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Show i t.ff&i. .1 Talkative, Talented Don Van Galder filmn jialt ak Utah QB Thrives on 'Open Month9 Policy J)0ft Tribune Sports Writer 12, 1973 Wednesday Morning, September Everything (most everything) you always wanted about University of Utah quarterback Don Van Galder, but were afraid to ask: tok-no- Second Section Page 30 are and Why Don? (6-- 2 John Mooney Tribune Sports Editor Down-to-Wir- Classics c Prove Playoff Value Major league baseball has the most successful playoff format of all the pro team sports for one simple reason all four teams in the playoff are winners of a division. none of this business of the club Theres as for the American the championship playoff, qualifying Basketball League provides, or the runnerup teams with the best records qualifying, as the National Football League allows. fourth-plac- e that the four baseball divisions are not balanced and certainly the National League East appears to be a you take it, I got it hassle, with no team showing consistent strength in the division. But this very lack of strength makes for a close race as evidenced by the fact only Philadelphia is out of the race m the Eastern division of the National League. The American League races are more settled, with Baltimore and Boston the real challengers in the East It may be argued ? s . Theres no question in my mind that we have the best offensive line in the Western Athletic Conference. Id vote the entire group right now. Bill Powers is, beyond a question, the best guard in the league and Larry Reid has come strong at the other guard. 19G9. - The National League traditionally has been the loop the close finishes, and this year seems to be no Knowing you would be back in the old quarterback slot this fall after whipping the broken collarbone suffered in the Utah State game last year, what ntual did you fol- -you pr ter? n turned in my most valuable summer ever in footI feel I ball. I worked day upon day f ; ' . f ,'f , .'-- v '' y'i ' ' ' ' jP J Last year was the closest to a runaway in recent years when the Pirates led the Cubs by 13 games on Labor Day and the Reds held an 8'rgame lead over v ' ' - - season marked the 11th time in the last 30 National League pennant was decided on the years that of final :the day the season. ' And, if you believe in tradition, the Dodgers were i in 10 of those 11 thrillers. For the record, for those watching the standings day by day, the Dodgers won the 1959 pennant with the fewest victories (86 in regular season) of any National ; league champion. The Dodgers added two more victories at the Expense of the Milwaukee Braves in the playoff for an record. In contrast, the 1942 Dodgers had a victory total of '104 games in the regular season, but finished second to i 'the Cardinals, who closed with 41 victories in their last record. ;48 games for a " i The i major league record for the most victories in a ? regular season is held by the 1906 Chicago Cubs, a team f which won 116 games to finish 20 games ahead of the I runnerup Giants. ' Or take Texas-E- l Paso where Coach Tommy Hudspeth had been stressing team spirit and conditioning, and the Miners were humiliated by Idaho. Maybe a veteran Idaho team was favored to win, but to score 62 points? This is where the University of Utah finds itself, wondering just how good Texas Tech is, the team the Lies must face Saturday night in Lubbock. Several years ago, a guy with little else on his mind, began to compile and then publish the Bottom 10 teams in allege football. Last year, Colorado State U. was adjudged the - rworst of the worst" with its record. I With the firing of Coach Jerry Wampfler and the hir- mg of Sarkis Arslanian, the Rams hoped to discard this to Arizona in the dubious honor, after losing, opener, it appears CSU must be rated at least for anoth-- , 0 3r week. The Utes have looked good in practice, and Coach Bill Meek has a veteran squad. But what about Texas Tech, which beat Utah 45-last V f The prospects for beating powerful BYU at Provo Saturday night and getting off the worst charts isnt promising. ' Also listed on last years top 20 worst were Texas-E- l to Idaho Paso at No. 7 (and after losing the Miners might climb), Wyoming No. 9, New Mexico No. 13 and Arizona No. 18. ' The crummy game of the week honor was given a I, to the Colorado game last week. ;. ; 2 year? 62-1- 4 Well, it doesn't figure to be State-Arizon- Coach Jim Carlen returns