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I Rout Redskins Gain Playoff Spot Garrison Hill Lead 3424 Win Dallas Loses LB Chuck Howley to Knee Injury (Other pro stories Pages 5 and 11) DALLAS Dec 9 The aroused Dallas Cowboys stunned by the loss of their divisional crown to Washington ripped the Redskins 34-24 Saturday behind the bruising runs of Calvin Hill and Walt Garrison to surge into the National Football League playoffs for a record seventh consecutive year The defending Super Bowl champions earned the National Conference wild-card berth with the victory over the NFC Eastern champion Redskins who played without their brilliant running back Brown who is sidelined with a knee injury Hill became the first Cowboy player to ever rash for more than 1006 yards in a sea-ton He scored on a 10-yard run and snared a 26-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Craig Morton The Cowboys now 10-3 scored four of the first seven times they gained possession of the ball The Cowboys built up a 28-3 halftime lead on two touchdowns a 25-yard touchdown gallop by Garrison and a 12-yard bootleg run by Morton The Redskins 11-2 rallied in the second half behind quarterback Bill Kilmer who threw three touchdown Kilmer hit Charley Taylor with touchdown passes of 10 and six LUUUlWWn poMCS Uft IV tIN 11A COLLARED! Carson-Newman running back Wan Fillingim (dark jersey) is brought down by an -unidentified East Texas State defender after gaining four yards game yesterday pulled out a 21-11 the Division 1 NAIA championship at Commerce Tex East Texas 8 victory -UPI Tataphtto NAIA Title Escapes C-N touchdown-bound in the second quar- ter yesterday in Dallas Cowboys won 34-24 to gain a berth in the NFL playoffs COWBOY With (73) throwing a key block on Washington's Verlon Biggs Dallas Cowboys' Walt Garrison is UPI Ttfephoto i Tex St Gets 21-18 Tom Siler I I yards and nailed Roy Jefferson I Inni cj-a with a 10-yard scoring toss 'LFC'VyJLniUlI News-Sentinel Sports Editor Quiet Please and Play I Green Hits 18 UK Falls toHoosier FTs 64-58 (Other SEC stories Page 4) BLOOMINGTON Ind Dec 9 i UPI) Sophomore John Kam-stra hit two layups and John Ritter sank two free throws in the final two and a half-minutes Saturday to lead Indiana to a 64-58 basketball victory over Kentucky The Hoosiers led through most of the first half but the Wildcats took a 32-28 edge at lalftime Indiana took the lead for good at 51-50 with 7:51 to play Sophomore Steve Green led the Hoosiers with 18 points while Ritter and Steve Downing added 14 each Bob Guyette was gh for the Wildcats with 15 while Kevin Grevey added 12 Indiana is 3-0 Kentucky 1-2 Dellas had trouble moving the ball offensively in the second half ami had to settle for field goals of 36 and 26 yards by Toni Fritsch Washington cut the margin to 11-24 before cornerback Charlie Waters intercepted a Kilmer pass to set up final field goaL Hill gained 111 yards on 24 carries for a team record of 1010 yards THE GAME was marred by several injuries but by far the most severe was suffered by Dallas linebacker Chuck How-ley The 12-year veteran sustained torn ligaments in his left knee and was scheduled to undergo surgery Saturday night 5 Interceptions Hurt Bid for Grid Crown By HAROLD HARRIS Nows-Sent tool Sports Writer COMMERCE Tex Dec 9 East Texas State University combining record-setting running of halfback Kenneth Parks with five pass interceptions (one on an extra-point attempt) and four fumble recover-ies edged out Carson-Newman College 21-18 here Saturday for the NAIA Division 1 football championship Parks set an NAIA record maybe a record" with 49 carries- for 165 yards At end he was voted file outstanding back Carson-Newman -wide receiver Urn George was named the outstanding lineman before a crowd of 4539 George' being scouted by most every team in the National Football League grabbed six of quarterback Jimmy passes for 112 yards and two touchdowns the longest gainer being a 47-yard payoff on which he made a great move on the defensive halfback and outraeed the other defender for the touchdown Sullivan threw 25 passes hit- GOLF it seems is the one major sport today that is comparatively free of dissent rebellion and rejection -Aside from the Jane Blalock case the sport prospers on headlines of achievement Could it be that golfers learned and accepted a long time ago that you play the ball as it lies? I tfypur ball lands in a divot so what? Play it If the I 'bail Is half buried in a hand trap play it If your ball stops In aheelmaTk on the green putt it! read of golfers who shot an early morning 66 only to see their round washed out by a late-day rain Golfers gripe but they play OTHER SPORTS would