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Prep ratings
3 new teams
join prep elite
By JOSEPH D. KEEFER
ATLANTA(UPI)—Fosthe sec
ond straight week three new
teams have broken into the top
10 in United Press Internation
al’s high school football ratings
while Valdosta continues to hold
down the top spot.
In this week’s voting by UPl’s
24 - member coaches board,
Clarke Central and Warner Rob
ins, both unranked previously,
vaulted into a tie for seventh
place and Dykes, rated 11th last
week, edged up to the 10th spot.
Valdosta, picked No. 1 by most
Nail bowls
554 series
Don Nail bowled a 554 series
Sunday in the Mr. and Mrs.
League. The series included a
187 game.
Lester Lifsey had a 552 series,
including a 213 game.
Other top bowlers were:
Helen Gill 170, Leo Rothbauer
193, J. D. Smith 178, Obie
Stanford 171, Mary Turner 183,
Bobby Evans 175, Red Walker
172, Danny Hudgins 177, Alton
Jackson 195, Larry Franks 179
and Wink Taylor 210.
Sixkiller leads
college passers
NEW YORK (UPI)-Sonny
Sixkiller has the University of
Washington soaring.
The Huskies, behind the
sensational passing of Sixkiller,
easily ranked as the nation’s
top passing team, according to
statistics released today by
National Collegiate Sports
Services.
Washington has averaged
301.0 yards per game through
the air to easily outdistance No.
2 Stanford, which has compiled
269.0 behind Don Bunce, the
heir to Heisman Trophy winner
Jim Plunkett.
Texas leads in rushing with
428.0 yards per game while
Arkansas holds the total offense
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of the coaches, rolled in 228
points to stay ahead of runner
up Lakeside, which polled 204.
Valdosta trounced previously
unbeaten Crisp County 49-7 last
weekend while Lakeside was
idle.
Macon Central, fourth last
week, moved up to third after
blanking Peach County 33-0. Dal
ton sprung from sixth to fourth
on the strength of a 27-0 victory
over South Cobb.
West Rome, third a week ago,
dropped to fifth this week. Its
game last weekend against Car
rollton was postponed. Columbus
Kendrick, No. 9 last week, took
over the sixth spot despite a
7-0 win over Columbus.
Clarke Central shot into the
elite list by upsetting last week’s
No. 5 ranked team, Gainesville,
14-7. Warner Robsins advanced
after trouncing Columbus Car
ver 41-0.
Lovett, No. 7 last week, drop
ped to ninth despite a 38-0 tri
umph over Riverside. Dykes
slipped into the top 10 although
topping Atlanta Carver by only
7-6.
The other teams to drop from
the top 10 besides Gainesville
were previously eighth rated
Richmond Academy and 10th
rankedAvondale.Richmondshut
out Augusta Westside 28-0 last
lead with a 548.0 mark.
Auburn’s 60.0 point average
was tops in scoring.
Louisville leads in total
defense, allowing only 77 yards
a game while Texas Christian
Plunkett becomes
New England hero
By MILTON RICHMAN
UPI Sports Writer
NEW YORK (UPl)—The
people of New England have
themselves a new boy.
His name is Jim Plunkett.
He’s already being merchan
dised as a combination Paul
Revere, Pancho Villa, Joe
Namath, and inasmuch as the
big thing today is identification,
die football fans of New
England now are identifying
with a big, black-haired 23-year
old Mexican-American man
they believe can finally bring
them a winner.
Jim Plunkett supported all
this unbounded faith in him
against the Oakland Raiders
Sunday when he pitched a pair
of touchdown passes during a
hot third period performance
and powered the New England
Patriots to a 2;-6 upset win in
their home opener.
When it was all over, the
55,405 in brand new Schaefer
Stadium at Foxboro, Mass.,
stood up and let Plunkett know
how they felt about him.
That ball game is finished
and Head Coach John Mazur
must prepare the Patriots for
their next one with Detroit on
Sunday, but none of the
cheering for Plunkett has died
down. If anything, it has
increased and not only around
Boston, either.
Some already are comparing
Plunkett to Namath although
comparisons like these really ar
an injustice to both. All they do
is make Plunkett wince and
Namath laugh, the same way
Sandy Koufax used to laugh
privately everytime they came
up with “a new Koufax.”
