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LAGOOTBALL JERSEYS $395 BOYS' SIZES NUMBIRID couM 51 A HARVARD VIKING LAG OOTBAIL SHOES Built in wfety eatures $995 3525 51 1 922 3 SECTION TULSA DAILY WORLD TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 25 1973 EXPOS SPLIT BUCS' IRST PLACE HOPES By Dean Clark Oil's Switzer Perez Kosco Power Reds to West Crown DICK BLANCHARD Hill Newhouse Spark rf Maple Leafs Send Total Borbon Total Ex Oilers to Tulsa 0 32 3 7 3 TScott 3 OSU Game Sold Out 3010 7 OU EIGHTH SOUTHERN CAL NO 1 in UPI Poll 2 1 0 6 2 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 Likens Trojans To Time Bomb Stargell Belts 44th Pirates Maine Back 0 0 1 2 8 0 1 6 0 2 3 0 1 2 1 0 Cash 2b Clines cf AOliver lb Stargell If Hebner 3b Zisk rf MMay Maxvill ss Briles Giusti 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 5 1 0 5 0 ab bi 2 2 0 0 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 1 3 0 11 3 111 i4010 4 0 11 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 CLEVELAND VANN Successful Move His last start was in 1969 for the Seattle Pilots of the Amer ican League 26th homer which broke a tie for team leader ship came in the fourth inning off loser Rich Troedson 7 9 Kosco tagged Troedson for his ninth in the sixth inning Ivan Murrell accounted for San only run with a two out homer in the ninth The victory before 16395 clinched the division with five games remaining and was the 58th triumph in a torrid 81 game stretch to overcome an 11 game deficit on July 1 Cincinnati manager Sparky Anderson says the greatest co meback in the history ip 6 1 3 2 2 3 7 2 2 0 0 0 2 a matter of pride not got to give the guys said Anderson "They hung in Once considered out of con tention when they plummeted into fourth place far behind Los Angeles Cincinnati rode revived pitching and a relent less onrush to sweep past the faltering Dodgers The Reds caught the Dodgers on Sept 3 and moved in front to stay the next day with a 10 inning 12 7 victory over Houston RINGLEADERS IN THE surge were 32 year old Pete Rose who is heading for the 3 1 i 4 6 0 ab bl 3 0 0 0 10 0 0 jans received 23 first place votes from the 35 coaches vot ing two more than last week to up their point total to 328 Nebraska also a hard fought winner In outlasting North Carolina State 31 14 re ceived eight first place votes from the coaches and a total of 298 points Idle Ohio State was third again with the re maining four first place votes and 281 points Michigan one of the biggest gift safety minutes later when center John Didion snapped the ball between Saint punter Steve legs scooted the ball into the end zone to prevent a touchdown Toni ritsch kicked a 27 yard field goal after the ensuing free kick for a 12 0 first quarter lead New Orleans allowed Dallas only one first down in the second quarter but could put only Happy nine yard 2 2 3 0 1 1 3 2 3 1 1 3 2 6 2 3 2 1 3 OCUS ON OOTBALL Own Service TORONTO Defenseman Mike Ruest who had to sit out last hockey season after inju ring a knee in third game was reassigned to Jthe Oilers Monday by the Toronto Maple Leafs Right wing Mike Sauter and Bob Duncan who has played both wings for Tulsa the past two seasons were also reas signed to general manager coach Ray Miron as the new independent Oilers held their first workout at Maple Leaf NEW YORK (UPI) After a weekend of to many of the elite col lege football teams some of the "have have begun creeping their way into the top 20 Southern California which had to rely on its defense to nudge by Georgia Tech 23 6 increased its lead over Ne braska as the No 1 rated team according to the United Press International Board of Coaches The Tiu 2 ab bl 3 110 Wvnn rf 5 12 1 Metzgr ss 5 2 3 1 Cedeno cf 4 0 2 2 Watsn If 0 0 0 DgRadr 3b 4 0 10 LMay lb 5 0 10 Helms 2b 3 110 Jutze 3 110 Reuss 4 or sen 1 (J 2 0 0 0 10 0 0 1 0 0 6 1 ATER ENDING HIS PRO OOTBALL CAREER (ONEyear earlier than he wanted and one year later than the scouts unanimously expected) Dick Blanchard has returned to the Uni versity of Tulsa this time as a law student a role which fits him at least as well as No 90 The TU law school is where Blanchard was going to