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McKay’s face reddest in west By FRED McMANE UPI Sports Writer “Caution” has always been the by-word among college football coaches, and John McKay proved why last Satur day. McKay, coach of Southern California, openly had boasted this year’s Trojan squad could be the equal of the 1972 team which won the national cham pionship. But an unheralded Arkansas team, completely overlooked in the preseason ratings, sprung the first major upset of the 1974 season Saturday by beating the fourth-ranked Trojans, 22-7, at Little Rock, Ark. Arkansas, a 17-point under dog, intercepted four of Pat Haden’s passes and limited Anthony Davis to just 74 yards in 20 carries while stunning the Trojans and leaving McKay with the reddest face in the West. The only score Southern California managed came on a dazzling 106-yard kickoff return by Davis. “I’d like to have an excuse like we took them lightly, but that is not true,” McKay said. “Heck, we were standing in the huddle when time ran out. 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That shows how smart I am.” Frank Broyles, coach of Arkansas, felt his club played their best game ever and he gave most of the credit to the defensive unit. “I guess it’s as big a thrill as we’ve had in a long time,” Broyles said. “A lot of credit should go to the defense. When the offense made a mistake, the defense came in and didn’t let Southern Cal score.” In other games involving the top 10 ranked teams last Saturday, No. 1 Ohio State defeated Minnesota, 34-19; No. 2 Alabama nipped No. 11 Maryland, 21-16; No. 5 Michi gan topped lowa, 24-7; No. 6 Nebraska crushed Oregon, 61-7; No. 7 Penn State edged No. 18 Stanford, 24-20; No. 8 Texas whipped Boston College, 42-19; No. 9 LSU clobbered Colorado, 41-14, and No. 10 Houston blanked Rice, 21-0. All America tailback Archie Griffin set a school career rushing record by gaining 133 yards in Ohio State’s triumph. Griffin surpassed Jim Otis’ old record of 2,542 yards in going over the 100-yard mark for the 12th straight game. Southeastern Conference cham pionship. While Alabama had its hands full before beating Maryland 21- 16 Saturday, the Bengals were routing Colorado 42-14. It was more of a rout than the score indicates. LSU was ahead 35-0 going into the final period and wound up with its highest opening game point total in 29 years. Alabama’s Bear Bryant had warned his team Maryland would be trouble—and he proved a good prophet. “There’s a big difference between winning a game and beating somebody,” said Bryant. “We won the game but we didn’t beat anybody. Mary land outplayed us all over the field and deserved to win.” Maryland Coach Jerry Clai borne said he told Bryant, “I wish they had kicked our butts and we had more points.” All eight Southeastern Confer ence teams that played Satur day won. (Tennessee and Mississippi State were idle). In addition to Alabama and LSU, Ole Miss upset Missouri 10-6, Georgia downed Oregon State 48-35, Kentucky routed Virginia Tech 38-7, Auburn beat Calvin Culliver scored two first half TDs and reserve quarterback Richard Todd ran for a decisive third period score to lead Alabama over Mary land. The Terps, on the strength of three field goals by Steve Mike-Mayer and a touchdown by Lou Carter, kept the game in doubt until 5:30 left when Maryland’s Bob Smith fumbled a Todd punt at the Maryland 49. Mark Elzinga, subbing for the ailing Dennis Franklin, scored one touchdown and passed for another to lead Michigan past Iowa; David Humm threw for two touchdowns and ran for another in Nebraska’s rout of Oregon; Woody Petchel’s one yard plunge with 2:15 left enabled Penn State to beat Stanford, and reserve quarter back Mike Presley scored one TD and set up two more to spark Texas’ rout of Boston College. Elsewhere, No. 14 Texas Tech whipped lowa State, 24-3; No. 16 North Carolina State topped Duke, 35-21; No. 17 Florida edged California, 21-17; No. 18 Pittsburgh squeaked by Florida State, 9-6, and Tulane, also tied for 18th, eked out a 17-16 triumph over Southwestern Louisiana. Louisville 16-3, Florida needed a touchdown in the closing minutes to nip California 21-17 and Vanderbilt beat Chat tanooga 28-6. Georgia Tech highlighted play among the region’s major independents by