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Raiders Begin Workouts For Game With Packers THE BRIDGEPORT POST, TUESDAY, A A 2, 1968. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Oakland Raiders, went to work on their Super Bowl preparations today but the emotionally-drained Green Bay Packers took another day off to regain their composure after their dramatic triumph over Dallas. "I really couldn't celebrate New Year's," Packer tackle Ron Kostclnik said. "I was completely drained." Thrilling Victory The Packers gained the Na tional Football League championship for the third straight year Saturday wilh a breathless 21-17 victory over Dallas in -13 degree weather at Green Bay, Bart Starr struggling one yard for the winning touchdown wilh just 13 seconds remaining. Oakland, playing at home, overwhelmed Houston 40-7 for Ihc Raiders' first American Football League tillc.

They'll play the Packers in the Super Bowl in Miami, Jan. H. "The Packers are rated as the best," said Oakland quarterback Daryle l.amonica, who passed for two touchdowns and ran for anolher in the rout of Houston. "And we hope, if we can beat them, that people will consider us the best. Raiders Confident "I feel we certainly can score on Green Bay.

There's no doubt about that. The whole thing is a a of execution and it goes both ways." "If we gel the execution, we can beat them." said running back Hewritt Dixon, who ripped Houston's defenses for 144 yards, including a 69-yard touchdown run. "We've got a good chance against the Packers," said center Jim Otto. "We know how to play, we're younger than (he Packers and we can hit with the best of them." The Packers were much more subdued in their comments about their rivals. "They're good football team," said tlu veteran Starr.

"They've won I I games in a row." Their game against Houston was a slaughter, the Raiders running up a edge and coasting in. Lamonica hit on touchdown passes of IS and 12 yards, the first alter a fake field goal attempt, George Blanda kicked field goals of 37, 40, 42 and 36 yards, while Dixon and ARCADIA, Calif. (UPI)-Rivet, a 12-J outsider, put on a sensational stretch rush Monday to sweep by Most Host and capture Ihe featured San Gabriel Handicap before a New Year's Day crowd of 38,473 at Santa Anita. Zeke Bratkowski, backup man to Rivet Takes Feature At Santa Anita Track UCLA CONTINUES TO LEAD NATION By MIKE RECHT Associated Press Sports Writer The old year tournaments and the new year Associated Press poll brought a revamping of college basketball's Top Ten and its unbeaten today except at the top where, year out, year in, UCLA and Houston remain 1-2. The overpowering Bruins, 8-0, collected 36 first place voles and 369 points and Ihe Cougars, 13-0, got the other No.

1 vote and 320 points as they strengthened their clique at the top with tout- nament victories. The voting is done by sports i a sportscasters throughout the country on a basis of 10 points for first place, nine for second, etc. UCLA Souls Foes UCLA won its own Los Angeles Classic straight lime for the Saturday sixth after routs over Minnesota, SI. Louis and Wyoming for 42 consecutive triumphs. The Bruins topped Wyoming 104-75 in the title Houston, less impressive, bounced Bradley, Marquttc and (hen edged North Texas State 45-43 for (he Rainbow Classic title in Honolulu.

Few changes are expected Jntil the two powerhouses collided in Houston's Astrodome Jan. 20. But behind them, the leams are bouncing aboul like a basketball as three new teams entered Ihe Top Ten, al! unbeaten, and three of last week's ranking clubs dropped (rom the undefeated list. Newcomers on List The newcomers are Oklahoma ity, 8-0, ranked eighth after winning its own All-College Tournament by beating Young 91-88 Saturday; St. Bonaventure, 9-0, ranked ninth after whipping Baldwin-Wallace Former Bowdoin Coach Jack Magee Succumbs Pete Banaszak-116 yards-pro 81 63 am New i 10 0 v.ded Ihe ground game.

wnich w(m QWn Lobo nvila tional Thursday for the 10th spot. Indiana had the roughest i as it entered the All-Sports Tournament in Dallas unbeaten with a No. 3 ranking only to lose to Western Kentucky and SMU and plummet from among the chosen. Davidson ranked eighth before losing to Vanderbilt 80-67 in the Sugar Bowl final Saturday, and Boston College, No. 10 he- fore losing twice in the Holiday Festival in New York, also dropped from the Top Ten.

