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-MP www ww Tuesday, Sept. 11, 1973 Fort Collins Coloradoan It By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Arvada West took all but two of the first place votes the Associated Press sports writers and sportscasters poll of the top Colorado high schcol football teams following the opening weekend of play. The Wildcats, who beat Colorado Springs Mitchell 28-21 Sat-lcts in the Class AAA bracket of the first regular season poll. They had also been ranked tirst in the preseason poll. Fort Collins Poudre, a 23-20 winner over Laramie, was second and Denver Washington, which beat Greeley West, 21-12, was third.

Sheridan dominated the Class AA ranks, taking 17 first place votes to second-place Salida's urday, won 22 first place bal- In the Class A bracket, Roar- place after losing 13-7 to Mach-ebeuf. Rounding out the top five were 'Walsh, despite a 23-0 pasting by Crowley County, and Pagosa Springs, which was held to a 6-6 tie by Dove Creek, Trailing the top three in the Class AAA poll were Cherry Creek, in fourth place after btating Aurora Central 21-6, Wheat Ridge, in fifth after its 20-7 victory over Colorado Swings Wasson. and Denver Mullen, ranked No. 6 after edging Ranum 26-21. Here art tht top Colorado high school footbalWeams as chosen In the first regular season balloting by Associated Press sports writers and sportscasters.

First place votes are In parenthesses with point totals 'for Class AAA based on 10 points for first place through one point for a 10th place vote; and for Class AA and Class based on five points tor a first place vote through one point for a filth place vote. Class AAA 1. Arvada West (22 231 2. Fort Collins Poudre 203 3. Denver Washington 4.

Cherry Creek 162 5. Wheat Ridge (1) lis e. Denver Mullen tt 7. Colorado Springs Mitchell tl t. Grand Junction 62 Denver Jefferson 41 19.

Bear Creek (1) 37 Other teams receiving votes: Denver Kennedy, Boulder Falrview, Denver South, Trinidad, Durango, Denver Lincoln, Northglenn, Lakewood, Regis, Long-mont, Lamar, Greeley Central, Colorado Springs Wasson, Greeley West, Colorado Springs Palmer, Thornton, Widefield, Coronado. Class AA 1. Sheridan (17) 111 2. Salida (6) 106 3. Monte Vista 66 4.

Las Animas 51 5. Meeker 37 Other teams receiving votes: Eaton, Montrose, Crowley County, Valley, Anto-nitlo, Manitou Springs, Burlington, Yu-man, Cederedge. Class A 1. Roaring Fork (11) 7 2. Revere (6) 74 3.

Limon (3) 51 4. Walsh (2) 27 5. Pagosa Springs Other teams receiving votes: Holly, Springfield, Machebeuf, Lyons (1), Eads, Calhan, Caliche, Bennett, Manzanola, La-Veta, Otis, Cripple Creek-Victor, Granada, Trinidad Catholic, Dove Creek, Merino, Silver State Baptist. ports Impalas second in prep grid poll SxXw.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.w.w?.w.vl keer, which beat Fruita Monument 27-19. The only change in the Class AA rankings from the preseason poll was a swap between Monte Vista and Salida for second and third place, irg Fork moved up from third to first, getting 11 first place votes, after shutting out Hotch-kiss 20-0.

Revere moved up from fifth to second with its 24-12 victory over Akron, while Li-mon, ranked first before the season started, slipped to third sis, and Roaring Fork was picked as the best of the Class A teams. Sheridan's Rams whipped Roosevelt 32-6 in their first game while Salida smothered Del Norte 53-12, running up the biggest victory margin of any of the APs top rated squads. Monte Vista, which sneaked by Buena Vista 12-7, was in third place in the poll, followed by Las Animas, a 14-7 winner over Raton, N.M., and Mee- Frazier bout looms ke Oft apman ht eoireeir mmmmmMmimmM Patience, patience II i and then come more nnw fjT I Lubbers in Jakarta and then I'd like to meet Frazier," The fight against Holland's heavyweight champion has been on tap since last spring. First Ali suffered a cut eye in beating Joe Bugner of England and then Norton broke his jaw. The Lubbers fight is scheduled Oct.

