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Ukiah Daily Journal, Uklah, Calif. Dick Bass mark falls Monday, December 12, 1977 GARY PLAYER'S GOLF CLASS: Pro grid races get very close By GREG AIELO UPI Sports Writer No matter how you figure it, and it certainly takes a lot of figuring, the New England Patriots came out the biggest losers on a day when they won their most important game of the year. Despite defeating Miami 1410 Sunday, the Patriots wound up with the most difficult task among the three teams fighting for the AFC East's playoff spot because Baltimore lost unexpectedly to Detroit 13-10. The Patriots had figured they would qualify with victories over Miami and Baltimore in their final two games. But that, it turned out, depended on the Colts beating Detroit Sunday.

Ironically, Baltimore's loss their third straicht when Detroit's Leonard Thompson blocked David Lee's punt at the 10, picKea it up at tne two and ran it in for a touchdown with nine seconds play. Detroit Coach Tommy Hudspeth called for an 11 -man rush on the play. In Oakland, Ken Stabler converted three of seven Minnesota turnovers into scoring passes and Mark Van Eeghen ran for 112 yards to increase his total to 1,202. Stabler threw 10-and 32-yard touchdown pasSes to Cliff Branch and a 2-yarder to Carl Garrett. The loss left the Vikings at 85 and dropped them into a firstplace tie with Chicago in the NFC Central.

But Minnesota can earn a playoff spot with a victory at Detroit next Flag trouble Iten Invitational next Cat Varsity cagers flunk Viking test meant nothing to its own Saturday, playoff chances. The Colts are And, in a game far from now the only team in the AFC playoff significance, the East that can clinch a playoff Tampa Bay Buccaneers berth without depending on finally won their first NFL another team. game after 26 straight losses The Colts will reach the by embarassing the New pjayoffs by beating New Eng- Orleans Saints 33-14. land in Baltimore next Sur day. Miami wil playoffs if it Saturday and defeats Baltimore Sunday New England makes it only if Buffalo upsets the Dolphins and the Patriots beat Baltimore.

The reason it works out that way is the NFL's complicated formula for deciding playoff spots among teams with equal records. Baltimore, Miami and New England all have 9-4 records. In the event of a tie for the division title, Miami has the edge on New England because of a better division record while Baltimore moves into the playoffs ahead of Miami based on their superior conference mark. Only one team (pom the AFC East can qualify for the playoffs because Oakland downed Minnesota 35-13 to clinch the AFC wild card spot with a 10-3 record. The defending Super Bowl champion Raiders reached the playoffs for the sixth straight season.

"I can't believe they let Detroit do that," New England defensive back Bob Howard said about the Colts' loss. "That eliminates us. We were so happy a few minutes ago, but this is no good. They eliminated us by losing. That doesn't seem fair." The Patriots' only hope is for Buffalo to upset Miami.

With all the possibilities, New England must rely on one of the biggest improbabilities. Ike Forte and Sam Cunningham each capped two long first-period drives with 1-yard TD runs and New England's defense survived Bob Griese's second-half passing performance in the game at Foxboro, Mass. At Baltimore, the Colts lost In other games Sunday, Buffalo edged the New York reach the Jets 14-10, Houston beat beats Buffalo Cleveland. 19-15, Philadelphia New England topped the New York Giants 7-14, Chicago defeated Green Bay 21-10, Seattle outlasted Kansas City 34-31, Denver downed San Diego 17-9 and Los Angeles beat Atlanta 23-7. Dallas hosts San Francisco Monday night.

Rams 23, Falcons 7 At Los Angeles, the Rams scored the most points against Atlanta in a single game this season and the victory gave Los Angeles the home field for the opening round of the playoffs. Pat Haden threw a 25-yard touchdown pass to John Cappelletti in the opening quarter and Sprinted 13 yards into the end zone on a keeper in the third period. The Rams, 10-3, also got a 145-yard rushing performance from Lawrence McCutcheon, who broke his own single-season club rushing record and Dick Bass' all-time Ram career rushing mark. Bills 14, Jets 10 At New York, Buffalo ended a four-game losing streak when Joe Ferguson threw his second touchdown pass to Bob Chandler, an 11-yarder, with just 40 seconds left. The Jets had taken a 10-7 lead on Richard Todd's 9-yard scoring pass to rookie Wesley Walker with 1:57 to play.

