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Puckett outduels Galloway

MONDAY, OCTOBER 14, lf74, THE PUTNAM COUNTY BANNER-GRAPHIC IB

Clover dale county cross country champs

Turning for home South Putnam's Keith Puckett takes to the strides behind. The lead was exchanged track for the final leg of his victory in between these two four times before Puckett Saturday's county cross country meet at extended this lead into his win. (BannerOoverdale with Clover Jack Galloway only Graphic Photo).

CLOVE RDALE South Putnam's Keith Puckett outdueled Cloverdale’s Jack Galloway for the 1974 Putnam County cross country indivdual championship Saturday morning, but that wasn’t enough to prevent the Clovers from running away and hiding with the team title. Puckett grabbed the lead from Galloway with a half mile to run on the 24 mile Cloverdale course, the fourth exchange between the two since the race began, tarried a bit while Galloway struggled to keep tight, and then put the □overdale stalwart away with about 200 yards to go, beating him by nine seconds with a time of 12:41. But after Puckett entered the finish chute with his third victory in four confrontations with Galloway this fall it was nothing but green jerseys coming through until Eddie Thornburg of North Putnam claimed seventh place. Following Galloway at 12:50 were teammates Gary Neese (13:20), Greg Neese in his highest finish for the □ overs all year (13:24), Mel Jones (13:27) and Wes McClure (13:30). After Thornburg finished for the Cougars at 13:31 the Clovers continued their dominance of the top ten by bringing in the group's final three runners, Ed Raney (13:34), Wayne Galloway (13:35) and Jerry Chestnut (13:40). These harriers combined to total Cloverdale's team score at 20 while pushing South Putnam to a very distant second at 59. It was an interesting battle between the Eagles and Cougars for the runner-up spot, as Rick Daniels took 11th and David Trent 14th to combine with Thornburg's 7th and set North Putnam in good position. Meanwhile South Putnam's number two and three men, Mike McCammack and Lonnie Hassler, were grabbing 13th and 15th to go with Puckett's 1st in giving the Eagles a slight

Final Butler drive brings

DePauw first grid defeat

Butler and DePauw took turns in coming from behind in the final minutes, but the Bulldogs did it last for a 24-20 victory over the Tigers before over 4,000 Saturday in Blackstock Stadium. Butler back Kevin McDevitt dived over from the DePauw one yard line with 2:32 left to give the Bulldogs a 22-20 advantage at the end of a 71-yard

By BRI CE LOWTTT AP Sports Writer • The New England Patriots and St Louis Cardinals are still having the time of their lives The Miami Dolphins are starting to fight for theirs. The Patriots, with Sam Cunningham's two touchdown runs providing the offense, ran roughshod over Joe Namath and smothered the New York Jets 24-0 Sunday while the St Louis Cardinals, on Jim Bakken's clutch 31-yard field goal with 1:02 to play, stung the Dallas Cowboys 31-23 That kept the two early-sea-son surprises unbeaten through five National Football league games, along with the Minnesota Vikings, who shellacked Houston 51-10. But the Dolphins, everybody's early-season favorite, dropped their second game of the campaign, falling 20-17 to the Washington Redskins. their old Super Bowl foes, on Sonny Jurgensen's second touchdown pass of the game, with a scant 16 seconds to play In* Sunday’s other games, Green Bay stunned Los .Angeles 17-6. Atlanta nosed out Chicago 13-10, Buffalo beat Baltimore 27-14. Cincinnati outlasted Cleveland 34-24, Oakland scrambled past San

drive Bill Lynch then threw a swing pass to Bob Grenda for a two-point conversion, putting a 24-20 count on the board. A crucial DePauw offside penalty on a fourth and one situation at the DePauw three may have been the game's turning point. It gave Butler a first down at the Tiger one and a half yard line and it took three runs at the DePauw

