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1-2-- Weirton Daily Times, Saturday, December 26, i JCMUI urty, LrtrceniDer zo, Bengals Challenge Colts In Playoffs Today Cowboys, Lions Also Clash Today By BOB DI PIETRO UPI Sports Writer Take a combination of Paul Brown wanting to win a game and Johnny Unitas perhaps unable to win one and you could have the makings of an upset. The master coach, in his team's third year of competition, guided the Cincinnati Benglas to the championship of the American Football Conference Central Division and a spot in the opening round of the National Football League playoffs today. Unitas, the master quarterback, guided the Baltimore Colts as they rebounded from last year's 8-5-1 record to an 11-2-1 mark and the AFC's Eastern Division crown. The 37-year-old passing great suffered a slight shoulder sprain during workouts Thursday when he tripped and fell on his throwing arm during a passing 1 drill. Unitas has also been bothered by a bad back for the past two weeks.

Unitas still figures to start today's game and his efective-i ness--or lack of it--could be a key factor. The Colts are 1 point favorites in the contest slated for' 1 p.m. EST at Baltimore's 1 Memorial Stadium. The Dallas Cowboys, winners of the National Football Conference Eastern Division, host the Detroit Lions, runnerup in the! NFC Central, in today's other, playoff game- Detroit is a three-j point choice for the -1 p.m. EST clash.

On Sunday, the NFC West: winner, San Francisco, is at Minnesota against the Central champion Vikings at 1 p.m. EST and Miami, In Cage 'Classic' Madonna's Alumni, Varsity Vie Sunday game starts at 6:15 p.m. Following the game, a buffet and dance will be held at the O06's providing the music. Knights of Columbus Hall. The dance starts at 9 p.m.

with the College Events Hoping to snap a four-game losing streak, Madonna High's Alumni will have another strong lineup set for Sunday night's confrontation with the Blue Don varsity cagers. Tipoff is set for 7:30 p.m. at the Madonna High It'll be the fifth-annual meeting between the clubs with the I varsity showing domination of all I the games. The closest i Alumni has come was in the first I meeting when Lez Zapor sunk a I i last-second shot to give the varsity a one-point decision. By United Press Internatlonall the ratings, is at New York for Cage Powers BALL, BALL, WHO HAS THE BALL? Detroit's Terry Uishinger.

left, and Philadelphia's Archie Clark chase after a lnnse ball in the first period action at Philadelphia Thursday. The Pistons wound TELEPHOTO). In Shrine Contest North Downs South, 28-7 MIAMI I --The South lostistatistics with 249 yards on 15ofj32-y; AFC I the ball eight times on pass in-j 26 throws--but he also threw four! thai Coach Mel Coleman's Blue i College basketball, after a two- Dons enter the fray with a 2-3 day holiday break, returns to 'record and fresh off a fine per- action today with seven major up losing to the 76'crs, 105-100. (UPI orr nance over Union High last tournaments ranging from Tuesday night. Buffalo, N.Y., to Honolulu.

John Grossi has contracted a The classiest field, according to of top Madonna Alumni for the game. He'll go with Romie A Tp Castelli (1959); Marty Kacz- lATIHC marek ('59); Tom Sessi, i Gerland and Dick Palcic (1960); Stan Zgurski and Mike Runkel (1964); Bill Vagnoni (1965); Paul Paolisso (1966); Clyde Di'Angelo, Eastern runner-up, is at Oakland jterceptions and fumbles, gave the interceptions and fumbled against the AFC Western titlist the North two touchdowns and i un Lindsev of Abilene Undsey pass in South territory. Virginia's basketball team hits Raiders at 4 p.m. EST. The Vikings and Kaidess are both picks over the Forty i and Dolphins respectively.

Coach Joe Schmidt's Lions last St. Joseph's Mountaineer 1-yard field goal by Jakowenko O6 OlHStflt at followed an interception by Randy Cooper of Purdue of a MORGANTOWN West Tom Runkel, Greg Pasternak, Ed Fusiek and Binkowski (1967). Fusiek played in the Northfield goal and cost itself four Christian, college football's Dickey, the North's Most the road for the first time this South Shrine All Star football scoring chances, and that was the time passing leader, threw the Valuable Player, drove his team third quarter and story of the 25th annual Shrine Ail-Star game. The final score was 28-7 and the North team only earned one of its figured in the playoffs in the championship year of 1957 when Schmidt was the club's middle i the contest Chi linebacker. Tom Landry's Orange Bowl but Cowboys will again be trying to television audience made the touchdowns and a field goal.

