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1 COLTS COUGH UP 4 FUMBLES Sunday, DETROIT Dec. FREE 5, '76 PRESS 3-D National Football League National CENTRAL 1-Minnesota 9 Detroit 6 Chicago 6 Green 4 division EAST Dallas 10 St. Louis 9. Washington 8 Philadelphia 3 NY Giants 2 WEST Los Angeles 9 San Fran. 7 New Orleans 4 Atlanta 4 Seattle 2 Conference PF PA 2 256 160 6 0 235 176 6 0 205 181 8 0 185 259 title PF PG 2 0 256 160 4 6 292 253 4 0 227 187 9 0 131 250 10 0 132 223 LT PF PA 3 331 173 5 236 170 8 0 240 292 9 0 152 288 10 0 212 368 American Conference CENTRAL PF PA Cincinnati 9 03 273 172 Pittsburgh 8 4 0 279 138 Cleveland 8 0 240 238 Houston 5 7 0 212 239 Defense Keeps Cards' Hopes Alive, 24-17 EAST PF PA Baltimore 10 3 0 359 226 N.

9 3 0 318 216 Eingland 5 7 0 211 208 NY Jets 3 9 0 150 304 Buffalo 2 10 0 198 260 WEST PF PA x-Oakland 11 291 217 Denver 7 5 0 270 176 San Diego 5 7 0 235 254 Kan. City 4 00 0 235 345 Tampa 0 12 0 111 339 division title. SATURDAY'S RESULTS St. Louis 24, Baltimore 17. Los Angeles 59, Atlanta 0.

SUNDAY'S GAMES DETROIT at New York Tampa Bay at Pittsburgh, Giants, 1 p.m., Ch 2. 1 p.m. New Orleans at New England, Green Bay at Minnesota, 2 p.m. 1 p.m. Buffalo at Miami, 4 p.m., Washington at New York Jets, Channel 4.

p.m. Kansas City at Denver, 4 p.m. Dallas at Philadelphia, 1 p.m. San Francisco Diego, Houston at Cleveland, 1 p.m., 4 p.m. Channel 4.

Chicago at Seattle, 4 p.m. GAME Cincinnati at Oakland, 9 p.m., Channel 7. National Basketball Assn. WW MIDWEST Pet. GB CENTRAL Pct.

GB Denver 14 7 .667 Cleveland 16 5 .762 Detroit 12 11 .522 3 Houston 14 5 .737 Kansas City 11 12 .478 N. Orleans 13 9 .591 Indiana 10 13 .435 5 San Antonio 11 11 .500 Chicago 3 19 .176 9 Washington 9 12 .429 Milwaukee 4 20 .167 Atlanta 7 16 .304 10 PACIFIC Pet. GB ATLANTIC Pet. GB Portland 14 6 .700 Boston 12 8 .600 Los Angeles 12 8 .600 Philadelphia 12 9 .571 Seattle 13 11 .542 3 Buffalo 10 12 .455 3 Golden State 10 10 .500 4 NY Knicks 10 12 .455 03 Phoenix 7 10 .412 NY Nets 10 13 .435 SATURDAY'S RESULTS NEW YORK NETS 107, ATLANTA 105: The Hawks hit straight free throws to pull within two points but Al Skinner put the game out of reach with a pair of free throws. John Williamson led the Nets with 28 points and John Drew topped the Hawks with 28.

NY KNICKS 103, SEATTLE 96: Earl Monroe scored 18 points, 10 in the last quarter, to lift the Knicks over the SuperSonics. Spencer Haywood led the winners with 20. Bruce Seals paced Seattle with 20 points. CHICAGO 107, NEW ORLEANS 99: Artis Gilmore scored 28 points and Mickey Johnson added 25 as the Bulls ended their longest losing streak ever at 13. Pete Maravich led a fourthquarter rally that cut Chicago's 14-point lead in half but couldn't get any closer.