Diego 14-10. Pittsburgh defeated Kansas City 34-24, Denver dumped New Orleans 33-17 and Philadelphia slugged the New York Giants 35-7. Patriots 24. Jets 0 Cunningham scored on a fiveyard sweep around left end in the fust period and a oneyard plunge in the fourth to lead the Patriots' attack But it was the defensive unit that really sparkled, sacking the Jets' Joe Namath four times, intercepting two of his passes and two more by reserve quarterback A1 Woodall, and limiting Namath to completions on just seven of 21 attempts for a meager 63 yards. Cardinals 31. Cowboys 28 Jim Hart passed for two St. Louis touchdowns in the second period But Roger Staubach, who had passed for one touchdown. ran one yard for the score that tied the game late in the final quarter Terry Metcalf then ran the ensuing kickoff 56 yards to the Cowboys' 34 and. five plays later. Bakken came through Redskins 20. Dolphins 17 The Dolphins shackled Billy Kilmer in their 14-7 Super Bowl victory two seasons ago. And Miami Coach Don Shula would have preferred to see him calling Washington's signals

defensive line to punch it in. An overflow Old Gold Daycrowd had been jubilant moments before the Butler clincher came The Tigers dug themselves out of a 16-14 deficit in the most difficult waypossible. After the third of four DePauw punts was partially or fully Mocked, Butler took the blocked kick at the Tiger 21 and

again. Instead, he saw Jurgensen engineer a sevenplay. 60-yard drive in a minute and a half that ended with a sixvard touchdown pass to I-arry Smith. Vikings 51. Oilers 10 Minnesota had been forced in the past three games to scramble for victories s" the trampling of Houston was more than just another notch in the win column, according to Coach Bud Grant. “You can call it a morale day." he said. Fran Tarkenton passed for 274 yards and three touchdowns in less than three quarters of play. Packers 17. Rams 6 Green Bay intercepted four Los .Angeles passes — three of them by linebacker Ted Hendricks and turned two of the thefts into scores. But it was Jon Staggers who gave Green Bay the lead for good, running back a second-period punt 68 yards for a touchdown and a 7-3 edge. Falcons 13, Bears 10 nte Falcons limited Chicago to only 28 yards in the first half and 77 after three periods before the Bears struck on a long touchdown pass and added a late field goal to gain a 10-10 tie. Turn to page 3B (Col. 4)

marched to a first down at the five. DePauw defense stiffened and held, turning over the ball to the offense at the Tiger one, with 14:18 left in the game and DePauw down 16-14. Sticking to the ground, DePauw proceeded to march 99 ya r ds in 13 plays. Big gainers were a 28-yard gallop by Gerard Richardson and Bart Simpson's 31-yard dash to the Butler 37. Richardson scored from seven yards out seven plays later with 8:27 left in the game for a 20-16 DePauw lead. The Tigers went for two. but Simpson was pushed out of bounds at the three. Butler then took the kickoff and on the arm of Lynch, who completed four of four passes for 46 yards in the series, moved the Bulldogs to the winning touchdown in the waning moments. Lynch finished the day with 16 completions in 25 throws for 228 yards. DePauw started the game as if it would rip the Bulldogs apart. The Tigers took the opening kickoff and march 68 flawless yards to score. Sam Juarascio, executing a pivot more like a basketball player, faked a handoff and wheeled 13 yards into the endzone John Hewett's kick made it 7-0 with 9:31 left in the first period. DePauw scored again on its very next possession after a Butler punt. This time the Old Gold went 74 * ards in seven plays. The big gainer was the prettiest, a 46-yard perfect strike from Juarascio into the hands of freshman Richardson who got behind the lone Butler defender. Jewett kicked DePauw up to a 14-0 lead with 3:31 left in the period. Lester Woods swiped a Lynch pass the next series and the Tigers drove down to the BU 19. Jewett’s field goal attempt from the 27 was wide, however, and Butler took over. Lynch finally got the ICC’s most accurate arm unlimbered on the next series. He hit Dave Leonard on a 31-yarder and

