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Hoy as NCAA champions Supporting cast Georgetown's deciding edge over Houston

SEATTLE (AP) Hoya Paranoia is dead. Georgetown has nothing to fear anymore. Not that it ever really did, mind you. Georgetown’s NCAA championship basketball team wasn’t built on an adversarial relationship with anybody. It is the product of togetherness, under the tutelage of Coach John Thompson. ‘‘We don’t need Hoya Paranoia,” Thompson said Monday night after his Hoyas defeated Houston 84-75 in the title game at the sold-out Kingdome. “I have young men with personal pride and dignity . . . and if Hoya Paranoia makes us the way we are, somebody else better catch it.” It was Houston’s second successive futile attempt to catch the gold ring, a disappointment matched by only Ohio State in the 1960 and 1961 finals. But the Buckeyes won the title in 1960. In all, Houston Coach Guy Lewis has been to the Final Four five times and has come away empty each time. Thompson won it all in his second trip here, Georgetown’s third. Thompson was effusive in his praise for his beaten counterpart. “It’s much more dfficult to get to the Final Four than it is to win the championship game,” he said. “Anyone can win one game. I think Guy has done a tremendous job. I hhve a lot of sympathy and empathy for him.” The Cougars lost their chance to win it a year ago because their dominating center, Akeem Olajuwon, was in the wrong place at the foul line when Lorenzo Charles slam-dunked North Carolina State’s winning shot at the buzzer to beat the Cougars 54-52. He was in the wrong place again this time. He should have been controlling the lanes to the basket hard against his Georgetown counterpart Patrick Ewing and atop the rest of the Hoyas driving toward the rim. Olajuwon was in trouble before halftime, absorbing his third foul what Lewis called a “silly foul” 42 seconds before the break when he jumped into a David Wingate fake. And when Olajuwon picked up his fourth just 23 seconds into the second half, he became an out-of-ammunition weapon for Houston, scoring only two field goals and three free throws. “They told us before the game started they were gonna let ’em play, let ’em bang away,” Lewis said of Booker Turner and the other game officials. “Then bing, bing, bing. That’s all I can say about that.” - Lewis pulled Olajuwon after that fourth foul and didn’t put • him back in for more than six minutes. In that stretch, though, -the Cougars actually managed to play virtually even with - Georgetown. But with Olajuwon back in the pivot, the Hoyas repeatedly charged the rim for easy layups or baskets off offensive reboun--ds. “I considered pulling him again,” Lewis said. “In fact, I told him if he wasn’t going to play he might as well sit over there on -the bench with me. I felt like he was playing too cautious .hen, just trying to stay in the ballgame.” The matchup between Ewing and Olajuwon, the two 7-footers, never materialized. Ewing finished with 10 points, nine reboun-

Cloverdale tops North in opener

CLOVERDALE-Neither North Putnam coach Brenda Keller, nor Cloverdale coach Vince Faulkner could decide much about their respective track teams after Monday’s opening meet of the season. Taking seven of the 13 firsts Cloverdale defeated North Putnam 61-48. Cloverdale will host Greencastle Wednesday in a 4:30 p.m. meet on the allweather track, while North is scheduled to host Danville Thursday. “I DON’T KNOW yet. I can’t say either way,” coach Faulkner said of the team’s future. “We’ve had such bad weather to prepare at this point I don’t know.” Field events appeared to be Cloverdale’s strong suit Monday. Suzanne Reid won the discus at 90 feet, four inches, Debbie Mann took the high jump at four feet, eigh inches and Lori Dodds long jumped 14 feet, nine inches to win that event. Mann’s high jump first led a Clover sweep, as Kim Gaddis finished second and Stacy Receveur third. “Some of them were good, some of them were about the same as they were last year at this time,” Keller said of the Cougars’ performances. SARAH GRIFFIN was a

