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Show Victory Puts Cougars in WAC Lead By }OE WATTS an the docket and so the Cougars Tie other WAC gamewill heve Herald Sports Editor will be tied with the winners of Arizona at UTEP in a battle those games. pitting tow fine teams with with Brigham Young University title aspirations, That game will The feature WAC gameof the be a night affair beginning at holds the lead in the Western Athletic Conference and will be week will pit the Arizona State 7:30 p.m. tied for the iead after this week's Sun Devils against the Univer- Colorado State will be playing sity of Utah in Salt Lake the University of Idaho at 7:30 football fare. Saturday afternoon at 1:30 p.m. p.m, Saturday night at Spokane, The Cougars got the WAC race Wash. in an intersectional tilt off to its start Saturday night The Sun Devils barely edged with a 54-14 walloping of Houston 18-17 Saturday nightor. involving a WAC team. The ColoradoState in the only league a 45 yard field goal with 19 other non-league gaines will game on the agenda. seconds remaining, while the have Wyoming at the Air Force Academy and New Mexico This week the Cougarstravel a fell to powerful Oregon 36- hosting Iowa State. to Manhattan, Kansas for a So far this year the WAC has game with Kansas State, and The Sun Devils are regarded played nine intersectional since that is a non-leage en- almost unanimously as the games and has won seven. The counter the Congars vill keep fevorities for the WACtitle and only losses were suffered this their 1-0 WACrecord intact will be favored to dump the Utes past week when the Uteslost to Oregon and the Wyoming There are two league ga in Salt Lake Saturday The UTEP Miners had an easy Colorado 56, Wyoming 13 State, 7:30 Eagles 20-0 na; Idaho State dumped Scuth Washington 38 Pursue 35 Ariz. St. 18 Houston 17 Oregon 36 Utah 29 BYU 54 Colorado St. 13 U.S. Intl 20, Los Ang. St San Fran St, 35 USF Boise St 18 Cal Poly so 14 Punts-Yrds 7-14 7-39 Return Yards Fumbles 215 129 NFL Standin By United Press Inernationl American Contereni East T. Pet. Baltimore 0 0 1,000 lew England 1 0 0 1,000 iami 00 1 000 Buffalo 0 1 0 .000 New York Jets 0 1 0 .000 Central W. L. T. Pet. |. Cleveland 1001 000 Cincinnati 10 0 1,000 Pittsburgh 0 1 0 .000 Houston 0 1 0 .000 West L Pct. San Diego 1 0 01.000 Denver 00 00 Kansas City 0 1 0 000 Oakland 0 1 0.000 National_Conterence East we Ly, Pet. New York Giants 1 6 0 1,000 Dallas 1 0 0 1,000 Washington 1 0 01.000 0 1 9.00 Philadelphia 1) P 0 1 0 000 Central L. T. Pet. Chicago 1-0 01.000 Minnesnta 0 0 0 .000 Detroit 0 0 0 .000 Green Bay 0 1 0 000 ‘ Atlanta New Orleans West Ww Los Angeles Sen Francisco Ameri Boston New York Washingion Cleveland 1 0 1 0 .000 .000 eight new ; National League East L. Pct, GB ague . L, Pet, GB 91 57 «61S 88 66 571 6 80 74 (519 14 79 74 516 14¥2 Sunday's ane Baltimore 4 Detroit Boston 4 Washington 4 ew York bsCleveland 2 Calttornia 2 Chicago Oakland 6 Milwaukee 2 Minnesota 6 Kan City 3 (Ist) innesota 2 (2nd. ) Today's Probable Pitchers easnices 9-14) Corbin oo (MeBowel, 12-15 11) at Washington tMevain *. 20 nd Bosman 11. 