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i Arthur Daley I iT 8 PLA YISG THE ODDS NEW are a few pro football statistics that you may be willing to have rattle around in the distant recesses of your mind When the ball is mside the 5-yard line, the chances of scoring a touchdown are 1 in 7 When a field goal is attempted, the chances of it being blocked are 1 10 When a try is made for the extra point, the chances of it being missed are 1 in 31 What gives these numbers a timely fascination is that they to take on new emphasis in the light of some startling developments on Sunday On an all-or-nothing fourth-down play in the final 31 seconds, Fran Tarkenton burst over from the 2-yard Jine to bring victory to the Giants But the Jets were twice balked by blocked kicks as they strove mistily to engineer another monstrous upset, one that would have matched their upending of the Kansas Citv Chiefs a week 'earlier An extra point try that would have tied the score at li-all was blocked by the Baltimore Colts They also blocked a 22-yard field goal that presumably would have toppled them, 16-14 not proud of the way we said Don McCafferty, the Colt coach Naturally enough, he was not too proud to accept the victory. No one connected with sports is ever that high-minded But Tarkenton was bursting with pride at the way he had contrived to pull off a masterful coup It achieved a lot of things. Primarily it won a game for the Giants that not many expected them to win It was done before his neighbors in his home town of Atlanta. Most of all, though, it was the equivalent of a public nose- thumbing of his one-time coach and long-time antagonist. Norm Van Brockiin.

Both Fran and the Dutchman insisted before the game that there really even a latent antagonism They even denied with of proper piety that they hated each other. But desire for victory, always hot, had to reach a hellish intensity when he was quarterbacking a team against the Falcon club that is under the coaching aegis of Van Brockiin. Not only did Tark get the better of it but he scored the winning touchdown himself. 'Riis was rubbing salt into the wounds. Tlie play that Tarkenton called on the goal line was It called for a handoff to Tucker Frederickson diving into the right side.

Tucker made the dive iind was horrified to discover that he have the ball. Tark never did complete the hand-off. He faked it, held onto it himself and scored standing up. As Tark was rattling off the signals he was startled to see the Falcon linebacker follow Joe Morrison, the man in motion, thereby vacating a position. The idea hit instantaneously.

Tark would keep the ball and burrow through himself. He never had to burrow. Willie Young threw a hole-opening block that was worth immortalizing like Jerry Kramer in Fran scampercd through and the Giants won 21 to 17. I discovered I have the ball, said Frederickson to Coach Alex Webster in the clubhouse afterwards, thought I had messed up the know how you said Alex sympathetically. the old days Y.A.

Tittle would call for me to run a play to the right. go ripping through and discover I have the ball. Tittle would be bootlegging it for a touchdown in the opposite direction. He claimed the play worked better when no one else knew what he was going to It was a signal triumph for Tarkenton over his old adversary, 'Hie Dutchman. They knew each other so well, too.

Perhaps Tark made this work to his advantage. Twice he had crucial fourth down calls. Van Brockiin alerted his defenders. In such situations the tendency probabilities for Fran was a rollout with either a pass or run on the end of it. He was unlikely to use the quarterback sneak.

But he used it twice on Sunday, the second time for the winning score. a quarterback someone heard The Dutchman mutter. was a sneaky There might even have been a bit of grudging admiration in that remark. Van was a great enough quarterback himself to have been elected to the pro football Hail Of Fame and he had to recognize an extra quality in Tarkenton. If the fates were kind to the Giants, they were exceedingly unkind to the Jets.

A week earlier they got every conceivable break in piecing together their upset of the Chiefs. TTiey got no breaks at all against the Colts and even the officials seemed to be conspiring against them. Maybe it was the law of averages catching up with them and reaching out to embrace them. But why did it have to reach out so outrageously? Wrestling Clinic For Warren Fans In cooperation with the Warren Sports Boosters, Warren wrestling coach Lee Chew and his assistants have set up a wrestling clinic and meeting for the parents and all interested fans for Tuesday, November 23, in the Warren Area High gym at 7:30 p.m. Among other segments on that agenda will be the changes, which are substantial, in the scoring and rules.

