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Show pringville Map s them and we'll be ready to play. Of course, we realize they hive a good team and it will take a super effort on our part to win." Sc Coach Jordan and tha Red Devils are busy mapping strategy for Friday" game. It will be interesting to see if Springville can come up with an effective way of containing the powerful Cavemen. Carl Ingersoll's team has won six straight games since the losa to Provo. Springville also has improved in recent weeks with wins since four consecutive the league losing cpener to Lehi. Region Four is in a similar situation this weekend with Provo having defeated every other team except Brighton. points and that's as close as any team has come to the Cavemen. 10 ByMIKETWITTY Herald Sporti Writer Do the Springville Red Devils have some evil schemes in mind for Friday's showdown with American Fork? The question is vital to Region Six players, coaches and fans since all the other teams have g failed to halt the Cavemen. Friday's games mark the Six halfway point in the Region schedule and Springville is the American only roadblock to Fork's unbeiten record, record. The Cavemen are 60 and only one team, Spanish Fork, has come within 15 points of American Fork. The Dons lost by " Springville not only is the lone team which hasnl played American Fork, the Red Devils happen to be in second place record. right now with a A victory would enable Springville to move into a tie for first place, provided the Red Devils also win Saturday's game at Uintah. "We have nothing to lose," says Springville coach Elliott Jordan. "We aren't scared of them and we'll be ready to play. "We have nothing to lose," says Springville coach Elliott Jordan. "We aren't scared of 4--1 high-flyin- Fork Q A mencan tor Sfrafeay You guessed it. The Bulldogs and Bengals clash Friday in Provo as Jim Spencer's team goes after its 14th win of the season and sixth in league play. Brighton finds itself with only tries. The Bengals whipped Granger by seven points for their victory. one league win in four i- Page re m s? U J J IF - Li THE HERALD, Provo, Utah, Thursday, January the same week. The Bulldogs have now won 40 games in a row. The state record is 43 (by Jordan ) and Provo seems in a good position to break that mark. Win number 41 should come 1953-55- Other games are Jan. 24 at against Brighton. upcoming Other Region Four games this weekend are Murray at Keams and Granger at HUlcrest. Oram does not play. Region Six action sends Carbon to Lehi, Payson to Spanish Fork and Pleasant Grove to Uintah. Carbon will be attempting to get above the .500 mark. Evan Excell's team has won three games at home and lost three on the road, despite playing what he calls "our three best games." This week may be a chance to "VE'V in I C trounced Provo Granger team by 25 earlier this myMJL IgSRCVJOXPAN MLB . .... league's leading scorer with a average. Uintah also is winless and new coach Charles Wells is dedicated to a youth movement. Last week he started all sophomores and 27.3 juniors. play. Spanish Fork played its best basketball of the year in the second half against Lehi last week. The Dons would like to stay in the first division and add to their 2 record. Pleasant Grove must be excited about its game at Uintah. The Vikings have yet to win in six Friday's Games: Brighton at Provo Murray at Keams Granger at HUlcrest American Fork at Springvilie Carbon at Lehi Payson at Spanish Fork Pleasant Grove at Uintah 4-- Saturday's Game: Springville at Uintah Final Poll )TV Taken After Bowls To Be pyti r have they looked good at times. The big plus for Pleasant Grow is Col'oy Adamson, the post-seaso- n ro A V? starts although reserve all that but it won't be easy. Lehi is anxious to bounce back after dropping a pair of the games last weekend and Pioneers have been extremely tough at home this year. Payson has had some troubles in league play and the Lions need some more wins to qualify for the state tournament. They need to finish at least fifth to advance to North Summit and Feb. 1 against KiUcrest That would make the Feb. S game at Keams the date for win number 44. - By