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I tv; 'U w- rX Xfx---. Amateur-sports facilities could be boon to city By KURT FREUDENTHAL The motto is simple and direct. It proclaims, "Our commitment to amateur athletics is total." Devoid of any pomp and fanfares, a group of dedicated citizens representing virtually every station in life is quietly turning the wheels to make this city, the 11th largest in the country, the nation's amateur sports capital. Indiana Sports Corp. (ISC), a privately funded, not for profit entity and operating from a small office in Merchants Plaza, serves as the 'brain" for this colossal undertaking which, when completed, will offer some of the finest facilities for international athletic competition.

Mayor William H. Hudnut. a strong supporter, calls it the realization of a dream. "The new facilities would be a tremendous addition to our community." the mayor said. THE COMPLEX includes a natatorium for swimming, diving and related events; indoor and outdoor track and field; a velodrome for bicycle racing and speed skating, and, of course, a domed stadium that will serve as a multipurpose facility.

Closely linked to this "grand design" in athletics are facilities for sports medicine the experts prefer to call it "sports science" which presumably will tie in with the Indiana University Medical Center. The target for completing this grandiose sports complex to train our athletes for international competition is the mid-1980s, although a final decision on construction of the domed stadium may not come before next spring. Construction is already under way on the IUPUI campus for the three-pool natatorium just west of the Indianapolis Sports Center, home of the U.S. Clay Court tennis championships, with completion scheduled in the spring of 1982. A STADIUM FOR outdoor track and field, also to be located near downtown and with a seating capacity of about 20,000, is scheduled to be completed about the same time.

Because of its multi-purpose status and the cost involved, the domed stadium looms as the key to the entire project. Projected at $61 million, much of it to be financed through a public bond issue, it would serve primarily the Carmel kid sots record Purdue's Mark Herrmann lets go of trie pass which broke the Bart Burrell and the historic fling came early in the second quarter. NCAA record for yards gained in a career Saturday in Ross-Ade Pressuring Herrmann on the play were Michigan State linemen, Emil Stadium at West Lafayette. Herrmann's receiver was high school buddy Lovely (88) and Leonard Scott (93). (Star Photo by Jerry Clark) et his record sports sector.

There are high hopes, however, that such a facility, with Perdue audi a victory Section The Indianapolis Star SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1980 Financial a sealing capacity of approximately 60,000, will also land Indianapolis an lr expansion franchise. "I tremendous addition to our community." May or William If. Hudnut The domed stadium, as now contemplated, will help meet the expansion needs of the downtown Indiana Convention and Exposition Center. For athletics, it will house an indoor running track, areas for field events, a field for soccer andor football, and a gymnastics center. Obviously, it could also be utilized for basketball, as has the Astrodome at Houston, the Silverdome at Pontiac, and the Superdome at New Orleans.

ISC, CLOSELY ALIGNED with the Indianapolis Convention and Visitors Bureau, Lilly Endowment and the local Chamber of Commerce Foundation, serves as the planning center and clearing house for the overall project, altflough it is not involved in actual construction. "We play whatever role people want us to play in planning." explains Sandy Knapp, ISC's executive officer. The ISC's 42-member board is headed by attorney Theodore Boehm as president. "In some cases we will actually sponsor an event. What we are designed to do is to secure and stage national and international events, to assist groups in bidding for major events, and to try to locate athletic governing bodies here," Mrs.

Knapp points out. The Amateur Athletic Union (AAU, although its sanctioning powers have' been clipped by federal legislation, will continue to operate from its local headquarters The Athletic Congress, the new governing body for track and field in the U.S., announced recently it will establish national headquarters in the city. Moves are under way to persuade other national bodies to also locate here. INDIANAPOLIS, through the ISC, is bidding for the National Sports Festival in 1982 Several other major national and international events have also already been booked. The stadium would provide 'the convention-exposition center the additional space It needs to keep the major shows it now books and others it wants to attract.

"There are some shows we've been romancing for a number of years and now we don't have the space for them," explained Dean Phillips, executive director of the center. "Then there are civic events that require large facilities, such as corporate meetings, commencements and '500' Festival events." Construction of the convention center and Market Square Arena, home of By JOHN BANSCH Assistant Sports Editor West Lafayette, Ind. Mark Herrmann earned himself a place among college football's legends Saturday in a 36-25 Purdue victory over Michigan State that will long be remembered more for its sometimes weird happenings than the heroics of the Boilermaker quarterback. The sellout crowd of 69,231 which jammed into Ross-Ade Stadium on the 39-degree, overcast, blustery and sometimes snowy afternoon came to witness Herrmann eclipse the NCAA career yards passing record against a supposedly inept Michigan State aggregation. That same mass of humanity departed shaking their heads.