15), Sus gal jame regular game, ni BOB VALENTINE justbeats the ball ashe slides into home to score for the Los Angeles Dodgers in Sunday’s game againstAtlanta. Atlanta catcher Earl Williams waits for the ball. The Dodgers won the game12-0 to sweep both ends of the twin bill and cut ‘he Giants’ lead to just 1% games. Dodgers Win Two Shutouts; Giants Triumphto Keep Lead Pittsburgh 604 St. Louis New York Chicago Chicago trea Philadelphia The Giants defeated the San Diego Padres, 4-1, but their lead wascut to 14% games when the Dodgers swept the Atlanta Braves,12-0 and 40. The Giants play all their remaining nine games away from home while the Dodgers play three of their last eight at home. Hal Lanier’s two-run second- inning single was the big blow for the Giants, who handed fireballer Dave Roberts his 16th loss against 13 wins. Don Carrithers went 6 2-3 innings to win his fifth game for the Giants with relief help from Steve Hamilton and Jerry Johnson. It was Johnson's 65th relief appearance of the year Short Comes Up Short; Wants to Sell or Move By MILTON RICHMAN UPI Sports Writer NEW YORK (UPI) —Bob Short, the financially strapped owner of the wallowing Washington Senators, has little choice anymore. Hehas evenless time. “Unless I sell or move,” he says, “I’m bankrupt. Wipe out. It's as simple as that.” The American League is alarmed not so much by Bob Short’s plight as by the plight of the Senators. The degree of alarm among the other AL owners is in direct proportion to how much the Washington crisis affects them and since they necessarily must all be affected financially, logistically and perhaps evenlegally in the end, they’re now in a state of hisfranchise. Nothing could be turtner from the truth. Some of the AL owners havetalked to still aren’t sure how they are goilig to vote. “How can anyhodysay I have this or that amount of votes when I’m not even sure that I'll ask to move Tuesday?” Short said, ‘The ownersare bound to hear what theyalready know — that Bob Short, having tried for three years, can no longer eae in the city of Washingthe owners will go over all the figures again. Attendance Declined They will take note of how Short paid $9.5 million for the Senators in 1968, out-bidding a group headed by comedian Bob Hope, and how he has either lost the $3 million he says he has in that time or how maybe his arithmetic is faulty. One set of figures canno! be in Arlington, Tex., would be remodeled to accommodate 35,000 by next season if the Senators were te move and then if the interest in the club so indicated, the park eventually would be abandoned and a brand new onebuilt. “Right now,” says a friend of disputed. The attendance figures, The Senators, with Ted Williams as their new manager, drew 918,106 in 1969, Short’s first year of operation. They slipped to 824,789 last year. This year they figure to wind Short, “‘he's a guy in hell with up somewhere below 700,000 an opportunity to go to heaven. even with Denny McLain and Onlyit lookslike they want to that brief bow Curt Flood took keep him in hell.” before retiring to sunny Major- That many be an oversimplification of “the facts although ca. From the first moment he it’s fairly obvious that the bought the Senators, Bob Short majority of the committee set always said he wanted to keep up to study the Senators’ problems seems dedicated to themin Washington. Some of those who kept keep them in Washington no shooting arrows at him merely matter what. laughed and said white man The vommittee is composed speaks withforked tongue butI of Bowie Kuhn, the commisnever really found Short to be sioner, Joe Cronin, the AL that way. There were those who president, and Short. believed he wanted to.move the Kuhnhasa natural sentimenSenators from the very start tality for Washington. He was but I think itis actions belied born there, lived there and that. He went to considerable worked behind the scoreboard trouble and expense trying to once at old Griffith Stadium. create an image in Washington Besides, he’s concerned about for a man supposedly bent on possible