Banner Graphic, Volume 12, Number 88, Greencastle, Putnam County, 19 December 1981 — Page 5

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Indiana High School Basketball By The Associated Press Friday 's Games Adams Central 61. Churubusco 59 Anderson 81. E.Chicago Washington 55 Anderson Highland 66. Alexandria 68 Barr-Reeve 75. Springs Valley 57 Beech Grove 67, Lawrence North 48 Bellniont 59. S Adams4s • Renton Central 7i. W Lafayette 57 Bloomington South 68. Rushville 65 1 OT> Blue River 60. Cambridge City 41 Brow nstow nB4. V Harrison 42 Carroll i Carroll) 91. Rossville9o (OT) Centerville 52. Hagerstow n 50 Central Noble 64. Jimtow n 43 Clinton Central 65. Westfield 51 Columbia City 64. Wawasee 57 Columbus North 59, Martinsville 45 . Daleville 46. Frankton 44 Decatur Central 85. Greenfield 73 DeKalb 72. Angola 69 . Delphi 68. Clinton Prairie 63 iOT> • Elkhart Memorial 77. Penn 70 Elwood 62. Noblesville 61 Evansville Bosse74. TH North 66 tOT> Fairfield 68. Lakeland62 Forest Park 56. Northeast Dubois 55 FW Dwenger 70, FW Concordia 68 FW Harding 69. Richmond 57 FW Luers 62. Heritage 57 FW North7l. FWSnider64 FW Northrop 69. FW Elmhurst 62 . FW Wayne 65. FW'South 56 Franklin 54. Perry Meridian 51 iOT> Frontier 67, West Central 47 Gary Wallace 67. Hammond 64 Gary West 65. Chicago Marshall 59 Gary Wirt 65. Hammond Clark 51 Greencastle6B. Rockvilless Greensburg63. Jennings County 59 Greenwood 72, Whiteland 62 Hamilton Heights 55. Lapel 46 Hammond Noll 72, Hammond Morton 52 Heritage Christian 69. Indpls Lutheran 54 Heritage Hills 47. Castle 44 Homestead 76, East Noble 74 Huntington North 58, Logansport 53 Indpls Arlington 73. Law rence Centra 165 Indpls Ben Davis 81. Warren Central 64 Indpls Baptist 50. Indpls Park-Tudor 46 Indpls Brebeuf 71. Marion Bennett 58 Indpls Chatard 61, Indpls Seecina 60 Indpls Howe 85. Broad Ripple 74 Indlps Northwest 68 Indpls Ritter 58 Indpls Pike 86. Carmel 49 Indpls Tech 51. Indpls Attacks 50 IOTI Indpls Washington 64, Indpls Cathedral 62 Jasper 73. Boonville 59 Jeffersonville 67, Shelbvville 50 Kankakee Valley 84, Lowell 65 Kmghtstow n 76. Eastern Hancock 52 LaVtlle 54. SB St. Joseph's 49 Lafayette Jeff 64, Kokomo Haworth 46 Lafayette Harrison 74, Lafavette Catholic 54 Lake Station 54. Hanover Central 33 Lanesville 87. Clarksville 70 Loogootee 42. South Knox 34 Madison 69, Bedford-N.Lawrence 54 Manonß2, Blackford 51 McCutcheon 62, Twin Lakes 43 Merrillville 61, Valparaisos4 Mishawaka Marian 79, Huntington Catholic 56 Mitchell 