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COUNTY ACTION

BASKETBALL

Charlie Finley Holds Top Hand;

Yankees Still Without Manager

(ALL COUNTY GAMES POSTPONED)

No. 3 Notre Dame Racks Denver;

Dantley Leads Attack With 21 Points

By KEN RAPPOPORT Associated Press Sports Writer Notre Dame’s players hit the books all week . .. and then gave Denver a lesson in basketball. “We had an average of six guys out studying each day,” said Notre Dame Coach Dick Phelps, whose team certainly didn’t look too studious putting the Pioneers away 99-59 Thursday night. “They are certainly one of the top teams in the nation,” said Denver Coach A1 Harden. “Notre Dame is a fine ballclub and deserves its No. 3 ranking. There’s no way possible to match up against the Fighting Irish. Freshman Adrian Dantley made things happen for the

third-rated Irish, scoring 21 points. He ^helped get his notes together, in the modern terminology. In other action involving the ranked teams. No. 4 North Carolina trimmed Virginia Tech 83-78 and Providence smashed William and Mary 10575. With Dantley the big scorer, Notre Dame soared to a 52-30 lead at the half. Before the lopsided contest was over, all of Notre Dame’s players saw action. However, nobody played more than 24 minutes. John Shumate added 16 points to the Notre Dame offense before sitting down. The Fighting Irish, not incidentally, connected on 55 per cent of their field goal attempts in win-

It Would Have Been

"A Dream Team”

By NORM CLARKE Associated Press Writer

CINCINNATI Ohio (AP) — While most coaches lament the loss of a top prospect, consider the plight of Sid Friedman, dean of Cincinnati’s high school basketball coaches. “It would have been the dream team. . .a one-in-a-life-time chance for any coach,” says Friedman wistfully. He narrowly missed fielding a high school lineup which would have included current pro basketball stars Johnny Neumann, Dave Robisch and Derrek Dickey. Friedman, in his 28th year as head coach at Cincinnati Woodward High School, tells how he lost the trio. “Neumann’s brother Bob played for us and later accepted a scholarship at Memphis State, where he set a number of records. Johnny was only a sixth grader then, but he always came over to the gym for practice. He was tall then," recalls Friedman. “After Bob began doing well at college his parents decided to move there," said Friedman. “Robisch was two years older than Neumann and Dickey. He was a 6-foot-5 sophomore. He was moved up to the varsity right away. But his father decided to become a minister and they moved to Springfield, 111. Dave later went on to the University of Kansas, but he called me whenever he was in Cincinnati. ‘‘Dickey attended grade school at Woodward and was a real prospect even then. But a new junior high opened near Woodward and it was closer to his home. Because of that we sort of lost touch and he ended up going to Purcell High School where he was outstanding." Neumann, who signed with the American Basketball Association after leading the nation with a 40.1 scoring average as a sophomore, is now a standout fe-foot-b 1 /: guard for the Memphis Tams. Robisch, now 6-foot-10, was the No. 3 draft pick of the Boston Celtics in 1971, but signed with the Denver Rockets. He has started more than 200 consecutive games since joining Denver.

The 6-foot-7 Dickey ended up as the fifth leading scorer in University of Cincinnati history and signed with the Golden State Warriors as their No. 2 draft choice. Friedman, a former teammate of ex-UC basketball coach Ed Jucker and Nick Skorich, coach of the Cleveland Browns, hasn’t given up hope of landing a similar combination. “In this business you have to think positive. But I’d sure like to have found out what that outfit could have done," he said.

FIVE VETERAN COACHES WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) - Five members of Army’s coaching fraternity have been on the job for more than 15 years. They are Joe Palone in soccer (25), Jack Riley in hockey (23), Charleton Crowell in track and cross country (23), LeRoy Alitz in wrestling (19) and Eric Tipton in baseball and 150-pound football (18).

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ning their sixth straight game. Denver’s John Johnson led all scorers with 23 points. Bobby Jones scored 20 points and collected 13 rebounds to lead North Carolina over Virginia Tech. The disappointing Gobblers, last year’s winner of the National Invitation Tournament, dropped their third game in five starts. The Tar Heels lost part of a 10-point lead in the late going, but Jones and Darrell Elston helped hold off the Gobblers. Elston wound up with 18 points. Charlie Thomas led the losers with 19. Kevin Stacom and Barnes combined for 34 points to lead Providence to an easy victory over William and Mary. The Friars shot 63 percent from the floor with Stacom’s 18 points leading all scorers. In addition to his 16 points, Barnes pulled in 18 rebounds. Matt

Courage led William and Mary with 15 points. John Ryan had 22 assists to pace Fairfield to an 84-58 victory over Villanova; Craig Lynch scored 16 points and Bruce Grimm 15 in Furman’s 69-62 beating of Davidson; Nebraska trimmed Northern Iowa 73-55 behind Ron Taylor’s 21 points and 17 rebounds and Ira Terrell’s 29 points sparked SMU over Cal State-Fullerton 93-69. Chicago Loyola weathered foul trouble and a mild Wichita State rally to beat the Shockers 82-70; Mike Parker scored 10 points in the last five minutes to pace Toledo over St. Marys of California 82-63; Charles Bailey scored a school-record 45 points in Fresno State's 96-95 double overtime victory over North Texas and Athletes-In-Action held off a second-half surge by Brigham Young to beat the Cougars 60-56.

By DAVE OHARA Associated Press Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) - Charlie Finley, the controversial owner of the Oakland Athletics, held the trump hand and the New York Yankees were without a manager today while pondering their next move. American League President Joe Cronin, sitting as judge and jury in his final days in office, formally ruled Thursday that Manager Dick Williams still is under contrat with Finley and the A’s. Finley, speaking in Chicago, said he would have no comment on whether he was willing to renegotiate with the Yankees in regard to Williams. He said he would not drop a federal court suit against Williams “until this entire matter is settled to our complete satisfaction.” Finley praised Cronin’s decision, saying it would be the “beginning of an end to managers and coaches jumping contracts.” In a related case, however.

Cronin ruled that Manager Ralph Houk now is with the Detroit Tigers, and the Yankees have no right to any compensation for the loss of their field boss. Cronin, after conferring with legal counsel, called a hurried news conference after two days’ of hearings in which he personally swore in Houk, Williams, Finley and executives of the Tigers and the Yankees. First, he announced his decision regarding Houk, who resigned on the final day of the 1973 season with two years to go on a contract with the Yankees. Later, Houk signed with the Tigers. Then, Cronin dropped what may be a historic baseball bombshell, refusing to accept a contract signed by Williams with the Yankees last week. He ruled that Williams still is under contract for two more years with the A’s, the club he quit immediately after it won the World Series championship in October. Finley, who filed a federal

court suit Tuesday to prevent Williams from joining the Yankees or any other baseball club, appeared to give Vhe manager his blessings after the World Series. However, he didn't put anything into writing, as did the Yankees with Houk. Finley later demanded player compensation for Williams. The Yankees, in turn, did the same with the Tigers. Finley reportedly has rejected New York offers of (1) veteran second baseman Horace Clarke and (2)

minor

$150,000 in cash and

league players.

However, Cronin left the door open for other negotiations between Finley and the Yankees.

“If the parties can get together, I would not stand in the way and Williams can go to the Yankees,” Cronin said. “However, I have no idea what the clubs will do next. I also don’t know if the Yankees or Williams or the Tigers have any other recourse.”

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