Rizzo plays favorites as 'Collegian Big Ten' seer Penn State at \ att I=l EIMIZEI MIMI I=l ESSEEM=I EETIMI Dunkol s Football Index , last ‘kerk K5O, EMCEE, I=l MO= illie Jean outhustles The Hustler Top college By DICK DUNKEL 1973 by Dunkel Sports Research Service Southern Cal, Oklahoma and - Nebraska are off and winning again. But it should be asking too much to expect them to repeat the unprecedented achievement of last season when all three finished among the 20 single most powerful teams in the 45-year history of the Dunkel College Football Index. Southern Cal's final 1972 rating of 118.1 was good for 16th place on the elite Top Twenty list. The 1972 versions of Oklahoma and Nebraska placed 19th and 20th. Southern Cal now has four teams included on the list, Oklahoma three and Nebraska two. The highest single rating achieved since the origin of the Index in 1929 was the 138.7 recorded by wartime Army in King celebration erupts; cars 'bombed' on Beaver Billie Jean King didn't know it at the time, but late last night the high rise aparment buildings along Beaver Ave. decided to celebrate her victory over Bobby Riggs. But instead of paper hats and noisemakers, the occupants elected to use - water baloons and firecraCkers. After about an hour, lodal and State Police brought a potentially dangerous situation under control, but not before a number of unsuspecting cars moving down Beaver got washed. One water baloon struck a State College police car and firecrackers were tossed at a State Police cruiser, but as far as could be determined, no one was injured` --_ ''- A State College policeman on the scene described the affair as a "general celebration." Asked what had caused the whole incident, he replied, "Billie Jean King." The dorms and sororities along South Halls also came alive after the three set victory, although their contribution was chiefly in the form of noise pollution. - One female was giving the male pedestrians walking along East College Ave. the business as she broadcasted in a rather sarcastic tone, "64, 6-3, 6-3!" —Rick Starr Mays leaves baseball NEW YORK Willie Mays announced his retirement from baseball yesterday the same way he's always played this game gracefully. Mays told a packed news conference that he's, probably played his last major league game after a fabulous 22- season career. He did it• with DUNKEL'S team Here's the updated list of our all-time Index leaders: (1) 1945 Army, 138.7 (2) 1944 Army, 136.6 (3) 1938 Tennessee, 135.6 (4) 1930 Notre Dame and 1931 Rating Opposing Diff. Team Rating Team MAJOR GAMES FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 Houston• 93 9 (61 S Carolina 88 3 Marshall 57 3 441 Nec.LasV• 53 7 San Jose 70 8 161 Long Beach• 652 Tampa • 83.4 43t Xavier 42 Texas 111 7 1211 Mtamt,Fla• 904 SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 22 Alabama• 117 5 1351 Kentucky 82.1 Arizona*. 81 9 15, Indiana 76 5 Arizona St' 99.5 1131 Wash.St 86.8 Ark State 673 18) WichdaSt• 595 Auburn• 107.4 (54( Cha'nooga 534 Baylor 91.5 18r Pittsburgh • 832 BowEgGrn 829 .161 Dayton• 666 Citadel 63 5 131 Illinois St• 60.5 Colgate 58.2 (11, Lafayette• 472 Colorado 96.8 1161 Wisconsin• 811 Colo.St• 686 181 N Alex St 606 Davidson• 45 8 11 Len.Rhi.ne 44.6 Duke• 84 3 191 Washington 75 5 E Carolina 768 1141 S Illinois' 626 Florida• 94 3 1251 So Miss 69 4 Georgia• 90 2 115, Clemson 75 0 Hawaii 75,6 1141 Fresno St! 61 5 14olyCross 70.9 1271 N I-Eshire• 44 2 Illinois 87 8 191 California! 78 3 lowa St• 921 1311 Idaho 61 5 Kansas 98 8 _ 1251 FloridaSt• 6 Kent St 82 3 1191 Ohio U• 63 6 L.S U.