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Show 0 rr rrvTy v" 4B DESERET NEWS, Tutdoy, January 28, 1969 rTyyr "U'Wt rTf' Bills Pick Simpson; Surprise No One Goorgo Ferguson UPI Sports Writer Hook Demise - NEW YORK (UPI) 0. J. Simpson, the Heisman Trophy e winner and from Southern California, today was picked by the Buffalo Bills as the No. 1 choice in the 1969 pro football draft. the Kunz, offensive tackle from Notre Dame, was selected by the Atlanta Falcons. Kunz, 240 pounds, and of the Fighting Irish this past season, has everything necessary to become one of the great pro linemen, combining both strength and speed. He was Notre Dames George Simpsons selection by the Bills, who earned the right to choose first by posting the worst record in pro football last season, was no surprise. The Bills had long The hook shot is disappearing from the modern college hoop scene, and Utahs Jack Gardner j, thinks it is a mistake. As long as I am coaching, Ill always try to develop the hook, Gardner vows. The jump shot has taken over at expense of most everything, It has been at least 10 years since prep t coaches developed a hook shot to any extent. Art Hughes, then at Jordan High worked on a hook ,f with Pearl Pollard. Hes the last center I recall two-tim- ball history. two-tim- Saddens Jack starting tight end in his junior year. Philadelphia picked third and chose LeRoy Keyes, the e great half back from Purdue. A tremendously versatile athlete, Keys (6-- 205) was a defensive back as a sophomore before shifting to offense as a junior. He led the nation in scoring as a junior with 114 points and was also used as a flanker during his senior year. At times he played both ways during the game. Joe Greene, the great All- - said they would jump at the opportunity to land Simpson, the record shattering halfback considered by many the best running back in college foot- By JOE CARNICELLI BillllllllllllllllllU;ill!lll!llllllllllllllllllilllllllllllllllll!llll!llllllllllllllll America defensive tackle from North Texas State, was the surprise choice of the Pittsburgh Steelers. Greene, a fierce competitor, is potentially one of the great pro linemen. A 64, he has great bulk in the upper portion of his body, giving him tremendous strength, especially for pass rushing. Greg Cock, the fine quarterback from the University of Cincinnati, was chosen by die Cincinnati Bengals. Cook, a led rangy, 64, the nation in total offense with 3,210 yards and ranked No. 2 Smith, Florida's workhouse running back, was chosen by Los Angeles, using a pick obtained from Detroit Larry in passing behind Chuck Hixson, SMUs fine sophomore. Ron Sellers, Florida State's great stringbean flanker, was picked by Boston. Seilers, 64 and 187, led the nation in pass receiving. One of the leading receivers in college history, Sellers caught 86 passes this season, 14 in his last two garner, for 1,488 yards and 12 touchdowns. Most pro scouts felt Sellers could become a great pro flanker. Ted Kwallck, Penn States great tight end, was grabbed by San Francisco on a choice acquired from New Orleans. Ron Pritchard, the vastly unaerrattd linebacker from Arizona State, was picked by foe Houston Oilers. Pritchard, 225 pounder, la con a sidered by scouts one of foe premier linebackers in college footbalL His coach, Frank the Kush, called Pritchard finest linebacker Ive ever been associated with. Pritchard is considered a lethal tackier and has great strength and speed. . j! 'j with any prep experience i $600,000 ? ? yjte at hooking. McGill Learned It Well 1 I consider one of the great hooking collegians, wasnt permitted to Billy McGill, whom O.J. Eyes all-.jti- Run Past j shoot a hook in high school, We started Billy hooking close to the basket jj !j on what we tag a figure 8 drill. The player 1 rotates on either side of the short baseline, hook-- !j ing right and left. By GEORGE It is a shot which requires detailed rhythm in j footwork. Shooting and footwork are of equal im-portance in the hook shot. We worked McGill far-thand farther from the hoop. Then he learned and moves along with the shot. fakes jj FERGUSON Assistant Sports Editor H Utahs early basketball offense made quick work of West Texas States late absent) defease Monday night to the tune of 10442. The Redskins shook the cactus blues and regained momentum for Saturday nights Logan rematch with Utah State. And once again, the Utes got even with the season at Coach LaDeli Andersen of Utah State, scouting in per-soadmitted: woefully Those Utes are doing about as good a job of running Jack Gardners screens and er (of-tim- Billy developed the longest hook shot I can recall in college basketball. Then he mastered a d hook . . . running hook . . . and most jj difficult of all, a jump hook. The jump hook, eape-- " daily, gave defenses real fits because it was new to the game. The hook still is the most difficult shot to 8 guard. There has to be help from the front or side, unless a defensive man is endowed with the facul-i- j ties to simply him.' j jj turn-aroun- er S Exciting, Beautiful Shot pat-ter- as any It still is the most exciting and beautiful shot in basketball. Nothing