North Carolina, 7-1, won the Far West Tournament with a 6861 victory over Oregon Saturday and replaced Indiana in the third spot, a jump from fifth. Vandy Moves Up Vanderbilt's victory and 9-1 record pushed it from ninth to fourth while Kentucky, 7-1, moved up a notch to filth with an 81-73 victory over Notre Dame in non-tournament play. Tennessee, 6-1, lost its first game in the Los Angeles Classic and fell fourth to sixth despite later victories over Southern California and then Utah State 85-66 Saturday in the tourney. Utah, 10-1, was the third ranked team lo lose for Ihe first time, falling to North Carolina in the Far West Classic, but topped Washington State 85-78 Saturday in the tournament and retained its No. 7 ranking.

Several other teams received strong recognition in the voting after tournament victories. Columbia upset first Louisville and then St. John's for the Holiday Festival crown; Nebraska took the Big Eight Tournament with a 66-62 decision over Kansas and Temple beat St. Francis, 83-77 for the Quaker City title. Only a handful of games were played Monday nighl, wilh New Mexico pushing its record to 110 Denver.

BRUNSWICK, Maine (AP) -John J. "Jack" Magee, former Bowdoin College track coach for 42 years and four-time U.S. Olympic coach, died Monday at a hospital here. He would have been 85 Jan. 12.

Before retirement in 1955, Ma- pcc coached Bowdoin teams lo 20 state championships in 37 years of competition that spanned both world wars. The titles included nine in a row. An Olympic learn coach from 1932. re- fuse'd to accept the same assignment in 1936 because he felt Ihe Games should not have been hold in Nazi Germany. Magee helped lead a fight to withhold American participation in the '36 games, and when his side lost, he severed his connections wilh ihc American Olympic organization.

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Rotorv Lovallj vs. Bumft Olstti vs. While Walk with an 87-7 6 victory over Pcnn Beats B.U. Penn beat Boston University 75-56 and St. Joseph's, took Brigham Young 88-74 in a doubleheader at Philadelphia.

Mississippi State edged Florida 5655 and Georgia topped Mississippi 70-64. The Top Ten, with first-place votes in parentheses, and lotal points on a 10-9-8-etc. basis: 1. UCLA (36) 369 2. Houston (1) 320 3.

North Carolina 266 4. Vanderbilt 219 5. Kentucky 139 6. Tennessee J25 7. Utah in 8.

Okla. City gg St. Bonaventure 49 10. Nfew Mexico 30 TWENTY-ONE JOE FALOOXA -By HAM FISHER YOU CAN MftHE CMON.BIGWNH... TELL US WHERE IT IS' City League Slate WEDNESDAY'S GAMES At Harding High 7 p.m.--Renz Hauling vs.

Park City Giants restaurant vs. Stay-A-WWlc. At Central High Bearing vs. Savoy A.A. NORWEGIAN SETS SKI JUMP MARK GARMJSCH PARTENKIRCH- EN, Germany (UPI)--Norwegian aspirations for Olympic medals in ski jumping received a furlher boost Monday when world champion Bjoern Wirkola soared to a record 305 feet in an internalional meel.

Hurling himself into the winter air from Garmisch's Olympic springboard, the 24-year-old Norseman, who won two gold medals in Ihe 1966 world championships, landed al the 292-foot marfc in his first glide and reached the record shattering distance in his second turn. The competition, held in ideal snow conditions, ended in a battle between Wirkola, East Germany's 26- ycarold Dieter Neuendorf, who won a silver medal in the 1966 world championship's small hill jump, and Jiri Raska of Czechoslovakia. Wirkola headed the intermedi ary standings after the first run with 115.4 points. Following him were Raska, with 113.7 and Neuendorf, winner of Sunday's Obcrstdorf jump, with 111.1 points. The Russians, who only a few winters ago had posed a serious challenge to the Scandinavians, showed that things are not running very smoothly for them in (he new season.

Gari Napulkov emerged as the best Russian with a 13th spot at Oberstdorf Sunday, and shared place with Yugoslavia's Petar Erzcn here Monday. The Americans, who came to Europe with veteran John Balfanz, 16-year-old Jerry Marlin and John Bower of Auburn, Maine, among others were no match for the Scandinavians, East Germans and others in Ihe first two slages of the tourney. Balfanz, who was 10th in the ast Olympic's small hill jump, Monday could not do betler lhan 47th. Bower had lo seltle for 73rd. The tournament continues at Innsbruck, Austria, new weekend.

SKI REPORTS By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Ski condition reports from selected areas provided by New England ski area operators Monday. Code: Pdr Powder. Pkd packed. Gran-granular. B-flase.

