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SPORTS F1-F10 DINING OUT Pago Fll AsburyPark Sunday Press ENTERTAINMENT Pages F11-F19 THIS WEEK Page F19 Section ASBURY PARK, N.J., SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1973 7 hf 1 dn. Vi RE' 7 8 i Li a rzp 1 4 v. 1 YW''''S MEl ULLMEYER uui I CHARLES SUMRELL McBuffie, Gibbs, Ullmeyer Lead All-Shore Harrier STEVE MCDUFFIE races all year and let just one other area runner, Ullmeyer, finish ahead of him from mid-September to late November. Coming off 1:55.9 half-mile and 4:17.8 mile clockings in the spring and summer seasons, it was obvous from the start that McDuffie was primed for a brilliant senior harrier season. Steve didn't let his Neptune fans down proceeding to run off with individual titles in the Shore Caches, Monmouth County, Monmouth Ocean, Central Jersey and State Group IV meets.

His only losses came when Ullmeyer outsprinted him to the wire in the Shore Conference met, to two New York rivals in the Eastern Championships at Van Cortlandt Park, and to Gateway's Greg ANDREW SHEEHAN Lancer leader winning the Parochial stale title as well as his section of the Monmouth-Ocean Meet and Roselle Catholic Turkey Trot. In other major meet outings, he was fourth in the Shore Coaches and Monmouth County meets and capped a perfect career in Raritan Valley Conference competition by winning the league title for a third straight year. Ever since it operned its doors in Holmdel Township five years ago, St. John Vianney has been a crosscountry power. Gibbs has starred for four of those years and it's obvious his shoes will be hard to fill on the '74 Lancer team.

Mel Ullmeyer A disappointing finish MICHAEL FLEMING Monmouth County Meet and improved to second behind Gibbs in the Monmouth-Ocean race. In Group III competition, he landed a third in the Central Jersey sectionals and fifth in the statewide meet. He finished ahead of most of his early conquerors in landing a strong 11th in the NJSIAA Meet of Champions. Mike Fleming this fall, Mike Fleming was better known for his accomplishments as a Point Pleasant Boro wrestler. But this was his season to blossom out in cross-country, too, following in the footsteps of older brothers Pat and Sean.

After starring in dual meet competition and leading Boro's Panthers to another conference Class title, Mike warmed up for bigger things to come by running 11th in the Shore Conference Meet. Ten Days later, Mike scored his first major victory a decision over Admiral Farra-gut's Schneider in the Ocean County Meet. Fleming ran a strong fourth in the talent-laden South Jersey Group II race won by eventual statewide kingpin Stremmel and then added an 11th in the state Group II finals. Mike has now switched back to wrestling promises to A ASBURY PARK A year ago, when Neptune's Steve McDuffie, St. John Vianncy's Greg Gibbs and Raritan's Mel Ullmeyer capped outstanding cross-country seasons and earned places as juniors on the Asbuiy Park All-Shore team, "predictions- were that they'd do and better things in 1973.

The trio did just that and today they are featured members of the 10th annual Asbury Park Press All-Shore hill-and-dale unit. Manasquan's Jim Clayton and Monmouth Regional's Charles Sumrejl advanced from last year Press second team to Ihis year's first team while Red Bank Catholic's Jim Daly moved up from the "72 third team. Making even greater leaps Ohio State at 10-10 Howell Michigan PI 2 Sr" 1 Wjw' GREG GIBBS Squad slay in the limelight over the winter. Andrew Sheehan Starring in distance running is a family traditioa for the Sheehans of Rumson father Dr. George Shechan is one of the world's most noted veteran runners and older brothers George and Tim were All-Shore runners at Christian Brothers Academy before going on to stardom at Manhattan College.

