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‘Dogs’ Favored By 10;
Tech 7 Point Underdog
NEW YORK (UPD—Notre
Dame has been made a six
point favorite over Purdue In
college football’s game of the
week and the Green Bay
Packers have been established
as an eight-point choice over the
Detroit Lions In one of the key
■ games of the early pro season.
Notre Dame, which scored a
surprisingly easy victory over
Oaklahoma last Saturday and is
ranked No. 1 in the country, will
. face the nation’s second-ranked
team in Purdue. Purdue romped
over Virginia 44-6 last Saturday.
Southern California, the No. 3
college team, is a 17-polnt
choice over Northwestern and
fourth-ranked Penn State is a
23-point favorite over Kansas
State. No odds have been quoted
on the game between fifth
ranked UCLA and Washington!
State.
In other games involving the ;
• top 10, Kansas is six over
Indiana, Minnesota is two over ;
eighth-ranked Nebraska, Louisi-1
ana State is six over Rice and
Miami of Florida is seven over
Georgia Tech. The game
between seventh-ranked Ala
bama and Southern Mississippi
was not put on the betting
board.
Other college odds included
Army 10 oVer Vanderbilt, i
Syracuse 13 over Maryland,
Ohio State 12 over Southern
Methodist, Michigan State 10
over Baylor, Navy seven over
Boston College, Michigan two
, over Duke, Oklahoma seven
over North Carolina State,
Wyoming seven over Air Force,
Stanford seven over Oregon,
Texas eight over Texas Tech,
Texas A&M 14 over Tulane and
Mississippi 10 over Kentucky.
Also, Georgia 10 over Clem
son, Auburn 13 over Mississippi
' State, Harvard two over Holy
Cross, California four over
Colorado, Texas Christian four
over lowa, Washington seven
> over Wisconsin, Missouri five
over Illinois, Cornell seven over
Colgate, West Virginia five over
Pittsburgh, Virginia 13 over
, VMI, Virginia Tech six over
William and Mary and South
Carolina six over North Caroli
na.
The Packers, who lost to the
Minnesota Vikings 26-13 last
Sunday, are picked to bounce
back with a victory over the
Lions. Hie Lions have given the
Packers trouble In the past,
however, and last week slaugh
tered the Chicago Bears 42-0.
Another loss could mean that
< the Packers’ era of National
Football League domination Is
nearing an end.
In other NFL games, Balti
more is 14 over Pittsburgh,
Dallas 14 over Philadelphia, Los
Angeles seven over Cleveland,
New York four over Washing
ton, Minnesota seven over
Chicago, St. Louis four over
New Orleans and San Francisco
14 over Atlanta.
the AFL, Kansas City is 17
j over Miami, New York 17 over
Buffalo, San Diego 10 over
Cincinnati, Boston three over
Denver and Oakland eight over
Houston.
Miss Gabrielsen
Holds Qualifying
Lead In Tourney
ATLANTA (UPD— Defending
champion Bobbie Jo Gabriel
sen held the qualifying lead to
day in the Georgia women’s 54-
hole stroke play championship.
The University of Georgia se
nior shot a one . over • par
76 Tuesday on the East Lake
golf course.
Cecil MacLaurin of Savannah,
who won the crown in 1956, was
one stroke behind the coed, fir
ing a 35 on the back nine after
a 42 at the turn.
Another former champion, Dot
Bradford of Atlanta, had a 79
for third place in the competi
tion for medalist honors.
They were the only players
to break 80 Tuesday.
The 1962 champion, Sally Mol
loy of Columbus, had an even
80, followed by Billy Wickliffe
of Athens, with 82, and 14-year
old Hollis Stacy of Savannah,
with 83.
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Chiefs May Set Precedent
Win A Title,
Throw In Towel
By DAVID M, MOFFIT
UPI Sports Writer
ATLANTA (UPD—lronically,
the few but fervent fans of the
Atlanta Chiefs are desperately
trying to keep the soccer team
from folding at the very mo
ment the Chiefs are on the
threshold of the South’s first
professional sports champion
ship.
The Chiefs meet the San Di
ego Toros here Saturday for the
North American Soccer League
crown—and therein lies the rub.
It might well be their last
game.
You can be sure that scalpers
would be getting premium pric
es for that championship game
if it were football or baseball.
But the Chiefs and the Toros
will be doing very well indeed
if they draw 10,000 paying cus
tomers into 58,850-seat Atlanta
Stadium.
The Chiefs and the Cleveland
Stokers drew barely 6,000 to
their Eastern Conference show
down two weeks ago and the
Chiefs and Toros had only 9,000
last week in San Diego for the
first of their two-match national
finals.
There’s talk the Chiefs might
stick together to play exhibi
tions with some of the better
known foreign teams after quit
ting the NASL.
