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Show Page 14—THE HERALD, Provo, Utah Sunday, October 4, 1970 American Fork Takes Lead With 20-12 Win Over Dons By JOE WATTS Herald Sports Editor ‘The American Fork Cavemen catapulted to the top of the Region Four football standings Friday afternoon by derailing the only previously undefeated team in the jeague, the Spanish Fork Dons, by a 20-12 victory margin. The Dons scored two touchdowns in the second quarter to surge to a 12-4 lead, and were complete!y dominating the until one minute prior to halftime when American Fork wentto the ai: to move 66 yards in four playsto get a touchdown on the scoreboard right at the halftime gun. Thatstartling series of plays rejuvenated the Caverren, and they came out in th» third to score another quick touchdown to grab the lead which they never relinguished. American Fork's head coach Tom Crittenden waselated with the Homecoming victory and said, “That's the toughest tear we've played this year. It sure is nice to win against a fine team like that.” Critteaden wasright, the Dons were plenty tovgh. and outgained the Cavemen by more than doublein total offense, but still came up losers. ‘The first Spanish Fork touchdown came on a 19 yard pass from Ray Newitt to Dave Clark which capped a 58-yard drive in just six plays into the second quarter. The PAT attempt was short and left the Dons with a 6-0 lead. A roughing the kicker penalty opened the door for the Dons momentarily, but they couldn't take advantage of the ensuing opportunities. The penalty didn’t give the Dons first down, but on the second punt American Fork fumbled and the Dons recovered on the AF 17-yard line, an ideal seoring situation. However, on a third down and three situation the Dons were called for a motion penalty which eventually forced them to turn over the ball on downs. The good field position gained by the fumbie was still to the Dons’ advantage, and the tough Don defense forced American Fork to punt, giving the ball to the Dons on the American Fork 48-yard line with less than two minutes in the half. Ray Nevatt, who threw the ball beautifully throughout the first half, hit Chris Anderson for a first down on the 23-yard line with 1:10 remaining in the half. A loss on the next play put the ball back to the 2-yard iine where quarterback Cal Houghtonlofted a screen pass to Doug Taylor who scampered the entire distance with oodles of blockers in front of him for the second Spanish Fork touchdown. An attempt to score a two point conversion failed and left the Dons with a 12-0 lead and less than a minute remaining in the half. The Cavemen,with the help of a penalty, started on their own SMyard line after the kickoff. Kim Fox ran for a 12-yard gain and a first down on the 46-yard line as the Don defense fell back into a “prevent” formation to ‘stop the long pass play. American Fork's tall end Bill Allen managed to get behind two Spanish Fork defenders and quarterback Bruce Bowen lofted the ball right over his shoulder for a perfect pass play that covered 38 yards to the Spanish Fork 11 yard line, Three seconds remained in the half and Bowen rifled a shot to Dennis Parker in the end zone for the first American Fork touchdown as the gun sounded. The catches by Allen and Parker were both brilliant recepticns with the Spanish Fork defense all over them in buth instances. Those two successful passes rejuvenated the Cavemen team, and seemed to douse theSp: anish Fork fire for the remainder of the game. irk McDaniel kicked the PAT for American Fork and the Cavemen headed to the dressing room trailing only 12-7. In the second half Spanish Fork’s very first scrimmage attempt was a pass which was plucked off by American Fork's Louis Strasburg who returned it 20 yards to the SF 18 yardline. Six plays later Bowen faked a handoff into the line and rolled By WENDELL RIGBY PLEASANT GROVE — Coach Jim Durrant and his Payson Lions pretty well clinched championship honors in Region Four Class A play as they downed Pleasant Grove Vikings 26-6 for their fourth win against one loss and one tie game. Tt was not one of Payson’s best days but the loss of three regularsvia the injury route and the use ‘of substitutes for portions of the game Friday slowed up their offensive power and gave the Vikings a little more chance in their battle for a victory. Dazzling Passing Exhibition The Grovers didn’t need too muchoutside help as they put on a dazzling passing exhibition at times and rocked the Lions back Friday’s