Oilers 19, Browns 15 At Cleveland, Billy Johnson returned a punt 72 yards for a touchdown early in the third period to send Houston ahead 19-6. Ron Coleman.scored on a pair of short TD runs as, Houston improved its record to 7-6. The Browns, 6-7, lost five fumbles and four interceptions. Services set for Rupp LEXINGTON, Ky. (UPI) Services for Adolph Rupp, the University of Kentucky basketball coach who tutored under the inventor of the game arid led teams to 879 victories in 42 years, will be held in Lexington Tuesday.

Rupp, 76, died at 10:45 p.m. Saturday at the University of Kentucky Medical Center, where he had been hospitalized frequently over the last several years for various illnesses, including cancer of the spine. Kentucky Gov. Julian M. Carroll ordered that Tuesday be a day of mourning in the Bluegrass State, with flags to, be flown at half mast.

Rupp's career at Kentucky began in May, 1930 and ended in 1973 after four NCAA titles, 20 NCAA appearances, 27 Southeastern Conference titles and an 83 percent lifetime winning record 879190. Rupp was born Sept. 2, 1901 and enrolled at the University of Kansas and played under Dr. Forrest "Phog" Allen Rupp was influenced by Dr James A. Naismith, the in ventor of and a member of the Kansas faculty He took turns at coaching at Burr Oak, Kansas and Marshalltown, Iowa, but first demonstrated his ability at Freeport, 111., where he won 67 and lost 16 games.

Rupp was named head basketball coach at Kentucky in May, 1930, and was given a two-year contract for $2,800 a year. During his first four years, he led UK to a 65-9 record and dominance in the Southeastern Conference. Ukiahi cage girls score costly triumphs Ukiahi's Varsity basketball girls won all three games they were called upon to play Friday night, Saturday afternoon and night at Mendocino High School's Basketball Weekend, and thus the "championship." But at what price? The girls now play Clear Lake's strong team here at 5 p.m. tonight, then play Friday and Saturday at the Clear Lake Invitational Tournament minus at least two first-string players, Cindy Petersen and Teresa Bushby. Cindy was hurt 'in Friday night's lopsided, 69 to 47 victory over South Fork; while on Saturday Teresa suffered a knee injury in the final game.

Cindy is sidelined for a week or more with a bad ankle and Teresa's knee needs rest, if not more. Saturday afternoon the girls turned back the challenge of Ferndale, playing with three Walker girls who tallied 25 points between them, by a final 46 to 35 margin. Ukiah shut Ferndaleoff with just two points the second quarter after leading, 12-6 the first period Ferndale scored 18 Scott Pardee, at 95-pounds; Brad Fox, at 127; Danny Bray, points the last period. Saturday night the girls of Coach Kent Porter, who were road weary after playing at 9 p.m. Friday and getting home af 175; and Heavyweight Doug at 2 a.m.

Saturday; returning late Saturday morning for 2 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. Saturday games, still had enough "bench" and grit left to turn back Mendocino, 47 to 24, but the win was a costly one. Karen Chapman led the team' in scoring Saturday night with 16; Lisa Letourneau added 10; Nancy Weiss 8 and Sue Ward six; Teresa Bushby, had three free shots before getting hurt, and Jill Hale and Jackie Kimpton two-each. Saturday afternoon, in the toughest game of the tourney, Lisa Letourneau had 14 points; Nancy Weiss nine; Jackie Kimpton and Karen Chapman, seven-each.

Sue Ward, Teresa Bushby two points and Jill Hale a free shot. Friday night Lisa Letourneau had 22, Jackie Kimpton, 18 and Karen Chapman, 14; Teresa Bushby, 4, and Sue Ward, Nancy Weiss, Jodie Knight and Jill Hale, two points each. Ukiahi grapplers earn Novice honors Hopefully the Ukiahi Coach Bill Brunemeyer felt Varsity basketball team will the Cats showed up physically, get fired-up and be at and that's about all. Certainly of its early-season shooting, not spiritually. They were flat, hustling, rebounding and didn't move, didn't shoot very 49ers honor Jimmy Johnson this evening San Francisco 49er Vice- President and General Manager Joe.

Thomas announced today that tonight, when the 49ers host the Dallas Cowboys, has been declared "Jimmy Johnson Night At Candlestick Park" Thomas said the club plans to hold an official ceremony at halftime of the Monday night game at which Johnson's jersey No 37 will be permanently retired "in tribute to his 16 years as not only one of the greatest 49ers who ever played, but also one of the finest defensive backs ever to play in the NFL." Johnson retired prior to the 1977 season at age 38 after 16 seasons as a 49er starter, during which time he was selected to the NFL Pro Bowl five times, won the NFL's George Halas Award denoting courageous play in 1971 and won the 49ers' Len Eshmont Award twice, the first player ever to accomplish that feat. "Jimmy Johnson hag not only been a great football player," said Thomas. "He has been one of the game's finest citizens throughout his career. There is no one in the NFL who does not have the highest respect for him, both as a player and a man." Former 49er quarterback John Brodie, one of Johnson's closest friends, will handle the ceremony and Jimmy's brother, Rafer, the former Olympic decathlon champion, will also take part. Johnson was a San Francisco No.

