The Daily News-Journal from Murfreesboro, Tennessee • 4

foe 4, The OoHy New Journal, Murfreesboro, Tenri Tuesday Afternoon, Jan. 4, 1972 Lucie esters igers Try vbtiirfsf Manch -SSStit: i. Bu lldoq Invade Kit. Prep basketball takes up tonight where, itjef Loft-before the holidays. And for Tigers, it was left off Dec.

14, when they shellacked Shelbyville. Since that date the Tigers have had all sorts of trouble, playing not too well and losing three straight ball games. Tonight the Tiger foe is Manchester, the team that handed Murf reesboro its opening season loss by three or four points. But even without either of its starting guards, Murfreesboro will still be favored to turn back the with hopes of -A -i 1- I -unm mum i mi I i Warren This one comes off at Mc- Minnville where the powerful -Smyrna Bulldogs, 1H for the season, engage Warren County, one of the teams that really socked it to the Murfreesboro Tigers this season. The Bulldogs only loss this season was to Antioch and this happened when Coach Bud Raikes was playing without the services of one of his highest scoring Bulldogs.

Led by George Miller and Gene Clark, the Bulldogs are HL in the District compared to" 1-1 for the Warren County Pioneers. Miller is he district's second leading scorer with 723.3 per game -for the twelve games, 283 -points for the season. Clark, a big 6-6 center and a tower of strength on the boards, is scoring at 17 points per game, good for tenth place iq the district. And In case you are lucky -enotlfih' to 7If weTir Warren County clubbed Mur freesboro 53-33 in one of the worst performances turned in a Murfreesboro team many. yes" tne warren wumy-amyrna gn game since Smyrna girls are 3-9 for the year and Warren County -is 10-0.

"Kittrell slightly, shaken by their first defeat in the finals of the MTIT at Franklin, should have no trouble getting back on track at Auburntbwn. 'And Kittrell boys will also be favored heavily. This doubleheader has the district's top two scorers in action, both "from Kittreli's Connie-Vance is. 40,2 points per game, MOBILE, Ala. Opening day of practice for the 23rd Annual Senior Bowl Jo be held here Saturday brought the quarterbacks of the North and South squads together for the first time.

They are from the left: Dean Carlson of lowo' State; Gary Wichard of O. W. Post College; iohn.Reaves of Florida and Pat Sullivan Auburn. -(UPlTelephotp) MILWAUKEE Marquette'i (22) 'Jim Chonei grobf a bound betwn Wisconsin's (45) Kim Hughes and (25), "Lm Oler In the Wisconsin-Marquette game (est night won by Marquette 72-60. -(UPlTelephoto) UCLA isses ButO rTe6fe Chones Ba Is Marquette Bucks Seeking 101-99 Loss Bv GARY KALE I'PI Sjfrts Writer NEW YORK (LTD -The Milwaukee Bucks, beaten by Walt Frazier's 15-foot jumper -with-three-seconds remaining -Monday night, get a chance for revenge in tonights Second 'half of a back-to-back set with the New York Knicks.

Fraziers basket capped a. string of 13 straight points by the' New York guard and providefl the Knicks with a 101-99 comeback victory. The last! twcTminutes of the game turned-info a personal scoring, duel -between -Frazier and Kareem-Abdul-Jabbar-a'ho-tallied Mfl waukee's last eight "There tomorrow night," said Abdul-Jabbar, sitting dejectedly in the Milwaukee dressing room after he scored a Revenge Afte NEW YORK (UPIi-UCLA. in search of its sixth, straight national title, polled all but one of the first -place votes Monday to continue as college basket -ban's foremost quintet in the weekly ratings by United Press International's 'Board of Coaches. The Bruins capttired.

30 first-place votes as 31 of the 35-member board particated in the balloting. UCLA wound up with 308 'points, 40 more than runner-up Marquette. The Bruins knocked off Texas, 115-65, "and ninth-ranked Ohio State, 79-53, during the By United Press international. mm queue uiui ni mcuuii can breathe a little easier. Jim Chones is back in form.

