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Decatur, Illinois, Monday, December 8, 1969 THE DECATUR REVIEW PAGE FOURTEEN Birdie Blitz 'r KC, Oakland Arrange AFL West Playoff By the Associated Press Arnie Comes From Six Behind, Wins Diplomat 9 The Oakland Raiders and Kansas City Chiefs promise to By Bob Green Of the Associated Press Miami The charge was there, the shouting, stampeding gallery show up for their Blue Cross Bowl showdown next Saturday and they'll be wearing foot was there and it was the ball uniforms, not hospital pa jamas. Daryle Lamonica and Jan Palmer of old. "Charge, Arnie, Charge, they shouted, and Arnold Palmer grinned that infectious grin, hitched up his britches with a characteristic gesture, and responded. He responded like the Palmer of years gone by, charging up Stenerud, two of the healthiest out-patients around, sparked their respective teams to vic SS tory Sunday and set up the forthcoming battle for the American Football League's Western Division title. Lamonica got out of a hospital bed and threw three touchdown passes as the Raiders avenged their only defeat of the season they have an 11-1-1 record by defeating the Cincinnati Bengals 37-17.

The Chiefs (11-2) kept pace, edging the Buffalo Bills 22 19 on the flu-ridden Stenerud's fifth field goal of the game, a 25- from six strokes off the pace with a seven-under-par 65 for a total of 270 that brought him the title in the $125,000 Danny Thomas-Diplomat Golf Classic and left Gay Brewer tha front-runner for three days panting in the dust of Arnie's whooping army. "This thing, this winning, means everything to me," said Palmer, a non-winner "for more than a year and now author ot consecutive triumphs, the only player to score that feat this i' yarder with two minutes, left. Elsewhere, San Diego beat Boston 28-18 and Miami downed. TVmw flJil TTio Voir Vnrlr I year. "Getting it going again is probably the thing I wanted most in my life.

I knew I was going to play again, but I didn't Associated rcss Wlrephoto Jets clinched the Eastern Division crown Saturday with a 34-26 triumph over Houston. know how successfully. There 1 Lamonica had a pain under his shoulder blade and received were some doubts in my own Associated Pres Wirephoto heat pad treatment during the mind. If anyone had any lingering Minnesota's Charlie West, with Ed Sharockman running interference, returns Los Angeles field goal attempt Vikings Hand Rams First Loss; Dallas Gains NFL East Playoff Arnie gets reward from Danny Thomas doubts, any thoughts that last Blues Welch On All-State week's victory was a fluke, the old master dispelled them with a game from out of his past, a game in the tradition of the dramatic style that was his trademark in the decade he dominated the game. game after spending the night in a hospital.

"We were just having a slight drill," said Lamonica, after raising his season total to 33 touchdown passes, three short of the pro record. "I went back to throw and got this bad pain. I couldn't believe it. "This is the first week I've St. Teresa, Lakeview Play Tuesday Night By the Associated Press second half field goals and then one yard out.

Snead passed for one for the Saints who had a An early happening in Los 'Roman Gabriel brought the, two Philadelphia touchdowns. three-game winning streak Angeles helped shatter the i Rams their touchdown on a' Veterans Joe Morrison and stopped. Rams' dreams of an unbeaten four-yard pass to Larry Smith Fran Tarkenton sparked New Erroll Mann, who missed four season and left them thinking with about three minutes left, York past St. Louis, snapping previous attempts, kicked a 12-about a Dec. 27 date in the The Rams got the ball again the Giants' losing streak at i yard field goal Lakeview High shoots for its The gallery was relatively Danny Welch, Millikin's of- third straight victory of the fensive continued to small, about 10,000, but they all iet wS'vTr111 SeaT 5635011 post-season honors Sunday were 'with Palmer.

bUt dt 1 was named to the "Go, Baby, Go," buut up a 1-3 not be living right or some-1 the Corn Belt Conference. i Lj "llj late in the game mg right or some-1 the Corn Belt Conference, Minnesota northland when a lot but couldn't move out of their seven games. Morrison caught to give Detroit more than pride will be at own territory. six passes for 9S yards and two timore. Detroit they plead Peoria Journal Star's 14th all- stake.

Dallas built a 10-0 halftimej touchdowns and ran 36 yards! lead on Bill Triplett's 22-yard I St. Teresa, beaten by three state college first team. "That kickoff return was lead on Mike Clark's 32-yard for another score. rarKenton toucnaown run ana jonn ed. He started to move on the fifth hole, canning a 10-foot birdie putt while Brewer, with a six-shot lead going into the Lamonica was passing right, 'points in its opener against Welch was the only player from the Colleee Conference of something that just happened," field goal and quarterback Connected on 19 of 31 passes for Wright's 26-yard scoring trip' completing 11 of 22 fori Warrensburg-Latham, tries to Minnesota Coach Bud Grant; Craig Morton's 12-yard touch-.

