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Rhodes Returns To Kentucky Coloneb As General Manager

LOUISVILLE, Ky AP- Gene Rhodes, removed as coach of the Kentucky Colonels almost three years ago, returned to the American Basketball Association club Thursday as general manager. He succeeds Mike Storen, the man who fired him in 1970. Storen, president-general manager, resigned earlier this month after controlling interest in the Colonels was acquired by John Y. Brown Jr.

The announcement was made by Brown’s wife, Ellie, board chairman of the team which

also is looking for a coach to replace Joe Mullaney. He quit this week.

Rhodes said he will have a three-year contract, terms unannounced, and will have a free hand in running the Colonels. “Brown hired me to direct it,“ Rhodes said. “We talked it over when he selected me and he made it clear he expects me to run it.” Rhodes, who has been working in Bowling Green, Ky., as representative for a firm that

sells scholastic products, said the Browns called him a week ago Sunday. “Then last Sunday we had a pretty good go at negotiating. I’m very excited about this because 1 had hoped—it was in my original plans-to coach for a while and then work up to a position in management. “Now I am where I hoped to be seven years back. For me, this is very satisfying.”

Was there any satisfaction in replacing the man who ousted him? “I really haven’t had time to reflect on that,” he said. “After I left the Colonels, 1 went through a period of trying to get some redirection in my life. I’ve got no long-lasting animosities. When we settled the law suit, I felt I was vindicated.” Two months ago Rhodes re-

ceived a “substantial undisclosed sum” in an out-of-court settlement of a $2 million libel, slander and breach of-contract suit he had filed against Storen and Athletic Enterprises, Inc., the corporation that previously owned the Colonels. Rhodes, who had been coach from November 1967 until November 1970, claimed he was maliciously defamed and injured by statements issued by Storen after

Rhodes were released. He told a news conference that after the settlement was reached, “I felt vindicated, and since that time I haven’t even dwelled on it.” He is taking over operation of a club that has an all-woman board of directors, and one that becomes a regional franchise next season. The Colonels will play four games in Lexington, some in other Kentucky cities.

and approximately 20 games in Cincinnati, in addition to 24 at Louisville’s Freedom Hall. Rhodes promised to be on the job Monday because “there isn’t much tme left. A lot of it has slipped by—and I want to get out and carry out a message to the community....tell them our needs. This is, or can be, the finest franchise in pro basketball.’

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Sports

Baseball Football County Sports

Secretariat, Riva Ridge To Meet At Belmont

NEW YORK (AP) - Meadow Stable’s Triple Crown winner Secretariat and Meadow Stable millionaire Riva Ridge will meet in a $250,000 match race Sept. 15 at Belmont Park. Helen Tweedy, operator of the stable, said Thursday the $250,000 would be given to charity. The distance for the race, to be televised nationally by CBS, will be 1 1-8 miles.

The race was announced at a news conference by the New York Racing Association and Philip Morris Inc., which put up $200,000 of the purse for the event to be called the Marlboro Cup. The other $50,000 will be posted by the NYRA. The weights will be announced 10 days before the race by NYRA Racing Secretary Kenneth Noe Jr.

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Jack Krumpe, president of the NYRA, said “our current thinking is that it will be a nobetting race.” The event is subject to approval by the New York State Racing and Wagering Board. “I’m very excited about this race," said Mrs. Tweedy. “They probably wouldn’t have met under normal circumstances and in my heart I’ve always wanted them to meet.” Krumpe said a panel consisting of Noe and racing secre-

taries Frank E. “Jimmy” Kilroe of Hollywood Park and Kenny Lennox of Monmouth Park unanimously selected Riva Ridge as the most valid challenger for a match race with Secretariat. Secretariat, the ninth 3-year-old ever to win the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness and Belmont Stakes, is next scheduled to run in the 550,000 Whitney Aug. 4 and then in the $100,000added Travers Aug. 10, both at Saratoga.

Sports Shorts Starters Selected For North-South Grid Tilt

BLOOMINGTON Ind.(AP)The starting quarterbacks lor Saturday’s North-South high school All-Star football game at Bloomington will be Dough Davis of Vincennes Lincoln, for the South, and Mike McCray of South Bend St. Joseph’s, for the North. “Davis is learning to read defenses and has developed into a strong drop-back Mooresville, NP Record Victories North Putnam and Mooresville recorded narrow victories last Wednesday evening to advance to the quarterfinals of the Cloverdale Invitational Tournament for 8-9-10 year olds. Mooresville managed to slip past Belle Union 4-3 while North Putnam edged Fillmore 6-5 in four innings of play. Mooresville will not meet Liberty Township in game number six on Friday night at 6:30 p.m. North Putnam's ball club will then take on Reelsville in the second game Friday night at 8:30 p.m.