• 103 0 1141 Texas ALM 88 6 grace and style, the same way he might have gone back for one of his basket catches in center field. • "Maybe I'll cry tomorrow or the next day," the 42-year old superstar said, "but not today. I've got too many friends in this room to feel sad." Michigan Stair al Syracuse Stanford at Michigan Michigan Stale 111chigaa State Michigan State Michigan Mate ,Michigan Stale FOOTBALL INDEX s have a tough Southern Cal, both 135.4 (6) 1932 Southern Cal, 125.0 (7) 1966 Notre Dame, 124.2 (8) 1971 Nebraska, 123.5 (9) 1944 Navy, 123.1 (10) 1954 UCLA, 122.5 (11) 1947 Michigan, 121.8 Louisville• 796 (201 Drake 591 McNeese Sl• 68.6 191 Lamar 59.9 Michigan• 102 1 (151 Stanford 870 Mich.St 84.5 011 Syracuse• 73.7 Minnesota• 802 (9) N.Dakota 71 2 Mis'sippi• 895 161 Memphis 835 Miss.St 74.7 131 Vanderbilt 71.2 Missouri• 99.9 125) Virginia 74 5 Nebraska • ..118 4 1161 N C State 102 4 N.Carolina• 943 1131 Maryland 01 1 N.lllinois 776 (91 W Michigan• 68 8 Notre Dame• 95 2 1101 N'western 84 8 Okla.St 100.7 1111 Arkansas• 90 0 Oregon 88.0 15) Air Force• 825 PENN STATE 103.1 125) Navy 77 9 Purdue• 95.1 1111 Miami 3 O 84 3 Rice• 84 0 - , (26p Montana 581 Richmond• 76.4 . 119) V. 51.1. 57.4 Rutgers 743 .-- (16) Lehigh• 582 S.Diego St 92 6 1111 Utah St• 81 9 So Calif 115.9. . 131) Ga. Tech• 842 S.M U. 91.9 . (111 Oregon St• 80 9 Temple• 64.3 _ . 111 Akron 63.1' Tennessee 99.7 1221 Army• 77.7 T C.U. • 83 3 (171 Tex-Arra 66 0 Texas Tech• 87.5. (12) N.Mexico 755 NATIONAL LEADERS TO DATE . _Nebraska 118.4 N.C.State 102.4 U.C.L.A. .962 Arkansas ._. 90.0 Stanford __. 87.0 Rice - 84.0 Oklahoma _. 118.0 Michigan 102.1 Purdue 95.1 Mississippi 89.5 Wash. State . 86.8 Delaware ... 83 7 Alabama _ 117.5 OklahomaSt 100.7 Florida _._.94.3 W.Virginia _ 89.4 Tampa .._ 85.4 Memphis St 83 5 S California 115.9 Missouri 99 9 N.Carolina ._ 94.3 Texas A&M 88.6 N'western -... 84.8 Pittsburgh ... 83.2 Auburn. 107.4 Tennessee _ 99.7 Houston 93 9 S.Carolina ... 88.3 Michigan St 84.5 HowlingGr'n 82.9 Ohio State . 104.2 Arizona St _. 99 5 IS.Methodist .91.9 Oregon 88.0 Duke .. 84.3 Boston Col _.82.5 PENN ST 103.1 Kansas ._ 98.8 Raylo r i 91.5 Illinois . 87.5 Miami. o_. 84.3 Wm & Mary 82.5 Louisiana St 103.0 Colorado -.. 96.8 IGeorgia 90.2 Texas Tech 87.5 Ga. Tech - 84.2 Kent State _ 82.3 10 : ASSeMbil ROOM t:3O • 6.6'e P01)6.6.1.. N. Carol' at Nebr., Maryland ■t North Caro Una 6IESE North Carolina HOUSTON (AP) Audacious Billie Jean King struck a blow at all male chauvinists by crushing Bobby Riggs 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 last night in their circus-like, $lOO,OOO winner-take-all tennis Battle of the Sexes at the Astrodome. A wild roar went up from the 30,472 fans in the huge air conditioned arena• when Bobby dumped a weak forehand shot into the net for the final shot. Billie Jean, leading 5-3 with Riggs serving, earlier blew two match points with weak shots into the net for errors. At the end of the match, while skyrockets flared on the big Astrodome scoreboard and the University of Houston band played a martial tune, the happy Ms. King flung her racket high in the air and hurdled the net in traditional fashion. The • 55 yeas -old, bespectacled Riggs was a tired, rubbery-legged old man at the finish. "She was just too good for me," he acknowledged ungrudgingly, rubbing his chronicly sore _right elbow. "She was much.too quick and made better shots than I.did." The veteran Riggs, Wimbledon and world champion now turned sports hustler, was just a shell of the (42) 1938 Southern Cal, 121.6 (13) 1971 lifillhoma, 120.1 (14) 1956 Oklahoma, 119.3 (15) 1934 Alabama, i 118.2 (16) 1972 Southern Cal, 118.1 (17) 1959 Mississippi, 118.0 (18) 1945 Navy, 117.9 (19) 1972 Toledo• 71.4 ___ (9) Cent. Mich 62.8 Tulane• 91.2 __ (91 Boston Col 82 5 Tulsa -80.5 (5) Kansas St• 75.1 U.O L.A.