Coach Chew will also explain the philosophy of his program and its intricacies. Plus a dissertation of the weight control methods that: are policy. The actual idea of this get-together is to better acquaint the wrestling parents and fans with what is involved in building and' maintaining a successful program. Rangers Stay Busy In Trading Market GOING STRONG These six gentlemen subscribe to that theory of only as Knudson (76), Earl Dorrance (75), George Budd (73), 0. W.

Kyler old as you feel. Bowling as a team, Lewis Market at the Elks Club, the combined ages of the team is 421 years or 70 years on an average From left to right the men and their ages are: Knud (71), Pete Kahle (69) and Merle I. Sterling (57). (Photo by Dorrian) OKLAHOMA CLOSE BEHIND Nebraska Retains Rating Nebraska Coach Bob Devaney said Tuesday that his top- ranked Cornhuskers will play No. 2 Oklahoma Thanksgiving Day respect for a fine CHclahoma team but with the idea that going to stay No.

1 The Cornhuskers remained atop the weekly Associated Press college football poll with 40 first-place votes and a season high 1,066 points from a panel of 55 sports writers and broadcasters. The Sooners held onto the second spot with eight first- place votes and 986 points. Both teams remained undefeated lask week, Nebraska crushing Kansas State 44-17 and Oklahoma humiliating Kansas 56-10. Michigan renuiined third with four No. 1 ballots and 788 points while Alabama, Auburn and Penn State polled one first place vote each as the fourth, fifth and sixth-ranked teams.

The only other undefeated team in the top 20 is No. 13 Toledo, which like Nebraska, Michigan and Alabama is 10-0. Oklahoma, Auburn and Penn State are 9-0. Rounding out the top 10 are The Top Twenty teams with the first-place votes in parentheses and total points. Points tabulated on basis of 20-18-16-1412-10-9-8 etc.

1.Nebraska (40) 1,066 2.0klahoma (8) 986 3.Michigan (4 788 4.Alabama (1) 775 5.Auburn (1) 686 6.Penn state (1) 635 7.Notre Dame 446 8.Georgia 373 9.Arizona State 353 lO.Colorado 313 11.Tennessee 250 12.Texas 13.Tdedo 143 H.Louisiana State 15.Southern Cal. 79 16.I|wston 78 n.Arkansas 51 18.Stanford 29 19.Michigan State 22 20.Mississippi 7 Notre Dame, No. 7, followed by Georgia, Arizona State and Colorado. Idle Tennessee held wito the 11th spot followed by Texas, Toledo, Louisiana State, South- California, Houston, Ar- Thanksgiving downs. weekend show- ern kansas, Stanford, Michigan State and Mississippi.

Auburn and Alabama, along with Nebraska and Oklahoma, are idle this Saturday awaiting Auburn and Alabama put their undefeated recwds on the line Nov. 27, two days after the Sooners and the Cornhuskers clash in Norman, Okla. NEW YORK (AP)-The New York Rangers completed their Mcond big National Hockey Latgue trade in two days today, forwards Dave Balon, Wayne Connelly and Ron Stewart to the Vancouver Canucks in exchange for de- fememan Gary Doak and forward Jim Wiste. Connelly, a right winger, was obtained Monday in a seven- player transaction with the St. Luii Bhies.

St Louis also sent fonrardi Gene Carr and Jim Lorentz to New York and received forwards Jack Egers and Mike Murphy, defenseman Andre Dupont plus a player to be named later. Doak and Wiste are both 25 years old. The defenseman suffered a broken ankle bone in the preseason and played only five games for Vancouver. Wiste, who played for the University of Denver and briefly for the Chicago Black Hawks of the NHL, has split this season between Rochester of the American League and Seattle of the Western League. Balon, 33 year-old left wing, was the top goal-getter last season with 36.

He has scored four goals in 16 games this year. Connelly, 31, had five goals for St Louis. Stewart, a 39-year-old right wing is a 19- year big league vegeran who was optioned to Providence of the American League before the start of the current campaign. said Emile Probable Match-Ups Pit Cornhuskers And Qnside Kick Aids Chargers Late Win Lillian Zevotek Hits 600 On Nose Lillian Zevotek celebrated long into Tuesday evening on her bowling merits. She was justifiably entitled.

