Show Team Effort Earms Viking Foes i Bitter By Kart McGregor Herald Jovial Sports Ei MILWAUKEE State Jelled as PENICK ri BLOOMINGTON Minn (UPI)— "The Minnesota Vikings were a - better team-thr- ee points better" Los Angeles Rama coach George Mien said after the Vikings beat his team 1320 (or the NFL Western Conference title Saturday “Tbiere are 60 minutes in the game " Allen said "but it is still hard to believe that we lost Everybody thought we to win We were THE FOUR NORSMEN Alai Page (II) Car! EQer (111 Gary Larsea (77) aid Jim Marshal) (bottom) teamed to stop the Los year" the Rams’ Larry rookie naming back suffered a broken nose early far the game on a clothesline tackle He spoke Utterly as he slowly peeled off his and via the Western Cenfereace Angela Rams yesterdqr with the right to play in the NFL Champtoashlp game next Saadny ViMmg Wi©t®py 23°2® "We blew tt Hell we should have beat them They are a better team because they played better We both got aome bad breaks What the tell can I say" ‘ er and it put the crowd cm its fret with the realization that Los Angeles needed a touchdown to win Eller an defensive end went to the outside around Rams tickle Bob Brown and Gabriel fading bade to pan from his 12 wu caught at the two Eller’s driving tackle forced him into the end sone and that wu it The Rams had to give up the ball on a free kick and though they got possession again they reached only the Vikings’ 45 before Allan Page intercepted a Gabriel pass and returned 29 yards to the Rams 21 to ensure the victory The Rams got the breaks in the game On Minnesota’s opening serin Richie Petitbon recovered a Bill Brown fumble on the Vikings’ 45 to set up the Rams’ first score Twice the Rams intercepted three straight tones for 40 passes one by Ed Meador yards to the Rams’ 19 before stopping a Viking march on the running over for the score Runs’ 12 and the second by Petitbon giving the Rams the himself Placekicker Fred Cox con- ball on the Vikings’ 38 before field verted after every Minnesota GosseT's'second-quarte- r touchdown including the even- goaL Another big break for the tual winning print to make the Rams came on their first serin score 0 for the Vikings with of downs Gabriel had to rush 1:24 left to play Eller's impreuive rush a pan and Eller intercepted the toss running 41 yards into against Gabriel wu the clinch the Rams scored three of the four times they had the ball in the first half on a three-yar- d pan from Gabriel to Bob Klein a two-yar-d pan from Gabriel to Billy Truss and a fttyard field goal by Bruce Gossett But in the second half Gossett’s field goal furnished the Rams’ only points Kapp sparkled throughout the game Though he failed to pass for a touchdown his passu set up every Viking score Dave Osborn got the first two d touchdowns on plunges But on the first touchdown Kapp completed four straight passes for II yards three of them to Gene Washington for tt yards to put the ball on the Rama’ six Then' In the second half Kapp connected with Washington on a toss to put the hall on the Rams’ 12 while on the eventual winning score Kapp completed By ED SAINSBURY UPI Sports Writer BLOOMINGTON (UFIJ-Pass- Defensive captain Jones echoed Smith’s "We had it in our laps and we blew it—with ignorant footbalL I aen we led 17-- 7 at bet my the half— that nobody is going to get U points on us” Minn hero Joe Kipp lng ran for the winning touchdown and rugged Carl Eller smashed Roman Gabriel Into the end sone for an insurance safety in a fourth-perio- d comeback Saturday and a 2M0 victory for the Minnesota Vikings over the Los Angeles Rams - lifo-wf- wu asked to compare rd The triumph gave the Vikings this game with the Vikings the championship of the Nationearlier 3 victory at Los al Football League’s Western Conference and a berth in the "This wu the championship league title game on the same 23-1- une All the marbles were on the table Five months of work everything we did all season dowelhe drably iThey hurt ULbut if we Just could have contained (Joe) Kipp better” he said Roman Gabriel the Rama’ quarterback and NFL Player of the Year said "We were Just' about in inch from dring everything we wanted to do” "In the second half they got us in the hole and really put the pass nub on- -a couple times 1 wu lucky to get the ban away We played