Omaha World-Herald from Omaha, Nebraska • 13

Tulsa Gains Sports Section With Omaha fl 4 Kil Baxter Air threat Defiant Cowboys 3 1 in Loop Plot inish to Husker Streak 46 Cathedral Routs Wahoo Club 46 7 1 Picard out Big 10 Champs End Columbus Whips North Platte 27 6 the size 21 No Nebraska Wt Mahaffey (NP) Ernst Miller I Huskers Still in (No Teams Given Orange Bids Columbus 27 0 0 0 by set by Mike up in Norm 3 69 68 77 70 80 46 41 28 36 head of which a closed 9 15? 10 20 2 10 0 6 18 12 11 9 ft 2 35 33 38 24 30 7 7 7 17 8 The Bulldogs pressing 13 to 6 at intermission had the ball on the Columbus 21 dur ing the scoreless third period and were in contention until the roof fell in midway in the final quarter our pass interceptions and three lost fumbles hobbled the Platters Columbus an alert band of opportunists made the most of these errors and were guilty of only one serious blunder A feeble Columbus attempt Herald News Service Photos Martin Weighs 232 marker edge on North Dick Davis Smagacz a Class all state fullback prospect scored four touchdowns for a nine game total of 89 points third place among area scorers A 356 yard ground showing proved a fitting end to the offense minded a i nals who won six of nine con tests Lengthy runs kept the Car dinal first down total to six The victors scored three touchdowns in their first five plays from scrimmage and enhanced their chances by re Retired Scribe Dies New York (AP) Pat Robin son 74 sports writer and columnist for the International News Service for 25 years be fore its 1958 merger with United Press died riday after a long illness By Wally Provost World Herald Lincoln Bureau SOI ederal Securities Building football coach hopes nothing happens today to enhance his reputation as a prophet Before the season opened Bob Devaney predicted Okla homa State would be the sur prise of the year in the Big Eight Conference The Cow pokes obliged by starting fast at a quick kick into a brisk breeze while deep in its terri tory set the stage for North second quarter touch down Hard running by Bill Bom berger 180 pound junior tail back clever ball haridling by Quarterback Bob Hegi and great end play by the i95 pound Tom Klutman sparked explosive attack Mike Gembol and Dean Hef Cathedral Wahoo 1 45 30 31 30 31 25 16 Okla State 0 Arkansas 7 Texas 0 Colorado 6 Missouri 7 Kana 6 28 Iowa State 12 33 Tulsa 9 18 Nebraska 16 10 Oklahoma won i tost Herald Photo McCloughan Saluted by the home folks Cutchin New hpss No Nebraska Wt 85 75 66 52 65 78 84 15 32 18 45 By Gregg McBride World Herald Sporta Staff Member Columbus Columbus struck with terrific force for quick touchdowns in the first and last quarters and whipped North Platte for the Big Ten championship riday after noon 27 to 6 A crowd of five thousand saw Coach Dell Dis coverers take early command with two touchdowns in less than two minutes in the first quarter Two scores within a minute iced the victory in the final session The victory gave Columbus its first Big Ten crown and kept alive hopes of a state championship The Discoverers rated first in The World Herald Top Ten emerged the only all victori ous 'Class A club playing a major schedule The defeat was the second for North Platte which trailed Omaha Bishop Ryan by one touchdown in an early en counter Columbus drove 63 and 68 yards for touchdowns and cashed in on North Platte er rors for the others North Platte outmanned and with limited help from Quarterback Clark Redding who was bumped after minutes of play hung on stub bornly 50 60 70 82 12 23 45 Hernia Operation Is Performed World Herald Lincoln Bureau SOI ederal Securitlea Building Jim Llewellyn and Bill Ward Orange Bowl committee men here to view Nebraska Oklahoma State game emphat ically denied riday that any team has' been made an offer to play in the Orange Bowl The Dallas Times Herald published a report that Texas would be invited to play Alabama in the New Day game if the Longhorns beat Texas Christian today Upon learning of the report Llewellyn and Ward telephoned other Orange Bowl committee men in Miami la The members in Miami said that Wt Oklahoma State (183) Lynn Chadwick 84 (212) Christian 78 (207) Pete rancis 73 66 61 71 85 12 20 32 all teams will be given equal considera tion The Dallas paper disclosing no source said Alabama had already accepted an in vitation However