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’Best He’s Seen
Broyles Respects
Georgia’s Defense
By DRE WA. ROY
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (UPI)
—Mention the word defense,
end the Arkansas Razorback
coaches get Georgia on their
Blind.
Georgia, the Razorbacks* op
ponent in the Sugar Bowl New
Year’s Day, has a defense that
allows opposing teams to ad
vance only at their own risk
and backwards, the coaches
say.
"They're the quickest defense
I've ever seen,” head coach
Frank Broyles said Thursday.
“I guess that Houston is the
only team that has moved the
ball on them consistently over
the last two years.”
The Georgia defense led the
nation in allowing the fewest
points per game (9.8) and col
lected four safeties along the
way.
“It gives me cold chills just
to look at them,” assistant
coach Richard Williamson said
after viewing a Georgia game
film. "We’ll have to block bet
ter than we’ve ever blocked
and not make mistakes.”
The Georgia defense, which
was one of the key factors In
the Bulldogs’ 7-0-2 season that
led to a Southeastern Confer
ence title, is anchored by tack
le Bill Stanfill and guard Ther
ry Osboldt. No one has to tell
defensive coach Cecil Ingram, a
former assistant at Georgia,
about the pair.
"They’ve been together in
this one defense for four
years,” Ingram said. “No one
Who lines up in their starting
defense has been there less
than four years."
Ingram left Georgia in 1966 to
Join the Arkansas staff and he
aaid he would find a Sugar
Bowl victory over his former
players satisfying.
“When you play your friends
you’re more inclined to want to
■win. I’ve got a number of
friends over there and I have
respect for everybody over
there,” Ingram said.
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Offensive line coach Mervin
Johnson is almost lost for
words to describe Stanfill, a
245-pound senior.
“Stanfill” said Johnson.
“What an animal!”
Braves’ Caravan
Coming To Griffin
The Braves’ baseball caravan
will be in Griffin Friday, Jan. 10
to meet fans and discuss the 1969
season.
Seven players will spend most
of the day in Griffin, traveling
about the city “to meet as many
fans as possible.”
‘Personality Clash'
Costs Allen His Job
LOS ANGELES (UPt) —
George Allen, a winning football
coach, is without a job today
because of a “personality
clash” ’with volatile Dan
Reeves, principal owner of the
Los Angeles Rams.
Allen, head man of the Rams
for three successful seasons,
and numerous other people in
the pro football club’s organiza
tion were shocked when Reeves
abruptly fired him Thursday.
Tlie 46-year-old coach re
ceived a telephone call from
Reeves early In the day
advising him he was fired and
would be paid off on the two
remaining years of his contract.
It’s estimated Allen got in the
neighborhood of $50,000 a year.
After Reeves, a sometimes
moody man, dropped his
bombshell, Allen said wryly,
“Tliis came as a surprise
Christmas present. After the
record we had, I don't
understand it.”
Reeves almost apologetically
announced the firing through
the club’s publicity staff and
called Allen “a great coach and
a fine family man.”
Allen coached the Rams to a
10-3-1 season ih 1968, good
enough for second pace behind
Baltimore in the coastal division
of the National Football League.
In his first year with the
Rams as head coach—l966—he
had an 8-6-0 record, the first
winning season for the club in
seven years. In 1967, the Rams
won the Coastal Division with
an 11-1-2 record. They lost the
Western Conference playoff to
the Green Bay Packets.
Allen said he had no idea
where he would coach next
season.
Reeves gave no hint as to
TROJAN CHANGES
LOS ANGELES (UPD—John
McKay, Southern Cal coach,
made some changes Thursday
in the Trojan lineup for the
Rose Bowl game.
Al Cowlings will replace
injured Jim Griffin al defensive
end; Willard Scott will move
over toe Cowing’s spot at
defensive tackle and Bill
Redding will take over for Scott
at middle guard.
The Razorbacks averaged 34.3
points a game during their 9-1
season and were held to their
lowest score by North Texas
State, but Won 14-12.
