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DETROIT FREE PRESS Tuesday, Nov. 2,1, '75 3-D National Conference U-M Players Wind At Ease Down And Try lo Forget Oliio State American Conference CENTRAL PF PA Pittsburgh 8 1 0 252 105 Cincinnati 8 2 0 225 175 Houston 7 2 0 190 122 Cleveland 1 9 0 134 290 EASTERN PF PA Miami 7 3 0 285 171 Baltimore 6 4 0 302 227 Buffalo 6 4 0 320 261 New England 3 7 0 188 240 NY Jets 2 8 0 184 330 WESTERN LT PF PA Oakland 8 2 0 267 162 Kansas City 5 5 0 214 217 Denver 4 6 0 193 256 San Diego 0 10 0 110 249 CENTRAL Minnesota Detroit Chicago Green Bay WIT PF PA 10 0 0 278 116 6 4 0 194 183 2 8 0 97 279 2 8 0 168 219 EASTERN St. Louis Dallas Washington NY Giants Philadelphia WLT PF PA 8 2 0 253 194 7 3 0 257 203 6 4 0 251 162 7 0 159 234 8 0 162 226 WESTERN PF PA Los Angeles 8 2 0 246 120 S.Francisco 5 5 0 193 175 Atlanta 3 7 0 135 191 New Orleans 2 8 0 111 259 approach the game like it's supposed to be approached." For the first time since setting out on their 8-1-2 season in early September, the Wolverines had no Sunday afternoon meetings, no dehriefings after the last game, no preparations for the next game. The only thing they had was a Monday afternoon meeting with coach Bo Schembechler where they discussed the basics tf the Orange Bowl trip. Schembechler said the team will probably leave for Miami about Dec.

21, three days after final exams end. That would mean that all of the preparations for Oklahoma, except the skull sessions and physical conditioning, would be made in Miami. BO AND OKLAHOMA COACH Barry Switzer talked on the phone Monday to arrange a swap of game films. In spite of the preparations to be made for the Orange Bowl, Schembechler admitted he had not put Ohio State entirely out of his mind yet. He was still questioning himself for calling for the pass plays deep in U-M territory with the game tied, 14-14.

"That's where I second-guess myself whether we should have gone a little more conservatively and got a couple first downs, then try to hit the big one," Bo said. They're forgetting about it, but slowly very slowly. BY CURT SYLVESTER Pree Prist Sportt Writer ANN ARBOR At long last, it's winding-down tine at Michigan. Time to get off edge, time to clear the X's and O's from the mind, time to get back to policial science and biology time to forget about the Sunday morning headline: Ohio State Michigan 14. At least, that's what the Wolverines are trying to do.

"The past couple days I've been feeling really bad," admitted Tim Davis, the senior middle guard who played one of his finest games ever in the loss to Ohio State. "Naturally, you're going to think about it for a while but you've got to give it up." That's the way it was with freshman quarterback Rick Leach, who played well against OSU despite throwing two interceptions in the desperate attempts to score in the closing minutes. "I thought about it a lot after the game Saturday," explained Leach. "You just wonder about the little things that went wrong what wotfTd have happened if they had gone right. Then I just tried to forget about it." "I feel sorry we lost the game, but it's just like life.

You have to move on toward other goals," said Davis, his voice nearly void of emotion. "I'll make it it'll be worthwhile." THE FIRST GOAL FOR the players right now will be make i Tim Davis MONDAY'S RESULT Pittsburgh at Houston, night. THURSDAY'S GAMES Los Angeles at DETROIT, Buffalo at St. Louis, 3:30 p.m., 12:30 p.m. I Channel Q.

NEXT SUNDAY'S GAMES the best possible use of the remaining weeks before they begin exams early in December, a task that must be completed before the team goes to Miami for the Orange Bowl meeting with Oklahoma on New Year's Night. "We're gomg to take a little break now clear our minds, go into the books for finals," Davis said. "Then we'll Houston at Cincinnati, 1 p.m. New Orleans at Cleveland, 1 p.m., Channel Q. Pittsburgh at NY Jets, 1 p.m., Channel Q.

