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Banner-Graphic, Greencastle, Indiana

Thursday, January 31,1974

EAST BLASTS WEST IN ALL-STAR CLASH * ★★★★★★★ Crusaders Clip DePauw At Bowman, 82-74

Artis Gilmore Wins Most Valuable Player Award

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By BERT ROSENTHAL Ap Sports Writer N0RF0L1C£ Va. (AP) - Artis Gilmore, Kentucky’s tree-top tall center, often has been accused of not playing up to his potential and “doggin it” during his brief American Basketball Association career. Statistics would tend to bear out that criticism, since the 7-foot-2 pivot man’s figures have dwindled steadily in each of his three seasons with the Colonels. Gilmore, meanwhile, continually has denied the charges — and Wednesday night he added emphasis to his claim, spearheading the East to a 128-112 victory over the West in the seventh annual ABA All-Star game. The 24-year-old center was named the game’s most valuable player after scoring 18 points, leading the East with 13 rebounds and topping both teams in blocked shots with four. Babe McCarthy, the East coach and Gilmore's coach during the regular season, pointed to the towering youngster as the difference in the game. Julius Erving of New York agreed with McCarthy. “Artis did it all,” said Erving. Gilmore, the ABA’s Rookie of the Year and Most Valuable Player in the 1971-72 season, was more excited about the three boats he received for being voted the game’s outstanding player. “1 love scuba diving,” he explained. “I’m really good at it, and I’ll probably take the boats to Florida with me in the summer and do some scuba diving.” Babe McCarthy, the East coach and Gilmore’s coach during the regular season, pointed to the towering youngster as the difference in the game. Julius Erving of New York agreed with McQrthy. “Artis did it all.” said Erving. The East’s victory and Gilmore’s selection as the MVP overshadowed a glittering performance by Swen Nater of San

Antonio. The 6-11 Nater, who was understudy to Bill Walton, UCLA’s two-time All-American and Player of the Year, scored 29 points and grabbed 22 rebounds, both game-high figures, in 28 minutes. Nater set four All-Star games records, including most rebounds (22), most offensive rebounds (13), most two-point field goals (13) and most twopoint field goals attempted (24). . The young Spurs center, the only rookie on the West team, was the recipient of loud cheers from the crowd of 10,624, the largest ever at the Norfolk Scope. He had begun his pro career this season as a member of the Virginia team, before being sold to San Antonio in mid-November for $300,000. Nater, however, did not have as much offensive support from his teammates as did Glmore. The East, conforming to its pregame plan of trying to outrun the undermanned, slower West, raced to a quick early lead, sprinting to a 9-0 advantage in the first 1:30. After that, the West never caught up, although it managed to close the gap to two points on five occasions in the third period. The final time, when the score was 79-77, the East ran off a 20 burst, including seven consecutive points by Kenon at the end of the quarter, and surged to a commanding 99-84 advantage after three periods. The triumph before a record sellout erwod of 10,624 at the Norfolk Scope gave the East a 4-3 lead in the series. College Scores Miami. Ohio 114, Findlay 71 Toledo86, KentSt. 55 Dayton91, Cincinnati 79 Bowling Green 74, Ohio U.66 Detroit 65, St. Francis, Pa. 64 Cincinnati Xavier 70, Canisius67 Valparaiso 82, De Pa uw 74 Illinois St. 103, Marshall 80 MillikinSO, Augustana, 111.68 Evansville 77, S. Illinois 63

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Valparaiso withstood a furious Del^uw rally here last night and subdued the Tigers 82-74 for the winners’ fifth consecutive Indiana Collegiate Conference triumph. Valpo was sailing along with a 66-44 advantage when the Tigers, infused with some new blood from the bench, suddenly got hot with 9:31 to

play.

Within five minutes DePauw had cut the lead to 7360. Most of the heavy damage was being done by sophomore reserve Joe Jessup from Anderson.

