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Show Foreman Favored Over Ali Tonight W atts Cookin’ ‘A, Zaire (UPL) — Muhammad Ali said he will whisper something into Foreman S ear whe they meet “EF + the title vacant the bell rings,” George Foreman. By JOE WATTS for a Change, Breaks Went in BYU's Favor When BYU loses a football game it’s usually fashionable to go back over the game and find a break or two that might have turned the game in BYU'sfavorif the breaks had gone the other way. Well, I would imagine that’s what Arizona coaches, players, writers, and fans are doing today, and if they look close they can find a bundle of breaks that went in BYU's favor that might have easily gone in favor of the Wildcats it’s a game of breaks Here are a few breaks, or key plays, that had they gone the other way would have changed the game considerably the heavyweight sein . Gains will make seventhround knockout of Sony Liston, Sinee he gained the Oly mpic hight heavytitle in Rome in Ali, then known Pe trigiios ne Stadium: of champion said Monday. “The tte blongs to the man whecan win it —and hold it Geroge“scared as hell Ali began fighting Forer months ago. with words. N is tact EST) Muhammad Ail will meet Foreman in thecenterof the ring jegs and jabs, wh against many, bui which ‘has Ma little ahi on Foreman, just as it _ TotheZairians oe figh: President sabute draw attention to Zaire and invite foreign inve=tments inits In a few short hours (18 p.r mast fig i -Maske ch in and eat of the include psycho! ii ser herewith theworld ttle, stripped the sledge hammer t from Ali in 1967 fer his refusal to accept the draft, now fer one last tume within his reach have brought the unbeaien champion through 40 sirsight had little on Frazier when Joe won a brutal 15-round decision victories, with an awesometotal of 37 knockouts. Greatest of course washis two- over Ali in Marchof 1971 Foreman, the 25-yearvld native of Houston, Texas, is an 14.5 choiceto sugcessfullydefend round demolition of Joe Frazier in January, '973, a victory almost as great as Ali’s own his title against the 32-year- the most celebrated old Ali, But Ali is the greatest drawing card in ring history not only because of his fighting ability inside the ropes, but aiso because of his publicim; « Among coronation in February 1964, a ~~ fighter in modern times the approximately brought ¢ Tich, untapped resources: To the rest of the world. the fight can mark the passing of an or era shoule Fereman wi acceptanceof Muhammad Al is one of ihe very greatest if not the SPORTS Page 6—THE“HERALD. Prove, Utah, Tuesday, October 29, 1974 Steelers Down Atlanta, 24-17 whe LUMD. fumbled the Wo the ball and it was recovered by BYU's Dana Wilgar. That wild play gave BYU the ball on Arizona's 42 yard line andled to a 14-7 lead. Break Three — An Arizonapass glancedoff the hands of receiver Darrell Davis into the arms of BYU's Gary Shaw which gave BYU the ball on the Arizona 28 yardline and on the next play BYU took a 21-7 lead Break Six — Atthe start of the second half Sheide threw his worst pass in four gamesright into the arms cf Arizona’s Mark Jacobs who was sil alonein the flat and would have easily scored, but he dropped it. It was one of those cinches, like a “gimmeputt,’ but he dropped it. Break Seven — Arizona scored on a 43 yard screen pass to Jim Upchurch, but an official spotted an :neligible receiver downfield andit nullified the touchdown. It was the right call, wut how often is it missed? Break Eight — John Bethamstele a pass right out of the hands of Arizona's Joe O'Sullivan for a touchdown that pus BYU ahead 24-13. It was a great catch on Betham’s part, but, on how close ii was to an interception After an 0-3-1 start, and an incredibly bad break against the Cougars in the Colorado State game, it must be comforting to Cougar fans to see the breaks going in BYU s favor for a change Football is a gameof breaks, but to a large extent those breaks are caused by either excellent or poorplayon the part of the two teams. In this game BYU made manyofits breaks by exceptional play. The Cougars forced several of those interceptions by hard, timely tackles on the receivers, and Betham literally stole the ball on a super play for a touchdown. While BYU was playing sharply during those critical situations the Wildcats appeared sluggish and inept Hats Off to Sheide Congratulations are in order once againto Gary Sheide for another outstanding performance. Three weeksago he was named WACOffensive Player of the Week, and for the past. two weekshas been namedto UPi's National Backfield of the Week An Arizona Wildcat Sportswriter, Erne Sotomayor, indicated