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SPORTS rages El -El 2 NEW YORK CALLING raire E23 ENTERTAINMENT FKM K21-K21 TIMS WEEK l'Hjre K24 Asbury Park Sunday Section Press II ASBURY PARK, N.J., SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1972 Jamesburg Shares Title; Brick Loses Knicks Even Score With Celtics, 97-94 r- I 4" I ITS''' 'A wm'ifyf' TEANECK Area high schools made It three of four championships yesterday as Jamesburg tied Harrison, 1-1, after two overtimes in Group I and Brick Township dropped a 2-1 decision to Livingston in Group IV in the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association soccer finals at Fairleigh Dickinson University. Point Pleasant Boro won the Group II crown and Howell took Group III honors in Friday games at Glassboro State College. Unfortunately, playing conditions were below par and by the time the second game got underway the field was a sea of mud as the bright sun thawed out the frozen turf. Jack Schrumpf one of the officials in the Harrison-Livingston game summed things up after that contest: "The field definitely blunted the skills of both teams." Brick's Shore Conference Class A Champions "entered the final with a 16-3 record and held their own with their undefeated Essex County rivals until late in the fourth quarter. The victory upped Livingston's mark to 20-0.

Steve Micone was the hero for Livingston's Lancers as he managed to be in the right place at the right time to score both of his team's goals. The game was only 1:34 old when Micone put the Lancers on top. After a corner kick, Brick goalie Bill Finneyfrock punched the ball out from the net. A pushing penalty outside the 18-yard line gave Livingston the ball and the Lancers' Micone rifled it by Finneyfrock, who could not maintain his footing in the slippery goal area. The breaks evened up at the end of the period as Bruce Ekarius took advantage of a mixup in front of the Livingston goal and tied the score after receiving a feed from Don Cartwright at 11:28.

The second and third quarters were scoreless with the ball changing direction constantly as the players lost position and the ball in the muddy going. Most of the action in the final period was in midfield until with 4:20 left, the Lancers got the ball to Micone in the left corner. He dribbled in a few steps, letting the ball fly from about eight yards out for the right corner of the goal area. Once again Finnyfrock's legs failed him in the mud as he tried to dive after Micone's shot but slipped. Finneyfrock did well in the net considering the conditions and came up with six saves as the Lancers got off 11 shots.

Brick was held to seven shots and goalie Jeff Goldman had six saves. Brick coach Woody French was pleased with the performance of his center fullback Doug McClellan and right fullback Tom Wieboldt. French said, "Unfortunately the game had to be decided on an off-field." However, French was not taking anything away from the victors as he added, "But they had to play on the same field." Commenting on the loss he said, 'Their boy got behind See 6TH Page E3 quickly Into the lead. Havlicek paced this Boston rally with 11 of his 24 points. At one point in the third quarter Boston led by 10 points but New York came back to pull within a point at 76-77 and set the stage for the breath-taking finish.

Walt Frazier was high scor-er in the game with 31 points and pulled down 14 rebounds, second only to DeBusschere who had 18 rebounds and 1J points. Behind Havlicek in the scoring for Boston came Cowens with 19, Don Chancy with 17 and Jo Jo White with 14. In the closing minutes of the game, Cowens fouled out and this hurt Boston's chances. Heinsohn said, "I thought it was a hell of a ball game. Either team could have won It.

"You come into this place-it's their home you know, and it affects the team and the officials It keeps them on their toes more. "I would say the home court is worth about 10 points to them." Reed, obviously pleased with his performance said, "The more I play the better I'm getting to do things. Near the end of the game I had the shots and just took them. "Our defense was better than last night," he said, "in fact we played better all around." William Holzman, coach of the Knicks had nothing but praise for the Celtics, "They are a quick team," he said, "they play well and hustle. Tommy (Heinsohn) has done a hell of a job for them." Holzman said his Knicks were a lot more aggressive on defense last night and he credited Reed and reserve guard Dean Meminger with helping pull out the victory.

