The Lawton Constitution (Lawton, Okla.), Vol. 71, No. 94, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 7, 1972 Page: 22 of 36
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4 C THE LAWTON CONSTITUTION, Thursday, December 7,1972
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Here Are The 1972 All-Ameriea Offensive And Defensive Tennis^ As Selected By The Associated Press.
THREE SOONERS EARN ALL-AMERICA ACCLAIM
ception for a 32-yard touchdown
backers Randy Gradishar of right now than he’s ever been."
Wolverines, Eagles
1,363 yards and 15 touchdowns.
ton.
The members of The AP All- He had the professional scouts
to be a first-round pick when
signals for Southern Cal’s un
twice this season and he did it est blockers in North Carolina
by gaining a school record 233 history .
Northwestern,
yards against
is out- taining the Wishbone sweep.
Tight end Young
za this afternoon.
purpose running, he has an
NCAA record 5,586 yards.
starting quarterback midway in league baseball player Jake again.
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ior center Alonzo Jenkins.
Rangers are 3-2. They split de- against McGuinness.
McGuinness, 63-53, Tuesday.
three points and Grand Prairie
SOUTHARD was pleased with returns several performers from
ing 1-3-1 zone defense which the Wolverines’ offensive pat- last year’s Classic runnerup.
Sowers Edge Sanford; OSU Bows
also won its fourth straight,
Oklahoma State led 33-31 at
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nerup in the state Class AAAA
tournament last season, has
won the Bi-State title the past
two years. OC Northwest cap-
tured the first two crowns.
“We feel like we’re ready to
play,” said Spears Wednesday.
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They'll conclude Saturday, and
Spears' squad will be fattened
by a half dozen or so players
next week,
“Our team effort has been
good (in practices and scrim-
mages),” Spears noted. “We’re
moving the ball well to the
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The Associated Press All-Amer-
ica football team for 1972.
Four members from the 1971
football, may have to juggle his
lineup because of illness.
Robert Allen, a 5-9 senior who
has been guiding the Eagles in
practice, was sick Wednesday
with the flu. If he is unable to
WITH A NEW STRING OF
DEPENDABLE DODGES FOR’73.
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backers we have had in recent
years.”
Against Navy, for instance,
he made 17 tackles, 15 of them
unassisted, and insured a 21-10
victory by returning an inter-
Oklahoma beat Samford 55-51 Tom Holland 13 for the Soon-
at Birmingham, Ata.; Missouri ers.
beaten Trojans, is the only
defense sophomore on the All-America
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Kansas Jayhawks, after
losing their first two basketball
games, will try to break the
string tonight against unbeaten
Murray State of Kentucky at
Lawrence.
Oklahoma, with a 4-0 record,
continues its road trip by meet-
ing Stetson at Winter Park,
Fla.
Coach Ted Owens at Kansas
ed a game yet.
“They run a full-court press,
a half-court press and a push-
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The Lineups
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A car designed as a four-door
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disc brakes as standard, a choice of three vinyl roots, and a "super
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times before topping OC Bishop fending AAAA champion, by
Bill Harrell, 6-2. and Greg Boh-
ner, 5-11, are the guards.
Southard will start 6-4 Steve
Davis and 6-5 Jerry Kilgore at
forwards, 6-3 sophomore Dwight
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play tonight, 6-0 forward Bill Elix at center and 6-1 John
Beeson will move to guard and White and 5-9 Herman Harp at
6-3 Roy Crumley will start at guards.
forward. | Davis and Kilgore, returning
If Allen can play. Spears will starters from 1971-72, are aver-
team him with 5-9 Ron Ruffin, aging 17 and 11 points per
forwards Beeson and 6-3 sopho- game, respectively. Elix, after
more Tom Shannon and 6-4 jun- sitting out most of the LHS loss
and hustling
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John Spears’ Eagles join Law- mate will be 6-1 Larry Sum- ting called for a foul. We had
ton High in tonight’s feature mers. Summers and forward too many fouls which didn’t
games. Ike collides at 6:30 with Gerald Knols are averaging 9 amount to anything.”
