Lincoln Journal Star from Lincoln, Nebraska • Page 37

Contact Begins For NC By VIRGIL PARKER was a pretty sharp workout for the first scrimmage of the University of Nebraska football coach Bob Devaney said after the Big Red had their initial head-banging session Wednesday morning. been worse in other seasons at the the Husker boss said, but then he tempered the enthusiasm by adding, sure want to play a game today, Devaney said the scrimmage was in that there were several outstanding plays by both the offense and defense, but that unit showed enough Devaney thought the first offense moved the ball quite well against the second defense, whereas the second unit offense go anywhere against the first defensive group. The two first teams face each other during the initial day cf contact. we have made a mistake in the evaluation of our personel, the way it should Devaney explained. first offense should move well, while be disappointed if the second group gained much against the Black Shirts (first Quarterbacks Van Brownson, Jerry Tagge and Dave Humm all came in for praise.

three threw the ball pretty Devaney said, Jerry had one intercepted and Humm had two of them picked Jim Anderson made a diving interception of one Humm aerial. Joe Blahak drew special comment for his grab of another. Bill Kosch made the defensive theft of one Tagge toss. pass protection was pretty Devaney noted. we didn't generate much of a running game.

Of course passed a greater percentage of the time than we would in normal game The failure of the running attack was due to the outstanding play of defensive middle guards Rich Glover and Monte Johnson, Devaney said. centers handle he explained, if we block the middle guard the running play just going Brownson opened the scrimmage session with the longest gainer of the day he hit tight end Jerry List for a 40- yard bomb. The biggest ground gainer for the tirst unit came on a Brownson keeper, although the next time he tried the same play, linebacker Bruce Hauge and end John Hyland crunched him simultaneously with a bruising tackle for a loss. Tagge and Humm alternated with the second group against the Black Shirts. Tagge hit fullback Bill Olds over the middle for one big gain and was on target to Glen Garson for what would have been another, but the toss was dropped.

He wound up his performance with three straight completions on sideline patterns. Humm suffered his two interceptions when he first took over, but recovered to complete four in a row, mixed around 20 and 11-guard gainers on keeper plays. Records Tumbling To Hank UP! TELEPHOTO Although Mickey Rivers beat this throw, Frank Howard shows how much effort a first baseman can give. By Associated Press Just about every time Hank Aaron plays, it seems that he breaks a record. It seems that way he does.

Aaron, who passed Ty Cobb on the all-time list of total bases Monday, barged by Tris Speaker Tuesday night in career runs scored as he helped the Atlanta Braves beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 15-5. just mean that been playing a long said Aaron, whose 37th homer of the year produced his iifetime run and placed him in sixth place. Aiming at 50? And he has his sharp hitting eye on more production. said before the season like to hit 40 said Aaron, I probably should pass that Does he think he can hit the 50-homer level, something LINCOLN. NEBRASKA AUG.

25, PAGE 39 never accomplished in his fabled career. I have no ideas of said Aaron, modestly. Elsewhere in the National Monday night, the St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Houston Astros 2-1; the Cincinnati Reds stopped the Chicago Cubs 5-4; the Los Angeles Dodgers whipped the Montreal Expos 6-4; the San Diego Padres downed the Philadelphia Phillies 2-0 and as Dog Race Fans To Go to Voters Skywriters Visit Kansas By DICK HERMAN First claiming yards. Entries POST TIME 4 P.M.

race, purse $1,000, 3 price $2,500, 1 mile 70 Weary of being frustrated by balky Legislatures, Nebraska Neros Lassie (Stallings) dog race fans Wednesday started taking their case to the voters. Officials and backers of the Nebraska Greyhound Breeders Becky jo (cuddie) Assn. filed with Secretary of State Allen J. Beermann the (No Boy) ......................115 form of an initiative petition to modify the constitution and allow pari-mutuel dog raping. 3 A minimum of 46,162 valid signatures, appropriately spread up, claiming pr'ica' out in at least 38 counties and submitted by next July 6, would goy) ii 7 be sufficient to put the question of dog racing on the November, buii Purpie (Turner) 1972, general election ballot.

Merle Bussard, R.R. 1, Lincoln, a bookbinder by vocation and a racing dog breeder by avocation, predicted get Nebraska Butch no at least the required number of petition signatures. Citizens, he declared, been clamoring for dog racing 9 for quite a few years. Their opportunity is at Brother (Sfaiiings) ii9; jet smooth no Bills to bring about dog racing and accompanying betting traditionally have floundered in the Nebraska Legislature. Lincoln Sen.

