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Show 'r1w X v. KfPym T But Sonny's Out United Press International Lighting doesn't strike twice when Sonny Jurgenscn is conIt cerned. strikes aimo.-- t annually. For the third time in the last five years, Jurgenscn has been liit with a disabling injury and with it may go the Washington Redskins title hopes. Jurgen-sen- , the 'Skins' veteran passing star who just last week became only the third player in .VL history to surpass the till. mark, suffered a freak tendon injury to his ankle Sunday and probably is lost for the season. back Jorgensen dropped midway through the first quarter against the New York (limits arid threw a Roy Jefferson. pass Me limped off the field and, at age 33. it could mean his (areer Bill Kilmer came on and, wnh a brilliant performance by Larry Brown, who ixilled for 131 yards and scored twice, led the Redskins to a victory. In other NFL action Sunday, Miami blanked Baltimore, to remain the only unbeaten team in the league, Mirine- - sota downed Green Bay, San Francisco clubbed Atlanta, 4914, Oakland blased Los Angeles, Pittsburgh Cincinwhipped Buffalo, nati drubbed Houston, 30-- the New York Jets trampled New Kansas England, San Diego, Cleveland beat Denver, Chicago whipped St. Louis, and New Orleans topped Detroit is at Philadelphia, Dallas tonight. Larry Csonka scored twice and Mercury Morris once to lead the Dolphins over the punchless Colts for their seventh straght victory. The Purple Gang has been reincarnated, although Carl Eller believes that Its still a ghost of its former self. in a rout of the Rams. 27-1- 45-1- 38-2- Ben-gal- 34-1- 26-1- 27-2- 27-1- 0 21-- After the Minnesota Vikings demonstrated some of their oldtime defensive in magic beating the Green Bay Packers their ringleaders declared: Were not back yet . . wherever weve been, were not back. . The brawny defensive end referred to Minnesotas unimpressive record and unim- 4 10 e They were destined for better things this year, according to general opinion. But we haven't been playir.g well, said Minnesota Coach Bud Grant, whose team has won four straight Central crowns. Minnesota's victory spoiled a chance for Green Bay to take over possession of first place in the nervous Central Division race. The Backers, who started the day tied with the Detroit Lions, fell to a record and a behind half-gam- e Hawaii Wants In The WAC I 1 n 972 the Lions. Detroit meets the Dallas Cowboys in an NFC game tonight. The Vikings alert defense picked off four of Hunters passes altogether and held the Big Green Machine to a paltry total of 99 sards, rushing and passing. Steve Spurrier threw three TD passes and Vic Washington sprinted 98 yards for another score as the Forty Niners ripped Atlanta ami Dan le I.amonica threw three TD passes us Oakland converted four pass interceptions and a fumble recovery inlo five TDs 0 I I I s. 6 Weisacosky (66) tackles Jet running back Steve Harkey (36) during a game which Jets won, 34-1- Patriot linebacker Ed 0. Hillcrest Young Pro Wad kins Beats Old Arnie NEWS SPORTS EDITOR LAS VEGAS Monday, October 30, B posing posture in the National Football Conferences Central Division. Hack Miller DESERET Franco Harris scored thue TDs and set up two others to lead the Steelers over Buffalo and Essex Johnson and Doug Dressier each gained more than s 100 yards n leading the over Houston. Emerson Boozer, the NFL touchdown leader, produced three more, boosting his total to 11. as the Jets rolled over New England and rookie Robert Wests eight-ruTD run with a recovered fumble boosted Kansas City over the Chargers. Mike Phipps threw two touchdow n passes and plunged for a third as Cleveland stopped Denver and Earl Thomas 82yard run with on a kickoff reverse and Bobby TD pass to Douglass George Farmer helped the Bears beat St. Louis for their third straight victory. In the battle of the have-notNew with Orleans, Archie Manning throwing two TD passes to Dan Abrarr.ow-icz- , stopped Philadelphia for its first victory of the season. and New Philadelphia is Orleans came to Glitter City here to learn that Paul Durham, University of Hawaii Athletic Director, is making the rounds of our Western Athletic Conference to feel the conference pulse about expansion obviously to include the Rainbow's