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Show 7 .fh Salt afcr ? effort wasnt enough Simpsons record-breakinto prevent his Buffalo team from dropping us eighth straight game, as Greg Landry fired two touchdown passes to rookie tight end David Hill to lift the Lions over Buffalo. Simpsons yardage broke the previous National Football League high of 250 be set against New England on Sept. IS, 1973. Simpson scored on runs of 48 and 12 yards but both fwr rwtrot came in the last 17 minutp of tho nonr had sprinted to a 20-- 0 lead m evening its record at Buffalo fell to TYrbuns Wire Services , rf , Friday Morning, Nwerober 28, 1978 Section II Page! g While 0. J, Simpson was producing another virtuoso performance Thursday, the Dallas Cowboys and St. Louis Cardinals provided their customary thnlimg moments in tfteir battle for the NFC East leadership. record Simpson rushed Lit an NFL single-gam- e 4 loss to Tommy 273 yards in his teams Hudspeths Detroit Lions. It was the fifth game of Simpsons career, also a new record More was at stake in Texas, where the Cowboys held off the resilient Cardinals for a victory and e lead in the NFC East. The Cowboys, with a two games remaining, are almost certain of winning the title St. Louis owned for the past two years. Cards Threaten it Although appeared they were hopelessly beaten with five minutes to go in the game, the Cardinals moved 68 yards to score once and were threatening to produce the winning touchdown in the final seconds. But quarterback Jim Hart missed on a desperation fourth down pass from the Dallas eight with only 13 seconds rem&ming to let Dallas off the bock. The game was deadlocked, with only 72 seconds remaining in the first half when Danny White instead of punting from his own 28 threw a pass to Benny Barnes that carried ail the way to the Cardinals' 29. Four plays later quarterback Roger Siaubach scored on a four-yar- d rollout that put the Cowboys in front for good. Dallas win avenged a bitter 7 loss to the Cardinals earlier in the season and boosted the Cowboys to the doorstep of a divisional champion-sni- p me cowboys need only a wm in either of their final two games against Philadelphia or Washinge ton to dethrone the defending East title holders. Boost For Redskins St. Louis, meanwhile, now faces a real threat of missing the playoffs, since Washington can move into a second place be Sunday with a win over Philadelphia. And if the Redskins and Cardinals finish the season deadlocked, Washington would move into the playofs because it has beaten St. Louis twice. d Dallas scored first Thursday on a throw from Staubach to fullback Scott Laidlaw, a touchdown set up by two Staubach scrambles, and St. run by Steve Jones Louis evened it on a five-yar- d early in the second quarter. And after Dallas siezod the lead with only 20 seconds left in the first half, the Cowboys dominated play during the final two quarters although they could manage only two scores and had to hold off a typical Cardinals' late rally. The Cowboys managed a field goal by Hererra and came up with a safety when Thomas Henderson blocked Terry Joyces punt out of the end zone. Cards Launch Comeback That gave Dallas a 19-- lead with 10:48 left and Dallas regained possession with less than six minutes to play. But Staubach fumbled the ball away at St Louis 32 with 4:54 remaining and it took St. Louis only three minutes to score the touchdown coming on a pass from Hart to Dallas nemesis Mel Gray. 27-1- 200-yar- d w(ir'y- - i. y I t,; - k "V H- '.- iyj- r t vsV ? r:l v ?V two-gam- jrTld''" r'f ?" -- ft' ,, wt-- & t! E SW8& Imthi 1 rI $.t 1 t? "- "7- - .4 Vll V , IVt - . if CV Sf "AUt&b.- -- r f &.S '& 3 fr 14 vm f K,'1 ftf. si A, 4 u - VJ-- r t ' -- 4 f'' xl . c x . I' yfffTjW 7P ,,gwryc ,;'?y,-i- 1 381 .US rS z?Z? M 3a Vf? ts WWiKPtawaVf-S- ! ktM'"A-- t V , 4 IP 1 '', 7 V f i 'i , i J & iJ 'ry s Vs $. v d1 ! v ' xIM- - ,4 '" '( & 'T,t' J rWV, ;gf & . V $Hk J. Simpson rumbles to his Second touchdown Thursday on 1 ?: w HI xrrg: yii AugcitfKt PrM Wlreetoto last run of his record game 273 yards against Lions.. of O. J. Sets Two Records pushed "The Juices season total to 1,123 yards, the fifth time he has topped the thousand mark. former It also swelled the Ileisman Trophy winners career total to 9,252 yards slightly more than a season behind the current career rushby Brown, who ing record of 12,312, also wore No. 32 on his uniform. Almost lost in the single game record performance was the fact that it was d game, which the fifth game of Simpsons loss to the Detroit Lions, career which set another NFL record. 