1 draft choice from UCLA prior to the 1961 season, along with Billy Kilmer and Bernie Casey, and promptly broke into the 49er starting pre-season, Jimmy was asked to switch to wide receiver. He did, became an immediate starter, and wound up as the team's leading pass receiver with 34 catches for 627 yards. The following season, he was back in the defensive secondary as a starting cornerback, a job he retained and refined to near-perfection the remainder of his career. At retirement, Johnson held all the 49er career records for interceptions, in spite of the fact that, during most of his career, opposing quarterbacks were reluctant to test him and seldom threw passes in his direction. Prior to his outstanding career as a professional, Johnson, who was born in Dallas, but grew up in Kingsburg, Calif, had been an outstanding athlete at IJSLA, both as a football player and track man The retirement of Johnson's jersey bring to six the number of 49er jerseys retired in honor of former outstanding players.

The other retired, in order of their retirement, are No. 34, Joe Perry; No. 39 Hugh McElhenny; No. 73 Leo Nomellini; No. 12 John Brodie mid No 70 Charlie Krueger Tuesday rec cage play off Recreation Director Dave Strong reminded all Class Ukiah 'Valley Men's Recreation Basketball League teams that Tuesday's scheduled games at Pomolita John each won their divisional championship in 1977 North Bay League Round Robin Novice Championship wrestling at Rancho Cotate high school Saturday.

In all, the Cats, under coaches Pat Wilson and Jerry Aikman, compiled 42 wins, lost 33 matches, scored 229 dual points to 174 scored against them in matches with Montgomery, Santa Rosa, Petaluma, and Rancho Cotate. teams. The Novice Cats, those who have not previously won an NBL championship match, won nine and lost nine matches with Montgomery; won five and lost 12 to Santa Rosa; won 18 out of 23 from Petaluma; and 10 out of 17 from Rancho. At 95 pounds Scott Pardee won his first match, 14 to 3 and followed it up with three straight pins. At 103 pounds Brendon Cabral, in the bracket" of the and seedings, lost his two matches with Montgomery and Petaluma.

At 112, Henry Kuintzle lost by a pin and a wild 15-11 bout, then scored two pin wins to wind up 2 and 2 for the day in his bracket. In Ed Willis lost three matches, but learned therefrom. At 120, Ukiah's Ken Johnson was 2 and 2, with two wins by a 6-5 decision and a pin; and a close, 5-6, loss and a pin defeat In division Brian Warriors end losing streak KANSAS CITY UPI) The Golden State Warriors ended a bunch of streaks when they took Kansas City 97-95 in overtime. Their Saturday night win snapped a streak of eight road losses in a row. They broke a streak of four straight overtime losses.

And they stopped a streak of 23 losses in a row in games in which they scored under 100 points. Hick Barry also saw a streak ended. He went 3 for 6 from the free throw line to halt a streak of 37 consecutive chanty tosses. He quipped that "if 1 had made those three, we would have had 100 points and our losing streak of games under 100 would still be going." Kansas City jumped off to a 13-0 lead and still led 54-42 at the half. But the second half was all Golden State and the Kings managed only four shots in the five-minute overtime Robert Parish and Phil Smith led the Warriors with 27 and 25, respectively.

Golden State is at Washington Tuesday, New Jersey Thur, sday, Boston Friday and school have been postponed Cleveland Sundav. one week. five passes his first season. The next year, when the team was hit by injuries in By 1948, he won the first of lineup as a rookie intercepting four NCAA titles with the Fabulous Five Groza, Ralph Beard, Kenny Rollins, Wah Wah Jones and Cliff Barker a team that was later selected as the U.S. entry in the Olympics.

It won the gold medal and repeated as NCAA champions in" 1949 and Because of the Ukiahi band- choral Christmas Concert at 8 tomorrow night all of Tuesday's games have been rescheduled for next Tuesday, Dec. 20. STEAK HOUSE NOW OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK North of Uklatu 1951. Tire Service GREENING DRILLING COMPANY Ca. License No.

