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4 The Kane Republican, Thursday, January 11, 1979 First Rookie Ever to Win Wrestling Wolves Facing Danger of John Cartwright Soeond Engmcm Averog High In Kcine EHxg League Named Offensive the Year by flP Engman, John Cartwright and Bob Hannah, in that order. Scoring averages, by teams: NAME GAMES SETH QUAKER STATE AVG. Campbell Player of By HAL BOCK AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) Running back Earl Campbell, who led the National Football League in rushing and set a yardage record for rookies, was named Offensive Player of the Year by The Associated Press today. It was the second major postseason award for Campbell, who was named The AP Offensive Rookie of the Year earlier this week. He also finished second in the AP voting for Most Valuable Player behind quarterback Terry Bradshaw of the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Campbell became the first rookie ever to win the Offensive Player of the Year award, receiving 47 of the 84 votes cast by a nationwide panel of football writers and broadcasters. Bradshaw finished second with 24 votes and quarterback Jim Zorn of the Seattle Seahawks had six. No other player received more than two votes from the panel, composed of three writers or broadcasters who cover each of the NFL's 28 member clubs. Houston Coach Bum Phillips was delighted when he heard about Campbell's latest honor. "They could't have given it to a kid who earned it more," said Phillips.

"He came into summer camp only wanting to be accepted by his teammates. He has accepted all of his honors with the same degree of level headedness as he did in college. You know, he must be a super kid to get all of these honors and not have a single teammate jealous of him. All of his teammates, and I mean all 44 of them, pat him on the back when they learn he has won a new award. Andy Bourgeois, the Oilers' offensive backfield coach, said "I know that his first reaction in receiving this recognition will be of his teammates.

He's aware that all of his successess are directly related to their efforts. His accomplishments must have seemed easy to achieve by the public but if they knew how hard he has worked in practice to reach the top, then they would respect and admire him that much more. He is truly one of the hardest workers I have ever coached." Houston gave up three draft choices and tight end Jimmy Giles to Tampa Bay for the right to choose first in the NFL's 1978 college draft and then chose Campbell, the Heisman Trophy winner from the University of Texas. The Oilers never regretted the move as Campbell churned out 1,450 yards to lead the NFL in rushing, becoming the first rookie rushing champion since Cleveland's Jim Brown did it in 1957. Campbell scored 13 touchdowns rushing and had seven 100-yard games.

His best game of the season came in a Monday night contest against Miami when he rushed for 199 yards and scored four touchdowns as the Oilers defeated the Dolphins 35-30. He scored his first NFL touchdown in his first game, dashing 73 yards for the score against the Atlanta Falcons. It didn't take long for him to develop into the Oilers' bread-and-butter runner. In short yardage situations with less than 3 yards needed for a first down, he converted on 37 of 54 attempts for a .685 success percentage. Houston running back Earl Campbell was chosen offensive rookie of the year.

"He reminds me a lot of myself," Baker, in an interview at his Troy apartment, said of Campbell. "Because the greatest influence on me was my mother. I feel like I already know him. Hey, I'm honored to be in a class with a guy like Earl Campbell." Baker, drafted by the Lions on the second round from Colorado State, was shunned by some teams because their scouts said he lacked aggressiveness. He clearly proved them wrong.

Detroit had only a 7-9 record this year, but the Lions defense was superb, all season. Baker joined end Dave Pureifory and tackles Doug English and John Woodcock on a tough front four nicknamed "The Silver Rush." Lions installed Baker at right end in the first preseason game. He was a Holland 45 154 J. Bizzak Jr. 45 156 LSeth 151 M.

Bizzak 42 153 D.Stitt 36 150 ARCADE T. Hultman 45 166 B.Hultman 33 155 J.Humes 42 144 J. Cartwright 45 171 M.Levine 21 153 MENS SHOP LScordo 36 125 R. Schreckengost 45 152 A. Carlson 42 fj D.

Lundeen 27 J. Campbell 45 158 C.W. HARDWARE LMertz 27 124 D. Blint 45 155 E. Okruch 39 153 A.

Okruch 45 144 W.Okerland 45 16. BROWN DERBY J.Niklas 36 141 J. Hannold 39 137 J.Espin 31 155 J.Carlson 27 144 J.P.Weritz 27 142 KANE PURE ICE LCondello 45 162 B. Hannah 45 167 J.Zook 45 150 R. Engman 45 172 D.Anderson 42 160 CUM MINGS W.Nalducci 45 151 J.

