending extra guys to rush they dump the ball quickly to avoid the Devaney noted that the Cornhuskers got a good rush last year against Dickey, the Big all-time passing Mystery Surrounds NFL Subpoenas By Associated Press A shroud of mystery hangs over a wave of federal grand jury subpoenas which have been served on more than half of Ihe National Football 26 teams. NFL officials in New York say they have not been been informed of any pending federal legal action.

But at least 15 NFL clubs were served with summonses by a federal grand jury in Cleveland to appear with their records beginning Nov. 17. And at least nine other clubs said they had not been subpoenaed as of Wednesday. Carl Steinhouse, head of the Justice anti-trust division in Cleveland, refused to comment on the matter and referred all inquiries to Justice Department headquarters in Washington. A spokesman for the department in the capital said: know of no case in the works.

However, it could be an individual grand jury action. You would have to check the various grand There were reports that the federal action involved possible anti-trust violations by the NFL and that the investigation might have been touched off by complaints by Walter Beach, a former defensive back with the Cleveland Browns. But Beach, reached late Tuesday night in New Haven, Conn. where he is a law student at Yale University, denied any involvement. have no suit pending against the NFL or the Cleveland said Beach.

not involved in any litigation against Subpoenas were delivered to 15 NFL teams and were returnable in Cleveland on several dates beginning Nov. 17. Summoned to appear before the grand jury were the Denver Broncos, New Orleans Saints, San Francisco 49ers, Detroit Lions, Dallas Cowboys, Cleveland Browns, Minnesota Vikings, Chicago Bears, Baltimore Colts, Pittsburgh Steelers, Cincinnati Bengals, Buffalo Bills, St. Louis Cardinals, Atlanta Falcons and Los Angeles Rams. At least nine New York Giants and New York Dempsey, Blaiula Earn NFL Honors Fisks.

have and they are as Jets, Philadelphia Eagles, Oakland Raiders, San Diego Chargers, Miami Dolphins, Kansas City Chiefs, Green Bay Packers and Houston no subpoenas had been delivered to them. There was no word on whether the Boston Patriots or Washington Redskins had been served. Some of the clubs had specific individuals subpoenaed and others did not. Separate papers were served in Cleveland to Art Modell, president and treasurer of the Browns, Harold Sauerbrei, general manager of the team, head coach Blanton Collier, defensive coach Howard Brinker and offensive coach Nick Skorich. They were asked to appear Nov.

17. Jim Finks, general manager of the Vikings, said a U.S. marshal delivered a subpoena instructing the Minnesota club to be represented before the federal grand jury Dec. 7. Finks said he had been ordered to bring documents along the lines of contracts, waivers and have no idea what said been in contact with our league counsel much in the dark as we Asked if other Viking officials had been ordered to appear before the grand jury, Finks said: far as I know, Subpoenas served to the Buffalo, Dallas, Baltimore and San Francisco clubs did not specify which club officials should appear.

tells nothing really at said Robert Lustig, vice president and general manager of the Buffalo team. president, Tex Shramm, said, have no idea what about. It was not directed to a specific club official. conferring with our legal people about am at complete loss as for the said Lou Spadia, president of the San Francisco team. I certainly will comply with whatever I am required to Russ Thomas, executive vice president and general manager of the Detroit Lions, said have subpoenaed our but did not say which documents.

The clubs which were not subpoenaed Tuesday seemed every bit as puzzled by the action as the teams that received the summonses. Wizard of Odds Explains Betting New York (iP) Tom kicking shoe cost $200, George a mere $40. The difference between the men who wear them is far greater. But Dempsey, New record-shattering place-kicker, and Blanda, game- breaking back-up quarterback, had one thing in common last weekend the magic touch. The 22-year-old Saint hooter and the 43-year-old Raider back-up quarterback were cited today by The Associated Press as co-winners of the National Football League Offensive Player of the Week award.

Dempsey, who beat Detroit 19-17 with a 63-yard field goal longest placement in football history on the final play of game, broke the NFL record wearing a specially- designed shoe. The second-year pro was born with half a right foot and no right hand. He has never considered himself handicapped. kickers lock their ankles, and if they do it just right they he said. have much to lock.

