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Bird and Johnson have no time for All-IM BA honors
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Three of the five members of the all-National Basketball Association team are in the Championship Series, including top vote-getters Larry Bird of Boston and Earvin “Magic” Johnson of Los Angeles. None was eager, however, to talk much about individual honors Tuesday while there was an NBA title on the line. “After working hard all summer, it makes you feel like it paid off when you win individual honors,” said Bird, who was named on 75 first-place ballots and one second-place ballot, garnering 151 of a possible 152 votes to lead the balloting by a panel of NBA sportswriter and broadcasters. “But I wish they would make all the awards after the season was over.” “I appreciate the honor, but 1 won’t think about it until later,” said Johnson, who had 72 firstplace votes and four seconds, for 148 points. Bird and Johnson were the
Baseball regional at Bloomington Saturday Martinsville and Greenwood will open the BloomingtonIHSAA baseball regional Saturday with an 11 a m. game at Winslow Park. Host Bloomington South will play Cloverdale in the 1 p.m. second game. The championship game is at 7 p.m. Admission to tournament is $2 per session. Legion opens with one-hit victory Tom Sutherhn pitched a one-hitter Tuesday night as Legion defeated Elks 10-0 in Greencastle Babe Ruth baseball action at Greencastle High School. No other game was reported. Sutherlin went the entire six innings of the 10-run-rule shortened game. Mike Blye’s infield single broke up Sutherlin's bid for a no-hitter. David Pettit and Brian Jeffries paced Legion’s eight-hit attack with two singles each, while Sutherlin. Kyle Finchum and Scott Rehlander each had one single. Mike Watts had the only extra base hit of the night, knocking out a Legion double. Cubs and Cards win Little League games The Cardinals held off the Yankees 5-3 and the Cubs blasted the Red Legs 18-7 in Tuesday night Greencastle Little League action. The Cards scored four runs in the third inning then held on over the next three innings. Coby McGuire led the Cards with two singles in support of winning pitcher Kevin Mazur. Matt Amis had two Yankee singles and Mike Bastin ripped a runscoring double in the fifth. Brian Murray and Pat O’Hair drove in two runs each as the Cubs defeated the Red Sox in Minor League play. Murray and O’Hair each had a single and double in the 11-hit Cub offense. Quentin Pilkin rapped out three singles and Matt Hall two for the winners. The Red Sox managed just three hits against winning pitcher O’Hair and starter John Gaston. Mace wins softball league game Mace Construction scored five runs in the first inning Tuesday night en route to an 8-2 victory over Styles Unlimited in Greencastle Women’s Softball League play. Debbie Brinson paced Mace with a two-run home run and Ruth Schroeder had three singles and three RBl’s. Insurance golf tourney is June 14 Entries are now being accepted for the annual Insurance Golf Classic, sponsored by the Putnam County Independent Insurance Agents as part of the national tournament. The local round of the national tournament for girls and boys 18 and under will be played June 14 at Windy Hill Country Club at 9 a.m. That is also the entry deadline. Entry forms may be picked up at the Windy Hill Country Club pro shop or at any Independent Insurance agency in Putnam County. There is a $7.50 application fee. Winners from the Greencastle tournament advance to the state tournament at Hoosier Links Golf Course in New Palestine and play for a shot at the national tournament in Jackson, Miss. Annually PGA pros play with the young amateurs during the national tournament. Semifinals set PARIS (AP) Camille Benjamin, Martina Navratilova, Chris Evert Lloyd and Hana Mandlikova reached the semifinals of the French Open tennis championships. Benjamin upset 13th-seeded Lisa Bonder, 7-6, 5-7, 6-3 (7-3), Navratilova, the No. 1 seed, stopped Kathy Horvath 6-4, 6-2, No 2 Lloyd defeated No. 15 Carling Bassett of Canada 4-6,6-1, and No 3 Mandlikova of Czechoslovakia ousted 16-year-old American amateur Melissa Brown 6-1,6-4.
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KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR All-NBA at 37
only players named on all 76 ballots. Also making the first team was Lakers center Kareem Ab-dul-Jabbar, who now has been all-NBA nine times but had not made it since 1981. AbdulJabbar, 37, who had 52 firstplace votes and 116 points, said he thought his selection was “justified.”