56, Shoals 49 Monroe Central 72, Delta 64 Mooresville 4S, Center Grove 41 Mt. V emon ( Posey) 63, South Spener 50 Mt. Vernon i Hvancock) 62. Sheridan 37 Muncie Central 44, Muncie North 41 Munster 56, Griffith 48 New Albany 68, Evansville Reitz 65 New Castle 75. And Madison Heights 68 New' Palestine 63, Morristown 50 N. Central (Sullivan) 81, Sullivan 64 N. Daviess 72, Vincennes Rivet 70 N. Judson 65, Oregon-Davis 62 N Miami 64, Pioneer 62 N Posey 72. EV Mater Dei 51 N. White 68, Tri-County 52 North Wood 71. Concord 46 Northeastern 70, Tri High 61 Northridge 86, Bethany Christian 52 Northwestern 74. Maconaquah 54 ' Norwell 71. Carroll (Allen) 81 Oak Hill 60, Eastern (Howard) 44 Orleans 59, Eastern (Greene) 56 Owen Valley 57, N. Putnam Peru 62, Tipton 57 Plainfield 53, Danville 48 , Plymouth 65, Bremen 50 » Portage 78, Knox 62 • Randolph Southern 72. Union County 45 ’ - Rensselaer 56, South Newton 55 ’ Rochester 49. Warsaw 42 , *Scottsburgs4, Corydon 43 • Seeger76. Southmont62 • Seymour 60. Connersville 58 ’ • Shenandoah 50. Pendleton Heights 48 ’ SB Clay 63, Elkhart Central 55 • SB LaSalle 90, SB Riley 78 South Putnam 60, Tri-West 59 South Ripley 44, Milan 35 Southern Wells 51, Southwood 48 Southport 72, Speedway 52 Staunton 59. West Vigo 55 Taylor 93, Cass 50 - Tecumseh 72, North Knox 61 TH South 70, Evansville Memorial 56 Tippecanoe Valley 83, Northfield 58 Tri-Central 65, Zionsville 56 Vincennes 48, Princeton 35 Wabash 58, Madison-Grant 56 Washington 67. Pike Central 49 Wes-Del 53, Wapahani 41 Westview 51, Fremont 48 Winamac 69, Caston 58 Wood Memorial 66, New Harmony 50 Woodlan63. Leo 50 Yorktown 42. Jay County 38 Culver Tournament Triton 58, Glenn 54,15 t place Argos 59, Culver 50, consolation Southwestern Tournament Indian Creek 84, Southwestern (Shelby) 54 Hauser 59. Edinburgh 50 Postponements Rescheduled Date where available Attica at Fountain Central Clay City at Montezuma, Jan. 5 Cloverdale at Monrovia, Feb. 23 Eminence at Linton, Feb 9 Frankfort at Brownsburg. ppd. Dec. 23 Hobart at LaPorte Friday s College Basketball Scores B\ The Associated Press EAST Brigham Young 39. Princeton 38 Fairleigh Dickinson 92. Marist 91 Texas 72, Harvard 71, OT SOUTH SE Louisiana 66. North Park 54 SOUTHWEST Ark -Little Rock 63, NE Louisiana 62 Baylorßs McMurry 65 Houston Baptist 79. NW Louisiana 63 FAR W EST Arizona 82. 11l Wesleyan 57 Boise St. 84, St Marys. Calif 77 Fresno St 81, N Illinois 56 Weber St. 76. S.Utah St 59 FAR EAST Oregon State 102. Pennsylvania 64

