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THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR -PAGE 31 TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1979 Bill Hanzlik To Sit Out UCLA Tilt COUTH BEND, Ind. Among the thousands who will cram their way into the Notre Dame Athletic and Convocation Center tonight to witness the Irish do battle with UCLA will be one totally out-of-place spectator. His name is Bill Hanzlik. During the emotion-packed moments the two college basketball teams trade blows Hanzlik will occupy a seat on the Notre Dame bench. It's a position he does not appreciate, but one he is forced to accept.

Three weeks ago, the 6-7 Irish back-court star suffered an injury first thought to be minor. Tonight, it could prove fatal. Hanzlik dislocated the index finger on his left hand in late November. The i i JY '1 1 jr 1 -v7 tfr-' Press Box By John Bansch Phipps Not Singin' I.U. Blues In '79 By BILL BENNER Star Sportswriter Bloomington, Ind.

The hills are alive with the sounds of footballs being thumped and shoulder pads being cracked. People around this college town are finding it hard to believe their ears. But Indiana University football coach Lee Corso and his Hoosier football team trotted into Memorial Stadium Monday for practice. For the second time in the school's history, the I.U. gridders were preparing for postseason play and that ain't no bowl-oney.

After a week of working out the kinks and polishing the act left over from the recently concluded 7-4 campaign, the Hoosiers will depart for San Diego Sunday and another week of practice leading up to the Dec. 21 Holiday Bowl against unbeaten Western Athletic Conference champion Brigham Young. For guys like senior offensive guard Jeff Phipps, a four-year starter who remembers too well the darker days of Crimson football, the realities of returning to practice bring the significance of the achievement into sharper focus. "I was telling some of the younger guys over the weekend that this is the first time in my life I've put pads on in December," says Phipps, a personable, self-described "country boy" from Ev-ansville (Central High). "I'M JUST really taken by the whole thing.

I can remember my freshman and sophomore years when we'd just get the stuffin' knocked out of us. People would ask me, 'What are you goin to Indiana I always answered, 'Indiana will go to a bowl one Phipps had other goals. He wanted to start all four years. He did. He wanted to make all-Big Ten and ail-American.

He made second team all-league and honorable mention all-America. And he wanted to play in some postseason all-star games. He will, slated in action for the Hula Bowl and the Japan Bowl. Phipps, 260-pound junior tackle Gerhard Ahting and the rest of the offensive line are big reasons literally and figuratively Indiana has compiled its second-best record since 1945 and averaged 25 points and 389 yards total offense per game. Phipps says ball control against Brigham Young may be a key factor keeping the ball out of the explosive hands of BYU's quarterback Marc Wilson.

"ANYTIME YOU play somebody from out of the conference, someone you haven't had a look at before, you've got to play it by ear," he comments. "You have Monday night in Houston. (UPI Photo) CAMPBELL COVERAGE Earl Campbell of the Houston Oilers attracts Steelers L.C. Greenwood (68) and Steve Furness (64) AFC'S CENTRAL lUVISOV TIED Oilers old Off Steelers The two teams met in the AFC championship game last season and the Oilers were drubbed 34-5. But the possibility exists again for a rematch if Houston qualifies as a wild card entry instead of as division champions.

Oilers' running back Earl Campbell rushed for 109 yards on 32 carries to move back into the NFL rushing lead. He has 1,613 yards for the season. Campbell carried the Oilers' the length of the field late in the fourth quarter and the Oilers, on Rob Carpenter's 4-yard touchdown run, moved to a 20-10 lead. Pastorini, who completed only 4-of-16 passes in Pittsburgh's 38-7 win -the second game of this season, passed for 170 yards on 10-of-16 attempts. from Terry Bradshaw with 78 seconds left.

A Pittsburgh onsides kick following Stallworth's touchdown was caught after one bounce by the Steelers' Larry Anderson but side judge Willie Spencer ruled the ball had not gone the required 10 yards needed to allow Pittsburgh to gain possession. Television replays clearly showed otherwise. TONI FRITSCH KICKED field goals of 24 and 36 yards and Pastorini's TD pass boosted Houston to a 13-3 lead early in the fourth quarter. Until the final minutes. Pittsburgh was limited to a 37-yard field goal by Matt Bahr early in the third quarter.