wen the first half but file Minnesota defense dictated the second half ' "They beat us twice they "must be the best team we played We wish them weB-therepresenting us And say give Kipp credit for a real good game” Jones said even though Minnesota beat the Rams u y’re twice "Dallas was the best team we played this year They’re a multiple set team chilled Minnesota gridiron Jan 4 against the winner of Sunday’s Dallas-Clevels- nd game The Vikings who had the best won-lorecord in the NFL in the regular season 122 proved their championship class in the second half Saturday before a sellout home crowd of 47900 st by 17-- 7 at the Minnesota re- to Kapp’s Improved performance to put II jn the scoreboard and r defense came to life to the restrict the rams who had an H-- 3 season mark to only three prints It wu a turnabout contest i u - PHILADELPHIA Cornell stunned Brigham Young 6222 Saturday In the opening of the Quaker City BasketbaQ Tournament The Big Red winner of only one of its first six games rushed to a 3221 lead at halftime and then held off a futile Brigham Young rally that reduced Cor-nelmargin to 6222 with 20 seconds remaining l's nt the corn-min- ed turnovers in the first half 22 forward BiQ Schwarzkopf scored 23 points to lead the Cornell attack their "biggest win of the season" ss described by coach Dick Rirgle after the game The Cougars drepped their Lfth game of the season they Big g intercepted a record four Saturday and Mike Widger of Virginia Tech Mocked an extra print attempt to help the South salvage a M tie with the North in the annual Blue-Gra- y footbaQ classic Berrong selected the game’s most valuable player knocked down several other passes and intercepted a fifth but wu ruled out of bounds AQ the scoring came in the first half Blue Quarterback Mike CQek of Iowa State Mt puses StmraMes end Charles Longnecker of the Air Force with an scoring pau for the game's only touchdown But Widger from VPI broke through to Mock thebxtra print attempt by Bob Gedda of UCLA The Gray got its points on field goals of 30 and 36 yards by Jerry Don Sanders of Texu Tech The South had a chance to win the game late in the fourth quarter but elected to go for a touchdown rather than the field goal from the five Larry Kirkland who had intercepted two passu for the North dropped Larry Stegent of Texu AIM for a five yard loss on fourth down Fullback Bob Deerinwater of Oklahoma State and Don Highsmith of Michigan picked up most of the ground yardage for the Blues Deerinwater had M yards on 17 carries Pete Jdleba of Alabama and Larry Stegent of Texas AIM were the ground gainers for the Grays The first half was marked by pau interceptions and fumble recoveries by both teams Berrong picked off three in the half and David Jackson pulled down another Cedric Hardman a tackle from North Texu State was a thorn in the Blue's side ail afternoon recovered a fumble to stop anotlier drive The Blues took the opening kickoff and CQek drove them N yards capping the drive with the scoring strike to Longneck-e-r 12-ya- Bee-ron- Erf giiaon Y otniag u the Cougars off-rid- e have won but three Paul Ruffner a M senior forward far BYU had 11 points to top the Cougars Doug Howard Brigham Young'a leading scorer prior to the tournament with a 117 average wu saddled by a tough Big Red defense and held to nine prints The Western Athletic Conference team made a crucial turnover every time they got within range of the Cornell team and their youth's inexperience proceeded to drop their fifth game of the year The Gats are back in the home state nnrt Saturday and will meet the loser of the Georgia-LaSali- e Two of Berrong’s first half game here Monday interceptions prevented Blue afternoon at 12:00 Mountain touchdowns He picked off one Standard Time on the four and the other on the The Cougars initiate their one Eerrnrg had 19 intercepWAC season next Saturday in tions far Memphis State during Salt lake City against the Utah the regular season Red-LStudy of Kansas State us UPI Sports Writer STANFORD Calif (UPI)-B- ob Anderson Colorado’s liberty Bond hero cracked a yard for a touchdown and Dennis Shaw San Diego State’s quarterback threw three yards to Greg Jones of UCLA in the fourth quarter Saturday to help file favored West to a 1M victory over file East in the 45th annual Shrine