The Evening News from Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan • Page 6

EUPC teams dominate first state Class football poll By BILL CRAWFORD The Eastern Upper Peninsula footbsH conference put a solid dent in the first Michigan High School grid poll Class ratings of 1973 as Cheboygan Catholic finished number two. Engadine number five and Pickford number nine. Among other IIP. teams rated ia Class were Crystal Falls Forest Park which came in eighth and tough Bessemer which rated honorable mention along with Baraga and Bark River. Almost unbelievably, the poll- sters failed rate St.

Ignace's Saints anywhere in the top ten in Class C. The state's fifth rated team last season was among the top honorable mentions, but well behind the likes of top ranked Hudson, third place Traverse City St. Francis and even seventh rated Negaunee. Saginaw Arthur Hill ranked first in the powerhouse Class A poll with Jackson Parkside assuming a familiar role as second and Dearborn Fordson back among the top five at number three. Among the other top picks in Class A is Alpena's Wildcats at number seven.

As usual, Escanaba didn't make so much as an honorable mention. Sault area fans will get a chance to see the highly touted Alpena squad in action here Oct. 26, when the Wildcats meet Sauit High. Class is led by Jackson Lumen Christi with Hillsdale second and Fruitport third. No U.P.

teams came close to a mention in B. Tne Class leader, as usual, is tough little Hudson. Some Season's first prep poll Here are the top 10 teams in each class in the first Michigan Associated Press high school football poll of the season: Class A 1. Saginaw Arthur Hill (1-0) 75 2. Jackson Parkside (1-0) 55 5.

Dearborn Fordson (1-0) 30 4. (Tie East Lansing (1-0) 41 Royal Oak Dondero (1-6) 41 6. Flint Southwestern (1-0) 40 7. Alpena (1-0) 3S 8. Battle Creek Central (1-0) 35 9.

Hazel Park (1-0) 32 10. Muskegon (1-0) 31 Honorable mention: Bay City Central 29, Detroit Northwestern 26, Detroit Denby 13, Detroit Northern 10, Detroit Southwestern 10, Walled Lake Central 10, Grand Rapids Creston 8, Trenton 8, Flint Northern 7. Grand Haven 6, Owosso 6, Mount Pleasant 5, Niles 5. Kalamazoo Central 4, Waterford Mott 4, Grosse Points North 3, Detroit Cass 2, Grand Ledge 2, Pontiac Northern 1, Traylor Truman 1. Flint Northern 0-0, rest 1-0.

Class 1. Jackson Lumen Christi (1-0) 68 2. HiUsdale (1-0) 58 Fruitoort "(1-0) 57 4 East Grand Ramds '(1-0) 53 5. (Tie) Flint Powers (1-0) 50 Plainwell (1-0) 50 7. (Tie) Dearborn Divine Child (1-0) 45 Muskegon Catholic (1-0) 45 9.

Albion (1-0) 41 10. Grand Rapids West Catholic (1-0) 34 Honorable mention: Kalamazoo Hackett 26, Caro 24, West Branch Ogemaw Heights 16, Milan 13, Cadillac 10, Mount Clemens Chippewa Valley 4, 3, Otisxille 3, New Baltimore Anchor Bay 2. Grosse He 1. All 1-0. Class 1.

Hudson (1-0) 75 2. Ubly (1-0) 51 S. Traverse City St. Francis (1-0) 41 4. Galesburg Augusta 1-0) 40 5.

(Tie) Battle Creek Springfield (1-0) 36 Novi (1-0) 36 7. Negaunee (3-0) 35 8 Watervliet (1-0) 30 9. Bay City All Saints (1-0) 27 10. Ida (1-0) 26 Honorable mention: Montague 24, Middleville 22, Hancock 21, Harbor Baach 20, St. Ignace 20, Battle Creek St.

Phillip 16, St. Charles 11, Adrian Madison 10, Center Line St. Clement 10, Cass City 8, Saginaw Sts. Peter and Paul 5, Dearborn Sacred Heart 4, Eau Claire 4, Erie Mason 4, L'Anse- 4, Sagmaw St. Stephen 3, Detroit Servite 2, New Lothrop 2, Grayling 1, Ithaca 1.

Hancock and L'Anse 3-0, Erie Mason 0-0-1, rest 1-0. Class 1. Indian River Inland Lakes (2-0) 71 2. Cheboygan Catholic (2-0) 67 3. Ann Arbor St.