The players, who will be here,
are: Pat Jarvis, Rico Carty,
Sonny Jackson, Phil Niekro,
Hank Aaron, Clete Boyer and
Bob Uecker.
The caravan will visit schools
and several mills between 10 a.
m. and 4 p.m.
whether or not he had a
successor in mind.
The coach said he had not
talked to the owner since the
Rams beat the New York
Giants on Nov. 24. They had
some harsh words after that
game according to observers in
the Ram dressing room. Allen
was miffed because Reeves had
rebuked him publicly for
criticizing the sloppy field at
Kezar Stadium Where the Ban
Francisco Forty Niners tied the
Rams the Sunday before.
Reeves had issued a state
ment to sports writers saying
his didn't think it was within the
province of a coach to speak
harshly of an opponent’s playing
field.
Allen should not have much
trouble finding a job. His record
with the Rams over three
seasons was 29-10-3.
Blue-Gray Features
Outstanding Passers
By RANDOLPH PENDLETON
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (UPI)
—Two quarterbacks who passed
for more than 3,000 yards this
season should insure a wide
open battle in the 31st annual
Blue-Gray all-star football game
Saturday.
Sim Byrd, a local boy who
passed Troy (Ala.) State to the
NAIA championship, will alter
nate with Edd Hargett of Texas
A&M at quarterback for the
Gray team.
The nation’s total offense
leader, Greg Cook of Cincinna
ti, will share the signal calling
duties with John Dosaskl of Vil
lanova for the Blue.
Cook passed for 3,272 yards
and 25 touchdowns, while Byrd
connected for 3,042 yards and
34 touchdowns during the sea
son and added another five
touchdown passes in the title
game against Texas A&I.
On the receiving end of the
South passes will be ends War
ren Bankston of Tulane and
Henley Carter of Duke and
Friday, December 27, 1968
SPORTS
’Bama, Missouri
Collide Saturday
In Gator Bowl
By CHARLES S. ALDINGER
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (UPI)
—“Tonight I love you for the
same things I used to hate you
for,” read the letter to coach
Bear Bryant. “Thanks for mak
ing me into a man.”
The famed Alabama coach
gets almost misty - eyed over
that letter, sent to him years
ago from war-torn Korea by
one of his former football play
ers. Almost.
The Bear is not one to shed
tears readily. He might have
spilled one or two privately
over a defeat, but they wouldn’t
amount to over a shotglass full
in his lifetime. Defeats for Bry
ant are far apart and few be
tween.
“Any time I'm not up there
close for the national champi
onship,” he once said in a crisp
picture of his dedication to the
game, “I’m not doing my job.
An 8-2-1 record here is a poor
one.”
This year’s small, silver
quick Alabama team thus made
it under the wire by the skin
of its teeth with an fl-2 record
and a trip to the Gator Bowl
against Missouri at 1:45 p.m.
EST Saturday afternoon. The
game will be nationally tele
vised by ABC.
Missouri, coached by Dan De
vine, finished with a 7-3 record
including closing losses to Okla
homa and Orange Bowl - bound
Kansas after winning seven in
a row.
Bryant and Devine have been
at their present positions for 11
flanker Steve Hindman of Mis
sissippi.
Cook and Dosaskl will be
pitching to ends Tom Rossley
of Cincinnati, Al Bream of lowa
and Charles Litten of Minneso
ta, and flanker Barry Crees of
lowa.
Passing isn’t the whole story,
however, for the nationally tel
evised game.
The South boasts a powerful
running attack led by fullback
Paul Gibson of Houston, half
backs Roger Freeman of Texas
Tech and Dickie Lyons of Ken-
U S Regains
Davis Cup
By BRIAN DEWHURST
ADELAIDE, Australia (UPD
—The United States regained
the Davis Cup for the first time
In five years Friday when
Californians Bob Lutz and Stan
Smith thrashed Australia's John
Alexander and Ray Ruffels. 6-4,
6-4, 6-2, in what may be the last
all-amateur format of this 68-
year-old competition.
