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Breaks tape in WORLD Walker of New Zealand breaks the tape to set a world record of 3:49.4 in the mile run at Gothenburg, Sweden, Aug. 12. (U PI Telephoto) Special convention NCAA to consider ways to cut expenses CHICAGO (UPI) Approval of only three of the nearly 70 cost-cutting proposals before the NCAA special convention Thursday and Friday would save between $16 and $18.5 million for Division competing in football and basketball, an NCAA spokesman estimated Wednesday. "The biggest costs," he said, "are in grants in aid, coaching and recruiting, and there's no estimate of what the recruiting costs are. But, in rough figures, if the Council proposals to reduce grants in football and are accepted, the saving would be between $8.5 and $9.8 million.

"If the proposal to eliminate the $15 a month payments to athletes for incidentals passes, it would save about $1.6 million, and reducing the size of coaching staffs to seven would save between $6 and $7.3 million." The Council proposal would reduce the number of grants for football for each Division I school from 105 to 90 and for basketball from 18 to 15. Costs would drop about $2,300 for each reduction of a grant. "Most of the savings in recruiting," the spokesman said, "would be concentrated in the top 75 schools of Division I. They wouldn't be as great in Division II or III schools." Some of the legislative proposals seemed certain of passage in some form or another, he said. For instance, he said there was "every indication" there would be some reduction in the number of allowable grants, and that the "only issue is the amount of reduction." Similarly there's "more support" to eliminate the $15 a month payment than for removal of books and educational supplies for the allowable grant.

"I think everybody wants limits on the number of visits by coaches to prospects, but the question is what's a fair number of visits. Then there's a desire for limits on the number of prospects a school might bring to the campus, and on the number of visits a prospect Michigan farm bought by Ali DEER LAKE, Pa. (UPI) Heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali said Tuesday he has purchased an 80-acre Michigan farm originally owned by the son-in-law of the late underworld king Al Capone. The farm is locted 12 miles outside Benton Harbor, and cost $400,000. Ali, who defends his title against Joe Frazier in Manila Sept.

30, bought the farm over the weekend, saying he chose it because he wanted a place near Chicago. may make. But it would be easier to enforce the number a school brings in than the number a prospects makes." There was general belief that proposals by President Stephen Horn of Long Beach State University for distribution of receipts from regular season football TV, the NCAA basketball tournament, and bowl games to all schools would be defeated. It appeared that virtually all the 134 Division I football schools would vote against the proposal since they are the only ones now benefiting, and it was believed a large number of Division II and HI schools also would oppose the amendment. "I think' President Horn is uninformed on the present distribution," NCAA executive director Walter Byers said.

"Approximately 100 Division I schools now receive benefits through the conference sharing programs, and if his proposals were implemented, a dissolution of the NCAA would result because the institutions which generate revenue for bowl games no longer would belong to the association. "Further, the proposal would destroy the Division I basketball tournament because members would compete no longer because they would receive no financial benefit." The Council was to meet again Wednesday to complete groundwork for the convention, which opens Thursday with divisional meetings and business meetings of the entire group Thursday afternoon and Friday. Robbie says even Dolphins profit short MIAMI (UPI) Joe Robbie, managing general partner of the Miami Dolphins, says it is getting tougher to run a pro football franchise with inflation and increased player demands dangerously cutting into team profits. Robbie said Tuesday that despite the Dolphins' successful 11-3 season last year, the team barely broke even. He said the team should make a profit in 1975, but not a very substantial one.

"If we fill the Orange Bowl every game in the pre-season and regular season this year, we won't make half of what we made the year before last," Robbie said at a luncheon commemorating the 10th anniversary Saturday of the Dolphins' pro football franchise. "Salaries are out of perspective. We're pricing ourselves out of the market, and sooner or later the fans will begin to assert themselves," said Robbie, who also serves as the Dolphins' president and general manager. Another problem with profits last year, Robbie said, was the Dolphins had to buy outbid the World Football League for several Miami veterans. "We set ourselves back some five years financially in that situation," he said.