Wally proposal earlier this year, LB915, never got out of the Constitutional Revision Committee. Historically Disfavor Gambling Bussard pointed out Nebraska lawmakers historically do not favor gambling bills. He noted that horse racing, bingo and lotteries have been incorporated in the Constitution as leginiate gambling enterprises through citizen petition efforts and then approved by the electorate, when it had the chance. Barnett and Sen. George Syas of Omaha were the ones who suggested greyhound fanciers go the initiative route, rather than making another legislative stab.

Also: Brother Boy) 112; AAr. AAorn (Barnes) 124. Third race, purse $1,000, maiden fillies, 5 2 furlongs. Half Jest (Young) .............................116 About Mista (Cuddle) .......................116 Ho Say's Flash (Anderson) ................116 Jen's Marble (Pacheco) Kota Call (Baxter) .........................116 Kirby's Baby (Stallings) ...................116 Navajo Avenue (L. Rettele) 116 Lime Sac (No Boy) .........................116 Also: Village Sue (Forth) 1116; Thunder Woman (No Boy) 116; Ooohs And Aahs (Barnes) 116; Tammi Z.

(Patterson) 116. Fourth Race, purse, $1,100, 3-year-olds and up, claiming price $2,000, 1 mile 70 yards. netition no Boy) Harry's Bay (Baxter) .......................120 Steel Sugar (Pacheco) Joining Bussard in presenting petition documents to the of state was Joe Divis of Wahoo, former state By Associated Press Kansas University and Kansas State University football teams came under the scrutiny of members of the Big Eight Skywriters tour Wednesday while other teams in the conference continue preparations for the season. The tour then goes to Oklahoma State Thursday, Oklahoma Friday, Colorado Saturday, Nebraska Monday, Iowa State Tuesday and Missouri next Wednesday. After practices, most coaches had words of praise for their squads.

KU coach Don Fambrough was happy with the work of his defense, saying it No. 1 in our minds this year. It was the reason we had trouble last Will Undergo Surgery Two sophomore defensive halfbacks will undergo surgery and may miss the Jayhawk season. The left knee of Denny Lantz of Atlantic, Iowa, will be operated on and Alan McCoy of Shawnee Mission, needs internal surgery. Kansas State coach Vince Gibson termed the practice a first scrimmage with a lot of However he said three players, fullback Tim McLane and defensive linemen Dennis Weinhold and Norm Dubois, showed a great deal of improvement over last season.

Don Lareau, sophomore linebacker, will be lost about four weeks due to a cracked bone in his ankle. At Stillwater, coach Floyd Gass said the OSU output was terrific, considering the which included a 95-degree temperature. Lauds Keywortli, Davis Tom Bevans moved into the top offensive center spot in the major shuffle at Colorado. Coach Eddie Crowder also liked the running of backs Jon Keyworth and Charlie Davis. Missouri coach A1 Onofrio said, are not happy with the polish but then we are just trying to learn everything rij(ht Running backs Mike Fink, Pete Buha and Bruce Berry, and defensive back Lorenzo Brinkley were hobbled with various ailments or injuries, none of which were believed serious.

Oklahoma coach Chuck Fairbanks said his squad is a pretty good foundation. We are getting something Iowa State has not started practice. secretary fire marshal in the Morrison administration and now Saunders Junior i 2 County sheriff. Nine states now Fifth race, purse $1,300, 2-year-olds, according allowance, 5Vz furlongs. allow pari-mutuel dog racing, no bo to Bussard, with Nebraska breeders having some of their scamp ixtoches in that foreign competition.

South Dakota and Colorado sff are neighboring states with dog racing. (Ecoffey) 1 I nr -n- i Angel Page (L. Turner) South Dakota picked up $1.25 million in state revenue Queen vasnti (Pacheco) Bussard said, W-hile sixth race, purse allowance, 6 furlongs. leearrl (Chavez) .........................113 sadairs Champ (King) .....................113 axinff Misty Wire (No Boy) .........................108 Gallant Flair (Baxter) a-Satans Flash (Ecoffcy) ................117 If dog racing came to Nebraska, the breeders would want istaiimgs) the State Racing Commission. last year from taxation of dog racing, take was in excess of $2 million.

