European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 28, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 22 the stars and stripes january 1981 to rated beavers face Tough Urcla new York up Oregon which nearly had its unbeaten Streak snapped by Washington last continued to hold a comfortable Lead in the up Board of coaches weekly College basketball ratings monday but the beavers Are about to meet their toughest Challenge of the the unbeaten in 15 take on which jumped to 10th in this weeks at on thurs Day it is the first of two pacific0 conference games Oregon state has to play with Urcla this last year Oregon state went 264 but was soundly beaten by Urcla 9367 in one of their two As Mcpaul did earlier this year before it was upset by old Oregon state is beginning to feel the pressure of being Washington gave Oregon state just about All it could handle saturday taking the beavers into overtime before los ing our lot has already been Oregon state coach Ralph Miller said after the close when youre the 1 team in the country you get a lot of it Doest matter what color the other jerseys youd better be prepared because Domebo Dys going to get Oregon states narrow Triumph Over Washington Cost the beavers a few first place votes from the coaches in this weeks the beavers received 31 firs place votes eight fewer than last week and 608 Points from the 40 coaches who participated in this weeks the nations Only other undefeated division i held on to the 2 spot after improving its record to 160 with three victories during the the Cava who received seven firs place votes and 557 also will have their unbeaten record severely tested this week with a game against sixth ranked Wake Forest wednesday Wake Forest is 151 after losing for the first time last remained in third place and was followed by which moved a notch after raising its record to 171 with three including an 8167 thrash ing of despite the loss to the Kentucky moved up one notch in the ratings after raising its record to following Kentucky in the 6 position was Wake which dropped two places after being soundly whipped 7460 by North and in the 7 spot was Arizona which moved up two notches after boosting its record to notre Dame and Urcla rounded out the top 10 and All made dramatic climbs from a week moved up three spots to 8 notre climbed four places to 9 and advanced four places to heading the second 10 was North Caroli which used victories Over Wake Forest and Georgia tech to vault seven upset by Minnesota fell four places to 12 and beat botox offer big lure to keep Fisk in told Boston up the Boston red who face the Prospect of losing Peren Nial Allstar Carlton Fisk to free have offered the Veteran Catcher a three year guaranteed contract of million with incentives that could up the Price to nearly the detailed by a team official close to the offers Fisk a base salary for the 1981 season of a raise of about Over his current three incentive areas which he could easily reach if he merely caught or according to the would increase risks earnings to however Marvin director of the major league players has said that some of the incentives arc almost impossible to it was such an absurd package that Fisk would have to hit standing on his head to fulfil the incentive the offer was so insulting it could hardly be deemed Miller through his Jerry is said to be seeking a five year Deal in the neighbourhood of a the same amount reportedly Given to Darrell Porter of the Louis Fisk turned 32 on 26 Porter turned 28 on the Boston offer dictates that whatever incentives Fisk reaches would be his base salary for according to the if he reached it would be As it would be for the 1982 season if he didst attain any of the if he reached All the his salary for his third year would be the package also Calls for a signing Bonus to be paid Over 10 years be ginning with risks the total value of the if All incentive areas Are reached and if Fisk stays on for a fourth is if it would be valued at which includes the signing Fisk signed a five year contract in a gust 1976 and is entering his option under a new clause in the Basic he would have been eligible for but the red sox did not Send him a contract offer until two Days after the league mandated 20 that delay prompted Fisk to file for free Carlton Fisk 3year pact simmer aim of Esposi Fos Mark pair continue sizzling Pace by United press International the leagues two sharpest shooters Are taking dead aim at Phil Esposito Al time goal scoring and each appears to have a Good Chance to break following saturdays when the new York islanders Mike Bossy equated Maurice Richards feat of 50 goals in 50 games and the los Angeles Kings Charlie simmer fell just the pair kept up the