Clarion Defender_1967-08-17

CLARIO~ 'DEFENDER - KANSAS CITY CHIEFS O.AKLAND RAIDERS - STARTING LINEUP CHIEFS' BASIC ROSTER Yrs. NO. NAME OFFENSE Wt. Ht. Age Pro CGIIege 8 8 BUR F 0 R D, C E Fred Arbanas 240 6-3 28 6 Mich. State E·K Tommy Brooker 235 6-2 27 6 Alabama 7 7 T Y R E R,J E-F Chris Burford 220 6-3 29 8 Stanford E Reg Carolan 238 6-6 27 6 Idaho 7 1 BUDD E,E E-F Frank Pitts 190 6-2 23 3 Southern 6 5 GILL I A M,J E·F Otis Taylor 215 6-2 25 3 Prairie View 6 4 MER z, C T Tony DiMidio 250 6-3 25 2 West Ch.:ster St. 7 3 HI L L,D T 'Curl Farrier 264 ti-6 2ti 4 Montana State 8 4 ARB AN AS, F T David Hill 260 6-5 26 5 Auburn 1 6 DAWSON,L T Jim Tyrer 290 6-6 28 7 Ohio State G Denny Biodrowski 250 6-1 27 5 Memphis St. 2 1 GARRETT,M a Ed Budde 260 6-5 26 5 Michigan St. Me CLINTON,C G Curt Merz 2tiO 6-4 29 8 Iowa 8 9 T A Y L 0 R,J 0 a Hatch Rosdahl 250 6-4 26 4 Penn State c Wayne Frazier 245 6-3 28 4 Auburn D c Jon Gilliam 241 6-2 28 7 E. Texas St. Ql Pete Beathard 210 6-2 25 4 So. California 7 5 MAYS, J Ql len Dawson 190 6~0 32 11 Purdue 5 8 RICE, A Rl Bert Coan 220 6-4 27 6 Kansas RB Mike Garrett 200 5-9 23 2 So. California 8 6 BUCHANAN, B Rl Curtis McClinton 227 6-3 28 6 Kansas 8 5 HURST 0 N, C Rl Gene Thomas 210 6-1 25 2 Florida A&M 7 8 BELL, B RI-P Jerrel Wilson 222 6-4 25 5 So. Mississippi 6 9 SHERR I L L,H DEFENSE 5 5 H 0 L U B, E. J. E Aaron Brown 270 6-5 23 2 Minnesota 1 7 SMITH, F E Chuck Hurston 240 6-6 24 3 Auburn 2 0 HUNT, B E Jerry Mays 252 6-4 27 7 SMU 4 2 R 0 BINS 0 N,J T Buck Buchanan 287 6-7 27 5 Grambling T Andy Rice 260 6-2 26 2 Texas Southern 2 2 MITCHELL, W T Gene Trosch 277 6-7 22 R Miami (Fla.) Ll Bud Abell 220 6-3 26 2 Missouri Ll Bobby lee Bell 228 6-4 27 5 Minnesota Ll Sherrill Headrick 240 6-2 30 9 TCU Ll E. J. Holub 236 6·4 29 7 Texas Tech L8 Jim Lynch 235 6-1 22 R Notre Dame HI Willie Mitchell 185 6-1 27 4 Tennessee St. HI Fletcher Smith 188 6-0 23 2 Tennessee St. HI Fred Williamson 209 6-3 29 8 Northwestern s Bobby Hunt 193 6·1 27 6 Auburn s Bobby Ply 196 6-1 27 6 Baylor I Johnny Robinson 205 6-1 29 8 lSU What to Do for an Encore? • Hank Stram, coach of the Kansas City Chiefs, is in a terrible position this season. The only thing he can do for an· encot•e is beat the Green Bay Packers. That's something nobody has. gotten rich doing ever since dour Vinci" Lombardi took his talents to the northland. The Chiefs posted the· best record in the league (11-2-1) in sweeping to the AFL's Western Division championship last year, beat Buffalo for the overall title and then lost in the first Super Bowl, 35-10. On paper, about the only tJ!,ing that figures to stop Kansas City from repeating is the possible shock of that second-half collapse in Los Angeles. No less than ten players made first or second all-star for the Chiefs last year, not including second-team punter Jerrel Wilson. The Chiefs led the league in of– fense and were second in defense and that's just about the entire game right there. Looking at the early roster, Kansas City's main area of possible improve– ment looks to be the defensive line. J eny Mays at end and Buck Buchanan at tackle were first-team all-stars. No changes there. However, Ed Lothamer lost. his job at the other tackle to Andy Rice because of an injury, and if he comes back to his old form that couJd be a tremendous plus. Chuck Hurston holds forth at the other end, but right behind him is 270-pound Aaron Brown, last year's No. 1 draft choice from Min– nesota. Kansas City fought a war with the NFL to sign Brown and the year's experience could make him just about ready. The linebacking continues the best in the league with first-team all-star Bob– by Bell and second-teamer E.J. Holub, who continues to excel despite ridcu– lous knees, surrounding hard-rock Sher– rill Headrick. The only hole in a secon– dary that includes the league's two best safeties in Bobby Hunt and Johnny Robinson is at right corner. Willie Mit– chell was Green Bay's pigeon in the 00 JOHOTO ., ltOD HANHA CURTIS McCLINTON, the Chiefs' powerful fullback, gOes for a gain against the