University Daily Kansan
Friday, December 11, 1970
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Pro Football Top '70 Event
By JIM HOFFMAN
Kansan Staff Photographer
The game between Minnesota and Los Angeles had been my Super Bowl I, forewarned me that any two or more AFL teams could have a tie in the game. Chiefs took the field to meet the reigning NFL champions, a strange show ran through me and I knew that Kansas City was on fire.
That inexplicable premonition correct and coach Hank Swamr's AFL Chiefs became the Super Chiefs. Countless articles have claimed that Robinson was an agent of Holub, Robinson, Bell and Siram. The highlight was Look's super coverage of the Super Chiefs' super offense. But enough is known to suggest that he was
KANSAS CITY WAS GOOD — very good in fact. But Niram was no god and the players were only human. And now, 11 months after the upset of last season, Kansas City must win its every game in play if it expects to see the super turf again this year.
That Super Bowl game marked the last time that an NFL team would play an AFTL team for the world championship. Pete Rosele said to that by finally getting everyone concerned to one league, two conference, six division, 28 team settlement.
Did I say 28 teams? I remember when every kid in my sixth grade class could name every major pro football team and still know their names. I remember the 1980s teams! Once there were five powerful homes like New York, Chicago, Pittsburgh, Dewey the Philadelphia-Philadelphia was very popular. And they were young, young, young, tough teams like Cleveland, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Washington—not to mention Green Bay under a new head coach.
THAT WAS A LONG time ago. Lombard is dead now. He died the year—1970, the year of pro football. The year that almost was.
I worked the summer of 1970. I didn't get many chances to see television, but I managed to read a paper a day. And strange things were happening in the schools—the two pennant races or the upcoming college football season. The reigning news story on the sports pages—in the sports games and in the shops—everywhere the NFL players strike. For long months, these seemingly probable, though not at all possible, that there would be no pro football this season. And everyone knows it, because the teams seemed likely. And the controlling interests weren't about to cut their own threes.
Enter Pete Rozelle (again). With one touch of his magic money wand everything is a AOK, everyone is back in training cute animals. Everyone that is, except Joe Kapp and Joe Narnath, Narnath movies. He says he doesn't quite know if football is worth it. Then someone says he won't make it in acting and then Al Jenner gets mad and quits and then Super Joe is back in New York.
JOKE KAPP IS STILL holding out for his million bucks. Nothing seems to happen. People ask where will the Vikings be in Kapp. Then Cuozuo wins games for them. The same people who knew Cuozuo win games for Boston answers that question and the season is underway.
But sports is not made up entirely of pro football, though in sometimes must seem that way. Other things happened in 1870 in the world of sports. Big things happened. Important things happened.
Wichita State lost its football team and head coach in a plane crash.
Colorado beat Penn State to spoil Joe Paterno's string of 26 straight wins.
THE OROLES, with a little help from Brooks Robinson, won
the title. The N.Y.C. Air Force Machine Integrated
Intrepid beat Greetl amid storms of storms to keep the
Intrigid beat Greet amid storms of controversy to keep the America's Cup in the U.S.
Wille Shoermah became the world's winning jockey
Benny McClain was suspended from baseball for gambling
Al User won the Indy 500, with a little help from Mom and Dad.
Pete Hamilton won the Daytona 500, with a little help from Richard Petty.
Muhamid Ali returned to the ring and beat Jerry Quarry on his road back to the championship.
and amphibianship.
Arthur Ashe was banned from playing tennis in Gary Player's South Africa.
A world land speed record was set in a car that accelerates from 0 to 60 mph in 1.2 seconds.
Christo Papanicolauo pole vaulted 18 feet in (of all places)
Greece.
Curt Flood got miffed when he was traded and filed suit against pro baseball's reserve clause.
BUT AS SIGNIFICANT and exciting (or insignificant and dull) as these events may have been, they take a back seat to the story.
The 1970 pro football season will be remembered for this same excitement. It will be remembered for the players' strikes. And it wasn't enough. The team didn't play because the Vikings beat the Chiefs to revenge a superbowl loss and because Bobby Douglass three touchdowns helped Dempsey kicked a 62-yard field goal and because George Dempsey kicked a 64-yard field goal and because George Oakland to four straight victories and because Vince Camarillo
Lineup Change Possible for KU
BRIAN M-ELOYR, KU sophomore middle distance runner, was named the "outstanding athlete" at the Liberty Bowl Invitational indoor track meet held Tuesday night in Memphis, Teen M. Eloyr was on KU's winning two mile relay team and then came back an hour later to win the 1,000 run in a meet record breaking time of 2:13.5. The Jayhawks won the meet by outstanding a highly regarded competition Saturday night, 60-46. The Jayhawks will again encounter competition Saturday night, 11:14. It will be for Omaha for the Nebraska Federation indoor meet. The meet will be the last for KU until after Christmas vacation at which time the pace will increase rapidly.
the ninth ranked and undefeated Kansas Jayhawks final preparation today for the CWL in contour with Loyola of Chicago.
The 8.05 tipoff in Allen Field House will be the Hawks final second annual Jayhawk Classics at the field house Dec. 18-19. In the tournament in addition to KU will have a game with St. Josephs of Philadelphia.
KU coach Ted Owens said he would probably start the same five against Loyola that have won 6-1 and 7-0. The would mean 6-1. Loyola Nash and
6-8 Bud Stallworth would man the guard positions with 6-10 Dave Robich and 6-4 Pierre Russell at center and 6-10 Roger Brown at center.
