Banner Graphic, Volume 12, Number 45, Greencastle, Putnam County, 29 October 1981 — Page 10

The Putnam County Banner-Graphic, October 28,1981

Hippie has become Lions' latest greatest hero

PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) Two minutes to play, trailing 27-24, third-and-goal at the 5-yard line, and quarterback Eric Hippie is trying to sound confident in the Detroit Lions’ huddle. “Slot right," he stammers nervously. Ten pairs of ears strain under silver helmets, waiting. Then Hippie chuckles softly and oonfinues, 'Quarterbackdraw." Hippie takes the snap, steps backward, then plants a foot and follows right guard Russ Bolinger into the end zone for the winning touchdown in the Lions’ 31-27 victory over Green Bay on Sunday. It is the second successive game in which Hippie heroically has rallied the Lions to victory and marks perhaps the most suc-

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cessful National Football League debut by a quarterback since Vince Ferragamo was pressed into service by the Los Angeles Rams in the 12th week of the 1979 season. Hippie, like Ferragamo, got his first NFL start in a nationally televised Monday night game. When second-stringer Jeff Komlo faltered in relief of injured Gary Danielson, the Lions turned to Hippie, a fourth-round draft pick out of Utah State in 1980, and the bearded, 6-foot-l, 196pounder responded, He threw four touchdown passes and ran for two others in leading Detroit to a 48-17 victory over the Chicago Bears. Playing with great poise, the 24-year-old Hippie came back

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last Sunday to run for two touchdowns and pass for another against the Packers. That increased the number of touchdowns he’s had a hand in to nine. “I don’t particularly like to be a running quarterback,” Hippie says, explaining his nervousness during the key call oi the Green Bay game. “There are easier ways to get yardage, but if it’s there I’ll take it. It puts pressure on the defense. ” Hippie has completed 38 of 76 passes for 709 yards while rushing for 37 yards on 11 carries. The two triumphs he has engineered have brought the Lions back to .500 with a 4-4 record, one game behind the Minnesota Vikings in the NFC Central Division.

“I really like Eric’s poise, the way he’s studied and prepared himself,” Coach Monte Clark says. “He’s shown a lot of leadership. He’s been just what we needed. “We’ve changed our offense, some, to take advantage of his ability to run. We want to take advantage of all our weapons, and he just gives us another one to use.” Veterans on the Lions’ team, especially the receivers, have warmed quickly to Hippie. There now is speculation that Danielson will have to fight to regain his job when his injured wrist heals. Leonard Thompson, who caught a clutch 38-yard pass that set up Hippie’s final touchdown Sunday, says Hippie is for real.

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Unser takes back seat NEW YORK (AP) - Bobby Unser will be back for another Indianapolis 500, but car owner Roger Penske will team Rick Mears and newcomer Kevin Cogan for the bulk of the 1982 Indy car racing season. Unser, a 47-year-old veteran and winner of three Indy 500 s, will spend most of his season acting as team manager for youthful Mexican driver Josele Garza. Penske, in New York Tuesday to announce his racing plans for the coming year, said Unser will drive one of the new Penske PC-10 racers at Indy and “possibly in selected races” after that “based...on his commitments to Garza Racing. The decision by Unser, who has been Penske’s No.l driver for the past three years, came several weeks after a special U.S. Auto Club appeal panel gave him back his third Indy victory several weeks ago. That followed a bitter legal hassle during which the Albuquerque, N.M., driver said he was considering quitting driving completely. Unser, who was not at the news conference, won the race on the track last May 24, but hours later was penalized a lap for illegal passing under a caution flag. That put him in second place and gave the triumph to his former Penske teammate Mario Andretti. But Penske and Unser appealed the USAC decision, and two members of the special three-man panel found for Unser, restoring the victory to him.

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