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Tigers Alive ForND Nebraska freshman football coach Jim Ross, who scouted Missouri at Oklahoma State last week, says he went to Stillwater with an idea that the Missouri Tiger might be a little dead. he assured Monday. is a fine Missouri football team the team we expected to see all he claimed. The Tigers had been shocked by unbeaten Air Force, 37-14, the week before, but rebounded to thump Oklahoma State, 4020 Like everybody else who watches the Tigers, Ross came away much impressed by tailback Joe Moore. think ever seen a bigger, tougher, faster runner.

the kind who breaks games wide says Ross. Mike Farmer, their quarterback, threw the ball better than I thought he could. just a typical Missouri team with good defense, too. Believe me, see a good ball game he concluded. While tickets may be in short supply for the Saturday showdown, there are plenty left for the Friday preliminary matching freshman team against the Tiger yearlings.

Because the Nebraska frosh been in game-type competition yet, Ross is reluctant to go out on a limb and forecast what kind of a club have. do have pretty good strength up the middle, but not too sure about some of the other he observed. The strength up the middle comes at center, quarterback and fullback. center we have Dennis Van Rosso, Richard Duda and Chad We think all pretty good centers and they appear to be better than our centers of a year Ross claimed. quarterback David Humm and Jerry Davis both have looked pretty good and Ron Coleman from David City has done a good job.

He has improved a great Ross said. fullback we have Maury Damkroger and just a fine athlete. also a good the Nebraska coach observed. Game time Friday is 2:30 p.m. Orioles Are Seeking Series UPI TELEPHOTO Minnesota catcher Paul Ratliff has the ball jarred from his grasp by a hard- sliding Brooks Robinson in the third inning.

Baltimore went on to sweep the Twins in three straight with a 6-1 triumph. World Series Ticket Baltimore The biggest machine in Cincinnati this weekend necessarily be red. The peaking Baltimore Orioles qualified Monday as a fomidable World Series match for slugging Reds by thrashing Minnesota 6-1 to complete a methodical three- game sweep of the American League championship playoffs. want the choice cut this said Orioles sparkplug Frank Robinson, for whom the Series, opening Saturday at new Riverfront Stadium, will make a second homecoming of sorts. The former Reds star was dealth to the Orioles five years ago.

was back there for the All-Star this summer and it was a lot of he recalled. for real. And we're Birds Coiiviriciiioj Robinson spoke of the readiness after they proved it convincingly at Memorial Stadium behind the 12-strikeout pitching of' right-hander Jim Palmer, one of their trio of 20-game winning aces. Palmer, who also won the finale of last three-game Twin killing in the first playoff of AL division champs, scattered seven hits and possibly earned a Series- opening start against the National League champion Reds. While the Reds taking their league apart from the outset, the Orioles shook off the spectre of a humiliating series setback at the hands of the New York Mets and rolled to 108 in the majors.

They won their last 11 regular season games, then smacked the Twins 10-6 and 11-3 at Minnesota last weekend before closing out the set at home. Manager Earl Weaver shrugged off the winning streak, however, while discussing his outlook on the upcoming confrontation. won 14 in a he said. they count now. not the ning streak I like, the type of people we have on the ball club.

If we had lost 14 in a row still think this team could beat probably is the best hitting team in baseball, but I think our pitching and defense is said Brooks Robinson, who duplicated his 1969 playoff spree against the Twins by cracking seven hits in the series. pitching and defense certainly was too much for Minnesota. The Twins committed two errors in each game while the Orioles played errorless ball all the way. And Minnesota pitchers were raked for 36 hits and six home runs, two of them by Dave Johnson, in the one-sided series. think we played as well as we are capable of against understated Bill Rigney, the first-year manager.

gave them too much in this series, something we do during the regular While Rigney and the Twins headed homeward with thoughts of what might have been, the Orioles set their sights on the Big Red Machine. Faith Boosts Munson Statistics First ctowns Ru.shinq vardagt Passing Return Passes Punts Fumbles lost Yards oenalized Start a 38 139 24 5-44 23 140 210 53 53 13-194) 5-30 1 53 Better Prepared think going into the Series better prepared this Frank Robin.son said. that we up for the Mets a year ago. We just ready for them. of us took three or four days off in a row after we clinched our division.