Friday's Sports Transactions By The Associated Press BASEBALL American League OAKLAND AS—Signed Dan Meyer, third btseman, to a three-year contract. National League HOUSTON ASTROS-Traded Cesar Cedeno, outfielder, to the Cincinnati Reds for Ray Knight, third baseman. FOOTBALL National Football league WASHINGTON REDSKINS-Signed Calvin Clark, defensive end Placed Otis Wonsley, fullback, on the injured reserve list. Canadian Football League WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS-Signed Steve Pisarkiewicz, quarterback, to a oneyear contract HOCKEY National Hockey NHL Suspended Jimmy Mann, right wing, Winnipeg Jets, for three games ami fined him SSOO for shoving linesman Gord Broseker in a game Dec 9 COLLEGE COLORADO STATE—Named Louis Lubick offensive coordinator and running back coach UTAH- Announced the resignation of Tracy Tripucka. assistant basketball coach WEST VIRGINIA WESLEYAN- Annouced the resignation of Sam Ross, athletic director Named Kent Carpenter interim athletic director

National Football League At A Glance By The Associated Press American Conference Eastern Division W L T PK PA Pet. y-Miami 10 4 1 329 269 700 y-Buffalo 10 5 0 305 260 667 N Y Jets 9 5 1 327 284 633 New Englnd 2 13 0 301 347 133 Baltimore 1 14 0 236 512 067 Central Division x Cincinnati 11 4 0 391 276 733 Pittsburgh 8 7 0 336 276 533 Houston 6 9 0 260 335 . 400 Cleveland 5 10 0 255 333 333 Western Division Denver 10 5 0 297 254 667 San Diego 9 6 0 455 380 600 Kansas City 8 7 0 333 284 533 Oakland 7 8 0 263 320 467 Seattle 5 10 0 280 367 . 333 National Conference Eastern Division x-Dallas 12 3 0 357 264 .800 y Philadelph 9 6 0 330 221 600 NY. Giants 8 7 0 282 247 . 533 St. Louis 7 8 0 315 370 467 Washington 7 8 0 317 342 467 Central Division Detroit 8 7 0 380 302 533 Green Bay 8 7 0 321 333 . 533 Tampa Bay 8 7 0 295 251 .533 Minnesota 7 8 0 319 359 467 Chicago 5 10 0 218 300 . 333 Western Division x-SnFrncsc 12 3 0 336 233 800 Atlanta 7 8 0 398 325 . 467 Los Angeles 6 9 0 296 321 400 New Orlens 4 11 0 190 357 267 x-ciinched division title, y-qualified for playoffs Saturday's Games Dallas at New York Giants Buffalo at Miami Sunday's Games Denver at Chicago Green Bay at New York Jets Kansas City at Minnesota St. Louis at Philadelphia Tampa Bay at Detroit New England at Baltimore San Francisco at New Orleans Cincinnati at Atlanta Cleveland at Seattle Pittsburgh at Houston Washington at Los Angeles Monday, December 21 Oakland at San Diego NBA At A Glance Bv The Associated Press EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pet. GB Boston 19 5 .792 Philadelphia 18 5 783 V-> New York 12 11 .522 6'A Washington 9 14 .391 g 1 * New Jersey 7 16 . 304 ll^ Central Division Milwaukee 17 7 .708 Indiana 14 11 .560 3>* Atlanta 10 12 455 6 Chicago 11 14 .440 64 Detroit 9 15 .375 8 Cleveland 5 19 .208 12 WESTERN CONFERENCE Midwest Division W L Pet. GB San Antonio 16 7 .696 Denver 10 13 .435 6 Utah 10 14 .417 64 Houston 10 15 .400 7 Kansas Citv 9 14 .391 7 Dallas 5 20 .200 12 Pacific Division Los Angeles 18 7 .720 Seattle 15 8 .652 2 Golden State 14 9 .609 3 Portland 14 9 .609 3 Phoenix 13 10 .565 4 San Diego 6 16 .273 114 Friday’s Games New York 121. Chicago 106 Indiana 109, Cleveland 73 Boston 99, Washington 98 Houston 112, Dallas 93 Phoenix 108, San Antonio 104 Kansas City 100, Utah 95 New Jersey 100, Milwaukee 88 Saturday's Games Boston at Philadelphia, New Jersey at Cleveland, New York at Detroit, Portland at Dallas,. Chicago at Houston.. San Antonio at Denver, Seattle at Utah, Kansas City at Phoenix, Los Angeles at San Diego, Atlanta at Golden State, Sunday's Game Atlanta at Los Angeles, Monday's Games No games scheduled NaUonal Hockey League At A Glance By The Associated Press Wales Conference Patrick Division W L. T. GF. GA Pts Philadelphia 19 11 1 121 114 39 NY Islanders 17 9 5 133 112 39 Pittsburgh 15 12 4 121 118 34 NY Rangers 12 16 3 106 129 27 Washington 9 20 2 120 132 20 Adams Division Montreal 18 7 9 157 93 41 Buffalo 16 8 8 121 96 40 Boston 17 9 4 117 94 38 Quebec 16 14 5 159 156 37 Hartford 7 15 8 98 125 22 Campbell Conference Norris Division Minnesota 13 9 9 131 104 35 Chicago 12 9 9 141 127 33 Winnipeg 12 13 7 122 139 31 St. Louis 13 15 4 115 132 30 Detroit 10 17 5 114 135 25 Toronto 7 15 8 127 145 22 Smythe Division Edmonton 21 7 6 191 127 48 Vancouver 13 14 6 127 121 32 Calgary 10 15 7 125 148 27 Los Angeles 12 17 1 128 151 25 Colorado 6 21 5 81 157 17 Friday’s Game Colorado 3, Vancouver 1 Saturday's Games Los Angeles at Hartford, Buffalo at Quebec, Colorado at Calgary, Minnesota at Edmonton, Boston at Montreal, Detroit at New York Islanders, New York Rangers at Pittsburgh, Chicago at Washington, Toronto at Winnipeg. Vancouver at St. Louis, Sunday's Games Los Angeles at Boston, Hartford at Buffalo. New York Islanders at Detroit, Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, Washington at New York Rangers, Toronto at Chicago, Calgary at Edmonton, St Louis at Winnipeg, Monday's Games No games scheduled