Chones, Marquette's 6-foot-ll center and one of the best big men irbahe.flation?ilifld,Aeenw!Bili LigQn and Rod Freeman starting the new year off right. But the Tigerettes, who have yet to.win-a.ball gamewill be favored to lose. Coach Bobby Parker's girls, have 'enjoyed several good starts, but always lost it in the final stretch when it -seemed -that- victory might be within their grasp. Since Murfreesboro very obviously is not going to have the great year in 1972 that was expected, there's another big ball game on tap tonight that, bears watching in order tQ, determine where the real strength will lie in the 14th District. Rules Change For Pole Tilt "There has been a rules change Olympic team basketball game.

it was announced the game would be played strictly on international Now, it has been announced the first half will be played under International rules arid the second half by NCAA college rules. Grid Winners Winners in the DAILY NEWS JOURNAL bowl football contest are as follows: First Vaughn, 111 Eventide Dr. Second Lamb, 1911 iFeraUr. Third Ronhie Jackson, 711 "UllardRd. Fourth BiU Hayes, 1014 Leaf Ave.

NBA ALL-STARS WITU7 VORIf fTIPTiHnarHs Jerry-West andJail Goodrich and center Wilt Chamberlain of the Los Angeles Lakers were selected Monday to the West team which will play the East Jan. 18 in the 22nd annual National Basketball Association All-Star game. Center Kareem Abdul-Jabbar of the Milwaukee Bucks was the leading vote-getter. Also selected to squad were forwards Spencer- Haywood of Seattle, Bob Love of Chicago and Cazzie Russell of the Golden State Warriors. Coaches will select six more players "from the teams not represented to fill out the first six selections by sportswriters and sportswri-tersin 17 NBA cities.

Mobile, Ala. Rich St all worth's 20 points sparked St. Louis to its win over South Alabama. ana Barry Lowe oi me iuureue Pacers. Me, Daniels ran boys is averaging 28.5 per game.

intQ fou trouble early missed much of the second Walter Hill will be at half) scoring only 9 -t'-t hti Sports Parade navmg me lattainiffantHd lor; .45 points as two the secondJiandrbilt- sfopped Louisiana ranked Warriors had to strug-. "state, 80-73, Batts, week to wift. their own -Bruins43T St. Johns 8-21 I tournament S-and raise their ,14. Hawaii (9-0) season record to 8-0.

'15; (tie) Villanova (9-1) The Warriors, also 8-0, took (Tie) Kentucky (6-2) the remaining first -place vote 17. S.W. Louisiana (5-1) and finished with 268 points as they also captured a tour- 19 nament the Milwaukee Invita- 20 tional--with wins over Georgetown and Marshall. North Carolina rode the Sugar Bowl Classic tourney to the No. -3 position with 242 -38 points to 31 for Frazier.

Abdul-Jabbar thought he was fouled en the last-plavqf-the-game when his sweeping hook shot missed the basket at the County Lascassas where high scoring Robert Sandlin, 20 points per game, will be featured. And Eagleville. led by Ronnie Cunningham. 23.4 pes game, will be at Unionville. Rockvale does a return engagement at -Woodbury.

Chasing Kittreli's Connie Vance, but far behind in the point derby are: Terri of Lascassas, 28.8 per game; Pam Donald of Lebanon, 25 per game.Mary Potts of Wartrace, 23.7 per game and Debbie Loftis of Watertewn, 23.5 per game. Freeman Paces Chaps Victory DALLAS tUPI) Donnie PVoomnn'e 91 nnintc 13 in fhp quartet lifted Dallas to" a 102-101 Victory over Indiana in tYa nnlv Amarinon Poclot Kail sociation game Monday nig "The Chaps, who trailed by as many as 15 points, rallied for a jnMOii tead half minutes left, then held -off an Indiana surge led by Kick Lynn Chappell and Joe Hamilton added 18 points each for Dallas while Rich Jones had 16 for the Texas team. I i a a's RogerBrown scored 27 points andr jBob. Netolicky had 23. Mount hit a threeint play and a three-point goal in the final minutes and had a chance to win the game but his 16-foot iimiiv.r at the hn77Pr hnnnrwt off the im nearly lost it, but quickly regained control and began his -move with eight seconds left.

