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i i i BDiyiiiilpiii Mirt o. y' r- FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 1980- THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR PAGE 37 SPEEDWAY ANNOUNCES CRITERIA FOR 1980-81 Teams To Get myites r' CAJ? Tf IT ff II maw i Sports im mi liiw in By ROBIN MILLER The owners, drivers and mechanics of Championship Auto Racing Teams can finally make their May motel reservations. They'll be in-, vited to the party. After many months of speculation, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway unveiled its i invitation criteria Thursday for the 1980 Indianapolis 500. And what it says is simply that any i team serious about making a qualifying attempt this May will be getting an entry blank in the mail next month.

DESPITE THE fact only one team I Interscope Racing will be granted an automatic invite based on last summer's I IMS edict, the plain black and white letters state: "Additional invitations will be extended to the owners of all championship cars which were entered and certified for qualification attempts in AJVY 1979 United States Auto Club Championship Trail event." Speedway. This is also a safety valve to eliminate the entries that have no realistic chance in making the field. IMS President John Cooper was responsible for the logical approach to the ground rules, for the 64th running of racing's classic event, but he was asked if he really ever considered not inviting the CART teams. "There was a possibility they wouldn't be invited but I've been doing a lot of soul searching lately," replied the man who succeeded Joe Cloutier. "This is a major sports entertainment and the paying customers want to see the entertainers.

In this case, it's the drivers and they didn't bring this feud about, so why should they be penalized along with the fans? "IT'S REALLY the only fair thing to do given the current Indy-car scene and the fact no ground rules for invitations were established at this time last year." It was last June 1 when Cloutier ready pledged their allegiance to Porsche and USAC for 1980, was the only team to fulfill Cloutier's specs because they refused to pass up Pocono like the rest of the CART members. While it was plain CART was welcome, it was also quite clear that the Speedway was still very much with USAC. "As it has for the past 25 years, USAC will again set the specifications and administer the rules," said Cooper. "While recognizing that some individual car owners may prefer to race with other organizations or in more than one series, we are electing to remain a part of USAC's championship trail." AND, IN THE words of Richard Nixon, this is made "perfectly clear" by the specifications regarding the '81 race. The Speedway said the owners of the 35 cars scoring the most points on the 1980 USAC Championship Trail will automatically be extended an invitation for 1981.

The release also said IMS officials would "consider" extending additional invitations to other car owners after Jan. 1, 1981. Is this a veiled threat to tell CART to get back with USAC immediately? "Not at all," replied Cooper. "I'm going under the assumption that CART is going to run a series in 1980. I may not like the idea of two series, but I certainly recognize it.

This just gives an understanding of where we'll be in 1981." Ever since he took over the job six months ago, Cooper has been besieged with people wanting him to help mend the tear in the Indy-car racing family. It would appear he's taken the first step. "We've provided a basis to get it together," said the man who's spent over 25 years promoting goodwill in racing. "A year ago nobody knew what was going on and now we've cleared the air. "This provides the basis to get one, strong series of a dozen or so races around Indianapolis and I really think it will get together." $400,000 Peace Offering The Indianapolis Star has learned that three interested parties in Indy-car racing have made a joint offer to put op $100,000 in starting money if USAC and CART would run the 1980 season together.

The two organizations have had two meetings in the past month, but have not been able to reach an agreement on functioning under one roof. Obviously, this means any CART car with a final inspection sticker at last year's classic would be eligible thereby ending the speculation no CART folks would be welcome following the legal hassles of last May when six CART teams had to gain entrance through Federal Court. New teams will be required to submit written documentation of their operation and plans, which will be judged by the BOIXEBS BOP BADGERS, 7.7-60 iirdue Overtime Victor 1 4 I -yf sari By BILL BENNER Star Sportswriter Madison, Wis. Shaking off the defensive play of the game made by the crowd no less Purdue's Boilermakers went on to slap Wisconsin with a 23-point overtime pro-, duction and gain a highly-important, Big Ten basketball victory over the Badgers here Thursday night. The triumph improved the 14th-ranked record to 5-2 in the league, helping them to maintain pace one game behind Ohio State going into Saturday's contest at Indiana.