congressional action in transferring the franchise else- the event the Senators depart. where. NL Club Might ComeIn He kept sweeking three Cronin also has a warm spot things. A suitable TV-radio package, for Washington. He made his there as a shortstop which he never got; local bank reputation and managerwith the Senators, financing in Washington, which Healso feels if they leave the he couldn’t get either, and a Kennedy Stadium lease he city a National League club could afford. The last time I might movein. heard he hadn’t gotten that The notion generally has either. prevailed that inasmuch as Nowas I understandit, Dal Washington is the nation's las-Fort Worth interests have capital there should always be a offered Short a way out. major league franchisethere. I can understand that feeling Primarily, he would get a TV-radio package that for all which is shared by others in practical purposes would help baseball and I say this: if they him repaythe loan he received feel so strongly about it, they to buy the Senators and he'd ought to buy the Senators from also get the kind of lease he Short and keepit in Washingcould live with, meaning one ton. Failing that, they ought to where he’s begin paying after let him move the Senators to his club drew one million Dallas-Fort Worth. people, Whynot? Hasn’t Washington Seniimentfor Capital suffered with them long enMoreover, Turnpike Stadium ough? and Baltimore (Bonso New York seenibs), at (Onlnly, gates ge Chi at Oak oS twi might) Kansas City at Calif, night Milwaukee at Minnesota Cleveland at Washington, night Baltimore at New York, night Detroit at Boston, night Satur Its Kansas City 4 Minnesota chicago 5 California 1 Detroit 2 Baltim.re 0 New York 9 Cece u Waashington 6 Oakland 4 Milwaukee 2 84 9% .405 30% L. 68 70 76 78 80 95 Pet. GB .556 ... .545 iia 510 7 .490 10 4841) 379.27 Sunday‘s Results St. Louis 11 Montreal 0 pacts 6 Duce 3 York § Pittsburgh San Francisco 7 San Diego 1 Los Ange! ies Atlanta 0, teen 5 Ci incinnell 4 No Ist Los Angeles 4 “Antanta 0, and Today's Probable Pitchers ar eal (Renko Wg-14_ and. Sirohmayer 7. 5), 2, twisnight, (Only games scheduled) Tuesday’s Games Philadelphia at Montreal, night ‘ork at Chicas it St. Louis, night $an Diego at Atlanta, night Los Ang at Cincinnati, night San Fran at Houston, night Sainailara Montreal is 2 Shiigdelphia’a ‘Chicago 302 tons Pittsburgh 4 New Y Cincinnati 3 Howson? in inns) Atlanta 9 Los Angel les 6 San Diego 2 San Francisco 1 Major League Leaders and he earned his 18th save. The Dodgers, who had lost jone Runs four straight games, ot By United Press International National veal jue: He Aaron, brilliant pitching from Al Atl and a on Pitt 45; May, Leading Batters Downing and Don Sutton to Cin Riel a Atl and National pee ABR.H |. Pet. Johnson, sweep their doubleheader from moeleals icague: Melton, Torre, St. 153 604 92 219.363 the Braves and barge right Cimnte, Pit 127 Rk te ay 343 Bl oe Bar: -A ee back into the race. Bekrt, Chi 131 53 BaltsodPetrocelll, a 397 Rekinsen, Rob Downing,virtually a sure-fire GeekoN iesia ” choice as the NL’s comeback ee Runs Batted In is as 322 National League: Torre, St. player of the year, pitched a Brock, wiL148 601 a st 318 132; Stargell, Pitt 120; H. Pit 133514 58 163 .317 three-hitter in the first game to aol, Staub, Mont Davis, LA 150 608 a 192 .316 Aaron, Ati 115; Montan a raise his record to 19-8 while Staub, Mon iB 558 90175 .314 : Killebrew, Sutton turned in a six-hitter in son, Balt 94; the nightcap for his 15th win. Smith, Bos and American League Be Pct. Murcer, N Willie Davis drove in three Oliva, Min 