"We probably over-reacted in some cases, but we took a calculated risk." Robbie also said he did not see how the financially- troubled WFL could fnish out its 1975 season, especially without a television contract and dealing with firms such as airlines and utilities on a cash basis. New Zealander sets world record in mile FACTS, Redlands, Calif. Wednesday, August GOTHENBURG, Sweden (UPI) Only minutes after John Walker had obliterated the world record for the mile, he cautiously hinted of his hopes to improve on it. "Of course I am very happy," the New Zealander said after breaking the tape in 3:49.4 minutes at the Gothenburg Games Tuesday night, clipping 1.6 seconds from the mark Tanzania's Filbert Bayi set May 18 in Kingston, Jamaica. But Walker was quick to add: "I still have four more international meets to go in Europe this season and who knows what can happen?" "I knew I could do it," Walker said.

He turned out quarter-miles in times of 56.3, 59.2, 58.0 and 55.9 seconds, along the way bettering the 1500-meter mark in 3:34.3 minutes. "This is the night I will always remember," he said. "Thanks to the pacemaker, I was able to set the record." The pacemaker was Sweden's Goaran Zenermark, who took the field through the first two laps of the race in a torrid 1:55.5 minutes. Although Zenermark faded and finished out of the running, Walker kept it up and at the finish his closest competitor was nearly 50 yards behind, despite the fact that the next two men each finished under the four-minute mark. Second place went to Ken Hall of Australia in 3:55.2 and Graham Crouch, also of Australia, was third in 3:56.4.

Hall and Crouch were quick to congratulate their fellow "Down-under" runner on his record performance. As 9,000 fans cheered him after the race by chanting "Walker, Walker, Walker, Walker," the New Zealander said his success was due to good "drag help" from the other runners and excellent crowd support. He said "drag help" was the fast pace set in the beginning. The record run was timed electronically. Weather conditions at the hard, outdoor track were ideal, with temperatures in the upper 60s.

Finishing fourth was Gunnar Ekman of Sweden in 4:01.5 and Paul Craig of Canada placed fifth in 4:02.0. The Gothenburg Games are a stop on the European amateur track circuit. 300 players cut Pro football hopefuls see dreams disappear Jim Ryun not surprised his mile record broken BARBARA, Calif. "I've known for two SANTA (UPI)years that my mile record would be broken," said a smiling Jim Ryun Tuesday, "I was just surprised that it wasn't broken by more the first time." Ryun, whose mile record of 3:51.1 set in 1966 stood as a world standard for nearly nine years, has now seen the record shattered twice in 13 weeks. Mark Bayi of Tanzania broke it first at 3:51.0 and John Walker of New Zealand Tuesday flashed to a 3:49.4 at an international track and field meet at Gothenburg, Sweden.

The 28-year-old Ryun, who now runs professionally for the International Track Association, said Bayi's record which shaved only a tenth of a second from Ryun's long-held mark was the most surpising to him. "I thought that my record would go by a much bigger margin than that," said Ryun. "And now that it has, I'm very pleased for John Walker. "I've felt for a long time now that Walker would come into his own next year and be the favorite to win the at Montreal. "He's a strong runner and has the quickness of a half- miler." Ryun predicted that Walker's new mile record would now remain a standard for some time as runners concentrate on Olympic qualifying for the 1,500 meters.

"I think Walker's time will stand for a while, but only because the emphasis has now shifted from the mile to the metric mile for the Olympics," Ryun said. As for the Olympics, the former Kansas University "flyer" predicted that Bayi, noted as a strong front-runner, would have some company in the race. "I don't think Bayi is capable of keeping up a suicidal pace all along," Ryun said. "I think he'll have some company about half way to the three-quarter mile mark," Ryun, who became a father for the third time two weeks ago an eight-pound-two- ounce girl named Catherine Anne likes Walker's chances in the race. "I think it will be a lot more difficult for Bayi because he only has one trick in his hat strong front running," said Ryun.

"But Walker has two tricks strong front running and sprinting." To halt union strike Caliente management asks court to step in TIJUANA, Mexico (UPI) A Mexican court of conciliation will be asked by Agua Caliente Racetrack management to halt a union strike which closed down the border racing plant and international book, according to a track spokesman. Besides working on the petition for presentation to the Junta de Conciliacion Arbitrage, possibly on Wednesday, track management was continuing talks with the Alba Roja Sindicato Union. "Our lawyers have been meeting with theirs around the clock," said racing director Jack Meyers Tuesday. "I just can't predict whether this will go on a day, a week or a month." About 2,000 pari-mutuel clerks, grooms and general employes struck Monday. In normal procedure for Mexico, the union posted red flags around the track and retained control of the facility while management was, in essence, locked out.