The Wisconsin fans numering 9,192 did as much as the Badger players to get this game into overtime. With the score tied at 50 and the Purdues working the clock down inside 10 seconds, the audience began a premature chant of "Five, four, three, two, one." THAT WAS MORE than enought to frighten Boilermaker reserve forward Mike Scearce into taking a desperation 25-footer that fell well short of the target and into the waiting hands of a Wisconsin rebounder 9 seconds still showing on the clock. But the Badgers' shoot-em-up guard, Wes Matthews, dogged and harrassed all night by Purdue's Brian Walker, missed a hurried 18-foot shot just ahead the buzzer. Once into the extra five minutes the UP FOR TWO Wisconsin Forward Claude Gregory (35) goes up for two over Purdue forward Arnette Hallman (45), early in Thursday night's game at Madison. (AP Photo) Carroll got the Boilermakers off and running with one of his patented turnaround jumpers.

Guard Keith Edmonson added 18 points for Purdue, rifling 8 of 10 jumpers as the only Boilermaker above 50 per cent. The Purdues struggled with their shooting until late in the game hitting just 10 of 36 (.267) in the first half. "We played as hard in the first half as I've ever had a team play," said Rose. "It certainly wasn't pretty but it was a great effort. We just couldn't hit the shots." Fortunately for Purdue, neither could Wisconsin.

The Badgers responded to Boilermaker futility in kind, dropping 10 of 28 in the opening segment and gaining just a one-point lead at the intermission, 24-23. Then there was the play of Walker, who has been booed at Mackey Arena in recent days. Badger partisans were upset with him Thursday night, only because of his bothersome efforts on Matthews. Matthews entered the game averaging 22.2 points in the league, second only to Carroll. But he was 2 of 13 against the Purdues and scored just five points.

"BRIAN WALKER played as total a game as he's played for us in my two years," Rose said in praising the 6-assists, 2-steals performance that included 6-of-6 free throws in the overtime. Wisconsin forward Claude Gregory did not help his team by, in essence, disap two by the Hoosiers, giving them a three-point advantage at the half and broke up a sequence of lead changes with another six-point burst midway in the second half to take the lead for good, 42-37. Senior ace Kevin McHale triggered the rally with a rebound giving Minnesota a 38-37 edge, then 7-2 freshman Randy Breuer pitched two free tosses and Hall stole the ball for a layup and the five-point edge the Hoosiers were never able to Overcome. Indiana lost starting guards Butch Carter and Isiah Thomas in the second half to fouls, which was part of the reason for the Gophers' victory. Thomas, who contributed 84 points through scoring and assists in Indiana's two previous victories, scored only four points on 2 of 4 shooting.

Capitalizing on 21 personals against Indiana, the winners hit 11 of 14 free throws to Indiana's 3 of 6. And that was the difference since both teams sniped 22 field goals. Minnesota pumped it up 52 times while Indiana took 47 shots, 32 of them by top scorer Ray Tolbert, Isenbarger and Carter. TOLBERT CANNED 7 of 11 attempts and his only two free throws for 16 points to share game honors with Hall of the Gophers, who accumulated most of his points on the business end of a fast-breaking attack. Minnesota, which seemed to be anxious to shoot before Indiana got its de HOOSIEKS' 4-GAME CONFERENCE STREAK SWAPPED Indiana Falls Into Gopher announced only teams competing in USAC's Triple Crown (Indy, Pocono and Ontario) would be granted automatic invitations for the '80 show here.

This shot, a double-barreled blast obviously planned to avoid another court showdown and to cut down CART at the same time, backfired when the Ontario Motor Speedway gave its annual California 500 to CART. Interscope and Ongais, who've al- pearing after an 11-point first half. Gregory added only four points in the second half and missed two free throws that would have put Wisconsin up by 2 with less than three minutes to play. Following the first miss, Gregory actually fell down backwards at the foul line. Guard Dan Hastings was the man who saw to it that Purdue was kept in check after the intermission, hitting 6 of 9 jump shots for his entire production of 12 points.

