Banner Graphic, Volume 14, Number 174, Greencastle, Putnam County, 29 March 1984 — Page 9

Indy has tentative deal with Baltimore

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - A tentative agreement has been reached to move the Baltimore Colts football team to Indianapolis, a spokeswoman for the Indianapolis Capital Improvement Board said today. Barbara Neilan said the agreement would be discussed at a special session of the board Saturday morning. Approval by the board is necessary in moving the National Football League team to Indianapolis because it must okay any lease agreement for the new Hoosier Dome. At Baltimore, a spokesman for Mayor William D. Schaefer said the mayor “expressed utter dismay that this team so rich in tradition had to sneak out in the middle of the night.” In Annapolis, Md., state officials stung by the word of the move were acting quickly to block the Colts from leaving. The Maryland House judiciary committee gave unanimous approval this morning to a bill that would pave the way for a public takeover of the football team. The measure, already passed in the Maryland Senate, would grant Baltimore eminent domain powers and pave the way for the city to stop the colt move. The full House is expected to take preliminary action on the bill this morning and then set it up for final action later today. Maryland Gov. Harry Hughes has expressed some concern about taking this avenue as a means of stopping the Colt move. Mrs. Neilan said the following item was on the board’s agenda: Consideration of approval for an agreement with the Baltimore Football Club Inc. Meanwhile, Baltimore television station WBAL-TV said Colts attorney Michael Chernoff confirmed the team’s move to Indianapolis in an off-camera interview with sportscaster Vince Bagli. Also, moving vans spent most of Wednesday night at the Colt complex in Owings Mills, apparently loading for the move to Indiana. There has been no formal annnouncement of the move by Colt owner Robert Irsay. Indianapolis Mayor William Hudnut said today on the NBC Today show that “any announcement” is up to Irsay. Mrs. Neilan also said a second item on the agenda, a lease agreement with the Metropolitan School District of Washington Township, was related to the Colts’ tentative

Fort looking around GARY, Ind. (AP) News of former high school AllAmerican Johnny Fort’s transfer from the University of lowa has traveled fast. Fort, the former Parade magazine prep All-American from Gary Wallace High School, said he already has received calls from several coaches. He said he’s interested in Nevada-Las Vegas, Oregon State, Georgetown and several schools on the West Coast. He lately has been talking with his former coach at Wallace, Earl Smith. Smith said there were false rumors last year that Fort would transfer to Kentucky caased several schoolls to back off. The 6-foot-5 Fort is disenchanted with the Big 10. “It’s a more rugged style; better for big men,” Fort said Monday. Smith speculated that Fort probably decided to leave lowa because he feH he didn’t fit into the Hawkeye system. “I think lack of playing time also may be a factor,” said Smith. “I don’t think it was simply a conflict with the new coach (George Raveling). They had a fairly decent relationship.” Smith added, “I have tremendous respect for Raveling. I think he’s an outstanding coach and that he’ll prove it there. ’ ’ Fort and Raveling were thrust upon each other unexpectedly. Both suffered through agonizing rookie seasons in lowa City. The Hawkeyes, a preseason favorite for the Big Ten championship, finished in eighth place with a 6-12 record. They were 13-15 overall. Fort saw action in 18 games, but played just 83 minutes. He scored 25 points on 1 of 23 field goals and three of 15 free throws. He also had four rebounds, eight assists and three steals. “I thought I did all right this season,” said Fort. “ like to play point guard, but not in his (Raveling’s) offense; it’s too structured.” Fort said he didn’t understand his coach. “I’d play 20 or 30 minutes one game and none the next. He wouldn’t give me a reason.” Fort added the “whole season was real sour. There was a lot of dissension on the team, but it wasn’t all the coach’s fault.” Fort was recruited by Coach Lute Olson, who later took the top coaching job at Arizona. Fort was looking forward to Olson’s up-tempo style of playm Instead he languished on the bench under Raveling’s patient, deliberate style. Fort, who turned 19 on March 1, said he prefers an open, running game.