CLEVELAND (73) Mitchell 3 2-2 8, Carr 4 2-2 10, Edwards 4 1-4 9, Phegley 2 2-2 6, Huston 4 2-2 10, Wilkerson 8 0-0 16. Laimbeer 1 2-4 4, Bennett 2 0-4 4, Dillard 00-00, Silas 1 4-6 Totals 2915-2473. INDIANA (109) Williams 5 3-3 13, Bantom 6 3-4 15, Owens 1 0-0 2, Buse 3 0-0 6, Davis 4 4-4 13, C John son 3 3-3 9. McGinnis 2 0-0 4, Knight 3 1-3 7, Orr 3 6 3 12, Townsend 1 0-0 2. G Johnson 5 1-2 11, Carter 6 3-3 15 Totals 42 24 31 109 Cleveland 11212318—73 Indiana 21273229—109 Three-point goal Davis. Fouied out G. Johnson Total fouls—Cleveland 29. Indiana 24 A—4.942 IT’S TPA, NOT PGA PONTE VEDRA, Fla. (AP) The new name is the TPA tour. And it also has a new logo. All this reflects the fact that the professional golfers have changed the name of their organization from the Professional Golfers Association to the Tournament Players Association.

Wagner may deal Foster too Reds, Astros swap Knight for Cedeno

CINCINNATI (AP) - The Cincinnati Reds, who have lost two outfielders to free agency and are in danger of losing a third, have swapped popular third baseman Ray Knight to the Houston Astros for veteran outfielder Cesar Cedeno. “You never like to give up a good player, and Knight’s a fine player, but you have to give up something if you want to get something,” said Reds President Dick Wagner on Friday. The Reds had traded Ken Griffey to the New York Yankees when they couldn’t agree on a 1982 contract. Centerfielder Dave Collins was reported near to signing with the Yankees also. Wagner said he was considering trading left fielder George

'Not fair' to play Chris again: Tracy

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) Tracy Austin, weary from nearly six hours of grueling tennis in two days, said “it’s not fair” that she must play Chris Evert Lloyd again tonight in a semifinals of the Toyota championship at the Meadow lands Arena. A coin-toss Friday night decided whether third-seeded Austin or No. 5 Pam Shriver would play second-seeded Lloyd, who has beaten both in earlier rounds of the eightwoman double-elimination tournament. Shriver, who turned back Andrea Jaeger 6-3, 6-2 in their third-round match, faces top-seeded Martina

lowa remains unbeaten Who needs defense? Kentucky romps, 107-91

By JOHN NELSON AP Sports Writer Jacksonville Coach Bob Wenzel had just witnessed his basketball team score 91 points not a bad offensive effort, by college standards. The only drawback was, he also had just seen his team lose by 16 points. “I believe we met a little bit better team tonight.” Wenzel said after the Dolphins bowed, 107-91, to second-ranked Kentucky in the first round of the Kentucky Invitational tournament. Wenzel and Coach Hoddy Mahon, whose unbeaten Seton Hall Pirates meet the Wildcats in the UKIT final tonight, were similarly impressed with Ken-

