The Altus Times-Democrat (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 49, No. 305, Ed. 1 Friday, December 19, 1975 Page: 4 of 12
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His records accumulate
Will Tarkenton get his due?
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Graham to Y A Tittle — has
been surpassed in passing
productivity by Tarkenton
By the end of next season, if
he stays healthy (and Tarken-
ton has never missed a game
because of injury i, Francis
will hold every major lifetime
passing record listed in the
NFL Record Manual
The data I'm producing,”
he says boldly "will justify
the fact that either I’m the
greatest passer ever or in the
top five "
it's unusual for Francis,
with his astute sense of public
relations, to put himself out
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BY KEITH FLOYD
MARK COTNEY, rookie
defensive back for the Houston
Oilers, expects to see lots of
action Sunday when the Oilers
tangle with the Greg Pruitt-led
Cleveland Browns in the
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iNEAl - The memory is
pungent when the psyche is
fragile Francis Asbury
Tarkenton was sensitized ear
ly in his professional football
career by a reputation as a
harum scarum scrambler
eager to get out of his protec
tive pocket, a guy who d make
the spectacular play and then
turn around and give up 25
yards
They also said he'd have a
short career because of the
risks he took against big pur
suing linemen
i ll never forget Gino
Marchetti," recalls Francis
predicting after the first
time I played against him,
This kid 11 never last more
than two or three years
Well, not many players
have played 15 years at the
age of 35 ’
And no player — repeat NO
has ever thrown as many
passes, or completed as
many Soon he ll hold the
record for touchdown passes,
too
The completion record was
achieved by the feisty
quarterback of the Minnesota
Vikings near halftime of a re-
cent effort against the San
Diego Chargers He had just
thrown the 2.831st successful
pass of his career a four-yard
swing pass to Ed Marinaro
At the time it never even oc-
curred to Tarkenton that he
had set a new mark
We were in a two-minute
offense says Fran and I
had a couple of plays on my
mind Marinaro. coming
back to the huddle, had to jab
him and say. Hey, that one
was for the record
Congratulations
Francis has always been ap-
preciated as a smart and glib
and nimble quarterback But
as a pure passer? Never
Almost no one has ever call-
ed me a great passer he
says wistfully Oh, maybe his
wife. Elaine and their kids
have
There are nine quarter-
backs enshrined in the
Professional Football Hall of
Fame at Canton. 0 , and
every one of them - from
Sammy Baugh to Otto
Common Loma
City West
Few quarterbacks of his
tenure have played so long
with so little challenge to
their incumbency He started
his first game as a Viking in
1961 Ron Vander Kelen
supplanted him for a couple of
games for the Vikes in the
mid 1960s Bob Berry played a
full game in 1966 which was
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"I do have career am-
bitions but I don't think of
them he says "They 11 come
if not this year, then next
It s a great satisfaction to me
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m ent B , the quest, for was my hero when I was a kid
recognition has been grating living in Washington D C
Now 1 mthe greatest, he When I was in high school and
says .cynically. When your college, Johnny nitas wasin-
team V it produces the comparable, the greatest He
whole quarterback Syndrome was the big nuts $
I m no better than I was back ________________________
with the New York Giants My So, idiomatically, is Fran of the top three rookies in Big- England, loses, or that San
most heroic feat in footbail Tarkenton. at last Eight Conference football this Diego, a 16-point underdog.
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4 The Altus Times-Democrat, Friday, December 19, 1975
Bulldogs, Shawnee Tangle Here Tonight
By KEITH FLOYD Fieldhouse for the 7.2 nm
Sports Editor Boomer Conference wat Bulldogs thus far, averaging and Rod Moody 16-1, Sr. i and —eland Calip 15-8, Sr.) and Nat lost one and two-point decisions in three meetings last advantage And there's just no
Jason Kyle Havens won't be the Altus Biildde ' 20.3 points a game Kevin center Rick Leath (6-2, Jr.). Blakely (5-11, Soph.) in the to state-ranked Yukon and season, Shawnee won two of place like home for the
playing for his daddy s team Harrington, promising 6-2 Moody is scoring 12.0 points backcourt, and Scott Lawton Eisenhower , and fell to them. Bulldogs, who have lost only 12
tonight, but give him time On the other hand. Coach sophomore son of the coach, per outing, Johnson 10.0, and McLain (5-11, Jr. I and Brian Putnam City West, 65-55, last Neither team returned much games in Cletus B Street
Clester Harrington, state will start at the other forward Leath 7.3. Jackson 16-3, Jr.) at forwards. Tuesday in their first Boomer experience this season Fieldhouse during the last
The seven-pound 1334 ounce Coach of the Year last season position. He s averaging 9.7 and 6-6 Robert Gerdis at center, encounter Bruce Harrington is the only seven seasons
Mr Havens as of Dec 2 the will have both of his sons in the Points a game despite starting Moody and Leath had their returnee for the Bulldogs, while
newest number to Shawnee lineup for Altus 10 only two of three contests best games to date in last THE WOLVES (1-3) will be The Bulldogs (1-2) dropped Mclain and Calip are the only it'll be the final game before
Head Basketball Coach "elk 30(1 missing much of the pre- week s 64-59 triumph over trying to shake a three-game their first two tests on the road starters back for the Wolves the Christmas break for Altus,
Havens' family will Lai, rritf u ppi g, season work because of 8 Boomer foe Moore. Moody led losing skid. to Lawton MacArthur and THE BIGGEST plus for Altus which will resume action on
take a rain , k wlav th. cBE- E HARRINGTON (6-3, severely sprained ankle the Bulldogs with 20 points and Havens' crew started the Duncan, but bounced back with is its rich cage tradition, and in Jan 2 when the Bulldogs
Wolves rl he. r str t n 2.c0a, S ° son, has They J be joined by nifty Leath pumped in 14 campaign off with a victory the win over Moore in their last tonight's clash, of course, the journey to Norman for a crucial
Wolves invade Cletus B. Street been the big gun for the guards Kim Johnson (6-1, Sr.) Havens is expected to start over Stillwater, but have since appearance. Bulldogs have the home court league skirmish.
