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As the scene of its first major NCAA tournament, DePauw University's Gaumey Neal Fieldhouse in the new Lilly Physical Education and Recreation Center was jammed with happy local rooters Friday night as the Tigers edged

Ranked teams paired at Anderson

By STEVE HERMAN AP Sports Writer The first matchup between two ranked teams in the 1984 Indiana high school boys’ basketball tournament will be tonight, when N 0.2 Anderson takes on No. 12 Anderson Highland in the semifinals of the Anderson sectional. Highland breezed past Alexandria 86-50 in Friday night’s first round, but Anri'Tson had a lot of trouble s rfore beating Madison Heights 82-73, and Coach Norm Held said he was sure the Indians were looking ahead to the confrontation with Highland’s Scots. “I’m sure psychologically they weren’t ready at all,” Held said of the Indians. “If Highland plays the way they did (against Alexandria) and we play the way we did (against Madison Heights), it’s a 30point game. We won’t be in it.” Troy Lewis had 28 points

No commitment to Indy, he says

Irsay's decision still hearsay

CHICAGO (AP) - The National Football League has taken a giant step toward “franchise free agency” by deciding not to interfere with Baltimore Colts owner Robert Irsay’s wish to move his franchise, says Commissioner Pete Rozelle. Rozelle emerged from a Friday meeting here with representatives of the 28 NFL clubs to announce the decision. He said the league’s owners, already facing a $49 million penalty for trying to block the Raiders’ move from Oakland to Los Angeles, “decided it would not be prudent to take any action should he (Irsay) decide to move.” In a presentation, Irsay acknowledged he had held indepth discussions with Indianapolis officials about moving the Colts to a new domed stadium under con-

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Friday night to lead Anderson to its 20th victory in 21 games. The Indians, who beat Madison Heights 94-81 in the regular season, trailed 62-58 after three quarters. A basket by Lewis put Anderson on top 6463, and the Indians still led by only one at 68-67 before running off 11 straight points to break open the game. Lewis had seven points during that four-minute spurt. “I was scared to death of this game, because they’re physical enough to play with anybody. They just played their hearts out,” Held said of Madison Heights, which finished the season at 6-15. “They got in foul trouble, and we had the experience at the end. “We were defensively so horrible, it was pathetic,” Held said. “It’s hard to get your transition game going when you’re taking the ball out of the net every time.” Indiana’s three unbeaten

struction there, but denied he had made a commitment, said Rozelle. Irsay also mentioned several other cities in his presentation that Rozelle would not name, but the commissioner did say New York was not among them. Asked whether the decision not to interfere with Irsay’s plans meant, in effect, that owners were free to pick up and move their franchises at any time, Rozelle replied, “You will remember me saying after the second Raiders’ trial that this will create NFL franchise free agency.” Prodded further, Rozelle conceded, “It is is possible for an owner basically to hold an auction with cities and states interested in acquiring (a team).” He said it was unlikely that the owners would try to block a

(c) 1984 Chicago Sun-Times MESA, Ariz. make easy-going farm boy Rick Reuschel mad. But apparently the Chicago Cubs have succeeded. Reuschel was told to lose weight over the winter or face a “heavy” fine. For a pitcher fighting for baseball survival after shoulder surgery, he had little choice. Reuschel dieted and took off more than 25 pounds. That made the Cubs happy but not Reuschel. When asked how many pounds were gone, he replied, “I don’t know, t’snot my job.” Why did he lose it? “I had orders.” Then he didn’t want to? “No comment.” Is he mad about the ordered

Capital University 62-60 in the first round of the Great Lakes Regional of the Division 111 basketball tourney. Play continues at Lilly Center Saturday with Hope College and Capital

teams won semifinal games to move into the championship round of their respective sectionals tonight. Delray Brooks scored 29 points as No.l Michigan City Rogers won its 24th straight game of the season, pounding Marquette 81-49; N 0.3 Noblesville got 26 points from Scott Haffner and rolled to its 22nd straight victory, 61-54 over Carmel; and Jeff Oliphant had 27 points, including 14 in the fourth quarter, as No.lo L&M won its 22nd in a row, 72-63 over Eastern of Greene County. Among other games Friday night, defending state champion Connersville beat Cambridge City 51-40 to advance to Saturday’s championship game against Brookville. The Spartans, now 18-4 for the season, were led by Bobby Chastine with 13 points. Connersville will be playing for its fifth straight sectional title.

