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Wifaisdiy Jinniry 4 THE DESERT SUN Pill Sprligs Cilif Cl BusinessFinance Page 4 DineEntertainment Pages 5-8 Classified Pages 9-14 yyy 'ii 3 WUtlkH I 4 Miami earns top spot in AP poll Cornhuskers drop to second spot after 31-30 loss i '4i By HERSCUEL NISSENSON APSpwti Wriur 7J The Miami Hurricanes nnrankid before the seaion and winners only two of 11 yean before Coach Howard Schnellenberger arrived in 1979 Alabama staff with Schnellenberger in 1965) and I have tremendous respect for the coaching Job done My off to him had a similar situation (rebuilding) at Miami to what we had at Auburn and both come a long Georgia jumped from seventh place to fourth with 977 points by edging Texas 10-9 in the Cotton Bowl The setback ended the hopes for a perfect season and dropped them from second to fifth with 954 points Texas also took an 11-0 record into the Cotton Bowl seven years ago against fifth-ranked Notre Dame the Longhorns were ranked No 1 at the time and blew a shot at the national championship by losing 38-10 Florida which defeated Iowa 14-6 in the Gator Bowl shot from 11th to sixth with 823 points for the first Top Ten finish in the history BYU climbed from ninth to seventh with 804 points following a 21-17 triumph over Missouri in the Holiday Bowl Despite its Sugar Bowl loss to Auburn Michigan remained No 8 with 649 points followed by Big Ten colleagues Ohio State and Illinois Ohio State moved up from 14th to ninth with 640 points by downing Pitt 28-23 in the Fiesta Bowl while Illinois skidded from fourth to 10th with 594 points after suffering a 45-9 licking at the hands of UCLA in the Rose Bowl 1981 1964 and 1965 while Schnellenberger was an assistant coach there With 59 of 60 voters responding Miami received 47 first-place ballots and 1168 of a possible 1180 points The Hurricanes wer first or second on every ballot Miami was not the first team to go from unranked status in the preseason poll to a national championship Clemson last did it in 1981 But the opening-game 28-3 loss to Florida is the worst setback ever suffered by a national championship team Nebraska which had been No 1 ever since the preseason poll and was bidding to become the first team to hold the top spot every week from the preseason through the postbowl poll drew 4 first-place votes and 1109 points The other seven first-place votes west to Auburn which remained No 3 with 1079 points following a 9-7 Sugar Bowl victory over Michigan Nebraska whose 22-game winning streak longest in the nation was snapped by Miami wound up with a 12-1 record to 11-1 for Miami Auburn No 5 Texas and No 7 Brigham Young Nebraska Coach Tom Osborne was unavailable to comment but Pat Dye who had campaigned for No 1 said the voting come as a big surprise Naturally disappointed Basically good friends (Dye was on the completed one of college most remarkable turnarounds Tuesday when they were named national champions for 1983 by The Associated Press By virtue of Monday thrilling 3130 Orange Bowl victory over No 1 -ranked Nebraska the Hurricanes became the second team ever to vault from the No 5 position to the national championship after a bowl triumph Notre Dame did it In 1977 Nebraska finished second and Sugar Bowl winner Auburn third It was the first national championship for Miami and the first for any team since The AP Trophy was renamed the Paul Bryant Trophy after the late Alabama coach -MI think of a more fitting name for the national championship trophy and simply delighted to be a part of the first said Schnellenberger who played two years for Bryant at Kentucky and later was an assistant coach under him to five years at Alabama feels great It feels official They (the Hurricanes) were No 1 in my heart naturally and now really Alabama won national championships in tp WriiMl liter Sun Kioto 4 INDIO BASKET Gretchen DeWitte (23) of Indio High School goes for a basket while being checked by Donette Williams (22) of Banning High School Tuesday night at Indio Rajahs won 80-15 i Hadl hired by Express Indio improves record to 12-2 Anger to challenge Warneke in MNCTC Rajahs roar back smother Broncos By HENRY BALT A Sparta Writer Las Palmas Resort The MNCTC which will get under way Friday at 9 am and conclude Sunday will feature the top eight and eight teams from the 1983 NCAA