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ASBURY PARK SUNDAY PRESS, Jan. 2S, 1970 Quarterbacks, Tackles Lead 442 Pro Draftees -A San Difgo State; Billy Manning, Grambling. There's no shortage of defensive tackles behind Reid and McCoy. The list includes Al Cowlings. Southern Cal; Leo Brooks, Texas; Lawrence Estes, Alcorn AIM Charles Blossom, Texas Southern; Manny Sis-trunk, Arkansas Clovis Swinney, Arkansas State, and 250-pound John Small of The NKW YORK 'Ji Pro foot-balls great equalizer, the an nual grab bag of college talent, gets under way Tuesday with 442 players to be drafted and two quarterbacks and two defensive tackles among the prime candidates.

Quarterbacks Terry Bradshaw of Louisiana Tech and Mike Phipps of Purdue and tackles Mike McCov of Notre Dame and Mike Reid of Penn State are the lette of Richmond and the major college pass-catching leader, Idaho's Jerry Hendren. Also eligibleand a possible first-round pick is Margene Adkins, who attended Henderson Junior College in Texas and Wichita State and played out his option with Ottawa of the Canadian League. "He's better than Bob Hayes," says one former CFL coach, "and I wouldn't trade him for five Homer Joneses." Offensive interior linemen up for crabs include: Tackles Bob McKay, Texas; Sid Smith, Southern California Bob Asher, Vandcrbilt; Doug Wilkerson, a Colorado and Jeff Slipp of Brigham Young. Michigan's Jim Mandich has gotten the most publicity among major college tight ends but some scouts are just as high on a small college All-American, 6-foot-4, 233 pound Richard McGeorge of Elon. Others include Oklahoma's Steve Zabel, Ray Parson of Minnesota, Jim McFarland of Nebraska and Gary Arthur of Miami, Ohio.

Besides Bradshaw and Phipps, the quarterback ranks include Dennis Shaw of San Diego State, who led the nation with 3.185 yards and a record 39 touchdown passes Florida State's Bill Cappleman, Steve Ramsey of North Texas State, Gordon Slade of Davidson, Tampa' Jim DelGaizo and Bob Stewart of Northern Arizona. The wide receivers feature Charles Williams of Prairie View AIM. Kenny Burroughs of Texas Southern. Ken Schoolfield of Florida AIM, Clvde Glosson of Texas El Paso, Walker Gil vv Citadel, Steve Kiner of Tennes-I see, Don Parish of Stanford, Dennis Onkotz of Pcnrt State; Notre Dame's Bob Olson and UCLA's Mike'Cat" Ballou. I The first defensive backs to I go cou'o be David Hadley of Alcorn AIM, Denton Fox of Texrs Tech and Seth Miller of Arizona State.

The list here is a deep one. And wait until next vear. E. names mentioned most often. But there could be some surprises when the 26 teams banded together for the first time as the National and American Conferences of the merged National Football League sit down for the first of 17 rounds.

By virtue of a 1-13 record and a victorious coin flip with the equally bad Chicago Bears, the Pittsburgh Steelers have the No. 1 I r. The available running backs are headed by Oklahoma's 215 pound Owens, the Heis-man Trophy winner, who set national three year records of 3,867 yards "rushing and 56 touchdowns. Other notables in the running back contingent include Bob Anderson of Colorado, Jim Otis of Ohio State, Charlie Pittman of Penn State, Arthur James of East Texas State and Hubert Ginn. Florida AiM's best runner in 10 years.

Ted Koy of Texas is rated highly, along with two other Southwest Conference runners who were hampered by injuries Larry Stegent of Texas AIM and Norman "Boo" Bulaich of Texas Christian. The Bears, desperate for a quarterback, were expected to make the second choice cither Brandshaw or Phipps. But they traded their pick last Wednesday to the Green Bay Packers for linebacker Lee Roy Caffey, running back Elijah Pitts and center Bob Hyland. The rest of the order of selection for the round goes like this: Miami, Boston, Buffalo, Philadelphia. Cincinnati, St.

Louis. San Francisco, New Orleans, Denver, Atlanta, New York Giants, Houston, San Diego, Green Bay (their own pick). San Francisco again obtained from Washington for tackle Walter Rock), Baltimore. Detroit, New York Jets, Cleveland. Los Angeles, Dallas, Oakland, Minnesota and the Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs.

