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Morning Scoreboard Complete Scores Standings, 2D NBA Seattle 100, Atlanta 98 Detrout 135, Los Angeles 100 doden State at Portland CBA CBA All-Stars ai Rochester, susp. NHL N. Y. Islanders 4, Boston 2 N. Y.

Rangers 5, Buffalo 4 Montreal 6, Atlanta 0 Pittsburgh at Colorado Detroit at Los Angeles College basketball Michigan 49, Michigan State 48 Illinois 58, Iowa 52 Purdue 64, Minnesota 61 Ohio State 73, Northwestern 61 Wake Forest at N. Carolina Washington St. at UCLA Inside Sports Bryan Trottier scores his 34th goal of the season as the New York Islanders defeat the Boston Bruins, 2d. free throw with no time left helps Michigan upset No. 4 Michigan State in coljegebasketball, 30.

Bryan Trottier SportscastsCalendar 2D Morning briefing 2D Race results, entries 3D Business 4-6D ROCHESTER, N.Y., FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 1979 Democrat mttChrcnitU Zeniths win the half; blackout strikes Dome 'iMij photos bv Joe Watson Rochester's Lewis Brown (left) discovers an obstacle in Fly Williams. CBA All-Stars? Times changing By RUDY MARTZKE Sportswriter The Rochester Zeniths won half a basketball game last night, or did they? The Zeniths, winners of 21 straight home games, over two years, were holding a 57-48 half time lead over the Continental Basketball' Association All-Stars when the lights went out at the Dome Arena in Henrietta. On the rainy, stormy night, a Rochester Gas and Electric transformer blew out, sending the Dome and its 2,200 fans into darkness. And CBA Commissioner Jim Drucker was sent into confusion. While Maine's Billy Ray Bates won a halftime slam dunk contest under the dim light provided by the Dome's power generator, Drucker first decided to call the game and replay it from scratch at 7:30 tonight.

"It's like a rainout in baseball," Drucker said. "We start over at 0-0 tomorrow night. And we'll have a halftime slam dunk rematch between Bales' and (the Zeniths') Larry But then Drucker was verbally attacked at midcourt by Andre McCarter and Larry Fogle of the Z's. ''It's not fair," said Fogle, who had 13 points in the first half as scouts Jocko Collins of the Philadelphia 76ers and Fuzzy Levane of the New York Knicks looked on. "We play hard the whole half and then you take it away.

I'm trying for. MVP. want something for tonight td be counted for my behalf." McCarter's statistics were even more impressive than Fogle's. The ex-UCLA star had 14 points, five assists aiid four steals, enough for MVP honors for a hair-' "I'm. really McCarter told Drucker.

"I'm out there doing my job with the pro scouts here. I'm trying my best to get out of this league and I might not be as ready tomorrow night. My legs, might be stiff. "I've worked so hard for this game. I've spent the last 11 days in the weight room getting ready for this game.

It's not fair not to take tonight's stats away. You should count the first half," With a barrage like that Drucker opted to reconsider his decision. "The game's suspended at halftime," he announced, "and I'll decide later whether to replay the entire game tomorrow night or to resume play from the halftime score," Snow and freezing rain' delayed the start of the game a half hour to 8 p.m., but a good-sized crowd braved the weather to catch the CBA's best players in action. They weren't disappointed by the Zfeniths, who jumped to a 13-point lead In the first quarter and maintained the advantage the remainder of the half. The Z's led at the midway point, 57-48, as 6-foo-3 guard McCarter dominated play against players a half a foot taller.

