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.
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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-
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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
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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
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realistically and erronwo
tliiv case as if it hadiiia
strangers on the street.' |
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Hackbart said theapp
rectly found that a foo
who injures another]
illegal physical contact^
liability claims.
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Court of Appeals’dedsi
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2. Nebraska (6)
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