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22 Santa Cruz Sentinel Wednesday, December 6, 1972 Anthonjr Davis Tafcs About Hi's Success hihii Wc4 fi -J A ttlM "My first love was baseball?" says Davis, who now feels it would be tough to choose between that sport and football. wanted money. I would have gone into pro baseball but school is where it's at. I think I would stay in school. To me a degree is my backbone.

Without that I have nothing." He's taking 17 units toward a degree in urban studies and he's also enrolled in the Air Force ROTC program. "Mentally, football has me and baseball had me but I give enough to maintain a C-plus or better." Davis didn't start for USC until the ninth game of the sea-' son. although in relief he had scored two touchdowns against Stanford and rushed for 206 yards against Oregon. "Though my process of playing football and baseball. I've eaten crow before.

I've been behind others. I know the feeling of being No. 1 or being a bench warmer. "Naturally. I prefer being a starter." Coach John McKay says Davis wasn't starting in earlier games because he was returning kickoffs and he wanted someone fresh in the lineup.

"I agree with him 100 per cent." says Davis. "I was winded." Now Davis has given himself a tough act to follow. He'll be expected to produce on Jan. 1 against Ohio tate in the Rose Bowl and again in his junior and senior seasons. "For me.

the better the competition the better I play." he says. After the Rose Bowl, he'll be ou to win a spot on the Trojan baseball team, a perennial national champion. Then he'll be competing again for the starting tailback job next fall. Rod McNeill, who lost his job to Davis because of a Charley horse, and Allen Carter, slowed by injuries all season, began fall practice ahead of Davis. They'll be back next season.

"Competition is great, regardless of whether I'm starting or not. Nothing comes easy in life. A lot of 16-year-olds don't know that. I've learned a lot." Davis says. By JACK FLANAGAN Booming 12 to 15-footers insured the success of the Smirnoff Pro-Am held at Haleiwa.

Hawaii. These booming waves challenged the contestants, thrilled the spectators and put money into the pockets of the sponsors. Australis's P. Neilson, according to the unofficial results, won the big cash prize for the top winner. Jeff Hakman.

Jock Sutherland and Eddie Aikau followed in that order. It is interesting to see old timer Sutherland back in the running. It couldn't happen to a nicer guy. The two contests following the Smirnoff; the Hang Ten American Cup and the Hawaiian Masters were put off by the bad weather which occasionally strikes paradise. Tony Staples finished first in the 3-8 foot conditions prevailing for the San Diego 3A open WSA Contest.

Dan Flecky pushed him hard to make the second position. Aaron Wright, from Santa Cruz, placed third in the men's division. Ed Hoffman was the best Senior with Ray Kuntz close behind. In the Masters it was John Baker with Craig Hunt first in the Jrs. The No.

1 boy was Mike Cruickshank. Laurie Ritzau finished ahead of Karen Skinner in the girls' section to win a trophy and 1.000 points. Dale Dobson made it to first in the kneeboard competition with Steve Seybold pressing hard. This past weekend saw the end of the beautiful north swell in Santa Cruz forcing the postponement of the local contest. Hopefully it will be held this coming Saturday and Sunday, either at Steamer Lane or Rivermouth.

Based on the theory that when "man bites dog" it's news. Jane McKenzie's rescue operation, using her board to help Dan Gilbert ashore after Dan lost his at Steamer Lane, should qualify. Jane, a top surfer, cool as usual, made the whole operation look easy and when questioned demurred modestly with just happened to be there, anyone could have done the same." It's nice to have girls in the water. Queen Candidates continues tonight with games at 7 and 8:30 p.m., with semi-final and championship round action slated Friday and Saturday nights. One of these seven Santa Cruz High School co-eds will be selected queen of the Santa Cruz Dads Club Basketball Tournament now under way at the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium.

They are, from left, Diane Ghio, Linda Natali, Robin Hayford, Mary Jones, Lucille Vega, Leslie Roy and Pam Scott. The tournament 12 NFL Teams Still Seeking Playoffs ants in the East Division. Green Bay. Detroit and Minnesota in the Central Division and Atlanta. Los Angeles and San Francisco in the West Division.

Of the 26 teams in the league, only 11 have been eliminated from playoff contention. The postseason begins with divisional playoffs Dec. 23-24, and this is where the contingencies begin. UC Davis QB Is Little All-American NEW YORK (AP) With only two weekends of action remaining. 12 National Football League teams remain in contention for playoff berths, with Miami.

