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Friday MARCH 18, 1983 GAZETTE-JOURNAL Section 2B FROM MY CORNER 3B NCAA BASKETBALL 4B BOXING 6B BASEBALL 7B SCOREBOARD out LATEST SCORES I 11911 tO 101713181 College Basketball with Wolf Pack Marshall University named Lou 4 1 dLi isiana State assistant Rick Huck-abay its new head basketball coach today, and University of Nevada-Reno Coach Sonny Allen, who had interviewed for the Marshall job, said he plans to stay at Tamara Mc Kinney wins world crown By KAZUO ABIKO The AP FURANO, Japan Tamara McKinney became the first American woman to capture the World Cup overall skiing championship when her closest pursuer, Erika Hess of Switzerland, failed to win a giant slalom race. "I think it's great. We have tried for a long time," said McKinney, 20, a Lexington, native who resides in Squaw Valley, Calif. The previous best overall finish for an American woman in the 17-year history of the World Cup was last year's third place by Christin Cooper of Sun Valley, Idaho. McKinney's title clinching today gives the United States both of the individual alpine crowns.

Phil Mahre of Yakima, clinched his third straight men's championship last week. Hess, the 1982 overall champion, had to win both the giant slalom and Sunday's slalom to stay in contention for the overall title. But her hopes were dashed when she finished 10th in a race won by Hanni Wenzel of Liechtenstein. Hess' time of 1 minute, 16.27 seconds was only 13th best in the first run down a 50-gate course made more difficult by strong winds. See TAMARA, page 2B UNK.

NCAA Maryland 52, 51 James Madison 57, W. Virginia 50 Purdue 55, Robert Morris 53 Washington St. 62, Weber St. 52 Ohio U. 51, Illinois St.

49 Va. Commonwealth 76, La Salle 67 Lamar 73, Alabama 50 Utah 52, Illinois 49 NIT Virginia Tech 85, Wm Mary 79 Wake Forest 87, Murray St. 80 1 Northwestern 71, Notre Dame 57 Nebraska 72, Tulane 65 -Mississippi 87, Alabama St. 75 National Basketball Association Mavericks 120, Pacers 105 Suns 125, Rockets 99 Spurs 111, Clippers 101 National Hockey League Islanders 9, Devils 5 Flyers 6, Canadiens 4 UNR Athletic Director Dick Trachok said Allen, who is recruit what they had to say I'm not interested in the job there." Allen, 47, who was interviewed by Marshall officials in Chicago Wednesday, couldn't be reached by the Reno Gazette-Journal for comment today. Allen coached UNR to an 18-11 record this season, and has a 48-35 record for three years at UNR.

Allen, a 1959 Marshall graduate, has an 18-year college head coaching record of 290-206. He coached 10 seasons at Old Dominion and five years at Southern Methodist before coming to UNR. Trachok said he is pleased that Allen is staying at UNR. "I felt he did an excellent job," Trachok said. "He understands the game.

He knows what's going ing in Dallas, told him by phone this morning that he will stay at UNR. FILE PHOTO "I've always liked Reno and nothing has changed to alter that. I hope to finish my coaching career at Reno," Allen was quoted as saying by UNR Sports Informa SONNY ALLEN "I've always liked Reno" on. And we've been winning the last two years. He's a good man to work with." See SONNY, page 2B tion Director Paul Stuart.

"I met with the people from Marshall, and after listening to Top sraatiouir 4 U.S. boxers on World card By STEVE SNEDDON For seven challengers, tonight's World Amateur Boxing Championships are short cuts to world titles. For the first time, the world champion ships are being contested into a single fight for each weight division. In previous years, boxers had to brave the luck of the draw and injuries, and win as many as five fights to grab a title. In tonight championships, the men who won their titles last May in Munich, West Germany, will defend against the Capitols Bruins 1 Kings 4, Nordiques 3 MGM to Nugget tab just $17 by taxi cab The case of the missing Cubans has been solved.

They were safe in a taxi riding around Reno and Sparks. But for nearly an hour, officials of the World Amateur Boxing Championships looked for Cuban boxers Adolfo Horta and Rafael Sainz. The two were late for a official weigh-in at the Sparks Nugget Thursday night. The championships are scheduled tonight at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center. "They were told to get in a cab and say, said Col.

Don Hull, president of the International Amateur Boxing Federation. According to the Cubans, the boxers, who could not speak English, were taken to four hotels before they finally arrived at the Sparks Nugget. The ride, which started at the Cubans' hotel, the MGM Grand Hotel-Reno, cost $17. The two Cubans, who arrived 45 minutes after the weigh-in ended, were nearly scratched from the championships for failing to appear. "You wait a reasonable time," Hull said.

"Pretty soon you have to close your scales' Title fight officials named Octavio Meyran of Mexico, who refereed two Marvin Hagler world middleweight title fights in 1981, has been named to referee the World Boxing Council welterweight title bout between Milton McCrory of Detroit and Colin Jones of Wales Saturday. Meyran, and the three judges, all neutrals, were recommended to officiate the fight by World Boxing Council President Jose Sulaiman, according to Roy Tennison, the executive sectretary of the Nevada Athletic Commission. Tennison said the commission accepted the recommendations and approved the officials. WRC rules reauire that all four highest-ranked boxers available. The card will begin with two non-championship bout preliminaries at 7:30 p.m.

in the Reno-Sparks Convention center. "You get to cut a wnoie lot ot red tape," said U.S. 112-pounder Steve McCrory. McCrory, 18, of Detroit, will fight champion Yuri Alexandrov of the Soviet Union for the flyweight title. Alexandrov, 19, a student, won his title with a decision victory over the United States' Michael Collins.

