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The Kansas City Star from Kansas City, Missouri • 13

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IS JUST ONE OF THE SPORTS IN SHANTYTOWN HONEYMOON Wm for Phog Allen the then KU coach who recruited Wilt but was forced to retire without being able to coach him Now Wilt is back and the question comes up: What will be tiie reaction? hard to say But the chances are the reaction will be nothing more than had Chamberlain never attended KU Fourteen years is a long time and in that time a new Then too there was money At the time he was reported to be making "the fat sum of $65000" later signing with the Philadelphia 76ers of the NBA for a $30000 a year" Just recently Chamberlain renegotiated his contract for $300000 give or take some small change It's Puzzle Time Chiefs Look i V- jgf -C For Answer Bama Moves Into Second to ninth after a 49-13 rout of California and Texas which climbed from 14th to 10th by trimming Arkansas 35-15 Notre Dame and Tennessee fell out of the Top Ten dropping from eighth and 10th re spectively last week to 13til and 14th The Fighting Irish bowed to Missouri 30-26 while late collapse against Alabama cost the Vols their spot among the elite r- The Second Ten consisted of Penn State Auburn Notre Dame Tennessee Iowa State Arizona State and Florida State with Arkansas Southern Methodist and West Virginia all tied for 18th Last Second Ten was UCLA Penn State Stanford Texas Auburn Air Force Arkansas Washington Arizona State and Iowa State Stanford lost to Oregon 15-13 Air Force was shot down by Navy 21-17 and Washington bowed to Southern Cal By th Associated Press Alabama runner-up at the end of the 197J regular season moved into second place once again today in the Associated Press college football ratings but well in arrears of front-running Southern California The top-r a Trojans trimmed Washington 34-7 for I their seventh consecutive vic-s tory and received 44 first-place votes and 986 of a possible 1000 highest score I' of the from a nation-I wide panel of sportswriters and broadcasters come-from-be- hind 17-10 triumph over Ten nessee earned the Crimson Tide two first-place votes and 805 points and moved them up from third place to second defending 2-time national champions blasted Kansas 56-0 for their third straight shutout and continued their climb rising from fifth to third with two first-place ballots and 718 points I An- Ohio State and Michigan remained in the fourth and sixth spots The Buckeyes trounced Indiana 44-7 and received gb one first-place vote and 681 1 points while the Wolverines owned Illinois 31-7 and 2 picked up the remaining No 1 vote and 629 points Louisiana State rose from seventh to sixth with a 10-0 triumph ovdf Kentucky Colorado upset Oklahoma last runner-up 20-14 and went from ninth to seventh while dropping the Sooners from second to eighth Rounding out the Top Ten were UCLA up from lltlf ED BUDDE Wilt and young admirer Pro Cage Standings Atlanta at Portland Only games scheduled Wednesday's Games Cleveland at PhiladeiDhia GB Baltimore at Detroit Buffalo at Milwaukee IVJ Los Angeles 'h Houston a 4V? tonlo Texas 6Vj Atlanta at Seattle Only games jeheduled By the Associated Press NBA Eastern Conference Atlantic Division ference between winning and losing between the plays that beat you and the plays that help you win between defeating the world champion Dallas Cowboys and losing to the Philadelphia Eagles It happens but even the players do not know why or how "If we said Bell yesterday as he bounced back and forth between a hot whirlpool bath and a tub of mixed ice and water seeking relief for a sore knee win them all But how could we know say about that first touchdown the Eagles scored! "What if the ball had hit the ground? What would have The Top Twenty teams with first-place votes in parentheses season records and total points Points tabulated on basts of 20-1 B-l 6-1 4-1 2-1 0-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2 1 Southern California (44) 7-0 984 2 Alabama (2) JB 3 Nebraska (2) 5-1 718 4 Ohio State (1) 5-0 481 5 Michigan (1) 40 429 6 Louisiana State 6-0 7 Colorado 4-1 506 8 Oklahoma 7 9 UCLA 4-1 340 10 Texas 11 Penn State 5-1 218 12 Auburn 5-1 175 13 Notre Dame 4-1 J38 14 Tennessee 4-2 11 15 Iowa Slate 