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THF HIUSDALF DAILY NEWS. Tuesday, January 4. 1972 Big Eight Wraps Up Top Three In Grid Poll MICHIGAN TP Teammates and the referee indicate a touchdown as Michigan's Fritz Sevferth (32) hits the ground after diving across the goal line during the second half of the Rose Bowl game with Stanford CXher Michigan players above are Reggie McKenzie (65) and Guy Murdock (53). Rams Off Running Again By DEL NEWELL Kalamazoo Gazette Sports Writer Undefeated, untied and uncrowned. been the fate of North Adams in high school basketball the last two Twice the HjUsdale-area Class basketball power has breezed through the regular season unbeaten and won the No.

1 spot in the Associated Press poll, only to lose both times at the start of the tournament trail and never come close to becoming the state champ It's a new season, however, and Coach A1 Rams are off and running again, rolling up five straight triumphs while averaging 71 points a game and holding opponents to just 51. Best news at North Adams is that the senior trio of Jeff MacKenzie. a 6- foot-3 center who's averaging 19 points, floor leader Mike Beach and Marc Comstock are all healthy and productive again. Both MacKenzie and Comstock were struck down by injuries last season at the outset of the tournament, and the Rams were upset in district play by Camden- Frontier, the same team that sprang a similar trap two years ago. Meanwhile this season, defending champion Covert has lost four tarters via graduation and is She wouldn't try MU rebuilding, although.

Coach Rod DeYoung's Bulldogs are always a threat when time approaches. In fact, last year Covert lost four of its first five games, lost another by 20 points two weeks before the tournament started, then caught fire and reeled off 11 straight victories. This season. Covert is 2-1 and relies upon 5-foot-fl Carl Moody (averaging 24.3) and Bob Dobbins (18.0 1 Six-foot-4 Garence Schipp, who started on the championship unit, is expected back for the second semester after being ineligible the first. Bridgman.

3-1, a team that battled Covert into overtime in last season's district play, has lots of size and scoring punch in Willie Rittmon. Greg Lozea. and Floyd Barron, all 6-feet-4. Another toughie from the Southwestern part of the state is Galien. 6-1.

which has 6-foot-4 College Cage Scores By The Associated Press East 77, Boston 66 Rider 92, CCN 70 Providence 75. Australian atis 6-1 Pitt 99 Geo Wash 81 South Virginia 74, Wake Forest 64 i ss iSS 1 pp 1 69, Auburn 65 Georgia 1'2, Rollins 77 Georgia So 107, NO Loyola 94 Vanderbilt 80, LSU 73 Florida 79, Alabama 77 Citadel 68, Wm Mary 59 Roanoke 96, VMI 69 SW La 89, McNeese 80 id west Ohio Xavier 83, Marion Ind Ball State 92, Butler 85 Ohio State 94, Creighton 76 Mich 87, Grambling 80 Marquette 72, Wisconsin 60 Akron 57. Wittenberg 53, OT lowa 81, Kansas 68 Cincinnati 81, Drake 78 Dayton 73, Houston 69 Tulsa 96, Trinity. Tex 70 Wichita St 71, Bradley 67 Southwest Texas £8.1 83, Sul Ross 80 UT Arlington 72, Wayland 71 Howard Payne 97 McMurry Bob Luther 20.7) back for his third varsity season. discussion of state championship teams has to include Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart, champions of the football poll two years running, Gass baseball champ last spring and a basketball titlist in 1967.

Coach Joe Irish are now 4-0 with seven lettermen back from last 13-3 club, including 6-foot-5 Bill Covach (22.0), 6-foot-3 Bill Johnston, and 6-foot-4 Dave Davis. Biggest noise from the north, however, is coming out of Gaylord St. Mary, where 6-foot-10, 240-pound all-stater Rich Holewinski stalks the hardwood. averaging 30 points in six straight successes, including a 29-point, 32-rebound performance in a recent 82-55 conquest of highly regarded Bloomfield Hills Roeper. 6-2.

But Roeper loses all-stater Tim Teasley and his 32-point scoring average in January by graduation. Followers of Upper Peninsula basketball are quick to proclaim Ewen-Trout Creek as the of all. by- husky Gary 6-foot-4, 215- pounder, Coach Rudy team has won seven games in a row and U.P. observers feel the Panthers are more than a match for most Gass A and teams. The Upper Peninsula has an abundance of toughies this season-especially the western half as Baraga, led by guard Dave Pesola.

has a 7-1 record; Little Giants are 7-0 behind 6-foot- 6 Tony VanDamme; Big Bay De Noc, 7-0, looks better now than the powerhouse team it had two years ago; Powers-North Central, 5-0, has 6-foot-7 Kurt Ekberg, and Carney, although just 3-2, will be troublesome once 6- foot-7 all-stater Ed Benson shakes off an ankle injury. No list of Class basketball powers would be complete without mentioning Fowler, 5-0, the Ixinsing-are school where Coach Charles Trierweilei has built an eight-year record of 113-36. Others who rate a solid look for ratings recognition include Sand Creek (5-0), Waldron (4-1), Suttons Bay (4-1), Twining Arenac-Eastern (5-2), Au Gres (5-1), Kinde North Huron (5-2), Alanson (7-1), Vanderbilt (7-2), Mackinaw City (4-1), White Pine (6-1), Champion (5-2), Berglund (3-1) and Mendon (4-1). By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Big Eight is the toughest conference no crowed All-American middle guard, Rich Glover, after the Cornhuskers demolished Alabama 38-6 in the Orange Bowl New night. And the nationwide panel of sports writers and broadcasters who vote in The Associated weekly college football poll apparently agree, because they voted Big Eight teams to the top three places in the final poll of the 1971 college season.