20. Foreman watched the fight, talked with Ali and said his next defense probably would be in November against rugged Jerry Quarry, sporting a new look after retiring early last year. Quarry, ranked fourth in the world after inflicting the first loss on Denver's Ron Lyle and scoring four straight wins since his retirement, devastated big Tony Doyle in the Ali-Norton preliminary. Knocking Doyle down twice with left hooks once in the first and again in the fourth Jerry finished his adversary with a vicious two-fisted barrage in the fourth round, scoring a TKO when the referee stopped the one-sided affair. The give and take Muhammad Ali gives out the punish- long left and the former champ (right in ment to Ken Norton in the top picture bottom photo) takes a solid left hook and takes some in return in the bottom from Norton.

Ali took a split decision in picture during action Monday night. Ali the bruising battle held at the Forum in "Patience is the best remedy for every trouble," said one Titus Maccuis Plautus. "How poor are they that have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees?" cited the much more famous William Shakespeare. One could amost contend both men were contemplating the fortunes of the Colorado State University football program when they came up with the above statements, so apropos do they seem. The Rams' contest, with Arizona Saturday afternoon at Hughes Stadium proved one thing for certain the fans are going to have to display great patience before they can expect many rewards.

With BYU, Arizona State and Idaho the opponents in three of the next four games (the Rams meet New Mexico State University in Fort Collins Sept. 22), the patience of CSU fans will undergo a rugged test, as in past seasons. PERHAPS YOU will recall that last week's column a 6-5 finish for the Rams, including an opening win over Arizona and a "breather" with Idaho. Not only did the Wildcats rupture my forecast immediately with their 31-0 win over the Rams, but did you see what Idaho did to the University of Texas at EI Paso, another WAC team? The Vandals gave UTEP a thorough 62-14 thrashing, amassing 556 yards total offense, including 448 on the ground. The Arizona-CSU and the Idaho-UTEP games prove something that most sportswriters have known all along, but didn't want to admit to themselves that they should stick to reporting athletic events and not forecasting them.

SEVERAL VISITING sportswriters in the press box at the game Saturday were bemoaning the fact that it looked like another long season for CSU fans and reporters. But one person who was not decidedly pessimistic was Nordy Jensen, information director for the Western Athletic Conference. "You've got to remember that the Rams had a lot of inexperience in their backfield," said Nordy in the game's aftermath. "Really, Tom Wallace was the only man out there that had any real experience carrying the ball from last year. "And I thought the Rams looked respectable on defense, certainly better than last year.

They'll be much better once the backs get some experience under their belts." Norton with a Inglewood, Calif. 1 JF it fax vt INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) -One round saved Muhammad Ali from oblivion and will bring the boxing world what it once thought would be the greatest fight ever Ali versus Joe Frazier. That fight, in the advanced planning stages, will gross more than a million dollars but Ali showed it will be a fight between a pair of has-beens. George Foreman knocked out Frazier in two rounds and Ali needed everything he still possessed to win the 12th round at the Forum on Monday night.

That won a split decision over Ken Norton. If he had lost, the era of Ali in boxing would have ended. Norton had beaten him, breaking Muhammad's jaw, last March 31, and the San Diego puncher landed the harder blows in the rematch. At 31, the former heavyweight champion said, "If you locked at movies of this fight and movies of my early fights, you would see I haven slowed very much. I have made my comeback.

I would like to fight Frazier next." Joe Frazier outpointed Ali in 15 rounds on March 8, 1971, and reigned as the champion, a position Ali never has attained since he was stripped of hs crown on draft evasion charges which later were reversed by the U.S. Supreme Court. Even the highest court couldn't have ruled the Ali of Monday night in the class of the Ali who knocked out Sonny Liston twice. He had trained to 212 pounds and looked trim. He also looked old.

Ali danced his way to a big early lead, then was slugged into corners by Norton and finally won the 12th round. Referee Dick Young scored the fight 7-5 for Ali and Judge John Thomas saw it 6-5 for the ex-champ. Judge George Latka scored 6-5 for Norton, the same as The Associated Press. Had Norton won the 12th, he would have won the fight. There was bedlam as the fighters went to their dressing rooms.

