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after being pushed around for several seasons, the Hills emerged as Vc 4 i ALL OF THE STRAIN ISN'T ON THE FIELD While Willie Roche of Freehold High School (left photo, dark shirt) shows strain of battle for ball with Marlboro's Jeff Cohen, Freehold Coach Ed Shakespeare (right photo) shows strain of watching from sidelines. It mattered little that his team has already clinched Shore Conference Class co-championship and that yesterday's game wouldn't alter standings. Freehold won, 3-2. (Press Photos) Beats LOS ANGELES (AP) -Bill Bradley made his first 10 shots and scored 32 points, leading the New York Knicks to a 1 17-1115 National Basketball Association victory over the bis Angeles Lakers last night. Bradley didn't miss in the first half and hit on 11 of his IS shots from the field.

Guards Walt Frazier and Earl Monroe scored 26 and 25 points for New York. Jim Price led Los Angeles with 26 points and Connie Hawkins had 24. The Lakers' top scorer, Gail Goodrich, missed his first 12 shots of the game and totaled just five points. The Knicks raced to a 19-point lead in the first quarter and led by as much as 26 points with a 98-72 margin in the third quarter. AT BOSTON, The Detroit Pistons opened a big first half lead on the shooting of Dave Bing and Bob Lanier, then called upon their bench to stave off Boston rallies last night in a 105-104 victory over the Celtics.

Bing and Lanier scored 16 points each as the Pistons built a 42-22 advantage just before the midway mark of the second period. John Mengelt and Jim Davis came off the bench after Boston had closed to within one point 64-63 in the third quarter. Mengelt scored six points and David four in a 14-6 surge which pulled Detroit out of danger. They also added key points in the fourth period before the Pistons hung on at the finish for their fourth victory in a row. Bing finished with 32 points, including the decisive basket which made the score 105-100 in the final minute.

Lanier ended with 27 points, Mengelt 15 and Davis 9. hold on first place in the American Conference Fast. And the Oilers will be trying to stay out of a place they occupied for what seems like ages the cellar of the AFC's Central Division. Tomorrow's other games are Cleveland at New England, Miami at New Orleans, Washington at Philadelphia, San Francisco at Dallas, the New York Jets at the New York Giants, San Diego at Kansas City, Denver at Baltimore, Chicago vs. Green Bay at Milwaukee, Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, Atlanta at I-os Angeles and Detroit at Oakland.

Minnesota is at St. Louis Monday night. The (xlds-makers may not be taking the Oilers too seriously just yet they're lO'i-point underdogs but Buffalo ('each Lou Saban is having none of that. "We have been saying all along that Houston would be a much-improved football team," he said. "Anyone who had doubts must have lost them during the last two weeks.

The Oilers have had momentum and enthusiasm in their victories at Cincinnati and New York." The Oilers themselves are beginning to lose their doubts. "Instead of waiting around for something bad to happen, we're counting on something good happening and we believe it will," said Coach Sid Gillman. The Oilers' main jobs, of course, are to stop O.J. Simpson and Joe Ferguson. Simpson leads the AFC in rushing with 705 yards and Ferguson is the conference's No.

2 passer. He's completed nearly 60 percent of his passes, has thrown 10 touchdowns and has been intercepted only four times. Ahmad Rashad is his main target with 28 catches for 354 yards and four touchdowns. Houston's offense has awakened with the passing of Dan Pastorini, whose primary receiver, Ken Burrough, is third in the conference with 30 receptions for 424 yards and a touchdown. ASBURY PARK ml v.y fix SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9.

1974 Bl HoweWs Soccermen Stun Fliers in Tourney Tuneup ALL THAT JAZZ New Orleans Jazz forward Ollie Johnson maneuvers for shot against Dick Van Arsdale of Phoenix Suns last night. The Suns handed winless Jazz their 1 1th straight NBA loss, 105-102. (AP) Jets, Giants Seek Tride' If Spartans Set ForBuckeyes LA BILL BRADLEY John Havlicek had points for the Celtics. 34 STEVE MIX scored 36 points as the Philadelphia 76ers, who were never behind, stopped the Portland Trail Blazers, 105-89, last night. The 76ers' Leroy Ellis held Bill Walton, Portland's prized rookie, to 10 points for the night, two field goals and six for seven from the free throw line.