finals The teams are defending champion USC UCLA Pep- rancho mirage uses Matt Anger will be one of the favorites to win the singles crown this week at the ninth annual National Collegiate Tennis Classic at Rancho LOS ANGELES (AP) John Hadl one of the top passers in National Football League history may be understating when he says the Los Angeles Express will throw a Hadl hired Tuesday as head coach of the United States Football League team will have a most promising young passer Tom Ramsey and a number of outstanding receivers with whom to went Ramsey one of the top passers in UCLA history last year as a rookie shared the Express quarterback Job with veteran Mike Rae as Los Angeles wait 8-10 in the first season Campbell named coach By RICHARD PAUL Dcmt! See Sputa Writer INDIO After opening the season with 11 consecutive wins Indio High girls basketball team lost a pair of games last week in the Eisenhower Tournament In case anyone was wondering what was wrong with the Rajahs they provided the answer Tuesday night: Not much Indio playing its first home game of the season defeated Banning 88-15 at IHS to improve its record to 12-2 The Rajahs dominated every phase of the game holding Burning to only two points in the first quarter four in the second none in the third and nine in the final eight minutes when starters saw limited playing time pressure defense forced the Broncos into 37 turnovers And when Banning did get a shot attempt it hit on only 146 percent of its shots from the field (7 of 48) Indio on the other hand rebounded from a slow start and took an 11-2 first quarto lead after missing its first five shots and then turned the game into a rout with a 33-point second quarter At halftime Indio held a 44-6 lead Indio increased the margin to 65 points at 71-6 by the end of the third quarter and led by 70 points (78-8) with 2:31 left in the game Hie game ended a five-day layoff for the Rajahs and Indio coach Ray Adams said that may have had something to do with his 11 -point first quarter Gretchen DeWitte averaging over 26 points per contest going into the game sewed 27 against Banning DeWitte a 6-foot-l-inch forward scored seven of Indio's first 1 1 points and added 14 more when Indio broke the game open in the second period Colter Patti Held scored 22 for the Rajahs including nine in the second quarter while forward Stephanie Lamar scored 10 prints in the second period and totaled 17 for the game But it was the pressing defense that took Banning out of the game In the second quarto the Broncos turned the ball over on their first four possessions and in the third quarter Banning missed all 11 of its shots Indio will face Twentynine Palms Friday in a 7 pm game at IHS Banning which lost a 79-35 decision to Indio earlier in the year dropped to 5-6 for the season (Bronco-Rajah SCORING C-2) perdine Stanford California Southern Methodist University Trinity (Texas) and Clemson The division will consist of 1983 champion Trinity UCLA USC Stanford San Diego State Florida Clemson and Indiana In the singles competi- tion Anger USCs two-time All-American (1982-83) is expected to receive his stiffest challenge from' defending champion TbirunTWarneke of Trinity Anger USCs top singles player was 20-9 last year ami 21-10 in 1981 Warneke a senior was 20-15 last year including a win against UJS Open quarterfinalist Rodney Harmon In the doubles competition USCs team of Rick Leach and Tim Pawsat will be the team to beat They won the 18-and-under world title two years ago Louise Allen the No 1 ranked player in this collegiate rankings is expected to win the singles competition She will be tested by Kate Gompert (Stanford) Cynthia MacGregor (San Diego State) and Kelly Henry (USC) Teams from Trinity and Stanford are also favored to battle to the doubles championship Ticket prices range from $150 to $8 They may be purchased at Marriott's Rancho Las Palmas Resort United Way of the Desert JC in Indio and Palm Desert Indian Palms Racquet Cub and Mages Sporting Goods Further information may be obtained by phoning 323-2731 or 588-2727 Proceeds will benefit United Way of the Desert -1 i HOUSTON (AP) Hugh Campbell a highly successful Canadian Football League coach was selected Tuesday to resurrect the sagging fortunes of the National Football Houston Oilers am very confident that this important