After presentation of the track's case, the court will have 24 hours to make a ruling. If the ruling is for the union, the strike will continue, but if the ruling is for the track racing will resume while the union appeals, the track spokesman said. He said it was doubtful that any action could come soon enough to permit greyhounds to begin this week's running Wednesday night, and he added that some form of resolution would be needed by Thursday to permit conduct of the weekend horse racing. Both racing programs and the international book, which offered wagering on races at all major tracks in the United States, were affected by the strike. A key issue was the demand of the grooms to be employed by the track instead of classified as union-represented employes of various trainers.

Says no way can he lose to Frazier Ali welcomes all to his camp By MILTON RICHMAN UPI Sports Editor DEER LAKE, Pa. (UPI) His four- year old.daughter, Rasheda, nuzzled up to her father, making his face wet with soft, moist child-like kisses and you should've seen Muhammad Ali eat it up. He kissed his little girl back and stopped talking about his heavyweight title defense against Joe Frazier in Manila, Sept. 30. Eventually, though, he got back to it.

"You wait until I get ugly, short, Joe Frazier and pop him on his flat nose," said Ali. "Movin' an' stickin' an' boxin', tyin' him up and takin' my time. I ca-i-n't lose. No way I can. Frazier ain't the Frazier he wuz." Ali's gaze swept the entire length of the recreation room he has built at his camp here.

The room extends 60 feet and is equipped with a plush billiard table, two pinball machines, a well-stocked refrigerator and a number of expensive leather easy chairs. There were at least a dozen people in the room with Ali Tuesday and most of them were complete strangers to him. "Anybody can walk in here," he said. "I'm the people's champion. Frazier is envious.

He's got a little raggedy nasium with a subway running right by it and nude pictures on the wall. You don't see nuthin' like that here. You don't hear no bad talk around here either." As Ali spoke, a young married couple seated only a few feet away from him listened. Dennis Moore, a postal employe, and his wife Joan, had driven 280 miles from their home in Grand Gorge, N.Y., simply hoping to see the champ. "Muhammad, I owe you an apology," Mrs.

Moore said. "My husband has always been a fan of yours, but after we arrived here and knew you were in your house, I said to him 'I'll betcha he'll never come out to talk to I was wrong." In his gym later, where Ali sparred three rounds with Gene Wells of Louisville, Joan Moore stood off to one side. She watched Ali permit Wells to hit him and said: "He does himself such an injustice. I wish he'd let more people know how humble he really is instead of putting on that act of his." When there is a crowd around, Muhammad Ali invariably projects the image most people have of him. He's loud; he's flip; he's animated.

When no one is around, he's entirely different. A few weeks ago, a little boy was dying at Good Samaritan Hospital in Pottsville not far from here. Ali went to see the boy and after he left, the Mother Superior at the hospital said of him: "He's so gentle, such a fine man. He shouldn't be a fighter." Supposedly Ali never shuts up or is at a loss for words. That's not true either.

His business manager, Gene Kilroy recalls the time Ali was training for George Chuvalo in Vancouver, B.C., and had just returned to his hotel after finishing his road work. Ali was sitting in the hotel lobby when an old white woman came over to him and said: "My, you're a handsome man." "Thank you ma'am," Ali replied. "You're better looking in person than you are on television," the lady offered. "Thank you ma'am," answered Ali again with one of his warmest smiles. "And such a- beautiful smile." "Ma'am, I'm a married man," Ali said, purely in self-defense.

The woman was completely taken aback. "Young man," she said. "I'm 84 years old. and I didn't have anything like that in mind. Besides I'm from Alabama." Rams cut six more players from roster FULLERTON, Calif.

(UPI) The Los Angeles Rams cut six more players from the roster Tuesday, including a veteran safetyman and five rookies, to get down to the 60- player limit for August. The Rams, who had to release 20 players in two days to reach the limit, must finally pare the squad to 43 players by Sept. 15. "It was a very difficult thing for everybody because all the guys have been here for three weeks now and have worked very hard," said coach Chuck Knox. "It's difficult to tell somebody that you don't think he can make your club." The only veteran cut Tuesday was three-year safetyman Donnie Walker from Central State in Ohio who ws acquired by the Rams in an offseason trade with the Buffalo Bills.