Portland staged a 13-point rally early in the second quarter and pulled to a 30-30. tie. But the 76ers broke the game open with a run of 22 straight points led by Mix, Bill Cunningham, Ellis and Fred Boyd. PHOENIX GUARD. Charlie Scott scored 38 points, including a jumper with 16 seconds left, to lead the Suns to a 105-102 victory over the New Orleans Jazz last night.

It was the 11th straight loss for still-winless New Orleans. sion while Michigan visits Illinois. Fifth-ranked Texas tries to take another step toward the Southwest Conference crown and a Cotton Bowl berth against Penn State with a road contest against Southern Methodist. Florida, rated sixth and headed for a Sugar Bowl date with Nebraska, meets Georgia in Jacksonville, Fla. Seventh-ranked Penn State has a road date with Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl-bound North Carolina State.

Notre Dame, ranked eighth, is idle but No. 9 Nebraska visits Iowa State and No. 10 Auburn tackles Mississippi State at Jackson, Miss. Auburn probably will wind up in the Gator Bowl. Mississippi State has nailed down a bid to the Sun Bowl.

The Pac-8 co-leaders, 1 Unranked Southern California and unranked Stanford, meet in Stanford Stadium while No. 12 Texas, the perennial SWC champ but currently one game behind the Texas Aggies, visits Baylor, which also is in the SWC running. The SWC runnerup is a Gator Bowl foe for Auburn. Miami of Ohio, ranked 13th und bound for the Tangerine Bowl, can clinch its second consecutive Mid-American Conference title by Kent State at home. Liberty.

Bowl-bound Maryland, No. 14, the Atlantic Coast Conference leader, takes a break from league action by enter-1 taining Yillanova. "Michigan State is a fine', football team and we will have to be ready for them," says Ohio State's Woody' Hayes. "I have seen their films and they are a rapidly improving ballclub with some excellent personnel. With a TV audience (regional) and a chance to play against the top-rated team in the country, I am sure they will be an inspired team." Inspiration may not be enough.

"They just win so easily," says Still. "They win about 50-7 every week, give or take a few points. So SPVIt l' VVS It I I a legitimate playoff contend-it in tin- National Football league And in tin- past Uu weeks, the Oilers have begun flexing their muscles. Totnorow game in Buffalo, therefore, is no joke. Not to cither team The Hills will be trying to extend their winning streak to seven games and maintain their CRAIG MORTON eighth overall between the Giants and Jets.

Ironically, Morton will be the seventh quarterback the Giants have employed against their cross-town rivals. The others were Fran Tarkenton, Randy Ed Baker, Norm Snead, Milt Plum and Carl Suinmorell. Only Summerell. a rookie, remains on the club. That lone regular season clash came in 1970 at Shea Stadium and was won by the Giants 22-10.

The other six games, all pre-season contests, were played at the Yale Bowl with the Giants holding a 3-2-1 edge. The Jets go into tomorrow's game hurting. Running back John Riggins is out of action with a shoulder imjury and his replacement, Mike Adamle, pulled a hamstring against the Oilers. The Jets signed placckick-er Patrick Leahy and said he would probably handle the team's kicking duties against the Giants. The also said yesterday that Jamie Rivers, their starting middle linebacker all season since his acquisition from St.

Louis, has signed a multiyear contract. No terms were disclosed. It leaves the team with 10 unsigned players, including quarterback Joe Namath. Leahy, who will replace Bobby Howfield, has no football experience but played soccer for four years at St. Louis University.

llowTicld. still with the Jets, has an injured right knee and has said recently lie doesn't feel he Is able to do Hie job. To make room for Leahy, the Jets placed rookie linebacker Godwin Turk on the injured reserve list. Turk suffered a dislocated shoulder during the exhibition kWlkUU I flillii i.yyT 3 Freehold goalie John Grimes hugs ball after making save yesterday in soccer Howell High School's soccer team tuned up for its state tournament opener Tuesday with a stunning 2-1 victory over Neptune's Shore Conference Class champions yesterday. The Rebels, unranked by the state soccer coaches this year for the first time in three years, slipped two goals past Neptune goalten-der Glenn Brodwater in the first half and were never behind thereafter.

