They Said It

? Johnny Carson, after the Angels blew a two-games-to-none lead and lost the American League playoffs to the Brewers: " Gene Autry has been in touch with Roy Rogers. He wants to know how to stuff a whole baseball team."

? Bill Yeoman, University of Houston football coach, whose players were immunized against a measles outbreak in Waco, Texas, where they proceeded to overcome a 21-0 halftime deficit to tie Baylor 21-21: "I thought we had a rather spotty first-half performance."