passer,” said South offensive coach J. R. Bishop. North Coach Bill Doda, however, said his team is “going to go with a strong running game and use a passing game only to complement our running.” MAKES BESTJUMP HIGHLAND Ind. (AP)—Noel Ruebel, who will be a senior at Highland High School this fall, has gone higher than any Hoosier high school jumper, but he doesn’t hold the record. Fuebel cleared 6-feet-l 1 last week in the Midwest Regional Junior Olympics meet at Moline, 111. But that isn’t a state record since only those jumps made at at the state track finals count. The record is 6-10 set by Gary Haupert of Northfield in 1967. Ruebel, who won this year’s state meet with a 6-6‘/i leap, will compete in the National Junior Olympic finals at Ann Arbor, Mich., Aug. 14-17. HOOSIERS IN RUNNING BENTON HARBOR Mich. (AP)—Five Indiana golfers were still in the running in today’s second round of the Western Amateur golf championship tourney here. Doug Ballenger, a real estate salesman at Ruxton, Md., led Wednesday’s opening round with a two-un-der-par 70. Not far behind were Gary Biddinger of Westport, Ind., at 73; Frank Zoeller, New Albany, 74; Bob Prange, Greenfield, 75; Jeff Madtson, Indianapolis, 78, and Bill Kratzert, Fort Wayne, 80.

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The Wind Up And The Pitch

Jack Allen, pitcher for Moore’s Bar, “does his thing” while on the mound. Allen, who has an excellent 10-1 record this season usually goes through a game striking out six or more batters. Allen demonstrated this last Monday evening as Men’s Softball Results

he limited Torr’s Restaurant--Walton’s Masonry to five hits while recording nine strikeouts. Moore’s won the contest, 6-1. (Banner-Graphic Photos)

Fillmore Stuns Sports; Livestock Routs IGA

Fillmore-Buis Fertilizer came up with a big victory while Livestock recorded and easy win in men’s softball league action last Wednesday evening at Robe-Ann Park. In the opener, FillmoreBuis Fertilizer pounded out twelve hits while also capitalizing on three errors to upset Greencastle Sports, 121. Fillmore-Buis stunned Sports with a five-run scoring

burst in the first inning of play. Fillmore-Buis then erupted for seven more runs in the fifth inning to take an overwhelming 12-0 lead over Sports. Sports’ only run of the contest came in the fifth inning. A1 McMahel was the winner for Fillmore-Buis. McMahel held Greencastle Sports to only four hits during the game. Bob Comer took the loss for Greencastle

Broken Thumb Will Keep

Hunter Out For Two Weeks

OAKLAND (AP)—“1 could have used a glove on my other hand,” joked Oakland Athletics’ right-hander Jim “Catfish” Hunter, waving a broken right thumb that a doctor says will prevent his making another pitching start for at least two weeks. “He may be able to start throwing in five days or so,” said Dr. Harry Walker after examining the injury Wednesday night at Merritt Hospital here. “But it will be a minimum of two weeks before he’s ready for a game.”

Walker confirmed the diagnosis made in Kansas City where Hunter was injured in the second inning of the AllStar Game. Walker said there was a hairline fracture near the base of the thumb. Even should he miss five starts, which seems likely. Hunter, 15-3 and winner of 10 straight, still could have a third consecutive 20-victory season. But the A’s, with six games in the next four days, will miss him sorely. Oakland’s I'A-game lead over Kansas City in the American League West has been unchanged for 10 days.

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Sports. Jerry Custis was the big hitter for Fillmore-Buis as he went three for four at the plate and knocked in two runs. R. Hartman, J. Tharp, D.Sears, and McMahel each had two hits and drove in one run apiece while McHugh had two RBIs C. Sibbitt had one. The win gives FillmoreBuis a 7-4 record while Greencastle Sports’ season mark fell to 8-3. In the second game. Livestock overpowered Greencastle IGA in a onesided contest, 11-1. Livestock took an early 5-0 lead after the first inning and then added two more in the third before IGA came up with its only score of the game. Livestock’s final four runs came in the fourth, fifth, and sixth innings. The winning pitcher for

Livestock was R. Swihart while Larry Hammond was the loser for IGA. Hank Zunk, D. Losin, W. Perry, C. Spencer, D. Atwell, and Swihart paced Livestock in batting with two hits apiece. Perry led the team in RBIs with two. For IGA, Montgomery and Pollard went three for three at the plate while Ed Jones had two hits and one RBI. Livestock’s record now stands at 5-5 while IGA’s season record plummeted to 1-10. LINESCORES FILLMORE-BUIS 500 07-12-12-1 GREENCASTLE SPORTS 000 01-1-4-3 McMahel-W Cumcr-L LIVESTOCK 232 211 0-11-13-1 GREENCASTLE IGA 0001 000 0-1-8-2 Swihart-W L. Hammond-L

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