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SpJDJdA 20 SjjdwyL TULSA OKLAHOMA SUNDAY OCTOBER 11 1970 Ump's Call Helps Birds Past Cincy 1 i Burkhart said: I have to take bat in Orioles season against got it CINCINNATI Veteran third baseman Brooks Robinson gave the Baltimore Orioles the run they needed with a homer and veteran umpire Ken Burkhart made a home plate call they needed as the Orioles edged Cin cinnati 4 3 Saturday in the opening game of the World Scries Robinson went only for 19 as the Orioles were upended by the New York Mets in the World Series last year But he snapped a 3 3 tie in the seventh inning Saturday with a home run that put the finishing flourish on a three homer Baltimore barrage homer came only a half inning after the Orioles had gotten the call they needed from Burkhart That came after Bernie Carbo walked with one out and Tom my Helms followed with a single Carbo raced around to third on the play and streaked home when pinch hitter Ty Clme tapped in front of the plate As Carbo neared the plate he upended Burkhart while Hendricks lunged for the tag off fast in this one on a run producing third But then Baltimore starter Jim Palmer settled down and the Orioles displayed their own power against Gray Nolan irst baseman Boog Powell the hulking blond bomber got two runs back with a homer in the fourth and Hendricks tied it with a homer in the fifth That set the stage for the heroics by Robinson who also made a sensational field ing play in the sixth inning as the Orioles took a 1 0 lead in the opener of this best of 7 series Robinson who entered the season consid ered by many too old after two lackluster seasons flashed his fielding skill at the start of the sixth inning when he took a hit away from May eventually saving a run that could have been driven in when Helms singled later in the inning Then the disputed call by Burkhart helped the Orioles keep alive a season ending winning streak that now stretches to 15 victories Tolan got things started for the Reds again in the third when he led off by drawing a walk on a 3 2 pitch He stole second and two outs later rode home when May tagged an 0 2 pitch over the left field fence just inside the foul line Suddenly however the momentum seemed to and it was the Orioles tagging Nolan Paul Blair the slender center fielder started it for Baltimore by beating out a roller down the third base line with one out in the fourth inning for the first hit Powell then lugged his over 250 pound frame to the plate and sliced a 2 0 pitch to the opposite field The ball carried over the left field fence for a home run Hendricks who weighs almost 100 pounds less than Powell then tied it in the fifth inning by drilling Nolan's first pitch over the right field fence for bis homer I Burkhart prone signaled for the out Carbo argued Manager Spar ky Anderson argued The crowd of 51531 howled in derision our towels were sailed out of the dugout But the decision stood And Anderson re fused to complain after the game explain ing quietly: umpire beat Baltimore did it by putting three over the fence Carbo told me Hendricks never tagged him with his glove hand and had the ball in the other hand Carbo said Hendricks tagged Burkhart thought Burkhart was falling and see the play I asked Burkhart: did you see him tag I saw him tag the word for The Reds also got collecting three runs single by catcher Johnny Bench in the first inning and Lee May's two run homer in the And so when Robinson came to the seventh it was still 3 3 and the who had won their last 11 regular games and three playoff games Minnesota needed a run Robinson on a pitch golfing a Nolan serve over the left field fence for his homer Palmer a fi foot 3 196 pound righthander got off to a shaky start but shared the first game heroics with Robinson as he pitched five hit ball before being relieved by Pete Richert with two out in the ninth But before the young righthander who will be 25 next Thursday settled down the Reds had struck for the three