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Patriots Stand Alone in Strike against Owners Radio Station Protests Strike Action GREENVILLE (UPI) Radio Station WHYZ reacting to the strike by the New England Patriots announced Monday it will no longer carry any reports on the National Football League "The players have protested the owners and the managers have protested we think it is about time for the fans to protest" said station manager Ray Somers The Patriots' strike forced cancellation of their game with the New York Jets "This is the straw that broke the camel's back" Somers said "I mean we have had enough with the temperamental football players and the money hungry Somers said the station would carry no scores or any item about NFL football which goes into its regular season next weekend last NFL players strike The Patriots said they're fighting for the same "freedom issues" involved in the last strike Los Angeles Carroll Rosenbloom reacted angrily Monday to the New England Patriots' players' strike and said "if my team started such a renegade strike I would close our "I am in favor of the players having a strong association with responsible -leadership but for a team to do what the Patriots did is a he added "I am sure I speak for all the owners when I say we cannot sit still for such -v will not start Sunday think they realized they win without Plunkett so this strike sort of killed two birds with one stone I think it was the catalyst for the strike It clinched their decision" Adams said A former Heisman Trophy winner Plunkett separated his left shoulder in an 'exhibition game against San Diego and will be out a minimum of four weeks Vataha insisted the strike was called pressure our union as well as the management council to get this thing A federal mediator has been conducting arbitrations between the players association and the management council since before it will be resolved as soon as possible so our coaches can get back to getting ready to play the opening game of the season" Wide receiver Randy Vataha the Patriots player representative said "If we don't get the support we hope for (from the other clubs) then we'll sign a no-strike agreement and go back to work that happens I think many of our players are going to want to pay their ($300) annual he added no sense being a union if you really have New England was scheduled to open its regular season Sunday against the Houston Oilers FOXBORO Mass (UPI) The New England Patriots were promised amnesty by club officials Monday and now they hope to find out if they've got any friends in rest of the National Football League The Patriots voted 37-2 with five abstentions during the weekend to strike scrubbing Sunday's exhibition game with the New York Jets They avoided a possible lockout Monday when a regularly scheduled workout was canceled because Shaef fer Stadium was being used for the Boston College-Notre Dame football game will be absolutely no reprimands and they be locked out" club spokesman Pat Home said "We just hope KS "Bud" Adams owner of the Oilers were influenced in their strike vote by the said Monday he suspected the Patriots injury to quarterback Jim Plunkett who Notre Dame Struggles By Tough Eagles 17-3 Boston College still had more than 14 minutes to catch up but the staunch Notre Dame defense led by Ross Browner and All America Steve Neihaus would not allow the Eagles past the Notre Dame 49 Glen Capriola not expected to see much action was the game's leading rusher with 107 vards in 15 attempts The junior was voted the top offensive player while Ross Browner received defensive honors In the first half the two teams played conservative foot- ball before a Schaefer Stadium record crowd of 61501 fans Notre Dame outgained Boston College 133-131 in the opening half getting 130 of those yards on the ground as Stager could complete only one of five passes The Irish scored first at 6:52 of the second period on Reeve's field goal nine plays after the defense had stopped Boston College on the Notre Dame 22 Boston College got its only points with 11 seconds left in the half FOXBORO Mass (UPI) -Freshman Jim Browner ripped yards up the middle in the third period after his older brother Ross had recovered a fumble Monday night to lead Notre Dame to a 17-3 victory over Boston College in a nationally televised football game The triumph was Notre Dame's first under new coach Dan Devine and its 12th straight opening-game victory Sophomore A1 Hunter who missed last season along with Ross Browner because of a disciplinary suspension sealed