It affected our timing. But we profited by it, and this year been working right along to be ready. The regulars wanted to keep playing, and asked to play, because we want to be last Palmer added, kept telling me about how we lost to the Mets in the Series. Now all looking forward to being back in it and facing the Playoff Box Page 16 Comeback Wednesday POST TIME P.M. First ract.

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mile and Bee Line Jet Payette Lady O-Flanigan Tucks Top Sooner Flash Special Kay Scranton Hollow Major Roberts Our Way Velvet Dust Also: College Fiddler, Jay's Mark, Miss Continental, Cora's Reward. Cincinnati Not too many years ago Sparky Anderson was screwing legs into tables in a furniture factory, his baseball career apparently over. Now the manager of the National Uague champion Cincinnati Reds preparing for opening of the World Series against American League champion Baltimore. Anderson recalled those lean days Monday as he stood dripping with champagne in the Cincinnati dressing room after his Reds had defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates for a three- game sweep of the National League playoffs. The Reds took the payoff game on a play that characterizes their a a philosophy of the game aggressiveness and the willingness to gamble.

The score was tied 2-2 in the eighth at Riverfront Stadium. Ty Cline was on second and Pete Rose at first. Bobby Tolan lashed a single to left and Cline rounded third just beating Willie throw to the plate with what turned out to be the winning run in a 3-2 game. try to play aggressive said Anderson. had guys thrown out at the plate, but the chance you observed the guy who six years ago was fired by Toronto in the International League and turned to, work in the furniture factory.

The 36-year-old Anderson, youngest manager in the major leagues, a moment from explaining his strategy in the deciding game against Eastern Division champion Pittsburgh to announce Gary Nolan as the first-game pitcher against Baltimore Saturday in the World Series. Nolan won 18 games during the regular season and the first of the playoff. probably be opposed by Jim Cline, whose pinch triple started the winning three-run rally in the 10th inning of the playoff opener, was called upon in the eighth inning Monday with two out and the bases empty. Was he surprised at the move? still trying to win it right he said. Cline said he made up his mind to try for home as soon as LINCOLN, TUESDAY, he saw hit to left.

I rounded third I slipped and lost my balance he related. lost Alex he said, referring to third base coach Alex Grammas, who was waving and shouting for Cline to keep going to the plate. hear him Cline said, I knew he would want me to try and Cline said that as he neared the plate he saw catcher Manny Sanguillen go toward first. tried for the third base edge of the he went on. Stargell said single as hard as he thought it was.

it had been hit sharper I have had to said the Pittsburgh left fielder, who has a good throwing arm. throw had good enough stuff on it, but it tailed at the last Sanguillen had to go to his right to get the throw and then dive back to his left. He just missed the tag and it meant first National League pennant since 1961. There were a number of dramatic moments in the hard fought third and final game of the playoff. Pittsburgh manager Danny Murtaugh had a tough decision when he lifted right-hander Bob Moose in favor of reliever Joe Gibbon with left-hand hitting Tolan coming up in the critical eighth.

knew that Tolan hit well against said Murtaugh. Tolan hit .335 against southpaws during the regular season. Playoff Box Page 16 Detroit thought maybe boo us off field but they stayed with smiled Detroit Lions quarterback Bill Munson. And in response to the confidence from the capacity crowd of 58,210 plus a national television audience the Lions put on a second half show for the viewers by overcoming the Chicago Bears, 28-14, Monday night. The victory gave Detroit sole possession of first in the Central Division the National Football Conference with a 3-0 record.

Chicago, Green Bay and Minnesota are all 2-1. Munson, who completed 13 19 passes for 229 yards and a touchdown, indicated luck wag a partial reason for the second half spurt. The Bears continually adjusted their defense after Detroit broke its huddle to come to the line of scrimmage. However, wound up calling the right plays more than not in the second Munson said. the first half they (Bears) shifted a little more and every time we seemed to run right into running game got bogged down to just 18 yards in the first half, plus only 78 passing on six completions.