The ball takes off faster and higher because of how it went at New Orleans, Dempsey iofting a high, hard kick just over the post as the gun went off to snatch victory from the jaws of the Lions. fourth field goal in the game broke Bert 15-year-old pro distance mark by seven yards. were beaten by a miracle what else can you Detroit coach Joe Schmidt marveled. Bid Opening Set Dee. 1 A Dec.

1 bid opening has been set on redesigned plans for construction of the Wild West Show Arena at North Platte, the Game and Parks Commission has announced. Bids will be opened at 2 p.m. in the office of director Willard Barbee in the Statehouse. Construction should begin soon after the awarding of a contract and the goal will still be for completion before Nebraskaland Days in mid- June. Basic purpose will be for the purpose of summer-long series of reenactments of the original Buffalo Bill Wild West Slww as a major tourist attraction.

Basketball Club owners of the American Basketball Association will hold a one-day meeting in Memphis Nov. 19. They will discuss budgetary items, a national television contract and routine league business. Tom McMillen scored 27 points and grabbed 29 rebounds in helping the University of Maryland freshman basketball team beat the varsity 111-107 Tuesday night in College Park, Md. Football The Minnesota Vikings have released veteran cornerback Earsell Mackbee from the National Football League squad.

Mackbee, 29, joined the Vikings in 1965, and was a regular from 1966 to 1969. George Brophy was named director of minor leagues operations by the Minnesota Twins baseball club Tuesday. He replaces Sherry Robertson, who died in an auto accident in South Dakota on Oct. 23. Brophy has been assistant to Robertson for the past nine years.

New York (iB-If you bet $2 on a longshot in a horse race, asks Jimmy Greek, what would you rather get or perhaps $100. course take the said Jimmy (The Greek) Snyder, well-known Las Vegas odds-maker. why New off-track betting is bound to succeed. It will be a real knockdown blow to organized The suave Nevada price maker, whose line on athletic contests and political races has become a national institution, came to New York at the invitation of Howard Samuels, millionaire president of the New York City Off-Track Betting Corp. The city is preparing to set up legal horse parlors around the city and move into competition with bookies, who allegedly pocket millions from illegal gambling operations.

The first betting windows are scheduled to open Jan. 1. The city a year or start realizing between $100 million and $400 million a year to be used for education, relief and other benefits. Jirpmv The Greek in striped shirt and blue suit, joined Samuels in a press conference at the corporation headquarters at which the aims and the problems of the track betting project were explored. The odds-maker said the project is certain to be a success because the bettor will prefer to make his wager at a legal city parlor than on the sly through a book-maker.

an education Snyder said. people realize they can walk in and make a bet, they will start doing it. Furthermore, they will get interested in horse racing. to what some of the tracks believe, I think track attendance will grow even bigger. After all, it was exposure like this that made pro football and pro basketball the big attractions they Jimmy The Greek said that under the off-track system, the people and not the bookies will make the odds.

bookies have a limit of 16-1 on the odds he added. so many people playing the horses, there will be tremendous overlays, and some horse.s will pay 50-1 up to leader, in last 10-7 win at Kansas State. got it from he said. The Cornhusker coach is somewhat encouraged over the fact that Oklahoma State and Iowa State, two teams which have passing attacks similar to the Wildcats, did not riddle No. 1 defense.

But ho warns that Kansas State is more potent through the air than the other two clubs. State has also shown definite improvement in its running he says. Meanwhile there was some encouragement over the progress of quarterback Van Brownson, who was sidelined last week with an ailing elbow. given him a real test yet, but he looks better this says Devaney. The swelling in right elbow has disappeared and the junior quarterback should be ready to throw the ball in drill.

Referring to pitch for fair officiating Monday, Devaney observed that he misquoted it was an ill advised statement. unfair to put officials under that sort of The Cornhuskers, who will be eligible to receive a bowl bid at 6 p.m. Saturday, will be watched by scouts from the Cotton, Orange and Sugar Bowls this weekend. Huskers Facing Third-Ranked Kick Returner New York Nebraska will be facing the threat of the third-ranked kickof! return man as it entertains Kansas State Saturday. NCAA statistics through nine games show the Henry Hawthorne with a 30.2 average on 16 returns.

