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MGE 32 A I I I TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5,,1971 Murray Cycling: Sports Orphan 'otorcycling is a sport which has trouble finding its medium of expression. For some, the sporting aspect of "ding involves tooling up to a mountain village and ter- Ihg inhabitants with lengths of chain. For others, it's dirt ovalxacing. Then, there are the hill climbs. if Motorcycling is the orphan of wheeled sports.

It is a tempo- 'activity, falling somewhere between bicycle riding and radng. -The public thus pictures a motorcyclist as someone alls short Of haying the stamina of a bike rider ar the ye racer. Motor bike riders have to jump cars or chasms on wires to prove their right to be considered aljflfeing.more than highway hazards. Evel Knievel has to keep flattening to' jump the Grand Canyon to get his name in the shortly after War Europeans evolved a form involved suicidal aspects in one event they" dubbed, infelicitously, because it sounds like a trav- eyangelist tent show, "moto-cross." It is a race run over t-terrain which has been watered, pitted, truncated, and larked, and the riders are positioned to drive over it in two J0-mmute races or three 30-minute races, or heats, with overall winner being judged by the best finishes in each of the heats. Like Sinking In A Sub Doctors have computed that a guy comes out of a moto- cross race in about the condition a guy comes up from a sunken submarine.

In the first place, the rider has to" stand up for most or an of the 40 minutes. It is better for the knees to take the jar of 30-foot landings than the spine. His "oxygen depth," or the intake ratio, is about that of a 10,000 meter runner in the Himalayas. He has so many blisters on his hands, they a map of Colorado. He has-to wrap them in bandages like a prizefighter! Guys with esoteric sports always like to tell you "it's very big in Jlussia," because they know Americans this big inferiority complex and always go around feeling ashamed because-nobody in the rest of the world knows who Willie Mays is.

But. this sport must really be big in because I talked to a moto-cross rider, an Englishman named Abe Bickers, -who went to Russia for a mdto-cfoss grand prix one year it was.in Russia and got caught taking pictures of them changing the gauge of the railroad cars at Hie border. He would still be in the Lubianka Prison stifling screams, except he. could prove be was on the way Russian GrandJPrix. They knew then he couldn't be a spy because anyone with brains enough to be a spy wouldn't be a moto-cross driver.

Freeway Challenge One hundred sixty thousand Russians turned out to see the race jn. Moldavian city of Kishinev. But, that's nothing. One hundred thousand of them turned out just to watch the British team arrive in a fleet of Mercedes. The only other time they saw that many German vechicles 'there, they -were-throwing bottles of gasoline at them.

Since Europe has a 15-year head start on the U.S. in moto- cross racing, it will probably take our drivers, oh, two weeks to 10 days to catch up. If necessary, we can always challenge the Russkies to a rematch on the Hollywood Freeway, from the Interchange to the Balboa off-ramp. They will see more traffic there than they would in all of Siberia. In fact, if they had that much traffic in Russia, 80 per cenLof'them would be tanks.

But, let's face it: when it comes to driving motorcycles-through mud, we're way behind the Russians; the rest of the world. Utah Signs Jones On Pact Loophole SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -The Utah Stars, capitalizing oil a contract technicality, have landed star guard Jim- ray Jones of the Memphis Pros. Jones, who has averaged 21.4 points a game in four years in the American Basketball Association, signed a multiyear contract after becoming a free Stars announced yesterday. Terms were not disclosed, but Jones' agent, Tom Meehan, remarked, "I don't think Bill Daniels will be buying any- jet planes for awhile." Daniels is the Stars' owner. Jones' contract last season was for one year and expired Sept 21.

The Memphis club was required to notify Jones of his one-year option by Sept. 21, Meehan said. Jones received the option notice Sept. 29 and failed to reach a settlement with the Pros on a new contract. Under most contracts, the.

deadline for the option notice is Oct. "The Stars contract is about double what he was offered by Memphis," Meehan said. Jones was at his home in Tallulah, yesterday and was not expected to play tonight when the Stars, defending ABA champs, take on Maravich Has Kiss Of Mono ATLANTA (AP) Doctors have diagnosed an illness which ktruck Atlanta Hawks iwsketball star Pete Maravich infections mononucleosis. The illnew it expected to keep Maravich out of action tor at teut two more weeks, jKooititag to today'i issue of the defending National; Basketball Association Milwaukee Bucks in a Salt Palace exhibition. J.

