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THE EVENING TIMES, FRIDAY, JANUARY 3, 1 986 1 1 doners Finish mwniiiiiwMiiM Ill i0gmmmmlmmmmmwtTimm nniiM.nm .11. i i II' 't'f I'rs J7 Started Where They iy? Times Doubles Looking for Big Entry List The 44th Annual Evening Times Doubles Bowling Tournament is scheduled to start within two weeks and early indications are that the field will exceed the 215 teams of last year. The intensive campaign waged by The Evening Times and Penn York Lanes to get early entries is apparently paying off as the number of teams already registered is reported to be near 100. Generally at this time the committee is lucky if they have signed half that number. One reason for the increased interest among the bowlers is the $750 first place purse, up from the $500 of.

last year. At the same time, the en-' try fee remained at $10 a team and bowling is still $2.70 for three games. The maximum team average stayed at 345 and every team will roll two qualifying rounds in an effort to stay in the hunt for the big purse. The committee, plus Penn York Lanes and The Evening Times, real-. ly reached out this year as ap-plicatioin blanks were sent to bowlers within a wide area.

The response thus far has been good. Paul Martz and John Slocum are from the Towanda area and they are entered as a team. Betty Foster and Fran Hatch live in Danbury, N.Y. Pete Smarz and Ruth Smarz are a team from Newark Valley. Francis Larrabee and James Waite are one team from Elmira.

Chuck Cotter, owner of Shamrock Lanes in Ulster, has sent in his registration blank with Stacy Cotter season after starting out No. 1, although each time they fell from the top spot somewhere along the way. This season, they dropped as low as 10th after a 27-14 loss to Miami on Oct. 19. The Sooners also finished No.

1 in 1950 and 1955 after starting out sixth and second, respectively. They were ranked No. 1 at the start of the 1957 and 1977 seasons but came in fourth and seventh. The only other teams to win national championships after a No. 1 preseason ranking were Tennessee in 1951, Michigan State in 1952 and Alabama in 1978.

The crowning of the Sooners, who were third going into the Orange Bowl, became a formality when second-ranked Miami lost to Tennessee 35-7 in the Sugar Bowl and No. 4 Iowa was beaten by UCLA 45-28 in the Rose Bowl. Tennessee received the other first-place vote in jumping from eighth place to fourth with 957 points. The Vols were followed by Florida, which moved up from sixth place to fifth. The Gators are on probation and did not play in a bowl game.

Final AP Top 20 The Top Twanty turns In the final Associated Press college football poll, with first -piece votes In parentheses, season record, total point based on 20-19-18-17-16-15-1 4-1 3-1 2-1 1-1 0-9-B-7--5-4-3-2-1 and the Tournament Time This was the scene last year as teams drew for lanes during The Evening Times Doubles Bowling Tournament. This will be repeated during the weekend of January 18-19 as the 44th annual event opens. Entry deadline is Monday, Jan. 1 3. First place this year is worth $750.

By The Associated Press The Oklahoma Sooners are still in the habit of finishing what they start. Since the Associated Press began a preseason college football poll in 1950, Oklahoma has been ranked No. 1 entering the campaign six times. The Sooners have won the national championship four of those times, capped by Wednesday night's 2510 Orange Bowl victory over No. 1 Penn State that gave them the 1985 title.

"I don't think there's any added pressure," Coach Barry Switzer said of the Sooners' preseason status. "I knew we'd be good because of our defense. I knew our defense would carry us. The Sooners led the nation in total defense and pass defense and finished second in rushing and scoring defense. In winning its sixth national championship, second only to Notre Dame's seven in the 50 years of the AP poll, Oklahoma received 55 of 57 first-place votes and 1,138 of a possible 1,140 points from a nationwide panel of sports writers and sport-scasters.

Three voters did not sub-. mit their ballots and could not be reached. Oklahoma will receive the Associated Press-Paul W. "Bear" Bryant national championship trophy at a date to be announced. Michigan, rebounding from last year's 6-6 embarrassment, finished a distant second to Oklahoma after defeating Nebraska 27-23 in the Sunkist Fiesta Bowl.

Wolverines, No. 5 in the final regular-season poll, received one first-place vote and 1,032 points. The Orange Bowl loss after five weeks as the nation's No. 1-ranked team cost Penn State what would have been its second national championship in four years. Instead, the Nittahy Lions finished third with 990 points.