That's because they averaged
about 25,000 in three such exhi
bitions during the summer—two
with Manchester City of Eng
land and the other with Santos
of Brazil. For their NASL
i matches, the Chiefs, one of the
; top teams in the league in at
tendance, averaged barely 5,500.
Raiders Own Top
Rusher, Passer
NEW YORK (UPD—The AFL
champion Oakland Raiders just
keep rolling along behind their
potent offense. After the third
week of action the Raiders turn
up with the league’s leading
rusher in Hewrltt Dixon, and
the top passer in Daryl
Lamonica.
Dixon has gained 194 yards In
33 attempts for 5.9 yars per
carry’. Dick Post of San Diego
follows with 147 yards in 21
attempts.
Lamonica’s five TD passes
lead the league and he has
suffered no interceptions in 54
tosses. The New York Jets’ Joe
Namath ranks second, throwing
for 498 yards and four TDs.
Jan Stenerud, Kansas City’s
Cale NASCAR’s
Top $ Winner
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.
tUPD—Happy - go - lucky Cale
Yarborough of Charlotte, N. C.,
has pocketed more victory
money this year than any other
stock car driver in history.
The National Association for
Stock Car Auto Racing said
Yarborough's single - season
earnings total 1130,706 after his
second-place finish in the Old
Diminion 500 race at Martins
ville, Va., Sunday.
His earnings eclipsed the old
record of $130,275, set last year
by Richard Petty of Randleman,
N.C.
Yarborough has won an un
precedented four major speed
way races this season. His vic
tories include the Daytona 500,
the Atlanta 500, the Daytona
Firecracker 400 and the South
ern 500 at Darlington, S. C.
The top 10 money winners on
the NASCAR circuit to date:
1. Cale Yarborough, $130,6067
2. David Pearson, $103,7676.
3. Lee Roy Yarbrough, $78,-
879.
4. Richard Petty, $636,202.
5. Buddy Baker, $52,235.
6. Bobby Allison, $52,146.
7. Bobby Isaac, $40,975.
8. James Hylton, $24,6560.
9. Charles Glotzbach, $21,735,
10. Clyde Lynn, $17,845.
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the Chiefs and of the parent At-
! lanta Braves—who also haven’t
done as well as they had hoped
1 at the box office this year—once
said the team would have to av
erage 15,000 paid to break even.
The NASL was doomed to
failure from the start.
Born out of a merger between
I two leagues which tried to cash
in on the apparent Interest
shown in the televised 1966
i World Cup, the NASL brought
in second-line players from oth
er countries—players the fans
I had never heard of and there
; fore cared little about.
Almost as bad, the NASL per
i mitted its teams to play defen
sive soccer, dull at best, in
i stead of forcing them to play
I the sort of high-scoring, free
. swinging contest that might
i have made the turnstiles click.
The league started its col
, lapse even before the cham-
> pionship game. The Detroit
■ Cougars called it quits Tues-
> day and, considering the finan-
I cial losses being claimed at
■ | other points, others will soon
II follow.
| The fact, plain and simple, is
■ I that professional soccer is a
. i long way from catching on in
• I this country.
. [ Perhaps, if the NASL owners
i had been willing to keep on
I taking a financial beating for
■ I many years, the league might
> have developed a following and
• eventually paid its own way.
i The Chiefs could set a prece
j dent of sorts Saturday. It isn’t
> often than a team wins a cham
pionship and then throws in the
. towel.
soccer-style kicker, leads all
scorers with 37 points. Stene
rud’s markers have come on
seven PATs and 10 field goals.
New York’s place kicker, Jim
Turner, follows with 25 points
on six ' field goals and seven
conversions.
Buffalo's rookie flanker Hav
en Moses tops the league in
pass receptions with 13 for 156
yards. San Diego’s premier
receiver, Lance Alworth, is
second with 12 catches for 241
yards.
Dennis Partee of San Diego
leads the league’s punters with
a 56 yard average. He Is
followed by New York’s Curley
Johnson with a 48.2 yard
average.
George Atkinson, a rookie
with the Raiders, leads In punt
returns with a 32 yard return
average. Bob Neff of Miami
leads in kickoff returns with a
60.5.
Ken Houston of Houston leads
in interceptions with two
returned for a total of 82 yards.
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Hall Is SEC
Defensive
Player Os Week
ATLANTA (UPD — Alabama
linebacker Mike Hall, a 220-
pound senior from Tarrant, Ala.
who looks like a Mr. Universe
contender, Tuesday was named
Southeastern Conference defense
player of the w’eek by United
Press International.
The muscular Hall was cited
for his performance in Ala
bama’s 14-7 victory over Vir
ginia Tech in which he inter
cepted a pass, recovered a fum
ble and made numerous jarring
tackles—one of which put VPI
quarterback Al Kincaid out of
the game.