STEVE SNIDER UPI Sports Writer NEW YORK (UPI) Starting next season, UPI's board of coaches will cast its final ballot for the top 10 college football teams after the year-enbowl furies instead of at the end of the - 17, 1974 d Ilea Hoop Action Centers in Logan By JOE WATTS Herald Sports Editor beautiful Utah State University Spectrum becomes the focal point for Beehive State college basketball action this week. Tonight in Logan the Utah State Aggies host the University of Utah in a game that will be televised by Channel 5, and then Saturday the Aggies will host The another rival, BYU. As if those two games aren't enough pressure for the Ags, next Thursday they will face Weber State. So within the span of one week the Aggies will host all three sister schools in basketball showdowns. Tonight against Utah the Ags will be trying to even the score. In the first meeting between the two schools this year the Utes Irish A wait lash "We're playing UCLA, not International Digger Phelps says he isn't Walton," Phelps said. "The kid worried and doesn't plan any may get 25 or 30 points. He's got tricks when his second-rankethat capability. Our job i? to try Notre Dame squad takes on to hold the other guys down. "The guy I always respected, powerhouse UCLA Saturday. "I've played against them four who keeps them together, is times, and I'm not worrying Keith Wilkes. Against Maryabout their game," Phelps said. land, he fouls out with 3:51 to go "We've got to take a positive and Maryland gets right back in North approach to the game. We don't the game. Against have 87 straight, but we've got Carolina Stats, Walton is in foul nine, tnd all of our nine are this trouble, and Wilkes gets 27 points and in one stretch when they year." were losing he got six straight By the time the Bruins meet Notre Dame in the points. nationally-televise"Wilkes is one of the most clash, they probably won't have 87 straight underestimated players in the anymore. They'll probably have country." By United Press d d d W. In action Iowa will be UCLA's sparring partner tonight and Bill Walton, still nursing pains in his back from a muscle bruise, will probably see limited action. Walton, twice Player of the Year, is expected to be pretty much himself by Saturday afternoon's awaited showdown. But Phelps still isn't worried. Wednesday night, d North Carolina whipped ACC rival Wake Forest, fifth-ranke- 55-7- Davidson 8, upset South Carolina, 13th-rank- Syracuse d ed Canisius, 70-5- defeat- Villanova downed Detroit, 8W7. Duke beat 0 and Depaul beat Qemson, Marshall, Olympian Bobby Jones hit 18 points Wednesday night to lead d North Carolina to an easy win over Wake Forest. The Davidson Wildcats, paced by Junior Larry Horowitz with 16 points built a wide first half margin and held off a late drive by South Carolina to upset the Gamecocks. The Gamecocks quickly found themselves down SPRINGVILLE Green fees 5 after seven minutes of play. at the Hobble Creek Golf Course will be the same as last year for Wnawuhyi Cofefe Basketball Rtato single rounds, but the Springville BylWMPreabhraatMaai an City Council approved EMt increase in the cost of season LasalleCDrexdft passes in action last night, and CWPoatnCCNY also instituted for the first time SOhhamptoi 80 Frigh Ddmsn M Octoroon 61 JiiuataO the use of y passes. 9ippensburg73BloocmbghfiS The green fee for nine holes ftm St 75 Delaware S3 remained at $1.50 per round and Syracuse 7 Cantsus 74 87-7- 4, 63-5- 76-6- fifth-ranke- Springville Golf Course Rates Set - 18-- five-da- . franos-N.Y- . $3forl8-hole-s. SL In the area of seven-da- y season passes the adult fee was increased from $75 to $90, the junior pass from $40 to $60, and the senior pass was set at $60. A joint seven-dapass was set at Bethany 70 WashaJeffa R Textile 57 Scrartoi $4 Fit! KG. Washington SS VUUroviB Detroit $160. N.CS5WakeRst7 y passes, which does not .include the weekends, were set at $70 for adults, $40 for juniors, and $50 for seniors. Golf officials had asked the concil to limit junior passes to five days a week because of their monopolization of the course on weekends, but it was decided to approve the seven-da- y pass for