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MESSENGER-INQUIRER, Owensboro, Nov. 26, 1980 3B sports digost- Feix named coach of the year i gUsOL 3-'r' UteZl ill WI'W Staff and AP mportt NASHVILLE, Term. Jimmy Feix, head coach of Ohio Valley Conference champion Western Kentucky, has been chosen the league's football coach of the year. Feix was selected for the honor in balloting by his fellow OVC coaches, conference officials said Monday. Feix, an All-American football player at Western in the early 1950s, guided the Hilltoppers to a 9-1 regular season record and the league crown this year.

For most of the season, Western was ranked in top ten of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I-AA, at one point tied for first. He collected five of eight possible first-place votes to win the award. Coach Watson Brown of Austin Peay, who guided the Governors to an unprecedented fourth-str-aigt winning season, received two votes and Tom Lichtenberg of Morehead State received one vote. In his 13th year of directing Western Kentucky's football program, the 49-year-old Feix also received coach-of-the-year honors in 1973 ad 1978. Murray State coach Mike Gottfried received the honor last year.

Feix' had a chance at a second unbeaten season at Western this year until the Hilltoppers were beaten at Murray last Saturday. Feix' 1973 Hilltoppers were 10-0. Since taking over at Western in 1967, Henderson-native Feix has a 66-24-2 coaching mark, with a career record of 93-38-5. This year's OVC title was the sixth in Feix' tenure. Western falls to 5th Lehigh, University stood all alone at the top of the final NCAA Division I-AA college football poll released Tuesday.

The Engineers, with a 9-0-2 record, received 44 votes and have already been awarded a playoff bid, along with seventh ranked Boise St. (8-3). The other two playoff spots will be determined Nov. 30. Ohio Valley Conference champion Western Kentucky, which was tied for the top spot last week with Lehigh, dropped to No.

5 in the final poll after losing 49-0 to Murray State Saturday. Murray (9-2) was tied for 10th with Massachusetts (7-3) and Connecticut (7-3). Grambling (9-1) was No. 2, just one vote behind Lehigh. Eastern Kentucky (9-2), the defending national champion, was tied for third with South Carolina State 10-1).

Delaware (9-2) was sixth. Northwest Louisana State (8-3) was eighth. Boston Tuesday night fights NEW YORK Mustafa Hamsho, a native of Syria now living in New York, thrust himself into the middleweight title picture Tuesday night when he scored a lopsided 10-round decision over veteran Rudy Robles at Madison Square Garden. Roger Leonard, Sugar Ray's older brother, used his advantages in reach and speed and pounded out an easy unanimous decision over Mel Dennis in a 10-round super-welterweight fight Tuesday night at the Superdome. The bout was on the Roberto Duran-Leonard World Boxing Council welterweight title match.

i' In a 10-round junior middleweight bout Mark Holmes beat Bruce Callaway in a 5th round TKO. Holmes is the younger of heavyweight champ Larry Holmes. In a 10-round cruiserweight fight, Jerry Celestine knocked out Pavlo Ramos with a smashing right to the head at 2 33 of the ninth round. UK raises ticket prices LEXINGTON The University of Kentucky Athletics Board voted to raise lower-level ticket prices for basketball games in Rupp Arena next season to $6. They currently are $5.

Upper-level tickets will remain at $4. The board also boosted UK Invitational Tournament tickets to $7 for lower-level seats and $5 for upper-level seats. They now are $5 and $4, respectively. The board said it watched the actions of other Southeastern Conference schools before deciding whether to raise football ticket prices. The board said it borrowed one of Indiana University's NCAA basketball championship trophies so duplicates could be made of Kentucky's 1948, 1949, 1951 and 1958 championship trophies.

They were among 13 sterling silver trophies taken from a case in Memorial Coliseum. The duplicates will be of an unspecified alloy. Also stolen were three Sugar Bowl basketball tournament trophies, which the Sugar Bowl committee has agreed to replace at no cost. Cincy coach fired CINCINNATI The University of Cincinnati, reeling from successive 2-9 seasons, fired head football Coach Ralph Staub Tuesday. Cincinnati Athletic Director Mike Mc-Gee said the firing was "in the best interests of football and the university." He said Staub, a native Cincinnatian and standout football player at Cincinnati, would be offered another position.

