Page Twelve THE MICHIGAN DAILY Tuesday, December 8, 1970 Page Twelve THE MICHIGAN DAILY Tuesday, December 8, 1970 Ali scores TKO over Bonavena in 15th 4)- Squeaks by Oscar on last round knockdown NEW YORK W) -- Unbeaten Muhammad Ali came alive in the waning minutes of the 15th round and stopped crude but strong Oscar Bonavena on three knock- downs in an amazing finish at Madison Square Garden last night. Weary and desperately trying to hold off the bull like rushes and lunges of the South American heavyweight champion from Ar- gentina, Ali suddenly nailed the strong-jawed Bonavena with a solid left hook to the jaw that3 dropped Oscar for a count of six. The capacity crowd in the Gar- den roared as Ali followed with a sharp right-left combination to the jaw then again felled the gutty, Bonavena for a count of four. As he was getting the mandatory eight-count, Bonavena's corner tossed a towel into mid-ring.- But Ali unloaded another left and right that felled the South American again. This immediately ended the fight under the three-knockdown rule at 2:03 of the final round. The fight had been astonishingly close until Ali's sudden thunder brought it to a wild end. Ali, who had held the heavy- weight title under the name of Cassius Clay, had predicted he would stop the, cocky Argentine" in the ninth round. "In nine he'll be mine," boasted Ali. But at the end of nine, it was he who seemed weary and worried. Ali, weighing 212 pounds to Bonavena's 204, had started fast, boxing rings around the broad, muscular 6-to-1 underdog. Through the first seven rounds he had piled up a big lead over his plunging, charging shorter rival. Bonavena was warned five times for low blows by referee Mark Conn and also hit low with several other punches apparently unnoticed by the referee. Conn took the first round away from Bonavena for two low blows although Ali had won the round handily. In the sixth round Ali followed a left-handed miss by a left hand of his own that buckled Oscar's knees. That was the best punch of the fight until the wild finish. Bonavena appeared to have won the fourth round with his chops to the body and head, and nothing much more until the eighth. Then the chunky 5-foot-6 un- derdog began to score readily with thumping lefts and rights to the body and occasionally clubbing right and left hands to the head. Ali, who stands 6-foot-3 and has six inches in reach, had been punching with good combinations earlier but now couldn't hold back Oscar with singly-thrown jabs and hooks. Duke* Special To The Daily DURHAM, N.C. - Duke sent Michigan reeling to its t h i r d loss in three games here yes- terday, powering past the Wolverines 95-74 in an inter- sectional basketball game. The Blue Devils, listed among the top 20 teams in the pre-season polls, rallied behind 6-10 Randy Denton to win their second game against one loss: Denton, who finished with a game-high 35 points and garnered over a dozen rebounds off both boards, scored 15 points in the first half- as the Blue Devils rolled up a 47-38 lead, then scored six straight points at the beginning of the second half as Duke pulled out to a 13 point margin, 53-40. The Wolverines cut the margin slaughters Cagers A 4 daily sports NIGHT EDITOR: BILL ALTERMAN apiece, while Lockard had and Hayward none. one -Associated Press OSCAR BONAVENA blasts Muhammad Ali in the first round of last night's fight. Ali won on a fifteenth round technical knockout. Duke had just one other man in double figures-6-4 forward Richie O'Connor - but the Blue Devils had four men with eight points each. The Blue Devils moved quickly out into the lead behind the scor- ing of Denton and O'Connor, aid- ed by a number of Michigan turn- overs and some cold-shooting on the part of the Wolverines. The Wolverines, who made about 25 per cent of their field goals in the first ten minutes, finished the half with a cool 13 of 36 for 39 per cent. Duke shot a more re- spectable 48.1 per cent for the same period. FRESHMEN STAR Mamen Special To The Daily COLLEGE PARK, Md. - T h e Michigan wrestling team flexed its muscles for the first time yester- day, defeating Maryland 25-7. The meet was never in doubt, as the Wolverines won in seven of the ten weight classes and lost in only one. As in last Saturday's meet at Navy, the two freshmen each won, thoroughly dominating their op- ponents in the victory. In fact, the only Michigan grappler to lose was defending Big Ten champion Tim Cech. Wrestl- ing in the 134 lb. class, Cech lost to the Terrapins' Kim Hagedorn, a freshman, in a 3-2 decision. The match was tied at 1-1 with only 15 seconds to go when Cech went 1" trample, Terps for a headlock and missed. Hage- 12-7. Hubbard was also victorio dorn got the takedown and two Saturday at Navy, and has n points, while Cech's ensuing es- won his only two intercollegi cape netted him only one point. matches. The outcome of the meet was At 158 lbs., Mitch Mendrygal evident from the beginning. The sophomore, defeated the Terr Wolverines took control from the Bob Belott 7-2, for his second v start. At 118 