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Schinnerer Leads Bad Axe nim.li mmwm vmmt VS CirsILe2i Soneiks Don Cros-Lex led 14-13 after one period; North Huron had a 29-28 halftime lead; and the two teams weie tied 51-51 after three quarters. Charlie Greene and Mike Mroczek each tallied 10 points to support Bushey. Wurmlinger Andy variety scored 19 points in just over three quarters of play to give Rowling plenty of help. The loss drops North Central Thumb League North Huron to a 5-2 mark but the Warriors still look like the class of Class in the Blue Water Area. The Cros-Lex record is now 3-2.

But with the easy romp past L-member Carsonville, the Chiefs find themselves still undefeated at 3-0. Trailing 21-19 after the first quarter, Capac got hot as the game progressed, outscoring Carsonville 72-37 in the final three periods. Jerry Salens, a 6-foot-3 senior forward, led Capac with 24 points. Bob Phillips and Dave Bieganowski scored 17 and 15 points, respectively, to balance out the Tiger scoring. Bob Turner led Carsonville with 12 points.

Next in line were Jim Lechnyr and George Girard, netting 11 points each. The Carsonville record is now 1-4. Laker is now 6-0 while Yale drops to 2-1. Laker (M) Yale (44) Deerlng 4 0-3 Malek 2 2-4 McCalrnt Chmpgne Damm Neurath Dubey O'Connor Lepplen Beachy Alexandr Elliott Knechtel 1-3 17 4 1-2 9 2 0-14 2 0-2 4 1 0-0 2 2 1-2 5 1 2-4 4 2 1-1 3 7 0-0 14 0 2-4 2 3 04 6 Kudzla Armstrng Schaurmn Beady Saxarra Roberts White Llnce Kovatch 0 2 5 3 0-0 2 3-3 4 0-0 1 1-2 2 0-1 3-3 0 3-4 1 0-0 Weidman 0 2-4 2 Totals 36 (10-2) Totals 21 14 16 (14-22) 44 Laker Yale 27 II 11 20 5 44 CAPAC -CARSONVILLE What's going on here? Capac, runnerup in the 1970-71 Southern Thumb Association race, supposedly lost everything off last year's team. TIMES HERALD PAGE 1, SECTION Tuesday, Dee.

28, 1971 Schinnerer On The Run Lloyd Schinnerer heads down court for Bad Axe in an open- ing round game of the Cros Lex Holiday Basketball Tourna- ment Monday. Schinnerer, a Times Herald All Area cage selection a year ago, scored 20 points In helping his team i i ii Stanford QB to a 76-71 win over Harbor Beach. Bad Axe's Bruce Ward is on the right while the Pirates' Bill Dahlman is at the left, Times Herald photos by chief photographer Ralph Polovich. i 1 Picks Target I 7.M1 nL By MIKE DUFFY Times Herald Sports Writer CROS-LEX Who fired that shot? Why, fans, it was none other than spindly Cros-Lex guard Brian Wurmlinger whose clutch 15-foot jumper with 24 seconds left on the clock gave the host Pioneers a hysteria-inducing 65-64 win over North Huron in the first round of the Cros-Lex Holiday Basketball Tournament. That rip-roaring nail-biter put the finishing touches on the tournament's wild, four-game opening round.

A heated rivalry got even hotter in the night's third game as Bad Axe subdued Harbor Beach 76-71 in a sloppy but exciting contest. The evening's remaining two games featured powerful Laker blasting Yale 84-44 and Capac blitzing Carsonville 91-58. CROS-LEX-NORTH HURON. "It was Monday night basketball," commented Cros-Lex coach Paul Jackson somewhat disgustedly following his team's narrow escape from defeat. "We were stagnant, we didn't move the ball and we should have lost," added Jackson.

Be that as it may, the Pioneers of the St. Clair Area League won, thanks largely to the devastating play of Ed Rowling and the one-shot heroism of substitute Wurmlinger. Ironically, Wurmlinger got into the game as a replacement for his brother Andy who had fouled out with 3:29 to go in the game. The 5-foot-8 shaggy-blonde junior made the most of his chance, however, by dropping through that game-clinching swisher. Prior to the "Wurmlinger Incident," the contest was a a k-and-forth affair that showcased the talents of Cros-Lex' Rowling and North Huron's Dennis Bushey.