men who scored 39 of the 45 the Utes, against points including quarterback Joe Barnes, who rushed for one score and passed 20 yards to Ronnie Samford for another; Don Giimes, who kicked a field goal; tailback George Smith, who rushed for 155 yards, including a touchdown dance; full back John Gamer, who plunged for a scoring surge and tailback Cliff Hoskins, who turned in a scoring dash. Smith, the senior tailback, is very danavergerous, with a age last year. He rushed for 172 yards and scored four touchdowns in the Sun Bowl loss to North Carolina. Smith also was the No. 2 man in kickoff returns and the d No. 3 pass catcher last season. He runs the 4.6 dash normally and has been timed in 4.5. Hope At tight end, Carlen has Andre a Tillman, who is being boomed for honors. Tillman was the No. 1 pass receiver, averaging 13.6 6-- p backing Smith and Both fullbacks, Garner and James Mosley return. Myers Hoskins. Barnes, at quarterback, is eypected to have a good year as a thrower and runner. He connected with 51.2 percent of his passes last year, for four touchdowns and 1,142 yards. receivers who caught passes last year return, along with the entire denine All fensive secondary. a Calvin Jones, at split end, is good deep threat, while his Jeff Jobe, runs patterns. Understudy, good Samford flanker. will start at the Linemen Pose Problems Only two starters, guard Dennis Allen, and tackle Tom Furgerson, are back from the offensive line and six of the seven line and linebacking starters are gone. Utah returns all but one of its offensive line starters and several of its defensive regulars, so the war in the trenches may go to the Utes. Observation Ward Mind over matter may be a good subject for debate, but in athletic competition, it's a poor way to place your bets. 4 . VI - ,v. t l - V, it Chicooo 7. Piltjburgfi 0 Phiiodelphio 6. New York 4 Atlonto 6. Son Fronciuo S, 11 In rvtnos Ctnclmiotl 6. Los Anklet 3 Monfreol 4. St. Louis Houston 4, Son Diego 2. 10 innings Wednesday's Probable Pitchers 0 J o Chicago (Kison Pittsburgh U (Pocoos New York (Motlock IMS! o Philo deiohio (Twitched U 8). night. Son Francisco (Bryont 2110) of Ationto (Morton 11 10). night. ) Los Angeles (Osteen cf Cincin hoti (B'Hingham night. Montreal (Rogers Qt St. Louis (Wise night ) Houston (Richard of San Diego t Arin n.ght. ' , t i y:: Teesdoyi Results Baltimore 8, Boston 3 Cleveland 7, New York 3 Detroit 4, Milwoukee 2. 10 innings Minnesota 4, Texos 3 Oakland 3, Kansas City 1 Californio 3, Chtcogo I 'Wednesday's Probable Pitchers and Por Milwaukee (Reynolds ot Baltimore (Palmer IM sons 2. and Jackson Boston (Moret 10 0) at New Yjrk night (McDowell ) at Minnesota Texas (Clyde night. (Goiti ot Konsos City (Soiittorff OokK d (Hciumon 20 M), rught at Californio (Forster Chicago night (Singer (Only Gomes Scheduled) "-- i :it ' i v -- . I ' I v. American League Enttm Olyitnn , ' Baseball Standings 1 X. iJf Swi?' 'Cgpr I J . 'Cf Andre Tilimar., is Tech 6-- Parsons Set For First Grid Battle The Westminster Parsons, with a capable offense appearing to be their major strength, open the footbaU season Saturday at 2:30 p.m. in Dane Hansen Stadium against the University of Redlands. Westminster, after completseason in 1972 and ing a in the Rocky finishing only Mountain Athletic Conference, hasnt been drawing too many raves this season. But Coach Allen Jacobs finds some relief and possibly the key to a winning season in his offense. Slated to start at quarterback is Randy Beckstead, formerly of Hillcrest High and Brigham Young University. Beckstead played in the same backfield at Hillcrest with last years leading rusher in the college ranks, Pete He also played freshman footbaU with the Cougars. The running backs are competent performers. Milt Chide-stewho played basketbaU at Westminster last season, is one of the rushers and he is untested bit talented. Other backs are freshman Kim Paul, a stocky individual who surged for over 1,000 yards at Kearns High last year, Steve Walters from Fullerton JC, and veteran John Bushman, who used to play at Skyline High. 6 5 VanVal-kenburg- 230 - pounder,' tt M i f.. rushed Smith, tailback, George for 153 yards versus Utes in 72. end hopeful. and bigger ' Its the team, man. Id look silly out there without the team. Thats one mistake the record books make. They dont list the guys who caught the passes, made the blocks or earned the ball you handed to them. I prefer the team In one concise statement, how do you