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m- fL-1- JOHNSON CITY PRESS-CHRONICLE Tuesdoy Morning December 28 1971 Pope IS Sideline Bucs swing back in action in Shreveport tournament Richardson paces Vol victory PHILADELPHIA (AP) long jumpers Review By (Ienry Jenkins Assistant Sports Editor jLW 1 i'Aj jjjy yij a Lloyd outside shooting Bparked Tennessee to a 76-70 victory over Manhattan in the first round of the Quaker City College basketball tournament Monday South Carolina played Fair-field in the second game of the afternoon twin bill It was LaSalle and Boston College in the night doubleheader with Villa-n a and Massachusetts wrapping up the opening round Richardson a 8-foot-7 junior hit five of his first six shots in the second half and finished with 22 points Len Kosmalski a 7-foot sophomore gave the Vols (4-1) the lead at 53-52 after Richardson had made three basket marked the 25th time the lead had changed hands Manhattan (I 5) played Tennessee star Mike Edwards in a box-and-one got 22 points from Mike 18 in the first half which the Jaspers finished with a 41-35 advantage Hawks win ATLANTA (AP) Herm Gilliam scored It points in the third quarter Monday night as the Atlanta Hawks broke a halftime tie and went on to rout the Portland Trailblazers 135-121 in a National Basketball Association game! floor play has been excellent and so has his defense think we will be ready to said Brooks in discussing the upcoming tournament are looking forward to playing in Shreveport and are hopeful of coming home with the championship" Brooks admitted he really decided just which combination he will use against Demons probably decide until just before game time" he said still think we have nine and we have seen nothing so far to change our minds" Senior forward John Rice is just about ready to burst loose The big forward has gotten off to a slow start but when he returns to the form he has shown in the past two seasons he will be a tremendous help Northwestern is led in scoring by 6-3 guard Vernon Wil- the future is still ahead for Coach Madison crew The Bucs meet high-scoring Northwestern Louisiana at 7 pm (CST) while host team Centenary meets surprisingly tough Trinity University at 9 pm The finals are scheduled for Thursday at 9 pm Guard Henry White continues to lead the Bucs in scoring with an average of 184 points per game White the 6-3 Bopnomore from Ft Pierce Fla has been the big gun so far for the Bucs with eight and 12 points in each of his last two outings Senior Guard Tommy Martin has come right along and is beginning to nit his stride He bagged 18 markers against Charlotte and he should continue to hit with regularity in the coming weeks One of the big surprises for the Bucs so far has been the play of former Boones Creek star Ron Hardin Not The East Tennessee State Buccaneers hopefully refreshed after a short break for the Christmas holidays will swing back into action tomorrow night as they meet powerful Northwestern Louisiana in the opening game of the Shreveport (La) Sports Foundation Invitational Tournament The Buccaneers who carry a 3-2 mark into the contest will be out to get back on the winning trail after dropping their final two games before the Christmas break After downing Mercer Richmond and Roanoke the Bucs dropped an 84-71 decision to tough talented and extremely quick Virginia Commonwealth and then the very next night lost a 75-68 verdict to University of North Carolina at Charlotte The Bucs were obviously tired in the Charlotte contest having driven almost 300 miles from Richmond that morning The Big Blue players were scheduled to fly out of Richmond early in the morning but dense fog determined driving But that is in the past and (Stiff Photo) JOHN RICE Buc forward ice make REAL ESTATE LOANS 5000 only has Hardin been scoring son and 64 post man Thur-well in the past couple of man Baptiste Northwestern is a very tough said Brooks know we will have to play our best to get into the lsf or 2nd SORROW UP TO NO BROKERAGE FEES NO CIOSINO COSTS Furniture Signature Real Estate Automobile (Ufa Disability Insurance Available) CAU ROSS PROFFITT SEE US FOR A DEBT HARRY VOWEU CONSOLIDATION ALSO ames his board work has teen very good And John Barrett has been looking good in the past few games scoring and LOAN STEVE SEWARD former Science Hill High School basketeer and now a starter at William and Mary College is currently one of the hottest shooters in the Southern Conference Over his first six games Seward is shooting at a 585 per centage from the floor with 31 goals in 53 attempts lie has been in double figures in five of the six games His scoring per game includes 17 against Forman 12 against Wake Forest 10 against The Citadel two against Virginia-13 against Jacksonville and 20 against Georgia Tech He was injured during the first two minutes of the Virginia game and did not see any more service He had shot one time from the floor and made it before the injury came Seward has a 123 point average as William Mary enters the Tangerine Bowl Tournament this week Russ Hunt is averaging 254 points per game as the Southern leading scorer followed by Stan Davis of Appalachian State University with a 205 mark William and Mary paces the league with a 2-0 record THE LARGEST high school in the state? McGavock High of Nashville with an enrollment of 2600 students according to the 1971-72 TSSAA directory of member schools Oak Ridge ranks No 2 with 2457 students followed by Memphis Overton 2432 Murfreesboro 2400 Memphis North Side 2232 Memphis Hamilton 2176 Bradley County 2110 and Memphis South Side 2108 Memphis Kingsbury 1925 Chattanooga High 1913 and Bartlett 1900 are the next largest In line The 1800 class includes Nashville John-Overton (1841) Columbia (1837) Memphis Booker Washington (1818) while the 1700 class lists Knox Fulton (1760) Memphis White Station (1752) Hillsboro 1732 and East Nashville (1710) Those with 1600 or more enrollment are Clarksville (1670) Science Hill (1686) Dobyns-Bennett (1687) Knox Central (1619) Nashville Pearl (1632) BIG AL HAD a very fine football season during the 1971 campaign Big A1 is A1 Rotella former Unicoi County High School footbaS mentor who is now coaching at Verona (New Jersey) High School His club authored a 7-1-1 record co-champion In his conference and Rotella was named coach of the year Verona )also won the Group 2 state championship Jackie Walker is listed as a linebacker on the South squad for the 26th annual Hula Bowl football game Jan 8 The game will be televised live and in color on abc-tv Another noticeable player on the South club is South return artist Dick Harris along with Alabama Steve Higginbotham Mike Kelson of Arkansas Ernie Jack-son of Duke Eddie Phillips of Texas and SMU running standout Gary Hammond Charles McClendon of LSU and Johnny Vaught former mentor at Ole Miss Kingsport third in Lit prep poll West clash tonight Hampton and Sullivan West dash in a rematch tonight on the Bulldog hardwood as Jerry club seeks to improve on a 5-10 worksheet In an earlier contest the Bulldogs handed the Pirates a 69-64 setback Sullivan has a 4-6 record The conclusion of holiday classics are slated at Bristol and Kingsport tonight in other high school action Mountain Longhorns return to play Friday by traveling to Ashe Central The have a 3-9 record and beat the North Carolinians 61-53 in an earlier contest in that order in Dr Litken- Vols fifth in Lit poll a WA CAU( TEAMS state high school cage ratings tris week Riverside has a power rating of 1017 Listed among the top 25 from upper East Tennessee are Tennessee High eighth Sullivan East 12th Ketron 16th and Sullivan Central 21st CELEBRATING 27th ANNIVERSARY 336 Main Stroaf Ground Hoar OPEN FRIDAYS TIL 7K)0 PM (Next to Pott Office) Dial 9264104 Convenient Parking in rear Chattanooga Riverside Alcoa and Dobyns-Bennett rank The ratings: THE TOP 2S Chattanooga Rivarslda 1017 Alcoa 994 Klnasporf 981 Chattanooga Howard 964 Memphis Treadwell 920 Memphis South 1 914 Bradley County 909 Bristol 195 Bolivar 893 Clarksville 875 Knoxville Fulton 874 Sullivan East 71 Jackson West 868 Jackson Central-Merry 860 Brownsville 843 Ketron 841 Memphis Washington 834 Knoxville Powell 833 Knoxville Carter 829 Memphis Manassas 870 Sullivan Central 824 Nashville McGavack 823 Memphis Hamilton 820 Clinton 818 Bolton II 7 DR LIT' TOP THE TOP 15 UCLA North Carolina Princeton Marqoetta Tennessee Kentucky Marshall Wake Forest Virginia Louisville Colorado St John's NY Indiana Utah Duouesne St Bonaventura Cincinnati Villanova Houston Rice West Virginia Kansas State Pennsylvania South Carolina Duke 1056 1014 886 836 820 815 81 0 801 800 799 795 790 789 783 783 782 779 777 770 770 76-0 760 756 754 745 982 895 072 841 824 793 760 746 739 73-3 655 550 Bruins retain top spot in AP college poll iNROLL N0Wsl 2 rpfcr month 765 758 745 735 703 702 604 534 333 DISTRICT I Kingsport Bristol Sullivan East Ketron Sullivan Central Lynn View Sullivan West Church Hill Hampton SurgolnsvHI' Cloudland Mountain City DISTRICT 2 Ellzabethton Happy Valley Johnson City Erwin Jonas Boon Jones Crockett University Unaka Washington DISTRICT Rogersvllla Morristown West Greeneville Bulls Gap Morristown East South Greene Chuckey-Doak Tazewetl North Green West Greene Forge Ridge Clinch DISTRICT Jefferson City Getlinburg-Pitt Newport Sneedvlll Maury Rutledge Sevlervilla Cosby Maynardsvill Seymour Harrlsotv-Chll TSO White Pin Strawberry Plain Washburn Parrotevllle Maryland 16th followed by No 17 Marshall The top 20 with first place votes In parentheses won-lost records through Saturday night end total points on the basis of 20 for first IS tor second 16 14 12 10 7 6 4 3 2 1 through 15 places: 1 UCLA 211 641 676 2 Marquette (7) 6-0 628 South Caroline 54) 471 4 North Carolina 5-1 So Calif 6-1 6 Ohio State 6-1 7 Indiana 6-1 Brigham Young 7-1 St John's NY 7-1 10 Long Beech St 7-1 11 Virginia 741 12 Kentucky 6-2 13 SW Louisiana 4-1 14 Pennsylvania 5-1 15 Louisville 5-1 16 Maryland 5-1 15-year-old cops net title EAST LONDON South Africa (AP) liana Kloss a 15-year-old from Johannesburg beat Linda Tuero of Metairie La 6-3 6-2 