E-exccllent. G-good. F-fair. limited. MAINE Saddleback 3 pdr 1Z-28B G-E Squaw Mt.

2 pdr 26-36B Sugarloaf 3 pdr 12-28B G- NEW HAMPSHIRE Cannon Mt. 4 pdr. 4-40B Cranmore 3 pdr 12-25B Crotched Mt 2 pdr and pkd 16- 20B Gunslock 4 pdr 10-18B Loon Mt 5 pkd pdr 2-25B Ragged Mt 3 pdr and pkd 8-48B Mt. Sunapee 3 pdr and pkd 6- 20B Walerville Valley Mt. Tecumseh 4 pdr and pjtd 12-J8B G-E Snows Ml 4 pdr and pkd 12B G-E VERMONT Mt.

Ascutney pdr, and pkd. UB G-E Bolton Valley 4 pdr and pkd Glen Ellen 6 pdr and pkd 30-35B Haystack 4 pdr and pkd 15-32B Jay Peak 5 pdr 18-43B G-E Killington 4 pdr and pkd 19-32B Madonna Mt. 6 pdr 14-40B Mad River Glen 3 pdr 12-30B Okemo 3 pdr and pkd 19-338 Mt Snow 4 pdr 14-22B Stowe 6 pdr 18 lo 30B Slrallon Mt. 4 pdr 25-33B Sugarbush 5 pdr 14-39B MASSACHUSETTS Bousquels 6 pdr 2-20B G-E Bullernut Basin 5 pdr 6-18B Jiminy Peak 7 pdr 6-16B Thunder Mt. 4 pdr.

14 20B up. per lower Ml. Tom 3 pdr 18-38B RHODE ISLAND Pme Top 8 new pkd pdr 12-158 CONNECTICUT Mohawk Mt. 4 new pdr 5-20B G- Powder Hill 5 pdr 10-15B Wealher Bureau oullook for the ski areas of New England- Tuesday cloudy and cold with occasional light snow developing over Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine and chance of just a little fight snow in southern New England. Below zero temperatures over much of the ski country early Tuesday rising only i 0 the single numbers and teens in northern mountains and to the 20s in southern areas.

Variable cloudiness and not so cold Tuesday night. Wednesday cloudy and continued quite cold. BOSTON A Boston Uni- 'ersity is the champion of the Boston Arena Holiday Hockey Tournament. The Terriers hiked their record to 9-1 by overpowering St. Francis Xavier of Antigonish, N.S., 7-2 during Ihe weekend.

BU posted its third tournament victory by scoring three goals in each of the last two periods. Caps Clout Trenton I In EBL Game, 138-108 HARTFORD (AP)-The Hartford Capitols defeated the Tren- op Colonials 138-108 Monday night before 1,000 fans in an Eastern Professional Basketball League game. A good performance by Spider 3ennelt enabled Hartford to run up a 61-45 margin at the end of the first half. Bennett ended he night with 27 points, 18 of hose in the first half. There was never any doubt the outcome, as lartford maintained a 20-point cad for almost the entire game: with 27 i and Paul Mickey pulled down 24 rebounds, setting a team record.

Ken Wilburn was high for Trenton with 26 points, FLORIDA ST. COACH EYES JOB WITH 49'ERS TALLAHASSEE, Fla, (AP) -Bill Peterson, the football coach credited with helping Florida State University grid a forget "SU was a girl's school less han 20 years ago, said Monday he will fly to California to talk about coaching the San Francisco 49ers. Jeronia Wins Feature On Tropical Program CORAL (UPI) --John M. Olin's Jeronia remained undefeated al the Tropical Park meeting Monday when he won the $15,800 New Year's Handicap by half a length for his fourth straight victory and his third stakes triumph. Going to the front at the start of the six furlong sprint, the son of Johns Joy beat Sikkim in Ihe 19th running of the event with Hermogenes third, only a neck farther back.

Five lengths in arrears was Glassell with Dey Sovereign fiflh and last in Ihe small field Carrying 122 pounds, Jeronia was timed in one and three-fifths seconds off Hie track record set by Sikkim in winning the event a year ago. Larry Adams rode Jeronia who started his winning streak in an allowance race on Nov. 29. Since then the colt has won the Gold Coast Handicap, the City of Coral Gables a i a and now the New Year's. The bay colt was at strong favorite with the crowd of 14,322 and paid only $3.40, $2.20 and 52.10.