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was quarterbacking that 1970 __ past season upends Cincinnati
team to a 9-5 record SOUTH AFRICA wIs Irions saw considerable A Miami victory and a Colt
th ' ththe Giants, from 1967 MIAMI BEACH UPIi action at cornerback for the loss would give the Dolphins
terugwitn7ljbewenkbradtorunseeddsouthArricasoreda Cowboys, starting several the .AFC East title. Miam and
quarterback acclaim in 2-1 upset win over second- game, and handled the place Baltimore victories and a
Manhattan Fran carries no seeded France Thursday and kicking chores for the Pokes Cincinnati loss sends the
traumatic scars from the ex will meet third-seeded West after Abby Daigle was in- Dolphins into the playoffs as a
perience. He is just as secure Germany in the semifinals of jured... Wid card or best runnerup.
as Namath financially — it’s the 18th annual Sunshine Cup , . . Wins by Baltimore and Cincin-
not generally known Fran was tennis tournament JOHN POWELL, the ranking nati send the Dolphins home for
the first $100,000 quarterback. West Germany had a tough 12b-pounder from Altus, has the holidays.
and he owns a successful tune with Sweden before returned to the lineup for the All we can hope now is that
management consultant com- gaining a 2-1 win to qualify for Oklahoma State wrestling somebody else does the job for
pany He is probably a shade Saturday’s semifinals opposite team. Powell missed the us,” said Miami Coach Don
more stable emotionally And South Africa. Cowboys' first three duals Shula. "We first have to win on
he doesn’t have bad knees ._____ because of an ankle injury... Saturday at home against
Rhyne 76 Livingstone
k St 75 Wichita St
trailing 10-2 at the end of the themselves who were felled by points apiece for Northeast,
first quarter, surged back in icy shooting in the final period, with Gregg Buck and Kenny
the second period and went on Tomlinson rallied in the Fancher chipping in four each
to defeat the Northeast second tlun„ tizine tor the Huskies
Huskies, 29-26, in the finals of Huskies inz to trim Nor In the consolation finals,
Lawton Junior High tntesmlbnlqotrimapsteve Mckeaver poured
vitational Basketball Tour- 5 through 25 points to pace the
nament Thursday afternoon Central Bullpups to their 47-33
televised back to Fran ’s home game. Altus did appear to have two The two teams were tied at triumph over MacArthur
town of Atlanta, and the slight Colney, a former Altus High z-allatthe.endofthe third David Walker taiiied eight
led to his final break with star before going on to earn All- u . OWever, as period, but the Huskies could points for Central, with Ray
Coach Norm Van Brocklin and American honors at Cameron , took runner-up hit only two of 13 field goal Conwav hitting seven and Dale
the demand he be traded > to University, will reportedly honors and the Central attempts in the fourth quarter on"e7 for th gUilnlns
New York ( start in the defensive secon- Bullpups bounced Lawton and missed the first shot on -onnn 7 ' ° the bPups
Van Brocklin liked to plot dary against the Browns Ma Arthur, 47-33, in the con- three one-and-one situations
one man against the other, Colney has been a standout all solation finals down the stretch SCORE BYQUARTERS
remembers Francis, "and I season on the Oiler specially Coach Kenneth Fancher's Tom Knott of Tomlinson was ? ' 012612
wouldnt stand for it Ive teams and saw three Quarters Northeast crew took advantage the game s top scorer with 14 SCORE 8Y OUARTERS
alayzsaidthemarkofapro of *> last Sunday when * of Tomlinson’s cold first- poinu. ; . •
the ability to tell his coach\o oilers caught the Oakland
bleep off The coach really Raiders looking ahead to the
wants a quarterback to be a NF L playoffs, 27-26, in a
stand up, take-charge guy " nationally televised upset.
