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1- Aforjrur-aythemileosta1968ular2.7-iter-LOS ANGELES (UPI)—Richie Petitbon returned a pass interception 70 yards to highlight a three-touchdown splurge in the fourth period that brought the West All-Stars a 38-20 victory over the East Sunday in the National Football League’s 18th annual Pro Bowl Game.The West’s defense was responsible for setting up two of the three touchdowns in thefinal period and New York Giants’ quarterback Fran Tark-enton was the victim.The win came before a crowd of 53,289 in the MemorialEAST WESTFirst downs2315Rushing yardage47132Passing yardage287106Return yardage85226Passes27-50-111-21 0Punts5-253-41Fumbles lost21Yards penalized3551Coliseum and it snapped a string of two straight victories by the East to give the West an 11-7 edge in the series.With the West trailing 20-17 in the final period, Tarkenton scrambled deep into his own territory, was hit by Willie Davis of the Green Bay Packers and fumbled. The ball was recovered on the three by Dave Robinson of the Packers.theatedfeetn of ;hed pedmes run. i of ear-no.een nos. t of s at fin-irth. 1,2502ur-en-romicial•ack10.59iles,17.94••••••M**•••*•I#STRIPES• •Vi%• r •• # • **• • • • • •• • • * • * • - * _*•••*• • 0 0 m:East9Nam a 111WestAll-Star ClashJACKSONVILLE, Fla. (UPI)— With time running out and his team trailing by 11 points a cool Joe Namath marshalled his East forces for a heart stopping 25-24 upset over the West in Sunday’s American Football League All-Star game.Namath’s second touchdown pass of the afternoon, a 24 yarder to his favorite receiver, Jets’ flanker Don Maynard, came with barely six minutes left to play and his one yardWEST EASTrace iton, lan, N flit of rob-lapHetherokeleft7henthehed.First downs Hushing yardage Passing yardage Return yardage Passing PuntsFumbles lostYards penalized12243110124128125210220-30-218-46-46-384-37105520really developed because West coach Lou Saban of Denver went all the way in the secondhalf with quarterback Len Dawson of Kansas City.sneak that won the game came with only 58 seconds left on the clock.“I was sort of dubious at first about trying to sneak for the score,” Namath said. ‘‘But a couple of guys in the huddle kept telling me I could make it.”The expected passing duel between Namath and Daryle Lamonica of the league champion Oakland Raiders neveri if]Joe Namath. . . sparks comebackI 65ps Kaiser WithBirdsrmitash.,‘‘thesightrorldDund3,000nenttotalwentforthL fork his the r t hlree-andd of ;tler, fifth d on andBillyiur.sefinal I ofandosedor aholescore of 14 under par 274. Second place for him was worth $15,000.Littler birdied the final hole to finish with a 69 and tied with Archer who had a closing 70with a 12 under 276.Bert Greene shot a 68 to place behind the top four with a 279 total while Dick Crawford had a 70 to deadlock Lou Graham and Bruce Crampton at six under 282.Zarley gained his “Man from Mars” nickname when he joined the tour in 1964 because of his unlikely combination first and last names. Sunday, though, they toasted him as championin a tournament which was highlighted by unusually low scores for this early on the PGA tour.Despite the fact that he never previously won a tourney title, Zarley has been about as consistent a player as there ison the tour. He won $42,000 in 1966 when he placed second in both the Buick and Doral Opens and he took home $37,700 last year. His best in 1967 was a tiefor second in the Dallas open.In the Crosby, Zarley finished back in the pack with a 72-hole score of 292 and won a $1,360 chockBecause of the new putting rule put into effect with the Kaiser tourney, Zarley played with a new aluminum shaft and said Sunday’s final round had to be “my greatest ever” from the standpoint of putting.The new regulation forbids a player from standing in line with his putt. Zarley had a chance for an eagle on the par five, 526 yard 16th but his putt(Continued on Page 22)BowCanadians Hold U.S.To 5-5 Hockey StandoffWINNIPEG Canada (AP) — Steve Monteitn’ss goal with less than three minutes to play gave the Canadian national hockey team a 5-5 tie with the U.S. Nationals Sunday.Ke Lilyholm and Doug Vol-mar each scored twice for the American team, which was outshot 40-27 in the pre-Olympic Games tune-up.Lamonica, throwing two second period touchdown passes, had the West