European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 22, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday Octoba 22, 1967 Lehtel tops 2 stats i the stars and stripes Small Grid new York a Lichtel of Bloomsburg the total offence Leader among the nation s Small College football players has also taken Over the top position in pass completions the latest Mcaa statistics revealed Friday. Lichtel a senior quarterback from Shamokin pa., hit on 32 of 58 passes against West Chester,pa., last saturday. This gave him 115 completed passes 11 More than Joe Stetser of Chico state last week s Heads the total offence most with 1,559 Yards. Bob Toledo of san Francisco state is second with 1,377 followed by Larry Tillman of Murray state 1,354. Bob Tucker of Bloomsburg took Over the Lead in pass receptions with 47. Paul lord of Fisk,tenn., is the punting pacesetter with a 45.44 Yard average while Bruce Swanson of North Park is next with 45.42.waynesburg is no. 1 i total offence with a 485.8 Yard aver age and in scoring with a 82.2 Points a game average. Morgan state is tops in total defense on a yield of Only 237 Yards in three games for a 79.0 average. Total offence g play1. Lichtel Bloomsburg 2. Toledo san fran. St.3. Tillman Murray St. 4. Bosak Carroll . Stetser Chico St. 6. Wanlyn ban fran. 7. Gorman Portland St. 8. Swanson North park9. Vaughn Wayne St. 10. Merrill Long sch St. Log 19 Rushing Offen Seg Ruthei cd. 65 66 220 168 216 1b6 246 166 275 188 123 140 1,559 1,377 1,364 1,212 1,107 1,1061,106 1,047 1,036 997 136 121 139 107 914 666 625 618 597 557 b52 543 539 534 1. Van Boven cent. La.2. Rome . 3. Haas Mont. St4. Mjos . St 5. Moore,.West. By 4 676. Sch Niesing St. Olaf. 4 96 7. Rota . St 6 1168. Maloney Austin 5 107 9. Norman Ashland. 6 11410. Woolf col. . 8 81 Forward passing offence g att. Com. Pet ydt.1. Lichtel blooms. 5 194 115 ,693 1,722 2. Stetser Chico St. ,.6 217 104 .479 1,1163. Tillman Mur y St. 5 183 101 .652 1,302 4. Gorman port. St. 5 213 97 .456 1,0965. Toledo . St. 5 163 91 .558 1,447 6. Bosak Carroll. 4 129 82 .636 1,2017. Skarie us Mil. 4 124 80 .645 756 8. Burgner ship Sig. 5 138 75 .643 8609. Selbo no. Cent. 5 145 74 .510 944 10. Scander Wilton 4 147 70 .476 876 Damp Dan the Rains and saints slant fan Dallas Cowboy running Back Dan Reeves As he takes Handoff during their National foot Ball league game at the Cotton bowl oct. 15. Hard hitting new Orleans defenders and a slip Pery pigskin caused Reeves to Fumble on the play and the saints recovered. Dallas came Back to defeat the visiting saints 14-10. Up packers giants renew old rivalry in highlight of nil schedule by United press internationalist la be like old times when the Green Bay packers an new York giants meet sunday in one of the National football league s top games. It s been almost five years when the packers beat the giants in the 1962 nil title game since Green Bay has played against the giants. The packers have been the Scourge of the league while giant fortunes declined to the lowest Point in their teams will have some thing to prove the Packer that their Early 3-1-1 record should t be taken seriously an the giants that their Early 3-2 Mark should be taken packers heavily favored to Romp to the nil Crown have had troubles since the Start of the season and last sunday lost to the Minnesota Vikings 10-7. The giants on the other hand have been Surpri singly effective in their Early games and last sunday scored spectacular 27-24 Victory Over the Pittsburgh sunday s other games the Baltimore Colts play the Vikings at Minnesota the Phila Delphia eagles meet the Cardi nals at St. Louis the Washington redskins oppose the rams Altos Angeles the Dallas cowboys go against the Steeles at Pitts Burgh the new Orleans saints play the 49ers at san Francisco the Chicago bears tackle the Browns at Cleveland and the Atlanta Falcons oppose the Lions at Detroit. Newly acquired Beathard faces sex mates when oilers meet chiefs in Al feature by United press International Pete Beathard a part time actor has been nominated for leading role in this week s american football league drama. He won t know until sunday however whether he Cut out to be a Star. Beathard an impatient under study with the Kansas City chiefs during his first three pro seasons has been thrust into the spotlight with the Houston oilers and his big moment As Fate and show business Wouldhave it comes in baseball forsaken Kansas former Southern Cal Star traded to the oilers last week is expected to get the starting at quarterback when Houston second in the Eastern division with a 2-2-1 record opposes the defending league Champion chiefs 3-2 in the feature attraction of the Al you use Beathard Kansas City coach Hank Stra Monce said of his former Pupil it s like playing with 12 Menon your team. He has the rare combination of having a great Arm along with great running ability. Very few quarterbacks Are gifted with the ability to Dothe things Pete that s precisely Why the oilers dealt for the dynamic Beathard. They thought enough of him to give up massive defensive tackle Ernie Ladd Reserve quarterback Jacky Lee and a no. 1 draft Choice an then to Trade quarterback Don Trull to Boston for a draft Choice. Intercepted 6 passe the oilers have struggled along with the league s weakest passing attack and Beathard did t exactly set the league Bonfire last week against new York when he completed four of 18passes in a second half appear Ance. He had Only a few Days to acquaint himself with the Houston system