franchise shift in most cases, but added: “We will review each one separately. As of today, it’s obviously prudent not to try and block this move. But if the owners wish to face the possibility of a greater liability, they might do so.” Asked whether this decision would increase cynicism on the part of fans who could lose teams they have supported for years, he replied: “I wish the six jurors (who heard the Raider case) were more cynical ... but when they look at that $49 million (judgment pending against the NFL), they’ll understand,” he said. “It has been our position to support cities that have supported their teams.” Rozelle said Irsay said he hoped to finalize any transfer in time to present his plan to fellow owners March 18 at the

reduction? “I still don’t have any comment.” General manager Dallas Green was willing to comment. “He was 261 (pounds). I think we told him to report at 240,” said Green, who added that Reuschel made his weigh-in with ease. “He was too heavy. We don’t pick the numbers out of the air,” Green said. “We consult with our medical staff. It’s good for his health. We recognize he’s a big-boned guy and he’s had some success (at a large weight), but he’s almost 35 years old. He’ll find it will be the best thing in the world for him.” The quiet Reuschel would just as soon be left alone, even though he was heavier than he had been the first time around

meeting in the 7 p.m. consolation game, followed by DePauw and Heidelberg College in the 9 p.m. championship contest. (BannerGraphic photo

Five ranked teams were beaten Friday night. BarrReeve downed N 0.14 Washington Catholic 37-31; Marion dropped N 0.17 Marion Bennett 69-57; Clarksville Providence upset No. 18 Jeffersonville 57-52; Elkhart Central nipped N 0.20 Elkhart Memorial 60-59; and South Bend St. Joseph’s, which was tied for the N 0.20 ranking, fell to South Bend Adams 61-49. At Michigan City, Rogers’ victory sent the Raiders into tonight’s sectional championship game against Michigan City Elston, which beat LaPorte 69-51. Noblesville will play Hamilton Heights for the Carmel sectional crown; while L&M will meet Bloomfield for the Switz City title. Rogers jumped ahead of Marquette 19-6 after one quarter but held only a 29-23 advantage with three minutes left in the second period. The Raiders then scored the final 10

NFL annual meetings in Hawaii or shortly thereafter. Rozelle said for “practical reasons” such as scheduling, the league must be notified by April 1. Irsay, who avoided reporters at the meetings, was not present when the other owners or their representatives discussed the prospective Colts’ move. Similarly, A 1 Davis, managing general partner of the Raiders, remained out of the privileged session while his fellow owners discussed the implications of Wednesday’s federal appeals court decision in San Francisco upholding by a 2-1 vote the Raiders’ move from Oakland. Rozelle said league attorneys were confident the dissenting opinion in the Raiders’ case would be upheld on appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.

as a Cub when he was nicknamed the “Baby Whale.” Reuschel isn’t the only Cub ordered to slim down over the winter. Among the others are pitchers Don Schulze, Ferguson Jenkins, Steve Trout and Lee Smith, catcher Jody Davis and infielder Tom Veryzer. Most already have made their weights. “They don’t officially have to report until March 1,” said Green. “If they aren’t there by then we’ll fine them.” Apparently, Reuschel won’t be losing any money but that doesn’t make him any happier. “I’ve never talked about my weight,” he said. “It’s just another excuse for them (management) if they don’t want me.” The other excuse, according to Reuschel, will be his shoulder

points of the half and the first two points of the third quarter to put the game out of reach. At Anderson, Madison Heights had four players foul out. The Pirates were led by Odell Chamberlain with 21 points and Tony LeFlore and Steve Robinson Because of the many postponements due to the r ;eavy snows around the state earlier in the week, first-round games were still being played at many of the sectional sites. Semifinals were scheduled tonight at 21 of the 64 sectionals, with the championship games there set for Monday. I Elsewhere Friday night, N0.19-ranked Indianapolis Brebeuf overpowered Speedway 87-71 in the first round at Ben Davis. N 0.7 Warsaw downed Wawasee 63-53 at Triton, No. 13 Franklin whipped Indian Creek 69-54 at Greenwood, and No. 16 Mancie North outlasted seven-time state