Rowling, who's on-court proach to the game relegates the Guns Of Navaronne to cap pistol status, continually kept the Pioneers in the contest llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll CROS-LEX HOLIDAY TOURNAMENT Today's Game 5:00 p.m. Yale vs. Carsonville 6:30 p.m. Harbor Beach vs. North Huron 8:00 p.m.

Laker vs. Capac 9:30 p.m. Cros-Lex vs. Bad Axe lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllir with his high-arcing jumpers and double-clutch-fake drives. The 5-foot-10, senior guard finished with 26 points.

Perhaps the only hand hotter than Rowling's was Bush-, ey's, North Huron's excellent 6-foot-4 forward. Deadly from the outside with a murder in-the first degree jump shot, Bushey also proved near-faultless at the foul line, hitting nine of 10 attempts. That performance gave the smooth-moving Warrior senior game-high point honors with 29. Unfortunately, it was Bushey who missed a short jumper with six seconds to go that would have given North Huron the game. The Warriors were definitely hurt by the early foul-out of forward Paul Binder.

The top returning scorer from last year's team, Binder picked up his fifth foul midway through the third period. Earlier he had to sit out most of the second quarter after being called for three first-quarter infractions. The extreme closeness of the game is indicated by the a r-by-quarter scores. By LARRY PALADINO Associated Press Sports Writer PASADENA, Calif. (AP) Stanford quarterback Don Bunce did the equivalent of waving a red flag in front of a bull Monday.

He came right out and said he planned to pick on one of Michigan's defensive backs by utilizing his strong passing game when the Indians meet the unbeaten Wolverines in the 58th Rose Bowl football game Saturday. Bunce had just been awarded a trophy as the most valuable player on the Pacific Coast and he fielded questions from newsmen at the award banquet in Pasadena. Actually, he was at Stanford's training site at Long Beach, but acknowledged the award and answered questions by way of a telephone hook-up. Cros-Lex (45) A. Wmlgr 7 54 1 Rowling 10 6-9 26 Dennlson 1 0-5 2 Riley 4 1-1 9 Burch 1 1-1 3 Adams 1 (W 2 B.

Wmlgr 2 00 4 Totals 26 (11-22) 65 North Huron (44) Binder 2 1-1 5 Bushey 10 9-10 29 Greene 5 0-1 1Q Mroczek 4 2-3 10 Weber 1 6-9 8 Gottschlk 0 2-5 2 T. Greene 0 0-2 0 Totals 22 (20-31) 64 Cros-Lex 14 North Huron 11 14 21 14 45 16 22 11 64 BAD AXE-HARBOR BEACH Let's just say that the Hatchets of Bad Axe would have a hard time chopping anything down without Lloyd Schinnerer. The 6-foot-2 do-it-all senior fouled out with 1:33 to go in the game and Bad Axe leading Harbor Beach 72-62. As the Hatchet attack ground to a halt, the Pirates saw their chance and lunged for it, scoring seven quick points to cut the Bad Axe lead to 72-69. Three of those points came on clutch free throws by Harbor Beach's Paul Messing.

But even with Schinnerer on the bench, the Hatchets came up with the victory-saving remedy in the person of bench-warmning guard Kim Ignash. Despite being the smallest man on the court (5-foot-5), coo 1-hand Ignash knocked through a pair of King-Kong-size baseline jumpers to assure Bad Axe the win. Before his foul-induced txit, Schinnerer rebounded like a mad-man, passed like Pistol Pete and scored like the star he is, totaling 20 points. That tied him with guard Bob Carder for team honors. Gene LeGault of Harbor Beach laid a little string music on the fans as he never touched the rim all night in scoring 27 points, mostly on deep-corner jumpers The win gives Thumb Conference Bad Axe a 4-1 record while Harbor Beach of the Greater Thumb Conference slipped to 3-2.