Cascade state champ TERRE HAUTE-James Brooks scored 45 points in two games Friday and Saturday to lead Cascade to the 17 and - over men’s Special Olympics Basketball state champion in Terre Haute. Brooks, the third leading scorer in the entire tournament, - scored 27 points Friday to lead Cascade by the Marion Coun- : ty Knights 50-47 in double overtime. He scored 18 Saturday in - the 30-14 Cascade championship game victory over Evan- ; sville State Hospital. Because there were not enough entries Cascade played in ' the male division with a co-ed team. Members of the Cascade - squad are: Brooks, Bill Burdsall, Terry Clearwaters, Robin - Byrd, Debbie Richards, Lida Brattain and Beth Ann Hack. Sports schedule Wednesday - Greencastle at Mooresville, 4:30p.m., baseball * Mooresville JV at Greencastle, 4:30p.m. baseball • Greencastle at Cloverdale, 4:30 p.m., track - Greencastle girls at Cloverdale, 4:30 p.m.. track Eminence at South Putnam, 4:15 p.m., track : cloverdale at Terre Haute South, 4:30 p.m., baseball

double event winner for North Putnam, the only one in the meet. Griffin won the 400-meter run in 1:06.7, and took the 100meter hurdles in 17.9 seconds. She also finished second to Dodds in the long jump. Heidi Blocher got off to her typical good start with a school record in the shot put. While also qualifying for the sectional, the junior put the shot 33 feet, five inches. Technically there was another school record set and actually one for both teams. This is the first year for the 300meter low hurdle event in girls high school track, it replaces the 800-meter relay. At least for now, Dodds holds Cloverdale’s record and Griffin North’s. Cloverdale 61, North Putnam 48 100-13.7, Fulwider, NP; Park, NP: Martin. C. 200-29.6, Taylor, C; Park. NP; Receveur, C. 400-1:06.7, Griflin, NP; Fidler, C; Livesay, NP. 800-2:51.6, Buser. NP; Craig, C: McKee, C. 1600-6:42.3, Jones, C; Smith, NP; Houchins, C. 400-relay-55.8, North Putnam (Park, Fulwider, Buser, Livesay). 1600-relay-4:45.4, Cloverdale (Price, Fidler, Martin, Johnson). 100-hurdles-17.9, Griffin. NP; Mabry, C: Fidler, C. 300-hurdles-56.6, Price, C; Garrett, C; Fulwider, NP. LJ-14 ft., 9 In., Dodds. C; Griffin, NP; Mann, C. HJ--4 ft., 8 In., Mann, C; Gaddis, C; Receveur, C. SP-33 ft., 5 In., Blocher, NP; Mann. C; Morris, C. Discus-90 ft., 4 in., Reid, C; Blocher. NP; Faller, NP.

ds and four blocked shots in minutes. Olajuwon, in 32V2, had 15 points and nine rebounds and although being the nation’s leading shot-blocker, he had just one, against Ewing. Just as Lewis had predicted Sunday, the game was dominated by others -7 freshman Reggie Williams and 6-5 sophomore Wingate, a pair of Georgetown swingmen, 6-9 Hoya freshman Michael Graham and 6-2 guard Alvin Franklin and 6-7 forward Michael Young of Houston. Williams, one of the off-the-bench disciples of Thompson’s shuttle system, led the Hoyas with 19 points, 13 in the second half. “The coach always told me to take good shots,” he said. “As long as I do, he doesn’t mind me missing them. I was taking them, and they were going in.” Particularly in the second half, when he hit six of nine from the floor. “Whoever’s going well, *.ve go to that person,” said Thompson. “I’ve said all along that Reggie eventually will be a superior scorer on our team... He’s a natural scorer and shooter and I’m just glad he showed up today.” Wingate split his 16 points evenly between the halves. Graham, another reserve, had 10 of his 14 points in the second half, finishing with seven of nine from the field. Franklin led all scorers with 21 points when he hit six of 10 field goal attempts and Young scored 18 points. Shuttling players, Thompson said, “is our style of play, particularly this year. They have accepted their roles extremely well and have come off the bench and contributed. In fact, the Georgetown bench scored 43 points. Houston’s scored 13. Perhaps overlooked in the turbulence of victory was the absence of senior guard Gene Smith, the fulcrum of the defensedictated game Thompson loves. Statistically, though, it was clear his absence, due to a strained left arch, was felt. The Hoyas routinely hold the opposition below a shooting percentage of 40 from the field and under 58 points. Houston shot 56.7 percent from the field, and only twice in their preceding 33 victories did the Hoyas allow more points than the 75 scored by the Cougars. Georgetown’s swarming defense also produced no steals. “The decision (whether to play despite the sore foot) was left up to me,” Smith said. “I came out before the game and tested it, then tested it again, and told Coach I wasn’t able to go. Hardest thing I’ve ever done in my life.” Smith never did get into the game, even in the closing seconds when both coaches were making wholesale player changes and the behind-the-bench Georgetown rooters in the crowd of 38,471 were chanting, “We want Gene!” But afterward, Thompson gave his star defensive guard a special hug around the neck. At the outset, it appeared the loss of Smith might be pivotal. Houston was perfect from the field in the opening 4:25, hitting its first seven shots to mount a 14-6 lead. But Lewis knew it was a false lead. “The first few minutes we were so-called in control. But after

