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Show For 3.0. ?Ull ort hiformation Call .52 .501 gu UHUU iUU' Salt Lake City, Utah Section K or Sports Scores Cull r2 - i.ioo September Sunday Morning umwok1 'V Mirror by - SorN 's- ..'.-- i y Fxlitor r 4II From the beginning, the football helmet was designed to protect the head from occasional or incidental contact, but the rules makers and the manufacturers never intended the hel- ' met to make the head a striking , weapon or the principle point of contact. HOUSTON f b Coaches struct their CJik I 41-2- 2 s stick the nvets (on the helto k met) in their numbers as the tackling j perfect form. John Mooney Medical men and the coaching profession have been conscious of the growing number of neck and spinal cord injuries resulting from the use of the head as the initial point of contact between the tackier and the runner. John Adams, former football star, coach, official and now supervisor of WAC football officials, explains, The first rules were made to protect the runner from the spearing, but a new rule this year is aimed at protecting the 21-1- us s" v r ;w' v -- t ' U V v x t r This penalty will penalize the inept athlete who careens blindly into the runner and leaves himself open to serious injury through his own fault or ineptness, John added. The study revealed that last yeai there were eight paraplegic injuries in amateur football. Coaches teach that a player should tackle or block with his head up, so actually we are insisting the coaches improve the technique of their tackling. However, the coaches are not without sin in their tackling techniques from the safety factor. Face tackling is responsible for injunes and Adams sees eventually the return to the shoulder tackle, with the tac kler getting the bead on the runners number, and then moving his head to one side to take the brunt of the blow on his shoulder A shoulder can be knocked down even with a perfect tackle, he explained, but that is nothing compared to the senousness of an injury to the spine or brain. Waiting on the Verdict "The constant battering of the head m blocking and tackling drills day after day may cause damages in future life, even if the player escapes with no apparent damage from his football, John added. The medical researchers are still out on that verdict, but the consensus off the cuff is that such pounding cant do anything but hurt. Several coaches have argued for the abolishment of the plastic face guard, contending that players wouldnt smash their faces into an opponents without this protection. They argue players should be taught to tackle with their shoulders, which ore better designed to absorb shocks and pounding. "And they contend they would be taught this, if that face visor didnt protect their faces to that extent, Adams noted. The mam point seems to be that neither Mother Nature nor the founders of football ever expected the human head to be used as a battering ram or the human neck as the recipient of great pounding or shocks. Observation Ward Athletic sportsmanship says a man should never vote for himself in an election, but hi politics, voting for vonnudf is the only certain wav to avoid getting skunked. Turf Plant Dates p ening Program Suffolk Downs (UPI) y thoroughbred racing pens a card that ncet Monday with a matures the $10,000 Return Handicap. Aboit 1,300 horses, many shipped rom Rock'ngham Park, which closes iunday, will be available for Suffolk acmg. BOSTON 68-da- 10-ra- d 4 X t e - I 4 ,v t? i if' Protect the Tackier v n, - e tackier. We have had the speanng rules for some time, to protect the fallen runner from the speanng, although the legislation also was aimed at protecting the spearer, by penalizing his act to discourage the foul. Football is a violent, contact sport between large and mobile athletes and bones will be broken no matter how much legislation is passed or improvements are made in the equipment. But broken legs, arms or shoulders while painful and incapacitating the player, rarely prove fatal. However, injunes to the head or spinal column frequently cause paralysis or death. Studies show that most neck injunes are caused by the head being dnven down, thereby extending the spinal column. A tackier who goes into the contact with his head down for an open field tackle is asking for injury, and this, year he will be penalized 15 yards. tpk r ' V v. c j. ; 2. i W? ! 4 . r J V , "af X' N-ts- V T v I , q, m.4 J"-- '' H ? ' 5 v' - - . to - tense moment in Houston Saturday night. Watson was unable to control ball on incomplete pass. University of Utahs Doug Watson is separated from football by Rices Randy Piel (8) during Only Scoring Utah could show on the scoroixiard was Tom McNamaras All field goal on goal was rewarded early in the second quarter when Peake took a pitchout and scampered four yards. McNamara's kick was blocked and Utah led, Rice came right back with Kramer passing 52 y ards to David Houser and then to Roy for the second Rice touchdown Utah retaliated after a missed Rice field goal and drove 80 yards with Peake going the final y ard for a second touchdown In the first half Utah held possession of the ball 22 50 out of the first 30 minutes while leading by only one point The third