San Francisco at Philadelphia, 1 p.m. Kansas City at Baltimore, MOTOR CYCLE RACES fern I BUCKEYES DOMINATE VOTING U-M Falls to 6th, 7th in Polls NEXT MONDAY'S GAME New England at Miami, 9 p.m., Channel SUNDAY'S RESULTS 48a Rick Leach Southwest Conference cham-' pionship and both of those teams will play in post-season bowls. Oklahoma, which vaulted several teams in the standings after knocking off Nebraska, has only an Orange Bowl game against Michigan to complete its season. Idle Alabama, which meets Auburn in its lust regular season game, moved up one notch, from fifth to fourth, in the AP poll and remained in fourth in the UPI poll. Texas was fifth in both polls.

Rounding out the AP top 10 were Arizona State eighth, Colorado ninth and Penn State 10th. The UPI voters had Colorado and Penn State reversed. Kansas City 24, DETROIT 21, ot. Atlanta 35, Denver 21. Buffalo 45, New England 31.

Cleveland 35, Cincinnati 23. -Baltimore 33, Miami 17. TSt. Louis 37, NY Jets 6. 4 WHITEWALL radials of the 59 ballots turned in by sports writers and broadcasters voting for AP.

The big losers of the week were Nebraska, previously ranked No. 2, and Michigan, which ranked No, 4 and last week. Nebraska tumbled from second to seventh on the AP Top Twenty and from second to sixth on the UPI list after its 35-10 loss to Oklahoma and the Wolverines went to sixth in AP and seventh in UPI. That left Texas A and (No. 2 in both polls) and Oklahoma (No.

3) as the top challengers to the Buckeyes for the mythical national championship, which will be decided by the wire service voters after the bowl games have been played. Texas A and has a game Friday with Texas for the Western 'Conference Eastern Conference MIDWEST Pet. GB ATLANTIC Pet. GB Detroit 8 5 .613 Philadelphia 9 .643 'Milwaukee 6 9 .400 3 Boston 8 5 .615 'Kansas City 4 7 .364 3 Buffalo 9 6 .600 Chicago 3 10 .231 5 New York 8. 11 .353 4'3 1 PACIFIC Pet.

GB CENTRAL Pet. GB Golden St. 10 4 .714 Atlanta 9 6 .600 Los Angeles 12 6 .667 Washington 7 5 .583 2 Seattle 8 8 .500 3 New Orleans 7 7 .500 l'j Phoenix 5 6 .455 3', Houston 5 8 .385 3 Portland 6 9 .400 42 Cleveland 5 10 .333 4 BR78xl3 CR70-13 DR78xl4 ER78xl4 giasi FR78xl4giass GR78xl4 HR78xl4 GR78xl5 GR70xl5i HR78xl5 JR78xl5 LR78xl5 GR70xl5snc 39.95 129.95 149.95 119.95 129.95 179.95 189.95 189.95 199.95 199.95 209.95 224.95 .53.00 50.00 GR78xl5o, Frtt Preu Wirt lervlcti With Michigan out of the way and only the Rose Bowl game with UCLA or California left, Ohio State moved a giant step closer to its first national championship since 1968. The Buckeyes staked a virtual monopoly on the first-place ballots in both the Associated Press and United Press International wire service polls announced Monday, after their 21-14 victory over Michigan in the Big Ten championship game Saturday. The Bucks received 39 first-place votes from the 40 coaches who voted in the UPI poll and held the top spot on 56 AP Ratings Here irt tin Toe Twenty teams in The Assolated Pr college football poll, with tirst-place votes in peren-thf, soaion records and total points.

Poinlt bated on 20-II-I4-14-I2-I0-M-7- 1 Ohio St. (54) 2 Teaj AIM (t) 1 Oklahoma (II 4 Alabama Te Michigan 7 Nebratki I Antona St. Colorado 10 Penn St. II California 11 Arliona 13 Florid! 14 UCLA 15 Ceoral 14 Miami. O.

