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Show Tuy 2 O' Thf all Lakf Trtbunf Wcdiwd, fVtohrr Brief 197Q X, .Fastest Now Irelands .Harrys B P Tribune Sports Writer their motorcycles But for Irishman Harry Lindsay well, he should have have had his money on the pass line in the Wendover casinos It was Lindsay and his lfllftcc Kawasaki ' as he called it which teamed Tuesday on the famed flats here. 120 miles west of Salt Lake City , to make the Dublin daredev d the fastest man on wheels in his home country. Lindsay, who was an interested spectator as first out Campos, in the "Windjammer ? ? .jMfrX'' ., 'a - X A 1 f $ N '' ', rent-a-bik- . a.' - , - .1 Harley-Davidso- n Pack Mystique Helped Defeat Pats Francis fcJM "I The mystique which GREEN BAY, Wis. tAP) has flowered m 60 years of Green Bay Packers football may have had as much as anything to do w ith what happened to the New England Patriots here Monday night New England's Russ Francis, perhaps the best tight end and surely one of the best players in the National Football League, is sure of it - r: : irrr. i f -- V -- Certainly, Francis said, there is no other rational 4 upset of the explanation for the Packers' Patriots in the first nationally televised regular-seasonight game ever plaved in histone Lambeau Field The Packers, subjected to severe criticism after their start this season, rallied to win game No 1.0(10 in their history. They sacked Patriots' quarterback Steve Grogan five times and set up three touchdowns with interceptions by safeties Johnnie Gray and Stevt Luke and cornerback Mike McCoy. Thinks Back "I think back to the old NFL, to the 1950s, Bart Starr play lug quarterback here, the grass field, and it s just a unique experience, said the Francis, who scored both Patriots' touchdowns on passes fmm Grogan "I thought about all those things before the game, and when we were warming up, he said. "It's really nice to see a town get behind a team like this. It w asn't that the crowd got us down, but it sure seemed to get them up. They executed well, and when they got a couple of breaks they just put everything together. W tutrhurst Excels Packer quarterback David Whitehurst, also strongly criticized, completed 17 of 27 passes for 206 to Aundra Thompson for yards. One was a a touchdown with 9.03 left in the first half as the Packers took the lead to stay at 14-1 thought David played just an outstanding game." Starr said. "Of course, we had the interceptions which gave us great field position several times, and that gave David the opportunity to do some things we hadn't been able to try in earlier games. "Field position is really the name of the game, and it's something we simply hadn't had very often until last night, he said. , 27-1- - ,C' . N WwelN 0 0 w m n $r . ' AV 1- -3 ;? 1 :; ts. v . Ki.N . , rtv ' ' . V v " . gptf. 7h f - a r VLM nm? . 1 ' i t' '. lj!" 'il ?-- . ' nV ' -- vVv V X v 'V. f s v V . '; V 'N ' Av v ' ; V' 'V K a'k i er Vf-- N .V 7. i m V Tribune StW Phoo bv tim Keily Ireland's Harry Lindsay relaxes in his armchair" on salt f!at Tuesday after I-- Bv Jeff Millar & Bill Hinds Tank McNamara 7 WE NEED U ftXST BUT WE CMTT STOOP SRfcrtS LIKE THAT Tt-i- becoming fastest man on wheels in his home country. Lindsay went 179 mph. IMEAS.PtXiY t) 0AP NEXT .SOMEBODY WUSOGfiST WEOfTS?APLW0? CflMTRTOAWJOMAK ISIIE NBA.NOThTEMTiHOW Kentucky Coach TT nuuurcuJ MV HAAOINATON. IB IT OR PIP it GET 9JDDEHLV Pi?VjJTP? lEE,? LEXINGTON, Ey. Kentucky Coach Fran Curci doesn't share a common view his football team, though aihng and green, pulled off a e miracle by beating Maryland. 14-- 7 for its first victory this year. The Wildcats, now do have more than their share of problems for a season so young. Eight players are benched for (LTD one-tim- Cosell: Gravelle Mistaken Identity Was Giffs Fault EAST RUTHERFORD. N J. (AP) Sportscaster Howard Cosell blamd colleague Frank Gifford m the Gordon Gravelle mistaken identity calamity during n the telecast of the New York Redskins National Football League game Sept. 17. Cosell. along with Gifford and Fran Tarkenton. were misinformed and identified No. 78. Gus Coppens. as Gravelle. Critical, Misplaced Remarks The trio chided Gravelle for missed blocks and Cosell suggested when it was actually Coppens Giants-Washingto- Lefebvre Fired As L.A. Coach Former star second ANGELES APi baseman Jim Lefebvre said Tuesday he was fired as a coach by Los Angeles Dodgers Manager Tommy Lasorda because of a personality conflict. Lefebvre has been named as a coach with the San Francisco Giants and another Dodger coach. Preston Gomez. Tuesday became the manager of the Chicago Cubs. The later had no comment Lefebvre was critical of Lasorda and said. "Tom treated all his coaches the same He didn't show his staff much respect It isn't necessary to bring out all the details," Lefebvre was quoted as saying by Tom Singer in the Los Angeles Herald Examiner The former second baseman became a Dodger coach shortly before the 1978 World Senes when