runs The Reds opened up in the first in ning with one out when Bobby Tolan lined a 1 2 pitch to right center field for a double Tolan cruised into third when Tony Perez flied deep to right Johnny Bench the No 1 bomber in the Cincinnati arsenal then lined the next pitch to left field for a single that brought Tolan home 4Z 1 pi ri Z' HORNS CRUNCH 0U WISHBONE Errors Offset Sooners' Bid In 41 9 Loss By BILL CONNORS World Sports Editor DALLAS Oklahoma threw own weapons at the Long horns Saturday The weapons were a secretly installed version of the Wishbone formation two paralyzing punts a record 50 yard field goal and a fiery de fense But the weapon the Sooners needed to win was the Bomb They were out classed 41 9 More practically the Sooners needed an offense that produced for themselves not Texas OU THE STATISTICS Texas OC irst Downs 16 Rushing Yardage 310 212 Passing Yardage 25 10 Return Yardage 29 69 Passes 3 7 0 3 11 2 Punts 6 345 4 445 umbles Lost 3 4 Yards Penalized 53 7 scored one touchdown and gave Texas four in an inept erring performance that wasted all the enterprise and effort OR MUCH THE IRST half the sellout throng of 72032 in the Cotton Bowl and nation al television audience saw the 18 point underdog Sooners make their annual embattled charge at the Longhorns With a parlay of stratgey and sensational kicking the Sooners led 3 0 until late in the second quarter Then they gave the game away during a horrid 12 minute stretch spanning the end of the first half and the start of the second half That is when they lost two of their four fumbles and one of their two pass interceptions In those 12 minutes Texas scored four touchdowns Three of them came on drives of 14 21 and 25 yards following Sooner mis takes With that kind of field posi tion thundering runners were unstoppable They ouickly wired a 14 3 lead then widened it to 27 3 in the opening five minutes of the second half THE REST THE BEAUTI ful afternoon was a suffering ordeal for the Sooners who wound up with their worst de feat in this flaming rivalry since 1941 when they were beaten 40 7 It was Texas' highest score of the series In winning for the 12th time in the last 13 years Texas did not look like a super team The No 2 ranked Longhorns gained only 335 yards or 146 less than their season average and only 113 more than Oklahoma Texas also lost three fumbles Worse the Steers lost All America split end Cotton Spey rer who suffered a broken arm when he collided with OU safety John Shelley while trying to catch a pass in the third quar ter Texas needed a roughing the kicker penalty against Shelley to score its first touchdown The Longhorns had recovered half back Joe first fumble at 25 but gained only four yards in three plays when Happy eller missed a field goal But Shelley was penalized for falling on eller to give the Longhorns a first down at the 11 TOO PLAYS LATER HAL back Jim Bertelsen swept Continued on 6 Oklahoma 0 3 Texas '4 13 441 Derr 51 Bertselsen 9 run (eller kick) Tex Comer 7 pass fron Phillips (eller kick) Tex Phillips 10 run (kick failed) Tex Collins 13 run (eller kick) Crosswhite 1 run (is failed) leming 2 run (eller kick) 71938 I Ji "Ni i zV" itif ifZc ilvZMv rM it WBjy YZiZl mIHMI flat (v'imB WTO life HB wl ntMfe unit 1 i' A s' OU quarterback Jack Mildren World Staff Photo by Johnny Walker gives limp leg to Texas tacklers on one of many times he carried ball Louisville Stuns Hurricane 14 8 By DEAN CLARK World Sports Writer LOUISVILLE Ky Louis restructured offense gen erated a pair of contrasting sec ond quarter touchdown passes and the Cardinals shattered Missouri Valley title hopes 14 8 Saturday before 9453 Homecoming fans in air grounds Stadium Louisville struck twice within nine minutes gaining paydirt on a four yard flip from Gary In man to Cookie Brinkman and a 70 yard stunner from John Ma deya to Larry Hart Roger Gruneisen added both extra points but his two missed field goals in the fourth quarter kept Tulsa alive until the last play of the game THE CARDINALS