Monday for the women singles title in the Free State Sugar Tennis Championships Last year: Miss Tuero was rated the best junior In the world Miss Kloss made three of the four service breaks in the first Miss Tuero broke twice in the second and once in the third and eighth games but by then Miss Kloss had built up a formidable 5-2 lead and needed only to serve out for victory Miss Tuero saved three match points in the final game but finally went down by netting her last return The singles title went to Andrew Pattison of Rhodesia who beat South Bob Hewitt 6-4 64 78-3 65 763 761 668 632 598 552 539 527 406 01 Will enroll 1 00 at I250 per mo Will enroll 100 at 1300 per mo Will enroll 100 at 1350 per mo Will enroll 100 at per mo Will enroll 100 at 1450 per mo PHASE 10 PHASE II PHASE III PHASE IV PHASE 701 642 637 119 510 510 494 487 484 466 459 424 408 404 348 260 Cosmopolitan is now offering low Phase I rates on memberships time onlyto the first 100 who take advantage of these rates It your opportunity to om the finest physical fitness program offered anywhere! By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS UCLA remains atop the major college basketball rankings as usual with very little movement among the Top Ten teams according to the weekly Associated Press poll announced Monday In a week of little action-holiday tournaments in virtually every section of the country this week could shuffle the UCLA again main tained a commanding edge over second-rated Marquette according to a nationwide panel of 35 sports writers and sports-casters The rest of the Top Ten remained intact with some slight changes South Carolina North Carolina Southern California and Ohio State retained the Nos 34-5-6 spots while No 7 Indiana moved up a notch as did St NY up one place to ninth Brigham Young slipped one spot to eighth as I did Long Beach State to 10th UCLA received 28 First place votes and 656 points with Marquette drawing the other seven firsts and a total of 610 points The Second Ten saw three newcomers with Florida State Jacksonville and Ohio Univer sity falling from the top 20 Joining the second 10 were Hawaii and West Virginia tying for No 18 and Tennessee No 20 Virginia unbeaten in seven contests made the biggest leap moving to 11th from 18th while Louisvil'e made it to No 15 from 19 the week before Kentucky is No 11 Southwest Louisiana 13 Penn No 14 and D-B Indians head AP poll 17 Marshall 74) IX Hawaii 64) It West Virginia 5-0 20 Tennessee 3-1 26 Other teams receiving votes listed alphabetically: Arizona State Duouesne Florida Florida State Houston Illinois Jacksonville Michigan Minnesota Missouri Murray State New Mexico State Ohio University Princeton Texes Paso Tulsa Villanova Washington Putnam joins Atlanta club ATANTA Ga (AP) Bill Putnam former president of the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League was named president and part owner of new NHL team today The announcement was made at a news conference called by Tom Cousins and Dillard Mun-ford the other two owners of the new franchise The two Atlanta business men said other part owners would be announced later see hockey in Atlanta as a great Putnam said realize it is a new sport to the South but one I am sure will make a tremendous impact on the No 4 and then Alcoa Chattanooga Riverside 8-1 Is No 6 Memphis Manassas 7-1 and one first-place vote No 7 Clarksville 7-0 No 8 Knoxville Fulton 12-0 No 9 and Humboldt 11-1 No 10 1 Kingsport 9-0 10 126 2 Chatta Howard 7-1 1 94 3 Nashville McGavock 5-0 71 I 4 Bradley County 8-0 1 69 5 Alcoa 9-1 62 6 Chatta Riverside 8-1 7 Mem Manassas 7-1 1 8 Clarksville 7-0 9 Knoxville Fulton 12-0 10 Humboldt 11-1 11 Bolivar 8-0 12 Sparta 8-1 13 Memphis Southside 10-2 14- Tie Columbia 7-1 Union City 10-1 Also receiving votes in alphabetical order were Bristol Brownsville Cleveland Clinton Everett Nashville Father Ryan Memphis Washington Milan and Trezevant By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Kingsport 9-0 is the new leader in the weekly Associated Press high school basketball poll Kingsport assumed the No 1 spot after being tied for the top spot with Alcoa last week Kingsport has beeH idle since the last poll but Alcoa lost to Sparta 6147-Alcoa which was No 1 each of the two polls prior to being tied last week tumbled to No 5 this week Sparta is No 12 and in the top 15 for the first time this year Alcoa is 9-1 and Sparta 8-1 Kingsport which had been second in the weekly poll prior to last tie received 10 of a possible 13 first-place votes It was second on two ballots and third on another Chattanooga Howard 7-1 is No 2 and tallied one first-place vote Nashville McGavock 5-0 is No 3 Bradley County 8-0 a Steam Room Massage Health Juice Bar Nursery Facilities a And much Much Moral PHOTOCOPIES Any Size to 8 12 by 1 4 inches Over 11 espies of the soma original: On to 11 capias ef Hit sam original: Lit tabs Nebraska to win Orange Bowl 10' 15 ea ea All work guaranteed clean readable and acceptable for all purposes! 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