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Cadets pin loss on Cubs By STEVE FIELDS Banner-Graphic Sports Editor When a team is spotted 18 points and still loses a wrestling meet, it’s in trouble. Greencastle received three forfeits Monday night from visiting Cascade to lead 18-0 before the first match was on the mat. Yet the Tiger Cubs were pinned 40-30 in the first of four grueling meets scheduled over a six-dav period. GREENCASTLE TRAVELS to Plainfield Tuesday and to Brazil Thursday before testing the West Central Conference waters in the eight-team Monrovia Invitational Saturday "Overall, our team is just young and lack good combinations of technique,” Greencastle coach Dan Layton said. "We are not a physically strong team technique wise.” Layton was surprised by Cascade’s supper weight class strength and lack of it in the lower weight classes where Greencastle recieved two of its three forfeits. “There best men have been in their lighter weight classes, 98 to 138 pounds. Their heavier weights are stronger from the last time I saw them.” GREENCASTLE’S ONLY two victories on the mat were by Tim Smalley at 119 pounds and Scott Pingleton at 132 pounds. Both wrestlers dominated their matches for two periods, then hung on during the final period. “He’s done everything I’ve ask him to do,” Layton said of the 7-1 Smalley. The first year wrestler, who transferred to Greencastle from another state,

Cards snap losing streak with younger lineup; Purdue wins

By JOHN NELSON AP Sports Writer Even after his defending NCAA champions had broken a fivegame losing streak, Louisville’s Denny Crum sounded a beatencoach. “I felt like if we were going to get beat, we might as well, get beat with our younger guys in there,” Crum said. So, he inserted freshmen Lancaster Gordon, a guard, and Charles Jones, a center, into the starting lineup, and his Cardinals rolled over Tulane 73-53 Monday night. Gordon scored 13 points, including five in a run of nine by Louisville early in the first half as the Cardinals took a 17-8 lead. Jones, however, gave way quickly to regular center Derek Smith, who led the Cardinals, now 3-7, with 19 points and 13 rebounds. ‘‘lf I’d had to pick a game before the season that we’d lose, it would have been Tulane.” Crum said of his Metro Conference foe. In the very early going, it looked like another washout in the works for the beleaguered Cardinals, whose most recent victory had been way back on Dec. 13 over Maryland. Louisville missed nine of its first 10 shots until Gordon got them going with a 20footer. ‘‘That’s been our pattern so far this season,” Crum said. “That’s why we’ve been getting behind. If they (Tulane) had shot the ball well, we’d have been behind again.” While Louisville was avoiding yet another upset, lOth-ranked Michigan could not. The 9-1 Wolverines saw the first blemish ap-

Gym and pool open Greencastle High School Athletic Director Doug Miller announced McAnally Gymnasium and swimming pool will be available for recreation Jan. 12 at 7:30 p.m. Admission for adults is 50 cents with students and preschool children admitted free. Miller also announced recreation dates for the next four months of the school year. In February McAnally Gymnasium and Pool will be open on 2nd, 9th, 10th, 16th, 17th. and 23rd. McAnally will be open in March on the 2nd, 3rd, 9th, 16th, 17th, 30th and 31st. April openings are the 6th, 7th, 13th, 14th. 20th, 21st. 27th and 28th. The gym and poll will be open May 4th, sth, 11th, 12th, 18th, and 19th. Talented teams in Greencastle tourney Some of the finest high school women’s basketball teams in central and southwestern Indiana come to McAnally Center Saturday morning for the first annual Greencastle Invitational Women’s Basketball tournament. According to the draw, Terre Haute North and North Montgomery square off against each other at 9:30 a m. and Greencastle takes on once beaten Sullivan at 11 a m. Greencastle defeated Sullivan 49-42 in the championship of the Greencastle-IHSAA regional last year and all 12 of the Golden Arrows are back for veteran coach Dru Bock The consolation game is set for 2:30 p.m. Saturday afternoon between first round losers and the championship gameat4p.m There will be no advance sale of tickets and admission at the door is $2 per session McAnally Center doors will open at 8:45 a m for the morning session and at 1:45 p.m. for the afternoon session The East Lobby of McAnally Center will be used The West, or upper. Lobby will not be open

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won a 7-3 decision, but led 7-0 going into the final period. Pingleton won a 9-8 decision after leading 9-1 when the third period opened. Layton admitted Pingleton’s trouble is conditioning because of knee trouble that prohibits him from running. "HE’S STRONG and has knowledge,” Layton said of the 6-2 Pingleton. “He’s got awfully bad knees. He knows the moves and he’s getting by on knowledge and strength.” Pingleton’s 6-2 record includes five victories by pin.

