European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 26, 1969, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 22 the stars and stripes sunday january 26, 1969 --,._ r for. Simpson Kunz Sellers pc yes Hanretty Douglas pro scouts drooling Over tuesday s Grid draft Lovlas Stanfill Gipson Foley of. Getting ready to shuffle off to Buffalo new York up will be selected for a Cross country shuffle off to Buffalo and that s about the Only thing certain in tuesday spro football draft. Pro scouts Are drooling Over the finest crop of College players in Over a dozen Yea Sand perhaps the Best in history. Buffalo finished last in the american football league s Eastern division with the worst record in pro football and thus earned the right to the fable Simpson the Heisman trophy Winner and two time All America from Southern califor Nia whom Many feel is the bes running Back Ever to put on a uniform. Reverse order the 26 pro teams will draft in reverse order of their finish inthe final standings with ties settled by a Coin flip. Tea sending i n ties alternate every other has the second pick winning a flip from Philadel phia and the Falcons Are hesitant to commit their great need is for offensive linemen the Falcons Are hesitant to pass up Purdue s versatile Leroy Keyes twice Simpson s All America running , who has been a defensive Back running backhand flanker could solve a number of problems for Atlanta but the Falcons May yet lean toward another All Ameri Ca offensive tackle George Kunz of notre Dame. Kunz a 6-foot-5, 240-Pounder, is generally considered the finest offensive lineman in the country. Philadelphia has third Choice followed by Pittsburgh and Cincinnati. Boston will choose sixth with san Francisco awarded rights to new Orleans first Choice picking seventh. Los Angeles with three first round picks selects eighth and 10th, with san Diego using Choice obtained from Denver drafting ninth. Miami picks Ltd followed by Green Bay Chicago the new York giants Houston and san Francisco. New Orleans using Minnesota first pick is 17th in order followed by san Diego , Cleveland los Angeles Oakland Kansas City Dallas Baltimore and the world Cham Pion new York jets. The draft scheduled for tuesday and wednesday will run 17 rounds with a total of442 players to be selected by the 16 nil and 10 Al must have completed their College football eligibility to qualify for selections. A 15-minute time limit will reused on the first two rounds with five minutes allocated for subsequent rounds. Baltimore the nil Cham Pion will have 22 choices while Houston has 20 and Miami Philadelphia and St. Louis 19 each. Awesome statistic Simpson s ground gaining statistics Border on the Awe some. He carried 355 times for 1,709 Yards and 22 touchdowns in 1968 in route to an All time career Rushing record. In the process he became the firs player Ever voted All americ unanimously. But Simpson is Only the brightest Star in what scouts Call a Vintage this year s crop will surely surpass the 51 crop that had Frank Giffard Hugh Mcelhenny Ollie Matson and others and top finishers Isabelle Mir is flanked by French teammate Annie Vamose left and . Girls disappoint austrian sensation Anne Marie Proell after win Ning the world cup downhill saturday. A miss Mir wins ski cup downhill St. Gervais France up Isabelle Mir of France won the women s world cup downhill ski race Here saturday but Anne Marie Proell a tiny 15-year-Oldaustrian, provided the big Sensa Tion of the Day by tying for second place with French Star Aonie Marie in her first major league season and from the Little Village of Gross Arl which has Only one Short ski lift was immediately tagged As a future world Way Back in 67th place she maintained a perfect line of descent to finish just 21 Hundredth of a second behind the Winner. I can t believe it j can t be Lieve it cried the diminutive red haired Junior when she heard the result of the were wonderful the French girls told Anne Gabl of Austria mean while lost her Lead in Tho 1969world cup standings with a Dis appointing 31st placing an expected result As she is primarily a special slalom Over at the top of the standings was miss Vamose 24,who was second in thursday s special slalom As Well As sharing second in saturday s downhill. The american girls who put Ona Brilliant performance in thurs Day s special slalom with seven placings in the top 15, were Dis appointing in saturday s Down Hill. Karen Budge Jackson wyo., finished 10th and Marily Cochran of Richmond vt., came 12th. Judy Nagel Enumclaw wash.,was next at 19th place followed by Laurie quest Excelsior,minn., 21st Cathy Nagel sister of Judy 27th Barbara Cochran,32nd Penny Northrup Ellicott Ville n.y., 34th Ann Black Seattle wash., 39th Rosie Fortna Warren vt., tied for 46th, an Penny Mccoy Bishop calif., tied for 67th. Erica Skinger Stowe vt., and Kiki Cutter Bend ore., both abandoned after