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Page 6 Pharos-Tribune, Logansport, Indiana Tuesday. November 8. 1983 Sports Lions Improve To 5-5 After Tripping Giants PONTIAC (UPI) The Detroit Lions are trying to get a of the playoffs again this -season with the help of a puff schedule. Detroit nibbled its way past c'the New York Giants, 15-9, in the nationally televised Monday night NFL offering to finally reach .500, 5-5, thanks to fourth victory in five games. "It wasn't pretty," Detroit Monte Clark admitted, "in fact, it was kind of ugly.

But it --sure was a heckuva lot better than losing beautifully. "It brings us back to .500 and now we're in control of our own destiny because we play the teams ahead of us." The win pulled Detroit into a second-place tie with Green Bay in the NFC Central Division, a game behind first-place Minnesota, with a trip to winless Houston next on the agenda. The Vikings are one of only two teams left on the Lions' schedule with a winning record. New York is now 2-7-1 after failing to win for the sixth game in a row. The Giants offense now Detroit 15 New York 9 consists of the talented rookie toe of Ali Haji-Sheikh, who accounted for all his team's points with field goals from 27, 56 and 35 yards.

The 58-yard boot equalled his own club record. Detroit got the game's only touchdown, a two-yard effort by Billy Sims, a safety and field goals of 35 and 33 yards by Eddie Murray. Watching the offenses of both clubs was like viewing a match race up a pyramid by inchworms. "They were a team picked by some to go to the Super Bowl," Clark said in a way that led you to believe he wasn't among that group. "They've got a lot of great individual players, some great running One of those backs, Rob Carpenter, suffered a sprained right knee in the third quarter that put him from the game and the other, Butch Woolfolk from nearby Michigan, had the ball punched out of his grasp by defensive tackle Doug English near the New York 10 in the second quarter.

The ball bounced back into the end zone, where it was fallen upon by New York center Rich Umphrey, who was in turn fallen upon by Detroit defensive tackle Mike Fanning for a Lions safety. Bruce McNorton, second-year defensive back who inherited a spot at cornerback last week because of an injury to the starter, intercepted two consecutive throws by Giants quarterback Scott Brunner late in the fourth quarter to snuff out New York possessions. McNorton also had an interception in his first start. However, a questionable decision by Parcells to pass up a 57-yard field goal try by Haji- Sheikh and go for a punt backfired when Detroit marched 65 yards and Murray kicked his second field goal. That meant New York could not tie with just a field goal.

United Press International Detroit's Ken Fantetti (57) prevents a touchdown by deflecting a pass The intended receiver in the end zone was New York Giant Mike Milier ini Need Over IU INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) Illinois head coach JjVlike White said his team must beat Indiana this weekend to go to the Rose Bowl. "We're sort of backed into a corner. The stakes pretty high. We have to win this game to get to Rose Bowl," White said. The Illini need only to beat Indiana or to secure a spot in the Rose Bowl, Indiana University coach Sam Wyche said his ijteam has no plans of conceeding the contest Against the Big Ten's only undefeated conference "We are entering game 10 with the same Enthusiasm as we entered game one," Wyche said a teleconference from Bloomington Monday.

The Hoosiers will have to stop Illinois from early in the game if they are going to keep close. ij "I'm tired of spotting teams 14, 20 points and $hen starting the game. We need to get off to a start," Wyche said. White also commented on Wyche's first year as new coach. "The program at Indiana is going in the right vdirection.

A coach has to make as many decision the field as on the field in his first year to Create a new atmosphere. Sam is making in- decisions on and off the field," White Wyche also reflected some on his first year as iead coach, now that the season is coming to an "I'm not sure the players are totally aware the jseason is chronologically closing to an end. They to play. Their thoughts and their hearts are Jin the right place. We've had to put on our Recruiting hats though and that means taking off son Friday, but the players understand that," Wyche said.

