Page 12 THE BATTALION TUESDAY. OCTOBER 30, 1979 Tide smashing to No. 1 United Press International NEW YORK — With the tough est of its Southeastern Conference foes safely out of the way, Alabama can afford to smile benignly down from its position as the nation’s top- ranked college football team once again. The Crimson Tide retained its No. 1 status in the United Press International Board of Coaches ratings, gaining 33 first-place votes and a total of 603 points. After a scare from Tennessee on Oct. 20, Alabama easily defeated Virginia Tech, 31-7, on Saturday to extend the nation’s longest winning streak to 16 games and mark the 200th Crimson Tide victory for Coach Bear Bryant. Nebraska remained No. 2 after defeating Big Eight foe Colorado, 38-10, and gaining six first-place votes for 560 points, but the new No. 3 team in the ratings is Ohio State. The Houston Cougars, in spite of defeating fifth-ranked Arkansas 13-10 Saturday to gain undisputed first place in the Southwest Confer ence, could not break out of their fourth-ranked status after the Buc keyes demolished Michigan State 42-0. It was the eighth straight win for Ohio State this season under Earle Bruce and the Buckeyes nipped Houston by seven points, 509-502, for the No. 3 position. Southern Cal, meanwhile, slip ped from third to fifth after defeat ing California 24-14 while Florida State, still undefeated after a 24-19 win over No. 17 LSU, moved up one notch to become the No. 6 team. Oklahoma, crushing Iowa State 38-9, moved up two slots to take over the No. 7 spot while Texas re mained eighth-rated after its 30-6 win over SMU. Arkansas slid from fifth to ninth after being beaten by Houston, and Michigan’s miracle finish in its 27-21 win over Indiana kept it in the No. 10 spot. Rounding out the next 10, Brigham Young remained at No. 11 after its 59-7 crushing of New Mexico; Pitt stayed in the No. 12 spot after defeating No. 14 Navy, 24-7, and bumping the Midshipmen out of the rankings altogether; Notre Dame moved up two notches to No. 13 after defeating South Carolina, 18-17; Wake Forest became the No. 14 team by edging Auburn, 42-38, and Washington reappeared in the ranking as the 15th-rated team with a 34-14 victory over UCLA. Purdue, rated 16th last week, stayed the same after edging Northwestern 20-16; North Carolina, which tied East Carolina 28-28, dropped from 15th to 17th; Baylor moved up from 20th to No. A BRAZOS VALLEY INSTITUTION house 779-7500 1803 Texas Ave. For an enjoyable meal with family and friends AN AGGIE FAVORITE 1803 Texas Ave. Bryan 18 after defeating TCU 16-3; No. 19 Penn State remained the same with a 31-6 win over West Virginia, and LSU dropped from 17 to 20 follow ing its loss to Florida State. By agreement with the American Football Coaches Association, teams on probation by the NCAA are inel igible for the top 20 and national championship consideration by the coaches. Those teams are Oklahoma State, Auburn and Memphis State. Here by sections are the coaches who comprise the UPI football board: EAST: Frank Cignetti, West Virginia; Carmen Cozza, Yale; Frank Burns, Rutgers; Jackie Sher rill, Pittsburgh; Frank Maloney, Syracuse; Jerry Claiborne, Mary land. MIDWEST: Jim Young, Purdue; Lee Corso, Indiana; Dan Devine, Notre Dame; Earle Bruce, Ohio State; Darryl Rogers, Michigan St.; Pat Culpepper, Northern Illinois. SOUTH: Bear Bryant, Alabama; Vince Dooley, Georgia; Charley Pell, Florida; Jim Carlen, South Carolina; Johnny Majors, Tennes see; Charlie McClendon, LSU. MIDLANDS: Tom Osborne, Ne braska; Barry Switzer, Oklahoma; Warren Powers, Missouri; Jim Dickey, Kansas St.; Rick Venturi, Northwestern; Jeff Jeffries, Wichita St. SOUTHWEST: Bill Yeoman, Houston; Ron Meyer, SMU; Grant Teaff, Baylor; Jerry Moore, North Texas State; Fred Akers, Texas; Lou Holtz, Arkansas. MOUNTAINS: Frank Kush, Arizona State; Ken Hatfield, Air Force; Sark Arslanian, Colorado Sharing a ‘Little happiness Texas A&M linebacker Mike Little (55) is congratulated by jubilant teammates Darrell Adams (47) and Mike Mosley (11) after he intercepted a Rice pass and ran it back for a touchdown Saturday in A&M’s victory over the Owls. Not