Frazier killed five more seconds and then with only three remaining, he hit with a jumper and the whole place went plumb mad. "You're, used to complete quiet when you play," Dave DeBusschere said to Bobby. Fischer in the Knicks' dressing room did you think?" "Verv excitine." Fischer said, giving the question proper -thought before answering "What did you think 'of Frazier?" someone else asked the blond chess whiz. "Extraordinary," Fischer said, much more auicklv this time. "Fantastic," put in DeBusschere.

"He was just incredible at the end." Willis Reed, sitting on the -Knicks'- bench with. Frazier's performance "unbelievable" and Monroe remarked "It's getting so you sort of expect it from him." Oscar Robertson, who vainly tried to keep Frazier from getting ott his game-wihnine innii Jsholsaid, "You can't take it -away from him, he played a great game" and Jabbar agreed "he hit some' tough shots there at the end." Tough wasnt really the word. Bucks Out Front The Bucks were out front the whole game, once by as much' as 13 and 'the Knicks never led Frazier's final shot. "I thought if would hit the rim," said the Knicks' bearded backcourt dynamo who wound up with 31 points for the night. had.

some doubts about that last one because all my shots were a struggle. I was pulling the left or right all night." because of the pressure? "It could've been," laughed Frazier. "I know the game was' just another game in the standings but I was a little tight. Really, I. was embarrassed the way I was playing.

I knew it was a national televised game and my parents were watching in Atlanta; Georgia. I wanted to. play well but. I realized I wasnt. I had only six-points at the half." Walt Frazier got little better as the game went on.

Enough so that he ot a rise out of Bill Russell. That seldom nappens. cnougn so mat he also got one out of Bobby Fischer. And that simply never happened before. 1 5 South Alabama, 78-61, and 12th- ranked Florida State, behind Ron King's 24 points, ripped Denver, 88-70, in the opening round of the Senior Bowl tournament who finished with 27 points, hit a 20-foot jump shot with 24 seconds left to pate Cincinnati to an 81-78 victory-over Drake.

Ron Harris hit 23 points as Wichita State beat Bradley, 71- 67, and, 7-0 Kevin Kunnert scored 26 in Iowa's 81-68 triumph over -Kansas. Scott English's 19 points led Texas-El Paso to a 75-69 rout of New Mexico State and Stanford, behind Claude Terry's 32 points, beat Dartmouth, 102-85. John Gianelli and Jim McCargo scored 25 points each as Pacific clubbed Nevada-Las Vegas, 82, and California Vlobbered -BaylorT127-67. i Sumner Recovering CLEVELAND (UPD -Cleve land Browns linebacker Dale Lindsey and cornerback Walt Sumnerate expected to be released from Shaker Medical Center later this week after undergoing, operations for torn cartilages in their right knees. Dr.

Vic Ippolito, team physi cian, said both Lindsey and Supiner will weivcasts for several weeks aTidmen undergo a rehabilitation program to strengthn their way with 17 points. For St. Mark's, Dave Collie poured in 19 points. -r Central Christian edged the Nazarine 59-58 in the action at 1st Methodist-gym. Mike Forrester and Jerry Robinson each poured In 21 points to pace Central Christian.

Robert Porter netted 17 for the Nazarine. In other 'action' at 1st Methodist, 1st Presbyterian outscored Christiana Baptist Bill Williamson got 14 points for 1st Pres. while J. C. Hall equaled that mark for Christiana.

Third Baptist was forced to forefeit to 1st Methodist because they had no numbered jerseys. buzzer! Winds Up in Mid-Ccuri "I weigh 237-pounds, but I wound up at mid-court on the play." he complained. "I wasn't pulled there by magnets." Frazier was the key to New lorks continued hex over jtfiisvaukeeJhich howl has reached 11 victories in the last 13 games between the clubs. Entering the game with a marksmanship of 2i points or better in his previous 16 games, Frazier was limited to six points in the first half on Oscar (Robertson's-close guarding. gle win.