340-655 Financing Available 3 Generations of Experience in water well drilling Air Rotary Percussion Equipment Prompt Service Most Wells Drilled in One Day Call -462-7829 We can drill through anything Radcliff won two matches by pin and lost one that way. In the 127-pound division, Brad Smith pinned his opponents left and right, after surviving a rugged, 16-10, bout against Montgomery, to win the 1977 Novice NBL title. Ukiah's Handy Goodman also won three out of four in the bracket, all his wins were by pins, and he lost his only bout to Santa Rosa, 8 to 4. Steve Lucas, at 133, won two out of three bouts by pins and lost one of his bouts by a pin. Steve Hopper, entered in the bracket, lost two by pins and won two by falls in his four bouts.

In the ''A" bracket at 145 Ukiah's Pete Castro won, 11-3, then made mistakes leading to three pins. Both J.D. McCallister in the division and Rich Dale, in the division wound up 2 and 1 on the long day. Castro won, 11-3, and by a pin; Dale won, 17-2 and 16-2, and lost a wild, 12 to 11 decision in an exhausting and busy day. At 165-pounds, Tim Hunter lost four bouts but learned what not to do next time; and at 165, Randy Dixon won bj a pin, lost one by a pin and two by decisions.

Danny Bray, at 175, won all three of his bouts; two by pins, and one by an 11-1 superior decision, to win the 1977 Novice ChaiVipionship. Teammate Bill Elliott won two out of three, both by pins. At 138 pounds, Randy Richey was 2-1, winning by pins and losing by a pin; while Ken Nash won three out of four in his bracket, on an 11-8 decision and two pins. In the 191 class, Bill Rea was 0 and three; while in the heavyweight division, Doug lohn won his two bouts by a pin; and Jessie Turner in me division came through with three pin wins and lost by a pin. Ukiahi wrestles here Wednesday at 5:30 p.m.

and has the Fortuna Invitational Tourney to look forward to Saturday. They are likely to meet some stiff opposition up north, defensive game when it hosts the Fred Iten Holiday Invitational Basketball Tournament in Chessall Gymnasium, this Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings. If they aren't, from the time they tip-off Thursday night in the fourth opening night game against El Molino, and certainly from Friday through Saturday, they are likely to get blown off their own court! That, alas, was the case Saturday evening, or late- afternoon to be exact, at, Healdsburg when Montgomery's Vikings got little argument from Ukiah in the one-sided battle for fifth place. It was only for fifth, but personal and team pride should have caused the Cats to put up more of a struggle than they appeared to do in a game in which they made only 14 field goals, took just 36 shots from the field in a 64 to 47 loss! to often, or very accurately and it couldn't all be laid Montgomery defense. Where Ukiah moved the ball and shot the eyes out of the basket in the first half Friday at Tennyson to take a 55 point halftime total into the lockerroorri, Saturday the Cats scored just 14 field goals; a more respectable 19 of 27 from the foul line, but failed to hit even 50 points for the game.

Motgomery had 26 field goals and a lot more shots and points. Joe Hurlbut with six field goals and three free shots topped what scoring Ukiah had. Doug Daut scored eight points, Mark Levy eight, half from the foul line; Marty Murphy had four for four from the line; Craig Ulrich just four points; John Gulyas four; Pat Prine, three points; and Butch Hammell a free shot. El Molino might beat that total Thursday night! Ukiahi Jayvees lose Irish top Bruins By United Press International It usually isn't much of a surprise when a team ranked third nationally downs a fifth- ranked team, but when it happens at UCLA's Pauley Pavilion and in front nf a national television audience, there is some cause for comment. The score was 69-66 as No.

3 Notre Dame rose to the occasion for its sixth victory Ukiah's Jayvees landed Sid Maurer and Pat Fetzer on the Santa Rosa Junior Varsity Tournament All-Tourney basketball team, but dropped a 58-57 Consolation Finals game to San Rafael it had, and should have won! The Jayvees of Coach Bill Heath made just nine of 29 from the line, saw a later four- point lead vaporate, and just didn't have it when the final buzzer sounded. Fetzer had 17 points and 12 rebounds in the loss; and Maurer, 13 points and 14 rebounds, but like the rest of the JV Cats couldn't get the big late free shots or field goals needed to frustrate a rallying Bulldog team. Brett Preston contributed eight assists and nine points; Greg Shear and Tom Wilson, eight points each, and Robert Hawkins two points. But a technical foul on Shear and a couple misses meant defeat, not victory. without a loss while handing the fifth-rated Bruins their first loss in five games.

Elsewhere among top ten teams, No. 1 Kentucky downed No. 15 Kansas, 73-66; second-ranked North Carolina crushed Rochester, 101-43; No. 4, Marquette defeated Florida. 81-67; sixth-ranked Arkansas downed Oklahoma, 64-53; No.

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