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— Griffin Daily News Thursday, Nov. 18,1971
Ali takes another step toward Joe
HOUSTON (UPI) -Muham
mad Ali, who insists he’d give
up fighting “if I knew how to
make a living some other
way,” followed up his easy
victory over Buster Mathis
today with the announcement
that the next stop on his long
road back to Joe Frazier will
be in Switzerland.
The date is Dec. 18 in Zurich,
and the opponent Jurgin Blin of
Germany, a promising young
heavyweight who figures to be
just as much of an underdog
against Ali as the hulking, out
of-shape Mathis.
“I plan to fight about five
times a year until I get
Frazier," said Ali after his
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1 in
four-knockdown, 12-round deci
sion Wednesday night before a
crowd of 21,000 in the
Astrodome and closed circuit
TV watchers at 106 locations in
the United States and 27 foreign
countries.
“Then,” he added, “I’ll retire
and work for my religion.”
The 256-pound Mathis, who
got up off the canvas four
times in the last two rounds in
a stubborn effort to prove he’s
no “pussycat," provided Ali
with little more than a spirited
workout. For 10 rounds, Ali
stayed out an arm’s reach until
Buster was falling-down weary,
and then he chopped down the
big man four times with the
same head punches that didn’t
stop Frazier in their big title
fight last March.
However, Mathis, for one,
came away convinced that Ali
is exactly what he keeps saying
he is —better than champion
Frazier.
Big Buster, who was knocked
out by Frazier in 11 rounds
back in 1968, insisted, “Ali is
still a better fighter than
Frazier. He’s the best fighter I
know.”
At the same time, Buster
admitted that he went down in
the last two rounds more from
weariness than from Ali’s
punches.
“He wasn’t punching that
hard,” Mathis said. “I feel
down from exhaustion more
than anything. I must be tired.
Had To Go On
“Yes, I felt I had to go on,”
Mathis told newsmen. “You
guys —you guys have been
saying I was a yellow dog, that
I had no heart, that I was a
pussycat.”
In victory, Ali was generous
with his praise of Mathis,
explaining, “I didn’t open up
any sooner because I couldn’t
find an opening. Buster Mathis
is a lot better than you writers
told me he was.”
And, as usual, Ali had sharp
words for the man he always is
really fighting, no matter the
name of the man in the other
corner —Joe Frazier.
Better Boxers
“Both Jimmy Ellis and
Mathis were better boxers than
Frazier,” said Ali. “You can
print that Frazier is no boxer
—he is just an animal.”
The first 10 rounds of the
fight were dull and repetitious.
Ali, who’d said he would fight
“in and out,” fought strictly
“out” —staying away from
Mathis and spearing him with
long lefts and snapping long
rights.
The first knockdown in the
11th round was surprising,
because it came after punches
that seemed no stronger than a
EBB
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Ali has Mathis on canvas in 12th.
hundred that Ali landed earlier.
Mathis went down on his knees,
but was up at six. Again he
went down from a cut near the
right ear, and this time the bell
sounded at four.
His handlers got him out for
the 12th and Ali dropped him
twice more, each time for a
seven-count taken on one knee.
At the end Mathis was on
rubber legs, but he was
standing when the gong sound
ed.
Notre Dame 9 LSU
battle in big one
By GREG GALLO
UPI Sports Writer
Notre Dame and Louisiana
State have met just once down
through the years, but the
foundation was laid for one of
college football’s budding rival
ries.
In a bitter struggle at South
Bend, Ind., last year, Notre
Dame pulled out a 3-0 victory
on a field goal with under three
minutes remaining in the game.
It was a super defensive effort
by both clubs. A great win for
Notre Dame. A tough loss for
LSU.
The scene changes this
Saturday night for round two.
The Fighting Irish travel to
Baton Rouge, La., to battle the
Bengals who, to be sure, have
not forgotten last year’s game.
LSU has been made a three
point favorite. The game will
be televised nationally by the
ABC-TV network.
LSU (6-3) and Notre Dame
(8-1) are still looking for a post
season bowl bid and a victory is
a must for both clubs.