Swimmers and Olympic coach checking progress in Indianapolis

• INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - America still isn’t that deep in world-class swimmers, but the coach of this year’s U.S. Olympic team is encouraged by the progress of the nation s top performers. “We’ll know a lot more after this week, but some exciting things have come out of the last two meets,” said Coach Don Gambril, who surveyed the talent Wednesday at the U.S. Swimming indoor national championships “When some long-standing records are bet-

agreement, but she did not know how. Such an agreement apparently would involve the use of practice facilities for the NFL team. Mrs. Neilan said she received word late Wednesday afternoon of the tentative agreement from board executive director Dean Phillips. Hudnut refused to draw any conclusions from reports of the moving vans, saying, “It’s a logical deduction they may be coming here, but I can’t say that. Earlier, Indianapolis television station WR-TV-TV quoted unnamed sources at American Fletcer National Bank as saying a sls million loan for Irsay has been transacted. The TV station also reported Indianapolis Deputy Mayor David R. Frick said Wednesday that negotiations between the city and the team were completed. NFL officials reportedly have told Irsay they want a decision on where the team will play by Sunday so the league can prepare a schedule for next season. Irsay has been considering moving the Colts for two months. On Wednesday, Phoenix officials announced they had withhdrawn their offer to Irsay to move the Colts to Arizona. Asked then if Indianapolis had set a deadline on the Colts deal, Hudnut aide Bruce Smith said, “We don’t put time limits on Mr. Irsay.” The new Hoosier Dome, built in downtown Indianapolis, seats more than 61,000. Representatives of Indianapolis reportedly offered to build a practice field and office-compound facility. Baltimore officials and businessmen offered Irsay a sls million loan at 8 percent interest, and a California developer offered to build a domed stadium in Baltimore for the Colts and baseball’s Baltimore Orioles if both teams agree to long-term leases. Phoenix officials said their offer also included a sls million loan at discounted rate, rent-free use of the 70,021-seat Sun Devil Stadium and a guaranteed $3 million in ticket sales. Irsay reportedly was seeking $7 million in ticket sales, however. The NFL has said it will do nothing to block a move by the Colts, noting it is powerless because of a court order to stop an owner from moving a franchise. That ruling came when the Oakland Raiders moved to Los Angeles and has been upheld bv the U S. Court of Appeals.

tered, that’s good news.” Gambril, 52, the coach at the University of Alabama, will return to Indianapolis in late June for the week-long Olympic trials at the Indiana University Natatorium. This week’s meet is the first long course championship for 1984, contested over the 50-meter Olympic distance. There were no American or meet records set on Wednesday, although several swimmers achieved the necessary times in their events to qualify

Big Ten's No. 4 team turns out to be best in NIT

NEW YORK (AP) Tim McCormick was second best for Michigan all season. When it came time for someone to take the Wolverines to the championship of the National Invitation Tournament, the 6-foot--11 forward took the lead McCormick scored a careerhigh 28 points, on 13-of-16 shooting, pulled down 14 rebounds and was voted Most Valuable Player as the Wolverines defeated Notre Dame 83-63 Wednesday night for the 47th NIT title. “It’s good to see McCormick play like this,” Michigan Coach Bill Frieder said of his team’s second-leading scorer and rebounder this year. “He’s capable of being a great player

Hoyas and Wildcats expected to be clash of titans

SEATTLE (AP) Kentucky Coach Joe B. Hall refuses to say whether Se thinks John Thompson’s Georgetown Hoyas play dirty. He’d rather let the officials answer that question. “I don’t think it really matters what we think,” Hall said Wednesday. “It’s up to the officials to call the game. It’s their job. “People are entitled to say the things that they say about us as long as they understand that other people are entitled to remain silent.” The third-ranked Wildcats, 29-4, meet No. 2 Georgetown, 323, Saturday in the semifinals of the NCAA basketball tournament following the game bet-

for the Olympic trials. “This meet is important to each individual competitor,” said Gambril, who plans to take some 40-50 men and women to the Olympic games in Los Angeles. “This gives them a check point (of their progress). Their performance is not as important as doing what they set out to do. And that’s different for each one. It’s a measure of their own progress.” Among the qualifiers for the Olympic trials was 15-year-old Amy White, a high school

