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The chase scene
It cannot be much fun looking up and seeing Texas
A&M University’s 242-pound defensive end Jacob
Green breathing down your neck. Just ask Memphis
State quarterback Lloyd Patterson. He had to contend
with Green and the rest of the Aggie defense all after
noon last Saturday. This week the nation’s No. 1 de-
Packers, Bears meet in divisional contest
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The accepted wisdom is that it
takes at least three years to evaluate
each National Football League
draft. In the case of the Green Bay
Packers, however, less than two
years is enough to say the 1977 draft
has produced a rich harvest of tal
ent.
The Packers, who host Chicago
Sunday in an important NFC Cen
tral Division game, can credit much
of their surprising early season suc
cess to the development of the
second-year players they drafted
last year.
The two first-round choices, Mike
Butler and Ezra Johnson, have
given stability to the defensive line.
Led by Johnson’s 10 quarterback
sacks, Green Bay shares the league
lead with San Diego in that category
with 23.
Quarterback David Whitehurst,
an eighth-round pick from Furman,
ranks third in the NFC pass ratings
with six touchdown passes and only
four interceptions. Fifth-round
choice Aundra Thompson from East
Texas State caught two TD passes
from Whitehurst in the Packers’
35-14 victory over Detroit last
week.
Terdell Middleton, a third round
selection, had his second 100-yard
game of the year against Detroit and
ranks third in the conference with
452 yards.
Two other offensive starters, left
guard Derrel Gofourth and right
tackle Greg Koch, were seventh-
and second-round choices, respec
tively, in 1977.
Before the season. Green Bay
Coach Bart Starr figured his young
team would spend another year
mostly losing and learning. He
didn’t imagine after five weeks the
Packers would be 4-1 and alone atop
the Central Division.
“We are obviously pleased to be
there, but we are trying to keep ev
erything in perspective,’ Starr says.
“We realize you are only as good as
you were that particular week.’’
Chicago, meanwhile, hopes to
rebound from two straight losses
that have dropped the Bears’ record
to 3-2. The defeats were narrow de
cisions to Minnesota and Oakland
(in overtime) and Coach Neill
Armstrong isn’t the least bit dis
couraged.
“For the last couple of weeks I’ve
been wondering how good the Bears
were, but after the Oakland game I
think I know,’’ he said. “We stayed
right with one of the best teams in
the league and played them even. I
don’t think there will be a letdown
against Green Bay. There’s too
much pride and too much at stake.”
The usual defensive struggle be
tween these two old rivals may give
way this year to an offensive battle.
Chicago features a strong running
attack behind Walter Payton and
Roland Harper while Green Bay ef
fectively mixes the passing of
Whitehurst with the running of
Middleton.
Elsewhere Sunday, Atlanta (2-3)
visits Pittsburgh (5-0), San Fran
cisco (1-4) is at Los Angeles (5-0),
Washington (5-0) at Detroit (1-4),
Houston (3-2) at Oakland (3-2),
Philadelphia (3-2) at New England
(3-2), Cleveland (3-2) at New Or
leans (2-3), New York Giants (3-2) at
Dallas (3-2), Minnesota (3-2) at Seat
tle (2-3), Denver (4-1) at San Diego
(1-4), Buffalo (2-3) at New York Jets
(2-3), Tampa Bay (2-3) at Kansas
City (1-4) and Baltimore (1-4) at St.
Louis (0-5).
Cincinnati (0-5) seeks its first win
at Miami (3-2) Monday night.
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HOUSTON — Center Moses
Malone scored 25 points and grab
bed 17 rebounds to help the Hous
ton Rockets hand the San Antonio
Spurs their first pre-season loss with
a 117-111 victory Thursday night.
Rockets forward Rudy Tomjamovich
was the high scorer in the game with
30 points, and guard James Silas
scored 21 points for the Spurs, who
had beaten Houston twice this week
Malone’s 6-for-6 field goal shoot
ing in the third quarter helped the
Rockets increase a two-point
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outlawed
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CHICAGO — The National
Football League is taking a neut
ral position on cheerleaders, but
Commissioner Pete Rozelle says
no women will lx* allowed to pose
in the nude for photographers.
League owners also outlawed
tearaway jerseys, effective with
games next weekend, and defer
red a vote whether to impose
sanctions on majority owners vio
lating the league rule against
even minority ownership in
another team sport.
The discussion on cheerlead
ers, which became controversial
when the San Diego Chargers
fired their “Chaigettes” because
one posed in the nude for a men’s
magazine, occupied most of the
eight-hour debating session.
One immediate change will re
quire cheerleaders to sign a con
tract that they will not pose in the
nude.
“We outlined the problems
and those with cheerleaders
would like to continue with
them,” Roselle said. 'Bnt
going to have to pay more
tion to cheerleaders. Memb
the staff of the clubs are
have to get deeply invoh
checking on them.”
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A true-blooded Texan?
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OKLAHOMA CITY — It was
another example of the heated ri
valry between Oklahoma and Texas.
Deborah Bowen, who attended
the University of Texas, wanted to
make sure her second child was
born on Texas soil, so she asked her
P ar e nt s, Mr. and Mrs. Sol Dive of
Dallas, to bring her a sack of Texas
dirt.
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bag and placed under tliejj
table when she gave birth
Wednesday.
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