A 15-minute time limit will be in effect fir each selection in the first two rounds and five minutes per selection thereaft er. The draft is expected to last two or three davs ith no round to be started after 9 EST. The Cardinals have the most selections, 22. Atlanta has 21; Green Bav and the New York Jets 20, Buffalo and Pittsburgh 19; Houston, Kansas City and San Francisco 18 each; Baltimore, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Dallas, Oakland and Washington 17; Chicago, Denver, Miami, New Orleans and San Diego 16; Detroit and Minnesota 15; Boston, New York Giants and Philadelphia 15 and Los Angeles 13. Coin flips were required to determine 11 positions among teams that finished with identical records.

Pittsburgh will draft first on all odd numbered rounds and Chicago on the even-numbered ones. Boston and Buffalo will alternate the fourth and fifth picks. Atlanta and the Giants 12th and 13th and San Diego and Green Bay 15th and 16th. In the only three way tie, it came up Phila-delphia-Cincinnati-St. Louis in the first round.

Then, it's Cin-cinnati-St. Louis-Philadelphia, St. Louis Philadelphia Cincinnati and back to the original order. The Packers say they'll make their newly acquired No. 2 pick the best player available, but Coach Phil Bengtsort is on record as looking for a defensive end to replace the retired Willie Davis or a tight end.

Pro-size defensive ends include Phil Olsen of Utah State, brother of Los Angeles' Merlin; Joe "Turkey" Jones of Tennessee State, Grambling's Billy Newsome, Alden Roche of Southern Bill Brundige of North Carolina Central; Willie Young, Alcorn and a 300-pound club footballer. Bill Crone of Los Angeles Loyola. Guards Ron Saul, Michigan State; Bill Bridges, Houston; Glen Holloway, North Texas State; Joe Stephens, Jackson State. Centers Ken Menden hall, Oklahoma; Dennis Bram-lett. Texas-EI Paso; Rodney Brand, Arkansas; Bill Pierson, 1 pick.

Louis A. Lepis then now "It's no secret we could use a good running back." says Dan Rooney, vice president of the when the pros can tap the likes of Jack Tatum, Ohio State; Archie Manning, Mississippi; Jim Plunkett, Stanford: Chuck Hix-son. Southern Methodist; Lynn Dickey, Kansas State, "and Frank Lewis, Grambling. THEN NOW Steelers. "But." adds Coach Chuck Noll, "I still believe in drafting the best available player, regardless of position." Lepis Helped Shore A.C.

Win '33 State AAU Title Barring a last minute trade involving their No. 1 pick, the Steelers are expected to go for either Bradshaw, who passed for 6.598 yards during his career, or Reid. a quick 248 pounder who might be shifted to de fensive end or linebacker. The Steelers have been trying to deal off their No. 1 pick for a number of established players and are known to have turned down a trade with St.

Louis involving quarterback Charley Johnson. The Cardinals then dealt Johnson to Houston. Oral Roberls V. Eyes Miracle 11th nationally among small college teams, and a record of 17-1. Roberts and Trickey have one ambition for the school to be accepted by the National Collegiate Athletic Association and to be ranked major instead of small college.

It is hard work trying to make it on the timetable they have set. Oral Roberts University, a modern school located on 450 acres at the edge of Tulsa, opened classes in 1962. It cannot be considered for regional accreditation by the NCAA until TULSA. Okla. (AP) There are mottoes reading "Expect a Miracle" all around the Oral Roberts University campus.

It is a favorite saying of the famed evangelist who founded the college and for whom it is named. The slogan is prominently displayed in the athletic department here Coach Ken Trickey is trying to prove a miracle, or something close, with his basketball team. So far the Titans have come from nowhere to a ranking of By JIM SULLIVAN UONG BRANCH Louis A. Lepis. who won the National AAU championship in the 56-pound weight throw three successive years, is now a permanent resident of Long Branch.

He was born in Jersey City. He attended Dickinson Hiph School there and earned six varsity letters three each in football and track. He was graduated in 1927. He was named tackle on the All State hich school and Prep football team in 192fi. He stood 6-2 and weighed 190 pounds at the time.

He won the N.J. State lntcrscholastic Athletic Association's State Meet championship in the discus throw in 1925. During summers from 1927 through 1930, he was a locker boy at the Fourth Avenue Bathing Pavilion in Asbury Park, then managed bv Bill Hanlon. The pav as locker boy was low, $12 per week, but the tips were good, from $30 to $100 a week. Attended Panzer He attended Panzer College for one year before receiving an athletic scholarship to Manhattan College, from where he graduated in 1932 after earning six varsity letters three each in football and track.