from Honolulu. The eight WAC athletic directors are in favor of expanding to include Hawaii and either Long Beach, San Diego State, Utah State, or all of them. Now what Durham wants to know is whether the WAC is serious about it or just stringing the Rainbows along in the event some day they are needed. Hawaii wants to belong to someone, athletically. It wanted to belong to the United States politically, and won that fight when it got statehood. Now it wants to integrate in the whole national picture. Consider what the Islanders can offer. There is a stadium under construction ($30 million). It 50, will be completed for use in the fall, of 1974. They are already playing two or more of the WAC teams every year and would be glad to wait out the schedule, which is filled until 1978 for most schools. 000-se- They have a banner bunch of gridders this year and last basketball season were in the nations top 20, went to the NCAA playoffs. The previous season they had an invitation for the National Invitational tournament in New York City. Talking to sports editors and others here at the Sahara Invitational Tournament this reporter learned that University of Hawaii prefers the solidarity of the Western Athletic Conference over all others. The WAC offers the same level of competition as Hawaii. Hawaii also likes its past relations with schools in our region. LAS VEGAS, Nev. (UP1)-La- nny Wadkins went to Wake Forest University on a scholarship from a fund established by alumnus Arnold Palmer and it was kind of ironic that the young pro beat the old vet. Wadkins collected his first tour title Sunday when he took the Sahara Invitational and won $27,000. That made his total for the year $114,766, a record for a rookie. The previous high for a rookie was $105,595 won by Bob Murphy old. Turning to the Wadkins, Palmer smiled and said, I may be still playing when he retires. in 1968. Wadkins finished ahead of Palmer and watched while the pro tried for a birdie that would have tied them on the 18th hole. Palmer need- shot Wadkins under par Golf 11 ed to sink a putt and he missed, losing the tournament by one stroke. Palmer has not won in 15 months but he didnt look shattered. for the Sahara-Nevad- a -7- 1. Club. Par is 36-3- 5 Palmer shot Gay Brewer, former ters Champion, moved the last round to shoot and tie for third with Irwin (69) at 275. Sure, its aa disappointment, he said. It certainly doesnt mean Im giving up. Masup in a 68 Hale They each won $7,968. Jack Nicklaus, made a run for the top and was only two strokes off the pace until he the 18th. He hit his drive out of bounds, took another shot and was in the lake with it on the par five hole. He wanted the $27,000 first prize especially because, it would have put him over the $300,000 mark for the year. He had to settle for $5,179, the' sum also collected by Bob a young Lodi, Eastwood, double-bogeye- d On Spot For State Calif., pro who shot John Mahaffev, 24, a young Houston pro who is a pupil of Ben Hogan, finished with in the same bracket with George Knudson (76) and the veteran Lionel Hebert (69). They each won $3,981. Art Wall, By GREG HANSEN Deseret News Sports Writer Five weeks ago Hillcrest football coach Raynor Pearce was dodging questions like With all the talent you have, how did Bingham, Jordan and Brighton beat you? Penn- sylvanian, who was in contention earlier, slipped to a final 74 and 280 in a tie for the 17th with Rod Funseth and Larry That Ziegler. combined. Its hard to believe Hillcrest lost to any of Jubilant Utes Await Arizona them. Kearns coach Frank Klekas, who must take his Cougars into sudden-deatplayoff versus the Huskies Tuesday, also finds it hard to believe. The game will be played at Cotton wood High at 3 p.m., although the time may be altered. h By BILL EWER Deseret News Sports Writer Suddenly, the University of Utah has found itself right at the top in the race for the Western Athletic Conference football title. Hillcrest came from behind to trip Kearns Friday, throwing the Region Four second place quarterfinal berth into a tie. Both finished league play at The winner plays Sky View in Smithfield either Friday or Saturday. And after the No. 1 ranked Bobcats suffered a 42-to Bonneville last week, the playoff winner can to take afford a more optimistic