the game with a touchdown 50 seconds into the final period on 24-yard pitchout around the right side The two teams were tied 3-3 at halftime on field goals of 30 yards by Notre Dave Reeve and 45 yards by Boston Fred Steinfort The Eagles defense which had held Notre Dame to 133 yards in the opening half loosened after Ross Browner Keith Barnette fumble of quarterback Mike Kruczek's errant pitchout Notre Dame taking over on its own 40 yard line found the end zone in eight plays Quarterback Rick Slager who had only 18 minutes of playing time going into the game completed three passes in the drive for 27 yards Jim Browner who gained 95 yards in 24 carries lost one yard on a first and goal from the nine yard line then burst straight ahead on the next play for the winning score Boston College got one first down the next time it had the ball but with less than a minute to go in the first period free safety Randy Harrison intercepted a deflected Kruczek pass at the Eagle 49 and returned it seven yards Hunter moved four yards to the BC 38 Slager found tight end Ken MacAffe with a 12-yard pass to the BC 26 and Jim Browner gained two more yards before Hunter took off on his scoring run Slager faked a handoff into the line then pitched out to the speedy Hunter who cut to the right sideline back towards the middle then into the right corner of the end zone Sooners Sit In UPI Poll Driver Seat NEW YORK (UPI) Oklahoma 62-7 victors over Oregon Saturday with Coach Barry Switzer using mostly second and third string players easily retained its No 1 ranking in the United Press International Board of Coaches college football ratings Monday by garnering 30 first place votes and 357 points Ohio State which opened defense of its Big Ten title by avenging last year's loss to Michigan State with a stunning 21-0 victory moved up a notch to second place collecting six first place votes and 333 points Michigan another Big Ten aspirant downed highly-regarded Wisconsin 23-6 Saturday and although it didn't earn any votes as the top team finished in the No 3 slot with 313 points Southern California found the perfect replacement for Anthony Davis in Ricky Bell and accumulated three first place votes and 297 points to remain firmly implanted in fourth place Missouri which shocked Alabama with a 20-7 decision collared the only other first place vote and settled into fifth place with 145 points just seven points ahead of No 6 Nebraska Rounding out the Top Ten are: No 7 Texas with 119 points No 8 Penn State with 109 points No 9 Notre Dame with 75 points and No 10 Tennessee with 74 points Conspicuous by its absence from the Top Ten is Alabama which was a close second choice behind Oklahoma The second ten in order consisted of: Texas Florida UCLA Arkansas Pittsburgh Arizona St Miami (Ohio) Alabama West Virginia and San Diego State 10 a fell on a Up and Over Boston College fullback Earl Strong is knocked off his feet bp Notre Dame MLB Tom Eastman 42 in first quarter action of the nationally televised night game at Schefer Stadium in Boston Notre Dame won 17-3 (UPI) UPI Poll Pro-Ams Prime Carolina Open Golfers YORK TIM The IriIH tatmuiNiful Hoard 4 Cuachn tap a iiiitaier tHMlull taoimi with waa-lmt H-ranta and tint plait vatu 'first Wi umib inm 1 Ifklahumo 2 JhMi Siufr l-i ii 4 Snuifcfii (aiitnnu li ft ftlhMoiri 'l-n 'I ft Nfri4 7 THum 1 0 0 IVw Slats 2-A 0 Vrfrv Ifcimr in Tmunum 1 ft 11 Ti'Us 4 l-i 12 FhtfMll -Ml IX Ml 1-0 II ftrkrtfifeM in Ift -n in twm nuts i-n 17 Mmiu i th kUKima n-l- Ifi Kyraks 1-0 20 Srffi Mrft 1-01 SS7 HI III 207 lift IN III If 7ft 74 1 If 10 7 0 ft 4 I By JOHN RIBAR Sun News Sports Writer A total of $6000 in prize money was divided Monday in two pro-ams played at Bay Tree Golf Plantation and Robbers Roost Golf Club A total of 46 four-man teams participated in the tourneys worth $3000 a piece winning professionals collected cash the amateurs were given gift certificates The two tourneys were warmups for the 1975 Carolinas-Michelob Open being played at the two North Myrtle Beach golf courses A record field of 352 contestants will compete for a purse of over $21000 starting today and continuing through Friday Sponsoring the tourney are the Michelob wholesalers of the two Carolinas and Anheuser-Busch Inc There are 211 professionals and 141 amateurs (with six pros received cash the amateur got gift certificates At Bay Tree the team of Roger Watson had a 12-under par 60 which included amateurs Vance Heafner Roy Brown and Donnie Christenbury Next with 61 was Bob 3Iack of Spartanburg with amateurs Lewis White Gordon Owens and