account for your candid air of confidence, a quality which some refer to as cockiness? Ive always been the My type. mother says it comes from Tim, copying my brother, who isnt hurting for I am conscientious I cant be as to ealize enough flippant as Tim although he has made it a long way with that characteristic (quarterback with the NFL Bengals). So, when I walk around the dressing room before a game, smiling and joking with some of the players who are a little tensed up, it just comes naturally. Im not trying to rub anyone the wrong wav and I am certainly not trying to be aloof from the rest of Well, the team. I love life and I love playing football. If I which offends a player or any other person, Im sorry for it. It certainly is not intentional. Thanks statement, for the concise Mr. Van Galder. Just for the record, folks, yon dont have to be afraid of asking Don Van Galder questions. His is an open mouth policy. e Ban the Blackouts - WASHINGTON (AP) The' House of Represenatives probably will act Thursday on legislation to prohibit the National Football League from refusing to telecast home games locally if there is a sellout crowd 72 hours in advance. The House Commerce Committee quickly, and with one lone dissenter, Tuesday approved the bill sponsored by Rep. Torbert H. Macdonald, chairman of the communications subcommittee. The committee action, with of its 43 members present, took less than 20 minutes. On 31 only scant support from the Republican side in the voice vote. Collins attempted to extend of the sellout from 72 hours to two weeks because, he said, the shorter period would make it difficult for the teams to sell remaining tickets once it was learned that the game would not be shown on telecast. He also wanted to limit the legislation to one year for experimental purposes to gather information on the effect the legislation would have on attendance. the time A bill passed by the Senate last Thursday contains the one-yetime limit, but Macdonald said during the hearings that there would be no true test if it was for 1973 alone because most clubs have already sold all the sea-so- the communications subcommittee needed only 15 minutes to approve the legislation. Monday, James L. Collins, as he did in the subcommittee Monday, attempted to amend the bill but received Rep. n tickets they can. . Defense has been the Parsons strong point for the past three seasons and the Salt Lake City club will need plenty of it against Redlands Saturday. Redlands tailback Tim Streeter rushed for 1,300 yards last year and has a reputation for tearing defenses to shreds. Redlands (they call their players thr Bulldogs) posted a 4 record last year but that record is not indicative of the success the visitors actually enjoyed. The Bulldogs had a mark in the tough good Southern California Interscho-Iasti- c Athletic Conference, good for second place. e The Parsons have a schedule this year with all home games scheduled for Hansen Stadium. 1 SNOW TIRE SALE ON ALL FREE STUDDING SEIBERLING 4 SEASON WW BELTED TIRES C73x14 25.53 E78x14 28.63 F78xl4 G78xl4 29.41 31.47 33.99 35.50 35.50 G78x15 H78x14 H78x15 J78x15 178x15 Plut F.E.T. TRUCK RETREADS 36.21 37.82 and rating exchange. 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Itiley, of course, was probably the best runner ever to attend Westminster. ft. 1 dorm, you or your roommate, Larry Eldracher (Ute defensive safety)? tougher than I am. When he says jump, 1 ask how far. When youre off the foot- season, is back on the beam and ready for banner 1973 campaign. yards a catch. He also is a powerful blocker and rated ? top pro draft choice. The Raiders are three-deeat tailback with soph Ruftis a cakewalk for the Utes, nght off. Look at Miners Chance to See Worst Love those clothes, man, the Ute signal caller sighed. I think it comes from my mom (Doris). I was home this past summer and the two of us didnt have enough closets lo handle all our clothes. She buys most of them for me. Yes, I dig the fashions." v- rather leave it at that. We re going to confine our celebrating to after the win in the Fiesta Bowl. records. They say you love clothes and at times have turned a head or two with you mod fashions. after-gam- of Utah quarterback University Don Van Galder, injured late last Take the opening game where Nebraska was pitted against a UCLA team rated the top contender to dethrone USC in the Pacific-8- . The Bruins were run out of the stadium by the Comhuskers. 