arouses a crowd more than hook shot Art Bunte was another a of our great ones. He got 26 points against Bill Russell, mainly off the hook. 1 can remember. Andersen was busy jotting down notes which he hopes will form strategy to reverse an earlier loss to ) Utah. WTS entered the Utah game with a glossy 12-- 2 charge on the season. But the Buffaloes looked like anything but world beaters Monday night. The invaders had downed Utah State, Saturday and will wind up a Beehive junket Wednesday at Ogden against Weber State. The Buffaloes beat Weber State ) in a season's opener at Amarillo. Coach Phil Johnson of Weber State also was among a host of scouts. Although he wasnt overly impressed with well-execut- (107-89- I would like to have seen Jerry Chambers include a more effective hook shot in his fine repertoire. He was only with ns two years, though. Had he been a three-yevarsity man, we would have worked on it more. ar Ntxt: Foul Lino Jumper " two-han- d, one-hand- ed Wallact Kuftltr PEBBLE to underhand foul pitching for accuracy sake. Fans and other players thought It was a novelty. Kids, today, are embareven rassed to shoot the underhand foul pitch when It Is their most accurate method. V5 ir-a-l '1C&' V K P I refuse to believe that the jump shot is the whole answer. I still think the complete player is one who has something besides the jumper. Ive heard seme say hook shots do not fit into modern tempo of the game. That is a lot of ballyhoo. The hook gives a man all kinds of shooting versatility. He can fake one way, hook another shot . . . hook running to . . . take a cross-ovor fading away. There are all kinds the basket of moves. It is still a most effective shot for big v' . - Y, Ni'!' ... W '. 'A er m 7V0370-03-2S- Utah hoopsters are looking for some new music. Part of the Utcs travelling gear now is a portable record player belonging to trainer Walt DeLand. They suit up to tune of a record, which (they told Coach Gardner) keeps them loose. Up to the Arizona jaunt, they had never lost tune of I Hear It Thru The Grapeto the e vine with Marvin Gaye. But the magics gone. They lost two in cactus country. Whats more, said sophomore Jim Mahler, to the Arizona State game, that tune kept me up out of foul trouble. lliTfe pre-gam- George and Donna Archer celebrate Crosby win. Autcrstic Trcnsdsilca Service Fiery Ditka Goes To Cowboys i feuding with the Eagles coachiSonny Jurgensen and Tommy ster drafted by Dallas last year reached a climax with his pub- - McDonald and llneback-llshe- as their second choice, was in criticism of Kuharich Maxie Baughn and Irv eight Cowboy games last seaall-pr- o d fol-te- son. The rookie split end establowing the teams 10th loss of Cross, the season last November, had lished an NATA record while departure of the vowed that he would not play playing at Mississippi Valley receiver College Ditka, an for the Eagles next season if by catching 65 passes' for ,our straight years after be--j for 1,236 Kuharich still was the coach. yards in 1967. Chica.?, Ditka thus joined a growing Ditka and Gary Ballman, another Eagle end with wings list of prominent Eagle players,1" He K,uharich- trans-!1- " who found themselves clipped by Kuharich, were susof def- pended after their criticism of group ferred to other teams after J erences with Kuharich, the the former Notre Dame coach Go nd " a"e following the loss to the New well as teams general manager f the York Giants last Nov. 17 as coach with the power to hire commonplace sight during 2'12 seasoa last 'ear In print In New York foe and fire. Die list included the,EaSles &bb tm team of McDaniels, speed- - 'foil owing day. popular r- all-pr- o fanhe g v 8.98 Includes adjusting bands, linkage; changing transmit lion fluid. (Fluid extra.) Amy car 287 . . . - one-und- er Didn't Work This Time PHILADELPHIA (UPI) -Mike Ditka, the fiery tight end aidellned by Philadelphia Eagles coach Joe Kuharich for most of last season, found himself with his third National Football League team today following a welcome trade. The only thing unexpected about Ditkas trade to the Dallas Cowboys in a straight swap for rookie pass catcher Dave McDaniels was that Kuharich didn't get around to it until Monday, the eve of the pro football draft of college players. Ditka, whose two years of W model Ford pesieeger lo. Rauch said Simpson told him he was happy to be drafted No. 1. We did not talk about a con- Rauch said. Simpson reportedly wants more than $600,000 to play for tract, J Buffalo. Ralph C. Wilson Jr., foe Bills owner, beaming with his staff as Buffalo picked Simpson, said he thought he and Simpson'' would come to terms soon, per: haps in a couple of weeks, sooner. maybe I think weQ be able to sign?, him all right, Wilson said. Rauch, who came here from the Oakland Raiders, posted a! sticker saying, 0. J., All The( on a board as Harvey, Way! Johnson, director of personnel, made Simpson Buffalos No. 1 Pick. ' .. In a telephone call to New. York, where the draft was being Buffalo's held, Johnson said: first pick is 0. J. Simpson, halfback, Southern California. N said with a Th, Johnson dont make any mile, miatake. Wilson, who