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and he’s been a great player in this NIT.” In the five tournament games McCormick averaged 15.8 points and 8.6 rebounds, still second best to sophomore center Roy Tarpley’s totals of 19.6 and 11.6. But the championship game was all McCormick’s. “There’s no question, this is the thrill of my life,” McCormick, a junior in eligibility, said of the MVP honor. “At the beginning of the tournament we were a little bit disappointed not to get into the NCAA. But we looked at it very positively, saying we could win the NIT and that was our goal. I think if we would have been in the NCAA we would have fared well against those teams, but realistically we weren’t going to

ween unranked Virginia, 21-11, and No. 5 Houston, 31-4. The winners play Monday night to determine the national collegiate championship. “It’s our job to play the game, and that’s what we intend to do,” Hall said by telephone hookup. “We’re not there to officiate.” Thompson, who has said he resents implications that his Hoyas play like thugs, was the only coach at the news conference and told reporters he hopes none of the officials arrived in Seattle with preconceived notions about Georgetown’s style of play. He likened the situation to prejudicial publicity before a trial.

sophomore from Mission Viejo, Calif., who won the women’s 200-meter backstroke in a per-sonal-best time of 2:14.91. “Overall, we feel we’re better off than we were 12 or 18 months ago,” Gambril said of the American swimming program. Gambril said the U.S. boycott of the 1980 Olympics hurt America’s swimming program “from the standpoint of not having any immediate sports heroes for the young swimmers. “Most of these kids here don’t remember who the Olympic

win the tournament.” If the Wolverines, fourthplace finishers in the Big Ten, played as they did at the start of the second half against Notre Dame they might have swept any comers away. The Fighting Irish, 21-12, had rallied from a 26-17 deficit with 3:21 remaining in the first half to forge a 28-28 tie 54 seconds into the second half on two free throws by Tim Kempton. That was the beginning of the end for Notre Dame. Michigan, 23-10, reeled off seven straight points, three by McCormick, before Notre Dame scored on a layup by Jim Dolan to make it 35-30 with 15:09 remaining. Thirteen straight Michigan points, six by Tarpley, and 3:52 later it was vir-

“The only problem I have with being called aggressive and intimidating ... is that I certainly hope the people who are calling the game aren’t picking this stuff up and coming in with a predetermined idea about it,” Thompson said. Neither Coach Terry Holland of Virginia nor Guy Lewis of Houston said he could see anything improper about Georgetown’s style of play. “Georgetown plays a very physical brand of basketball like all of us would like our teams to play,” Holland said. “I admire their team myself,” added Lewis. “They look very aggressive and play good defense. I see nothing wrong with the way they play.”

champions were in 1976. In the future, we may see a gap in talent in our sport for not having those heroes. “My main responsibility (as Olympic coach) is to see nothing goes astray,” said Gambril. “I’m kind of like the conductor of a symphony. “My job also is one of motivation. But once they get in training camp and on the team, that shouldn’t be a problem,” he said. “That’s what we’ve been working toward for a year already.”

tually over as the Wolverines had a 48-30 lead. After a rebound basket by Kempton, Michigan scored four more points and it had a 20-point lead. Michigan finished the night with 56 percent shooting, including 19-of-26 in the second half. “Those are nice to get, you don’t get those very often,” Frieder said of the spurt. “In the second half, we did a good job of controlling the defensive boards and a good job of attacking the press and getting some easy baskets. I think for a little while there we got them to shoot it a little quicker than they wanted to and we got half a dozen easy baskets. ’ ’ The baskets didn’t come easy for Notre Dame’s Tom Sluby,

Both Thompson and Hall drew laughter on two different subjects. Hall’s team is headed by the menacing “Twin Towers” of 7-foot-l Sam Bowie and 6-foot-ll Melvin Turpin. “I don’t consider us physical at all,” he said amid laughter. “We’re a finesse ball club.” Thompson, who sequesters his team in different locations while on the road in an attempt to keep its concentration high, refused to divulge where his Hoyas were staying this week. “I’m going to have a raffle on that subject,” he said with a smile. “I can’t give you that information free because I’ve already read three different places where we’re staying, one

