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Michigan State Top College Team By The Associated Press Michigan State, which erased a 13- point deficit and beat Big Ten rival Minnnesota 69-62 in its only game last week, remains on top in the latest Associated Press college basketball poll. The Spartans, 9-1, received 38 of 59 first-place votes from the nationwide panel of sports writers and broadcasters and a total of 1,140 points for a comfortable lead over runnerup Notre Dame, which collected eight first- place votes and 1,048 points. The poll, released Monday, was based on games played through Sunday, Jan. 7. The top four teams were unchanged from the previous week, with Michigan State and Notre Dame followed by North Carolina and Illinois.

The Tar Vanderbilt Feels Good About Upset Win Over LSU By KEN RAPPOPORT AP Sports Writer Mike Rhodes believe it and Wayne Dobbs describe it. Those are the kind of reactions you get after upsetting Louisiana fifth-ranked basketball team. The surprising Vanderbilt Commodores, unlikely contenders to the crown in the Southeastern Conference, moved into first place with an 88-87 victory over the tough Tigers Monday night, prompting this remark from Rhodes, high scorer with 24 points: believe we really won it, and I also believe how good it Two of points came at a most opportune time a pair of free throws with 42 seconds left that provided the underdogs with their winning edge. Dobbs, the Vanderbilt coach, meanwhile called the victory biggest moment in my could never describe my feeling he said. deserved to beat them.

We paid the price. We deserve to be on top of the SEC That was made possible by 72-62 loss to Mississippi State Monday night. The Commodores, now Terry Bradshaw Named Most Valuable Player NEW YORK (AP) Terry Bradshaw, who quarterbacked the Pittsburgh Steelers to the National Football best record during the regular season and into the Super Bowl, was named The Associated Most Valuable Player today. Bradshaw, who led the American Conference in passing and the league in touchdowns with a career-high 28, edged rookie running back Earl Campbell of the Houston Oilers 36 votes to 33 in nationwide balloting by 84 sports writers and broadcasters, three from each NFI. city.

Jim Zorn, the left-handed quarterback of the Seattle Seahawks, was a distant third in the balloting with six votes, followed by Dallas quarterback Roger Staubach with four. No other player received more than one vote. play and statistics speak for themselves. Both were said Steelers Coach Chuck Noll. is deserving of any award.

The players voted him MVP for two successive seasons and now this honor proves what a great player he And Dick Hoak, backfield coach, added: has always been an underrated football player. big, strong, he throws as well as anyone, he can run with anyone and he has matured to become an outstanding Bradshaw, an AP College Division All-American as a senior at Louisiana Tech and the No. 1 draft choice in 1970, completed 207 of 368 passes for 2,915 yards, a league-high 7.92 yards per pass as the Steelers complied a regular-season 14-2 record en route to the AFC's Central Division title. Most notable, perhaps, was the absence of injuries which had plagued Bradshaw in past seasons, and the presence of a consistency which had been missing much of that time. Despite being blessed with a corps of receivers uicluding Lynn Swann, John Stallworth and Randy Grossman, Bradshaw was relatively sparing in his passing.

When he threw, he was rarely off target. Against Buffalo he completed 14 of 19 passes, then did the same against Cincinnati. He hit on 13 of 18 against Atlanta, 16 of 23 against New Orleans and 10 of 14 against Denver in other regular-season games that turned what was supposed to be a close division race into a runaway. Campbell, the Heisman Trophy wmner from the University of Texas, took the NFL by storm, winnmg the rushing title with 1,450 yards and scoring a league-high 13 touclidowns on the ground to lead the Oilers into the playoffs. Zorn often called a young Fran Tarkenton because of his scrambling techniques, led the AFC in passes, Pro Basketball It, I (Milcrcm MlantW INvUion Pft.

