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Fort T.atitWrlale Now ami Siin-Sentinrl. Saturday, Doromhcr 0. 1072 a i UF Surprising Six-Point Pick Over Tar Heels tying powerful Louisiana State, 3-3, and defeating Miami, last week. North Carolina brings a six-, game winning streak into the game, including a 42-19 victory over East Carolina in its last outing two weeks ago. Dickey expects the defense, which has yielded just two touchdowns in the last four games, to get one of its biggest tests of the year.

The unit is headed by linebackers Fred Abbott, David Poff and Ralph Ortega, the three leading tacklers on the team. "North Carolina is a team that comes right at you with the football," Dickey said. "They remind me of Auburn they way they run the' Their depth at running back is as good as any team we've faced, including Alabama." Ike Oglesby and Tim Kirkpatrick are expected to start at running backs, with All-America guard well, since today's game is the only major college contest of the day. Ironically, the Gators have been installed as six-point favorites despite their 5-4-1 record and North Carolina's 9-1 mark. Florida is given the edge because of a tougher schedule, with opponents having a combined record of 7S-42-1 including four bowl teams.

The Atlantic Coast Conference champion Tar Heels' opponents, meanwhile, have a S8-S7-3 bined mark and North Carolina lost to the only bowl team on its schedule Rose Bowl-bound Ohio State (29-14). "North Carolina has a fine record, but I don't know what they would have been if they had played our schedule," Dickey said. "On the other hand, I don't know what we would have done if we had played their schedule." Florida has not lost in its last three games, Ron Rusnak helping to pave the way, Junior Nick Vidnovic is the quarterback. Offensively, the Gators' junior sensation, Nat Moore, is counted on The running back who was playing junior college basketball a year ago needs only 38 yards to set a Florida single season rushing record. Moore currently has 80S yards, ranking him behind Walter Mayberry (818 yards in 1937) and Chuck Hunsinger (842 yards in 1948).

But Dickey hopes Florida does not have to depend too much on the quick 175-pounder. "Someone offensively will have to do something besides Nat Moore," Dickey said. "A fullback, a wide receiver, someone, "We're going to have to avoid mistakes offensively," Dickey added. "We can't give them the ball at their end of the field. They specialize in ball control, and if you give it to them too close to the goal, they'll score on you." Radio: VYIOD (610), p.m.

By RICK ROBB Sports Staff Writer JACKSONVILLE Doug Dickey produced some outstanding teams at the University of Tennessee, but none that he enjoyed coaching more than the 1972 Florida Gators. "This has been a tremendous team to coach" said Dickey, whose team closes out the season today at 2 in the Gator Bowl against Sun Bowl-bound North Carolina, "We've gained tremendous respect from our followers. I don't know of any team I've enjoyed coaching as much as this one. "A win over a team like North Carolina would be about as well as we can ice the cake." Florida gets a chance to ice the cake on a winning season and gain some national recognition as NAT MOORE eyes record Griese Activated For Giants' Game Cowboys Battle Redskins; Bengals Host Cleveland J.mmy (Tre GreoU Srv Jcr Pro 1 Our Win strvicet The Dallas Cowboys, seeking a record seventh straight postseason berth, host the streaking Washington Redskins today with Dallas looking for more evidence that their damaged Super Bowl form is on the mend, "I felt like we played with a lot of purpose against St. Louis last week," said Dallas Coach Tom Landry, "which I think was a positive step in our direction to be ready for the playoffs.

"If what we saw last Sunday is still there against Washington, things will be better." Dallas is not yet assured of a playoff spot, needing at least a tie in its last two games against Washington and the New York Giants to have a chance at its second straight Super Bowl title. And the task today will be formidable since Washington i brings to town the NFC's leading defense and the NFL's leading ball carrier (Larry Brown). But Washington has already clinched a playoff spot with its 11-1 record and rushed from behind to defeat Dallas, 24-20, in these two teams' first meeting this year. If either team is "due for a slight letdown, therefore, it would appear to be the The oddsmakers have installed Dallas as a sevens-point favorite, The Bengals, 7-5, must whip the Browns today and the Houston Oilers next week to stay in contention for the berth, which is awarded to the team with the best win-lost record among second-place finishers in the three AFC divisions. Even then, the Bengals can get the berth only if the New York Jets, 7-5, lose, or tie one of their remaining two games and if Cleveland loses its remaining two games.