Indy NFL club no threat to Bengals CINCINNATI (AP) The Cincinnati Bengals aren’t worried about ticket sales competition if the Baltimore Colts move to Indianapolis, 2V 2 hours to the west, because they weren’t selling many to the Indiana residents anyway. John Murdough, Bengals business manager, said most of the team’s season-ticket sales in Indiana come from the southeast corner of the state. “We believe our season-ticket sales are very heavy per-centage-wise from the Cincinnati area,” Murdough said. “We do include places like Lawrenceburg and Aurora (Ind.) in that area. If we do much at all in Indiana, it comes from that area.” . Single-game ticket sales in Indianapolis are handled through Ticketron. Mark Shoner, a Ticketron official in Cincinnati, said there’s not a significant volume of sales in Indianapolis. “I don’t think we sold 1,000 tickets there all year,” he said. Riverfront Stadium seats 59,754. Bengals General Manager Paul Brown denied a report that Cincinnati was among five franchises that exprssed opposition to Colts owner Robert Irsay’s plans in unofficial conversation earlir this week. NFL owners met in Chicago on Friday and decided not to interfere with Colts owner Robert Irsay’s desire to move.

problems of 1981 and 1982 when he had trouble lobbing the ball to the plate. “I started 15 games last year and didn’t have any problems. That’s an excuse they can fall back on or a good reason if they don’t want to use me.” But Reuschel, the mainstay of the Cub staff in the ’7os, says he isn’t going to make it easy for the Cubs to have excuses. “I’m convinced I can pitch for this team," he said. “It might take them some time to realize, but they ’ll come a round. ” As for being released by the Cubs, Reuschel said, “I haven’t even thought about that because I know I can make this team.” If he pitches as he did at the end of last season, Reuschel can make the starting rotation.

Pacers fall at Seattle TACOMA, Wash. (AP) - Jack Sikma scored 16 of his game-high 26 points in the second half Friday night as the Seattle Super Sonics pulled away to defeat Indiana, 99-90, in National Basketball Association action. Seattle took the lead for good, 45-43, on two Tom Chambers’ free throws with one second left in the first half. In the third quarter, when Sikma scored 12 points, the Sonics were up by as many as 7 points. Indiana managed to trail by only 3 early in the fourth quarter. But the Pacers went nearly four minutes without scoring midway in the last period, allowing the Sonics to open up an 8-point lead, 88-80. Indiana never got closer than 5 points the rest of the way. The Pacers led by 6 in the first quarter but Seattle caught up in the second as Chambers scored 12 of his 21 points. Besides topping all scorers, Sikma pulled down 10 rebounds and blocked four shots. Reggie King also had 10 rebounds for Seattle while Indiana’s George Johnson grabbed 14.

champion Muncie Central 60-53 at Muncie. North, now 17-4, got 24 points and 13 rebounds from Mike Abram, whose future college coach, Denny Crum of the University of Louisville, was in the stands watching. Tom Abrell had 20 points for Central’s Bearcats. Franklin’s victory ended a four-year sectional string by Indian Creek. Evansville Bosse, the third of the three teams tied for the N 0.20 ranking, advanced to the semifinals at Evansville with a 75-60 victory over Evansville Harrison. Evie Waddell scored 28 points as the Bulldogs raised their record to 18-5. A first-round game at Kokomo marked the final contest for Haworth, a 42-41 loser to Kokomo’s Wildcats. The two schools will merge into the Haworth building next fall, but it will be known as Kokomo High School.

