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Ali comeback draws more attention than Holmes fight

LAS VEGAS. Nev. (AP) - Larry Holmes defends his world heavyweight championship for the sixth time tonight, still fighting in the shadow of Muhammad Ali. Holmes defends the World Boxing Council title against Lerpv Jones at Caesars Palace as pkrt of a four championshipfight television show which also includes John Tate's World Boxing Association heavyweight title defense against Mike Weaver in Knoxville. Tenn But most of the talk among the fight crowds here and in Knoxville seems to concern Ali's comeback.

Tate more than just optimistic

-KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Big John Tate defends his World Boxing Association heavyweight crown against Mike “Hercules” Weaver tonight, confident of a victory that would set up a possible June bout with former champion Muhammad Ali. “It’s all over now except doing it,” Tate said. “I have the fight plan in my mind I’m not worried.” The Tate-Weaver bout is one of four world championship matches slated on an ABC-TV

Washington slips in through backdoor

By ALEX SACHARE AP Sports Writer The Washington Bullets did what they had to do to make the playoffs for the 12th consecutive season, but guard Kevin Grevey wasn’t pouring any champagne. "It’s a fluke for us to be in the playoffs,” conceded Grevey, who scored 23 points to lead the Bullets to a 93-87 victory over the New Jersey Nets Sunday, the final day of the National Basketball Association’s regular season. “We shouldn’t be here, not the way we played this season,” added Grevey. “This certainly salvaged a disappointing season.” Beating the Nets gave the Bullets a 39-43 record, the same as the New York Knicks. But Washington got the final Eastern Conference playoff berth by virtue of a better record against conference foes. “There’s no relief over winning this game,” said Bullets forward Elvin Hayes. “We’re not at strong as we’d like to be, but we’ll strike some fear in a few hearts.”

Mahaffey is still in contention thanks to bogey

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) With four players locked within a single shot of each other going into today’s rain-delayed final round of the $300,000 Heritage Golf Classic, a variety of possibilities exist. One that does not exist, however, is that John Mahaffey will be wearing a live television michrophone. “That will not happen,” Mahaffey said Sunday after a double bogey by Jerry Pate put Mahaffey and Doug Tewell in a tie for the lead in the weatherplagued, twice-delayed event. Pate and Johnny Miller were a single shot back. “I say too many things under my breath for me to be wearing a mike," Mahaffey said. Tom Kite, Bruce Lietzke and Lanny Wadkins were wearing live mikes Saturday when they said some things on national television which, Kite admitted, would better be left unsaid. The remarks with Kite, Lietzke and Wadkins critizicing John Schroeder as a slow player stirred up a controversy among the four touring pros. “Obviously I’m very upset,” Schroeder said when given an

Promoter Bob Arum claims the winner of the Tate-Weaver fight will defend against Ali in a $lO million bout at the New Orleans Superdome in late June. Calling Holmes the real heavyweight champion and Tate “a figment of Bob Arum’s imagination,” promoter Don King contended Sunday that no Ali fight was set and that if the retired three-time champion does come back, it should be against Holmes. King and Arum both have said they have a committment to ABC for a fight to unify the heavyweight championship in the fall.

boxing extravaganza tonight, including the WBA light heavyweight fight between champion Marvin Johnson and Eddie Gregory at the Stokely Athletic Center in Tate’s hometown. The other half of the bill will be filled by the rival World Boxing Council a heavyweight match between champion Larry Holmes and Leßoy Jones in Las Vegas and a welterweight title defense by Sugar Ray Leonard against Great Britain’s David Green at Landover, Md.

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The playoffs begin Wednesday night with the opening games of four best-of-three fir-st-round mini-series. Washington is at Philadelphia and San Antonio at Houston in the Eastern Conference and Portland at Seattle and Kansas City at Phoenix in the West. Houston clinched the homecourt advantage by beating Indiana 121-106. San Antonio also won, 144-124 over Detroit, to tie the Rockets at 41-41, but Houston got the edge because of a

opportunity to rebut the remarks on national television Sunday. “It really shocked me. It shows no class, the poorest kind of judgment.” Kite said he knew he “was wired for sound” but did not expect the remarks to be relayed on national television. “We were standing around waiting to hit. You don’t expect to be on camera when you’re just standing around,” he said. A rainout of Friday’s play had set up a double round of 36 holes for Sunday. But steady rains Saturday night again flooded the Harbour Town Golf Links and made morning play impossible. The final round was reset for Monday. The round was played in gusty, tricky winds which sent score soaring and played a part in the most critical shot of the day, a tee shot that set up Pate’s double bogey on the par-3 17th hole. It happened well after the national television cameras had ended their coverage. “I just got my body in front of it,” Pate said “With the wind, it went well to the right.”