do well to emulate the golfers thinking back on the sporting year of 1972 This will go down as the year of the big bitch the cry- baby the spoiled brat Baseball basketball football the Olympics to name a few have been marked by moans and groans protests lawsuits strikes Fifteen years ago I was all with the professional athlete He had grievances Management was forced to "and give ft did Now the pay and the working conditions in Pf atonal sports are quite good Not ideal they never will be But the players are well handled But the petty bickering goes on and on Mike Epstein threw a tantrum because Manager Dick 14-14 1-34 1 14 0 14 WASHINGTON DALLAS his dad Eugene and mom observe Brother Glenn scans some clippings on his own Mike is running back NwwSanttmt-Staff Photo by Bill Dyn HUSKISSON HUDDLE Mike Huskisson Central High All-Stater who signed yesterday with Tennessee leafs through a football scrapbook as sig tnrougi Dal Hill SO run (Frltech kick) Hill 24 boh from Morton (Frttsdi kick) Garrlion 2Srun (Fritsch kick) WASH-FG Knight 12 run (Fritsch klck) run (Fritsch kick) WASH-FG Knl 14 Morton 12 run (Frltech kk Marvin Is 6-5270 KENTUCKY WASH Taylor IS pass from Kllmsr (Knight kick) DAL FG Fritsch 34 Jtftsrson 10 pass from Kllmsr (KnlgM kick) Taylor 4 pate from Kllmsr Knight kick) FG 24 Fritsch 45134 STATISTICS RtdAins Cmdiyi First dawns 1 14 Rushsayants SM4I 34444 Passing yds 140 41 Returns yards 4 20 Passss 14-244 7-17-0 Punts 444 4-41 Fumbte4ost 4-2 1-1 Ptnatttesyards 5-55 444 INDIANA Grom 7 4-4 Ritter 4 4-4 Damming 7 0-2 Buckntr 2 OO Wlhon 0 OO Kamitra 2 1-0 LaskamnU 0 00 Craws I 14 Huge Lineman Among 23 Signed to Yol Grid Grants Lyon Flynn Conner Grovoy Smith Lochmullor 1 Edtoman 0 1 Drowltz ToMt 4-1 II Totals 22 1145 44 KENTUCKY 32 24-51 INDIANA 21 FOULED OUT: Kontucky Stamper Guyette Conner Indiana-Green Buck- TOTAL FOULS: Kentucky 24 Indiana A-1541 I Far-Out Fan SPACE CENTER Houston Dec 0 (UPI) The Dallas Cowboys had the most farout football fan in the National Football League Saturday Astronaut Eugene A Cer-nan pulled for the Cowboys In their big game against the Washington Redskins even though he was more than 200000 miles away from earth When mission control relayed a note about the game to Cerium before kickoff ho said: "I guess you know at least how my wishes go for that Cowboy game 1 love that Dallas By MARVIN WEST Newt-Seattool Sports Writer I was in the fifth ting on 10 but he had four cost- grade been wanting an or-hr interceptions the third com-1 ange shirt Tennessee ing in the end zone to blunt a have to ask me twice about Carson-Newman drive that signing a could have provided the winning Mickey Marvin giant of a points prep star at Brevard NC put Playing without the services into words the emotion many of five black regulars who were young people feel on signing day dropped Thursday when they i in the Southeastern Conference failed to practice the Eagles I Mickey 6-5 and 270 was one carried the fight to their much cf 23 Tennessee signees yester-larger opponents The Lions a day 54-0 victor over Central Okla-j Amont the key catches was home the No 1 team entered inland Fla quarterback the game a seven-point favorite I Qanny Muchler file lad who our said C-N broke John record uL Coach Dal Shealy feel we 39 touchdown passes as a are the better team The score None of the Vol recruits' could board doesn't tell the whole sto- have been much happier than ry The team we strove to devel- Marvin op was on the field today a Sears in Panama City and Ray Trail got Altoona Ala fullback Larry Ellison In the state recruiting results went as expected Jerry Elliott made a big sweep in Upper East Tennessee coming out with Bristol quarterback Dave Bibee and wide receiver Larry Silcox Danny Jenkins a linebacker and Dale Fair running back guard Steve White of Kingsport and tackle Joey Bowen of Ketron Tullahoma tackle Jimmy Duvall (6-5 225) Portland linebacker Mark Dunbar and Clarksville defensive back Eddie Powers joined UT as did tailback Eddie Lawson of Red Baltic linebacker Stan Robbs of Chattanooga Central and tackle Scot Farrar of Manchester SEC Schedule MONDAY: Kentucky vs Nsrth Cantina at LouisvIlM Cssrgla Tsch at Alabama Southern Mississippi at Ota Miss Vandsr-Mlt at Middle Tsansisse WEDNESDAY: Ota Miss at VandsrMIt FRIDAY: Holy Cross vs Mlssouri mnossss vs Syncusa In Vstuntenr Marvin Muchler sic vs the moment was come true 1 suppose every boy who plays football as he is growing up here must dream of someday playing at said Mike did like a dream Ctas-Nobraskn and Cslsrnds Kentucky Invitational vs Pnrdun ond Ubnrn vs Southern California In Trotan CtaMic at Los Angolas SATURDAY: Float round of Volunteer Classic