252 yards and four touch- with a recovered fumble. Bal-199 hiting Warren Wells even its record at Mount snirf Sundav after the Vikinss down run. then held off Pitts- downs. timore came back on two Uj P. tAnnkwfin nf CI rry A Tlll a clri in CTOmA Ka Illinois and Wisconsin rated this day's play and playing one two- imi- arl 1 11-CrV high on the offensive team.

some back, took the first of thrtw fnncrMitivo Ivuravc handed the Rams their first burgh the fourth quarter. The Leroy Kelly turned in the best! touchdown passes by jj arus aiiu rreu oueinixuii xor vi uy nou defeat, 20-13, ot tne season alter fcteeiers toucnaown came on a individual rushing performance! aiorrau. Mount Pulaski is 0-3, having Mike Stevens, Millikin; 16. Teammate 11 straight victories. 1 29-yard pass trom Uick inuier 0f the season, rambluig for 151 to Kisenhnuer a linebacKer.

was an nonoraoie a 6c si wi George Bland, jlost What happened on the return to Jon Henderson. yards in Cleveland's victory of Decatur and MacArthur mention selection. iirora Pm on we next noie Tho r.xvn from nil Canned the DUtt. He JUSt of the kickoff the opening one Vince Lombardi, in his first over Green Bay. It was the 20th1 who shares the mark of 36 scoring passes with Y.

A. Tittle, Riverton. Coach Ron Parr's Lakeview a noie in one vn uie Illinois colleges except Illinois, kicked three field goals and Les Bingaman Collapses at Dolphins' Gaijie Miami (AP) four extra pointa, giving him an Spartans, who have handled! Northwestern and Northern AFL record 153 consecutive iVandalia and Argenta-Oreana Illinois. Southern and Western vi me game was a io-joiu ocasuu as txuuiiugiuu tudui, time in nis career ne nas gain-run by Charlie West to the Los; was assured of at least a .500 ed more than 100 yards in a Angeles 22 to set up Dave Os- season when the Redskins got 'game. Bill Nelsen passed for borne's four-yard touchdown past Philadelphia.

Trailing 16-13 one Cleveland touchdown and run that gave the Vikings a at halftime, Washington came i Ernie Kellerman ran 40 yards lead they never lost. as rookie defensive endjwith an interception for anoth- on the 23- Illinois placed 13 player first team. conversions. His passing late in without too much trouble, will the game also enabled him to be seeking revenge for last pass the 20.000 career yards! year's 111-55 beating by ihe mark, another AFL record. Ironmen.

Defensive coach Les Bmga- ninth, tapped in for another bird, and turned just one shot back. "You have a feeling, a sixth sense sort of thing when it's going to happen," Palmer said. "I thought at six, when I bir-died and Gay bogeyed, that I might have it going." Brewer, who finished with a 73 for 272, and Palmer, paired It was the 11th straight vic-John Hoffman recovered a er. Don Horn threw for Green man, who had been cutting off tory after a season-opening loss Norm Snead fumble for a Bay's score. jthe pounds for more than a Normal as a 2-2 record this Stenerud battled the stomach Bowling Groups Sponsor Visit ior i TV- JfT Running back Harmon Wages year 10 avoia iuruier irouwe i -y- "7t7 year, having beaten Canton and 1U "-WUi quarterback Bob Berry Witn nis nean coiiapsea on mer Pontiac and lost to Rantoul and on a show of his, and Larry Brown scored he big in Atlanta's sidelines Sunday as his Miami recorf-seUing -L.

nninhinS wranr im an i own. His five field goals in row Lincom trouncing of New Orleans. iXHpnins wrappea up an coastal uivibiuu a i Ramc fnr tho Woctprn C.nnfpr. pion I 4. 1 By Bloodmobile TVia TlAratiir Men's ence title Dec.

27 in Minne-j jL standings anfj the next three holes but Gay fll over a six-game sireicn, eras- tx -pv ed the pro standard of 12 byi IIaMqUW QT Cleveland's Lou Groza in! CI ttlllf CLli Women's Bowling Associations one ah.eai with a Wages scored on an 88-yard American Football League vic- pass from Berry, ran 66 yards tory over Denver. for a touchdown and passed fori Bingaman, 45, was reported another. Berry also passed for alert and conscious in a Miami two other touchdowns. Bill Kil- hospital today. mer passed for a touchdown Cardiologist Dr.