Sandje Ivanchukov and 'Pal Allen, with an assist by Bill Harrison, gave Howell all the scoring it needed while Neptune kept Rebel goalie Bem-ba Balsirow busy with 14 shots. Balsirow stopped 10. Glenn Shannon averted a shutout when he tallied for the Scarlet Fliers in the third quarter. Howell took 24 shots on goal. Brodwater was credited with 14 saves.

Howell is 11-5-2 to Neptune's 12-2-2. IN OTHER games yesterday, Madison Township rolled to a 12-0 victory over St. Mary's of South Amboy, Freehold shaded Marlboro, 3-2; East Brunswick defeated Raritan, 7-3, and Matawan Regional played Sayreville to a 2-2 deadlock. JOHN MILLER scored three goals while Chris De Haas, Ed Aughtry and Ken Reimann scored twice to lead Madison Township to its onesided victory over St. Mary's of South Amboy.

game against Marlboro team won, 3-2. Action came in second quarter. High School. It was one of 1 Pelos and John Litcholt scored for the Rockets. Raritan outshot East Brunsw ick, 35-21.

TIM MacCUTCHEON scored both Matawan Regional goals, including one in the fourth quarter, as the Huskies tied Sayreville. Rich Balon and George Burbank tallied for Sayreville. Dave Taggert stopped 19 shots for the Huskies while Dave Gasparro had nine saves for Sayerville. THE FIRST Ocean County Invitational Soccer Tournament resumes action at Point Pleasant Boro High School 3 saves he made as his (Press Photo) this afternoon with semifinal round games. Lakewood meets Toms River High School South at 1 while Toms River High School North meets Brick Township at 3.

The championship game, following the consolation contest, will be played at 8 p.m. tomorrow at St. Joseph's High School, Toms River. Thursday's quarter-finals saw Lakewood oust Southern Regional, 5-1; Toms River North down Jackson Township, 2-0; Toms River South edge Point Pleasant Boro, 4-3, and Brick nip Central Regional, 3-2. Madison rocked St.

Mary's for 43 shots on goal while Jim Mull earned the shutout with five saves. GOAL by Willie Roche, Ken Goetz and Pete Groll offset two by John Caceda as Freehold sneaked by Marlboro. John Grimes turned back 13 shots for Freehold's Class cochampions. Both teams took 16 shots. RARITAN never recovered after East Brunswick scored three goals in the second quarter.

Jeff Loren led the East Brunswick attack with five goals. Al Fuchs, Bob NEW HAVEN. Conn. (AP) Nothing more than pride will be at stake when the New York Jets and New York Giants tangle in their intra-tity National Football League showdown at the Yale Bowl tomorrow. Both clubs are stuggling through sorry seasons.

The Jets have lost six straight and are 1-7 for the year. The Giants are 2-6 and ended a four-game losing streak last Sunday by beating Kansas City 33-27. That victory was engineered by newly acquired quarterback Craig Morton, who passed for 256 yards and two touchdowns against the Chiefs. The meanwhile, were getting the same number of yards from Joe Namath's arm against Houston, but the results weren't as good. In that one, the Oilers scored a last-minute touchdown to overtake New York.

"It was very disappointing," said Charley Winner, the Jets' coach. "The guys played their hearts out. They deserved a better fate. We're just going to have to make those three or four big plays go in our favor the next time." The Giants, meanwhile, came alive behind Morton with their best offensive performance of the season. They clinched the contest in the final seconds with a game-saving tackle by strong safety Chuck Crist inside the one yard line.

This will be the second regular season meeting and SCHOLASTIC FOOTBALL The Patriots, whom Buffalo beat last Sunday, and the Dolphins trail the Bills by one game. New England's primary task will be to slow down Brian Sipe, whose running and passing brought the Browns a victory two weeks ago and nearly got them another one last week against San Diego. Miami may have injured running back Larry Csonka and suspended runner Mercury Morris back in the lineup against the Saints. Morris' suspension, expected to run through the weekend, was lifted yesterday by Coach Don Shula. The Redskins are expected to start Sonny Jurgensen at quarterback tomorrow against the Eagles despite the veteran's ailing knees and bruised thigh.