Staub, 52, said he wasn't surprised, adding, "I think it was all planned before the season began, frankly." Staub, an assistant to Woody Hayes at Ohio State Universty before accepting the Cincinnati job, said he had no plans to stay at the university. He said he has restored the university's football program to respectability in the last four years. "When we came into the program here," 1 it was one of the biggest outlaw schools in the country. We cleaned the program up," he said, declining to elaborate. "It's a re-" spectable program now." The National Collegiate Athletic Association investigated the university in 1978, slapping the basketball program with a two-year probation for recruiting violations.

No sanctions were placed on the football program, however. McGee took over as athletic director a year ago, and promised a close inspection of all areas in the athletic department. "We took a very long look at a number of areas, among them the overall direction of the football program, the success of our recruiting efforts, the physical development of the players and the attrition rate of players," McGee said in announcing the firing. "We have found sufficient problems in these areas to warrant the installation of new leadership." Staub responded, "Obviously, I don't think it was a fair evaluation." Staub, in the first year of a five-yeaf contract, became the university's 30th head football coach in December, 1976, succeeding Tony Mason. The Bearcats finished 5-4-2 in 1977 and 5-6 the next year, fol lowed by the two 2-9 years.

Staub's overall record at Cincinnati was 14-28-2. The football program had financial problems during Staub's years as coach, which he said contributed to the losing seasons. Staub spent 16 years in the collegiate ranks as an assistant before he was named Cincinnati head coach. The first five year? were as an assistant at Cincinnati. He also coached at Northwestern in 1969 and went to Ohio State in 1970, where he held a variety of positions.

Bengals hire Breech CINCINNATI The Cincinnati Bengals waived rookie placekicker Sandro Vi-tiello and made former Oakland Raider Jim Breech their fourth kicker of the year on Tuesday. Vitiello, a rookie, was cut in preseason but re-signed two weeks ago when Ian Sun-ter was let go. Vitiello badly missed both of his field goal attempts Sunday against Cleveland. Breech, 24, kicked for Oakland in 1979 but was waived in preseason after a 3-for-6 performance. Breech, who is 5-foot-6 and weighs 155 pounds, was drafted in the eighth round by the Detroit Lions in 1978 and later released.

Vitiello seemed to have won the kicking job- from veteran Chris Bahr in training camp when Bahr was cut. But Vitiello was cut two days later in favor of Sunter. Strong safety Shafer Suggs, waived last Friday by the New York Jets after he criticized Coach Walt Michaels, has been claimed by the Bengals. AP Sound advice Indiana University head basketball coach Bobby South Korea. The Hoosiers, ranked fifth by the Asso- Knight tugs at the jersey of All-American guard ciated Press, open thier season Saturday by hosting Isiah Thomas while giving him instructions during Ball State, the Hoosiers exhibition game Tuesday against Packers want Stenerud to replace Birney Univeristy (9-2) was ninth.

I-AA FINAL POLL TM Tm II turn lii IM Nitwul CelteiKK AtMXIc Allocution ffcul Division I-AA RMtMU poll, wlm mis Horn's records and points: l.LOhish 9-0-2 44 1. Grambling 9.14 4 3. E. Kentucky 9-2-0 39 (til) S. Carollns St.

10-1-0 39 5. Kintuckv 904 35 6. Delaware 9-34 7. Boiie St. 1-3-0 39 I.

NW. La.St. 1-3-0 34 9. Boston U. 9-34 30 10.

Connecticut 7.34 16 tin Massachusetts 7-34 It (tie; Murray St. 9-7-0 16 suasive, and I told him that I would reconsider. I have to talk with my people and find out what my leaving for a couple of weeks would do to our investments." Stenerud, who will be 37 Wednesday, was cut by the Chiefs' during training camp. He worked out with the Packers a few weeks ago. to Bart Starr about it, and I said 1 would." Stenerud subsequently talked with Starr, and said he wanted to consult with his business partners before he decides whether to join the Packers.