Rookies cut included 14th- round draft choice Arthur Allen, a wide receiver from Clark College; Sam Johnson, linebacker from Arizona State; Al Kelso, center from Washington; Doug Martin, wide receiver from Vanderbilt, and Craig Toomay, defensive end from San Jose Knox put the Rams through a pair of practices Tuesday in preparation for their second exhibition game Saturday night against the San Francisico 49ers at the Coliseum. Water polo practice set Redlands high school water polo practice will begin Sept. 2 at 3 p.m. Physical examination and insurance forms are due in Mr. Hahn's office on or before that date.

Cards and forms are available in his office. By United Press International The word came Tuesday and nearly 300 players saw their dreams of National Footall League careers shattered. But for some, the fond memories still exist. One of those players is Ralph Baker, a starting linebacker with the New York Jets for the past 11 seasons. Baker was one of 16 players placed on waivers by the Jets Tuesday as NFL clubs pared to the current 60-player limit.

When there were no takers for his services, Baker announced his retirement. "It's a sad day for me but you know it has to come sometime," said the 33-year- old Baker. "But I played 11 years and a lot of guys don't get to play that long and a lot of guys don't have a Super Bowl ring. Football has been good to me and the New York Jets have been good to me." The Jets also dropped several other veterans, including running back Joe Barnes and tight end Fred Pagac, obtained from Chicago last week, and wide receivers Marv Owens and Charlie McKee. There were several name players involved in Tuesday's personnel transactions.

The New York Giants traded linebacker Henry Reed to Denver for Greg Marx, a former All America defensive tackle at Notre Dame who was Atlanta's second round draft three years ago. Marx dropped out of football last year to attend law school. The Giants also cut veteran running back Mickey Zofko and claimed tight end John Andrews from Baltimore. Los Angeles cut defensive back Donnie Walker, obtained in an off-season trade with Buffalo, and Chicago listed cornerback Joe Taylor as physically unable to perform and placed wide receiver Tom Reynolds on injured reserve, sidelining him for the year. Kansas City claimed defensive tackle Gery Palmer from Baltimore and cut defensive ends Bob Briggs and Fred DeBernardi and Buffalo obtained tight end Mike Hancock from Washington.

The Redskins, meanwhile, cut veteran defensive back Alvin Wyatt and second year linebacker Mike Varty. Philadelphia released veteran running back Randy Jackson and New Orleans dropped veteran wide receiver Al Barnes. Atlanta cut punter Tom McNeill and Cincinnati cut running back Isaac Jackson. GOLETA, Calif. (UPI; The San Francisco 49ers have cut former All America wide receiver Ernie Jennings, their 10th round pick in 1970.

Jennings undoubtedly would have been drafted higher that year, but had to fulfill his service requirement after graduating from the Air Force Academy. He appeared unable to get back into top playing shape at the 49ers camp this summer. The 49ers also released four free agents Tuesday. They included Glen Garson from Fullerton, Willie Miller from Tampa, Ken Pettiford from Tennessee State and Mark Sims of San Diego State. The 49ers thus got down to 61 players as they readied for Saturday night's meeting with the Rams at the Coliseum.

Since all-star tackle Jeff Hart is exempt, they won't have to make any more cuts before the Rams exhibition battle. SANTA ROSA, Calif. (UPI) The Oakland Raiders have released nine men in order to get down to the league limit of 60 as they ready for Sunday's exhibition battle with World Champion Pittsburgh at Berkeley's Memorial Stadium. The Raiders don't announce cuts and the only players gone for sure Tuesday were receiver Robert West, defensive back James Daniels, and running back Paul Carreathers. Players who participated in the All-Star game are exempt from the 60 limit so the Raiders have 63, including defensive backs Neal Colzie and Charles Phillips and running back Louis Carter.

Newcomer Colzie is not impressed with the Steelers since he did not play against them last year but faced them in the All-Star game. "I 'll tell you one thing, they can't match our wide receivers," said the star from Ohio State. "After working against Cliff (Branch) in practice, I became so conscious of the deep threat that I gave the Detroit receivers too much respect last week. I kept playing off them, giving them room after my experience with Cliff, and I didn't have to do it." Colzie worked against Frank Lewis of the Steelers in the All- Star game and indicated he feels that Branch, Mike Siani and Fred Biletnikoff of the Raiders are all superior pass- grabbers. SOMETIMES Ali hugs his four-year-old daughter, Rasheda, at his training camp in Deer Lake, Pa.

He talks about his upcoming battle with Joe Frazier in Manila on Sept. 30. Te ephoto.