Oakland and Washington, having already clinched divisional titles. The teams still scrambling for the remaining five postseason spots, including the two "wild card" berths which go to the best runnerup teams are: In the American Conference, the New York Jets in the East Division and Pittsburgh. Cleveland and Cincinnati in the Central Division. In the National Conference, Dallas and the New York Gi- Moore has been the top tight end in Louisiana for three years while carr, Louisiana Tech's wide receiver, caught 40 passes for a whopping 1.018, best of anv receiver in the nation. LOS ANGELES (AP) people I am nobody." says Anthony Davis, a somebody these days on the Un-' iversity of Southern California campus.

The 20-year-old sophomore tailback finds himself much in demand. He's The Associated Press Back-of-the-Week for his sensational six-touchdown performance in the top-ranked Trojans' 45-23 victory over Notre Dame Saturday. He enjoys the recognition but "I can't see myself ego-tripping off." says Davis, who exudes self-confidence. "I tell it like it is." says Davis. "I know I can play football.

In high school it was the same thing, but it means a lot more now. I'm in the limelight, I'm nationally known. Newspapers -and people who read them can make you and they can break you." Davis doesn't take his accomplishments for granted yet he believes there's quite a bit more to life than scoring touchdowns. It wasn't that long ago, only four years, that he had problems common to 16-year-olds growing up. It was then that he lacked confidence.

"When I was in high school. I went through that thing of being a thug. You know, stealing and causing trouble. I was involved in a car theft. I did grow up in an area where police were always around and it was very easy to get in trouble.

"But through those things-I've learned a lot. Basically, life is hard." Anthony says he had difficulty communicating with his father. "We had a rough time together. But I owe a lot to him. What he has told me, I found out for myself.

Now I always walk around with an open mind." Davis says life turned around for him when people started putting their confidence in him but confidence is something you build in vourself." The 5-foot-9, 190-pounder says he just doesn't have time to bathe in gridiron glory. "I could run for six or seven touchdowns but I worry more about my grades. I feel good, but I have other things to worry about. "Anything I do helps my family. I feel that dad and I are backbones of our family and what I do makes us closer." Davis was named to The Associated Press All-West football team.

But he was overlooked by Pacific-8 Conference coaches whose team was announced two weeks ago. Heisman Trophy balloting was virtually completed before the nationally televised Notre Dame game. "Oh no!" Davis exclaimed when asked whether he thought he had a chance to win the heisman Trophy. "I'm so far away from that. I wasn't even-worried about All-America.

"I'm not worried about awards. I'm worried about getting established here at USC. I want to learn the system in football and baseball." Davis was drafted by th Baltimore Orioles and offered a contract after his senior year at nearby San Fernando High School. He's a switch-hitting outfielder who batted .293 for the USC junior varsity last spring. 3 Best point differential in head-to-tieee competition.

4 Best punt rating (offense and defense) applied to conference games. 5 Best point rating applied to the 14-game schedule. 6 Coin flip. The point rating system Is based or points scored and points allowed by eact-team within the division, conference or entire 14-game schedule, depending or which tie is being broken. The team scoring the most points gets a No.

1 rating, the team scoring next-to-most a No 2, etc The team allowing the fewest points gets a No. the team allowing the next. to-least a No. 2, etc. With both figures totaled up, the team receiving the fewest rating points wins the tie.

In first-place divisional ties, the loser of the tie-breaker is eligible for a wild card playoff berth. For an example of the tie-breaking system at work, here Is how the Washington Redskins, two games ahead of Dallas in the NFC East with two games to go, have already clinched the division title over the Cowboys: Assuming Washington was to lose Its remaining two games, one of them to the Cowboys whom they beat earlier this year, end Dallas was to win its two, the teams would finish tied for first with 11-3 records Step No. 1: Head-to-head competition comes out even with one victory apiece. Step No. 2 Best won-lost percentage within the division comes out even since both teams would be 7-1 in the East.

Step No. 3: Best won-lost percentage within the conference gives it to Washington. The Redskins' only NFC loss would be to Dallas (the others would be to New England and Buffalo of the AFC) for a 10-1 record in the conference while the Cowboys' NFC record would be 8-3 since their three losses would be to NFC teams, Washington, Green Bay and San Francisco would change since they're in the same division with Washington. In that case, Saturday's game would send the Central winner to Washington with the wild card team visiting the Western winner on Sunday. Once all that is straightened out.

the four winners will go on to the conference championships on Sunday. Dec. 31 and, ultimately, the two survivors would meet in Super Bowl VII, Sunday, Jan. 14 in Los Angeles. The step-by-step procedures set up oy the NFL to break ties within a division or conference are as follows: Division 1 Best won-lost percentage in head-to-head competition.