Maravich led all scorers with 35 points. HOUSTON 120, INDIANA 108: Rudy Tomjanovich scored 29 points and Moses Malone a added 22 to lead the Rockets. Each pulled down 16 rebounds. Billy Knight led the Pacers with 17 points. Denver at Washington, night.

Los Angeles at Golden State, Milwaukee at Portland, night. night. SUNDAY'S GAMES Denver at New Orleans. San Antonio at Phoenix. Boston at Kansas Cleveland at Portland.

National Hockey League Conference Pts. 4 4 44 11 9 25 12 5 23 13 20 15 3 17 Pts. 39 NO 60 29 9 5 29 12 7 19 Wales NORRIS Montreal 20 Los Angeles 8 Pittsburgh 9 Detroit 8 Washington 7 ADAMS Boston 19 Buffalo 13 Toronto 12 Cleveland 6 Campbell Conference SMYTHE Pts. St. Louis 12 11 2 26 Chicago 10 13 3 23 Colorado 8 15 3 19 Minnesota 6 16 4 16 Vancouver 6 19 2 14 PATRICK Pts.

NY Islanders 16 7 3 35 Atlanta 13 8 6 32 Philadelphia 12 6 30 NY Rangers 12 11 4 28 SATURDAY'S RESULTS NEW YORK ISLANDERS 3, BUFFALO 0: Glenn Resch got his third shutout of the season and the Islanders snapped a three-game losing streak. Bryan Trottier opened the scoring just minutes into the game and scored again in the second period. Clark Gilles closed it Out with a third-period score. MONTREAL'3, PITTSBURGH 1: Steve Shutt (goal No. 28) and Jacques Lemaire (No.

13) scored in the first period for the Habs. The Pens' Ron Stackhouse and Montreal's Doug later scored offsetting goals. Dennis Herron, back for Jarvis, second game since breaking an arm in the opener, stopped 39 Montreal shots. CHICAGO 2, TORONTO 2: Defenseman Dick Redmond scored from the blue line with nine minutes left to give the Hawks a tie on enemy ice. Lanny McDonald got the Leafs' only goals in the first period and Darcy Rota tallied for Chicago before the first frame ended.

Michel Dumas made his first start in goal for the Hawks. ATLANTA 1, ST. LOUIS 0: Curt Bennett scored a shorthanded goal in the first period to give goalie Dan Bouchard the shutout. Atlanta's defense held the Blues to just two shots on goal in the final period. NY RANGERS 11, MINNESOTA 4: Two goals each by Rod Gilbert and Don Murdoch, and a goal and three assists by Ken Hodge paced the Rangers.

DETROIT at Los Angeles, night. SUNDAY'S GAMES Toronto: at NYY Rangers. Vancouver at Chicago. Cleveland at Philadelphia. Colorado at Buffalo.

Washington at Boston. MONDAY'S GAME Cleveland at Montreal. World Hockey Assn. EAST Pts. WEST Pts.

Quebec 15 10 1 31 Winnipeg 15 10 31 Indianapolis 14 2 30 Houston 12 Cincinnati 13 9 28 San Diego 13 10 28 Minnesota 9 12 22 Phoenix 12 26 New England 9 12 22 Edmonton 11 15 23 Birmingham 8 20 1 17 Calgary 14 20 SATURDAY'S RESULTS INDIANAPOLIS 5, EDMONTON 3: The Racers scored five goals in the third period, two by Blair MacDOnald, to notch their 10th victory in 11 games. Hugh Harrid, Michel Parizeau and Rosaire Paiement scored the other Indianapolis goals. WINNIPEG 6, NEW ENGLAND 2: Ulf Nilsson's secondperiod goal was the winner, but the Jets got three more in the last frame to clinch their fourth win in as many meetings with the Whalers this season. ST. LOUIS (AP) Jim Hart pegged two touchdown passes, Jim Otis ran for 107 yards, but a beleagured St.