The Browns, on the other hand, need to defeat the Bengals to eliminate Cincinnati from contention. That would leave New York and Cleveland in the runnerup race. And if New York ties or loses Monday night against Oakland and the Browns win, Cleveland makes the playoffs. But if Cleveland loses and New York beats the Raiders, all three teams would still be in the wild card scramble. A Riverfront Stadium capacity crowd of about 60,000 and a national television audience will view the sixth regular-sea-; son meeting of the fierce Ohio rivals.

-7 summer after rookie John James of Florida beat him out. He will be around "just in case we need him for the playoffs," according to Shula. Griese will be available tomorrow but he will not play. In order to play in the Baltimore game, Shula said he "must be healthy and by healthy I mean he's going to have to be able to protect himself." Griese broke his leg and dislocated his ankle against San Diego Oct. 15.

Yesterday, for the first time since then, he took a snap from center in practice. "I think there's a good chance that Griese could play against the Colts. He looked pretty good. I don't know how much he would play. It would depend on the situation," Shula said Shula will not comment on any decision he may make about Griese and Earl Morrall concerning playoff action.

"There's no use to talk about a decision that might not even come about," Shula said. All playoff teams will be able to make four moves during the playoffs and any player placed on the move list will be able to return after one game. more than prestige and regional pride will ie at stake today when the Cincinnati Bengals host the cross-Cjtate rival Cleveland Browns. At stake for both clubs will be hopes for the American 'Conference wild card berth in the NFL's season playoffs. When William Sullivan Jr.

stopped in the Penn State locker room Nov. 18, it wasn't to congratulate Coach Joe Pa-terno on beating Boston College and receiving a bid to the Sugar Bowl. Sullivan is the president of the New England Patriots of the National Football League. He asked Paterno if the Penn Stale coach would like to coach New England. The 45-year-old Paterno is thinking about it, but he won't disclose his thoughts until after Penn State meets Oklahoma BOB GRIESE may face Colts Anderson's only punt went 36 yards.

"I've always been the back-; up punter," Anderson said. "Three years ago I punted in the last regular season game when Seiple separated his shoulder. I just hope it goes high and down the middle when I kick it." In 1969, Anderson punted five times for a 37.6-yard average and had a long punt of 49 yards. Lothridge had been plucked out of enforced retirement after being the final man cut by the Atlanta Falcons this By MIKE SCHWEBEL Sports Staff Writer MIAMI Billy Lothridge, who said when he came to the Miami Dolphins that he knew his next punt may be his last, may have made that last punt. The Dolphins placed Lothridge on the move list yesterday as they activated quarterback Bob Griese.

Griese had been on the move list for the maximum seven weeks. Had he been placed on the list again, he would still have been eligible for the playoffs but he would not have been eligible for the final two regular season game, first against the Giants in New York tomorrow and then in the Orange Bowl against the Baltimore Colts the following Saturday. Safety Dick Anderson, who briefly took over the punting after Larry Seiple suffered ligament damage to his right knee against the Jets Nov. 19, will punt against the Giants. "The doctor is very optimistic about Seiple being able to come back and start punting next week.

I figured if this is true, by doing it this way we keep Griese alive to possibly play against the Colts," Shula said. "If I took somebody else off the roster, then we would have been in danger of weakening ourselves on the specialty teams," Shula said. "Lothridge understands all of this. He's still a member of the football team but he won't dress." Seiple had the cast taken off his leg Thursday. Having his best season, he was averaging 40 yards a punt.