When there is a dire need for said he could not understand legislative dog racing bills. $1,800, 3-year-olds, revenue, attitudesin it completely supervised by the State Racing Bussard said there have been no commitments on where quarter-mile oval raceways would be located. LitHe Sac (Young) 114 No Prognosis (Patterson) 115 Stewardess Tommie (Coleman) a-Alex Kelly (Armstrong) 122 Williams Hugh V. Plunk ett entry. Horses Dojis Would Not Hor.semen oppcse legalizing of dog racing in Nebraska, but have no with them, Bussard said.

believe the dogs hurt the horses. The horses hurt Nags race at the wrong time of day, according to Bu.ssard, while potential bettors are working. of Ak- Eighth race, purse 4 oo 3 Sar-Ben, there a decent track in he added. SongT Persons have an opportunity to win more money betting Bussard as.serted, due to the greater number of Seventh race, purse $1,800, 3-year-olds and up, allowance, 6 furlongs. Poona Miss (King) 114 B.B.

Jed (Anderson) Speedy Recovery (Ecoffey) 17 Raven's Nova (Stallings) 114 Royal Love (Barnes) .........................119 Greyjay (Ecoffey) 119 Bookie (Stallings) ............................122 Darla Nay (Greenberg) ....................110 on dogs, Bussard as.serted, betting forms at the greyhound tracks. In due time, he forecast, that would lead to greater crowds at dog races than horse 114 races. STAmiNGS American Baltimore Detroit Boston New York Washington Cleveland Oakland Kansas Chicago California AAinnesota Milwaukee Pet. .631 .535 .523 .496 .421 .394 .641 .524 .488 .473 .452 .424 GB 11 Va 13 16 Va 26 29'J 15 19'a 21 Va 24 East Division Won Lost 77 45 68 59 .67 61 64 65 5J 73 50 77 West Division 82 46 City 66 60 62 65 .61 68 57 69 53 72 Tuesday's Results Baltimore 1, Chicago Milwaukee 6, Cleveland 5 Minnesota 3, Detroit 1 Kansas City 5, Boston 4, 13 innings New York 1, Oakland 0 California 2, Washington 1 Wednesday's Games Milwaukee (Parsons 10-15) at Cleveland (Paul 2-3), night Chicago (Horlen 7-9) at Baltimore (Dobson 15-6), night. Minnesota (Kaat 10-10) at Detroit (Lolich 20-9), night Boston (Peters 12-9) at Kansas City (Fitzmorrls 5-2), night New York (Kline 9-12) at Oakland (Hunter 16-10), night Washington (Bosman 10-13) at Oakland nia (Murphy 6-13), night The affidavit with the petition form lists Bussard and Divis contributing personal services in bringing the petition drive, with Nebraska Greyhound Breeders Assn.

numbering about 50 persons pledging Also identified as pushing the initiative were Emory G. Priefert, 2551 So. 36th Lincoln; Leslie Martin of Central City, Harry Wempen of Sumner, Ray Bigbee of Merna, William Janeck of Dodge and Robert Dixon, R.R. 1, Papillion. Parked Car Aids Win For Wood River Golfer Bold Signal (Pacheco) Howlin Wind (King) 5 pounds apprentice allowance.

pounds apprentice allowance. Thursday Regatta Slated Sunday Baseball Kansas City Royals v. Boston Red Sox, 7:25 National Pittsburgh St. Louis Chicago New York Philadelphia Montreal GB 5 5 18 28 East Division Won Pet. 76 55 70 59 .543 69 58 .543 62 64 .492 56 71 .441 54 72 .429 West Division San Francisco .76 54 585 Los Angeles 61 .527 Atlanta 68 65 .511 Cincinnati 64 67 Houston 63 66 .488 San Diego 48 82 369 Tuesday's Results Cincinnati 5, Chicago 4 San Diego 2, Philadelphia 0 Atlanta IS, Pittsburgh 5 San Francisco 3, New York 2 St.