Jim Riker Third was Randy Glover -and amateurs Tom Cullen John Ribar and Winfred Hutchins Six teams were next tied with 64's the pros got $48 and the amateurs $39 each Listed are the pros and in parenthesis are local amateurs in his foursome Jim Roberts of Southern Pines NC (Jay Slover) Buddy Long of Raleigh Jack Green Russ Glover of Lake City (Jim Hazen) Chuck Matlock of Edisto Island (Bryan Floyd) Fred King of Troy NC and Thome Wood of Asheboro NC (Henry Broadwell) sville NC Thome Wood of Asheboro NC and Roger Watson of Cary NC With it was Sherrill Austin of Hickory NC Craig Dear of Sapphire Valley NC and Bob Toski of Palmetto Dunes They each got $50 At Robbers Roost Bill Hall of White Lake NC and Mike Hamilton of Fountain Inn tied for team best-ball with 61 and received $112 Five tied with 63 and got $58 Carlton Sowers of Eden NC Brace Sudderth of Gastonia NC Tom Cathcart of Gastonia NC Russ Flanders of Augusta and Herb Owenby of Nashville NC Nine others tied for the final cash awards of $16 including Bobby Ford of Georgetown In the better-ball of foursome events Monday (each was made up of a professional and three amateurs) the handicaps or less) This is the largest field for a Carolinas Open topping last year's record of 320 Half the Held will play Bay Tiee today the other half will be at Robbers Roost Wednesday the players change courses Then the field will be rut to the low 120 for the final two rounds at Bay green course Thursday and Friday Foursomes will tee off each day at 8 am from both the No 1 and No 10 tees with the second groups starting at 12 noon Spectators are welcome to join the gallery and there is no admission fee At Bay Tree Monday Gene Briggs of Wallace NC had the lowest gross a 1 -under par 71 which was worth $200 Jim Gurkin of Henderson NC was next with 72 ($150) and Randy Glover of Summerville was third with 73 along with A1 Smith and Sonny Ridenhour of Kerner- Nate 4irrvMfM will ttta Antrim IwrflMlI I'wm hi itanit prh0iti thr A art nrhpMr Nr tap 20 mwm uimuI HtaetpwKhip mnddtraHan hy Ihv I PI Raard vt I arii Tlww trail an pndwtiaa tav IKft art hill Lam Rrarh Malt and Nulwrvlin Laaittaaa Sooners Prepare For Pitt Cards Gun Past Phils In Eighth ST LOUIS I UPI Pinch-hitter Reggie Smith doubled home pinch runner Larry Lintz in the eighth inning Monday night to give the St Louis Cardinals a 7-6 victory over the Phillies Ken Reitz led off the Cardinal eighth with a single and I Jntz ran for him Ted Sizemore singled before Smith's gamvwinner off reliever Gene Garber 10-10 The winning pitcher was Al Hrabosky 12-3 who pitched 1 2-3 innings of hitless relief Bucs Split Two Games With Cubs CHICAGO (UPI) The Pittsburgh Pirates hammered out seven doubles and Richie Zisk belted a tworan homer to rout the Chicago Cubs 9-1 behind Jim two-hit pitching Monday and split a doubleheader after the Cubs won the opener 66 on a two-run ninth Doubles by Jerry Morales and Jose Cardenal drove in a run apiece in the ninth to hand Dive Giusti the first game defeat and give Darold Knowles his sixth victory in relief Rooker pitched the distance in the nightcap to win his 13th game against nine losses and retired the last 16 Cubs in a DICK ALLEN Baseball Standings National League American League Htna ballimorr Srw I'N-rrlaaii Ik-lrml Ki ailrk PrrM InlrrnalMaal iVpkl Oamra Sal Inrlakrki Kaal I Prl OS 11 ksi -4 M4 4 77 71 117 II 71 74 4k Ik 17 4W Writ I Prl OS Ml I) II Ml 7 71 7k 4k I7i kk 77 471 kk 77 41k N'r 17 11 4M Yurt Mllttaukrr lank a Cup Minnriata NORMAN Okla (UPI) -Oklahoma defenders have never seen anything like the speed of the oackfield Pittsburgh brings to play the No 1 ranked Sooners Saturday according to Coach Barry Switzer "Pittsburgh has three backs quarterback and two running who present to us the most quickness and speed of any backfield we've ever played Switzer said guys have got electricity They hit the crack and they burn Switzer was talking about junior halfback Tony Dorsett Pitt's all-time rushing leader with 2690 yards in only two years his running mate Elliott Walker and quarterback Robert Haygood The Sooner coach said Dorsett 5-11 180 has more need and acceleration than Oklahoma's Joe Washington with 44-second timings in the 40-yard dash But he said he does not believe Dorsett is as elusive does not run inside as well as Washington and is not called on to block or return punts Haygood's running ability he said "scares the devil out of you" Switzer said his Sooners had never been hurt physically in a game as they were in their 62-7 rout of Oregon Saturdy "Probably 11 people will be