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Show I For Sports Information Call For Sports Scores Call 524-450-0 524-45- 01 Section D Salt Lake City, Utah Sunday Morning September 30, Page One 1973 Past Oregon Tearns ' Sports Mirror by Oregon U. Tribune Sports Editor and ' J 4 n 35-1- 7 The pass, commg just when it appeared the Ducks were going to wrest the lead away from the Utes, set a school record and snapped a three-gam- e winning streak for Oregon over the Utes It was the first time Utah had beaten the Ducks at Eugene since the from four to seven John Mooney opints Baseball and football note an advance for the home team, but not as much as basketball does i Odom pass-ru- worth anything i Steve colloaborated on a fourth the in scoring football victory for quarter to ice a the University ot Ltah at the expense of the Oregon Ducks Saturday night m Autzen Stadium basketball officiating pl?ys such a major part of the games outcome and the nome crowd may influence the offithe home cials, court be may ; By Marion Dunn Tribune Sports Writer PRONO With one minute to play the Brigham Aoung University students counted from one to 37 and in so doing paid tribute to a bit of Cougar football history Saturday night The 37 was the number of points the Cougar team put on the scoreboard m defeating Oregon State a.id this represented two big things The 37 points was the most BA U has ever scored against Oregon State and tlu 4 victory brought BYUs football season back to the high point it was expected to reach By John Mooney Tnbune Sports Ed'tor ELGENE, ORE. Don Van Galder Everyone speaks of the home field or floor) advantage", but just how much value is the home edge? , Cats Shock OSU Club Utah Trips Joint Mooney In where r 37-1- 17-1- 4 victory m 1966. Meek Finally Gets Ducks recent survey of the National Foot-oaLeague for the last five years shows that only one team, the Chicago Bears, had a better record on the road than at L home Complete Turnaround The Cougars had stumbled commg out of the blocks against Colorado State two weeks ago, but as far as the 27,434 fans here Saturday mght are concerned that loss is jncient history and everything starts from here on It also was Utahs secona victory of the season against one loss and the first time Bill Meek had beaten Oregon as the Ute coach Utah never trailed after evening the score at in the first period Again, it was the Van bomb, a which put the Utes ahead, The Cougars absolutely dominated the Beavers from the opening minute until the final gun. And they did it with a new look backfield that moved the ball on the ground and on the air and was tremendouslv impressive ll The Bears were at home and on the road over the five years. Galder-to-Odo- Best road teams in the pros for the iast fne years were Dallas with 26 road victones, Minnesota and Baltimore with 24, Los Angeles with 23 and Kansas City with 22 2 - Cincinnati holds a mark at nome and an road record for the live years. Helps the Weak 7 And it was the same bomb which clinched the victory and Kept the Western Athletic record against the PAC-- Tribune Staff Photo bv Frank 8 this year perfect at Oakland is the best home team with a mark against on the road. The picture when you compare the nome teams and the visitors always 'omes out the same, the good teams also win on the road while the weaker teams invariably seem to be helped by the nome field . 14-- Gil Gillenwater (20) of the Cougars eludes tackle by Oregon States Tim Warner (51) and races for 0 Utah won despite the brilliance of Don Reynolds, who earned 31 times for 179 r - two-yar- added The play at the goal line was a backfield mixup which knocked Ike out of the play. Thats when we lost the touchdown before the half It was a mixup with Steve Marlowe thinking there was a change m signal and there hadnt been a change," the Ute coach said 44-2- 2 Whammy on AFC Dallas has a tremendous thing going Foot-eaagainst rivals from the American 11 with victones against Conference only four defeats, and the latter came at ne hands of former NFL teams moved "the AFC Cleveland (3) and Baltimore Atlanta stands against Detroit Chile the Falcons from Atlanta hold a 1 edge over New Orleans onsider the Denver-Kansa- s City n airy The Chiefs have beaten the Bron-o- s j!4 times in 26 games Cleveland has never lost to Houston, or a 6 0 mark, which may be something ou bettors to remember ll 0-- 6 A poor Utah punt of 17 yards set up Oregons touchdown and then the Utes completely dominated the first half going lead to the dressing room with a on third and Dan Marrelli, punting on the five, sliced his boot Utah 36 and the Ducks scored in seven 21-1- 4 d has no hardness Right from the start this was a far. far different team than the one that was upset by Colorado State two weeks ago Moved Ball fteD Vet Drivers Pace Field - MARTINSVILLE, VA (AP) Cale Yarborough and Bobby Allison, two Chevrolet drivers who are still looking for big game this year, have the front row positions for Sundays Old Dominion 500 stock car race at Martinsville Speedway In that opening game the Cougars had trouble getting their offense going, but Saturday night against a much strongei Oregon State team the Cougars moved the oall and dominated the first half. 4 BYU took a lead off the field after a flurry of action that was enough to fill an entire game With Gillenwater carrying the ball most of the time the Cougars moved 78 See Page D-Column 2 21-1- Today in Sports Television Slate plays Even then, it took an offside call on fourth down against the Utes on a missed field goal to keep the W'ebfoots dnve alive with Rick Kane punching line over from the Statistics The schedule of Sundays nationally-televisesports events FOOTBALL. New England vs Miami, 11 a m , Channel 2, to be followed by the Oakland vs Kansas City game at 2 p m Channel 5 will televise the Denver vs Chicago game at 1 30 p m one-yar- d Utah then drove 73 yards in eight Van Galder passing to 16 yards, to Odom for six, to See Page Column 2 7-- 28-1- 4 o The ABC presently specifications Bill also gave Van Galder full credit for calling the bombs to Odom, adding it was something we worked on We mrde a lot of mistakes, but when the kids were down, they made the good plays and pulled it out Poor Utah Punt seiies Then consider