juniors agau this year. In other action regarding the golf course the council agreed to give the Hobble Creek Men's Association two free passes, to be given away at their annual tournament. The council pointed out the many improvements at the golf course which tho association voluntarily contributes. Five-da- y 101 AkWphi 93 r SMtk FVrkhAAMlOeS.Fla.M EawdsonTOS.CSI Ttej. State 85 Eastern DJ. 77 VaNylnstCW.Va.S0 Jjcfcwmlle77Furman68 Toledo m Western N6chigan tl Bowling Green S5 Central Midi. S4 St.XavierEni.T!di51 WtKterS30hioWesleyan47 Kent St 7 A right St WoasterOOhioWesleyanff WittenbeCentralSt. Bd! St Cincinnati SZ FJMBvilieBSt. Joseph-tn- 79 Valparaiso KB Wabash 71 Depaul 7t.Mars!ial!60 0hio7JMiami-O.7- N.TH Sort ml : Howard Payne MTarletm State 70 Wot ftodentaJS Pomona S7 WuiWrCUremont7l J Lake 5 in a game that close until the final minute. Saturday night against BYU the Ags will be trying to make it a clean sweep for the year over the Cougars. In an earlier game in the Marriott Center the Ags That nipped the Cougars game seems like many moons ago, but the Cougars haven't played at home since. won in Salt 93-8- 87-8- The game Aggie next Thursday against Weber. State will be the first meeting between the two schools this year. "This has got to be a confidence-buildin- g week for us, after four straight road losses", said Aggie first year coach Dutch Belnap. "During the three workouts we'll have this week, we have to make sure we believe in ourselves. Now is no time to get complacent." Id TiinBfS;Dofninot6 Voting For All Pro football Team team goes Belnap's into the weekend double with a 6 mark; Utah is 10-- and the Utah has neither Cougars lost at home nor won on the road ; By Murray Olderman It NEW YORK (NEA) the Aggies haven't been beaten in five games in the Spectrum to was the year of retribution in profesfor the date; and the Cougars will be their last sional football, playing their 12th game away an honor for from Provo during the last 13. which every player covets. The Utes, who have already And three of them, with a record of a combined experience total of surpassed their year ago, demolished BYU the 37 years in the National Foot-ba- il before a last time out ) League, made it. record crowd at the Special . Mark the names: Francis Events Center.- That win, Asbury Tarkenton, quarterback of the Minnesota Vikstrangely enough, leaves both ings. Joseph Albert Scibelli, clubs tied with 2 WAC marks. for the Los Angeles The first Aggie-Ut-e clash this guard ' Rams. Lee Roy Jordan, midseason could go down as a fitting dle linebacker for the Dallas tribute to some of the great Cowboys. It seems like they've been games the two schools have played. During the midpoint of arcund forever, right? the second half the Utes reeled Today they were named to o NEA off seven straight points to break the chosen .team, by traditionally 7 a game. Then, the Aggies came back to tie it at 4 with their peers, the players of the National Football League. 3:59 left. But it was 1 for the None of them, despite long Utes from there on out as the and distinguished careers, Aggies got the shots but couldn't had ever, come close to o convert. Earlier, after falling their Yet ranking. ability behind at the outset, the Ags took has been manifest in the perlead midway through the formance of their teams -a second half after outscoring Utah all three were vital contributors to division champions 4 during a 4:46 span. . this fall. With a record-settin- g shooting Tarkenton, at 33, has been performance against BYU the exceeded by only one man in Utes are well over the 50 percent football history, John mark for the season. USU will pro Unitas, in passing yardage. not likely play a better team in This year, with a that phase of the game. Going team, he threw less into the BYU game. Utah's 91.3 than ever, but more effecppg average was sixth in the tively than ever (a career high of 61.7 per ceiit) in leadcountry. Ute coach Bill Foster is ing the Vikings to a 12-- 2 record. expected to go with his usual first Scibelli is the surprise. The five with Mike Sojourner at veteran has alcenter, Chaa Menatti and Scot squat high, but even