Texas Coach Darrell Royal said the news was a surprise to him Sugar Bowl and Cotton Bowl represent atives will also be watching the Huskers today The Sugar Bowl will have scouts at the LSU Mississippi State game at Baton Rouge the Virginia Tech at Syracuse game the Texas TCU fray at ort Worth and the Tulsa North Texas State game Syracuse and Texas in addition to Nebraska and Tulsa are under Sugar Bowl consideration ti sturdy lineman keyed the Columbus defense Ron Detletson 135 pound junior halfback was the main North Platte defender Rugged Jim Mcarland was the only back to worry the Discoverers on defense North Platte had the ball for only four plays and net ted only five yards before Columbus had 13 points Bomberger fired the first Columbus offensive thrust which needed only 11 plays to hurry 63 yards His four yard fourth down plunge kept the drive alive on the North Platte 35 and his 16 yard off tackle slant brought a first down on the 15 Hegi sneaked for the score North Platte fumbled on' its 23 on the first play after the kick off Bomberger slanted from the 14 on the third play for a 13 to 0 Columbus edge North Platte used only sev en plays to carry from the Columbus 30 after Bomberg quick kick carried just 17 yards Redding scored on a sneak The touchdown pumped new life in North fad ing forces and the Bulldogs forced the argument until the final quarter The western challengers got as close as the Columbus in the third period 12 356 123 15 3 6 1 3 covering six Wahoo fumbles Cathedral 19 8 8 13 46 Wahoo Neumann 0 0 0 Cathedral Pat Smagacz 4 (32 12 35 runs 60 pass from Chuck McGinn) Mike Stouder (21 run) Dick Redlinger 2 (60 pass from McGinn 2 run) Redlinger 2 (runs) Safety Dan Smith Neumann Greg Kavan (58 run) Kavan (run) Cathedral Wahoo irst downs Rushing yards Passing yards Penalty yards Passes Intercepted by umbles lost in East Bovs Town will close its 16 game football schedule tonight at Pittsburgh Pa with a 7:30 contest with North Catholic High School reeman White (219) LE Larry Kramer (229) LT John Dervin (218) LG Lyle Sittier (228) Ron Griesse (210) RC Dennis Carlson (235) RT Tony Jeter (223) RE Bob Churchich (176) QB Kent McCloughan (191) LH Bob Hohn (181) RH rank Solich (162) Line average Nebraska 222 Oklahoma State 209 Backfield Nebraska 177 Oklahoma State 192 Defense Pos LE LT LB LB (203) Roddy Cutsinger (215) Jim Nelson (227) Harold Akin (195) Tony Sellari (162) Jerry Gill (155) Larry Elliott (195) Walt Garrison (157) Happy Settle 11 Nebraska Cowboy Lineups Offense Pos Wt Oklahoma State No (189) Jack Jacobson 83 (210) Dennis Randall 72 (198) Hugh McCrabb 62 (207) Leon Ward (224) Charley Harper (232) Rusty Martin (199) George Thomas (184) Glen Baxter (200) Jeff Williams (185) Wardell Hollis (202) Ron Alexander 34 and leading the conference! a sellout crowd of 48 thou standings three straight sand assured is final weeks They were dislodged by Kansas in a 14 to 13 hassle marked by critical officiating ruling in favor Still in championship con tention Oklahoma State lines up against Nebraska at two this afternoon The Parents Day attraction with Clay Ails Title Bout Postponed ger North Platte Colum 1 211 SI 4 40 No 82 Chuck Doepke (201) 74 John Strohmyer (222) Mike Kennedy (214) Bernie McGinn (211) Walter Barnes (234) MG Richard Czap (256) RT Langston Coleman (194) RE Ted Vactor (176) CB Joe McNulty (205) CB Bill Johnson (187) HB Larry Wachholtz (163) Line Nebraska 221 Oklahoma State 206 Backfield average Nebraska 183 Oklahoma State 173 Kick 2 pm Stadium gates 1 pm The game is sold out There will be no knothole section World Herald Photo by Maurice Shadle and Terry rambles deep Into North Platte territory Result riday Cathedral 46 Wahoo Neumann Game Tonight Boys Town at Pitts (Pa) Cath 7:30 Cathedral High's scoring twins Dick Redlinger and Pat Smagacz closed varsity foot ball careers riday night by accounting for six touch downs in a 46 to 7 victory over Wahoo Neumann at Ben son ield two second half touchdowns and pair of extra points ran his season total to 99 giving him the title of scoring king in the metropol itan are a He had a two 34 25 2 41 33 24 20 34 rom World Herald Leased Wires Boston Heavy weight Champion Cassius Clay underwent a successful operation for a hernia riday night The announcement came from the surgeon Dr William McDermott of Harvard