PHOTO BY MARK CROSSE With four boxers each, the U.S. and Cuba have the largest teams in the cham-pionhips. Three Soviets, two Canadians and one Bulgarian will be fighting for titles. Soviet heavyweight Alexander Yagub- kin will defend his title against Canadian Willi deWitt. TAKING ONE TO GIVE ONE: Steve McCrory (left) the World Amateur Championships.

Steve McCrory and Hurley Snead (right), both members of the is the brother of Milton, who will fight for the WBC Kronk Boxing Team of Detroit, will fight tonight in welterweight title Saturday against Colin Jones. Kronk! i Detroit's first family of boxing to fight in Reno DeWitt, who has won half of his 61 fights on knockouts, lost on points to Yagubkin in the quarterfinals of the World Cup at Montreal in 1981. "What we're looking for is the '84 Olym- Eics," deWitt said. "If we won now, we'd ahead of schedule. It's always nice to By STEVE SNEDDON be ahead of schedule." i DeWitt.

who has a 51-10 record, said he's a far different fighter than he was in his international tournament at Mon officials are citizens of countries other for their own fight on the card. Some are getting ready for a chance at a TV fight. What does Kronk do for fighters? "They know they're going to get good sparring identification with a good organization," Steward said. "What they get mostly is identification with a family. Kronk is the only team I have heard of in professional boxing." And there is the financial side.

Kronk's fighters don't have to buy their own equipment. see KRONK, page 4B for the vacant World Boxing Council welterweight title at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center Saturday. The Kronk training camp is always on the road, or so it seems. When Hearns, the WBC super welterweight champion and former World Boxing Association welterweight titleholder, fought Wilfred Benitez in New Orleans in December, he was surrounded by Kronk teammates. It's always the same when a Kronk fighter is in the main event.

Teammates are there. Some are helping to prepare him for the fight. Some are getting ready It is family for some boxers. For others, it is a more comfortable way to reach the top of professional boxing. It is also big business.

The Kronk Boxing Team of Detroit is what it is because of Emanuel Steward, who is best known for managing Tommy Hearns to two world titles. At last count, Kronk had 17 pro boxers, and 16 amateurs. More than half of the pros are in Reno this week. One of their own, Milton McCrory, fights Colin Jones treal. "The improvement is like night and day," deWitt said.

For Yagubkin, who has a 141-12 record, his strategy against deWitt is basic. "He's got a very strong punch. I want to avoid getting hit," said Yagubkin, through an interpreter. See AMATEURS, page 5B than the fighters' nations. The judges for the fight will be Dimas Hernandez of Venezuela, Newton Campos of Brazil and Jose Juan Guerra of Mexico.

'Free enterprise at work' SANTA FE, N.M. NCAA Final Four basketball tickets are being scalped for as much as $1,000 each, state Attornev General Paul champion bites the dust Sky Bog Bardacke said today that's not illegal, Cougars defeat Weber UNLV opens play Sunday. Page 2B. No luck for the Irish. Page 3B.

it just free enterprise at worK. Bardacke said his office has received numerous calls from people asking about newspaper ads for tickets to the tourney at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque have been running for the past several weeks.Prices have ranged up to $500 and $1,000 per ticket. "I've looked through all the laws of New Mexico and called District Attorney Steve Schiff down in Bernalillo County and all I can tell you is there's no law against" the scalping of tickets, the attorney general said. "It's free enterprise at work in New Mexico." Kuhn wants no betting CARSON CITY A legislative panel suggested baseball Commissioner Bowie Kuhn take a Li TX 1 From wire service reports BOISE, Idaho Craig Ehlo scored 18 points and reserve Aaron Haskins contributed 13 as Washington State outrebounded and beat Weber State 62-52 in the first round of the NCAA West Regional basketball tournament Thursday night. 1 Washington State, 23-6, plays Virginia, the West's" top seed, in a second-round game Saturday.

Utah plays UCLA in the second round after beating Illinois, 52-49, in Boise State's University Pavilion. Washington State, the eighth seed in the West, got 13 points from Bryan Pollard, and the Cougars had 42 rebounds to 24 for Weber State. Royal Edwards led Weber State, the ninth seed, with 19 points. The Wildcats, the Big SKy Conference Tournament champions, finished their season at 23-8. Washington State, which finished second in the Pacific 10 Conference to UCLA, used its superior quickness and height in carving out a 32-24 halftime lead, outrebounding Weber State 23-6.

"They (Washington State) are real physical and they do jump well," said Weber State center Tom Heywood. "They had three guys jumping up at the same time." Washington State's Steve Harriel led all rebounders with 12 and Haskins added 8. "We didn't get their men off the boards," said walk Thursday for his edict requiring a state law proniDiting oeuing on uie new Las Vegas Stars AAA minor league team. A stars oart-owner told the Senate Judiciary Committee that Kuhn won't allow the franchise movea irom Spokane, to Las Vegas unless the anti-baseball gambling law is But committee members pointed out that Nevada's legalized gamDiing nis controlled through regulation, not law. 7 Some suggested Kuhn could mina ms own business.

"This committee should not respond ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO to Mr. Kuhn just because he expresses Weber State Coach Neil McCarthy. "That was the result of their quickness. They were a little quicker, up front than our front line." At one point in the first half, the Cougars held a 1-1 rebounding advantage. a See NCAA, pge 3B his bias against legalized gamming, said commnttee cnairman i nomas "Spike" Wilson, D-Reno.

REACH FOR IT: Washington State's Rickey first-round NCAA, game Boise, Idaho. At left, Brown (center) and Weber State's Royal Edwards behind Brown, is Weber's Tom Heywood. Wash-(fer right) reach tor the free ball Thursday in their ington State wDn, 62-52. i WIRE SERVtck AND STAFF REPORTS.