end up next year anyway He put it off one year because of an old fashioned Hemingwayish style desire to prove he could make it in the romantic and brutal world of pro football about the only frontier left Tor knights errant and one that pays much better than the foreign legion When Blanchard went into pro football It was with obvious poor relation status He even drafted after his senior season and the Ralph McGill Jeane Barrett Arthur Moore Drew Pearson Ed White Hurricane of 1971 were intensively scouted He had already been accepted to law school a near life long goal But the desire to see just where he stood as a football player made him want to accept a free agent offer from New England and Patriot aide Tom Boisture a former TU assis tant) asked him to try out So Blanchard compromised a little each way was the first time he had to play against a nose guard and he really did a fine said line coach Don Boyce after the Cowboys i rolled to a 38 6 victory baturaay at utile Rock graded 76 per cent which is very good I think many football players could nave made the adjustment from guard to center (in a Wishbone offense) as quickly and as well as he or that performance Chlouber a sopho more who will be 19 riday is named Tulsa Daily World offensive lineman of the week 1 Teammate Cleveland Vann who was in on 20 I tackles from his middle linebacker spot is the I choice on defense I Vann also was named Big Eight defensive I player of the week in a split vote over I Nebraska middle guard John Bell had to learn a lot in a short said Boyce "But he is a very intense young man We moved him to center a week before the first game night he came up and studied film on his own to learn the techniques of the posi 1 tion He has constantly studied his assign Continued on 4 CINCINNATI Wi Tony Perez and Andy Kosko boomed home runs Monday night and the Cincinnati Reds clinched the National West Division championship defeating San Diego 2 1 It was the third division title in four years for Cincinnati Dick Baney making his first National League start earned the victory with late help from relievers Tom Hall and Pedro Borbon Baney a 25 year old right hander who was cut from two minor league clubs this sea son stopped the Padres on six hits until the eighth inning be fore being lifted It was his second major league victory three drives deep into Cowboy territory eller missed a 38 yarder and a 17 yarder was blocked by Cornell Green Craig Morton replaced Stau bach and immediately drove the Cowboys to a touchdown on the last play of the third quarter Morton nailed Hill with a swing pass for 29 yards then completed a seven yard scoring strike to Mike Montgomery One of the smallest Dallas home crowds in years at tended the game in Texas Sta dium The Cowboys announced an attendance of 52715 but said they had sold tickets to 53972 persons STAUBACH COMPLETED 10 of 15 passes for 124 yards before he left Morton hit five of seven for 73 yards Manning connected on 11 of 15 passes for 97 yards in his abbreviated appearance Hill was the workhorse He gained 71 yards on 13 car 'ries catching three passes for 52 yards The stubby Ne whouse gouged out 37 yards on seven carries New Orleans 0 3 0 Dallas 12 0 21 7 40 Dal Hill 7 run (ritsch kick) Dal Safety O'Neal tackled In end zone Dal ritsch 27 NO eller 9 Dal Newhouse 3 run (ritsch kick) Del Newhouse 2 pass from Slaubach (ritsch kick) Dal Montgomery 1 pass from Morton (ritsch kick) Dal Stravhnrn 1 run fPrltsch kick) HOUSTON W1) Lee May and Cesar Cedeno smashed home runs as the Houston Astros defeated the San ran cisco Giants 10 6 Monday night for Jerry 16th victory The loser was Ron Bryant the 23 game winner SAN RANCISCO HOUSTON ab di 3 2 0 0 4 10 0 3 2 2 3 3 112 4 112 3 112 4 0 0 0 3 0 10 3 2 10 0 0 0 0 ER BB SO i 3 0 5 8 5 000 020 4 103 001 Mx 5 Pittsburgh 8 airly ER BBSO 4 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 MONTREAL Lintz 2b airly If Woods If AIou If Singleton Lyttle cf Bailev 3b Jorgensn 1b Boccablla oil ss Renko CTaylor ER BBSO 0 1 2 Total Pittsburgh Montreal Lintz LOB Pittsburah airly Lyttle Stargell (44) Day neoner Briles (W14 13) Giusti McAnally (L7 8) UUalkr