"We were beaten by a better team," Coach Joe Paterno said. Oklahoma won national championships in 1956, 1974, 1975 and this as his partner. Michael Sabatura- Mark Walters, a member of the eyes on that $750. Chester Bird, Chester Pabis-Daniel doubles committee, has Richard Entry deadline is Monday, Jan; 13. Mandell, Sr.

and Mike Mandell- Belvey as his partner this year. The Blanks are available at Penn York Charlie Little are all from the sister and brother team of Sue Lanes. Elmira area. O'Toole and Paul Gilbert have their Steve Olmsted is chairman! last ranking: Cowboys Hoi the Dusty Trail It's Playoff Pickin' Time Record Pts Pvs I.Oklahoma (55) 11-1-0 1,138 3 2. Mlchlgan(1) 10-1-1 1,032 5 3.

Penn State 11-1-0 990 1 4. Tennessee(1) 9-1-2 957 8 5. Florida 9-1-1 929 6 ASM 10-2-0 792 11 7.UCLA 9-2-1 767 13 B.AIr Force 12-1-0 755 10 9.Mlaml,Fla. 10-2-0 699 2 1 0.Iowa 10-2-0 621 4 11. Nebraska 9-34 500 7 12.

Arkansas 10-2-0 495 14 1 S.Alabama 9-2-1 464 15 14.0hk State 9-34 409 17 15. FlorldaSt. 9-34 359 18 16. Brlgham Young 11-34 228 9 17. Baylor 9-34 184 1B.Maryland 9-34 158 T20 19.

Georgla Tech 9-2-1 128 20. LSU 9-2-1 126 12 Others receiving votes: Fresno State 85, Auburn 79, Army 37, Oklahoma State 6, Georgia 4, Minnesota 4, Arizona 3, West Virginia 1. horribly. Both offenses are built around running backs. Cowboys gamble more on defense, which means the defense makes more big plays.

It also makes more mistakes. RAMS, 21-17, New York Giants (11-6) (plus 8V4) at Chicago (15-1) The Giants match up well against the Bears. Sure, the Giants may be the second best team in the NFC. And the Giants probably will cover the spread. But there probably will be a turnover here or a turnover there and BEARS, 19-13 (the 13 is two TDs and one missed extra point.) New England (124) (plus 5V4) at Raiders (12-4) The Raiders, like the Cowboys, may get by on mystique, but the caU is PATRIOTS, 16-13.

By DAVE GOLDBERG AP Football Writer This is the weekend the National Football League goes wall-to-wall the Browns at Dolphins followed by Cowboys-Rams on Saturday and the Giants-Bears and Patriots-Raiders Sunday. Easy, right? Take the Dolphins, Bears and Raiders and figure whichever team feels like playing this week wins the Rams-Cowboys game. Qeveland (84) (plus 11) at Miami (12-4) These two teams don't belong on the same field. At least they don't belong on the same field when the field is the Orange Bowl, where the Dolphins have won 19 of their last 20 games. DOLPHINS, 31-13.

Dallas (1M) (plus 1) at Rams (11-6) Both teams can play well. Both teams can play Bruised, No. 3 Lions Feel They Lost to the Best MIAMI (AP) Penn State foot ball players, bruised, battered and bewildered by their 25-10 losing performance in the, Orange Bowl, were nonetheless convinced Thursday they had lost to the best team in the Associated Press The Dallas Cowboys are on the road again, a most unfriendly road when it comes to the National Football League's winding highway to the Super Bowl. Since 1978, when they made it to the (NFL title game but lost to Pittsburgh, the Cowboys are 1-3 in National Conference postseason play away from Texas Stadium, the only victory 30-27 over Atlanta in a 1980 divisional playoff. They lost the 1980 NFC title game 21-7 in Philadelphia.

They lost the 1981 NFC title game 28-27 in San Francisco. They lost the 1982 NFC title game 31-17 in Washington. And in 1985, they were 10-6 overall 7-1 at home (the loss a 444 blowout by Chicago) and 3-5 on the road. They might well have been 2-6 and out of the playoffs if New York Giants quarterback Phil Simms, trying to run out the clock, hadn't made a most timely (for Dallas) fumble deep in New York territory in the closing minutes, a turnover that the Cowboys converted into a game-winning fieldgoal. Now they're on the road again, in Los Angeles for the second round of playoffs.

They can take some comfort in the fact that while they're 4-3 against the Rams in playoff competition, they are 2-0 in postseason games in LA. Or perhaps they can't take that much comfort. Those games were in LA proper, the Memorial Coliseum. This time the game's really in Anaheim. "I think most teams, when they're playing at home, they play at a higher level of intensity," Dallas defensive end Ed "Too Tall" Jones said.