setting a school rushing record (487 yards) while beating South Carolina 35-20. In other independent play, Southern Mississippi surprised Memphis State 6-0, Tulane had a much-tougher-than-expected time downing Southwestern Louisiana 17-16, Tampa swept Toledo 47-13 and Florida State bowed to Pittsburgh 9-6. “A super effort, that’s what it was,” said rookie head coach Ken Cooper after his Ole Miss Rebels upset Missouri. “Our defensive play was outstanding —the kind we like to see. Our offense was just sort of sparring but Greg Breland saved us. His punting was a tremendous factor.” Individual honors Saturday went to Alabama fullback Calvin Culliver, who rushed for 164 yards and two touchdowns, and Georgia Tech quarterback Danny Myers who ran for 108 yards and three touchdowns. fl Allen retires NEW YORK—Topic A in all the Major League dugouts now is Richie Allen (’73 file photo). Most of his fellow ballplayers openly salute him and shake their heads in sheer admiration for the way he was able to say goodby and walk away from a cool quarter million. (UPI) Showman Riggs nets $1.5 million By FRANK MACOMBER Copley News Service Bobby Riggs took a lot of ribbing after Billie Jean King did him in on the tennis court. But he figures it was worth it —about $1.5 million worth it. That’s what Riggs says he has earned since February, 1973, when he first challenged Billie Jean during a luncheon at San Diego, Calif Billie Jean, of course, turned him down at the time. So Bobby took on Margaret Court at San Diego Country Estates, then a new sports re sort and now a flowering com munity of homes bordering the tree-studded San Vicente golf course. He psyched Mrs. Court in straight sets to set the stage for the Riggs-King match in Houston’s huge Astrodome. It became one of the most cele brated sports events of the decade — perhaps of the cen tury — because it pitted man against woman. You just can’t beat that combination as a draw at the gate. Riggs is a showman and businessman, a tough pair to top. His off-the-court maneu vering has brought him a for tune he never earned as a pro tennis champion more than a generation ago. And just to keep alive his image as a male chauvinist pig, Bobby now has chal lenged Chris Evert to a match. The Wimbeldon champioin of course probably won’t go near the court with Riggs, but that’s not impor tant to him. The fact that his name and face stay before the public is what counts with Bobby. He recently returned to San Diego Country Estates to con duct four “ladies only” week end tennis clinics. It was all free for the gals, but it brought a new flood of public ity for Riggs. The photogra phers liked the pretty ladies in their almost Bikini-like shorts or skirts. So there were lots of pictures and Riggs managed to get into every one of them. All that national attention helps him with his paying job —a SIOO,OOO-a-year contract with the Tropicana Hotel in Las Vegas where Bobby is a goodwill ambasador, casino host and sometime tennis in structor if the weather isn’t too hot. Then there is a steady in come from television com- GOLj COINS Ffflj SALE All U.S. Gold Coins And Various Foreign Bullion Coins Coins Shown No Coins I Ml; Kept Appointment ; On The Only M Premises MARVIN L GOLDSTEIN SOUTHEASTERN COIN EXCHANGE 307 Commercial Bank Building Griffin, Ga. —Phone 227-0869 mercials on such a wide vari ety of products as vitamin pills and support hosiery; personal appearances at sports dinners and other events and endorsement of a whole line of tennis apparel. Looking back, Riggs recalls the time in 1941 when he turned professional for $25,000. “At the time it seemed like a lot of money,” he remem bers. “But the timing couldn’t have been worse. Because of the war, the tour disbanded when it was about three-quar ters over and I was lucky to get my guarantee." After the war Riggs re joined the pro tournament cir cuit, such as it was. The prize money was still stingy by to day’s standards and he raked in only SI,BOO for winning both the singles and doubles cham pionships. Today, on the way to those two titles he would earn over SIOO,OOO. Open tennis for pros and amateurs didn't arrive until 1968, though Riggs had seen its potential and fought for it in the 19305. In six years it has quadrupled the earning power of the