First there was microphone trouble when they were supposed to hold a joint news conference. Then there was nearly a battle between newsmen and special patrolriien when Ali went to his dressing room. Those who could reach Ali heard him say: "He tried to win the 12th round, too, but he couldn't. I'm satisfied with my comeback. I am scheduled to meet Rudi Rhoadas shines in Rocket camp Former Colorado State University basketball star Gary Rhoades may leave his mark in the professional ranks this year on the basis of his performance in the Denver Rockets rookie camp Monday.

The 6-3 forward, a 1973 graduate of CSU, was the most impressive of 19 rookie hopefuls Monday as the Rockets opened their 1973 camp. Rocket coach Alex Hannum noted he liked the way Rhoades moved to the basket and asserted himself under the boards. Rhoades was CSU's leading re-bounder the past two years. Rhoades hit four of eight shots during the scrimmage and committed six fouls. He stands second in career scoring at CSU with 1,296 points, an average of 16.8 points a game.

Last season, Rhoades made four different All-Western Athletic Conference teams, was named to the All-District Seven squad and made the honorable mention All-American listings. Sports schedule FRIDAY Football Poudre at Fort Morgan Greeley West at FCHS RMHS at Longmont Golf Poudre, FCHS, RMHS at Greeley Inv. Cross country FCHS, Poudre, RMHS at Arapahoe Inv. SATURDAY Footbah CSU at BYU Tennis Poudre at Fort Morgan Greeley West at FCHS RMHS at Longmont Weary Ali has praise for Norton INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) -Muhammad Ali slumped in a chair and said, "Naturally, I'm tired." Then he added that he might have overtrained to beat Ken Norton Monday night.

"No man could hit me as much as Norton did in the shape I am Frazier couldn't do it Foreman wouldn't do it Ali said. After the 12-round split decision, Ali met briefly with newsmen, then was sequestered with his followers in his dressing room. Only some Hollywood personalities, friends, a few newsmen and heavyweight champion George Foreman were allowed in for at least a half hour. Foreman and Ali exchanged barbs, and the former heavyweight champion said, "I'll take Foreman right how." However, Foreman said he plans to fight Jerry Quarry in November, Joe Frazier in December, and either Ali or Norton next year. Ali, 'asked who his next opponent would be, replied: "Nobody.

I'm tired right now." The 31-year-old Ali rubbed his right hand and said he would be getting it x-rayed. "Something popped in the sixth round," he explained. Of his jaw, broken last March 31 when Norton won a 12-round split decision, Ali said that it was, "fine." Bob Arum, Ali's attorney, said an Ali-Norton rematch "is a definite possibility. This was a hell of a fight. But we have a commitment to fight in Indonesia against Rudi Lubbers Oct.

20 in Jakarta." Ali, who was on his toes much of the fight but cornered numerous times and forced to cover up, said he hasn't lost all of his speed. "I imagine if you watched films of my old fights, I'm not too much slower but I can't be 22 again. "He tried to win the 12th round, but he couldn't," Ali said. Judge John Thomas, who scored the fight 6-5 for Ali, had it 5-5 going into the last round. "That was the round that won the fight," said Thomas.

"Fight of the year? This was the fight of several years." BYU tickets available Tickets for this Saturday's football game between Colorado State and Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, are now available at the CSU Athletic Ticket Office. The tickets are priced at $5 and the ticket office will be open daily from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. However, the BYU tickets will only be available until 3 p.m. Thursday.

Aaron slugs 710th despite cramps (AP) The Top Twenty with first-place votes in parentheses, season records and total points. Points tabulated on basis of 20-18-16-14-12-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1: W-L-T Pts. 1. So. Cal.

(49) 0-0-0 1,168 2. Nebraska (8) 1-0-0 1,121 3. Ohio St. (2) 0-0-0 838 4. Texas 0-0-0 819 5.

Michigan (1) 0-0-0 683 6. Alabama 0-0-0 616 7. Penn St. (1) 0-0-0 571 8. Notre Dame 0-0-0 436 9.

Tennessee 0-0-0 433 10. Colorado 0-0-0 294 11. Oklahoma 0-0-0 243 12. Auburn 0-0-0 237 13. Arizona St.