126 487 73 164 .337 ‘itching runs with a homer, double and Murcer, NY 141 509 91 168 .330 National League: Jenkins, two singles to lead a 19-hit Los Rttmnd, Bal 133 455 77 141 .310 Chi 22-13; Ellis, Pitt 19-7; Angeies attack which dealt Phil Tovar, Min 148 619 90 188 .304 Downing, LA 19-8; “Carlton, Stl Niekro his 13th loss the es 553 85 166 .300 Lolich, opener. Duke Sims’ homer and 2.471 62 139 .295 a steal of home by Willie Horton, Det nig 436 62127 .291 th, Det 151 591 82171 .289 20-13; Crawford paced the Dodgers’ in Unindr, Cle 133 462 49 133 .288 Cueller. Bait 19-9. attack in the second game as Ron Reed also suffered his 13th setback. The Chicago Cubs beat the Philadelphia Phillies, $3, the St. Louis Cardinals routed the Montreal Expos. 11-0, i New York Mets topped the Pittsburgh Pirates, 5-2, and the Houston Astros shaded the Cincinnati Reds, 54, in 11 innings in other NL games. In the American League, it was Baltimore 8 Detroit 1, Oakland 6 Milwaukee 2, Bostoi 4 Washington 3, California 2 Chicago 0, New York 3 Cleveland 2 and Kansas City 5 Today, more men and Minnesota 2 after Kansas City womeneverywhere lost, 6-3, in the opener. welcome Canadian Club. Ferguson Jenkins, the favorNewfriends appreciate ite in the NL’s Cy Young its gentle manners. Pitcher of the Year race, and The pleasing wayit Steve Carlton, a long-shot, behavesin mixed company. starred, respectively, for the Oldfriends admire Cubs and Cardinals. its unmistakable Jenkins, a five-time 20-game character. A taste not winner who never has won the matched byany whisky, award, scored his 22nd victory ‘anywhere. C.C— against 12 losses for the Cubs the taste that’s after starting a three-run ninthaheadofits time. inning rally with a double. Taste why,tonight, Singles by Cleo James and Paul @ By FRED DOWN UPISports Writer The San Francisco Giants won one for the road Sunday but stili lost ground to the Los Angeles Dodgers in the National League west race, and go into the final days of the season with the pressure squarely on them. TPE 1 0 0 1.000 around Short already has the 1 0 01.000 nine votes necessary to move 0 0 and 67 59 40 396 32\2 62 57 94.377 35%2 West W. L, Pct. GB West x-Oakland 97 55 , Kansas City @2 7) $36 he San Francisco W. 85 ‘hicago 72 80 Los Angeles 84 California 72 o oe 2 79 Minnesota " aM 464 2612 Atlanta Houston 75 Milwaukee .421 33 Cincinnati 75 %—Clinched division ‘tie San Diego 58 Boston tomorrow at which the owners will listen further to Short's problems. There’s a report kicking nday’s Results s Dallas 40 Buffalo 0 Cleveland 3) Houston 0 N.Y. Giants 42 Green Bay 40 New England 20 Oakland 6 Cincinnati 37 Philadelphia 14 Chicago 17 Pittsburgh 15 Atlanta 20 San Francisco 17 Washington 24 St. Louis 20 Baltimore 22 N.Y. Jets 0 Denver 10 Miami 10 San Diego 21 Kansas City 14 M jonday’s Minnesota at Detroit (Only game scheduled) Sunday‘s Games Atlanta at Los Angeles Chicago at Minnesota Cincinnati at Pittsburgh Cleveland at Baltimore Dallas at Philadelphia Denver vs. Green Bat at Milwaukee Detroit at New England hanbey City a ate Miami at Buffalo Oakland at San Diego San Francisco at New. Orleans Washington at N.Y. Giant (Only games scheduied) Monday's Games N.Y. Jets et St. Louis (Only games scheduled) igh testants got that game right. Jackman, Garth Ford, Clark There wasn’t any gamethat Whitlock, and Lyman Tracy in all eight of them picked right, the first Daily Herald contest. although seven were correct Their predictions appecred in in three of the games, Had Washington State Friday’s paper. defeated Arizona the = The pros picked 27 out of a would have : possible 