Sports Digest BASKETBALL Indiana University junior WINSTON MORGAN has reinjured his right foot and will be out of action for an indefinite period, a team spokesman a 6-4 guard-forward from Anderson, suffered a stress fracture injury in his foot over the summer and rein- jured the foot in practice for the NBA and its 29 referees resolved a key salary issue but adjourned without scheduling any new talks, an attorney for the referees a key move, the NBA agreed to abandon a policy requiring referees in their first five years work no more than 62 games a season and that they be paid on a salary scale based on the full 82-game current policy, referees working 62 games are paid a starting salary of slightly more than $18,000 while those officiating all 82 games receive full pay of $24,000. FOOTBALL Chicago Bears coach MIKE DITKA, who has let his team's quarterback situation vacillate all season between JIM MCMAHON and veteran VINCE EVANS, said the wavering is will be the team's starter for the rest of the is the best quarterback. He is the quarterback of the future," Ditka said. "You can only have one quarterback. He won't come out unless he's started the season as the Bears' No.

1 quarterback but was benched in favor of Evans for three second- year quarterback returned as the starter in Sunday's 21-14 setback against the Los Angeles top six teams remained cemented atop this week's UPI college rankings, but three games last weekend matching ranked teams against each other unglued several schools from their positions. Loe 8-2 On Regional Picks Nobody came close to finishing 10-0 in predicting Friday's high school regional games, but five contestants did manage to go 8-2. Of those five only two, Gary Loe of Peru and Robert G. Brennan Sr. of Logansport, correctly picked Fort Wayne Luers' win over Tippecanoe Valley in the Game of the Week.

Loe is the Week 11 winner, because his guess of a 27-21 Luers victory was only seven points off the actual 27-14 score. Brennan predicted a 13-12 win for Luers. Both Loe and Brennan incorrectly picked Frontier and Oak Hill to advance. Also missing two games were Leonard Wagoner, Flora; Rick McDowell, Rochester; and Phil Stepp, Star City. Half of the 54 contestants had 7-3 records, and GAME LONG HobartatPenn Penn Bloomington South at Washington Washington F.W.

Dwenger at S.B. St. Joseph's St. Joseph's Jasper at Roncalli Roncalli Crawfordsville at F.W. Luers Luers Evansvilie Mater Dei at Chatard Chatard ChurubuscoatJimtown Churubuseo Fountain Central at Sheridan Sheridan Notre Dame at Penn State Notre Dame Wisconsin at Purdue Purdue Football Forecasts no one was below .500.

Dave Long and Keith Myers led the panel with 7-3 marks, Mark Brattain was 6-4, and Terry Chambers was 5-5. Season standings have Brattain at 88-32, Myers at 82-38, Long at 77-43, and Chambers at 68-52. Contestants have the challenge of predicting the winners of all eight of this Friday's semi-final playoff games, plus two college games. For the Game of the Week, guess the score of the Crawfordsville vs. Fort Wayne Luers showdown in Class AA.

BRATTAIN MYERS CHAMBERS Hobart Hobart Penn Bloomington Bloomington Washington Dwenger Dwenger Dwenger Roncalli Roncalli Roncalli Luers Luers Luers Chatard Mater Dei Chatard Jimtown Jimtown Jimtown Fountain Sheridan Fountain Penn State Penn State Notre Dame Wisconsin Wisconsin Wisconsin GAME OF THE WEEK (Predict (tie Score) CrawfordsvUle Fort Wayne Luers To enter, circle the winning team under the.Game column and write in the score of the Game of the Week. The Game of the Week score will be used only in case of a tie. All entries must be in the possession of the Pharos-Tribune sports department prior TO 6 p.m. Friday. Entries should be mailed to Football Forecasts, 517 E.

Broadway Logansport, Indiana. 46947. Please, only one entry per household will be accepted, and no more than one entry from the same source will be judged. NAME, PHONE. ADDRESS 17 Teams Take Evans In Free-Agent Draft NEW YORK (UPI) Let the bidding begin.