But, as usual, Billy Kilmer will be ready to take over. Dallas, tied with Philadelphia a game in back of Washington and three behind first-place St. Louis in the National Conference East, may have to contend with Norm Snead for the second time this year. Snead, now with the 49ers, beat the Cowboys 14-6 earlier in the season when he quarter-backed the Giants. The Giants now have Craig Morton going for them.

The former Cowboy bench-warmer, who led the Giants past Kansas City a week ago, will be matching bombs with the Jets' Joe Namath in the battle for New York's "bragging rights." The Chiefs got a fine performance last Sunday from veteran quarterback Len Dawson despite the loss to New York. The upcoming game against the Chargers will probably be a showcase for two fine rookie runners, Kansas City's Woody Green and San Diego's Don Woods. Baltimore's main task will be to slow down Otis Armstrong, Denver's leading rusher and No. 3 in the AFC with 627 yards. The Colts should start Marty Domres at quarterback despite his breastbone injury.

RUCKS, LAKERS SWAP GUARDS MILWAUKEE (AP) -The Milwaukee Bucks announced early today they have obtained Jim Price from the Los Angeles Lakers for Lucius Allen in a one-for-one trade of National Basketball Association guards. By The Associated Press Having made their their bids. bowl committees must now lie in them and hope their choices can survive an upsetting upset down the stretch of the college football season. The Rose Bowl, of course, has no such worries since it matches the champions of the Big Ten and Pacific-8 conferences. Ohio State, ranked No.

1 nationally in The Associated Press poll, is tied with fourth-rated Michigan for the Big Ten lead, but Michigan State hopes to throw a monkey wrench in the path of their Nov. 23 showdown. "We're going after the Big Ten championship," says Michigan State Coach Denny Stolz, whose Spartans entertain Ohio State Saturday. Even a sarcastic, "In what sport?" couldn't deter Stolz. "Don't give me any of that Big Two and Little Eight business," he snorted.

Elsewhere, Oklahoma, ranked No. 2 but ineligible for post-season play, hosts Missouri with the winner assured of at least a share of the Big Eight lead; No. 3 Alabama, the Southeastern Conference leader bound for the Orange Bowl and a rematch with Notre Dame, meets disappointing Louisiana State on national televi- WJLK SPORTS Today Football High School Football-Point Pleasant Beach at Football Monmouth Park Feature Football Looking at Monmouth Freehold Sports Final-1115 Tomorrow Morning Sports Heport-tUS 8.35 Vs "a TODAY SHORE CONFERENCE Class A Control Reolonal at IWddlctown Town ship Ronton at Neptune Toms River South at Toms River North Class lakewood at Howell 1 30) Long Branch ot Jaikson lownshlo Southern Regional ot Watawan Regional Monmouth Regional at Ocean Townshlo 0:311) Class Astiury Pork ot Monasaunn Shore Roglonol ot Red Bonk Regional Class Point Pleasant Beach at Kevport (WJLK, Other Games Bilck Townshlo at Fast Brunswick Mnnalnpun at Freehold Boro I JO) Murlhoro ot reeholit Townshlo II Wl Rumson FH Regfonul at Highland Pork Point Pleasant Boro at Wall (8 IS) Dunellen ot Holmrlrl (11:00) Kmnsliura at Allenlown I 10) Aifmirul Farriigul at Niwa-k Arciamv Ccirteretal Crrtof mrttm (I 101 Limrenceat Hiuhtstown (VI I incli'n ill Muilison Township Red Bonk Cuthnllc (H Riihwuv II .101 Notre Damout (,1 John Vkiwm-v I TOMORROW St t'l'lil "I MOW tHt I II THIS FLAME DOUSED Black Hawks' goalie Tony Esposito and detenseman Dale lauon iy) team to block scoring attempt by Atlanta Flames' left wingman Eric Vail in first period of 2-0 victory last night. Flames came back to score twice while shutting out Hawks and stretched their string to 1 1 straight at home. (Af).