Andrew's first big outing produced a third place behind McDuffie and Ullmeyer and ahead of Gibbs in the Monmouth County 1 meet. Next he added a fourth, right on Clayton's heels, in the CJ Group III race. His season met an unlucky ending, elbowed down to the ground twice in the State Group III final, he settled for a distant 60th place. Jim Daly After winning the NJSIAA Parochial mile title as a sophomore in the spring, Jim Daly kept right on starring for the Red Bank Catholic cross- country team this fall, Daly didn't win a major meet but wasn't far off the pace at any time through the fall. Hhe was runner-up (to eventual state Group III cham- See MCDUFFIE Page VI SCHOOL Manasquan Red Bank Catholic Point Pleasant Boro St.

John Vianney Neptune Admiral Farragut Rumson-Fair Haven Regional Monmouth Regional Raritan Team St. John Vianney Lakewood Middletown Township Peddie School Mater Dei Monmouth Regional Toms River South Madison Township Freehold Township Manasquan Team St. John Vianney Matawan Regional St. Joseph's Christian Brothers Manasquan St. John Vianney Rumson-Fair Haven Toms River South Red Bank Catholic Middletown Township Mater Dei Raritan 7 1 5 i Soccer I AU-Sliore Cross-Counlry i JIM CLAYTON Stremmel in the season-ending Meet of Champions at Bridgewater-Raritan West.

An excellent student, Stcge is looking ahead to more outstanding performances this winter season and then outdoors in the spring as springboard to a college career. Greg (Vihhs This was the year of the Lancer as Greg Gibbs and his St. John Vianney team overpowered all area opposi-tionan capped it by winning the NJSIAA Parochial Team title. Gibbs Co. lost just on learn decision all year to Morris Catholic in the Passaic Coujty Coaches Meet at Garrett Mountain and then trounced Morris in the state finals.

Gibbs was the consistent Ties of guard Jeff Mullins who injured his chest Friday night in the Warriors' lll-i06 win over Philadelphia at Hcrshcy, Pa. He said Mullins couldn't remember when he received the injury, but had pain this morning. The team took a bus from Hershoy and Attics said he was somewhat concerned they might be tired, or think they were tired after the trip. "The mental aspect is of such importance in a game," he observed. "You get to thinking you're tired and you arc.

But the first quarter gave us a lift. Bill Bradley, who has been shooting well for the Knicks the past six or seven games, fell olT last night, hitting on only four of nine and center Willis Reed had an even worse night, netting one of seven. Phil Jackson came oil the bench nnd gave the New Yorkers a lift with 14 points nnd reserve guard Dick Garrett had his best evening as a Knick with 14 also, but the big guns were missing in tho New Yorker's offense and they never overcame the first quarter edge the Warriors gained. Dave DoBusschere, who had only four points in the first half, ndded 12 in tho second rji half. Walt Frazior, with 34 points, 3 7 JIM DALY shoot for some top outdoor clockings in the spring.

He ran a 4:16.4 mile last spring and is another strong college prospect. Jim Clayton Foot trouble helped Manasquan's Jim Clayton get off to a slowish start. But once he rounded into form, the slender senior improved from week to week and by season's end was one of the state's top-ranked runners. He's the first All-Shore first team harrier in Manasquan history. Jim was back in the pack early in the campaign fading to 19th in the Shore Coaches Meet and 18th in the Shore Conference.

By early November, though, Clayton began stepping up. He was a close fifth in the ANN ARBOR, Mich. 10 -Dennis Franklin's 10-yard run in the fourth quarter lifted Michigan's Wolverines into a 10-10 tie with Ohio State yesterday in an exciting Big Ten contest which saw two last-minute field goal attempts by Michigan go wide. i The outcome left the peren-, nial powers in a tie for the; conference lead with 7-0-1 records. A decision on the Big Ten's Rose Bowi representative will be made today after a vote of conference athletic directors in Chicago.