quarter saw the tempo switch with Rice stiffening its defense and being able to control the game Rice drove 80 yards with Kramer completing eight of nine passes to set the stage for James Sykes lead. surge and a Peake scored his third touchdown early m the final quarter on a brilliant dash down the sidelines Craig Buchi's placement put Utah ahead again, 1 But then Kramer, who completed 15 of his 17 attempts m the final period, surged over from the one and then passed to Nick Spillios for the two points and a 2 lead Ended Utah Hopes Kramer ended Utah upset hopes then by passing to Roy for a touchdown and then to Greg Boston for the final score. For Utah. Peake, a much improved runner, carried 19 times for 95 yards and caught two passes for 83 yards. Jack Stcptoe was the leading Ute receiver with five receptions for 84 Utahs third surge 9-- Past Colorado State BYU Zips 42-1- e-- y While Utah was much more impressive for three quarters than m any game of the last two years, it was Kramer's ability to capitalize on the Associated Press Aireouoto By Steve Wilson Tnbune Sports Writer PROVO Before the season started, people would tell you: Watch out for BYUs offense They wouldnt tell you once, or twice, but many times. That admonition seemed full of holes last week as BYU scored only three points What was there to fear But Saturday night, BYU really turned on the offensive power for a 8 Western Athletic onference football victory over Colorado State. Record Crowd The victory, accomplished before a record crowd for opening night 33,013, was especially sweet to Cougar wide receiver John VanDerWouden. He caught a WAC record four touchdown passes m the game. And they went for 35, 26, 10 and 17 yards The last two came m the fourth quarter and turned a tight game into a rout for BYU. Not to be forgotten is quarterback Gifford Nielsen, who threw four scoring passes in the game three to VanDerWouden, one to Jeff Nilsson Reserve quarterback Terry McEwen threw for another score. Also of note were Tony Hernandez three interceptions, which tied a school record for BYU. BYU overcame a batch of penalties and Arslamans tncks to take a 5 halftime lead. But it was remarkable the Cougars even led at all. With 4.30 left m the first half Ron Harris nudged in for a touchdown and Tom Drakes extra point gave the Rams a 16-- lead Sloppy Game Up lu tins point the Cuuguls had played a sloppy game. In addition, the officials let their penalty flags fly all over the place, and most of the calls went against the Cougars But two people, quarterback Gifford 15-1- 4 Neared Total In losing, Utah came within one point of its highest point total of the 1975 season In the matter of records, the defeat was the seventh straight for the Utes against Southwest Conference teams. It also extended Utahs opening game losing streak to six games and the Utes current losing streak to seven games e For Rice, the victory ended a losing streak and gave Coach Ilomcr Rice a fine debut with the Owls V . Nielsen and split end John VanDerWouden decided to turn things around for BYU. They needed a little help from Dave Lowry, however. one-yar- well-time- d 0 d 15-1- 5 22-2- 29-2- d 25-1- nt yards Utah won the battle of the total offenses with 276 yards passing and 163 " rushing for 4.59 yards, while Rice had 4(M) total yards on 319 passing and only 87 rushing Kramers performance was no fluke. Alter all, he led the Southwest Conference a year ago m passing and total offense. "Their quarterback (Kramer) obvi- ously was just too much for us, Coach Tom Lovat said We didnt get beat deep, but they killed us on the under- neath coverage and we couldnt handle i their t.ght end Our defense was on the field too long ir the second half and they wore us down I'm pleased with our offense Peake and Sam Baldwin ran very well and Degnan threw the ball effectively . We can move the ball, but our defense needs work Well be working overtime on defense next week, Lovat said 22-1- 7 'to. t " v4. I - ' y Statihticis Colorado State 20 First Downs Rushing Y'ardage Passing Yardage Passes Punts . Fumbles Lost Yards Penalized I - -- ,'jf ft 4 v M6: jjf Vfc .,s ," Vsi:: i ' - ' -- -- iL s S3 v Knick Cager Gains zVfter Collapse WWI Kr' Jf i! V Blazer Club Seeks l-g Rookie Signature - PORTLAND (UPI) The Portland Trail Blazers are still tryuig to sign their top draft pick and a former is plagued by injunes Larry Weinberg, president of the Blazers, said the team is trying to sign rookie Wally Walker of Virginia before the National Basketball Assn, season begins. Walker is the only unsigned Blazer for the 1976-7season. Meanwhile, Blazer center Bill Walton, plagued by injuries through his Portland career, suffered a mild sprain of the right knee during an informal workout at the Jewish Community Center Friday. Walton was expected to be out about two day s. g avt: : a - ic? - v I i' : 9v is ' k" 4 1). t) i to. - - i ? s - - : i.. $S - j. Tto t tov ' x Jto. ' s , i- -- Mtoautoitot. C rrqrnT'i 4 ii MI" wr v to Mill. .HI to TS s s. C to X Gifford Nielsen. Cougar quarterback, gets set to pass as tackle Lance Reynolds provides the oj Zj4toVv f vmc to y i, A , T'r- ' - X . wsswr tototottr f j t to K WEST LONG BRANCH, N V A 2 4 K The center was diagnosed as suffering