Giusti (20) Boccabella 2:23 20168 6 4 0 6 0 Reuss 0 8 4 0 Sangulllen winners among top 20 teams last week with its 47 10 trounc ing of Stanford jumped past Alabama into the top four with 238 points The Crimson Tide undoubtedly hurt by its nar row 28 14 victory over unsung Kentucky remained at No 5 with 205 points Penn State moved up a notch to sixth after its con vincing 39 0 pasting of Navy and Notre Dame made the biggest climb 11th to seventh after opening up with sylvania was the best player in a Sunday exhibition game Miron reported Alf Handrahan is a tough right wing who played intermediate hockey in the Maritimes last season Rookie defensemen sent down from the Leafs were Jim Marsh and Doug Marit Marit 6 3 205 is reported to have a blistering shot from the blue line Miron describes Marsh field goal on the board on as oener man nan our aeien semen last The most experienced Oiler will be Bill Orban 29 year old left wing with seven years of pro hockey experience He was assigned to Tulsa by the Chicago Black Hawks Mon day Orban who played for Iowa in the 1969 70 Central League campaign started last year with Portland in the Western League but missed most of the season with a thigh injury HIS ASSIGNMENT TO Tulsa had to wait until Maple Leaf physicians were satisfied he had recovered from an operation The Atlanta lames as signed three players to Tulsa all of them from last Omaha Knights Right wing Alan Young scored 18 goals and 34 assists for the Knignts and left wing Scott Smith had 19 goals and 22 assists Center John Martin divided his sea son between Omaha and Bal i in the American League scoring nine goals in alf Toronto has promised the Oilers a top notch goaltender and Miron is expecting to get back Gordie McRae However the Maple Leafs are thin in the goalie ranks this week after an injury to Jean Louis Levasseur who had an excit ing trial at Tulsa last winter a sjjis Own Service NORMAN be a time bomb on the floor of the Los Angeles Coliseum Satur day night Oklahoma coach Barry Switzer figures be the Southern California Tro jans waiting to go off first image of said Switzer whose Sooners meet the No 1 ranked Trojans Saturday of great physical size and He praised quarterback Pat Haden and receivers McKay and Lynn Swann He praised the offensive line He praised the linebackers and the defensive backs "ARE YOU PLAYING THE Miami a writer asked tell you USC may have the biggest offensive line the country And that includes the National ootball League get me wrong I think we can win Our players belieye we can win We have good players Southern1 Cal has a lot oL good Their depth is the key Switzer continued coaches have to feel like they can play better than they have They were 7 9 in the fourth quarter against Ar kansas and 14 6 in the fourth quarter against Georgia Tech "THIS IS A BIG GAME for Southern Cal too They have the same respect for Switzer indicated the Sooners would attempt to run at the Trojan defense tried he said hoping our offensive line can control them or us to be successful our offensive line will have to play very well concerned about where we give them the ball: need a nearly perfect game When they get the ball gotta have a long way to He said in coach John Trojans were few: He did mention no replacement has been found to match the power of departed fullback Sam Cunningham And tight end Charles Young is being missed Switzer said OENSE HAS not scored a lot of he said like a time bomb ready to go off like something may happen any second They dominate the other Reporters were interested in a pair of Sooner veterans line backer Rod Shoate and full back Tim Welch Shoate has been injured and Welch is at a new position took the cast off knee Sunday and he ran a little Our trainer says the knee is all right and Rod says all right But when he runs it look all right Welch a Sooner captain has been moved from fullback to halfback as a result of Grant knee injury THE STATISTICS Saints Cwbys 31 UUWII) I Rushing Yardagt 38 138 34 U9 massing raroage Return Yardaoa 24 Passes 13 21 1 15 22 1 Hunts 4 3 umbles Lost 4 1 Yards Penalized 4 35 touchdown and Newhouse the rookie fullback from Houston