With the conclusion of Monday's 46-minute, 18-round baseball free-agent re-entry draft, owners of 24 of the 26 major-league clubs reached for their checkbooks while their general managers advised them how seriously to go after the players they drafted. Who will end up with which team is anybody's guess, although most GM's said they would continue efforts to re-sign their own players. Only two players outfielders Gene Richards of San Diego and Derrel Thomas of Los Angeles were guaranteed to go elsewhere as their rights were not retained by their 1983 clubs. Richards was selected by four teams and Thomas by seven. San Francisco third baseman Darrell Evans, who clubbed 30 home runs this year, was picked by 17 teams and Pittsburgh's sidearming reliever Kent Tekulve, who notched a 1.64 ERA with 18 saves, was chosen by 12.

Both players are 36. Two teams, the New York Mets and 7 Minnesota Twins, opted not to enter the market for the 45 free agents. The Seattle Mariners, who had the worst record in baseball in 1983 at 60-102, picked 11 players. Rod Carew, the 38- year-old seven-time American League batting champion reportedly seeking a three-year contract at $1.5 million annually, had no takers although his club, the California Angels, retained rights. Al Campanis, vice president for player personnel of the Los Angeles Dodgers, said his club would moderately seek to sign the four players he drafted pitcher Dan Schatzader and infielders Denny Walling, Enos Cabell and Evans.

"We have not been very heavy into the re-entry draft, and we just are thinking in the way of protecting a need," Campanis said. "If we can sign these players or a player or two, then we will go into it. We're not going to go into any auction bidding." Tekulve is classified as a Type A player because he was in the top 20 percent statistically at his position over the past two years. Should he be signed by another club, his 1983 team Pittsburgh would thus have to be compensated with an amateur draft choice plus a professional player selected from a pool of non-protected players. Sports Scoreboard College Football NEW YORK (UPI) The United Press International Board of Coaches Top 20 1983 college football ratings, with jitst- place votes and records in parentheses (total points based on 15 points lor first place, 14 for second, 1.

Nebraska (38) (10-0) 598 2. Texas (2)(8-0) 562 3. Auburn (8-1) 526 t. Georgia (8-0-1) 491 5.Miami(Fla.)(9-1) 429 6. Illinois (8-1) 416 7.

Southern Methodist (7.1) 348 8. Michigan 17-2) 225 9. Iowa (7-2) 192 10. Brigham Young (8-1) 174 11. Ohio State (7-2) 167 12.

Boston College (7-1) 156 13. Florida (6-2-1) 126 14. Pittsburgh (7-2) 94 15. West Virginia (7-2) 64 16. Alabama (6-2) 60 17.

Maryland (7-2) 51 '18. North Carolina (7-2) 40 19. Tennessee (6-2) 21 20. Washington (7-2) 19 Minnesota Green Bay Detroit Chicago Tampa Bay S.Francisco N.Orleans LA Rams Atlanta Centra) 4 0 5 0 5 0 7 0 9 0 West 6 4 0 6 4 0 6 4 0 4 6 0 .600 .500 .500 .300 .100 .600 .600 .600 .400 227 242 275 288 217 197 184 219 158 239 278 204 230 213 222 214 200 212 NHL NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE WALES CONFERENCE Patrick Division Pts. GF GA Monday's Result OetroiUS, N.Y.

Giants 9 Philadel. Rangers Islanders Washington 7 10 5 1 21 9 4 2 20 9 6 0 18 0 14 Pittsburgh 4 10 1 9 New Jersey 2 12 0 4 Adams Division NBA NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOC. EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division Pet. GB Boston Philadelphia New Jersey New York Washington Boston Quebec Buffalo Hartford Montreal 10 3 1 9 6 2 6 6 3 15 6 7 1 13 6 8 0 12 66 51 62 51 70 53 43 52 40 59 41 66 75 42 90 60 51 52 47 56 61 62 CAMPBELL CONFERENCE Norris Division Pts, GF GA 3 NFL NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE AMERICAN CONFERENCE East Pet. PF PA Miami 7 3 0 .700 219 164 Baltimore 6 4 0 ,600 183 211 Buffalo 6 4 0 ,600 180 203 N.England 5 50 .500 220 196 NY Jets 4 60 .400 208 202 Central Pittsburgh 8 2 0 .800 253 168 Cleveland 5 50 500 202 241 Cincinnati 460 .400 225 195 Houston 0 10 0 .000 166 301 West LA Raiders 7 3 0 700 270 224 Denver 6 40 600 172 174 Seattle 6 4 0 ,600 246 225 Kansas City 4 6 0 .400 202 188 San Diego 3 7 0 .300 224 278 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East Pet.

