PAGE 6 Rams, Redskins in ‘civil war’ LOS ANGELES (AP) — It was billed as a civil war. And to some it was. The result put George Allen's Washington Redskins into the National Football] League’s National Conference playoffs, The 38-24 Washington victory Monday night left Los Angeles’ Rams, Allen's team for five years before he was fired and movedon to Washington, with a longshot opportunity for the Playoffs. It was Allen’s first game against the Rams since he was fired after the 197season. He said afterward that “there's no bitterness with my No liquor at minor hockey HAMILTON (CP) — Board of control voted unanimously Monday to turn down an ap- plication for the sale or serving of beer or liquor in areas where minor hockey is played. The issue came hefore the board when two groups ap- peared to ask permission to build a double-rink arena on Hamilton Mountain. One group proposed that a banquet hall be built between the two rinks and that liquor be served in it. Frazier repeats NEW YORK (AP) — Joe Fra- zier was named Fighter of the Year for 1971 Tuesday by the Boxing Writers Association. The world heavyweight champion, who also was the group's outstanding fighter. in 1969, will receive his second Edward J. Neil Memorial Award. The award is named in honor of the former Associated Press boxing writer who was killed while covering the Spanish Civil War in 1938. In his only bout in 1971 the 27- year-old Frazier knocked down Muhammad Ali in the 16th round and won a unanimous 15- Tound decision March 4 in Madi- son Square Garden. : The fight, in which each man received a guarantee of $2.5 million, was one of the most talked about in years and be- came known as The Fight. Frazier’s victory over Ali was so big that no other boxer was nominated for the Neil Award. Frazier is scheduled to return to action with a title defence against Terry Daniels of Dallas Jan. 15 in New Orleans. The 1970 winner of the Neil Award was world lightweight champion Ken Buchanan of Scotland. Old truck drivers never die. They just can't make the grade. relationship with the Rams. I’m glad to win and glad to be back in the Coliseum although it's my first time in the visitors’ dressing room,’ The Rams, under former UCLA coach Tommy Prothro, were rated one touchdown better before the kickoff. The pre-game talk was Washington defence vs. Los Angeles of- fence. The passing potential of Bill Kilmer didn’t draw much notice, But the 31-year-old “No. 2” Washington quarterback, playing ahead of the mending Sonny Jurgensen, threw three touchdown passes as the Redskins ran up their highest point total of the season. COULD WIN EAST Washington could win the Eastern Division on Sunday if it defeats Cleveland Browns and first-place Dallas Cowboys lose to St, Louis Cardinals. But, with it’s 9-8-1 record, Washington is assured of the NFC wild-card berth going to the club with the best runner-up record. The Rams, 7-4-1, meanwhile, are through for the season unless they beat or tie Pitt- sburgh Steelers and Detroit Lions upset San Francisco ‘49ers Sunday. The ‘49ers moved half a game ahead of Los Angeles when the Rams lost to Washington. After Curt Knight tied his personal distance mark with a wind-aided 52-yard field goal to tie the score al 10-10 in the second quarter, the Rams drove to the Washington 19. On fourth and two, the Rams passed up a field goal attempt and quar- terback Roman Gabriel was stopped by Pardee one yard short of a first down, Allen, considered the more conservative of the two coaches, made his gamble after defensive back Ted Vactor blocked a 29-yard field goal attempt and Kilmer capitalized with a 32-yard touchdown pass to Clifton McNeil for a 17-10 lead, Yactor, a three-year veteran, recovered a fumble on the next kickoff at the Los Angeles four, including an automatic first down on a defensive holding penalty against the Rams, it took Washington seven plays to score, with Larry Brown carrying in-on fourth down and the football less than a foot from the end zone. Mike Bass outfought Lance Rentzel for the ball at the Rams’ 45 and three plays later Kilmer threw a five-yard touch- down pass to Roy Jefferson for & 31-10 lead. The Rams struck first when Kilmer's former UCLA. teammate, Kermit Alexander, intercepted his pass and raced 82 yards for a touchdown. But Washington struck quickly when Kilmer