Varisano 45 154 C. Russo 36 162 S.Qimmings 32 152 F. Bergman 39 143 SENECA AUTO PARTS Jerry Bizzak 42 153 W. Chapman 45 154 J. Bizzak Sr.

45 J.Haberberger 39 J) S. Nelson 36 170 Substitutes: Louie Bizzak 21 133 Stub Johnson 33 153 F. Poklar 9 164 G. Dodge 12 163 B. Durst 9 147 F.Houser 12 140 B.

Rezzelle 3 161 J. Hoover 3 122 C. Anderson 3 144 By Landslide Margin 'Bubba' Baker Named Defensive Rookie Republican Sports Writer The Kane High Wolves wrestling team will host the St. Marys Flying Dutchmen tonight at the Kane Area Senior High School gym. The Kane grapplers are just coming off a tough match at Warren this last Tuesday night where the Wolves left losers, but wrestled right up to par with the Class AAA Dragons.

The biggest drawback concerning this match is the fact that it's so easy for a team to let down after wrestling a tough opponent like Warren, then two days later wrestle a team that boasts of nothing. Will the Kane matmen let down and have St. Marys do what they did to them last year or will they go into the match determined to take revenge? Time will the time will be 6 30 p.m. for the junior varsity matches with the varsity matches' to follow. Kane coach Dennis Berry's comments concerning tonight's match: "Tiis should prove to be an interesting match with St.

Marys. We will have a chance to see where we're at and hopefully our boys will wrestle the way they did against Warren. Our boys should view this as a grudge match since we looked right past St. Marys last year and got beat. We zipped down there and got burnt but we learn from our mistakes and I'll guarantee that we're not looking past them this year." Probable varsity lineup: (Kane listed first) 100 pounds Larry Blankenship vs Mark Whitman.

107 St. Marys forfeits to Tim Smith. 114 Darren Hulings vs Dave Anderson. 121 Jim Erdman vs Tom Chiodo. 128 Jeff Confer vs Chuck Bartges.

134 Buzz Gannon vs Bill Shobert. 140 Joe Stanko vs Dana Paulson. 147 Ike Erdman vs Charley McBride. 157 Rich Hall vs Jim Boyle. 169 Dave Hadley vs Tim Beurek.

187 Med Hultman vs Jim McGonnell. Heavyweight Ritt Smith vs Craig Rettger. Kane Area Little League Officers Selected Tuesday Coleen Lundeen and Max Bizzak were elected as new members as the Board of Directors of the Kane Area Little League met Tuesday evening at the Kane Elks Club. Other officers elected include President Joe Szymanski, Vice President Jim Hannold, 2nd Vice President Jim Say, 3rd Vice President Clyde Hottel, Player-Agent Ken Geer, Treasurer Sonny Bush and Secretary Walt Kellar. Other members of the board are Willie Thompson, J.J.

Carlson, Chuck Beatty, Bob Tunall, Jim Kibbie, Frank Farnsworth and Tom Dinger. Also attending the meeting Tuesday were Pat Horton and Sue Zampogna, members of the Little League Auxiliary. It was announced that sign-ups for Little League will be held Feb. 17, March 3 and March 17 with the time and place to be announced. A band will play at the Elks Club on Feb.

3 for a dance for students in grades 7 to 12. Also discussed was the property purchased in Wetmore Township by the Little League. This land on Flickerwood Road, the site of the Old Gustafson Farm, will be used for playing fields and parking area. Grading of the fields will begin as soon as the weather permits and someone is found to do the work. The next meeting of the board will be held Tuesday, Feb.

13 at 7:30 p.m. at the Elks Club. NHL at a Glance The Associated Press National Hockey League Campbell Conterenca Patrick Division Pts OP OA NY. Islanders 27 5 I 62 194 107 NY. Rangers 24 13 4 52 173 13 Philadelphia 22 14 6 50 140 122 Atlanta 22 16 4 48 170 149 my the Division Chicago 15 17 30 126 144 Vancouver 15 24 3 33 130 164 Colorado 9 27 6 24 120 174 St.