however be fore he was rushed into game oilers defense intercepted six passes in the 28-28 tie wit the jets and it has been the de sense which has been the team strength All season. The oilers rank third in total defense and have yielded Only 75 Points the lowest in the Al. Despite the acquisition of add the chiefs defense was bombed by san Diego 45-31, Las week and Kansas City dropped into third place in the Western division. In Len Dawson however the chiefs have the league s top passer with a 62.4 completion percentage. Although right linebacker e. s status is doubtful Kansas City is favored by 14points. In other games san Diego 4-0-1 is a nine poin Choice to defeat Denver 1-5 and remain the league s Only unbeaten team new York 3-1 1 has been made a 17-Pointchoice Over Miami 1-4 and Boston 2-3-1 is a two poin favorite Over Oakland 4-1. The chiefs Defeated the oilers25-20 in the opening game of the season although Houston washable to ring up 178 Yards Rushing against Kansas City in the teams first meeting. Houston fullback Hoyle Granger is the second leading runner in continued on Page 2% favourites Are the packers by10 Points the Colts by 14, the cardinals by two the rams by 13, the cowboys by seven the49ers by 15, the Browns by six and the Lions by 12. Despite their slow Start the packers have the Best Over All defense and the Best defense record in the league. They la represent a Stern test for fran Tarkenton the former Viking whose Brilliant passing has Given the giants the Best total offence record in the league. Tarkenton has completed 75 of 134 passes for a .560 percentage 1294 Yards and 10touchdowns to rank no. 3 in the league. Johnny Unitas must Complete Only eight passes against the Vikings sunday to set a new All time nil career Mark of 2,119 completions. The current Mark almost sure to fall was seat 2.118 by y. A. Tittle. The Colts Are the Only unbeaten team in the league with a 4-0-1 record while the Vikings stand Only 1-4 after their Victory Over the packers. Hope to Bounce Bac the eagles and cardinals will be trying to Bounce Back from Tough losses last sunday. The eagles Norm Snead is off to a Brilliant Start with a .584completion percentage and 11 touchdowns while the cardinals Johnny Roland ranks second in Rushing with 388 Yards and four Yard average. The rams and redskins Are both coming off tie games with the rams needing a Victory to stay in the thick of the coastal division race and the redskins fearing that a loss would move them close to extinction in the Capitol division. In the other games Craig Morton May be Back a quarterback again for the cowboys who now have a full game Lead in the Capitol division the 49ers balanced at tack is expected to prove to much for the saints the Browns defense should contain Gale Sayers unless the bears find a passing threat and the Lions Are expected to have too much de sense for the slowly improving Falcons. Pole won by Flemke at a. 300 Martinsville a. A de Flemke of set a track qualifying record Friday at Martinsville Speedway and won the pole position for sunday s Cardinal 300 Lascar National championship modified and sportsman race. The 36-year-old Driver a me chanic when he s not racing hit a record 81.595 . In a modified Chevrolet to take the no. 1 position for the $11,605 race. The previous record of 80.898m.p.h. Was set Only last month by Bobby Allison of Huey Torii ala., in a modified Chevrolet. Ray Hendrick of Richmond,ala., earned the outside pole position at 81.374 . In the car Allison used to set the former record. He broke Allison s record 10 minutes after qualifying began while Flemke waited until 20 minutes before the end of the qualifying runs. Closely bunched Only 56-100ths of a second separated the 10 qualifiers. Donnie Allison of Hueytown,ala., Bobby s brother qualified third at 80.464 . In a Modi fied Ford. Sonny Hutchins of Richmond was fourth at 80.357in the Only other modified Ford to make the first 10.perk Brown of Eden n.c., Lascar National modified Point Leader Carl Stevens of re Hoboth mass., was sixth at79.928. Desarro 7thcompleting the top 10 were Fred Desarro of Westerly r.i.,79.751 Paul Radford Ferrum va., 79.751 Billy Hensley Ridgeway va., 79.716, and Richie Evans Rome n.y., 79.575. Twenty seven others attempted to qualify but were not fast enough to crack the top 10. Fifty two of the 85 entries checked in Friday. Ten More positions in the limited 40-car Field were to be decided in time trials saturday. A20-Lap qualifying race will com plete the line up for sunday s300-Lap, 150-mile run on the one half mile track. Lakers lose Star Rookie los Angeles a the los Angeles lakers basketball team already troubled with Star Jerry West on the Side lines with a broken hand go another Jolt Friday when for Ward Jerry Chambers was in ducted into the army. Chambers was twice rejected for the draft in examinations at Washington d.c., but passe the physical taken Here last tuesday. He was inducted an headed for fort Ord Calif. Chambers was an outstanding Rookie from Utah in his first year in the National basketball association in 1966. He is 6-5 and 23.general manager Fred Schaus said every Effort will be made to find a replacement hopefully by the time the team makes its first Home appearance Here against Cincinnati next wednes Day. Rams waive Stiger los Angeles a the los Angeles rams asked waivers Friday on running Bat a Jim Stiver and reactivated another Back Kelt on Winston for their National football league Gam sunday with the Washington red skins
