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Patriots Bow, 34 -16
Cannonball Ignites
Falcons’ Explosion
BOSTON (UPD—The Atlanta
Falcons, sparked by the run
ning of Jim "Cannonball” But
ler, notched 17 points In both
the second and fourth quarters
Sunday for a 34-16 triumph over
the Boston Patriots before 24,084
at Boston College Stadium.
Butler, nicknamed ‘‘Cannon
ball” during his college days,
shot through the Patriots
line for a one-yard touchdown
plunge in the second period,
then weaved 72 yards in a
fourth quarter touchdown burst.
Gino Cappellettl put the Pa
triots on the scoreboard first
with two field goals, one from
51 yards out. But Atlanta came
back with fine efforts by veter
an quarterback Randy Johnson,
question-mark, back Junior Cof
fey, rookie fullback Paul Gipson,
and of course Butler.
Johnson, who is fighting Bob
Berry for the first string slot,
picked up one of the four Fal
cons touchdowns on a one-yard
plunge after a 36-yard pass in
terception by John Mallory.
Coach Norm Van Brocklln
gave Johnson a “good game”
rating for his efforts, but said
the quarterback Job is still wide
open.
Two rookies did some Falcon
scoring. Kicking specialist Paul
Wiedl booted two field goals
and four conversions, good for
10 points. Rookie lineman Mai
Snider rumbled 50 yards with
an on-sides kickoff for a late
fourth quarter score.
Coffey, who was out all last
year with a painful knee Injury,
passed his first competitive test
with satisfactory colors. He av
eraged four yards per try for
six rushes, and said after the
game, “I need more work, but
I feel it coming.”
Paul Gipson, the former
Houston University flash and
Atlanta’s No. 2 draft choice,
ticked off 48 yards in six at
tempts, and put away one run
of 37 yards.
The Falcons now sport a 2-0
exhibition season record with
victories over the Philadelphia
Eagles and Boston.
|| STANDINGS |
By United Press International
National League
lEast
W. L. Pct.
Chicago 75 45 .625 ...
New York 66 51 .564 7%
St. Louis 67 53 .558 8
Pittsburgh 61 56 .521 12%
Philadelphia 48 70 .407 26
Montreal 38 83 .314 37%
West
W. L. Pct. GB
Cincinnati 64 50 .561 ...
Los Angeles 65 53 .551 1
San Francisco 64 55 .538 2%
Houston 64 55 .538 2%
Atlanta 66 57 .537 2%
San Diego 35 85 .292 32
Sunday’s Results
New York 3 San Diego 2, Ist
New York 3 San Diego 2, 2nd
Los Angeles 9 Montreal 3
Houston 3 Phlla 2
St. Louis 5 Atlanta 3
Pitts 8 Cincinnati 5
San Fran 5 Chicago 3, Ist
Chicago 3 San Fran 1, 2nd
Today s Probable Pitchers
(All Umes EDT)
Pittsburgh (Moose 7-2) at
Cincinnati (Arrigo 2-3), 8 p.m.
(Only game scheduled).
Tuesday’s Games
San Fran at New York, night
San Diego at Montreal, night
Los Ang at Phlla, night
Houston at Pitts, night
Atlanta at Chicago
Cinci at St. Louis, night
American League
East
W. L. Pct.
Baltimore 84 35 .706 ...
Detroit 67 51 .568 16%
Boston 63 56 .529 21
New York 61 59 .508 23%
Washington 61 61 .500 24%
Cleveland 50 72 .410 35%
West
W. L. Pct. GB
Minnesota 71 48 .597 ...
Oakland 68 49 .581 2
Seattle 48 69 .410 22
Kansas City 48 70 .407 22%
California 46 69 .400 23
Chicago 46 74 .383 25%
Sunday’s Results
Minn 4 Wash 3, 13 inns.
Boston 1 Kansas City 0
Detroit 9. Oakland 4
Calif 7 Cleveland 6
Baltimore 4 Seattle 1
Today’s Probable Pitchers
(AU Times EDT)
Cleveland (Hargan 4-10) at
California (Murphy 7-11), 11
p.m.
Baltimore (Palmer 11-2) at
Seattle (Brunet 7-9), 11 p.m.
New York (Stottlemyre 16-9)
at Kansas City (Bunker 7-9),
8:30 p.m.
Minnesota (Boswell 12-9) at
Boston (Culp 16-8), 7:30 p.m.
(Only games scheduled).
Tuesday's Games
Cleve at Oakland, night
Baltimore at Calif, night
Detroit at Seattle, night
New York at Kan City, night
Chicago at Wash, night
Minn at Boston, night
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Braves’ Bats Continue
Siesta Against Cards
By DAVID MOFFIT
UPI Sports Writer
ATLANTA (UPI) — “Red”
Schoendienst of the Cardinals
isn't conceding a thing to Leo
Durocher’s Cubs, but he's been
around baseball long enough to
be a realist.
“Sure, the way we’ve been
going lately, we’ve still got a
chance to win the (National
League East) division title,”
Schoendienst said after the
Cardinals beat the Atlanta
Braves Sunday 5-3 for their
18th win in their 23 games
since the All-Star break.
"But, let’s not kid ourselves,”
the St. Louis manager added.
"The Cubs (leading the Cardi
nals by 7% games) aren’t go
ing to fold. We’ve got seven
games left with the Cubs and
if we want to win the division,
we’d better count on taking six
of those seven.”
The standings make it ap
pear the Braves are much bet
ter off in the Western Division
than the Cardinals are in the
East. After all, the Braves are
only 2% games behind front
running Cincinnati.
