European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 16, 1973, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Friday november 16, 1973 the stars and stripes Page 27 Success of saints not in stats new York a the new Orleans saints battling their Way up to respectability in the National football league Are doing it in ways other than with sheer yardage. The saints have posted a 4-5 re Cord Are in third place in the National conference West ahead of defending Champion san fran Cisco and have their first solid shot to finish a season at or Over .500. But the team statistics re leased wednesday show that if the saints Are in the Middle of the pack in the won lost columns they re still near the Bottom on offence and defense. New Orleans 12th offensively offensively new Orleans is 12th, next to last in the pfc leading Only the Green Bay packers. And on defense the saints Are Lith ahead Only of the Philadelphia eagles and St. Louis cardinals. On the other end of the pfc scale the eagles Are no. 1 in total offence and Riding roman Gabriel s Arm no. 1 in passing. The los Angeles rams Are no. 1 in Rushing. In pfc total and Rushing defense the rams Are Best. Atlanta has the most Suc Cess in stopping the pass. American conference team offence Yards Rushing passing Oakland 3258 1603 1655 Denver 3136 1324 1812 Cincinnati 2850 1404 1446 Miami 2827 1829 998 Pittsburgh 2494 1352 1142 Buffalo 2360 1799 561 Kansas City 2337 1160 1177 san Diego 2324 1108 1216 new York 2265 1205 1060 Cleveland 2237 1374 863 Baltimore 2194 1214 980 new England 2124 1023 1101 Houston 2112 899 1213 team defense Miami 1992 1132 860 Oakland 2099 987 1112 Cleveland 2241 1212 1029 Cincinnati 2263 1170 1093 Kansas City 2273 1335 938 Pittsburgh 2306 1056 1250 Buffalo 2532 1229 1303 new York 2631 1322 1309 new England 2782 1983 799 Denver 2794 1212 1582 san Diego 2835 1448 1387 Houston 2987 1626 1361 Baltimore 3082 1493 1589 National conference team offence Yards Rushing passing Philadelphia 3045 1122 1923 los Angeles 2976 1654 1322 Dallas 2955 1527 1428 san Francisco 2865 1082 1783 Minnesota 2830 1588 1242 Detroit 2757 1535 1222 St. Louis 2723 86 1862 Atlanta 2715 1352 1363 new York 2576 899 1677 Washington 2309 789 1520 Chicago 2301 1403 898 new Orleans 2176 1225 951 Green boy 1734 1163 571 team defense los Angeles 1979 829 1150 Atlanta 2197 1343 854 Washington 2303 1045 1258 Minnesota 2425 1166 1259 Green Bay 2427 1346 1081 Lagos 2430 920 1510 new York 2460 1352 1108 Chicago 2518 1426 1092 Detroit 2647 1396 1251 san Francisco 2669 1263 1406 new Orleans 3019 1458 1561 Philadelphia 3046 1384 1662 St. Louis 3543 1361 2182 Eagle receivers tops Carmich cafe two others dominate Mac Harold Carmichael. 713 Yards receiving new York a if you Don t think Philadelphia is a passing fancy just take a look at some of the National football league s receiving statistics. Three of the top four pass catchers Are eagles. Harold car Michael leads the league with 47 receptions for 713 Yards. Then comes Washington s Charley Taylor no. 2 in the pfc with 43 for 579, followed by two More eagles Charles Young with 38 for 496 Yards and Tom Sullivan with 37 for 213. According to the Chart of individual leaders released wednes Day Philadelphia quarterback roman Gabriel is no. 5 among National conference