But Chones found the range again Monday night, scoring 31 points as Marquette 72-60, j.to remain unbeaten in nine games. Marquette managed only a 27-25 halftime lead but then Chones and sophomore Marcus -Washington turned it on. Chones hit 17 points in the second half and Washington hit 13 of his 19 points as the Warriors broke open the game. Gary Watson led Wisconsin with 15 points. In other action -involving rated Ohio State (9) rallied for a 94-76 victory over Creighton Southwestern louisi- ana (17) downed McNeese aate.

-S0- and Virginia (18) stopped Wake Forest, 74-64. Hornyak 26 points as Ohio State, beat Creighton and Dwight Lamar, the nation leading scorer; hit 25 as Southwestern Louisiana downed McNeese. Barry- Park-hill's 20 points and 17 by Jim Hobgood. -helpedVirginia remain unbeaten in 10 games with a victory over Wake Forest. In other action, DonaW Smith and John Von Leahman combined for 43 points as upset Houston, 73-69, and Temple, led by Mike Jones' 21 points, beat Pepperdine, 83-79: St.

Louis cruised past host' seventh ranked with 79 points. Long Beach State; Ohio State and Maryland- complete the top" 10. Team" 1. UCLA (30) 2. in (8-0) 3.

North Car.j 8-D 4. South Car. (7-1)-5 (8-H 6, Louisville (8-1 7. Penn (7-1) Points -308 -268 1242 142 82 82 79 8. Long Beach Si.

(9-1) 63 58- 49 1 46 44 29 28 .25 25. 20 -19 18 9. Ohio St. (7-2) 10. Maryland 11.

Southern 12. Florida St. (8-2) 18. Virginia "(9-0) Missouri (10-1) Brtgham Young 8-21 Brief AWARDS DINNER NEW YORK (UPl)-The sixth annual professional football most valuable player avvards dinner, honoring MVP stars in the National Football Leaguer has been set for 28 at the Holiday Plaza Inn in Hempstead. N.Y.

The dinner will benefit theLong nuiieui. ciuu o.uw-yuuiii aui- letic program-1 The announcement was made by dinner chairman Joseph A. Gundermann. and general chairman Gene Ward." NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle will serve as honorarv chairman. Cage News Org campaigns.

Florida, with scoring star Tony Miller out with an injury, used a full-court zone press to edge past Alabama for its 'seventh victory in eight starts, hi other SEC action. Mississippi upended Auburn 69-65 and Vanderbilt slapped winless. LSU 80-73. Other Southeast games saw Florida. State beat Denver 88-70 and St.

Louis" swamp South Alabama 78-61 in the opening round of the Senior Bowl tournament, and Georgia beat little Rollins 112-77. Tonight 's schedule has Arkansas at Mississippi State. Colorado at Tulahe. Jacksonville at Hawaii, and Florida State against St Louis in the Senior Bowl tourney. Steve Williams was tire high scorer ior rionua wiui ia points, but Alabama's Jimmy Hollon led all scoringjwith 20 points.

Vanderbilt first SEC victory came at the expense of LSU's sixth straight loss. Bill Ligon paced the Commodores wilh 23 points, due less than LSU's Al Sanders. Danny Gunn sank four free throws in the last eight seconds to push Ole Miss over Auburn. Tom Jordan was the Rebels' high scorer with 15 points. Jim Relseck's 21 points were high for Auburn, Ronnie Hogue and John Fraley had 28 points each in Georgia's romp over Rollins.

Ron King pumped in 24 points i 11 a rly EC Lead By RICHMAN I'PI Spirts Writer NEW YORK (UPD-Bill Russell has seen a couple1 of basketball gamesn his time He isn't easily impressed. Especially by what he sees on a basketball floor. 'What he saw Monday night at Madison Square Garden impressed him though. Tremendously. Bobby Fischer, the international chess grand master who meets Russia's Boris Spassky for the world championship soon, hasn't as.

many basketball games as Bill' Russell. But he's an even tougher nut to crack. He doesn't get impressed about anything. It "was different- Monday night "He showed up for his first basketball game in more than five years and he was impressed, too. Others Impressed So were such otherwise cold cucumbers as Willis Reed, Earl "The Pearl" Monroe, Oscar Robertson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

They all paid the highest praise one professional can pay another and all talked. about the same man Walt Frazier of the New York Knicks. Walt Frazier played the kind otgame Monday night kids like to dream about. Grown men, too. What's more he picked the perfect time.