"But, see, that won't happen in this game because it is the playoffs, a do-or-die situation. We wiil match their intensity because of tiktt." The game is one of Saturday's pair of divisional playoffs. At Miami, the Cleveland Browns, 8-8, champions of the American Conference Central Division, visit the Dolphins, 12-4, champs of the AFC East. On Sunday, the two surviving wild-card teams are on the road the 10-6 Giants visiting the Bears, NFC Central champions at 15-1, and the 11-5 New England Patriots in LA facing the 12-4 Raiders, champs of the AFC West, in the Coliseum. With the exception of the rejiggered format that allowed Cleveland and Detroit, a pair of 4-5 country.

Previously third-ranked Oklahoma finished in the No. 1 spot in The Associated Press poll of sports writers. Michigan, No. 5 in the regular season, moved up to second and Penn State, undefeated Chicago is getting its first taste of NFL postseason play since 1963 when the Giants visited then, too. The Bears won that game 14-10 to take the league championship.

Neither the Bears nor the Giants have even gotten to a title game since then. "These two teams have been down a long time," Bears Coach Mike Ditka said. "It's good for football when you get two teams that were forerunners of most of the NFL teams. The showcase players on each team are running backs Joe Morris of tb Giants, whose 1,336 yards rushing and 21 touchdowns set club records, and Walter Payton, who gained 1,551 yards in his 11th NFL season. Only one NFC team has never allowed Payton to run for 100 yards in a game against them the Giants.

The Patriots are coming off their first playoff victory since 1963. The Raiders, meanwhile, are gunning for their third Super Bowl triumph in six years and their fourth overall. teams, into the playoffs following the strike-shortened 1982 season, no team has entered postseason play in the NFL with a poorer record than this year's Browns. "You've got to realize they wouldn't be here if they didn't have the talent," fullback Ron Davenport, the' Dolphins' leading scorer with 13 touchdowns, said. "We all know we can't overlook them.

Their record isn't that great, but they lost a bunch of close games. A break here or there and they would have a much better 1 "Everybody has the same record now," quarterback Dan Marino added. "If the Browns play up to their capabilities, they can beat anybody. They earned the right to play here by winning their division." Cleveland's passing game, with rookie Bernie Kosar pressed into duty most of the season due to injuries to Gary Danienson, is mediocre at best. But the ground game is solid.

Kevin Mack, with 1,104 yards rushing, and Earnest Byner, with 1,002, are only the third pair from the same team to surpass 1,000 yards on the ground in the same season. good. Michigan came back and won nicely against Nebraska, so I think that's about right, us being "I think we're still in the top three teams in the country," added senior linebacker Shane Conlan, who played havoc with Oklahoma's wishbone offense and quarterback Jamelle Holieway in about the only success the Lions enjoyed Wednesday night. "We just didn't play well last night. We didn't really show it," he said.

Penn State quarterback John Shaffer, who had a miserable night completing less than half of liLs passes for 74 yards, agreed with teammates that it was obvious the No. 1 ranking should have gone to the 11-1 Sooners. "Oklahoma beat Penn State and (No. 2) Miami lost, so Oklahoma deserves to be No. 1 on their record and the type of people they have," Shaffer said.

But for some players the final rankings held little meaning and no solace. "Really, I'm disappointed with our performance yesterday," said senior fullback Steve Smith. "I don't think it was a true reflection of the talent -we have on this squad. We really anticipated winning the football game. After No.

1, it doesn't make a difference where we are. We only wanted No. 1." and ranked No. 1 the final five weeks of the regular season, finished third. It was the ninth time in the 20-year head-coaching tenure of Joe Paterno that Penn State had been ranked in the top five of the AP poll.

"You know how I feel about polls, but I really feel the two best football teams played each other last night," Paterno said Thursday night after the AP poll was released. "Oklahoma's a great football team." However, Paterno, who favors a national playoff instead of public opinion polls, questioned 10-1-1 Michigan's ascendance over the Nit-tany Lions. The Wolverines beat Nebraska 27-23 in the Fiesta Bowl. "I'm sure Michigan is a great football team, but I'm surprised (at its ranking)," Paterno said. "I'm surprised that anybody besides Penn State and Oklahoma would be No.

1 and No. 2." But senior team co-captain Michael Zordich said of the final three, "I think that's probably right. "We got beat. We got beat pretty 11 Or as senior inside linebacker Rogers Alexander put it, "Nobody Second Round Saturday Cleveland at Miami, 12:30 p.m. Dallas at Los Angeles Rams, 4 p.m.

Sunday New York Giants at Chicago, 12:30 p.m. New England at Los Angeles Raiders, 4 p.m. Conference Championships Sunday, Jan. 12 Hockey Basketball remembers who was No. 2." Or No.

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