4 Eaiteni Division ( ' tear The opening game of any football season is, similar to the ceremony wedding everything looks rosy, but once you show up, youre hooked and youll never know whether youve got a winner or a loser until too late. - Gaidar quipped. A Clothes Horse Love the Parties By John Mooney Tribune Sports Editor 106-4- 8 6-- 5 Whatever Eldracher wants Another Lubbock Disaster? 88-6-0 we feel Who calls the shots in the ? V 1 because the defense cant concentrate on just one or two receivers. Willie (Armstead), Lance (Robbins) and Steve Odom are excellent receivers and now we have Fred Hobbs in there. He makes a nice target, Van to listen to, man. Youve had several opportunities to celebrate Ute wins. What are those parties like? 1971 National League 5 , -- . X4 ' . (Jlgg to Face Loaded Raiders i Houston ' ; V - Passing-wise- , click ball field, they say music is a big part of your curriculum. What's your favonte type of music? Most fans may not know that to make the option work, 'exception. 31-- get the running game going smoothly, you can do more things in a game. Like, for instance, manuevers come in handy when the defense respects your running game. Weil, if you low to round into shape? V-- Most Dont Know j featuring The Youve been passing yourself into the record book for two years and you also appear to be very confident running on the option. Which do things stick. Summer Workouts Well, it takes a good quarterback, Van Galder chilled. weve received Seriously, great blocking from our fullbacks, especially Steve Marlowe and Mike Conway. And now theres a third one, Rick Lawrence and hes capable also. There have been close battles in the National League since the playoff system was inaugurated in I backers. old. You know how those year My biggest regret about the running game is that we haven't utilized the fullback more, but that will change this fall. Those fullback charges up the middle complement our offense and you'll see more of it. all-Pr- o What has made the Ute option so effective the past two seasons? ;I f They me." National Always Close t sto- long ' f- "Dave Dahl and Bill Oster-ma- n are awesome at tackle and Chuck Johanson, with that valuable year of experience last year, Is simply fantastic at center. Yes, the line has written the records for and Oakland and Kansas City in the West. The National League West has three teams very much in the race, so if the purpose of the playoff was to spark interest in September, the motive succeeded. ( a used to call my dad, Frank, Brownie. I guess my mom thought it would be cute if they called me the same thing. From reports I get from my brothers, I have been Brownie since I was a Team morale is great because were a veteran team, confident that we can go all the way in the WAC. These guys cant wait for that first kickoff. Last year, the guys couldn't wait for the next game to begin. Two years ago, as the season wore on and the losses piled up, the veterans just gave up and wished for the end of the misery. I think the best way to put your amazing success (a ton of school records) been the superb pass protection youve received over the years? its Well, ... or, an old story. ry 6-- -- Hasnt the real reason for about this tag they have affixed What Brownie to you? 3--8 "You know, I eat my fool head off and just cant seem to retain any of it. Guess its because I work so hard on the football field. I will say, though, that since I was a sophomore, Ive gained 15 and its mostly pounds the muscle, stnngbean, respindly-leggesenior sponded. Pass Protection Sports Mirror by anywhere. years. in a -- The Utes were dismal 19T1 season and you were primarily reponsible for a turnaround in 1972 and the tremendous team morale heading into the Texas Tech tussle Saturday. What do you fee! to be the primary reason for the uplift on the Hill? you so skinny, about 180). with St. Louis Cardinal quarterbacks Jim Hart and my brother Tim. I learned the short passing game can really make a team prosper. My knowledge of reading receivers improved vastly. You know, I threw to such guys as Jackie Harris, Bobby Moor, Walker Gillette and Mel Gray. They taught me how to know the receivers and how to use different receivers to serve as decoys for the line- it is this bunch of guys wont be up giving anytime, the defensive end must be eliminated and its the fullbacks responsibility to cut down the end and theyve done it well for me over the By Dick Rosetta ,nm jj.i, nji |