Optical Illusion
Unfortunately, that’s a bit of
an optical illusion!
The Braves, who led in the
West before their bats became
silent and their relief pitching
sagged, lost seven out of 10 in
their just - completed home
stand and are now fifth in
the six-team division.
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as the other division Is con
cerned. They open a three-day
stand in Chicago Tuesday, then
move down to St. Louis for the
weekend.
“I don’t think there is any
doubt that we are as strong
now as we were at this time
last season while streaking to
the pennant,” Schoendienst
said.
“Having (Vada) Pinson back
has made a big difference since
we never did successfully fill
right field while he was hurt.
But, beyond that, a lot of our
people Just didn’t play well the
first part of the season.”
Not "Fat Cats”
However, Schoendienst de
nied that the Cardinals, after
two straight rimaways, had be
come “fat cats” as some critics
charged. “There was some bad
play there for awhile, sure,”
Schoendienst said. “But I live
with these guys and I never
saw any sign of complacency.
“Everybody worried about
our slump, but I didn't see any
one who was ready to give
up.”
The Cardinals, 35-41 the first
three months, have played .727
ball since July I—winning 32,
losing only 12.
They were shaky after a
three-hour rain delay Friday
night and lost to the Braves
8-2. But Bob Gibson won his
15th Saturday, 8-1, with a five
hitter and Steve Carlton got his
15th Sunday despite home runs
SPORTS
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f BOSTON — Sid Blanks (22) of
I the Patriots goes over Falcons’
I Greg Brezina (50) for a short
I gain during Ist quarter action
at Boston College Alumni Stad
ium. The Patriots and the Fal
cons played the exhibition game
for tiie benefit Boston’s Rich
ard Cardinal Cushing’s Ecumen
ical Charities.
by Hank Aaron, Rico Carty
and Bob Tillman.
That was Aaron’s 32nd homer
of uie season and the 542nd of
his career. With Willie Mays
getting No. 598 Sunday, Hank’s
now 56 homers behind his
three-year-older rival.
“There’s still a quarter of
a season yet to be played,"
said Schoendienst. “Instead of
counting on other teams to
help us in our attempts to
catch the Cubs, we’ve got to
keep on winning.
"At this point, even that may
not be enough."
Smith, Collins
Run Second
Fletcher Cavender won the 60
lap sportsman feature Sunday
night at Senoia Raceway.
The race was scheduled Fri
day but was postponed because
of rain.
Curly Allison ran second in the
feature race, Roscoe Smith of
Griffin finished third and James
Norton was fourth.
James Turner won the “A”
hobby class with Kenneth Col
lins of Griffin taking second.
Sammy Dukes ran third and
Mackey Lambert was fourth.
Jimmy Shaddox won the “B”
hobby with Jerry Spencer tak
ing second, Ronnie Morris third
and Jesse Banks fourth.
(UPI)
ATLANTA — St. Louis Cards’
Mike Shannon buries fist into
the stomach of Atlanta Braves’
second baseman Felix Millan
as he slides into hase in sth Inn
ing of game here. Millan re
covered and kicked Shannon’s
fallen helmet away causing the
two players to start swing.
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NEW HAVEN, CONN. — Joe
Namath (12) Jets quarterhack,
hands - off to Bill Mathis during
the first quarter of action at
Yale Bowl. The Jets demolish
ed the Giants, 37-14.
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Namath, Jets Chop
N. Y. Giants, 37-14
By JOHN JEANSONNE
UPI Sports Writer
Joe Namath became the
owner of New York City
Sunday, and Pete Rozelle will
never get him to sell.
Namath completed 14 of 16
passes for 188 yards and three
touchdowns in leading the world
champion Jets, who have
played second fiddle In the
nation’s largest city since they
were founded in 1960, to a 37-14
exhibition victory over the NFL
Giants.
Last year’s Super Bowl hero
threw scoring strikes of 29
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yards to BUI Mathis and two
yards to Pete Lammons and
the 70,874 fans at the Yale Bowl
were wondering whether Broad
way joe was named after the
street or vice versa.
Sunday’s Action
In Sunday’s other exhibition
action, the NFL Atlanta Fal
cons whipped the AFL Boston
Patriots 34-16 and the Dallas
Cowboys edged the San Fran
cisco Forty-Niners 20-17 in a
battle of NFL teams.
Halfback Jim Butler scored
on runs of one and 72 yards to
lead the Falcons, who also got
touchdowns from Randy John
son, on a one-yard sneak, and
rookie lineman Mai Snider, who
returned an onside kick 50
yards. Rookie placekicker Paul
Wiedl had field goals of 33 and
39 yards and four conversions.
The Cowboys scored the
winning points with less than
three minutes remaining on
rookie Claxton Welch’s one-yard
plunge, then held on for their
first win in three starts as
quarterback Steve Spurrier
marched the Forty-Niners to a
score in the final minute.
Spurrier passed four yards to
rookie Gene Moore for the
touchdown, but it wasn’t enough »
to catch the Cowboys, who got
field goals of 20 and 23 yards
by Mike Clark and a touchdown
from safety Mike Gaechter on «
a 25 yard interception return.
Increases Lead
The NFL Increased its lead in
interleague games to 11 wins t
and four losses by taking five
or six last weekend, but they
are only exhibition games, and
at least one coach played down
the importance of victory in *
pre-season play.
‘‘l don’t know,” said Giants’
Coach Allie Sherman, ‘‘what
this No. 1 and No. 2 business •
means.”
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