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BOBBLING BROOKS San Diego's James Brooks (21) gets his fingertips on the ball but can't find the handle after fuwbling against Seattle Monday night. The Seahawks UPI Photo won their second straight game with a 44-23 victory over the Chargers. ittsburgh retains top rankin NEW YORK (UPI) Georgia, the defending national champion, inched its way to the No. 3 ranking Tuesday while Pittsburgh and Clemson strengthened their posi- as the top two teams in college football in balloting by UPI's i Board of Coaches. The top-rated Panthers, W) following a 48M) triumph over Army, became just the second team to hold down the No.

1 position for three straight weeks. Pittsburgh, riding the nation's longest winning streak among major colleges at 16 games, received 40 of the 42 first-place votes from UPI's coaching board and accumulated 628 points. Clemson, 10-0, champion of the Atlantic Coast Conference and on the verge of its first perfect season in 33 years, received the remaining two first-place votes and totaled 584 points. With Washington's 13-3 upset of Southern California rated third last week the once-beaten Bulldogs rose to their highest rating this season. Georgia received 515 points from the board composed of six coaches from each of seven geographical sections of the country.

Alabama, 8-1-1 following a surprisingly easy 31-16 victory over Penn State, jumped two spots to the No. 4 position, receiving 505 points. The victory gave Bear Bryant his 314th coaching victory, tying him with Amos Alonzo Stagg for the most wins ever by a coach. Rounding out the Top 10 are No. 5 Nebraska, the Big Eight Conference champion and host team for the Or- ange Bowl, No.

6 Michigan, No. 7 Texas, No. 8 Southern Mississippi, No. 9 Southern California and No. 10 Arkansas.

The second 10 consists of No. 11 North Carolina, No. 12 Washington State, No. 13 UCLA, No. 14 Penn State and No.

15 Brigham Young. Also, Washington is rated 16th followed by No. 17 Iowa, No. 18 Ohio State, No. 19 West Virginia and No.

20 Missouri. Southern Cal, the only other of the six teams rated No. 1 this year to hold that position for three weeks, tumbled six positions this week while Penn State, losing for the second time in three weeks, dropped nine spots. Nebraska, 8-2, advanced two places as did Michigan, Texas, 7-1-1, and undefeated and once-tied Southern Mississippi. Williams may replace Lemon Arkansas, with a 13-10 victory over Texas moved up three spots to reach the Top 10 for the first time this season.

Oklahoma, rated llth last week, lost to Missouri 19-14 and dropped from the rankings for the first time this season. Also dropping out of the Top 20 are Hawaii, which lost its first game of the season last week to Brigham Young (13-3), Florida State and Minnesota. NEW YORK (UPI) The United Press International Board of Coaches Top 20 college football ratings, with first- place votes and records in parentheses. 1 Pittsburgh (40) (9-0) 2. Clemson (2) (10-0) 3.

Georgia (9-1) 4. Alabama (8-1-1) 5. Nebraska (8-2) 6. Michigan (8-2) 7. Texas (7-1-1) 8.

So. Mississippi (8-0-1) 9. Southern Calif. (8-2) 10. Arkansas (8-2) 11.

North Carolina (8-2) 12. Washington St. (8-1-1) 13. UCLA (7-2-1) 14. Penn St.

(7-2) 15. Brigham Young (9-2) 16. Washington (8-2) 17. Iowa (7-3) 18. Ohio State (7-3) 19.

West Virginia (B-2) 20. Misso Virginia uri (7-3) NEW YORK (UPI) Dick Williams, fired this season as manager of the Montreal Expos, may be named manager of the New York Yankees by the end of the week, the New York Daily News reported Tuesday. The News said principal owner George Steinbrenner has decided to replace Manager Bob Lemon with a "different and tougher manager. The only thing that stands in the way of the change is that Steinbrenner must find a cordial way to break the news to Lemon, the paper reported. However, Williams, who met with the Yankee owner Sunday at the Tampa Bay-Denver NFL game in Florida, is to talk with officials of the San Diego Padres Tuesday.

