European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 25, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 18 the stars and stripes wednesday october 25, 1967 Gridiron magic a magician did t have Tennessee tailback Walter Chadwick 20 sus Pended in mid air the camera just caught that Way As he Dove Over the Alabama line to score the vols first touchdown in a South Eastern conference Headliner at Birmingham. The volunteers handed the Crimson tide its first loss in 25 games 24-13. Up photo ring Ace beaten . Skidding in pre olympic meet Mexico City up rus Sia moved relentlessly toward the pre olympics team title monday while the United states frittered away several chances to catch up. Only three Gold medals were up for grabs monday and the russians took a Gold and Abronze while the . Was shut out for the third time since the games got under Way oct. 14. Competition ends on oct. 29. The . Suffered a big blow monday when heavyweight Clay Hodges of los. Angeles the Starof the yank boxing stable dropped a decision to Italy Giorgio Bambino in a preliminary other american setback was in the first round of skeet shooting where Dan Voorhees Iii of Quincy hi., and de Brown of Columbus ga., tie for eighth place. A West German Konra Wirnhier led after the first round in the skeet shooting with a score of 99. Right behind and the favorite to take the Gold medal tuesday was Russia s Eugeniy Petrov who had two less Points. Vladimir Komlev of Russia meanwhile took the Gold medal in the Small bore Rifle three positions with 1,147 Points. The . Did t have an entrain this phase of shooting. Army capt. Lones Wigger is the world Champion at three positions with a lifetime Best of1,164, but he and the r e s t of America s top shooters Are i Vietnam. The Hodges Bambino fight was More of a wrestling match than boxing but the italian was faster and More accurate with punches. In the second round of the three round bout he Hodges with six hard Colorado third Tennessee fourth a poll tabs trojans my a 1-2 by the associated pres West coast teams had a monopoly on the top rungs of the associated press College foot Ball poll monday when Souther California was returned a unanimous first place Choice Andula wrested the no. 2 spot from trojans 23-6 winners Over Washington for their sixth straight Triumph last saturday were named no. 1 on All 37 bal lots submitted by a National panel of sports writers an broadcasters. Urcla accumulated 303 Point son a basis of 10 for a first place vote 9 for second Etc. The ruins also 6-0 after defeating Stanford 21-16, Drew 23 votes for second place eight for third four for fourth and one for seventh. Purdue slips Purdue tumbled All the Way Down to seventh the result of an unexpected 22-14 setback by or Egon state. Colorado which beat Nebraska 21-16, advanced one place to third. Tennessee leaped three positions to fourth. The Volun Teers upset Alabama 24-13, an the Crimson tide sixth a week ago dropped from the Carolina state 6-0 after walloping Wake Forest 24-7,held fifth place while Georgia which crushed Virginia military56-6, climbed from eighth to sixth. An will broadcast Irish spartan Battle Frankfurt special the Michigan state notre Dame Battle from South Bend,ind., will be saturday s Ameri can forces radio network col lege game of the week Start ing at 9 05 professional feature on sunday will be the Baltimore Colts against the Washington redskins from . Stadium i Washington. That one also will Start at 9 05. Wyoming in 10th place Las week is no. 8 in the latest poll. The cowboys unbeaten in six games trimmed Wichita state 30-7 last saturday. Houston remained in the no. 9position. The cougars routed Mississippi state 43-6 for a 4-1mark. Indiana the big ten Leader and unbeaten in five games replaced Alabama on the list of rated teams. The Hoo Siers no. 10, whipped Michigan 27-20 in their most recent out ing. The top ten with first place votes in parentheses season records and total polenta on a 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis 1. Southern California 37 6-0 370 2. Urcla 6-0 303 3. Colorado t50 2834. Tennessee 3-1 228 5. North Carolina state 6-0 222 6. Georgia 4-1 143 7. Purdue 4-1 110 8. Wyoming 60 919. Houston 4-1 84 10. Indiana 5-0 48 others receiving votes listed alphabetically Alabama Arizona state army Auburn Florida state Louisiana state Miami fla., Michigan state Minnesota Missouri Nebraska notre Dame Oklahoma Oregon state Penn state Rice Stanford Texas