WHO HAD averaged 25 passes per game in their first four contests hurled only nine against the Hurricane But they achieved near maxi mum efficiency with six com pletions for 134 yards and both scores The net yardage was 27 more than Tulsa could pick up on twice as many completions The limited air attack was made possible by a desperate midweek shift of defensive back Greg Campbell to tailback Campbell alternating explo sive counter plays with the power running of fullback Bill Gatti plowed through the Hurri cane defense for 146 yards on 25 carries Included was a 54 yard sprint late in the fourth quarter which denied Tulsa desperately needed field position after reserve quar terback Johnny Dobbs finally ignited the stum bling offense THE STATISTICS Tulsa Louis irst downs 23 Rushing yardage 156 218 Massing yardage 107 134 Return yardage 21 43 Passes 12 12 2 6 9 2 Punts 6 438 4 440 umbles lost 2 0 Yards penalized 65 74 GATTI SLAMMED OR 87 yards in 18 tries' boosting the ground total to double season over land average A hard charging Louisville defense paced by defensive tackles Horace Jones and Larry Ball and middle linebacker Amos Martin contained Tulsa well inside its own territory un til Dobbs replaced sophomore Drew Pearson with 3:31 left in the third period A vital weapon in field position supremacy was the 41 yard punting average of Scott Marcus 10 yards above his sea son mark Marcus climaxed his day of booming punts with a pres surized 48 yarder that died on Tulsa's 11 yard line with just 49 seconds to play A 10 YARD PASS ROM Dobbs to Johnny White and a long holding penalty moved the ball to the Louisville 47 with 15 seconds remaining But Ball and Jones the only two rushers in pre vent defense sliced through line and dropped Dobbs before he could get off one last attempt A midfield fumble by Josh Ashton on second of fensive play of the game put Continued on S8 Tulsa Louisville 0 14 0 Brinkman 4 pass from Inman (Gruneisen kick) Hart 70 pass from Madeya (Gru eisen kick) Dobbs 1 run (E White pass from ootball Scores 1 2 0 Huskers Win 21 7 4 0 Buckeyes Irish Roll 1 5 So Cal Tumbles 24 14 I 0 Series Sidebars s'8 OSU DEENSE SKINS ROGS 34 20 By TOM LOBAUGH World Sports Writer STILLWATER Oklahoma hard nosed defense held Texas Christian at bay for two periods and also set up the scoring opportunities as the Cow boys moved to a 34 20 victory in their non conference football game before 24500 fans at Lewis Stadium Saturday Three fumble recoveries and VVM THE STATISTICS TCU OSU irst downs 13 17 Rushing yardage 201 174 Passing yardage 71 199 Return yardage 98 49 passes '8 22 1 16 32 3 Punts 7 35 7 35 umbles lost 4 1 Yards penaliied 37 41 a pass interception launched the four Cowboy touchdown drives Quarterback Tony Pounds passed for two tallies and scored one himself as he easily bested the Steve Judy in the aerial duel Split end Hermann Eben broke the OSU career reception record as he hauled in five passes for 68 yards In 2'2 sea sons receptions have netted 1518 yards erasing the four season mark of 1478 by Neill Armstrong 1943 46 St first scoring oppor tunity came after Jim 66 yard punt to the rog five But the kicking game put the Cowboys in trouble in the sec ond half One blocked punt and one partially blocked set up the first two TCU tallies And Danny Colbert raced 89 yards for an other TD after taking booming 46 yard kick in the final period ut the Cowboys had put the game out of reach before the belated rog rally OSU had a 17 0 halftime advantage and it was 31 7 before the visitors tal lied twice in the fourth quarter ullback James Williams scored the first OSU touchdown on a 12 yard plunge midway of the second period after Lee Stover had intercepted at the TCU 15 Soccer style kicker Uwe Pruss who converted the first TD add ed a 41 yard field goal but in jured his right ankle on the play and was unable to return Getting the ball on John Car fumble recovery at mid field with only 49 seconds left in the half Pounds engineered a five play scoring drive