Best won-lost percentage in games within the division. 3 Best won-lost percentage In games within the conference 4 Best point-differential in head-to-head competition 5. Best point rating (offense and defense) applied to division games. 6 Best point rating applied to the 14-game schedule. 7.

Com flip Conference 1 Best won-lost percentage in head-to-head competition, when applicable. 2 Best won-lost percentage in games within the conference. AFC On Saturday. Dec. 23, the Oakland Raiders, winners in the West, will be at the home of the Central champion.

Pittsburgh or Cleveland. On Sunday, the wild card team will be at East champion Miami. HOWEVER: the Jets win the wildcard berth, they will not face Miami since both teams are in the same division. They then would play at the home of the Central winner on Saturday and the Raiders visit the Dolphins on Sundav. NFC On Saturday, the Central champion.

Green Bay, Detroit or Minnesota, is at the home of the winner of the West, Atlanta Los Angeles or San Francisco. On Sunday, the wild card team is at Washington, champion of the East. HOWEVER: the Dallas Cowboys or New York Giants qualify as the wild card team, the schedule Fly Tiers To Meet The California Fly Tiers will hold a general meeting Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Branciiorte Junior High School multi-purpose room. All interested persons are urged to attend this meeting.

For further information, call the United Cigar Store at Over Par Women Play PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) Defending champion Barbara Handley of Carmel Valley plus last year's runner-up and the current medalist survived first round match play in the California Women's Amateur Golf Championship. Better golf was the order Tuesday, but none of the 32 who qualified for the championship flight came close to Pebble Beach's 37-36-73 par. The defending champion beat Laura Gruner of San Diego 4 and 3. while medalist Linda Maurer of Turlock took Caroline Hill of Placenta 3 and 1.

Runnerup Laura Baugh of Long Beach, the 1971 U.S. Women's Amateur champion, easily bested Rosemary Schofield of Whittier 9 and 8. The other winners in the round were Barbara Vetrano of San Francisco, Millie Stanley and Amy Alcott of Los Angeles; Denise Bebernes of Santa Maria, Debbie Meisterlin of Buena Park. Jill Joughton and Loma Smith of Pebble Beach, Marion McCandless of Aptos, Joanne Weinheimer of Arcadia, Alice Miller of Marysville, Marianne Strangeland of Long Beach. Ellen Boweringof Chula Vista and Pam Palmieri of Santa Rosa.

NEW YORK (API-Running backs "Box Office Billy" Johnson of Widener College. Jimmy Edwards of Northeast Louisiana and Mike Deutsch of North Dakota were named to The Associated Press College Division All-America 1972 football team Tuesday, along with quarterback Bob Biggs of the University of California's Davis branch. Also on the select 22-man squad are defensive end Joe Carbone of national champion Delaware, split end Roger Carr of runner-up Louisiana Tech and linebacker Jim Youngblood of Tennessee Tech. the only repeater from the 1971 team. The rest of the offensive line consists of tight end James Moore of McNeese State, tackles David Taylor of Catawba and Robert Woods of Tennessee State, guards Gary Kipling of South Dakota and Curtis Wester of East Texas State and center Bob Daigle of Southwest Texas State.

Carbone. at 215 pounds, is the midget of the defensive line. Joining him are 250-pound end Barney Chavious of South Carolina State, with 260-pound Gary Johnson of Grambling and 280-pound Alex Price from Alcorn at the tackles. The other linebackers besides Youngblood are Waymond Bryant of Tennessee State. Stan Cherry of Morgan State and Brian Kelley of Cal Lutheran.

In the secondary are defensive backs Mike Amos of Cal Poly at San Luis Obispo, Steve Dennis of Grambling and Bruce Polen of William Penn. Johnson, a 5-foot-9, 170-pound sophomore from Marcus Hook, was the leading runner in all of college football. He gained 1.556 yards in nine games and scored 27 touchdowns despite an asthmatic condition which sometimes incapacitates him for 10 minutes after a long run. Edwards broke the 20-year-old Louisiana collegiate rushing mark with 1.328 yards while the 220-pound Deutsch was virtually unstoppable in short-yardage situations and matched Johnson's 27 touchdowns. Biggs passed for 2.291 yards and 15 touchdowns as UC-bavis lost oniy to Pacific of tne I "lL I I AUTOMATIC adjust hMd' (where tpplic yST fTVI ftianga transmission oil, 1 1 S)ATOM ciomfiller.installnewpang...