Michigan would likely go to Pasadena since Ohio State wras the representative in last year's game against Pac-8 champion Southern California. A naational television aau-dience and a record crowd of 105,223 saw Ohio State jump to a 10-0 lead in the second quarter on a 31-yard field goal by Blair Conway and a five-yard run by freshman fullback Pete Johnson. After a scoreless third quarter, the Wolverines took command after stopping the Buckeyes at the Michigan 33. Michigan then drove 53 yards in 11 plays, with Mike Lan-try booting a 30-yard field goal on the second play of the fourth quarter. The Wolverines had the momentum and, after stopping the Buckeye offense, drove 51 yards in six plays with.

Franklin scoring on a fourth-and-one-inch play at the Ohio State 10. Lantry's conversion kick was good, tying the score. Michigan thwarted the Buckeye offense the rest of the way, and threatened twice to win in the closing nvnute. Lantry was wide on a 58-yard field noal attempt with 1:01 left and also missed on a 44-yard try with 24 seconds on the clock. Lantry's second field goal attempt followed a Michigan interception of the first Ohio State pass of the game.

It was a typical Ohio State-, Michigan battle, featuring bruising ground attacks, hard-' hitting defense and tremendous emotion from both the players and the huge crowd. Both teams finished the regular season undefeated. Ohio State finished with a 9-0-1 record but was likely to lose its No. 1 ranking, either to No. 2 Alabama or No.

3 Oklahoma. Michigan ended with a 10-0-1 mark. It was the 29th consecutive home game without a loss for the Wolverines, who defeated Ohio State at home two years ago and four years ago while losing on alternate years at Columbus. The game has decider; the conference title and Rose Bowl representative five of the last six years. Michigan1 lost an opportunity to take command early when tailback Cil Chapman See MICHIGAN Page F4 BOB SCHNEIDER were Admiral Farragut Academy's Bob Schneider, Point Pleasant Boro's Mike Fleming and Rumson-Fair Haven Regional's Andrew Shechan, all of whom climbed from the '72 honorable mention list to the '73 All-Shore first team.

Daly and Schneider are the only juniors on the senior-studded first team but there is plenty of underclass talent on the '73 second and third teams, plus honorable mention list, waiting in the wings to challenge them for '74 leadership. Sieve McDuffie Unlike most prevous All-Shore teams, there was a clear-cut season individual leader. He was Neptune's McDuffie, who lost only three Essex, miscprl ihp trrah rMvTrpn Ombadykow's 15-ygrd-. Shot; down tnc center. t'Then ffcgonds to pn wavnp.

Paehpri was o- i -a awarded a direct kick from 20 yards and as the ball spiled in, Howell freshman fullback Louis Berchall flipped it over the crossbar with his hand. PAGL1ERI, the Knights' center forward who Coach Dougan said goes 10-for-10 from the penalty stripe every day, lined up for the head-to-head duel with Balsirow. Paglieri sent his kick to the left and Balsirow enveloped it easily only seconds before he was in turn enveloped by the jubilant Howell team. Dougan, who teaches deliberate play with emphasis on defense (he is noted for scoring an early goal and then sitting on it for the rest of the game), threw caution to the winds as the fourth quarter opened with his Knights down, 1-0. He pulled his halfbacks up tight behind his line, brought a fullback up and left Greg Hunt, the fullback who had been assigned the one-on-one coverage of Howell's ace An-grik Stepanow, back.

Keeping the pressure on with liberal use of the head ball and sharp, short passes to the outside, Essex kept the ball in Howell's territory but couldn't score. THEN with 9:45 gone inside left Sonny Carcw launched a kick from the left that hooked slightly with plenty of English and glanced off Berchall into the net. Howell came storming back and with 10:15 gone had a hard direct kick from 35 yards just tipped over the bar on a one-hand, leaping save by Johnson. Howell's solid corner kick was nullified for pushing. West Essex came back seconds later with outside right Steve Sass driving a shot at the goal but right half Mike Amalfa, a sophomore, knifed In to make tho save with a head ball at chest height.