Released by the Yankees after his surgery, he pitched 13 games for Class A Quad City before going to Chicago. In his first major league start since Oct. 24, 1981 with the Yankees, Reuschel six-hit, one-runned the Cardinals in sue innings. Despite a pulled groin muscle, Reuschel was 1-1 with a 3.92 earned run average This season, with his shoulder-bone-scraping surgery nearly lVi years behind him, Reuschel still is the heaviest pitcher in camp. But he always has been and that didn’t keep him from averaging 16 victories with the Cubs from 1976-79. Reuschel says defensively and somewhat bitterly, “I’ve always been in good shape. I don’t think I’m any better or worse than ever.”

March 3,1984, The Putnam County Banner-Graphic

Sports scoreboard

Indiana High School Basketball Friday's Sectional Tournaments By The Associated Press Anderson First Round Anderson Highland 86, Alexandria 50 Anderson 82, Anderson Madison Hts. 73 Bedford Semifinals Bedford-N.Lawrence 75, Medora 30 Bloomington South 64, Mitchell 43 Blackford Semifinals Delta 56, Wapahani 55,2 OTs Blackford 69, Wes-Dei 54 Boonville Semifinals Boonville 65, Castle 49 Heritage Hills 65, S.Spencer 58 Brownsburg First Round Mooresville 52, Brownsburg 51,3 OTs Danville 57, Plainfield 54 Calumet Semifinals Merrillville 68, Calumet 43 Lake Central 80, Highland 66 Carmel Semifinals Hamilton Hts. 75, Westfield 59 Noblesville 61, Carmel 54 Columbia City Semifinals Carroll (Allen) 66, Columbia City 53 Manchester 73, Whitko7l Columbus Semifinals Edinburgh 55, Brown Co. 52, OT Columbus North 76, Columbus East 57 Connersville Semifinals Brookville 62, Centerville 32 Connersville 51, Cambridge City 40 East Central Semifinals E.Central 72, S.Ripley 53 Batesville 67, Jac-Cen-Del 60, OT East Chicago Semifinals Hammond Noll 66, Whiting 46 E.Chic.Roosevelt 83, E.Chic.Washington 69 East Noble Semifinals Westview 52, Lakeland 49 E.Noble66, W.Noble64 Elkhart Semifinals Elkhart Central 60, Elkhart Memorial 59 Penn 67, NorthWood6o Evansville First Round Ev. Central 59, Ev.Reitz 46 Ev Basse 75, Ev. Harrison 60 Flovd Central Semifinals Floyd Central 67, S.Central 33 N Harrison 51, Borden 43 Fort Wayne II Semifinals FW Dwenger 72, FW Harding 53 FW Elmhurst 59, FW Wayne 54 Fountain Central First Round Covington 67, Attica 47 N. Vermillion 59, Turkey Run 43 Frankfort First Round Tipton 48, Rossville 21 Tri-Central 64, Clinton Central 54 Franklin Central First Round Indpls Marshall 41, Indpls Roncalli 40 Warren Central 81, Indpls Lutheran 27 