A TM TM a yardS sparse crowd of 15,402 witnessed i TM hi' ri other two interceptions. i. Isent Riggins into the end zone on And Jim Livesay of Richmond a 13 vard itchout and revf came out best of the receivers to nim for a conversion put the Nortli ahead, 21-0. Looking his best of the night, season when the squad travels to Philadelphia tonight for the Quaker City Tournament. The three-day holiday affair will be played in the Philadelphia Spectrum tonight, Monday and Tuesday.

The Mountaineers, who nf ul ar anu irds brought the South back stand 3-2 on the season but who yards in three plays, the last 47 played since Dec. 12, will iyards on a touchdown connection face always-tough St. Joseph's in u- 6 tu I iL'ievislun dUUieilLe llldui: LIIC lu un a I I I luiuici-iiuu jliice dlways-lougll Ol. JO3 disprove the annual rap that they game a success for the Shriners': 1 -TM, a a iT to Rocky 01 30 of West first round at 7 p.m. don't win the big ones.

Crippled Cliildren Hospitals. South's Charlie Richai Richmond led the passing Texas State Jim Braxton Looks Good Wins In Star CampWropical Run The Hawks sport a deceiving 4'3 record following two defeats the 19th annual Holiday Festival. Among the eight teams competing in this year's festival are unbeaten and second-ranked South Carolina, ninth ranked St. John's (N.Y.) and llth-ranked Western Kentucky which recently knocked off third-ranked Jacksonville. Rounding out the field for the Holiday Festival are Cornell, Providence, Manhattan, Holy Cross and St.

Peter's (N.J.). The Queen City Tourney at Buffalo features lOth-ranked Drake, Morehead State and local favorites Canisius and Niagara while the Rainbow Classic at Honolulu has attracted 13th- ranked Villanova, Brigham Young, New York University, Illinois, Michigan, St. Louis, Sub- Pac, and, of course, Hawaii. Sixth-ranked Pennsylvania, with a 5-0 record, heads the field for the Quaker City Tournament at Philadelphia. Also in the Quaker City event are Army, St.

Association. It will be preceeded in the 3rd Joseph's by a parochial game between St. Los Angeles Open Jan. 7-1 Syracuse, Temple, Utah and Good Effort In Golf Play LOS ANGELES (UPI)-Golf's all-time money-winning champion, Arnold Palmer, hopes to snap the slump that plagued him during the past year with an early start in 1971 on the PGA tour. Chiefs also may suit up for The famed Latrobe, star game in Miami, Christmas Day, but is expected to put in an appearance for the Alumni.

Gene Trosch (1964) of the Kansas City Madonna's oldtimers. informed thi le sponsoring Los The basketball game is a part Ungeles i Chamber of of a holiday program arranged by telephone on by the Madonna Alumni Christmas eve that he intends Pauls and St. Joseph's. T-- throwing But Richards' fortunes turned on a 69-yard drive in the opening again in the fourth quarter last weekend in the Jayhawkl minutes that led to the 27-yard when he fumbled on the North's Classic at Lawrence, Kansas. field goal of George Jakowenko of i one-yard line and Richard Tne st to eighth-ranked Syracuse.

Kokosky of Syracuse Kansas, in the first round Less than a minute later the and minutes later threw another and 10th rated Villanova, 85-75, in North cashed in on the first of picked off by 1 the consolation game, breaks--an interception by Clarence Soctt of Kansas Previously, St. had By United Press International HaroldIPhillips of Michigan State This led to the final North whipped Albright (81-63), OAKI.AND I --East and r7lm ms 9m of a Kichards' pass--by sending 'an eight-yard plunge by Riggins. West played to a draw -at the bac ker a into tlle end zone on a I Jakowenko kicked two con- table Day crowd of 9,677 at Tropical. "ira-yard After single workouts at their Park with a pleasant gj, ondorsTop That; 10 Palmer failed to win a tour tournament during the entire year but still was among the top 10 in money won, finishing fifth on the money list with $128,853. West Virginia.