Louis 2, Houston 1 Los Angeles 6, Montreal 4 Wednesday's Games San Francisco (Perry 13-9) at New York (Koosman 4-8) Cincinnati (Grimsley 8-5) at Chicago 11-10) at Philadelphia (Short 7-14), night Los Angeles (Alexander 4-4) at Montreal (Renko 12-12), night Pittsburgh (KIson 3-4) at Atlanta (Jarvis 5-11, night St. Louis (Carlton 16-7 at Houston (Cook 0-2), night Fremont The way Wood River golf pro Merle Backlund figures it, a parked car helped him win the Nebraska Section of the PGA here Tuesday. second shot on the last hole soared over the green, struck a parked car and bounced back into play. He then chipped to about 10 feet from the hole and sank the putt to edge out Juan Elizondo by one stroke. that car have been parked there, my ball gone out of bounds and cost me the Backlund figured.

The Fremont Golf parking lot is to the right and behind the 18th green and resident pro A1 Beister said shot was allowable. long as the ball strikes an object and bounces back into play, the shot is Beister explained. car is considered to be the same as the trees which line the sides of most our 36-hole total was 139, three-under-par, while Elizondo, Sunset Valley Country Club pro. finished at 140. Both fired par 71s Tuesday over the yard course as scores ballooned.

Most golfers attributed the inflated scores to the wind and the pressure of winning. was only a slight breeze Monday while the wind was pretty stiff Elizondo said. of course the pressure of the last day worked against most of the Defending champion John Frillman, Happy Hollow pro, finished third at 142 despite an ace on the 117- yard No. 17. First-day leader Matt Zadalis, Spring Lake pro, came in with a 76 and finished fourth at 143.

Merle Backlund, Wood River Juan Elizondo, Omaha John Frillman, Omaha Matt Zadalis, Omaha Gene Johnson, Omaha Bud Williamson, Bud Williamson, Hastings Bob Popp, Omaha Bonnie Graham, Sioux City, 72 75 John Dear, 73 Jack Hoskins, Grand Island 77 70 Al Beister, Fremont Tom Weeks, South Sioux City Leon Pounders, Omaha 1 77 Jerry Dugan, Omaha Dave Williams, Fremont Lyle Westrum, Sheldon, Iowa Bob Schuchart, Lincoln 80 80 Al Daugherty, Bellevue Kent Lyons, Omaha All events free unless by all tinoee a.in. unless faced ior p.m. Thursday state Horse at Omaha, Rosenblatt Stadium, Big Purse Lures Top Drag Racers Marion, Ohio More than 500 of the drag racers aim for $100,000 in prizes, contingencies and manufacturer awards this weekend at the American Hot Rod Grand Nationals. The original Grand Nationals were staged at Marion County International Raceway July 7-89, but rain postponed the final eliminations July 9. The various divisions will be re- raced Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Jim Hayter of LaHarpe, 111., and Bob Lambeck of Van Nuys, resume their duel in the pro-super stock division. The two are tied for the lead with 4,200 points. Allan Maybee (bow) and Dan Hutchinson (stern) on the Missouri River in practice session. Webster Gets Even More Bad News By Associated Press New York Giants coach Alex Webster, had his share of troubles lately, got some more bad news Tuesday. Ron Johnson, who rushed for 1,027 yards from his halfback position last season, will be sidelined for the remaining three weeks of training camp because of a thigh injury which will require surgery.

The injury, a deep bruise on his right thigh, was suffered two months ago when Johnson was playing a pickup basketball game in Ann Arbor, Mich. Some blood which collected within the tissue has not cleared up, so doctors will have to operate to drain it off. Dr. Anthony Pisanti, team physician, said Johnson might be ready to play in the final preseason game, against Pittsburgh Sept. 12.

New York opens its regular season against Green Bay one week later. Running Game Newest Worry So Webster, whose team dropped its first three exhibition games and who has watched players including quarterback Fran Ttarkenton, the key man in the offense come and go in training camp, now has to worry about his running game, too. Webster cut four players from the squad Tuesday, including veteran Willie Townes, a defensive end. Townes was once a regular on the Dallas Doomsday Defense, but lost his job to Larry Cole. Another veteran to get the ax was safety Goldie Sellers, who was dropped by Houston.