There was brief booing of Munson and company until the final two quarters when things opened up and the Lions nailed Chicago for a 21-point third quarter. They ended up with 350 yards total offense. been running most of the year but in the second half we decided to open up a little with Munson said. Wide receiver Larry Walton caught four of his losses for 70 yards, including a 13-yard touchdown. Tight end Charlie Sanders and halfback Altie Taylor each snared three for 77 and 59 yards respectively.

Chicago bounced back from the 21-7 third quarter score with a 60-yard touchdown pass from Jack Concannon to Dick Gordon on the first play of the fourth quarter to put the Bears back in the game. But a key interception by Lion cor- nerback Dick LeBeau ruined Chicago and set up final insurance touchdown. Chicago 7 0 0 Detroit 0 21 20 from Concannon kick) 2 run (Mann kick) 7 run (Mann kick) 13 pass from Muneon (Mann kick) 61 pass from Concannon (Percival kick) 20 run (Mann kick) Sports Briefs UPI TELEPHOTO Umpire Paul Pryor calls Ty Cline (17) safe at the plate after the latter slid under Pittsburgh catcher Manny tag to score the winning run in the eighth inning as the Reds won the National League flag, 3-2. and. inflf 70 yardi.

Tuesday Cornhusker Highlights 6:30 p.m. (12). College Grid Highlights Iowa State V. Utah. 11:25 p.m.

(7). Hassling 10:25 p.m. (7). NBA Baltimore, 117, Atlanta IK) Philadelphia 130, Boston 119 Buffalo 113, Detroit 103 ABA Memphis 104 Virginia 118 Kenlucky 123, Carolina 140, NHL Boston 5, Montreal 3 Grid Schedule Changes For Home Games in 71, 72 Pet. Pts OP Miami .......................2 1 0 .667 54 50 By DON FORSYTHE another team athletic director at iS Nebraska athietic director Devaney said.

Northwestern. i 12 nltan.e left us with a problem sorry we work cmr.i Division aif ecUng Ihe and since we had originally this out. We wanted to play 2 and 1972 scheduled Texas lor the Nebraska and gel all those einUnniiii a StbaH Sept. 25 date we were com- people to Dye said we ki ciV, hag hppn preated We did, and in return we pick we were able Oakland 021 has been created i 0 A misundcrslandmg with he added. gate, we were talking to them National Northwestern and Texas ironically, Dye is now the about a future date and they dating back to 1964, prompted hanoened to have this open pci pm op the change 1971 date We feel real lucky to have I 2 fftfh State rfpSced Septu-Oiion It Utah has repiacea a noted.

Philadelphia 3 .000 44 70 previously announced road Sept. 19 Minnesota npvanev also revealed that central Division ffame with Northwestern. Sept. Detroit 86 17 game wim iNonnwcsicru. 2 Utah State the 1972 Minnesota-Nebraska Chicago 210 .447 58 60 Devaney, explaining the oct.

Missouri game has been shifted from 210 7 40 schedule complications, noted oct. Minneapolis to Lincoln at the Division that former athletic director Oct. 23-at Oklahoma St. request. The shift 2 fT so Tippy Dye had originally Oct.

helps balance the host role in Atlanta 59 so scheduled Texas for Sept. Nov. State series. Minnesota has been 120 .333 50 25, but later had a chance to Nov. Kansas State fjyg gf the pick up the game with Nw.

()Wahoma meetings between the two Chicago Northwestern and made a schools since 1963. Saturday's Gama verbal agreement with Texas 1972 The series terminates in 1974 Miami at York jets, night athletic director Hank gept UCLA and will find Nebraska being Sunday's Games Foldberg to switch the sept. 16-Texas the home team in 1971, 1972 and game to Oct. 2. Sept.

Array 1974. Atlanta at Dallas "Tippy had a note added to Sept. The addition of Utah State to K.nlál our contract and thought we 'fanlL the 1971 slate gives Cornhusker were okay, but Foldberg was State seven home next Denver at replaced by Gene Stallings reason. The switch of the 1972 (after the 1964 season). Stall- nov il-ailowa State game with.

Minnesota gives the Minnesota at Chicago ings thought he had an open Nov. 18-Kansas State Cornhuskers six home games Monday's date Oct. 2 and scheduled Nov. (hat year. Green Bay at san oiego, mght Huskers Up to 5 On UPI Ratings Compiled From News Wires While Associated sportswriters and broadcasters kept Nebraska No.

