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RICHIE JOIIIVSON LATE-GAME HERO Indiana Boys Hold On, Win, 82-80 By BOB WILLIAMS Star Sportswriter Louisville, Ky. A 7-point flurry by New Albany's Richie Johnson in the game's last 1:41 nailed down the Indiana All-Star team's satisfying 82-80 victory over Kentucky Saturday night in their Blind Fund basketball opener at Freedom Hall. Greg Eifert, a standout 6-7 frontliner from Fort Wayne Dwenger, was named most valuable player by the writers covering this 65th Indiana-Kentucky classic and he shared individual scoring honors with Kentucky's Dennis Johnson with 20 points. But it was Richie Johnson's late blast in the clutch that held off the Kentuckians. Coach Bill Smith's well-balanced Indi ana crew ripped the nets with 53.3 percent shooting from the field, in contrast to a disappointing 18-for-31 night at the charity stripe.

The Hoosiers put nine players in the scoring column and led by as much as 42-35 at halftime and 74-68 with only 3: 19 remaining. INDIANA'S REBOUNDING needs work but you couldn't fault the Hoosier offense paced by Eifert, the big Purdue recruit, who hit seven of his 13 shots from the floor and 6 of 10 at the foul line. He also was the top rebounder for the visitors with nine. Eifert came through with 13 of his game-high 20 in the second period and Kentucky surged ahead for the last time at 54-52 with 13:08. on the board.

He fouled out at the :08 mark with the score 81-79 in favor of the Hoosiers. Kentucky's Dwight Higgs converted one free throw to cut it to 81-80, the Bluegrass crew stole the rebound on the second attempt but missed a shot underneath. Pike's David Gadis was fouled in the scramble for the loose ball and he dropped in the final free toss for 82-80. Higgs got one more hurried 20-foot jump- er for Kentucky as time ran out but it bounced harmlessly off the rim. Backing up Eifert with his 20 points was Richie Johnson with 13 on 6 for 8 from the field.

Mr. Basketball Jim Master of Fort Wayne Harding, Jeff Todd of Marion, Byron Frierson of Indianapolis Manual and Gadis all had nine points in the brilliant team effort. KENTUCKY, a double winner twice in the last three years, also had excellent balance with four in double figures. In addition to Dennis Johnson's 20, back-court magician Dicky Beal tallied 17, Higgs 12 and Pat Marshall 10. The Kentuckians shot 44 per cent from the field and won the battle of the boards, 46-45.

Indiana's collapsing defense was effective against Beal's penetrating moves in the middle part of the game played before a small crowd of 7,000. Beal was the quickest man on the floor and he also dished it off for a game-high 7 assists. Kentucky grabbed an 8-2 lead at the start with Beal doing most of the damage but it was the Hoosiers who controlled the game's tempo most of the way. And Indiana will be hard to stop when the All-Stars bump in The Indianapolis Star's Blind Fund doubleheader at Market Square Arena next Saturday. The Indiana Girls set the example by ending Kentucky's six-game winning streak in the 69-57 lid-lifter, and the boys took over against the much-quicker Bluegrass outfit in the second game.

One of the biggest disappointments was Kentucky's Mr. Basketball, Erv Stepp, who was the nation's second leading scorer with a 53-plus average. He was handcuffed with two baskets by the hustling Indiana defense. Master's outside shot put Indiana ahead for the first time in the ball game -at 11-10 and the lead see-sawed for the next few minutes. Shawn Teague of Anderson came off the bench to ignite the Hoosiers who broke a 20-20 deadlock and shot into a 28-22 advantage.

BOTH COACHES were giving their subs a good workout in the first period but Kentucky was a much different ball club with the penetrating Beal on the sidelines. Beal picked up a couple of charging fouls and spent more time on the bench than intended when the home team got mixed up on his foul count. Frierson, added to the Indiana roster when South Spencer's Kenny Perry failed to report, was creating some big problems for the enemy underneath and Todd also provided a big lift in relief. Indiana increased its lead to 35-28 and Frierson's third bucket made it 37-29. Stepp was having troubles getting his shot away against the Indiana defense (he was shut out from the field in the last half) and Kentucky didn't make its next big push until the opening minutes of the second period.