"If they (the Yankees) decide to make a change and I'm still unemployed, well naturally I'd be interested," Williams said. "But all this is hypothetical right now. I do know this, I'm going to San Diego tomorrow and, since this is the second time they've called me out there, that has to be encouraging. "I should know by the end of''the week whether I'll be in baseball next year." The newspaper reported that Williams asked the Padres for a 5-year contract. Lemon replaced Gene Michael in September for his second term as Yankee manager.

Until the club lost to the Los Angeles Dodgers in the World Series, Steinbrenner indicated it was up to Lemon if he wished to return. However, Steinbrenner was openly critical of the Yankees' lack of fundamentals during the six-game loss to the Dodgers and hedged on his commitment to Lemon. The owner has said that "will always be a member of the Yankee family." Tuesday, November 17,1981 The Salina Journal Page Seattle surprises San Diego, 44-23 SEATTLE (UPI) Jack Patera likes his surprises. Buoyed by a trick play during a second-quarter scoring burst, Patera's Seattle Seahawks routed San Diego 4423 Monday night, ending four years of frustration against the Chargers. The Seahawks seem to save a little razzle dazzle for their Monday night appearances and this time it was a shovel pass from Jim Zorn to Sherman Smith on a fake field-goal attempt that produced an 18-yard touchdown.

"It was a shovel pass all the way," said Smith. "We had practiced that play a lot and Zorn he Just throws it so well." It was Seattle's first victory over San Diego after eight straight losses dating to 1977. Although the Seahawks, 4-7, are still in last place in the AFC West, the victory was their third in four games and signalled a possible end to a slump that has plagued them since 1980. "The best thing about this game is that everyone had a hand in it," said Patera. "That plus the fact that we had never beaten San Diego in the regular season made this one a very satisfying win." Seattle got two touchdowns apiece from running backs Dan Doornink and Theotis Brown.

Doornink, who now has five touchdowns in his last three games, scored on an 80-yard pass play from Zorn and a 3-yard run in the third period while Brown scored twice in the First downs Rushes-yards Passing yards Sacks by-yards Return yards Passes Punts Fumblos-lost Penalties-yards Time of possession SD SEA 26 24 30-195 37-156 291 212 0-0 0-0 170 107 24-43-1 11-22-0 4-3 0-0 13-138 6-54 30:43 29:17 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS RUSHING San Diego, Muncie 20-151, Brooks 6-28. Cappelletti 4-16. Seattle, T. Brown 18-83, Smllh 9-43, Hughes 4-20, Doornink 49. Zorn 2-1.

PASSING Son Diego, Foots 20-34-1-252, Luther 4-9-0-39. Seattle, Zorn 11-22-0-212. RECEIVING San Diogo, Brooks 9-90, Winslow 7-106. Chandler 2-48, Muncie 2-17. Joiner 2-13, Scales 19, Coppelletti 1-8.

Seattle, Largent 3-44, Doornink 1-80, Sawyer 1-23. Smith 1-18, Johns 112, Roible 1-12, T. Brown 1-10, McCullum 1-7, Hughes 1-6. second quarter on 2-yard and 1-yard runs. Despite a big game from Chuck Muncie, who rushed for 151 yards and scored on runs of 1 and 73 yards, San Diego, 6-5, fell into third place in the AFC West.