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Clovers surprise to coach

CLOVERDALE-Before the season is over Cloverdale High School may just change the track team name to Scotts instead of Clovers. Led by Bryan Scott, Scott Novak and Scott Walden, Cloverdale opened the season Monday with a 82-44 victory over county rival North Putnam on the Clover all-weather track. "I EXPECTED IT to be a really weak year, but it may turn out to be a mediocre year,” coach Kieth Puckett quipped after his Clovers showed some surprising strengths. Puckett’s preseason doubts are understandable considering none of the Scotts or Rusty Baker were with the team a year ago and all contributed to the victory. Bryan Scott won the 100-meter dash in 12 seconds, Scott Walden won the 800-meter run in 2:19.2 and Scott Novak took the 300-meter low hurdles in 45.3 seconds. Baker finished second in both the 400-meter run and long jump. Bryant Lucas was the

in 1:06.7 seconds. However, her efforts were in vain from a team standpoint, as Cloverdale defeated the Cougars in their opening high school track meet. (BannerGraphic photo by Steve Fields).

dominant athlete for Cloverdale though. The senior won the 200meter dash in 23.9 seconds and topped his best performance of last year at 19 feet, nine inches in the long jump. He also ran anchor on both the first place 400- and 1600-meter relay teams. “THAT’S THE BEST they’ve ever looked this early in the year,” Puckett said of North Putnam’s performance. First-year coach Mike White got first place performances out of Dean Malicoat, Mike Kersey and Tony Pepe. “I was really pleased considering we have been running inside and our hurdlers have maybe been over two hurdles at most,” White said. Hurdles were two of North’s stronger events. Kersey won the high hurdles in 17.8 seconds and Gary Stevens was third. Kevin Lawhorn finished second in the low hurdles and John McGaughey third. KERSEY WAS North’s double event winner. He also

they caught up (which the Hoyas did by scoring 14 of the next 16 points in a 3:37 run) I felt like they were dictating the tempo of the game from then on. “We tried several different presses, several different defenses and several different offenses, but we never could get over the hump. We stayed about the same, five to eight back Six minutes into the second half, the Cougars had whittled Georgetown’s 40-30 halftime lead to 51-47. Then, in an uncharacteristic wave of substitutions, Lewis left Houston with only one starter freshman forward Rickie Winslow in the game. One of the departures was Franklin, who had collided with Williams on a jumper and collapsed to the floor. But he was not seriously hurt. In the next IV 2 minutes, Georgetown got a pair of baskets and opened an eight-point lead, then Lewis shoveled his starters back into action. They cut the gap to 57-54 with 10:29 to go. Thompson is losing only two seniors, Smith and Fred Brown, the latter the goat two years ago when his errant pass in the closing seconds went not to a teammate but to North Carolina’s James Worthy, enabling the Tar Heels to hold on to their 63-62 victory in the championship game. So if there is any remnant today of Hoya Paranoia, it belongs not only to Thompson but to the 63 other schools which will be hoping to reach the Final Four in Lexington, Ky., a year from now. “There have been several times I’ve had an obsession about winning the national championship,” he said. “I feel it’s a monkey off my back ... I don’t want to be like (former UCLA coach) John Wooden and win 10 national championships. All I want to do is win one. I think he’s got to have been an iron man to have gone through that. “Lemme tell you,” the Georgetown coach added with a grin, “it’s the hardest thing in the world, once you win the national championship, to try to come back. These kids are going to be too cocky. I’ve got to mild it down, do a lot of things. I think our chances are going to be very hard next year. Very, very hard.” Then, after a pause, Thompson laughed and added: “I don’t expect you to believe that.” Final statistics NCAA Final Box Belcher 0000000 0 By The Associated Press Totals 31 56 13 22 26 23 20 75 HOUSTON GEORGETOWN fg fga ft.fta r. apf pts . . Winslow 0 122 63 4 2 f | f *? ft ! . r ® P .^ Young 8 21 2 3 5 1 3 18 Wingate 5 10 6 9 1 3 4 16 Olajuwon 6 9 3 7 9 0 4 15 Dalton 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 Franklin 8 15 5 6 2 9 3 21 Ewing 4 8 2 1 Gettys 3 3 0 0 1 7 2 6 Brown l 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 Anders 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 4 Ja<*so" 3 4 5 5 0 6 4 1 Clark 0 00 0000 0 Graham 7 90 2504 14 Anderson 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 Williams 9 18 1 2 7 3 2 19 Dickens 2 3 1 2 0 0 5 5 Broadnax 2 3 0 0 0 0 2 4 Thomas 0 00 0000 0 Martin 3 60 0200 6 Giles 0000000 0 Morris 0 00 0000 0 Weaver 0 00 pOOO 0 Totals 34 60 16 22 33 19 25 84 Orsak 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 Houston 30 45—75 Alexander 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Georgetown 40 44-84