In addition to being on hand for Mark's moment of destiny, they also viewed an oft-times less than spectacular Boilermaker triumph in a battle which took 3 hours and 33 minutes believe that only 58 should have been ruled incomplete. The questionable call came on a Herrmann-to-Burrell pass in the MSU end zone in the second period. The first call by the officials on the low pass was touchdown. Moments later a second official ruled the ball hit the ground before Burrell pulled it to his chest while sitting on the turf. "It was a touchdown, there was no doubt about it," Young asserted.

"There was a spread of 10 points on that play because we then missed a field goal and they came back and kicked one. It was very costly. The same thing happened here two weeks ago against Minnesota. The officials ruled Dave Young went out of bounds at the 1-yard line when in reality he scored. We then couldn't put the ball across." In Burrell's mind, there was no question on the play.

"I caught the ball cleanly," opined the senior who had three other catches for 48 yards. "There was no controversy." THERE WERE many heroes for the See PURDUE, Page 6 That record leaves the Boilers in a three-way tie for the lead with Michigan and Ohio State and it was achieved in front of representatives from nine bowl games. What made this game so unusual was the fact that 102 passes were thrown 46 by Herrmann, 54 by sophomore Spartan quarterback John Leister and one each by MSU punter Ray Stachowicz and Spartan flanker Otis Grant. FIFTY-NINE of the 102 throws were incomplete, according to the final statistics. Purdue Coach Jim Young and Burrell in 1,106 attempts for 8,087 yards and S3 touchdowns.

THE PASS THAT broke the old record of 7,817 set by Jack Thompson when he played at Washington State was a 14-yard strike to long-time friend and wide receiver Bart Burrell on the first play of the second quarter. Play was stopped, the ball was given to Herrmann and he received a long standing ovation from the audience. More important, though, were the 13 of 18 second-half passes Herrmann completed which brought Purdue from an 18-16 deficit at the intermission to its fourth Big Ten triumph in as many starts. and finished with darkness setting in. For the record, Herrmann now has career statistics totaling 634 completions the Indiana Pacers in pro basketball and Indianapolis Checkers in pro hockey, marked the initial steps in bringing new multi-purpose facilities to the downtown area.

Indiana oversleeps 'gimme By BOB COLLINS Star Sports Editor Evanston, 111. They played the National Anthem at the intermission here Saturday. Just in time, too. It reminded Indiana that it had a college football game to play. The Hoosiers already were 30 minutes late for their date with Northwestern.

But Boehm put it simply. "If you are going to be a competitive city, you've got to have a full complex of services. We've been talking about how to make Indianapolis a finer city for a number of years. We want to be as inclusive as we can." BOEHM FEELS addition of the other sports facilities will bring a series of major events three or four a year to the city. All.

like the NCAA basketball tourney finals in MSA last March, will have an economic impact. "They will feed money into our econojny. The National Sports Festival (if the city lands it) will generate national television exposure for the city." Boehm points out. Robert R. Baxter, assistant to the vice-president at IUPUI.

says the university also has a commitment to Indianapolis, namely to provide the educational facilities that it should have and the facilities in such areas as physical fitness and amateur sports. "I would hope that by the first of the year we'll be able to say we are providing the finest -facilities available for Indianapolis to host any type of major amateur sports events," Baxter added. they finally got themselves collected and won it, 35-20. When the organ music tip-toed through the snow flurries. Northwestern Big Ten Standings "Our commitment to amateur athletics is total." Cent AH Games I iet i Motto of (he Indiana Sports Corp.

PUDOUI Ohio Slate Michigan Indiana Universitv-Bloomineton hopes to build its own sports center. Il'irwis INDIANA Iowa including a new swimming facility, but Athletic Director Ralph Floyd sees real possibilities for the Hoosiers to compete locally. Purdue and Notre Dame M.nrWMta Wisconsin MtchBan SI officials are also supportive. Northwestern "I'M ALWAYS happy to see any kind of sports complex coming into being." was on top, 17-14. This was after 30 minutes of intermittent action.

It is a matter of collective wisdom in the Big Ten that Northwestern only wins conference games in even years or when there is a full moon. For a while, at least, it appeared that Indiana was going to assist the Wildcats. Indiana did not play a good football game. This should not be news to people who have suffered with the Hoosiers for said George King, Purdue's athletic director. "It ithe local plans i could affect our program down the road." Top Indiana high school athletic events could also find new homes, especially basketball and football.

