European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 26, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 18 the stars and stripes tuesday september 26, 1967 cards Surprise Steeles 28-14, us record Pittsburgh a Jim Bakken overcame 14-mile-an-Hourwinds and a switch in holders sunday to kick a record smashing seven Field goals and boost the St. Louis cardinals to a 28-14national football league upset of Pittsburgh. Bakken s performance battered the league Mark of six set by soccer style kicker Garo Yepremian of Detroit last season. Five of Bakken s kicks 18, 24, 24, 32 and 23 Yards Long went into the wind swirling around Pitt stadium. The other two 33 and 29 Yards were with Bills dealt 1st shutout by patriots Palmer charges snares thunderbird Golf Crown the wind his last three came Ash older Larry Wilson abandoned his Job because of a Cut hand. Bakken who once kicked Finefield goals in a game said that ironically Bobby Conrad who held for the Las three had t held for two years but began working at i earlier week. In the Larry wanted to get in a lit Lebakken tackling prac Tice said six year Veteran Bak Ken so i worked with Bobby the last two Days of the missed Field goal attempts of 50 and 45 Yards setting a league record with his nine attempts. The cardinals 10-Point under dogs converted three intercept first Downs Rushing yardage passing yardage return yardage pass spun is fumbles lost penalized cards Steeles 12 17 140 94 137 143 127 131 8-20-1 11-30-3 3-30 4-36 0 3 87 20 Lions and a Fumble recovery into16 Points and kept the Steeles off balance with an assortment of blitzing defences. Quarterback Bill n e 1 s e n of Pittsburgh who was helped from the Field with a knee injury in the last five minutes of the game did t Complete a pass until a Little Over five minutes remained in the first half. He then connected on three straight the last one for five Yards and a touchdown to Che Anderson. The big play in the 62-Yard drive was a 48-Yard pass to Anderson. Quad rack Jim Hart score the Only St. Louis touchdown on a 23-Yard run near the end of the first Quarter. Pittsburgh went 33 Yards for another touchdown on Bill Asbury s one Yar plunge in the third period. Mai Woodson set up the series with an interception St. Louis 13 8 0 923 Pittsburgh 0 7 7 01 Sti Fig Bakken 18 St Fqy Bakken 24stl, Hart 23 run Buk Ken kick St Fig Bakken 33 Pitt Anderson 5 pass from Nelson Clark kick St Fig Bakken 29 Pitt Banbury 1 run Clark kick St Fig Bakken 24 St Fig Bakken 32 St Fig Bakken 23 45,579. Buffalo . Up fullback Jim Nance ground out 185 Yards and a touchdown an Boston defenders intercepted five Buffalo passes sunday Ashe patriots handed the Bills their first shutout in 137american football league games 23-0. Nance virtually Good for four Yards every time he carried raced through a gaping Hole in the Buffalo line Midway through the second Quarter for 53 Yards to the Bills play later he pushed Over to give Boston a 13-0 halftime Cappelletti added 11 Points to the Boston Effort with three Field goals and two s offensive unit never got into gear failing to score three times from the patriots five Yard line in its Only real took a 6-0 Lead on Field goals from 33 and 23 Yards by Cappelletti. Both came after Clifton . Up Amaz ing Arnold Palmer making a typical final round charge Sank a 10-foot Birdie putt on the 18thhole sunday to win the $150,000 thunderbird Golf classic when favored Jack Nicklaus missed a six footer on the same Greenmore than an hour later. Palmer who started the final round five strokes behind the Leader shot a three under 69 for a 72-Hole total of 283.the 38-year-old Star finished one shot ahead of Nicklaus texan Charles Coody and Veteran Art Wall All of who wound up at 284. All three men in the runner up spot had par72 s on the last round. Three stroke Lead Billy Casper who held Athree stroke Lead starting the final nine bogeyed five of the closing holes and finished with a73 which dropped him Back to 285 along with Julius Boros Bert Weaver and South african Harold s Victory Over the 7,055 -72 upper Montclair country club course was Worth $30,000. It was his fourth Victory on the tour this year and boosted his total earnings to$182,393.96the most Money Ever won officially on the pea , who won the thunderbird in 1963, sat in the clubhouse while Casper blew his chances but still was convince there would be a playoff until Nicklaus missed his putt on the final Green. Casper playing in a three some three groups behind first Down Rushing yardage passing yardage return yardage passes punts fumbles los Yards penalized patriots Bills 13 11 183 41 82 199 80 56 9-24-0 13-33-5 5-40 5-40 0 1 20 37 miscues by the Buffalo Offen Sive unit a Bobby Burnett Fumble at the Buffalo 40-Yardline and a Nick Buoniconti interception at the Buffalo 22. Boston ran the score to 20-0 in the fourth Quarter As Larry Garron caught a babe Parilli 11-Yard touchdown pass. Cappel Letti s third Field goal from 45 Yards out gave the Patriot their final Points of the game with 1 56 remaining. His seven Field goal attempt tied an Al record held by seven other kickers. Boston 6 7 0 10 23 Buff it to 0 0 0 00 bos Fig Cappelletti 33 bos Fig Cappelletti 23 bos Nance 3 run Cappelletti kick bos Garron 11 pass from Parilli Cappelletti kick bos Fig Cappelletti 45. Attendance 45.748 Arnold Palmer. Surpasses $180,000 Raftas hurls Colts Over eagles. 