The acquisition of Jones may help the Stars forget about their contract troubles of last season. Coach Bill Sherman resigned, saying the Stars failed to live up to his contract, and became coach of the NBA Los Angeles Lakers. The Carolina Cougars of the ABA nabbed the Stars' No. 1 draft choice, 7-foot Jim McDaniels of Western Kentucky. The Stars received George Peeples from Carolina by order of ABA commissioner Jack Dolph, but Peoples refused to report to Stars general manager Vince Boryla, asked about Dolph's reaction to Utah signing Jones, said the commissioner "said to try to keep him in the ABA." "We're not paying Memphis anything for Jones," Boryla said.

"We're not in business to worry about other people's mistakes." Bears Hope Sayers Can Lift Offense CHICAGO (AP) Halfback Gale Sayers will attempt a second comeback Sunday and if it is as successful as his first comeback two years ago, the Chicago Bears' problems on offense' might be ended. Coach Jim Dooley last night announced Sayers will see action against the New Orleans Saints in Soldier Field and hopes the move "will give the team a needed lift on offense." Gale Sayers Sayers underwent surgery on his right knee in 1968 and then came back to lead the National FootbaE League in rushing in 1969 with 1,032 yards. Last year Sayers was troubled with an injured left" knee. He played in only two of the first four games and then underwent surgery in mid-October. Another operation was needed during the off The Bears planned to work Mm-back slowly near the end of the exhibition season.

However, he ran only two plays in the final exhibition game against Denver. He lost four yards on the first and gained live yards on his "second attempt. That has been the extent-of his contact work. He has not even "He's been ready, said Dooley "but I wanted to make sure he was He's too valuable to take any chances with. He's got five or six more good years, As far as" I'm concerned, the slower the better in bringing'himj back.

"He's been edgy and wanting to play and maybe a good tihng, said Cooley. "I wasn't going to play him in the opener against Pittsburgh and! certainly didn'-t want to use him on the, road against Minnesota or Los Angeles! "This way he can start his comeback at home," continued Dooley. "And now is the time to give the team' needed lift bn'offense." Despite a 2-1 record, the Bears statistics on offense are unbelievable. In three games they have totaled 569 yards. They have scored four touchdowns all of them in the final quarters.

Dooley agreed with injured quarterback Jack Concannon who said, "The Bear offense is a sleeping monster." Concannon. suffered an injury in his.left knee in the second quarter of Sunday's 17-3. loss to Los Angeles and under- went surgery Monday. He'll wear a cast for at least six weeks. "I agree with Jack that the potential is there in our offense," said Dooley.

"We should have realized it by now with the turnovers we've been getting. But maybe Gale or some other back or even a quarterback will do something to ignite the offense. Heavens, our defense has been great." Meyers Wins Arizona Title PHOENIX (AP) It was a battle of Arizona State University teammates, but Bill Meyers came out on top Sunday to win the Arizona Amateur Golf Championship. Meyers toppled teammate Jim Schreiber 7 and 6 over the. 36-hole- final, round.

Meyers jumped to an early lead and then finally put the contest away on the 29th hole. The two played 10 consecutive holes on the second 18 before Meyers, could pick up the final point. Meyers defeated four-time-, champion Dr. Ed Updegraff, 5. and 3, Saturday in the semifinals.

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Only two fared worse in 1970--one consisting of four regional (Minnesota-Missouri, 'Florida State-Georgia Tech, North Carolina' State-North Carolina and Boston College-ViUatiova) and the Houston-Florida State game Thanksgiving night. comparison, the 1970' opener between Stanford and Arkansas drew 7.3 million homes per- minute, Notre Dame and Southern Cal-rated 13.3 the highest ever and the weekly axerage was 8.3. in New- York, wasn't, blacked Grambling -and Morgan State got a Neilsen rating of 9.0. The past weekend's Notre Dame- Michigan State clash rated 8.6 in Fun City. WiE the disappointing na-.

tional ratings preclude a 1972, telecast of a College Division game? "I can't say we won't said ABC' spokesman. But he didn't say they will, either. Columbia hadn't beaten Princeton since 1945, losing 20 times in the interim, although two of the setbacks were by one point and three by two points. But the Lions prevailed by two points of their own Saturday, 22-20, as a 32-yard Princeton field goal attempt in the final seconds fell short. Surprisingly, no one coach Frank Navarro off the field.