GAMBLE said he didn't change anything for West Essex. "We emphasize ball control wc knew they couldn't take anything away from our game but tho breaks this kind of a game could go cither way." Howell opened with their typical rapid-fire, short passing gamo interspersed with Hong angling kicks from Om-Sco HOWELL Pago VI Drops Final I rvfrjf fk Jfc I I A'r'T' frii 3 '-vu M4frAk jf Hji jf i htir-vT-trir-imiriinnMiMiiiiiiiiiMiiiifcmfiiiiiMiiiiiii iMiiiiiinhii NAME, YEAR Jim Clayton, Senior Jim Daly, Junior Mike Fleming, Senior Greg Gibbs, Senior Steve McDuffie, Senior Bob Schneider, Junior Andrew Sheehan, Senior Charles Sumrell, Senior Mel Ullmeyer, Senior Second Brian Barrett, Junior Roger Binger, Senior Jim Bush, Junior J. P. Flynn, Sophomore Joe French, Senior Odie Huffman, Senior Henry Menke, Sophomore Bob Micciche, Senior Bobby Muller, Junior Ted Murphy, Senior Third 18th in the NJSIAA GrouD IV finals took only a little glass eff Ullmeyer's big senior season. The Raritan star, a three-year star with the consistently strong Rocket team, ran with the leaders throughout the fall and only McDuffie's brilliance overshadowed some of Mel's accomplishments.

In the Shore Coaches Meet, it was McDuffie and Ullmeyer running 1-2 and the same held true for the Monmouth County Meet. Mel's big moment came in the Shore Conference Meet at Ocean County Park when he outstepped Steve with a big closing rush. Ullmeyer added a fourth in Central Jersey Group IV and a seventh in the Monmouth-Ocean Meet. Mel's plans are to come back strong against this winter season and state Group III soccer title. Other West Essex player is sixlh in its last eight games under new Coach Alex Del-vecchio.

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2.V- 22 22-107 IN A Buffalo 143, Kansas City-Omaha 131 Mil, Chicago 3, Toronto 1 Minnesota 6, California 3 AHA San Antonio 121, Memphis 118, 2 OT, Denver 127, Carolina 122, OT bteve aass ot West tssex executes neat footwork during victory over Howell for Defenders are (left to right) Angrik Stepanow, Jem Morgan and Zeren Ombadykow. unidentified. Warriors Out shoot Knicks MERCERVILLE- i- HoweH High School lost the1 Group Hi state soccer championship to West Essex, I VfSrday: vidual skills that impressed even opposing fans and COci cries The loss in the N.J. State Interscholastic Athletic Association tournanjfnt was the first for Howell in 38 games and thwarted the Rebels' aim of a- second straight title. "Howell was good we knew they were good before the game," said West Essex Coach Ralph Dougan.

"They've got greater individual players than we do; so we had to make up for it." HOWELL Coach Bill Gamble said, "It was a heads up bal game. The boys played very well. We win as a team and we lose as a Today's loss was nothing to be ashamed of. If we were perfect we wouldn't be here. "I'm still very proud of my team, not only on the field, but off as well, and I know they are respected across the state.

We accomplished more than any other team accomplished. It is not really important if you win or lose the game, but it's only how you played the game. I still know that we are the best in the Shore and one of the best teams in the state, ad I still feel we're number one." West Essex (15-1-2) won the game on the Mercer field with 10:35 left jn the fourth quarter on a crashing 10-yard head ball by Mark Schneider. The opportunity came when West Essex was awarded an Indirect kick from 22 yards out on a 45 degree angle from the net. Outside right Steve Sass flipped the ball a couple of feet of right fullback Bruce Camillcri who lofted a shot in front of the net where it was met by the S-10, 165-pound Schneider slantingin at top speed from tho center.

