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a 12A-1 tik ChARLtill NtW5--triday Ian 7 1972 MIMMEIMmilonomommOmoommiNmem ALAN PAGE FIRST MVP FROM DEFENSE Eagles Topple Thundering Herd iNEMMIAIMP "kVWrfrArrIVNM i ZOLA 0 i di I '''''A' RATES mit'- Iiipt 0 So s' -Ilt g1A141 016014 s- players and Staotbach each reeeived 10 votes Miami quarterback Bob Griese collected nine and Washington quarterback Bill Kilmer was named On four ballots No other player reeeived more than two Notified of the award Page said: "I am surprised It's a great honor" He found himself at a loss to explain just how he accomplishes what he does high 27 points 25 of them in the first half explosion actly do it whatever I'm supposed to do picture per feet I play it by ear and from there" The others receiving votes were running back Larry Csonka and wide receiver Paul Warfie Id of Miami Kansas City quarterback Len Dawson defensive tackle Bob Lilly of Dallas quarterback John Nadi of San Diego defensive end Carl Eller Gf Minnesota quarterback John Brodie of San Francisco and quarterback Greg Landry of Detroit went on to score a 103-98 upset victory over the 13thranked Thundering Herd at Marshall no less NEW YORK 01-- Alan Page of the Minnesota Vikings became the first defensive player ever to be named the Most Valuable Player in the National Football League when he was accorded that honor today by The Associated Press Page the Vikings' 6-foot-4 245-pound defensive tac 1 grabbed the award with 16 votes of the special panel of 60 sports writers and broadcasters in every league city outdistancing quarterback Roger Staubach of Dallas and wide receiver Otis Taylor of Kansas City SOUTH 8-0 By ASSOCIATED PRESS It's not often that any basketball team outruns or outguns Marshall's Thundering Herd but it happened Thursday night Morehead State hitting 684 per cent of its shots from the field in the first half raced to a 6153 lead at intermission and I The sharp Sabres stabbed Hunter Huss to death beating them by 19 points This bunch may have a weakness but nobody's found it yet Morehead Coach Bill Harrell used a starting line-up of five sophomores and one of them forward Eugene Lyons responded by scoring a career "I NEVER paid much attention to what the other tackles did" said Page "I don't ex MYERS PARK 9-0 Taylor the top vote-getter among American Conference There was an element of deja vu to the game and it wasn't a pleasant one for Marshall fans The last time Marshall was ranked in the top 20 was during the 1955-56 season when the Thundering Herd briefly held the No 18 spot The following week they were knocked off by Morehead State and the school nad not held a national ranking again until this season Now it's happened again "Our team had an excellent mental attitude coming into the game" Harrell declared "They felt they were going to win as soon as they came out on the floor" 2 Johnson Smith Faces Rams Tonight Beginning conference competition didn't faze this bunch of scrappers nor did the Christmas break Being No 2 may lust be causing them to try harder HARDING 7-2 3 The Rams now 7-2 are still going strong but the Mustangs are still skipping along ahead of them When the two meet in conference play watch for the gym to shake 2 s4 i :4 ssfl '7r77'4' -4 1 Iti 4k EAST 6-3 c13 1 A-- 11 04 43 44 tr' '4 '''i414 s- ok --ks '-e'k 'g 1- 4Aies '14t3) 4 --4 A c- tt- --4 le s'v -1-71'-- 4 1 44 9Tti I -4'-1A 10 4 zo elit 1 silit 4 East beat West Charlotte in the Lions' own gyms Tuesday night a feat akin to taking the Rock of Gibralter with a water pistol A good rebound performance after losing to Myers Park AFTER MOREHEAD took an early 24-14 lead Marshall caught up and passed the Eagles at 34-33 A jumper by Lyons put Morehead on top 46-45 and the Eagles stayed on top till Randy Noll put Marshall ahead 80-79 with a foul shot with 7:06 remaining But Morehead responded to the challenge outscoring Marshall 19-8 for a 98-87 lead and the game Johnson Smith University will try to shake off some bad news tonight and get revenge on Winston-Salem State in the Twin Cities' Memorial Coliseum The bad news is the fact that Bulls' supemtar Bob Butts has developed calcium deposits in one knee and may miss the rest of the season The 6-5 leaper's days as a college basketball player may be finished GEORGE COOPER a 6'8 frashman has taken over at center in Butts' absence and will lead the Herd against the Rams tonight The first time the two teams met Winston-Salem pulled out a 117-116 victory in double overtime Willie Joplin who missed Wednesday's