Cascade won three matches by pin. Paul Utley pinned Greencastle’s Pete Meyer at 1:41 in the fist period of the 112 pound match. It took Bruce Duncan only 39 seconds to Pin Phil Asbell at 138 pounds. Gary Smith won the 167 pounds for the Cadets by first period pin at 1:33. Both squads forfeited the 185 pound class. Cascade wrestles a 2 p.m. match at South Putnam Tuesday, then is off until Saturday when the Cadets go to

pear on their record this season in an 81-74 loss to Purdue in the two teams’ Big Ten Conference opener. Freshman Russell Cross scored 21 points, while Drake Morris and Keith Edmonson added 20 each for the unranked Boilermakers, 8-2. Purdue hit 37 of 49 field goal attempts for a single-game conference record percentage of .755, and first-year Coach Gene Ready called it unbelievable. “This was the best game of the year for us,” he said. “We played with intensity and took care of the ball.” Michigan’s only lead of the game was at 4-2. Cross tied it 4-4 off an offensive rebound, and the Boilermakers were on their way. In other games involving ranked teams Monday night, secondranked Oregon State downed Arizona 61-49, No. 3 Virginia trimmed Delaware 88-69, seventh-ranked UCLA drubbed Washington State 87-61 and 14th-ranked Arizona State clobbered Oregon 104-64. The night’s games also included the first at his home court since Missouri center Steve Stipanovich accidentally shot himself in the arm. The center originally told police he was shot by a gunman who broke into his apartment, but later, he admitted the wound was self-inflicted. Stipanovich did not start, but he scored nine points, grabbed a team-leading 12 rebounds and received a 30-second standing ovation when he entered the game midway through the first half. Missouri defeated Navy 88-67, incidentally.

Lynn, Fisk may be free BOSTON (AP) Outfielder Fred Lynn and catcher Carlton Fisk could become free agents this year if an arbitrator decides the Boston Red Sox sent out their option-year contracts two days too late. Marvin Miller, director of the Players Association, informed the Red Sox Monday that he has filed a grievance seeking immediate free-agent status for both players because the club failed to mail them contracts before the Dec. 20 deadline. Haywood Sullivan, Red Sox vice president and general manager, said, “It is our position that we have binding contracts with Fred Lynn and Carlton Fisk.” Last week. Miller informed the Red Sox that under baseball’s 1980 basic agreement, both Lynn and Fisk were eligible to arbitrate their 1981 salaries, and, if the Red Sox failed to agree to the arbitration, both automatically would become free agents. Lynn and Fisk are two of only four players in the major leagues who signed under the 1976 agreement.

Edgweood for a triple-dual meet. 98-Monty Beaman, 0, forfeit. 105-Jon Skinner, G, forfeit. 112-Paul Utley. C, Ist period pin 1:41. Pete Mever. G. 119-Tim Smalley, G, 7-3 decision. lon Grubbs. C. I2fi-Dave Chambers. 11-2 decision. Karl Boyette, G. 132-Scott Pingleton, G, 9-8 decision, B.J. Bush. C. I.'IR-Bruce Duncan. C. Ist period pin 29 seconds, Phil Asbell. 145--Dave Gilman. (', 11-2 major decision. Mike Allen, G. 155-Sam Deckard, C. 4-2 decision. Charles Gilmer. G. 167-Garv Smith. Ist period pin 1 :33, Brent Rlkins. G. 177-Barry Armour. C. 17-5 superior decision, Matt Sage, G. 185-Double forfeit. HWT-Charles Sage. G. forfeit.

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Tourney draw is moved up INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Fir-st-round pairings for the 397 teams in the 1981 Indiana High School Athletic Association boys basketball tournament will be drawn Sunday, Feb. 15. The 6 p.m. EST draw was moved up two days from its usual Tuesday slot because of conflicts in the statewide television hookup. The IHSAA announced Monday that two sectional sites have beenn changed, the host schools at four other sites have been rotated and 11 teams have been shifted to other sites. Sectional sites have been moved this year from Clay City to South Vermillion and from Franklin to Greenwood, both as part of a three-year rotation. Host school changes involve Terre Haute North to Terre Haute South ; Fort Wayne North to Fort Wayne Snider; Evansville Harrison to Evansville Central, annd Muncie South to Muncie North, all part of a yearly rotation plan. These schools will be playing at different sectional sites: Washington Township, from Kankakee Valley to Valparaiso; Boone Groove, from Valparaiso to Kankakee Valley; Montezuma, Rosedale and South Vermillion, from Terre Haute South to South Vermillion; Brazil, Clay City and Staunton, from Clay City to South Vermillion; and North Central (Sullivan), Sullivan and Dugger, from Clay City to Terre Haute South.