HdWELL goalkeeper Bern- ba Balsirow, who played an outstanding game in front of tho not, moved to his right to play the kick and Schneider's blast drove into the right side of the mesh. (Jumble's Rebels threatened time and again through first half and finally scored witli 38 seconds to go In the third quarter. Howell punched through Iho Knights defense, about 30 yard.i from tho goal, goalkeeper Kcllli Johnson rushed out to meet the ntlnck nnd Dave Blaha, Senior Edwin Byrd, Senior Keith Coughlin, Junior Dennis Fay, Senior Chuck Femil, Sophomore Mike Gaeta, Junior Steve linger, Junior Tom Quinn, Junior Jim Seul'fert, Sophomore Fred Spears, Junior Mike Thompson, Senior Steve Wynne, Junior By WES MOON Press Staff Writer NEW YORK The Golden Stale Warriors went on a shooting binge in tho first quarter last night to outscore the New York Knicks, 3G-20 in a National Basketball Association game nnd made the advantage stand up for a 107-99 victory. Guard Jim Ikirnett scored 24 points to pace the Warriors, the best game he has played in tho team's last eight. All of his points came in the second and last periods 14 in the final quarter lo help turn back an attempted rally by the Knicks.

New York started the period trailing by 11 at 85-74, but quickly pulled to within nine at 89-80, but Bar-nott scored the next 14 points for the Warriors to open their lead to 103-90. The whole game, however was wrapped up in the first period when the Warriors hit from all angles, putting in 15 of 18 shots. Coach Al Attics said he couldn't recall when the team as a whole shot as well, but said, "If there's any place to shoot like that It's right here. We always scorn to be the guys with 28 per cent in the early going." Attics said there was no particular plan to go to Harnett with the ball lit the absence was high scorer in the game, but he fouled out with a little over two minutes remaining and the Knick's hopes of a late game miracle went with him. a i Russell, former Knick, scored on seven of nine shots and netted 20 points, and Attics cited his shooting as the key to Barnett's game.

"Jim (Barnett) when his game is on would have to bo considered one of the best drivers in the league," Attics said." With Cazzie out there you can't lay off him and pick up Barnett." The Knicks actually had more field goals than the Warriors (43-40), but went to the foul line only 13 times while Golden State had 32 free throws. They made 27 of them, and New York all 13 of theirs. The Warriors after shooting .605 in the first half, cooled off to 519 for the game. New York shot at a .457 clip. Islanders Fall DETROIT ln Rilly Collins scored two goals and assisted on another lo lead the Detroit Red Wings to a fi-4 victory over the New York Islanders in National Hockey League game last night.

The decision was Detroit's fifth straight at home and Honorable Mention Marty Egal, Hightstown; Jeff Flock, Wayne llopson. Southern Regional; Randy Senccal, Allentown; Fred Gratkowski, Joe DiCroce, Point Pleasant Beach; Gary Wcrsinger, Vince Tlan-tamura, Shore Regional; Joe Gilmorc, Jackson Township; Mike Sanzone, Ed Rolon, Al Cuthbcrt, Walt Postemski, Brick Township; Steve Ranson, Peddie School; Rich Desmond, Phil Shaheen, Steve Ham, Steve Starace, CBA; John Flood, Don Grow, John Thompson, Toms River South; Tim Trask, Monmouth Regional; John Punderson, Mike Thurling, Tom Bobsein, St. Joseph's; Mike Filan, Mater Dei; John Munger, Steve Eric.wn, Rumson-Fair Haven; Bob Wickhani, Chris Hanson, Bob Bautsch, Kelly Moremcn, Middle-town; John Brogdon, Jeff Kepler, Neptune; Tom Max, Mark Boutote, Luke Alvarez, Red Bank Catholic; George Crippen, Lakewood; Lee Eisenberg, Barry Zimmerman, George Wellsteiul, Matawan Regional; Ken Worrell, Jim Schoepflin, Phil Wetzel, Dave O'Connell, Ocean Bob Gordon, Brian Sokol, St. Rose; Ray Daley, Cedar Ridge; Buddy McManus, Raritan; Bob Fox, Keansburg; Tom Scidlcr, Point Pleasant Boro; Ed Chevrez, Madison Township; Charles Argento, Freehold; Doug Ingles, Wall..