Oklahoma City John Marshall, points each and forward Tim Those fouls forced the Wolv-
unbeaten in two games, and Layton is scoring 10 per outing erines out of their man-to-man
Jim Southard's Wolverines chai- Knols has grabbed 22 re- defense and into a zone. They'll
lenge rugged Perryton, Tex., at bounds in two tests and 6-4 cen- start in a man-to-man against
8:15. ’ ’ ter Bob McCormick lends sup- Perryton which features the
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Eisenhower High’s shakedown really attacks the passing terns
cruises were postponed so the lanes,” Spears noted. • against McGuinness, but 25 me- team while Green, Hicks and
Eagles plunge into the fifth an- And Marshall is a new team chanical errors and some need- Gradishar are juniors. __
nual Bi-State Classic basketball under new coach Eddie Evans, less fouls tempered his enthus- Rodgers wound up regular weeks later with 276 against In- end, he still is the key man on
tournament’s hot water tonight who moved to the capital from iasm. season play with four National diana. Nebraska’s pass rush and con-
bright, shiny and untested. Tulsa Washington this year. “We’ve got to cut down on Collegiate Athletic Assochation Tight end Young is out- taining the Wishbone sweep.
Enid and Grand Prairie, Tex., The Bears’ two-game winning our turnovers and cut down on records, seven Big Eight Con- standing whether he’s catching He’s big, tough and mobile with
because of fouls, tallied 19
State to 26 victories i
games since becoming
Ike postponed its first two
games because the Eagle foot-
ball team is still involved in the
state Class AAAA playoffs.
Dodged
Mmoauio DEALERS
13 field goals in 17 shots, and boys.
said the. Jayhawks "just nine of 11 free throws. Brown Colorado ran its record to 2-1
haven t had any tune to go out also was tops in rebounds with . ^-iv 10,1 yem
and work on our mistakes. Im 15. Missour shot 62 per ent h, taking an.eary over
not discouraged about our from the floor Tulane and holding it. Scott
shooting. We have to get back Oklahoma Was auring Wedman and Dave Logan led
on defense better, and we have -anoma wa8 Cod. duning the Buffalos in controlling the
to be more aggressive." the first half against Samford, backboards. CU had a 47-32
Murray takes a 3-0 record but warmed up to 58 per cent edge. Jerome Wright was Colo-
shooting in the second half. Al- rado’s top shooter with 22
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By HERSCHEL NISSENSON ner Greg Pruitt. He was joined tackle Jerry Sisemore of Texas up from the second team of a the 1970 season. He holds nine Wood, is the leader. "He's as Marx could have joined the terno says Skorupan is “one of
NEW YORK (AP) — Two in the 1972 backfield by quar- and center Tom Brahaney of year ago while Brad Van Pelt, Penn State records, including fine a defensive football player pro ranks a year ago, but he the finest linebackers we have
players from No. 1-ranked tAmlak yn Fifnap, of Penn Oklahoma. Michigan State's towering 6- game, season and career as I've ever seen at this stage had a year of eligibility left be- had. He compares very favor-
Southern California and three The third Nebraska represen- foot-5 safety, climbed from the marks for passing and total of- of development,” says McKay, cause he broke his arm in his
from Nebraska's deposed na- State and running backs Otis tative is defensive end Willie 1971 third team. fense yardage. "There’s no limit to how good sophomore year and decided to
tional champions, including Armstrong of Purdue and Harper while top-ranked South- Rounding out the elite 22-man Oklahoma's opponents over- Richard can become.” come back. Needless to say,
Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Woodrow Green of Arizona em Cal is represented by tight All-America squad for 1972 are loaded their defenses to the out- Brahaney, Hannah, Sisemore Notre Dame is glad he did.
Rodgers, were named today to state end Charles Young and soph- tackle John Hicks of Ohio side to take away Pruitt’s ex- and Hicks were largely respon- “He’s the man the kids look
The other feneaters areomore lnebacker Richard state, guard Ron Rusnak of plosive sweeps and he didn’t sible with their blocking for to when something goes wrong
Wood. North Carolina, defensive end approach his 1,665 yards of last their teams’ high finish in the or when they need help,” says
______________________mdde guard Eich G.ove o Rodgers, Harper, guard John Roger Goree of Baylor, defen- season. But Coach Chuck Fair- national rushing statistics. Ok- defensive line coach Joe Yonto ________________
All-America team made it for Nebraska, winner of the Out- Hannah of Alabama and defen- sive tackles Greg Marx of banks said he still “had a heck- lahoma was tops, while Ala- “He’s definitely the leader, with just 78 seconds remaining,
the second year in a row, in- land Trophy as the nation’s top sive back Robert Popelka at Notre Dame and Derland uva year for us. I think he's bama, Texas and Ohio State all sharing his confidence and con Jones smallest player on the
eluding Oklahoma’s super run- interior lineman, offensive Southern Methodist all moved Moore of Oklahoma, line- more of a complete player vevine leaderehin hv hie nn _.
