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Show 18 © Sunday Herald SUNDAY,DECEMBER 1, 190 owns Whip Cardinals 38-10 Win Clinches Eastern Crown For Cowboys Jets Whip Patriots By-DONALD BERNS Winning in footbal! is simple togetherness, if you believe most of the older Packers, — SaM@ples: Bart Starr quarterback anc eldest statesman — NEWC_YORK (UPI). —The| “The one great thing this club New York Jets blasted Boston’s| bid to clinch cli Eastern}| '|Division championship in the! ‘American Football League Sa- | turday by whipping the Patriots 38-28 on three touchdown passes by Joe Namath, the hardrunning of fyllback Matt Snell and two key interceptions by Billy Baird: The Buffalo Bills now can-win the division title Sunday by defeating the Denver Broncos, but the Patriots will back into their-second title since 1963 if has going for it is there's tremendous love for one another ,+-on_the ball club. There's a closeness here you can’t des- cribe.” . . Ray Nitschke, allpro linebacker — “You know the city and state are behind you and this has some bearing on your play as a Green Bay Packer.” . : Willie Davis, de fensive captain — “It’s pride; pride in the unit, pride in doing the job. You ‘feel. the tradition and prestige, all things involyed with Green Bay. And it realBuffalo loses. Ray Nitschke ly moiivates.a player.” : . . A. Buffalo-Denver- tie would. give the Bills and Patriots And finally, Lombardi — “‘Success- is like a drug. You get identical 8-4-2 records, and they | hooked on it.” .. : would play off at Buffalo Dec. Nitschke, who wears horned rims and looks like an account% for the right to battle the western champion Kansas City ant out-of uniform, adds, “Even the rookies, when they join Chiefs Jan, 1 with a twin this club, act like champions.” . . . It pays to be a champion, jackpot at stake—the AFL title too—Nitschke doesti’t even bother holding an off-season job and a berth in the long-awaited because he can clear $500 a week just in speaking engagements By United Press International Super Bowl showdown against around Wisconsin. . . (Continued from Page Seventeen) Eastern Division the National League winner at Willie Wood, the brilliant safety man of the Packers, comes that’s whdt makes his absence from the West squad even more| Los Angeles Jan. 15. Washington, D.C., and remembers growing up in the Namath, hitting 14 of 21 from mystifying, shadow of Maury Wills, late of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Wills How the Bast-West-Shrine coaches could overlook a player! passes for 287 yards, threw two was better known. then as a schoolboy football’ star and punt of his three scoring passes to of Carter’s talents. is hard to understand. return artist, which happéns to be Wood’s specialty. ‘‘One But then it was herd for me to understand how Lonnie: Don Maynard for 20 and eight game, they had a fellow named Avatus Stone (who later played BYU's fiery guard of a few seasons back could be over-| yards and a third to George at Syracuse and in the Canadian League) kicking to him. Three Sauer for 77, Emerson Boozer ly personal time and effort in trying to times Stone purted, each time 75 yards, And three times Wills get Dennis on the West squad and fromi the run around I got} plunged-a yard for another ran the punt back, each time 80 yards,” . . . to the conclusion that politics count for as score and Snell topped it off with a 25-yard burst around his Although Dallas was upset by Washington, Cowboy’ flanker much as ability when it comes to selecting players: for the| end in’ the fourth period. Pete Gent caught a sensational long running pass by young East-West Shrine gamo squads, 3 Jim Turner contributed a 12 Jerry Rhome to set up an important touchdown. It was Gent e e yard field goel in the second who once described Rhome’s passing like this: “Every time quarter. Jerry throws a ‘ong one, they-ought-to signal-a fair catch.” .. . Great Guy Bert Halladay Dies Babe Parilli, Boston's veteran ‘The only male-in the Matte family of Cleveland, Ohio, who former dedicated Provo police officer, quarterback, also threw three sportsman and general all-around great guy, died the other touchdown: passes while piling hasn’t played ice hockey is Bruce Matte, the star quarterback day after a long illness and his passing brought