"We talked about a lot of things, about the opportunity to play in Green Bay," he said. "He (Starr) was very per in 13 seasons, said he spoke with Packer Coach and General Manager Bart Starr by telephone Monday night. Stenerud', contacted in Kansas City- by The Milwaukee Journal, said he had first spoken with an official in the Packer personnel department. "I told them no," he said. "Then they asked if I would talk Afttociated Pms -GREEN BAY, Wis.

The Green Bay Packers, dissatisfied with the placekicking of Tom Birney, reportedly are trying to sign Jan Stenerud, former kicker for the Kansas City Chiefs. Stenerud, sixth-leading scorer in National Football League history with 1,231 points At Saturday, Jan. II East-West Shrine Bowl At Pen. Alto, Cam. East vs.

West. TBA Hula Bowl At Honolulu, Hawaii East vs. West, 4 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 17 Senior Bowl At Mobile, Ala.

North vs. South, TBA. Sunday, Jan. II Japan Bowl Al Yokohama, Japan East vs. West, TBA Thursday's Oames Chicago at Detroit, 11:30 p.m.

Sunk at Dallas, 3 P.m. MONDAY'S GAME RAMS 27, SAINTS 7 Los Angeles 1 14 1 1027 Niw Orleans 10 17-7 LA Dennard 31 pass from Gumsn (Corral kick) LA Dennard 16 pass from Ferregamo (Corral kick) LA FG Corral 23 LA Peacock I run (Corral kick) LA FG Corral 19 NO ChllcU 15 pais from Scott IRIcardo kick) NBA LEADERS NEW YORK The National taskettull Association scoring, nHnnnUm and 011011 loaders through tamts of Sunday; Scoring Ft FT PIS Avg nba 0(3 WEEK LA NO 21 9 45-215 11- 34 ITS 63 74 2 15-264 15-33-2 245 202 693 33.0 19 191 165 561 29.5 22 243 149 635 21 9 23 244 125 616 26.1 19 197 110 506 26.6 22 220 120 560 25.5 21 117 1 47 525 25.0 deals 4 First downs Rushes-yards Passing yards Return yards Passes Punts Fumbtes-lost Penalties-yards Oantley, Utah Malone, Hou Servin, SA Blrdsong, KC Thompson, Dn Ervlng, Phil Fru.SS English, Don Griffith, Utah Wilkes, LA 4-43 M7 2-1 5-40 1-1 4- 36 19 ill 09 451 23.7 EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division 473 22.5 51 21 210 23 225 61 511 22.5 Pet. OB ReoMMdinf Off Oof Tot Avg 19 135 1 60 295 15.5 McNeese Store (10-1 vs. Southern Mississippi (1-3), I p.m. Sunday, Doc 14 Garden Stale Bowl At East Rutherford, N.J.

Navy 17.3) vs. Houston (64), 13:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 19 Holiday Bowl At San Diego Southern Methodist (1-3) vs. Brlgham Young (10-1).

9 p.m. Saturday, Dec. Tangerine Bowl At Orlando, Pla. Maryland (1-3) vs. Florida (7.2), 8 p.m.

Thursday, Doc. 15 Blue-Oray Classic At Montgomery, Ala. Blue vs. Gray. TBA.

Friday, Doc. 24 Fiesta Bowl At Tempo, Aril. Penn State (9-11 vs Ohio State (9-2), 3:30 P.m. Saturday, Doc. 27 Hall of Fame Bowl At Birmingham, Ala.

Arkansas (5-5) vs. Tulane (7-4), I p.m. Liberty Bowl At Memphis, Tom. Purdue (8-3) vs. Missouri (1-3).

2 p.m. Sun Bowl Al El Paso, Texas Mississippi State (9-2) vs. Oklahoma (8-2) or Nebraska 19.2), 12 or 12:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 21 Gator Bowl At Jacksonville, Fla.

Pittsburgh (9-1 vs. South Carolina (8-3), P.m. Wednesday, Dec. 31 Blue Donne Bowl At Houston North Carolina (10-1) vs. Texas (74), 8 p.m.

Thursday, Jan. 1 Cotton Bowl At Dallas Alaoama 18-2) vs. Baylor (10-1), 2:10 p.m. Orange Bowl At Miami Florida State (9-1) vs. Oklahoma ll-i) or Nebraska (9-2), I p.m.

