The Fresno Bee from Fresno, California • 31

Coryell Takes Pro Job THE FRESNO BEE Friday Jan 19 1973 Page Cl ST LOUIS (AP) Coryell of quiet but intense demeanor was hired Thursday from the college ranks to put offense buck into the game for the National Football beleaguered St Louis Cardinals as the 22nd head coach believe in winning the games by going out and scoring said Coryell 48 whose teams during 12 seasons at San Diego State set 18 National Collegiate Athletic Association records wanted someone who could put the offense back into the said owner William Bidwill who introduced Coryell at a news California with a season at Punahou Academy in Honolulu in 1951 and a year at a Honolulu high school He coached two seasons at British Columbia University beginning in 1953 was at Wenatchee (Wash) Junior College a a later served as athletic director and head football coach at Ft Ord Calif in 1956 A three-season term at Whittier College produced a record of 23-5-1 making his overall collegiate mark for 15 seasons a glittering 127-24-3 the past two years been interested in professional Coryell noted gone as far as I can in the situation I'm unbeaten seasons and a 10-1 mark last fall He inherits a club which finished 4-9-1 in 1971 and under Hollway and was last in National Conference offense the past season Although not alluding directly to conservatism Coryell did allow that believe in attacking a defense Put in terms of a he added not a counter-puncher I believe in the passing game many coaches come from the ball control I-formation type of he said gradually come about to a wide-open style of A native of Seattle Coryell schooled for a 15-year college coaching career in owner Bidwill who bought sole control from his brother stormy in August said the blue-eyed the only candidate interviewed among 25 to 30 prospects considered to become tile fifth head coach since the club was moved to St Louis from Chicago in 1960 Bidwill said Coryell contacted personnel director Abe Stuber after Christmas during East-West Shrine Game drills in the San Francisco area about the job was blessed as a college coach yet there comes a time when you want said Coryell who joins a growing list of collegiate coaches jumping to the pro ranks An applicant a year ago for the head coaching job with Denver he noted was interviewed but John Ralston got the offensive material with the Cards includes quarterback Jim Hart considered a strong-armed passer and receivers Jackie Smith Bobby Moore Mel Gray and Walker Gillette He will also be reunited with Cards linebacker Jeff Staggs and defensive end Martin Imhoff whom he coached at San Diego State very pleased to be a Cardinal: very pleased to be in St Louis" he said do everything in my power to build a winning Azfec Vacancy Rogers Looks To South (Coryell) has always had this He comes to us very highly recommended from many sources He has a consistent record of winning The slim Coryell whose products have included NFL quarterbacks Dennis Shaw of the Buffalo Bills and Don Horn of the Denver Broncos succeeds Bob Hollway who was fired Dec 18 At San Diego State which joined the university division in 1969 he compiled a record of 124-19-2 that includedthree By Eddie Lopez Would head football coach Darryl Rogers of Fresno State University be interested in the San Diego State job vacated by Don hiring by the St Louis Cardinals of the National Football League? SPORTS EDITOR Be Prepared Omer Crane Apparently not being able to bear the result of his putt Lee Trevino crouches as if fearing the worst during the Dean Martin Tucson Open Guess what? He sank it to finish with a 70 three strokes off of the pace AP Wirephoto think any question about Rogers replied be very But he said he did not want to belittle his present job at Fresno State Rogers who still has not formally withdrawn his name from consideration for the San Jose State coaching job said he was not surprised over the announcement of hiring into the professional ranks Wanted Job really felt that Don for the last four years has really wanted to get into pro Rogers said one of the outstanding coaches in American college football and he finally got his opportunity been very successful with his passing game and has instilled great confidence with the men worked with in college ranks In pro ball be working with more highly skilled athletes and be more of them so I assume his coaching philosophy will remain the Rogers and Coryell have been keen rivals on the football field (Darryl beat him in Fresno two years ago) and friends off of it Coryell is the second Pacific Coast Athletic Association coach to leave his job in a two-week span Dewey King of San Jose w'as fired fired five head football coaches Four of them are still teaching on campus King has a year to run on his