before the gun He passed the Pokes to the one then sneaked for six points and Pat Clapp added the extra point Larry Harris former North eastern halfback scored over the middle from a yard out for first touchdown early in the third quarter The tally was set up when punt was blocked by rog tackle Hogs Buffalo Bears 41 7 By WALT JAYROE World Sports Writer LITTLE ROCK Arkan sas took its sweet time in laying Baylor to rest Saturday night 41 7 beneath a shroud of defen sive jerseys in War Memorial Cemetery The Porkers dealt their mis ery in slow doses leading only 6 0 14 0 and 21 0 at the quarters before swarming the hapless Bears now 1 5 with 20 fourth period points 13 by Archie's heroes of the second unit It was a typical unspectacular Baylor game for the Razorbacks who hung on the tails of the defense in the first half with a series record sell out of 53000 looking on Tailback Bill Burnett scored twice from one and two yards and Bill Montgomery hooked up for the real eye open a 12 yard scoring pass to Chuck Di cus at the start of the fourth quarter The real long bombs were saved for kicker Bill McClard He booted 42 and 43 yard field goals in the first period for that 6 0 lead Soph Jon Richardson ignited the fourth period surge by the alternates scoring from two yards after setting up with a nifty 35 yard sprint Joe erguson who get THE STATISTICS Baylor Ark irst downs 11 24 Rushing yardage 40 226 Passing yardage 175 171 Return yardage 55 153 Passes 14 38 1 14 29 1 Punts 10 427 5 428 umbles lost 1 0 Yards penalized 32 55 into the game until after Baylor scored on a pass with 5:14 to play hit Bobby Nichols with an 8 yard pass for the final Razorback TD at 1:04 That last half Porker binge pushed them above the most points ever scored in the series The previous high was in a 33 7 Arkansas victory in 1965 The Arkansas defense stifled the Bears until the score reached 28 0 in the fourth period Then Baylor drove 77 yards in 13 plays behind Si Southall's passing for its only points against the pork er alternates Southall subbing for starter Laney Cook when Baylor had to go to the air connected with Don Huggins for a 10 yard TD Southall also hit Huggins for a 25 yardcr in that drive The Razorbacks eased to a 2 0 reading in the Southwest Conference and their fourth straight victory after an opening loss to Stanford Baylor seldom reached the Porkers' side of the field One time when it did on a long pass play in the first half the Bears fumbled and Arkansas recov ered The Bears get out of their territory until the second quarter alter being stranded at their own 35 20 29 36 and 39 Before scoring Baylor had more of the same thing punt ing from their 28 and 18 rank Broyles the Arkansas Continued on 2 Baylor 0 0 0 Arkansas 6 8 7 McClard 42 McClard 43 Burnett 1 run (Montgomery run) Burnett 2 run (McClard kkkj Dicus 12 pass from Montgomery (McClard kick) Huggins 10 pass from Southall (Conrad kick) Richardson 2 run (McClark kick) Nichols 3 pass from erguson (kick failed) Ken Steel and covered by cor nerbacker Gary Webb at the Cowboy six Pounds proceeded to move the Cowboys far in front by tossing TD passes of 30 yards to Bobby Cole and eight yards to Tom Dearinger before the third quar ter ended with Clapp coming through with the extra points LAST TWO TALLIES camo in a two minute span mid way of the last period Steel partially blocked punt at the 50 and the rogs moved to score with Raymond Thodes hitting the middle for one yard on the payoff play our plays later Benien punt ed 4o the rog 11 whore Col bert found a wall of blockers forming as he rambled all the way to a touchdown John Bishop who had kicked two earlier conversions faked a kick this time but Judy tried Continued op 4 TCU 0 0 7 13 20 Ok'a State i 0 17 14 3 34 Williams 12 run (Pruss kick) Pruss 41 Pounds 1 run (Clapp kick) Harris 1 run (Bishop kick) Cole 30 pass from Pounds (Clapp kick) Dearinger 8 pass from Pounds (Clapp kick) Rhodes 1 run (Bishoo kick) TCU Colbert 89 punt return (pass failed) OSU Clapp 49.