The operation took approximately one hour Clay was wheeled out of surgery at Boston City Hos pital about three hours after he was rushed there and put under sedation with severe pains The title fight scheduled Monday with challenger Sonny Liston had been post poned indefinitely earlier in the evening Surgery Dr McDermott said Clay can resume normal physical activity in about a As to heavy train ing Dr McDermott said usually would have him lay off about three months from any heavy Dr McDermott said one of the nurses asked Cassius the greatest aren't tonight" came the reply Dr McDermott termed it an operation He added it was an incar cerated groin hernia with a congenital defect in the ab dominal wall A hernia is the term applied when an organ or part of it protrudes through connective tissue or through a wall of the cavity in which it is normally enclosed' The hernia is con sidered "incarcerated" when the protruding part is so large as not to be able to be pushed back through the opening i Sudden Attack Clay was eating with Drew Brown also known as Budini his friend and assistant train er in their hotel room Brown said were eat ing and watching television Cassius had steak potatoes spinach and tossed salad after he finished eat ing he got violently sick and started to throw up His stomach swelled up of a rederick Brooks Sports Vision Inc holds the rights for circuit telecast of the Clay Liston fight was asked what his firm may have lost by the postponement guess he said Some one asked whether 250 thousand dollars would be a fair i could be somewhere around that but I have no way of knowing now" Brooks said are so many things Unbeaten Argentine Wins Garden eature New York (AP) Oscar Bonavena undefeated heavy weight from Buenos Aires won his seventh bout riday night by outpointing Dick Wipperman of Sloan in the 10 round main event of a heavyweight card at Madison Square Garden home game Devaney was not in his mel low banquet mood riday State has a fine record in the he said in growly tones got to be braced for as tough a game as had this On last Lincoln in vasion the club was coached by Cliff Speegle and carried a 1 3 conference record Ne braska took a 14 to 0 deci sion although shut out the last three quarters Now under Coach Phil Cutchin the longtime lieuten ant to Bear Bryant the Cow pokes return with a 3 1 league reading and a defiant attitude that includes squad talk of springing an upset Nebraska is a 15 point fa vorite primarily because of its defensive might and all around depth Against four common op ponents in the Big Eight Iowa State Missouri Colo rado and Kansas OSU has a scoring bulge of 66 45 com pared with 58 17 The visitors have demon strated they can move the ball a number of ways Jeff Williams is credited with the longest punt by any Big Eight player this season a 77 yard effort against Mis souri In the same game Charles Durkee kicked a 49 yard field goal to provide the upset margin Larry Elliott a 5 7J4 155 pound battler has returned punts and kick offs for 489 yards a total unmatched by any of his league brethren ullback Walt Garrison is the rushing leader 471 yards Quarterback Glenn Baxter the pass master 634 yards Top i receivers are Ends Lynn Chadwick and Tony Sellari OSU has a clutch play de fense led by End Jack Jacob son who includes Husker Quarterback Bob Churchich among his 'marked targets The Cowpokes are smaller A than the Huskers but can point to 232 pound Tackle Rusty Martin as a full grown collegian Nebraska was forced to scratch hard the past two weeks to turn back Missouri and Kansas and extend the longest victory stringto 15 In both contests Mike Ken defensive Black Shirts did yeoman work Special tribute is being paid today to scoring leader Kent McCloughan by the Broken BowJaycees who are bring ing two busloads of rooters from Custer County At a post game reception Kent will be presented a life time membership in the Brok en Bow Chamber of Com merce Records This Year Nebraska 56 South Dak 26 Minnesota 14 Iowa State 28 Carolina (7 Kansas St Colorado 9 Missouri 14 Kansas Won 8 lost 0 Records Last Year Nebraska 56 Dak State 14 Minnesota 21 Iowa State 13 Air orce 28 Kansas State 41 Colorado 13 Missouri 23 Kansas fiVlohrtrrra St 29 Oklahoma 20 Orange Bowl 13 Auburn 7 won iu lost Senes Nebraska 2 Oklahoma State Okla State 0 10 Arkansas 