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Show H The New York Giants became the fifth National Football League team to strike late Wednesday. Following what quarterback Craig Morten said was unanimous agreement, the Giants left camp in Pleasantville, N.Y. Associated Press The National Fooibail League, hit by a growing strike five days before the scheduled opening of its 1975 season announced today its firm intention to play this weekend. Minutes later, the Detroit Lions became the fourth NFL team to go on strike , The Lions jouied the New England Patriots, New York Jets and Washington Redskins on the unmanned picket lines as the nations highest-pai- d football players enforced their demand that the NFLs owners give them a labor contract to their liking. Deaths Music DESERET NEWS, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17. 1975 vote to play; Lions strike Meanwhile, with four of ithis weekend's 13 opening games now in jeopardy, the NFL Management Council called a meeting of the six league owners who hold the power to cancel any or all games. A league spokesman previously had said the regular season was in jeopardy. n A committee of owners who comprise the NFL Management Councils executive committee went into session at 10 30 a m. (EDT) today in New York and emerged an hour later with this statement; The executive committee went into session this morning with the full intention 'J conducting our businr ss in a iashion as close to normal as possible. Other decisions will be taken as the day progresses, but we have reached the basic one; There will be games played in the NFL this weekend. the Then, ' shortly after noon, Lions emerged from a meeting and announced they were joining the strike. Player representative Jim Yarborough said; We' do not accept the proposal offered yester by the Management Council. - Wc as a team dAcidwt that nx long as the New England Patriots are locked out o their training camp, we are locked six-poi- nt six-ma- " out. . And so the strike grew and the league slipped closer to chaos. Not in recent times ones when the leaaue has become embroiled in all sorts of legal and labor disputes has the NFL been so tom by hardening attitudes. The players are angry and disorganized. - The owners are indignant, more or less unified, and feel they ha e a - contract offer sacred trust to uphold the integrity of the game. "V-- i by Sept 25. The two sides couldnt even agree on the origin of the offer, Ed Garvey, executive director of the union, claimed federal players mediator W, J. Userv had originally proposed tight points, two of which would have increased rosters from 43 to 46 players until Oct. 1 and temporarily reinstated the old 1970 contract. Both points were turned down by the Management Council. Sargent Karch, executive director of the Council, said Usery never recommended the eight points and that Garvey had a hand in preparing them. Karch also said Garvey made excessive demands in connection with restoring the 1970 contract, insisting that clubs deduct one ypsrs union dues from player paychecks and contribute $4,4 million to the pension fund. six-poi- The Patriots lit the spark m this latest dispute when they went on strike and skipped last Sundays exhibition game with the New York Jets in an attempt to force a new contract. New England ou.ciais responded oy locking the players out of training camp The fire spread Tuesday with the Jets and Redskins joining the Pats n strike. Unity, however, is not the players' strong point. Houston, Cincinnati, Minnesota and Miami, among others, ha e come out (irmly against the strike. The latest bid by the NFL Management Council, bargaining agent for the owners, was a proposal that, ui essence, called for the Patriots to return to camp and management to present a new six-poi- Player rep Ed Garvey gets things organized. Tiant blanks Mighty Oklahoma's Orioles in showdown By Associated Press .Mighty Oklahoma maintained its hold on the top spot in the weekly Associated Press college football railings today by an overwhelming margin but theres 4 k an interesting battle shaping fur runner-u- p honors between Big 1U powers Michigan and Ohio State. The defending champion. Soon-eron the strength of 53 first-plac- e votes in the Top Twenty balloting leleased Tuesday, compiled 1,130 of a possible 1,140 points from a nationwide panel of 57 sports writers and broadcasters. Oklahoma was impressive Saturday in whipping Oregon 02-A scant nine points separate second-rankeMichigan and No. Ohio State. The Wolverines have amassed 931 points and the Buckeyes 922 with each team collecting a pair of first-plac- e votes Michigan topped Wisconsin 23-- 6 and Ohio State dis0 last posed of Michigan State weekend. Oklahoma, Michigan and Ohio a week ago.Also State ranked repeating Irom last week in the fourth through sixth spots were Southern California, Missouri and USC Nebraska. Fourth-ranke- d has 685 points after beating Duke 35-idle Missouri. No. 5, polled 632 points and sixth-rate- d Nebraska received 478 as a result of a 10-- 7 victory over LSU. s, Associated Press , , Luis Tiant picked the perfect time to be perfect. Ive thrown faster than I did tonight, said Tiant, but my control was at its best. When you have your control it doesnt matter whos hitting. Cheered by a pennant-hungr- y Boston crowd that included his proud father who is visiting from Cuba. Tiant was nearly unhittable as he pitched the Red Sox over the Baltimore Orioles limited the Orioles to five hits, two of Tiant, them infield singles, and closed the lid halfway over Baltimores bid for its sixth American League East title in seven years A victory over Baltimore touight, which would give Boston a 614 game lead with 10 games left, would just about hammer the hd shut. When the big game comes hes unbelieveahle, said Carlton Fisk, who stroked one of the two homers off Baltimore ace Jim Palmer. His pitching completely dominated the game. who, like Tiant, struck out eight Palmer, and walked one, was tagged for Rico Petrocellis homer in the third and Fisk's in the fourth Elsewhere in the AL, Oakland took a pair from Texas 5 and Cleveland crushed Detroit