ABA Slaps $600 Million Law Suit On NBA, Fraud Charged

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The American Basketball Association and nine franchise owners have filed a suit against the National Basketball Association and 17 of its franchise holders which could, if successful, revolutionize the signing of players to contracts. The S600-million suit filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court charges fraud, breach of contract and antitrust violations. The antitrust portion seeks S100 million trebled as damages while 5100 million is sought for breach of contract and $200 million for fraud. The court was requested to prohibit the NBA and its members from signing any new player contracts not negotiated and paid for by an individual team owner.

The ABA also asked the court to prevent the NBA from signing or enforcing existing player contracts containing any form of a reserve or option clause, and to limit NBA player contracts to one year. It also asked the court to enjoin the senior loop from signing any contract, agreement or having an understanding with any player enrolled in any university, college, junior college, high school or preparatory school for four years from J an. 30. The suit said that since the NBA was formed in 1949 it deliberately monopolized major league professional basketball. The ABA£ organized in 1967, alleges that the NBA and its members have eliminated competition by controlling, limiting and restricting acquisition of

players, including superstars, by ABA members; television coverage; adequate playing facilities, and geographical areas to the disadvantage of the ABA. In connection with the breach of contract, the court was told that in May, 1971, the ABA and NBA agreed to merge and pledged to work for federal legislation to exempt the merger from antitrust laws. The ABA said the agreement remained in effect until Jan. 4, that it had used “its best efforts” to encourage passage of the legislation, but the NBA “failed and refused to exercise their best efforts” for passage. The fraud was alleged on grounds that NBA’s representation that it would employ its best efforts to obtain merger legislation was “false and fraudulent.”

Jessup came off the bench for Bob Allen in the first half but saved his heavy firing for the final period, dropping in five of five after the intermission. That enabled Deftuw to cut the lead to 79-72 with 53 seconds left but time was against any further cut into

the margin.

Trouble was, the Tigers didn’t get started soon enough, suffering through .341 first half shooting while Valpo was hitting the bucket 60 per cent of the time in the first 20 minutes. The Crusaders, accordingly, took a 41-32 halftime lead and came out firing in the next JO minutes to build what appeared to be an advantage that would grow rather than

diminish.

It did, too, with forward Mark Kassner scoring 21 points on nine of 11 from the field to top a balanced Valpo attack that put five men in double figures. DePauw finally got cracking, however, thanks to Jessup and a far more aggressive defense. Orrin Bargerhuff came in with the count 66-46 and stuck in six points and grabbed four rebounds in the Tigers’ rally. DePauw finished the last half with .583 shooting (2136) and had a season low number of turnovers at 11. Valpo shot .517 in the second half and actually gained its edge at the line. The Crusaders had 22 cracks at the four line and made 16. EX'-

North PutnamTakes Second In Tank

North Putnam’s varsity swimming team traveled to North Montgomery Tuesday night to engage a triangular meet with the host school and Danville. Relying on the home tank advantage, along with ten of

eleven first place finishes, North Mont swam to a decisive 111 point victory. Coach Greg Ulm’s Cougar tankers claimed the runnerup spot in the meet with 34 points, while Danville amassed 25 counters.

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Cougar swimmers swam to five third place finishes in the meet: Reynolds, 200 yard freestyle. Bushong 200 yard iM, Hill, 50 yard freestyle, Thompson, 100 yard backstroke, and Kays, 100 yard breaststroke. North Putnam will next swim against South Montgomery on Tuesday. U 1m considers the away meet to be a challenging one for the cougars. Results 200 Medley Relay Northmont 2:005 Northmont 2.0013 North Pitnam 2.12 200 Yard Freestyle Stephenson, (NM), 2.14.2, Gillikin, (NM), 2.24.8, Reynolds, (NP), 136.7, Thompson (NP), 2.43.3. Sparks (D), 2.51. 200 IM Ward (NM), 2.33.1, Cripe (NM), 143.6, Bushong, (NP), 2.50, Boruff, (NP), 2.59.7, Frederick, (D), 3.01.2 50 Yard Freestyle Jones, (NM), 24.2, Biddle, (NM), 25.1, Hill, (NP), 27.3, Behymer (D), 28.6, Martin, (D), 28.8 Diving Spaudling, (D), 140.35 pt.,

Starnes (NM), 132.65, Jackson, (NM), 122.65, Dodson (D), 110.80.