37 and groggy, he got the KO Overlooked amid Ali, Frazier hoopla was Earnie Shavers' biggest win in years

By GEORGE VECSEY c. 1981 N.Y. Times News Service NEW YORK Some athletes have the gift that sets them apart from all their peers. Nolan Ryan has The Arm. Mike Bossy has The Reflexes. Earl Monroe had The Moves. With Eamie Shavers, it was The Punch. He wasn’t the fastest or the smoothest boxer who ever came along, and he certainly wasn’t the luckiest, but he had the punch. Some people think he had the strongest punch in the past generation. Since leaving the cotton fields of Alabama and the steel mills of Ohio, Shavers has won 63 of 74 professional fights, including one draw, 60 of them by knockout one of the highest ratios in boxing history. Most of his losses were respectable: a knockout in 11 by Larry Holmes in 1979, a 12-round loss to Holmes in 1978, a bitterly disputed 15-round decision to Muhammad Ali in 1977. Now Shavers is trying to prolong his generation. In the same month in which Joe Frazier and Ali returned to boxing, Shavers took his repaired retina into the ring in Nassau, the Bahamas, for one more payday. There was one difference between the two former heavyweight champions and the man who never quite became champion: Frazier should have lost and Ali did lose; Eamie Shavers knocked somebody out at the age of 37. When Frazier and Ali lumbered back into the ring, they argued they were not fighting for the money. Shavers can't make that claim not since the sheriff of Trumbull County, Ohio, auctioned off Shavers’ $338,000 home to help pay his debts, estimated at $500,000. Shavers was arrested earlier this year when a check bounced, but those charges were soon dropped. “Everybody has bad luck in business sometimes,” says Jimmy Adams, a former wrestler who now' serves as Shavers’ manager. “Now Earr.ie and I have a janitorial business. Everything’s fine now.” With legal advice from another recent friend, a gracious lawyer named Ben Gardner, Shavers is fighting to rebuild a life for himself, his wife and their five daughters in Martinsville, Va. He is contemplating staging boxing exhibitions with a country music singer, Steve Warner, in hotel night clubs, but he is also looking for a major fight early next year perhaps against Gregg Page or Trevor Berbick At this stage in their lives, Shavers is a more fearsome opponent than either Frazier or Ali. Just as Mickey Mantle can still hit home runs in batting-practice so long as somebody throws the ball straight down the middle Shavers still has the gift that made him a contender. He still has the punch. He put his gift on display a week ago in the tjueen Elizabeth

CESAR CEDENO Foster because of Foster’s contract demands. Foster’s contract runs out after this coming season.

Navratilova in the semifinals. “If they could find a better way to do this, it would be better,” Austin said minutes before the toss. “This way, it’s not altogether fair.” Austin, who struggled for two hours, 28 minutes before ousting Mima Jausovec Friday, admitted she was still fatigued from her three-hour, 20 minute match against Lloyd the previous night. Austin lost that second-round baseline battle 4-6,6-4,7-6. In the doubles semifinals Friday, Rosie Casals and Wendy Turnbull overpowered Anne Smith and Kathy Jordan 6-2. 63, and Navratilova and Shriver

tucky Coach Joe B. Hall’s powerhouse. Derrick Hord scored 17 points for Kentucky, now 5-0, and six other players were in double figures as the Wildcats led 50-37 at halftime. “It was one of our better overall efforts," the Kentucky coach said. “We didn’t have a letdown in the second half. Some of the players actually

Leave power saws at home, Vikings caution their fans

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) When fans started calling and asking if they could bring power saws to Sunday’s game with Kansas City, the hiearchy of the Minnesota Vikings got worried.