After any woman rolls eight strikes in a row for a 258 game and puts it together with two other lines and comes up with a 600 on the nose, she should celebrate. Completing a 233 game, Ted Yucha completed a 633 last night at the Sugar Bowl, the highest any male could come up with in the county. Marinaro Can Break Record With Minus Yards NEW YORK (AP) Ed Bfarinaro, record-setting senior running back, has clinched the NCAA rushing championship and is expected to set a new major college career average and assure his 200- yard season average at Penn Saturday. Marinaro, who leads the rufhers with a per-game average of 206.4 yards, could get minus 45 yards Saturday and still break O.J. career mark of 164.4.

He needs only 149 yards to wind up with a aOO-yard season average. LIMiSTONK Sunday Mixed Herman Knight 325 SM, Wade Adams 237 S73, Jerry Come 210 Ml, Joanne Terwilliger 196 526, Ardelle Shanley 191 Bea Crou 174-4M, Sally Hannah 161 473, Nancy Come 176 469 Tidioute Businessmen: Bob Jamieson 209 554, Neil Adams 196 545 PENN BOWLINO CiNTER Ladies Variety: Bonnie Hoffman 111 522, Phyi Honhart 117 Janet Flasher 193 466, Morley 16a 462, Dod Hoover 159 469, Pat McClement 173 470 and Katie McBride 119 47B. Phyl Rieder and Martha Anderson picked up the 6 7 10. Tuesday Niters Maria Cole lU and Sonia Wilson 1S4 475 SUOAR BOWL Pepsi League; George Hebner 233-633, Rod Gourley 211 591, Doug Weston 205 571, Perk Mills 199 563, Perry Wilcox 215-562, Howard Lyon 215 560 Sonny Hoyt had a 245 single Sta Later League Audrey Ellis 171 447 and Barb West 160 431 RIVERSIDE Sylvania Men Wheaton 220 511, Dick Case 211 579, Ron McCain 204 572, Dick Iseman 200 565 and Jack Dailey 204 Mt. Service Club: Dick Merenick 206-SVt.

Dave Winans 200 560. Bowlettes Pat Prigent 171-4S1 and Letha Hamm 159 436. Tuesday Morning Ted Bob Yaegle 245 604, Elmer Haight 201 Bob Nichols 210 566 and Del 234-SM. CVCC Betty Beyer 163 441 Msgdl Fanaritis 167 447 Warren Area High Honhart 223 530, Bob English 14A-423, Oavt English 171416, Frank and Mike Proukou 162 405 Strikes and Spares: Lillian Zavotek 2SI- 600, Paggy Dunn 190 539, LOis Hunter and Haiel Fitch 115 474. Minorette League Lois Hunttr 190-477, Jonnie Pierce 177 472, Beverly Sautar Dorothy Blum 177 466 Ma and Pa League Ray Brewster MS 541, Watt Blum 176 4U, Beverly Criunan 163 444, Beverly Landers 156 431 SAN DIEGO (AP) San Diego Chargers Coach Sid Gillman called St.

Louis abortive onside kick only way we won the ball That the strategy of St. Louis Coach Bob Hollway when he the move that led to the 20-17 victory over his Cardinals Monday night. And Gillman said, "I second-guess Before a national televisiwi audience and a San Diego Stadium crowd of 46,486 for the National Football League game, the Cardinals had managed a 17-17 tie with just 17 seconds remaining on Cid Edwards wie-yard run. Hollway said he called for the onside kick regain possession of the and go for a winning score. At w(Mrst, he said, the ball probably would go to the San Diego 30 or 35, force the Chargers to use their remaining time out and the game would end in a tie.

But the ball was fallen on by San Lee Thomas (xi the Charger 47 for good field position. A 16-yard John Garrison pass moved the ball into St. Louis territory. San last time out allowed Dennis Partee to come in and boot the game winner one-in three-chance from that Partee said. St.

Louis quarterback Jim Hart was ready to second guess his coach before he took time to reflect. the time, I think an onside kick was a good Hart said. now, looking back, I think have done the same thing. You have to drive to Hadl, who completed 20 of 28 passes to 17 of 35, concurred with the St. Louis plan.

were 3-5 just like us, and they were going for the win. You blame them for Hadl said. Rookie Mike Montgomery, making his first NFL start, was the all-purpose weapon. He gained 98 yards in 17 carries, caught six passes fw 77 yards and complete one of two passes for 33 yards-208 yards in total offense. But without kick, Montgomery might have been a goat because his fumble enabled the Cardinals to drive for their last touchdown.