Fran is a talker Effusive. Unfortunately for Cotney's
charming persuasive During fans in the Altus area, the A A •__ • f ■ ■ 4• I •
his Giant period, before the Houston-Cleveland game will M/ IAP I • f f pme
Vikings retrieved him in 1972, not be televised in this locale. fV ill Jl II B ■IC )K DdB .) f f I fl
he collaborated with me for . . ’ • • •*N*• * ■ • • • ।
three years on a weekly „Cotney.andanother Altusan, U
column for NEA during the KYLE DAVIS, rookie center . e . w ,
football season On Sunday for the Dallas Cowboys, will be tfl Sports Writer Denver and then wait to see homefield advantage, going for
night Fran would be told speakers at the Lawton Con- sgong to be a long 24 what happens in the Baltimore- the first time this year to the
Lets discuss play action solution's All-Area banquet in hours for the Miami Dolphins New England and Cincinnati- dub with the best record rather
passes this week " Thirty February. -he Dolphins, who have won San Diego games it was very than on a simple rotating site
minutes later he would be in- RRIICE HARRINGTON rj the American Conference East- disappointing to lose in over- system Dallas, the NFC wild
terrupted OK Francis. snilltsktlmeptP1s ern Division title the past four tune in Baltimore because we card dub, will be on the road
that s enough Hihsschomwime honored at seasons, are in danger of wanted to make the playoffs on regardless of what happens.
He s perceptive and lucid mign Schoo/ honored at having their long string of post- our own performance " In other Saturday names
and he s immodest enough to hatfUme of the opening game in season appearances terminated The rest of the play off picture Minnesota is at Buffalo and
acknowledge thatfootballsa gasketnamltumnamentDeca is set, with only some home HttsbWKlI u M Im
at the Myriad Convention tAstisuddensdeathsossto sitek a , J* determined, a night game Other Sunday
Center in Oklahoma Citv the Baltimore Colts last Sunday Pittsburgh, the AFC Central regular season finals have St
Harringtnaimainttyduced leftMiami witho nlyag limmer winner, will play either Bal- Louis at Detroit, Kansas City at
as one o/lhe Tod 10 Players to ° hope and that hope will be timore or Miami next Saturday Oakland. Dallas at the New
wanh in okPhna Hiah spread over a 24-hour period and Oakland, the Western York Jets, Cleveland at Hous.
School basketball this season thisweekend ... . champion, will host the other Wn. Atlanta at Green Bay.
-ndwiitssstciantustsdiron First, Miami,a 13-point AFC game on Sunday St Philadelphia at Washington, the
tne lomentof ™e favorite, faces Denver ir1its Louis, Minnesota and Los New York Giants at San
Oklahoma Qty ADsohte regular season finale Saturday Angeles have won NFC division F ranciscd and ( hu ago at Neu
AErahonm y A1Sp°rtS and must win 10 remain in titles and are still jockeying for Orleans
Assoclation ”■ token contention. Then the
Ada 65 McAlester
West
Poly Pomona 96 Point
80
7) Fresno St 70
94 Pacitic 74
• ’ 6 5W La Puget
Riverside 70
Old Dominion |$ Ga Southern Sound
83 So
58 Berber Scotia 55 UCLA
Wake Forest 107 Appalachin Wash
63 Seattie
Wash & Lee 60 St Leo $4 West »
St 57 Vo
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Basketball Resuits
Press International DPaui 65 Northwestern
E nhurst Jt wayne $1
Minnesota 77 Marquette
Tech No Dak st 95 Cal irvin
Toledo 80 E Montana 69
Pa > US Inti 55 Wartburg 39
Wooster 79 Den son 75
Southwest
7 30 p.m.—Altus High vs. J
Duncan(wrestling) at Duncan. 6
6:30 p.m.—Altus High vs. {g
Comanche i girls basketball i at M
Comanche. IT
Altus High sophomore boys 1
vs. Comanche basketball i at §
Comanche. i?
Cotton Belt Slate ft
FRIDAY y
7 p.m. - Blair High vs. Ar- 2
nett girls and boys basketball i 2!
at Blair 1
7 p.m -Gould at Tipton. $
7 pm—Southside at {3
Eldorado M.
Uklahoma Basketbail Scores
By United Press International
College
Carl Aiber! 80 Eastern 66
Piedmont High School Festivl
Deer Creek 79 Greenfield 49
Deer Creek 61 Greenfieid 30
(giris)
Piedmont 49 Silo 46
Piedmont 51 Silo 41 (giris)
High School Boys
Atoka 60 Hugo 46
Dickson 50 Madili 39
Ei Reno 59 Midwest C<ty Albert
29
Grandfield 61 Frederick 55
Haileyv <e 58 Indianola 38
Hanna 97 McCurtain 69
Harran 90 MLoud 39
Hartshorne 58 Red Oak 20
Midwest City 53 Moore 45
OC Capitol H 46 OC Grant 43
Pauis valley 59 Purcell 46
Preston 74 Dewar 68
Putnam City 56 De' City 51 •
Putnam City West 83 Edmond
71
Snyder 50 Gotebo 38
High School Giris
Hanna 35 McCurtain
Harran 57 McLoud
edltie Pacif.c 22
Portland 51
78 West Bapist 67
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Gilmore, Robert K. & Hart, Sandra. The Altus Times-Democrat (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 49, No. 305, Ed. 1 Friday, December 19, 1975, newspaper, December 19, 1975; Altus, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2122020/m1/4/?q=War+of+the+Rebellion.: accessed July 6, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.