The Chargers, who have lost three of (Sec Seattle, Page 10) Son Dk Seattle SD Sea Sea Sea SD Sea SD Sea kick) Sea Sea SD Sea 6 23 7 10 0 0 24 14 Muncie 1 run (Bonirschke kick) FG Herrero 25 T. Brown 2 run (Herrora kick) Smith 18 pass from Zorn (Herrera kick) Muncie 73 run (Benirschke kick) T. Brown 1 run (Herrora kick) FG Benirschke 32 Doornink 80 pass from Zorn (Horrera Doornink 3 run (Herrero kick) FG Herrera 30 Chandler 22 pass from Fouts (kick failed) FG Herrera 23 58,628 ports The Salina Journal 628 584 515 505 452 387 383 312 214 195 185 169 162 145 66 62 42 18 17 13 Georgia-Pitt clash likely in Sugar Bowl Coyote women host Hastings Kansas Wesleyan's women's basketball team will open its 1981-92 home schedule Tuesday night when the Coyotes entertain Hastings College. Tipoff is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. at the Muir Physical Education Center.

The Coyotes opened their season last Saturday night when they dropped a 60-43 decision to Marymount. Freshman Joedy Zimmerman, a former Salina South standout, paced the Coyotes with 10 points. NEW ORLEANS (UPI) The invitations won't go out until Saturday but Georgia, the defending national champion, is the likely choice to meet top-ranked Pittsburgh in the Sugar Bowl. The Sugar Bowl selection committee met Monday to sort out its opponents for the New Year's night game. Mickey Holmes, the executive director for the Sugar Bowl committee, would not confirm the choice of the two schools but hinted at the committee's preference.

When asked about the possibility of a Georgia-Pitt showdown, Holmes said: "We have established our priorities and know the alternatives." The Sugar Bowl has a history of drawing the top post-season game and a Georgia-Pitt confrontation would be the most alluring pairing under the Sugar Bowl guidelines. The Sugar Bowl has a contract with the Southeastern Conference to take its champion as the host team. The committee then selects an at-large school for the other team. Georgia, the defending national champion with a 9-1 record, has a share of the SEC crown with a 6-0 conference record. However, Alabama 8-1-1 overall and 5-0 in league play could clinch a tie for the conference title with a victory over Auburn Nov.

28. Under the Sugar Bowl's contract with the SEC, the bowl may decide the league's representative in case of a tie. NCAA rules prohibit official extension of the bowl bids until Saturday. A week ago Georgia, ranked fourth, appeared to have secured a berth as the host team with Pittsburgh the probable challenger. But sixth-ranked Alabama's 31-16 victory over Penn State forced the committee to give the Crimson Tide more consideration.

Last season, Georgia defeated Notre Dame 17-10 in New Orleans to wrap up an undefeated season and its first national championship. Two years earlier, then top-rated Penn State lost to Alabama, ending its bid for a national title. Oilers cut Reaves HOUSTON (UPI) Quarterback John Reaves, who started Sunday against the Kansas City Chiefs and was lifted in favor of Kenny Stabler at halftime, is out of work. In two moves Monday, the Houston Oilers waived Reaves and claimed wide receiver Billy Brooks off waivers from the San Diego Chargers. Head coach Ed Biles said Stabler was the team's starting quarterback and Gifford Nielsen would be activated for the first time since he went on injured reserve two weeks before the season started.

"We didn't feel like John Reaves was the answer to our long-range thinking," Biles said. "We also thought if anyone was going to back up Kenny, it ought to be Gifford. He's been with the club years," Reaves started two weeks ago and snapped a three-game losing streak by engineering a 17-16 comeback win over the Oakland Raiders. Stabler, sidelined with a sprained left wrist, sat out the whole game. Biles said the decision to release Reaves, a free agent acquired this summer, was made after conferring with offensive coaches in the early afternoon following a news conference.

Nielsen suffered a torn shoulder muscle'in preseason and has been inactive since. He's been throwing passes in practice for two weeks but Biles admitted in the news conference he did not think Nielsen was physically able to play. The news was Reaves second disappointment in two days. He was replaced by Stabler with the Oilers trailing the Kansas City Chiefs 10-3 at halftime Sunday because he was ineffective in moving the Oilers' offense. The Oilers still lost 23-10 with Stabler at quarterback.