the strength of divisions If the Rams played only San Francisco, Atlanta and New Orleans, its Western division rivals, Los Angeles would be in the Super Bowl every year Against these three opponents, Los Angeles boasts an 83 percent winning recwhile against all ord, with opponents for five years, the Rams stand 4 at On the recommendation of a special committee we are polling our board for its approval to ban soakirs m A1 said competition, Matzelle, executive secretary of the ABC Soaking a plastic ball m a chemical solvent softens the outer shell so the ball is easier to hook on oded bowling lanes The practice began among players on the Professional Bowlers Assn. Tournament tour and has spread to the non-prranks. worked on the deep pass to Odom, but Steve did a great job of catching the ball on which he had to turn to the outside when the ball was coming on the inside and just as he caught it he was tackled, but he pulled away It was a great job coach Meek We 2 Gillenwater, who had some fine moments as a freshman last year, started at tailback and will be hard to get out of the starting lineup now Gillenwater earned 31 times for III yards BYU led going into the laO quarter, increased that to 31 on a held goal by treshman Dev Duke which tied the previous point high for BYU against OSU. This was topped m the last two minutes of the game when reserve quarterback Gary Shiede faked a handoff, dropped back and lofted a long pass to Sam Lobijp who had slipped behind the OSU defense and took the ball on the 35 and went all the way untouched The play covered 68 yards Final action will be determined by a mail pollnext week of the ABCs board of directors interception Worked on The Pass Consider the recent meetings of Minnesota and Detroit, which shows the Vikings to have won the last 10 games. Overall, the rivalry is closer, with Minnesota holding a edge in the Impressive Statistics Litchfield completed 12 of 23 passes for 118 yards and one touchdown and did not have an interception. In addition, he rushed for two touchdowns and 53 yards A move MILWAUKEE, WIS. (UPI) to ban soaked balls in American Bowling Congress sanctioned competition was begun Saturday by the ABC d Utah scored on Van Galders on to bomb on the Odom, surge, run and Van Ike Spencers Galders second aenal to Odom and Mike Conways plunge after an Even more important than the home field edge is the whammy certain pro teams seem to hold over another. plays with Spencer for d TENNIS. Firemans Fund Internal ion al, KUED, 3pm D-- Its One (713) As Hank Rips Homer t,)-'- the schedules Sometimea .allies and whammies help Consider Detroit which hadn't been scheduled against Miami until this year. W hen Miami had ; 1 ecords, the Lions didnt mee he 17-Now, with Miami cornu off a schedule on the are Lions the 'ear', "The schedule frequently makes for great records, too Consider the Miami to opponents m the AFC East Miami has oeat out the Jets, Colts. Buffalo and New -- Sophomore quarterback Randy Litchfield, who said after the CSU loss that the Cougars would come back joined with sophomore running back Gd Gillenwater and a powerful offensive line to put on a great performance. Bowling Chiefs Map 'Soaked Ball Ban interccptns. Los Angeles and Philadelphia are the most consistent performers at home and on the road. The Rams have won 21 at home and 23 on the road while the Eagles have won nine at home and eight on the road. Porschatis yards But even Reynolds couldnt overcome the Ute supenonty or a game defense which pressured the Duck attack all evening and caused four fumbles and three one-yar- d Teams like New England, Buffalo. Houston and New Orleans , for example, rank considerably better at home than on the road R long gain in first period of Saturday night grid battle. Gillenwater was a top gainer for Cougars. T-Min- us Dol-Dhi- 0 ATLANTA (AP) Atlantas incredible slugger, moved to the threshhold of baseballs most revered record Saturday nigh with his 713th lifetime home run and he faces his major test England Sunday division, the Black and blue division", you lave Green Bay, Detroit, Minnesota and ( hicago , and the suspicion is that the worst team in that league might be a ballenger in another The diffeience in the strength of the main stumbling leagues would be block, as I see it. in attempting to arrange a playoff for the collegiate national football championship There could be years when the second place team m one league might be a lot stronger than the champions of a couple of conferences, and this would be fcaid to handle in a tournament In the I'FC-Centr- Henry Aaron, d Well. I feel like tomorrow (Sunday) probably w.ll be the test been waiting for all these years, said Aaron If I get a good pitch to hit. Ill show the world whether I m a good hitter or not. Ie -- Aarons 40th homer of the 1973 baseball season was a 420 foot blast over the center field fence off lefthander Jerry Reuss of the Houston Astros It came with teammites Mike Lum and Darrell Evans on base with singles Aaron has only one game remain mg, a Sunday aiternoon encounter with the Astros, who plan to start southpaw Dave Roberts, off whom Aaron has h't two homers this year Observation .Wartl If you miss a days pay and it hurts, torsider how much 7rlmo Beaty doesn't A and Mrs. Herbert Aaron, the parents of Hank, displ.iv their pleasure Saturday night in Atlanta 1 1 Mr get for not working X A. A A A, A. A AJk Ai J JT A .. I j ro oeri Press Wirepholo as their famous sen belts his 713th career home run, just one awav from Babe Ruth's 714 record. and fne overall Aaion said that Roberts is a tremendous pitcher, the kind who can send me home in a hurry Asked his feeling when he tied into Reuss' first pitch to him m the fifth inning Aaron said, I cant really describe it I knew the moment I hit it, it could go out, but I was worried that it might sink. A lot of my hits have been smking lately. Aaron had one more shot to tie Ruths record of 714 when he singled off Larry Dierker in the seventh inning, his third hit of the game. Aaron noted that Dierker had been quoted in an Associated Press story earher this year as saying he would lay it down the middle when Aaron was going for 7x4 As you could see, See Page - J t ' t r Aaron said, He was ihere was no truth to that. D-- 5. Column 1 ; |