Louis 29 6 22 123 196 Wales Conterenca Adams Division Boston 27 6 7 61 175 123 Buffalo 16 14 10 42 133 129 Toronto 17 19 7 41 138 140 Minnesota 14 20 5 33 120 137 Norrlt Division Montreal 21 9 5 61 168 105 Los Angeles 17 19 6 40 149 140 Pittsburgh 16 17 8 40 145 143 Detroit 8 22 12 28 126 153 Washington 10 24 7 27 127 185 Wednesday's Oames New York Islanders 5, Detroit 5, tit lttsburgh 3, Montreal 2 Minnesota 2, Toronto 2, tit Chicago 3, Los Angeles 0 New York Rangers 5, Colorado 3 Thursday's Oames Minnesota at Boston Detroit at Philadelphia Washington at Buffalo St. Louis at Vancouver World Hockey Association Pts OP OA 123 124 124 147 Quebec 20 13 4 44 New England 19 10 6 44 Winnipeg 16 13 37 Cincinnati 16 20 4 36 Edmonton 17 16 0 34 Birmingham 15 18 1 33 Indianapolis 5 16 2 13 141 155 143 140 127 132 111 131 130 78 suspended operations Thursday's Oames No games scheduled In NBA Action- Hawks Subdue Bucks In Double Overtime Ray Engman finished with the high scoring average in Kane Elks American League men's bowling for the recently completed first half of the season. First half league statistics, released by Don Blint, league secretary, show Ray with a 172 average, for 45 games. John Cartwright is next with a 171, also for 45 games, and Skeeter Nelson is third, with a 170 average, for 36 games. Arcade Restaurant won the team championship, finishing one game ahead of Kane Pure Ice.

Scoring highs during the first half included team games of 1149, 1099 and 1094 by Kane Pure Ice, C.W. Hardware and Brown Derby, in that order, and three-game totals of 3099, 3083 and 3069 by Brown Derby, C.W. Hardware and Arcade, respectively. 1 Individual scoring highs included games of 236, 228 and 226 by Ed Okruch, Toby Hultman and Jack Campbell and series of 587, 573 and 569 by Ray Fairbanks Sues NFL in Effort To Break Pact BOULDER, Colo. (AP) New England Patriots Coach Chuck Fairbanks has sued the National Football League club in an effort to break his contract so he can become head coach at the University of Colorado.

Fairbanks and the university filed the suit Wednesday in District Court here. Judge Richard W. Dana set Jan. 18 for hearing on a temporary restraining order and temporary and permanent injunctions filed by the university along with the suit against the Patriots. "We've never been sued by a coach before," was the only comment Patriots Vice President Chuck Sullivan would make regarding Fairbanks' suit.

"It's clear that Fairbanks is just following orders. He doesn't know what he's doing," another Patriots source said, alleging that Fairbanks had been ordered by university officials to file the suit. Fairbanks, working at the Patriots' Foxboro, offices, refused comment. University officials also were unavailable for comment. Meanwhile, the court battle for Fairbanks' coaching services continued to expand in U.S.

District Court at Boston. University officials said they also filed motions Wednesday in federal court in Boston, seeking to get the Patriots' suit there dismissed. Sports At a Glance: By The Associated Press PONTT.AC, Mich. (AP) A record number of tickets have been sold for the National Basketball Association All-Star game Feb. 4 at the Pontiac Sil-verdome, the Detroit Pistons have announced.

More than 21,000 tickets have been sold, breaking the previous record of 18,422 sold for the 1968 game at Madison Square Garden in New York. All the $15, $12.50 and $10 seats have been sold out, with and $3 tickets remaining. SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) A special game each fall in Springfield birthplace of basketball officially will start the nation's college basketball season, the Basketball Hall of Fame has announced. The Hall of Fame, which will get the proceeds from the game, said Wednesday that plans for the "Tip-Off Tournament," to feature two of the country's top teams, became final when the National Collegiate Athletic Association's convention in San Francisco endorsed the concept earlier in the day.

"The college basketball season never really has had an official start, it just sort of began before this was set up," said Jerry Healy, promotion director for the Hall. This year's game tentatively is set for Nov. 17 or 18, Healy said, with Notre Dame and Duke invited to face each other at the Springfield Civic Center. It was at what is now Springfield College, in 1891, that Dr. James Naismith, looking for a way to give his students indoor exercise during the winter, organized the first basketball game.