Results American Fork 20, Spanish Fork 2 Orem 28, Provo 0 Payson 26, Pleasant Grove 6 Springville 18, Uintah 0 Thursday’s Results Carbon 15, Lehi 14 on their heels. Fowever, they Wednesday’s Schedule Uintah at Orem,3 p.m. American Fork at Pleasant Grove, 3 p.m. Lehi at Payson Carbonat Springville, 5 p.m. Provo at Spanish Fork, 3 p.m. Region One Roy 32 Ben Lomond 0 Williams OAKLAND (UPI) —Dick Williams, a tough guy eager for the chance, is the new Oakland A’s manager. Charlie Finley, volatile A’s owner who goes through managers the same way a chain smoker goes through a pack of cigarettes, fired nice guy Johnny McNamara after one year at the Oakland helm Friday and gave his job to Williams. Unlike McNamara, Williams will have two years to prove himself, but not necessarily so. Thelast man Finley signed to a two-year contract, Hank Bauer, was let out after the first year. Finley said he let McNamara go because of his inability to stop embarrassing talk by the players to newspapermen, whom Finley generally holds in low esteem. A’s players, Reggie Jackson and Dave Duncanin particular, and a half dozen others to a lesser degree, have criticized the A’s front office and Finley since mid-season. Jackson and Duncan, in fact, served notice on Finley that they would like to be traded. “When the players make remarks like that they bring embarrassmentto the club and me,” Finley said. “The manager should notallow it. So you see, I didn’t fire John McNamara. Hisplayers did.” The 4l-year-old Williams is known for his toughness. In the three years he served as managerof the Boston Red Sox he took them to the American ue pennant in 1967, fourth in 1968 and third in 1969. The Red Sox fired Williams after the 1969 season amid reports that his feuding with the players cost him the pe Finley did not ‘close financial terms of Williams’ contract but said it was for a “sy stantial amount.” American Fork now has a 5-1 record with Spanish Fork, Orem, and Payson breathing right down its neck with identicai 4-1-1 records. Therearestill three rounds of action left in Region Four and so it’s still anyone's bal! game. Statistics &F AF Yrds. Rush 8 8 mH 8 despite playing with a dislocated Yrds. Pass Total Offense 62 126 shoulder. First Downs 7 8 3618 4 The Cavemen really weren't Passes A-C4 0 able to do much offensively HadIntercepted o 1 against the outstanding Spanish Fumbles Lost 4 8 Fork defense. American Fork Punts 0 8 gained only 63 yards on the Yrds. Penalized ground and 63 yardsin theair, Score by quarters: 0120012 and the only substantial drive Spanish Fork 0776-20 was the devastating aerial at- American Fork nemesis for the Dons all day, first downs and the quarter ended with the Vikings on the Paysonfour-yard line and fired up like a blazing locomotive. Struck At Line Mark Sanderson struck at the line for no gain, but on the next play he faked a handoff andsplit throughthe line on a keeper for the touchdown. The attempt for the extra point was spoiled by a fymbl le. Payson got another long drive going late in the second period and chalked uptheir third touchdown just before the intermission. Aided by somehard running by Mark Etherington, sometimely ground gainers by Gary Weight, and some top passing by Weight, Crouch and Terry,the Lions picked up three consecutive first downs. A penalty gave them a few extra yards and a pass from Crouch to Carter was good for the touchdown. The kick was no good but the teams left the field at half time with Payson holding a 20-6 margin. There was no scoring in the third period as the two teanis could not maintain the pace and the Lions tightened their belts and staved off mostof the Viking punch. Payson scored without giving up the ball in the opening series of the ball game. Led by the powerful running of Mark Etherington, their veteran halfback, they started to work on their own 45 then picked up four first downs before splitting through the center of the Grover line for four yards andtheinitial touchdown. Craig Haskell kicked the first of his four placements and the Lions had a 74 lead. Etherington had been helped in the running department by VERNAL Springville High’s Mike De‘ey, Chad Smith, Joel Red Devils raced to an 180 Crouch, and Terry Carter who victory over Uintah High Friday took turns relieving the speedy in Region Four game. halfback with the ball carrying The Red Devils blocked a chores. Uintah punt and recovered on Scored Again the Ute 38 to set up their first Payson scored again shortly touchdown late