38-6 Philadelphia a Johnny Unitas threw two touch Down passes to flanker Willie Richardson and boosted his life Lime passing yardage to Over 30, 000 As he directed the Baltimore Colts to a 38-6 Victory Over the Johnny Unitas. Over 30,000 Yards Foyt takes 200-mile National race Trenton . Up a. , after losing valuable ground when he spun his car to avoid a crack up stormed fro behind the entire 24-car Field sunday to win the 200-mile National championship race for Indianapolis cars and Drivers. The Houston Tex., speedster finished in 2 10 07.15 for an average Speed of 92.22 Miles an Hothir to collect the biggest share of the $37,756 purse and move Well ahead of Mario Andretti and Al Unser in the run for the National Johncock of Hastings mich., finished second and Bobby Unser of Albuquerque n.m., whose car ran out of Gas on the last Lap was awarded third place. Foyt led through the first six laps when he had to spin his car to avoid an Accident involving Andretti of Nazareth pa., and i of nor Golf titlist Draper Utah up Rich Ard pol nor a pro from Burbank calif., fired a iwo under 70over Windy hidden Valley coun try club Here to capture the Utah open Golf title. Lloyd Ruby of Wichita Falls Tex. Foyt trailed the pack when he got going again and Ruby and Andretti dropped out. Al Unser his brother Bobby and Roger Mcclus Cey of Tucson,ariz., exchanged the Lead from the sixth to the 166th Lap when Foyt moved ahead of Al Unser who dropped out with a broken Magneto. Jim Mcelreath was fourth Bud Tinglestad fifth and Bob Hurd Mike Mosely Sam sessions Ronnie Duman and George Palmer behind them in that order. Philadelphia eagles sunday in National football league game. The Baltimore defense provided the 34-year-old Colts quarterback with the Ball As it inter first Down pushing yardage Dassing yardage return yardage asses units urn Les lost Yards penalized Colts eagles 21 72 273 94 22-35-0 3-29 0 9 16 58 268 158 22-38-4 2-41 0 20 Cepter four Philadelphia passes two of them leading to touch Downs. Baltimore also blocked a Pun which set up its last to. The eagles jumped to a 6-0 Lead in the second period on a pair of Field goals by Sam Baker but Ihen Unitas and Rich Ardson took Over. The Colts scored on a two Yard run by Jerry Hill and a 10-Yard Unitas to Richardson pass to Lead 14-6 at the third period Unitas tossed 31 Yards to Richardson for one score and sent Tony Lorick Over from the three. Placekicker Lou Michael booted a 52-Yard Field goal and Lenny Moore scored from the three after the blocked kick inthe fourth Quarter to Complete the rout. Baltimore 0 11 14 1038 Philadelphia 0 0 06 Phil Fig Baker 9 Phil Fig Baker 35 .bait.1. Hill 2 run Michaels kick bait Richardson 10 pass from Unitas Michaels kick bait Richardson 31. Pass from Unitas Michaels kick bait Lorick 3 run Michaels kick bait Fig Michaels 52halt Moore 3 run Michaels kick attendance 60,705. Palmer had Palmer by four strokes As late As the 65th Hole of the tournament. Casper had a 40 on the Back nine As he bogeyed the 15th, 16th and 17th to wreck his chances. Casper missed Short putts on the 16th and 17th and misjudged a club at the 15th. Nicklaus had the Best Chanceton catch Palmer and Force a sudden death playoff but his putt lipped the cup on the 18thand rolled about an Inch away. Wall and Coody also had a Chance to tie Palmer but none could do better than on the600-Yard, five finishing Hole. Collins shoots 80 Bill Collins the club pro from Purchase ., who led by on shot after the first three rounds ran into trouble and shot an 80 and finished one Over forthe tournament at 289. Palmer who Felt it would take a 67 instead of his 69 to win said he played better than tie had in the earlier rounds and i was More on top of my game than i have Palmer had a round that included four birdies and on bogey. For a while i was pretty Damn mad knowing i had a Chance to move in said Palmer. But i did t think i had moved far paces locker room however after pacing the locker room waiting for his challengers to fade Palmer finally broke into a Grin. His other victories this year were in the los Angeles open Tucson open and the american Golf classic. The thunderbird Victory Ena bled Palmer to equal Nicklaus in most victories for the year four. Palmer had earlier rounds of71-71-72. His pulling in the final round especially from 15 to 25 feet was deadly. He Sank a 25 footer on the 230-Yard -three17th Hole and then capped the Effort with his 10-footer on the18th which proved to be the winning stroke. Palmer took 29 putts during his round calling it my bes putting round of the tour o s Post for Mclain Guhlin Baltimore a Jim Mclaughlin former farm director of the Baltimore orioles has re joined the american league team As free agent scouting coordinator. The winners Arnold Palmer $30000 Jack Nicklaus $12.250. Charles Coody $12.250. Art Wall $12,250 Harold Henning $5,-175. Julius Boros $5,475 Bert Weaver $5,475 Bill Casper $5,475 Boh Goalby $4,200 Schwab $3,750 Gary player $3,750 Tom Weiskopf $3,150johnny Pott $3,150 Rocky Thompson $2.775 Bill Collins $2,775 b. Martindale $2,175. Doug Sanders $2,175. Homero Blancas $2.175 Ken Venturi $2,175 Bob Goetz $2,175 Bruce Crampton $2 175 Bert Muncey $1,308 75. Terry Wilcox $1,368.75 Lionel Hekiert $1.368.75 g Dickinson $1,308 75 c Rodriguez $1.368.75. Jack Mcgowan $1.3