graded ways Jones at forwards and Ty Medley on his own team he has been and Tkkey Burden in the in the shadow of fellow guard backcourt. Sojourner becomes Tom Mack, who also carries more devastating each time the Aggies play him. He's scored 11, 16 and 25 in the three USU games while averaging 14 rebounds. On the surface, it would seem Belnap's defensive worries TUCSON, Ariz (UPIi -Jwould be paramour, for this Miller, who already has ohnny game. Medley and Burden have two wins under his belt, heads a shown they can destroy rone field, including this year's seven defenses, yet Menatti (27). top money winners, as the Sojourner (25) and Medley (24) $150,000 Dean Martin Tucson gave USU fits when the Ags tried Open gets underway today. n coverage the first Miller was the odds on man to game. With only 10 points, Burden beat in this third stop on the Golf Association had one of his least productive Professional tour. He captured both the games of the year against the Aggies but Medley's surprising Phoenix and Bing Crosby Opens talents took up the slack. It would and was out to see if the third ' seem USU's defense has no time was really the charm. single area on which to key. The Miller has Utah has a comfortable edge in never had a good game on the the longtime rivalry, &o6S. Both 7.200 yard Tucson National Golf teams won at home a year ago; Course in the five years he has Belnap hopes to revive that trend been on the pro circuit. However, Thursday. this year Miller said he is ready 7-- 3 6--8. - - old-time- rs all-pi- 8-- (104-86- - All-Pr- 77-7- 84-8- 9-- all-pr- 36-2- 8 16-- well-balanc- credentials. Joe has played more games for the Rams than any player in history and five times has been voted their outstanding offensive lineman. It's about time he got recognition. Lee Roy Jordan, a stripling of 11 seasons, comes off his best campaign ever, according to demanding Coach Tom Landry. Lee Roy, a light, hard hitter, has always been subdued in the last decade by the Nitschkes, Butkuses and Laniers. No one is going to claim he possesses more physical talent than, say, Wiliie Lanier of Kansas City. should be picked But on performance. And in 1973, Lee Roy performed. One noteworthy aspect of the '73 roster is the presence of three tackles on the defensive line. Alan Page, Joe Greene and Mike Reid were so remarkable in a year when defensive end play was subdued that it was natural to shift Page to an end position and include all three. The young man on the team is Riley Odoms, the towering tight end of the Denver Broncos, a big force in their first winning season o ever. The old man of the is squad all-pr- o NEA Wide Receiver Wide Receiver Tackle Tackle Guard Guard Center Tight End Quarterback Running Back Running 3ack all-pr- all-pr- Kicker End End Tackle Tackle Middle Backer Linebacker Linebacker Comer Back Comer Back Safety Safety Punter WR T T G G QB RB K E E T T ML3 OLB OLB CB Bruce Crampton and Trevi-n- o Sunny weather, with record high temperatures near 80, could mean one of the lowest scores in the tournament. 0, Art Shell, Oakland, 27, 205 6-- 5, George Kunz, Atlanta, 26, 6- - , 257 Larry Little, Miami, 23, 1 , 265 Joe Scibelli, Los Angeles, 34, 255 Bob Johnson, Cincinnati, 27, 262 230 Riley Odoms, Denver, 23, 1 90 Fran Tarkenton, Minnesota, 33, O.J. Simpson, Buffalo, 26, 21 2 John B rocking ton, Green Bay, 25, 6-- 6-- 6-- 5, 6-- 6-- 6-- 6-- 225 Garo Ypremian, Miami, 29, 175 5-- DEFENSE - Bill Stanfill, Miami, 26, Alan 250 245' 6-- Page, Minnesota, 28, 6-- Joe Greene, Pittsburgh, 27, Mike Reid, Cincinnati, 26, 275 6-- 255 6-- 3, Lee Roy Jordan, Dallas, 32, 221 Dave Wilcox, San Francisco, 31,6-3- , 241 Chris Hanburger, Washington, 32, 218 6-- - 6-- - Willie Brown, Oakland, 33, Mel Renfro, Dallas, 32, 6-- 195 6-- 190 Dick Anderson, Miami, 27, 6-- 2, Bill Bradley, Philadelphia, 26, Ray Guy, Oakland, 24, 6-- 3, 1 1 96 190 90 games. "I think it's a good thing," said Bob Blackman of Illinois, new president of the AFCA, by telephone from his office on the Illinois campus. "There are so many teams in bowl games these days, we will have a better chance to evaluate them. The coaches ratings will become