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i Lions DETROIT FREE PRESS Monday, Oct. 21, '68 ID lone A Leac 60nlf NFL Scoreboard Dallas 20 Chicago 29 Los Angeles 27 Minnesota 7 Philadelphia 16 Atlanta ,14 Cleveland 30 San Francisco 26 St. Louis 41 Baltimore 20 New York 10 Washington 14 BY WELLS TWOMBLY -r A couple months from now, when the blood, toil and tears of thfe current professional football season are merely moldy clippings in an official the public may be more merciful toward a head coach who stayed cool and settled for-a is always sharper. ff. But Sunday afternoon, on a crisp and cloudy day at Tiger Stadium, the angry populace stood on chairs and howled because Joe Schmidt of the Lions ordered! his quarterback to stay safely on the ground in the last few seconds and take a 14-14 dead- lock with the Green Bay Packers.

The schedule isn't half over and everyone, this side of the players and the coaching staff, hungers Rafter victory. But Schmidt had had enough thrills for one afternoon." He'd stomped up and down the sidelines watching both clubs fumble the ball, hack and forth in critical situations. When the Packers gave the ball back to Detroit with 27 seconds left, quarterback Bill Munson ran four quick running plays and that was that. "That tie can't hurt us in December," said Schmidt afterwards, "but a loss sure as blazes would." SCHMIDT DIDN'T even have to wait until December to be vindicated. The Dallas Cowboys beat Minnesota, 20-7, later in the day and that left Detroit alone in first place in the Central Division with a 3-2-1 record compared to a 3-3 mark for the Vikings.

On each of the running plays, as either Mel Marr or Bill Triplett hugged the ball to his wishbone and moved cautiously the thunder of discontent grew UXWins Big But Not Ryun BY JOE FALLS Fret Prasi Sport Iditar jMl louder in the estands. When the Lions walked off the field, it hit a deafening crescendo. Schmidt raised his arm in what might be considered in more delicate circles to be an obscene gesture. The same thing once cost baseball player Ted Williams $500 in fines. In another part of the stadium, Green Bay's head coach Phil Bengston seemed ready to agree with the Detroits fans.

He told reporters visiting his clubhouse afterward that he thought the Lions would try and move into field goal range. But they didn't. "THE FANS just have to stick with us," Schmidt said. Actually Sunday's game at Tiger Stadium, witnessed by a. live audience of 57,302, wasn't a very artistic affair.

There were eight fumbles, four Turn to Page 6D, Column 4 I bill UQ ti-f J' -jj pes MEXICO CITY A life's ambitions met only frustration Sunday for. Jim Ryun of Kansas but for. the rest of the U.S. Olympic team it was a day to remember. The U.S.

team recovered from -Ryun's disappointing loss in the run to win eight gold medals-four in track and field arid four more in swimming. Ryun, in what he called the most important race of his great career as he tried to prove he could win a "big" one, was upset by Kipchoge Keino of Kenya. He finished a poor second. Green Bay 0 7 7-14 Defroit 14 8 0-14 DEt McCulloch 60 pass from Munson (Oepoyster kick). XET McCulloch 11 pass from Munson (DePoyster kick).

GB Dale 14 pass from Bratkowski (Mer- cein kick). GB Dowler 3 pass from Slarr (Mercein kick). A 57,302. Free Press Photos by DICK TRiPP Packer quarterback Zeke Bratkowski is shoved by Joe Robb (84) and secured by Tommy Vaughn (48) Didn't Like Settling for Tie Fans Jeer Schmidts Tactics "They had no reason to boo this team or the coach. These guys played their hearts out today.

They struggled all day and fought hard. Ryun had beaten Keino many times before but this time Keino grabbed the lead and raced away to a new Olympic record of 3:34.9. Ryun's usually strong finish was not enough and he finished 15 meters behind in 3:37.8. BUT THAT was just about the only disappointment of the day as the U.S. track and field team grabbed four gold medals, giving them a grand total of 15, one more than they won in Tokyo in 1964.

That, plus the four first place finishes in swimming, gave the U.S. 24 gold medals 19 more than the, nearest competitor, Russia. The track and field victories were: The American 400-meter men's relay, where Jim Hines anchored a winner, The gals 400-meter relay, led by Wyomia Tyus, in decisive fashion. got to stick with us better than that." BY GEORGE CANTOR The Lions wiggled free from the dragon's teeth Sunday only to be chewed up by their own fans. They pelted Joe Schmidt with boos that' were harder than any snowballs as the team trotted off the field with a 14-14 tie against Green Bay.

After forcing a fumble at their own 20-yard line with 37 seconds left in the game, Detroit ran out the clock on four running plays to come away with the deadlock. The fans started booing on the first run and by the end of the game the stadium shook under their derision. So Schmidt stopped and gave a quick upward jerk with his clenched fist and forearm in an unmistakable gesture of contempt. "THAT'S WHAT I hate about fans here," the coach growled In the disappointed over; the tie as the fans were. "It was a great comeback for us and it showed what our guys are made of," said Green Bay coach Phil Bengston, who lived to get out of town without a backbreaking fourth loss, after going 14 points down in first quarter.