step will be very instrumental in returning the Houston Oilers to a contending position in the Oilers General Manager Ladd Herzeg said in a statement Campbell 42 Joins the Oilers after a year with the Los Angeles Express of the United States Football League He gained fame as a coach however as head of the Edmonton Eskimos of the CFL with whom he won five straight Grey Cup games the Canadian equivalent of the Super BowL In 1977 his first year at Edmonton and the only year he failed to win the Grey Cup the Eskimos won the Western Division title Campbell Joins an team that went 2-14 in the 1983 NFL season matching the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for the worst record in the league TAKING CHARGE CHAMPIONSHIP FORM Tomm Warneke of Trinity University will defend his singles crown in the MNCTC this weekend 1 CODJs Bellamy and supporting cast open conference tonight with San Bernardino the key to us going into conference is that we need to beat the teams we should beat and maybe split with the others Last year we lost to some teams we should have beaten but hopefully we learned something defending state champion Cerritos Santa Ana (twice) and Saddleback But despite the strength of their schedule the Roadnumers made it through with a respectable 5-7 non-conference record and a fourth-place flnih in the Desert Holiday Basketball Tournament -ay 'sr-tt feel wd can take one of the top two spots in the conference A record of 15-3 or 14-4 should win the conference because I think anyone will go iS v7 i r-t V- not pleased with our record" said Gar Forman first-year head coach at COD pleased with the way playing We showed we could play with those Because the Roadnumers are in the Inland Valley Conference Forman will not have to contend with such powerhouses as Cerritos and Santa Ana but he will face teams like Riverside City Rio Hondo and defending conference champion Citrus By HENRY BALTA Dcacrt Soo Spam Writer PALM DESERT Last year College of the basketball team looked to superstar point guard Tony Hampton whenever it needed a basket an assist or an outstanding play But this year there is no Hampton floor leader of a year ago has moved on to play at Montana State And while losing a talented player like Hampton may hurt the Roadnumers in one way it has forced them to employ a more balanced brand of basketball That is not to say the Roadnumers are without a leader this year There is no question that center-forward Bill Bellamy is the key man but he has an experienced supporting cast During non-conference schedule Bellamy who is regarded as one of the top players in the Inland Valley Conference averaged 24 points per game and seven rebounds He also shot 55 percent from the floor 80 percent from the line and had a 40-point game last week against Glendale (Ariz) The Roadnumers who open conference tonight at 7:30 by hosting San Bernardino Valley College played one of their toughest me-con-ferege schedules ever facing such povers as V- Sw j-'? 'vv Rio Hondo led by first-year head coach Tom Dugon will be led by returning all-conference guard James Wells who averaged 186 points per game last year Citrus 13-2 last year is expected to be tough with three returning starters in Brian Fox Darrel Smith and Jim Allen The top two teams in the conference will get automatic berths in the state playoffs If they are to grab me of the two playoff spots the Roadnumers who have been sue cessful defensively with a 3-2 zone this year will need a balanced offensive attack Guards Raphael Meza Marvin Epps and Darryl Jackson all sophomores will have to pick up some of the scoring slack to take some of the pressure off Bellamy i Riverside City 13-3 in non-conference this year and winner of the Golden West Tournament is considered the favorite to win the conference title The Tigers winners of the consolation bracket in the Desert Holiday Basketball Tournament are led by forwards Antwine Murchison and David DiCesaris and guard Brad Husen "Riverside is the team to beat" Forman said Aloe BaiMiolta Soo Photo Palm Springs High Delia Genera (center) gets control of the basketball under a busy basket with Trina Anderson (left) of Yucca Valley and Sondra Roy (right) of Palm Springs In on the action during Tuesday night's game at PSHS Indians won 87-15 (See story in Desert Sports Roundup Page C-2).