Star-Herald from Scottsbluff, Nebraska • 12

TWELVE SCOTTSBLU (NEBRASKA) DAILY STAR HERALD SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 15 1968 REMEMBER TODAY IS "AMILY DAY" At LUCKY'S! HAMBURGERS 2 for 25c TODAY AND EVERY SUNDAY Open Monday Tuesday and Wednesday 11:00 AM to 11:00 PM Thursday and Sunday Til 11:30 PM riday and Saturday Til 12:00 Midnight Lucky's DRIVE IN 2022 Broadway Scottsbluff Rogers' 51 Yard ield Goal Peps UN by Wyoming 13 10 By ODELL HANSON (Associated Press Writer) LINCOLN Sophomore Paul Rogers kicked a 51 yard field goal with only 21 seconds to play to give hard pressed Nebraska a 13 10 victory over Wyoming before a crowd of 65018 in the 1968 football opener for both teams in Memorial Stadium Sat urday afternoon The game second in history between the schools was the first in 34 years In the 1934 meeting Nebraska was a 50 0 winner under Coach Dana Bible The late Willard (Dutch) Witte had the reins on the Cowboys that season Substitute quarterback Ernie Sigler had rallied Nebraska ear lier in the period to knot the count and put the Buskers in reach of victory after they had trailed most of the sunny after noon Wyoming fashioned a 10 3 lead in the first quarter and make it stand until the final period when Sigler a senior long cast in a backup role got the Buskers moving Sigler started a 71 yard game tying drive with a 23 yard sprint after being trapped while attempting to pass Bis pass to Larry rost cov ered 17 yards and a 17 yard touchdown toss to Jim Mc arland capped the assault Rogers kicked the tying conver sion Sophomore Ed Snyakowski in a sparkling quarterback debut for Wyoming stunned Nebraska with a 54 yard touchdown pass to Gene Buey in the first quar ter after sophomore Bob Jacobs had given Wyoming its first points on a 35 yard field goal Nebraska countered i a 26 yard field goal by Rogers be fore the first quarter ended and the 10 3 Wyoming lead held fast through the ensuing two pe riods or Bob Devaney whose Ne braska club was ranked 14th in Sigler Emerges as Top QB or Huskers After Sub Role LINCOLN (AP) Ernie Sigler quarterback from Dallas who had appeared destined to close out his senior year as one of those perennial understudies was the toast of his Nebraska teammates and coaches Satur day after a 13 10 football win over Wyoming never been a more dedicated athlete than Ernie Sigler and one of the nicest guys ever said Jim Mcarland a hero in his own right for catching a Sigler touchdown pass he came in there today he just lifted Said Busker Coach Bob De vaney of Sigler: taken as tough a beating as anyone ever seen this was the first real chance ever given Sigler taking over for rank Patrick rallied a sputtering of fense for a fourth quarter touch down after the Huskers had trailed 10 3 since the first quar ter Sophomore Paul Rogers kicked the game tieing conversion af ter an earlier 26 yard field goal and then buried hopes with a 51 yard downwind field goal 21 seconds of game time remaining even notice where the ball was said Rogers afterwards I knew if I hit it right and got enough power behind it it would be Devaney said hate to have to win every week on a 51 yard field The coach indicated that for the moment at least Sigler has earned the top quarterback spot has got to show us now that better than Devaney said Wyoming Coach Lloyd Eaton summed up the contest like this: came to play But I guess we just get our game together The Huskers are plenty penalties killed any chances we had of gaining a he said Wyoming amassed 112 yards in penalties to only 35 for Ne braska pre season polling it was a seventh straight opening game win as a Busker coach Conversely it was Wyoming Coach Lloyd first set back in seven opening games Wyoming was unranked among the top 20 this fall de spite a 10 1 season and a sixth ranking nationally last year But the rebuilding Cowboys de fensively rugged made it a long afternoon for Nebraska Synakowski accounted for 75 passing yards and Dave Hamp ton with 73 yards and Joe Wil liams with 51 led Wyoming rush ers or Nebraska starting quar terback rank Patrick complet ed 3 of 13 passes while Sigler connected on 3 of 6 ullback Dick Davis rushed for 93 yards On the second Husker play from scrimmage Wyoming defenders forced a Davis fum ble and Nebraska could get nothing in high gear until the latter stages Nebraska gained only 69 