Jim Plunkett, who certainly
looks like the goods, is a
remarkable young quarterback.
He could be the best of the new
lot but there’s still so much he
has to learn and nobody knows
hat better than he does. He
made mistakes against Oak
land, the way any rookie
quarterback will, and he knows
that, too.
“I was very conservative the
first half,” he says. “I tried to
keep the ball on the ground.
Maybe too much. But I didn’t
want to make any mistakes.
That’s the thing I was
concerned about, making mi
stakes like throwing an inter
ception or calling a bad play
dose to our end zone where
they might get good field
position. I think that’s why I
weekend while Avondale was
idle.
This week eight of the top 10
teams play on Friday and two
on Saturday.
On Friday, Valdsota plays
Bainbridge, Macon Central
meets Jordan, Dalton tangles
with Douglas County, West
Rome faces Paulding County,
Kendrick meets Spencer,
Warner Robins goes against
Warner Robins Northside,
Lovett plays Union County and
Dykes faces Roosevelt.
On Saturday, it’s Lakeside
against Henderson and Clarke
Central against Cross Keys.
RATINGS
The top 10 teams with records
and points were:
1. Valdsota (3-0) 228
2. Lakeside (1-0) 204
3. Macon Central (3-0) 130
4. Dalton (2-0) 91
5. West Rome (2-0) 70
6. Cols. Kendrick (3-0) 63
7. (tie) Clarke Central (1-0)60
7. (tie) Warner Robins (3-0)60
9. Lovett (3-0) 53
10. Dykes (3-0) 48
Among other schools receiving
votes were: Richmond Acade
my, Benedictine, Statesboro,
Marietta, Baker, Wrens, North
Fulton, Laney, Westminister.
was best against the run with
minus 26 yards. Clemson’s
mark of three yards per game
led pass defenses while Auburn
held the top punting mark with
48.0 yards per game.
was so conservative. But the
second half we had to throw the
ball. We were behind by a
touchdown and I opened up a
little bit more. Our running
game started to go and that’s
what helped our passing
game.”
Plunkett has a pretty good
head on his shoulders. He
realizes the fact that he broke
all those records at Stanford,
made every All-America, took
home the Heisman Trophy and
was the most sought-after
college player in the country
doesn’t count for as much as
one good glass of beer with the
pros.
“I’m not as good as I’d like
to be or will be,” says the 6-3,
210-pound rookie. “That takes
time.”
Few are aware that Plunkett
was so confused from trying to
cram so many things in his
mind after reporting three
weeks late because of the
College All-Star Game that he
called some Stanford plays in
his games with the New York
Giants and Buffalo Bills.
But he has been learning all
the time.
“I thought in my own mind
learning the system would be
more complex than it is,”
Plunkett says. “I’m not saying
it isn’t difficult but not as much
as I thought it would be. The
thoughest thing I’ve found is
having complete command of
the offensive system, knowing
where to send guys, how to
utilize players and how to take
advantage, change or vary pass
routes when the other teams go
into certain coverages. I don’t
know how to do that quite well
enough yet.”
There are enough things
however which Plunkett does
well. Exceptionally well Like
throwing the ball. His arm, for
example, is the best one
they’ve seen in Boston since
Lefty Grove.
Claude Humphrey, the big,
tough defensive end for the
Atlanta Falcons, may have hit
the nail on the head in a pre
season contest with the Patriots
a couple of weeks ago.
Humphrey was getting in
some good tides at Plunkett,
sort of welcoming him to the
NFL, and after throwing the
Pats’ rookie quarterback this
particular time, he said to him
rather off-handedly, “I’ll see
you in a little while.”
Claude Humphrey knew what
he was talking about
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pitch by Chicago’s Bart Johnson in the bottom of the eighth, shoved Johnson (tl) to the ground
tagging him out after the latter layed a sacrifice down the fist base line in the ninth. Johnson got
up (tr) and the two exchanged punches until both benches emptied onto the field, seemingly on
Epstein. (UPI)
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! coach of week
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team stung the Gamecocks, 23-
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McGee said he kept his own
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