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Show Page 6—THE HERALD, Provo, Utah Monday. December 3. 1979 Sports: rd What's happening on the national scene, state and local sports, columns and opinions Aik EaglesBlitz Lions 44-7 to Earn NFC Playoff Berth ByUnited Press International The Eagles have landed The Philadelphia Eagles Sunday becamethe first NFL team to claim a playoff berth crushing the Detroit Lions 44-7 behind a pair of touchdown passes from Ron Jaworski to Harold Carmichael. Philadelphia, 10-4, now boasts the NFC’s best record and reached the 10-victory plateau for the first time since 1961 At least one Eagle, however,says the pressure isn't off — it's only just begun “Sure. it gives us a shotto playin the piayoffs, but we really can’t let up. said veteran defensive end Claude Humphrey of the Eagles’ second straight post-season appearance remember one time Minnesota clinched it eariy and then started messing around so they could keepall their players healthy. They bowedout in the first round. “I think we now have morepressure on us. Our goalis to win the division. If we can do that. we canlay off for a week and get all our guys rested and healthy, he Eagles scored 24 second quarter points, then coasted to victory to remain one gameahead of Dallas and Washington atop the NFC East. Philadelphia plays host to Dallas Saturdayin first-place battle. “F’'ve been waiting for them to do this all year,”’ Philadelphia Coach Dick Vermeil said of the Eagles’ highest point total and largest margin of vic- We're a better football team than we were he said “The kicking game is better, the punting game is better. Jaworski is getting better with every game, our offensive line is blocking It was also a goodday tor that other Pennsylvania Steelers Pittsburgh team the Pittsburgh quarterback Terry Elsewhere in the NFL, it was Cleveland 14. Houston 7, Washington 38 Green Bay 21. Chicago 14 Tampa Bay 0. Denver 19. Buffalo 16. Adanta well. This is a much better football! Bradshaw ‘rediscovered All-Pro receiver Lynn Swann — andthe Cincin 28, San Diego 26; Los Angeles 27, Min- team than last year's squad They're more conplete and they play with nat! New York Giants 7; the New York Jets more coniidence. They believe they re where they are So dues Detroit Coach Monte Clark “That was a good beating.” said Clark. “They're the best team we've played all year, a real good football team that’s going to go far. I didn't like our team effort and I didn’t like all those penalties (10 against Detroit). 1 thought it was Flag Day. Wilbert Montgomery who topped the 100-yard markfor the seventh time this season, began the second quarter Bengals Steelers rediscovered the real Swann had been the Steelers’ star receiver since he was Pittsburgh's first-round draft choice in 1974. but this year teammate John Stallworth pushed his injured teammate out of the spotlight by catching twice as many passes through thefirst 14 gamesof the season ‘I really thought about throwing to Swann today Bradshaw said “I know these receivers well enough to know when they're down. TodayI wanted to onslaught with a l-yard scoring run. Jaworski who completed 14 of 23 pas- get the ball to him. ses for 233 yardsin three quarters, then Passing gameof the season connected found Carmichael with scoring strikes of 20 and 24 yards and rookie Tony Franklin kicked his first of three field goals, a 33-yarder. That made it 24-0, and the game couldn't end quickly enough for the hapless Lions, 2-12. Franklin, kicking barefoot despite a wind-chill temperature of 16 degrees. also hit field goals of 30 and 42 yards. Billy Campfield returned a kickoff 92 yards and Larry Barnes ran over from the 1 for the other Philadelphia touchdowns. Meanwhile, the Eagles’ defense held tory since 1967. ‘I was very pleased to Detroit to 180 total yards andfivefirst see them go out and not have to worry downs. Joe Reed, subbing in place of — to have fun and go out with no pres- starting quarterback Jeff Komlo, acsure on them in the fourth quarter. We counted for Detroit's only score of the day on a 34-yard pass to Fred Scott. were really due for one. Bradshaw, whohadhis third 300-yard nesota 21 in overtime: Dallas 28 the Falcons 28, Chargers 26 Steve Bartkowski threw a 6-yard TD Pass to Wallace Francis with 2) se- condsleft to rally Atlanta to a stunning upset of heavily-favored San Diego 30 Baltimore 17, St. Louis 13. San Francisco 10. and Kansas City 37 Seat- Chargers quarterback Dan Fouts tied tle 21 Oakland is at New Orleans Monday night and