Raiders. ...... Super Bowl. Some of the AFL teams picked on him pretty good, too. The most( intriguing rookies .on the defensive platoon are Jim Lynch, the star linebacker from Notre Dame, and Ed Pope, a 300-pound tackle from Jack– son State. Pope is 6-8 while the Chief's No. 1 draft choice was 6-7, 277-pound defensive tackle Gene Trosch of Miami (Fla.). Offensively, the Chiefs probably will continue tO be led by Lenny Dawson, the 32-year-old veteran who had his best year in ten as a pro last season. Daw– son led the AFL in passing in '66 and took over as the No. 1 thrower in league history. This must have been personally very unsettling to Pete Beathard, the fine prospect who will be starting his fourth season as an understudy. The Chiefs' third quarterback up from the taxi squad looks to be Sandy Stephens. Stephens, who went to Canada when he finished at Minnesota several years ago, would like to be the first Negro to quar– terback a major pro team. Dawson's major passing targets will continue to be Chris Burford and emerg– ing super-star Otis Taylor, who tied for third in pass receptions with 68 catches each, for an amazing exhibition of bal– ance. Fred Arbanas may only have one eye but he's still the league's premier tight end. For running chores, Dawson can hand off to fullback Curtis McClinton or Mike Garrett. Garrett came strong the second half of his rookie year to tie f~r runner– up in ·the rushing lists. McClinton was eighth and Bert Coan, who shared half– back with Garrett, was ninth. If Jon Gilliam comes back from a knee injury, he could provide still another plus at center over capable Wayne Fra– zier. The rest of the interior line is frightening with 6-6, 290-pound Jim Tyrer the anchor man at tackle. The Chiefs have had top talent for many years but on only two occasions have been able to put it all together for a league championship. That history of frustration is the only negative note in Kansas City's outlook, and if it's de– termined early that Green Bay won't be in the next Super Bowl, watch out for the 9hiefs! 1967 SCHEDULE 1MI 1111 .,... .,.,.._ .... .... Sept. § I!HOUSIOII(Ii) 1§:!1 sep[ft II Mliml i!C[ I all!iilani 3'-!ii iiCL I lilliml A= II I!Ci. 15 at !:in liliiii !7-17 liCtO 22 HOustotl 4£23 iiC[ 2§ l!iiiver 37-IU Nov. 5 New 'i'orli Aov.U 11 IIOiliin ~J:ft liiov. 19 !:ioliliji 2~1~ Aov. 23 lliiilaai I:J:n Dec. 3 Biiii1IO n.a liiC. lli at New 'iorli 32-ft DiC. 17 al Diriver 56010 RAIDERS' BASIC ROSTER POSITION NO. NAME Yn. OFFENSE Wt. Ht. Ap Pn c...... SPLIT-END 8 9 MITCHELL, T E-F Glenn Bass 206 6-2 28 7 East Carolina E-F Freel Biletnikoff . 190 6-1 24 3 Florida State LEFT TACKLE 6 5 HAWKINS, W E Billy Can non 215 6-1 30 8 LSU LEFT GUARD 7 1 STU R M,J E Tom Mitchell 235 6-2 21 2 Bucknell I·F Larry Todd 185 6-1 24 3 Arizona St. CENTER 0 0 0 T T O,J T Greg Kent 275 6-6 23 2 Utah RIGHT GUARD 7 0 HARVEY,J T Harry Schuh 260 6-2 24 3 Memphis St. RIGHT TACKLE YJ9 U P.S HAW, G · y Bob Svihus 245 6-4 24 3 So. California TIGHT END 3 3 CAN N 0 N, B a Jim Harvey 245 6-5 23 2 Mississippi QUARTERBACK 3 LAMONICA,D e Wayne Hawkins 240 6-0 29 8 U. of Pacific 36 a Richard Tyson 245 6-2 23 2 Tulsa LEFT HALFBACK DANIELS, C 8-T Gene Upshaw 265 6-5 22 R TexasA&M FULLBACK 8 8 BASS, G c Jim Otto 240 6-2 28 8 Miami (Aa.) FLANKERBACK 3 5 D I X 0 N,H QB-K George Blanda 215 6-2 39 18 Kentucky QB Cotton Davidson 180 6-0 35 11 Baylor E F ENS E QB Daryle Lamonica 215 6-3 25 5 Notre Dame Ql Mickey Slaughter 190 6-0 25 5 Louisiana Tech LEFT END 7 7 LASSITER, I Rl Pervis Atkins 195 6-1 29 7 New Mexico St. LEFT TACKLE 5 3 BIRD WE L L,D Rl Pete Banaszak 200 5-11 23 2 Miami (Fla.) RIGHT TACKLE 7 9 KEATING, T Rl Clem Daniels 218 6-1 29 8 Prairie View RIGHT END 8 3 DANIEL S,D Ill Hewritt Dixon 220 6-1 26 5 FlOrida A&M W I L L I A M S 0 N, J Rl Roger Hagberg 215 6-1 28 6 Minnesota L-LINEBACKER 52 K Mike Eischeid 190 6-0 26 2 Upper Iowa M-LINEBACK 5 5 C 0 N N 0 R S,D DEFENSE R-LINEBACK 34 0 T TO, G E Ben Davidson 265 6-7 28 7 Washington L-CORNERBACK 44 Me C L 0 U G H N, K E Isaac lassiter 270 6-5 26 6 