Jim Gilliam died. Lefebvre said, Tommy's got his faults. He has problems adjusting to defeat Nobody likes to lose, but adversity is what is supposed to bring out the best in people. Lasorda won a National League pennant in 1977 'when he replaced the retired Walter Alston and the Dodgers repeated in 1973. They lost ace lefthanded pitcher Tommy John in the free agent draft for this season and finished third, below 500 Lasorda recently was rehired for his third season as manager of the Dodger. Lefebvre claimed the manager ha different sets of rules for different players. LOS breaking team and school dormitory rules, his two top quarterbacks are hurt and the squad is that Gravelle, who was fined $15,300 for reporting late to the Giants, take another fine and go home. It triggered an angry reponse and a threatened suit by Gravelle, who said his wife was hysteneal when he called her in California after the game. Gravelle said. "Cosell is a pompous, senile idiot. He's a disgrace to the broadcast profession, the epitome of an arrogant egotist." The following week Gifford apologized on behalf of ABC to Molly Gravelle, who previously had sent Cosell a letter. Cosell answered her in a letter dated Sept 21 and shifted the blame to Gifford First, the mistake was Mr. Gifford's, Cosell wrote, and even then he committed the mistake because a team official told his spotter that Gordon would beweanng Number "8 "Second, the tape reveals that never within the entire telecast did I mention Gordons name. My one reference to No. 78' was a throwaway line offered in and jest was needed because the Giants jest performance was so shoddy as to produce an e record low for Monday Night Football. The damage done by the Giants to the NFL through its terrible performance is inestimable." Outlines Role Cowell, who has repeatedly assailed the Giants for moving from Nt w York to New Jersey, then outlined his role as a broadcast journalist The task of a journalist is not to be popular with a team or its players or even the league. The task over publicly airwa.es while transmitting to publicly licenses stations is to seek to be honest I personally regret the fact that Mr. Gifford was in error, but it seems to me that your comments to your husband about me were at best equally in error, r.nd caused him f make statements to the public that statements that Im sure were printed nationally he now regrets. I hope for his sake and yours that his future m football can take a better turn with a team that doesn't have a documented record of 16 consecutive of futility. And any reporter, less one jears whether in print or in broadcast, who would speak favorably of such a team would disqualify himself of any pretense of objective journalism, which is the ta-- k of a responsible reporter Gravelle receive the letter from his wife an distributed it to the press. He has not as of yet followed lip on histhreat to file suit against Cosell made up mainly of freshmen. But despite it all, Curci sees some bright spots. More than half the 40 team are freshmen, Curci said when informed he is UPI's Coach of the week. So I never know if well be o like or those characters in L'il all-pr- Abner. But there's a real plus to working with all these freshmen. Theyre just a bunch of eager guys, glad to be w wearing the Wildcat jersey, and every day they practice is a thnil. Curci said. I never have to get them up They're already there Curci also believes his defense should get a good deal of credit Green or not, weve played some pretty fair defense over the years at Kentucky, and this bunch is no exception." The Maryland game was a good illustration. The Terps Charlie Wysocki, the nations leading rusher with 159 yards per game going into the Kentucky clash, was held to 59 yards. Maryland kicker Dale Castro was too busy punting to worry about extending his field goal streak beyond 10 all-tim- Perhaps more telling, there was only 6 54 left to play when Maryland first managed to cress the 50-ar- f line AgEnd Named Bv AP i Albuquerque N M . and then Yesco. m his Kawasaki powered hike out of cl Cajon, Calif , encountered mechanical problems had to "sneak aw ay from home to get his national record Didn't Tell Wife Well. ou might sav mv wife di"n l care an awiu! lot to hive me hitch rules on those bikes for 16b runs. the delightful (hap from Dublin relaled I'm supposed to be at a business conference in the east," Lindsay confessed At least that's what 1 told my wife. Mansa Actually .here is a conference m ew Yorkinvolvtng my interest m gas heaters, but 1 was more interested m the gas I was going to put in this Kawasaki " Lmdsav revealed that he has a storv all ready for his wife 'Ini going to say. 