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“I can’t say I’m shocked but I can say I’m shaken,” said the 29-year-old Knight, who won third base after the Reds lost

beat Tanya Harford and Rosalyn Fairbank 6-0,6-2. “It was very tough coming right after a match that was as draining as that (with Lloyd),” Austin said of her victory over the seventh-seeded Yugoslavian before 8,267 spectators. “In the first set, I wasn’t even there. I used up a lot yesterday. I was just going through the motions and I made a lot of mistakes,” Austin said. Lloyd was wary of another meeting with her 19-year-old nemesis, who holds an 8-7 career edge. “I wouldn’t want to play her twice in one week,” Lloyd said

played better in the second half.” Seton Hall defeated Utah State 85-77 in the other firstround game to set up a meeting of unbeaten teams. Dan Callandrillo scored 26 points to lead Seton Hall, 6-0. The Pirates hit 16 of 24 free throw attempts in the final nine minutes, without sinking a single field goal, to beat winless

So the Vikings tripled security for their final game in Metropolitan Stadium and warned that souvenir hunters would be dealt with severely. Viking spokesman Merrill

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Sports Centre. It was hard to pay much attention to Shavers with Ali talking. Trevor Berbick balking, Thomas Hearns bleeding, Gregg Page taunting, Scott LeDoux charging, and the promoters botching everything, including the order of the fights ‘lt was chaos, says Jimmy Adams, who has seen enough chaos in his other callings: a former professional wrestler who wore a black hood and went by the name of The Scorpion; and a salesman who installs mechanical bucking bulls in bucket-of-blood country bars. “First they told us Earme was on second. Then they said fifth. Earnie likes to sleep before a fight, so he found a corner and he tell right asleep. Then somebody comes along and says ‘Hey, you guys are on in five minutes.’ I woke Earnie up, explained it to him, and we went right into the ring.

Pete Rose to Philadelphia in the free agent draft. But he was not bitter. “They (Astros) have a contending club and a very good pitching staff. At least I won’t have to bat against them anymore. I’m grateful the Reds gave me a chance to play; now I’ll be out to beat them,” said Knight. Cedeno, 30, has a .289 lifetime batting average in 12 major league seasons. He has won five gold gloves and played on four All-Star teams. Wagner said that Cedeno wants to play center field. The 30-year-old Cedeno was hobbled by an ankle injury last season, hut the Reds gave him a clean bill of health this week. “Cesar had wanted to be traded for a long time,’’said

after Wednesday’s match. “Our matches have been the most physically and mentally demanding. She’s matched my intensity and determination. I’ve never met anyone who could match it like her. ” Once before, Austin and Lloyd had to play each other twice in the same tournament, a result of the same coin-flip procedure used this week. In the 1980 Colgate championship, Austin beat Lloyd twice before losing the tournament to Navratilova in the final round. Jausovec said she watched this week’s Lloyd-Austin match from the stands.

Utah State. In other games involving the ranked teams, sixth-ranked lowa downed Clemson 80-68; No. 10 San Francisco defeated Rice 85-69; No. 16 AlabamaBirmingham whipped Southern Mississippi 71-56, and 20thranked Oregon State clobbered Pennsylvania 102-64. The Top Ten lowa scored a relatively easy

Swanson said Friday, “We are concerned,” adding that the team is making the move to protect the safety of the public and prevent damage to property. After 21 years in the Met,

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Astros General Manager A 1 Rosen. “This is something that I inherited when I came to the Astros, and I’ve tried to accomodate Cesar. He’s had ongoing discussions with the Astros about being traded.” Knight batted .259 last season after taking over for Rose in 1979, batting a robust .318. Knight made the All-Star squad in 1980 when he batted .264. “He is a consistent type hitter we feel will help us keep drives going in the latter innings,” Rosen said of Knight. “Of course, no one is going to hit many home runs in the Astrodome so we are looking to Ray to help us with his consistency.” Cedeno was hobbled by an ankle injury last year, dividing time between first base and center field as he hit .271 with 5

Playoff-bound Bengals hike ticket prices for 1982 season CINCINNATI (AP) The Cincinnati Bengals, who have clinched the American Conference Central Division, Friday announced a ticket price hike for next season. The increase will range from $1.25 to $2 per ticket, depending on location of the seats in Riverfront Stadium. Blue seats, next to the field, will cost $12.50, Red Loge, Green and Stadium Club seats $13.75, Yellow seats sl6 and Red seats in the upper deck, $11.50. The Bengals said rises in operating costs, such as traveling expenses and salaries, made the increases necessary. Season ticket holders must purchase tickets for two preseason exhibition games in addition to eight regular season home games.

victory over Clemson, despite the absence of scoring leader Bob Hansen, to move into the final of the Kettle Classic at Houston. Kenny Arnold and Kevin Boyle filled in offensively after Hansen reinjured his left foot just before halftime. lowa took a 46-28 at intermission, and the 6-0 Buckeyes were never really in trouble. Arnold had 15 points and Boyle 14.