Court drops flag on Clark’s rough State; Lavell Edwards, Brigham Young; Chuck Fairbanks, Colorado; Wayne Howard, Utah. PACIFIC: John Robinson, Southern California; Craig Fertig, Oregon St.; Dave Currie, Long Beach State; Roger Theder, Califor nia; Don James, Washington; Terry Donahue, UCLA. United Press International WASHINGTON —The Supreme Court Tuesday let stand a lower- court decision allowing a former Denver Broncos defensive back to sue the Cincinnati Bengals and a former player for reckless disregard for his safety. The justices turned down an ap- ^ \&lChxcx> 3109 Texas Avenue Bryan, Texas 77801 restaurant Happy Hour 4-6 (7 days a week) 2 for 1 per person 10% discount for all A&M students with current I.D. Mon.-Thurs. only. peal by the Cincinnati team and its former fullback, Charles “Booby" Clark, contesting the ruling that al lowed Dale Hackbart to press a claim for damages suffered when he was intentionally hit in the neck during a game. Hackbart, a former Broncos de fensive back, sued Clark for assault and battery and reckless misconduct two years after he suffered a neck injury at the opening game of the National Football League season on Sept. 16, 1973. As a defensive back, Hackbart covered Clark during a pass play which ended in a Bronco intercep tion. At that point, Hackbart became an offensive player whose responsi bility was to block Clark and pre vent him from tackling the Broncos ball carrier. In his attempt to block Clark, Hackbart threw his forearm at his opponent and hit him in the chest and chin areas. Clark, in turn, struck Hackbart from behind in the neck and base of the skull while the Bronco player was kneeling and watching comple tion of the play, according to legal papers filed with the Supreme Court. Both men fell to the ground, but did not complain or exchange words. No penalty was called. Later, at trial, Clark testified he intentionally hit Hackbart but said his actions were triggered by frus tration because the Bengals were only was it the first touchdown Little has scored ond he said it was the first time he had ever touched tkli game. losing. Clark, now with the Houston Oil ers, said he “acted out of anger and frustration, but w ithout a specific in tent to injure. The district court dismissed Hackbart’s suit, ruling physical con tact “a common and frequent characteristic of professional football which could be expected to take place in virtually any NFL game. ’ The court said Hackbart, a pro player for 13 years, recognized and assumed the risk of injury in playing football and therefore was not entitled to sue his opponent. In reversing the district court, the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said it erred in ruling that even "in tentional injuries incurred in foot ball games should be outside the framework of the law. "The general customs of football do not approve the intentional punching or striking of others, the appeals court said in sending the case back to the lower court for a new trial. In appealing to the Supreme Court, the Bengals said the court erred in decided that Hackbart can sue for damages. The team argued that the very basis of football involves constant physical contact which might ordi narily be described as assault and battery. "The difference between deliber ate striking on the football field and similar conduct on the streets seems obvious, the Ben “The court of ap|«j realistically and erronwo tliiv case as if it hadiiia strangers on the street.' | Opposing the Bena* Hackbart said theapp rectly found that a foo who injures another] illegal physical contact^ liability claims. "The only foreseeaUed Court of Appeals’dedsi discourage profession! plasers from engagingii| sary acts of violence i conduct of the game, j said. Support Jeff Cantrell UNITY Hamburgers Sec.-Treasurer Class of ’83 1800 S. Texas Ave. College Station 693-9515 i,- Goal Establishment ★ Class Unity SHAKLEE PRODUCTS Call, Come By or Will Deliver 317 Columbia Court, C.S. 693-0435 HO TRAINS AND ACCESSORIES DABBLE HOBBY SUPPLIERS Sale. 25% off list of Athearn/Atlas/ Roundhouse. Large inventory. 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