17 Maryland II Kansas It Arkansas 20 Saji Jot St. 10-1-0 1-0 M-0 III 10-1-0 100 2-0 01-0 IH t-l-0 2-0 711 24 10-1-0 Ml 7-4-0 1-24 M-0 UPI Ratings NSW YORK (UPI) Tho United Press International Board ot Coachei too 20 college football teams with won-lost records and llrst-place votes In nerenmeses. sii I 1 I THANKSGIVING, SPiCIAL I I Vyjl 1 i c. wian i TUESDAY'S GAMES Seattle at New York. I Houston at Washington.

Golden State at Philadelphia. I Cleveland at Chicago. WEDNESDAY'S GAMES 2 p.m. NY Giants at Dallas, 2 p.m. Chicago at Green Bay, 2 p.m.

San Diego at Denver, 4 p.m. Atlanta at Oakland, 4 p.m. Minnesota at Washington, 4 p.m., Chaneel Dallas 27, Philadelphia 17. Green Bay 40, NY Giants 14. Minnesota 28, San Diego 13.

San Francisco 16, New Orleans 6. Los Angeles 38, Chicago 10. Oakland 26, Washington 23, ot. Atlanta at New Orleans. Buffalo at Phoenix.

Los Angeles at Portland. RESULTS Los Angeles 110, Houston 99. Seattle 112, Milwaukee 104. ADAMS Buffalo Toronto Boston California 16 9 9 3 8 6 TPts. 8 14 PATRICK Philadelphia NY Islanders Atlanta NY Rangers 14 3 9 6 8 10 8 12 TPts.

5 33 5 23 2 18 2 18 Los Angeles at Washington. Vancouver at California. Toronto at Chicago. Kansas City at St. Louis.

RESULTS Buffalo 6, Kansas City 2. Boston 3, Toronto 3. f-rrrrrr shh lrx'A JSkIiI Kansas City at DETROIT, 7:35 p.m. Seattle at Boston. Washington at Houston.

SUNDAY'S Atlanta 115, Philadelphia 111. I Boston 105, Cleveland 90. Safe ISSB- "TST FREE MOUNTING naSu. EJgLfflMjfc Prince of Wales Conference PCI KBJ'M) I I 1 EjjJ THIS CHRISTMAS. NORRIS Montreal Los Angeles Pittsburgh Detroit Washington 14 12 8 6 2 4 8 9 13 17 TPts.

1 Ohio Slatf (11-01 (Jtl 1 tas AM (t-0 (1) 331 I Oklahoma (10-1) 307 4 Alabama (t-1) zsi 5 Teas ll) 213 4 Nebraska (1-1) 193 7 Michigan (l-l-jf ill Ariiona Statt (100) 110 Penn Slata at 10 Colorado (-2) 44 II Arliona (-)) it 11 Calilornia (1-3) 13 11 Florida (1-1) to 14 Georgia (I I) 13 15 San Jot Statt (M) 14 UCLA (7-1-1) I 17 Arkansas (1-2) II Tulsa (7-1) It Notre Damt (1-1) 4 10 Kansas (7-4) 1 Clarence Campbell Conference SMYTHE Chicago St. Louis Vancouver Kansas City Minnesota 10 8 7 5 4 4 7 8 12 15 TPts. 7 27 4 20 5 19 2 12 0 8 -t 1 STUFF HIS STOCKING TUESDAY'S GAMES Montreal at Atlanta. i Buffalo at Vancouver. Los Angeles at Boston.

I WEDNESDAY'S GAMES Gene Mauch Twins Hire Manchas Manager BLOOMINGTON, Minn. -(AP) The Minnesota Twins broke precedent Monday when they went out of their own organization and signed veteran manager Gene Mauch to a three-year contract. "I felt I owed it to a person of his capabilities to give him more than a one-year contract," said Minnesota's president, Calvin Griffith, who signed Mauch to a contract through the 1978 season at an estimated $70,000 a year. "We wanted someone who would be tough on the players in a fundamental sense and he certainly fills the bill." EXACT terms of Mauch's contract with the Twins weren't announced, although Griffith said Montreal has paid Mauch for a year he had left remaining on his contract with the Expos. "It's just great for me," said Mauch, who played minor league baseball in nearby St.

