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The Arizona Republic Tuesday, March 1, 1983 Ull Update Koch fires 70, On deck Bill proposed to keep NFL's undergraduate rule Republic Grand Canyon vs. Santa Fe Sports Wires League's New York Arrows replaced coach Don Popovic, who recently resigned, with Joe Machnik, who had been serving in the By Bob Nightengale Tim: 7:30 p.m. Sile: Antelope Gym. No A victory tonight over College of Santa Fe Ul tournament. Canyon coach Jay ArnolTwid.

be the host for the tourney if ud. fnl" ITa J. hioh'" which will X. remaining seed after Saturday's 'r of Coming off an 878 victory over Occidental College. Arnote wiH hove to VnA lrt'a Qome' 'orword Mike McComos scored gome-high 30 points, and center Kirk Richards added 20 Th! 2 rt Player of the Week tfreh TaoJIi, 87.Pom,sana od 33 rebonds in a three-game last time Amote soid.

"ft was just one of those nightswVleel we 7 Ll and tempo this time. Tonight game will be the last regular-season game for KZZr Dink" Bry0" Injuries: None. Probable starters captures Doral Republic Sports Wires MIAMI, Fla. Gary Koch slammed the door on any potential challengers with a 2-under-par 70 and coasted to a five-stroke victory Monday in the rain-delayed windup of the Doral-Eastern Open golf tournament. It was, said Ed Fiori, who finished second, simply' no contest this sunny, windy day.

"Gary just outplayed us He only missed one shot, and I was seven or eight shots down by then and it didn't matter," Fiori were never in contention." Koch, who hadn't won for five years, established a four-stroke lead in Saturday's third round, then had to wait through a day's rain before attempting to keep that lead. He did that well. No one got close over the final 18 holes. His margin was as high as seven shots at one time, and he coasted home. Extremely windy weather prohibited anyone from making a major move.

Offer to purchase Cavs withdrawn United Press International CLEVELAND Cleveland real estate developer John Ferchill announced Monday that he has withdrawn his firm offer to purchase the struggling Cleveland Cavaliers because owner Ted Stepien doesn't really want to sell the club. Reacting to the Herschel Walker case. Sen. Arlen Specter, R- Monday introduced a bill to preserve the NFL rule prohibiting recruitment of athletes who have not completed their college education. The legislation, called the Collegiate Student-Athlete Protection Act of 1983, would grant a limited antitrust exemption to the current NFL rule covering recruitment of college athletes.

Basketball State announced that it will not renew the contract of head basketball coach Dave Leach, whose record in three years at Boise State is 29-49 Ted Kitchel, who underwent surgery Monday night to repair a ruptured disc in his lower back, definitely will not play again this year, Hoosier coach Bobby Knight said Tennessee's Dale Ellis, a 6-foot-7 forward, was the only unanimous choice on United Press International's All-Southeastern Conference team. The rest of the first team: Jeff Malone of Misssissippi State, Melvin Turpin of Kentucky, Ennis Whatley of Alabama and Carlos Clark of Mississippi. San Diego Clippers center Bill Walton will miss tonight's game against the Utah Jazz because of a shortage of fluid in his right ankle. But he will play Wednesday against Portland, a team spokesman said Philadelphia 76ers forward Bobby Jones suffered a broken right big toe Sunday and will miss tonight's game in New York against the Knicks. Miscellaneous Right-hander Dave Goltr, the last of the California Angel pitchers to check into camp at Francisco Grande, said he was late because he contemplated retirement.

The Major Indoor Soccer league omce as airecxor 01 operations ana reteree-in-chief. Meanwhile, Popovic became the new coach of the MISL's Golden Bay Earthquakes, replacing Roger Thompson Michigan Coach Bo Schembechler, president of the American Football Coaches Association, said that he would skip a scheduled meeting later this week with the USFL that was to clarify its signing of Herschel Walker. Schembechler also said that USFL Commissioner Chet Simmons should have resigned before allowing the New Jersey Generals to break a league rule and sign a player with college eligibility remaining. "I'm tired of college football coaches being pushed around, and I'm not going to sit with some guys who've already socked it to us," Schembechler said Guillermo Vilas of Argentina beat Pavel Slozil of Czechoslovakia, 6-1, 6-4, 6-0, and won the $300,000 WCT Gold Coast Cup tennis tournament in Delray Beach, NCAA did not commit antitrust violations when it established women's championships in 1981-82 and put the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women out of business, U.S. District Judge Thomas P.

Jackson ruled in Washington, D.C....The final figures weren't in, but the promoter of the inaugural Budweiser Grand Prix of Miami Ralph Sanchez, indicated the weekend race may have lost up to $800,000. But Sanchez, who spent $1 million of his own money and an estimated $3 million from sponsors to stage the event, said he felt it was a success despite a severe rainstorm that forced the scheduled 500-kilometer 310 mile race to crawl to a halt after only 49.95 miles. Davey Moore will defend his World Boxing Association junior-middleweight title against Roberto Duran, and Ray Mancini will defend his WBA lightweight championship against Kenny Bogner on May 27 at the Sun City Resort in Bophuthatswana, promoter Bob Arum announced. SANTA FECI-) PPG Mike McCombt (6-8) 19 Steve Rogers (6-6) 141 Kirk Richards (6-8) 190 Ernie PadlllalS-10) 9.4 Steve Pfummer (6-4) 4.0 Pot PPG AND CANYON 6.6 Bob Kufovlti (6-8) 56 Cornell Staples (6-5) 8 8 Bryan Glllls (6-8) jim Pyers (6-0) 9.9 Dinky Jones (4-3) Former phenom Peters looEis for job Off-track betting bill clears House panel United Press International Legislation that would allow off-track betting for Arizona's dog and horse racing industries sailed through the House Commerce Committee on Monday with little opposition. Rep.