Holmes doesn’t intend to sit around and wait for the fall. He wants to fight again in May or June and a likely opponent could be Scott LeDoux or Leon Spinks. But the matter of the moment for the 6-foot-3, 211-pound Holmes is the 6-5, 2544-pound Jones. | The smart money guys don’t think Holmes should have any trouble despite Jones’ size and his 24-0-1 record Holmes is a prohibitive favorite “If he runs I’ll catch him," Holmes said. “My plan is to go

The 38-year-old Ali, hoping to claim the heavyweight title for an unprecedented fourth time, plans to come out of retirement for a $lO million fight with Tate in the New Orleans Superdome. Promoter Bob Arum said the formal announcement will be made Wednesday in Chicago or Los Angeles, with Ali claiming $7 million from the purse. He said Weaver could earn a shot at Ali with a victory tonight, but there would be a new negotiation for splitting the purse. Ace Miller, Tate’s manager.

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better conference record. Seattle’s 135-104 victory over Portland Sunday night determined the West pairings. That gave the Sonics the second-beat record in the conference, and so they’ll play the Blazers in the first round of the playoffs. Even though Phoenix beat San Diego 122-104 Sunday, it finished fourth in the conference, one game back of Seattle. In other Sunday action, the Los Angeles Lakers edged the Golden State Warriors 95-93, the

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Nancy Lopez-Melton is back in the winner's circle. Lopez-Melton came from a two-stroke deficit to win the $150,000 Ladies Professional Golf Association tournament at Mesa Verde Country Club Sunday. Her comeback started with five holes left, as she still trailed JoAnne Washam and Debbie Massey. Two straight Lopez-Melton birdies and three Washam bogeys in the last four holes were keys to the rally.

right at Leroy and make him fight. I predict the fight won’t go five rounds. I feel very confident.” It’s not who he fights, but when he fights that has Holmes upset. The four-fight show from Knoxville, Landover, Md., and here is scheduled to be televised by ABC from 8 p.m. to midnight EST. Holmes has been told that he could go on as early as 10 p.m. or as late as 11:50 p.m., meaning the champion could sit in a dressing room, taped up and ready to fight for almost two^n'vs.

said his fighter was in “the best overall shape of his career,” and the official weigh-in Sunday reflected it. Tate, wearing a T-shirt that proclaimed “Thank God I’m a Country Boy,” hit the scales at 232 pounds. He had ballooned to 260 pounds after winning the championship with a 15-round decision over Gerrie Goetzee last October at Pretoria, Africa Weaver, who weighed in at 2074, carried a 20-9 record into the second title fight of his career.

Milwaukee Bucks topped the Utah Jazz 107-91, the Philadelphia 76ers defeated the Boston Celtics 116-110, the Atlanta Hawks beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 111-102 and the Kansas City Kings downed the Chicago Bulls 114-110. Washington led 74-59 late in the third quarter before former Bullet Roger Phegley led a 22-8 spurt as New Jersey closed to within 82-81 with five minutes remaining. But Grevey hit a pair of jumpers, one from three-point range, to enable the Bullets to stay in front. “We start a new season Wednesday night,” said Washington Coach Dick Motta, “and I hope the players realize they have a few things to prove. A month ago it looked bleak for us. But with all the injuries we’ve had, the courage of this team can’t be questioned. “Philadelphia will not be able to have a lark.” Monies 135, Blazers 104 Gus Williams scored 23 points and all 10 Seattle players hit double figures as the defending

Green to fight like man, not like 'Boy' LANDOVER, Md. (AP) Britain’s Davey “Boy” Green knows he’s the underdog in his effort to take away the World Boxing Council’s welterweight title from champion Sugar Ray Leonard Monday night at the Capital Centre. However, Green, the British champion, says the publicmay be surprised at the outcome of the nationally televised bout. "The Leonard camp has made a serious mistake if they think I’m going to be an easy win for Ray,” said the 26-year-old Green, a native of Chatteris, Cambridge. “Ray Leonard’s going to find out that I won all those British and European championships because I’m a great fighter. “Three quarters of my fights have been knockouts,” Green said, “and even though Ray’s never been knocked down, I’ve been studying the films and the tapes, and I know I can get to him. All it’s going to take is one punch, and it’ll be all over for l^eonard.” Green has won 33 of 35 fights, 26 by knockout. The 23-year-old Leonard, who won the title from Wilfred Benitez last Nov. 30, is undefeated in his 26 pro fights, 17 by knockout, after winning a gold medal in the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal. “Nobody expects me to beat Leonard,” said Green, whose most notable opponent has been Carlos Palomino, who knocked him out in the 11th round in a championship fight in 1977. “But nobody expected Spinks to beat Ali, or (Alan) Minter to beat (Vito) Antuofermo. I’m going to beat the great Sugar Ray.” Green is an attacker, a Roberto Duran-style fighter, and also a skilled all-around athlete, finishing in a fifth place tie in last year’s Superstars competition. He is the only boxer anyone can remember who finished the Superstars without being injured.