Paul 30 years ago and managed the Minneapolis Millers in 1958 and 1959 in the American Association. "We've always liked it up here." The 50-year-old Mauch, who lives in Palm Springs, has managed 16 seasons, a'l in the National League. "I'll miss what I know about the players in the National League," said Mauch. "But I'm a quick learner." Griffith waited eight weeks to replace Frank Quilici, who was fired as the Twins' manager Sept. 28.

Mauch also took several weeks to consider the original offer made by the Minnesota owner. "I wanted to be associated with a lifetime baseball family," said Mauch. 'And, I'd promised myself that if I ever managed again it would be with a club that had a chance." Mauch becomes the Twins' seventh manager since the franchise moved to Minnesota from Washington, D.C. In 1961. Quilici was fired after 3', years as the Minnesota manager.

Mauch managed at Philadelphia for nine years and spentl seven more at Montreal. His highest finish was second place in 1964 when the Phillies collapsed in the last week and finished one game behind St. Louis. Pistons' 13-Gamc Statistics A FT Rub. 52-74 lit 02-44 til Alt.

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II HI el I44 24.0 Maravlch, H. O. 11 tl 71 I McOinnls, Phil. 12 104 tl I 43 4.l 11 104 4i 174 13.0 14 112 140 13.) 14 III 12 301 22.1 11 101 12 2M 21.1 r. Diuwn.

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4. While, Dot. Haves, Wash. Ill it 121 17 142 71 JiS 3 It lot .7 5 tt smnn Butt I4S 10.4 Tomianovlch, HOU Pelrle, Port. Monroe, N.Y.

Oandrldao, Mil. 13 101 244 20.1 14 ID 17 114 131 11 101 41 340 It.) 1M 70.1 DETROIT at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m., Channel 0j). Boston at NY Rangers. NY Islanders at Minnesota. Atlanta at Philadelphia.

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Others on the team are first baseman George Scott of Milwaukee; outfielders Joe Rudi of Oakland and Fred Lynn of Boston; pitcher Jim Katt of Chicago and catcher Thurman Munson of New York. Representing Cincinnati on the National League team are second baseman Joe Morgan, shortstop Dave Concepcion, outfielder Cesar Geronimo and catcher Johnny Bench. Rounding out the National League team are first baseman Steve Garvey of Los Angeles, third baseman Ken Reitz of St. Louis, outfielders Cesar Cedeno of Houston and Garry Maddox of Philadelphia; and pitcher Andy Mes-sersmith of Los Angeles. FOOTBALL: Two college football coaches, Kansas' Bud Moore and University of Cincinnati's Tony Mason, had their contracts extended Monday.

Moore, whose Jayhawks wind up the season in the Sun Bowl, received a five-year extention and Mason was handed a new four-year contract Ohio State safety Ray Griffin, who was in on 14 tackles and intercepted the pass that allowed the Buckeyes to beat Michigan Saturday, has been named Big Ten defensive player of the week by the Associated Press. GOLF: Captained by Hideyo Sugimoto, Japan's nine-man team defeated the United States Monday in the fifth annual U.S.Japan Golf Tournamament in Osaka, Japan. Toru Nakamura captured the individual title and Al Geiberger of the U.S. was runner-up. TENNIS: Harold Solomon defeated West Germany's Karl Meiler, 6-3, 3-6, 6 0, 6 0, and Brian Gottfried beat Onny Parum of New Zealand, 6-7, 6-4, 6-1, 7-5, to set up an ail-American finals in the South African Open Tennis Championship in Johannesburg on Tuesday.

AUTO RACING: Teddy Mayer said Monday Emerson Fittlpaldi "has sold his birthright for a bag of gold" because of the driver's decision to break his contract with McLaren Racing In favor of the Brazilian Copersucar Formula One Team. "I am to- appalled and dismayed," Mayer said. "It must have taken a quite extraordinary offer from Brazil to break our agreement." CROSS COUNTRY: Craig Virgin of Illinois won the NCAA cross country championship at State College, Monday, beating Western Kentucky's Nick Rose, the defending champion, by 30 yards. Michigan State's Herb Lindsay was 12th, and Michigan's Billy Donokowski finished 23d. Michigan was 22d the team standings.

WEDNESDAY 7:30 p.m. QD Red Wing Hockey: DETROIT at Pittsburgh..