But Lakers Coach Pat called the feat “incomprehensible” for a man his age. “For him to be playing at this level of performance is incredible,” Riley said. “The man is unique.” Others on the first-team allNBA squad were guard Isiah Thomas of Detroit, with 126 points and 53 first-place votes, and forward Bernard King of New York, with 113 points and 43 firsts. The second team included Philadelphia forward Julius Erving, 24 firsts and 80 points; Utah forward Adrian Dantley, seven firsts and 53 points; Philadelphia center Moses Malone, 20 firsts and 75 points; guard Sidney Moncrief of Milwaukee, 27 firsts and 93 points, and Portland guard Jim Paxson, no firsts and 21 points. Bird and Johnson are the only repeaters from last year’s team. Bird, who was No. 7 in scoring and 10th in rebounding in the NBA, has been all-league
Lakers, not Celtics, worry Riley
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) - Los Angeles Coach Pat Riley says the Lakers’ greatest enemy going into tonight’s game with the Boston Celtics could be complacency. “I’m not concerned with what the Celtics are thinking,” Riley said Tuesday. “I’m concerned that we will feel too good about what happened Sunday. If we’re not ready to play, the Celtics will make us pay the price.” Los Angeles took a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven National Basketball Association .Championship Series with an impressive 137-104 triumph Sunday. Game 4 is at the Forum at 6 p.m. PDT tonight. Asked what he has been telling his team, Riley said, “We talk about flattery giving us too comfortable a feeling Predictions casunday with 21 assists, said the size of his team’s victory margin could
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Legion opened its Greencastle Babe Ruth season Tuesday night with a 10-0 victory over Elks on the Greencastle High School diamond. Members of the Legion team are: front row, from left, Jerry Branagin, Tony Meyer, Rob York, Scott Rehlander, Mike Watts, Mike Tucker and Tom
Bradshaw hasn't made decision
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Terry Bradshaw, the quarterback who transformed the Pittsburgh Steelers from pro football’s worst team to the National Football League’s only four-time Super Bowl champion, has talked retirement many times in his 14-season career. Now, the talk apparently is close to becoming reality. “My gut feeling is that it’s over,” Bradshaw told The Pittsburgh Press after disclosing he doesn’t plan to play next season because of his nagging arm injury. “There’s no way I’m going play in 1984,” he said. Bradshaw changed his story several times Tuesday in several cities at first saying at his Shreveport, La., home that he would undergo surgery to repair a torn ligament in his right arm, then saying in El Paso, Tex., that he hadn’t made up his mind. But the Steelers themselves
first team in all five of his pro seasons. Johnson was the league’s leading playmaker with 13.1 assists per game, while AbdulJabbar averaged 21.5 points per game and became the NBA’s all-time leading scorer. Thomas, third in the NBA in assists, and King, who scored 26.3 points per game and had 50 points in consecutive games, were named to the first team for the first time. THE LOB PASS PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Times and customs change, even in basketball. Julius Erving, the celebrated “Dr. J.” of the NBA champion Philadelphia 76ers, recalls one big change during his time as a player. “I remember in high school one day a guard threw me a leading lob pass near the basket;” he said. “I think it was accidental. But the coach was furious and chewed the player out. Now it’s become an accepted way to beat a pressing defense by throwing the ball over it, especially to a man near the basket.”
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work in Boston’s favor. “They’re going to come back strong because they were embarrassed Sunday,” Johnson said. "They’re going to be mad, so that’s why we have to keep up our intensity, too.” Boston forward Larry Bird, who complained that his Celtics “played like sissies” Sunday, said he expected starting guar-
treated Bradshaw’s remarks as a retirement statement. And Bradshaw’s business agent, Gilbert Shanley, said the quarterback does plan to undergo the surgery that Bradshaw himself said probably would force him into retirement. “We will miss Terry,” said Steelers President Dan Rooney, calling Bradshaw “the greatest quarterback who ever played pro football.” ‘“No other quarterback has ever won four Super Bowls. And I don’t think any ever will,” Rooney said. “We’re not closing the door on this, but we’re assuming he’s retiring. We have to make that assumption,” said Steelers’ publicist Joe Gordon. In 1980, with the Steelers celebrating their fourth Super Bowl title in six seasons, Bradshaw considered quitting. And two years later, Hollywood and a short-lived TV show called “The Stockers” beckoned, and Bradshaw almost quit again.