White, one of the young hopefuls for the Olympics, said "it’s neat” competing against older swimmers INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Summaries of the top finishers Wednesday in the U.S. Swimming indoor national championships at the Indiana University Natatorium (All distances in meters): Women 200-breaststroke—l, Jeanne Childs, Englewood, Colo., 2:35.26 2,Channon Her mstad. Mission Viejo, Calif., 2:35.42. 3,Kim Rhodenbaugh, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2:36 03. 4,'Terri Baxter, Palo Alto, Calif., 2:36.95 . s,Shannon Orcutt, Mission Viejo, 2:39.07 . 6,P011y Winde, EUicott City, Md., 2:39.17. 200-butterfly—l,Mary T Meagher, Louisville, Ky, 2:07.87 2,Tami Bruce,

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Windy Hill will officially open season Sunday

Club house remodeling is finished, a new practice green is expected to be in playing condition by mid-summer and the Windy Hill Country Club golf season is ready to open. The Windy Hill Men’s Golf Association tees off its season Sunday morning with an 8 a.m. breakfast, followed by the season’s first tournament by age-group play. THE WINDY HILL Women’s Golf Association gets its season underway Tuesday with an opening coffee. The released schedule does not state whether or not they will play on this day. Ken Atwell is back for his third season as club pro while Keith Gossard is in his first as club president. Jim Gram is the Windy Hill vice-president, Jim Jones is secretary and Ron Terry treasurer. Steve Paquin is once again president of the Men’s Golf Association, while Roberta McCormick will provide leadership for the Women’s Golf Association. THE FOLLOWING are the schedules for the 1984 Windy Hill Golf seasons as released by Atwell: MEN’S GOLF ASSN. April 1-Opening breakfast sign up.

IU fires Blubaugh

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) contract of wrestling coach Doug Blubaugh. Athletic Director Ralph Floyd said Wednesday, “We feel Doug has worked hard, but the wrestling program just hasn’t made the overall improvement we’d hoped for. We thank Doug for his efforts and wish him well in future endeavors.” Blubaugh, 49, was an Olympic gold medalist in 1960 and coached the United States wrestling team at the Pan American Games in 1971. He joined IU as an assistant coach in 1972 and was named head coach in 1973.

who finished with 19 points, just above his average for the season and the same total as Kempton, but it was on 7-for-20 shooting. Entering the game, Sluby was shooting 51 percent from the field. “I thought we did a great job on Sluby,” Frieder said. “I thought (Antoine) Joubert did a great job on him initially and I thought (Richard) Rellford and the guys in our zone did real well throughout the game.” Virginia Tech, 22-13, defeated Southwestern Louisiana, 23-10, 71-70 in the consolation game Joining McCormick as the alltournament team were Tarpley, Sluby, Ken Barlow of Notre Dame, Curry, and Alonza Allen of Southwestern Louisiana.

of them being the hotel where we’re at right now.” Holland talked about trying to defend Houston’s star center, Akeem Olajuwon, who scored 29 points in the Cougars’ victory over Wake Forest last weekend to get to the Final Four. “I think it was one of the finest games that I’ve ever seen a big man have,” Holland said. “If he plays like that against us, we’ll be packing it in to go back to Charlottesville.” Lewis, whose Cougars lost in the NCAA finals to North Carolina State in Albuquerque, N.M., last season, heaped praise on underdog Virginia, a team Houston beat this season 74-65. “It’s going to be a great ball

Mission Viejo, 2:13 52 3,Melanie Buddemeyer, Penn Hills, Pa., 2:13.77 4,Kara Devlin, Wilton, Conn., 2:14.16 S.Katrine Bomstad, Mission Viejo, 2:15.51. 6.Mayumi Yokoyama. Covina, Calif., 2:16 40 200-backstroke—l. Amy White, Mission Viejo, 2:14.91. 2,Theresa Andrews, Annapolis. Md., 2:16 4 3,Andrea Hayes, Pensacola. Fla , 2:17.23 4.Betsy Mitchell, Cincinnati. 2:17.32. S.Susan Henderson. Spartanburg, S.C., 2:18.36. 6.Megan Bresnahan, Norwell. Mass , 2:19 61. 100-freestyle—l,Nancy Hogshead. Concord, Calif, 55 99 2,Carrie Steinseifcr, Saratoga, Calif, 56.83. 3,Heather Strang, East Lansing. Mich , 56 90 4,Ji1l Sterkel, Hacienda Heights. Calif . 56 93 s,Barb Major, Lakewood, Ohio, 57.13. 6.Kathy Treible, Brookfield. Wis , 57.21. Men 200-breaststroke— I,Doug Soltis, Tarpon Springs, Fla., 2:19.84. 2,Rich Schroeder. Santa Barbara, Calif., 2: IS 87 3,John Mos