look at the game. I felt we relaxed after getlead, Klekas said ting a of the loss to Hillcrest, our kids feel they had it but let it slip away. Were eager to "'redeem ourselves. Admittedly, its a position few expected the Utes to be in before the season began. That was especially true after a mediocre start in which Utah lost three of Its first five showed a games, offense but a porous defense that gave up an average of over 33 points and 438 yards a game. But it is a position the Ute team itself expects to stay in, as they proved Saturday in a runaway over title contender New Mexico. rapidly-improvin- 0 red-facin- g 21-- 7 4 little Allowing themselves time to bask in the glory of so convincing 2 win, the Utes began to call for a similar thrashing of Arizona, next oppi nent and only major WAC hurdle left in Utahs phenomenal run for the championship. We Wildcats! Wildcats! want the Wildcats! was the dressing room cry following the victory over New Mexico. And the Ute team seemed ready and able to take on Arizona right then and there. AriWAC record zona sports a and leads the conference. while New Mexico Utah is dropped to Hillcrest disguised itself as a beaten football club entering the fourth period of that Sat-irda- Now the question comes, will the WAC expansion program or will it just sit in the act on the Jack Hor- ner corner. Will Belong To Someone Hawaii is going to belong to someone. They have given us the first chance to marry up. They have made their proposals. But mere romance is not enough. Its either the WAC or someone else. Most every WAC team has enjoyed playing in the Islands. It is as inexpensive as going to Kentucky, or to New York, or whereever athletic teams travel to the eastern seacoast. Moveovcr, its a delightful event for the athletes weather is always enticing. seat stadium Hawaii can meet the It has proved it can field a repuexpenses. necessary table team. With the 50,009 Golden Richards, the great halfback who wouldnt go to class at BYU and had to lose out in his scholastics, has turned to Hawaii to pick up his pace again. Hes a start receiver for the Rainbows. He is eligible in Hawaii because of concessions made by the NCAA due to the remoteness of the school and the need for r assistance in recruiting athletes. There is no wait for school jumpers in the Hawaii case. This would be changed of course, if conference membership were granted. one-yea- Enlarge The Conference For years this reporter has contended that for prestige in our area we should enlarge our conference to include as many teams as want to sign up. Schedules could then be made according to traditions, levels of competitions, etc. i It would be right to have 20 teams if they need conference affiliation. They could be categorized according to their resources. They could be categorized according to their resources and play for titles within those categories. Then when you spoke of the Western Athletic Conference you would have stature so your voice could be heard In national athletic affairs. Hawaii would be a good neighbor. We would have Long Beach, naught to lose by taking them in-- and San Diego State and Utah State, and any other school which sought membership in the conference. The Hawaii straw has been thrashed before. But there are still some kernels of worth in the chaff. game. 0 Deseret News Photo by Chief Photograp 1 There was even some talk of Fiesta Bowl at Utevilie. but coach Bill Meek let everyone know how he and his players feel about that. Were not even thinking about the Fiesta Bowl yet, said Meek. "Our main worry right now is Arizona. Our kids know the winner (of the WAC) will be going to the bowl, so all we're concerned about is winning next week. Arizonas going to be tough to beat. But Arizona shouldn't be any tougher than New Nexico was supposed to be, and the Utes of the made a shambles Lobes touted wishbone offense w hile thoroughly picking apart their highly rated defense. Utah's Danny Marrelli nearly had punt blocked by New Mexico's Greg Symons 4 action that saw U. of U. bombard Lobos by a lopsided margin. 