Maybe with just a minor adjustment here and there Indiana PGA and IGA officer and former Lafayette Municipal Golf Course pro Ross Kuntz (left) can help Peg Headley's game. Kuntz was just one of four pros from around central
ds Dennis Johnson and Gerald Henderson to shoot more tonight in an effort to get the Celtics’ outside game untrack*, d. The t. eltics hit only 39.6 percent of their shots in Game 3, whi'c the Lakers have hit better than 50 percent in all three games. Johnson, the second-leading
Sutherlin. Seccr.i row, from left, coach Morris Sutherlin, Drew Brattain, Kyle Finchum, Brian Jeffries, David Pettit, Pat Campbell, Mike Buis and coach Bo Lear. Not pictured are Eric Twigg, Paul Christian and coach Dean Finchum. (Banner-Graphic photo by Steve Fields).
But by July he was back in training camp. For legal reasons apparently to assure that he is paid for the 1984 season Bradshaw said Tuesday he couldn’t announce his retirement at this time. “I can throw, but I can’t throw NFL style,” Bradshaw said upon arriving in El Paso for a charity golf tournament that bears his name. “I couldn’t even throw a wiffle ball 10 yards to a buddy’s son yesterday without excruciating pain. ” Bradshaw, 35, missed all but 16 minutes of the 1983 season, playing only part of the first half in a 34-7 victory over the New York Jets in midDecember. He apparently tore the ligament throwing a second quarter touchdown pass to Gregg Garrity.He had undergone surgery to repair a tendon problem after the 1982 season, but had rushed his recovery. Four months ago, Los
Boston scorer behind 3ird for the playoffs with a 16.2 average, was held to four points in Game 3 and hit just two of eight shots from the field. Henderson was 4-for-9 and had 10 points. Lakers center Kareem AbdulJabbar said he didn’t see how the Celtics could get any more physical inside.
Angeles sports physician Dr. Frank Jobe diagnosed Bradshaw’s torn ligament, but other doctors disagreed and he began a rehabilitation program aimed at getting him ready to play this season. He was throwing the ball up to 50 yards before last week’s mini-camp, but worked out for only 15 minutes on May 29 in Pittsburgh before experiencing arm pain. Bradshaw holds numerous Super Bowl and playoff passing records and is considered one of the most charismatic and popular sports figures of his generation. “I don’t think we’ll ever see another Terry Bradshaw,” Steelers Coach Chuck Noll said in 1981. Only two teams in baseball history had four 20-game winners in one season: They were the 1920 Chicago White Sox and the 1971 Baltimore Orioles.
Indiana that put on a clinic for members of the Windy Hill Ladies Golf Association Tuesday. Windy Hill pro Ken Atwell had anticipated as many as 50 students. (BannerGraphic photo by Bob Frazier).
Sports scoreboard
Major League Baseball At A Glance By The Associated Press AMERICAN LEAGUE EAST DIVISION W I. Pet GB Detroit 39 12 . 765 Toronto 35 17 .673 4H Baltimore 31 23 . 574 9 1 * Boston 25 27 481 14‘<5 Milwaukee 23 28 451 16 New York 22 30 . 423 17Vi Cleveland 17 33 . 