AFC East title « earns Knox honor

NEW YORK (AP) - Chuck Knox, who guided the Buffalo Bills to their first division title since the 1966 American Football League season, was named today The Associated Press Coach of the Year in the National Football League, narrowly edging Atlanta’s Leeman Bennett. The Bills, who were 5-11 and 7-9 in Knox’s first two years in Buffalo, soared to 11-5 this year and won the championship of the American Conference East for their first playoff berth since 1974. They faltered last Sunday in San Diego, losing 20-14. Knox received 27M> of the 84 votes cast by a nationwide panel of sports writers and sports broadcasters, three from each NFL city. Bennett was a very close second with 26M; votes and Sam Rutiglano of Cleveland was third with 18. The only other coach to receive more than three votes was Oakland’s Tom Flores with 4. It is the second time Knox has been selected AP Coach of the Year. He earned the honor in the 1973 season when he turned Los Angeles around from a 6-7-1

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South Alabama support grows; DePaul still No.l

BY TOM CANAVAN Associated Press Writer Football still rules in Alabama, but Cliff Ellis and his University of South Alabama Jaguars are more than just pretenders to the throne. South Alabama climbed from 17th to N 0.15 in The Associated Press college basketball poll Monday as top-ranked DePaul retained the top slot for the fifth consecutive week. “Football is still king in Alabama, but we’ve created a monster,” said Ellis, who coached South Alabama to consecutive appearances in the NCAA tournament the past two seasons. “In the beginning, we were getting maybe 1,500 people to come to our games. Now it’s more like 7,000 or 8,000 a game. And our people expect us to win now.” South Alabama hasn’t been

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loser into a 12-2 National Conference West champion. It was the first of five consecutive division titles for the Rams, who were 54-15-1 under Knox during 1973-77. When he came to Buffalo in ’7B, he inherited a team which had won just five of its 28 games in the preceding two seasons. Barely three months after his arrival, he traded O.J. Simpson to the San Francisco 49ers in ex-

disappointing its Mobile-based backers. The Jaguars are 10-1-this season, and that includes a nine-point victory over then seventh-ranked Ohio Stat. “We started getting national attention after beating Holy Cross by 24 points on the road, and the eyeballs really got bigger after we beat Ohio State,” added Ellis, who knows a national rankings has put pressure on South Alabama, a school with an enrollment of about 8,000. “This is our third w eek in the poll and already everybody we meet is playing us like we’re national champions.” DePaul, 12-0, collected 59 of 62 first-place votes and 1,237 points out of a possible 1,240 in the balloting by a nationwide panel of sports writers and broadcasters in staying ahead of N 0.2 Oregon State and thirdranked

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change for a bunch of draft choices. The Bills’ new era was underway. “We didn’t set a timetable,” Knox said of the Bills’ rebuilding “We just wanted to get competitive as soon as we could. “ Their offense was competitive. to say the least, thanks in part to rookie running back Joe Cribbs, who gained 1,-185 yards But it was the defense Knox’s specialty which made them so competitive this year. The defense which had been ranked 14th in the league in 1979 was the best in the NFL in 1980 When the Bills’ division title was secure, linebacker Shane Nelson said pointedly: “This season is no fluke.” Like the Bills, the Falcons surged to surprising prominence in 1980. Under Bennett’s guidance, they won their first division championship ever, beating out the Los Angeles Rams in the National Football Conference West* with a 12-4 record. And, like the Bills, Atlanta was stung in its first playoff game this year, beaten 30-27 by Dallas.

Virginia. Oregon State, which outlasted then N 0.13 ranked Arizona State 71-67 last weekend, were tabbed No.l on two ballots and received 1,159 points. North Carolina took the biggest drop in this week’s poll. The AP Top Twenty By The Associated Press The Top Twenty teams in The Associated Press college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, this season’s records and total points Points based on 20-19-18-17-16-15-14-13-12T1-10-9-8 7-6-5-4-3-2-1: 1. DePaul (59> 12-0 1.237 2. Oregon State (2i 9-0 1,159 3. Virginia (1) 8-0 1.098 4. Kentucky 8-1 989 5. Notre Dame 7-1 915 6 Wake Forest 10-0 874 7. UCLA 7-1 867 8. ’Maryland 10-1 773 9. Louisiana State 10-1 744 10 Michigan 9-0 664 11 lowa 8 1 575 12 Illinois 8-1 442 13. Tennessee 9-1 429 14. Arizona State 8-2 359 15 S Alabama 10-1 317 16. North Carolina 9-3 293 17. Brigham Young 10-2 264 18. Utah 11-l 223 19 Minnesota 9-1 192 20. Clemson u-i 146

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