overtime win over Livingston is expected to start for Joe Alston's Bulls tonight He leads Smith in scoring this season with a 21-point average but may not be at full strength tonight WILLIE JOPLIN L5dTlitL1 ALAN PAGE Page In History WEST CHARLOTTE 4-3 Kay Will Watch 01 Dell's Moves 5 The Lions were defanged by the Eagles but they remain over 500 Charles McCullough's boys also remain No five Speed Weeks At Daytona Open Feb 5 Harrell called the vicbry a heck of a good shot in the arm" for his team which Is now 4-4 But with five sophs in the starting line-up "some teams better watch out for us in the next two years" Harrell warned OLYMPIC 4-5 RECOVERING is Blue Moon Odom visited by wife Terry 6 As usual the Trojans filled the air with basket' balls Tuesday night against Myers Park Unfortunately not enough of them went in Olympic fell to the Mustangs 92-74 MOON WILL SHINE AGAIN Bobby Kay will be in the corner of Johnny Weaver and Argentina Apollo Monday night at Park Center when they try again to wrestle the Atlantic Coast tag team championship away from Brute Bernard and the Missouri Mauler Kay will be on hand to off set Homer O'Dell manager of Bernard and the Mauler whose assistance to his team last week cost them disqualification O'Dell entered the ring and delivered several kicks to the head of Weaver Kay's lob Monday wil be to see that it doesn't happen again In another tag team match on the 8:15 show Kay will be joined by brother Rudy to meet Johnny Heidman and Tony Romano G-W Tops NAIA Offense INDEPENDENCE 3-6 Despite the high score each coach pointed to his teams defensive performance as being a key to the outcome "Our defense let us down" sighed Carl Tacywhose team is now 9-2 "We were hoping to grow strong by a man-to-man defense but it didn't work When we pressed they handled it very well" A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A Al 7 The Patriots were (gasp!) upset by Garinger and almost changed places with the Wildcats in the ratings Better watch it Pats! DAYTONA BEACH Fla Entry blanks for more than $283000 in stock car racing prize money for events during the upcoming speed weeks are being mailed from Daytona International Speedway Entry blanks for the ARCA 300 Florida Citrus 250 Daytona-Permatex 300 and Daytona 500 are being mailed to leading competitors throughout the nation Blanks for the Daytona Continental Midnight Challenge and other speed weeks events were mailed before the Christmas holidays GARINGER 3-6 BOILING SPRINGS NC IP) Webb College has the most potent offense-1148 points per a mong schools of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Gardner-Webb's 6-5 senior forward George Adams also is the NAIA's leading scorer with a 358 average in 10 games according to statistics released Thursday Gardner-Webb has an 11-1 record its only loss coming at the hands of Lenoir Rhyne of the Carolinas Conference 0 'Cat Coach Hank Madden elevated soph Wilbur Johnson to the varsity and the change has helped 100 Now they may start moving in some direction besides down HO-GKEY I ETONIGHT 18 PM (Inlizi)4 I As COUNTRY DAY 3-3 The 1972 edition at the Florida motorsport facility opens with the international Formula 'We competitors fighting for the coveted Brundage Trophy Saturday afternoon Feb 5 The Midnight Challenge road race for sports cars and CT-type cars is set for Saturday night 9 The only active team over the Christmas break Country Day probably should have stayed off the court like everyone else Tough competition produced two losses and a win HARRELL whose team had lost to Marshall 105-82 last month said he had encountered "no surprises We beat them with good sound man-to-man defense We used fundamentals to cut off their running game" Lyons' running-mate at forward Len Coulter scored 26 for Morehead and guard Bill Dotson added 20 For Marshall guard Mike D'Antont netted 28 center Russell Lee tallied 23 and forward Randy Noll scored 21 points and pulled down a game-high 11 rebounds No 15 Southwestern Louisiana 7-1 avenged its only loss of the season by whipping Eastern Kentucky 87-80 The Bulldogs had dropped a 105-99 decision at Eastern Kentucky Dec 1 MRILOTTE coL CATHOLIC 2-4 10 The Cougars who picked up their second win advanced a notch this week taking the 10th more by default than anything else after West vacated the premises in favor of the more comfortable cellar SLY AND THE 110111 STINE MACON Ga "I was thinking I would never pitch again after the first shot After the second shot I thought it was all over" Those were the words of Oakland