tennis pro and was what triggered Riggs into challeng ing the women players. He could see a golden light at the end of the tunnel. Riggs is a hustler, both on the tennis courts and the golf course, where he plays a creditable but not brilliant game but knows how to psych his opponents out of money, marbles or chalk. As for investments, he doesn’t trust his own judg ment so has what he says is a million-dollar portfolio man aged by Western Assets Man agement, the investment arm of United California Bank. “I’m not a ticker tape watcher,” Riggs tells his friends. “I trust banks be cause they are ultraconserva tive.” Riggs has his detractors, as have most successful people. They call him an opportunist, among other things. But not many of them have million dollar portfolios. Moreover, Riggs has brought a lot of laughs to Americans in the last 18 months —a time when other things were not always going so well and they could use some thigh-slappers. Page 7 Shula’s dream starts with a nightmare BY JOE CARNICELLI UPI Sports Writer Don Shula’s dream has started off like a nightmare. Shula’s dream is to surpass the late Vince Lombardi and become the first coach ever to win three Super Bowl titles. He has two and figured to get off on the right foot toward a third Sunday when he sent his Miami Dolphins against the New England Patriots. But the nightmare started early and when it was all over, Shula saw his Dolphins on the short end of a 34-24 decision. Little Mack Herron, a 5-foot-5 refugee from the Canadian Football League, started it for New England with a 14-yard touchdown run and after Larry Csonka helped tie the game with a one-yard plunge, Jim Plunkett took over. He threw 13 yards to Reggie Rucker for one score, set up John Smith’s 21-yard field goal and then ran five yards for another TD for a 24-10 New England halftime lead. Garo Yepremian’s 33-yard field goal put a small dent in the lead but Sam Cunningham ran 13 yards for a TD and then the young Pats held on as Bob Griese threw 13 yards to Marlin Briscoe and Csonka plunged four yards for another TD. Smith applied the crusher with a 26-yard field goal. “We saw it on the films,” Shula moaned. “They’re much improved. They have a lot of young kids on defense. They’re not going to make the big mistakes they did last year. And their offense was a tough one to stop last year. Plunkett really makes it go.” Plunkett, who had one of his finest days as a pro, hit 14-of-24 passes for 177 yards. Herron carried 18 times for 88 yards and Cunningham 21 for 87 to provide the balance. “It seemed like everything worked today,” Plunkett said. “That’s what makes a good quarterback... when everything works. We were up emotional ly; this is really what you call King has warning for LA, Cincy SAN DIEGO (UPI) - Clyde King has a warning for the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Cincinnati Reds. With seven more games scheduled against Los Angeles and three against Cincinnati, the San Diego Padres are going to have something to say about the National League West race —even if they are in last place. “The Padres are still going to make some noise before the season is over,” the Atlanta manager said, even though the Braves beat San Diego 3-1 Sunday. “They could decide the West and I’ve got a feeling they know that.” The Reds, 2 % games in back after defeating division-leading Los Angeles twice in their three game series, open a three-game set at San Diego Stadium tonight. The Padres are 40 games in back. Clay Kirby, 9-8, goes for Cincinnati against rookie Dan Spillner, 7-10. San Diego has been little trouble for the Braves though. In the teams’ final meeting of the season, Atlanta beat the Padres for the 17th time in 18 games. “Isn’t that something,” King remarked. Braves right-hander Phil Niekro won his 17th game by tossing a seven-hitter and singling in the tie-breaking run in the seventh inning. It was Niekro’s eighth straight victory over San Diego the last two seasons and gave him a 5-0 record against the team this year. “I always seem to be a better second-half pitcher,” said Niek ro, who is now 17-12 and has a shot at a 20-game victory season with an expected three or four more starts. “A tired arm seems to help the NUGGETS CUTSEVEN DENVER (UPI) — Denver Nuggets Coach Larry