bulled three yards for one TD and caught a two yard pass from Roger Staubach for an other in the nationally tele vised game The Saints who were HAVE YOU BOUGHT YOUR OILERS' SEASON TICKETS YET! 6 DI AV 582 8283 A 7 1 i Sadek 2:24 A He felt he postpone law school if he made it in pro football and let his career come to a natural end after five or so playing years (with at least one out for injuries) and a couple more idling on taxi squads He finally set his sights on two years one to satisfy his I showed pride and a second to provide a fi nancial boost for his legal edu cation i That Blanchard achieved only half his goals is ironic He was victimized by the migra tion of Chuck airbanks from Norman to Boston and the sub sequent house cleaning that is standard operating procedure for new regimes Things ul imately came down to a deci sion between Blanchard and ex TU teammate Steve King a contest in which newcomer King had a definite edge first I was savs planchard who got more than a little I told you so ego inflation when Simpson rushed for 250 NL record yards against New England just two weeks after his axing the more I think about it the more I realize I Was in a very expendable position airbanks going to go up there and lose with somebody players He was going to go with the players he brought i No 'Ex Jock' Tag Here i Still despite that handicap Blanchard lasted until the last cut In his second season proving himself (and to a leagueful of scouts) to be a lot more football player than most In an Average pro preseason camp there are 35 40 returnees from the previous year 15 25 draft choices and 50 60 free agents Blan chard twice finished in the upper half of the ruthless survival sweepstakes 1 When it was suddenly all over Blanchard thrown into the world unexpectedly and undegreed with the usual label He in effect had been playing out a unique op tion not between teams but between the simplifed win lose world of athletics and the other 9944 per cent of life And although much more of an establishment man than themajority of his generation own limited objectives would never allow him to become either a pro football 'in or a fringe player hoping for an organizational job man His observations therefore give a much needed contrast to the endless (and obviously very successful) rah rah offerings of Pete high powered public relations staff which have maae pro looioaii as important politically as Watergate 4 Despite ms Blanchard is impressed with airbanks think he him self is the most brilliant coach in the world But for building a winning organization right at the top He showed that at Oklahoma And the assistant coaches hired are superior The new linebacker coach (Chuck Sumner whom airbanks lured away from the rising Pittsburgh Steelers) is probably the tnost brilliant football mind ever been Garrett Well Received Much travelled Carl Garrett (a mini Duane Thomas in size talent and absence from practice) was a teammate last year and gets surprisingly sympathetic evaluation from Blanchard whose devotion to practice and respect for coaches are practically leg endary at Tulsa I Garrett missed practice once or twice a week But it bother the players and it affect Garrett on Sunday He still played great games But I think' it really bugged the front office Garrett embarrassed them and why he was traded not because he had a bad effect on the team He Blanchard has a unique view about the ever serious in jury rate in the ultra violent game think one of the reasons is the equipment There is so much stress on speed that equipment is becoming lighter and lighter More and more padding is being removed particularly from helmets think this is very dangerous especially since the players are now so big and fast Every team has 250 pounders who can run 45 In college meet a guy like that once or twice a season I believe that some day because of this be reading about deaths instead of injuries in pro Losing Blanchard says hurt in pro football at least not to last woeful Patriots of the little known facts about pro football is that there is unlimited free beer for the players on the charter flight back home Last year after