European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 28, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday september 2,8,1977 the stars and stripes Page 23 heavyweight Champ Muhammad Ali left and challenger Earnie shavers put on a show at Rockefeller Center new boxing theatrics York to drum up interest and publicity for their fight thursday night at Madi son Square Garden. An a aide second from left holds up an Acorn because the Champ Calls shavers Acorn in refer ence to his Bald head. A photo the Muhammad Ali show draws a crowd at wet Rockefeller Center Byril Grimsley new York a the Dixieland jazz band Smith Street society struck up Muskrat ramble and Happy Days Are Here Muhammad Ali circled the rain soaked skating rink like a restless Black Panther holding his right fist Over his head and Yel Ling at the top of his lungs i can t wait. I want him. I gotta have him. I am the greatest. I will destroy Over in the Corner the band composed of four musicians wearing 1890 mustaches White Bowler Straw hats and red garters on their sleeves quickly swung into another refrain that s a Earnie shavers hiding his billiard Ball Bald Pate under a baseball Cap was a for Lorn lost figure in the milling crowd. The hardest puncher in boxing yelled tub thumped John Condon trying vainly to draw attention to the challenger. Nobody noticed. Yea Ali you re the greatest Bel Lowed the crowd pushing against the Iron railing of Manhattan s Rockefeller Center rink and straining for a look at the drama below. To hum. Another heavyweight fight. Muhammad Ali again defending his title at Madison Square Garden thursday night against a bearded 33-year-old Journeyman heavy weight who several times has been on the verge of retirement. The script never changes. Shaved head shavers. Looks like a middleweight beside the imposing Ali. He baseball. Continued from Page 21 slammed a three run Homer in the seventh and added a two run single in the ninth to spark the expos. Gary Templeton had a two run inside the Park Homer for St. Louis. Giants 9, dodgers 1 Willie Mccovey and Gary Thomasson slammed two run homers and de Halicki 15-12, backed his six hit pitching with a Solo shot As san Francisco crushed los an Geles. The Homer was Mccovey s 27th of the season and 492nd of his career one Short of Lou Gehrig who holds 12th place on the Al time list. Boasts 52 knockouts in 54 ring victories yet he has lost to Guys whose names would be hard to find in ring Magazine. The most impressive thing about him is his sinister fun Manchu Mustache and a punch that s reported to have an Impact of 300 . If it lands. It s a so what fight although prime to fare Arcand it needs All the press Gentry that can be mustered. That was the reason for monday s fleeting preview in a misty rain in the heart of the City. Condon is a Medicine Man at this sort of stuff a throwback to Cash n carry Pyle and Tex Rickard but he is a useless commodity when Ali is around. The Champ generates his own Waves. Ali and shavers were supposed to do some sparring on the skating rink but the weather conditions nullified it so it was take it away i am the prettiest the fastest the danc ingest the smartest the greatest fighter that Ever lived Ali screamed Over the loud speaker. Inside calloused press men filled their plates with shrimp stewed pork Rice and boiled potatoes and ignored the fanfare. People Don t believe me Ali continued. They did t believe Moses when he parted the red sea. They did t believe Moses when he conquered Pharoah s army and it rained 40 Days and 40 there was a Rustle of plates. The Champ s mixed up on his Bible somebody commented. I thought it was Noah who built the Ark when it rained 40 Days and 40 Ali a Muslim often slips Back into his Kentucky methodist upbringing. If he even dreams about beating me he gotta Wake up and apologize Muhammad said. Muhammad should retire said Sha if he shows up i m Gonna Knock him sooner 2nd As wolverines drop to 3rd a ranks Oklahoma no. One by the associated press Michigan coach to Schembechler who asked newsmen a week ago not to vote his team no. 1 in the associated press College football poll got his wish this week. The wolverines who squeaked past Navy 14-7 after struggling to beat equally unheralded Duke 21-9, dropped to third place in this week s poll behind Oklahoma and Southern California. Oklahoma the preseason Leader sur rendered the top spot to Michigan for the first two weeks of the season but climbed from third place Back to