Patriots and Cardinals still undefeated in NFL

advantage. But the fourth and fifth men told the story, as Jeff Mosteller and Rick Kelly came in 16th and 18th for the Eagles while Mark Thompson and Kevin Phillips struggled to 25th and 26th for the Cougars to add the final points to their 75 total. Greencastle brought up the tail of die field with 90 points, Connie Hunter taking 12th, Dan Losin 17th and Mike Delp 20 to lead the Cub effort. “What can I say?" returned winning Clover coach A1 Tucker when asked for a post meet comment, after his harriers had done all of the talking that needed to be done with their running. “I though we had a shot at getting eight of the top ten of eleven, and everybody ran real well." Concerning his number one man's loss to Puckett the □over mentor said “if he doesn't beat him early in the race he’s not going to beat him in the last 440 yards. Puckett’s got those long strides and he’s stronger." Meanwhile South Putnam coach Dan Puckett was “really pleased with Keith,” although teamwise he allowed as how it was “kind of tough to compete against their eight in the top ten. “We did as well as I expected, although we had a couple of kids down, Brown (Mike who did not run) and Tyler (also Mike who finished 22). We weren't consistent enough." Consistency was also in the midst of Cougar coach Jerry Olson’s comments, who noted that "three kids ran real good, but unless you’ve got five...’’’ and his voice trailed off as he remembered the solid surge of green that had moments before swept across the finish line. Two Cougar runners who had been consistently with their top performers all year, Brian Fowler and Thompson, were hampered by pulled muscles Saturday. While Thompson finished 25th, Fowler was relegated by his injury to finish

then connected on two more before the attack stalled on the Tiger six with fourth and goal. On the next play the Tiger line chased Lynch for an etemity-it seemed--as he looked desperately for a receiver. Then he threw a tentative pass into the hands of Bill Ginn for the TD. The extra point pass failed and Butler trailed, 14-6 with 7:53 left in the half. A partially blocked punt set up Butler’s next score. Doug Pirtle's punt carried one yard and Butler recovered at the Tiger 39 with 14 seconds left. A Lynch pass gained 16 and Bob Ligda then booted a field goal from the 31 as the half ended, 14-9, DePauw. DePauw marched to the Butler 29 midway in the third quarter, but Juarascio’s pass was intercepted in the endzone by Bill Harris. Lynch threw it right back to DePauw’s Jim Buelow and the Tigers were at Butler's 14. Two plays later, however, Juarascio was intercepted, trying to hit Steve Snyder. The Bulldogs took over at their own 20 and marched 80 yards in eight plays to take the lead for the first time, 16-14. Lynch’s 45-yard pass to Dennis Leonard to the DePauw 24 did most of the damage. McDevitt scored four plays later from the five and Ligda kicked the extra point. Bart Simpson had his second straight 100-yard plus rushing day. He carried 22 times for 118 yards. Juarascio added 80 in 19 carries in DePauw’s rushing attack that gained 298 yards in 61 efforts. Butler picked up 137 rushing as the Bulldogs had a 365-363 total offense edge. This Saturday(7:45 pjnjthe Tigers face the ICC’s lone unbeaten club, Evansville, now 5-0 in Evansville. DePauw's record is now 1-1 in the league and 4-1 for the year. SCORE BY QUARTERS D 14 9 0 6 -20 B 0 9 7 8 -24

last. Although perhaps somewhat disappointed in the varsity results, Olson could take joy in the continuing upward movement of his cross country program by the results of the reserve race, won by the Cougars over South Putnam 3841. Cloverdale finished with 51, while Greencastle entered only two runners. “I’m real prouc rf the B team. The kids reahy surprised you." Leading the Cougar reserve charge were Doug Clodfelter (3rd), Jeff Schubert (5th), David Boruff (8th) and Tom Oldham (9th). Chris Williams of Goverdale

won the reserve race with a time of 14:28, beating Dave White of South Putnam by four seconds. The Goverdale course will again be the scene of a multiteam meet Tuesday afternoon when the Govers host the West Central Conference affair, featuring both a reserve and varMty race. The reserve race will get underway at 4:30. The varsity race will follow immediately, with Goverdale favored to repeat as team champions with both North and South Putnam given good chances at second place. And once again Puckett and Galloway will be going at each

jtfjcr. Last year Galloway took the WCC but last time Puckett took Galloway in races both will take in their memories to' the starting line Tuesday afternoon. Varsity Top Ten l Puckett SP, 2. J. GaDoway C, S. Ga. Neese C, 4. Gr. Neese C, 5. Jones C, L McClure C, 7. Thornburg NP, 8. Raney C, 9. W. GallowayC,!*. Chestnut C. Reserve Top Ten 1. Williams C, 2. White SP, 3. Clodfelter NP, 4. Partin C, 5. Schubert NP, I. Greenlee SP, 7. Albright SP, 8. Boruff NP, 9. Oldham NP. 19. Losin G.

