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Thursday, March 8, 1973

Banner-Graphic, Greencastle, Indiana

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“Redshirting” Approved In Big 10 Meeting

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CHICAGO (AP) - The Big Ten approved Wednesday the so-called redshirting policy in football, subject to review by member schools. Conference faculty representatives, concluding the Big Ten’s March business meetings, voted a change to permit football varsity competition within a five-year period. Ever since 1956. the Big Ten has adhered to a four-year college span rule which football

Sam Houston State Named

SPORTS ^ College Division Chomp

coaches handicapped the conference in competition against such red-shirting conferences as the Big Eight and Pacific 8. Redshirting permits a promising football player to sit out a season for further grooming within a five-year college career. However, Marcus plant of Miamigan, chairman of the faculty group, pointed out that action by the NCAA at its January convention here in limiting football tenders to an

NCAA Wrestling Tourney Gets Underway Today

By BETTY HOPPER Associated Press Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — Three defending champions put their titles on the line when the National Collegiate Athletic Association wrestling tournament gets underway at the University of Washington. The champions are Chris Taylor, 420-pound Olympic bronze medalist from Iowa State; Tom Milkovich, 142pounder from Michigan State; and Washington’s Bill Murdock, the 177-pound titlist. Wade Schalles of Clarion State, last year’s 150-pound champion, will compete in the 158-pound division this time. Iowa State, defending team champion, and Oklahoma State have a wrestler in each of the 10 events. The Cyclones are favored although Oklahoma State won the Big Eight Conference title. Oregon State, the Pacific-8 Conference champion, and Washington are expected to mount strong challenges. No West Coast school ever has won this title. Washington has nine

men in the meet and Oregon State has eight. “1 don’t know if any body can beat Chris Taylor,” said Washington Coach Jim Smith of the Cyclone heavyweight who hasn’t lost a match in his collegiate career. “He has good moves, good speed, good strength and is rather obnoxiously aggressive. He’ll come after you the whole match and that makes him something special.” Smith said Washington’s Dave Graves has the potential to upset Taylor. “Graves has the speed and the style that we think could do it.” Washington also has one of the top freshmen in the meet in Tom Brown, the Pac-8 champion at 142 pounds. Other outstanding freshmen include Pete Galea, 150, whose 23 pins set an Iowa State record for his class and Billy Martin of Oklahoma State, the Big Eight titlist at 126 pounds. Action gets under way on eight mats Thursday afternoon and ends Saturday night when the 350-man field will have been reduced to 20.

State Fair To Have Hoosier Harness Racing Night INDIANAPOLIS . . . The trotters to which also are eliIndiana State Fair will con- gible four and five-vear-olds duct a big “Indiana Night” that were non-winners of program during its three-day, $5,000 lifetime as of Jan. 1, four session harness race meet- 1973. Events in the “Pride of ing Aug. 23-25, with Hoosier Indiana" series are open to the trotters and pacers to take world, over the stage Thursday night,

August 23.

Harness racing officials r , ' .. ,. , , , ,. has tern Conference reveal that the Indiana Atlanta Division Night” show will be open only /_ p c , Qp

to horses owned or bred in

Boston

13 .812

New York

21 .712 6

Buffalo

50 .275 37

Philadel

62 .127 48

Central Division

Baltimore

24 .647

Atlanta

30 .571 5

Houston

42 .391 1714

Cleveland

45 .348 2014

races for older horses. The

State Fair will provide SI,000 Atlanta in added money for each of Houston

the four races.

The “little guy” of Indiana Western Conference harness racing is being remem- Midwest Division bered in the overnight events, Milwaukee 50 22 .694 — , f ,. r • Chicago 45 25 .643 4 a pace and a trot for lifetime [x- tro it 32 38 457 17 non-winners of S2.000. K.C.-Omaha 33 40 452 17^ These races were included Pacific Division when the State Fair Board de- Los Angeles 52 18 .743 cided that the Hoosier who ^’°^ cn ^ tate 4- -8 .600 10 can not afford to breed or buy ^ hoenix -* 7 .^ 7I 19 a stakes colt should be given a , 7 53 ^^ chance to race his horse at his Tuesday's Games

State Fair.

Completing the “Indiana Night” card will be a late-clos-ing stake for two-year-old pacers and a late-closing stake for three-year-old pacers. Harness racing officials stress that Indiana horses are welcome in the new “Pride of

Indiana” colt series, nomina- Antonio tions in which will close games scheduled March 15 Thursday's Games The “Pride” series will in- P^nd at Atlanta elude a two-year-old colt pace, omah;™ 0 ^ VS two-year-old filly pace, two- Boston at Phoenix year-old trot, and three-year- Chicago at Buffalo old events for pacers and ^ n *y games scheduled

Boston 127, Buffalo 112 New York 106, Seattle 94

Milwaukee 96, Chicago 88 Phoenix 110, Cleveland 102 Los Angeles 114, Portland 102 Golden State 108. Detroit 93 Only games scheduledd