"We were all milling around in the middle of the field," Navarro said. "We wanted Princeton couldn't gst another play off." What happened after that was described by Navarro as madhouse. Grown men on both sides of the field were crying. It was a fantastic thing to see. "And when we first went to the locker room no one said a thing.

But after five minutes it was difficult to see the walls and the floor. People wex'e just flying around." Despite the closeness of the score, the outcome was never in doubt--not to" Navarro, anyway. The coach ordered a bottle of champagne for the pre-'ss on Thursday. "For the first time at Columbia I was convinced beforehand we couldn't lose the game," he- said. "This is my fourth season at Columbia and it was the first time I had that feeling.

But I must admit that when Princeton was attempting that field goal! was reacting to situation and wondering how I'd handle the kids if they did make it." It wasn't a rouge, it wasn't a single and it wasn't Canadian football. It happened in the Syracuse-Indiana game and it was a one point safety. A what? A one-point safety. Syracuse was trying to kick- the extra-point after taking a 6-0 lead. was almost straight up in the air and was coming down obviously short of the crossbar when an Indiana player batted the ball down in the end zone and Syracuse-recovered, Since.an Indiana player.bat-, ted the ball illegally, was that the try was successful; A try is defined as an opportunity to.

score one or two additional points while time is out. COLLEGE GRID POLLS APPoll The TOD Twenty teams, with first-place votes In parentheses, season records and total points. Points tabulated on basis of 20-16-14-12-10-9-8-7-4-S-4-3-2-1: 1. Nebraska (43)' 4-0 2. Michigan 4-0 886 I Texas (3) 3-0 818 4.

Auburn (2) 3-0 6S4 5. Colorado ft) 4-0, 616 4. Alabama 4-0 407 7. Notre Dame 3-0 606 J. Oklahoma 592 9.

Penn State 3-0 280 10. Georgia 4-0 11. Washington 4-0 2ll 12. Arizona State 3-0 148 1 13. Tennessee 2-1 14.

DuKe 4-0 15. OhioStatc 2-1 16. Louisiana State 3-1 17. Arkansas 3-1 18. North Carolina 4-0 19.

Stanford 3-1 20. Toledo 4-0 Others receiving votes, alphabetically: Dartmouth, Florida State, Northwestern, Purdue, Southern California, West Virginia. UPlPoll NEW YORK (UPll--The United Press International top maior college football teoms with first place votes and won-lost tP? 0 In parentheses: 125 92 1 listed Teim 1. Nebraska (33) 2. Michigan (1) 1-1) 3.

Texas (1 4. Alabama 5. Notre Dame 6. Auburn 7. (Tie) Oklahoma 8.

Colorado 4-0) 9. Washinoton 4-oi 10. Georgia 4-0) 34 11. (Tie) Tennessee 2-1) 21 12. Penn State 3-0) 21 13.

OhioState 2-1) 16 14. Arizona 13 15. Duke 5 16. Louisiana St. (3-1) 5 17.

North Carolina (4-0) 4 18. Arkansas (3-1) 1 (Only )8 teams received votes) Points 347 274 232 221 166 145 163 163 Home Genuine Ford-itude Is This Ami Way to Sell Cars? No. 2 OF A I 8 OUR'SERVICE DEPARTMENT WORKS There are 21 different definitions of service in the dictionary. We only know one. When you're worried about your car's per.

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The Padres' decision was: announced by C. Arnholt Smith, majority stockholder, after more than 10 days' consideration of Foreman's offer to purchase the team. Foreman raised Ms offer from an original bid of $11 million to $12.2 million in a final effort to persuade Smith and his partner, E. J. (Buzzy) Bavasi to sell the team.

The final bid was aimed at covering' the $2.2 million in losses suffered by the Padres' in three years of operating the club after paying the National League $10 million for the franchise. Smith, 73-year-old native of San Diego, and prominent for many years in city's civic affairs, had expressed a willingness to retire from the baseball business. His reluctance to deprive his native city of major-league status was pivotal factor in his rejection of "Foreman's off er. The unfavorable hews for Washington fans 7 was announced in a formal statement by from the Los Angeles office of Wyman, Bautzer, Rothman and Kuchle. Former U.S.

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