Thomas (1-0) 57 4. Grass Lake (1-0) 49 5. Engadine (3-0) 48 6. Mendon (1-0) 46 7. North Adams (1-0) 40 S.

Crystal Falls (3-0) 37 9. Pickford (3-0) 36 10. Gaylord St. Mary (2-0) 32 Honorable mention: Harbor Springs (2-0) 24, Bessemer (3-0) 21, Peck ((1-0) 19, Wayandotte Mount Carmel (1-0) 17, Fowler (1-0) 15, Baraga (2-1) 10, Atlanta (1-0) 8, Kingston (1-0) 5, Bark River (3-0) 4. 4,000 avid Hudson fans watched their Tigers annihilate Bliss- filed last Friday night, 30-0.

Traverse City St. which meets St. Ignace again this season on the Saints' home field Nov. 9, is rated third with a 1-0 won-loss record. The Gladiators are expected to be even tougher this year than last when they ranked seventh in the final Class poll.

Newcomer to Class rankings, Xegaunee, is seventh. The Miners are 3-0 and just dropped to Class this season after umpteen seasons as a Class power in the U.P. Negaunee dumped Gladstone 14-9 last Friday night. Hancock at 3-0 is among the honorable mentions in 'C'. The big one for EUP football fans is Class however, where the EUPC dominates with three of its teams among the top ten.

The showdown comes Saturday night in Cheboygan when the Eagles of Cheboygan Catholic take on the Eagles of Engadine in a battle that will not only determine much about the EUPC standings, but the state poll as well. Ninth ranked Pickford meets Cedarville this weekend and Pellston next week before tan- gl ing with Engadine, Rudyard and Cheboygan Catholic in that order. Trojan girls crush Bulldogs in EUPC test CEDARVILLE CedarviUe's girls' basketball team jumped out to a commanding 26-7 halftime lead and went on to down Rudyard 47-26. Donna Idalski dumped in 23 points for the winners while team-mate Crystal Izzard hit for 13 and Gloria Sherlund added six. Julie LaBarr paced the Bulldogs with 12 points.

Wednesday's schedule finds Engadine traveling to Pickford, Brim-ley at DeTour and Cedarville journeying to Cheboygan Catholic. Dennv McLaiii returns to Detroit as host of hockey talk program By LARRY PALADINO Associated Press Sports Writer PORT HURON, Mich. (AP) Babbitt paces Devils to win BeTOUR High's Henry Babbitt toured the the DeTour cross country course in 17 minutes. 12 seconds here Monday afternoon to lead the Blue Devils to -their fourth straight. meet victory of the season.

The Blue Devils finished with 18 points to DeTours 55 and Brimley's 76. Dan Volpano of Sault High was second across the line while Larry Cross of DeTour broke the Devil's shot at a perfect score by coming in third. Steve Rabineau. Dennis Volpano. Ken Lovin and Mike Gerrish of Sault High finished fourth through seventh.

Don Stefanski of De- Tour was eighth. The Blue Devils will be without sophomores Dan and Dennis Volpano and Ken Lovin Thursday in their meet at Rudyard with the Bulldogs and Brimley. The Sophomores will travel to Alpena with coach Donn Westman to part in a Frosh- Soph meet on the Wildcats' home course. Denny McLain. sharp- tongued as ever, is back in Detroit.

But before McLain fans hurry down to Tiger Stadium, it should be pointed out the former star pitcher is not playing baseball again with the Detroit Tigers. McLain, a 31-game winner in 1968 when he led the Tigers to a World Series, expects to move to the Detroit area where he says he will be all hockey talk show on CKLW-TV in Windsor, Ont, across the river from Detroit. BOWLING COMMERCIAL Synet burned the lanes with a 256 game while Al Prideaux blistered out a 668 series. WSOO tossed the high team game of 1043 while Pabst had a 2990 team series. STAXDINGS: Alpha Bar.

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2. McLain, who struggled in the minor leagues this year at Iowa of the American Association and Shreveport of the Texas League, said he will handle the TV show with Henry Boucha, second-year center with the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League. "I don't know a whole hell of a lot about red lines and blue lines," said McLain, voted best Tiger righthanded pitcher of all-time in a vote of fans several years ago. "I'm studying everything about hockey I can get my hands on." McLain said he had a television show for two years when he was with the Washington Senators "but it was never sports-oriented." The new show begins taping in October, he said. SPHA meets The Sault Peewee Hockey Association meets Wednesday night at Kaine's Rink at 7:30 p.m.