'sweetheart, I was of w passing by this place and there as a bunch people 1 Curiosity got the best of me and upon investigating. fiund they were racing motorcycles Naturally , 1 had to give it a try and by jove. I ran quite fast '" Now, whether Mrs. Lindsay puts her stamp of approval on that tale or not, is a matter for conjecture But what is reality, a fact to he sure, is that Lindsay averaged lit iui nines ier lmui for the two measured miles lone going north, one going south) Tuesday and that eclipses the mark of ln8 3 mph for an Irish Formula I car and 167 3 for a motorcycle set by his close Dublin friend, Danny Keaney "Now,, I wouldn't get too excited." Lindsay cautioned. You have to understand there is not sufficient terrain in Ireland for this kind of thing But for a guy who had to smuggle his racing leathers into his luggage. I'll take it, Lindsay said Beautiful Kawasaki Lindsay admitted that it was the beautiful Kawasaki bike which made it possible. Its so well built, its like sitting m an armchair. It's incredible I almost feel like I'm cheating. On your wife' The Kawasaki was made available to Lindsay Diego's Jack Dolan. This project all came together m about one hour a month ago." Lmdsav said "I called a friend, who had a friend who knew Don Yesco. And Yesco knew Dolan and Dolan had a bike. And here I am. 6,000 miles away from home, the proudest Irishman alive today, standing in a place I had only read about before. Actually, Tuesday marked the beginning of Lindsays second term as Ireland's fastest man on wheels I held the record of HI mph on a lOOOcc Vincent in 1953. But then Keaney got the record in , ck Rosetta SALT FLATS Don Yesco and BONNEVILLE Dave Campos did not possess the luck o' the Irish here Tuesday m world land sped record attempts on 1 ! Special to The Tribune LOGAN Utah State plit end Ken Thompson was one of two college football players named stars of the week Tues day by The Associated Press The 6Ttot 2. lunior from Snydei Texas, caught nine pas ses for 184 yards and a sehool record four touch downs in the Aggies' 47 21 nmt of Utah Friday to earn AP's vote as the week's top lineman He scored on passes of 28 and 6 yards from Erie H.pple and 42 and 5c yards from Craig Brad- nule-per-ho- d shaw low a running back Pe nnis Mosley, who earned the hall 39 times for 229 yards and scored three touchdowns in the victory over Iowa State, was AP's choice as the top hack Haw-keye- 30-1- 4 Talks Ordered Special to The Tribune The NEW' YORK Utah Jazz and Detroit Pistons have until the close of business Oct. 12 to settle compensation disputes involving Ben and James Poquette McElroy, National Basketball Association Commissioner Lawrence F O'Bnen siad Tuesday. Poquette signed with the Jazz on June 28 after completing his contract with the Pistons. McElroy, a former Jazz player, signed with the Pinon? July 27. 1977. Bihop Named I'm just very delighted. . .what can you say It was an Irish record to begin with and to beat it, well, were always doing it to ourselves," the balding. gent smiled. The brilliant fall day wasnt so kind to Yesco and Campos. First, it was Campos who went out to eclipse Vesco's world land speed record of 318 59 mph. A blown piston forced Campos and his Albuquerque crew back into Wendover for repairs. Yesco, who has held the Then, the motorcycle mark since he went 303 mph in 1975. went out in his Lightning Bolt" and got up to 278.379 mph before a shredded rear tire delayed his runs. Then, with a different tire on, Vesco roared back to the south, only to lose a crankshaft in the front engine. There was a lot of vibration and some smoke, but nothing serious." Vesco said. Both Vesco and Campos, along with Lindsay who will be trying for an international record of just over 180 mph, will be back on the salt early Wednesday for more record attempts The runs are being timed by American Motorcycle Association steward Earl Flanders. MontaBOIE (UPI) na State Universitys Steve Bishop, a junior from Bozeman, Mont . has been named the Big Sky Conference's runner of the week for his performance Sept. 29 at the Wber State Invitational e third Bishop, place finisher in the Big two-tim- Skys cross-countr- y championship, posted a 25 52 clocking over the five-mil- e course to edge Weber State's Doug Fnedli, who had a 25 54 clocking. Fnedli, a senior, paced the Wildcats to the team title over Utah, Montana State, Utah State and Southern Utah DAIRY FARM SALE Sheriff sale will be conducted on the front steps of the County Courthouse, 179 North Main Street. Logan, Utah on Tuesday, A October 9. 1 979 at 10.30 a m. on a 600 cow capacity dairy farm consisting of 1 8 acres of land together with buildings and equipment including a 40' x 60' machine shed, hay shelter. 11V x 26' milking parlor, 256 lounging sheds, automatic watering tanks, two silage pits 50' x 100', and 10 shares of water stock in the Newton Water Users Association. The dairy is located about V rrule west of the town of Newton. Utah which is approximately 1 5 mi'es north of the city of Logan. Questions regarding sale of the Dairy should be addressed J. Greaux, V.P.. Walker Bank & Trust Company (Mam Office). P.O. Box 30169. Salt Lake City, Utah 84142. Phone (801) 350-702- 8. REMODELING SALE! 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