ahead 21-13 at the intermission. Dawson never really got going in the second half.That was my game plan,” Saban said defending his action. ‘‘They are both All-Stars. We planned to let each play a half— and we stuck to it.”The West almost recovered from Namath’s quarterback sneak when veteran George Blanda attempted a 35-yard field goal in the closing seconds. The kick went wide to the right as the gun sounded.Blanda earlier booted a 28-yard field goal that gave the West a 24-13 lead.Duncan RetaliatesDefensive halfback Les “Speedy” Duncan of the San Diego Chargers thrilled the record crowd 38,580 early in the first period when he swivel-hipped 90 yards on a kickoff return that got the West into a lead it idn’t lose until the final minute. Duncan’s run was 40 yards longer than the previous kickoff return mark set by Sid Blanks of Houston in the 1964 AFL All-Star game.Duncan, a four-year veteran from Jackson State, who was named the outstanding defensive player in the game, was responsible for the East drawing first blood. He fumbled a punt at the West 25 and the East scored moments later on a 10-yard field goal by Mike Mercer of the Buffalo Bills.Lamonica ConnectsBut Duncan quickly redeemed himself when he took the ensuing kickoff on his 10, shot up the middle and then moved around George Saimes of Buffalo to break into the clear.Namath and Lamonica both had trouble getting started. Lamonica threw touchdown passes of three and nine yards to Willie Frazier and Lance Alworth, both of San Diego in second period when the West jumped into a 21-10 lead.New York’s Namath kept the East in contention with a 35 yard TD toss to teammate Pete Lammons and then Mercer cut the hniftime margin to 21-13 with a 33-yard field goal just 37 seconds before intermission.Neither Namath nor Dawson could get their teams moving in the third period and for the first time in the seven-year history of the All-Star game there was a scoreless quarter.The West appeared to have(Continued on Page BBJGale Sayers of the Chicago Bears then scored to put the West ahead. Three minuteslater, Tarkenton threw a pass intended for Jerry Smith of the Washington Redskins.Petitbon, of the Bears, tipped the ball in the air, grabbed it and raced 70 yards to score. It was the longest interception run in Pro Bowl history.The West added its thirdtouchdown of the period the next time it got the ball on a 40-yard drive with Bill Brown ofthe Minnesota Vikings going 19 yards to the goal.The East put itself in the hole early in the game by using Bob Ilayes of the Dallas Cowboys as its punter. In the first period, Ilayes got off a six-yard boot and the West drove 28 yards with Les Josephson of the Los Angeles Rams scoring from the four.East Stages RallyDon Chandler of the Packers earlier in the period kicked a 26-yard field goal.But the East came back in the second period when Jim Bakken of the St. Louis Cardinals kicked field goals of 45 and 25 yards, and Tarkenton drove his team 80 yards in nine plays with Leroy Kelly of the Cleveland Browns scoring from the one.The West, however, hold a 17-Richie Petitbon. . . key interception13 halftime lead as the result of a 39-yard touchdown pass from Roman Gabriel of the Rams to Mel Farr of the Detroit Lions.In the third period, Don Meredith of the Cowboys putthe East ahead with an 80-yard march climaxed by his nine-yard touchdown pass to Charley Taylor of the Washington Redskins.But the big fourth period changed that. Sayers, who took the opening kickoff of the game 74 yards and who scored one of the West’s touchdowns, w'as named back of the game while Robinson was voted lineman ofthe contest.Statistically, the East had an edge with 287 yards passing to 106 for the West. The Westgained 132 yards rushing for the East.Meredith completed 16 passes for 137 yardsTarkenton completed 11 for 195 yards.1 EaM .................... 0 13 / 0—20West .......... . . 10 7 0 21—38West KU rimmlU-r 20Wf.st JuMpph. on 4 run u’lmmlUn kick) Fuat- FU IJukken 45 Fust FU Uukkon 26 West— Furr 30 puss tmm (Sain leiii’hurmloi kick)Hia.it--Kelly I run (liukken kick)Fust—Tuy lor 0 puaa from McrudiUi (Bakken kick)West -Bay era 3 run lt;('handler kick) West—Petitbon 70 interception (Chun* dlei kick)West Brown 10 run (Cliaiuller kick) Attendance 53,200.to 47of 30 and of 19
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