Milwaukee downed Chicago nipped Kansas City the New York Yankees 2 and Minnesota shaded , California The Pittsburgh Pirates took some extra batting practice at Wrigley Field. Wasn't it nice of the Chicago Cubs to supply tne pitenersr With the aid of the Chicago staff, the Pirates raised their batting averages and plenty of with 24 hits en route to a record-makin- g eyebr iws 22-- 0 victory Tuesday Rennie Stennett was the most ferocious of the Pirate bombers blasting out seven straight hits for a modern major league record. In addition, the Pirate second baseman tied a major league mark by getting two hits in two separate innings. ' The victory kept the Pirates six games in front of the Philadelphia Phillies in the National League East. TV Phillips kept pee with the Pirates by beating the St. Louis Cardinals 3 in 13 innings. Elsewhere in the National League, the Houston Astros beat the Cincinnati Reds the New York Mets nudged the Montreal Expos 3 in 18 innings; the Los Angeles Dodgers trimmed the San Diego Padres 2 and the San Francisco Giants topped the Atlanta Braves 2-- 17-1- 3, 21-1- 1, 6-- 4, 11-- 9-- 6--5; 7. d 21-- Penn State climbed to seventh from 10th with 433 points after and defeating Stanford Texas and Tennessee moved into the Top Ten for the first time this season. 34-1- Texas, 12th last week, advanced to eighth with 427 points by beating Colorado State 46-- and Tennessee jumped from 20th to 0 l()th with 310 after downing Maryland, which had been 14th, 26-- still No. 1 Notre Dame, 17-- winners over college Monday night, remained ninth with 392 points. 3 Boston Auburn, Michigan State, Maryland and North Carolina State suffered a lost weekend and all dropped out of the Top Twenty. The APs Second Ten lists Texas A&M, UCLA, Florida, Alabama, Pitt, Arkansas, Arizona, Arizona State, Miami of Ohio and West Virginia. Ags' Van Ness second in total offense stats Greg Van Ness, Utah State's unveiled football quarterback, has emerged as one of the nations total offense leaders after the first week of major collegiate play. Van Ness racked up 287 yards total offense last Saturday against Utah, 192 yards in the air and 95 yards on the ground. He ran or threw on 45 plays. Ills total is only one yard short of the national leader, Roger Proffitt of San Jose State with 288. newly Van Ness teammate, running back Louie Giammona, was the national leader in rushing last year. Giammona is not listed among the leaders after his first game this year. " Rushing leader is Ricky Bell ot Southern California with 256 yards in one game. Passing leader is Gene Swick of Toledo with 41 completions in 63 attempts for 504 yards after two games Top receiver is Tom Fadden of Virginia with nine catches for 94 yards, and top scorers are Gerry Goodwin of Navy and Bell of USC both with 24 points after one game. 5-- Sears Best 4-- Express Mileage XW On Sale Truck Tire Center 175 W. 13th So. 4-- 5-- 1; 4-- There's joy in Beantown! Boston catcher Carlton Fisk rushes r to embrace pitcher Luis Tiant after masterful shutout of Baltimore. Lovat will do it his way Theres a little bit of Jack Curtice in Coach Tom Lovat. Tom shoots square with you. And like he told the Bleacher Utes at luncheon Monday, Last year I inherited my football talent. I played it their way, somewhat. But this year its my talent, and my staffs. Were going to put the best men we have on the field and if our best men do not must do something about them. Some players who thought they had the starting post clinehed will be watching the , HACK miLLER " Jr SPORTS EDITOR 1 players will put out, some of the be in the starting slots uu Saturday. That makes sense. Too many coaches in the past have been devoted to one, or a few, players. Some good football teams have missed their mark because the coaches put too many eggs m a little basket. As the bleacherites read Lovat this won't happen. Hes not as strong in depth and in oilense as he would like to be. But he's going to be stronger. Moreover, if he finds a player who plays patsy with the program hell be sitting on the slivers No hanky-pank- y Some players go from Mfb school to college with a specialty in mind. They are ruuneis, blockers, kickers or catchers. But at ioms camp they wall be members of a football force, and wherever they are needed most they will be used. Thats why Tom made three or four shifts in his lineup following the Utah State and figured he game. He s ' opening minutes of play from the sideline because Lovat flgui es he has a better man for that position. A new coach in his second year, with leftovers in his ranks, must make alterations. If he doesnt, the ship hes sailing will carry the same old list. There will be no injury hanky-pankThere have been times when much practice time was wasted in training room where fondled with swirl baths, playeis muscle rubs, assorted ointments and given dextrose tablets to "heal what never really ailed them. -- Quickest pass In the west Lovat, in the Monday session, had some bouquets to toss Utah States way. He admitted his Utes did a great job on the heralded Louis Giammona, nations leading ground gainer last year. But what Tom didn't expect was that Greg Van Ness, at quarterback, would tain out to be such a brilliant runner. didnt know much about Van Ness. intended to stop his passing and Giammona's running We didnt figure Van Ness would hurt us on the ground And he did He was the difference in that ball game, Lovat said. - V V. ' , We We "Also Van Ness is the fastest gun in the West. He can release that bail quicker iiian and we any man we will face this year have good scout reports en all quarterbacks. Hes a good passer and with his notion on running, with Giammona always there as the threat, you have to be ready for just about anything, Turn Lovat told his ,ionday mourners. Utah coach Tom Lovat promises to play his own kind of game. Tom - nodded a polite yes when someone suggested he had a fme quarter-hac- k in Pat Degnan. Tom knows this and Pat is a good one. And he would be a lot belts'- - if Utah had a few Giammonas to get the groundage they need to make the air game a threat. 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