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Dolphins learn how
it feels not to win
By STU CAMEN
UPI Sports Writer
For the first time in nearly a
ear, the Miami Dolphins know
ow it feels not to win a game.
The Dolphins saw their
icredible 21-game winning
treak come to an end Saturday
ight when they were held to a
•9 tie by the Chicago Bears in
National Football League pre
eason contest.
Not since Aug. 31, 1972, when
ley were beaten by Washing
in in an exhibition game, had
ie Dolphins failed to beat their
pponent.
Before the tie against Chica
o, the Dolphins had won three
xhibition games this year but
ie deadlock by the Bears,
efore a crowd of 80,050 in the
range Bowl, hardly seemed to
other Dolphins coach Don
hula.
“We’re not feeling any
ressure,” Shula emphasized
hortly after the last of Mac
ercival’s three field goals
arly in the fourth quarter
tiabled the Bears to gain their
eadlock. “We realize that
very team that comes here is
oing to try to do just what the
ears wanted to do. We know
lat.
“But our goal in the pre
eason is individual im
rovement, which leads to team
nprovement. We’re getting
sady to play San Francisco in
ie regular season opener.”
Exhibition Halfway Mark
Three games Sunday brought
ie exhibition campaign to its
alfway point. Five pass
Two young players
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interceptions helped the New
York Giants throttle the New
York Jets, 45-30; wide receiver
Frank Pitts scored two touch
downs for Cleveland as the
Browns whipped the Cincinnati
Bengals, 24-6; and San Francis
co used four field goals to beat
the San Diego Chargers, 19-7.
In Saturday’s games, Dallas
beat New Orleans, 24-14,
Oakland whipped Los Angeles,
16-3, Atlanta defeated New
England, 27-10, Denver tripped
St. Louis, 38-21, Baltimore
edged Detroit, 32-28, Minnesota
nipped Kansas City, 13-10, and
Green Bay crushed Houston, 33-
14.
The Giants broke open a
close game in the final quarter
when Carter Campbell and Jim
Files returned pass intercep
tions for touchdowns. Spider
Lockhart’s 77-yard run back of
another pass interception
helped set up the Giants’ final
TD as the Jets saw star
quarterback Joe Namath forced
to the sidelines midway in the
second quarter with a bruised
elbow.
Pitts hauled in a 76-yard pass
for the first of his touchdowns
and ran 22-yards on an end
around for his second in the
Browns’ triumph over Cincin
nati as the Bengals were
limited to field goals of 28 and
35 yards by Horst Muhlmann.
John Brodie’s three-yard
scoring pass to Jimmy Thomas
accounted for San Francisco’s
only touchdown as the Forty
Niners also used three field
goals by Tom Wittum and one
veteran Coach Paul Brown to
predict his Cincinnati Bengals
“will be a better team than a
year ago.”
by Bruce Gossett to beat San
Diego. The Chargers’ touch
down came on a 10-yard pass
from John Unitas to Walt
Garrison.
Garo Boots Field Goals
Garo Yepremian booted field
goals of 25, 53 and 16-yards for
the Dolphins while Percival
connected for the Bears from
18, 10 and 17 yards; Roger
Staubach hit on seven of eight
passes in just one quarter of
work for 156 yards and two
touchdowns in Dallas’ triumph
over New Orleans; and George
Blanda, who will be 46 next
month, kicked three field goals
to help give Oakland its win
over Los Angeles.
Dick Shiner threw scoring
passes of 13 and five yards and
directed two other scoring
drives to lead Atlanta past New
England; Floyd Little came off
the bench to score a pair of
touchdowns in the second half
and spark Denver over St.
Louis; and fullback Don Not
tingham smashed one yard for
a touchdown in the closing
minutes to give Baltimore its
victory over Detroit.
Fran Tarkenton guided Min
nesota to two scores in the
waning minutes, the last a 20-
yard field goal by Fred Cox
with 1:03 remaining, for a
come-from-behind victory over
Kansas City in a nationally
televised game; and Green Bay
rolled over Houston with Scott
Hunter throwing a 46-yard
touchdown pass to Jon Staggers
only four plays after the
opening kickoff.
The Bengals’ 8-6 mark last
season was only good enough
for third place in the four-team
Central Division of the Ameri
can Conference, which Brown
believes is the toughtest in pro
football.
Brown is optimistic primarily
because of the emergence of
Kenny Anderson as a smart,
hard-throwing quarterback and
the promise of a big rookie
running back in Charles
“Bobby” Clark.
Two years ago Anderson was
just a raw rookie from
Augustana, a small college in
Rock Island, 111. Since then he
has surpassed Virgil Carter as
the team’s No. 1 quarterback
and Brown thinks he could
become one of the premier
passers and team leaders in the
league.
The Biggest Single Reason
“The biggest single reason
we’re better than last season is
the maturity of Anderson,”
Brown said. “He has a strong
and accurate arm. He can
throw the long ball and it looks
like we’re going to have that
long passing threat we’ve
lacked in the past.”
Clark, a burly 6-2, 245-
pounder out of Bethune-Cook
man college in Daytona Beach,
Fla., was only the team’s 12th
round draft choice, but he’s
been so impressive in training
camp he could be starting
running back when the regular
season begins.