Two other Charger rookies, Bryant Salter and Ray White, made key plays in the game that made San Diego 4-5 in the American conference West and the Cardinals 3-6 in the National Conference East. Salter intercepted two Hart passes, one setting up four-yard pass to Jeff Queen for a 17-10 lead in the fourth quarter, and White blocked a 27- yard field goal attempt by Jim Bakken in the third period. After block, the Chargers drove 72 yards for their first touchdown, a four- yard run by Queen, and a 10-10 tie. The Cardinals had sandwiched a three-yard touchdown pass from Hart to Jim McFarland and a 13-yard Bakken field goal around 25- yard field goal for a 10-3 halftime lead. MIAMI (AP) Nebraska and Alabama appeared locked up Tuesday for the Orange Bowl football game New night with reliable sources indicating an Oklahoma-Auburn matchup for the Sugar Bowl.

A Gator Bowl official also said the Jacksonville event was pushing to sign of three between Penn State, Notre Dame and Meanwhile, the Cottwi Bowl in Dallas remained a mystery link in the post-season setup as it apparently wrestled between Penn State and Georgia from the Gator Bowl. said the Gator Bowl source, want to even talk until their regular season ends Saturday night against Nebraska, 10-0, and OklA- homa, 9-0, are ranked 1-2 in The Associated Press poll, but an Orange Bowl source said neither team to go into their Thanksgiving Day showdown without a bowl contract in his NCAA prohibit signing of teams prior to 6 p.m., local time, Saturday although Notre Dame has been eligible to commit itself all week since the Irish wind up the regular season a week early. Third-ranked Michigan, and No. 18 Stanford 7-3, are set for the Rose Bowl and the Southwest Conference Texas, Arkansas or Texas half fill the Cotton Bowl. Alabama carries a 10-0 recMti against Auburn, 9-0, in their Nov.

27 game in Birmingham. Thus, it shaped for a massive gamble for both the Orange and Sugar Bowls since either could wind up with two undefeated teams or two outfits who lost their final games. Georgia, 9-1, has a game remaining Thanksgiving night against Georgia Tech. Francis, the general manager-coach, made toward improving the Rangers at the present time and also insuring a very strong future for the club. We have obtained several outstanding youngsters with considerable Carr, a center, scored 38 goals and had 104 points for the Flin Flon Bombers last season and had three goals in 14 games for St.

Louis this year. Lorentz, a member of Stanley Cup Champions two years ago, had 19 goals for St Louis last year. Egers scored seven goals in 60 games as a Ranger rookie last year. Dupont, 22, is a bruising defenseman in his second year as a pro while Murphy was the Central rookie of the year in 1970-71 after scoring 24 coals for Omaha. The Rangers are in first place while Vancouver is tied for fifth in the East Division.

Tulsa Computer Says Oklahoma Is Number One (AP)-Noteto Nebraska and Oklahoma football fans; all been decided and the national champion. Who says so? A computer, which picked Oklahoma to win that big Thanksgiving Day showdown 39-33. A Tulsa television station, KTUL-TV, fed all the stotisUcs it had available into a computer which came up with the sixpoint Sooner victory. The projection, on work done by Camptran Computer showed Oklahoma gaining 382 yards compared with 396 fbr Nebraska. It said Oklahoma would record 18 first downs to 23.

The game will be played at home the computer decided that gave the Sooners a three-point advantage. Series Cut Is Three-(3uarters Trevino Named (jolfer Of Year WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) Lee Trevino, winner of six tournaments including the American, British and Trevino' Canadian Opens this year, was named Pro of the Year Tuesday night by the Professional Golfers Association. The PGA gave the El Paso, Tex. golfer the award at its 55th annual meeting.

Trevino and Jack Nicklaus last Sunday took top honors in the World Cup Tournament at Palm Beach Gardens. The PGA also named Ross CoUins of Dallas, the Club lYofessional of the Year. He is head pro at the Dallas Athletic aub. Irv Schloss of Dunedin, was given the award. Meanwhile, the PGA reelected Warren W.

Orlick of Orchard Lake, as its president. NEW YORK (AP) faced Bruce Kison, the hero oi the first night game in World Series history, was given only a three-quarter share by the world champimi Pittsburgh Pirates, Baseball Commissioner Bowie Kuhn announced today. The 21-year-old right-hander, who was called up by the Pirates in mid-season and compiled a 6-5 record before his Wwld Series heroics, was voted $13,623.44 by his teammates. A full share was worth $18,164.58. The vote was taken before the Series.