won the high jump at the surprising height of six feet, one inch. Pepe’s opening shot put hinted at a potential trip to the state meet in June. The senior put the shot 44 feet, six inches to win the event. He also finished second in the discus. Malicoat won the 400-meter dash in 60.6 seconds. Cloverdale 82, North Putnam 44 100-12.0, Scott, C; Kayes, NP; Wooldridge. C. 200-23.9, Lucas, C; Holsapple, C; Kayes. NP. 400-60.6. Malicoat, NP; Baker. C; Green, NP. 800-2:19.2, Walden. C; Cowart. NP: Mannan. C. 1600-5:09.6. Klein, C; Cowart. NP; Cooper, C. 3200-11:15.2, Johnson, C; Fouty, C: Stevens. NP. 400-relay-47.1, Cloverdale (Holsapple. Wooldridge. Scott. Lucas). 1600-relay-3:54.5. Cloverdale (Cooper. Klein. Scott. Lucas). 110-HH—l7.B, Kersey, NP; Novak, C; Stevens. NP. 300-LH—45.3, Novak. C; Lawhorn. NP; McGaughey, NP. LJ-19 ft., 9'/« In., Lucas. C; Baker. C; Walden. C. PV—B ft., 6 In.. Mannan. C; McFarland. NP; No third HJ-6 ft., 1 In., Kersey, NP; Novak. C; Lawhorn. NP. Discus-120 ft., 84 In., Wooldridge. C; Pepe, NP; McLean. C. SP—44 ft., 6 In.. Pepe, NP; R. Young, C; Wooldridge, C.

Courts going to decide future of Irsay's Colts

BALTIMORE (AP) - The legal battle over the Colts football team, which moved to Indianapolis last week, continued as lawyers for the football team filed a petition in U.S. District Court here to have the city’s lawsuit moved from state to federal court. In a petition filed Monday, Joshua R. Treem, a lawyer for the Baltimore Football Club Inc., contended the case should be heard in federal court because the parties involved are from different states. Treem also noted the amount of money “in controversy” exceeds SIO,OOO. The team, formally known as the Baltimore Football Club, Inc. is incorporated in Delaware. But last week Colts’ owner Robert Irsay moved the team to Indianapolis, causing Baltimore City to take legal action.

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Last Friday the city filed suit in Baltimore Circuit Court in an effort to acquire the football team under a recently expanded ordinance for eminent domain, a legal concept often used to obtain land through condemnation proceedings for public use. Circuit Judge Robert L. Karwacki issued a 10-day injunction Friday, ordering anyone with formal ties to the team not to help transfer the team to Indianapolis. While the filing of the petition effectively accomplished the transfer to federal court, a formal hearing to determine whether the court has proper jurisdiction must still be scheduled. But, the office of the District Court’s clerk revealed the case has been assigned to District Judge Joseph C. Howard.

Meanwhile, the Baltimore Sun today quoted an aide to Indianapolis Mayor William H. Hudnut as saying threats against Irsay’s life had been made in both Baltimore and Chicago, where the team owner’s main offices are located. The aide told the newspaper the Federal Bureau of Investigation had been contacted, and officials had been advised to treat the threats seriously. However, FBI officials in Baltimore and Chicago told the Sun they knew nothing of the threats. Baltimore city police said a caller made a death threat against Irsay last week, but the call was impossible to investigate because of its brevity. ; Baltimore County police said they had investigated reports of letters threatening Irsay more than a month ago.

It was a near perfect landing for Cloverdale's Bryant Lucas in the long jump. The senior jumped 19 feet, nine inches, for a career best and later won the 200-meter dash to help the Clovers defeat North Putnam in the opening high school track meet of the season for both teams. Lucas also ran anchor on two Cloverdale first place relay teams. (BannerGraphic photo by Steve Fields).

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