Edward St. are sponsoring the monthly visit fS have waved red flat Dallas (9-2-1) struggled! through the rain and snow in 1 Cleve)0nd Pittsburgh to edge the Steelers st.eVLo?s (1-10) and clinch the Capitol of the Red Cross Bloodmobile Eastern Conference Century Division Pet. PH OP 9 2 1 .818 310 252 4 7 1 .364 265 317 4 8 0 .333 216 267 11 0 083 177 356 Capitol Division 2 1 S18 322 203 1953. Buffalo, trailing by 10 points much of the game, caught up at 19-all with eight minutes left; Illini Tonight Thursday, Dec. 18 at the a at a bull.

Palmer put a four iron eight feet from the hole on 14 and uivision ana uie rigni io meei; and Ernie Wheelright ran for Mary said Bingaman, whose ffintiirv "Ti'icinri irinnor fnTa-; Dallas Champaign (Special) when O. J. Simpson reeled off League secretaries will col- weight is now 70 pounds less Wnchinntnn A A AAA 070 9ftC than the 295 pounds he carried his longest run as a pro, circl-i Mmois meets DePauw in a ject pledge applications. Donors mae PV a -JJJ in ct lAff Artri fnr- vorHr non-coniprpncp nasKPrnan same io.A frx hnu' pre -v. as one of pro football's first av ivi a uo aiiu a ai uui no w- vu touchdown.

tonight following a preliminary! invnn. sp is throueh 60 in agile big men, suffered an ir land for the Eastern Conference Philadelphia a i i zm 273 336 championship. iNe" 270 352 In other NFL action Sunday, Minnesota .11 1 0 .917 366 Washington outlasted HI S5 delphia 34-29; the New York! Chicago 111 0 .083 304 29s Giants smashed St. Louis 49-6; I Los 313 202 VvAf waan Via Tllini rochmn onH i i nu im CVCD regularity of the heart-beat John Hadl came off the bench rr vt gooa neaim, weiKuuig highly-touted Robert AlorriSimrtro is plicihle to donate. which caused him to go into to throw touchdown passes.

Junior College. mi 1 a temporary shock." The blood donations received Baltimore 7 4 1 .636 256 234 Cleveland topped Green Bay 20- Dr. Herbert Virgin, the Dolphins' team physician, said including a 76-yarder to Lance Alworth, as San Diego held off Boston. After rookie Marty Domres quarterbacked the Chargers to a 14-3 halftime ine preiirn is ai o. p.m.

wm credited to and the varsity game at Decatur Bowlers Blood Bank Larry Downs, tfoot-S mch! or his famil senior center on DePauw, is a A Atlanta 4 8 0 .333 239 262 San Francisco 3 7 2 .300 256 296 Saturday's Results San Francisco 42, Chicago 21 Sunday's Results Dallos 10, Pittsburgh 7 Detroit 17, Baltimore 17, tie Cleveland 20, Green Bay 7 Atlanta drubbed New Orleans 45-18, and Detroit tied Baltimore 17-17. San Francisco walloped Chicago 42-21 Saturday. Aftpr CVshnrn srnrAd Minno. jftrmer Stephen Decatur, High donoTT lead, Hadl came on in the sec ond half and completed five of bowl the same day. Minnesota 20, Los Angeles 13 Gay bogeyed the 16th from the woods and Arnold was alone in front.

He nailed it down with birds on last two holes, two-putting the par five 17th and running in a 12-footer on the last hole. "Nothing went right," Brewer said. Lee Trevino closed with a 66 to take third at 274 with Hal Underwood and Larry Hinson sharing fourth at 275, each with a final 69. Masters champion George Archer had a course seven passes in the third periV dSl I The hours for the donation Atlanta 45, New Orleans 17 SOta tOOk a 14-0 lead On Bill York 49. St.

Louis 6 for 165 yards. are 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Bingaman "had no pulse or blood pressure for about three minutes" after collapsing during the final two minutes of play in the Dolphins' 27-24 victory. Dr.

Virgin revived the assistant coach with a shot of adrenalin administered directly to the heart. Bingaman, Illinois gridder and former All-Pro middle guard for the Detroit Lions, Brown's One-yard tOUChdOWn Washington 34. Philadelphia 29 t. Saturdays Schedule run. Bruce Gossett then kicked Baltimore at Dallas Sunday's NHL Results fa Alworth tied a pro football record by catching a pass for the 95th consecutive game, Louis 4, Philadelphia 1 New York 6, Monreal 3 BOBBY ISAAC WINS NASCAR TEXAS 500 College Station, Tex.