we lost STILLWATER Oklahoma to Miami 52 0 we drank up all the beer and then started on State ticket office officials dis wine When we landed you would have thought we had just closed Monday the OSU won the Super Bowl No I think losing hurt the Patriots Oklahoma football game in like it should Stillwater Dec 1 is sold out MONTREAL ab bl 0 0 0 0 10 10 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 010 0 0 2 0 10 4 0 10 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 10 0 0 33 0 0 Gardens Duncan had 17 goals and 25 assists in 50 games last winter before he was sidelined with a knee injury that required sur gery Sauter brought up from Dayton in mid season had six goals and 18 assists THE LEAS ALSO GAVE the Oilers four promising am ateurs If they make the Tulsa squad Toronto general man ager Jim Gregory will sign them to contracts Speedy Bill Daigle a center from the University of Penn PITTCRUDAM Cash 2b DParker cf Clines cf AOliver 1b Stargell If Hebner 3b Zisk rf Sangullln Maxvill ss MMav oh JHrnandz ss Moose oor Johnson BRobrtsn ph 1 0 1 1 Lwaixer Zacharv Gonzalez ph 0 1 0 vIUSTi Campanis Augustine Total own fate and New inausnicious start Montreal i rvinnrrpi 'Montreal 7 2B A Oliver Clines stargeii (43) Lintz Lynie si Lasn Moose (L11 12) oor Johnson Walker Zachary Giusti Renko (W 15 11) Taylor Marshall Marshall (30) 2:33 Bonds rf uenfs 2b Maddox cfMcCovy lb Howarth pr Matthws If Speler ss Kingmn 3b Sadek Arnold Bryan! Willghby Ontlvrs ph Thomasn oh Total 39 A 12 1 Total San rancisco 120 020 Houston 420 013 10 Helms Speler DP San ran cisco 1 LOB San rancisco 12 Hous ton 4 2B Bons Cedeno Reuss McCo vey HR May 28 Cedeno 24 SB Maddox Reuss May Bryant 23 12 1 2 3 4 Willoughby 51 3 Carrlfhers I Reuss 16 12 81 3 12 orsch 2 3 0 SAVE orsch 4 WP carnthers PB CINCINNATI Rose If Driessen 3h 4 0 10 irerez id 3 0 0 0 Bench 4 0 10 Kosco rf 4 0 10 Geronimo 4 0 3 0 oster cf 4 0 0 0 Menke 2b 4111 Chanev ss 3 0 10 Baney 3010 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 1 8 1 SECOND GAME PITTSBURGH ab bl 4 2 Llntr 2b 3 0 0 HBreeden ph 0 0 0 i i ocotr cr 3 2 2 1 AIou ph 3 0 0 0 airly If 4 0 2 2 Mashore pr 3 0 0 0 rias 2b 4 0 0 0 Woods ph 3 0 0 0 Singleton rf 1 0 0 0 Lyttle cf TWalker Bailey 3b Jorgensn lb Boccablla oil ss McAnally Day If Total 000 001 3 000 000 0 Montreal 2 Montreal 11 a 44 0 rout of Northwestern the biggest margin of victory by any team in the top 20 Oklahoma Tennessee and LSU completed the top 10 Oklahoma State long a doormat in the Big Eight Con ference headed the second 10 after belting Arkansas a former 38 6 The Cow boys looK as if they very well may be for real After that it was Houston 12th Auburn 13th and Arizona State 14th By SCOTT CHERRY World Sports Writer Gary Chlouber could market a quick suc cess product and probably find some buyers It would be one of those and enticements This is no body building pitch though At 6 2 230 pounds Chlouber was already some thing of a specimen Beach bullies had not been a problem The ingredients of his product are more in tangible than weights springs and vitamins things such as dedication hard work deter mination and perhaps a touch of luck are par amount There are no 10 easy steps Just three weeks ago the Shawnee product was ticketed for a reserve role at offensive guard for Oklahoma State in the "be picture That was before the three center candidates were slowed by injuries It was a worrisome area for coach Jim Stanley anyway It was also before the coaching staff decided to try Chlouber at the position His first start against Texas Arlington was GARY CHLOUBER not considered a reliable test of his abilities Snappy Center The coaches thought Arkansas would be 40 3 Rout by Cowboys DALLAS tn Dallas me thodically mangled the New Orleans Saints 40 3 on the power running of Calvin Hill and Robert Newhouse Monday night to hand Cowboy coach Tom Landry his milestone 100th National ootball League victory The victory gave Landry a 100 76 6 record his 13 years at Dallas and he became the 10th NL coach to reach the 100 victory plateau Hill bolted seven yards for a Cowboys Pull Perfect Switch ab bl i i a i 3 12 1 4 0 10 4 12 