Bad Axe (76) G. F. P. Schinnerer 6 1-10 20 Carder 8 4-5 20 Gay 5 1-2 11 DeChane 1 0-1 2 Ward 1-1 17 lanash 2 0-0 4 Harbor Beach (71) G. F.

P. Capllng 3 1-1 7 Messing 4 4-6 12 LeGault 13 1-1 27 Dahlman 4 0-0 8 Sleman 2 1-1 5 Cook 5 2-5 12 Edwards 10-12 Rapson 0 0-2 Totals 31 (14-20) 76 Totals 31 (9-16) 71 Bad Axe 19 17 22 18-76 Harbor Beach 15 21 16 1971 LAKER-YALE It was short and sweet for Laker, the other TBC team in the tournament. Leading Yale of the GTC 23-6 at the first quarter mark, the Lakers substituted freely the rest of the game. Sturdy 6-foot-4, 210-pound center Bill McCairns led the spread-out Laker attack, netting 17 points. Guard Bill Alexander dropped through 14 in support of McCairns.

The outmanned Bulldogs of Yale failed to place anyone in double figures, although Fuzz Bedy came close with eight points. ers well. Maybe we'll throw to the backs more. "Without giving away secrets, that's what I can say." Elliot, Gusich and other starting defensive backs Tom Darden and Randy Logan have their work cut out when they face Bunce, who led the Pacific Eight Conference in passing and total offense. "We're concerned about our pass defense," Schembechler said.

"It's not that they're not good enough. It's just that they haven't had the opportunity to work against a big passer." The Wolverines held two practices Monday at Bak-ersfield Junior College, about 125 miles northeast of Pasadena. They were forced to move north to a dry field Sunday, after continuous rains made it almost impossible to practice at their East Los Angeles Community College site. They were scheduled to return this afternoon if the road, blocked Monday by snow' and mud slides, was open. Schembechler jokingly said if the team is snowed in, "we'll play the game up here.

We've got a stadium that's fine." Bo, also speaking via the telephone hook-up, said there would be full-equipment practices through Thursday with a 45 minute drill in sweat suits Friday to conclude preparations. The Rose Bowl Stadium field in Pasadena has been covered during the rains. "What do you think of Frank Gusich?" one writer asked, referring to the U-M co-captain who is "Wolfman" (rover-back) on defense. "We're going to try to work on him a little bit," Bunce said. "In his position, he has to cover a lot of territory, so we plan to pick on him.

We're going to have him running all over the field." It's not often a quarterback will come right out and say something like that before a game, and it is sure to make Gusich angry. "If they're going to throw at him, he'll nail 'em," said Bruce Elliott, one of Gusich's fellow defensive backs, and also his roommate. "Maybe they're going to State Ira stroke several days before the Michigan game. Voted eighth was the unexpected resignation of Bill van Breda Kolff as Detroit Piston coach and the appointment of Earl Lloyd to succeed him, becoming the first black coach in Detroit pro sports history. Rated No.

9 was the 1971 All-Star baseball game in De Lions' DecrthTop Marysville Match The teams on the court were Cros Lex and North Huron but the action on the bench was all Marysville Monday in the first round of the Cros-Lex High Holiday Basketball Tournament. Paul Jackson (standing) Cros Lex coach and Bob Keefe Jr. are both former Marysville High athletes. On this night Jackson's team prevailed 65-64. pick on him because he does have a lot of ground to cover.

He's like the linebacker and defensive back both." Gusich was not available for comment. "Most teams haven't thrown to his area much this year," Elliot said. Gusich, a six-foot, 188-pound senior, played Wolfman in U-M's 10-3 Rose Bowl loss in 1970 to Southern Cal. Michigan Coach Bo Schembechler considers him a gritty, hard-hitter, typical of the determined players on his fourth-ranked squad. Bunce had some other revelations: "We're working on a number of things," he said.