In other games, Dartmouth
and Princeton are even, North
western and Michigan State are
rated pick-’em, Minnesota is
three over Wisconsin, North
Carolina is six over Duke,
South Carolina is six over Wake
Forest, Kansas is seven over
Missouri, TCU is seven over
Rice, Clemson is 10 over North
Carolina State.
Purdue is 10 over Indiana,
lowa State is 10 over Oklahoma
State, Washington is 10 Over
Washington State, Cornell is 13
over Penn, Southern Tennessee is
14 over Kentucky, Michigan is
14 over Ohio State, Arkansas is
14 over Texas Tech, Illinois is
17 over lowa and Colorado is 17
over Air Force.
This year’s Notre Dame-LSU
matchup could turn out to be a
carbon copy of the 1970
meeting. Notre Dame has one
of the nation’s top defenses,
spearheaded by end Walt
Patulski, but the Fighting Irish
have had a hard time
generating an offensive attack.
The loss of Joe Theismann at
quarterback has been the most
severe How and Notre Dame
now has to rely mostly on a
time-consuming ground game.
LSU has had a tough time of
it this season losing to
Colorado, Mississippi and Ala
bama. The Bayou Bengals,
touted as one of the better
defensive teams in the country
before the season started, have
given up many more points
than most experts thought.
They would, but against Notre
Dame, LSU will have an
advantage being able to concen
trate on stopping the run and
not worrying too much about
the pass.
Sound Have Stopped Fight
Ali said referee Chris Jordan
should have stopped the fight.
“He should have stopped it
when he saw I could just play
with him,” said Ali. “I toyed
with him because he obviously
was out and I didn’t want to
kill him.”
Ali also didn’t gun for a kayo
because he obviously knew he
was safely ahead on the
scorecards. On the “10 point
must” system in Texas that
gives a round winner 10 points,
LSU’s top defensive players
include tackle Ronnie Estay,
linebackers Louis Cascio and
Richard Picou, end John Wood
and cornerbacks Tommy Ca
sanova and John Nagle.
Helping out Patulski on
defense for Notre Dame are
tackles Mike Kadish and Greg
Marx, linebacker Eric Patton
and deep-back Clarence Ellis.
Dawson takes over
as top receiver
NEW YORK (UPI) -Rhett
Dawson of Florida State has
taken over as the leading major
college receiver, according to
figures released Wednesday by
National Collegiate Sports Ser
vices.
The wide receiver, a senior
from Valdosta, Ga., has forged
a slight lead over Brian Baima
of the Citadel. Dawson caught
five passes last Saturday in a
12-6 loss to Georgia Tech to
raise his average to 5.9
receptions a game. Baima has
a 5.7 average.
Baima, however, has caught
57 passes for 1,093 yards and 12
touchdowns compared to 53
catches, 688 yards and six
touchdowns for Dawson.
Michigan’s Dana Coin and
Alberto Vitiello of Penn State
share this week’s kick-scoring
lead with an average of 7.1
points per game. Coin, who has
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Ali won, 118-104, on the card of
Judge Ernie Taylor, 118-105,
from Jordan, and 119-108 from
Judge Earl Keel.
Asked if he would show the
same compassion for Frazier,
Ali laughed.
“Certainly,” he said. “I am
not out to kill any man. Just
think what all those folks who
don’t like what I say about the
draft and the war would say —
‘You say you don’t believe in
killing and you go out and kill a
man.’”
Notre Dame will have its
sights set on LSU tailback Art
Cantrelle, who has gained 502
yards in 96 attempts for a 5.2
yard average. Cantrelle will
have to be at his best gainst a
Notre Dame defense that has
held its opponents to 6.4 points
per game and has not been
scored upon in the second half
all season.
booted 53 extra points and six
field goals in 10 games, has
scored seven more points than
Vitiello, who’s played one less
game.
Air Force’s Chip Hough took
the punt return lead from
Golden Richards of Brigham
Young, the leader for six
weeks. Hough has returned 14
punts for 276 yards —a 19.7
average —and one touchdown.
Paul Loughran of Temple,
with a 35.2 average, continues
as the kickoff return leader,
while Villanova’s Frank Polito
leads in interceptions with 12.
Boldirev traded
BOSTON (UPI) -Reserve
center Ivan Boldirev was
traded by the Boston Bruins to
the California Seals Wednesday
for center Chris Oddliefson and
a player to be named lader.