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 10 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 184 19 i 3 45 0 0 i 50 bombed 62 7 by Atlanta last week put up a spirited battle for a half before Dallas erupted with three third quar ter touchdowns to bury them again Both "starting quarterbacks were injured in the third quarter and finish the game Staubach left after being knocked dizzy and Saint quarterback Archie Manning suffered cramps in his right leg after a hard tackle Dallas which jumped into a tie with St Louis for the lead in the National Conference East on a 2 9 slate drove 72 yards in 10 plays following the ooening kickoff The drive was climaxed by touchdown blast behind guard Blaine block THE COWBOYS GOT A San Diego (9) Murrell (8) Troedson (L7 9) Ross Corkiris Baney (W2 l) Hall Borbon Rnrhcn (Hilton) 2:09 16395 Houston's Power Outlasts risco finest season in his luminous career and once demoted pitcher Don Gullett Rose a cinch to win his third batting title and a con ten for Most Valuable Player in the National League ignited the surge by batting400 for the Jast three months Gullett who won nine straight games after losing on July 14 joined Jack Bil lingham as an 18 game winner heading into the final week of the season Gullett was 7 7 when sent tn the bullpen as a reliever but he subsequently regained his form and was returned to a starting spot THE TRADE OR LITTLE red Norman a 5 8 lefty who came to the Reds from the San Diego Padres with a 1 7 record in mid June stabilized a sputtering pitching staff Norman opened with back to back shut outs as a Red and went on to team with Bib''lingham and Gullett'to provide' Cincinnati with a trio of reli able starters Anderson who never wa vered even in the darkest days maintained throughout the race lot of teams have won it in the last It happened in early Sep tember with the Reds winning 10 of 12 games on a road trip while the Dodgers dropped nine straight 5AN DIEGO RMorales ss Winfield ph DAndersn ss DLocklr If DwRcbrt 3b Collbert 1b Gaston rf Kendall Murrell cf Hilton 2b Troedson Lee oh Corkins Total San Dieoo Cincinnati San Kosco Colbert TPerez (26) Kosco ER BBSO 0 0 0 0 32 9 9 2 000 000 1 OOO 101 2 Diego 1 Cincinnati 2 LOB 74 Cincinnati 9 Bench Troedson IP 4 2 3 11 1 7 2 3 1 13 (14) by Baney MONTREAL (J) Willie Stargell boomed his 44th home run to lead Pittsburgh to a 3 0 victory over Montreal and a split of their doubleheader Monday night The Expos snapped a seven game losing streak in the opener by nipping Pittsburgh 5 4 The split kept Pittsburgh one half game behind New York in the battle for the top spot in the National League East The teams are tied in the loss column Montreal is tied for fourth 3Vj games be hind STARGELL WHO ALSO homered in the eighth inning of the opener leads the major leagues in homers The slugger also made a great running catch of Ken fly to left center to end the fifth and threw out Tim oli trying to score in the seventh Ernie McAnally was cruis ing along with a one hit shut out until Stargell homered Montreal had its chances against starter Nelson Briles 14 13 The Expos stranded two men in the first third and fourth innings and had the winning run in scoring position in the sixth after Jim double to left center But Briles escaped every time MONTREAL ALSO BLEW A chance in the seventh oli tried to score on a shallow sin gle to left by Ron airly but was gunned down at the plate by Stargell Then reliever Dave Giusti who recorded his 20th save got out of a bases loaded jam when Lyttle grounded sharply to first baseman Al Oliver to end the inning In the opener the Expos duui a ieaa ana men stood off a late Pittsburgh come back that included 43rd homer The Pirates had a threat going in the ninth after a sin gle by pinch hitter Jim Cam panis and a double by Gene Clines Mike Marshall then came on and got Al Oliver to ground to shortstop to end the game and post ms 30tn save IRST GAME ab bl 4 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 coin 3 111 4 0 0 0 4 110 4 110 2 110 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 MMarshll 0 00 0 0 0 00 0 0 0 0 Dh 1 1 pr 0 0 0 0 37 4 12 4 A ft 1 4hT a State 1.