But he left open the possibility that 5-11 sephora protect Guard Williams may draw a starting assignment over Nash.
"The Mark has really moved the ball well for us," Owens noted on the Denver product. "If he plays, I will art he will certainly playslay."
Williams scored six points Monday night against South Dakota State after coming off the bench in the second half.
Riggins, Lawson All-America Picks
Two standouts on the 1970 KU football team, John Riggs and Steve Lawson, have been named American men's national team by the Sporting News.
Meet Goal is Experience
News of the selections was revealed upon publication of the Dec. 19 issue of the weekly newspaper.
Riggs, a Centralia senator,
was the ill-fated Eileen's leading
movement into the number three
spot at all time conference
Reaves, Frank Johnson and Emmett Edwards (50-yard dash); Mark Lark (800); Kevin McGraw (520 yards); Mike Hilemke (50-big hurdles); Rogers Jones and Reaves (long jump); Larry Brinkenke and Gary Johnson (high jump) and Bill Hatcher (pole vault).
Lawson was an offensive guard for Pepper Rodgers '5-6 team and hails from Chicago. He stands 62 and weighted 260 pounds during a game.
The only Big Eight player to make the first team was Clarence Scott of Kansas State, Scott, also
Both Riggins and Lawson were all-conference selections and both figure to go rapidly in the upcoming pro football draft
Part of 'Timmons' Omaha delegation did not make the trip to the Liberty Bowl Invitational
In sending a 11-man squad to the Nebraska Federation indoor track in Omaha Saturday night, KU track coach Bob Timmons' only goal isain experience, not a team title
"We're not taking a team approach to the competition," Timmons commented. "We're taking it seriously, the standpoint of experience."
Timmons said the competition at the Omaha meet would include a big Ten schools and some colleges from the Omaha area.
in Memphis Tuesday which KU won, and the Nebraska meet will give everybody a chance to get into competition this week.
"With final week approaching, we left this meet up to the athlete," he said. "We don't want hurt anybody's finals."
Timmons has made some later changes in his squad and as it now stands the team will be Phil
Timmons also said he was not sending a full squad because of closeness of final examinations.
Other conference players to be named to the second team were Bob Newton, a Nebraska offensive tackle, and Joe Moore, a back back who missed most of the season because of an injury
an all-conference selection,wasa defensive halfback for Vince Gibson's 6-5 Wildcat team.
KU Signs Defensive Lineman
Pepper Rodgers, Kansas football coach, announced Thursday that a fourth junior college defensive player has signed a letter of intent with the team and plans to enroll at KU next summer.
The latest signee is Dean Lepine, the dean of the marineman with Rochester Junior College. Brown is from White Bear Lake, Minn., and has been chosen by the Southern Minnesota Junior College Con
Having successfully defended the Swimming Reserves title, Kansas swimmers their dual season this week with two meet against conference teams.
Earlier this week three defensive standouts from Kansas junior colleges signed with KU. They included Mitch Sutton, 282; Adam Reynolds, Adrian Adams, 215; Garden City; and Mike Gardner, 195, Highland.
A home dual against Missouri, begins the game. Action starts in the Robinson Natatorium, moved up 30 minutes to 7 p.m. The Jayhawks travel to Pittsburgh for a dual against the Cardinals.
Swimmers Host Mizzou Tonight
Next Week:
"Our kids are real excited about the first dail," KU coach Dick Reamon remarked. "Although they are pleased to
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Reamon said the Jayhawks performed close to what he expected in the relay events last week. "We've got to meet for the fourth straight year."
have won the Big Eight Relays, it is the events in the duals they have been working on since the start of school."
"I didn't expect Oklahoma to swim as well as they did and give us the big challenge, Reamon said. "But this can help us. There can't be success, just hard work. And, that is what we plan to do."
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7:30 & 9:15 p.m.
Kim Bolton, who secreted KU's only points in last year's NCAA meet, led KU with three freestyle anchor leeks.
A KU win in the last event enabled the Jayhawks to slip by the Sooners, 115-104
the distance he's been preparing for."
Kansas captured half of the first place awards in the 12-event meet, winning five races and the three-meter diving.
Bob Weight (breaststroke), Scott Suitley (backstroke), Rick Hewitt (frontstroke) and Kidd (freestyle) were each on two winning relay teams. Bob Bishop and Ray Powers em-
"But, I'm not displeased with our kids," Reason added. "Most of the events in the rejays are difficult to handle, but I can be able to compete in his special at
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Reamon said he expects a tough battle ahead to be expected to happen in the point that KU is the only team in the Big Eight that the Tigers are going over the last seven years when Missouri begins competing.
"Missouri is much more of a real for us," Reason said when he spoke of his team through their final workup prior to the dual. "It's not very difficult."
meter competition
In the Big Eight Relays Missouri finished a distant fourth to the Jayhawks with 52 points.
Mark Williams
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Saturday's action in Laconia against Nebraska will be the last for the Jayhawks prior to the game, as the team would regroup 1 am.
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begin preparations for an important Jan. 8 dual against Texas in Lawrence.
Following that KU will have one more meet prior to the start of second semester classes. The
Sooner Collegiate, Invitational
league. A few other teams in what
could shape up as a repult of
the Big Eight battle in the Big
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