lbs., Jerry Hoddy, the tory of the season. In the 1671 team's captain, decisioned John class, Tom Quinn made up for1 Ferrara 11-4. Then, at 126, J i m loss at Navy by downing R ic Hagen followed up by easily hand- Maher by the same 7-2 score. ling Peter Pappas 10-4. Therlon Harris, wrestling at 1 After Cech's loss, Mark K i n g gained his second draw in as ma fought to a draw with Maryland's matches, this time against Ri Robert Stover, 6-6. This match Ragan. After the 2-2 bout, it w was followed by what for Mich- time for the team's other fres igan was the high point of the man, Walt Sexton, to co: meet. Jerry Hubbard, a freshman through in style, defeating one wrestling at 150 lbs., decisioned the Maryland's top wrestlers, J e r Maryland captain, Kevin Kearns, D'Amore, by a 9-4 score. us ow ate , al ps, ic- lb. his c h 77, ny ich was sh- me of r y j u More Sports, Page 11 to 10, 59-49, with about 14 min- utes left in the game, but the Blue Devils reeled off five points in a row and were never threatened after that point. Duke's margin in the second half.went as high as, 24, as the Blue Devils controlled both the offensive and defensive boards. Henry Wilmore led Michigan's scoring attack for the second time in two games, collecting 24 points before fouling out with about two minutes left in -the game. He got help from fellow-sophomore Ken Brady, who poured in 16 points, and senior Dan Fife, who added 17. Wayne Grabiec, who was bench- ed at the start of the game in favor of Dave Hart, was Mich- igan's fourth man in double fig- ures, scoring 12 points on six field goals, most of them from the 20- 30 foot range. But the Wolverines got little scoring help from forwards Rod Ford, Ernie Johnson, John Lock- ard and Harry Hayward. Ford and Johnson picked up two points Duke led by 13, 29-16, midway through the first half, but the Wolverines, hitting a sudden hot streak and taking advantage of J--r three consecutive Blue Devil turn-at overs, cut the margin to 31-27.{' Brady scored on two lay-ups and a free throw, Wilmore added a pair of free throws, and Fife scored on a fast-break lay-up dur- ing the Wolverines' surge. But then the Wolverines com- mitted four of their own turn- overs and the hawking Durham Devils took advantage of them to score six straight points and move to a 37-27 lead. DUKE'S RANDY DENTON The Wolverines never got within night's 95-74 victory over eight points after that, and trail- watches on the left whil ed by 12 with about three minutes from the right. left in the half before scoring four, in a row on a jumper by Grabiec and free throws by Wilmore and Johnson. BARBER vils Blue DKEBILLIARDS DUKE G F T Denton 15 5-6W35 T.. .......- 7 .."} Q- I 1- -Associated Press goes up for an easy layup in last r Michigan. Michigan's Ken Brady e .Duke's Richie O'Connor views it AN AP poll* tells a fameliar story. Bruins continue maple mastery I By The Associated Press The wunderbar UCLA Bruins, seeking their fifth straight NCAA basketball crown, were over- whelmingly rated the finest bas- ketball team in the country by the Associated Press' first major college basketball poll of the 1970- 71 season. South Carolina was a distant second, trailing the Bruins by 52 overall votes and 20 first-place tallies. Skyscraping Jacksonville moved up one place in the poll to third, on the strength of two overwhelm- ing victories. Marquette, winner of last season's National Invitational Tournament, moved into the num- ber four spot behind the play of Dean Meminger and Jim Chones. Making a big move in the poll was Indiana, the pre-season pick 11. Kansas 2-0 85 rndiana 2--0 85 13. Western Kentucky 2-0 81 14. Army 2-0 61 15. New Mexico St. 2-0 59 16. Utah State 2-1 50 17. Tennessee 2-0 42 18. Oregon 3--0 38 19. St. Bonaventure 2-0 34 20. Louisville 2-0 27 to grab the Big Ten championship. Kentucky dropped to fifth de- spite wins over sixth-rated Notre Dame and Big Ten contender Michigan, and Drake, last year's MVC champ playing out of lovely Des Moines, moved from their. pre-season ranking of tenth to seventh in the poll. Penn also made a three-place hop to eighth while Southern Cal and Villanova, numbers seven and eight in the pre-season poll, drop-S ped to ninth and tenth respec- tively. In the heavyweight class, soph- omire Rick Bolhouse gained his second victory by defeating George Jernigan 9-4. It is an oddity that the only people on the team to win both of their matches this weekend have been the freshmen and sophomores. Mauling Maryland 118 pounds - Jerry Hoddy (MICH) dec. John Ferrara, 11-4 126 pounds - Jim Hagen (MICH) dec. Peter Pappas, 10-4 134 pounds - Kim Hagedorn (MD) dec Tim Cech, 3-2 142 pounds - Mark Kink (MICH) drew Robert Stover, 6-6 150 pounds - Jerry Hubbard (MICH) dec. Kevin Kearns, 12-7 158 pounds - Mitch Merdygal (MICH) dec. Bob Belott, 7-2 167 pounds - Tim Quinn (MICH) dec. Rich Maher, 7-2 177 pounds - Therlon Harris (MICH) drew Rich Ragen, 2-2 , 190 pounds - Wait Sexton (MICH) dec. Jerry D'Amore, 9-4 Heavyweight - Rick Bolhouse (MICH) dec. 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