340 21 WEST DIVISION California 30 26 536 Seattle 27 28 491 2'* Oakland 26 29 473 3>* Chicago 25 28 472 3Mi Kansas City 24 27 471 3'/S Minnesota 25 29 463 4 Texas 21 33 389 8 Tuesday’s Games Oakland 4, Cleveland 2, 10 innings Toronto 8, Detroit 4 Milwaukee 8, Baltimore 3 Boston 5, New York 4 California 6, Chicago 1 Kansas City 4. Seattle 3 Texas 2, Minnesota 1 Wednesday’s Games Oakland (Sorensen 1-8) at Cleveland (Sutcliffe 3-5), (n) Toronto (Leal 5-0) at Detroit (Petry 82), (n) Milwaukee (Sutton 3-4) at Baltimore (McGregor 6-4), (n) Boston (Hurst 7-4) at New York (Rijo 1-5), <n) California (Witt 5-5) at Chicago (Seaver 4- (n) Seattle (Moore 2-3) at Kansas City (Leibrandt 1-0), (n) Texas (Mason 2-3) at Minnesota (Smithson 6-6), (n) Thursday’s Games Texas at Minnesota Toronto at Detroit Milwaukee at Boston, (n) California at Chicago, (n) Seattle at Kansas City, (n) Only games scheduled NATIONAL LEAGUE EAST DIVISION W L Pet GB Chicago 30 21 588 Philadelphia 28 23 549 2 New York 25 23 . 521 3's. St. Louis 28 28 500 4'*. Montreal 25 27 481 s'i Pittsburgh 21 29 .420 84 WEST DIVISION Atlanta 32 23 . 582 San Diego 30 22 .577 4 Los Angeles 30 26 536 24 Cincinnati 27 28 491 5 Houston 22 31 415 9 San Francisco 17 34 . 333 13 Tuesday’s Games New York 3, Pittsburgh 0 Chicago 3, Montreal 2 St. Louis 5. Philadelphia 3 San Diego 3, Houston 0 Los Angeles 2, Cincinnati 1 Atlanta 8, San Francisco 3 Wednesday’s Games Atlanta (Falcone 4-5) at San Francisco (Robinson 3-6) New York (Gooden 4-3) at Pittsburgh (Rhoden 4-4), (n) Chicago (Reuschel 3-1) at Montreal (Gullickson 1-5), (n) Philadelphia (Bystrom 2-2) at St Louis (Cox 2-7), (n) Houston (Madden 1-1) at San Diego (Thurmond 3-3), (n) Cincinnati (Soto 7-1) at Los Angeles (Honeycutt 7-2), (n) Thursday’s Games Cincinnati at San Diego Chicago at Montreal, (n) Atlanta at Los Angeles, (n) Houston at San Francisco, (n) Only games scheduled TODAY’S MAJOR LEAGUE LEADERS AMERICAN LEAGUE BATTING (115 at bats): Trammell, Detroit, .350; Engle. Minnesota, 348; Bell. Toronto, .340; Winfield, New York, .337; Kemp, New York, .336. RUNS: Ripken, Baltimore, 41; Trammell, Detroit, 41; Moseby, Toronto, 37; Whitaker, Detroit, 36; Upshaw, Toronto. 35. RBI: Murray, Baltimore, 49; Kingman, Oakland, 44; Davis, Seattle, 41; Lemon, Detroit, 39; Rice, Boston, 37 HITS: Trammell, Detroit, 71; Garcia. Toronto, 70; Mattingly, New York, 65; Bell, Toronto, 64; Ripken. Baltimore, 64 DOUBLES: Mattingly, New York. 14: Trammell, Detroit, 14; Bell, Toronto, 13; Kearney, Seattle, 13; Cowens, Seattle, 12; Gaetti, Minnesota, 12; Garcia, Toronto, 12 TRIPLES: Moseby, Toronto, 9; Owen. Seattle, 7; Collins, Toronto, 5; Law, Chicago, 5; Upshaw, Toronto, 5. HOME RUNS: Kingman. Oakland. 14; Armas, Boston, 13; Davis, Seattle, 12; Kit tle.nCbicago, 12; Ripken. Baltimore, 12 STOLEN BASES: Garcia. Toronto, 24; Henderson. Oakland, 24; Butler. Cleveland, 18; Pettis, California, 17; Ber nazard, Cleveland, 15. PITCHING (sdecisions): Leal, Toronto. 5- 1.000, 2.65; Lopez, Detroit, 5-0, 1 000, 1.66; Stieb, Toronto, 7-1, .875, 2.23; Davis. Baltimore, 6-1, .857, 1 58; Jackson, Toron to, 6-1, .857,3.76. STRIKEOUTS: Morris, Detroit, 69; Stieb, Toronto, 66; Niekro, New York, 61; Witt, Califorma, 60; Guidry, New York, 54. Smithson. Minnesota. 54 NATIONAL LEAGUE BATTING (115 at bats): Gwynn, San Diego, 364; Francona, Montreal, 362; Washington, Atlanta, .340; Brenly, ban Francisco, 331; Durham, Chicago, 329. RUNS: Matthews, Chicago, 38; Wiggins, San Diego, 38; Gwynn, San Diego, 36;