Lothridge had been something of a disappointment in the two games he punted, averaging 37.S yards for four punts. "But that wasn't why COLLEGE BOWLS BOARDWALK BOWL Massachusetts 18 over U. Cal at Davis GRANTLAND RICE BOWL Louisiana Tech 17 over Tenn. Tech CAMELLIA BOWL No. Dakota 13 over Cal Poly OTHER BOWLS LIBERTY BOWL (DEC.

18) Iowa State 7 over Georgia Tech. FIESTA BOWL (DEC. 23) Arizona State 9 over Missouri. PEACH BOWL (DEC. 29) West Virginia 2 over North Carolina State.

ASTRO-BLUE BONNET BOWL (DEC. 30) Tennessee 3 over Louisiana State. SUN BOWL (DEC. 30) North Carolina Even against Texas Tech. GATOR BOWL (DEC.

30) Colorado 7 over Auburn. SUGAR BOWL (DEC. 31) Oklahoma 13 over Penn COTTON BOWL (JAN. 1) Alabama 8 over Texas. ORANGE BOWL (JAN.

1) Nebraska 13 over Notre Dame. ROSE BOWL (JAN. 1) Southern California 14 over Ohio State. TODAY NATIONAL CONFERENCE "Dallas 7 over Washington AMERICAN CONFERENCE Cincinnati 4 over Cleveland TOMORROW AMERICAN CONFERENCE Pittsburgh 14 over 'Houston San Diego 3 over 'Denver 'Kansas City 3 over Baltimore NATIONAL CONFERENCE Chicago 4 over 'Philadelphia Los Angeles 11 over St. Louis Minnesota 4 over Green Bay San Francisco 4 over Atlanta INTERCONFERENCE Miami 7 over N.Y.

Giants Detroit 13 over 'Buffalo New Orleans 9 over New England MONDAY AMERICAN CONFERENCE Oakland 6 over N.Y. Jets Indicates home team. New Year Eve in the Sugar Bowl. Sporfs Roundup The St. Louis Cardinals will start Jim Hart at quarterback in tomorrow's game against the Los Angeles Rams, Coach bod Hoiiway said yesterday.

Hart will take the place of Gary Cuozzo, whom Hoiiway tabbed his "permanent" starting quarterback on Nov. 12, when St, Louis had a 2-6-1 record, Since then the Cards have dropped to 2-9-1. Fullback Steve Owens and defensive tackle Larry Woods were moved to the injured reserve list by the Detroit Lions and replaced with Nick Eddy and John Gordon, C0HTR0L LASER CORP. 1800 S.W, 7th Ave. POMPANO BEACH 781-3113 Has immdiala openings for 0 Tape Machine Operator 0 Mill Hands 0 Lathe Hands 0 Sheet Metal Men Welders 0 Deburr Hands Tap WJgei, paid inturanca and holidays plui ovartima, profit sharing, 58 hrs.

per weak, lent range program. New Orleans Saints quarterback Archie Manning was involved in a minor auto accident, but a club spokesman said Manning was not injured. The accident occurred on Veterans Memorial Boulevard not far from the Saint training camp. hung Surgery For Reds' Bench Slated Monday Our Win Services Cincinnati Reds' catcher Johnny Bench, the National League's Most Valuable Player in 1970 and 1972, will undergo surgery Monday morning for removal of a spot on one lung. Dr, George Ballou, Reds' physician, said that tests performed on Bench were completed yesterday and no new diagnosis had been made.

Bench will enter Christ Hospital late today for surgery Monday. Ballou said the decision to go ahead with surgery was made after consultation with Bench plus Bench's personal physician, Dr, Luis Gonzalez, and other consultants. Gonzalez will perform the surgery. The physicians had promised an announcement sometime yesterday on results of the tests. The disclosure came in the form of a brief statement from Ballou.

Bench hasn't been available for comment, He changed his telephone number following a deluge of calls asking his condition. Baseball Commissioner Bowie Kuhn denied that he had breached an understanding in releasing the clubs' proposal for settlement of player issues and he urged both sides to continue working toward a quick solution. "I have been assured by Joe Cronin, president of the American League; Chub Feeney, president of the National League and John Gaherin, the clubs' negotiator, that there was no such agreement or understanding," the commissioner said in a formal statement. Kuhn's statement came in reply to charges by Marvin Miller, executive director of the Baseball Players Association, that the commissioner in a press conference at the winter meetings Nov. 29 in Hawaii "had acted in bad faith" and issued a fradulent statement." the move," Shula we made said.