McCarter, who would have been selected to the All-Stars if the Zeniths weren't leading the league, scored 14 points, passed off for five assists and came up with four assists. Forward Fogle added 13 points and' new center Lewis Brown, 'a 6-11 strongman, had 12 points, and four1; Guard Larry Harris, in third game for the Z's, also had a strong first half with eight points and three assists. Forward Jim Bradley scored four 1 points and blocked four shots. And center Larry McNeill who arrived from Detroit only a half hour before the game, contributed two points in a minor role. i Ron Davis of Anchorage led a balanced All-Stars offense with 10 points.

fi Zeniths' Jim Bradley puts up shot after rebound as Kevin Cluess (22) and two fallen All-Stars watch. Sniders Falls AHL Glens to join Detroit granted league's 10th franchise at meeting The year was 1956 and the War Memorial sparkled with fresh paint. Nobody had knocked out a glass door or ripped a single seat. The building was the showcase of the National Basketball Association and the home of the Rochester Royals. When the NBA held its all-star game there on January 24, few could envision the league without Rochester, pro basketball's early-day Rock of Gibraltar.

More than 8,500 people squeezed into the new Rochester Community War Memorial to watch Bob Pettit of the St. Louis Hawks pour in 20 points and grab 24 rebounds to lead the Charley Eck-man-coached West Stars over the East, 108-94. Two seasons later, the Royals were playing in Cincinnati and the paint was peeling at' the War Memorial. The economics of the period had caught up with the NBA and Royals owners Les and Jack Harrison. Last night's Continental Basketball Association All-Star game at Henrietta's Dome Arena was a sad reminder of just how much has changed in 23 years.

Instead of Bob Cousy and Bill Shar-, man, George Yardley and Clyde Lo-vellette, the names on the program sheet last night included Eddie Mast, Jim Bostic, Kevin Cluess and George Berry. If you ask, 'Who are you're not alone. Nobody can blame you for not knowing they are members of the CBA All-Star team. The game against the Rochester Zeniths is an -ambitious undertaking that attests to man's incredi-. ble desire to be part of the unusual and bizarre.

There is no way anybody can hope to break even in this far-flung league, already stretching more than 4,500 miles from Anchorage, Alaska, to Portland, Maine. But minor league owners like those of the CBA keep coming back, year after year, sacrificing their nerves and fortunes for the right to say, "I'm a pro team owner." Along the way they sponsor all-star games and hold meetings, as if to prove their legitimacy. There is no end to their dreams as they try to emulate their rich cousins in the big leagues. They play a game of pretend and believe empty arena seats and red ink are temporary conditions pointing to a bright future. The CBA owners think putting a franchise into Honolulu will ensure credibility.

It will just add bigger bills to pay. The novelty of having a team in Alaska was nice when the CBA was known as the Eastern Basketball Association. It lent itself to a quaint little story that made Sports Illustrated and The New York Times. Then they blew it all by becoming the Continental Basketball Association and the cuteness and sense of absurdity that made it different was gone. Now' they're flirting with all the Turn to Page 2D 1 Anziano added, "Boston and Buffalo 'attended the meeting, but did not indicate their plans for next year." Those two NHL clubs each are paying $7,500 a year to keep franchises alive in the AHL.

A move by either Boston or Buffalo could affect the Rochester Americans, now affiliated with the Bruins. It also could cause a realignment of teams within the Northern and Southern Divisions of the AHL. But until the Buffalo and Boston situations are solved, divisional setups including Glens Falls won't be announced. Glens Falls has a population of 20,000, located at the base of the Adirondack Mountains about SO miles north of Albany. Officials are confident the team can draw well because a quarter of a million people live within an hour's drive (Albany, Schenectady and Troy).

-Albany has no pro sports teams. An 80-game schedule' is planned for next season and Anziano said the league hopes to open "on or about Oct. ii" Harkness formerly coached the Red Wings in the NHL and served as GM. His most recent coaching position was at Union College. He also had powerhouse clubs at Cornell and RPI.