The Knicks play again Tues-' day night against the Cleveland Cavaliers in the Garden and take to the road Wednes--day for a game at Philadelphia which will be televised at 8 p.m., on Channel 9. Earl Monroe, starting guard for New York, injured his back in a fall during the third period but said after the game he didn't feel it was too serious. BOSTON NEW YORK Chaney Cwens Havlck Kbrsltl NHson White Ella Sanriri Wlllmi Flnkel 6 5- 17BrdleT 3-5 lSDBchr 8 8H 24 Lucas 0 0-0 0 Prsler 3 12 Mlirn 6 2 2 14 Winner 3 OO SR)rd 0 2-2 2 Jrkson 0 0-0 0 Barnrt 0 0-0 OBlbby 2 2 13 1-1 12 17 4-4 I 7 31 1-2 11 1 1-2 1 7 0 7-10 11 1-1 1 04 a Dave Friedland (15) of Livingston High School goes for in yesterday's Group IV state championship soccer game the ball as Brick Township's won by unbeaten Livingston the Fairleigh-Dickinson field Other photos on Page E53. (Press Photo) Goal Line Stands Save Buckeye Win ments. The Buckeyes twice turned Ln brilliant goal-line stands yesterday in a 14-11 victory over Michigan for a Big Ten football co-title with the Wolverines and a Rose By WES MOON Press Staff Writer NEW YORK The New York Knicks evened the score with the Boston Celtics last night, beating them 97-94, after dropping a 114 97 decision to them Friday night at Boston.

And Boston coach Tom Hcinsohn was the first to admit the Madison Square Garden crowd of 19,694, the sixth Garden sellout of the year, had a lot to do with it. No small factor in the victory was the play of Willis Reed, turning in his finest performance in his comeback effort after sitting out most of last year. Reed, scoring 13 points and playing fine defense in the fourth period had a big hand in beating back the Celtics' effort to pull the game out. The last quarter effort gave him 21 points for the game in 26 minutes of play. He alternated at center with Jerry Lucas who returned to the lineup after being out since Nov.

11 with a sprained ankle. It was either team's game until the final buzzer. The Knicks erased an 87-74 Celtics' lead early in the fourth with 11 straight points to go in front 95-87, only to see Boston come roaring back to pull within two at 94-96 with 1:41 left to play. In the final minute and 41 seconds defense dominated Dave DeBuscherre and Bill Bradley missed shots for New York under pressure from the Celts, and John Havllcek missed three for Boston before the final buzzer. He missed his second in that brief span with 17 seconds left and Walt Frazier rebounded but the ball was batted out of bounds as he tried to get off the shot.

Then the Knicks lost the ball when they couldn't put it back into play in the required five seconds. But Havlicek missed again with eight seconds left and this time Reed rebounded and wasn't about to take chances. He was fouled by Paul Silas, who had no other alternative. Reed made one of three free throws for the last point of the game. The Knicks started out in high gear, running up a 32 20 first period lead over the Celts as PYazier set th pace with 14 points.

At halftime they still held a thin edge, 54-51 as the Celts rallied behind Dave Cowens and Don Nelson who combined for 15 points. New York then lapsed until the third period doldrums which has plagued the team all year and the Celts moved Utah Romps, 62367 Over Colorado Slate SALT LAKE CITY WR Defensive back-turned-quarterback Steve Marshall ran for three touchdowns and passed for four more Saturday as Utah beat Colorado State 62-3fi in the final Western Athletic Conference football game of the season for both teams. Utah finished the WAC season with a 5-2 record and CSU bottomed out at 1-4. It was the post points Utah has scored since amassing 72 Bowl berth. "The goal-line defense is the best thing going for us," added Gradishar.

The defense combined with the open field running of freshman Ar- 1 4 4P" 1 1 1 -1 (l- il l) Bob Sills slides in the mud of 2-1 over the Green Dragons. chde Griffin for a shot at No. 1 Southern California in the Rose Bowl on New Year's Day. Michigan Coach BoSchem-bechler, sorry that his team could not score more, praised the Buckeye defenders. "Ohio State's defense bends but does not break," he said.