(AP) Bobby Isaac streaked to a a 37-yard field goal and the Vikings' Fred Cox. booted a 39-yarder as Minnesota built up a Sunday's Schedule Atlanta at Philadelphia Cleveland at St. Louis Green Bay at Chicago Los Angeles at Detroit matching the mark of 27 years Pittsburgh 3, Toronto 2 17-7 halftime lead. New Orleans at Washington ago Dy ureen nay lxjn Hut- Boston 2, Minnesota 2 ton. 1 Chicago 4.

Detroit 1 Pay nnH Cchnma I New York at Pittsburgh two-lap victory Sunday in NASCAR inaugural Texas 500 Lefty CDoul Marshall Absent stock car race. son Francisco at Minnesota Giants Make About Face suffered a congestive heart failure in early 1968 and later went on a strict diet. AFL Standings record 65 and was alone at 276. Palmer's victory pushed his earnings past $105,000 for the year and put him in the top ten. It was only the third time in his remarkable career which Lefty O'Doul, Twice Batting Champion, Dies Old Frustrations Disappear Peoria Shades Bullets 117-114 Averaging 144.265 miles an hour on the two-mile Texas International speedway, Isaac, 34, drove a 1969 Dodge Daytona Charger to his first super speedway triumph and a purse of $15,640.

In order, behind Isaac, were: Donnie Allison, 1969 Ford; Benny Parsons, 1968 Ford; James Hylton, 1969 Dodge; now includes 55 tour victories Eastern Division OP 9 4 0 .692 336 260 5 6 2 .455 251 2S6 4 9 0 .308 217 314 4 9 0 .308 243 289 3 9 1 .250 224 305 ning game." Just how good are the Giants? "If. our special teams (pun San. Francisco (AP) New York Houston Buffalo Boston Miami that he had scored consecutive triumphs. The last time was in Frank Joseph "Lefty" O'Doul, who twice 'won the Na- By Jack Hand Of the Associated Press New York When a pro football club that has lost seven straight suddenly turns around and piles up 517 yards in offense while winning 49-6, explanations are in ting and kickoff s) had just The Decatur Bullets werei Western Division Oakland 11 1 :1 .197 367 236 Kansos City 11 2 .0 .846 351 167 decision with two free 1962. "I remember some tourna played even with the opposition, tional League batting cham-we'd be 9-3 instead of 4-8." said pionship during his 40 years in throws.

I Son Diego 7 6 0 .538 238 270 Richard Brooks, 1969 Plym .41 1 .333 264 340 Tarkenton. baseball and helped introduce ments like this before," he said, then grinned. "But not recent 4 I 1 .333 270 328 Alex (Coach Alex Webster), tne game in Japan, is dead at unable to make up for the! absence of their league scoring leader, Hubie Marshall, and surrendered to Peoria in the final minute 117-114 Sunday night in a Continental Basket ly." Art Crump paced the Bullets' scoring with 28 points, Ron Bonham had 23 and Jesse Price 18. Newcomer Bobby Joe Edmunds had 14. knows what we need to do to be 72 That was why the writers a consistent 'winner.

I am con swarmed around Fran Tarken- naent tne whole situation is ton's locker Sunday afternoon going to turn around very The Bullets play Rockford Arnold Palmer, $25,000 Gay Brewer. $14,300 Lee Trevino. $8,850 Hal Underwood, S5.488 Larry Hinson, $5,488 George Archer, $4,500 Fred Marti, $400 Sam Snead, $3,530 68-67-70-65 27t 65-6648-73272 70-69-69-66274 68- 67-48-69 275 69- 69-68-69275 70- 75-67-64274 69- 70-69-69277 70- 67-71-70 278 CtltCl X1C "aU till UWU IwUl I fQTVlnlv J7 A He was 'coming along fine" at French Hospital here where he had been since Nov. 12, recovering from a stroke, when a massive heart attack ended his life Sunday afternoon, Dr. P.

JV nJ Stalfp-i here next Sunday. Saturday's Result New York 34, Houston 26 Sunday's Results Kansas City 22, Buffalo 19 San Diego 28, Boston 18 Ookland 37, Cincinnati 17 Miami 27. Denver 24 Saturday's Schedule Kansas City ot Oakland Sunday's Schedule Boston at Houston Buffalo at San Diego Cincinnati at Denver New York at Miami NAGLF.WINS outh. Sunday's ABA Results New York 102, Denver 96 Carolina 136Miami 123 Dallas 143, Washington 92 Pittsburgh 92, Kentucky 90 Indiana 108, Los Angeles 99 WSOY to Air All Illinois go. We need to win them and I think we will.

