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lliyPyffpy --gjillgMtlpwwBIMwtii ppjriyrii-r ngfggmf iy 2T THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR- SUNDAY, MARCH 6, 1983 DefeaLends title hopes Ice-cold Riveters lose w(uX At the other end of the floor, Ohio State could not miss as it set up next Saturday's showdown for the league title at Indiana. The Buckeyes made 15 consecutive free throws in the in the last half 14 of them down the stretch and they were 12 of 20 from the floor. OSU reserve guard Ron Stokes scored eight of his game high 18 points from the free throw stripe in the final 3:22 and his backcourt companion Troy Taylor was six for six in the same time frame. Purdue Coach Gene Keady was visibly irritated with his team's free-throw shooting. "If you've got any suggestions that would help, come to our next practice," the Boilermaker tutor said, clipping off his words.

"When a player reaches this age, he's got to be able to shoot free throws," Keady asserted. "He should have his technique down." THERE WERE two other facets By JOHN BANSCH Assistant Sports Editor Columbus, Ohio Purdue shot itself right out of the Big Ten basketball title chase Saturday afternoon. The Boilermaker howitzers turned into popguns in the final 20 minutes and the result was a 76 65 loss to Ohio State before a sellout crowd of 13,591. The setback put the Riveters conference record at 97 and mathematically eliminated them in the battle for the championship. It made no difference whether the Boilermaker shots in the last half were from the foul line, within 10 feet of the basket or the perimeter.

More often than not they failed to go through the orange ring. PURDUE MADE only 29.4 percent of its field goal attempts in the second period (10 of 34) and the free-throw shooting story was just as sad 43.7 percent (7 of 16). of the game which disturbed the Purdue coach his team's passing and the officiating. "We told everyone we had to get the ball inside (to center Russell Cross) and we didn't," said Keady. "When Ohio went into a zone in the second half, we played like we did at Indiana last Thursday stagnant How we've won 18 games (in 26 starts) is beyond me." Keady termed the officiating of Fred Jaspers, Gil Haggart and London Bradley, "ridiculous." He was especially upset with a blocking foul called against Steve Reid at the 8:45 mark of the first half.

Stokes barrelled down the lane on the play, scoring on a layup to give OSU a 21 15 lead. As he put 'the ball up, the Buckeye guard collided with Reid. Keady ripped off his coat after the foul call against his little guard and flung the garment to the floor behind the bench. Stokes made the free throw for a seven-point Ohio advantage. "You don't expect to get calls in your favor on the road," Keady said.

"If we get in a tournament, maybe that play would be called differently. ON HIS post game radio show, Keady said, "It (Big Ten officiating) is getting ridiculous. You've got to blackball them and get them out of the league. Then we can play good basketball in this league. It's not fair to our kids.

I don't give a damn if they fine me $500. playing for big stakes." Stokes, naturally, saw the crucial play from a different angle. "I faked him (Reid) left and went right and he made contact with me," the Buckeye guard explained. "He was moving." The turning point came in the first 10 minutes of the second half when Purdue went from a chance to tie at 46 to a 56 44 deficit. OSU center Granville Waiters blocked a Cross shot to start the downfall.

Then the Purdue pivotman missed a pair of free throws. Following the missed free shots. Buckeye guard Larry Huggins ripped a 19 foot jump shot to boost the Buckeye lead to 48 44. After that, it was time for OSU forward Tony Campbell to make his presence known. He began ripping the ball off the board and he also hit a pair of shots in the burst Reid, reverting to his role as the first man.