yards during the first half 36 of them by rush ing while Wyoming was gaining 129 Sigler and a second string of fensive unit saw a third quarter drive bog down on 12 But the Huskers remained in general control to follow with the fourth winning counters Wyoming It 0 0 18 Nebraska 3 0 0 Jacobs 35 Huey 54 pass from Synakowski (Jacobs kick) Rogers 26 Mcarland 17 pass from Sigler (Rogers kick) Rogers 51 THE YARDSTICK Wyoming Nebraska Washburn in 26 20 Upset Of Kearney irst downs 12 15 Rushing yardage 144 122 Passing yardage 114 84 Return yardage 44 115 Passes 6 20 2 6 19 0 Punts 9 43 9 33 umbles lost 1 1 Yards penalized 112 35 Utah Aggies Use Big Play To Beat New Mexico State LOGAN Utah (AP) The Utah State Aggies used the big Taylor again skirted right end for 10 yards New Mexico State scored in the second quarter when Ron James ran 51 yards Bill Byrd plunged for two yards and a touchdown in the third quarter play Saturday to beat New Mex ico State 28 12 in a nonconfer ence football game USU opened the scoring in the first quarter when quarterback John Pappas hit split end Mike in the end zone from six yards out Pappas passes to and Ken DeMartini of 31 and 34 yards keyed the drive Later in the same quarter Utah State scatback Altie Tay lor took a punt on his won 38 yard line and raced to the New Mexico 15 On the next play Pappas again hit for the touchdown In the second quarter Taylor followed another New Mexico punt with a run around right end for a 58 yard touchdown Utah State scored midway through the third quarter as Simpson Swamps Plainsmen 54 20 INDIANOLA Iowa (AP) Simpson romped over Nebraska Wesleyan 54 20 here Saturday night despite an injury which put sophomore quarterback Joe Blake out in the second quar ter US Olympic Swimmers Break World Record AIR ORCE ACADEMY Colo Members of the US Olympic swimming team surpassed one world record and two American records during a Saturday night exhibition here where they are training to get accustomed to competing at high altitudes Zach Zorn Don Schollander Doug Russell and Mike Stitz were clocked in 1:355 to top the world mark of 1:371 in the 200 meter freestyle relay In the 200 meter med ley Charles Hickcox Don Mc Kenzie Russell and Zorn posted 1:465 mark to exceed the pend ing American mark of 1:487 Kay Hall Catie Ball Ellie Daniel and Sue Pederson zipped through the 400 meter medley relay in 4:281 to sur pass the American mark of 4:300 Team officials said the marks would be forwarded to the US Swimming ederation for certi fication A crowd of 2000 watched the exhibition The team is training here until Sept 20 Lyman St Pat's Play 20 20 Tie SIDNEY Lyman and Sid ney St battled to a 20 20 tie in a non conference high school football game here Satur day night ourteen points in the last quarter enabled Lyman to tie With slightly more than a min ute to play Mike Davis ran 4 yards for a touchdown and Den nis Schmitz added the point after to forge the tie Rod Krebs galloped 6 yards for a touchdown and Schmitz converted with 5:33 left to bring Lyman into contention Lyman took a 6 0 first quarter lead on Mike 16 yard touchdown sprint Lyman fashioned a 14 6 lead in the third quarter on a 60 yard touchdown jaunt by Mark Bonkiewicz and a 30 yard pass from Mark Bonkiewicz to his cousin Bill Bonkiewicz and points after by Mark Bonkie wicz Mike 9 yard scor ing run made it 20 6 for St in the fourth Then came the Lyman rally Lyman 6 0 0 14 20 St 0 0 14 6 20 Chadron State Wins Over Southern 21 20 SPRINGIELD SD (AP) Chadron State nipped Southern State of South Dakota 21 20 in a non conference game Saturday night Each team scored three touch downs but Chadron made the conversion on the final score and Southern's kick failed Southern scored first in the opening quarter but at half time Chadron led 14 7 Southern scored again in the third quar ter and drove 60 yards after a fumble recovery for their final score But extra point on a fourth quarter touchdown made the differnece William Jewel Wins LIBERTY Mo (AP) Tom Dunn gained 115 yards and scored three touchdowns for Wil liam Jewell Saturday night in a 41 13 football victory over Has tings Nebraska TOPEKA Kan (AP) Wash bum University won its first football game in 11 starts as it upset the NAIA sixth ranked Kearney State Antelopes Satur day night by a 26 20 margin It was a fired up Washbum team playing its first game since