contract and could likely remain on staff for its duration Krueger In Job King w'as among those interviewed for the Utah State job but Phil Krueger ex-Fresno State head coach got the post What kind of challenge does San Diego present? The toughest in opinion thing about being at San he explained go down there to just win you have to go undefeated It has to be one of the toughest acts to follow in college football record for the last 10 years is Among assistants is Claude Gilbert former Sbafter High School Bakersfield College and San Jose State athlete Gilbert and Rogers also are close friends and they have mutual respect for each technical skills No 1 Contender personally think Claude is the No 1 contender for replacing Rogers said they feel the man I say but be an awful lot of good people consid-See Rogers Page C2 Jack Montgomery 68 Leads Tucson Don Coryell new coach AP Wirephoto two weeks ago and Rogers is considered among the insiders for the job if he wants it At the time San Jose asked Rogers in for an interview he said far as concerned still at Fresno State In my own mind I have not left and not planning to That was two weeks ago and San Jose has not filled the vacancy Since the days Rogers w'as playing for Fresno State (1957) San Jose has He 1970-71 year for thing in he worked have came had wanted w'ell one-stroke IN THE SIERRA the snow is piled high as an and it could get deeper Once upon a time we recall it was measured at 204 inches at Badger Pass-March 19 1952 it was Snow deep snow means locomotion problems And there are more problems likely this winter than ever before because there are so many skiers Except by bus the only way we know of getting to places like China Peak and Badger Pass is by car So many skiers also happen to be Weisenheimers or maybe dummkopfs Worse flatlander dummkopfs So many of them have absolutely no appreciation of the lack of cooperation between rubber tires and icy spots on the road We know used to be one ourself until our second trip into a snowbank Probably every skier has heard this year that snow-tread tires are a substitute for chains That is true and it also can get you into big trouble try to explain the new California State Vehicle Code pertaining to use this winter of snow-tires and chains AS YOU MOVE into the Sierra see when there is snow on the road four kinds of signs As California Highway Patrol public relations officer Gene Parrish points out: is just a kind of warning that there may be icy spots and slippery snow on the highway In other words proceed with caution Some do but a lot of drivers just sail on by laughing before they cry Required Authorized vehicles with snow tires If you have snow tires put on chains Plain enough The key word is The Vehicle Code says it means all passenger or commercial vehicles under 5000 pounds if they have at least two snow tires on driving wheels front or rear The code also stipulates chains must be even though using snow tires Required for all vehicles except four-wheel drive cars u'ith approved snow In other words snow tires on two wheel drive cars are not sufficient Required No This one will be put up says Parrish only when the snow is deep with snow falling heavily On occasion there is on the road This happens when there is a temperature drop and a light snowfall over previously melted cover icy with snow Even chains are useless sometimes a feeling of total helplessness Extremely dangerous Stop Build a fire or start walking gin over defending champion Miller Barber and Bobby Greenwood tied at 68 Play was delayed by some 40 minutes because of frost on the greens so that the field stacked up and Greenwood one of the last off the tee finished in darkness He w'as so late that all the gallery had gone the score-board was closed down and local newsmen had left the course to write their stories But lie the last one Three players Ron Reif Jim Marshall and Ed Sneed manage to finish See Tucson Page C4 Use Running UCLA Bruins for the last won a total in less than w'as playing that he a while to work on his I did was the closet and forget drawled harder before in back out a better to enough to mar- TUCSON Ariz (AP) Jack Montgomery slump-ridden for two seasons and a straggler for most of his eight years on the pro tour a a surprise one stroke lead and some high hopes going into second round in the $150000 Dean Martin-Tucson Open Golf Tournament had a pretty good season in the 31-year-old Fort Worth Tex native said after firing a leading 67 Thursday w'as the best year had I W'as 36th on the money list just hope ready to have another been pretty grim for Dons Hope To Game Against the rangy blond twm seasons of $14000 considerably expenses and so badly last left the tour go home and game first put the clubs for three weeks about I than I ever my life