off the bench, led Purdue with 17 points. He was three for four from three-point range and had 10 points in the first half which ended with the Boilers trailing, 36 35. PURDUE tf Min FO FT PF TP Ellert ft J- 3 13 Bullock 31 J- 4 3-4 7 I 4 Crow 39 t-17 5 I 1 14 Hall 35 4-1 O-0S I CHwjo J7 J- 4 Ml 0 1 7 Reid J4 HI 4-4 I I 3 17 Polombilio II I- 3 1-3 0 10 3 Rowinski 7 1-3 0- 1 0 1 4 Gdil 30-1 O-00 0 1 0 Robinson 1 0-0 0-00 00 0 Totals 74-57 13-25 10 17 45 l-lnctudu I tiam rebounds. OHIO STATE (74) Mill F6 FT PF TP Campbell 3 4-14 J- 3 11 4 3 14 Conclieck H4-S 0-00 04 I Waiters 37 J- 5 0- 0 3 3 1 4 Taylor 24 4- 7 4- 4 3 3 3 14 Huogins 344-7 0.04 0 3 14 Stokes 25 4- 4 34 18 Wesson 12 0- 0 7- 2 1 1 3 2 Jones 5 0-2 Ml 0 1 0 Haas 50-0 0-00 01 0 Kortakeat 1 0- 0 0-0 1 0 0 0 Smith 1 0-0 0-00 00 0 Polk 10-0 0-00 00 0 Totals 27-44 W-20 2tx 14 20 74 -Includes 2 team rebounds. HalHime Score: Ohio State 34, Purdue 35.

Three-point Shooting: Purdue 4-10 (Hall 0-1, Clawson 1-4, Reid 3-4, Gadis 0-1); Ohio State 3-3 (Huggins 2-2, Slokes 1-1). Blocked Shots: Purdue 3 (Cross 3); Ohio State 7 (Waiters 4). Errors: Purdue I (Eitert I Cross I Hall 2); Ohio State 13 (Campbell 3, Taylor 3). Steals: Purdue 3, Ohio State 3 (Campbell 2). OMiclels: Fred Jaspers, Gil Haggart, London Bradley.

Attendance: 13,591. Garland, 40, dies of leukemia inn afimrt. ill Russell Cross (40) watches ball fly Against Ohio State defense in St. John Arena playoff shot Associated Prtu to Jim Burlew, a CHL linesman who was pressed into referee duties when a snowstorm at Denver grounded Dan Cournoyer, who was scheduled to referee. Grade him an for his efforts but it's logical to assume he'll be back on the line as soon as the league can get him there.

Both Hrudey and Skorodenski came up with some big saves which kept the battle close. Hrudey, win ning for the 22nd time this year he has lost 16 denied Dobson and Homola bo'tn in the first period from 'I in close, then stopped Steve Carlson from right on the doorstep during a Birmingham power play in the sec- ond period. Skorodenski, a comparatively known 22-year-old before joining the South Stars a short time ago, batted down what appeared tto be a lamp-" lighter near the midpoint of the third period off the stick of Stoyanovich and saved a Kelly Davis shot while the teams were skating four men apiece at the 9 minute mark. The Checkers, who lead Colorado by two points and Birmingham by six, will be off until Friday when the second-place Flames come Colorado's game at Wichita Saturday i night was postponed when the Flames like referee Cournoyer were unable to fly out of Denver. Chex By BILL PICKETT Red Laurence's goal with 2:34 remaining to play lifted the Indianapolis Checkers to a hard fought, 4 3 victory over the Birmingham South Stars Saturday night, boosted the Checkers into sole possession of first place in the CHL and assured Indianapolis a spot in the post season Adams Cup playoffs.

Laurence's tally, his 32nd of the season, salvaged a game the Checkers had led, 2 0, early, and capped a picture-perfect setup off the sticks of Darcy Regier and Steve Stoyanovich. The red-haired center came blowing in from the right wing as the Checkers changed lines and he was untouched as he fired his fourth game-winning goal of the year past the South Stars' Warren Skorodenski. "THERE WAS nobody on the right side," Laurence explained. "When Stoy got the puck I yelled at him and he laid it on my stick. "It's about the only thing I did right out there tonight," continued the team's leading scorer (32 goals, 44 assists), who spent four minutes of the first period in the penalty box and watched his teammates fight off the Birmingham power play.

From 1975 to 1979, Mr. Garland taught at Evansville Harrison High School, where he also served as basketball coach. Mr. Garland took over as coach of the IUPUI Metros in 1979, and turned around a losing program. The Metros finished 10-21 in his first season but the next year the Metros were 14 12 marking the first winning season in the team's lO year history.

Last season the team stood 7 5 when illness struck Mr. Garland. He continued to serve as athletic director this season, turning the basketball team over -to interira-coach Bob Lovell. Mr. Garland led Tech to the Indianapolis Semistate where the Big Green lost a narrow 48 44 decision to unbeaten Muncie Central in his senior year.