69-ya- rd in this bit of WAC 59-1- one, and Belczyk scampering in Irom 21 yards out. Second quarter action was much the same, Nuw Mexico fumbling twice and Don Van Galder scoring on a seven-yarpass to Ike Spencer and Fleming Jensen converting on field goal. a halftime lead, a With a homecoming crowd of 21,859 Utah fans began to fee) pretty easy about the outcome. The Utes. however, werent about to let up. d 31-- 7 Scoring twice in each of the third and fourth quarters, Utah roiled up the highest score since 1941 when a Utah Right from the start, the team racked up 60 points Lobos should have known it against Wyoming. wasn't going to be their day. Van Galder ran twice for On the first play from scrimthe Utes' third period TDs and candidate mage Spencer went 15 and live Fred Henry fumbled on the yards for the two final period M 23 and Utah safety Larry tallies. Eldracher recovered. It was Van Galder have may the first of six fumbles and played his best game ever for two pass interceptions given the Utes mixing his plays up by New Mexico, resulting well, passing almost to perfecdirectly in five touchdowns tion and keeping the New and one field goal for the defense Mexico guessing Utes. throughout the contest. He hit on 11 of 22 passes for 150 In the first quarter alone, three lost fumbles gave Utah yards. lead with Gene Belczyk a Utah's Belczyk. going in from the one. Steve running back, picked Marlowe going in from the up 115 yards rushing in 19 21-- 0 earlier they dropped decision to Provo and were almost certain losers before QB Bruce Wagstaff and receiver Todd Smith sparked the winning rally. We didnt put any pass rush on Wagstaff, Klekas and well have to reflected, get more pressure Tuesday if were going to win. It wont be hard getting our kids ready, Ill tell you that. Neither the Huskies or Cougars have impressive season Hillcrest is records, But the winner Kearns is will certainly have a solid shot to unseat Sky View, The Smithfield club has benin Reefited from an One. rolled have up gion They big scores over everyone but Roy and Bonneville, thereby impressing a lot of observers. So we think the winner will have an excellent chance of advancing to the a game that would be played on the Region Four home field. A week a never-say-qu- carries, passed for 39 yards, and generally kept the Utes on the moc when they needed it most. Spencer, the sensational sophomore, also broke the century mark with 102 yards in 14 tames. He also caught two passes while accounting for three TDs. Bob Pritchett 2, Bob Fratto 1, and Eldracher 1) and the two interceptions (Rick Edge and Marhsa Marshall), the previously suspect defense completely controlled New Mexico's talented running corps. Lance Robbins and Willie Armstead led the receiving corps with four catches apiece for 68 and 60 yards. to the Lobos exactly what youd call impenetrable on Utahs defensive side, but New Mexico had been averaging 337.5 per game while scoring at a declip. And the fenders certainly contributed to all those fumbles. And while Utah's offense depraise for amass- serves high the ing 59 points against W ACs second best scoring defense, it was the Ute defense that really turned the trick. Aside from six fumble recoveries (Steve Marshall 2, Giving up 311 yards rushing (127 by Henry) isnt hard-hittin- TD, kept their running game under control. We gave them plenty of breathing room, let them run, but kept them from from us. breaking away Once they fell behind. New Mexicos game plan of five yards and a carpet burn fell apart. The Lobos ground game eats up the clock as well as yardage and they couldnt hold onto the football long enough to overcome Utahs huge lead. 48-- 0 6-- off-ye- Keams-Hillcre- semi-final- s, g m Him cm, Meek considered his defense We kept the victory key. them from getting the cheap Come Any Time SNOW TREADS Memphis Waives Neumann MEMPHIS, TENN. (AP) -Highly touted Johnny Neumann, the sophomore scoring star signed into pro basketball off the University of Mississippi campus last year, has been placed on waivers by the American Basketball Association Memphis TAMs. Neumann was the nations leading collpgiate scorer at the time he was signed to a high priced, tract multi-yea- r b y the Memphis con- ABA franchise, known at the time as the Pros. Neumann and former Memphis Coach Babe McCarthy, whos now with Dallas, enfeud, gaged in a year-lonwith Neumann insisting that McCarthy was not playing him enough. 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