0-0-0 228 14. Florida 0-0-0 133 15. Louisiana St. 0-0-0 85 16. UCLA 0-1-0 84 17.

N. Caro St. 1-0-0 81 18. Houston 0-0-0 68 20. Texas Tech 0-0-0 25 Others receiving votes, listed alphabetically: Air Force, Arkansas, Boston College, Bowling Green, Florida State, Georgia, Georgia Tech, State, Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Northern Illinois, Oklahoma State, Southern Methodist, Stanford, Syracuse, Texas Tulane, Washington State, West (left in top photo) catches By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Nebraska Cornhuskers, seeking their third national college football crown in four years, moved up today to chal-1 defending champion Southern California in The Associated Press' first regular-season poll.

Fourth in the preseason rankings, Nebraska shol up to second place past idle Ohio State One U. S. participant wins in sambo match TEHRAN, Iran (AP) The United States split a pair of second-round sambo wrestling matches Monday night at the World Wrestling Championships. Buck Deadrich of San Leandro, Calif, pinned Jose Trujillo of Spain in a 220-pound match while Wayne Baughman of Washington was pinned by L. Tedashvili of Russia in a 198-pound pairing.

Sambo wrestling is a combination of judo and karate which allows participants to hit, kick and grab an opponent. The finals in the Sambo competition is scheduled today. By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Neither wind, nor rain nor Don Carrithers could stay Hank Aaron from No. 710. stomach cramps kept the Atlanta slugger from his next appointed round tripper.

Aaron posted his 710th career homer in the third inning off a Carrithers delivery, leaving him just four short of Babe Ruth's record 714. But in the fourth he ran into something not on the Giants' roster and had to leave the game. "Hank had severe stomach cramps so they took him to a doctor," Manager Eddie Mathews said after his club knocked off the Giants 10-4 Monday night. "The doctor called about 11 and said he was okay." Actually, against that opponent Aaron was defenseless. He couldn't use his bat.

Elsewhere in the abbreviated National League schedule, Pittsburgh pounded Chicago 11-3 and San Diego tripped Houston 5-3. Stomach trouble got Aaron out which was something the Giant pitchers couldn't do. Aaron singled in the first off Juan Marichal for his 99th hit of the season before reaching the century total on his 37th homer of the season. It was the 39-year-old Aaron's fourth homer of the month and raised his 1973 average to a season-high .288. Pirates II, Cubs 3 According to the commercials, everybody loves Phil Wrigley's gum.

The same can be said now for Phil Wrigley's park. The Pirates doubled their pleasure Monday with 21 hits over Wrigley Field and double their fun by chewing up the Cubs 11-3. "I'ta only been around parts of two seasons," said Richie Zisk who stroked five hits. "But everybody talks about how they like to hit when they come to this park. Our bats just seemed to wake up." Padres 5, Astros 3 John Grubb led off the eighth with a triple and scored the tie-breaking run on a mishandled fly ball, leading the Padres to a 5-3 victory over Houston.

Grubb scored the Padres fourth run as left fielder Mike Easier dropped Leron Lee's fly ball. Lee was credited with a sacrifice on the play. Ryder Cup showdown The United States Ryder Cup team will travel to Muirfield, Scotland, for a showdown with the British team Sept. 2522. Only native-born PGA members are eligible.

and Texas on the strength of a 40-13 opening-game rout of UCLA. The setback dropped the Bruins from 10th to 16th. Southern Cal, which opsns this Saturday night against Arkansas, receivsd 49 first-place votes and 1,168 points from the 61 sports writers and broadcasters who participated in this week's poll. Nebraska picked up eight first-place ballots and 1,121 points. The spread between the two in the preseason poll was 475 points.

Two first-place votes went to Ohio State, which dropped from second to third with 838 points. Texas went from third to fourth with 819 points. Michigan held on to fifth place with one first-place vote and 683 points while Alabama, Penn State, Notre Dame and Tennessee retained the sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth spots. Penn State got the other No. 1 vote.

Idle Colorado, tied with Oklahoma for 11th in the preseason balloting, moved up to 10th, replacing UCLA. N.C. State, the only other member of the preseason Top Twenty to see action over the weekend, drubbed East Carolina 57-8..