Sophomore Archie Manning of
Mississippi was named SEC of
fense player of the week by
UPI after throwing two touch
down passes and running for a
touchdown during his varsity
debut in the Rebels’ 21-7 win
over Memphis State.
Chest Pains Send
Gil Hodges To
Crawford Long
ATLANTA (UPD—GiI Hodg.
es, manager of the New York
Mets, was admitted to Crawford
L. Long Hospital late Tuesday
night when he complained of
Chest pains.
A hospital spokesman said
Hodges’ ailment had not been
diagnosed as a heart attack in
! preliminary examinations.
He said Hodges’ condition was
“fair.”
Hodges apparently suffered
the chest pains shortly after the
Mets lost to the Atlanta Braves,
7-4, in Atlanta Stadium.
He was admitted to the
hospital around midnight.
The 44-year-old Hodges, a
native of Princeton, Ind., is in
his first year as manager of the
Mets and has piloted them to
the most victories in the history
of the expansion team.
Hodges assumed the field
leadership of the Mets last year
after four years as manager of
the Washington Senators.
Small College
Ratings
NEW YORK (UPD — The
United Press International top
20 small college football teams
with first place votes and won
lost-tled records in parentheses.
(First week)
... Team Points
1. San Diego St. (26) (2-0)307
2. No. Dak. St. (2) (2-0) 276
3. Northern Michigan (3-0) 168
4. Eastern Ky. (2) (1-0) 140
5. Texas A&I (1-0) 111
6. West Chester St. (1-0) 106
7. Texas at Arlngtn (1-1) 100
8. E. Wash. St. (1-0) 78
9. Montana St. (2-0) 72
10. S.W. Tex. St (1-0) 55
Second 10—11, Fairmont State
(32); 12, New Mexico Highlands
(30); 13, San Francisco Statp
(29); 14, Adams State (28);
Massachusetts (21); 16, tie
Chattanooga (1) and Eastern
i Michigan (20); 18, Louisiana
iTech (1) (18); 19, White water
State (17); Alcorn A&M (15).
Valdosta Strengthens
Hold On First Place
ATLANTA (UPD — The Val
dosta Wildcats widened their
lead today as the No. 1 prep
football team in Georgia in vot
ing by the United Press Inter
national board of coaches.
The Wildcats, who crushed
Jesup 35-0 last week for their
thrid consecutive victory of the
season, received a .863 rating
under a system that requires a
first-place vote from all the
participating coaches to score
1.000.
Lakeside of suburban Atlanta,
third last week with a .614
rating, leaped into the No. 2
spot this week despite falling
to .538 with Dalton jumping
from fourth to No. 3 at .475
and R. E. Lee falling from sec
ond to fourth at .438, despite
beating Walker 17-7.
Lakeside was idle this past
week while Dalton beat Spray
berry 20-0.
Rounding out the top 10 Geor
gia high school football teams
regardless of classification in
this second weekly ratings are
Lanier of Macon sth; Tucker
6th; Sandy Springs 7th; Athens
Bth and Waycross and North
side of Atlanta tied for 9th.
Other teams which received 5
or more points (10 for first, 9
for second etc.) were Moultrie,
Tompkins, Americus, Forest
Park, Decatur, Chamblee and
Marist in the widely scattered
voting.
| Sports Briefs I
NON TITLE BOUT
AKRON (UPD—Nino Bcnven
uti, world middleweight cham
pion, will meet Doyle Baird of
Akron in a 10-round non-tltle
fight here Oct. 14.
Benvenuti has signed for a
$20,000 guarantee and all
expenses.
★
GOWDY NAMED
NEW YORK (UPD—Curt
Gowdy has been named to
handle NBC's World Series
telecast between the St. Louis
Cardinals and Detroit Tigers.
Tony Kubek will handle on
the-field developments while
veteran announcer Harry Caray
will assist with the games
played in St. Louis and George
Kell will help Detroit.
STROMBERG INJURED
NEW YORK (UPD—Line
backer Mike Stromberg was
placed on the inactive list by
the New York Jets Tuesday.
Stromberg suffered torn li
gaments in the Jets' 47-31
victory over Boston last Sunday.
Cheerleader
Dies in Wreck
BUCHANAN, Ga. (UPD — A
17 - year -old Tallapoosa cheer
leader died late Tuesday night
when her car overturned on a
country road near Buchanan.
Officers said June Roberts
was returning home from a
Haralson high School football
scrimmage when the vehicle
went out of control and crashed.
National League
W. L. Pct. GB
x-St. Louis 94 64 .595 ...