Eighth-ranked Kansas is the pre-tourney pick for the annual Big Eight Tournament at Kansas City, Mo. Battling the Jayhawks for the title will be fellow con- Should Palmer win the members Nebraska, i Angeles Open, he will go into the I Colorado, Missouri, Iowa State, tournament's record book as a four-time winner. Only two men, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and Kansas State. PITTSBURGH (UPI) The'MacDonald Smith and Lloyd pittsb Condors are back have won the tour- Seventeenth-ranked Utah State heads the field for the All College I Peninsula training camps, the $10 on participants in the 46th annual' Handicap by a half-length over Shrine football game at the favored Co altown Cat. Oakland Coliseum next Saturday It was only second win 16 had their Christmas banquet outings for kurmn ridden by Friday.

Watches were presented. Carlos Marquez to the members of both tted Uae 9 4 0 tured Coach John Pont of Indiana put Uie512 5 oo even at Fair Grounds, his gndders through a one-hour drill at Santa Clara prior to the hi feast Tennis He said running backs Don Martin of Yale and Jim Braxton i NEW YORK (UPI)--Wimble- of West Virginia were running well from scrimmage. He also. and U.S. professi Manhattan (71-67), Georgetown (72-60)andFairfield(89-65) while; olt versions for the North and Jay losing to powerful St.

John's (66-, four times. second quarter, the 'McCoy of Memphis State kicked I 5 3 The Hawks are led by 6-8 Qf Amer can Basketball As; Palmer's previous victories which also features Bowling a i came in 1963, 1966 and 1967. Injgreen, Depaul, Montana State, The Condors with John Brisker' winning the 1966 tournament, he Oklahoma City, San Francisco scoring 39 points, defeated the snot a nine-under-par 62 on the and Wichita State. Carolina Cougars'136-121 Friday! ird round to tie me course i The Far West Classic at Port- hr North three more points on a the only one for the South. Protests Lodged Cavaliers Handed sophomore center Mike Bantom a high-scoring sophomore guard Pat McFarland, a 6-5 jumper.

West Virginia coach Sonny Moran, whose team has never played in Philadelphia, indicates concern about the tough nament opener. night to snap a three game losing streak. The victory moved the Condors half a game ahead of the I last place Cougars. record set by Phil Rodgers when jland, includes 12th-ranked he won the 1962 tournament. Indiana, Harvard, Louisiana The 41-year-old Palmer in-! state, Ohio State, Oregon, Oregon formed the sponsors that his' State, Stanford and Washington i game was as good as ever from State.

"Our scouting reports show ftp TRA'S No 2 srnr tee to gr 66 but nis putting game jthat this is a typical St. Joe's erB ftree ttelpom TM he ed team," Moran says, in that they third te correct that. defen nd the Condors a 105-82 lead. He The Los Angeles Open, cospon- NEW mmg tactics. made I6o( shots from tne field sored Dy i nge Glen Campbell, is Former All-Pro fullback Jimmy TAYLOR RECOVERING ORLEANS (UPD- By United Press Internationa! the 76ers beat Detroit.

Greer's champion John Newcombe The Cleveland Cavaliers two foul shots snapped a 95-95 tie lr ff imnrsssivp i lauc L. U.S. professional champion, Bopped a n7 decision to the i and put Philadelphia ahead to TM tnelr offense ls TMP ressIve and grabbed 19 rebounds. jbeing played over the Rancho Taylor was in Southern Baptist gave heavy practice work to his I Tony Roche will meet in a Cincinnati Rovals Christmas stav Dave Bins led Detroit with Carolina's Bob Verga, hitting i Park golf course again. It carries Hospital on Christmas Day mreekickers-KerryReardonofjpreiLnary to the Rod Laver- Sg and Lore UwasToTer i pomts faS Hawk i 1 6 ffl shots from the floor, took a first prize of $22,000.

Last year recovermg from a gall bladder i-'K- 0 ot 's the tauest ana iBsicsi ndwnig a scdring honors with Casper captured first operation. Tay Iowa, Rick Folander from ISorth- western Duke. and Wes Chesson of Ken Hosewall match at Madison both teams had lodged protests. Square Garden Jan. 2 in the jhg protest-provoking incident i inaugural program of the $210,000 came third period when! a OIlr A i wiihis 0 1 imnuio --r-- --r---- -r- Gus Johnson sparked a Ikpoint team years Along wun -gim, 2 9 in the first money by winning a sudden death "doing with four minutes the Champions Classic.