Game Eld GaQardo of Arizona State booted a field goal with 33 seconds left to complete the scoring The two aftstar aggregations boasting most of the nation’s top players battled on even terms until there wu only 11:05 left in the game That's when Anderson who gained 250 yards against Alabama in the liberty Bowl smashed a yard up the middle for the score that gave the West its 22nd victory in the game which benefits crippled children's hospitals Six minutes later after Bubba Brown of Stanford recovered a fumble by Jim O’Brien of Cincinnati on the East 35 Shaw took the West to its second score in seven plays He capped the short drive with rd In the winning dressing room EQer said Page came up to him on the sideline and told him "Don’t worry IT make it up to you” EQer told him not to worry about it “But I guess you could sdy he made up for it” EQer said after the game The game wu played in fairly good condition The field which had been covered wu While the soft and frost-fre- e temperature wu about II degrees heaters on the sidelines kept players on both teams relatively warm when off the field There wu rb snow The covering wu to be replaced on the field Saturday to keep it in good condition for the Jan 4 title game The defense came up to expectations for both teams The Vikings got to Gabriel three times and threw him for losses of 21 yards while Kapp was knocked down twice for losses of U yards The win put the Vikings into the NFL championship game By DAVID MOFFIT JACKSONVILLE Fla (UPI) for the first time in their nine-yehistory while the loss wu —The Florida Gators scored second in two tries for the the winning touchdown on a Carlos Rams for a conference cham- pau to Alvares the in midway the through last tro pionship third period Saturday then turned In a dramatic goal One stand rix minutes later to upset the Tennessee Vris 3 In the Gator BowL The Gators traQing 10-- 7 struck swiftly on a drive with sophomore quarterback John Reaves the nation’s leading passer throwing nine and Benny Goodwin of Oklahoyards to sophomore Alvarex ma State had first half with 1:49 gone in the third interceptions for the Blues period The Vols came storming right Stocky pulled down another in the second half Bob Ellis of back with a march of their own But although they Pittsburgh stopped a Gray drive early in the fourth period with an interception of a pau by Bob Peirce of Stephen 47-a- to Jones and finished the game with 19 completions in 29 throws for 221 yards That won Shaw who led the i’s passers with 45 toueb-- i this year the WQQam M Coffman Award the game’s u The & Jack SpauldingAward for the game’s best defensive player went to Lee Brock of who made 14 Washington The East which hu won II gama in the long Shrine aeries u u for the West 42 in the first half and down to file 29 in the second half in its only got ar The East tried a Arid goal from the 41 on the aecood play of the fourth quarter but the attempt wu short by at least 10 yards Anderson and Hdsmin Trophy winner Steve Owena of Oklahoma were the West's Mg ground gainers running for 10 and 51 yards respectively Jim Otis of Ohio State wu the only East player to gain significantly raining for 15 yards in 17 tries A crowd of 73JM0 uw the game played for the first time at Stanford Stadium It wu file biggest crowd in Shrine history Boxscorcs 14-1- rd of Louisiana State had nine receptions and wu voted the South's outstanding player George Little a linebacker from Troy (Ala) State wu voted the Gray's outstanding lineman beating out Hardman Deerinwater wu voted the North's outstanding offensive player John Stocky a linebacker from Kanus State won defensive honors for the North scored its other first period when ufetyman Steve Tannen Mocked a Herman Weaver punt and middle linebacker Mike KeQey acooped it up at the Tennessee right-yar-d line and dashed across the Richard Franco kicked both Florida conversions the second one turning out to be the winning point Tennessee scored its first points in the opening minutes of the second period on a 2tyard field goal fay George Hunt and then Jumped into the lead leu than seven minutes later when quarterback Bobby f utt threw touchdown pau to a flanker Lester McLain Hunt added the converiiou field goal and a wasted early in the final period but missed a field goal