Biles said Nielsen would be activated later this week when it was decided who to take off the 45-man roster to make room for him. Brooks, 6-foot-3, 202, is a fifth-year pro out of Oklahoma. He was a first- round draft choice of the Cincinnati Bengals in 1976 but he injured a knee in a game against the Oilers in 1979. The Bengals waived Brooks before the 1980 season and he spent that season on the Chargers' injured reserve list. He played sparingly this season before being waived Friday.

Biles said Oilers coaches became aware of Brooks' waiving Monday and the decision to acquire him was made in conjunction with the decision to waive Reaves. This year, however, there is little chance the Oilers, 5-6, can gain a playoff spot as they trail the American Football Conference Central Division- leading Bengals Ay three games with five to play. 1 Detroit Dozen kicks Dallas DALLAS (UPI) The score is forever recorded as 27-24 with Detroit having the 27. But there is nothing like a squabble over the officials to keep a game going far after the final whistle and there was a dandy of a con- trovery going in Dallas Monday. There was no disputing the fact that Detroit had 12 men on the field when Ed Murray kicked the field goal on the game's final play, a 47- yarder that gave the Lions a critical win in the suddenly wide-open race for the playoffs.

One of Dallas' daily newspapers even ran an eight-column picture that numbered the Detroit players, from one to 12. "There is no recourse," said Cowboys president and general manager Tex Schramm. "All you can do is to put it behind you." But Schramm himself fueled the fire early Monday when, at least for a while, he thought there was some recourse. "We passed a resolution at our league meeting last 1 said Schramm. "And at first I thought this resolution might apply and I said that to some people.

The resolution allows the commissioner to take action in case of extraordinary interference that affects the game. "In that case he could either leave the result as it is, could call the game a tie (which it was until Murray's kick) or order a replay of the game in an overtime period (which there would have been if the kick had been disallowed). "Then, when I got to the office, I read that the policy would not be enacted if it was a case of a judgmental error or a routine error by the officials. "So there is no recourse. It was still a grievous error and a lack of composure by the officials affected the outcome of the football game." Schramm also said, however, that the Cowboys could not dwell on the uncalled penalty.

Most of the coaches, as well as Schramm, were not aware of the 12th man until the team's charter flight arrived back in Dallas Sunday night. Saints get bum end of deal NEW ORLEANS (UPI) Saints coach Bum Phillips said Monday he will meet later in the week with NFL officials to express his dissatisfaction with an "inadvertent" whistle that he claims cost his team a touchdown. Although no change in the outcome of the New Orleans-Minnesota contest is expected, Phillips insisted his protest is more than an exercise in futility. "I think they have to listen to what we're saying," the coach said. "The officials, whether we believe it or not, are not against us.

The officials are for us." During the Saints' 20-10 loss to the Vikings on Sunday, line Judge Boybe Smith blew what he called an "inadvertent whistle" on the second play of the fourth quarter as a deflected Tommy Kramer pass floated in the air. An instant after Smith's whistle, Saints defensive end Frank Warren snatched the ball and rambled 15 yardsfor a score. for i "Inadvertent whistle?" asked Phillips. "Let's make that clear. That damn sure wasn't inadvertent.

It was incompetent. You don't blow a whistle while the ball is in the air. "You can't kill a ball that's up in the air. Except him. He killed it.

He blew the whistle and he blew the call." Phillips said the Saints may not have won even without the whistle but the touchdown would have certainly helped. In fact, that wasn't the only call that made the New Orleans coach angry. He said he was unhappy with an intentional grounding call against rookie quarterback Dave Wilson. Phillips insisted the pass did not meet penalty requirements by being dumped to prevent a loss. "He didn't do it to keep from losing yardage because he wasn't going to lose yardage," Phillips said.

"If he had run with it, he probably would have gained yardage. "He was almost to the line of scrimmage," the coach said. "It was an inadvertent pass, was what it was." 1.