"Ideally, we want to hold these events where the most people can see them," said Ward Brown, the IHSAA commissioner. "To hold the football playoffs (in November) inside would be very ideal. Certainly, the IHSAA Executive Committee (which is responsible for tourneys and sites) would be receptive to new and larger facilities." The White River Park Commission, which is also closely affiliated with the overall plans for the sports complex, will sponsor a seminar on sports science here in December. Bruce C. Brown, the commission's executive director, says 12 nationally recognized experts in the field will explore an entire range of related topics.

DR. MERRILL RITTER chairs a special group, the Sports Science Task Force Committee. Related are such topics as sports and training: human performance; equipment development and testing; acute injury care; nutrition and health, particularly relating to food, and human fitness. Brown said no decision has been made regarding location of a sports science center, although some officials feel Indianapolis would be a logical choice, HL'DNUT SAYS the sport complex is linked to the revitalization of (UPI Photo! INDIANA'S STEVE MITCHELL (1). TIM WILBUR 18) SCRAMBLE FOR LOOSE BALL AGAINST NORTHWESTERN" Pass To Wildcats' Dave Bahoric (841 Ruled Incomplete In First Quarter Saturday the last several hundred years.

But they played a bad football game and won. That's news. The Indiana football program has advanced to the place where just like Ohio State and Michigan the Hoosiers can slop around and still emerge triumphant. Irish remain unbeaten THIS TIME IT TOOK two fourth- quarter touchdowns by Lonnie Johnson to bring Indiana in from the cold. The Hoosiers were on top, 21-20, when Johnson put it away with touchdown runs of 23 and 3 yards.

Johnson finished his aft downtown Indianapolis, the Washington Mall, restoration of Union Station and completion of the White River Park. He praised the private sector, which is expected to come up with $30 million ernoon labors with 160 yards in 22 at of the total expenditure. Lilly Endowment and the Krannert Charitable Trust tempts. Mike Harkrader, already Indi are deeply involved in the project. ana's all-time leading rusher, helped him out with another 102.

giving up a TD on the game's opening drive and the score on Kiel's punt-formation run. Kiel, who started at quarterback for the Irish, completed 11 of 20 pass attempts for 154 yards. He had one interception, his first in six games. The AriziVia offanse. which had been averaging 178 yards rushing per game, was held to under 100 yards for the second time in three games.

The victory makes Notre Dame 6-0 for the season, with the Irish facing Navy on the road next Saturday. Arizona is 2-4 and hosts UCLA Saturday. But the hardest working guy on this or fore the game," Devine said. "I gave him a hand gesture, a little shake of the wrist, and he knew exactly what I was talking about." IT WAS A DISHEARTENING play from Arizona's point of view, because the way the Irish were playing defense, it left the Wildcats hard pressed to catch up. Helped by two pass interceptions.

Notre Dame was able to limit Arizona to a 21-yard field goal by Brett Weber in the game. Arizona was limited to 166 yards total offense by the Irish defense. Arizona's defense, meanwhile, also played a credible game, holding the Irish to a pair of Harry Oliver field goals after Tucson, Arw. AP) Notre Dame freshman Blair Kiel had the best-kept secret of the night as far as the University of Arizona football team was concerned Saturday. Kiel, the fourth-ranked Notre Dame's starting quarterback and punter, dropped back in punt formation in the second quarter and saw Arizona lined up for a 1-man rush.

Kiel took the ball and went to his left, running 80 yards untouched for Notre Dame's second touchdown in a 20-3 victory pver a hard-fighting Arizona team. Not even Kiel's teammates knew he was going to run with the ball. Notre Dame Coach Dan Devine said after the game. "It's something we talked about be "That's a beautiful expression of support," said the mayor. "This whole sports complex will help us get onto the national amateur sports map.

It will be a tremendous plus for Indianapolis. "The bottom line is, this is an exciting project that I think would have great benefit for Indianapolis and I hope we can make it all work and put it all together." any field had to be Northwestem'3 tailback Jeff Conn Cohn hit that line 31 times for 88 yards. That figures out to an average that comes out hardly worth the effort. At times, it looked like he was running into a trampoline. Tim Clifford saved his hands on this cold, miserable afternoon.

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Purdue 36, Michigan State 25. St. Joseph's 37, DePauw 19. Wabash 42. Marietta Western lichigan 17, Ball State 15.

Anderson 34, Earlham Butler 31. Evansville 20. Findlay 35. Taylor 7. Franklin 46, Illinois Benedictine 14.

Hanover 34, Manchester 6. Illinois State 9. Indiana State Indiana 35. Northwestern 20. Indiana Central 24.

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The Keydets. 3-5. did not score until Floyd Allen went 4 yards up the middle for a touctSown with 90 seconds to play.