with seven seconds left attempt SALT LAKE CITY (UPD-U- tah to play in the first half took advantage of a coldThe game drew the largest shooting University of Montana crowd in its history team to build up an early lead 72JMA and the clou battle in and coast to a 10923 victory what most had figured would Friday night be in easy Tennessee win kept A crowd of 7437 uw the Utes all in their uats until the them jump to early leads of 32-- 7 and final gun— which came with 4 en route to their seventh d Florida on the Vols' win against two losses The lou line wu the fifth straight for The game's most valuable Montana on the road award went to Florida's player Led by Harold Ross' 30 KeUey Tennessee's most valuapoints the Grizzlies made a ble player wu aophomore battle of it late in the game fullback Curt Watson who outscoring Utah 57-- 5' in the rushed for 131 yards in 35 second half carries But Utah's scoring balance and a big rebounding advantage were too much for Montana to overcome Utah totaled 65 Utah SUie SO Delaware 44 rebounds a new are son high Cornell M ITU 02 while Montana managed only Kentucky 102 Notre Dame 100 Colorado 17 Nebraska 40 33 Florida Slate S2 TeiatOI Ross wu the game's leading Columbia 1C1 Waa Forest 7$ scorer but the big difference LaSalle 74 Georgia 44 as Utah's six men in double St Soneeenture 10 NVU SO Butler 2 Peooerdre IS figures Tennessee 12 St Francis Se Mike Nnrlin paced the SS aoson Coiiege-sRedskins with 23 points Jim Pennsylvania S LIU S Leye'a Mahler had 19 Early Lasater Fordnam 12 Arizona 74 scored II Ken Gardner had 12 as ami lOn-o- i as Oovon si John Hunter 11 and Ted Harper Va'tnaii SS Moreeee Stats rd 32-ya- rd 40-1- Lanier Paces NEW YORK (UPI)— Unbeaten St Bonaventure got a 33- performcnce from Bob and a effort nt from Matt Gantt Saturday to crush rattled New York University 10720 in the opening game of the ISth annua Hobday Festival tournament Cincinnati met St Joseph's of Philadelphia in the second game of the afternoon double-heade- r e on the four-gam- opening round Lanier a giant tallied ZTSpound 17 16-1- 19 points in the first half and contributed more in the second period to intimidate the slumping Vioiets who dropped their third stia£ht game and saw their season record evened at S3 The victory wu the fifth far d St Bonaventure The Bonnies never trailed in d contest Lanier the and Gantt combined to lead their team to a 2 halftime advantage Early in the third period the Bonnies went on a spurt for a 6 lead and it became simply matter of how high the score would mount Ijmer also pulled down 14 rebounds before leaving the 10 Utah will have Ltiie rest with game with 336 remaining Jim Siponle led NYU with upcoming games set with IS prints and teammate Mark Cabfoma Monday and Geschwer added 17 lOth-ranke- one-side- 44-3- nt 71-3- Cage Scores Twt0 1 McAfcerv 75 Vilianoea St Connect cut ake"ne"en Pv-d- je Auburn IS Outa‘o Si Ca-su- f1 St Pe-ers- li 7 " 71 SMS 44 14 4 7 H 1 Utah State N Roberta Williams Tolleitrup Epps Jeopeson Wakefield Erlcksan Tebbe Wade Hatch Bean Tatala Tha Baa: Utah State (74) Roberts 17 4 44 1 24 1 4 4--5 11 4 SI-- 14 27 1 2 2 4 2 5 21 24 0 M 0 1421 M 4 11 54 V 12 M SMS 04 12 OPT 54 17 4 1 5 Tolleatrup Williams Jeppasan 4 4 4 12 S 2 7 21 14 0 0 4 S 04 S N W-- lf 74 4 Tebbe Eppe Wakefield Erickaen Tatala Wiacsnsin (ID - OPT M 14 Olar 4 5 Adam Henry snarrod Berao Con km Zink 4-- 7 14 5-- IS M 23 2 2 2 2 4 1 S 1 04 I II 144 It Total! Halftime: Wisconsin 44 Utah State 14 Total foula: Utah State IV Wisconsin 14 Badgers Drop Contest MILWAUKEE one-yar- Bonny Cint u Male touchdown with 4:37 left in the Montana n Couch McMIlllan p Topple easy layup Again on the press Epps screened the offensive pau and Jeppesen stole the toss-iput the baB up and Roberts tipped tt in Wakefield added one more field goal on a Jumper from the foul line'and Utah State had a 53-47 lead From that point the two teams traded baskets until the 2:30 mark when USU scared the last eeven prints of the game for the victory ft wu the second night in a row that Utah State placed four men in double figures Roberta added M points to Williams’ 27 Jeppesen wu over Ms average with 11 and Erickaen came off of the bench to aeon 12 most of them in the aecond half and added 11 rebounds The Aggia found themselves trailing after the first