The Oilers also signed much- travelled place kicker Booth Lustig and dealt defensive lineman Russell Price to Miami for a draft choice. The Los Angeles Rams cut rookie wide receiver Andy (Rabbit) Vataha, a 170-pounder who was Jim favorite target at Stanford. Nebraska City The waters of the mighty Missouri will come alive Sunday as the river hosts the sixth annual Lewis Clark championship canoe race. The race will begin at 9 a.m. at the state recreation area here and conclude thirty miles downstream at the Brownville state recreation area.

race is a tremendous event. be canoeists from Kansas, Iowa and Allan Maybee, originator of the race, said. The regatta also is expected to draw contestants from Missouri, South Dakota, Illinois, Minnesota and other states, according to Maybee, who notes that contestants come from as far away as Chicago and Norman, in the is the only race in the country that hosts a three-state (Nebraska, Kansas and Iowa) championship at one Maybee said. a championship race, but not a professional race. There will be divisions for women, mixed couples, boys and three classes for men according to their A representative from the Nebraska Game Commission will be on hand to enforce boating regulations, and the Lincoln Coast Guard flotilla will have four power launches patrolling the race to ensure safety for all contestants.

The U.S. Coast Guard office in St. Louis has approved the event, sponsored by the Midwest Canoe Association, and has notified all ports on the Missouri River that canoes will be out Sunday. Maybee indicated that the race is not only a good participation sport, but also seems to draw considerable spectator interest. Awards will be given to all participants, he added.

Interested persons or teams are asked to contact Maybee at 3019 South 44th St. in Lincoln. San Francisco Giants trimmed the New York Mets 3-2. American League scores: Milwaukee 6, Oeveland Minnesota 3, Detroit Baltimore 1, Chicago Kansas City 5, Boston 4 in 13 innings; New York 1, Oakland 0 and California 2, Washington 1. Among his varied accomplishments since he joined the major leagues with the old Milwaukee Braves in 1954, the 37-year-old Aaron has hit 629 home runs.

That puts him in third place behind San Willie Mays, who has 644, and Babe Ruth, who had 714. How does Hank feel every time they flash his record-breaking deeds on the scoreboard at Atlanta Stadium? long they flash my age, quipped Aaron. Has 96 Actually, Aaron has been tired of late although never know it by his long-ball pace of five homers in six days boosted his RBI to 96 and his batting average to .322. you just get said Aaron, I was feeling tired before we came home. I got a couple of days rest and my legs feel much better Mike Lum and Marty Perez joined Aaron in their hitting party that produced 21 safeties against the shellshocked pitching staff.

Lum drilled a three-run homer in the second inning and Perez belted a three-run blow in the third before Aaron unloaded in the fourth. The Cardinals took advantage of loss to move up to a tie with Chicago for second place in the National League East, five games behind the front-running Pirates. Reliever Al Santorini came in with the potential tying run on third base in the ninth inning and threw a double-play pitch to Doug Rader to end the game. The clutch relief job saved the game for rookie Reggie Cleveland. Three Doubles Pete Rose ripped three doubles and scored three runs and Woody Woodward slammed three hits to lead Cincinnati over Chicago.

Willie Davis slugged five hits, including a three-run triple, as Los Angeles stopped eight-game winning streak. Ed Acosta, a 27-year-old right-hander making his first major league start, hurled an eight-hit shutout for San Diego. Acosta, who was traded to the Padres Aug. 16, hurled three innings while with Pittsburgh last season for his only previous major league experience. Juan Marichal pitched a five-hitter and Bobby Bonds crashed his 25th homer to power San Francisco over New York.

two-run shot gave Marichal the lead in the fourth inning and the star right-hander was in command thereafter. Wednesday Baseball V. Boston (KLIN). Kansas City Royals Red Sox, 7:25 Fights O'Halloran, 220, Boston, knocked out Terry Daniels, 193, 4, Jesse Avalos, 144'j, Dallas, outpointed Jose Gabino, 145, Reynoosa, 10. Football Southern Hayden Fry and Murray Warmath have been named head coaches for the 1971 Shrine East-West game Dec.

31 at San Candlestick Park. The Cleveland Browns have asked waivers on ex-Oklahoma linebacker Steve Casteel, their 10th round draft choice. Basketball Former Oklahoma standout Garfield Heard and six-year NBA veteran Barry Clemens have signed to play with the Seattle SuperSonics next season. Last playmaker for Western Kentucky, Rex Bailey, had one finger amputated and two others broken while operating a punch press at a manufacturing plant in Bowling Green, Ky. The NAIA executive committee has decided that member basketball schools will discontinue the shot next season.

Baseball Bullpen ace Garland Shifflett of Western division-leading Denver has been named the most valuable player in the American Association. He ha.s a 10-7 record with 17 saves in 53 appearances..