"This is the best Michigan team I ever coached," he said. "We never dominated a team so much then lost the game." Griffin burst 30 yards for the clinching touchdown in the third quarter. His 18-yard gallop set up Champ Henon's one-yard plunge for the Buckeye's touchdown. Ohio's defense, led by tackles George Hasenhrl and Pete Cusick and linebackers Rick Middlcton and Randy Gradishar, made the two touchdowns stand up. The Buckeyes twice thwarted Wolverine scoring threats In the shadows of their goal posts once in each half.

Michigan had a first-and-goal at the Ohio State one just before halftime and first-and-goal at the five early in the fourth quarter, but was turned back both times. A fumble by sophomore quarterback Dennis Franklin on fourth down at the two stymied the first bid. Gradishar stopped Franklin's sneak at the one in the final period. An Ohio Stadium throng of 87,040 and millions more on national television saw Michigan take a 3 0 lead on sophomore Mike Lantry's 35-yard field goal early in the second quarter. The third-ranked Wolvcr- STATISTICS OF THE GAME Michigan OSU First downs 21 10 Rushes yards Passing yards Return yards Passes Punts Fumbles lost Penalties yards 60-184 160 12 13-23-0 237 1-0 6-40 41-175 17 8 1-3-1 5-38 0-0 3-35 incs, suffering their first loss in 11 games, spent jnost of the dreary, rainy afteriioon in Buckeye territory but could score only one touchdown.

Fullback Ed Shuttlesworth bulled one yard with nearly five minutes to go in the third period for Michigan's lone touchdown. Ohio State faas could not wait to celebrate the avenging of a 10-7 loss at Michigan last year. They tore down the south goalposts with 13 seconds to go while the Wolverines were trying to work into scoring position. The Buckeye partisans poured onto the field, and the clock was halted with sir: seconds to play. When the field finally was cleared, the Ohio State defense stopped Franklin at the Buckeyes' 41, and the fans encircled the team at midfield as time ran out.

It was a frustrating afternoon for the Wolverines, favored by six points to earn their third Rose Bowl trip in four years. They moved the ball into Ohio State territory nine of the 10 times they had posses-son, but mustered only 11 points. Henson, the Buckeyes' 221-pound sophomore, ran his touchdown total to 20, an Ohio State one-season record. COLUMBUS, Ohio (A "I think our goal-line defense is the best in the country," said Randy Gradishar. The outstanding Ohio State linebacker will get few argu and Russell Jones of Rumson 34 26-29 94 17 23 21 97 BMton 20 31 2ft 17 -M Nf York 32 22 22 21-07 Fouled out Boston, Cowens.

Total fouls Boston 27, Urn York 14. Technical fouls Bolton, Cowent) Mew York. Monro, coach Holzman. A 19,694. Late Scores i vrij scof3 BASKETBALL NBA New York 97, Boston 4 Cleveland 103, Buffilo 90 Chlcaxn 100, Atlanta 99-Milwaukee 101, Baltimore 91 Portland 117, Philadelphia 106 ABA Virginia 122, Memphis 10 Indiana 111, San Diego 103 Kentucky 115, Carolina 111 HIM KF.T MIL Detroit Philadelphia 4 New York Islanders 2, Pltuburfh 1 fl WHL Houston 3, Cleveland 1 Chlcaito 4, Philadelphia 1 FOOTBALL KAIA Rffloo 1 Semifinal Carson-Newman 7, Livingston 7.

He (Carson-Newman declared the) wfhner) Other Scorn Miami. Fla. 2S. Maryland I 7 All-Shore Cross Country team are (left to right rear) Mell Ullmeyer, Raritan; Dennis Regional; Pete Manning, Middletown Township, and Dean Matthews, Lakewood. In Brothers; Gary Mitchell, Middletown; and Greg Gibbs, St.

John Vianney. Fay, Christian Brothers; Russell Jones, Rumson-Fair Haven front are Steve McDuffie, Neptune; Bill Huntley, Christian (Press Photo) XX Tfc 1 "Virr tf 1 Xs I -shore Harriers Kank With Best in the sport atm Wyoming in IPJU. Tampa 30, VandrbUt All-Shore Crosscountry against Wyoming in 1930. 'Jumps 30, VandrbUt ASBURY PARK Area cross-country Lakewood Raritan's Ullmeyer, a 16-ycar-old with a al opportunities. The U.S.