100 Yard Butterfly Mcbee (NM), 105.6; Waltz (NM), 108.6, Hill (NP), 124.3, Smith, (D), 127.9, Frederick (D), 129.5 100 Yard Freestyle Hill (NM), 59.1, Ward (NM), 100.8, Etcheson (NP), 106.9, Boruff (NP), 108, Bechymer (D), 108.1 500 Yard Freestyle Wilson (NM), 518.5, Reed (NM), 623.5, Bushong, (NP), 703.4, Sparks (D), 755.1, Spatila (D), 800.5 100 Yard Backstroke Lisby (NM), 111.8, Walden (NM), 113.3, Thompson (NP), 120.3, Etcheson (NP), 124.3 Spaudling (DU 29 100 Yard Ikeaststroke Biddle (NM), 112.9, Cripe (NM), 114.6, Kays (NP), 123.7, Spatila (D), 127.8, Reynolds (NP), 133.8 400 Yard Freestyle Relay Northmont 402.9 Northmont 410.2 Danville 443.8

Totals Northmont 111 North Pu mam 34 Danville 25

The Brewer’s Dozen

Cub 7th Graders Score Double Win

Greencastle’s 7th grade basketball teams scored a double victory over Rockville Monday, taking both ends of an “A” team and “B" team twin bill from the host squads. The A (earn, behind the 20 point scaring effort of Jim Spencer, fought to a 35-27 victory, while the B team blasted

theRox, 70-8.

The B team slaughter saw 11 players break into the scoring column for the fledgling Cubs, while their defense held

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Score by quarters: Oeencastle 15365270 Rockville 4888 G'eencastle B

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One of the fatal blows to a last-ditch DePauw rally W ednesday night at Bowman Gym is dealt above, as this Valparaiso Crusader eludes his Tiger defender, Joe Jessup, for a layup. The shot, which Tiger Kyle Fort (10) witnesses, came with little over two minutes of playing time remaining in the contest, which Valparaiso won, 82-74. (Banner-Graphic Photo)

Pauw got four shots--all in the first half-and made them

all.

the 1 igers. Jessup and John Chin got 14 each and Joe LeFevre and Tom Netzel

added 10 apiece.

DePauw hosts Wabash here Saturday with both teams looking for their first

Fort had 18 points to top ICC win.

The Tigers, with Kyle Fort grabbing 10, had a 39-36 edge

in rebounding.

Avon Cops WCC Wrestling Crown

Avon’s Oriole grapplers captured the West Central Conference tournament championship Saturday, squeaking past Edgewood on the host South I'utnam mats. The Orioles collected 77 points on their way to the title, while the Mustangs were hot on their heels with 75 markers. Putnam County teams could manage no better than a fourth place finish, earned by Cloverdale with 49 points. South Putnam was a close fifth with 39. while North Putnam took 6th place prize with ^32.

Grapplers from county teams placing in the meet were Randy Hubbard (SP), 4th at 112 lbs.. Bob Zaring (SP), 2nd at 119, John Jones (SP), 4th at 126. Bill Perkins (NP). 4th at 132, Joe Osburn (NP), 3rd at 138, George Cummings (Q, 2nd at 145, Dave Glessncr(Q, 3rd at 155, Bud Paige (NP), 4th at 157, Dennis Brouhard (C) 3rd at 177, Bruce Schwomeyer (C), 2nd at 185, Larry Chesnut (SP), 4th at 185, Steve Norton, (NP), 2nd at Hwt., John Schilling (SP), 3rd at Hwt., and Bill Henson (Q, 4th at Hwt.

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