Minnesota is moving to the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in downtown Minneapolis next year. It has been rumored that fans would try to remove various parts of the stadium.

“Earnie is no kid, and he needs at least a couple of rounds of shadow-boxing before a fight, just to get loose. He had no time for that,” Still groggy and stiff, Shavers tried to wake up his 37-year-old body in the ring. Then his attention was disrupted by the bizarre sight of a television producer racing down the aisle, waving his arms frantically, trying to hold up the fight. It seems the television people wanted the Ali-Berbick fight to begin then and there. The producer was trying to get Shavers and his opponent, Jeff Sims, to leave the ring. “I told them no way,” Adams recalls. “I told them to get lost. We were going to fight right then and there.” Still trying to break a sweat as the fight began, Shavers was tagged immediately by Sims, a lithe 28-year-old from Miami, best known for once having cut Ali’s lip in a sparring session. Shavers fell heavily, took a mandatory eight-count, and covered up for the rest of the first round. More than a few people at ringside remembering Shavers' detached retina after the second Holmes fight, two years ago -shouted for the official to stop the fight. After the first round, Adams broke a capsule of smelling salts directly under Shavers’ nose, and the boxer did not even twitch. Shavers’ concerned lawyer, Ben Gardner, admitted later that he had wondered how far Shavers could go. But the boxer trudged through the second round, waiting for his gift to materialize one more time. It returned in the third round, the right hand that Ali had avoided, that Holmes had respected. Shavers slugged Sims, and the younger man started to run Shavers plodded after him and knocked him out in the fifth. That was Shavers’ biggest victory in many years. His second biggest victory came a few days later when all the checks cleared for the fighters on the undercard. They were made good by Victor Sayvah, the mysterious financial expert who apparently bailed out James Cornelius, and became an instant hero to Shavers and the other undercard fighters. "We like him,” Adams says accent on the “him ”. Now Adams is talking of another big fight, perhaps with Page or Berbick There are places where a man with a surgicallyrepaired retina cannot easily receive a license to fight even with his surgeon’s endorsement, which Shavers has. But there are many more such boxing centers, such as Las Vegas, where just about anything goes Perhaps Shavers should not be fighting at the age of 3/, but at least he will never go into a ring unarmed He will always have The Gift.

home runs, 12 stolen bases and 34 runs batted in in 82 games. W’agner said Cedeno passed a physical examination by the Reds on Tuesday. “We were extremely pleased to be able to make this trade,” Wagner said. “A player with the skills that Cesar Cedeno possesses adds so much to a ballclub. Cesar wants to play center field and we look upon this trade as adding great depth to our outfield.” Cincinnati obtained outfielder Clint Hurdle from Kansas City last week. Hurdle is expected to get a chance to win the right field spot, competing with young Paul Householder. Wagner said the trade also opens up a spot for Johnny Bench, who doesn’t want to catch full time.

lowa meets Houston in Saturday’s championship game. The Cougars, 6-1, got 23 points from Rob Williams and some key baskets from 7-foot freshman Akeem Abdul Olajuwan of Nigeria late in the game to wallop Mississippi State 96-49. Guard Quintin Dailey scored 24 points and John Hegwood ad ded 20 to spark undefeated Sgn Francisco over Rice. The Dons. 6-0, took the lead for good, 18-16, on a tipin by Ken McAlister midway in th first half. Ricky Pierce scored 26 points for Rice. lona earned the right to meet San Francisco in the final of the tourney by beating La Salle 9571. Gary Springer scored 24 points and Steve Burtt had 22 for lona.

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