the college temporarily can celed football last spring The schedule was again picked up after students petitioned for a reconsideration and raised $20000 to pay for the coaching staff salaries and other costs But Washbum had to come from behind in the fourth quar ter after matching scoring in the third quarter and still trailing by six The fourth quarter tally came from a two yard Steve Alston plunge through the middle of the Kearney State line Kearney 0 13 7 0 20 Washbum 6 6 7 King 19 run (kick fail ed) Stice 5 pass from er rill (kick failed) Kear Wells 61 pass from Osentowski (kick failed) Wells 25 pass from Osentowski (Troudt kick) Buller 1 run (Troudt kick) King 13 pass from er rill (Butler kick) Alston 2 run (Butler kick) Led by Hatchett Bison Hatchet UN At Omaha 49 to 7 ARGO ND (AP) North Dakota State mas sive ground attack led by Paul Hatchett carried the Bison to a 49 7 victory over the In dians of the University of Ne braska at Omaha Saturday night in the season opener for both teams Hatchett piled up 135 yards on 24 carries and counted three as the Bison ground out 312 yards to 117 for Omaha The only score came in the first quarter when Rocco Gonnella took a pass from Tom McKernan on a 68 yard scamp er to the pay line Omaha was unable to move the ball in the second half as three fumbles lost and two pass interceptions cut off Indians at tacks North Dakota State 7 7 14 7 0 6 Hagen 1 run (Blazei kick) McKernan 68 pass from Gonnella (Puliam kick) Mjos 1 run (Blazei kick) Hatchett 3 run (Blazei kick) Roller 2 run (Blazei kick) Hatchett 1 run (Blazei kick) Hatchett 5 run (Blazei kick) Proboski 1 run (Blazei kick) wk 1 A1 jut wiHwKSSlflKidmKrKn ill rBSW ft Three Wyoming tacklers conxerge to throw Nebraska Quarterback rank Patrick (10) for a loss during game in Lincoln Patrick was caught before he could get away an intended pass Nebraska rallied for 10 points in the fourth quarter to win 13 10 (AP Photofax) Vols Huskers I Salvage Close Wins in Debuts By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Ninth ranked Tennessee need ed a last play touchdown and a two point conversion after the gun to salvage a 17 17 tie with Georgia and No 14 Nebraska required a last minute 51 yard field goal to fend off Wyoming 13 10 as the college football sea son opened on a limited scale Saturday Bubba Wyche only a third string quarterback a year ago hit end Gary Kreis with a 20 yard scoring strike at the final gun then fired the two pointer to Kenny Delong to spoil upset bid in the Southeastern Conference match deadly passing had guided the Vols 48 yards in 76 seconds to set up the deadlock Only 21 seconds remained when sophomore Paul Rogers connected on the 51 yard field goal that gave the Huskers vic tory over Wyoming only major team to be unbeaten during the 1967 regular season Reserve quarterback Ernie Sigler had rallied Nebraska to a Kinsey Passes for 347 Yards As Scotts Clip Aggies 33 27 LAWTON Okla Quarter back Ken Kinsey connected on 13 27 passes for 347 yards and 2 touchdowns to pace Hiram Scott College to a 33 27 victory over Cameron State in a wide open football game here Satur day night The game was the opener for both schools Cameron making its debut in 4 year college football com petition held a 21 20 halftime lead in the scoring derby in which the lead switched hands 4 times and the score was knotted on 4 other occasions The tempo of the game was established early and maintain ed most of the way Hiram Scott after taking the ball away from Cameron scored on its first offensive play a 73 yard pass from Kinsey to End Walt Krause Lee Latson converted The Aggies retaliated on the ensuing kickoff Clarence John son gathering in the ball and streaking 88 yards to paydirt Jerry Young successful placekick made the score 7 all Cameron fashioned a 13 7 lead on a 79 yard pass play James Colbert to Ed Marshall and conversion boosted the tally to 14 7 Then it was Hiram turn at the scoring faucet The Nebraskans crowded 14 13 on Bill 4 yard touchdown run and tied the score 14 14 on placekick for extra point That concluded the first quarter The Scotts built a 20 14 lead on the first of 2 touchdowns by Rich Jackson 190 pound junior fullback Jackson went 2 yards for the marker The armers came right back to tie 20 20 on a 60 yard pass play Rudy Valdez to Marshall and then slipped into a 21 20 halftime advantage