passers be Hind John Hadl of los Angeles Roger staubach of Dallas fran Tarkenton of unbeaten Minnesota and Bob Lee of Atlanta. But Gabriel has replaced Hadl As one of the league s mad  he s thrown More times 312, and completed More 188, for More yardage 2,090, than anyone else in the league. Fred Willis of Houston is the no. 1 receiver in the american court blasts at Billie Jean Melbourne a australian Tennis Star Margaret court blasted verbal volleys wednesday at two of her rivals americans Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs. I believe Billie Jean is Dod Ging me and i m trying to escape Bobby said mrs. Court from her Home in Perth. Billie Jean is frightened to lose since she won that Ballyhoo match against Bobby Riggs. And i m not interested in Tak ing on Riggs again the Taxman would be the Only  mrs. Court contended that mrs. King had made unacceptable demands to appear on the team to represent the United states in the Bonne Bell cup against Australia. The cup scheduled to be played in Sydney dec. 21-23, was won by Australia in the inaugural clash last year. Billie Jean asked for $30,000 for the Bonne Bell cup matches this year and got it said mrs. Court. Even with this she would not agree to play. She made demands and every time they were met she made other demands. She finally asked for 10 per cent of the Gate which is out  mrs. Court has met mrs. King four times in recent months. I court King. Aba boxes Squires 113, tarns 108 Virginia Memphis Oft 6 f Tcarter 40-2 8 Jones 11 3-3 25 Gervin 16 7-7 39 Baum 3 2-2 8 Eakins 43-3 11 Denton 8 4-5 20 Miller 8 8-13 24 Tompson 10 4-4 24 Parkhill 9 3-4 21 Lehman 1 0-0 2 Powell 3 2-2 8 Neumon 3 2-2 8 Irvine 0 0-0 0 Finch 00-0 0 Nater 1 0-0. 2 Edge 20-0 4 Davis 8 1-2 17totals 45 23-31 113 totals 4414-18108 Virginia 27 33 2� 24113 Memphis 30 22 30 24108 total fouls Virginia 18, Memphis 26 technical fouls Memphis coach Van Breda Kolff. A1,532. Cougars 107, colonels 102 Carolina Kentucky Oft g f t Cadwell 2 0-0 4 Ladner 5 4-5 14 a Ungham 9 5-7 23 Issel 9 9-1027 Owens 6 2-2 14 Glmore 5 5-9 15 Calvin 4 6-8 14 Dempler 9 5-6 25 Jones 6 0-0 12 Gale 00-00 Man Long 1 2-2 4 Simon 5 1-1 11 Littles 3 2-3 8 o Brien 30-06 Mcclan 6 0-0 12 mount 2 0-0 4 Chones 7 2-2 16 totals 44 19-24 107 totals 38 24-31 102 Carolina 19 30 34 24107 Kentucky 25 27 24 26102 total fouls Carolina 26, Kentucky 18 technical fouls Carolina coach Brown three Point ,121 pacers 84, spurs 83 Indiana san Antonio g f t g f t Hilman 4 2-2 10 Jones 8 2-2 18 my gals 5 10-1620 Kenndy 4 2-4 10 Daniels 3 2-2 8 let Rock 40-08 Freemn 10 5-8 25 Hamlin 4 1-1 9 Lewis 2 0-0 5 Silas 5 2-2 12 Keller 30-06 Karl 30-06 Brown. 32-38 cd Mars 1 0-0 2 Joyce 10-02 Brown 30-06 Hill 6 0-0 12 totals 31 21-31 84 totals 38 7-9 83 Indiana 22 19 25 1884 san Antonio 23 24 20 1483 total fouls Indiana 20, san Antonio 32 technical fouls Indiana Mcginnis. Three Point goals Lewis stars 129, q s 119 san Diego Johns i Bassett Moore Lamar Willims Adams Pender Shpherd Robbins Stovall totals san dim g 10 5 8 6 7 3 1 2 5 0 f 3-3 4-6 0-2 3-4 2-2 0-0 2-2 3-4 1-5 4-5 4722-33 10. T 23 14 17 15 16 6 4 9 11 4 119 Utah Jacksn Wise Beaty Boone Jones seals Warren Ebron Govan Robinsn Combs totals 23 g 5 4 7 10 3 3 4 9 0 3 8 f 2-2 0-0 2-2 0-0 4-5 0-0 1-3 3-3 0-0 2-2 0-2 t 12 