champion Sonics beat Portland in their playoff preview. The 31point margin was Seattle’s largest of the season and the win was the Sonics’ fifth in six game against their Pacific Northwest rival. Spurs 144, Pistons 124 Larry Kenon poured in a ca-reer-high 51 points and George Gervin wrapped up his third straight scoring title as San Antonio finished its season at the .500 mark. Detroit’s road record dropped to 3-38 and its overall mark to 16-66, both NBA lows, but the Pistons don’t even benefit from that because they sent their top draft choice to Boston as part of the M.L. Carr free agent move. Lakers 95, Warriors 93 Jim Chones took a pass from Earvin Johnson and stuffed in the shot with two seconds remaining to give Los Angeles a one-point lead. He was also fouled on the play and sank the free throw for the final margin as the Lakers won their fifth in a row. 76ers 116, Celtics 110 Seldom-used rookie Jim Spa-

Corso plans to build Hoosiers without stars

BLOOMINGTON. Ind. (AP) The joys of last year’s 8-4 campaign, which included a victory in the Holiday Festival Bowl, are nothing more than a memory today as Indiana University was scheduled to open spring football drills. Tim Clifford, who set four school records quarterbacking the Hoosiers last fall, won’t be participating in the drills. Coach Lee Corso is allowing Clifford to pitching baseballs this spring. Corso was optimistic as he looked ahead to continuing the momentum gained last season. He plans to drill the squad five days a week, with Thursdays used as make-up days for any session called off due to the weather. The drills will end with the annual intra-squad game on Saturday, April 26. “We lost some key personnel,” said Corso, “but we have a lot of good people coming back.” Corso lost only six starters from last fall’s starting units. Linebacker Randy Wilhite and cornerback Stoner Gray are gone from the defensive squad. The offense lost split end Mike

narkel had 19 points, 10 assists and five rebounds, all pro highs, to lead Philadelphia to victory. The 76ers were without starters Julius Erving and Maurice Cheeks and Boston did not play Dave Cowens and Cedric Maxwell, although all are expected to be ready for the playoffs. Bucks 107, Jazz 91 Junior Bridgeman scored 20 points and rookie Pat Cummings added 17, all but one in the second half, as the Bucks beat Utah to raise their record to 20-6 since they obtained center Bob Lanier in midseason. Suns 122, Clippers 104 Walter Davis scored 23 points, including 10 in a row midway through the final period as Phoenix beat San Diego to complete its most successful season with a 55-27 record. San Diego lost its last seven games to finish at 35-47. Kings 114, Bulls 110 Otis Birdsong scored 28 points, including a key layp with 17 seconds to play, as Kansas City beat Chicago.

Friede, tackle Marlon Flemming, guard Jeff Phipps and fullback Tony D’Orazio. “The secret is how well we blend together,” Corso said. “You can have all sorts of talented players but they have to fit together in order to be a good team. “It may require some changes in position, although our program is sound enough now that we expect that to be at a minimum.” Tailback Mike Harkrader, who needs only 100 yards to become Indiana’s all-time rushing leader, will also be allowed to skip spring workouts as he rests a knee that required surgery earlier in his career. Others missing the spring drills are flanker Nate Lundy, flanker A 1 Darring, defensive end Brent Tisdale, tackle Gerry Michko, defensive end Chris Burtis and fullback Kevin King. Lundy and King are participating in track. Darring is out with a groin pull, while Tisdale, Michko and Burtis are recovering from surgery. Corso anticipates he’ll have 39 lettermen in camp when the squad assembles for fall drills.

Worry Clinic

By Georg* W. Oran*, Ph.D., M.O

Agatha didn’t realize that there was a ghost in her bedroom, even though she was not a widow or divorcee. All such women automatically bring that ghost into their boudoir. CASE U-649: Agatha 8., aged 24, is a common sex casualty. “Dr. Crane,” she explained, “while in college, I lived with a male classmate during my senior year. “We weren’t married, though I had expected our affair would end in a wedding. “But the boy decided we should split up after graduation, so he went home and soon was married to a former high school sweetheart. “Well, this upset me emotionally for a year, but finally I got interested in my work in an advertising agency. “There I met another man who was very attractive and our personalities harmonized perfectly, so we started dating and finally he proposed. “I confessed that I had lived with that campus romeo for a year, but my new boy friend forgave me and we had our wedding. “All seemed ideal until after a few months. Then he grew hypercritical and would scold me over very minor errors that really weren’t worthy of a quarrel at all. “At present, he constantly picks out my faults and thus goes around with a chip on his shoulder. “But deep down I believe he still loves me very much, so why does he act so cruelly to me?” BOUDOIR GHOST This case is merely a variation of the frequent complaint of wives who have had a previous marriage or campus affair like that of Agatha.

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