'PONTIAC, Mich. (UPD Jimmy Brown is O. J. Simpsons next target iijvd at his Thanksgiving Day rate, it fill not take the Buffalo great long to star. etch Cleveland s e the best rushing day by f Simpson inhadNational Football League iy back tory with 273 yards in 29 carries, saklng his old record of 250 set in au-tim- JsThe record-shatterin- feme in a i 27-1- 4 g st 200-yar- Sports ttlrror by ' John Mooney Tribune Sports Editor J Anyone who remembers those old Jordan feeetdigger teams wall agree that Dunn (Snide) Taylor was a thorough student of football Junda mentals and a great follower of the game at all levels of competition. So it was something of a v.. surprise to hear him confess . before the Old Time Athletes dinner a few nights ago, Much as I love football, Ive given up Monday night football because I cant stand Howard Cosell. Isnt there anything we can do to get him off the air? In answer to the second question, getting Cosell off Monday night football seems rto be impossible, inasmuch as ABC seems to feel sells abrasive mannerisms attract watchers, ;'even if it gags them and irritates them beyond X:-- - f 'o belief. f . My answer is to use the "mute switch on my 'TV, and 1 keep the silencer on during everything but the game action. And do you know how much sound I heard the 'other night in a pro game which lasted three fyiours? Would you believe I had the sound on a ) total of 16 minutes give or take a minute whole broadcast? the during Approximately 16 minutes of football action fund 164 minutes of prattle and inline comments fwas the ratio of action to talk. f J That endless interview with Olivia Newton- -' John added little to my interest in the football 'game, although as a sexist I admit she is a lovely fdish. But watching , Karras leer and admitted she was and knew nothing Humble Howard and Alex slobber over a woman who seeing her first football game of the game left me a little -- Mcky-poo. 5 f Too Many Promotions ' Anyone understands that television must rin i commercials to pay the cost of operations and Jleven though Monday Night Football is as cluttered with advertising as the Johnny Carson Show, this is tolerated No paying commercials means no television football and the fan- - take the commercials with t the game But my argument against ABC is the continual - plugging of its other shows and personalities run that Landry set up with a quarterback sneak. passer in Landry began the game as the the NFC and completed seven of 19 passes for 133 , r tosses. yards, including the two touchdown - . Hill made the first one good for 21 yai ds with to pa m the half and then caught a j scoring pass with 4 26 to play in the third period. In between, Benny Ricardo kicked field goals of 22 and 35 yards to liuac ami eyea uic fcienodS Bids Avert Shutout scoring run came with 1 22 left Simpsons m the third quarter to help the Bills avert a shutout, but the Lions bounced right back, with Landry ; ' sneaking 28 yards on third down to the four and then Bussey punching it over on the next play. The sneakT was Landrys longest run since he went 38 yards in four-yar- 1 d top-rat- ed d V 1972. Simpson carried the ball six straight times before his 12 yard scoring run, which came on a fourth down , draw play 7 record-settin- g run was 16 yards to the Detroit and as the news flashed on the animated 47 scoreboard, first the fans and then his own,;; teammates on the field burst into prolonged -applause After his second touchdown, which came 4'; with 3 30 to play, Buffalo never go the ball back. His 15 tsll V A rt !:; $?' 7 On Dallas ensuing possession, the Cowboys could go nowhere and after a punt St. Louis took over at its own 33 with 1:33 to play. Hart threw three inccmplctions before nailing Ike Hams with a to the Dallas 40 and he then found Gray with another pass to the Cowboys 13. v V Cardinal quarterback Jim Hart is rushed into an incompletion by Cowboys Aaron LOS ANGELES signed a (AP)-Reli- ever Rollie Fingers con- r multi-yea- Kapstein reached reement with ag- Padres owner Ray Kroc and Buzzie Bavasi, general manager of the club, late Thursday and notified Fingers at his home at San Jose, Calif. Rcilie was delighted to be joining Gene m-la- As mentioned, the advertisements were understandable, and at $105,000 a minute for these commercials, the network didnt lose any money cm its 42 paid commercials. Tenace with the Padres, said Kapstein. Tenace, a catcher-firs- t baseman, and Fingers were teammate with the Oakland As and were among eight Oakland players to become free agents this winter. Kapstcins Done Fingers was the 10th and final free agent represented by Kapstem, who was in Los Angeles for the announcement of the signing by the California Angels of Bobby Grich, another of his clients. The Numbers Came