Brown cut seven players, including four with local backgrounds, from the American Basketball Association team Friday. — Griffin Daily News Monday, September 16,1974 being up for a game.” In other opening day action Sunday, Pittsburgh blasted Baltimore, 30-0; St. Louis stunned Philadelphia, 7-3; Cin cinnati ripped Cleveland, 33-7; Washington edged the New York Giants, 13-10; Minnesota whipped Green Bay, 32-17; Chicago beat Detroit, 17-9; Houston defeated San Diego, 21- 14; San Francisco topped New Orleans, 17-13; Dallas crushed Atlanta, 24-0; Los Angeles held off Denver, 17-10, and Kansas City stopped the New York Jets, 24-16. Oakland is at Buffalo tonight. Steelers 30, Colts 0 Joe Gilliam threw two TD passes and set up four-yard scoring runs by Franco Harris and Frenchy Fuqua as the Steelers overwhelmed Bal timore. Pittsburgh’s defense stymied the Colts and knocked out quarterback Marty Domres with bruised ribs in the first quarter. Rams 17, Broncos 10 Cullen Bryant returned a kickoff 84 yards for a touch down in the third period to power the Rams over Denver. David Ray had a 19-yard field goal for the Rams and John Hadi threw 19 yards to Bob Klein with 1:55 left in the fist half for the other TD. Charley Johnson’s 30-yard pass to Billy Van Heusen gave Denver its only TD. Cardinals 7, Eagles 3 Jim Hart threw a four-yard TD pass to Donny Anderson in the second quarter and the St. Louis defense made it stand up for an upset of the Eagles. The Cardinal defense dropped Eagle quarterback Roman Gabriel five times trying to pass. Cowboys 24, Falcons 0 Roger Staubach ran nine yards for one score and passed 52 yards to Golden Richards for another to spark Dallas over the Falcons. Atlanta could not penetrate into Cowboy territory until the third period and managed only 108 total yards. Chiefs 24, Jets 16 Jan Stenerud’s 27-yard field knuckler. But that doesn’t mean my arm hurts. My arm feels as good as it ever did. I’ve just got to win the next three.” Rowland Office drove in the Braves’ winning run with a sacrifice fly and scored from second in the sixth on Dusty Baker’s double after singling. HL ? THIS MAN WAITED FOR INTEREST RATES TO COME DOWN AND THE $30,000 HOME HE WANTED LAST YEAR NOW COSTS $33,000 BUY NOW. HEDGE AGAINST INFLATION. WE HAVE FINANCING AVAILABLE AT 7%%. CHECK WITH US BEFORE YOU DECIDE. goal gave the Chiefs a 17-16 lead and Emmitt Thomas clinched the win with a 38-yard interception return for a TD with 1:52 left. Joe Namath had TD passes of 14 yards to Rich Caster and seven to Eddie Bell but the turning point came when Kansas City end Marvin Upshaw picked off a deflected pass and returned it 52 yards for a TD with 10 seconds to go in the first half, cutting the New York lead to 16-14. Vikings 32, Packers 17 Chuck Foreman scored on runs of 18, one and three yards to lift the Vikings over Green Bay. John Brockington ran one yard and Steve Odom 18 for the Packer TDs. Redskins 13, Giants 10 Mike Bass retured an inter ception 28 yards for one TD and set up another with a fumble recovery as the Redskins beat the Giants. Larry Brown ran five yards for the ‘Skins’ other TD, while rookie Doug Kotar churned six yards for the lone New York TD. Bengals 33, Browns 7 Ken Anderson threw TD passes of 19 yards to Isaac Curtis and 25 to Bob Trumpy, and Lamar Parrish returned a punt 62 yards for another to spark the Bengals over Cleve land. Bears 17, Lions 9 Carl Garrett ran one yard for a TD and Gary Huff passed nine yards to Ike Hill for another as the Bears spoiled Rick Forzano’s head coaching debut with a victory over the Lions. Oilers 21, Chargers 14 George Amundson had TD runs of one, eight and three yards to lift Houston over San Diego. Amudson provided the winning score with 13:20 left after Dan Fouts threw 29 yards to Gary Garrison for a tie. 49ers 17, Saints 13 Rookie Sammy Johnson ran nine yards for a score with less than two minutes left to boost the 49ers past New Orleans. The run came after Bill McClard has given the Saints a 13-10 lead with a 31-yard field goal. All the runs came off rookie Padres starter Joe Mclntosh, now 0-3. Nate Colbert got San Diego its only run of the game with his 3th home run in the third. Atlanta sends Ron Reed, 10-9, against San Francisco’s Jim Barr, 12-9, tonight at Candles tick Park.