15-MGA brut ball and aggregate 29-MGA no alibi tournament. May 6-MGP par battle, full handicap. 20—MG A relay event. 25- Day Scramble. June 3-MGA low-ball and total 10-Flrst 18 hole qualification for club medal and match play championship 17-Father’s Day Special 24-Second 18-hole qualification for club medal and match play championship. July 1-Fourth of July Scramble. 8-Flrst round of club championship. 15- round of club championship. 22- round of club championship. 20- championship matches. Aug. 5-MGA Tournament. 12-Thlrd-round MGA stroke play. 19-MGA low-net foursome. 26- round MGA stroke play. Sept. 3-Labor Day Scramble 8- Awards Dinner, 7 p.m. 9- Flag Tourney. 1623- Remorseful Golf Oct. 7-MGA Razile Dazzle Tourney. 21- Consolation Tourney. WOMEN’S GOLF ASSN. April 3-Opening Coffee. 10- Low-putts. 1724- partners. May 1-Best ball net. 8-Scramble. 15-Low-net. 22- partners. 29-Pro-Am points. June 5-To be announced. 12-Guest Day (low-gross, low-net). 1»-Handicap tourney, low-net. 26-Handicap tourney, low-net. July 3-Flay tourney. 10- be announced. 17- ball (net). 24- points. 31-Invitational (low-gross, low-net). Aug. 7-Champlonship tourney begins (low-gross, low-net). 14-18-hole scramble. 21-Best ball (net). 28-To be announced. Sept. 4-Low-net (team). 11- partners. 1825- wards Dinner (evening 9-hole scramble).

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game,” Lewis said. Hall called the ability of point guard Dicky Beal to come back from arthroscopic knee surgery Aug. 26 as a key to Kentucky’s excellent season. “There were many times during the season that it appeared like he might not be able to make it at all and might not be a factor,” Hall said. “But the last nine games he has really come on and played great for us. “His recovery has really meant a lot to us. He’s become the leader of our team, the inspiration of our team, the spirit of our team and the bulk of our, speed, he’s the leader offensively and defensively.”

set, Costa Mesa. Calif., 2:20 96 4,Thierry Pata, France, 2:21.11 s,Glen Mills, North" Ridgeville, Ohio, 2:21 68 6,Tim Morioka. San Diego. Calif , 2:22 92 200-butterfly—l,Craig Beardsley, Harrington Park, N.J, 1:58 77 2,Steve Gregg, Berkeley, Calif, 2:00.35 3,Andy Wren, Richmond, Va, 2:01 49 4,Pablo Morales, Santa Clara. Calif , 2:01.71. s,Hessel Yntema, Albuquerque, NM . 2:02 51 6,Jeff Float, Sacramento, Calif , 2:02.85 200-backstroke—l,Jesse Vassallo, * Mission Viejo. 2:01 48 2,Sandy Goss, » Canada. 2 02 60 3,Peter Rocca. Concord, Calif, 2:03 09 4,Sean Murphy, Canada, 2:03.28 s,Bruce Hayes, Dallas, Texas, 2:03.57 6,Dave Wilson, Cincinnati. 2:04.71 100-freestyle—l,Rowdy Gaines, Winter Haven, Fla, 50 23 2,Tom Jager, Collinsville, 111, 50 46 3, BUI Barrett, Los Angeles, 50 65 4,Mike Heath, Dallas, Texas, 50.82 s.Robin I*amy, 50 89 6,Andy Coan, Fort Lauderdale, Fla , 51.13,

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