It was also Charlie Maas' last year of coaching and the assistant commissioner of the IHSAA paid a glowing tribute to his Indiana All-Star backcourt ace. "I ALWAYS said I would have coached the rest of my life if I could have had five players like Mel Garland. It's a big loss to the coaching profession. Every place he went, Mel made a tremendous impression on everyone," Maas said. Mr.

Garland was a member of the Indiana Basketball Coaches Association, the National Association of Basketball Coaches and the Ross Ade Foundation. He was a member of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity. Survivors include his wife, Betty; two daughters, Lisa (age 16) and Erin (age 13); and a brother, Myron. Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Northminster Presbyterian Church, 1660 East Kessler Boulevard.

Burial will be in Oaklawn Memorial Gardens, Indianapolis. Visitation at will be from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. Monday at Leppert Cope-land Mortuary, 740 East 86th Street. In lieu of flowers, the family has asked that memorial contributions be made to the Indiana University Foundation, 355 North Lansing Street, Indianapolis IN, 46202, for the Mel Garland Memorial Fund to benefit IUPUI athletes and physical education students, or to the Leukemia Society of America.

Melvyn (Mel) Garland, 40, athletic director and men's basketball coach at Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis, died at 12:45 p.m. Saturday in I.U. Hospital following a 14-month fight with leukemia. "His family, his friends and this university have lost a courageous man, an exemplary athlete and true leader," said Dr: Glenn W. Irwin IUPUI vice president.

"Mel's life was much too short but all of us can be inspired by his exceptional talents and, in the last few months, his determination and bravery in adversity." Born June 23, 1942, in Indianapolis, Mr. Garland had an outstanding athletic career as both a player and coach. He attended Indianapolis Tech High School, where he graduated in 1960 with Indiana All-Star, All State and City Athlete of the Year honors. Garland Mr. Garland continued his education and athletic career at Purdue University, where he was graduated in 1964.

There he starred with the Boilermaker basketball and baseball squads and earned all-Big Ten credentials for three years in both sports. Mr. Garland was Purdue's MVP in basketball his junior year and during his senior year he won the Big Ten Medal for outstanding athletic and academic achievement. 'Mr. Garland also received the Gimlet Award as the outstanding Purdue athlete and was a district Ail-American in baseball.

HIS TEACHING and coaching experience began in 1964 at Greenfield-Central High School where he was coach for basketball, cross country and baseball. Mr. Garland joined the staff of Indiana State University in 1967 as an instructor of physical education and assistant basketball coach. He was the Sycamores' golf coach from 1971-74 and earned his master -of science degree from ISU in 1970. I man blasted a shot from the right wing for a 2 0 cushion.

Steamer, as his teammates call him, was the last. man in a pretty 1, 2, 3 combination which he finished off from 25 feet. The assists came from Dave Hanson and Dave Simpson. IT TOOK THE visitors but 2:02 of the second period to get on the board the first South Star goal in 82:02 minutes of play here this weekend. Steve Martin, not known especially for his goal-scoring ability, jammed the puck past Kelly Hrudey through a crowd to end Birmingham's scoring drought here.

Stoyanovich's 50-foot boomer on a power play at 9:16 boosted the Checkers' advantage to two goals again, but that was trimmed by a goal when the South Stars retaliated on a power play of their own at 16:39. Jim Dobson, who has scored more than half his 33 goals (17) on the power play, deflected a pass from Jarvis to keep Birmingham close after two periods of play. Craig Homola caught the Checkers defense and perhaps the linesmen a step late when he took what appeared to be an offside pass -off the right boards and broke in alone on Hrudey, tying the game 12:22 into the final session. The Checkers protested, however mildly. sew up Regier, who started the play which gained the Checkers their sixth straight home victory and the 12th in 13 outings on the Fairgrounds Coliseum ice, said Stoyanovich "was right beside me when I got the puck off the boards.