The victory was Houston's first in the Astrodome against the Steelers since 1971 and the first in the Oilers' last four games against Pittsburgh. In the last three meetings, Pittsburgh had won by a combined score of 85-15. Houston (UPI) Dan Pastorini fired a 25-yard touchdown pass to Ken Buirough and the Houston Oilers, embarrassed by Pittsburgh in three previous meetings, held off the fast-closing Steelers Monday night for a bruising 20-17 victory over the defending Super Bowl champions. The victory moved the Oilers into a tie with Pittsburgh for the AFC Central Division lead. Both teams are 11-4 but the Oilers need a victory over Philadelphia coupled with a Pittsburgh loss to Buffalo Sunday to keep the Steelers from winning their sixth straight division title.

The Steelers staged a late comeback, scoring on wide receiver Lynn Swann's 9-yard reverse with 6:46 to play and John Stallworth's 34-yard scoring reception Oi COUXVY ttOUXDVP Tech Bids For 4th City Girls Title dr '-v mishap occurred when he jabbed his hand into the shoulder of a teammate while fighting for a loose basketball. At first it was believed the finger could be pulled back into place but after working on the bad hand for more than an hour doctors determined the only way to correct the problem was via surgery, i THUS, THE man who is considered the best defensive player on the Notre Danie team will be on the sidelines tonight in the most critical game of the young season for the 4-0 Irish. "It will be tough, just watching," Hanzlik said Monday prior to doing some running to keep in shape. "The UCLA game is the best. When it's UCLA time it's show time.

This game is so emotional it's unbelievable." The Irish have not fared well here against the Bruins since Hanzlik became a member of Coach Digger Phelps' program, losing two of three to the always strong Bruins. Hanzlik can't point his finger to one reason for that record in the always noisy goal hall, but he has an idea. "There's often more pressure on the home team in a game like this because they're expected to win," he observed. "I think I'm more relaxed on the road and I believe it's the same with my teammates. We get booed a lot on the road and people attempt to make life miserable for us.

Because of the attitude of the fans we're more motivated when we play away from home. We concentrate more. At home we play more on emotion and that can hurt a team." HANZLIK HAS great faith in his teammates tonight and for the entire season, lie isn't predicting a national championship but at the same time he won't discount the possibility. "The potential of this club is un-lirrfited," the mechanical engineering major states in a strong voice. "I think we can be awesome.

We do lack consistency at times and we don't always do things right but we have a lot of talent. "We are playing sound defense, done a good job rebounding and we run the break well. Digger has given us more freedom. Because of that we've made more mistakes but we are better. "We have more potential than we've had the last three years.

I don't see any major weaknesses. We've got five guys who-can run, while last year we often had only two or three on the floor who could run." When Hanzlik returns to the lineup, either against Fairfield on Dec. 22 or in the crucial Dec. 29 affair with Kentucky at Louisville, look for him to possibly do more scoring than he has in the past. "DEFENSE WAS more my thing in the past.

In fact, my job almost solely consisted of playing defense. I went into a game to get our press working or to shut down a top scorer on the other team. I think it will be different this season. "Late last season something clicked and I began scoring more t49 points in Notre Dame's three NCAA games). I played with more confidence offensively.

I plan to use my size to my advantage. I think I can take some smaller guards inside. At times I'll probably shoot more. At this time, however, I'm not going to worry about it. A lot of players concern themselves with their scoring average.

I don't." Not too long ago, Hanzlik did not concern himself with being a key member of one of the nation's top collegiate teams. Rather, he was worried only about playing well enough in high school to obtain a scholarship to any school. "My parents had put three older brothers and sisters through college and I wanted to help pay my own way," he said. "They already had done enough for the family. I was just hoping 1 would be good enough to be offered a scholarship to a school, even a small school.