Nebraska, of course, took the top spot, garnering all 55 first- place votes for a perfect score of 1,100 points. rout of previously unbeaten Alabama completed a 13-0 season for Coach Bob huskers. Oklahoma, 11-1 with the only loss come at the hands of Nebraska 35-31 Thanksgiving Day, was a unanimous choice for the runner-up spot with 990 points after whipping Auburn 40-22 in the Sugar Bowl. A third Big Eight team, Colorado, captured third place with 746 votes after defeating Houston 29-17 in the Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl. only defeats in a 10-2 season were to Nebraska and Oklahoma.

No conference had ever swept the top two spots in the poll, but the Big Eight went 1-2-3. It was the second consecutive national championshp for Nebraska, a team which has won its last 23 outings and has gone 32 games without a loss. Nebraska is only the sixth squad to win consecutive crowns. The others were Minnesota in 1940-1, Army in 1944-5, Notre Dame in 1946-7, Oklahoma in 1955-6 and Alabama in 1964-5. No team has ever won three in a row.

Alabama collected 674 points to nose out Penn State for the fourth spot in the poll. The Nittany Lions, victors over Texas in the Cotton Bowl, jumped to fifth with 666 points. Michigan dropped from fourth to sixth with 479 points after losing to Stanford 13-12 in the Rose Bowl. Georgia, 7-3 victors over North Carolina in the Gator Bowl, took seventh place with 471 votes. Rounding out the Top Ten were No.

8 Arizona State, 45-38 winners over Florida State in the Fiesta Bowl, 414 points; No. 9 Tennessee, 14-13 victors over Arkansas in the Liberty Bowl, 379 points, and No. 10 Stanford, Rose Bowl champions, 347 points. The Top Twenty teams, with season records and total points. Points tabulated on basis of 20 Oh, Well Wolverines Will Have Another Chance ANN ARBOR, Mich.

(AP) Many University of Michigan football fans are probably still disillusioned at the 13-12 Rose Bowl game loss to Stanford on New Day. But many more have undoubtedly mellowed in the last couple days, somewhat secure in the knowledge that the Big rule has been rescinded and that Michigan with a wealth of standout players returning next season has an excellent chance to make that Rose Bowl trip again, for the third time in four years. Many followers feel the law of averages will be on side if it gets the chance again. They would reason that the Wolverines have to come home a winner since the last two performances were uncharacteristically flat. Michigan lost to Southern Cal 10-3 two years before last loss, and both bowl performances were rather unexceptional.

A glance at the Maize and bowl roster shows that seven regulars will be back on offense, with some talented understudies and promising sophomores chomping at the bit. Defense, at first look, seems to suffer with graduation, since seven starters will be gone. But runaway scores by U-M gave Game Site Changed CAMDEN The North Adams- at-Camden-Frontier basketball game scheduled for Friday night at Camden will be played in Hillsdale Stock Field House instead. The doors will open at 5:30 p.m. and the junior varsity game will begin at 6:30.

The varsity game is scheduled for 8. The second Rams-Redskins contest will be played later in the year, also in the field house. Pro Cage Standings juniors and sophomores plenty of experience, although this is clearly the place defense-minded coach Bo Schembechler must start working when spring practice rolls around in a few months. Offensive starters returning are split end Bo Rather, tight end Paul Seymour, tackles Jim Coode and Curtis Tucker, guard Tom Coyle, quarterback Tom Slade and fullback Ed Shuttlesworth who alternated with senior Fritz Seyferth. Gone will be All-American guard Reggie McKenzie, All- Conference tailback Billy Taylor, two-time All-Big-Ten center Guy Murdock, and versatile Glenn Doughty.

Clint Haslerig and Gustafson should battle for spot, while Cowboy Walker and Harry Banks both look good as replacements for Taylor. All are soph- omores.Other sophs who should see a lot of action are quarterbacks Kevin Casey and Larry Cipa, tight end Paul Seal and fullback Bob Thornbladh. Three of four defensive backfield regulars will be gone: Frank Gusich, Bruce Elliott and All- American Tom Darden. However sophomores Geoff Steger, Tom Drake, Dave Elliott and Barry Dotzauer gained valuable playing time in the secondary, and will be back. All-Big-Ten end Mike Keller also will be graduated, along with All-American linebacker Mike Taylor, end Butch Carpenter, linebacker-kicker Dana Coin, and tackle Tom Beckman.