Louis defense basked equally in the euphoria of a 24-17 Cardinals victory Saturday over the Baltimore Colts. "I don't think we've played any better all year long," said 6-foot- 5, 250-pound John Zook, a Cards stalwart at defensive end. "Considering the field position they (Colts) had all day and the kind of offense they have, I know it was," Zook exalted of labors restricting Baltimore to touchdowns in the first and final quarters plus a field goal. "It had to be one of our better efforts. We needed desperately to win," coach Don Coryell acknowledged of the St.

Louis triumph which kept the Cards' National Football League playoff hopes alive. "At any time they could have exploded a and blown us right off the field," Coryell contended. "It just took some super performances to keep it from WHILE BOOSTING ITS RECORD to 9-4, St. Louis moved a Balt-FG Linhart 22. St.L -Jones 4 run (Bakken kick).

Balt-Chester 30 pass from Jones St. L. (Linhart kick). 20 StL-FG Bakken 22. 51-177 198 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS 60 RUSHING Baltimore, Mitchell 15.

13-22-0 54, McCauley 4-4, Jones 1-4. St. Louis, 6-36 Otis 29-107, Metcalf 14-37, Jones 7-34. 2-1 4-29 RECEIVING Baltimore, Carr 5-84, Doughty 4-81, Chester 2-47, McCauley 0-17 2-29. St.

Louis, Cain 3-58, Harris 3-57, 3-24 Metcalf 3-54. PASSING Baltimore, Jones 13-23-1, kick). 241 yards. St. Louis, Hart 13-22-0, 206 Hart yards.

Balt. First downs 12 Rushes-yards 20-62 Passing yards 217 Return yards 53 Passes 13-23-1 Punts 5-37 Fumbles-lost 4-4 Penalties--yards 4-20 Baltimore St. Louis 14 St.L-Cain 5 pass from Hart(Bakken kick). Balt-Mitchell 1 run (Linhart St.L-Metcalf 41 pass from (Bakken kick). half-game, ahead of the Washington Redskins, 8-4, in the scramble for a National Conference wild-card berth in the playoffs.

Meanwhile, Baltimore, the league's top offensive club, dipped to 10-3 and watched its division lead in the Amercan Conference East shrnk to a half-game over the New England Patriots, 9-3. Rams Strangle Falcons, 59-0 LOS ANGELES (AP) Lawrence McCutcheon ran for three touchdowns and the Los Angeles defense throttled the Atlanta Falcons Saturday for a 59-0 victory that gave the Rams their fourth straight National Football Conference Western Division title. Atl. LA First downs 30 Rushes--yards 21-59 41-2-10 Passing yards 22 359 Return yards 134 Punts 8-43 2-38 Passes 11-22-2 18-21-1 Fumble -lost 2-2 0-0 Penalties--yards 2-10 8-78. Falcons 0 Rams 9 15 14 21-59 LA-FG Dempsey 42.

LA-McCutcheon 4 run (kick falled) LA--Haden 1 run (kick failed) LA-McCutcheon 1 run (kick failed) LA-FG Dempsey 29 LA-McCutcheon 1 run (Dempsey kick) LA-Phillips 9 run (Dempsey kick) LA-Harris 2 run (Dempsey kick) LA-Scales 80 pass from Harris (Dempsey kick) LA-Bryant 3 run (Dempsey kick) INDIVIDUAL LEADERS RUSHING Atlanta, Esposito 13-49, Collins 4-5, Stanback 3-5. Los Angeles, McCutcheon 20-121, Phillips 6-38, Cappelletti 5-5, Bryant 2-10. RECEIVING Atlanta, Esposito 5- 23. Stanback 2-15. Los Angeles, Jessie 4-112, Scales 2-102, Cappelletti 4-42, H.

Jackson 2-31, Klein 2-39. PASSING Atlanta, Hunter 4-9-0, 17 yards; McQuilkin 7-13-2, 55. Los Angeles, Haden 13-21-0, 214; Harris 4-9-1, 130; Jaworski 1-1-0, 25. Ex-Lion Ace Gutousky Dies at 66 back, was with the Lions eight-year career. Gutowsky, a 193-pound full- HAPPY through the '38 season, finishing his career with the old Brooklyn Dodgers in 1939.