Kison relieved starter Luke Walker in the first inning of the fourth World Series game against Baltimwe Oct 13 and blanked the slugging Orioles on one hit over 61-3 innings. He left in the seventh inning for pinch hitter Milt May, who dehvered the game-winning hit in a 4-3 Pittsburgh triumph. Kison was credited witti the victory, tying the series 2-2. Httsburgh then went on to win the championship in seven games. Over-all, the Pirates voted 31 full shares from their pot of $627,237.11 of the 1971 World Series and championship series receipts.

They went to 23 players, Manager Danny Murtaugh, five coaches, trainer Tony Bartirome and clubhouse manager John Hallahan. They also voted several smaller shares, but did not give any money to their ground crew. The ground crew had received a full share to split last year when the Pirates won the National East Divi- sicm title. Meanwhile, the Orioles also voted 31 full shares of $13,906.45 from their total earnings of Turkey Season Closes Saturday Hunters are reminded that the turkey season will close at sunset on Saturday, Nov. 20.

In the northcentral part of the state, the season will reopen for four days on Wednesday, Nov. 24, coming to a final close on Saturday, Nov. 27. Sportsmen are again reminded that in the north- central section of the commonwealth, turkeys may not be taken during the two-day bear season, Nov. 22 and 23.

$470,427.84. They gave a one- tenth share to Jay Mazzone, their crippled batboy whose hands were burned off in a childhood accident. The 16- year-old Mazzone retired after the 1971 season. He had held the job for four years. Another interesting note in the team breakdown awards, as released by Kuhn, was that the Boston Red sox gave a full share of $294.31 to the Jimmy Fund for cancer research.

The Red Sox finished third in the American League East. Frazier Guns Down Phoenix, 112-111 NEW YORK (AP) Walt Frazier poured in a season-high 39 points, including 16 in the fmal period, as the New York Knicks stormed back from a 19- point deficit for a 112-111 victory over the Phoenix Suns in a NatHHial Basketball Association game Tuesday night. Braves Scalp Royals, 102-98 BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) The Buffalo Braves wiped out a 14- point deficit in the second half and beat the Cincinnati Royals 102-96 in the National Basketball Association Tuesday night. Randy 18-foot comer shot in the last minute wrapped up the victory for the Braves.

Bulls Lose Lead; Rally Back, 95-87 CHICAGO (AP) The Chicago Bulls lost an 18-point lead early in the third quarter Tuesday night, but came back in the final period behind a balanced attack to outlast the Seattle Super Sonics 95-87 in a National Basketball Association game. Shooting Gives Bullets Win BALTIMORE (AP) Rookie Phil uncontested layup with 23 seconds to play and clutch free throw with li seconds left pushed the Baltimore Bullets to a 110-107 come-from behind National Basketball Association victory over the Houston Rockets Tuesday night. A Sheffield Boosters Obtain Dave Giusti For Annual Fete 12th annual Booster Banquet is a little less than two months away, and already the group is busily engaged in preparing its Saturday, January 15th program to be bigger and better than the previous eleven. To make sure of that, the Boosters have already procured the services of the Pittsburgh ace reliever, Dave Giusti as a speaker. Giusti, a native of Syracuse, N.Y., was the workhorse in appearing in 58 games, working 86 innings and picking up 30 saves during the past season.

The 31-year-old relief specialist was the recipient of the Fireman of the Year for the National League award presented by the Sporting News. Last season he was second. Over the past two years, Giusti was credited with either winning or saving 70 of the 186 victories (38 per cent) for the 1970-71 Eastern Division Champions. His heroics in the championship playoffs, where he was credited with three saves, and in toe World Series, another save, included in the above statistics. In seven appearances against the Giants and Orioles, Giusti pitched a total of 10 2-3 scoreless innings, yielding just four hits.

The player representative, Dave makes his home in Pittsburgh with his wife Ginny and their two daughters, Laura (6) and Cynthia (2). The Boosters hope to release other names in the near future, possibly a big surprise or two. An old favorite, Tom Gorman, National League umpire, will more than likely, put in an appearance again. Tickets for the fete will go on sale in the near future..