half of they again proved play 3236 weak in rebounding The two teami wen matched 6 in field goals both shooting over 50 percent from the field But in the aecond half with USU applying the press it became a i baB game Whlle the Aggia their hot shooting for a 55 percent average they dropped tfarir opponent to Just 36 percent for' flie game The Mg difference seemed to bo Roberts rebounding In the first half Ddaware had a 24-edge with WBBams and Roberts doing half of the work for USU But in ttw aecond half with Erickaen helping Roberts and Roberts puBing down 15 for the half Utah State Ddaware 3220 Coach LaDell Andersen cleared Ms bench in the game' giving an 11 of Ms healthy' players a chance to day in the Milwaukee Classic The Aggia will return home ' for their next game January 5 against California State Coach Andersen called them "one of the toughest teams on our rest schedule” and the week-od- d for the game wifl be welcome Other toughtes appearing on the USU achedule for January Include Utah Brigham Young New Mexico State and Colorado State Delaware SS fs IMe to 17 6 27 Pratt 4 I 04 Roth Helund Redskins Austin College Lonny Myles mantoman press and made an Lane had a second down at the line they wen Florida unable to punch acrosa through the tighteted-uGator defense SeceadTD Florida Aggiea applied the fuB court u Florida Takes Gator Howl Mua©"(BDay MattcBa By JIM MC ( MONTGOMERY -- Memphis State's David have no trouble getting ready for the game against the Qeveland-Dall-u loser: “We’re football players Everytime I put that uniform on I put it on to play” he uid "We play every game like it’s the Super Bowl” 11 21-2- ' uid the Rams will opened an with 2:23 left In one-yar- the end sone for an apparent touchdown but the play wu called back because Page was Emails Inn EDemallflmck with fabulous running backs and thou great receivers — while the Vikings are a basic team hfcy us” Allen declined to predict bow far the Vikings can go —"After all they could have lost today” Now he said "IT get on that plane and go back to Los Angeles and start getting ready for the Runner-U- p Bowl” 37-1- Bernard Lane then scored over the top of USD’s defense before Ericksen hit from the corner to tie the game at fl At that point Epps who drew his firot starting assignment of the year stole the ball as the Ms flip By JOE SARGIS 23-&- L £app (KMoIles mud-and-Mo- Cornell Epps Wakefield and Jeppesen filled Ore lanes with perfection and Roberts kept rebounding Blanks East Smith lead at 9 first half free throw Paul Jeppesen scored on a fast break as Ed WestMally He added: "There were a lot ' of little things that added up to big things We win as a tram we lose as a team Well get Jones tah Nate Williams scored 27 points and earned an berth in leading the Aggies to the consolation championship over Delaware IMS Railing 4136 USU outscored the Blue Hens of Delaware 1M in the next three minutes and 41 seconds to take a 9347 lend In a great team effort Terry Wakefield scored from the foul line Williams hit a tervfcot' jumper John Erickseu collected "Everything we did was on the button When yon have prepared worked as hard a these guys did -- mentally and physically —and then lose God ft is tough : Jones Wisb-U- a tipin Wiliams scored again a fast break and Utah State began hitting the boards like they owned them Atone point Roberts took four straight defensive rebounds After Ken Hdfond added a on a team here Saturday night as Marvin Roberts set a new Milwaukee Classic rebound record of Stand By BOB them next Prize Cm§©flatn©m Wisc-Defense-- Marquette shut off Wisconsin with only II points fat the first half and tha crushed the Badgers 6443 to capture the tdMumual Milwaukee Classic college baskethaB tournament here last night Marquette allowed Wisconsin only 15 shots at the basket in tho first half and Wisconsin connected on only five The victorious Warriors jumped to a and were never really threatened on their drive to the title of Any chance the Badgers had back disappeared coming midway through the second half when Junior guard Clarence Sherrod fouled out topped Dean Meminger Marquette's scaring with II Sewell chipped points while Jeff 13-gl- fat It The Warriors roJtosts of the tourney won the classic for the fourth time 9tscrrsin has won it three toes and UCLA once 4 |