The Americans disposed of
the inexperienced Australian
team in one hour and seven
minutes.
The straight-set triumph
coupled with singles victories by
Arthur Ashe of Richmond, Va.,
and Clark Graebncr of New
York gave the Yanks an
Insurmountable lead in the best
three-our-of-five match series.
Ashe beat Ruffels and Graeb
ner defeated Bill Bowrey in
blustery weather Thursday
making today’s doubles match
before a gallery of about 4,000
fans in the Memorial Drive
stands a must for the Austra
lians.
Two single matches remain
Saturday—Graebner versus Ruf-
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years and neither has had a
losing season. Consider Bry
ant’s fantastic record of only
12 losses in the last 10 years
and the fact that Alabama is
going to its 10th bowd game in
a row.
Alabama, which didn’t allow
any opponent more than 14
points this year with the excep
tion of Auburn (and ’Bama won
that one 24-16) lost only to Ole
Miss (two points) and Tennes
see (one point). The 10-9 loss to
Tennessee came after Alabama
scored a late touchdown and
then went for two points and a
victory Instead of the sure
placekick for a tie.
Missouri probably has the
better-balanced attack with fine
running and a double-threat at
quarterback in Terry McMillan
and Garnett Phelps. But both
teams depend on their defenses
to win.
While Alabama's great sopho
more quarterback, Scott Hunter,
was developing and breaking
records as the season went
along, the Crimson Tide defense
was anchored well by “tiny”
Sammy Gellerstedt, a sopho
more middle guard who stands
only 5-feet-8 and weighs 195
pounds.
Missouri, which led the tough
Big Eight in every defensive
category, is led on defense by
big ends Bill Schmidtt and El
mer Behrardt while their All-
America is safety Roger Wehr
ly, a 184-pound junior who in
tercepted seven passes this
year.
tucky, and Hindman, who can
be shifted from flanker.
Running backs Richard John
son of Illinois and Roland Moss
of Toledo will carry the ball for
the North.
Head coach for the Blue is
Ray Nagel of lowa, who is as
sisted by Ben Schwartzwalder
of Syracuse and Don Faurot of
Missouri.
Bill Pace of Vanderbilt heads
the Gray coaching staff which
Includes Tom Harp of Duke and
Bill Yeoman of Houston.
fels and Ashe against Bowrey—
but they will be little more than
exhibition matches.
U.S. captain Donald Dell
refused to celebrate the Cup
victory Friday night and said he
would like to make it a 5-0
sweep.
“We’d love to win five-nil
because no American team has
managed this since 1948,” Dell
said.
Harry Hopman, the wily long
time team manager of Austra
lia, attempted to avert disaster
by inserting the untested
Alexander in his doubles lineup,
replacing Bowrey.
Alexander, the junior Wimble
don champion, is only 17 years
old, making him the youngest
Australian ever to compete in
the Challenge Round. However,
he has one of the strongest
serves in amateur tennis.
Ruffels had never played
before with Alexander and the
two were mismatched against
Smith and Lutz, the University
of Southern California team
mates who are regarded as the
best amateur doubles team in
the world.
After taking the first two sets
in relatively short order, the
U.S. required only 17 minutes to
complete the tout. Ruffels lost
his serve on the first game of
the third set and Lutz made it
2-0 before Alexander held.
Smith, the steadiest player on
the court, opened up his
cannonball service to hike the
U.S. advantage to 3-1.
After Ruffels dropped his
service again, Lutz held to
make it 5-1 and then Smith
clinched it on his service.
This was the 20th Davis Cup
victory for the United States,
only two less than Australia.
In the meantime, delegates
from the Big Four of tennis—
the United States, Australia,
England and France—were to
meet here Friday night to
discuss a formula for opening
the Davis Cup to professionals.
2
Bill Nelson Plans No
Surprises For Colts
By MILTON RICHMAN
UPI Sports Writer
NEW YORK (UPD—The ex
perts are working too hard.