The score was deadlocked at 46-46 and Franklin County's Ricky Layne tallied twice on two sharp feeds from Beal for a 5046 lead. A big 3-point play by Todd regained See BOYS Page 2 Hoosier Gals Dump Twelve Kentucky By Section 2 The Indianapolis Star sunday, june 22, 1980 Spouts Financial By SUSAN LaMAR WADE Star Sportswriter Louisville, Ky. For seven of the past eight meetings with Kentucky in the annual Blind Fund Series, the Indiana All-Star girls basketball team was the Rocky Balboa, putting up a noble fight but never taking the title. But Saturday evening in Freedom Hall, with a 1-2 punch of aggressiveness and teamwork, Linda Mason's Hoosier gals decked a bigger, more physical Kentucky, 69-57, in the first bout of the high school basketball card. And with the theme from the film Rocky blaring from a tape recorder in the dressing room afterward, Mason said of the knockout, "You have no idea how badly we wanted to win this game.

That was the key." It was only the second time the Indiana girls have won since the series inaugural in 1976 when Jane Maines' stars dealt Kentucky a 68-55 setback. And it was the first time that a Kentucky team directed by Roy Bowling has fallen to Indiana. (This is his third year to coach.) In addition, with the total of 69 points, the Hoosier girls matched their highest offensive output, which came in a 78-69 loss in 1977. South Bend LaSalle's Debbie Walker, a 5-11 forward who didn't enter the fray until the last minute of the first half, supplied most of Indiana's thunder with 14 points 10 of them in the third quarter and nine rebounds. She tied Kentucky center Kym Hampton for game scoring honors.

And Carla Eades, who hails from just up and across the river at Madison, added 12 points and provided aggressive leadership on defense to earn the contest's most valuable player award. SPORTS IMOEX USA GOODIN of Austin, who played a nagging defense and led the Hoosiers with eight assists, and North Central center Elza Purvlicis, who had five rebounds and plugged up the middle against Kentucky's attack before leaving in the waning minutes with an elbow injury, each had eight points. But everybody played, everybody scored, and everybody concentrated on aggressiveness at both ends, and Mason said that's what she wanted to emphasize. "Lisa (Goodin) had tremendous outside shooting. Maria Stack hustled every minute she was out there.

Claudia and Elza did an excellent job on the big girl (Hampton). Tanya Williams put some nice moves on Kentucky, and Cathy Beesley showed some nice ball-handling. Sue Watts, Melody Teague and Amy Metheny weren't in there very long, but they went in and did their jobs," praised a jubilant Mason. "They played very well together," the coach continued. "We believed we could do it, and I told them they would have to play their very best they've ever played in their lives.

And that's what they did." Purvlicis exited the game at 4 48 of the final quarter after injuring her elbow in a collision with Hampton and teammate Cathy Beesley Trainer Terry Weatherald said a preliminary diagnosis by a physician on hand was that the elbow was just bruised. However, he said Purvlicis, one of Indiana's two. six-footers, would have the joint x-rayed when the team returns to Indianapolis. PURVLICIS GOT Indiana off to a 2-0 edge and Kentucky's Miss Basketball, Lisa Collins of Laurel County, put up two free throws that started a six-point string to give the Bluegrass girls the first of their two leads. But Stack.