St. Augustine LEFT SAFELY 4 5 GRAYS 0 N,D E Carleton Oats 235 6-2 24 3 Florida A&M RIGHT SAFELY 2 9 WILL I AM S,H T Dan Birdwell 250 6-4 29 6 Houston R-CORNERBACK 3 0 B I R D,R T Dave Daniels 245 6-3 23 2 Florida A&M T Tom Keating 247 6-2 25 4 Michigan Ll Bill Budness 215 6-2 24 4 Boston U. Ll Dan Conners 230 6-1 25 4 Miami (Fla.) Ll Dick Jatkson 230 6-3 25 2 Southern U. Ll Gus Otto 220 6-4 24 3 Missouri Ll John Williamson 220 6-2 25 4 Louisiana Tech HI Willie Brown 190 6-1 27 5 Grambling HI pave Grayson 185 5-10 28 7 oregon HI Kent McCloughan 190 ti-l 23 3 Nebraska s Rodger Bird 195 5-11 23 2 Kentucky s Warren Powers 190 6-0 26 5 Nebraska s Howie Williams 186 6-0 28 6 Howard Fqrewe/1 to the "Foreign Legion" 0 m • AI Davis, who goes by the grand title of Managing General Partner with the Oakland Raiders, is a gambling man. He gambled four years ago when he first moved to Oakland as head coach and general manager, and he was even m.ore daring as he gathered together practically every misfit in the. American Football League into what he dubbed his Foreign Legion. The fast-talking Brooklynite pro– vided quite a shocker last year when he left Oakland to become commissioner of the AFL and then, having forced the National League into a merger, he walked out on the job three months later. Back on the West Coast in an executive capacity, Davis again is wheeling and dealing. Among his proj– ects is the dissolution of the Foreign Legion. · A charter member of that group, Art Powell, was sent to Buffalo in an off– season deal involving four players and three draft choices. But, although the temperamental and talented split end may not like it, he was not the key man in the swap. The trade centered on quarterbacks, and this is where Davis-and head coach Johnny Rauch-are making their major gamble for 1967. In the Powell deal they also traded away their No. 1 quarterback of the past several years, Tom Flores, for Daryle Lamonica, who has spent most of his short pro career sitting on the bench at Buffalo. In an– other trade they obtained brittle Mickey Slaughter from Denver and now go into the season with Lamonica, Slaugh– ter and hold-over Cotton Davidson, a 34-year-old veteran with a history of arm trouble. Even though he has not always played as No. 1, Flores has always ranked first in Raider plans and pros– pects. One of the club's "originals" from the 1960 season, he sat out 1962 With a lung infection but came back strong and leaves bakland with the second best all-time passing record in league history. More important. he has guided the Raiders to plus-.500 records three of the last four years, and in two of them Oakland fought down to the final weeks for the Western Division tiUe. . · , .. 1111 D .. ...,._ .... - Sept. 10 DetiVOf 28-10 §p[l7 IIOSliin l!ct. I llinsas ~oty 10:32 oa 7 at New York (N) ft.2[ oa 15 1t Biiilalii liCtO n at liiitiin 2[.2~ lie[ a !:in liliiO 2D.S Nov. 5 ai l!iiivOJ 17-3 Rov. I§ lillliml 2J.IU Rov.23 ai Kansas ~ily ~-13 liec. ~ ii !:in 111810 4!.1§ l!iC: ID iiHOiiiliiii 0:§1 liiC. 17 Aew York a:a liet.ft BUilaiO 10:31 However, Flores, never did take the Raiders all the way and Davis and Rauch, himself a former standout quar– terback, apparently were convinced be never would. Thus the gamble, open– ing up the position for a couple of new– comers with only Davidson as insur– ance. Lamonica comes to the Raiders with impressive credentials. He's 6-3, 215 pounds and only 25 years old. This will be his fifth pro season coming up and, in addition to his imposing physiqUe, he's a Notre Dame grad from nearby Fresno, Calif.. He's a PR man's dream. Howeve1·, the only real chance he ever got to pJay was in 1964 when Buffalo coach Lou Saban used him as a "relief pitcher" for Jackie Kemp. But, when Buffalo got into a pair of crucial games late that season, Saban went all the way with Kemp. That decision paid oft' as Kemp blossomed into complete star– dom, but it left Lamonica rusting on the bench. Last year he threw only 84 passes, the season before 70. In his "big" Year he attempted only 128.