I on the tour I idea what I He did it establish a ron Jones 6-9 Eric Fernsten and 6-10 Kevin Restani play across the foul line Guard Phil Smith at 6-4 plays under the bucket with Alike Quick outside The towering 6-11 redheaded center Bill Walton should have trouble maneuvering against that alignment but the Bruin forwards may get a bit more freedom Larry Farmer and Keith Wilkes are not known however as great outside scoring threats In fact Wooden has said he has not been overly pleased with his offense See UCLA Page Meanwhile starting sparkplug guard 6-foot-l Tommy Curtis is ailing with the flu and is doubtful for the game He'll be replaced by sure-handed Greg Lee a regular a year ago but a less volatile type on the fast break The experts are baffled by this game On one hand both teams fast break are quick and well conditioned However both teams are excellent defensively In fact both coaches feel that defense is the key to victory- San Francisco may use a rugged 1-3-1 zone in which three tall players 6-9 By THERE ARE TWO KINDS of snow-tread studded and unstudded The latter are available new or recaps at most any larger tire outfit Some have studding machines with which to drive the small metal spikes Some One Fresno retailer-recapper w'as unaware studded tires are now legal in California They are from Oct 1 through May 1 Unstudded snow tires are legal the year around However they are noisy on bare pavement and tend to heat up hich means they are dangerous at high speeds during the hot months Studded tires are banned from May through September because they rip up blacktop pavement something awful By Dan Berger LOS ANGELES (AP) steamrolling Brains roaring toward college all-time winning streak run into motivated San Francisco tonight at Pauley Pavilion The visiting Dons hope to avoid becoming 58th straight victim and at the same time preserve their original record of 60 set in the mid 1950s Coach Bob Dons 12-1 will play their normal game rather than the out-and-out stall which many teams have tried against the top-ranked Brains going down there to play our game not going to play any games like holding the said Gaillard whose team prefers a fast-breaking offense t-ggBSWffy 1 1 11 111 1 11 11 Radio-TV Sports TONIGHT Television 5:30 Dm Basketball Warriors vs Chicago KMPH 26 8 pm Basketball University of San Francisco vs UCLA KMJ-TV 24 TOMORROW Television 2 pm Golf Dean Mortin Tucson Open KMJ-TV 24 KERO-TV 23 3:30 pm Pro-Bowlers Tour KJEO 47 4 pm Classic KSAK-TV 29 5 Pm Hockey Action KBAK-TV 29 5 Pm Wide World of Sports KJEO 47 FRIENDLY FORD FLEET LEASING DEPT LEASE A 1973 FORD LTD IT IS A WISE driver who not only has snow tires but who travels with chains We have this oT skiing buddy a real nut on chains in a lot of ditches in the last 30 he says to skid or So what did he do this year? He invented an automatic jacking system Pushes a button nitrogen under pressure hoists both rear w'heels simultaneously Flop swish hook hook and the chains are on Whether you put on without jacks without gloves without cussing brother forget tire chains Especially these days Pinch Hit Comeback To Be Friendly Means A Great Deal NUPTIAL ITEM: Visalians Ruth Lawhorn and Mike As-kea were married last month and the best man at the party was Jim Merlo We mention this because Askea and Merlo once were Mike was a defensive end on College of the state champion team of 1970 and Merlo was a linebacker on Fresno team that lost in the Valley Conference decider 24-22 on Craig last-seconds field goal Mike and Jim had a common cause Stanford football the past two seasons And is Jack Christiansen going to miss these two next fall Orlando Uepeda 35 will return to baseball next spring in the role of designated pinch hitter for the Boston Red Sox The former National League slugger topped the 300 mark nine times drove in 100- Friendly Ford OPEN EVES Sun Ph 255-4143 2425 Blackstone aZt Ph 222-6541 plus runs five times surpassed the 30-bonier mark and six times crashed 30-plus doubles His legs been the best but he doesn't have to worry about that any more UPI Telephoto BIACKIE GEJEIAN PRESENTS: BERRY BROS HUGHES DRIVER DWIGHT HUGHES ET 638 236 MPH 8rs sse a 0s98i ittr aser jd fette pees Frtt Mtttr Car tMeaiitftar a to pair rices BLANCHARD SCHULTZ DRIVER DENVER SCHULTZ ET 621 238 MPH Warltfs i cits: trfi 3ir CKt Katiwal Meet last 0 if lace at lit5 Dra Strip Detr set tt tat tti if tin met it 131 MPH AAFUEL BLOWN DRAGSTERS FRONT ENGINE DRAGSTER VS REAR ENGINE DRAGSTER Sates Open 8 00 Qualifications Star! 8 38 Eliminations 1:08 PM 3 ROUND MATCH DRAG RACE FRESNO DRAGWAYS SUNDAY JANUARY 21st SEE: The latest Factory Super Stocks Plus: Blowers-Gossers Stockers Iniected Cars Roadsters Mo torcydes Double AA Gas Cars etc General Mmissitn $3 38 Children G-12S1 Under FREE' i.