Cosell, my main irritant, is the master of the of excessive rhetoric. Also the revealer of trivia which means nothing except that Howard has a great memory for trivia, or a very complete set of ad-li- b cards. Do many fans know or care that such and such a player of another year wore jersey No. 72? And who really cares if Howard spouts off the numbers on the jerseys of the starting lmeup of any team in any era? I dont know whether the fan complaints reached ABC, but this last Monday the "celebrities in the broadcasting booth were held to Roger Stanton and his wife, Pam, who presented an award to Humble Howard from the Football News. Football is a great game and I love tc watch it. But I doubt if many of us are so stupid that we need three men fighting for the microphone to tell us what is happening on the field every now and over-stateme- Kapsteins of other whom all clients, signed multi-yea- con- r the last 10 days, were pitcher Don tracts within Gullett, with the New York Yankees; outfielders Joe Rudi and Don Baylor, with California; pitcher Wayne Garland, with Cleveland, pitcher Doyle Alexander, with Texas; mfieider Dave Cash, with Montreal, and then. who carried the ball or The simple facts caught the pass, the yardage and down situation, and the tackier should suffice. Maybe a good block should be noted. But I guess this is wishful thinking on my part, and the part of many others. Probably the casual watchers who dont know the game of football need this verbosity, and perhaps they enjoy the1 comedy of "Curly, Larry and Moe as Karras once called the trio. Bert infielder Cam-paneri- s, with Texas. became Fingers b?$ss 3 muB mzi HOT WAX the 14th free agent to reach terms since the histone Nov. 4 draft and core tmued the trend of mov- ing from teams with BASIS FLAT FILES AN poorer won-lo- st v KOUSSi MOH. & FRI. VsSMsOO SS T. 1 1 fe L Lw. i I .. , kfc TUS5.-Tm- 9:10.7:00 m. 9:00-6:0- 0 S. SOUTHWEST COSMJ.T Z'6i FOOltilU. 1 fOOTHIll VIUAOS SS2-36- 1 LL-- i; L.tssrA & r vr marks. With Fingers and Tenace, San Diego now has two of the finest pressure performers m baseball, said Kapstein. Observation TTard I Pockets bet- Rollie Impressed TV football has become a confrerJatioa of mind over chatter, but rise latter is wR3dcg. v GS$ SHARPENED Free With One of Our Ski ter records to teams with Maybe these fans enjoy Howards put down of file players, but to me, silence is golden and w hat I want most for Christmas is a new switch on the mute button for my TV set. Ma sr (56) during victory Thursday. tract with the San Diego Padres Thursday, according to his agent, Jerry Kapstetn. I admit the instant replay camera is a boon to watching sports, but in this game I counted about 130 plays on the part of both teams, and a minimum of 40 of these plays were shown again, and some times again and again. fts- and Tom Henderson Fingers Rejoins Tenace Ten or 11 different ABC shows (1 may have dozed and missed one or two) were plugged a total of 24 times during th 3 three-hou- r broadcast. 5 (25) Kyle first half of Dallas a completion. a .r A Asoci1el PfWlrephoto St. Louis gained five more yards on a second down pass to Terry Metcalf, but on third down Hart barely missed tight end J. V. Cam in the end zone and on fourth down his desperation pass came nowhere near There were 24 network "promos in the game I watched. With normal intelligence, a viewer need not be told more than once during a program that Saturdays college game on ABC will feature two strong teams, that Wide World of Sports is a great show for everyone and that next Monday night ABC will bring you those two terrific rivals for the wild card berth in the playoffs. 1 i .irfc 42-ya- More Game Action Please ( - two-yar- l4rif tv WH ,a . CSaSff ? 2f.i Dexter Bussey hsd an outstanding day for Detroit, gaining 137 yards in 27 rushes and scoring on a yf Joiil J two-tim- .. tgffr Bills Only Offense Simpson, however, proved to be just about it the only way of offense for Buffalo, as Jeff Kinney only gamed 24 yards in nine carries and quarterback Gary Marangi could manage jut four completions in 20 attempts for a mere 29 yards m passing. Bob Chandler, who entered the game second m receptions with 49, caught three passes for just 22 yards. V'' 4 21-1- w'fefe'&t ii:' It took Simpson 29 carries to get his yardage figure and it put him over 1,000 for the fifth season in a row. His season total of 1,129 pushed his career total to 9,252 second only to Jim Browns 12,312 in the history of the league. 7, - ir m jv ? "' 4a . V.--JI isw J s '' 5 U r ? r 'i T W f1 V ChC,1, a.4 ?, 4 - & jH'' Sl Vi '? . v? .mv- - 6-- 0. 19-1- 4 - r V r?F? & - ' WTT is MarK; (low. cS'f ifonitr t Jen J , " I v ( |