Indiana's Miss Basketball form Columbus East, combined with Goodin for five straight points to give the Hoosiers the lead, 7-6. Collins netted a basket at 3:29 of that first period to put Kentucky on top for the last time, 8-7. Kreicker came back with a basket, but a free throw by Hampton See GALS Page 2 INDIANA t9) Mfn. FG FT A PP TP EMtes 23 6-10 O-0 1 2 3 12 Kreickar 20 3-4 O-l 2 0 4 Purvticil 18 4-7 0-05 22 8 Stack 20 2- 5 2- 3 3 1 3 Goodin 17 3- 5 2- 2 1 0 Bws'ev 2 a 1-2 5 1 I 5 Walker 22 7-12 0- 1 9 I 2 Williams 3 2-4 0-0 1 0 0 4 Methenv 6 0-2 J- 2 0 0 0 2 Teague 7 1-4 0-0 2 0 I 2 Wans 6 0-0 2-2 2 0 0 2 Totals 30-59 9-13 35k 15 16 69 Includes 2 team rebounds. KENTUCKY (S71 Mill.

FO FT A PF TP Kinkton 15 2-5 O-0 4 0 2 4 Todd 16 13 O-l 1 0 1 2 Mamoton 24 5- 1 4- 7 a 1 3 14 Collins 25 5- 2-2 4 5 3 17 Cowards 23 0-5 0-0 3 7 3 Deoo 7 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 0 Kissel .19 5- 9 2- 4 4 0 1 12 Martin 21 4-6 1-2 4 I 9 Berrv 5 2 3 0-0 1 0 0 4 Charles 3 0-0 O-O 0 0 0 Combs -2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 r. Totals 24-49 9-16 31k 17 14 57 Includes 2 team rebounds. Indiana 19 18 18 '4 Kentucky 12 17 16 12-57 Turnovers Indiana 15. Kentucky 17. Steals Indiana 5 (Stack.

Gcodn 21; Kentucky 5 IMartin 71 Blocked Shots Indiana 2 (Walker 21; Kentucky 2 (Hamoton 21. Officials Don Sh.etds. John Big Fish Contest 12 Bob Collins 2 Golf Scene 11 Harness Highlights 8 Lines And Shots 12 Scoreboard 1 4 Scouting The Outdoors ..12 Chisox-Tiger War Grows Page 4 Ben Davis Falls, 4-1 Page 6 IT'S ALL MINE Byron Frierson, Indiana All- 5, 230-pounder, who Oined the team last Tuesday Star from Indianapolis Manual High School, hauls as a replacement for Ken Perry of South Spencer, down a rebound during Saturday night's battle helped the Hoosiers to an 82-80 victory. (Star with Kentucky in Freedom Hall at Louisville. The 6- Photo) ANOTHER DOGFIGHT, SA YS ROBBY V.

No Favorite At Pocono Today "I think we can run all day at 180-plus and hopefully that'll be good enough to keep us up front and make some money," exclaimed Mosley, whose ride is teetering on financial tightrope. Jerry Sneva, whose seat with Sherman Armstrong is also in jeopardy because of sponsorship problems, is on the outside of Row 2 and a definite challenger. Mears, the last member of the 180 mph club, sits in the third tier along with Bill Alsup and Danny Ongais. Ongais, the terror of the Indy-car circuit two years ago, has been an also-ran so far in 1980 but looks like he's found some speed in the InterscopePanasonic P6BCosworth. And Alsup, who failed to qualify at Indy in his PC-7, came off a strong showing at Milwaukee by turning in the eighth best speed here.

In addition to Alsup, Sheldon Kinser, John Martin, Joe Saldana, Lee Kunzman. Vern Schup-pan, Phil Caliva. Al Loquasto, Tony Bet-tenhausen, Herm Johnson and Phil Threshie are all in today's field after failing to qualify at Indy Rutherford owns a 4O0-point lead over Tom Sneva in the CRL standings and third-place Gordon Johncock 1 550 points behind Rutherford won't be racing after crashing on Thursday and opting to let teammate Tom Bagley. who also hit the fence, drive the only backup machine in the Pat Patrick stable. "Everybody says you can't win without a ground-effects chassis, but that's a lot of crap.