Miami beat New England 39- sing 24 Thursday night to take a one-game lead cverthe Patriots in the AFC East Browns 14, Oilers 7 Mike Pruitt caught a 42-yard TD pass. trom Brian Sipe and plunged! yard for another score as Cleveland beat Houston in a snowstorm to remain in contention for a wild-card playoff berth. Earl Campbell rushed for luc yards for the Oilers Redskins 38, Packers 21 Joe Theismann passed for four with Swannonfive passesfor 192 yards. touchdowns and matched a careerhigh and two touchdowns to lead the with 21 completions to lead Washington over Green Bay and keepthe Redskins NECEasttitle chancesalive Bears 14. Buccaneers 0 Walter Payton plunged 1 yard for a TD and Mike Phipps tossed a 13-yard Steelers to a 37-17 victory over the Bengals. Cincinnati pulled off the year’s biggest upset seven weeks ago when the Steelers committed nine turnovers in a 34-10 loss to Cincinnati The victory gave the Steelers, 11-3 sole possessionoffirst placein the AFC Central and virtually guaranteed them of an eighthstraightplayoff berth. Pittsburgh, however can mathematically be bumpedfrom post-seasonplayif the Steelers drop their last two games and wind up in a three-way tie with Cleveland and San Diego. “Now, I have to get John Stallworth to understand.’’ Bradshaw said with a smile. of first place in the AFC West with San Diego scoring s to Dave Williams, both following Tampa Baymistakes,lifting Chicago to an upset victory that sliced the Bucs’ NFC Central Division lead over the Bears to one game. Broncos 19, Buffalo 16 Jim Turner kicked a 32-yard field goal as the final gun soundedtolift Denver to victory. as the Broncos’ defense forced seven turnoversin snapping the Bills’ three-game winning Streak. Denver 10-4, regained a share Joe Namath’s 1967 recordofsix games in a season with 300 or more yards pasRams 27, Vikings 21 Nolan Cromwell swept 5 yards aroundleft end for a touchdown on a fake field goal attempt 6:53 into over- time to give Los Angelesits victory Cowboys 28, Giants 7 Drew Pearson caught three TD pas Ses from Roger Staubach and went over 1,000 yards receiving for the secondtimein his career helping Dallas end its three-gamelosing streak. The TORONTO (UPI) — There's a festive yuletide spirit surrounding the winter baseball meetingsthis year. and it could turn out to be an early Christmasforthelikes of Gaylord Perry, Bob Knepper. Gene Garber and, yes, even Marvin Davis. Four inches of snow and frigid temperatures — a marked contrast from the warm climates that have ac- companied other recent winter meetings — greeted the more than 1,500 arrivals to the convention who cameover the weekendand. trueto the holiday spirit of the city, the majorleague executives showed up with long shoppinglists for the ‘‘swap shop.” The cold weatherhashelped startthe “Hot Stove League’’ burning. and the week-long meetings end. Perry will certainly not return to San Diego next season. His days with the club were numbered after he jumped the team on Sept. 4. and he did not return for the remainderof the season He would like to return to Texas and play for his close friend. owner Brad Corbett, and since thereis still plenty of life left in his aging arm, the Rangers would love to have him. If Perry returns to Texas. for whom he pitched 2% seasons. the Rangers would mostlikely have to part with outfielder Al Oliver.Oliverhit .323 for the Rangersthis season. but has expressed disenchantmentwiththefrontoffice: Perry has told close friends he wouldn't mind returning to Cleveland. where he won the American League Cy Young Award in 1972. If the Indians were to swing a deal for Perry, outfielder Bobby Bonds might end up with the Padres. The Indians have madeit known that Bondsis available for the right price. With the meetings officially opening Monday. trade talks will heat up and pitchers are the items at the top of almost every club’s list. Before the meetings are over Kote Garber and one ofthe Chicago White Sox’ fine left-handers — probably Ken Kravec — mostlikely will be dealt. The Boston Red Sox are on the verge of landing Knepper and catcher Marc Hill from the San Francisco Giants for slugging third baseman Butch Hobson, and several teams have expressed interest in Garber, a top reliever for Logan in the end zone during Sunday’s NFL game. Atlanta two seasons ago whois coming off a 6-16 season. The White Sox will probably have the —Marion Dunn out. There was a groan from the stands. Mike swished the second for the 100th point. In the locker room afterward, Maxwell said. “Thad to