About Pro Football

The loss of Bob Griese, the Miami Dolphin quarterback, for the rest of the season with a dislocated ankle and broken leg, is not expected to alter dramatically the power structure in the National Football League. The Dolphin, the league's only unbeaten team, have an easy schedule ahead with the Buffalo Bills coming up Sunday. Also Earl Morrall is the perfect kind of quarterback to replace Griese. The 38‐year‐old Morrall, who cost Miami $100 when he was obtained on waivers from Baltimore last May, relishes the blameless role of a replacement, A good passer, he flourishes while playing for a strong team like the Dolphins. When the playoffs come and the power structure sorts itself out, then Griese's absence may become serious.

His ankle gave way when tackled, after throwing a pass, by Lionel Aldridge and Ron East of San Diego. Said the cool Griese: “I felt pressure on my leg as I was going down. I knew I wasn't going to be in there for the next play.”

The team deep in trouble is the San Francisco 49ers, who will have to go without John Brodie, their 37‐year‐old quarterback, for two to three games. Brodie suffered a sprained ankle late in the Giant game when tackled by Jack Gregory and Henry Reed.

Steve Spurrier, who has seldom played in six pro seasons, replaces Brodie. The 49ers have lost three of five games and trail the Rams by 1½ in their division. “Our backs are against the wall,” said Coach Dick Nolan.

Buffalo yesterday traded Haven Moses to Denver for Dwight Harrison. Both are wide receivers. Moses had lost the starting job to Bob Chandler while Harrison had fought with a teammate, Lyle Alzado, in the locker room last week.

Larry Brown of the Redskins has run for 100 yards or more in four of five games this season. Jim Brown holds the records: six straight 100‐plus games and nine of 12 for 1,527 yards in 1958.

In his second start for Washington, Sonny Jurgensen was considerably sharper, completing 13 of 18 passes for 203 yards. “I'd rather face Bill Kilmer,” said Miller Farr, the Cardinal cornerback.

The Rams dropped the Eagle quarterbacks seven times. Jack Youngblood, the defensive end, led the assault on his old teammate at Florida, John Reaves, who is now Philadelphia's rookie quarterback. “John hung in there like he always has,” said Youngblood. “He'll be great when he can recognize defenses.”

Roman Gabriel, the Rani quarterback with the revived passing arm, swears by his acupuncture treatments. He visits a doctor somewhere in Hollywood, who arrived from Nationalist China 11 years ago. “I also pray a lot,” says Gabriel.

Kansas City is not sure who will be its quarterback, Mike Livingston, who left the Cincinnati game early with a pulled leg muscle, or Len Lawson, who is nursing bruised ribs. The Bengals were elated with their victory over the Chiefs. “We've been rinky dinks for five years,” said Coach Paul Brown. “It was a great victory for us.”

The game ball, the symbol of victory, went to Mike Reid, the Cincinnati tackle who dropped Dawson five times. “My first game ball,” said Reid. “I'm thrilled.”

The Bengals are one game ahead of the Steelers who trounced Houston. Joe Greene, the Pittsburgh tackle, was less thrilled than Reid. “Every game is the same,” he said. “You get paid to do a job.”

Can a team win when its quarterback completes only two of nine pass attempts? The Bears did because their quarterback ran for 117 yards. Bobby Douglass has a passing completion average of a mere 35 per cent but he is among the league's leading rushers. He ran right around Rich Jackson of Cleveland on a 57‐yard bootleg play for a touchdown. It was Abe Gibron's first victory as Chicago's head coach.