4 Detroit General Manager Ted Lindsay, who attended the meeting yesterday, said Olympia Stadium in Detroit has entered into a lease agreement with Glens Falls to operate the building for a variety of events other than hockey. Lindsay repqrtedly paid a $175,000 franchise fee to the AHL, $40,000 more than any other new team ever has paid. "Other franchise moves didn't materi-. alize. "We have a franchise application on the table from' New England (Vorld Hockey Association) and we have been contacted by people in Syracuse," said Gordie Anziano, AHL vice president." "But we did not act on those two cities (New England's team would be in Springfield, because they Were not formal applications.

A franchise for Glens' Falls was approved by the American Hockey League Board of Governors yesterday, at its midwinter meeting in Boston. The governors unanimously approved the franchise; granted to the National Hockey League's Detroit Red Wings. will stock the AHL's 10th team, which will be known as the Adirondack Red Wings7 The team will play the 1979-80 season in the Glens Falls Civic Center, a facility scheduled for com-, pletion. the first week Of May. Construction supervisor is Ned Harkness, who reportedly is being paid $26,000.

by the city to manage the building. Harkness apparently won't coach the new. entry, but he could be4he team's general The 'coaching job reportedly, has been offered to Bill Purcell, who currently leads Kalama-zoo of the International Hockey League. Kalamazoo is a Detroit farm Detroit's other farm team is Kansas City of. the Central, Hockey League.

Wings Blackmpn's pover play a troubling omen for eliminating the operations committee -3l Martzke support it. But none of them presently can spare the time away from their businesses to devote to Red Wings reconstruction. There is hope though, according to one of the nine persons who attended yesterday's first meeting 6 Blaekmcm' "President's Committee," the body Blackmon appointed to evaluate the entire operation of the club. "I'm the member said. "We had an' open, constructive meeting to deter- mine the scope of our authority." Asked if the committee', has the power to recommend a new" president or at least a tem'poring of the president's powers, the member "The committee can recommend anything it That's" a start.

Now to 'get to second' basei others. "He was downright hasty to people," Walters added. "He gives the impression he wants full control over the ballclub. He doesn't want to listen to anybody. He Wants to run the whole boat.

't "Xt least Vince Stanley Would listen to you when he was president. And maybe Ed Bar-nowski wasn't the greatest general manager, but things were a whole lot better when he Was there-. The fans don't feel close to, the ballclub anymore." Blackmon took another step toward dictatorship this week when he officially abolished-the operations committee, makitjg him the sole decision-maker in the team's hierarchy. In effect, though, the committee was disbanded two months ago when Blackmon discontinued The movie "Black Sunday" was televised last Sunday night. i A day earlier, Bill JBlackmon was presiding Saturday" at the Rochester Red Wings' stockholders meeting.

President Blackmon's rude treatment of the stockholders and his obvious move to gain complete control of the community-owned bullclub signaled one of the darkest days in the history of the baseball franchise. In a short span of time, Blackmon has gont. from the "front man" the Operations Committee intended him to be to a self-appointed dictator, i "I've never seen such rude behavior," stockholder Arlene Walters said of Blackmon's conduct at the meeting. The Wings' president cut off some questions and shouted down It's clear Blackmon now is much more of a threat to the future revival of the floundering ballclub. than ineffectual General Manager Don Labbruzzo.

Labbruzzo, scared he'll lose his job, has "become embarrassingly subservient to Black-' mon; said a source to the Wings. Blackmon said to Labbruzzo," the source "Don, we're going to cut your salary in Labbruzzo would say, 'Please cut it sad fact is there is no apparent successor to Blackmon waiting in the wings; 'Men such as Johnny Antonelli, B'dwards, Anderson and Bill Farrelt are said to have the capabilities to restore the tattered image of the club and bring it back in touch with the fans who the group's club officers Stanley, Harvey Anderson, Larry Edwards and Chic Lewis have been criticized in the past; They deserve to be applauded in this case, though, for their offer to step down if an evaluation committee deter- mined it is in the. best interests of the Blackmon, though, negated their unselfish- gesture by attempting to push -a separate slate; of officers loyal to him, and by.