8 16 20 10 6 9 21 0 8 19 54 14-19 129 31 29 34119 Utah 29 34 30 34129 total fouls san Diego 17, Utah 24 technical fouls Beaty Robbins three Point goals Moore Shepherd 2, Combs 3 70 million saw no. 2 series Tiff new York a nearly 70 million americans watched the second game of the world series on National television oct. 14, Abc to reported Here. That was the 12-inning thriller which the new York mets won 10 7 with the help of a couple of costly errors by Mike Andrews the Oakland a s second baseman who eventually became a cause celebre that made a s owner Charles 0. Finley More controversial than Ever. Abc said the total viewing audience based on Nielsen ratings and a formula devised by Abc research was estimated at 69.5 million persons about 1.25 Mil lion More than the record for baseball set in last year s seventh world series game Between Cincinnati and the world Champion a s. Based on Abc research Fig ures the average viewing audience for the seven game series was estimated at 59.9 million. Each of the three prime time night games played tuesday wednesday thursday in new York boasted audiences of More than 60 million including 64.35 million for game no. 3 on tues Day night. That Means the Low Points were for games no. 1 and 6 on saturdays. Game no. 6 Drew Only 48.6 million Abc said. Won three of them and in the other i had three match Points said mrs. Court who has won $205,000 this year. The fact that i have won this much puts me off taking on Riggs again. His manager has offered me $50,000 win or lose to take on Riggs in Australia. I m just not  mrs. Court lost to Riggs in straight sets in the first controversial Man is. Woman Challenge. Mrs. King later Defeated Riggs. Our first match got out of control i thought there would be 500 people watching us. Instead it went worldwide. If i did play him it would be a personal thing not a Money  conference with 42 catches for 268 Yards and Oakland s Kenny Stabler remains the acc passing Leader. In Rushing acc Leader Buffalo s . Simpson was held to 99 Yards by Cincinnati last sunday and fell further off the Pace in his bid to surpass Jim Brown s record 1,863 Yards. Sim son with 1,203 Yards must average 132 Yards in his remaining five games to tie Brown s Mark. The pfc Leader is still Dallas Calvin Hill with 796 Yards. Other nil leaders include de troit s Herman Weaver with a 46.5-Yard punting average Pitts Burgh teammates Glen Edwards and Mike Wagner with six interceptions apiece and place kicker Nick Mike Mayer with 88 Points to Lead in scoring. National conference leading rushers avg. A. Yards gain ads Hill Dall. Brockington . Hampton at. Foreman Minn. Sullivan Phil. Mccutcheon . Garrett Chi. Bertelsen . Taylor det. Ron Johnson . 179 155 163 123 122116 140 144 129 152 796 680 642 570 554 551 545 541 535 475 4.4 4.4 3.9 4.6 4.5 4.8 3.9 3.8 4.1 3.1 4 2 4 2 1 1 4 2 4 4 leading passers avg. Att. Com. Yes. Ads gain Hadl . Staubach Dall. Tarkenton Minn. Lee at. Gabriel Phil. Hart . Kilmer Wash. Jurgensen Wash. Douglass Chi. Manning . 157 184 185 132 312 276 106 106 158 175 89 113 112 79 188 156 81 84 75 90 1376 1446 1456 1081 2090 1963 1003 655 992 1110 14 16 10 6 16 14 8 5 5 5 8.76 7.86 7.87 8.19 6.70 7.11 6.87 6.18 6.28 6.34 leading receivers avg. Reed. Yes. Gain to smile. Uni i lie can australian this year. Aba s Wuu me Linen and French titles boxes Carmichael Phil. Taylor Wash. Young Phil. Sullivan Phil. Tucker . Anderson . Burrow at. Kwalick . Gilliam Minn. Smith . 