PF PA 1 .800 1 .800 2 .600 1 2 3 .400 2 1 4 .200 3 Central Division Atlanta 3 2 .600 Milwaukee 3 2 .600 Detroit 2 3 .400 1 Indiana 2 3 .400 1 Cleveland 2 4 .333 I 1 Chicago 1 3 .250 WESTERN CONFERENCE Midwest Division Pet. GB Dallas 2 .667 Denver 3 2 .600 "i Utah 2 2 .500 1 Houston 2 3 .400 Kansas Cily 2 3 ,400 San Antonio 2 4 .333 2 8 7 0 16 7 7 0 14 6 5 2 672 5 7 1 Chicago St. Louis Detroit Toronto Minnesota Smythe Division Edmonton 12 2 1 25 Calgary 6 6 14 Vancouver 6 8 1 13 Winnipeg 4 9 2 10 L.Angeles 3 8 4 10 64 63 53 57 49 50 71 79 57 70 87 63 49 51 69 69 56 77 56 67 Monday's Games No games scheduled College Ratings Pacific Division Portland Golden Stale San Diego Los Angeles Seattle Phoenix 2 .667 2 600 2 600 2 2 ,500 3 3 500 1 1 3 250 2 Dallas Washington Philadel. St. Louis NY Giants 9 1 0 900 318 215 2 0 800 339 218 6 0 .400 158 194 6 1 350 205 314 7 1 .250 175 229 Monday's Games No Games Scheduled Tuesday's Games (All Times EST) Milwaukee at New York.

7 35 San Diego at Washington. 7 Bosional Indiana. 7 35 p.m Kansas City Chicago. 8:35 Portland at Houston, 8 40 Los Angeies al Denver, 9:40 m. Phoenix at Seattle.

1030 pm Atlanta at Golden Slate, 10 35 p.m MISSION, Kan. (DPI) The NCAA Division I-AA lootball rankings, released Monday, with team records in parentheses: Division I-AA School Pts I Southern Illinois (10-0) 80 2. Northeast Louisiana (8-11 74 3 Holy Cross (Mass) 18-0-1) 72 4 FurmanfSC 1(7-1-11 69 5 Eastern Kentucky 16-1-1) 64 6. 50 7 South Carolina Si (7-2) 51 8 Jackson State (Missl (8-2) 46 9. Indiana State (7-3) 45 '(I North Texas State (6-31 42 it 18-21 1 II (tie)Tennessee State (7-1-11 Ji 13.

Grant mq State (La.i 16-1-21 40 14, Idahoi'-i' 15 22 16 to 17 Boston siva-ii 12 18. Western Carolina (6-2-11 11 19. Idaho State (6-3i 10 20. Southeastern La (6-3) 9 Transactions BASEBALL Pittsburgh Named Steve Greenberg assistant to vice president for marketing and Frank Gilbert director ot promotions. St.

Louis Signed manager Whitey Herzog to a 3-year contract. FOOTBALL Buffalo Signed defensive end Scott Hutchinson. Los Angeles Raiders Placed quarterback Marc Wilson on inured reserve: signed quarterback David Humm, HOCKEY Hartford Recalled delenseman Mark Paterson from Ottawa ot the Ontario Hockey League. Winnipeg Fired coach Tom Watt and named general manager John Ferguson interim coach. SOCCER New York (NASL) Named Eddie Firmani coach and Julio Maizei special consultant.

Columbia Defeats Fairview Columbia downed Fairview II, 17-12, Monday in an elementary girls basketball game. Leading scorers for 2-1 Columbia were Kim McDonald with nine points and Dina Rinehart with eight points. Division games in the city tourney will begin Nov. 15 at; Fairview and Franklin..