He plaved tackle on Manhattan's first varsity football team. He also scored Manhattan's first points in IC4A competition by placing third in the 35-pound weight throw. It was in his senior year that Pat McDonald, the old "Irish Whale" of weight throwing fame, came up to Manhattan and started him on his weight throwing endeavors which later carried him to three consecutive national championships. He began teaching at Dickinson High School in 1932. Competed for Shore A.C.

In 1933 he was encouraged by Art Wisner of the Shore A.C. to stay in track competition and he won the Junior National AAU championship in the 56-pound weight throw. That same year he helped the Shore A.C. to win the N.J. State AAU Meet by winning three events 56-pound weight throw, hammer, and discus.

Eulace Peacock also won three events for the Shore A.C. in that meet. He finished second three successive years in the National AAU Championships in the 56 pound weight throw 1933-1934-1935 while competing for the Shore A.C. He then switched to the New York A.C. and won the 56-pound weight throwing championship at three straight National AAU Championships 1936-37-38.

He found out too late that the 56-pound weight throw was no longer an Olympic event and switched to the hammer throw, but just missed making our 1936 Olympic squad in that event. He finished fifth, four feet be-the winning toss. AAU All-Aineriran He was selected to the AAU All-American track and field team three times. In 1934 he became mathematics teacher and football coach of the new Ferris High School in downtown Jersey City. Ferris received its lumps during his first two years of coaching, but in 1938, his final year, posted its first and onlv unbeaten gridiron campaign and won the Hudson County football championship.

He quit teaching and competing in 1938 when he became director of the Recreation Department of Jersey City. After 20 years in that post, he retired in 1957 on a disability. While director the city had teams in track and field gymnastics, swimming, boxine, weightlifting, fencing, baseball, basketball, and Softball. He tried to introduce competition among city recreation teams. Honored as Best in '30s He was honored at a banquet in 1966 when he received the Jersey Journal Athletic Award for being the country's best 56-pound weight thrower of the 1930's.

He was also honored at the 30th reunion of his championship Ferris football team that won 14 straight in 1968. After summering at the Shore for more than 30 years, he became a permanent resident of Long Branch in July, 1968. He lives at 29 Cottage Place with his wife. The couple has one daughter, Mrs. Anita Burke, and one granddaughter, Laura Ann, 30 months.

His hobbies are fishing, reading, gardening, and oil painting. He is a member of the Holy Name Society. Cedric Hardman Was Hardly Pro Material the 1969 season against Mem mm May, with a decision not likely before next fall. Then, the team must schedule at least half of its opponents from among major colleges and universities for a two-year period. With schedules made up years ahead by many schools, it is difficult to get games against the established teams.

Oral Roberts' victims have included West Texas State and Central (Okla.) State, which is currently leading the Oklahoma Collegiate Conference. The only loss was 80-82 to Sul Ross State, which the Titans had beaten by 16 points in an earlier game. Probably the team's No. 1 fan is Roberts. The 6 foot-1 minister who once played high school basketball, at times sits on the bench with the team and often goes to the dressing room at halftime.

He has even traveled with the team to other sites when his schedule permitted. Roberts was playing for the Ada, High School team in a district tournament as a youth when he collapsed on the floor. His illness was diagnosed as tuberculosis. He later experienced a sequence of "saving faith" and then "healing faith" at a revival meeting that launched him on his ministerial career. When he organized the college, he made it clear he wanted a good basketball team and he set a five-year goal to be playing the best schools in this area.

Trickey is in his first year after being hired from Middle Tennessee State University of the Ohio Valley Conference. Returning starters Tyrone Brandon (6-6). Carl Hardaway (6-4) and Ralph Fagin (5-11) provide experience. After that comes a mixture of junior college transfers and a couple of freshmen. Richard Fuqua, a freshman from Chattanooga, is the leading scorer with a 16.7 point average.

Haywood Hill, a junior college transfer, is averaging 16.3 and Ingram Montgomery, a sophomore, 13.7. weather-master snow tires Deep 1632'' Power-Drive tread -grip and go In the deepest mud or snow. Self-cleaning, quiet tread traction elements designed to kick out mud or snow. Quiet running, too! Designed (or Metal Safety Studs-studs boost winter RoyaVs Longhorns Topped I SW Conference During 60s phis State. It's a game Rust won't soon forget.