a keen per- up 379 yards on 21 completions for Miami of Ohio. The elder Matte was a National Hockey in 38 attempts, but Baird twice League performer, Older son Tom, now a halfback for the Balsonal sadness to this writer. off interceptions in the timore Colts, wore skates for Ohio State’s hockey team, “I did Many’s the™might he and J used to sit in the radio room of picked third period as the Patriots play,” admitted Bruce, ‘‘when I was 10, but I got a front tooth the Provo Police Department and talk about fishing and hunt- struggled desperately. to catch knocked out anc haven't tried i since.” . . . : ing, BYU sports, nis early-days as a law enforcement officer up. Alan Ameche, former Colt fullback, returned to Baltimore and life in general. He was the night desk sergeant and radio Parilli passed 16 yards to dispatcher and I was single, foot-loose and fancy-free with a Gino Cappelletti for one-touch for an old pros’ reunion and stood on thefield before the game Jot of time on my hands. FUMaens down, hit Jim Whelan with an watching the young hloods cavort, “Just look,” said the Horse, and Art Graham from “at all the money out there.” ; . . 14§ yards out. Jim Nance scored. It's not the Michigan State game which sticks most vividly the other touchdown on a one in Ara Parseghian’s mind as the high of the 1966 Notre yard plunge. Dame season, “I remember most,” he says, ‘the first game, New York’s defense, led by linebackers Al Atkinson and which was Purdue, hecause it was on national TV and they had Ralph Baker, held Nanee, the defeated us the year before. And the first game is the most important one because you can’t win ’em all if you don’t win still get that emotiona!feeling when I reminisce on how Teague leading rusher, to 78 that one”... “Pop” and “Mom” Halladay treated me as if I were one of yards in 18 carries. Snell gained 122 yards in 22 carries for the Otis Taylor, a sensational pass receiver for the Kansas City their own sons, I-also remember the great comraderie that Jets and helped the New existed between “Pop” and “Mom”Halladay’s son, Elmo, when Yorkers pile up a club record of Chiefs this year, used to be on the other end of the ball. He was &-great high school quarterback and started at that position for he; like his dad, was a police-officer-and I was-a young, strug$28 yards on total offense. Prairie View... . gling reporter. , ‘The Jets. went out in front at) . Both “Pop” and’‘Mom” Halladay added much enrichment halftime 177 and led 31-13 at Between yor'n'me, Ray Willsey, the head football coach at to mylife. the end of three periods. California, confesses the campus unrest at Berkeley has affecNow “Pop” is dead, but the kindness and genuine friendted his team. “It probably cost us three fine prospects last ship that he and “Mom” and members of their family have year,”;he notes, .<. shown toward me over the years will live in my heart for as Jong as I’m able to draw a breath. Sports With Schwartz ~ gbueeeee:2 eeeksees i i pnrowmata = NFL Standings gro-nooure RSeaanae r BoHooHKeH 4 HMw OSSW re HE a if FueI pee Seis g see c=a Fe w= a fni é ;i i if < E e Fat : . = fe Fae HE S est® Z gS E . Are Honored ial i a ft i /~~ 6 Swim Coaches 1 ut league, i wouldn't want to see us go back to that.” Lombardi also decries thé fact that TV has hoked up the pro game, “They have most people believingit's complicated,” he says, “Football is a simple game”. - . 38 to28 = uf ST, LOUIS (UPI)—Frank Ryan's fcur touchdown passes paced the Cleveland Browns to & 386-10 victory: over the. St. ‘extra point boosted the Louis Cardinals Saturday and |into a 17-10 lead and they came enabled the idle Dallas Cowboys right back to make it 24-10 , to clinch their first National when Leroy Kelly banged over — Football League Eastern Con from the one-yard line after a ‘Styard drive. The key play was ferencetitle. Ryan completed 23 passes for a 36-yard pass from Ryan to 367 yards, including touchdown split end Paul Warfield, of 42 and 44 yards to the ball to the Cardinals’ Tanker Gary Collins, 19 yards yardline. to Ernie Green and'50 yards to Clifton MeNeil,.-Ryan’s four touchdown passes gave him a Club Fecord season: total of 29. Ry:ran's second touchdown pass to Collins came in the Vince Lombara: of Greer. 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