• 96 2 ______ (15) lowa 80.7 Utah• 81.4 1311 Tex.ElP 50.1 Villanova• 68.0.......... (6) Cinenati 62.1 W.Tex.St 57.8 _ .__(1) N.Tex.St• 56.6 W.V(rg(ma• 89.4 (91 Va. Tech 80 1 Wm & Mary 825 (9) W'keForest• 73.8 Wu f ford • 567 (31 Furman 53.7 Wyoming• 71.3 , . . (01 Pacdie 70.9 OTHER EASTERN FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 21 Foldham 296 ,21) St Peters• 8.9 SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 Alfred 442 1201 Brockp't• 24.6 Illoomslig 32 4 - 161 Lk.Haven• 26 7 Bridgen't 59 2 1151 A 1.C.• 44 3 Rucknell• 655.120/ Boston U 45.7 Calif St• 30.5 111 Cheyney 29 2 Connect't 56.2 1101 Vermont• 459 C tV Post 56.6 120/ Wagner• 37 1 Delaware• 83.7 153 i Gettysb'g 30.3 CHILDREN'S presents Return to Oz ennessee. at Army =ES Tennesset Tennessee Tennessee Tmnesser E=IMEI man who defeated Australia's Margaret Court in San Diego May 13 in what he rakishly termed Mother's Day Massacre. The . duck-footed preacher's son, who turned his victory into a million-dollar hustle, appeared now to be bankrupt as far as any future hustles were concerned. "Where can Bobby go from here," everybody asked. "Maybe I will take on the winning golfers," the dejected Riggs said. "I could play them from the women's tees. I hit the ball about the way a woman does." Welsh By RAY McALLISTER Collegian Sports Editor Sports Illustrated's line on Penn State this season seems to be: "Geez; that's a good team, but why is it playing such a sissy schedule?" Yesterday, that magazine came out with the same spiel—"more than its Eastern image, Penn State's cross is a soft schedule"—in its story on the Stanford game. And earlier, in its pre-season rundown, it had called the schedule "oh, so easy with the Marylands and Navys." Once again, that line is not encore Oklahoma, 117.7 (20) Nebraska, 117.2. Meanwhile, Texas joins the race for No. 1 this week with a 21 point Index advantage over Miami of Florida. Here's the schedule: Del. Valley• 336 121 Moravian 31 0 F &' M• 40 1 1161 Ursinus 23 7 Geneva• 43.9 4141 Bethany• 295 Hobart 465 1351 Roch. Tech• 112 Hof , tra 380 1201 SetonHoll• 175 Inchana,Pa 55 3 117) Cortland• 37 9 Jersey City• 292. 1281 D.C.Teach 1.0 T Carroll 25 8 111 Allegheny• 24.8 Juniata• 49.5 (4) Ithaca 456 Kenyon 37.1 1231 Wash-Jeff• 144 Kings Pt• 397 1251 Curry 145 Leb Valley• 26.3 1 111 Dickinson 15 0 Lycommg• 37 2 101 Albright 37 0 M'lersvle 41 4 15) Dela.St• 36.4 Montclair 39 9 (111 E Stroudsbg• 29 1 N Y.Teeh 25.1 ... 123) Newark St• 1.7 Paterson•, 16 5 16) Trenton 10.1 R P. 1.• 20 1 101 Coast G 19.7 Ship'nsbg 28 7 111 Kutztown• 27 8 So Conn 38 6 12) Wesleyan• 36 8 Springfield 45.7 121 Cen Conn• 44.0 Thiel• 327 113) Case 20.1 Union 31.1 16) WorchesterT 25 0 W Chester• 56 6 1121 Clarion 44 3 Irminister 479 1211 Waynesb'g 273 Wilkes• 35 0 161 Sus'hanna 29 2 Oliff xo, f 4 , kr 4,47/ Free Balloons Pennsylvania gridders all selected'to triumph Does anybody believe Philadelphia Mayor Frank L. Rizzo after he failed a lie detector test this summer? The Collegian sports staff does and has enlisted the tough cop-turned mayor as the guest prognosticator for this weekend's "Big Ten." Rizzo, a gubernatorial Shapp, who called a good hopeful for 1974, didn't offend slate and wound up with 84-1 any would be voters by mark. The Governor showed picking Penn State, Pitt and why he isn't a fulltime Temple to win. He followed disciple of Jimmy the Greek. the same conservative line Shapp picked Temple to beat for most of his selections, Boston College. BC won 45-0. going with the favorites. —MS dtahZollegiT spo s The Daily Collegian Friday, September 21, 1973-7 Riggs was reknown as a golf hustler—making bizarre bets which he rarely lost— before he came back to