also spoke wifo Simpson by telephone, bad no Calif. from the seventh through ninth Data Douglaia, If, 000 . Howla Johnaan. ISAM of the holes. Johnson and Dickson, John Loll, $5,125 .. . S450S Jack 73 shot who and 68, George respectively Laa Nicklaus, 04000 on the in the final round, were next Ron EMar, Carrudo, 02, 90S CoHInt, S2.N1 and Archer withstood the Bill Broca Drriln, S2.NI Rod Funufh, S2.NI . played challenge. Gand Limar, S2.NI Deo to win the $150,000 Bing Archer thus won $25,000 while Maooandala, $2, 01 Monday Jim Hawaii, B2.NI they Dickson, Johnson and Douglass, Millar Bartoar, SMtf Crosby National Pro-ABrawar, $1007 could add hes pretty good from who closed with a 74, won $9,666 Gay Billy Caspar, S10S7 tee to green, too. each. P.kson won an additional Al Gcibtrdar, $1007 Gaorga Knudson. SI ,0V Archer, the gangling Gilroy, $3,500 when he and his amateur Jerry McOaa, S .07 Johnny Pott, $10(7 Calif., native who. placed fourth partner, Jack Ging, combined Barf Yancay, S10S7 best-ba- ll Abott, Jtrry on the money winning list last for a 257 in tha Pro-ADaona Soman,$? $t3 competition. hnd with Bob Chariaa, $150,000, S2 every year DOW FMNrwaM, INI Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer part of his game complete control in the Crosby and Billy Casper, as well as final It wasnt spectacular golf, defending champion Johnny two birds, a bogey and 15 pars, Pott, UJS. Open king Lee but it was good enough for a Trevino and Masters champ 71 and victory by a Bob Goalby, never figured as stroke over Howie Johnson, Bob serious contenders on the final Dickson and Dale Douglass. day. Calif. PEBBLE (AP) BEACH, Douglass started the final and moor won In ttta $110,000 round two strokes ahead of Scorn mowfikti Tournamanf Golf Crostoy Bing Archer but lost the lead quickly od Mondavi US00B Arcn4r, with a suing of three bogeys Gaorga Bob Dlckion, If ,000 under men. pre-ga- See UTES, Fage BEACH, (UPI) Many followers game these days rate Archer the best putter golf tour. ; After the way he We changed McGill ... O. Archer Snares Crosby Loot The hook shot began fading about same time underhand foul pitch. Once again, shot replaced this. Mark my word, next development will be universal use of the jump shot for foul shooting. John Hunter does it for us right now. He hit four of four at Tucson. as the the Dmtrtt Ntws photo by Simpson, the Heisman Trophy winner told his .new boss Tuesday, Tm looking forward to working fo contribute to foe Bins organization." John Rauch, the Bills, new head coach, put through a telephone call to Simpson in California to welcome him to Buffa- 30-1- 7 Walt Hawkins (32) grabs rebourtd which has eluded Buffs' Mike Mitchell (23), Jim McCloud (51) and Ute Jim Mahler (41). 0. J. ed flat-foote- d, Lite - MinBUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) utes after for American Football League Buffalo Bills draft- 52-3- performance, Johnson WTS By DON WATERS nt (89-77- ... AFL Bills man-to-ma- 102-9- Developing a solid hook shot requires time and patience. The great artists tried some 200 shots every practice night When we get new fadli-tie-s to where we have more practice area, we will put more emphasis on the hook shot A center, I think, does not have good versatility unless the hook is among his bag of shots. The hook has been fading from the scene so long that present day prepsters and young coachor es, generrily, havent grown up with it know what it can da , $ $ With nt 9-- rf moaned: If we play aa we did at Seattle, we couldn't beat anyone.. Most disappointing Buffalo of all was Siinmle Hill, a 66, who had tossed in 36' points against the Aggies. Monday apparently was Hills night not to play. He was bottled pretty well on offense by Utahs Kenny Gardner (with sagging help). Hill loafed on defense and virtually Ignored tits offensive boards. If Hill hu talent,' it was tough to recognize from his letharMonday gic performance night He showed flashes of. offensive brilliance in his output, but in play he left much to be desired. Utahs early offense was tremendous against the Buffaloes. The Redskins were well organized in making quid: switches from offense to defense burning West Texas State on the fast break or early open shot around the key and short baseline. It was not a repeat of the Arizona game in which the Wildcats choked off the lead pass or tied up the trigger man to stop Utahs quick penetration. Gardner employed a sagn defense the ging first half which pretty well shut off file WTS inside penetration. Then the Utes ran to a 5 halftime lead off a output by Gardner, Bob Martin nnd hustling Walt Hawkins. While the Buffaloes stood Utah around crashed the boards for a rebound bulge the first 20 minutes. By time the second half opened, WTS was pretty ' Buffaloes jj over-tow- t MO OSS 21 . 737370-732- 8 727000-73-SS- f comment on Simpsons reported desire for $600,000 plus. He asked bow our weather was, Wilson said. The temperature was 16 de? grees. It was sunny. Rauch said he planned to tun Simpson as a running back. We have formations where wing-bacwe can also use him as Rauch said. 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