European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 11, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                February 1981 the stars and stripes Page 21 Virginia stays atop aps poll by the associated press which rallied from a 16point deficit in route to an 8079 overtime Victory Over 11 North retained the 1 position in the associated press College basketball poll in creasing its Lead Over runner up Oregon state from 10 to 28 the Cavaliers collected 43 of 62 first place votes and of a possible Points in the balloting by a nationwide panel of sports writers and the who Defeated both California and Stanford last received 18 first place votes and last collected 35 firs place while Oregon was tabbed 1 on 26 All 62 members of the poll voted this Louisiana which got the final firs place and Arizona state retained the 3 through five the Blue who posted victories Over Detroit and picked up Points 25 More than which is Riding a 20game winning the Sun who edged Cali fornia 8481 in overtime and whipped Washington state 7763 last collected 945 nipped Wake for the 6 Slot by a single the who squeaked by air Force 4846 and downed Nevada Las received 882 the deacons posted victories Over Maryland and Georgia last which got 692 jumped four places and took Over the 8 Posi Tion in the poll following its nationally televised Victory Over notre Dame on Sun Tennessee and North Carolina both moved up a notch in the poll despite losses and rounded out the top the vol who were upset by Mississippi Early in the week but thrashed preseason favorite Kentucky 8771 last garnered 634 the tar who beat Furman and Josephs following the loss to were six Points farther Kentucky slipped five slots and headed the second notre which dropped three was Fol Lowed by Brigham Wichita South Ala Maryland and last week the second 10 was North Brigham Wichita state and South All 20 members of the which was conducted before monday nights Are holdovers from last Wichita Safe shocks Southern Illinois 8767 by United press International at Wichita where the whispers of scandal reached full Crescendo earlier this the game still goes for the the wheat shockers appear undeterred in the Wake of charges of extensive recruiting violations and in Derth table payments to members of the basketball the the subject of an Mcaa has denied any the 19thranked in the mean continue to in monday Cliff Randy Smithson and Tony Martin scored 16 Points apiece in an 8161 rout of Southern in a game Matching the Best and worst teams in the Missouri Valley College basketball the shockers broke to a 3625 Lead at the half and turned it into a Laugher in the second half with an unremitting 32 zone and full court we played a balanced said Wichita state coach Gene whose club is 182 Overall and 91 in the our scoring was Strong its just a Case of rebounding and staying with Rod Camp had 30 Points and five blocked shots for Southern but these Are dark nights for the who have dropped 13 in a Row and Are 012 in the the pressure after you Start to lose really affects the said Siu coach Joe you get into a los ing Streak like we have and your players get a Little More cautious and Start to in the top 3 Depaul blasted Creighton 8357 and 5 Arizona state edged Washington at Mark Aguirre scored 22 of his 24 Points in the first half and the Blue demons cruised to their 21st Victory in 22 Depaul administered a crush ing full court press and shot 66 percent from the Field in the first Ive been around Mark for a Long time and you expect spectacular said Depaul guard Clyde who had 14 nothing shocks me in what Mark but his shooting in the first half was want it at Johnny Nash and by Rone Scott each hit two free throws in the final seconds to win it for Arizona the Sun who led by 18 Points at one raised their record to we were aggressive and said Asu coach Ned it want just our offence alone but All phases of the behind four foul shots by Mark Jones in the final beat Rhode Island 6358 to end the rams 10game winning Streak mis Souri Defeated Kansas 7965 with its front line of Ricky Steve Stipanowich and Curtis Berry combining for 59 Points Marty Headd hit a Layup with five seconds left and Dan Schayes had 23 rebounds to lift Syracuse Over Georgetown 6664 Jerry eaves tossed in 26 Points and Louisville dropped Virginia tech Ernest Patterson and Jaime Pena combined for 53 Points and Renault Moultrie gathered 21 rebounds to Power new mexi co state past Tulsa 9885 Ricky Watley tossed in 24 Points and Donnie Earl 23 As Drake downed West Texas 9386 Ronnie Dixon scored 27 Points and Bruce Atkins grabbed 21 rebounds to help Duquesne dump West Virginia 6964 Elvis Rolle and Jomes Bozeman combined for 35 Points As Florida state pounded St Louis 7057 and Mike Cooper scored 17 Points in his first Start this season As Fordham stopped army Ron Payton of Syracuse blocks shot by Georgetown Mike Frazier orangemen squeeze out 6664 College Cage Victory Call it a banking not boxing by de Schuyler a sports writer sportscaster Frank Gifford called it the scandal that rocked Howard Roseir termed it the alleged scandal in Gifford was More boxing certainly has been rocked by the charges that Harold chairman of Muhammad All professional sports and two other officers of were involved in a million Wells Fargo Bank embezzlement suit and the collapse of but is this a boxing scandal now boxing certainly is no stranger to in the Fri currently is investigating the with the investigation seemingly entered on promoter Don commentary and there is a major scandal brew ing Over the rankings made by the world boxing Council and world boxing Assoc rankings that have Long been sus the maps Case certainly underscored a major boxing shortcoming control of the people in the sport by state and local it appears no questions were asked when Smith appeared on the scene throwing Money around like it was Confer maps was the source for the Mil lion in purses for the big 23 card at Madison Square which fell but maps did not have a License to pro Mote in new York although Tiffany pro which was to the new York state athletic commis Sion was reportedly looking into maps scandal How thoroughly is not there is no doubt that there must be More control Over who gets into More thorough checks into their Back grounds and perhaps a Federal commission is the answer if membership on it Doest become a political Plum As membership has become on Many state but it must be noted that maps did pay the often even above the High listed no one apparently lost Money on maps promotions except continued on Page 22