miss the first one to makeit interesting.” eee The Top 10 Wooden Award candidates: Including Danny Ainge. For the past four years the Los Angeles Athletic Club has selected the nation’s outstanding college basketball player in the $400 and a $1.202 necklace froma store at the hotel in which they stayed. Kyodo said the rings were recovered later, but the necklace wasstill missing The report wenton to say some of the Miami players allegedly shotoff fire extinguishers in the hotel, bent door knobs, smashed doors and intercepted drinks ordered through roomservice. They said the case was settled with university officials making apologies to the hotel and paying compensation for the thefts and damage eee The Can You Top This Award To New Mexico University. When Arizona State football coach Frank Kushwashit with a $1 williun suit for slapping a former Sun Nevil playerandthis was followed by reports of hanky panky in the ASU football program, fans across the nation shook their heads and wondered how bad things are in college athletics Jets 30, Colts 17 Richard Todd threw for one TD and ran for another in a 17-point second period and rookie Dave Jacobs kicked his first three NFLfield goals to carry the New YorkJets past Baltimore Cardinals 13, 49ers 10 Ottis Anderson scored on a 6-yard run with 2:53 left to becomethefirst Player in NFL history with e:ght 100yard games during his rookie season as St. Louis rallied past San Francisco Chiefs 37, Seahawks 21 Ted McKnight scored on TDrunsof5 and 3 yards and Jan Stenerud kicked field goalsof 27, 31 and 22 to lift Kansas City past Seattle and snap the Seahawks’ three-game winning streak hottest telephoneline at the meetings They have four quality left-handers — Kravec Steve Trout. Rich Wortham and Ross Baumgarten — and if they haveto, they're willing to part with any of them for quality goods To save time, the White Sox have informed each club to cometo them with a solid offer for a specific pitcher. The man who might benefit most from these meetings is Marvin Davis, the Denver oil baron who has been attempting to buy the Oakland A’s from Charlie Finley for two years. The deal is virtually set and could be agreed uponby the AL ownersat their meeting this week Davis has been stymied countless times in his past efforts to purchase the A's, butthe one major stumbling block has been cleared by the agreementof major-league baseball to pay oif the lease on the Oakland Coliseum for $4 million, While the deal seemsset. nothing is ever certain where Finley is concerned, One AL executive said Sunday that Finley was now trying to throw a few new twists into the deal and another even suggested Finley might overturn the sale entirely because he would ‘‘miss the publicity’ too much. However, becausebaseball wants the A’s out of Oaklandverybadly. it is likely the owners will figure out a way to persuadeFinley to sell the team if he tries to renege. Sometime during the week the ownersalso will give an updated report on the negotiations with the Players Association. The basic agreement ex- pires at the endof the year andcollective bargaining has been goingon since Nov. 14. DWRto Auction Deer, Elk Meat SPRINGVILLE — The Division of Wildlife Resources will conduct an auction of some deer and elk meat at its Central Region offices, 1115 North Mainin Springville, Wednesday at 2 m. According to public information officer DennisShirley, there are approximately 12 quarters of elk and six of deer available. Anyone can bid on the meat, but the minimum bid accepted will be 45 cents for front quarters and 50 cents for hind quarters. The meatis frozen. Payment must be made Wednesday following the auction. ALBUQUERQUE, _N.M. (UPI) — transcript of grades for Craig Gilbert Thenewly hired athletic director at the to UNMso he would be eligible to play University of New Mexico said basketball The WinnersAre: name of former UCLA coach John Wooden. The club recently released ihe iop 10 candidates this year as follows: 1-Mike Gminski, Duke; 2-Mike O'Koren, North Carolina; 3-Joe Barry, Purdue; 4-Mike Woodspn, Indiana; 5-Kyle Macy, Kentucky, 6-Ron Perry, Holy Cross; 7-Gene Banks, Duke; 8-Danny Ainge, BYU: 9-Mike Brooks, LaSalle; 10-Jeff Lamb, Virginia. eee The Ugly Americans Award To Miami University’s Football Team. After Miami was beaten 40-15 by Notre Dame in Tokyo a week ago, the Miami players showed whatlosers can really be like The Kyodo NewsService and Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun reported that the Japanese weregratified by Notre Dame's