affected" he said li Prro htomliMMl iNigkl limn Sal larlaMi Kal I Prl l-if tbHruh in lkiU4rlpkia 7 U4 I -MU (Til IM T' New lurk Tt 74 DU Ik HiraCN 7t 7 477 14 Mnalmil 4k II IM kill Prl GB 4M -II 4k 141 17 71 71 441 Mil fit IS 411 II an a lillr 4-1 HM-UMMll l-w Anti-Ira Kaa tram-lira Saa ilH-pi Ailania lliwiiiia iMrkrk linwa ak Kan Trim lllirapa Calilarma The I had tied it at 66 with a run in the seventh Mike Anderson doubled went to third on Richie Allen's single and scored on a sacrifice fly by Garry Maddox The Cards had taken the lead with three runs in the sixth Ted Simmons led off with a double to extend his hitting streak to 17 Kmes and tie Sizemore for the lgest Cardinal hitting streak this year Simmons advanced on a groundnut and scored on a sacrifice fly by Reitz Sizemori: and Mike Tyson hit twout singles to knock out Phils starter tarry Christenson Reliever Tom llilgendnrf made three pitches to pinch hitter Ron Fairly then threw a wild pitch that sent Sizemore home with the tying ran and Tyson to second Fairly walked and Bake McBride singled home Tyson for a 6-5 lead The Phils had taken a lead on Allen's three-run homer in the first and Mike Schmidt's two-run double in the sixth blast drove in Dave Cash who had led off with a single 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Hallmwrr al Hradna nipM rirrrland al lirlratl CkM-anii al Kan as I'll Srw Vnrk al Milwaakrr Calilarma al Miaamuta Oakland al Triaa Hands up "Hands up ydu're could be what Pirate cond in the second inning of the first game catcher Manny Sanquillcn is saying to Cub Chicago won first game 66 (UPI) pitcher Rill Bonhain as he tries to score from se- Gymnastics Tryouts Hayes Cites Defense chance to silence those who say the Nittany Lions don't play a tough enough schedule to be considered the No 1 team in the nation Fullback Pete Johnson who scored two of the Buckeyes' three touchdowns Saturday on runs of six and nine yards was named the offensive back of the week while junior guard Bill Lukens was lineman of the week for his play against the Spartans On defense Craig Cassady who intercepted three Baggett passes In his first starting assignment was the top defensive player or "buck of the and sophomore defensive tackle Ed Beamon was defensive lineman of the week Set for Saturday Tryouts for the Coastal Carolina Age Group gymnastics team will be held Saturday The team for eight to 14-year-olds is sponsored by Coastal Carolina and coached by Tom Lambert The tryouts will be run la two sessions with the girls' session running from 9 am to 2 pm and the boys session from 2 pm to 1:30 pm Registration will be limited to the first 38 girls and the first 30 boys with a one-dollar registration fee Participants are asked to bring a lunch For further Information Interested persons should contact the Coastal Carolina Physical Education office you understand why some coaches prefer not to have their players quoted I don't think the point could have been illustrated than Saturday think you have to agree that all the superlatives put out before the game didn't help them and definitely helped the veteran Buckeye coach said in reference to statements made by Spartan quarterback Charlie Baggett found the older 1 get the less I say" Hayes added Hayes said the Michigan State game was "extremely hard hitting" and "we were fortunate we didn't get any serious Quarterback Cornelius Greene received a head bump In the second quarter of the contest COLUMBUS Ohio (UPI) Coach Woody Hayes Monday paid tribute to Ohio State's defense which he said was responsible for Buckeyes' 216 victory over Michigan State on Saturday defense was just tremendous and we didn't make any big mistakes on offense" said Hayes By defeating Michigan State so convincingly Ohio State gained revenge for last season's controversial 1613 loss which put paid to any hopes the Buckeyes had of an unbeaten season Hayes who had refused to talk much prior to the game preferring to "let them do all the told his weekly press luncheon: and had a severe headache Saturday night Hayes said the Washington DC senior would be held out of contact this week The rest of the Buckeye injuries were bumps and bruises which shouldn't keep anybody out of Saturday's clash against Penn State "We know we are playing a great footbll team this week" Hayes said of the Nittany Lions have a great program It will be another great Buckeye offensive line coach Alex Gibbs said Saturday's contest was especially meaningful for the Lions "It's a big game for them" said Gibbs explaining that it gives Joe Patemo's team a.