They’re knocking themselves
out needlessly says Bill Nelsen,
the Cleveland quarterback.
He’s talking about those
experts who are bending all
their energy and getting over
heated trying to figure out what
the Browns have up their
sleeves for Sunday’s NFL title
game against the favored
Baltimore Colts.
Nelsen, who ought to know
because he’s going to be calling
Cleveland’s signals, says any
body looking for a lot of
surprises from the Browns ..,
or the Colts, for that matter ...
will go home disappointed.
“Nobody is going to change
simply because of the impor
tance of the game,” says
Nelsen. “You go with what
you’ve been successful with all
year long. It gets down to who’s
ready to play the ball game a
little more and who gets the big
break.”
That could be taken to mean
the Browns will rely primarily
on hard, straight football as
they have most of the season,
although it doesn't necessarily
mean Nelsen will come into the
game with any one set pattern
in mind.
When the Browns talk about
their “new” 27-year-old quarter
back privately, they agree he’s
not as good a passer as Frank
Ryan, the man he replaced this
year, but that he’s a better play
selector. He mixed ’em up more
than Ryan.
“Nelsen is a play-it-by-ear
quarterback,” offers another
Cleveland player. “If he comes
up to the line and gets a sudden
idea the Statue of Liberty play
would work, he'll call it. With
him, anything is game. He has
Namath Selected
Player Os Year
By MARTIN LADER
UPI Sports Writer
NEW YORK (UPD—Joe Na
math, preparing to meet the
biggest challenge of his colorful
career, today was named the
American Football League’s
Player of the Year for 1968 by
United Press International.
A panel of 30 sports writers
representing each of the league
cities gave the New York Jets’
quarterback 14 votes, almost
three times the number re
ceived by runnerup Lance
Alworth of the San DiegO
Chargers, who drew five votes.
Bob Griese of the Miami
Dolphins, Len Dawson of the
Kansas City Chiefs and Ed
Rutkowski of the Buffalo Bills
drew two votes each while those
mentioned on one ballot were
Gerry Philbin, Don Maynard
and George Sauer of the Jets,
John Hadi of the Chargers and
George Webster of the Houston
Oilers.
Namath, who ranked third
among AFL quarterbacks in
statistics this year, provided the
leadership that carried the Jets
to the Eastern Division title, the
first crown in their history. New
York entertains the Oakland
Raiders at Shea Stadium
Sunday for the American
Bulldogs Blow
17 Point Lead
By DAVID MOFFIT
VPI Sports Writer
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (UPI)
— Boston College coach Bob I
Cousy doesn’t think his Eagles
have a chance in tonight’s Ga
tor Bowl basketball finals
against Northwestern—unless in
jured Billy Evans can play.
Evans, who suffered a severe
ankle sprain two weeks ago,
tested his ankle for the first
time Thursday night and al
though he scored only one
point, was the playmaker the'
Eagles needed to overcome a
17-point deficit and beat Geor
gia 89-83.
Northwestern w’on the opener
over Florida, 78-72.
•‘We looked like a bunch Os
lost sheep in the first half,” i
Cousy said. “We were playing
scared until I put Evans in.
Then they got some confidence.
“It doesn’t matter if he
scored one point or 50: You
don’t measure his value that
way.”
Georgia, which will meet Flo
rida in tonight’s consolation
game jumped off to a 32-15 lead
on the sharp shooting of junior
guard Jerry Eppling, who
scored 19 points before he
missed a shot and wound up as
high scorer for the night with
31 points.
But once Evans, a 6-foot se
nior who reminds Cousey of
himself back in his Boston Col
lege playing days, got into the
game, the Eagles began closing
the gap.
They were down only six
points, 45-39, at halftime and
caught up in the opening min
utes of the second half. It then
a tremendous amount of enthu
siasm. He just wants to go all
the time and has away of firing
you up. Reminds you of the old
Bobby Layne.”