My car is as clean aerodynamically as most of 'em." Because Foyt's straightaway speeds are some 10-12 mph quicker than anyone else's, a lot of the pit population claims A.J. is either overriding the popoff valve or using nitrous oxide for more power. "He's parked in the corners and goes like gangbusters down the straightaways." offered Bobby U. "I'm not sure what he's doing, but it's something other than driving hard believe me." One report had Super Tex carrying a nitrous oxide bottle in his driving suit and he replied, "Well, let 'em come try to find it then." Regardless of what anyone thinks, it'll all come to pass when the racing begins and Andretti plans to be up front. "I said at Indianapolis that this was one of the most responsive cars I've ever driven and I really feel good about our chances," said the 1978 Formula One champ who qualified at 184.124 mph in his Essex PC-9Cosworth.

"I know I've never won here but I hope to change that tomorrow." THE SLEEPER OF THE pack has to be Mike Mosley. After posting the fastest time in practice, the tough little veteran stuck Dan Gurney's EagleChevy on the pole of the second row at 183.262 mph. average of 185.491 miles an hour In his Norton Spirit PC-9 earned the No. 1 starting spot. if I was predicting, I'd say it's gonna be just like the last two, a dogfight between four or five guys." Rutherford, a convincing victor at Ontario under the Championship Auto Racing Teams' 60 inches of -boost and a close winner at Indianapolis utilizing USAC's manifold pressure of 48, doesn't appear to have the advantage at PIR.

He ran second to Bobby U. at Milwaukee earlier this month and he's "only" starting today's show from the middle of the second row after qualifying at 182.315 in his backup Pennzoil Chaparral Cosworth. "Obviously, we don't have as much time in this car but I feel confident we'll have to be contended with," stated who was forced to go to 4-T after crashing Jim Hall's Indy winner last Thursday prior to time trials. Foyt, who qualified poorly at the opener in Ontario before packing up and going home, was never a factor at Indy and he didn't show up for the Milwaukee race. He's driving the same ParnelliCosworth that's been so uncompetitive until here at PIR, but his 184.749 qualifying speed definitely stamped him as a factor.

"IT'S LIKE I I stayed home from Milwaukee and did my homework," replied the four-time Indy king. "I made a major discovery and there's no reason this car can't win. By ROBIN MILLER Star Sportswriter Long Pond, Pa. There are 11 drivers in today's True Value Hardware 500 lineup that weren't in last month's Indianapolis 500 but the favorites here at Pocono International Raceway are all familiar faces. Bobby Unser, A J.

Foyt and Mario Andretti, a trio that's amassed 129 champ car victories among them, will lead 30 of their compatriots to the green flag this afternoon (noon EST, WIBC 1070) for the fourth leg of the Championship Racing League's season. Because he's the only other man besides Johnny Rutherford to triumph this year Rutherford and he's on the pole, it would be easy to assume Bobby U. is the odds-on choice here. But, based on the last two races run under -United States Auto Club manifold pressures, it wouldn't be wise to single out anyone because there are a bunch of teams that could make it into victory lane today. I ROGER PENSKE of course, is looking good -with Unser and Andretti sandwiching Foyt in the front row and Rick Mears going from the inside slot of the third tier.

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3 30 o.m Channel 13. Italian Judge Scored 10 Rounds Even But we were in the lion's den with that referee Brain Surgery Montreal AP) Cleveland Denny, who was carried unconscious from the ring after being knocked out in the 10th round by Gaeton Hart Friday night, underwent brain surgery for a blood clot and was in intensive care on Saturday. Denny, 24. was taken to Maisonneuve Hospital and was operated on by Dr. Guy Mathiea Denny, a native of British Guyana who now lives in Lachine.

Quebec, was knocked out with 12 seconds left in the fight by Hart, who is the Canadian lightweight champion. points on one of the other official's cards, he conceivably could have earned a draw and retained his title. IT WAS A CLOSE FIGHT and the officials reflected it by voting an aggregate of 19 rounds even Potelli 10, Baydelrou five and Gibbs four. All three had the seventh, ninth and 11th rounds even. More forthright convictions by the judges easily might have changed the outcome, particularly since a champion usually is given the doubt before the title is taken away.