With the gam? nationally televised and a' capacity 19,588 on hand, Frazier, rati off 13 straight points in the final 2:38, collaborated with -Phil Jackson in a vital heart-stopping "steal" 20 seconds from the end and wound up receiving one of the most tumultuous' ovations ever ac; corded any athlete at Madison Square Garden for leading the Knicks to a 101-99 win over the Milwaukee Bucks in a movielike finish. that's the only way to describe it," said Bill Russell, on hand to do the color commentary for national TV. "The last time ever saw anything like it was in 1958 when Bob Pettit scored 51 points in the final game of the playoffs against us (Boston). They (St. Louis) beat us and he got 19 of their last 21 Blinks His Eyes Bobbv Fischer blinked his eyes when he saw the Knicks gain possession 20 seconds from the end with the score tied 99-v all.

Earl Monroe passed off to Bill Bradley on his left. Bradley gave the ball to Frazier, who wwninmiwi vm -gyq wm -umv points, while South Carolina, upended by Villanova in the Quaker City Holiday Festival in Philadelphia, dropped to fourth with 142 points. Indiana moved iip two notches to round out the top five after the Hoosiers emerged as kingpins of the Old Dominion Classic. Louisvillem winner of the Holiday Festival at N.ew York; made a long leap from the 13th -spot-td sixth as the' Cardinals totalled 82 points in the vdting. Penn made the biggest jump of all.

however, leapfrogging from the No. 19 spot to be Southeast Florida Bv Uriied Press International Florida has taken the early, lead in the 39th chase for the Southeastern Conference basketball championship. The Gators won their second SECxontest in as many starts Monday night with a 79-77 decision over Alabama. Dark-hose Georgia and Mississippi, are tied for second at 1-0. Defending champion Kentucky ancf Tennessee, an expected strong challenger, have not begun their conference It's Back To The Gas For, Gale Say ers CHICAGO (UPD -The Chicago Bears' Gale Sayers was back in a cast today after the -former star runningback under- went Jcnee surgery Monday for the fourth time in his injury riddled Career.

Dr. Theodore Fox. who performed (he minor said a tear in Savers' left knee joint capsule was allowing fluid to leak from the joint into the area under the. skin. After the tear was repaired, Sayers' leg was placed in a cast Fox said he did not know Ihw long it would take Sayers to East Main Wins 43-35 By BUSTER DEAN 1 East Main outscored St.

Rose 12-4" in the final quarter of play to take a hard fought 43-35 victory in the final Church League basketball game at St. Rose gym last night. and Reggie Royals 18 in Florida State's swing past Denver in the Senior Bowl event at 1 iuii.li iinniint I East Main was down 20-17 at the half but came back in the third period to tie the game 31-31. Foul trouble and cold snooting plagued St. Rose in the final period, Tommy Gaddy and Melvin.

Hay nes netted 17 arid 13 points respectively to lead East Main. Walter Hugh, Ken Coffee and Mike Gannon each scored 7 points for St. Rose. 1st Baptist beat S.E. Baptist '61-49 in other action at St.

Rose. Once again, Larry Castle led 1st Baptist in scoring getting 26 points. Jackie Lawson led' South East with 25 points. North Blvd. beat St.

Mark's 54- 41 with Andy Adams leading the DALLAS Dallas Cowboys defensive tnd Gtorg Andrie, who intaracepted a 49'ars pass tastt up a Cowboy touchdown in the NFC championship win over San Francisco, relaxes with his four children In his Dallas horn. They ore from the left: Michael, Margaret, George and Deborah, 1. Dallas will meet Miami In the Super Bowl Jan. 16 In New Orleans. PRINT d.

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