hit Jef: — ferson on the Rams’ 27 and Jefferson beat defenders Jimmy Nettles and Dave Elmendorf on a 70-yard touch- _ down play. “Watch out for the Other Guy. | | Like your bumper. ” tad kh THE HERALD, TERRACE — KITIMAT, B.C. PUSHING TO THE LIMIT Canadian Women's Figure Skating champion, Karen Magnussen, 19, of Vancouver, watches indicator on ergometer during a training session at Simon Fraser University in Van- couver. The ergometer, which looks like a training cycle, measures the maximum capacity of Karen’s oxygen transport system. Miss Magnussen, one of the world’s top skaters, will compete in the Canadian cham- pionships at London, Ont., in January, the Winter Olympics in Japan in February and the world cham- pionships at Calgary i in March, (CP Wirephoto) Two points separate leaders TRAIL, B.C. (CP) — Ken ' The Jets hold an eight-point Scoring Leaders Gustafson of Spokane Jets and lead on the Leafs in the stan- Terry Jones of Nelson Maple dings. Spokane has 34 points, Leafs remain one-two in the Nelson 26 and Cranbraok Gustafson, Spokane 19 21 40 Western International ‘Hockey Royals 24. - Terry Jones, Nelson” 161935 League scoring race. Ron Huston, Spokane 171431 Gustafson picked up two goals Standings Trembeckey, Spokane 72330 and three assists last week to GP WLGF GA Pts_ B, Martin, Cranbrook 141529 increase his point total to 40, Spokane 2117 43102 5734 Barry Holmes, Nelson 91928 including 19 goals. Nelson 23 13 10 108 8026 E. Sutcliffe, Cranbrook 7 21 28 Jones has 38 points on 17 goals and 21 assists, followed by teammate Ernie Moser with 35. ‘Trail Cranbrook 25 1213 87 92 24 Kimberley 21 813 52 70 16 Strimbiski, Spokane Tom Foxcroft, Nelson 17 926 15 829° 247176912014 Ken Hicks, Cranbrook 1013 23 WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 197 1 College hockey i in U.S. producing NHL players: NEW YORK (AP) — United States college hackey, which is producing more and more National League players, gets its major showcase in several professional rinks aver the next few weeks, and don’t think the pro scouts won't be watching. With goalies Tony Esposito of Chicago Black Hawks and Ken Dryden of Montreal Canadiens its most prominent graduates to the pro game, college hockey has gained considerable stature in the last few years. There will be major tour- naments * Madison Square at .New York's. Garden, © Boston Garden, St, Louis Arena and Détroit’s Olympia during the Christmas holidays and with more major league expansion: due for next season, the talent. hungry scouts will be covering them all, - . “You have to," sald Denis Ball, director of ‘the: New York Rangers’ farm system. “This is where the talent is going to he. coming from.” ~* So the Rangers will cover the: tournaments in the four NHL rinks and three others Scheduled for minor-league .. facilities at Cleveland, Flint, Mich. and ‘Syracuse, N, Y. Four ball teams: dominate records — BOSTON (AP) The champion Baltimore Orioles, Detroit’s) Mickey Lolich, Oakland's Vida Blue and Milwaukee’s Ken Sanders dominate the official 1971 American League pitching records announced. today by president Joe Cronin. The Oriales, featuring four 20- game winners, led the league with a 2.99 earned average, in complete games with 71, in fewest runs allowed with 530, and in fewest earned runs surrendered with 470. Baltimore's 20-game winners were Dave McNally 21-5, Pat Dobson 20-8, Jim Palmer 20-9 and Mike Cuellar 20-9. It marked the first time a club has-had four 20-game winners since the Chicago White Sox in 1920. There were six other 20-game Winners, giving the league a record-equalling group of 10. The record was set in 1907 and equalled in 1920. Other memberg of the 1970 group were Lolich 25-14 and team-mate Joe Coleman 20-9, Blue 24-8 and Oakland’s Jim Hunter 21-11, Chicago’s Wilbur Wood 22-18 and California’s Ander Messersmith 20-13. TOPS IN EIGHT Lolich topped the league in eight departments — victories 25, starts 45, complete games 29, innings pitched 376, strikeouts 308, hits allowed ‘335, batters faced 1,415, and tying * for most sacrifice flies per- mitted 12, Lolich pitched the most in- nings since Ed ‘Walsh's 393 in 1912. His complete games were the most since 1946, and his strikeout total was the highest since Sam McDowell’s 325 in 1965. Blue, the Cy. 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