Naval Academy First Team (Listed alphabetically) NAME CLASS SCHOOL Dennis Fay (Jr.) Christian Brothers Greg Gibbs (Jr.) St. John Viannev Bill Huntley (Sr.) Christian Brothers Russell Jones (Sr.) Rumson-Fair Haven Beg. Pete Manning (Sr.) Middletown Township Dean Matthews (Sr.) Lakewood Steve McDuffie (Jr.) Neptune Gary Mitchell (Sr.) Middletown Township Mel Ullmever (Jr.) Raritan Second Team Honorable Mention Dave Cramer, Gary Higley, John Palla-dino, St. John Vianney; Mike Filan, Mike Thompson, Mater Dei; Clark Wolverton, Ed Byrd, Matawan Regional; Dave Curtis, Mike Fleming, Point Pleasant Boro; Fred Gratkowski, Point Pleasant Beach; Rich Estclle. Wall; Troy White.

Central Regional; Dave Iremonger, Tim Darnell, Walt Postem-ski, Brick Township; Drew Little, Vince Plantamura, Shore Regional; Jack Manning, Ed Kamenitzer, Middletown Township; George Crippen, Rober Biriger, Lakewood; Tom Quinn, Toms River South; Joe Cramer, Toms River North; John Punderson, Mike Thurling, St. Joseph's; Bob Kirwan, Kevin Kinvan, Freehold; Bob Muller, Freehold Township; Mike Kennedy, Keansburg; Mike Sherrod, Monmouth Regional; Al McDanicl, Howell; Andy Sheehan, Steve Munger, Rum-sun Fair Haven Regional; Pat Hickey, Bill Wilson, John Rafter, Red Bank Catholic; Bob Gordon, St. Rose; Lou Cclmer, Asbury Park; Ed Perretti, Charles Monahan, Buddy McManus, Raritan; Tim Manning, Steve Ham, Ken McDaniels, Christian Brothers; Bob Micciche, Wally Van DerEls, Madison Township; Jack Wilson. Ray Daley, Cedar Bridge; Frank Chiappone, Lew Stonnker, llightstown; Jim Schoepflin, Fred Carl, Ocean Township; Steve Wilson, Southern Regional; Bob Schneider, Admiral Farregut; Bob Haithcock, Kcyport. runners had themselves a long and rewarding season and, along the way, proved that they could run with the very best in the sport.

The ninth annual Asbury Park All-Shore cross-country team today honors the cream of this talented crop, which began acquiring important honors in mid-September and kept at it impressively right through Wednesday's finale at (he first state Meet of Champions at Ocean County Park. Four of the nine first-team selections are senior repeaters from last year's All-Shore squad, three others were promoted from the 1971 second team, and another first-learner moves up from the 1971 third team. Four of the first-tcamers are still juniors, so look for more important exploits from them in 1973. MIDDLETOWN TOWNSHIP winner of the Shore Conference Class A title, victor in the Monmouth-Ocean meet, and co-champion in the State (Iroup I race, contributes its splendid senior duo of Gary Mitchell and Pete Manning. Christian Brothers Academy, which won no major team titles hut finished fourth in the Eastern Championships and third in the talent-packed State Parochial A race, adds two more first-trainers in Bill Huntley, a repealer from 1971, and Dennis Fay, a junior who leaped from near-obscurity a year ago.