more meaningful in selecting a national champion." "UPI is delighted with the decision," said Richman. "We have enjoyed a fine relationship with the coaches through the history of the ratings board and we always have abided by their wishes in their preference for a final ballot based strictly on regular season play. "But times do change. More and more people are insisting bowl games be taken into consideration." The coaches recommended, however, that no vo.es be cast for teams under probation, with for violating the sanctons, football code of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. Thus, Oklahoma, which finished No. 2 behind Alabama in the 1973 UPI ratings while in the first season of a two-yeprobation, would not be in the rankings next ar ar season under CB S S P 7 - Paul Warfield, Miami Harold Carmlchael, Philadelphia Rayfield Wright, Dallas Ron Yary, Minnesota Gene Up s haw, Oakland Reggie McKenzie, Buffalo Elects Prexy Sherrel R. Heaps of Provo was recently elected as president of the Provo Riding Club. Joe Bybee will Jack Rudnay, Kansas City Charley Young, Pennsylvania John Hadl, Los Angeles Larry Csonka, Miami Lawrence McCutcheon, Los Angeles P?y Gerela. Pittsburgh DEFENSE John Zook, Atlanta Elvin Bethea, Houston Paul Smith, Denver Manny Fernandez, Miami Willie Lanier, Kansas City Jack Ham, Pittsburgh Ted Hendricks, Baltimore Lem Barney, Detroit Clarence Scott, Clevelend Jake Scott, serve and as John Williamson as arena director. Elected as members of the board of directors were John Taylor, Bill Milner, Colleen Williamson and Judi Simpson. a recent meeting, Curly received a special plaque and a lifetime membership as the oldest At Watkins member of tie group. He is also one of tlie original members. The Provo Riding Club enjoys trail rides and members participate in district, region and state shows. Interested adults can join the club by contacting one of the officers. Miami ' Ken Houston, Washington Jerrell Wilson, Kansas City (N JWSMPER that Riding Club OFFENSE WR RB sentimental favorite Lee are in the field of 14. 6-- 1, president John McKay of Southern California, the association voted to extend the final ballot until after the howl Seccnd Team TE Defending Tucson Open champ - altered the championship picture. One occurred in the Sugar Bowl New Year's Eve when No. 1 Alabama was beaten by No. 4 Notre Dame. In response to a letter from Richman to outgoing AFCA recommendation. C with an understatement: "I'm going good." Also in the field are top money winners Grier Jones, Hubert Green, Dave Stockton, Rod Funseth, John Schroeder and Miller Barber. Lanny Wadkins, in second place in earnings this year, is bypassing the event as are Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus. Pro Team OFFENSE John Gilliam, Minnesota, 28, 195 Harold Jackson, Los Angeles, 27, 175 Page is normally a defensive tackle Scibelli The only rookie to be picked was brilliant punter Ray Guy of the Oakland Raiders. Miami led all teams with four choices, kicker Garo Ypremian and guard Larry Little on offense, end Bill Stanfill and safety Dick Anderson on defense. The following are the 1973 first and second teams (with ages, height and weights): . AH that showdowns produced By Vote of Players Miller Heads Field DfeQCkraonSO regular season. The board cf trustees of the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), acting on a proposal by UPI Sports Editor Milton Richman, voted at San Francisco Jan. 10 to extend the final ratings by coaches until all the bowl results are in. Since 1950, when UPI formed its first board of 35 coaches including five from each of the nation's seven geographical sections, the weekly ratings have ended after games scheduled on the last Saturday of the regular season. UPI's national champion has been selected in compliance with the wishes of a majority of coaches who preferred to rate teams solely on the basis of regular season play. In recent years, however, postseason games occasionally have ENTERPRISE ASSN.) Match Cancelled A wrestling match scheduled between Orem and Delta for Friday night ha3 been cancelled it was announced by Orem High wrestling officials. . |