on placement for extra point Hiram Scott fashioned a 27 21 lead in the third quarter when Jon Davis took a pass from Kin sey on a play covering 28 yards In the fourth quarter Cameron tied things up 27 27 on Milton 7 yard touchdown ramble A bad snap from center ruined the extra point attempt Jackson then went one yard for the winning touchdown Rigney who rushed 45 yards on 10 carries topped Hiram rushing game The Scotts managed 105 yards on the ground Tailback Jim Calip carried 23 times for a net of 149 yards to pace ground at tack which netted 238 yards Krause who caught 5 of Kin passes for 183 yards and one touchdown paced the brilliant air game Davis haul ed in 4 tosses for 81 yards Kinsey received excellent pro tection from his line and his re ceivers showed a knack in evad DANCE Kaufman's Tavern Thursday thru Sunday SPECIAL SUNDAY Sept 15 7 PM CINDY QUINT and ORCHESTRA rom Denver Colo ing the Aggie pass defense Marshall accounted for 155 yards with 3 pass receptions and scored twice Defensive standouts for the Scotts included the MacDonald twins Bill and Bob Dennis Ge werth Joe Lentz Davis and Carmen Deelice Hiram Scott 14 7 6 33 Cameron State 14 7 0 Hiram Scott touchdowns Walt Krause (73 yard pass from Ken Kinsey) Bill Rigney (4 yard run) Rich Jackson 2 (2 yard run 1 yard run) Jon Davis (28 yard pass from Kinsey) Lee 'Latson 3 (placekicks) Cameron State touchdowns Clarence Johnson (88 yord kkkoff return) Ed Marshall 2 (79 yard pass from James Colbert 60 yard pass from Rudy Valdez) Milton Kinq (7 yard run) PAT Jerry Young 3 (placekicks) THE YARDSTICK HSC CS irst downs 16 21 Net yards rushing 105 238 Net yards passing 347 174 Total net yardage 45? Posses attempted 27 11 Passes completed 13 4 Punts 6 4 Avg punts 378 390 umbles lost 0 4 Yards lost penalties 137 61Vi Colorado State Wins 21 13 Over Lobos in WAC Game ALBUQUERQUE NM (AP) powerful running attack steered Colorado State Univer sity to a 21 13 Western Athletic Conference football victory Saturday night over New Mex ico But New Mexico made things interesting with a touch down on the sideline sleeper play With CSU ahead 21 7 in the third period New Mexico end Rene Matison who is playing his first year of organized foot ball appeared to be racing off the field when at the snap of the ball headed downfield and took Terry pass all alone about the 25 yard line and went in for the touchdown But rushing attack led by tailback Charlie Piggee and wingback Larry Jackson had piled up the necessary points Jackson raced 75 yards for a touchdown in the first period and Piggee scored on a plunge of one yard and a run of 20 yards in the second and third periods It was Colorado State's first game as a WAC team and the first for New new head coach Rudy eldman New Mexico which was los ing its 10th straight game dat ing back to last year's season opener cut Colorado lead to 14 7 at halftime as David Bookert plunged three yards Colorado offense was hampered several times by penalties as the Rams assessed more than 120 yards in violations Hungarian Eclipses World Record for Hammer Throw BUDAPEST Hungary (AP) Gyula Zsivotzky of Hungary bet tered the world record for the Orange County Hits Mustangs 45 to 3 OMAHA (AP) Orange Coun ty of California spotted the Omaha Mustangs a field goal in the first quarter then came roaring back for a 45 3 Conti nental ootball Leagce victory before 8356 fans Saturday night ullback Bob Jackson led the Rambler attack scoring on runs of 11 10 and one yards The Ramblers remain undefeated in league play hammer throw Saturday with a toss of 242 feet He holds the listed mark of 241 11 Zsivotsky got his record throw on his first appearance in the ring He also had throws of 234 5 237 and 239 11 He Is regarded as best bet for a Gold Medal at the Olympic Games in Mexico City Oct 12 27 In the United States Olympic Trials at South Lake Tahoe Calif on riday Ed Burke of Costa Mesa Calif was the winner with 226 3 OR ENJOYMENT IN EATING OPT HELDOVETr ONE MORE WEEK Tuesday Through Saturday Sept 17th Through Sept 21st You have demanded her reappearance and we have acceded to the De mand Rusty Nales will be per forming nightly through Sept 21st New exotic Costumes Come enoy this talented new perform er this week At the Stable Club 1 "Terrytown" Open At 4:30 pm Open to the Public OB mH ootball Scores Cen 0 12 18 0 12 Valley Simon 20 20 SOUTH