Jim Skelly, R-Scottsdale, was the only person to speak against the measure, saying most Arizonans don't want off -track betting. The bill, whose sponsors include House Majority Leader Burton Barr, R-Phoenix, would allow races at Arizona tracks to be televised to a satellite facility, where wagering would be allowed. The money wagered at the off-track site would be part of the pari-mutuel pool at the originating track. Bill supporters told the committee that the off-track betting sites mainly would be other race tracks, either ones that have been closed or are in the off-season. However, the measure also would allow betting sites to be set up away from established tracks, providing approval is obtained from the affected city or county.

By Ken Leiker Republic Staff Even when he was one of the best rookies in the American League in 1980, Ricky Peters, knew he had no future with the Detroit Tigers as their regular center fielder. "It was never my job," Peters said. "I was just keeping it warm for Kirk Gibson. But I did a halfway decent job, enough to get me recognized as a player I with some abilities." 1 Three years and two elbow sureeries At a news conference, Ferchill told reporters that he had scheduled a meeting with Stepien on Monday to finalize a long-discussed deal. However, prior to the meeting, Stepien provided a new set of stipulations and demands, Ferchill said.

"After six weeks of negotiatfons, it would have meant practically starting over from square one and really left us no alternative but to walk away," Ferchill said. "I'm sorry our efforts failed, because the group I represented had the financing and ideas that I believe would have won back Cleveland fans' support. I don't know how you can buy from someone who does not want to sell." Attendance for Cavaliers games has declined drastically from the mid-70s, when the club was an NBA contender, and reports have circulated that because of financial problems, Stepien will not be able to make today's payroll. However, Ferchill said Stepien "can meet (today's) payroll, but I don't know after that." wore my socks little things like that." Bill Lajoie, a vice president in the Tigers' baseball operations office, said from Detroit that Peters was released because of a roster problem and doubts about his arm. "We just wanted to use the roster space for somebody else," Lajoie said.

"We didn't feel we had a need for him. And we felt his arm would continue to be a problem. He had changed his throwing If my arm's OK, and they (the A's) can look at me at second base and in the outfield, I don't have any doubts. With my offensive abilities, I can be a very useful player. Ricky Peters 3 3 later, Peters, 27, hopes to catch on with the Oakland A as a spare Dart.

He was released by Detroit last year after ''jiussing the entire 1982 season while Rehabilitating from his latest surgery. "Something told me something like ftat would haDDen." Peters said. "But I it would be in spring training year. 1977, Peters all but forced himself onto the Tiger varsity in the spring of 1980 by hitting .531 in exhibition games. He was supposed to be a spare outfielder, but when Gibson was injured in June, Peters took center field for the rest of the season.

The leadoff hitter, he had a .371 on-base percentage, hit .291 in 133 games and led the team with 13 stolen bases. Bone chips were surgically removed from Peters' elbow after the 1980 season. He said his arm was slow to come back the next spring, and then in May, he collided with an outfield fenpe, bruising, among other things, his right elbow. Last spring, Peters said, he finished a workout and discovered that his right arm was nearly useless. "I couldn't comb my hair or tuck my shirt in my pants," he said.

"It wasn't painful, but there was definitely something wrong." He had surgery to repair nerve damage in the elbow and wasn't cleared to start throwing until late July. Fewer than three months later, he was Tiger history. Peters said he had phone calls from the Chicago White Sox, the New York Mets, Pittsburgh and Oakland. He said Pittsburgh appeared to have the greatest interest, but then the Pirates traded for Lee Mazzilli. So Peters took a Class AAA contract from Oakland, with the understanding that he'd be considered in spring training for the varsity.

"I've been throwing long enough now I'm ready to really cut loose and see how my arm holds up," Peters said. "If my arm's OK, and they (the A's) can look at me at second base and in the outfield, I don't have any doubts. With my offensive abilities, I can be a very useful player." "There's no way they could have made a-judgment on my arm. I was on physical 'therapy until I reported here. They Oiouldn't have known what I can do UA hires official TUCSON Carl Meyer was hired as associate athletic director for external operations at the University of Arizona, UA Athletic Director Cedric Dempsey said Monday.

Meyer, 43, will head athletic fund-raising and promotional efforts. He has been the University of Illinois' director of athletic operations in the Chicago area for the past three years, where he established a group of 300 volunteers who have raised more than $1 million in that time for University of Illinois athletics. before seeing me in spring training." I Throughout high school, four years at -Arizona State and his pro career, Peters always has been on somebody's "All-; Hotdog Team." He assumes that didn't weigh in his favor when the Tigers decided to drop him. "I am a flamboyant player," Peters said. "But I was never put in jail, and I never shot anybody.

"Sparky Anderson (Detroit manager) and I had our differences, but as (Los Angeles Lakers' broadcaster) Chick Hearn would say, they were ticky-tack things. When I was healthy and playing well, Sparky called me an aggressive, exciting player. But when I was hurt and not playing well, he didn't like it that I caught the ball one-handed, the way I style so much to adjust to his injury, we didn't feel he'd be able to throw anymore." Peters said the surgeries couldn't have robbed him of much arm strength because there wasn't much to begin with. His skills as an outfielder are dependent on speed and an accurate arm. He was a second baseman at Arizona State until being moved to center field in his senior season.

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