14 Arizona State 5- 44 17 Florida State 4-1 24 18 (tie) Arkansas 4-2 10 Southern Methodist 4-1 10 West Virginia 5-2 10 Others receiving votes listed aiohafcAtl-cally: Air Force Dartmouth Florida Georgia Louisville Missouri Norm Carolina North Carolina State Oklahoma State Purdue Stanford Texas Tech Washington State Carolina 4 2 Kentucky 2 2 New York 3 3 Memphis 2 3 Virginia 2 4 West Denver 4 1 San Diego 4 Utah 3 3 Indiana 2 4 Dallas 1 4 Monday's games No aames scheduled Tuesday's Games Virginia at Memphis Carolina at San Diego Only games scheduled Wednesday's Games Carolina at Denver Dallas at Kentucky Only games scheduled put 40 men on the field and not make a Bell said coach puts his best 40 men on the team but like a machine it breaks down once in a while or at some places Peo-' pie get injured people make mistakes Who make mistakes? Do you know anybody? What would you change? On that first touchdown they (the Eagles) got was our pass defense bad? Would you change it because of that thing Budde said at 500 at 3-3 not out of it in the thick of things Oakland leads us by a half a game mean we can play 500 ball and win Hell no got to start winning not satisfied with being a loser I want to win But not about to panic by any And neither is Bell is what it means to be a he said not going to worry about losing that game All about is San New York Nate (The Skate) Archibald is taking up right where he left off last season in the National Basketball Association The Kansas City guard finished second in the scoring race last year but has the top average after the first week of the 1972-73 season Archibald in his third NEWINKC Happiness is BOBBY BELL Oilers Land wo Rushers Raga Hits 3304 Boosted by George 719 and Tony 716 Bob Raga Insurance zeroed in for 1131-3304 and clipped Galen Boyer Motors twice in the Blue Ridge League Galen Boyer capture! the third game 1114-1107 Lewis Prater shot 698 Steve Jones 671 and Robbie Monaco 668 to fire Blue Ridge to 1101-3191 and sweep past XL Trophy Bamboo Hut clicked for 1148-3242 and shutout over Aero Ad as Bill Alum-1 683 and Bob Kelley's 675 canceled out Bill 661 Bob 705 and Gary 653 sparked Restaurant to 1150-3243 and two over Fred Lincoln-Mercury paced by Kenny 680 Cincy Officials ake Long Look Houston (AP) The Houston Oilers and the Cincinnati Ben-gals completed a National Football League trade today in which the Oilers sent wide receiver Charlie Joiner and linebacker Ron Pritchard to the Bengals for running backs Paul Robinson and Fted Willie Joiner was the leading pass re9eiver this season with 16 receptions for 307 yards and two touchdowns Pritchard a 6-foot-l 235-pounder was the No 1 draft choice in 1969 Willis has carried the ball 42 times for 127 yards this season for the Bengals while Robinson had 94 yards mi 21 carries KING EDWARD CIGAR fielder Tommy Helms to Houston in a trade that now is credited with bringing the Reds the National League pennant Joe Morgan the key Houston player involved in the swap paced the drive with daredevil base running and a contagious optimism while ex-Astros Denis Menke at third and Cesar Geronimo in right field played key defensive rolee for the Reds contended the Reds "have no untouchables" among the players then hedged are never any untouchables on any ball club" he said he said think anyone should ever say anyone untouchable" Cincinnati The Cincinnati Reds began organized soul-searching today in the wake of their second World Series setback in three seasons and General Manager Bob Howsam said no player is immune from the trading block going to do Is flown and analyze our -ole ball club" Howsam "and see where our i engths and weaknesses are if any "We must determine whether there will be a need of considering trades or not not sure if we want to do anything" Howsam brought considerable wrath upon himself a year ago when he dealt away slugger Lee May and popular in- 1973 DUSTER OUR LOWER BASE PRICE SAVES YOU MONEY NATE ARCHIBALD Chaps Sign Silas Dallas The Dallas Chaparrals said today they have signed James Silas a 6-foot-3 rookie guard from Stephen Austin State University as a free agent BILL UtUKbt jg PLUS IKTERMATIONAL TRUCKS fg 1244 MINNESOTA KCK 421-6905 S999999999999999999999999 it Ad in i Adv.

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