CINCINNATI (AP) No stranger to the spotlight herself, Karolyn Rose, wife of third baseman Pete Rose, plans to be a co-referee with ex-pro football player Walter Johnson at a professional wrestling match Friday night. Mrs. Rose and Johnson, formerly of the Cleveland Browns, will referee the match between The Sheik and Bobo Brazil for the U.S. heavyweight title belt at Cincinnati Gardens. DETROIT (AP) "As much as I like to believe it, I'm really not (the) Hulk," s.ud Al "Bubba" Baker.

-A lot of people won't believe it, but I don't even turn green." The 6-foot-6, 250-pound defensive end 'the Detroit Lions is a lovable sort of guy unless he happens to be on the football field in search of a quarterback io demolish. Baker, a second-round draft choice blossomed into an All-Pro choice, as named Defensive Rookie of the Associated Press V-dnes- Baker was a landslide choice in balloting by a nationwide panel of writers and broadcasters, receiving 61 of 84 votes cast. Ross Browner of the Cincinnati Bengals had 16. No other rookie received more than two in the poll of three voters from each of the 28 National Football League cities. This season Baker nailed opposing quarterbacks behind the line of scrimmage 23 times, more sacks than any other player in the NFL.

Kane Wolves Visit Youngsville Friday Tomorrow night the Kane Wolves will travel to Youngsville to resume Al-Kin league play. The jayvee game will get underway at 6 :30 and the varsity game will follow. Youngsville is winless this season and 0-2 with the league. Youngsville has lost 43 straight varsity basketball games, extending to two seasons ago. However, Youngsville should not be taken lightly, since the Eagles lost to Sheffield by only five points.

Barton, Trask, Ostergaard, Bige and Darling will be the Youngsville starting five. Kane is 11-2 on the season and 2-0 in the Al-Kin League. Tuesday night, in a tough loss to Bradford Central Christian, Kane coach Tom Finnefrock used Tabb Wile, Jim Bergman, Tom Rolick, John Olson and Brian Shrubb as his starting five. Sophomore John Wilson did a good job coming off the bench for Kane. This is an important game for the Wolves to win.

Kane Junior High Wins Its Fifth Game in Row 0 Both teams used press defenses throughout the game as the Kane Area Junior High School basketball team won its fifth game in a row Wednesday afternoon at Bradford Fretz Junior High, 53 to 28. Kane defeated the Fretz team earlier in the season, 69-23, but found Fretz much-improved yesterday. Kane, which now owns a 5-1 record, led by 104 at the end of the first quarter, by 24-12 at halftime and by 38-20 after three periods. Kane mostly used a lineup of Mike Gamble, Dave Grube, Joe Punk, Steve Kearney and Tim Warner. Punk led Kane scoring with 16 points.

By The Associated Press "It was," said Hubie Brown, "incredible." There wasn't much else the Atlanta coach could say after his youthful Hawks came from eight points down with just over three minutes left in regulation time, blew a four-point lead in the final eight seconds of the first overtime and finally subdued the Milwaukee Bucks in double overtime for a 117-113 National Basketball Association triumph. And why was it so incredible, Hubie? "We went 7-8 minutes in the fourth quarter with three points. We had nine fast breaks in that period and no baskets. Then in the last 2Vi minutes we got 12 or 14 points, all off our full-court permanent fixture all season long. "He is the best rookie pass rusher I have ever seen come into this league," said Floyd Peters, the Lions' defensive line coach.

Baker was born in Jacksonville, and grew up in Newark, N. where he learned his football in the sandlots, using improvised equipment. When he got to the Lions, Baker became an early favorite with the fans. Baker, who turned 22 Dec. 9, has been sacking quarterbacks for quite some time.

He had 20 of them in his senior year at Colorado State, where he also played some basketball and his height attracted the attention of pro scouts in that sport. "But I wanted to play football," he said. "In college, they had me at guard for a while, but I wasn't happy there. When I switched to defense, it was much better." trapping defense." Elsewhere, the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Boston Celtics 99-69, the Philadelphia 76ers downed the New Orleans Jazz 123-112, the Chicago Bulls shaded the New Jersey Nets 120-116 and the Seattle SuperSonics crushed the Indiana Pacers 118-98. Two free throws by Steve Hawes with two seconds left in the second overtime sealed Atlanta's victory over Milwaukee.