47 43 38 37 36 33 31 31 30 30 713 579 496 213 469 341 567 506 621 436 15.2 13.5 13.1 5.8 13.0 10.3 18.3 16.3 20.7 14.5 7 6 3 1 4 3 7 3 4 1 blazers 111, pistons 108 Portland Detroit g f t g f t Johnsn 4 2-2 10 Adams 6 2-2 14 Wicks 13 3-8 29 Rowe 4 6-8 14 Robersn 7 3-5 17 Lander 19 3-3 41 Petrle 16 4-4 36 blog 1 4-4 6 Steele 41-2 9 Ford 20-04 Fryer 0 0-0 0 Davis 1 0-0 2 Johnsn 1 0-0 2 Lantz 2 7-10 11 Layton 0 2-3 2 me Glt 24-68 Neal 3 0-0 6 Norwood 1 0-0 2 Trapp 30-06 totals 48 15-23 111 totals 41 24-33 108 Portland. 31 24 30 24111 Detroit 24 23 .29 32108fouled out none. Total fouls Portland 27, Detroit 20 technical fouls Detroit Mengelt Andl Anler. A-3,216 Kings 118, rockets 116 Houston pc Omaha g f t g f t Marin 9 8-8 26 Behan 2 0-0 4 to Inch 13 9-10 35 Durrett 4 1-1 9 Smith 3 6-9 12 Lacey 6 7-9 19 Goukas 5 0-0 10 Komlos 6 0-0 12 Murphy 13 6-6 32 Walker 10 11-14 31 Johnsn 0 0-0 0 Block 6 1-1 13meely 0 0-0 of a Cne 2 2-2 6newllri 01-2 1 Moore 1 0-0 2 Ratleff 0 0-0 0 Willums 8 6-6 22 totals 43 30-35 116 totals 45 28-33 118 Houston. 25 17 34 28 10114 pc Omaha. 19 35 24 24 12118 fouled out pc Omaha Behagen. Total fouls Houston 26, pc Omaha 35. Technical fouls Smith Lacey pc Omaha Bench. A 3,938. Celtics 110, sonics 104 Seattle Boston Oft g f t St with 5 1 3 11 Pvlicek 9 6-7 24 match 1 0-0 2 Nelson 6 2-2 14 Haywood 9 4-5 22 Cowens 6 0-0 12 Brown 10 2-2 22 Chancy 5 1-2 11 Snyder 30-06 White 11 6-6 28 Fox 2 2-2 6 Silas 2 5-6 9 Bra ski 7 1-2 15 Westphal 1 2-4 4 Gibbs 5 2-4 12 kursk a 1 0-0 2 Rohmen 0 0-0 0 Finkel 1 0-0 2  32-48  20-04 totals 45 14-22 104 totals 44 22-27 110 Seattle 20 27 33 24104 Boston 4 x 25 34110fouled none. Total fouls Seattle 21, Boston 21. Technical fouls none.a6,191 american conference leading rushers avg. Att. Yards gain ads Simpson but. 217 1203 5.5 9 Morris Mia. 104 761 7.3 10 Little Den. 170 696 4.1 10 e. Johnson can. 133 695 5.2 2 Csonka Mia. 142 692 4.9 3 Clark can. 177 663 3.7 5 Hubbard Oak. 119 515 4.3 4 l. Mitchell Bolt. 125 508 4.1 1 Smith Oak. 114 489 4.3 1 Riggins . 132 477 3.6 4 leading passers att. Com. Yes. Ads Stabler Oak. Dawson . Johnson Den. Griese Mia. Woodall . Plunkett . Anderson Cin. Bradshaw Pitt. Phipps Clev. Pastorino Hou. Leading 140 101 231 160 141 221 227 109 186 173 97 66 123 80 70 117 118 56 92 94 1306 8 725 2 1753 13 982 10 856 6 1385 6 1566 7 814 5 1063 4 870 4 avg. Gain 9.33 7.18 7.59 6.14 6.07 6.27 6.90 7.47 5.72 5.03 receivers avg. Reed. Yes. Gain Willis Hou. Podolak . Biletnikoff Oak. Rucker . Curtis can. Little Den. Clark Cin. Parks Hou. Siani Oak. Gresham Hou. 41 38 32 31 30 30 30 28 26 26 268 290 477 382 492 340 233 368 466 177 6.5 7.6 14.9 12.3 16.4 11.3 7.8 13.1 17.9 6.8 ads 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 2 0 cubs pick Roarke to manage Wichita Chicago a the Chica go cubs have named Mike Roarke manager of their farm club at Wichita of the american association. He replaces Jim Marshall who was recently promoted to coach of the Parent club. Roarke a former Catcher with the Detroit tigers managed at Evansville the last two seasons. He also formerly coached for the tigers and California Angels