36 right, while the amateurs = amateursgotonly23 cf 36, The managed a tie with the pros at pros hed a 75 percent mark 25-25, but Arizona gained the : g : while the amateurs got only 64 victory. Another contestwill be held : percentright. Mo Jackman picked every this week pitting twodifferent Baltimore Detroit A meeting is being held in Football Scoreboard Bill Korns, Sonny Braun, and Joey Bonsignore, were against four amateurs, Mo Major League Standings 215 129 Fumbles Lost Yrds. Penalized ech. That was the game that threw most of By United Press international what can only be described as 2 mild panic. 103 126 Unsure on Vote Return Yards Four pros, Lanny Nielsen, Lanny Nielsen had the best i ividual score for the pros ee The only game he missed was the New = victory over Texas peegenicetsrs. Grid Scores BYU-CSU Game The professional golfers beat the amateur golfers in he first weekly football predicting contest by a score OF 72 dep a perfect nine for nine by amateur Mo Jackman of the Riverside Country Club. groups Collegiate Statistics of Pros Gain Win In Grid Contest 2 Dakota 10-6; Montana overcame a halftime deficit to whip South Dakota, 27-14; and the North Dakota St. Bison rumbled over this weekend with surprising MontanaState, 28-12. Boise State College getting a In Iowa, the Iowa State dekey non-league win in Califor- fense ultimately made the difnia, ference on a rain-slicked field The Broncos, who last week- as the Cyclones took the 24-7 end upset highly-touted Idaho, win from Tdaho. The Cyclones 42-14, in the first meeting be- allowed the Vandals only 13 totween the two Gem State tal yards andone first down in schools, scored an impressive the first half and gave up only 18-15 win over Cal Poly at San one Idaho touchdown, an 64Luis Obispo. Theydidit on their yard pass interception by guard fourth fumble recovery of the Steve Barker, game. The Broncos overcame a 14-0 In other action involving Big first half deficit to win over Sky teams, Iowa State took a CalPolybyturning an intercep24-7 win over the University of tion and a recovered fumble inIdaho; Weber State white- to the equalizing scores. washed North TexasState, 20-0; Weber State capitalized on a New Mexico Highlands took a % yard return, a fumble and 34-27 win over Northern Arizo- two field goals to whitewash North Texas State. It was the second straight opening game shutout for the Wildcats who trounced Wisconsin State at Oshkosh, 60-0, just one year ago and handled the Texans with almost equal ease Saturdaynight. A 37-yard pass in the fourth By United PressInternational East quarter was the margin of vicVermont 20 Conn 7 ie for Highlands over NorthNortheastern 36 RhodeIs. 22 ern Arizona. The touchdown Syracuse 20 Wisconsin 20 tie Stanford 38 Army 3 broke a 27-27 tie established earPennSt. 56 Navy 3 lier in the same quarter during Thiel 26 Crngie-Mlln 20 the game at Flagstaff, Ariz. IdahoState took advantage of (atayette 13 Rutgers7 two precious fumbles to score a Colgate 27 Boston U. 27 touchdown and a 35-yard field Clarion 34 Mansfield 0 goal to dump the South Dakotans, 10-6, in Vermillion, S. D. Citdadel 38 Bucknell 3t Tom Hofmann scored ISU’s Boston Coll 17 Temple 3 Qu only TD on a 19-yard pass play 28 East Car. 10 from Tom Lee following a fumble recovery from mid field. The win left Idaho State 10 for the season. Georgia 17 Tulane 7 Heff Hoffman ran for three touchdowns to lead Montana Western Ky. 33 Wittenberg 7 over a 14-0 halftime deficit and Abe 60 Chattanooga 7 a 27-14 victory over North Da'Mi_27 Davidson 3 kota in Grand Forks, N.D. th Tech 28 Tampa 20 It wasall Montanain the secMiss 40 Memphis St. 21 Southern Cal 24 Roce 0 ond half as Hoffman scored Miss. St. 13 Florida 10 twice on one-yard plunges. and Arkansas 31 Oakla. St. 10 Montana went ahead on a 32Arkansas St. 16 Wichita 14 Vanderbilt 0 Louisv! 