He picked up a winner's purse of $10,270. LADIES DAY "Yes, Mabel--it is rather cold today!" Dusty Cage Schedule THURSDAY'S CrAMES At Billiard-Havens (A division) SO p.m.--Raybestos (0-2) Jenkins (2-1) 7:45 p.m.--Slkoriky (2-0) Lycomlng Remington Arms has bye. SPORTS SHORTS SASKATOON, Sask. (AP) -Bob Seagren of Soulhern California won Ihe pole vault al 17 feet, George Scott of Australia took the iwo mile at 9:02.6 and Tom Morrow of Oregon won mile in 4:07.7 Saturday in the Saskatchewan Indoor Track and Field Games. N.

E. SPORT NOTES PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP)-Brown is a most ungracious host--at leasl as lar as its hockey team is concerned. The Bruins captured the trophy of (heir Holiday Hockey Tournament for Ihe fourth straight year by routing Loyola of Montreal 6-3 during the weekend. SALEM, Mass.

A Andrea Voikos of Pawtucket, is Ihe youngesl champion in the 47-year history of Ihe National Indoor Tennis Tournament's 18- and-undcr division. Miss Voikos, who turned in November, won Ihe U.S. title during the weekend by upsetting top-seeded Connie Capozzi of Middlctown, Ohio, 6-3, 7-5 at the North Shore Squash and Tennis Club. BOSTON (AP) Wally Berger, old Boston Braves' slugger who played in the major leagues' first four All-Star games, will be honored at the 29th Boston baseball writers' dinner Jan. 24.

WINNIPEG (AP) Danny O'Shea's goal at 15:18 of the third period enabled Canada to edge Sweden 3-2 Monday in the opening game of Canada's World Hockey Tournament. SPORTS PATROL By STEVE SNIDER NEW YORK (UPl)-Things I'd like to see in 1988 but probably won't: A world series between the Washington Senators and Chicago Cubs, who have waited the longest get back in, Washington's last pennant was in 1933, last for Ihe Cubs in 1945. A better showing and maybe even a victory by the American Football League in the Super Bowl to smooth the path for the complete football merger due in 1970, Triple Crown Winner A Triple Crown winner in horse racing, though the crop that'll be eligible showed no such stickout as two year olds. Another big year for Lonborg of Boston Red Sox, who shouida stood in bed instead of going skiing. A home run comeback by Willie Mays of the San Francisco Giants, who hit only 22 last season and now is M7 short of Babe record with not so many years to go.

A PGA title for Arnold Palmer, who is a i how Sam Sneacl felt when Ihe big one kept slipping away. Palmer has won everything but the PGA, Snead everything but the U.S. Open. Snow for skiiers hut no snow for northern footballers or race track buffs. Wants Roof at Shea A roof for New York's Shea Stadium and anywhere else such a covering might be feasible.

At least one skiing gold medal for the U.S. in the upcoming winter Olympics at Grenoble, France, ancj a harvest of gold at Mexico City to top Russia's in the fall. A Wimbledon tennis tournament open to all without reprisals against amateurs who compete against pros but all other world-class tournaments i (as now) to amateurs, A 20-pound ball instead of the regulation 16 pounder so long- distance shot-putters could compete indoors without knocking down the sides of building. Few big indoor meets include the shot these days. An American League victory in baseball's annual major league all star game.

Ai hasn't won in the last five. Earlier tee off times for last competitors on the final round of Ihe U.S. Open golf championship so the top contenders can finish In ample daylight. Would Freeze Rules A freeze on college football rules for five years except on matters pertaining to the safely of the players. Two point conversion rule for the National Football League, just in case anyone a to use it.

A sudden death overtime for hockey. Higher goals or smaller hoops for basketball. One more big year for i a once called by Casey Stengel, "the host onc-leggcii player in history." And for all of Us, mure of those sure-shot losers i into a i winners. MRS. R.

M. MONSTED U. S. GOLF A I A NEW (AP) Mrs. Robert M.

Monstcd of Orleans has been appointed chairman of the U.S. Golf Association's Women's Committee for 1968, the USGA announced yesterday, Mrs. Monsled succeeds Mrs. Theodore W. Hawes, i N.J., who is retiring.

New members of the committee are Miss Bell, Colorado Springs, Mrs. Maxon Berger. Eggertsville, N.Y., and Mrs. Roberl M. McLennan, Downey, Calif.

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