tennis to capitalize on the new court boom. The puckish, garrulous little 's Navy: true test? being taken, publicly, by Joe Paterno. The Penn State coach yesterday indicated that his defense, which stymied the Stanford offense all last Saturday, might be in for an even tougher afternoon. "Navy's offense gives us an awful lot of problems," Paterno said. "It's much more diversified, much more explosive than the Stanford offense." The Midshipman everyone talks about . when Navy football comes up is one Cleveland Cooper, a 5-10, 185- pound junior who rushed for 1,046 yards last year, an Academy record. His 172 yards against VMI Saturday was a personal high. Cooper, who has seen a number of teams "key" on him, is aware that possibility, exists in any game. "I don't lose any sleep over it," he offers. "I found that the defense was keying on me toward the end of the 1972 season but, with our defensive line, it didn't seem to matter. Our offensive lineman will get a running Each week the guest predictor is asked to give a few comments on his choices. Rizzo had no comment. Maybe he should have said that when approached to take the lie detector test. The "Collegian Big Ten" opened its guessing game last week with Gov. Milton J. man, who had once said that all women should be kept barefoot and pregnant, was a tragic figure as he fell victim to Billie Jean's slam-bang, aggressive tactics. He played at times like a back four yards on every play. If you're at all decent, you can get two more." There are those who might feel differently, particularly if one must go against the Penn State defense, which Saturday limited Stanford to minus eight yards on the ground. That figure ranks the Lions second nationally in rushing defense. However, there is the possibility a significant part of the unit, linebacker Ed O'Neil, may miss tomorrow's game. Having broken a bone in his left wrist at practice Tuesday, O'Neil now must wait until the day of the game to see if he'll get the doctor's go' ahead. The man who has become the center of attention this time, however, is not Paterno, Cooper or O'Neil. Rather, it is Navy coach George Welsh, who, as anyone reading a sports page in the last week would know, handled the Penn State offensive backfield last year. "We're playing an awfully good team," said the man who should know. "I know all prizefighter dazed by a punch. His legs were wobbly, his shots were insecure, his movement over the court were those of a decrepit male. He rarely got his first service in court. His second service was a marshmellow delivery which Billie Jean moved in on and put away for iepeated winners. All of Bobby's shots lacked authority. f`Bobby did too much partying and promoting during the past two weeks- Lornie Kuhle, Bobby's sparring partner professional from California. their personnel and how good they are. They have good balance on offense and defense "Their defense is tough to pick at. First, they have great athletes there. And they shift defenses, showing different combinations." Welsh seems to know enough about Penn State to spring a few surprises on it. He concedes that to be a possibility, though he'll need to outguess his friend Paterno. But Welsh's advantages end there, he insists. "You can get as much out of scouting reports and films these days as you can from coaching the other team," Welsh said at his weekly press luncheon. "Our preparation for this game is based on scouting and films, not on any inside information." Tomorrow will tell if the preparation has been extensive enough and if the talent is great enough to boost Penn State's schedule somewhat from being "oh, so easy."
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