Garrett Semifinals Leo 54, Eastside 53 Garrett 64, Hamilton 42 Gary Semifinals Gary Roosevelt 68, Gary Mann 64 Gary West 64, Gary Wallace 56 Greencastle First Round S.Putnam 63, N.Putnam 46 Greencastle 73, Rockville 52 Greenfield Semifinals Greenfield 85, Eastern Hancock 63 New Palestine 42, Mt. Vernon 39 Greens burg Semifinals S.Decatur 52, Rushville 47 Greens burg 93. Morton Memorial 39 Greenwood Semifinals Franklin 69, Indian Creek 54 Center Grove 52, Greenwood 40 Hammond Semifinals Hammond 45, Hammond Morton 44, OT Hammond Gavit 56, Hammond Clark 54 Huntington Semifinals Huntington North 80, Huntington Catholic 41 Homestead 78, Southwood 61 Indpls Ben Davis First Round Indpls Brebeuf 87, Speedway 71 Indpls Washington 68. Indpls ritter 58 Indpls Hinkle First Round Lawrence North 62, Indpls Broad Ripple 58 Indpls N.Central 58, Lawrence Central 50Jay County First Round Jay Co 64, Union 36 Randolph Southern 79, Winchester 64 Jeffersonville Semifinals New Albany 71, Clarksville 59 Clarksville Providence 57, Jeffersonville 52 Kankakee Valley Semifinals Boone Grove 80, N.Newton 57 Kankakee Valley 57, Lowell 56 Kokomo First Round Kokomo 42, Kokomo Haworth 41 Western 83, Northwestern 51 Lafayette Semifinals Laf.Harrison 46, Laf.Catholic 43 Lafayette Jeff 64, Delphi 54 Lebanon Semifinals Western Boone 68, Tri-West 64 Lebanon 86. Zionsville 35 Logans port First Round Peru 64, Pioneer 56 Maconaquah 76. Caston 75,4 OTs Madison Semifinals Madison 36, Henryville 34 Silver Creek 58, Southwestern 46 Marion First Round Oak Hill 63, Mississinewa 56 Marion 69, Marion Bennett 57 Martinsville First Round Edgewood 99. Eminence 59 Martinsville 63, Monrovia 51 Michigan City Semifinals Mich. City Elston 69. LaPorte 51 Mich. City Rogers 81, Mich. City Marquette 49 Muncie Semifinals Muncie North 60, Muncie Central 53 Muncie South 51, Yorktown 48, OT New Castle First Round Northeastern 69, Tri High 53 Richmond 65, Shenandoah 46 North Judson First Round N Judson 58. LaCrosse 44 Oregon-Davis 61, S.Central 43 North Montgomery Semifinals Southmont 56. McCutcheon 55 N.Montgomery 48, Crawfordsville 46, OT Paoll Semifinals Crawford Co. 43, Pekin Eastern 41 W Washington 78, Springs Valley 75 Plymouth Semifinals Glenn 57, LaVille 43 Plymouth 75, Argos 49 Princeton First Round Wood Memorial 54, Gibson Southern 38 Princeton 103, New Harmony 53 Seymour Semifinals Crothersville 50, Scottsburg 47 Browns town 47. Seymour 45 Shelby vllle Semifinals Triton Central 52, Waldron 49 Shelby ville 87, Southwestern 41