from heat exhaustion, according to Dr Anthony PeNoia. A hospital spokesman said Shelton would remain m the hospital for several days for tests, rest and observation - TV Football to , to I s Tribune (AP) Muiuiiouth College hannel 5 has an NFL doubleheader slated to start at 10 30 am with Atlanta vs Detroit followed by Los Angeles v s Minnesota Channel 2 has scheduled New York Jets vs. Denver at ( - J Lonme Shelton, the top draft pick of the National Basketball Assn.s New York Knicks, was listed in satisfactory is ndition Saturday at the Monmouth N edical Center Shelton, 20, collapsed during the first day of rookie practice at nearby T 4' v VLn ri to4v 8 'Syjs 'H 1 ;r;T 5 - x vx 7 S- FFT t ito. ' d 21-1- 5 swinging gate play and took the Cougars completely by surprise. First Half Stats BYU got its passing game going m the first half, but again the rushing lagged behind The Cougars got 137 y ards through the air and only 15 on the ground Colorado State had 45 yards rushing and 47 passing in the first half. Two field goals and a dazzling interception were the key features of the third quarter With 12 53 left m the period, BYU's field goal to Taylor kicked a push the Cougars in front, 5 Nine minutes later Drake retaliated for CSU with a 42 yard field goal which brought the score to 25 18 Threatens Score Colorado Slate threatened to score late in the thud quarter, moving to the BYU 25 y ard line However, a CSU pass over the middle was tipped by Craig Jensen, and snatched by Tony Hernandez It was Hornadez second theft of the night for the Cougars runningbacks. the Cougars moved inch inch down field Finally, on third and goal from the CSU 10, the Cougars scored Nielsen floated a pass into the right-cornof the end zone, and Jeff down the Lowry scampered right Nilsson made the catch after a d on a sideline kickoff return, dive Tay lors conversion made it putting the Cougars in business on the CSU 35 On second down Nielsen passed Colorado State needed a BYU error to to VanDerWouden for a touchdown The BYU receiver had to do set up its first score. Jeff Blank some fancy footwork near the endzone fumbled on a punt return, and Dave Bosley recovered for CSU on the BYU to get the tally . 37 Aided by a pass interference call Nielsen then passed to Mike Chronis-te- r against the Cougars the Rams moved to for a two-poiconversion and a the six, from where Mark Davis scored tie with 3 36 remaining up the middle Another Score It was at this point that Arslaman Scarcely three minutes later the BYU pull d out the magic. combination clicked again Capping a When Colorado State lined up for the dm e in eight plays, Nielsen hit conversion it sent one man out to center YandDerWouden for a touch- the ball, and kept nine men lined up on down, and Dave Taylors kick made it the left side CSU quarterback Dan BYU 22, Colorado State 15. Graham was lined up behind the nine In marked contrast to the stumbling Anyway, the center tossed the ball starts of last week, the Cougars took the underhand to Graham, who followed a ball and drove 80 y rds for a score on wall of blockers into the end zone for an odd their first possession. conversion It was a varation of what is called the With Nielsen passing expertly to his by two-poi- 21 if irucnal play which turned the contest a i ound and then broke it wide open Two IWfferent Games It w as tw o games Saturday night with I tah dominating the first half completely and then Rice showing a great mastery m the second half, especially in the fund period The amazing factor m Utahs halftime lead was not the fact that the Ites were leading but that Rice was even m the hall game It was the kind of first half where the suue duln t tell the true story For example, in the first quarter, ttah had nine first downs to none for the Owls and 131 yards total offense to eight, yet trailed, The key play s were an interception of a Degnan pass by Ardie Segars and a fn ard touchdown pass from Kramer to Ken Roy Rice had possession of the hall only 2 19 of the quarter yet held the lead 1!) & - J . egg By John Mooney Tribune Sports Editor HOUSTON Utah stunned Rice with a balanced offense through the first half but Tommy Kramer turned a hot passing hand m the second half into a victory to open the season before 17, 000 m Rice Stadium Saturday night Utah controlled the fust half, but once Kramer got w armed up he pit ked the Ute defense like a chicken with 28 completions m O attempt', good for 31t yards and four touchdowns Ev en Contest Utahs 1at Pegnan dueled Kramer on even terms until the final quarter Degnan had 16 completions m 33 attempts with two touchdowns and two interceptions It was a 5 game with Rice ahead after three quarters and Steve Peake put Utah m front m the seesaw ball game for the last time with a scoring run early m the fourth quarter. But then Kramer, who had been merely good, became eicellent and he whipped Rice to three quick touchdowns and the Owls most points since i inlack-ler- V Utes Dominate Game In First-Ha- lf Action v i Z&Uf!kS' .John Mooney I rilmiM- n qi gtgww. v' '. iaye One 19. 1970 Mice Stsikeg Late to Beat iDtali HI , Ptvjto bv frank if r'orfcnafis protection by stopping the surge of A1 Raker, Colorado State, in conference batnie at Provo. 2pm |
