European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 14, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 22 the stars and stripes january 1981 18 Conn stays undefeated by United press International High school stars have never exactly salivate Over the thought of playing basketball for the University of not if they entertained thoughts of turning that May be changing fans across the nation May not have but a Quick look at Upis latest ratings reveal one startling fact the coaches Are watching sporting an 110 cracked the top 20 by Landing in the 18th position and promptly celebrated its big time status with a 6158 Victory monday night Over new see Page 24 for top 20 Conn became new England first top 20 entry in three years the last new England team to crack Upis eagles fans or rejoice continued from Page 21 championship won by the Philadelphia Phil lies in the 18degree weather took care of but the fans were just As Anat we wanted the eagles wanted we got shouted an excited Mike now this town has two said Daniel its like the world be going to the super bowl is not that its like icing on the you can Tell them that the Buzzards pecked the eyes out of the yelled Rick Joyce of one of hundreds of celebrating fans wandering around City Devota another waved a specially printed Tony Dorsett crying Towel outside the stadium and said she wished she could give it to the Dallas running he needs she dozens of police were stationed at City Hall and at key intersections around the City to prevent but they soon out numbered the we took heed from the Phillies Cele but it looks today like its just too said officer James at Kellys bar in the cites Northeast Sec patrons erupted in jeers when former Dallas quarterback Roger staubach appeared on a television screen for a Commer what happened to the 14 Points one of them called before the stau Bach had predicted the cowboys would win by 10 to 14 top 20 was holy Cross in coach Dom Perno was obviously pleased with a Conns ranking but cautioned that recognition at the end of the season should be the True measure of its still he the polls College basketball and the records that everyone is concerned with Are at the end of the corny Thompson scored 16 Points and grabbed 10 rebounds to Pace the who needed a blocked shot from Chuck Aleksinas in the final minutes of play to keep the wildcats from tying the Conn led 6058 with 38 seconds left when freshman Carl Hobbs went to the free throw but referee Dick Lynch called a Lane violation on Mike Mckay and Jack Burns won the ensuing jump Ball for Junior Center Mike Keeler tried a shot but Aleksinas rejected Thompson then hit one of two free throws to end the never Conn opened a 5035 advantage before the wildcats made their guards Al Mclain and Robin Dixon combined for 31 of Unis 37 second half Points and Mclain finished with a game High 22 Texas upset Arkansas 62 West Virginia topped Duquesne 73 Virginia tech downed Florida state 8070 in Georgetown edged Seton Hall 5251 in overtime and Fordham tripped Princeton 5350 in triple freshman guard Ray Harper scored 16 Points to Pace a balanced Texas attack and led the longhorns Over Arkansas in a Southwest conference Russell Todd scored 15 joints to Pace five West Virginia players in double Fig ures and Lead the mountaineers to their fourth straight Victory and the 999th in school Jeff Schneider Sank a career High 20 Points and coolly hit 10pf12 free throws in overtime to help Virginia tech win its metro conference Fred Brown rebounded Mike Han Cocks missed shot for the winning Field goal at the Buzzer to give Georgetown a big East Victory Over Seton Edward Bona scored 17 including a tie breaking foul shot in to Pace Fordham to a wild Vic tory Over Raider Boss reported trying to Deal Pastorini Dan Pastorini escapades displease Boss san Diego a Oakland raiders Boss Al disenchanted with Dan Pas is trying hard to unload his hardluck according to a source close to the a West coast National television network commentator said Davis has told him pasto Rini is its just a matter of the who is close to the said Davis was trying to get the Best Deal for the raiders Are in position to Deal pasto Rini because of the comeback of quarterback Jim who passed for two touchdowns and ran for another in Oak lands 3427 Victory Over san Diego for the american football conference championship watching from the sidelines was Pastori who has had nothing but problems since being acquired by the major reason for Davis displeasure with the 10year who Hast played since suffering a broken right leg is Pastorini of Thefield including a Runin with a Houston sports an Auto his posing nude in a National a police report that drugs were found in his car and his alleged posses Sion of a bottle of liquor on a raiders Char Ter flight against team Pastorini was acquired from Houston be fore the 1980 season in Exchange for quarterback Ken although Plunkett outperformed him during the Pastorini was handed the starting when Plunkett took Over following the the raiders record was Plunkett guided the team to nine victories in their remaining 11 regular season although Pastorini has been healthy and working out for nearly two he has not been according to the had considered activating him but after the incident with the liquor he changed his called in the quarterback and told him he knew what was going on and was unhappy about last Friday before the acc championship game against san coach Tom Flores praised both Plunkett and Rookie Reserve quarterback Marc Wilson and never mentioned and asked Friday about Pastori Nis future with the Well make that decision moments after Davis maybe we made a mistake with maybe we should have treated him like we did let him Lay off a maybe we have put Dan under the gun so Pastorini Runin with Dale at an Oakland hotel the night before the wildcard playoff Victory Over was his second with the sports writer for the Houston also on that Pastorini car struck a a few weeks Pastorini was stopped by police in the Oakland offi cers said a search of the vehicle turned up a Small amount of but no charges were filed because authorities admitted the search was Johnson became missed most of game chargers car sabotaged before tilt san Diego a san Diego coach Don Coryell said monday that Gary big hands Johnson became ill and missed most of sundays american conference championship after an act of sabotage on his Coryell said at a news conference that police Are investigating the incident in which All the lug nuts were loosened on the rear wheels of Johnsons because of the Johnson took his family to a Coryell the chargers top defensive line was the target of a death threat six weeks ago during a Philadelphia san Diego Coryell said a teammate noticed the wobbly wheels before anything a Charger spokesman said it was not immediately known if Johnson spent sat urday night under police John son was not available for who led the National football league in sacks this missed most of the second half of sundays game against the 4point favourites in the acc title lost 3427 after falling behind 287 Early in the asked if anxiety Over the incident May have led to Johnsons Coryell said he could not he that the chargers missed especially in the final seven minutes when Oakland killed the clock with a Long on the Oakland came up with a key first Down when Johnsons Wilbur jumped offsides on a third and5 Coryell saluted Oakland for playing inspired football and predicted a real Bloodbath when the raiders and Phila Delphia meet 25 in the super he said dropped turnovers and the inability to Stop Oakland final time consuming drive were critical what really Hurt us was when we had them at third and 25 twice and they got first he said a key to the Oakland Victory was that big rugged offensive line with great the loss of running Back Chuck Muncie Early in the game he Muncie suffered a bruised shoulder in the first Quarter and carried the Ball Only four times in the second All of us Are very but Well get Over that and Start getting ready for next Coryell Gary Johnson target of earlier death threat