South Adams Semifinals Southern Wells 87. Bluffton 70 Bellmont 62, Adams Central 44 South Bend Semifinals S.Bend Adams6l, S Bend St Joseph's 49 S Bend Clay 57, S Bend LaSalle 56 South Dearborn Semifinals Rising Sun 54, S. Dearborn 52 Switzerland Co. 66, Lawrenceburg 40 South Vermillion First Round Brazil 51, Montezuma 47,2 OTs Rosedale43, Clay City 41 Southport First Round Indpls Howe 84, Indiana Deaf 48 Indpls Manual 56, Decatur Central 55 South ridge Semifinals Southridge 46, Jasper 41 Dubois 61, Forest Park 55, OT Switz City Semifinals L&M 72, Eastern (Greene) 63 Bloomfield 59, Linton 51 Terre Haute Semifinals N.Central (Sullivan) 73, Sullivan 60 Terre Haute South 69, Terre Haute North 58 Triton Semifinals Warsaw 63, Wawasee 53 Triton 75, Rochester 51 Valparaiso First Round Chesterton 64, River Forest 42 Valparaiso 57, Portage 41 Vlnennes Semifinals Vincennes 78, N.Knox 38 S.Knox 73, Vincennes Rivet 64 Washington Semifinals Loogootee 50, Pike Central 33 Barr-Reeve37, Washington Catholic 31 Friday's College Basketball Scores By The Associated Press EAST American 64, Lehigh 44 Columbia 77, Dartmouth 74 Cornel] 76, Harvard 67 Hofstra 73, Drexel 65, OT Mansfield St. 59, Clarion St. 47 Pennsylvania 80, Brown 74 Princeton 61, Yale 48 SOUTH Alabama St. 114. Southern U . 96 Morehead St. 76, E. Kentucky 68 MIDWEST Loyola, 111. 79. Marquette 75 SOUTHWEST East Texas St. 98, Stephen F. Austin 87 TOURNAMENTS Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Semifinals Howard 73, South Carolina St. 59 North Carolina A&T 70, Delaware St. 62 Southern Conference First Round Appalachian St. 82, Citadel 77 Furman 71, W. Carolina 67 Marshall 78, Davidson 68 Term -Chattanooga 82, E. Tennessee St. 50 Sun Belt Conference First Round Ala -Birmingham 76, South Alabama 68 Old Dominion 79, Jacksonville 68 VCU 64, N.C, Charlotte 52 W Kentucky 57, South Florida 53 NCAA Division 111 Great Lakes Regional Heidelberg 73, Hope 69 DePauw 62. Capital 60 National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W. L.Pct.. .GB Boston 44 15 .746 New York 36 24 .600 BMz Philadelphia 35 24 594 9 New Jersey 30 29 . 508 14 Washington 27 33 .450 17tfc Central Division Milwaukee 36 24 .600 Detroit 34 25 . 576 lVi Atlanta 31 30 .508 s'* Chicago 22 36 . 379 13 Cleveland 22 37 .373 13Vi Indiana 18 41 .305 17Vb WESTERN CONFERENCE Midwest Division Utah 35 26 .574 - Dallas 33 28 . 541 2 Kansas City 26 33 .441 8 Denver 26 35 426 9 San Antonio 25 37 403 10*/i Houston 23 36 . 390 11 Pacific Division Los Angeles 39 20 .661 Portland 37 24 .607 3 Seattle 32 27 . 542 7 Golden State 28 32 . 467 llte Phoenix 28 33 459 12 San Diego 21 39 .350 18>* Friday's Games Boston 104, Chicago 100 Milwaukee 98, Washington 78 New York 117, Detroit 102 Los Angeles 98. Atlanta 94 Dallas 108, Kansas City 94 Utah 110, Cleveland 104 Golden State 110, San Diego 103 Seattle 99, Indiana 90 Saturday's Games Washington at New Jersey Milwaukee at New York Atlanta at Chicago Dallas at Kansas City San Antonio at Phoenix Utah at Denver Indiana at Portland Houston at Golden State Sunday's Games Seattle at Boston Los Angeles at Detroit Philadelphia at San Diego National Hockey League Friday’s Game New Jersey 4, Vancouver 2 Saturday's Games Hartford at Boston Buffalo at Quebec N Y. Rangers at Washington Winnipeg at Detroit Montreal at Calgary Los Angeles at Pittsburgh N Y. Islanders at Toronto Philadelphia at St. Louis Chicago at Minnesota Sunday's Games Boston at Hartford Toronto at Chicago Los Angeles at New Jersey Quebec at Buffalo Montreal at Edmonton Vancouver at N Y Rangers United Stales Football League Friday's Game Tampa Bay 20, Arizona 17 Saturday’s Games Denver at Oklahoma Pittsburgh at Michigan Sunday's Games Chicago at Memphis Philadelphia at Washington New Jersey at Jacksonville Birmingham at Lo 6 Angeles New Orleans at Oakland Monday's Game Houston at San Antonio Friday's Sports Transactions By The Associated Press BASEBALL American League CLEVELAND INDIANS-Signed Ernie Camacho and Steve Farr, pitchers, to oneyear contracts and renewed the contract of Carmen Castillo, outfielder National League j CHICAGO CUBS—Signed Dan Rohn, infielder, to a one-year contract CINCINNATI REDS—Signed Ben Hayes, pitcher, to a one-year contract and renewed the contract of Tom Lawless in fielder PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES—Named Del Unser minor league hitting instructor Signed Len Matuszek and Francisco Melendez, first basemen, A 1 Sanchez, outfielder. and Ken Dowell, shortstop COLLEGE GEORGIA TECH—Announced that Rick Lantz. assistant football coach resigned to become an assistant at Notre Dame

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