North Carolina State 10 Wake orest 6 Morehead Ky 1 Marshall 7 (tie) Georgia 17 Tennessee 17 (tie) Elizabeth City NC 48 rostburg Md AREA HIGH SCHOOLS Sidney St Patrick's 20 Lyman 20 NEBRASKA HIGH SCHOOLS Columbus Scotus 18 West Point tral Catholic 9 remont 26 Lincoln Northeast ll Chester 12 Adams a Omaha Cathedral 27 Omaha Holy Name 7 LUIIs High of Kansas City 13 Lincoln East 7 Omaha Central 31 Omaha South 13 WYOMING HIGH SCHOOLS Cokeville 65 Mountain View 6 Laramie XL Aurora Central 19 NEBRASKA COLLEGES Nebraska 13 Wyoming 10 Hiram Scot! 33 Cameron State 27 Culver Stockton 29 Concordia 20 Tarkio Mo 25 Peru State 7 Ellsworth Io SO Norfolk 0 Washburn 26 Kearney Slate 20 North Dakota State 49 UN at Omaha 7 0 West Virginia State 13 West Virginia Tech 6 Millsaps 22 Henderson State 14 East Carolina 37 Parsons 7 Presbyterian 10 Quantico Marines 0 Newport News Apprentice 20 Chowon 9 Carson Newman 34 Catawba 14 Hampden Sydney 16 Maryville 7 Houston 54 Tulane 7 College of Austin 42 Angelo State 7 Abilene Christian 17 Northwestern State 16 Albion 24 Carthage 7 St Cloud 7 St John's 0 Hamline 36 Bethel 7 Minnesota Duluth 36 Moorhead 26 Weber State 27 South Dakota State Concordia 28 Augustano SD 7 Winona 34 Upper lowa Dayton 24 Kent State 10 Toledo 31 Richmond 14 Ashland Ohio 34 Adrion 15 Westmar 34 Buena Vista 16 Central Methodist 0 Missouri a Emporia Kan State 37 St Mary of the Plains 20 Northwestern Iowa 32 General Beadle SDr 0 William Penn lowa 41 Groceland 27 PAR WEST Colorado College 7 Black Hills State 0 Utah State 28 New Mexico State Idaho State 52 Portland State 30 Colorado State 21 New Mexico 13 New Mexico Highlands 34 raser Canada 9 PROESSIONAL American League Houston 24 Miami 10 Continental ootball League Orange County California 45 Omaha Mustangs 3 Wayne 16 Midland 0 Chadron State 2b Southern 8D Simpson 54 Nebraska Wesleyan William Jewell 41 Hostings 13 Doane 34 Dana 20 EAST Indiana Po 17 Delaware State Clarion 21 Mansfield Pa 13 Wesminster Pa 34 Slippery Rock airmont 41 Waynesburg 14 Gettysburg 10 Hofstra 10 Maryland State 28 Lock Haven Po 6 East Stroudsubrg Pa 49 Edinboro Pa 15 Mississippi College 21 urman 12 MIDWEST Northern Illinois 40 Bal! Slate 20 Youngstown Ohio 18 Gustovus Adol phus 14 Milliken 28 Elmhurst 6 Luther 13 Augustona 6 Eastern Michigan 46 Morningside Akron 32 Buller 7 Oshkosh 22 LaCrosse 7 Whitewater 27 Stevens Point 7 Carroll 24 Milton 20 lowa State 28 Buffalo 10 Drake 30 Northern Arizona 14 Western Michigan 20 Arizona State St Joseph's Ind 35 North Park III 21 10 10 earlier in the period with a 17 yard touchdown pass to Jim Mcarland after Wyoming grabbed a 10 3 lead in the first quarter Tennessee and Nebraska were the only teams ranked by The Associated Press in action Sat urday Gerald Warren's only field goal success in six tries and a swift 1 a a ter march capped by Jack one yard run carried North Caro lina State to a 10 6 Atlantic Coast Conference victory over Wake orest Quarterback John running and passing guided Iowa State to a 28 10 conquest of Buffalo It made a successful Iowa State coaching debut for Johnny Majors former Tennes see All American In other games Tom Maj two touchdowns led Wes tern Michigan to 20 0 shutout oer Arkansas State Marshall tied with Morehead 7 7 and Utah State turned back New Mexico State 28 12 It's Big Day for Stanley Dancer PHILADELPHIA (AP) Stanley Dancer completed one of the big days in his 23 years on the harness race tracks Sat urday night as he drove the 3 year old trotting sensation Ne vele Pride to an easy seven length victory in the $100000 Co lonial at Liberty Bell Park Dancer 41 of New Egypt NJ won Saturday afternoon with Cardigan Bay tn make the 12 year old pacer harness rac ing's first million dollar career winner He then motored to Liberty Bell to pick up the $50000 first money with Nevele Pride in the first running of the rich Colo nial Nevele Pride raced the mile in 1:59 a world record for a five eighth mile track The for mer record 1:59 1 5 was held jointly by SuMac Lad and Ne vele Pride A brown colt by Star's Pride Thankfu Nevele Pride was an odds out favorite in that no bet ting was allowed on the Danc er trained horse to avoid an al most certain minus pool and hughe financial loss for the track The second horse across the finish line Eric was the mu tuel winner for the estimated 17000 fans and returned $10 $460 and $340.