in an article prior to the game that Sheide could put on a greataerial show, and that “‘Sheide may give the cameraman some trouble following the ball.” } f It's my understanding that the cameraman did have trouble keeping up withthe action on the regional telecast, but he needn't feel too bad, Arizona couldn't keep up with it either, to Ai Dodd and 24 yatus iv Ken Burrow. Then Roy Gerela, despite aninjured jeg, once more pushed Pittsburghinto the lead with a 3¢-yard field goal in the third period. But even after Harris’ winning touchdown, Atlanta threa( ened to send the prime time nationally televised National Football League game TWO OUTSTANDING COUGARS, Gary Sheide,left, and John Betham, right, converse on the sidelines during a recent game. The combination of Sheide to Betham has developed into a potent weapon. Against Arizona the Second Straight Week For National Honor By CHRIS SCHERF short sideline pass 37 yards for UPISports Writer another. NEW YORK (UPI) — Gary Quarterbacks receiving honSheide has got his act together orable mention were Sc and it's bringing down the house Carolina substitute Ron Bass in the Western Athletic whorana schoolrecord39 times Conference for 211 yards and twe For the second straight week, touchdowns; Notre Dame's Tom Sheide threw five touchdown Clements who passed for two. touchdowns and ran for another passes to lead Brigham Young to a WACvictory and wasselected Auburn's Phil Gargis who threw for two touchdowns and ranfor a as quarterback for United P: International's Backfield of the third; Alabama's Robert Fraley Week. who also threw for two TDs and ranfor one; Texas’ Marty Akins who ran for 188 yards. honorary bac Kent Running backs receiving hon orable mention were Michigan's BobLytle who gained158 yards Texas Techs Larry Issac whoran for 125 yard: souri’s John Galbreath who gained 146 yards and scored three touchdowns Bowling Green's Dave Preston whe gained 191 yards Wisconsin's Mike Morgan who gained 136 yards; Kentucky's Sonny Collins who gained 147 . Southern Cal’s Anthony vho became the third Trojan runner to gain more than 3,000 career yards with 195 yards State's Greg Kokal who threw and two touchdowns Mary four touchdown passes. and Oklahoma's Joe Washington who rand Miamiof Stanford's Mike Cordova who picked up 133 yards. and threw for 190 yards and two Arkansas’ Ike Forte who gained idegot off touchdowns. Griffin 153 yards losing their first three ames without any discernablesij of ee « Larry Carr Named whocould de the title — Brigham Young University quarterback Gary Sheide. If he gets hot. no telling what might happen Well. five touchdowns and 268 yards on 19 completions in 35 » handle and BYU upset eviOUSS week Sheide had Uiree opening ee Sheide has got his arm in gear and Br has mark Duringthat period “she has connected on 77 of 117 (66 passes for 1,041 yards ane 15 touchdowns, with only one SNVER (UPI) — Brigham defnse was supposedto be the best in the Western Athletic Conferencethis year Butafter the first four games the Cougars stood 0-3-1 and then began to be doubts about the strength of the defense However, the first two games the Cougars lost they didn’t give up touchdown,losing to Hawail 1 and ¢! Blanc, Nilsson a cocky adept senior, is Listed Doubtful For AFA Game reading Sophomore tailback Jeff Blanc, Brigham Young University's leading rusher and Carter, a senior tailback at Maryland, had the best day of his number two passreceiver, is a nelimes at too adept inhis own opinion To Betham Robbie Wright of Wye tackle Rich Haury of N ico and ColoradoState’sstight end combination of Bill Larson and ete Clark Betham was forced into con: fallen apartfor the Cougars, and siderable action this year when foliowed by a 3333 tie with Miller wasfirst lost with a brokColorado State it appeared the en shoulderbladeand then a knee defensive unit had lost its injury reputation Hehad sometroubles t first, It was getting hard for us to id the entire BY m keep our morale y said first three games. middie linebacki 'y Carr and since the “But then everybody realized we > WAC competition, hadn't lost a conference game the Cougars have compiled a 3 yel 1 record andtitle aspirations. “We knewwehad a good team “You can’t help but get exand it was just a maiter of beating Arizona,” keeping our morale up and going the win over the out there like we did in the first erence favorites. two games.” e been the cham- losing to UtahState 9-6 on three field goals. At that stage it was the offensive team receiving the flak, not the defensive unit Carr has been playing Then along came the lowa even better Last Saturday State, a 34-7 thumping, and it