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1B_ MONDAY, OCTOBER 14,1974,

Dodgers withstand A ? s

late inning dramatics

OAKLAND (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers are picking up speed in their “freeway series" with the Oakland A’s. “We’ve captured the momentum that we lost in the first game,’’ said Joe Ferguson, hero of Sunday’s 3-2 victory over the A’s that tied the 1974 World Series at one game each. The A’s won the first game by the same score. Riding the erect of their dramatic victory at Dodger Stadium, the National League champions prepared to face the A's Tuesday m Game 3 at the Oakland Coliseum — a sevenhour car ride from Los Angeles. Ferguson hopes he can produce as explosively as Sunday, when he belted an enormous two-run homer over the centerfield fence off Vida Blue. The Dodgers will start littleused A1 Downing against Catfish Hunter, the A’s formidable 25-game winner. Explaining his choice of Downing over Doug Rau, normally the Dodgers’ No. 3 pitcher, Manager Walt Alston noted: “Downing's been pitching better than Rau the last few times out. It’s as simple as that." The way the A’s have been hitting of late, it may not take much to stop them, anyway. “We’ve been having a hard time producing runs," said A1 Dark, Manager of the American League champions. “Well take them any way we can get them.” The A’s were not able to score until the ninth inning Sunday. Shut out by Don Sutton through the first eight, the A's

needed some breaks in the last inning to get men around the bases. Sutton, a 19-game winner this year, hit Sal Bando with a pitch leading off the ninth and then gave up a check-swing double to Reggie Jackson that eluded Los Angeles third baseman Ron Cey. Alston brought in strongman Mike Marshall from the bullpen at this point, but baseball’s premier relief pitcher didn’t exactly look in top form right away. He gave up a two-run single to Joe Rudi,

By HERSCHEL NISSENSON AP Sports Writer No. 1-rated Ohio State threatened to join the ranks of college football’s upset victims Saturday ... until the Buckeyes got the ball in their hungry little hands. Wisconsin, the nation’s 13thranked team, took the opening kickoff and stormed 80 yards in six plays, with Gregg Bohlig passing 38 yards to Ron Pollard for a touchdown. Thus embarrassed, the Buckeyes exacted their pound of flesh by scoring the first four times they had the ball on Tom Klaban’s 43-yard field goal and touchdown runs of nine, five and 11 yards by Archie Griffin, Brian Baschnagel and Cornelius Greene. That made it 24-7 at halftime before Ohio State added two

and the A’s were back in business. Herb Washington, Oakland’s famous designated runner, took over for Rudi at first base after Gene Tenace struck out and every one of the 55,989 fans at sunny Dodger Stadium knew what he was going to do. So did the Dodgers. “It’s my job to hold him on and to give the catcher the best chance to throw him out,” said Marshall, cognizant of the fact that Washington would try to Turn to page 3B (Col. 1)

more touchdowns in each of the final two periods, with Baschnagel and Greene each getting another, and the final count was a staggering 52-7. The Buckeyes were one of only seven Top Twenty teams to have a relatively easy time of it as the amazing wave of upsets continued for a fourth consecutive weekend. Besides Ohio State, fourthranked Michigan trimmed Michigan State 21-7, No. 7 Southern California routed Washington State 54-7, 10thrated Auburn trounced Kentucky 31-13, No. 12 Arizona bombed Utah 41-8, No. 15 Penn State clobbered Wake Forest 55-0 and No. 20 Miami of Ohio whipped Ohio U. 31-3. But runner-up Oklahoma Turn To page 3B (Col. 3)

Buckeyes survive small Badger scare

Will he?

Or won’t he fall... is the question everybody is trying to determine above. Everybody except DePauw quarterback Sam Juarascio, who regains his balance after this near trip«p

by the prostrate Butler defender to dive into the endzone with the first touchdown of Saturday’s loss to the Bulldogs. (BannerGraphic Photo).