OB Wtuhington 13 Philadelphia SS New Jtrwy York Boston 24 4 enlntl IHvlskwt San Antonio Houston 11 I7 Atlanta 30 21 Cleveland 22 New Orleans Detroit 12 22 WeiU-in onlerem Midwest Division Kansas City 2S 18 24 13 2 44 114 114 Denver uukee Indiana 20 16 14 20 23 26 26 600 410 Pacific Division 24 14 26 24 16 17 526 21 fi28 lit 23 462 Monday's Milwaukee Houston 104 Tuesday tiaines Angeles at New York Detroit at San Antonio San Diego at New Orleans Golden Stale at Chicago Kansas City at Houston Washington at Indiana at Portland Wednesday's Ijaines Ijam Angeles at Hoston Chicago at Jersey I Orleans at Philadelphia at MIHvuuJkm Indiana at heattle Seattle Phoenix Loe Angeles Portland Golden Stai San Diego 4 74 completions and yardage and sparked the Seahawks to a 9-7 record, just shy of the playoffs in only their third year in the league. Staubach was the league's passing leader as he directed Dallas, No. 1 in National Conference offense, to the East Division title. Coach Walsh Calls Conference SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Stanford head football Coach Bill Walsh says to make some but his school has called a news conference for today that reportedly will pave the way for his hiring by the beleaguered San Francisco 49ers. Walsh, 46, is expected to be named to replace fired 49ers Coach Fred lost his job Monday, along with General Manager Joe Thomas, after 49ers owner Eddie J.

DeBartolo Jr. announced he was unhappy with total Contacted at his home after long-expected announcement, Walsh comment on reports been tapped to return to pro football as new head coach of the 49ers. in a position where trying to make some decisions. a rather sensitive Walsh said. But minutes later, Stanford Athletic Director Andy Geiger called a news conference, reportedly to announce that Walsh has been released from his contract with the university.

The 49ers posted a pitiful 2-14 record, the worst, in the past National Football League season. On the other hand, Stanford rang up a 17-7 record in two years under Walsh, including a Sun Bowl victory over LSU in 1977 and a Bluebonnet Bowl victory over Georgia New Eve. Stanford receivers coach Rod Dowhower, 35, was reportedly in line to replace Walsh as the coach. Dowhower has been with Stanford for two years. In announcing the firings Monday, 49ers owner DeBartolo said in a prepared statement that the franchise not progressed properly and I feel we must make changes to become more He said an announcement on a new general manager and coach would be made soon.

A new coach would be the fourth for the 49ers in three years. DeBartolo said he was we have been losing games. What concerns me every bit as much as our record is the fact that our image and stature in the community has A group of disgruntled fans, calling themselves the have been calling for Thomas dismissal since the end of the season, when the general manager ordered a large banner critical of him removed during a game at Candlestick Park. statement included no compliments for Thomas, who was hired in 1977. But he said "did a most commendable job for the 49ers, especially considering the circumstances under which he was selected and the short-term nature of his appointment became coach last November after Pete McCulley was fired.

McCulley was 1-8, 1-6 Mentioned as possible replacements for Thomas, who was not available for comment, are Don Klosterman, general manager of the Los Angeles Rams, and Dick Mansperger, personnel director of the Seattle Seahawks. 3-0 in the conference and 10-1 overall, were picked no better than eighth in the 10-team league in the preseason poll of coaches. LSU, by the way, lost its first game of the season after 10 victories. Another Top Twenty team was upset Monday night when No. 19 long Beach State lost to Ioyola of Chicago 95-86.

In other games involving the ranked teams, No. 2 Notre Dame rolled past Davidson 95-63; No. 6 UCLA beat Oregon 74-71; No. 11 Texas stopped Baylor 77-64; No. 12 Louisville crushed Marshall 112-64; No.

17 Kentucky defeated Mississippi 9664 and No. 20 Syracuse whipped American University 103-73. Larry Knight scored 31 points as Loyola of Chicago handed Long Beach State its third straight loss. The 49ers were beaten by Duke and North Carolina State in Raleigh, N.C., over the weekend. Bruce Flowers scored 15 points and Stan Wilcox added 14 to power Notre Dame past Davidson, the Fighting seventh victory in eight games this year.

David Greenwood scored 21 points to lead UCLA to a comeback victory over Oregon. The Bruins trailed by as many as eight points in the second half before coming on strong at the end of the Pacific-10 Conference game. Tyrone Iodson and Vernon Smith teamed for 35 points, leading Texas over Baylor. Darrell Griffith collected a career-high 30 points as Iouisville routed Marshall. Kentucky beat Mississippi as Dwight Anderson scored seven points during a game- ending 18-4 scoring run.