Rosa Bowl At Pasadena, CelH. Washington (9-2) vs. Michigan (9-2), 5 p.m. Sugar Bowl At New Orleans Georgia (104) vs Notre Dame (94-1), 2 p.m. Friday, Jan.

2 Peach Bowl At Atlanta Virginia Tech (8-3) vs. Miami, Fla. (7-3), 2:30 p.m. 173 259 11.1 209 251 11.7 I 'S INDIVIDUAL LIADCRS RUSHING Los Angeles, Tyler 14-01, Peacock 11-29, Thomas 1-47, Bryant 7-42, Guman 5-9. Now Orleans.

Manning 2-11, Rogers 54, Wilson 4-1. PASSING Los Angeles, Ferregamo 14-24-0-163, Guman 1-1-0-31. Cromwell 0-144. New Orleans, Manning 12-26-2-92, Scott 3-94-33 RECEIVING Los Angeles, Bryant 5-20, Dennard 3-55, Hicks 342. New Orleans, Wilson 5-11, Harris 2-5, Rogers 2-19, Chllds 2-16.

Malom. Hou Nater, SD Sikma, Sea wshngtn, Port Robinson, Pho Haves, Wash ISO 239 11.4 20 3 13 13 7 I 13 I 14 Ontral Division II 13 10 9 12 I 13 7 16 6 14 .070 684 .660 .311 .364 .713 .545 .429 .301 .304 .273 Phllidilphii Boston New York Washington New Jersey Milwaukee Indiana Chicago Miami Cleveland Detroit 22 69 174 243 11.0 21 65 165 230 11.0 WORKWEAR Assists IVl I 9 II lih FOR BOYS No. 200 172 171 121 Ford, KC Johnson, LA Nixon, LA Rchrdsn, NY WESTERN CONFERENCE Midwest Olvlslon 123 Walker, NJ Avg 1.7 1.6 1.1 7.6 7.2 Pel. .617 .621 .592 .514 Field Ooal Percentage FO FOA SPORTS TRANSACTIONS Tuesday's Sports Transactions By The Associated Press BASEBALL American League SEATTLE MARINERS Named Tommy Davis to me coaching staff. FOOTBALL National Football League CINCINNATI BE NGALS Signed Shafer Suggs, safety, end Jim Breech, otaceklcker.

waived Sandro Vitiello, placekicker. GREEN BAY PACKERS-Slgnod Jan Stenerud, placekicker. Waived Tom Birney, placekicker. NEW ORLEAMS SAINTS Fired Dick Nolan, head coach. Named Dick Stanfel, interim head coach.

WASHINGTON REDSKINS Signed Kim Mc-Quilken. quarterback. Released Joe Jones, defensive end, and Dan Peltier, center. HOCKEY National Hockey Leogue QUEBEC NORDiOUES Sent Willy Weir and Ron Chipoerfield, forweros, to Rochester of the American Hockey League. Sent Bernle Saunders, forward, to Nova Scotia of the AHL Sent Lee Norwood, defenseman, to Birmingham of me Central Hockey Leegm.

COLLEGE Cincinnati Fired Ralph staub, need football coach. Gllmore.Chl 134 195 collogo football .602 .571 .450 .391 .301 .130 an Antonio Utah Houston 4XansasClty Denver IS 7 12 9 9 11 9 14 13 3 20 Pacific Division 169 214 115 Dawklns, Pull 105 161 Maxwell, Bos lot Dantley, Utah 245 421 Ill Uvl'i Boysweor "Pointur's Pontt" re styled to fit loosely around the seat and thigh, yet mug at the waitt, to give a comfy fooling for play time. They com in denim in boyi' fixes 10-12 regular, 10-14 tlim, and in students' sizes 25-29. II 16 13 10 7 I 12 15 Phoenix s.os Angeles Ootoen state turtle an Diego Portland 696 2Vl 619 to i 455 I 141 I I 311 11 I I 1 7 IS Tuesday's Games BOWL GAMES Meier College Foorkoll lewl Oames At A Glance By The Associated Press AN Times EST Saturday, Doc 13 I ndttwfltfwwt BmvI nffl i Atlanta 112, Portland 101 Philadelphia 101, Dallas 92 San Diego 10t. Denver 94 Wednesday's Oames Portland at Boston, 6:30 p.m.