Wednesday’s Games

New York at Philadelphia Cleveland vs. Houston at San

City-

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eventual overall limit of 105 automatically will reduce recruiting abuses and the possibility of wholesale redshirting by any conference. The redshirting rule will not receive final consideration until the Conference May meeting in Minneapolis after each member school votes on the measure unthe White Resolution. • ~ Also placed under White Resolution considerations by a Special Advisory Commission, composed of 11 former Black athletes from Big Ten schools. One called for a proper curriculum content for athletes to achieve in specific stages progress towards a degree in four, or at the most five years. A companion proposal recommended provision for financial aid to an athlete in his fifth college year, even if his eligibility has expired, to guarantee his graduation. The faculty group also increased fom 15 to 20 the number of initial aid grants in minor sports. A year ago, the Big Ten trimmed such tenders from 34 to 15. The faculty men continued suspension of the project 1.6 academic enctrace rule keeping the Big Ten in accord with the new NCAA rule permitting grants to incoming athletes who graduate from high school with a 2.0. or straight C academic average.

Roman Gabriel Trade "Almost Certain”

LOS ANGELES (AP) - It is almost certain that Roman Gabriel will be traded and the Washington Redskins are still the team with the best chance of getting the Los Angeles Rams quarterback, says his attorney. Ed Masry told Ihe Associated Press lues day that the personal rift between Rams club owner Carroll Rosenbloom

and Gabriel was too great to be remedied. “11 Roman went to camp w'ith the Rams and they hadn’t repaired the breach between them, 1 would say Gabe would be in an intolerable situation,” Masry said. “Roman said some things which were less than complimentary about Rosenbloom and Rosenbloom made similar statements about Roman."

Promoter Chris Dundee Offers All $200,000 To Fight Ellis

MIAMI BEACH (AP) Promoter Chris Dundee watched former heavyweight champion Jimmy Ellis score an easy first round technical knockout over Charlie “Emperor” Harris here Tuesday night, and then announced he will offer Muhammad Ali S20().(K)0 to fight Ellis. “I’m going to talk to them (Ali’s handlers) today.” said Dundee. “I am going to offer

them $200,000 to fight Jimmy here May 23. “1 think I’m a cinch to draw at least 15.000 people," added Dundee, saying he would stage the bout in the Miami Beach Convention Center. He said he had the financial backing necessary from the Miami Beach I ourism Development Authority lor the $300,000 he estimated would be necessary to put on the fight.

NEW YORK (AP) - Sam Houston State, which didn’t even make the Top Ten last season despite a creditable 22-4 record, was named Wednesday The Associated Press college division basketball champion. 1 he Bearkats, undefeated in the regular season and headed for the NAIA playoffs in Kansas City beginning Monday, received II of 13 No. I votes cast by a nationwide panel of sportswriters and broadcasters. Augustana of Illinois, whose season record was marred only by a one-point loss to Sam Houston, was No. 2 in the final poll with 170 points, 86 fewer than the top-ranked Bearats. The Vikings, 23-1 going into the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics playoffs, were expected to be the toughest foe of the Bearkats who won their district title with two triumphs over St. Mary's of

Texas.

But Sam Houston State has more than the championship at stake. The Huntsville, Tex., school, which won six straight games at the end of the 1971-72 campaign, needs only one more triumph to erase the NAIA record for the most consecutive victories. The mark of 33 straight was set during the 1968-69 and 196970 seasons by Stephen F. Austin, the No. 3 team in the final AP poll after a 25-3 season.

The Bearkats also need only to get to the finals to crack the single-season record of 30 straight triumphs which Central State of Ohio has owned for

eight seasons.

Assumption of Massachusetts, with a 20-2 record after two triumphs last week, was fourth in the final poll, followed by Philadelphia Textile. Assumption moved up from fifth place while the Rams, third going into the final week, dropped to fifth after unranked Old Dominion handed them their second loss in 28 outings. Roanoke, the defending National Collegiate Athletic Association college division champion, wound up No. 6 with a 215 record, followed by 21-3 Wis-consin-Eau Claire, 18-7 Louisiana Tech. 21-4 Kentucky State

and 20-4 Akron.

Last season’s college division champion, Tennessee State, was only an also-ran this year, but repeaters include Eau Claire, No. 2 last year; Louisiana Tech, No. 3; Stephen F. Austin, No. 6 and Kentucky State, the defending NAIA champion. No. 10. Ihe Top Ten. with first-place votes in parentheses, season records and total points. Points tabulated on basis of 20-18-16-14-

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1. S. Houston St. (II) 26-0 256 2. Augustana, 111. 23-1 170 3. S.F. Austin 25-3 162 4. Assumption (1) 20-2 146 5. Phila. Textile 26-2 112 6. Roanoke 21-5 94 7. Wis-Eau Claire 21-3 72 8. Louisiana Lech 18-7 58 9. Kentucky St. 21-4 54 10. Akron 20-4 32

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