in the first after the next kickoff. Gordon quarter. With Scott Smith and Jorgensen’s boot went out of Kelly Tuttle doing some great bounds on the Payson 20, and running,Springville rolled down Crouch put the ball in motion to the one-foot line, where with a seven yard run. Chad Wilford Clyde carried across for Smith made it first and 10. thet.d. on a quarterback sneak. The second Springville touchEtherington picked up two yards through the middle, and big down camein thethird period on Gary Weight,alternating at the a 70-yard pass play from Clyde to Robert Gardner. quarterbackspot, broke through Springville scored again in the the centerof the line, switched to his left as a blocker took out a fourth period, when Rick tackler, and sped 65 yards to the Newton intercepted a Uintah second touchdown. Haskell’s pass and ran 20 yards for a kick was good and someof the touchdown in the fourth quarter. Uintah threatened onlyoncein pressure was off the Lions as they had their 14-0 lead in the the game, as the Utes had the ball first and goal on the fouropening quarterof play. TheVikings put on a menacing yard line, but Springville held drive in the closing minutes of and took over on downs. ‘Thatwas the only time Uintah the first quarter to break the drought and give them a score was able to move the ball past midfield. early in the second period. Springville made 14 first Jorgenson returned the kickoff after Gary Weight’s long touch- downs to six for Uintah and the down,to the 25 yard line. A pass Red Devils racked up 243 yards was incomplete and a plunge in total offense to 127 for the gained only four yards, but a Utes. Newton and Jeff Preston, pass to Tom Walker was good and a Paysonpenalty pushed the defensive ends, and Dave Watts, a defensive back, played well on ball clear to the Payson 41. defense for the Red Devils. Two passespickedupa pair of battled up and down the field, with penalties hurting both teams and Jim Durrant, Joe Quigley, Tom Horn and Etherington putting on somefine defensive plays, and Mike Bennett, Christensen, Clark Hansen, Bob Chadsey and Stan Crump, until he was hurt, looking good for Pee Gee. Finishing Touches Payson put on the finishing touches to their scoring performance with a touchdown near the close of the final period. It camewith startling suddenness to break up a rather quiet and unexciting performance that featured the last period. Paysonfailing to gain on a 4-12 situation, punted, with the ball going into the Pleasant Grove end zone. Starting on the 20 Sanderson and Bennett combinedfora five yard gain but on the next play Dick Armstrong, Payson reserve fullback, intercepted a Viking pass and romped 25 yards for the fourth Payson touchdown. portccceca 7" i Springville Box Elder 6 Skyview 6 Hires Dick tack just prior to halftime. The other two American Fork touchdowns were really scored by the defensive unit. Pleasant Grove 26-6 Team WLT Pet. AmericanFork 5 1 0 .833 Orem 411 70 Spanish Fork 411 .750 Provo 3.2 1 583 Springville 33 0 .500 oa 24:0 333 Class A Payson 411 .750 Lehi 2 4 0 .333 PleasantGrove 1 5 0 .166 Uintah 0 0 .00 Charlie O. was Dave Clark who caught nine passes for 113 yards and one touchdown. Clark was very difficult to cover and caught everything that came his way. While the Dons were potent throughthe air they gained only eight yards on the ground against the sturdy Americsn Fork line keyed by Vard Pulley, David Qlsca, and especia'ly John Sagers. Sagers was responsible for at least three tackles for losses, and was a Payson Lions Dump Region 4 Football Standings Ogden 20 Logan 12 Region Two Layton 47 Davis 13 Olympus 16 Highland 6 Clearfield 18 Viewmont 14 Skyline 14 West 13 East 56 South 7 Regien Three Murray 2 Brighton 14 Granite 44 Cottonwood 6 Hillcrest 33 Jordan 0 Granger 37 Kearns 0 Judge 14 Tooele 6 Region Five Dugway 14 South Ridge 0 Utah Deaf 16 Park City 12 Wasatch 36. South Summit 7 around right end into the end zone for a touchdown which put the Cavemen ahead 13-12. McDaniel successfully added the PATio give American Fork a 1412 advantage. The Cavemengotan insurance touchdown cn the first play of the final quarter when Steve Dean intercepted a Spanish Fork aerial and raced 46 yards down the sidelines for another six points. The PAT was wide, but the Cavemen had a 20-12 lead which proved to be the final score Spanish Fork’s passing attack was brilliant at times, but the two interceptions proved much too costly. The Dons gained 254 vards through the air, alternating between Newitt