Roosevelt 17-point, 11- rebound performance led Syracuse over American. Greg 24 points led Mississippi State over Tennessee; Alabama beat Georgia 83-71 as Eddie Phillips and Reggie King teamed for 49 points; St. Bonaventure downed Virginia Tech 95-76 behind a 23point performance by Earl Belcher; Marty Coyne scored 17 points to pace Army over Kings Point 81-73; Virginia Commonwealth tripped Cincinnati 7463 as Edmund Sherod and I Watson combined for 30 points after intermission and Mike Edwards scored 24 points and pulled down 13 rebounds to trigger the University of New Orleans past Georgia State 83-68 Also, Sly Williams poured 26 points as Rhode Island routed Brown 73-51; Dan Elmer scored four points in the last minute of overtime to trigger West Texas State to a 72-69 decision over Southern Illinois; Duquesne edged St. Francis (Pa.) 79-77 on B.B. two foul shots in the final seven seconds; little-used Jay Boyle sparked a second-half rally with 13 points to lead Seton Hall over Lehigh 85-61; Derrick Mayes had 23 points as Illinois State posted a 98-80 decision over North Texas State, Tyrone 18 points powered Texas over Houston 75-57 and two free throws by Glen Riecke with seven seconds remaining lifted Rice over SMU 78-76.

Texas Tech beat Texas Christian 9975 as reserves David Little, Ben Hill and Joe Baxter came off the bench to combine for 50 points; Calvin Garrett scored a field goal with 15 seconds left, leading Oral Roberts past Auburn 63-62 and Alton Byrd and Shane Cotner combined for 25 points to pace Columbia over Florida Southern 68-60. Heels got just one first-place vote but totaled 1,010 points, while the Illini, unbeaten in 14 games, received five first-place votes and 994 points. Iouisiana State, which was unbeaten before losing to Vanderbilt Monday night, moved from seventh place to fifth with six first-place votes and 968 points. UCLA retained sixth place with 837 points while preseason favorite Duke slipped from fifth to seventh with 823 points despite victories over Davidson, Long Beach State and Tulane last week. The lone remaining firstplace vote went to North Carolina State, which remained in eighth place with 801 votes.

Two newcomers enjoying unbeaten seasons completed the Top Ten. Indiana State, 11-0, moved up to ninth place with 608 points followed closely by Arkansas. 9-0, with 606 points. Texas idle last week, fell one notch to 11th place, followed by louisville, Marquette, Georgetown, D.C, Kansas, Michigan, Kentucky, Temple, long Beach State and Syracuse. It was the first appearance on the list for Temple, which is 11-0 and joins Illinois, Indiana State and Arkansas as the only four unbeaten major college teams.

Syracuse returned to the chart after a one-week absence while Mississippi State and Maryland dropped off the list. The Top Twenty teams in The Associated Press college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, season records and total points. Points based on 20-19-18-17-16-15-14-1312-11-10-9-6-7-6-5-4-3-2-1: The Circleville Herald, Tuesday January 9, 1979 Jim Rice New Baseball Millionaire 13 1. Michigan St. (38) 9-1 1,140 2.Notre Dame (8) 6-1 1,048 3.N Carolina (1) 10-1 1 010 4.Illinois (5) 14-0 994 5.IouisianaSt.

(6) 104) 968 6.UCLA 9-2 837 7.Duke 9-2 823 8.N. Carolina St. (1) 11-2 801 9.Indiana St. 114) 608 10. Arkansas 9-0 606 11.Texas 11-2 569 12.louisville 10-3 409 13.Marquette 388 14.Georgetown 10-2 309 15.Kansas 8-3 264 16.

Michigan 7-3 227 17.Kentucky 5-4 204 18.Temple 114) 188 19.Iong Beach St. 8-2 149 20.Syracuse 9-2 101 Bowling At A Glance Once again it was time to hit the timber at Circle Recreation last week and the gals and guys were up to the challenge. Hitting individual games of 200 or better were: J. Johnson, 207; Dianna Schlegler, 200; Fred Belles, 224; Betty Boldoser, 210; Linda Glitt, 203; Penny Dietrich, 200; Bob Febes, 235; Ed Boyer, 211; Kathy Thompson, 225; Chuck Hutchinson, 212; Bud Ferguson, 226; Becky Wolfe, 200; Greg Groves, 245-237. Girls putting together 500 series and men compiling 600 totals were: Tom Wolf, 613; Greg Groves, 672; Becky Wolfe, 558; Bud Ferguson, 604; Millie Mays, 537; Kathy Fletcher, 529; Kathleen Stewart, 534; Fred Belles, 632; Dick McCollister, 624; Bob Febes, 613; Glenda Hashman, 536; Penny Dietrich, 558; Betty Boldoser.