Snb Makes Good
The out-going, boyish-looking
27-year-old Nelsen came to
Cleveland from Pittsburgh in a
deal last May and was ticketed
principally for backup duty
behind Ryan. But Blanton
Collier, the Browns’ coach,
promoted him to the head chair
after Cleveland won only one of
its first three games and Nelsen
blossomed into one of the most
able operatives in the league.
What the other Cleveland
players particularly like about
him is his willingness to
shoulder responsibility, his abili
ty to adjust to any situation and
his obvious respect for their
ability.
“He’ll never chew you out on
the field,” says one of the
Browns’ offensive linemen. “He
may tell you something you did
wrong on the sidelines but he'll
do it constructively and quietly.
You know they say ’Let he who
is without sin cast the first
stone’ and you can see he thinks
that way by the things he does
and says. He’d be a winner in
anything he did because he’s a
great competitor. That quality
projects through the huddle.”
Nelsen is aware of the strong
personnel he has to work with
and what's, more, he keeps the
other team atvare of it, too.
“I think,” he says, “many
defenses look at us and say,
’Well, we have to stop Leroy
Kelly.’ Some people have but
we still scored a lot of points
against them. If they concen
trate on Leroy, they’re going to
forget the likes of Milt Morin,
Paul Warfield and Gary Collins,
who has just come back to us.
League Championship, with the
winner going on to the Super
Bowl.
“It’s an understatement to
say it's a great honor,” said the
6-2, 195-pound Namath when
informed of the award. “I hope
you understand I'm not trying
to come across as ths humble
guy. But they (the people)
should be aware that an honor
like this—and it really is a
tremendous one— is a team
thing.
“One guy can’t do anything.
I don't remember anybody on a
losing team getting to be named
MVP. So it has to be a team
thing.”
Namath, who came to the
Jets via Beaver Falls, Pa., and
the University of Alabama for a
reported $400,000 bonus, com
pleted 187 of 380 pass attempts
during the regular campaign for
a 49.2 per cent average. His
aerials were good for 3,147
yards and 15 touchdowns as the
Jets rang up an 11-3 record.
Sauer, who like Namath was
selected to the UPI All-Star
team, was his quarterback's
favorite target with 66 recep
tions, second in the league only
to Alworth. Maynard, a second
team all-star, was fifth in
receptions with 57.
stayed close until the closing
minutes when Evans set up
Frank Fitzgerald, the Eagles'
top scorer with 26 points, with
some neat under - the - basket
passes — and the Eagles pulled
away.
Northwestern trailed by 11
points in tire early going of the
first game, but, paced by husky
Dan Davis who scored 25
points, pulled them to a 35-31
halftime lead and was ahead by
as much as 10 points several
times in the second half.
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Not to take anything away from
Charlie Haraway and Ernie
Green who do a lot for you,
too.”
Know your Opposition
Nelsen was among those who
had their noses pressed to the
TV screen last Sunday when the
Colts beat the Vikings and he
noticed how many automatics
Minnesota quarterback Joe
Kapp called at the line of
scrimmage. He also noticed how
the Colts coped with those
checkoffs.
“Everytime he (Kapp) tried
one, they jumped out of it and
sometimes maybe they stayed
in it, so you’re taking a gamble
no matter what you do,” he
says. “Whatever they show us,
I hope and feel our offense Will
be able to go with most of our
plays.”
On the ball field, Nelseh’s
formula for success is simple.
“I try to be myself,” he says.
“I try to get what I can out of
ballplayers. A quarterback has
to know his players. You can’t
say certain things to some
players and to others you can
say things. You’d never say
’Why did you miss that block’
or ‘How could you drop that
pass’ to some people. They’d go
to pieces and never catch
another pass or throw another
block for you. It’s really a case
of just knowing some of these
things and putting them togeth
er.”
Nelsen has been putting it all
together pretty good until now.
He gets another chance Sunday
when the Cleveland Browns
learn whether thie was a banner
year for them or merely a so-so
one.
They’ll let you know after the
ball game.
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