If Clark continues to improve,
Brown will team him with
veteran Doug Dressier in the
backfield and use speedsters
like Essex Johnson on a “spot”
basis.
The offense is strengthened
by two quick receivers—No. 1.
draft choice Isaac Curtis from
San Diego State and Charlie
Joiner, who was picked up from
the Houston Oilers last season.
They join Chip Myers, the
team’s leading receiver last
year.
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National League
East
w. I. pct. g.b.
St. Louis 63 61 .508 —
Pittsburgh 59 61 .492 2
Montreal 59 63 .484 3
Chicago 58 65 .472 4%
Philadelphia 57 66 .463 5%
New York 55 66 .455 6%
West
w. 1. pct. g.b.
Los Angeles 77 47 .621 —
Cincinnati 75 50 .603 2%
San Francisco 67 55 .549 9
Houston 65 61 .516 13
Atlanta 60 67 .472 18%
San Diego 45 78 .366 31%
Today’s Probable Pitchers
(ALL Times EDT)
Cincinnati (Billingham 16-8)
at New York (Seaver 15-6), 2
p.m.
San Francisco (Bradley 10-11)
at Montreal (Torrez 7-11), 8
p.m.
Pittsburgh (Ellis 11-11) at
Houston (Richard 4-1), 8:15
p.m.
(Only games scheduled)
Tuesday’s Games
San Fran at Montreal, night
San Diego at Phila, night
Los Ang at New York, night
Cincinnati at Chicago
St. Louis at Atlanta, night
Pittsburgh at Houston, night
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American League
East
w. 1. pct. g.b.
Baltimore 68 52 .567 —
Detroit 67 56 .545 2%
New York 68 58 .540 3
Boston 65 57 .533 4
Milwaukee 59 62 .488 9%
Cleveland 51 74 .408 19%
West
w. 1. pct. g.b.
Oakland 72 51 .585 —
Kansas City 70 55 .560 3
Minnesota 59 63 .484 12%
California 56 64 .467 14%
Chicago 58 66 .468 14%
Texas 43 78 . 355 28
Today’s Probable Pitchers
(All Times EDT)
New York (Stottlemyre 12-11)
at Kansas City (Busby 11-11),
8:30 p.m.
Boston (Curtis 11-10) at Texas
(Bibby 6-7), 9 p.m.
Detroit (J. Perry 11-10) at
Oakland (Blue 13-7), 11 p.m.
Minnesota (Campbell 1-1) at
Baltimore (Alexander 6-6), 7:30
p.m.
(Only games scheduled)
Tuesday’s Games
Chicago at Cleve, twilight
Minn at Baltimore, night
New York at Kan City, night
Boston at Texas, night
Detroit at Oakland, night
Milwaukee at Calif, night
Tech coach
signs son
ATLANTA (Ul*l)—New Geor
gia Tech basketball coach
Duane Morrison had some extra
influence on his newly signed
recruit.
Mickey Morrison, a 5-11
guard, agreed to accept a
basketball scholarship from his
dad Saturday. Morrison scored
751 points for Stratford
Academy last season, including
a record single game perform
ance of 46 points.
The father-son act is nothing
new for Tech, however. Former
Coach Whack Hyder, who re
tired after last season, had his
son Tom playing for him for
the past four years.
Off critical list
HONOLULU (UPI) - Chico
Vaughns, an outfielder with the
Eugene Emeralds of the Pacific
Coast League, was taken off the
critical list Friday at Queen’s
Hospital here.
Vaughns was taken to the
hospital Thursday afternoon
after nearly drowning while
surfing at Waikiki Beach. He
was first listed in critical
condition in the intensive care
unit but has shown signs of
improvement.
— Griffin Daily News Monday, August 20,1973
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Football
prospect
drowns
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.
(UPI) — Freshman football
prospect Eric Benns, 18,
drowned Sunday, the day before
he was to begin working out
with Bethune-Cookman College.
The school reported that
Benns, a linebacker from Cen
tral High School in Macon, Ga.,
was swimming with other
players when he was pulled
under the water by the current.
He died en route to a hospital.
Bethune-Cookman Coach Wes
Moore declared today a day of
mourning and said the team’s
fall practice would not begin
until Tuesday.
Asks for trade
CHICAGO (UPI) - Chicago
Cubs righthander Ferguson
Jenkins, experiencing his worst
season in the major leagues
after winning 20 games six
consecutive seasons, said
Aaron
on ‘short’
course
ATLANTA (UPI) - Hank
Aaron appeared as an unsuc
cessful pinch - hitter in the
Atlanta Braves’ 3-1 loss to the
Montreal Expos Sunday and
now is on a course which will
enable him to finish the season
with 713 home runs — one short
of Babe Ruth’s all-time career
total.
Aaron hit homers last Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday,
raising his season total to 31
homers in Atlanta’s 127 games
and his career total to 704.
Should he continue his current
pace in the Braves’ remaining
35 games, he would hit nine
more homers this season.
The Braves are idle today and
then open a seven-game home
stand Tuesday night against the
St. Louis Cardinals, Pittsburgh
Pirates and Chicago Cubs. The
Braves go on the road again on
Aug. 31.
Thursday that he wanted to be
traded to the Detroit Tigers.
Jenkins, 10-12 on the season,
said he would rather pitch for
Detroit than the Cubs because
it is closer to his home and
because Tiger fans were
“great.”