Five oilier schools send along single representatives seniors Dean Matthews of solid future in the sport, got better from race to race and was at his peak when he ran third in the talent-packed State Group IV race. EARLIER, he earned a third place in his section of the Easterns, took a fifth in the Shore Conference race and improved to fourth in the Monmouth County event, A week after that, Ullmeyer moved into the individual limelight by outstepping Manning and Mitchell for the Monmouth-Ocean Crown, Ullmeyer's finishing kick became his trademark as he finished in a rush to gain second spot in the Central Jersey Group IV race (trailing only eventual state champion Harry Kronick of Franklin Township) and then he led all area runners with a third in the State Group IV event and turned in a time bettered by only four other state harriers. He finished up with a 10th in the Meet of Champions. This was only his second cross-country season he played football as a freshman and he's expected to star in outdoor track this spring. A brilliant sophomore string included a 1:55.5 half mile and miles in the mid-4 AS PROMISING as any runner in the slate is Neptune's Steve McDuffie, a just turned Hi junior with vast potential.

With little experience last spring, he reached 4:24 as a sophomore miler and See AREA HARRIERS Tage E3 Fair Haven Regional, and juniors Mel Ullmeyer of Raritan, Steve McDuffie of Neptune and Greg Gibbs of St. John Vianney, MITCHELL AND Manning, next-door neighbors in Belford, stuck together this fall just the way they have since brilliant sophomore seasons. They gave Middletown the stale's best 1-2 punch and were together right to the end running fifth and sixth, respectively, in the Meet of Champions that wound up the campaign. They went 2-5 in their section of the prestigious Eastern Championships. They let daylight get bet ween them on a rare occasion in the Shore Conference Meet Mitchell won and Manning ran fourth but were 1-2 again on time for the Monmouth County Meet.

It was Manning second and Mitchell third in the Monmouth-Ocean Meet and the duo then went 3-4 in the Central Jersey Group IV meet and 6 9 in the state Group IV run. Last spring these Iwo led Middletown to one of the nation's best distance medley relay clockings and both have high hopes again for the outdoor track season, Mitchell will be aiming for a sub-nine-niiiuile two-mile md Manning hopes to better 4:10 for the mile. They went 9:27.9 and 4:19.0, respectively last spring. NATURALLY, they're much in demand by college coaches and are weighing sever is a strong possibility for both, who hope to stick together for four more years. CBA had itself a perfect 11-0 dual meet season and was up with the team leaders in every major outing as Huntley and Fay excelled.

Huntley, a senior from Colts Neck, was out in front as the team leader most of the way but by season's end was being hard-pressed by teammate Fay, a junior from Spring Lake. Huntley placed 21st in the top-seeded section of the Easterns with Fay 17 spots back. They were much closer seventh and eighth, respectively in the Monmouth County Meet and Fay just nipped his teammate at the wire as they nin sixth and seventh in the Monmouth-Ocean event. Huntley turned in probably his best race In taking a narrow second to Essex Catholic's Chris Inman in the N.J. Catholic Conference meet while Fay ran a strong sixth in a tough field.

A WEEK LATER, in the State Parochial A race, it was Huntley third and Fay fifth, They wound things up by placing 22nd and 3lst, respectively, In the Meet of Champions. The University of Pennsylvania is Huntley's top college choice right now while Fay has another year to blossom out for the Colls. Huntley ran a 9:25 two-mile last Indoor season and should excel at both the one and two-mile distances this winter and spring. Look for Fay to be hard on his heels. Red Bank Catholic Manasquan Long Branch Brick Township Howell Toms River South Bed Bank Catholic Matawan Regional Raritan Kevin Burrows (Sr.) Jim Clayton (Jr.) Richard Crump (Sr.) Alan Cuthbert (Jr.) David Goer (Sr.) Don Grow (Jr.) Jim Keiser (Sr.) Dennis Mabbitt (Sr.) John McKcnna (Sr.) Charles Sumrell (Jr.) Monmouth Regional Third Team Brian Barrett (Soph.) St.

John Vianney Ron Brooks (Sr.) Brick Township Jim Daly (Soph.) Red Bank Catholic John Flood (Soph Toms River Smith Jon Martin (Sr.) Rumson-Fair Haven Reg. Tom O'Gara (Sr.) Christian Brothers Wayne Pierce (Sr.) Iong Branch Joe Reabold (Jr.) Toms River South Tom Seidlcr (Jr.) Point Pleasant Boro Steve Starace (Jr.) Christian Brothers.