I worked hard at basketball, playing four hours a day, six days a week. I didn't want to become a star. I just wanted to be able to pay my own way." That effort was more beneficial than Bill Hanzlik ever dreamed. Today, he is a co-captain of the Irish team, along with guard Rich Branning. He is also one of the most versatile players in America a take-charge player whose presence will be missed tonight.

to adapt. But that's something our team was keen on this year. They threw a lot of different defenses at us this year, but we concentrated on blocking the run and being aggressive and we really picked up on it." Phipps calls his last I.U. team "the closest-knit group of guys I've ever played with, on and off the field" and says that unity proved to be a driving force, particularly after grim predictions were forecast for the 1979 season. "When you come from the bottom to the top, you know you're a good football team," Phipps says.

"You know that every game you win is another step up that ladder. These guys put in a lot of hard work. There were a lot of things given up to be a good football team." Phipps had to give up a lot of weight to become a good football player then had to put it back on to become a better one. He came out of high school weighing 265 pounds and remembers himself as an "ogre." "I didn't like the way I was," he says. "I wanted to get down to where I felt good about myself." JEFF DROPPED 70 pounds in 2'j months and shortly thereafter played his way into the Hoosiers' starting lineup.

However, after sophomore and junior years in the 210-215 category "it was all I could do to get off the ball and move somebody" he beefed up for his final year. He now weighs around 250, muscled onto his 6-2 frame. With Jeff, that carries over into a country-western singing career (he's already played some dates at pubs at Bloomington and Spencer) and other endeavors. He also dreams of a shot at pro football and of one day owning his own place featuring country music. But for now, San Diego occupies all thoughts that final semester exams don't.

"Gee," says Jeff, "I've never been west of Texas." eight of her 10 counters. The Pats continued with their full-court press and frustrated Ritter with five steals to preserve the win. UNDERDOG Arlington, paced by Sylvia Osborne's 20 points, dismantled a Roncalli press and took advantage of the Rebels' 10-of-20 free throw misfiring to pin a 61-52 defeat on Coach Mary McMa-hon's crew at Tech. Laurie McDowell had 13 and Kaye Brewer 12 for Coach Anna Wessel's Golden Knights. Roncalli, which absorbed its third defeat in nine games and missed key scorer Linda Allen, had four starters in double figures.

Trina O'Connor led with 14, Eileen Sexton followed with 13, Suzanne Scheele had a dozen and Susie Kuntz 10. Coach Jim Albright's Northwest Pioneers broke Cathedral's 29-28 three-quarter hold, erupting for a 16-5 edge in the last period to dump the Irish, 44-34. Tammy Haas' three-point play put Northwest in the lead for good, as Donna Hamilton's steals and assists and sub Cheryl Jackson's 18 rebounds helped hold off Cathedral. Northwest will play Arlington Wednesday night at Cathedral Wednesday night. IN COUNTY action.

Coach Sue Par-rish's Warren Central club rolled to an 8-0 record, using balanced scoring to knock off crosstown foe Speedway, 67-47. Laura Foreman's 19 and Jan Stokes' 12 guided the Warriors, and Kathy Whitsett contributed 11 and Emily Reeves 10. Speedway's attack centered around Kris Ewoldt's 17. Southport weathered a tough test from Coach Marvin Knoop's Franklin Central crew for a 58-41 victory, its eighth in row. Coach Marilyn Ramsey saw a balanced offense headed by Linda Mallender's 17 and Amy Metheny's 14.

Trice Keil with 14 was the Flashes' only double-figure scorer. Guard Carol Weesner pumped in a season-high 24 points to help North Central to a 58-36 triumph over northside neighbor Carmel for the undefeated Panthers' seventh-straight win. Mary Beth Schueth's 21 led Perry Meridian to a 59-23 victory over Decatur Central. Brebeuf defeated visiting Zions-ville, 54-28, and Beech Grove slipped by Greenwood, 59-52. Pam Johnson had 14 for the Hornets, and Pam Bright led "Greenwood with 24.