I wMftil III I NEW YORK AP) Here is The Associated Press College Division Alt-America football team tor 1972: First Team Offense Tight End James Moore, McNeese State, 6-0, 191, Senior, New Orleans, La. Wide Receiver Roger Carr, Louisiana Tech, 6-3, 200, Junior, Cotton Valley, La, Tackles David Taylor, Catawba, 6-4 Vi, 260, Senior, Chapel Hill, N.C.; Robert-Woods, Tennessee State, 6-5, 248, Senior, Rogersville, Ala. Guards Gary Kipling, South Dakota. 6-Vi, 235, Senior, Vermillion, S.D.; Curtis Wester, East Texas State, 6-4, 245, Senior, Denison, Tex. Center Bob Daigle, Southwest Texas State, 6-3, 230, Senior, El Paso, Tex.

Quarterback Bob Biggs, UC-Davis, 6-0, 175, Senior, Sacramento, Calif. Running Backs Jimmy Edwards, Northeast Louisiana, 5-10, 190, Sophomore, Oklahoma City, Billy Johnson, Widener, 59, 170, Sophomore, Mar-cusHook, Mike Deutsch, North Dakota, 6-2, 220, Senior, Fargo, N.D. Defense Ends Joe Carbone, Delaware, 6-J, 215, Senior, Old Westbury, N.Y.; Barnby Chavious, South Carolina State, 6-4, 250, Senior, Aiken, SC. Tackles Gary Johnson, Grambling, 6-3, 260, Sophomore, Bossier City, Alex Price, Alcorn 6-4, 280, Yazoo City, Miss. Linebackers Waymond Bryant, Tennessee State, 6-3, 235, Junior, Dallas; Stan Cherry, Morgan State, 6-4, 225, Senior, Baltimore, Md Brian Kelley, Cal Lutheran, 6-3, 230, Senior, Fullerton, Jim Youngblood, Tennessee Tech, 6-3, 235, Senior, Jonesvifle, S.C.

Backs-Mike Amos, Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo, 6-0, 180, Senior, Alameda, Steve Dennis, Grambling, 6-3, 170, Senior, Sa-repta. Bruce Polen, William Penn, 6-0, 180, Senior, Lee's Summit, Mo. Second Team Offense Tight End Ron Mayo, Morgan State. Wide Receiver Tim George, Carson-Newman. Tackles Bracey Bonham, North Carolina Central; Paul Krause, Central Michigan.

Guards David Nollner, Western Kentucky; Bob Poss, Indiana State. Center Mark Walsh, Illinois Benedictine. Quarterback Joe Costner, Maryville. Running Backs Don Aieksiewicz, Ho-bart, Johnny Baker, Ouachita Baptist; Kenneth Parks, East Texas State. Defense Ends Ed Jones, Tennessee 5tate; Archie Pearmon, Northeastern Oklahoma.

Tackles Dennis Johnson, Delaware; Bill Koilar, Montana State. Linebackers Ron Klawitter, Wittenberg; Steve Nelson, North Dakota State; Larry Rawlinson, McNeese State; Steve Yates, Western Carolina. Backs Mike Holmes, Texas Southern; Doug Jones, Cal State-Northridge; Don Walker, Centra', Ohio. Third Team Offense Tight End-Bill Schlegel, Lehigh. Wide Receiver Chuck Cornell, Bridgeport Tackles Stan Durtan, BuckneM; Corme Wassink, Northwestern, Iowa.

Guards Joe Kotval, Buena Vista; Marc Crevier, Ashland. Center Mike Evanson, North Dakota State. Quarterback Kim McQuilken, Lehigh. Running Backs Haroid Hill, Glassboro State; Chuck Markey, Central Michigan; Phil Pope. Middieburv Enos narvey nflarnn, tast Texas State.

Tom Ramsey, Northern Arizona Tackles Fred Dean, Louisiana Tech; Mike Samples, Drake. Linebackers Wiley Epps, Kentucky State, Mike Leidy, Hampden-Sydney; Ken Pettus. Newberry, Gary Weaver, Fresno State. Backs Dave Balmert, Indiana. Pa Phil Borias, Fresno State; Tom Rezzuti, Northeastern.

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