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Traverse City Record-Eagle from Traverse City, Michigan • Page 28

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Page 28 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1972 RECORD-EAGLE, TRAVERSE CITY, MICH. 49684 RETIRING COACHES Bob DeMoss (left) and Duffy Daugherty got together earlier this week to disuccuss the game plan for Monday's North-South football game. Both coaches for the North will bid adieu to coaching (for the time being at least) after the contest that will be played in Miami's Orange Bowl. DeMoss will become Purdue's athletic director while Duffy plans to take a three month sabbatical from Michigan State. (UPI Telephoto) Gophers win with second half United Press International Good shooting from the free throw line'by Minnesota and a second-half outburst by center Jim Brewer played key roles Thursday night in helping the College Cage Scores By UPI Duqucsne 95 San Jose St.

85 Boston Coll. 96 St. John's 95 Ohio St. 112 Ohio U. 83 Minn.

67 Corpus Christi 53 Akron 66 SF State 50 Butler 72 Toledo 68 San Diego St. 85 No. 111. 74 Crcighton 93 Denver 71 Wyoming 80 Fresno 59 Capital Cities Classic At Columbus, Ohio 'Valparaiso 110 Buffalo St. 83 Capital 80 Wayne State 50 AWARD TO BRADLEY KANSAS CITY (UPI) -The National Collegiate Athletic Association's Theodore Roosevelt Award, will be presented this year to General of the I Army Omar Bradley.

The award is presented to a i American "forj whom competitive athletics in college and attention to physical well-being thereafter have been important factors in a distinguished career of national significance and Gen. Bradley will be presented the award, Jan. 12, at the NCAA convention in Chicago. fifth-ranked undefeated Gophers overcome small--but tough- Corpus Christi, 67-53, in Minneapolis. i The two teams played a give one-take one first half as the i i lead changed hands eight times.

At intermission Corpus Christi I led by a point, 22-21, but soon afterwards Brewer established himself in the pivot and Minnesota, now 6-0, pulled away. Held to just three points and a single rebound in the first half, Brewer dominated the backboards in the second half, getting seven baskets on tip-ins, pulling down 13 rebounds and finishing with 19 points. Minnesota actually held only a 27-24 advantage in field goals made in the game and built its winning margin on the strength of free throw shooting. The Gophers converted 13 of 15 free throw attempts while Corpus Christi made only 5 of 13 shots from the foul line. Ron Behagen put Minnesota ahead to stay at 27-26 with two free throws early in the second half.

Behagen finished with a game-high 26 points. Bruce King paced Corpus Christi with 24 points. In other college basketball action Thursday, Ohio State ran over intra-state rival Ohio University, 112-80. Duquesne, downed San Jose State. 95-85, Crcighton romped by Denver, 93-71, and Boston College nipped St.

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We're never to busy to pause and wish you the best for this holiday season. Thank you for letting us serve you M-37 South 947-6304 Inc. Traverse City Freitas honored as most valuable Lions DETROIT Christmas came! when the Lions defeated the Los early this year for defensive Angeles Rams, 34-17, with Larry Hand and offensive tackle I strong pressure on the quarter- Rockne Freitas of the Detroit Lions. The two big linemen were vot- Hawaiian who was acquired ed MVP honors by their team- from Pittsburgh in 1967 as a back. He' stands 6-4, weighs 250.

Freitas, 27, is a 6-6, 270-pound mates for their outstanding play in a season which saw the Lions ular lineup late in the 1968 sea- post an 8-5-1 record to clinch second-place in the NFC Central Division for the fourth straight year. Selection of Hand and Freitas for Most-Valuable-Player honors marked the first time that either a defensive end or an offensive tackle has won the award in the 21 years that such votes have been taken. Hand, 32, has long been lated rookie. He moved into the reg- son and has been a standout tackle ever since. Rock has great strength, a' super-charge and is an excellent blocker for the quarterback on passing plays.

He played collegiate football at Oregon State. I Both Freitas and Hand a considered prime candidates for All-Pro selections off their play' this past season. Since the Lions began voting as one of the finest defensive. MVP awards back in 1952 only ends in the league. He was I two linemen, other than recelv- drafted from little Appalachian State College as a "future" in 1964, reported to the Lior.s in 1965, spent two seasons on special teams and moved into the regular lineup in 1967.

He played his customary strong game ers, have been winners. Guard Dick Stanfel won in 1953 and Jim'Martin, who was a guard and handled field goal kicking duties, was the 1959 winner. Broken down by positions, previous votes have come out like in the Lions' finale last Sunday I this: Running backs: Steve Owens (1971), Mel Farr (296867) and Nick Pietrosante (1960); Quarterbacks: a Morrall (1963) and Bobby Layne (395654); Guards: Martin (1959) and Stanfel (1953); Receivers: Charlie Sanders (1970-69), Pat Studstill (1966), Jim Gibbons (1984), Gail Cogdill (1962) and Jim ran (1952); Linebackers: Mike Lucci (1971-70-69), Wayne Walker (1968), Joe Schmidt (1961-58-57-55); i Backs: Lena Barney (1967) and Bruce Maher (1965), The Lions' 1972 record tied them with San Francisco, winner of the NFC Western Division, and was topped only by Washington (11-3), Green Bay and Dallas (10-4) in the 13-team NFC. Four AFC teams (Miami, 14-0, Oakland, 10-3-1, and Cleveland, 10-4) had better records in the "other" conference. Detroit's offensive total of 339 points for the 14 games was topped only by the 49ers (353) in the National Football Confer- The Oldest 5KI-DOO DEALER in Benzie County is having a YEAR-END SALE! to make room for a new shipment COME TO HONOR SPORT SHOP "Where The Price is Right" PHONE 325-2621 TI.S.31 HONOR -OMCO FOMCO FOMCO FOMCQ FOMCO FOMC 14-PIECE SANDER ASSORTMENT! Sander assortment includes No.

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