Howe, Manual and Marshall breezed into the quarterfinals and defending champion Tech made its bid for a fourth-straight crown to highlight the opening round of the high school girls' City Basketball Tournament at four sites Monday evening. In addition, Arlington upset Roncalli, Northwest overtook Chatard by 10 and Crispus Attucks eliminated Chatard, 51-39. Meanwhile in county play. Warren Central, North Central and top-ranked Southport remained undefeated to start the fourth week of the season. Sheila Robertson and Gustavia Helm combined for 26 points to lead Howe to a 62-31 cruise over Shortridge at Washington.

Shortridge remained winless in five games despite a 19-point effort by Donna Stevens. The 7-1 Hornets will face Coach Charlie Payne's Continentals, who drew a bye in the first round, at Cathedral Wednesday night. AT MANUAL, the host Redskins advanced on an easy 71-50 triumph over Broad Ripple, largely on the strength of Tanya Williams' 30 points. Frances Howard kicked in 21 points and Patrice Barnett 15 for the Rockets, who trailed the entire way. Manual's foe Wednesday night at Chatard will be Tech, which jumped to an 18-7 lead and went on to topple Scecina, 58-40.

Karen Woodard, a 6-4 center playing just her second game since regaining scholastic eligibility, fired in 20 for the Titans, and teammate Miranda Bryant added 12. Scecina's scoring strength was Ruth Griffin, who netted 16. Attucks broke away from a 28-28 deadlock at the end of three quarters as Angie Barnett canned 11 of her 17 total points in the 23-point final quarter to guide the Tigers to a 51-39 victory at Marshall. Attucks, which capitalized on its offensive rebounding, also got 12 points from Tresea Murphy. Angela Kennie's 13 were tops for the Trojans.

The host Patriots posted a 52-20 triumph over winless Ritter but had trouble with Coach Alan McDonald's persistent Raiders the first half. Marshall pulled away from a slight 15-13 halftime lead, shutting out Ritter, 21-0, in the third quarter when Wendy Wallace notched ALMOST INTERCEPTED Shortridge's Valerie Sharpe (center) almost picks off a pass intended for Howe's Rhonda Thomas (30) in the first round of the girls high school basketball City Tournament at Washington. Lafonya Riley (41) of the Blue Devils tries to get out of the way in this fourth-quarter action. (Star Photo By Jeff Atteberry) Damthep Pad jZk INSTALLED All Imoorts U.S. Cars ANTI-SQUEAL ASK MILE WARRANTY 50,000 ABOUT Pacers Look for 3d Straight Win The Indiana Pacers will be looking for a third straight National Basketball Association victory tonight when they visit the New York Knicks in a 7:30 (WIBC) contest.

The Pacers will be going against the league's second-highest scoring team in the Knicks (14-14), who hold third place in the Atlantic Division, seven games behind co-leaders Boston and Philadelphia. There is some consolation for the Pacers, however. The Knicks also are next-to-last on the NBA's defensive list, allowing an average of 117.3 points a game. Indiana, which nicked Detroit by a point Saturday evening and defeated Cleveland last Wednesday, is fifth in the six-team Central Division with a 13-16 record. The Pacers trail first-place Atlanta by five ganies.

New York features three starters who average more than 20 points a game Bill Cartwright, the NBA's eighth-best scorer at 22.8; Ray Williams, 14th with 21.5, and Toby Knight with 20.1. BRAKE 34th Sherman 38th Shadeland (Hoosier Imports) 547-3561 (S.E. Corner) 547-5461 1 r-i- WITHIN REACH. 259-0101 Driver McCoy Dies STAR SPECIAL REPORT Bristol, Penn. Race driver Larry McCoy died from self-inflicted gun-shot wounds here Sunday at his home.

LIOMS HEAD 4 1 McCoy, 35. began running champ cars in the United States Auto Club in 1972 and was a two-time starter of the Indianapo- lis 500. He made his initial Indy field in 1975 and finished 28th. He came back the following May to qualify 26th and that's where he placed. McCoy drove his last champ race in the '76 season and was a spectator the past two years, even though he was entered in last year's Indy classic.

Burial will be here Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the William Carter Funeral Home. McCoy is survived by his wife, Diane, i and two children, Coleen and Larry. Basketball Tonight! I.CS. vs.

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