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SECOND COLLEGE START Northern Michigan's freshman quarterback, Ed Lester (12) of St. Ignace, pivots to hand off to fullback Jim Rathje (43) against the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee at Marquette last Saturday. Lester directed three NMU scoring drives, one of them 74 yards in 18 plays, and completed seven of 13 passes for 113 yards. Milwaukee rallied with two touchdown passes in the final period to gain a 21-21 tie with the Wildcats. (NMU photo).

Cal tops first college grid poll of 4 By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Southern California again is the No. 1 team in the Associated Press college football poll. That's no surprise, since the Trojans have owned the top spot since the first week of 1972. hat is surprising is the capricious reaction of Southern CaFs coach, John McKay. "I don't know or care whether we're rated No.

1 next week," he said Saturday night after the Trojans had recorded a 17-0 victory over Arkansas in their opener. "I didn't even think we should have been No. 1 last week." McKay changed his line Monday, saying that USC deserves the top spot. A poll of 60 sports writers and broadcasters who participated this week gave the But Nebraska, Ohio State and Alabama, the next three ranked Trojans 38 first-place votes and football season enters its sec- a total of 1,106 points. ond week, teams, will be out to challenge McKay was skeptical of the Southern Cal as the college teams chances of bumping Saturday registration day for SAHA.

SPHA progran Saturday registration day for all boys planning to play hockey in either the SAHA or the SPHA this -season. Players may register at Pullar Pickford wins CC triangular CEDARVILLE Jim Skinner crossed the finish line well ahead of the field here Monday as the Pickford Panthers wrapped up another EUPC cross country meet downing Rudyard and Cedarville. Final score found Pickford with 18 points to Rudyard's 52 and CedarviUe's 64. Tim Leach of Pickford finished second with a time of 17:43 while Duncan Dickinson of Pickford was third and Bruce Bawks of Pickford fourth. Tom Cress was CedarviUe's first finisher, crossing the line fifth while John Koorn of Rudyard was sixth and Dave Nakarado of Rudyard seventh.

George Sterling of Pickford came in eighth and Paul Griffin of the Trojans ninth. Stadium from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. Those between the ages of 13 and 17 will register with the Sault Amateur Hockey Association (SAHA) and those from four until 12 years of a.se will register with the Sault Peewe Hockey Association (SPHA). The SAHA is divided into Bantam and Midget classes while the SPHA consists of Mite.

Squirt and Peewee classes. A minimal registration fee will charged for each player. There will be a special rate for families. Included for the season in the cost is a player's pass for all league and playoff games. All boys wishing to play hockey this season must register and have a waiver signed by a parent or guardian.

The Sault Amateur Hockey Association meets Wednesday night at 7:30 p.m. in the Civic Room of Sault Savings Bank. Among topics for discussion are changing of bylaws for upcoming season. Reorganized Sault Boosters meet tonight The newly reorganized Sault High Booster Club has set its first session for tonight at 8 p.m. in the teacher's lounge at the high school.

In an effort to build interest in school athletic programs, the club has been reorganized to limit business meetings to 15 minutes and cut dowr, or. money making projects in the future, "We decided to turn Booster Club into more of an interest and support group gathering." said club President Tom Ludwig. "We want to have parents and fans come to Booster Club meetings to talk with and spar with coach- es. We want people to become interested in our teams on a constructive level a level where both fans and coaches have a chance to sound off." Tonight's meeting will feature a short business meeting followed by discussion with various coaches and a question and answer period. Video tape highlights of last Friday's game with Munising will be shown as well.

"We want to get parents and fans out." continued Ludwig. "Our coaches ar looking forward to the session. It should provide our program with a lot of life if people take advantage." CALL TODAY FOR IMMEDIATE AND DEPENDABLE SERVICE WE Guaranteed finality work Boilers, water heaters, plumbing fixtures. Call us for modernization, or we can supply you with materials for Do-It-Yourself Projects. Cardinal PUHIilKIWi Heating SALES SERVICE RIVERSIDE DRIVE 632-3135 The Evening News Bill Crawford Sports Editor 6 SEPT.