21 29 Iowa State 7 10 Missouri 6 14 Colorado 0 13 Kansas 1 14 Tnkft 0 31 Wichita 7 7 Won 4 lost 3 Miller wriggles away Columbus mates erase another Mti 1 ft State Champs? NPColumbus Time left irst Quarter 0 6 Bob Hegi 1 sneak 5:48 0 7 Bill Bomberger plunge conversion 0 13 Bomberger 14 run 4:06 Second Quarter 613 Clark Redding 1 3:17 ourth Quarter 6 19 Hegi to Dave Heiser pass 13 6:04 6 20 Bomberger plunge conversion 6 26 Bomberger 36 intercepted lYiLIk UJf OUWUCllvli Maritnr irst downs 7 Yards rushing 100 Yards passing 28 Interceptions by 0 Penalty yardage 1 umbles lost 3 i uenies vvuriuu I Rfinnind Rnnm OMAHA NEB SATURDAY NOV 14 1964 13 World Herald Photo Dan Smith drives a shoulder into Greg Kavan 2 5 5 6 5 5 Results riday Central Leacue Minneapois 2 St Paul Omaha 3 Tulsa National League No games scheduled Games Tonight Central teaiue St ntiie at Omaha Minneapolis at St Paul National League Detroit at Montreal Boston at Toronto The World News Servlet Tulsa Okla The Omaha Knights and Tulsa Oilers bat tled to the first tie 3 to 3 of the Central Professional Hock ey League season riday night before 2809 Omaha twice came from be hind to tie then went ahead 3 to 2 on i 1 1 goal at 2:29 of the third period while the Oilers were two men short McCreary picked the puck out of a scramble in front of the Tulsa goal and flicked it past Goalie Don Simmons Mike Corbett got the equal izer for the Oilers 3y2 minutes later when he took a pass after a face off in front of the goal and beat Jean Guy Morissette A deflection shot by Mike Walton at 15:51 was the only goal of the first period Just 36 seconds into the second frame Knight Gary Peters bounced the puck into the net off an Oiler stick Oiler Tom goal at 7:08 of the second was countered at 19:37 Mahoney who was ront of the goal Dennis Omaha (t) 1 K4 rt ri 1 7 Schmitz Gauthier orwa (Tannnn Rnnrdrias Dennis Belisle McCreary Naud Brink worth Charlebois Inslis Wright Tulsa (3) Simmons Reaume Johnston Winnfield Quinn Veneruzzo Migay Walton Harbaruk champagne Jarrett McCarthy Asmundson Ross McDonald Wakely Returns Ernie Wakely goalie on last championship Knights returned to Omaha with his family riday under orders to himself back into Wakely assigned by the parent Montreal Canadiens to Hershey of the American Hockey League at the start of the season was injured during a workout about six weeks ago He has since undergone surgery to repair torn carti lage in his left knee Wakely who has been on skates several times since his operation said the knee was still sore He has not yet tried to work in the net and did not know how long it might be before he is ready to join a roster in the Canadien or ganization Wakely had the best goals against average in the CPHL last season St Louis Here Tonight a Guy Morissette had blanked two straight Knight foes on Ak Sar Ben Coliseum ice when St Louis came to town two weeks ago tonight Jean shut out string ended at 1:53 of the second period and Gus Braves went on to a 5 to 3 conquest to hand Omaha its first Central Professional I Hockey League loss on the home rink i Tonight at eight the Braves i will make a return appear ance at Ak Sar Ben And once again the Knight problem is the granite jawed bushy eyebrowed puck pro pellor Allain (Boom Boom) Caron Caron broke the tie here with a blazing shot It was a typical Boom Boom production and hardly a sur prise for the Knight fans or one night last year Boom Boom rifled five goals into the net at Ak Sar Ben en route to a season total of 97 tops in the professional hock ey world And it was just two weeks ago tonight that Omaha Cen ter Gary Peters caught a fly ing puck over an eye was hauled off the' rink on a stretcher Coach Bill Knights can go Ml out tonight They have to store energy for the schedule that tagged recent play eight games in 10 days or after warfare Omaha will be idle until the November 21 clash with Min neapolis here followed by a November 22 contest at Ak Sar Ben with Memphis Booster Party The Omaha Knights Boost er Club will entertain the Knights after game at the Ak Sar Ben 4 Build I ing duh nrnsnpc tive members are welcome solutely no offers have been that wv I JT Knights Braves Vie at Ak Tonight CPHL Standings Pts GA St Paul 9 Minneapolis 6 Tulsa 5 Omaha 4 St Louis 3 Memphis wryii' 7 a3 to 3Tie i CJW A S' nr Ml Jr i I I I fl Hr MiMI MMH1 '1.