and Cal Houghton at the quarterback shot. They were both very effective at different times. Their number one receiver SPORT FANS | | | | | | | | | | | | Gains 18-0 Grid Win . , BILL ALLEN of American Fork takes a long pass over his shoulder from quarterback Bruce Bowen on a play that covered 38 yards to the Spanish Fork 11 yard line with just three seconds remaining in the half. On the next play American Fork scored as the gun sounded. Two Spanish Fork defenders were all over Allen, including Dave Clark (82), Ficker Likes to Promote Yachting NEWPORT,R.I. (UPI)—Bill Ficker hardly had timeto sit down before the phone rang again. Heput aside his cigar, took a quick gulp of coffee, picked up the phone and patiently explained one more time how and why Intrepid defeated Australia’s Gretel II to retain possession of the America’s Cup for the United States. The phone at the mansion on Price’s Neck where the Intrepid crew was staying had been busy for days and with the victory Ficker knew his life would never be the same again. When he came back to the living room, he told the luncheons he had been invited to speak at and the television interviews he would give. “T enjoy this part of it,” he said. “I think I have a responsibility to boost yachting and it’s certainly something that gives me pleasure. Yachting isn’t a rich man’s sport by any measure and the sport needs someoneto tell aboutit.”” Ficker isn’t rich himself. He is an architect who simply loves to sail boats and being skipper of the American defender was so important to him that he set aside his job for an entire summer. ‘My clients all understand what it means to be the America’s Cup skipper,” the 42year-old Californian said.‘The: werethe first to wish me well and agree to wait until I got back. I’ve had two goals in my life—architecture and yachting —andit might sound corny but they really have a lot in common. Both of them are demanding andintricate and a blendof art and technology.” He began sailing on weekends, making the trek from his family's home in Pomona to Newport Beach in California when he was only 12 years old. In college at Berkeley, he won the Pacific Coast Championship three times in the intercollegiate star class and finished second once in the National Intercollegiates. He continued to race in the Star Class, taking the world title in 1958 and then trained his attention on ocean racing and competition in 5.5 meter boats. In 1967 he was co-helmsman of the Columbia, which failed in the trials to become the defender when it was beat by Intrepid. “We Ddegan talking at that time about me being the skipper in 1970,” Ficker said. “I knew that I'd be involved with the effort some way, but I didn’t know that I’d be the skipper. Since that time, I've been preparingfor this series,” His daughter, Dione, was lying on the floor nearby watching ‘Get Smart’? on television, and in the next room his wife, Barbara, was talking to some guests. Ficke: took timeto give them credit for his success, however. “If I hadn't been married to Barbara,” the bald skipper said, “I can’t see how I could have done this. She’s always been an inspiration from the time we moved to Newport Beach so I could be near my hobby.” Then be began once again to tell the story of Intrepid’s victory. It began in thetrials pressure races for us, from the against Valiant, which would preliminary trials to the last have beei. the defender if the race when Gretel was closing Intrepid syndicate hadn’t gone on us so fast thatit iooked like through the expensive, time- she might win. consuming rebuilding of the “Not having sailed on their 1967 defender. And if Valiant had been the defender, the boat or worked with their America’s Cup might be resting crew,” he added, “I think a today on a shelf in the Royal major problem might have Sydney Yacht Club instead of been their use of helmsmeninstead of just one. the New York Yacht Club. If I get up from this chair to “There was no comparison walk over to the other side of between Valiant and Gretel,” the room with you, I might go Ficker said. “From the very around one side of the table start of the trials, I knew this while you start around the would be a difficult series for other. Although there’s no right the United States to win. Long or wrong way to get there, I before we lost that fourth race might be momentarily distractof the final series, I knew we ed and wonder why you didn’t might get beat, but many go my way. 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