536; Linda Glitt, 531; Julie Burton, 523; Sue Schiff, 523; Diana Schlegler, 514; Judy Myers, 503; Shirley Thompson, 500; Chris Wilkins, 648; Fred Belles, 614; Judy Hart, 513; Dianna Schlegler, 530; J. Johnson, 591. Rolling high team single games of 1000 or better were: PPG, 1159; Elks No. 2, 1045; Sertoma Club, 1086 while Walnut Street Greenhouse rolled a team series of 3008 and PPG put 3302 series. BOSTON i AP) American league MVP Jim Rice is newest instant millionaire, and the Boston Red Sox are bracing for a new wave of salary demands from their other high- priced stars.

Rice, the 25-year-old outfielder whose slugging dominated baseball last season, agreed to a new seven- year contract Monday calling for more than (5 million. annual salary of more than $700,000 make hun the highest paid player in baseball, but jumped him from the rank-and-file at about $125,000 a year to the stratosphere of baseball salaries. guess every player wants to be the richest in pro said Rice at a news conference at Fenway Park. worry about what other players make. I just want to be an every day ball The contract agreement was unveiled by Red Sox General Manager Haywood Sullivan, accompanied by team vice president Buddy Rice was shepherded by his agent, Tony Pennacchia, who dickered with Sullivan for nearly a year.

Rice led the major leagues in home runs with 46 and RBI with 139 while batting .315 last season. He was under contract for 1979 and his option season of 1980. Sullivan, thus, effectively renegotiated pact and exended it through the 1985 season. The general manager conceded that he is concerned with new demands from other Red Sox players, but added, rather sign Rice than worry about the deal makes him the highest- paid Red Sox player, ahead of right- handed pitcher Mike Torrez, who signed for about $600,000 as a free agent in 1977, and veteran superstar Carl Yastrzemski who earns less than $300,000 a year. The Rice contract has a notrade provision for several seasons but does not include incentive clauses that would provide bonuses based on future performance.

Sullivan called contract the longest and richest in Red Sox history, but it apparently is somewhat shy, on an annual basis, of the $3.2 million four-year contract signed by free agent Pete Rose with the Philadelphia Phillies. The slugger from Anderson, S.C., whose batting record last year was the most impressive in several decades, said he did not want to become a free agent, although Pennacchia had made that threat on behalf of his client. The 64oul-2. 206-pound slugger said he would simply invest his money because "a lot of ballplayers come out broke. need a yacht or another fancy car.

I Randy White Breaks Thumb DALLAS (AP) The got a few battle wounds himself in the Dallas National Football Conference title victory over the Ios Angeles Rams. All-Pro defensive tackle Randy White, who teammates claim is man and half-monster because of his incredible strength, suffered a broken left thumb in the bruising 28-0 victory Sunday, but Cowboys doctors find out about it until Monday. White was an intimidating force in the contest, knocking Rams quarterback Pat Haden out of the game with a broken right thumb and inflicting a separated shoulder on running back John Cappelletti. Both were clean tackles. was cutting back and see me said White.

was a freak Cappelletti, who caught a screen pass, was buried under White in the crushing firstquarter tackle. Haden broke his thumb when White tackled him in the third quarter. "A television commentator told me that hand hit my said White. guess what broke it. It was nothing Wliite sure when he broke his thumb.

noticed Randy coming off the field in the fourth quarter holding his said Cowboys assistant public relations director George Heddleston. course with Randy, he could have hurt it in the first quarter. He just never says anything about being Wliite will wear a heavy cast for the two-week practice period leading up to Super Bowl XIII against the Pittsburgh Steelers in Miami. For the game, doctors will fit White with a splint for the fractured digit. White the only Cowboy who was nursing wounds from the joust with Angeles.

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