Kontucky Invitational and Tmlan Classic Gosrgta Tdck it Ftortdu Georgia at LSU Tennessee recruiters made successful stops from Holt Mich to Panama City Fla Lido Huggins signed lineman-of-the-year linebacker Andy Spiva of Chamblee and defensive end Russ Neill of Decatur Ga Lon Herzbrun got Phil Doolin In Rome Ga Sid Hatfield made a big catch just love said Mickey got it I had been saying all along that if I was good enough for Tennessee to want me the Volunteers would have themselves one big country Glen Covington defensive back in Memphis signed with fiie Vols but Ricky Davis another West Tennessean delayed Ms little ceremony until tommorow at schooL The Vols ran into a roadblock great bunch of guys who played their hearts out Our guys were everything you could East Texas Coach Ernest Hawkins said was tight and nervous right up to tha end Did their five regulars who play make a difference? no telling really I thought their replacements played welL the said Hawkins weight advantage may honors have been the deciding in Knoxville back-of-the-year The victory gave East Texas Mike Huskisson of Central signed a 10-2 record and for Carson- with the Orangemen and said Newman in its first football championship playoff a 9-2-1 At the outset it appeared the 1 Grid Scores See TEX Page 2 in the North Csrolina-South Car- He hu bei emieeud tor SEC in Michi8an 8rttin8 230-pound in South Georgia where at least £'2 bechler 1 I Bill Houseright of Gate City Wayne Stiles signed tackle Ed iVa committed to the Vols is Pmmi being heavily recruited by Vir- ginia Tech Tennessee Coach Bill Battle was in Florida last night for the See VOLS Page 1 Fpstfn Spurrier Hunter Williams lifted him from the Oakland lineup during the World Series Vida Blue played an important bullpen role in rise to the top of baseball but he missed no opportunity to blest Williams THE COUNTRYSIDE is littered with athletes who collegians and pros who refused to conform This is not to say that the coach or the manager is always right He isn't But he is the boss If he makes too many mistakes he gets fired He knows that What many athletes seem to realizeis that the sport or game or business is not run for their benefit The cash customer calls the shots His money pays the sala-lies He has the last word And I seem to gather that the sporting public is wearying of the bellyache the whining and moaning They may have lost sight of the fact that sports is an extension of life as it is lived around us There is no guarantee that you will There even a guarantee of a square deal Or even fair play One player may break a leg in his first big game Another 1 may play for years without serious injury Why? One pitcher lose a three-hitter by 1-0 Next day a teammate may yield 13 hits and win a game by 9 to 7 Is that fair? Steve Spurrier sat on the San Francisco bench for five years Siting for John Brodie to wear out or get hurt Scott Hunter got to Green Bay just when Bart Starr came down with the miseries and quit Understand that and you also understand why one ball bounces out of bounds at the 1 the next one rolls into the end zone SOMEHOW the athlete has come to believe that he is entitled to something or other He is entitled to a chance nothing more Beyond that on his own just like the farmer who hopes the drouth won't wipe him out the man who has no guarantee his stock will go up the fisherman who hopes they're biting the day he goes out in his boat Or to put it another way if you cant play the ball as it lies then facing a long and unhapiiv life On the Air TODAY 11 a hm-WATC-TV Ck 4: 71 Ora Mina HifMiakti WTVK-TV Ck 14: TM Wo la Fra 7 21 Carolina 28 Florida 24 'imSS NAIA PLAYOFFS wacktagtM kick) skig Mhm lrua! Division 1 Final S3? I KxJwSE Texas St 21 C-N 18 Carutea 1 ran JWHMwtM kick) C-N- GRANTLAND RICE BOWL Tech 35 Tenn Tech 9 BOARDWALK BOWL Mass 33 CaL-Davis 14 PIONEER BOWL Tennessee SL 29 Drake 7 COWBOY BOWL Harding 30 Langston 27 CAMELLA BOWL North Dakota 38 CaL Poly 21 OHIO SHRINE BOWL East 20 West 7 kick) Statistics c-n a it 7 1 14S 221 II WJ S-M Ttx SL 21 7 221 114 4 4441 1-45 wbin-tv Ck Caw 1 SaN Ttaai Stata Ftaykacfc V-WATC-TV Ck 4: Miami Palgktokw Naur Yark GiaaM NFL 4-WBlR-TVCk Grant Bor Fackart ttata VfktoM NFL WTVK-TV Ck 34: Start ta Ck 24: U4GA Nifta EAGLE SIX Carson-New man's Skip Jones barrels into the end zone for the first Eagle touchdown against East Texas State in the NAIA championship game yesterday at Commerce Tex as an unidentified ETS player reaches in an effort to pull the ball away East Texas won 21-1 8 Utl Tttapiwta WTVK-TV Ck 24: CataunTl Sparta laint 4-WATS-TV Ck 4: FlttlkUHk Statllrt Naoftan Hurt NFL WATS-TV Ck 4: At T( ANDY SPIVA Vol signet honored.