victory and called Miami's defeat a ‘‘penalty for fouls committed off the ground.” The news reports said that some of the Miami team allegedly stole two rings worth about the Giants straight times, moved to within New Mexico Woes Continue The Envelope, Please; It’s a good day to name: The Crowd Pleaser Award: To BYU freshman basketball player Mike Maxwell. Maxwell made twofree throws to give BYU a 99-58 lead over Baylor in the final seconds of their game last week, then stole the ball and was fouled shooting to go right back to the line. The crowd of 22,000 was standing and yelling for Maxwell to put the Cougars at the century mark. ‘Thelittle guard missed thefirst shot as the ball dipped into the hoop, swirled around and came 1 victory of making the playoffs Baseball Owners Ready To Visit ‘Swap Shop’ 41-year-old Perry’s nameis high on the list of several clubs in preliminary trade talks. The Texas Rangers andthe Cleveland Indians have expressed muchinterest in the San Diego Padres’ right-hander, and it is believed the two-time Cy Young Award-winnerwill be wearing a new uniform after the Sorry, no catch.. Houston’s Gregg Bingham knocks a pass away from Cleveland’s Dave Cowboys who have beaten Saturday he does not plan to take any Well. the comings and goingsin Tempe have been moved to the back burner by reports coming out of Albuquerque involying New Mexico basketball coach Norm Elienberger and his program Ellenberger is under suspension due, the reports say. to a nationwide FBI investigation into allegations of bribery and recruiting violations. eee The Where Were You Whenthe Lights Went Out Award To the sporting press at Phoenix and Albuquerque. Sports writers in those two Southwestern cities have long claimed to be among the most aggressive and investigative of the breed. But the scandals at arizona State and New Mexico were revealed by other sources despite the fact that there were rumors and reports of rumors about troubles at the two schools long before those troubleshit the fan this fall immediate action regarding an FBI investigation of the UNM basketball program. Head basketball coach Norm El lenberger and assistant coach Manny Goldstein, the team's chief recruiter. were suspended following the release of a tanerecorded conversion in which they allegedly discussed a payoff to changethe academic records of a UNM player. Assistant coach Charles Harrison, who joined the staff this year, was The transcript quotes Goldstein as saying a transcript from Mercer County Community College in New Jersey would be mailed to Oxnard officials who in turn would send it to UNM. Ellenberger, who requested the suspension and Goldstein were unavailable for comment. - UNM President William E. Davis, who talked with Ellenberger for about 45 minutesbefore the suspensions were announced, described the coach as “deeply shocked.”’ “He's concerned about the total named acting head coach. John Bridgers, who washired as new situation, not only his own personal inathletic director !ast week, said he terest, but the basketball program and. planned to assumehis duties at UNM I feel, the university,’ Davis said The suspensions are in effect while this week. Bridgers has been athletic director at Florida State for seven the investigation continues. Federal officials have said the case will be years. He said he will not take any action presented to a grandjury this month. Gilbert. who did not makethetrip to regarding the basketball team ‘‘until we see what develops. It's a bad Colorado, said he feared the situation situation . but it's not something that would end his college basketball career, He said he did not know can't be corrected. “It's something I know that has anything aboutthe allegedly doctored shocked everybody,” he said. “it credits and never attended Mercer shocked me. Butit’s out in the open County Community College. Ellenbergeris in the third year of a new; we've Cleared the air; we know three-year contract. In seven seasons where westand.’ In the tape-recorded conversation as head coach,he has compiled a 134 62 record won two Western Athletic between Ellenberger and Goldstein which was attached to an FBIaffidavit Conferencetitles and taken the Lobos made public Friday, the two men ap- to four postseason tournaments. The New Mexico basketball program pearedto be discussing a $300 payoff to an official or officials at Oxnard already is under investigation by the Junior College in California in ex- NCAA for other alleged recruiting rf change for forwarding a bogus violations. |