The Baltimore Colts have reactivated running back Tom Matte alter seven weeks on the injured reserve list. tt5 College Football in Hollywood HI in LOT 2 Conover Signs Pact To Remain At Rice BOXING Negotiations for European heavyweight champion Joe Bugner to fight Muhammad Ali in Las Vegas, on Feb. 21 were concluded yesterday. But then the British Boxing Board promptly issued an ultimatum to the Briton: "Don't sign or else." Bugner, 22, of England, was reported planning to fly to Las Vegas Monday to sign centracts for his biggest ever pay night, about $175,000, after discussions here between his manager, Andy Smith, and Ali's attorney, Bob Arum. But Ray Clarke, secretary of the boxing board, said Bugner had been told "in no uncertain terms that.he must not sign any contract." Our Win servicei Coaching changes headlined the college football scene yesterday with a very light schedule on tap and a few minor bowl games today and tonight, Rice Coach Al Conover, rumored in line for the head job at his alma mater at Wake Forest, announced he will remain at Rice and signed a five-year contract with the Owls.

Conover has set his sights on revamping the Rice football program to produce a Southwest Conference contender. He received a pledge from university president Dr, Norman Hackerman to consider some changes that Conover recommended be made to upgrade the Rice football pro- gram. "He agreed we had to go forward with the athtletic program at Rice," Conover said after his lVs-hour conversation with Hackerman. "We don't want to win just a few games here and there. We want to win it all at Rice.

We'll have to do some revamping of the program to do it." Two of Conover's recommendations included were to move training facilities from the present gym site over to Rice Stadium and addditional personnel. With Conover's announcement he would remain at Rice Chuck Mills of Utah State appeared to be the leading candidate for the Wake Forest head job. Sources close to Mills said he is out of town and will not return until Monday. Wake Forest is seeking a successor to Tom Harper, a former Deacon assistant who posted a 2-9 record in his first and only season as head coach. Southern Methodist sources indicated Barry Switzer, an Oklahoma assistant, and Johnny Majors head a at Iowa State, are prime prospects for the head job at the Dallas school.

SMU said it is looking for one man to fill the job of head football coach and athtletic director and the announcement of his hiring may be made as early as tomorrow. Both Switzer and Majors are in contention for the coaching job at Michigan State, vacated earlier this fall by Duffy Daugherty. William M. Faircloth was picked to succeed Harvey Stratton as head football coach at Catawba College in Salisbury, N.C. Indiana Coach John Pont's contract was renewed for 1973 with no termination date included, A freshman quarterback at Georgia Tech said he was kidnaped at gunpoint, robbed 1 of his 1968 car, $18 in cash and his belongings and beaten by five youths ranging in age from 12 to 16.

Five black players on Carson-Newman's squad were left behind in Jefferson City, as the Eagles left for Commerce, and their NAIA championship game today with East Texas State. The postseason games on today's light schedule, pit against California-Davis in the Boardwalk inside Atlantic City's Convention Hall; Louisiana Tech against Tennessee Tech in the Grantland at Baton Rouge, Tennessee State against Drake in the Pioneer Bowl at Wichita Falls, and Cal Poly San Luis Obispo against the University of North Dakota in the Camelia Bowl at Sacramento, Calif. GOLF Bill Hyndman of Philadelphia, who "came of age" a year ago for senior amateur golf competition, retained his American Senior's Golf Association championship over the north course of the PGA National Golf Club with a final sub-par round of 68 for a total of 289 at Palm Beach Gardens. Going into the final round he trailed Web Wilder of San Antonio, by three shots. Hyndman caught and passed Wilder at the turn of this final round with an outgoing 34 to Wilder's 39.

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