IS, 1973 Wings open camp under tutelage new coach Garvin By LARRY PALADINO defenseman whose first year in the NHL was last season with Associated Press Sports Writer Detroit. PORT HURON, Mich. (AP) Ted Garvin welcomed his first full squad contingent to the Detroit Red Wings training camp Monday and wasted no time insisting "I run things MY way." Garvin, who was named Wings' coach shortly after Johnny Wilson was fired by the National Hockey League team last April, has since had to continuously answer questions about who is the boss. Wilson went out complaining bitterly about front office interference from General Manager Ned Harkness and Jim Bishop, executive vice president. But Garvin has insisted all along that "I'm my own man" and he makes the decisions, "although like everyone else I have to answer to someone." Monday he had to answer the queries again since the official opening of full squad workouts also is the annual press day.

"Interference? So far I've had absolutely none," he insisted, "I've run practice so far like I wanted. The lines are put together my way. "I've had guys disagree with me, but I've done things MY way." Actually, Wings rookies have been working out for a week. The veterans weren't required to report until Monday. There were more than 80 players in camp, including many promising rookies.

Among those receiving the most attention were Swedes Tord Lundstrom, a forward, and goalie Leif Holmquist. They reportedly signed fat bonuses and will join fellow countryman Tommie Bergman, a Garvin said both newly acquired Swedes had a good chance to make the team. He also singled out several other prospects as having a good chance to stick: forwards Len Fontaine (who spent much of last season in Detroit), Bill Hogaboam, and Nelson Pyatt: de- fenseman Rick Foley and Tom Mellor; and goalies Doug Grant, Bill McKenzie, Tim McQuiston and Terry Richardson. Richardson is the latest No. 1 draft choice of the Red Wings.

Center Alex Delvecchio is back for his 23rd season and is again captain. Garvin lias yet to name his assistants. Missing for the first time in 27 years was NHL Hall of 'Fame forward Gordie Howe, an executive with the Wings last year who has signed to play with the Houston Aeros of the World Hockey Association. Detroit's first exhibition is Friday night in Flint against St. Louis.

Touch ootball starts tonight The Community 1 s' Touch Footbal League gets underway tonight vvith three games slated for 753rd Radar Base. At 6 p.m., Coast Guard will open the season with a game against 753rd. The 7:30 contest will have Whiz Kids taking on defending champion Stroh's vvith Pantry Shoppe meeting Old Style in the 9 p.m..game. USC from the lead, however, especially those of Ohio State, which defeated Minnesota 56-7. "I'm not impressed vvith Minnesota," McKay said wryly.

"They've won about three games in 10 years." Nebraska, idle last weekend, received eight first place points and 995 points overall, and the Buckeyes took third with 11 votes for first and an aggregate of 944. Last week the spread between the first three teams was Alabama jumped from sixth place to fourth by virtue of their 66-0 rout of California. The victory earned the Crimson Tide two first-place votes and 809 points. Michigan topped Iowa 31-7 to retain its hold on fifth place vvith 666 points. Texas, which doesn't open its season untii Friday night, fell from fourth to sixth with 615 points.

Penn State, the only other first-place vote-getter, took seventh with a 20-6 defeat of Stanford. Rounding out the Top Ten were Notre which begins its season Saturday against Northwestern; Oklahoma, which clubbed Baylor 42-14 to move from llth place to ninth, and Tennessee, which dropped from ninth to 10th despite a last-minute, 21-17 triumph over Duke. The Top Twenty vvith first- place votes in parentheses, season records and total points. Points tabulated on basis of 2018 16 14-12-10-9-8-7-6-4-3-2-1: W-L-T Pts. 1.

So. Calif. (38) 1-0-0 2. Nebraska (8) 1-0-0 995 3. Ohio State (11) 1-0-0 944 4.

Alabama (2) 1-0-0 809 5. Michigan 1-0-0 666 6. Texas 0-0-0 615 7. Penn State (1) 1-0-0 588 S. Notre Dame 0-0-0 389 9.

Oklahoma 1-0-0 384 10. Tennessee 1-0-0 319 11. La. State 1-0-0 314 12. Auburn 1-0-0 247 13.

Arizona State 1-0-0 152 14. NC St. 2-0-0 129 15. Florida 1-0-0 107 16. Houston 1-0-0 86 17.

Okla. State 1-0-0 35 18. UCLA 0-1-0 27 19. Colorado 0-1-0 22 20. (tie) Bowl Gr.

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