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Newspaper
Columbus Telegram
Location
Columbus, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1977
Page
10
Sportswriter Murray Olderman reports that grid officials frown on strong-arm tackling tactics as a growing concern. The piece analyzes enforcement, safety implications, and potential penalties.
Letters discuss a proposed foam coated helmet coating urged by Gene Upshaw, define a clothesline tackle, and explain official penalties and player weights like Fred Dryer. Readers ask about punting depth, officiating training, Alan Page's WFL history, and playoff share rules for injured players under NFL bargaining provisions.
The speaker notes the 1000-yard rushing milestone has diminished value as a dozen players reach it in a season, contrasting with Bronko Nagurski who never surpassed 586 yards in a year.
Readers send in questions for Murray Olderman to answer in this column. The noted sports writer invites submissions and promises to address the most engaging topics while noting he cannot respond personally to every inquiry.
Newman Grove erases a 14 point deficit to force overtime but Humphrey High pulls away 69 67 in non conference action. Key scorers include John Lloyd 19 and Rob Alderson 17 for Humphrey while Rick Haave nets 18 for Newman Grove.
Seward, ranked fifth in Class B, overwhelmed Albion 68 45 in a Central Ten Conference game. Marc Felix led with 18 points, Mike Felix added 14, Tom Bosak pulled 10 rebounds as Seward built a 23 point edge. The win moves Seward to 10-2 overall, tying Schuyler and Central City in the conference race.
St Edward's Beavers overcame deficits with a stingy fourth quarter to defeat Silver Creek 59 to 51 in Goldenrod Conference West play. Greg Stevens 14 Brad Williams 12 Steve Zabka 11 led St Edward while John Bryant 19 Scott Cave 15 topped Silver Creek. Silver Creek stands 7-7, St Edward 11-7.
Nebraska Wesleyan won the first track meet at George A. Knight Fieldhouse in Lincoln Nebraska amassing 131 1 2 points a wide margin over Northwest Missouri State which finished with 724 Hastings scored 23 Bethel 21 and Kansas Wesleyan 4 in the standings
Shelby used a second half press to erase a 12 point third quarter deficit and earn a 59 to 54 home win over Hordville. Rick Moon led Shelby with 21 points while Ron Schmid and Dave Wyman added 13 each. Bill Anderson scored 30 for Hordville as the Huskies pulled 37 rebounds, with Schmid grabbing 13. Shelby improves to 10 46 for the season and hosts Osceola next.
In 1975-76 the Oklahoma Sooners went 9-17 under Dave Bliss. A year later Bliss has the team at 14-6, a six game winning streak, and a 6-2 share of the Big Eight lead as Oklahoma travels to Kansas in hopes of repeating last year’s upset. The schedule also features Missouri at Oklahoma State, Colorado at Kansas State, and Iowa State at Nebraska.
Ruskin 61 Roseland 58 and other results include Exeter 48 Shickley 45 Davenport 56 Fairmont 48 Fairbury 70 Nebraska City Bladen 63 Giltner 57 Central City 60 York 55 Omaha Westside 53 Omaha Bryan 51 Omaha Tech 68 Omaha Roncalli 62 Dodge 70 Scribner 60 Adams Central 69 Grand Island Northwest 49 Rising City 61 Marquette 59 Syracuse 74 Waverly 52 Dorchester 60 Lawrence 54 Girls Prep Basketball Sandy Creek 45 Hebrai 34 Humboldt 41 Weeping Water 24 Johnson-Brock 34 Louisville 32 Championship game Creighton 50 Nebraska Wesleyan 40
Hastings held Columbus scoreless in the first half and defeated the visitors 29 to 20. Columbus led 15 to 0 at the half before the Discoverers rallied to outscore 20 to 14 in the second half. Moore led Columbus with 10 points as Columbus moves to 6-2 and hosts Kearney at 2 p.m. today.
Don January shot 64 to reach nine under par 135 and hold a one stroke edge over Grier Jones and Takashi Murakami at halfway in the $240,000 Hawaiian Open. Nicklaus Miller and Stockton missed the cut, while Murakami fired 63 to tie the tournament record and Lietzke stood at 137.
St Francis lost 55 49 as Mark Albers scored 21 and grabbed 14 rebounds while Pope John led by Larry Borer with 17 points Ken Schmitt 16 and Dave Starman 12. Flyers drop to 1-14 while Pope John goes to 2-13 with a rematch set in Tilden for the conference tournament.
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