New York at Cleveland, 6:35 p.m. yttlonta at Indiana, 6:35 p.m. -Utah at Detroit, 7:05 p.m. Chicago at San Antonk). 7:30 p.m.

New Jersey at Kansas City, 7:30 p.m. Philadelphia at Houston, p.m. San Diego at Denver, 1:35 p.m. Seattle at Phoenix, 1:35 p.m. AMERICAN CONFERENCE Sixers ride Erving's touch East Buffalo New England Baltimore Miami N.Y.

Jets Pet. PF PA .750 266 181 .667 349 259 .500 252 267 .500 199 231 .250 231 302 .067 273 230 .667 233 21 .513 291 255 .250 149 233 .667 285 246 .667 333 235 247 242 .300 221 253 .333 232 284 9 3 I 4 6 6 6 6 3 9 Central I 4 I 4 7 5 3 9 West I 4 I 4 7 5 4 8 All Boys' Students' Sizes Of Cleveland Houston Pittsburgh Cincinnati Oakland. San Diego Denver Kansas City Seattle I 76ERS 108, MAVERICKS 92 (IN) -Ervlng 11 9-10 31, C. Jones 3 1-3 7, Dawklns 5 2-3 11 Cheeks 4 04 1, Tonev 6 04 12, Jones 04 10, Holllns 4 04 8, Mix 2 2-2 6. Richardson 5 04 10, Cu-; reton 1 0-3 2, Johnson I 04 2.

Totals 47 14-21 lot. DALLAS (93) Jeeloni 6 3-5 15, LeGarde 6 1-5 13, Lloyd 31-2 7, Boynas 2 04 4, Huston 5 3-3 13, Robinzlne 6 04 12. Mack I 2-3 4, Soenarkel 1 4-5 20, Byrnes 2 04 4, Al-. lyms 0 04 0. Totals 39 14-22 92.

Philadelphia 24 24 33 27- 1SS (Dallas 17 23 39 23 92 Jhree-polnt goals None. Fouled Out None. Total Fouls Philadelphia 24, Dallas 21. Fouls None. A 13.527.

CLIPPERS 108, NUGGETS 94 flENVER (94) English73-4 Nicks 1 3-5 5, Thompson I 4-7 20, Roche 1 1-2 3, Gondreiick 0 04 0, Roolsch 2 04 4, Dunn 3 0-2 6, liay 2 04 4. Hlggs 0 0-0 0. Totals 35 14-41 94. SANDIESO(IH) Brooks 4 04 Heard 4 04 Nater 11 4-S 26, Smith 7 2-5 16, Taylor 2 04 4, Bryant 3 2-2 1, Davis 1 2,3 4, Williams 10 7-7 21, Wicks 2 1-2 5, BibOv 01-21. Totals 44 19-26 101.

WESTERN CONFERENCE East Philadelphia II 1 0 Dallas 9 3 0 N.Y. Giants 19 0 St. Louis 3 9 0 Washington 3 9 0 9 3 1 9 3 9 1 9 .917 302 143 .750 335 226 .250 185 333 .250 242 272 .250 lot 246 LEVI'S Fashion Denim Jeans. Special Sale Price Good Thru Nov. 29 FREE BOOK COVERS FREE BALLOONS While Supplies Last Central 7 5 6 5 6 4 7 4 1 od.

However, Williams made a three-point field goal, two free throws and a dunk shot to give San Diego an 87-76 lead and the Nuggets weren't closer than eight points after that. Nater had 26 points and pulled down a game-high 20 rebounds for the Clippers. Smith finished with 16 points for San Diego. Dan Issel and David Thompson led the Nuggets with 20 points each. Alex English added 17 points for Denver and rookie Cedrick Hordges had 15 points and 14 rebounds for the losers.