Gutowsky, who was born in Russia, entered a hospital last month for minor surgery. He developed internal bleeding and it was discovered he was terminally ill. Funeral services will be at the Hahn-Cook Funeral Home in Oklahoma City at 1 p.m. Tuesday. Leroy (Ace) Gutowsky, who came out of the Oklahoma oil fields to star with the Detroit Lions in the 1930s, died of cancer in Oklahoma City Saturday at 66.

Gutowsky, a star athlete at Oklahoma City University, joined the Portsmouth Spartans of the National Football League in 1932. When the team moved to Gutowsky Detroit in 1934, he became one of the original Lions. In 1936, Gutowsky set a single-season team rushing record that lasted 24 years. His 827 yards in 12 games wasn't bettered until Nick Pietrosante ran for 872 in 14 games in 1960. Gutowsky rushed for more than 3,200 yards in his Jimmy Nips Vitas In Vegas LAS VEGAS (AP) Jimmy Connors, relentlessly attacking from the backcourt, scored a close 6-4, 6-4 winnertake-all match for $10,000 against Vitas Gerulaitis Saturday in the $320,000 World Championship of Tennis Challenge Cup.

Connors and Gerulaitis had each won two winner-take-all matches in the four-man tourney. They'll face each other again Sunday for a $50,000 winner-take-all final. Ken Rosewall and Adriano Panatta are the other contestants in this series. The winner of Sunday's match advances to a $100,000 winner-take-all match held in April against the winner of a four-man tourney held later this month. That series involves Harold Solomon, Ilie Nastase, Raul Ramirez and Rod Laver.

On a warm, sunny afternoon 9-3-1, eliminating division runwhen everything went right nerup San Fransisco. Atlanta for the home club, McCutch- absorbed its ninth loss against eon gained 121 yards in 20 car- four wins. ries even though Coach Tom Dempsey booted field Chuck Knox took him out mid- goals f42 and 29 yards but, way in the third quarter. surprisingly, missed on his The 59 points were the most first three extra-point tries. by any Los Angeles team The first two were blocked by since 1950, when the Rams Dewey McClain and Tommy beat Baltimore, 70-27, and De- Nobis and the third sailed troit, 65-24.

The 59-point total wide. was the third highest total in McCutcheon's touchdowns the team's history since the came on a run of four yards Rams moved from Cleveland and two of one each, but he in 1946. that set up another touchdown Rookie quarterback Pat the longest run for a Ram Haden completed 13 of 21 this season. passes for 214 yards as Los The afternoon production Angeles boosted its record to boosted his season total to Share with Imperial. $462 Qt.

$792 Colts coach Ted Marchibroda saluted St. Louis for its explosive start which sent the Cards to a 21-10 lead during the opening 30 minutes. "But the real story of the game was our turnovers," said Marchibroda, whose team lost four fumbles and suffered a last minute interception. "Any time you turn the ball over to a team like St. Louis that often, you can't expect to win," Marchibroda contended.

"We just didn't have a good day and they had an exceptional first half." CAPITALIZING ON AN OPENING kickoff fumble, St. Louis scored in the first four minutes on Hart's five-yard pass to tight. end J.V. Cain. Baltimore rebounded to a 7-7 tie, but the Cards surged to a 21-10 lead On a 41-yard Hart pass to Terry Metcalf and Steve Jones' four-yard touchdown run before intermission.

A 22-yard field goal by Toni Linhart represented Baltimore's additional scoring in the opening half, and the Colts pulled to 21-17 midway through the third quarter on Bert Jones' 30-yard pass to Raymond Chester. A fumble by Don McCauley thwarted a later Baltimore bid, however, and the Cards converted Jones' bobble into a 22-yard Jim Bakken field goal in the final three minutes. 1,144, bettering his own Los Angeles record of 1,019 in 1974. HADEN RAN one yard for first touchdown. they With defensive Merlin Olsen playing his final regular home game of a 15-year career, he and his teammates held the Falcons to a net of only 15 yards in the first half and never allowed the visitors to mount a serious threat.

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