Athletics pitcher Johnny "Blue Aloon" Odom recounting the incident Thursday in which he was wounded by a would-be burglar The 26-year-old right-hander was shot in the neck and side but doctors said his pitching career probably would not be affected Odom a Macon resident had been trying to question the man about an attempted burglary when the man shot him and fled Police said they had launched an "intensive search" for the attacker A pitcher at Ballard-Hudson High School here in his youth Odom was signed by the A's in 1964 on a $75000 bonus contract He pitched a no-hitter in 1970 and was 10-12 for the A's last season HE DESCRIBED the events leading to the gunfire this way: Odom's wife Terry came to the liquor store where he was working and said a house next to his mother's had been the target of an attempted burglary Several people saw the young man who made the attempt and followed him "He passed by the package store where I was working and my wife ran in and told me the man had tried to rob our neighbor's house" Odom then left the store in pursuit "I finally caught up with him And asked him to stop I told him I wanted to ask him a few questions He turned around and said 'What and pulled out the gun and started shooting" The man fired three times from about 15 feet wounding Odom in the neck and side and missing once The pitcher then fired back with a gun of his own but said he apparently missed the fleeing man ODOM SAID he was carrying the gun because "any time you follow a burglar they might have something to shoot at you with" He said his attacker joined two other men and disappeared Mrs Odom took her husband to a local hospital and he entered under his own power The shooting took place about half a mile from the attereeted burglary Odom said he would be able to report on time for sprine traning next month "I'm real lucky" he said from his hospital bed "I should be out in three days" The six-hour Daytona Continental the first stop on the 1972 World Manufacturers' Series begins at ten o'clock Sunday morning Feb 6 The $33475 ARCA 300 for midwestern independent drivers who compete under the Automobile Racing Club of America banner is set for a one o'clock starting time Sunday Feb 13 kicking off the stock car action over the famed 25-mile trioval Qualifying for the Daytona 500 Pole position is set for the previous day NORTH 1-5 11 The battle of the losers is over with North now a winner after stopping West Hopefully for Everett Pigg there are more victories to come Florida A Grid Coach Dies A Et: 1 ip IP 1 1 1 el I 1 Cr i 11 tul 1 1 turr Fr 1 tac A Fl an 1 or os )- 11 -4 II kli on ri trt 1 ri! A br 1 rr oi 1 4Tj 1 ian or i lir 1 ft'l ps -1 it i--4 II kli on pr ti es! I a tir 1 rr Iti( 4 ti 4 'N' WEST 0-8 TALLAHASSEE Fla (111 Clarence Montgomery first-year Florida AM tootball coach who was hospitalized during the 1971 season and never released died Friday He was 47 12 Ever get that sinking feeling in your stomach? The Indians have that problem no more War whoops stifled they've settled at last on the bottom THE COMPETITION hits high gear during the final few days begi ning Thursday Feb 17 with the two 125-mile qualifying dashes that determine the starting order in the Daytona 500 February 20 The $23550 Florida Citrus 250 for Grand American ears will hit the 381-mile road course Friday afternoon Feb 18 and the spectacular $42310 Daytona-Permatex 300 will follow Saturday Feb 19 An autopsy was scheduled to determine the cause of death SUNDAY JANUARY 9 1:30 PAL TICKETS $600 $550 $450 ON SALE COLISEUM BOX OFFICE NATIONAL HAT SHOP A NEIL BARBER SHOP GRIFFIN ST LUNCHEONETTE CHARLES BARBER SHOP 0-16 Sabre Streak On Line Tonight ly since each lost its divisional opener Tuesday night Independence will be hurt by the absence of 6-5 center Willie Burroughs who did not play at all Tuesday night because of a leg injury Speedway's Year Most Profitable 'imair--4 It''''-' -tio4' ri 4 ct kr P'-4151 4 1 Oti rtip' tier CleY Coci C019 C011i I Cola 1 CBS Colu 1 Cmt Corn Corn I A I Oki 1 ilea( Err Ex Ethyl Evoin! Fr) igct Fair I anal 1 Feddo I Fecipo litro 'ram Fsteh link i Fla P( Fle0is MC Food 1 Ford ForA( By BOB MYERS News Staff Writer Charlotte Motor Speedway showed a net profit of $275000 in 1971 the most profitable year in the history of the 12- year-old superspeedway The speedway grossed SI09023978 according to the financial report to stockholders with $1069795 a direct result of the two big stock car races the World 600 and National 500 THE ABSENCE of Burroughs should enable West Charlotte's