"Running the clock out was just the right thing to do," said Lions quarterback Bill Munson. "The coaching staff and the players all agreed on that." "We were just too deep in our own for us to try anything. There wasn't enough time to get into field goal range. "If we'd made a mistake and coughed the ball up, it would have been a cinch field goal for them. "If you ask (me if I'm satisfied with the result, 'Ive got to say hell, no.

Bu: Turn to Page 6D, Column 1 I x-jv! 11 Lions owner William Clay Ford said Schmidt regretted the gesture. "It was a childish thing to do and Joe realizes his mistake," he said later. But Schmidt, asked about it in the clubhouse, just gave a sour smile and' shrugged. It was the first time he had felt the wrath of the fans in his two years as coach here. They threw snowballs at his predecessor, Harry Gilmer, and sang scornful melodies to him.

But Schmidt had stayed in their favor until Sunday. IRONICALLY, neither team was as Dick Fosbury, originator of the "Fosbury flop," who set an Free Press Photo by DICK TRIPP Ooops! Lion Mel Farr drops football for one of four lost fumbles Olympic record with a high jjump of 7 feet, 4, inches. The men's re lay team. The swimming winners were Claudia Kolb of Santa Clara, Canadiens Spee in the women's 200-meter individual medley. Charles Hickcox of Phoenix, in the men's 100-meter Past Wings, 4-2 Individual medley.

Debbie Meyer of Sacramen to, in the women's 400-meter freestyle. Bernie Wrightson of Phoe-nix, in the men's spring board diving. The United States won all ex BY JACK BERRY The Montreal Canadiens looked to Sunday night's game cent two of the 12 medals at Stake in Sunday's swimming! FIRST PERIOD: 1 DETROIT, Unger, I (Howe) 2 Montreal, Cournoyer, 3 (Lemaire, Beliveau) 12:33. Penalties: Anderson- Cournoyer Douglas Baum SECOND PERIOD: 3-Montreal, Beliveau 2 (Cournoyer, Ferquson) 4 DETROIT, Bergman 2 (Delvecchio) 5 Montreal, Laperriere 1 (unassisted) 14:21. Penalties: T.

Harris Mac-Gre9or Cournoyer R. Harris Backstrom T. Harris THIRD PERIOD I. Montreal, Beliveau 3 (Provost, G. Tremblav) 15:54.

Penalties Ferguson Savard Douqlas misconduct, game misconduct Shots on goal Montreal 18-10-1442; Detroit 9-8-11-28. Turn to Page 6D, Column 7 Who's Won Olympic Medals Silver Bronzt Total Gold 13 12 was fluid motion and mercury fast. Jean Beliveau scored twice for Montreal and the Cana-dien captain's first goal was his 500th including regular season and playoff games. Yvan Cournoyer scored a power play goal and Jacques LaPerrier got the other, a screened shot from the left point. Ron Harris then got La Per-riere just before the end of the second period and hit the 6-foot-2, 190-pound Montreal so hard that La-Perriere crumpled to the Ice, had to be helped off and sat on the bench in the third period.

It was one of the few times the Wings nailed a swift Montrealer and LaPerriere was caught because he had his eye on the net and Gordie Howe was coming up on his other side, lifting his stick. That would cause a man to forget his other side. HOWE PLAYED another Turn to Page 60, Column 7 with the Red Wings as their first real test of the season. They passed it. Flying.

The Canadiens beat the Red Wings, 4-2, before 12,183 at Olympia and only exceptional goalkeeping by Roger Crozier kept it close. He was the Crozier of his freshman and sophomore years dazzling. BUT THE Canadiens were the Canadiens of their championship years and the Wings aren't anywhere close to them in personnel. The Canadiens were unbeaten in their first three games, two victories and a tie, but all three were against teams from the National Hockey League's western division, the expansion teams. The Wings found out the Canadiens are for real, just as good as the club that clobbered them by a 6-3-1 won-lost-tied record last season, just as good as that club that won the eastern division title and went on to win the Stanley Cup.

Crozier was like the Dutch boy with his finger in the dike. He did everything he could, in face of a 42-shot barrage including stopping Claude Provost on a questionable penalty shot in the third period, but the Canadiens were just too many and too fast and the Detroit defense too slow and bewildered. US. Russia Hungary Australia Vest Germany East Germany oland lenya taly iomania treat Britain lolland Izechoslovakia enmark apan weden 'inland ran unisia wifzerland 'uqoslavia lew Zealand elqium raiil ithiopia amaica Mexico Taiwan Irsentina 24 3 3 2 3 3 5 2 1 2 2 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 IT ALWAYS seemed to take the Wings an instant to react to a play. Not so the Canadiens.

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