9 (tie) yard pass interception return by Morehead 29 Marshal Robin Peters. Mideast The North Dakota State BisIndian 26 Kentucky 8 North Car. 27 Lie o on romped over Montana State Nebraska 35 Minne: University, 28-12, Saturday in Notre Dame 50 Norinwestern 7 Fargo, N.D., behind the threetouchdowneffort of halfback Michigan 56 Virginia 0 Tom Varichack. De Pauw 24 Albion 6 Drake 34 Abine Chris. 17 NDSUpiled up 354 total yards Western Mich 9 Ball St. 0 against 282 for MSU. Bowling Grn 20 Ohio U. 19 Loras 35 Marquette 8 Montana uNe: Dakota 14 ar er Soutnern ie 3 Dayton 12 Toledo 10 Villanova Indiana St. 26 Eastern Ill. 7 Colo. Coll. 9 McPherson 0 Ark. St. 16 Wichita St. 14 ‘Thestatistics of the BYU-CSU Oklahoma 30 SMU 0 football game were as follows: New Mex. 13 Texas Tech 10 Statistics Kansas St. 19 Tulsa 10 West Tex. St. 15 Lamar Tech 6 LSU 2. ieee oe 0 Statistics BYU CSU SW Li SE 19 23 Sul Roe beast New Mex. 6 First Downs Yards Rushing 181 145 fie! Kansas St, 19 Tulsa 10 Yards Passing 174 26) West Total Offense 355 406 Colorado 56 Wyoming 13 PassesAtt. 36 Air Force 7 Missouri 6 Utah St. 34 New Mex. St. 0 Passes Co.iip. 14 20 Calif. 20 West Vir. 10 Passes HadInter. 0 3 Jackman Perfect Cowboys iostto highly regarded time with the University of UTEP 21, Pacific 3 Pacific,rolling to a 21-3 victory. Arizona State 18, Houston 17 Colorado, 56-13. Two of the WAC victories Tt was the second straight win New Mexico 13, Texas Tech 10 for the Miners. Seven pass incame on last minute field goa‘s Utah State 4 New Mexico St. 0 Saturday. Don Ekstrand kicked terceptions helped the Minersin Weber 20, North Texas St. 0 the come-from-behind field goal their victory Saturdaynight. for the Sun Devi’. to avert a loss Arizona defeated Washington at the hands of Houston. The State 39-28 after trailing most of Next Week's Schedule Devils trailed most of the game, the game. Quarterback Bill BYU at Kansas State, 1:30 and going into the final minute Demory threw for three touchArizona at UTEP, 7:30 trailed 17-15. However, with 19 downs and scored one himself in % Arizona State at Utah, 1:30 seconds to go Ekstrand became sparking the Wildcats. Demery 3 Colorado State at Idaho, the hero with his 45 yard boot. threw for twoof his three touchTowa State at New Mexico, = New Mexico also rode to downs in the last two minutes to 7:30 = = victory via the field goal route. bring Arizona from behind. Wyoming at Air Force, 1:30 Joe Hartshorne kicked a 33 yard Nevada at Las Vegas at Utah S field goal with just three seconds Saturday's Results Nevada at Las Vegas at Utah remaining to avert a tie with BYU 54, Colorado State 14 State, 1: Texas Tech and give th: Lobos a Oregon 36, Utah 29 13-10 triumph. Arizona 39, Wash. St. 28 Northern Arizona at Weber Weber Blanks ByUnited Press International Big Sky football teams, relaxing before conference action begins in earnest over the next few weeks, broke about even Monday, September 20, 1971 CC. Canada’s best tasting initials. Popovich gave the Cubs a 43 lead and sacrifice flies by Billy Wilson and Joe Pepitone drove in the last two runs of the inning. NEED AUTO INSURANCE? i ala SEa Seven oma Sr WAKERCANADA Getthe best, with Fast, Fair, Friendly service from FARMERS INSURANCEAGB GROUP YEARS OLD.[NPORTED IN BOTTLE FROM CANADA BY WiRAM WALKER IMPORTERS INC., DETROIT, MICH, 86,8 PROOF. BLEMDED CANADIAN WHISKY. |