Falls. In the world cup standings miss Vamose had 101 Points and miss Gabl 90. Rossi Mittenmaier West Germany was third at 71 while miss Mir and Austria Wiltrud Drexel shared fourth with 64. Miss Cutter ranked sixth with 59 tallies to her credit while Judy Nagel is seventh with 49, the 56 Bunch said one that group had Jimmy Brown Paul Horning Tommy Mcdonald and a few More great his claim seems to be Well founded. No less than 10 of the top running Back candidate cracked the 1,000-Yard Mark. Following . Was Eugene Mercury Morris the West Texas state Flash who ran for1,571 and Houston s Paul Gipson 1,550. And the list of potential great running backs goes on. The quarterback situation i thinner than in past seasons with Only a handful of to passers available. Terry Han ratty who smashed Georg Gipp s total offence Mark a notre Dame and Bobby Douglas of Kansas a hard throwing left hander Are the two mos publicized. But scouts Are very High on a pair of lesser Light Cincinnati s Greg Cook the nation s total offence Leader 3,210 Yards and no. 2 passer and Columbia s towering Mart Domres no. 3 in total offence and fourth in passing. Others available include Edd Hargett of Texas am Buster o Brien of Richmond and Sim Byrd of Troy state the nation s leading Small College passe with 34 touchdowns. All America Bill Earth quake Enyart of Oregon state ran for 1,304 Yards an Michigan s Ron Johnson who set a single game Mark of 346 of tvs Nome Dejardin pm Houston up Don de Jardin 32, of Philadelphia has been named general manager of the Houston Mavericks. Dejardin who was director of player personnel for the Pitts Burgh pipers last season before the franchise shifted to Minnesota assumed the position which had been vacant since Slater Martin resigned nov. 30. Dejardin s appointment was announced by Bob Gorham of Rocky Mountain n.c., Maver icks new vice president. Gor Ham and two other Rock Mountain men Jim Gardner and Leonard Rawls Purchase the Mavericks earlier this , who was Captain of he army basketball team in1957-58, was a purchasing executive with Westinghouse electric corp. In Philadelphia prior to joining the Mikan. American Bas. Netball association commissioner indicated thursday the new owners of the Mavericks might allow the team to remain in Houston. However Gardner has said twill be moved. He said he had made plans to rent the coliseum Columbia s.c., and Arenas in free North Carolina cities Charlotte Raleigh and greens Boro for Home games. Yards carried for 1,301. Other top runners available Are Chris Gilbert of Texas Keyes Art Malone of Arizona state de Podolak of Iowa notre Dame sob Gladieux Dicky Lyons of Kentucky Florida s Larry Smith Bob Campbell of Penn state Warren Bankston of Tulane Tennessee s Richmond Flowers and Ross the Hoss Montgomery of Texas Christian. The ends available should make a few quarterbacks drool. They include Ron Sellers theg Angly Florida state flanker who led the nation in Pas receiving with 86, and Little Jerry Levias of Southern methodist tied for second with 80. Also on the Block Are Ted Kwalick Penn state s great All America tight end record smashing Jim Seymour of notre Dame and Gene Washington of Stanford. Kunz 2 buckeyes Kunz and Ohio state s great pair Rufus Mayes and Dave Foley Are the leading offensive tackles available with Mik Montler of Colorado and Bill Cloud of Houston also highly rated. Jim Barnes of Arkansas and Guy Dennis of Florida Arete class of the guards while John Didion of Oregon state and Jon Kolb of Oklahoma state Are considered two of the finest enters produced by the col Leges in recent defensive linemen seem bigger and better than Best Are Joe mean Greene the 6-4, 274-Pound All America from North Texas state and Georgia s Bill Stanfill Ted Hendricks the 6-8. 222-Pound a a Stork of Miami Fla John Zook of Kansas Rolf Kruegar of Texas Mart thorns of Syracuse and de White of California Areall highly regarded. Chuck Kyle of Purdue Andron Pritchard of Arizona state Lead the select group of linebackers that includes Bill Hobbs of Texas am re Barnes of Southern Mississippi Bob Babich of Miami Ohio and Florida state s Dale Mictil lers. Worley top interceptor Washington s Al Worley who set a collegiate record with 14interceptions, and Roger Wehrli of Missouri Are the Best of the defensive backs. The Small colleges Are expected to provide their share of future stars including half Back Carl Garrett of new Mexico Highlands 171 Yard Spe. Game Lloyd big train sdwards of san Diego state Willie Pearson of North Carolina at arid Willie Ray of Alcorn am. De Cross of Arkansas am nand Tom Nettles of san Diego state Are top pass receiving prospects while top defensive Nenien Are Fred dryer of san31ego state and Julian Nunama cer of Tennessee Martin. Bil Bergey of Arkansas state is an outstanding linebacker and Jim by Marsalis of Tennessee a of s regarded among the top collegiate cornerback. I