There were no knockdowns and neither boxer ever was in serious trouble. Ray Arcel, Duran trainer, acknowledged in response to a question about who won the 13th round. "It was questionable." he said. "I dont lie to my friends I told Roberto. Be sure and try to win the 15th; the last round is very He tried to clown That takes polish off a boxer's image." Arcel was reiemrg to Duran registering a mocking smile as if a big punch by Leonard in the 15th round didn hurt him.

and then getting up on his toes aid theatrically jabbing for the first time, as if to indicate he was full command and still energetic I didn think the fight was that clc" Arcel added 'i thought Duran won rune rounds Jose SuJaiman, president of the WBC, did not appear at a news conference here Saturday. He was reported en route to a bout in Las Vegas. At 4 a.m. Saturday morning, SuJaiman was asked if possible manipulating by the judges after the first scoring was announced could have occurred to make it a unanimous decision. it's very sad that assumptions are made on things like that," he said.

"None of the judges, had the wrong figures on their cards they handed to Bob Lee. It was his (Lee's) mistake, and his mistake alone. He is (also) the executive secretary of the New Jersey State AthleUc Commission. It was a total error of addition. I cannot repeat myself anymore." THE CHANGES IN Potelli figures on the "master score board" were made by Lee.

The Washington Post obtained a copy-of Potelli original voting card for the 10th round It showed no changes He scored the round 10 for Duran. 10 for Leonard. This was the scoring procedure: Cards were distributed to the three officials to be filied out and signed and collected by Lee after every round Lee's function was to add up the figures on the cards at the end of the Lee said Friday night that in adding up the columns, he originally marked down a nine by Potelli for Duran in the 10th round (Padillal I told him iPadilla), 'Don't destroy the fight; the whole world is watching. Let them "I DONT THINK any round should be scored even; it gives a fellow (judge) an If a man scores 10 rounds even, there's something wrong somewhere." Freddie Brown, assistant to Arcel, disclosed, "We got word that Leonard was going to try to fight instead of box. He tried to jab and run.

but it did him no good. He had no choice about fighting, Roberto cut off the ring on him." Arcel questioned Leonard's tactics. "All he had to do was try to outbox us." he said. "Move and box You don't try to change your style to impress an audience, and that's what he did. One man he should listen to is Angelo i Dundee.

Leonard chief second i. I doubt that he does, he wants to be like Muhammad Ah Could the loss break Leonard spirif "Only Ray knows He ma f- wrld. but not himself If he figures. 1 ve got Tiii.trii now' and loses his incentive, he mav a stop now Hf won't improve if hi- a-s he Kirg Supp-v He will have to vtudv and p'actice now 19M, TIM washineton past Montreal Copies of the official master score sheet for the Sugar Ray Leonard-Roberto Duran championship bout released Saturday show two changes made on the voting of one of the three judges, Angelo Potelli of Italy. Potelli lOth-round vote for Duran was altered with a zero written over a nine and a one added in front to make it a 10.

His overall point total of 147 was superimposed by a slash and another total of 148 written below it. Originally, the following scores were announced: judge Raymond Baydelrou of France, 146-144, favoring Duran: judge Harry Gibbs of England. 145-144, favoring Duran, and judge Potelli, 147-147. a draw. Referee Carlos Padilla.

of Las Vegas had no vote. ABOUT AN HOUR after the decision was announced as favoring Duran by a majority 'decision, it then was announced by Bob Lee. vice-president of the World Boxing Council, that a mistake had been made in the addition of Potelli round scores and that the total should have been, 148-147, favoring Duran making it a unanimous verdict Thus, Leonard lost his welterweight crown by an aggregate of four points instead of three. Lee left Montreal Saturday morning, but Eduardo Oreste Lamazan, executive secretary of the WBC. said that Lee discovered his own mistake when he rechecked the voting totals after the majority decision had hern announced Lee then ent to the press rnom at Olympic Stadium and announced his mistake.

Potelli was reported on way back to Italy Saturday, and unavailable for comment Had Leonard managed to garner a few more.