TMM -bled Bantom and McFarland, St. bolstered by senior half. I playoff from Hale Irwin. aylor was reported very well" following surgery. was the Presentation to big Mike.

Mt fm a basket as 2 4- econu Adamle of Northwestern of theithe Christmas drill at Stanford. norn Cincinnati Coach Silver Football Award, symbolic Only Willie Armstrong of ousv protested that the of the Big Ten's most and Bo Cornell of horn signa i tog a violation had! player. IWashington are running backs on before Johnson shot, but i whittled down to nine with four lead! Bruce Marks (6-7), Eric Mitchell i four (6-6) and Jack Snyder (6-2). The! minutes left before Johnson Mountaineers will counter with a boosted Baltimore ahead. Chi-1 fast-breaking attack which: The West, which has promisedithe West squad and Coach Eddie dsaBreed'Tn'railowelS' cago wasted a effort by i a he Jl? 0 6 1 to keep the ball up in the air most i Crowder may put an extra pass 'n', al; srLLU linu dli TM eQ Bob Love while Earl Monroe's 251 American candidate WU Rob-, of next Saturday, nonetheless, receiver in the backfield and go Rill Rich the Cleveland coach ints led tne Bullets.

mson, a slick 6-2 i worked on its running game iniout of a spread formation. notified the referees that his Dick Harriett and Willis Reed gUard bmS lsavera 8 27 8 team was playing under protest for 44 points as New I A Rv A a Mavpr smce as he claimed tne beat Buffalo and Connie MI me A A a a i ha not provided the, Hawkins, scoreless in the first proper equipment for a National half, had 20 points in the second Basketball Association game and the Suns beat Atlanta. MARCH was using an improper horn. The final decision is up to the league, but for the time being, the Cavaliers have absorbed their 37th loss in 40 games. The three victories have come at the expense of fellow expansionists Portland and Buffalo a Cleveland has yet to beat an established club --after three months of play.

Tom Van Arsdale and Norm i i i Van IJer had 23 points each to auttatt; lead the Royals while Dave Sorenson's 20 led the Cavaliers. i a In other NBA action night, las Angeles beat Boston, i A a a 123-113. Philadelphia downed i a i i 105-100. Baltimore stopped Chicago, 128-112, New York whipped Buffalo, 115-102, 0 and Phoenix defeated 127-llij. Jerry West, held to 10 points in Lns A (lie first half, poured in 22 more in isn i Uie second to carry the Lakersissn over the Celtics.

West, who 1 only four of If) shots in the i half, connected on nine of 11 in (lie second. Happy llairston had a high for the Lakers and Wilt Chamberlain, who didn't start the game, had 24 for Los'i-o Angeles. Chamberlain was benched by Ryti; Uikers' Coach Joe Militancy forjs.m missing practice Thursday. i Ilal Creer hiid 28 points eluding a pair of free throws tcjnoMr snap lie with remaining I 0 NBA Standings Oy United Press 3 37 (375 19' Miclwes! Division Pel. an W.

L. 10 5B8 17 553 1 18 53fi 16 421 6 I I 27 269 11 171 A Results 115 III 1 1 5 Ctmago 1 1 norc 128 Clntflno 11 telpliia 105 i If vnciele 1 Boston (Only qflmcs scheduled) Saturday's Games Cfovclflml points per game, including two 39-point performances, and-: shooting 45.8 percent from the field and 80.6 from the free throw line. Four other Mountaineers, two 1 of them reserves, are scoring ini double figures: forward Sam- Olgesby (15.0), forward-guard Curt Price 113.2), forward Larry Harris 111.4) and forward Dick: Symons (11.4). Harris and Price have not started a game yet. In winning three of the first five i West Virginia has averaged 95.8 points per game which ranks the among the nation's top 15 high scoring teams.

'Our staff felt at the start of thd season that if we could be 3-2 at the close of the Mountaineer Classic, that would be as good as we expected," Moran says. "So, generally speaking, we are pleased with the program and the effort of the players." All schools in the tournament are members of the Eastern) College Athletic Conference with the exception of Utah of the Western Athletic Conference. West Virginia and St. Joseph's have met three times previously, each time in Uie NCAA tour-! nament, with Mountaineers showing a slight 2-1 edge. Mil' nciht 7 am to 11 pm Sparkle Car Wash A i 81(19.

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