"We're planning on throwing the try a few trick plays and utilize our receiv- Sports 71 troit, with Reggie Jackson, Harmon Killebrew and Frank Robinson belting homers in an American League victory. The poll gave the No. 10 spot to Eric Allen Michigan State halfback who set several records, including the national single-game rushing record, in an up-and-down football season in which the Spartans finished 6-5. 7-6, Monday night in the 24th North-South Shrine College All-Star game before 18,640 at iami's Orange Bowl. Halfback Woody Green scored his third touchdown of the game a two-yard plunge that capped a 58-yard drive with 34 seconds left to play to give the Sun Devils their sixth and winning touchdown in the wild scoring Fiesta Bowl.

Green had scored earlier on one and two-yard plunges. Gary Huff, the nation's total offense leader during the regular season, connected on 25 of 46 pass attempts for 347 yards and touchdowns of 10 and 24 yards to favorite target Rhett Dawson to spark the 19th-ranked Seminoles. Huff, voted the most valuable player of the game on offense, drew the praise of Arizona State's Junior Ah You, a defensive end awarded the best lineman trophy. "We had him on his back a lot of times after throwing," Ah You said of Huff. "But he Coro Romps In Ovn Tourney Capac (91) Carsonville (51) Saelens 10 4-5 24 Turner 2 1-9 12 1 2-5 4 Blegnwskl Schwrtzkf Parker Bollaert Phillips Yonuska Kipper Stanllov 7 1-2 15 Gough Lechnyr Fagan Girard Singer Wlnkley Nowatny 2 0-14 2 OO 4 1M i 7 3-3 17 3 5-7 11 10-2 2 5 1-4 11 2 00 4 2 4-5 3 (H) 6 1 (M) 2 2 6-9 10 3 12 7 1 0-0 2 Bullock Totals 3X15-22)91 Totals 19 (20-12) 56 19 32 16 24 91 21 19 4 14 51 Capac Carsonville GARBER BIRCH RUN Don Compton and Bob Be-Lill scored 14 points apiece but it wasn't enough as they were outmanned by Garber.

The main 'hurt" for Birch Run came from forward Joe Pergande who flipped In 30 markers for Garber. Essex'lle-Gorber 17 18 IS 17 67' Birch Run 10 15 8 21 54 GARBER Pergande 30, Hages 15, Czerwkiskl 2, Schulti 1, Corbum 9, Conway 3, Finkei 3, Rlvard 2, Conltn 2. Totals 23 21-31) 67. BIRCH RUN D. Compton 14, Dti.HI 14, Dubey 7, Gust 9, Hopson 2, Taylor 5, Schultr 2, J.

Compton 2, Tanner 2, Pagels 1. Totals 16 (22-36) 54. Bing May Return Tonight DETROIT (UPI) The Detroit Pistons may have all-star guard Dave Bing back in the lineup tonight against the New York Knicks. Bing, who has averaged 24 points a game ever since he joined the National Basketball Association club in 1966, is scheduled to visit Dr. Morton S.

Cox for examination of his injured eye. "If he says OK, I'll be there against the Knicks," said Bing. "I'm ready to go," Bing has been working out for several weeks since recovering from surgery Oct. 15 which corrected a detached retina in the right eye. He was injured in the season opener against the Knicks and has not played since then.

Earlier estimates were that he wouldn't be able to return to the court before Jan. 15. However, the all-star guard is optimistic that date could be changed. "The fact the doctor has advanced my appointment by a week encourages me," said Bing. "I sure hope he lets me in there." After meeting the Knicks, the Pistons will stay home to oppose the Golden State Warriors Thursday night.

Brother Beats Brother Toledo Swings Into Bowl Picture Tonight T2S M-mw Ira -By The Associated Press The death of Chuck Hughes, second-string Detroit Lions wide receiver who collapsed of a heart attack on the Tiger Stadium field during a game against Chicago, was the top sports story of the year in Michigan. "The Hughes tragedy was voted No. 1 among the top 10 sports stories of 1971 in a poll of sports editors and sports directors of Michigan Associated Press member newspapers and radio and television stations. 'The second top story of the year was the retirement of Gordie Howe after 25 fabled years with the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League. "Another football story the surprise dropping of Alex, Karras from the roster of the Detroit Lions with two years remaining on his contracttook the No.