"He had the best ball game as a defensive end that I've ever seen against Memphis State," said Rust. "He took away their option and trapped their quarterback several times. Once he ran him down from behind. "After that game we started getting calls from scouts all oer the couatry," said North Texas sports information director Fred Graham. By the end of the 1969 season, the word was getting around about Cedric Hardman, but just to make sure, Cedric completely pulled the cork on national television in two post season all-star games, the Blue-Gray game and the Senior Bowl.

In the Blue Gray classic, Hardman was voted the South's best defensive lineman. He won no such honor in the Senior Rowl but treated visiting scouts to a 4.6 second 40-yard dash all 260 pounds of him. Hardman attributes his sudden development partly to watching old football movies last summer. "I studied films on my own, especially of Deacon Jones' Hardman said. "I tried to develop their movies to my own ability and it worked out pretty good." 3 starting traction 200 and stopping traction 50 compared to conventional tires.

(Metal Safety Studs offered for sale only where use is not prohibited by law) DALLAS, Tex. (AP) Five years ago the odds against Ced-rlo. Hardman becoming a possible first round draft choice in Tuesday's professional football draft would've short-circuited a computer. Hardman, a "frail" 5-foot-ll 175 pounds, appeared on the North Texas State campus as a freshman in 1965 at the tender age of 16 he started elementary school in the second grade when he was five years old. Hardman had played one undistinguished year of high school football in Houston "just to have something to do until basketball season" and had no thought of playing collegiate football.

As a sophomore, Hardman tried out for the team because some of his friends played football. Hardman, by now a 6-0, 290 pounder, spent the season as an unheralded cornerback. He was so obscure, his name was misspelled on the programs all season. Hardman was scholastically ineligible in 1967 and in 1968 there was serious doubt about inviting him back. Head coach Rod Rust decided to give it one more go and today the pro scouts are blessing his foresight.

After a series of experiments that failed, Hardman arrived at what Rust calls his natural position of defensive end. And that's when things started to happen. For one thing, Hardman, that weak'ing of a freshman, was now 6-3 and 240 pounds and by the end of the 1969 season he had become one of the most feared defenders in the Missouri Valley Conference. And podnah, they don't call him "Nasty" because of his bathing habits. Hardman's transformation became spectacularly clear in North Texas' second game of Si i I IJLji jJiJ as many champions as the 1930 decade, "but it was the first to produce national champions after a quarter of a century of mediocrity.

For that matter, Arkansas came close to a national title in 1964 when it had an undefeated season and beat Nebraska in the Cotton Bowl. But the title already had been awarded to Alabama before the bowl games where the Cnmson Tide of Joe Namath's era lost to Texas. Royal's Record Best Royal has compiled the best personal record in conference history. Royal came to Texas in 1957. He had finished with a 5-5 record at Washington and was hired at the end of the 1956 sea- AUSTIN, Tex.

(AP) There have been two great eras of Southwest Conference football. Three coaches figured in the first, only one in the last. When Darrell Royal sent his Texas team to a 21 17 victory over Notre Dame in the Cotton Bowl Jan. 1, thus winning his second national championship in seven years, he gave the conference its second outstanding decade. In 1935, the conference had its first national champion Southern Methodist, coached by Matty Bell.

In 1938, Texas Christian, coached by Leo (Dutch) Meyer, was the king. In 1939, Texas coached by Homer Norton, won the rational title. The 1960 decade didn't have I FIVE STAR SERVICE, 917 THIRD AVENUE, ASBURY PARK 775-0450 EXTRA WHEELS AVAILABLE FOR PERMANENT MOUNTING OF YOUR SNOW TIRES son when Texas had just wound up its worst record of all time 1-9 0. His first year 1957 he had a 6 3-1 record, which was called miraculous considering his material. It indicated that a championship wouldn't be far off.

Now. 13 years later, Royal has compiled a fabulous record of 108-28-4. This counts 10 howl games of which Royal has won six and tied one. His teams have won three Southwest Conference championships and tied for three. He has had two undefeated, untied teams, three with only one loss and one with only a tie to mar its record.

He might have had four national champions instead of two. In 1961 his team lost only to Texas Christian inside the conference after walloping all outsiders and scoring smashing victories against all other conference members. A long pass got the game's only touchdown and ruined Texas' national hopes. Wouldn't Settle for Tie In 1964, Texas lost only to Arkansas and that came when Texas tried for a two point conversion instead of kicking the extra point to gain a tie. Texas had a 14-game winning streak at the time.

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