Thompson, the NBA's fifth-leading scorer with a 26.6 per-game average, was held to four free throws in the final period. The Nuggets entered the game as the NBA's highest-, scoring team with an average of 117.3 points per game. But they made only 40.2 percent of their field goal attempts and just 24 of 41 free throw tries. The Nuggets outrebounded the Clippers 67-62. Issel had 10 rebounds to go with his 20 points for Denver.

Philadelphia took a 24-17 lead into the second quarter. The 76ers never lost the lead after that with Dallas getting no closer than six before Erving's third-quarter breakaway. CLIPPERS 108, NUGGETS 94 Guard Freeman Williams scored 19 points in the second quarter and had seven straight early in the fourth period Tuesday night, leading the San Diego Clippers to a 108-94 National Basketball Association victory over the Denver Nuggets. Williams, who came off the bench to finish with a game-high 28 points, helped the Clippers, 8-15, stretch a 25-23 lead after one quarter to a 60-50 advantage at halftime. The Nuggets, 8-13, bounced back to take a 67-64 lead midway through the third quarter before consecutive field goals by Garfield Heard, PhQ Smith, Swen Nater and Heard again put the Clippers ahead to stay.

Denver trailed 80-71 entering the fourth quarter but scored the first five points of the peri Associated Press DALLAS Julius Erving scored 15 points in the third quarter as the Philadelphia 76ers turned a 6-point lead into a 14-point bulge and defeated the Dallas Mavericks 108-92 Tuesday night. The decision makes Philadelphia the first team in the National Basketball Association to win 20 games this season. The 76ers, 20-3, won their 10th straight road game. Erving led all scorers with 31 points, and Jim Spanarkel paced Dallas with 20. Spanarkel hit a jump shot and two free throws to cap Philadelphia's lead to 67-61 with 4 32 left in the third quarter, but the 76ers scored 10 of the next 12 points over a span of 1:58, with Erving getting seven of them.

Philadelphia took an early 5-point lead before the Mavs rallied behind Geoff Huston and Abdul Jeelani for an 11-10 lead mid-way through the first quarter. But the Mavericks hit only one of the next six shots and .513 343 208 J00 229 235 .458 301 344 .375 214 262 .333 192 210 Detroit Minnesota Green Bay Tampa Bay Chicago Atlanta Los Angeles San Francisco NewOrteens 9 0 750 323 319 6 4 0 .667 321 235 4 I 0 .331 231 310 0 12 0 .000 lot 361 Register For A FREE PAIR LEVI'S JEANS No Purchase Required Two Winners To Be Drawn From Today's Entries. YOU CAN WIN Son Olego 25 35 20 2a IN Tnree-point goals Williams. Fouled out-Mone. total fouls Denver 23, San Diego 30.

A 4,176. HAWKS 112, BLAZERS 108 PORTLAND (1M) i Thompson 1 04 16, Washington 3 2-2 1, Owens 6 4-l i 16. Gross 3 04 6. Paxson I 2-2 II. Natl 7 2-2 II, I Brewer 1 2 2 4, Kunnert 2 44 Ransey 3 04 6, i Bates 4 2-2 10 Totals 45 la-19 lQJ).

ATLANTA (112) Drew II Rolllns304 6. Collins 7 3-5 16, Johnson 6 2-2 14, Crlss 6 1-1 13, Hawes4l-19, Hill 0040, McMillen004 0 04 0, Shelton 1 04 2. Totals 43 3e-34 113. Portland Man 30-101 Atlanta 35 25 26 26-112 Three-oolnf goals None. Fouled out None.

To-W fouls Portland 29, Atlanta 20. A 7421. Thursday, Nov. San Diego 27. Miami 24, OT Sunday's Games New England 47, Baltimore 21 Atlanta 28.

Chicago 17 Cleveland 31, Cincinnati 7 Oetrolt 24, Temoe Bay 10 New York Jets 31, Houston 21, OT Philadelphia it, Oakland 7 Buffalo 21, Pittsburgh II Green Bay 25, Minnesota 13 Kansas City 21, St.Louts 13 Son Francisco 12, New York Giants 0 Denver 16, Seattle 20 Dallas 14, Washington 10 Mondays Gome Los Angeles 27, New Orleans 7.