Returning are tackle Fred Grambau, middle guard Fred Ellis, linebacker Tom Kee, and defensive back Randy Ix)gan, plus linemen Qint Spearman and Dave Gallagher. Tirrel Burton, freshman coach, says the top sophomores-to-be, most of whom are likely to see plenty of action on the varsity in 1972 are: Quarterback Dennis Franklin; running backs Gil Chapman, Rich Kaminski, and Chuck Heater; linebacl er Steve Strinko; ends Greg DenBoer and C. J. Kupec; lineman John Klein; and defensive back Roy Burks. DenBoer is from Grand Rapids; Klein, Ionia; and Burks, Midland.

The others are from out of state. 18 1 16 14 12 10 9 8 etc. Nebraska 13 0 1100 2Oklahoma 11 1990 3 Colorado 10 2 746 4 Albama 11 1 674 5 Penn State 11 1666 6 Michigan 11 1479 7. Georgia 11 1471 8 St 11 1 414 9 Tennessee 10 2 379 10 Stanford 9 3 347 11 LSU 9 3 324 12 Auburn 9 2 282 13. Notre Dame 8 2 164 14 Toledo 12 0126 15 Mississippi 10 2 104 16 Arkansas 8 3 1 39 17 Houston 9 337 18 Texas 8 331 19 Washington8 315 20 use 6 4 1 9 By THE ASSOCIATED NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE PRESS Atlantic Division Pet GB Boston 27 14 659 New York 75 14641 1 Philadelphia 16 24 40010' Buffalo 11 26 29714 Central Division Baltimore15 22 405 Cleveland 15 24 385 1 Atlanta 14 25 359 2 Cincinnati10 272705 WESTERN CONFERENCE Midwest Division Milwaukee32 8 800 Chicaqo 27 107303' Phoen i 23 17.575 9 DETROIT 15 24.36516' Duane Thomas: Unique Person' DALI (AP) Duane Thomas yanked his jersey off in the dressing room and looked his questioner square in the eye: ever try to interview me after a This was after Thomas had scored a touchdown on a two- yard run Sunday to help Dallas to a 14-3 National Conference title victory over San Francisco.

This is the way it has been since Thomas rejoined the team after a stormy dispute with management over money that ran well into the regular season. come to accept him as he says Coach Tom I Ixindry went to great lengths Monday to explain attitude to reporters but admitted know if I can enlighten Ixindry said. is a unique person. His sole object is to be prepared to play football. He does it his own way.

He like any distractions. At meetings he says maybe two words. He seldom is not ready to play he listens he ask many This comes from a man Thomas called plastic man no man at in a July tirade. said, acts as if he is not part of the team but he is part of the team. The team has to understand him and I believe they do.

We've never asked him why he talk to reporters or sign team wants to understand added. Ixindry said he talks to Thomas a lot He said Thomas didn't have a particularly good day against the 49ers because of the offense had a good game except for Walt Garrison. Thomas is the type of runner who uses his blocking tremendously. blocking there and he was trying to find a hole. When he has an opening he really heads for the goal.

While he's waiting for the blocking, it looks like he doing anything. But he really can Thomas made the boast in July that the Cowboys could never get to the Super Bowl again without him. In his mysterious way, maybe he was right. Frozier Favors Bucks Over Streaking Lakers By BERT ROSENTHAL Associated Press Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) Walt Frazier, a neutral observer, believes the Milwaukee Bucks, defending champions of the National Basketball Association, are better than the Angeles Inkers, the hottest team with 31 consecutive victories. ll take the said Frazier Monday night after he had sparked the New York Knicks to a 101-99 comeback victorv over Milwaukee in a tionally televised game.

won the title last continued the veteran guard, the have a bad track a reference to Los playoff performances in recent years. think they can maintain their current he added got to hit a slump, sooner or At present, neither the leakers nor PYazier show any signs of slumping. The star has scored 20 or more points in 17 consecutive games, including 31 against the Bucks. The Knicks-Bucks battle was the only NBA game. In the lone American Basketball Association contest, Dallas overcame a 15-point deficit and edged Indiana 102-101 behind Donnie 21 points.

Roger Brown led the Pacers with 27. Frazier started slowly against Milwaukee, hitting only one of seven field goal attsmpts in the first half. It was no coincidence that the Knicks fell behind 24-9 in the first period and trailed 53-46 at halftime. Frazier tallied nine points in the third quarter, but the Knicks still trailed 77-72 at the end of the period. Then, in the final period, he scored 16 points, including the last 13 and the basket that broke a 99 tie with three seconds remaining.

The winning field goal was the only time the Knicks led and came after New Phil Jackson had swatted the ball away from Oscar Robertson and Frazier had retrieved it. After shot, the Bucks had one more chance. Kareem Jabbar, who had game-high totals of 38 points and 22 rebounds, took a hook shot, but the ball hit the rim and bounded away as the final buzzer sounded. Milwaukee then rushed at the officials, Ed Rush and Mike DiTomasso, claiming Jabbar was fouled. But the protests were to no avail.

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