Samuel, Philadelphia, 36; Durham, Chicago, 34; Raines, Montreal, 34; Schmidt, Philadelphia, 34 RBI: Durham, Chicago, 44; Carter, Montreal, 42; Schmidt, Philadelphia, 40; Clark, San Francisco, 38; Davis, Chicago, 36 HITS: Gwynn, San Diego. 71; Sandberg, Chicago, 68; Samuel, Philadelphia. 67; Francona, Montreal, 64; Parker, Cincinnati, 60 DOUBLES: Sandberg, Chicago, 15; Francona, Montreal, 14; Carter, Montreal, 14; Cey, Chicago 13; Wilson. Philadelphia, 12; Hubbard, Atlanta. 12; Oliver, San Francisco, 12. TRIPLES: Samuel, Philadelphia, 8; Sandberg, Chicago, 6; Gwynn, San Diego, 5; Cruz, Houston, 4. McGee, St. Louis, 4 HOME RUNS Murphy, Atlanta. 13; Schmidt, Philadelphia, 13; Durham, Chicago, 11; Clark, San Francisco, 11; Mcßevnolds. San Diego, 10. STOLEN BASES: Samuel. Philadelphia, 28. Wiggins, San Diego, 28; Redus, Cincinnati. 27; Dernier, Chicago. 24; Raines, Montreal, 18 PITCHING (5 decisions); Soto, Cincinnati, 7-1, .875,2.58; Lynch, New York, 51, 833, 3 20; Perez, Atlanta. 3-1. 833, 4 64 Lea, Montreal. 9-2 , 818, 2 54; Mahler. Atlanta. 4-1, 800, 1.78, Sanderson, Chicago, 4-1, 800,2.72 STRIKEOUTS: Ryan. Houston, 85; Valenzuela, Los Angeles, 84. Gooden. New York. 80; Soto, Cincinnati, 70; Carlton, Philadelphia. 63 American Association By The Associated Press W L Pet GB Omah 33 24 .579 Indianapols 31 26 544 2 Louisvill 31 27 534 2'* Denvr 29 26 527 3 low 28 27 . 507 4 Oklahoma Cty 28 28 504 4>* Evansvill 27 34 . 443 8 Wichit 21 36 . 368 12 Tuesday’s Results Indianapolis 5, Wichita 1 lowa 5, Omaha 4 Evansville 5-4, Denver 4-1 Louisville 4, Oklahoma City 2 Wednesday’s Games Wichita at Indianapolis Omaha at lowa Louisville at Oklahoma City Denver at Evansville Thursday's Games Denver at Evansville Omaha at lowa Louisville at Oklahoma City Only games scheduled College World Series At A Glance (Double elimination) At Omaha, Neb. Friday, June 1 Texas 6, New Orleans 3 Cal St. Fullerton 8, Michigan 4 Saturday, June 2 Arizona St. 9, Miami 6 Oklahoma St 9, Maine 5 Sunday, June 3 New Orleans 11, Michigan 3, Michigan eliminated Miami 13, Maine 7, Maine eliminated Monday, June 4 Texas 6 Cal St. Fullerton 4 Tuesday, June 5 Arizona St., 23, Oklahoma St. 12 Wednesday, June 6 Game 9 Miami, 48-27, vs Cal St Fullerton, 63-19 Game 10 New Orleans, 46-25, vs. Oklahoma 5t.,59-14 Thursday. June 7 Game 11 Texas, 59-12, vs. Arizona St., 55-18 Pairings of four remaining teams to be determined by NCAA committee NBA Plavoff Glance CHAMPIONSHIP I Best of seven) Boston vs. Los Angeles Sunday, May 27 Los Angeles 115, Boston 109 Thursday, May 31 Boston 124, Los Angeles 121, OT Sunday, June 3 Los Angeles 137, Boston 104, Los Angeles leads series 2-1 Wednesday, June 6 Boston at Los Angeles Friday, June 8 Los Angeles at Boston Sunday. June 10 Boston at Los Angeles Tuesday, June 12 Los Angeles at Boston Tuesday's Sports Transactions Bv The Associated Press BASEBALL American League BOSTON RED SOX-Named Haywood Sullivan chief operating officer Promoted Lou Gorman from vice president and assistant general manager to general manager Announced the resignations of George Sullivan, public relations director, and James M Olivier, treasurer Named Robert C. Furbush, comptroller, chief financial officer Named Dick Bresciam director of public relations and publicity FOOTBALL National Football League DENVER BRONCOS-Signed Gene Lang, running back, to a series of one-year contracts MIAMI DOLPHINS-Signed Jon Giesler, offensive tackle, to a senes of oneyear contracts NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS-Cut Steve Varga and Mike DeSanto. placekickers