3 designation. The sportswriters and sportscasters made their fourth choice Mickey Lolich's winning 25 games for the Detroit Tigers, his best season ever, and finishing as runner-up in Cy Young Award balloting. In the No. 5 spot was the University of Michigan football team's finishing with an 11-0 record this season and establishing many records en-route to a trip to the Rose Bowl against Stanford. Rated sixth in the poll was the last-place finish of the Detroit Red Wings in the National Hockey League in a season marked by the resignation of Sid Abel as general manager, Coach Ned Harkness' assumption of the post with Doug Berkley's becoming coach, followed by numerous trades.

No. 7 on the list was Michigan State Athletic Director Biggie Munn's suffering a PH Wings Scoring hi no a A Pts. PIM WO B. Bririkwonn, t-- Don Grierson, RW" 36 23 29 45 6 3 21 44 138 1 19 39 33 3 21 37 42 5 18 30 18 1 19 24 93 1 13 23 1 2 2 8 16 96 0 13 14 17 0 6 11 13 0 Marty Reynolds, Bill LeCalne, LW Larry Klewchuk. Randy Sokoll, LW Sutherland, LW Doug Hlnton, I On Fonla ne.

kw 31 16 12 36 5 32 10 8 1 5 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 0 0 10 McCammon, RW 27 Ray Germain, 17 R. Hoplavuorl, 20 Chuck Shaw, 10 Al Genovy, LW-C 10 B. McCutcheon, LW 6 Nels Debenedet, LW Rnh I nnnln. 17 Kent Byrnes, lw 10 11 6 0 6 7 13 0 7 13 5 6 71 1 3 5 8 0 3 5 11 0 13 0 0 0 2 2 1 12 6 0 110 0 0 0 34 0 25 35 52 0 222 360 695 18 Br Inn Croooer, 14 George Hulme, Released players Team totals 25 36 138 Goalie Records r.o up CA Svt. GAA George Hulme Brian Cropper Released player Team totals 26 1479 92 763 3.73 14 591 45(1) 301 4.57 60 5 29 5.00 36 2130 143 1083 4.03 Story (Special to The Times Herald) CARO The host Caro Tigers advanced to a semi-final encounter with Mayville as the Thumb Conference co-leaders ran away from Owen-Gage of the Western Thumb Association, 87-6Q in the opening round of the Caro Holiday Tournament Monday.

Mayville, also of the WTA, advanced by topping Kingston of the North Central Thumb League, 65-52. In other contests, Essex-ville-Garber topped Birch Run of the Greater Thumb Conference 67-54 and Bay City AH Saints ripped Sebewaing, 92-62. CARO OWEN-GAGE Dirk Sutherland enjoyed his finest scoring night of the season with 34 to lead his team towards a tourney championship finalist spot. The 5-foot-foot sparkplug dumped in 14 during the first lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll CARO HOLIDAY TOURNAMENT Today's Games 5:00 p.m. Birch Run vs.

Sebewaing 6:30 p.m. Kingston vs. Owen-Gage 8:00 p.m. Essexvllle-Garber vs. All Saints 9:30 p.m.

Mayville vs. Caro llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll quarter which saw Caro take a 26-18 lead. Dave Holder had 13 and Tim Bates 12 to add to the Tiger scoring machine which is now 5-0. Lee Brown had 16 for Owen-Gage. Cars 26 22 16 21-87 Owen-Gage 18 11 15 14 60 CARO Sutherland 34, Bates 12, Dun-horn 9, DeNoyelles 6, Koob 7, Holder 13, Knowlton 4, Talt 2.

Totals 37 (13- 19) 87. OWEN-GAGE Stevens 8, Brown 16, Kerr 10, Rayl 9, Davison 6, Joles 2, Grlmmell 2, Wolfe 7. Totals 25 (10- 20) 60. MAYVILLE KINGSTON A second quarter cold spell by Kingston meant defeat after trailing by a single point after the opening stanza. The Cardinals picked up only five points in that disastrous second period.