against Arizona, he made six seemed like evervthing had interception ney woulddo. thing we thou bss did And we just picked three straight times on a interception by end John Zook and fumbles by Bleier and Harri But the Steeler defense, which has carried the club all year, allowed the Falcons only three points. Bradshaw, who led Pittsburgh into the playoffs the past two seasons, felt it might have been a different story had he been FE Bainie experience ti s yea "I dit ee the ball well,” Honor Goes WACDefensiveStar on five field goals, game into overtime as they tumed the hall over to Atlanta Offensive UP! Names Sheide Joining Holmes had four unas: tackles, seven ts end si Atlanta querterback Bob Lee twice as Pittsburgh's brutal “Steel Curtain” defense sealed the Falcons doom. In all, Lee was sacked seven times — a Seeler record — as Pittsburgh increased its league-leading sacks to 29 for the year. 1 was a clutch 29-yard pass on third down from Terry Bradshaw, sae for the first to Harrison the a playof ‘ ie uth period that up what proved to be the touchdown. Three plays DENVER (UPI) — Eversince 4Jiiniee late, Har.is went seven yards John Betham enrolled at for the score. Brigham Young University he “1 haven't been happy has beenliving in shadows. alternating and | think Coach First, there are the shadows (Chuck) Noll got the message, which the magestic Wasatch but it wasn't methat toid him Mountains cast on the campus of said Harris, who found himself BYUand Proyo, Utah, and then with an Italian Army fan club there was t adowthat every after a brilliant rookie season BYU receiver lived in last year three years ago. The L.C. offlanker Jay Miller, who ied the Greenwood sacked Lee three times and Joe Greene and Andy Russell also trapped the Atlanta quarterback once as Pittsto the “sun country * of Tucson, burgh’s defense turned in a solid Ariz.. and Betham came out performance. shining in the Cougars 37-13 upset But Atlanta almost denied of 14th-rankedArizona. Pittsburgh the opportunity to Betham caught 10 passes for improve its record to §-i-1 and 144 yards and three touchdowns and Monday was named the move 1 's games ahead of Western Athletic Conferenceof- Cincinnati in the AFC Central Division. The loss dropped fensive playerof the week Also nominated were halfback Allanta to 2-5 andinto a tie with Freddie Williams of Arizona San Francisco inthe NFC West State; freshman tailback Ray Pittsburgh jumped into a 14© lead the first two times it Holt of Texas-E} Pas combination clicked ten times for 144 yards and three touchdowns. Sheide was named to the UPI National Backfield of the Week and Betham won WAC Offensive Player of the Week honors, doubtful player for the Cougars’ career with 180 yards in the game this Saturday at the Air Terps’ victory over North Force Academy. Also doubtfulfor theAir Forec CarolinaState. Carter gained 180 yards for a career total of 1,952 to game is freshman widereceiver break Ed Modzelewski hoo! Jeff Nilsson who has caught record and also scored a crucial three touchdown passes this year. Nilsson suffered a sprainfourth-quarter touchdown. ed knee inthe Arizona game Carpenter, a sophomore full hack at Miami of Ohio, scored BYUcoach LaVell Edwards three touchdowns andranfor 181 said he will move Ch: hy: yards in the Redskins’ victory into the starting tailback spot over Toledo, Carpenter scored on and flanker Sam Lobuein for runs of 4%and 2 ‘ds andtook a Nilssuis catching 10 passing for 144 yard and three touchdowns I didn’t feel I really stoodout against Arizona,” said Carr. “I felt our whole defensive teamdid @ great job. We knew we had to stop them from running and that's whi id Arizona had only 12? yards on the ground and hadfive passes intercepted “That's what matters.” A Losin’ Fight NEW YORK (UPI) — John Coleman, a pitcher with Philadelphia of the National League, set a major @ ree futility in 1883 when he lost 48 kames Bradshawsaid. “I was missing handoffs. Everything was hazy until i settled down.” The Steeler victory camelafter a weekendin whichSt, Lovis and New England scored the biggest victories. Jira Hari threw two TD passes and Roger Wehrli feturned an interception for a score as the Cardinals ran their unbeatenstring to seven games with a 2320 victory -over Washington. New England, which previ ously upset Miami and Los Angeles, added Minnesota to the list, stopping the Vikings 17 14 on Jim Tiunkett's 10-yard touchdown pass to Bob Windsor with three secondsleft. The win was costly, however, as Windsor suffered a kneeinjury and will be lost for the season after surgery In other games Sunday, Miami edged Baltimore17-7, Cleveland nipped Denver 