Joe Chrnelich added 11 for the Badgers, who slipped to their fifth loss in a row for an overall conference reading of 2-5. "An overtime win on the road does so much for your momentum and overall attitude," Rose said. "It's the kind of win that can turn your season around." That momentum will be tested SaUir-day when the Boilermakers, 12-4 overall, test Indiana in Assembly Hall. PURDUE (73) WISCONSIl 140) fO FT PF TP -10 1- 1 5 FG FT PF TP 12 3 11 Morris Halman Carrol Edmnsn Bwiker Scare SWIker Stelng Benson Barnes Chrnlh Groory Petty Mastng Mathew Newog KreklW Gaines Danoge Baiiev Mitchi 5- 10 6- 16 3- 6-11 2-13 0- 2 0- 0 2- 5 1- 2 0- 0 4-12 8-10 0- 2 1- 8 0- 1 1- 2 0- 0 0- 1 0-248 5- i I II 2-5 1 1 6- 416 0- 0 0 2 2-212 1- 223 2- 2 1 2 0- 1 0 0 3- 6 3- 5 0- 0 2 3 1-3 5 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 1 0- 0 1 0- 1 3 Kitchl 0- 0 2 Totals 2M5 21-28 Totals 26-68 8-17 24 60 Halttima score- Wisconsin 24, Purdue 23 Regulation: Purdue 50. Wisconsin 50 Rebounds: Purdue SO, Wisconsin 42 Errors: Purdue 20, Wisconsin 19 Technical fouls: Hallman (hanging on rim); Petty Attendance: 9,1.

fense set particularly in the first half made only two points in more than nine minutes and finished the session with just nine baskets out of 31 shots. But the Gophers escaped getting burned as Indiana committed crucial errors and outscored the Hoosiers badly in the last three minutes after Isiah Thomas' long jumper made it 15-10. Hall and forward Zeb Howell quickly jumped Minnesota ahead 16-15 and though Tolbert retaliated, the Gophers were not to be denied the halftime advantage. Two baskets by Tucker and a solo layup by hall sent Minnesota ahead 22-17 before Carter connected just ahead of the buzzer. St.

Joe Triumphs Louisville, Ky. (UPI) Gary Plamon-don hit 15 of 25 shots from the field all from at least 25 to 30 feet out for 32 points to help left St. Joseph's of Indiana to a 101-94 Great Lakes Valley Conference win over homestanding Bellarmine Thursday night. Plamondon got scoring support from teammate Neville Brown, who tossed in 21 points as the visitors improved to 7-9 over and 3-1 and a three-way tie for first place in the league. Bellarmine, behind all the way including a 45-42 deficit at the intermission, was paced by Dan McCauley and Joe Helmkamp with 15 points each.

IMPORT CAR OWNERS By MAX STULTZ Star Sportswriter Minneapolis, Minn. Minnesota made two strong runs late in each half Thursday night to defeat Indiana, 55-47, and remain in a second-place tie with Purdue in the Big Ten basketball race. The Gophers overcame a 15-10 Indiana lead in the last four minutes of the opening chapter to grab a 22-19 lead at the break and pulled away in the final 10 minutes of the closing period to register their fifth victory in seven starts. Indiana, losing its fourth straight in Williams Arena, had its four-game con-' ference winning streak snapped and will show a 4-3 record to the Boilermakers at Bloomington Saturday afternoon. TO THE SURPRISE of no one in the crowd of 16,338, this was a bitterly contested defensive battle with the Gophers prevailing despite shooting only 42 percent from the floor.

In contrast to last Saturday's first-half effort against Purdue when they canned 15 of 21 shots in the opening 20 minutes, The Gophers continued to lead until two consecutive baskets by Turner gave the edge back to Indiana 29-28. From there, there were seven lead changes through McHale's rebound basket which was the last one of the night. HALL LED MINNESOTA with 16 and Breuer was the only other Gopher in double figures with 10 points. He scored eight in the second half and Hoosier Coach Bobby Knight said "his performance was the big difference. Minnesota's size was tough to combat and they used it very well." Indiana also was limited to two double-digit producers with Isenbarger hitting 10 in support of Tolbert.

When the Hoosiers started losing people on personals, they did it in a hurry. Only 63 seconds separated Carter's fourth and fifth violations as he departed with KEYSTONE at 54th St 257-6092 Vas. we have more tow, tow everyday rwtces than aov thug Store within 50 mites ot Irvlienaprtis Thaf trie largest volume inaepenoent lqixk itofe uemrai is Big Ten Standings Confaranc All GamM Pet. Pet. OHo State 6 1 .857 13 7 Mi PURDUE Minnesota 5 7 .714 -750 INDIANA .57) tl 5 Ml lows 3 4 Illinois 3 4 13 6 .64 Michigan 3 4 10 a .425 Michigan Start 3 4 .42 10 7 .588 Wisconsin 7 5 .285 10 .555 Northwestern I 4 .142 a 10 Boilermakers, who had been struggling uphill all night, finally reached the crest and began rolling like an out of control freight train.