6 in their weekly listing, the United Press International board of coaches elevated the Cornhuskers to No. 5 on their chart as major college football ratings were released Tuesday. The AP writers and sportscasters jumped Mississippi ahead of NU into their fifth spot on the strength of the 48-23 trouncing of Alabama Saturday night. Nebraska was a solid sixth on the AP list with 402 points, 57 behind Mississippi, but well ahead of No. 7 Michigan which had 278.

The Huskers drew one first place vote in the UPI poll and 201 points, 44 less than No. 4 Southern Cal. Both charts had the Ohio State Buckeyes No. 1 again. OSU widened its margin over Texas, getting 27 of the 38 first place AP ballots and 18 of the 35 votes for the top UPI spot.

Missouri and Colorado were 16th and 17th respectively on AP, with Iowa State, Kansas and Kansas State receiving votes. Missouri tied UCLA for No. 13 on the UPI chart, with Colorado No. and Oklahoma No. 19.

Aside from the discrepancy between Nebraska and Mississippi, the two polls differed in only one other spot. Michigan rated the No. 7 slot and Air Force was No. 8 on AP. UPI had the two reversed.

AP 1. Ohio State (27) 2. Texas 3. Notre Dame 4. Southern California (3) 5.

Mississippi (1) 6. Nebraska 7. Michigan (1) 8. Air Force 9. Auburn 10.

Arkansas Second Ten: 11. West Virginia (147); 12 Stanford (134); 13. Georgia Tech (131); 14, Arizona State (106); 15. UCLA 16. Missouri (41); 17.

Colorado (46); 18. North Carolina (36); 19. Louisiana State (24); 20. Tennessee (19). 2-0 3-0 3-0 3-0-1 3-0 3 0-1 3-0 4-0 3-0 713 610 576 531 459 402 278 265 218 3-1 199 UPI 1.

Ohio State (18) (2-0) 326 2. Texas (9) (3-0) 291 3. Notre Dame (4) (3-0) 277 4. Southern California (3) (3-0-1) 245 5. Nebraska (1) (3-0-1) 201 6.

Mississippi (3-0) 174 7. Air Force (4-0) 110 8 Michigan (3-0) 85 9. Auburn (3-0) 79 10. Arkansas (3-1) 29 Second Ten: 11. Arizona State (27); 12.

Stanford (24); 13. (tie) UCLA and Missouri (13); 15. Georgia Tech (11); 16. West Virginia (8); 17. Tennessee (5); 18.

Colorado (4); 19. Oklahoma (2); 20. San Diego State (1). Footliall Pro football had its biggest attendance weekend in history Saturday through Monday with 746,884 fans turning out. The New York Jets asked retired running back Bill Mathis to replace the injured Matt Sneli.

Quarterback George Mira has informed the Minnesota Vikings that sign a contract with the Baltimore Colts. Kansas City Chiefg quarterback Len Dawson, who took a pounding from Denver Bronco linemen Sunday, has an injured knee and may miss game against Boston. Baseball A tax lien of $84,320 was filed on the home of St. Louis Cardinal infielder Julian Javier for failure to pay federal income taxes. The Boston Red Sox acquired pitcher Billy McCool from the St.

Louis Cardinals in exchange for hurler Bill Landis. Basketball The ABA Texas Chaparrals have released former CSU standout Cliff Shegogg. Punt, Pass, Kick Event Staged A total of 211 boys between the ages of eight and 13 competed last weekend in the annual punt, pass and kick competition sponsored by the Ford Motor Company and Meginnis Ford. Age group winners were: Eight Years 1. David Sundberg; 2.

Adam Seward; 3. Greg Westchal. Nine Years 1. Bob Gustafson; 2. Ben 3, Jeff Montgomery.

Ten Years 1. Mark Jonas; 2. Mike Miller; 3. Andy Fields. Eleven 1.

Jerry Karthauser; 2. Tom 3. Tom Vergith. Twelve Years 1. Scott Davis; 2.

Rush Reynolds; 3. Mark Winter. Thirteen Years 1. Steve Station; 2. Dave Warters; .1.

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