23-21, Las Angeles handled the ball on a 1¢-yard topped the New York touchdown run by Rocky Bleier 13, Housten upset Ci and on a one-yard dive by 21, Buffalo beat Chi Bradshaw. who had had one 6, Dallas downed the Detroit completion and oneinterception Giants 21-7, on two attempts while previous- Green Bay 19-17, Ni ly backing up former starting upended Philadelphia 14-10, Kansas City defeated San Diego quarterback Joe Gilliam Rookie Lynn Swann set up 2414 and Oakland held off San Bleier's touchdown with a Francisco 35-24 National Rankings Get SomeStability Texas A&Mwasseventh, Penn NEW YORK (UPI) — After almost two months of musical chairs, the United Press International Board of Coaches’ major college football ratings have settled into some sem “We were prepared and ev- blanee of order. erything we thought they were The latest balloting by the tar uding three sacks for going to do,” he said, “they did. coaches resulted in only one knew we weregoing to newcomer in the top 10 as losses, Casercenil @ pass and e patient and things Florida and Texas switched had two deflections and today h places, the Gators taking over was named the WAC defensive would go right.” Betham now sits fourth in the the 10th spot and the Longhorns playerof the week WAC inrece iB with 26 recep- fallingto 11th. Also nominated were line: Meanwhile, Ohio State conbacker Joe Marion of Wyoming tions for 371 yards in seven pames and also is first in punt ti as the overwhelming nose guard Loren Mulkins returs, 138 yard aver and choice for the No. 1 spot, Glorado State; end Hal Bar nett of Texas E} Paso; safety second in kickoff returns, aver: capturing 34 of the 35 firstplace votes cast Alex Stencel of ArizonaState and aging 22.7 yards “We knew wehad the poten Michigan, which received the linebacker David Thompson of tial all along and sin New Mexico. solid second choice, with BYU wide reciver John Beth opened the conference sc# we've shownit,” said Bethan. unefeated Southeastern Conam won the offensive honors, = Break Five — Deep in their own territory BYUthrew a pass to Brian Billick. He was hit hard as he caught it and the bali bounced out where an Arizona player recovered. However, the pass was ruled incomplete, and there was a clear ditference of opinion in the press box about the ruling. That would have given Arizona the ball deep in BYU territory brilliant 52-yard punt return afte: Atianta’s first unsuccessfu series But Lee tied the game 1414 in the second period on touchdown passes of nine yards PITTSBURGH (UPi) — The Pittsburgh Steelers awarded game balls Monda: night to ruming back Franco Harris, wh already oy & fay club, to defe: E “Arrowhead” ‘oines whi he's going to formone. Harris’ 141 yards on 28 carries, both career highs, were instrumental in leading the Steelers to a 24-17 victory over the Atlanta Falcons in a Break Two — An Arizona pass glancedoff the hands of receiver Scott Piper into the Break Four — An Arizona pass intended for receiver ‘T’ Bell hit his shoulder pads and bounced into the arms of BYU's Gary Shaw. Itall took place in the end zone and could very easily have been an Arizona touchdown, which would have madeit 21-14. globe to overa million Each man, win callect $5 million d effort inthe riche eventin the history of the ring ThewaeMfieerald Break One — BYU trailed 7-0 and started its march for a touchdown. Arizona intercepted a pass and returned ic to the BYU35 yard line, but it was i i, Had the interference not been called Arizona might have taken a 14-0 lead. Instead BYU marched down andtied the gameat 7-2, af BYU BY L'sS Mike Mike RUSSO Russel! 4iMiS GF reatest hour of 4a.m. Wednesday will be a hostof Zairians whohavenever seen a fight before. but wio are aware that these two black “brothers” will each get $%million for their efforts —win o State eighth and Nebrash Penn State plays host to 12th ranked Maryland Saturday and the winner probablywill receive amajor bowl bid Texas Tech climbed two positions to 13th and Miami (Ohio) did likewise to take over Mth. Arizona State and Mississippi Mate ti for 15th, while Oklahoma Stateand Houstontied for 17th Mississippi State's three-position jump from 18th last weekto 15th represented the Ereatest e in this week's Tatings. 2 vi 2 jee) 4 7 ¢ eae Dame (51) ference powers Alabama and 4 Toenae ay 2 i” ie Auburn third and fourth, respectively. Notre Dame broke out oflast week's fifth-place tie with ® ” % % demolished ‘ Southern California as the trish previously-ranked Miami (Fla ) 38-7 Saturday. The ft ttiey Miss St, (61) 5 Trojans, despite their 31-10 Tey Ona St 183) vietory over OregonState,fell to (Tie) Mouston (5-2) : sixth, W UGA 412) |