I waited for the defense to come out to me and slid the puck to Stoy." Stoyanovich, who earlier had extended his scoring streak to 10 games with his 30th goal, then laid the disk right on Laurence's stick and the 3,442 sectional basketball night fans breathed easier. The game began as if it would be a blowout much as Friday's 5-0 triumph had been. The Checkers played Score-0 with Skorodenski in the first two minutes. Center Garth macGuigan picked the pocket of the league's leading scorer, Wes Jarvis, 40 feet up the slot from Skorodenski, skated down the slot and blazed a slapper past the Birmingham goalie for a 1-0 lead only 1:13 into the game. It was goal No.

32 for MacGuigan, tying him with Laurence for team honors in that department. Just over a minute later, winger Lome Stamler the front-office 11 points for the winners, then scored a three-point play to give Wesleyan a tie. Dwight Higgs led the Panthers with 19 points. Brian Jones had 18 and Stan Webb added 11. Kentucky Wesleyan is now 10-2 in the conference.

Jeff Crabtree had 18 for Indiana Central. Doug Jennings had 12 and Ed Wineinger added 11. Walker Indiana Central loses 40,000 MILE STEEL STAR SPECIAL REPORT Owensboro, Ky. Four starters scored in double figures as host Kentucky Wesleyan won its 22nd game in 27 starts, an 85-72 decision over Indiana Central in a Great Lakes Vally Conference game. The Greyhounds, now 11-15 overall and 6-6 in the GLVC, led only once at 11 8.

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men in the executive suite wanted live they always could view Soviet troops in It they wished to discuss strategy, George figured they were well enough connected to. buy into a seminar with the joint chiefs of staff. AS YOU may have suspected, the football world doesn't always work that way. When a man lays out a ton for a new toy he wants to play with it once in a while or at least get close enough to watch the action. And he sometimes has this funny idea he should have a say in the purchase of new equipment.

Most gave Allen his head up to a point Then, they handed it to him. As a former player remarked about Allen's attitude, "The problem was George wanted the universe and he only got the world." The NFL it ain't, but this time Allen has it all his way a small piece of the franchise and total control. And he's back in football, once again prowling the sidelines and fitting the pieces together. Some say he's mellowed, that sometimes he even recognizes that there is another world out there somewhere. There is talk already that the team he's building may be too good for the USFL.

The new league needs more than Walker. If it survives, it will be with close competition and exciting games. There is fear Allen will blow some of the weaker teams off the wall. As for Allen, he even managed a smile when he said, "I'm as happy as if I was in my right mind." WITH ANY LUCK AT ALL, I'll be able to skip past the tube this afternoon without flipping the switch. It would be in my best interests to keep the monster mute at least until September.

Currently, I'm laid up with an old football injury acute brain fade, complicated by terminal ennui brought on by a long NFL strike and season that nearly pushed the Super Bowl back to May Day. We are running straight on into spring the time when tulips hide back in the ground as divots destroy pasture land. It's time to explore the rustic wonders of gorse and wade streams in search of dimpled white pellets. Bruises from bicycle spills are in, Astro-Turf eyeball burns from watching television are out It's the season when play-action should be executed at picnics and passes saved for hayrides. This time of year, the spread belongs on a sandwich; the line at the entrance to a swimming pool or tennis court.

The only people who should be cracking pads for a living are cat burglars. BUT, THEY'RE going to play football anyway, despite heavy odds that, just before spring break, the minds of our youth will be more on scoring than winning. The United States Football League just what we've always wanted will tee it up today for; tv season that will run until June or our patience takes a holiday, whichever comes first. wtferpied will be Herschel Walker, who ilook a huge financial fall before touching that first tackier. Like, we have readjusted our speculation on Hersch's (notice how I like to get on familiar terms with the wealthy) salary, from $14.5 million down a mere $3.9 million.

So, on second thought, perhaps it's time to start. Another week and the ever active, if not always accurate, sportwriting brigade would have him busted. Before Walker graduated cum laude in economics during his junior year at Georgia and joined the New Jersey Generals, the league's ace was George Allen. IN FACT, the opening television game was to be Allen's Chicago Blitz against the Washington Federals. Instead, you will be carried on an electronic carpet to whatever part of Lotusland hasn't washed away for Herschel's debut against the Los Angeles Express.

You remember Allen. He's the great coach who only gets fired when he wins. Allen owns a lifetime professional coaching record of 166 47-5. In 12 seasons his teams never finished lower than third in the NFL. They have not, however, finished a single season since 1977.

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