Don Houghton was high-point man for Kingston with 23. The Cards are now 2-3 overall. Mayville 18 17 10 20 65 Kingston 17 5 14 16 52 MAYVILLE Griffiths 20. Fowler 4, Stump 9, Freniel 26, Tomllson 4, Mitchell 2. Totals 21 (23-34 65.

KINGSTON Leser 4, Kolacz 6, Don Houghton 23, Swlerczynskl 9, Borek 2, Clink 3, Glassford 3, Kolaci 2. Totals 19 (14-25) 52. just came back and comDletine them." kept The South victory snapped a win skein of four for the North in the Shrine contest. The North scored first when Northwestern's Maury Daigneau found Iowa State's Bob Richardson with a one-yard flip on fourth down in the second quarter. Ernie Jackson of Duke blocked the conversion attempt.

But the South, bottled up throughout most of a ragged contest that produced nine turnovers, three fumbles and i interceptions, finally launched the game-tying drive. Then Majors made his accurate conversion. Bobby's older brother, Johnny, who also played for Tennessee and was coach of the North squad, commented prior to the game, "I haven't lost any sleep over it (he and Bobby being on opposite sides) and I'm sure Bobby hasn't either, but it should be real interesting." It was. leader with 31 points, led a fourth quarter flurry as the Hawks built their lead to 25 points. Geoff Petrie paced the losers with 23.

Billy Cunningham, Bob Rule and Kevin Loughery led the way as Philadelphia ended a six-game losing streak and extended Buffalo's string of losses to the same number. Cunningham scored 26 points, Rule 25 and Loughery 21. The 76ers led by 19 after three periods before Fred Hilton, who scored 21 points in only 23 minutes, and Randy Smith led a Buffalo rally that sliced the margin to eight points, but no closer. Smith paced the Braves with 24 points. By United Press' International Toledo University goes gunning for its third consecutive Tangerine Bowl victory and its 35th consecutive win when It faces Southern Conference champion Richmond tonight in the 25th annual classic at the 15,000 seat Tangerine Bowl in Orlando, Fla.

Kickoff time is 8:00 p.m. EST. The 34th annual Blue-Gray game also gets under way at 8:00 p.m. at Montgomery, with the Gray squad seeking to stretch the South's win streak to four in a row. Sixth-ranked Arizona State outscrambled Florida State, 45-38, Monday before 51,089 watching the first annual Fiesta Bowl at Tempe, Ariz.

Tommy Durrance of Florida plunged over from the one-yard line with 6:59 left in the game and Tennessee's Bobby Majors added the extra point to help defeat his coaching brother, Johnny, as the South edged the North, Havlicek By The Associated Press John Havlicek is tough enough for 47 minutes and 59 seconds, but in that final second he's pure murder. The Boston Celtics' star beat Detroit earlier this season with a basket at the buzzer and Monday night he did it to the Golden State Warriors 99-97 with a long turnaround jump shot as time ran out. In the only other National Basketball Association games, Philadelphia held off Buffalo 121-112 and Atlanta downed Portland 135-121. Havlicek tied the score with 16 seconds left on a jump shot and the Warriors worked the Deadly At Buzzer ball for the last shot. Caszie Russell misfired on a 25-foot-er, Boston's Don Nelson grabbed the rebound and passed to Havlicek, who turned and fired as the buzzer sounded.

Havlicek and Nate Thurmond of the Warriors shared scoring honors with 28 points apiece. Atlanta and Portland were tied at halftime but Herm Gilliam of the Hawks scored 11 of his 17 points in the third period to help his team pull away. Gilliam, subbing for the ailing Pete Maravich, hit two field goals late in the period to give the Hawks a four-point lead and the Blazers never threatened thereafter. Lou Hudson, the scoring QlillilllllK Rowling Hits Ed Rowling (21) of Cros Lex goes up between two North Huron defenders to score two of his much -needed 26 points Monday in the Cros Lex Holiday Basketball Tourna-ment. The Pioneers won 65-64.

North Huron defenders are Larry Weber (54) and Charlie Green (40). nor men WG Winning goal.