A roundup of the sports information of the week

September 29, 1969

FOOTBALL—NFL: The week's big game was in the Coastal Division of the Western Conference where LOS ANGELES upset Baltimore 27-20 after a scramble in which the lead changed hands three times and the score was tied twice (page 16). ATLANTA beat San Francisco for the first time in their six meetings, 24-12, as the sharp Falcon defense surprised Quarterback John Brodie with three interceptions. At Yankee Stadium, with five minutes to go, favored Minnesota seemed to have things sewed up with a 13-point lead, but NEW YORK's Fran Tarkenton, taking advantage of a fortuitous fumble, threw touchdown passes of 16 and 10 yards to rookie End Don Herrmann for a 24-23 victory, and new Giant Head Coach Alex Webster left the field to a standing ovation. Detroit's five-point lead Over the Steelers also looked safe until, with three minutes to play, PITTSBURGH Quarterback Dick Shiner threw four passes for 49 yards to set up a six-yard score by rookie Running back Warren Bankston and a 16-13 Steeler win. Despite harassment by a St. Louis defense that threw him for losses five times, rookie DALLAS Quarterback Roger Staubach got off a 75-yard scoring pass to Lance Rentzel in the first period and scored from the three-yard line in the fourth. Another Cowboy rookie, Running Back Calvin Hill, broke the close game open in the third quarter with a 53-yard scoring pass, also to Rentzel. Mike Clark added a field goal and the Cowboys won 24-3. GREEN BAY shut out Chicago 17-0 in their 101st meeting by confining Gale Sayers to 36 yards in 10 carries, intercepting two Bear passes and blocking a last-minute field-goal attempt. Eastern Conference champion CLEVELAND lost star ground-gainer Leroy Kelly in the first quarter because of a pulled hamstring but was carried ably by rookie Ron Johnson (118 yards on 17 carries, two TDs) and Reece Morrison (48 yards on 16 carries) to a 27-20 win over Philadelphia. Three scoring passes by Sonny Jurgensen for WASHINGTON overshadowed a good New Orleans ground game and the Redskins beat the Saints 26-20.