European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 25, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 the stars and stripes january 1978 1 wildcats receive perfect score Walsh out in aps poll before s upset by the associated Preu the Kentucky wildcats have retained their familiar 1 ranking in College Bas but no sooner did they get a sweep ing vote of Confidence from the nation s pollsters than they got no respect from Al the wildcats were Given a perfect score of h firs place Voles and Points in he current edition of the weekly associated press but the voting was based on last weeks results and naturally came before monday nights shacking 7bs2 upset by the Crimson an Early season team in the top was not among the Blue ribbon group by made some Points toward reentry in next weeks before monday nights upset by Ala Bama handed the wildcats their first loss up also rates Kentucky unanimous top Choice new York up Providence col lege used its crushing 9044 Victory Over archrival holy Cross last week to vault nine places into the 10 position in the weekly United press International Board of coaches College basketball ratings re leased the boosting their record to were the Lone newcomer to the top 10 this but Michigan state and notre Dame each climbed two places within the select Arkansas moved up to Kansas climbed to Michigan stale advanced to 7 and notre Dame jumped to Kentucky continued to hold onto the i spot and for the first time this year the wildcats were the unanimous Choice of Tho the unbeaten in 14 through games of sunday they were beaten by Alabama monday night in a game that didst count in the balloting received All 41 firs place votes for 410 marquee held on to the 2 spot after boosting its record to 141 and North Caro Lina advanced one place to 3 after scor ing impressive victories Over North Carolina state and which lost to notre Dame 7573 nil May curtail its participation in International hockey Buffalo map National hockey league president John Ziegler said monday there Are governors who feel that there Haa been too darn much International and admitted a Strong possibility existed that the leagues involvement in such endeavours would be the National hockey league believes the schedule and playoffs Are essential to the and we will exist if theres no International Competition this year or he said the nil has not yet committed itself to sending players to the world ice hockey championships at Prague next and if we have not reached the proper agreement with the parties we will not Send play european nations Moat doubly Russia and Czechoslovakia agreed to compete la the Canada cup International tournament in is78 Only because the nil agreed to Send one or More learns to the world Ziegler said he was concerned about toe to the Canada but were a lot More concerned about the nil schedule and our Ziegler held a news conference after the Nils Board of governors opened iwo Days of meetings by planning strategy for its conference tuesday with we nil play in saying he did not want la prejudice the Dan Raifon by revealing the leagues he admitted Only that the playoff formal would be As would International on National television dropped two places to s while beaten by Florida state also dropped two notches to the biggest fall was suffered by Indiana which was beaten twice during the week and fell eight places to among the second 10 Syracuse held on to the ii new Mexico moved up one place to 12 and Georgetown climbed a notch to san which was Idle during the lost some support and dropped three places to while Florida stale of the Kentucky had won its 13th and games last week with easy con quests of Mississippi and Mississippi Marquette remained in the s spot with to Points after Lumlung Back Mcpaul and but thereafter the top Twenty was considerably shaken North s a week moved up la 3 after victories Over North Caro Lina stale and Maryland the tar heels received 802 paints to bold a secure Lead Over 4 which moved up two spots after beating Texas my and the Razorbacks collected 666 Points from the National panel of sportswriters and Broad notre Dame jumped two spots to s with 581 Points after victories Over Man Villanova and the Bruins second loss of the season to the fighting Irish Cost them a drop of three places to the position Wilh Michigan id last moved up to 7 with m Points after victories Over Purdue and Kansas remained in the 8 position after beating Iowa state and Kansas Providence three places to v by defeating holy Cross and Connecticu and Syracuse edged up one place to 10 after a Victory Over Duke made a big jump of six places to 11 with victories Over Wake Forest and of race for rams Post la Salle and Louisville dropped three spots used its Victory Over Louisville to climb to 11 Afler splitting two into the lop 20 in the Indiana stale plunged and the Way from Colorado Depaul and Duke fourth to 13 after losing two of three rounding the top Twenty Are 14 new Mexico is Texas 16 Georgetown 17 Florida stale 18 Virginia Depaul and 20 Illinois Florida state and Illinois state Are the top Twenty newest replacing holy Cross and Nevada Las who dropped out after losing two games the a lop with firs place votes in season records through Sun Days games and total based on 20 Wmk Kef w 141 m in m rounded out the list with Colorado state making its first appearance to the top 20 this six coaches from each of the seven Geo graphical areas of the nation comprise the up ratings each week they Vole on the top 10 teams with Points awarded on a hm7654321 bad for votes from first through Ken Lucky Mil 11441 4h l Mart mate 1141 of mom Cimini no to Aru Nui Joi t Lucia Itti in Lemoin 1111 Iii him Tomt in in 1h pow Mulh 1mi it irn Cim iim1 ii 11 off Millu Itu v n mount 111b Al Horn Udall he if 11 Frt Kiki 114 it lit for adj i41j Tim Huju n 11 Char to 11141 n a Tui Luv ii a bum n ho4t of ten Mutt with am Lin Bjuhr Bill Noiem Mimon a Nubin n on Hun hhibim4 Tor up i or two Unm Milb uni b in Ucol Gaud if Tau him Tummy a los Angeles up coach Bill Walsh removed himself As candidate for coach of the los Angeles rams apparently because the i certainty Over his future was hurting Stan Fords football recruiting his withdrawal leaves former waa Wagi ton coach George Louis coach Don assistant coaches dad Reeves of Dallas and Ray Malavasi of the rams and Gra Rabling coach Eddie son As the known candidates for the rams i appreciate the rams interest to said in a How 1 want to set the record straight and remove any my future at this we Are in the Middle of recruiting and the prospects we Are talking to want to know who the Stanford coach will be next the ram Job is one of the Best in pro football because of the Quality of both the organization and the team car roil Rosenbloom and Don Klosterman Are Walsh was named coach of the year after leading Stanford to a m including a Sun bowl Victory Over in his Rookie Rosenbloom and owner and general manager of the talked with Walsh several limes by phone and at least once in person after Chuck Knox left Tor his new Job As coach of the Buffalo a Stanford spokesman said school officials and alumni were All fearful that rival recruiters were using the speculation to talk football players out of attend ing How they stand own Urcla Mui pm Tona so Kuh Otom it Uulu Lih ind Law Jiuu to Var Ami it to mull m ill Noll Bill in in in 144 in in 135 1h us us it i Iii at m at hockey  2si fort Hurana m to 141 it fun Hal ii fort Wuyin Milf turn w l h 14 1 it ii i h m i ii w i ii n n ii in u u if 14 a i t or i tit in Iii in at m 141 i in in m in on y t predicts Martin May be fired Torrez says turmoil splits yanks Louis a a Yankee Mike a Pitcher who fired Low hard ones to help new York win the world aimed a few verbal strikes at Bis former in Louis to receive a baseball writers Torrez said he expects the Yankees to be a club split by tur Moil and trouble during the coming Moet re honoured by writers thai Man Munson hates Reggie he and Craig Nettles hates Reggie can handle but not his Torres also said that unless the Yan Kees stay on the winning manager Billy Martin will soon find himself win Oula Torrez was one of the key men in the Yankees assault on the 1977 Champion during the world be beat the los Angeles dodgers barely two months later he left the american league team to sign a s2 Mil five year contract with the Boston red at the the Yankee president Gabe Paul said that the loss of Torres want reminded of that Torrez said bluntly h it we rent for the Yankees  have reached the of the Peppery Yankee Torrez said that he saved Martin from rights More than he recalled a dinner in Cleveland when Martin walked in and promptly got into an argument with a Man who lowered Over i wrapped my arms around the holding him until Martin made it to the Torr said