San Francisco 86 72 .544 8
Cincinnati 81 77 .513 13
Chicago 80 78 .506 14
Pittsburgh 80 78 .506 14
Atlanta 80 78 .506 14
Los Angeles 74 84 .468 20
Philadelphia 74 84 .468 20
New York 71 87 .449 23
Houston 70 88 .443 24
x-Clinched pennant
Tuesday’s Results
Chicago 3 Los Angeles 2
Pittsburgh 2 Clncl 0, night
Atlanta 7 New York 4, night
San Fran 5 Houston 4, night
Phila 2 St. Louis 1, night
Today’s Probable Pitchers
(All Times EDT)
Cincinnati (Maloney 14-10) at
Pittsburgh (Ellis 6-4), 8:05 p.m.
San Francisco (Marichal 26-8)
at Houston (Giusti 10-14), 8:30
p.m.
New York (Seaver 15-11) at
Atlanta (Pappas 12-12), 8:05
p.m.
Philadelphia (Short 18-12) at
St. Louis (Briles 18-11), 9 p.m.
Los Angeles (Singer 13-15) at
Chicago (Hands 15-10), 2:30
p.m.
Thursday’s Games
(No games scheduled)
American League
i W. L. Pct. QB
x-Detroit 102 56 .646 ...
Baltimore 90 69 .566
Boston 84 74 .532 18'
Cleveland 84 74 .532 18
New York 81 77 .513 21
Oakland 79 79 .500 23
Minnesota 77 81 ,bB7 25
California 66 92 .418 36
Chicago 65 93 .411 37
Washington 62 95 .395
x-Olinched pennant
Tuesday's Results
New York 5 Cleveland 1, Ist
Cleveland 5 New York 2, 2nd
Detroit 5 Baltimore 3, night
Washlngtn 10 Boston 2, night
Chicago 5 Oakland 1 12 inns.
Minnesota 5 Calif 3, 10 innings
Today’s Probable Pitchers
(All Times EDT)
Chicago (Nyman 2-1) at
Oakland (Hunter 13-13), 11 p.m.
Minnesota (Stephen 0-1) at
California (McGlothlin 10-14 or
Messersmith 4-1), 11 p.m.
Boston (Culp 15-5) at Wash
ington (Hannan 10-5), 8:05 p.m.
Detroit (Hiller 9-5) at Balti
more (Phoebus 15-14), 8 p.m.
Cleveland (Tiant 20-9) at New
York (Bahnsen 16-11), 2 p.m.
Thursd a y’s Games
Cleveland at Baltimore, night
(Only games scheduled)
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With Sizzling Bat
By DAVID M. MOFFIT
UPI Sports Writer
ATLANTA (UPD — . You
wouldn’t know it from his pres
ent batting average, but Atlan
ta outfielder Hank Aaron has
been one of the hottest hitters
in the majors since the All-Star
break back in early July.
When Aaron went 2 -for - 4
in the Braves 7-4 victory over
the New York Mets Tuesday
night he raised his average to
just .290—26 points under his
previous 14-year mean.
But, get this, on July 6 Aar
on’s average dipped all the way
down to .231 and he had to hit
a sizzling .352 since to put it
where it is.
With only four games left to
play, Aaron has little chance of
hitting .300. But he needs only
four more at - bats to set a
National League record of 10
seasons with 600 or more at
bats; and needs only two more
singles or a double to tie Willie
Mays, Lou Gehrig and Stan Mu
sial for the major league rec
ord of 13 seasons with 300 or
more total bases.
Wants 31 Homers
Although he doesn’t like to
talk about it, Aaron would like
to wind up with 31 home runs
this season.
Not only would that give Hank
a tie with Mays for most sea
sons (11) hitting 30 or more
homers in the National League,
but it would give him a career
total of 512—moving him past
Mel Ott (511) and into a tie with
former teammate Eddie Math
ews for sixth place on the all
time list.
But Aaron has only 28 home
runs at present and three in the
last four games is seemingly
out of reach.
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next February, to first base
next season.
“It might enable me to ex
tend my career,” Aaron said.
“It’s supposed to be easier on
the legs although there’s a lot
of running around first, too. I’m
game for giving It a try. If it
doesn’t work out, or if the
Braves have trouble replacing
me in right field, I can always
move back.”
The Braves, locked in a tie
with Chicago and Pittsburgh for
fourth place in the National
League—one game behind Cin
cinnati, close out their two
game series with the Mets to
night and then wind up the sea
son this weekend as host for a
three - game series with the
Dodgers,
Milt Pappas (12-12) will pitch
for the Braves tonight against
young Tom Seaver (15 - 11).
Knucklebailer Phil Niekro (13-
12) got the win Tuesday night
with Jerry Koosman (18 • 12)
taking the loss.
Aaron and his younger broth
er Tommie got five hits be
tween them and Deron Johnson
hit a two- run homer to pace
the Braves attack.
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