He also ranks seventh in the nation in all-purpose running, a combination of rushing, receiving and return yardage, with an average of 152 yards a game. Big Eight standouts Cliff Branch of Colorado (28.4) and Dick Graham of Oklahoma State (28.0) rank No. 7 and No. 9, respectively, in the kickoff return department. John Rodgers continues to rank high in punt returning with a 15.0-yard average on 21 returns.

He currently stands No. 8 in the nation. Teammate Paul Rogers is tied for the No. 10 spot among kick scoring leaders with his 6.2-points a game production. Dave Haney is No.

7 at 6.4 and Iowa Reggie Shoemake 14th with a 5.8 mark. Favorite i Margin Opponent Nebraska ..17 Kansas State Missouri ..........14.... State Oklahoma 3 Oklahoma St. 1 Major College FavoriteMarginOpponent Alabama Miami, Fla. Arizona 1 Texas-EI Paso Arizona State 17 Utah Arkansas 21 SMU Auburn ............14 Georgia Bowling Green.

3... West Texas California 17 Jose State Cincinnati 3 Louisville Colorado St. 7,. Dartmouth .14 Cornell Florida ........10 Kentucky Florida State .14...... Virginia Tech 'Harvard 24 Brown Houston 24,.., Wyoming LSU 21 Mississippi State Memphis State35 Wichita State Miami, Ohio 17 Michigan 35 Iowa Michigan State.

1 Minnesota Mississippi 35..., Chattanooga Missouri ..........14... State Navy 1 Villanova New Mexico 14... Brigham Young New Mexico St, 7 Lamar Tech North Carolina 10... Clemson Northwestern 7... Indiana Notre Dame ..24 Ohio State 21 Purdue Oregon Oregon State 7 Washington State Pennsylvania ...3 Penn 28 Ohio U.

Pittsburgh 3... College Richmond 21 VMI Rutgers 3 Holy Cross San Diego 49 South Carolina 7... Duke So. Mississippi 10.. Louisiana Tech Stanford 3..

Texas Texas A8.M 1..................... Rice Texas Tech .......10................... Baylor Toledo ..............17.................. Dayton UCLA 7............ Washington Utah Idaho Virginia ............21..................

Colgate Wake Forest 10.... No. Carolina St. West Virginia 1................ Syracuse Wisconsin 3...................

Illinois Yale 7............... Princeton State College Favorite Margin Concordia ...........10 Neb. Wesleyan Doane 7................... Dana Graceland 7..................... Peru Hiram Scoff 3..................

Wayne Kearney 3 Northern State Omaha ..............7.............. Washburn Iluskers (Jiiiib lu Scoring Race New York 54- point spree against Iowa StiVe last week has boosted the Cornhuskers to No. 7 in the nation in scoring according to this NCAA statistics. The Cornhuskers have also climbed to No. 12 in total offense with their 428.4 average.

Notre Dame leads this category at 553.3 yards per game and Arkansas leads the scoring race with a 41.9 average. Kansas Lynn Dickey, who will face Nebraska this week, ranks No. 13 in the nation in passing with an average of 15.3 completions a game and 23rd in total offense at 172.1. Oklahoma Tony Pounds is 19th in total offense (186.4) and 16th in passing (13.9). Teammate Jim Benien ranks No.

10 in the nation in punting with his 41.4-yard average. Frazier 5-1 Pick Over Foe Las Vegas, Nev. (JB Heavyweight boxing champion Joe Frazier has been installed by Las Vegas oddsmakers as a 5-1 favorite over Bob Foster in their Nov. 18 title fight in Detroit. George Foreman is a choice over Boone Kirkman for their fight in New York on the same night.

DAY FOR DEER NOV. 14 Nebraska's nine-day firearm-deer season runs from November 14 through 22 throughout the entire state. A record 32,300 permits hove been authorized for the state's 17 management units. Only legal weapons for the hunt are rifles delivering 970 foot-pounds sunrise to one-hclf.