high-scoring Jeff Johnson to do considerable damage in the middle North believe it or not is tied for first in its division despite a 1-5 record so tonight's game with No three-ranked Harding will be a battle of league leaders The Rams who have to be favored are 7-2 so far with a divisional win over Asheville Undefeated South Mecklenburg the No one-ranked prep basketball team in Mecklenburg County faces perhaps it's strongest Southwestern 4-A Conference division 7 challenger tonight when the Sabres travel to East Mecklenburg Each team is 1-0 in divisional play so far but the Eagles have lost three games all to Myers Park while the Sabres have romped to an 8-0 mark Nevertheless you can be sure that East fans will pack the Eagle gym for the 8 pm tapoff and that Coach Baker Hood will have his charges fired up for the contest East behind 6-7 center Willie Clawson can come closer than most teams to matching up with South's mammoth front line but the Eagles will have to play over their heads to untrack the Sabre express 0 4 Wo 7 :6 111 NMI 6010 110 1111111 pm? aff Wry Maras gatuA TosootinoRP ii Co 4 Co 1 Co 1 I Co 1 Co 1 Co 1 Co i10' 1: Co Co 4 Co Col 1 Col i 1 Col 4 4 Col 1 CP Crt gi40-' rc 1 slitW' ae eee 4' Crc ND NNW NEM 1 rC Cul ee 4 Ds ae ma aea Da a epee 'q Is Da ye :14 Da a 04 0 i Del 0 if ININNO Del pi Del i DO irli 4 Pr 6 'Ur 01011111PriV il 014 () 1 ia Dili Dli i oit Drf I Dot -7 Doi MCP SKR136) ag) (Cory olinyb 1 bre Da but MEOCIE SKEMD 1 Eel Est Eat 1 1 Ella Eitt 4 Corn 1 Con 1 Con I Cont I Cons Cont Cont 1 Cont I Cant 4 Cont Cont Coop CorG i Cowl i Cox 4 CPC at Crop Crow Crwr Curti Dan Dart Dayc i Dayt i Deer Del Delta u- Dery DetE Diem 1 DIlot Mine iDiYer DrPe i Domr Doia rDress Mike duet)! Deg Yna i' i 4't i 1 Et EatiC Eaton EOLt Elpa5 RICItARD HOWARD Outlook Bright After deductions of $13683549 for state and federal taxes the track realized a net profit of $13867887 The figure represents an increase of 81 per cent over 1970 and earnings per share for the year of $074 Speaking of Asheville the Cougars should have their hands full tonight when they play host to highflying Myers Park The Mustangs have rolled to nine consecutive wins and are ranked No two In the city Tonight they should get victory No 10 A dividend A dividend significantly added to the comprehensive nature of the facilities and enabled the track to offer a greater variety of motorsports events Howard said "We age investigating the potential of adding a course for the rapidly growing sport of motorcycle motocross racing Garinger looked quite good in stopping Independence Tuesday Tonight they travel to Hickory in quest of a second divisional win West on the other hand will be searching for its first win of any kind at Ashbrook of five cents per ing share was paid stockholders "The outlook for 1972 last night and the figure might bright for all types of autc have been higher had it not racing We have scheduled twc been frozen by President Nix- International Hot Rod-saneon'S price controls according tioned drag meets the first to General Manager Richard March 25-26 and the second Howard Oct 28-29 The schedule of Howard said that during road racing events has net 1971 a road course was corn- been finalized at present" pleted and a sports car race The 1972 World 600 is scnedstaged as well as two success- uled May 28 and the National ful drag meets on a recently- 500-miler Oct 8 They are two completed one-eighths mile major events on the 6500000 strip using part of the speed- Winston Cup Grand National way's pit road Series richest in NASCAR and TWO additions have stock car racing history "The outlook for 1972 is bright for all types of auto racing We have scheduled two International Hot Rod-sanctioned drag meets the first March 25-26 and the second Oct 28-29 The schedule of road racing events has net been finalized at present" The 1972 World 600 is scheduled May 28 and the National 500-puler Oct 8 They are two major events on the $500000 Winston Cup Grand National 0)-1JMO3MM6 antCll Tonight's full slate of games will also have West -Charlotte at Independence and Garinger at Hickory in Division 7 games and IIarding at North Mecklenburg West Mecklenburg at Gastonia Ashbrook and Myers Park at Ashevile in Division 8 clashes Olympic tangles with Gastonia Huss in an interdivisional game and Mt Holly visits Catholic The Lion-Patriot clash is important to both teams especial 11911 1 Ni MOM I Olympic may shake up the Huskies tonight while Catholic chases another 2-A Little Five conference win against Mt Holly 0-1.