John Drew scored 35 points and Eddie Johnson 30 for the Hawks. Lakers 99, Celtics 89 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, held to 12 points for three periods, came alive in the final quarter. He scored eight points in the last period, pulled the Lakers into an 89-89 tie with 3:11 remaining and then took command on defense. Don Ford put the Lakers in front to stay by scoring from inside and Lou Hudson drove in for a basket to make it 93-89. Boston managed just four points in the last iVi minutes in suffering its fifth consecutive loss.

76ers 23, Jazz 112 Julius Erving scored 28 points, 17 in the third quarter, as Philadelphia snapped a two-game losing streak. New Orleans' Leonard "Truck" Robinson led all scorers with 29 points as the Jazz lost their fifth straight game and 16th of their 17 road games this season. Newly acquired Spencer Haywood scored 27 for the Jazz. Erving's 17 points in the third quarter helped boost the 76ers to a 92-75 lead after three quarters. Bulls 120, Nets 116 Artis Gilmore scored 29 points and John Mengelt and rookie Reggie Theus combined for 50 more to lead Chicago.

The Bulls took a 95-87 lead into 'the fourth quarter but Eddie Jordan and Bernard King keyed a Nets comeback that gave them a 110-108 lead with less than two minutes to play. Theus hit two free throws to bring the Bulls even before Mengelt connected on a 15-foot jump shot with 37 seconds left to give the Bulls the lead for good at 116-114. Mengelt finished with 24 points and Theus 26. SuperSonics 118, Paceri 98 Jack Sikma scored 19 points, Gus Williams added 16 and Seattle got untracked late in the first period and pulled away from Indiana with an 11-2 burst at the start of the second quarter. Sikma scored 11 points in the third period as the Sonics shot 68 per cent to fnW rnntrnl Hi 87-71.

The box score: KANE FG FT FM PF Gamble 6 4 1 1 13 Grube 4 10 18 Punk 8 2 0 3 16 Kearney 1 0 0 4 2 Warner 3 4 0 3 6 Hall 0 0 0 0 0 Truden 1 0 0 0 2 Lindberg 1 0 0 0 2 Williamson 1 2 2 1 4 Kulka 0 0 0 0 0 Bizzak 0 0 0 0 0 Carty 0 0 0 0 0 Hottel 0 0 0 0 0 Paup 0 0 0 0 0 Magnuson 0 0 0 1 0 Totals 25 13 3 lTf FRETZ FG FT FM PiV Henke 0 2 15 1 Vinelli 4 0 0 0 8 Jay 2 3 1 3 ,5 Hannahs 2 2 13 5 Wilson 4 2 119 Boser 0 0 0 0 0 Peet 0 0 0 1 0 Danielson 0 0 0 0 0 Colella 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 12 9 4 13 28 NBA at a Glance By The Associated Press Eastern Conference Atlantic Division Pet. CB Washington J7 13 .675 Philadelphia 24 13 .649 l' New Jersey 19 19 500 7 New York 20 22 .476 Boston 13 25 .342 13 Central Division San Antonio 25 16 .610 Houston 22 17 .564 2 Atlanta 21 21 .500 4Vi Cleveland 17 22 .436 7 Detroit 12 28 .300 12V New Orleans 13 30 302 13 Western Conference Midwest Division Kansas City 23 16 .590 Denver 21 20 .512 3 Chicago 17 24 .415 7 Milwaukee IB 27 .400 Indiana 15 26 .366 9 Pacific Division Seattle 25 14 .641 Los Angeles 26 16 .61 Vi Phoenix 26 16 .619 Golden State 22 19 .537 4 Portland 19 11 .514 5 San Oiego 20 23 .465 7 Wednesday's Games Los Angeles 99, Boston 69 Chicago 120, New Jersey 116 Philadelphia 123, New Orleans 112 Atlanta 117, Milwaukee 113, 2 OT Seattle lie, Indiana 91 Thursday's Games Portland at Detroit San Diego at San Antonio Golden State at Kansas City Seattle at Phoenix Kane i Elks Club Friday Night I DIMMERS Takeouts 1 Fish I 1 Seafood Platter I 1 Shrimp I GAME PARTIES EVERY SUNDAY James City Community Center Doors Open 5:30 p.m. aiaris rriaay iy xj KAUIII Dracula, Uampirc Bride 'mi One Evhyjo f..