Pace in separate games monday simmer notched his 50th into an empty net in the last minute of play and Bossy nil Roundup put in his 51st in the first minute of As they marched toward Esposito 1970 71 Mark of 76 goals in 78 simmer and Bossy have 80 games to work with this it feels Good to score 50 but unfortunately it came on game too said simmer after the Kings beat the que Bec Nordques its a real accomplishment to do what Bossy my next goal will be to beat Esposito record and ill be trying my Best to do 1 think about beating but i dont put pressure on Ive been playing the same regular game that i have the empty net comes in Handy some Steve Jensen scored two including the game Winner with less than four min utes to and Marcel Dionne tallied his 41st for the Jim Fox scored twice for Quebec and Jamie Hislop notched his who centers the triple Crown line with simmer and Dave Tay Doest think this season has been any thing its been going the same Way it has been for the last few he i dont think in playing any better its just that the team is going Well and that makes me go in other games monday sabres islanders 3 Bossy scored 16 seconds into the but it was All Buffalo after Andre Savard scored a goal and assisted on two others As the sabres snapped new Yorks six game winning with the score tied Savard passed to John Van Box Meer for a shorthanded goal with left in the second period and assisted on Craig Ramsay 12th goal into the third Bryan Trottier collected his 20th for the Bruins Rockies 3 second period goals by Keith Ray Bourque and Bob Miller lifted Boston to its eighth Victory in 11 Bourque also scored on a 140footer into an open net with five seconds left in the col Ora Dos Lanny Mcdonald scored his 21st and 22nd North stars flames 2 Bobby Smith scored one goal and set up another and Gilles Meloche stopped 23 shots to Lead Minnesota to its fifth Victory in the last six and stretch its Home ice unbeaten Streak to 10 the North stars scored twice in the second period to break a 11 red wings Maple Leafs 2 Mark Kirton scored two third period goals against his former teammates and added an assist to Power in by notre Dame on National television dropped six places to South Alabama suffered its second loss of the season during the week and dropped four places to 14 and Tennessee Tum bled three places to 15 after losing to leu rounding out the top 20 were Brigham Connecticut and Indiana and Kansas each climbed two places from last week while Brigham Young and Michigan were in ranked a week Connecticut dropped two places from last ranked 15 a week dropped out of the ratings after losing twice during the six coaches from each of the seven Geo graphical areas of the nation comprise the up ratings each week they vote on the top 15 teams and Points Are awarded on a basis for votes from first through minus bows to by by United press International a broken thumb May have Given Boston College the break it we played almost As Well As we Are Able to said by coach Tom Davis after his eagles dumped big East rival Villanova 7360 monday night for their fifth straight we knew it would be an important win for we got a break in that Villanova High scoring Bradley is injured Bro Ken thumb but they played an exceptional game even without Sophomore John Bagley scored a Ca ree High 30 including 16 of 16 College basketball from the foul to Lead the eagles at the Triumph improved their record to 132 and pushed them into a firs place tie in the conference with Johns at one of two teams to defeat bos ton College this fell to by moved to a 102 Lead on the scoring of Bagley and freshman Jay who finished with 12 the wildcats closed the deficit to but the eagles rallied to take a 3326 Lead at in the second Villanova rallied be Hind Stewart who led the wild cats with 16 but Bagley kept the visitors at along with backcourt mate Dwan who added 16 Aaron Howard and John Pinone each had 13 for All ranked teams were Idle monday in games of National a Kansas downed Rice Houston trimmed Baylor Evansville slipped by Detroit Northern Illinois trounced Valparaiso Marquette clobbered Xavier South Carolina Defeated Richmond Bonaventure thumped Syracuse sum bested Texas tech 5848 and Texas edged Texas 6763 in Reeds two steals and Scott Hast Ings seven Quick Points off a spread of sense keyed the Razorbacks to a Comfort Able second half Lead and a Southwest conference Triumph Over the Michael Young snapped an eight min Ute stall with a Layup with two seconds remaining to lift the cougars in another Sec Brad Leaf scored 21 Points and Ken Perry added 18 to Lead has now lost seven in Shawn thrower scored 15 Points and Allen Rayhorn and Steve Mccuiston added 12 each to Lead the huskies to a no conference