Simply, they scored the first eight points of the overtime, then displayed solid accuracy at the free throw line (13 of 15) as the Badgers fouled, fouled and fouled again, all to no avail. Boilermaker center Joe Barry Carroll led all scorers with 21 points, grabbing 13 rebounds and blocking five shots. And it was Carroll, who in the words of Coach Lee Rose, "was there when he had to be." After scoring just six points and hitting just 3 of 10 shots in the opening half, Carroll assumed control in the last eight minutes of regulation finally yanking out of a four-point deficit, 50-46, with 3:44 remaining. CARROLL'S REBOUND basket closed it to 5048 with 3:21 remaining and his two free throws at 2:41 tied it for the last time, as it turned out, neither team scoring again until the overtime when the Gophers plunked only nine of 31 tries but still had the edge as the Hoosiers turned the ball over on 13 crucial occasions. Indiana added 10 more errors in the second half, two of those inside the three-minute mark when a basket might have switched the ball game around.

Trailing 48-45, the Hoosiers got a big opportunity to close the gap with 2:53 left when Trent Tucker missed the one-and-one. But I.U.'s Phil Isenbarger got tangled up in the middle of Minnesota's zone for an error and though the Hoosiers got the ball back they released it again when freshman Jim Thomas had a shot blocked. Sophomore Mark Hall then hit a free throw for a 49-45 count. And following another Indiana error as Isenbarger tried tc lob the ball high in the comer, guard Darryl Mitchell iced it with two more charities at the 41-second mark. LANDON TURNER dropped in a bucket for the Hoosiers, closing the gap to 51-47, but Minnesota picked up four points in the last 16 seconds to win with something to spare.

The Gophers ran off 12 points to only Sports Over Lightly Bob Collins, Sports Editor three times out he was 1-13 in 1969 but has not lost more than four games in any season since. And there is no doubt somebody over there jes his homework. In addition to Greene, Terry Bradshaw (1970), Franco Harris (1972), Lynn Swann (1975), Sam Cunningham (1976), Robin Cole (1977) and Ron Johnson (1978) were the Steelers first choices. IT HAS BEEN pointed out that the draft is the great equalizer, because even when you select first, your next shot Is No. 29.

But some people usually are more equal than others. Like the rest of the league must have been asleep or out to lunch in 1974 when the Steelers pulled out Swann (first round), Jack Lambert (second round), John Stallworth (fourth round) and Mike Webster (fifth round). That same year they signed Shell and Randy Grossman, who started eight games in 1979, as free agents. And please do not forget that the Steelers finished 10-4 in 1973 and, thus, quietly sat by and watched the others make and compound mistakes before they took Swann, Lambert, Stallworth and Webster. So consider how long the durable Webster, considered one of the finest centers in pro football, sat by the phone before it rang.

55 47 11:29 remaining. Thomas sat out five minutes after drawing No. 4 with 13:32 left, then came back in for a mere 43 seconds before bowing out on an offensive infraction at 7 03. Breuer turned the mistake into a rebound basket for a 44-37 Minnesota lead and the Hoosiers never moved closer than three points thereafter. INDIANA (47) FG FT PF TP 5-1 1 0- 1 3 10 MINNESOTA (5(1 FG FT PF TP 11 0-0 I 8 Isb'gr-Suchie To'brt Carter IThmas McHale Howell Holmes Tucker Hail Breuer Mtchll dale 0-20-21 1 7 12 1 11 4- 9 0- 0 5 a 2- 4 0- 0 5 4 4- 8 0- 0 3 6 0-00-01 0 0-00-01 0 0- 0 0- 0 0 0 2 4 0-0 10 0- 0 2 4-94-52 4-8 2-2 1 1-3 4-4 I o- 1 0- 0 0 Grnwld Frnm Risiev Klrfw! 0-0 0- 0 0 0 JThmas 0- 1 0- 0 2 Tolals 22-47 3-4 21 47 Totals 22-52 11-14 11 55 Halftime score: Minnesota 22, Indiana 19 Rebounds Minnesota 30.

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