Tulsa Virginia tech Washington. Southern Cal Bruin Salso 1-2 on up list new York up the University of Southern califor Nia coasting Wanh ease through one of the toughest schedules in collegiate football received landslide vote of Confidence from the nation s coaches monday who ranked the trojans As far and away the country s top team at the Halfway Mark of the 1967season. A 23-6 Victory Over washing ton saturday gave us its sixth straight Victory and fourth against a team ranked in the top 20 and the 35-Memberunited press International Board of coaches responded by giving the trojans 32 first place votes three More than the received last week and 345 balloting gave Southern Cal the top spot for the fourth week in a Row but Surpris losses by Alabama and Purdue started a Chain reaction that shuffled every other spot in the top 10. Urcla gearing up for a Shotat top ranking when it meets us on nov. 18, replace Purdue in the no. 2 spot by collecting two first place vote Sand a total of 313 Points 32 less Riding High Safe Lyman Mike Battle left and halfback Jim Lawrence sit on the shoulders of Ron Yaw 6-5, 245,tackle while hashing ii no. 1 sign in the Southern California dressing room in los Angeles. Battle weighs 175, lawrence185. Up photo than us. The Bruins who had ranked third for the past two weeks lifted their record to 6-0with a 21-16 Victory Over s Golden buffaloes gave the West the first three positions in the ratings by moving up from fourth to third with a 21-16 Triumph Over Nebraska. The Victory which helped Colorado 5-0 pick up the Only other first place vote and amass 265 Points virtually destroyed Nebraska s bid for fifth straight big eight Confer ence title and moved the Buff closer to the league title. Alabama 13thtennessee, which handed Ala Bama its first loss in 26 games,24-13, knocked the Crimson tide from fifth to 13th while the vols 3-1 moved up three notches to fourth the biggest leap by an team in the top 10 this week. The South despite Alabama setback kept a solid hold on the Middle of the top 10 As Nort Carolina state and Georgia moved into the fifth and sixth spots behind Tennessee. State s Wolf pack 5-0ranked sixth week ago remained in the Atlantic coast conference Lead and Georgia came Back from last week s upset by Mississippi with a resounding 56-6 bombard ment of Virginia military to move up from eighth. Purdue despite its stunning22-14 loss to Oregon state still remained among the top rate teams in the nation As the boilermakers received 119points, five less than Georgia and enough to rate and Houston each picked up ground with convincing victories. The cowboys leaders in the Western athletic conference raised their season Mark to 6-0 by Downing Wichita state 30-7 and jumped into the eighth spot. The cougars who slipped to 10th when they lost to North Carolina state two week Sago came Back in their first game since the setback and continued on Page 28j Mexico Cit the pre olympics country .s.r.japan .e. Germany Italy Hungary Poland Mexico Czechoslovakia Sweden Cuba France Romania Bulgaria Hollan great Britain Belgium Switzerland Tunisia Ira Spain Denmark Greece Ivory coast Yugoslavia Australia Canad Colombia mall Mongolia Nigeria Senegal up medals won to games g 8 b t 21 13 12 4 7 9 7 23 6 8 7 2149 8 21 7 3 6. 195 6 6 it 7 4 1 12 3 3 11 181 6 s 10 12 31 1 1 12 22 11 11 1 10 00 00 00 8 1 9 89 36 4 36 4 3 1 3 2 1 02 0 0 0 0 00 0 0 13 22 33 11 00 1 10 00 00 00 00 0 0 1 1 rights to the face after blooding the yank s nose in the opening fighters were penalized for fouls Bambino for hitting while holding and Hodges for picked up another Gold medal in cycling its seventh Overall and one More than the . When Jordan Turrini too the 200-meter scratch race. Daniel Morelon of franc finished second and Omar Pha adze of Russia was in the pre olympics Pha adze twice lowered the continued on Page 82 Horlen signs for big raise Chicago up Pitcher Joe Horlen monday became the first player to join the Chicago Whiteson fold for 1968 when he signed a contract for a substantial increase in salary. Horlen a hard working right hander during the past season pitched a no hitter against the Detroit tigers on sept. 10, and wound up the Campaign leading the american league pitchers with an earned run average of2.06. Horlen 30, won 19 and lost 7games in 1967 for a won lost percentage of .731, tops in the league. He pitched six shutouts and hottest Streak i september when he won five consecutive decisions