"We've struggled through a Jim Jamieson, $3,530 67-73-66-72278 touchdown passes and led the revived New York Giants to a ridiculously easy win over St Louis. "Everybody was so frus Gardner Dickinson, $2,875 70-69-69-71279 Bert Yancey, $2,875 hard season. I think it brought! PEORIA (117) 8 7 Howord 9 4 E. Jackson 10 1 Brown 13 3 Gordon 6 0 Golden 2 4 A. Jackson 0 0 Johnson 2 Butler 0 0 Hardy DECATUR (114) Price 6 6 Bonham 8 7 Jones 1 1 Johnson 2 0 Rayl 8 1 Edmonds 6 2 Crump 1 6 Stevens 0 1 Cronell 2 2 Totals 44 26 Christchurch, New Zealand ball Association game at MacArthur High gym.

Marshall was on company business in Houston, Texas, Sunday and the Bullets sorely missed his 33-point average. A crowd of 1,040 thought they were going to see the Bullets end a three-game losing streak when the Decatur team led 109-105 with 3:08 remaining. Two field goals by Larry Howard tied the score with 1:38 left. In the final minute Terry Johnson's basket gave the (AP) O'Doul had the highest batting average of any living major leaguer, .349 for 10 seasons. The honor now passes to Ted Williams, whose lifetime average is .344.

O'Doul's baseball career began in 1917 with Des Moines of the Western League, and he Australian Ken Nagle edged these kids together. We've put in some motion and some different formations to put more pressure on the defense. We have gained 300 or more yards every week for five weeks." Joe Morrison scored three touchdowns and caught seven passes for 96 yards. New Zealand's John Lister for 48 21 Totals Peoria Decatur trated," said- the Giants' scrambling quarterback, just played one heck of a game. The good thing was to see the kids come out there as late in the season as this and play as hard as they did.

"Everything in the world has happened to us this year. Today our defense simply overpowered the first prize in the Christ' 29 30 19 39117 27 33 24 30114 Jim Bain, Del Rutz (both of 68-70-69-72279 68-73-71-67279 68-71-73-68 280 73-69-7048280 67- 70-72-71280 71- 70-67-72 28 72- 67-7447280 71-69-69-72281 68- 73-70-70281 73- 65-72-72282 68-72-69-74283 68-68-73-74283 71-71-71-70283 74- 7049-70283 70- 73-7248283 71- 7348-72284 68-73-70-73284 72- 7147-74284 6949-72-74284 7346-73-72284 71-71-72-71285 764948-72285 71- 70-71-73-285 72- 70-73-70-283 Homero Blancas, $3,875 Tommy Bolt. $2,125 Rod Funseth, $2,125 Tommy Aaron, $2,125 Bob Smith, $2,125 Bob Murphy. $2,125 Chi Chi Rodriguez. $1487 Peter Townsend, $1487 Jimmy Wright.

$1,500 Mason Rudolph, $1,188 Hugh Royer, $1,188 Bob Dickson. $1,188 Tom Weiskopf, $1,188 Earl Stewart, $1,188 John Schroeder, $925 Jerry Pittman. $925 Bruce Devlin, $925 Dean Beman, $925 Herb Hooper, $925 Jack Ewing, $764 Jim Colbert, $764 Dale Douglas, $764 Larry Mowry, $764 Officials Decatur) church Garden City Classic Golf STANDINGS Home Games All future Illinois home basketball games will be broadcast by WSOY. Ton ight's Illini-DePauw game will be broadcast on FM only but all games thereafter will be on AM. Sid Rotz, WSOY sports announcer, will be at the microphone.

won his first National League Tournament with a final round 1-under-par 72 and a 72 hole "Joey is something else, I tell you," said Webster. "Tarkenton them and they are as good an called a good game. Our de- batting crown with Philadelphia in 1928. He won the batting title again in 1932 with the Brooklyn Dodgers. Bullets a 114-113 lead but Dave Cudohy Grand Ropids Rockford Peoria DECATUR Waukegan Other Sunday Scorn Cudahy 119, Rockford 118 score of 272.

Sunday's NBA Results Detroit 118, Phoenix 113 Atlanta 104, Los Angeles 103 offensive team as there is in fense did well and we didn't Golden hit a fielder for Peoria and Al Jackson nailed down the football. We stopped their run- make mistakes..

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