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good team defense, but we re cisions with Amarillo High qrana Prairie are’
still making a lot of real sim- Seh . WhinDed Dumas and Ema and —ran rranne are
plebalt handling errors." h va and 10* t pamSa. Law. expected 10 be the strongest
SPEARS expects John Marsh- ton High fell to talented OC teams in the two early games.
all’s Bears to try to capitalize Capitol Hill, 69.73, in two over- Enid lost to Putnam City, de-
on the fact that Ike hasn t play-
beating Purdue 84-75 at Colum- halftime and built its margin to
bia; Colorado downed Tulane 10 points midway of the last
97-86 at Boulder, and Texas A half, but Texas Tech roared
& M beat Oklahoma State 67-64 back and won it on the over-
in overtime in a doubleheader time shooting of Cedric Joseph.
W Tulsa. OSU has a 2-3 record. Andy
Missouri's John Brown hit a Hopson and Kevin Fitzgerald
career high of 35 points, sinking each had 14 pants for the Cow-
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without Jeff Jones, Mike Smith my Dear inside. Murkey paces
and Leo Holmes, returning the Ranger scoring with 14 per
starters who are still playing game and Ogden averages 9.
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on Noske (Gary),” Spears said. The Lineups
“They've got a couple of •
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Mecormick (M) Noske, a 5-10 senior, fired in Elix, te3
sNOKe (5103 25 points against Grant and JoHR Whie (61) _
lhs Gymnaslum. nearly matched that with 23 TIPOFF: 8:15 p.m. LHS Gymnoslum.
Ohio State and John Skorupan Although he missed one Ari-
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Oklahoma's Moore reached three years in a row.
his peak in the Sooners’ 27-0 Southern Methodist s Popelka
rout of Texas. He made 10 has 9.7 speed for the 100 and
tackles, blocked a quick kick impressed one pro scoutIto say:
which Oklahoma recovered for “He was the best defensve
a touchdown, recovered a bat- back I saw all season. lies got
ted pitchout in the end zone for real good speed, but the thing
another touchdown and pres- that impresses me is that he al-
sured the Texas quarterback ways seems to be in the right
into an interception. i place. He just has a nose for
________________ “He’s had no ups and the football ”
_ ____ 1 .■ • downs,” says Coach Fairbanks. Van Pelt is a three-sport star
I -tt Northwestern, Even though opponents heal- “Game after game he’s been at Michigan Stateufoothal,
then bettering that mark five tate to try and skirt Harper’s very outstanding. He hasn’t basketball and baseball—W ho
...... been defensed by any individ- says he doesn’t feel comfort
ual blocker and our defensive able "unless I‘m Playing some
team is having a helluva year." sport."
_________________, _ ___________________________________-____________ Like Wood, Gradishar and His football coach, Duffy
runnerup to Lawton High last streak matches their total num- fouling in other than a hustle ference marks and 19 Nebraska the football or blocking "He 4.6 speed over 40 yards. The Skorupan earned AP Lneman Daugherty, says Van Pelt “has
year, and Ardmore and Barties- ber of victories last season foul situation," Southard ex- records. He hm ■—d “ .... C.u..u ______ "s "----.----* " ; - ■ • - -— "----- —1 "hilit"
Ville Sooner opened the three- when they were 2-17. They have plained. “A hustle foul is one touchdowns. 276 points, caught catch the ball.” says Southern the Southwest Conference's De- season. George Hill, Ohio
day 12-game basketball bonan- beaten Grant, 67-65, and Shaw- such as going to the boards ag- 150 passes for 2,708 yards and Cal Coach John McKay. "He fensive Sophomore of the Year State’s defense coordinator, Webster. There are few super
nee, 64-50. gressively to rebound and get- 26 touchdowns and has returned can go deep as well as short, in 1970 and Defensive Player of says Gradishar "has great players who can determine the
punts for 1,654 yards. In all- almost like a split receiver." the Year last season. Against speed and ability to get outside outcome of a game by them-
. "— McKay also says that South- Arkansas, he made 16 tackles and he's a great pass defender, selves. Brad is that type of
--------------------- ern Cal’s defense deserves and blocked two punts, a per-1 We count on him each week to player"
Hufnagel has directed Penn three-fourths of the credit for formance which forced the Ra- make the big plays. He's just a mma-a
in 28 the Trojans’ No. 1 ranking and zorbacks into punting on third great football player; what else WY
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