no. 1 by nipping Ohio state last week s no. 4 team 29-28. The sooner received 23 first place votes and 1,164 of a possible 1,260 Points from a nationwide panel of 63 sports writers and broadcasters. Southern Cal a 51-0 Winner Over Texas Christian actually got one More first place ballot than Oklahoma but the Tro Jans Only totalled 1,116 Points while remain ing no. 2. Then came Michigan with eight first place votes and 981 Points compared to last week s 42 and 1,094. Penn state continued to climb rising from fifth to fourth with seven first place votes and 860 Points for a 27-9 whipping of Maryland. The Kittany Lions were Fol Lowed by Texas am up from sixth to fifth with no first place votes but 798 Points thanks to a 33-17 Victory Over Texas tech. The loss dropped the red raiders from eighth to 13th. Next came Ohio state with 601 Points. Followed by Colorado with 581. The buffs seventh last week trounced new Mexico 42-7. Idle Texas received 430 Points in climbing from ninth to eighth. The a top 20 1. Oklahoma 23 2. Southern Cal 24 3. Michigan 8 4. Penn St. 7 5. Texas a8.m 6. Ohio St. 7. Colorado 8. Texas 1 9. Florida 10. Alabama 11. Nebraska 12. Arkansas 13. Texas tech 14. Notre Dame 15. Brigham Young 16. Pitt 17. California 18. Mississippi St. 19. Houston 20. Arizona St. 3-0-0 30-0 3-0-0 3-0-0 3-0-0 2-1-0 3-0-0 2-0-0 2-0-0 21-0 2-1-0 3-0-0 2-1-0 2-1-0 2-0-0 2-1-0 30-0 2-1-0 2-1-0 2-0-0 1,164 1,116 981 %0 798 601 581 430 395 320 286 224 201 189 106 84 46 31 27 16 trojans grab top spot in up poll new York up Southern Cal a 51 0 Winner Over Texas Christian saturday has replaced Michigan which won a narrow Victory for the second straight week As the no. 1 team in the United press International Board of coaches College football ratings. After the third week of the season Southern Cal polled 335 Points to Edge Oklahoma for the top spot by seven Points in the first major reshuffling of the top teams. The sooner who picked up 328 Points moved up from the fourth spot by upsetting last week s no. 3 team Ohio state 29-28 on a last second Field goal. Southern Cal and Oklahoma each received 14 first place votes. Michigan which lost to Southern Cal in the Rose bowl last season picked up nine first place votes but fell to no. 3 after defeating Navy by Only 14-7. The week before the unbeaten 3-0 wolverines also had difficulty overcoming Duke. Thus coach to Schembechler who said he did t want to be ranked no. 1, got his wish. Penn state s impressive 27-9 Triumph Over Atlantic coast conference Champion Maryland helped the Kittany Lions move up one place to the no. 4 spot. Texas am after Downing last week s no. 6 team Texas tech 33-17, jumped from no. 7 to no. 5 and received the other first place vote. The up top 20 team 1. Southern Cal 14 3-0 2. Oklahoma 14 3-0 3. Michigan 9 3-0 4. Penn St. 3-0 5. Texas am 1 30 6. Colorado 3-0 7. Ohio St. 2-1 8. Texas 2-0 9. Florida 2-0 10. Nebraska 2-1 11. Arkansas 3-0 12. Alabama 2-1 13. Pittsburgh 2-1 14. Brigham Young 2-0 15. Notre Dame 2-u 16. California 3-0 17. Houston 2-1 18. Arizona St. 2-0 19. Texas tech 2-1 20. Wisconsin 3-0 Points 335 329 320 247 231 135 114 106 90 50 31 30 13 12 10 6 % 4 3 2 note by agreement with the american football coaches association teams on probation by the Mcaa Are ineligible for top 20 and National championship consideration by the up Board of coaches. Those teams currently on probation for 197/ Are Kentucky Michigan state red lands Cali Western state Colo. Colorado climbed two positions to no. 6 after handing new Mexico a 42-7 drubbing while Ohio state dropped to no. 7. Texas am s Triumph Over Texas tech helped Idle Texas move one spot to no. 8. Florida also climbed one spot from no. 10 to no. 9, on the strength of a 24-22 Victory Over last week s no. 16 Mississippi state. Nebraska improving its record to 2-1 with a 31-10 win Over Baylor closed out the top 10. Unbeaten 3-0 Arkansas jumped four places to no. 11 while Alabama held onto the no. 12 position. Defending National Champion Pittsburgh climbed to no. 13 while Brigham Young which was tied with Pitt for no. 17 last week took the no. 14 spot. Notre Dame which rallied to beat Purdue fell one Placebo no. 15. California beat Missouri at Missouri to move into the top 20 at the no. 16 position. Houston and Arizona state also Newcom ers to the top 20, were no. 17 and no. 18, respectively while Texas tech fell to no. 19. Closing out the top 20 was Wisconsin which moved into the ratings with a big Victory at Oregon
