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Wooden Honored Pro Tennis Play Opens Thursday In Coliseum 6 th Time By RON ROACH Associated Press Sports Writer LOS ANGELES Wooden's silver anniversary season at UCLA has been another pure triumph on the basketball, court, yet the 61 -year-old coach it's been any TENNIS PAIRINGS By rONTO DOWNING Clarion-Ledger Assistant Sports Fditor The Mississippi Internationa! Indoor Tennis Championships rru'kes its Thursday at noon in the Co'iseum as 16 top professional netters will be seeking first prize of $3,000 in the $12,500 purse. The pros will open up with e'tsht singles matches Thursday and wiil fill the Coliseum with ri----'-' BATTLING FOR PRIZE-rprtici-' pants in the Mississippi International Indoor Tennis Championships who'll be battling for the top prize of, S3. 000 are from left, Tito Vasquez of Argen tina, Charlie Owens of Tuscaloosa, and Clark Graebner of New York City. The tournament opens Thursday at 12 noon in the CoL'seum and runs through Sunday. 1 Steve Falk, Covington, La.

vs. Eddie Dibbs, Miami, Fla. 2 Tito Vasquez Argentina Sherwood Stewart Bay Town, Tex. 3 Raz Kcid, Greenville, S. C.

vs. John Paish Great Britain 4 Dick Dell Bethesday, vs. Charles Owens, Tuscaloosa Ala. 5 Clark Graebner New York City vs. Bill Brown, San Luis Obispo, Calif.

6 Zan Guerrv, Lookout Moun thine; hut easy "I have particularly enjoyeJ the long winning streak." said Wooden, named Wednesday, ty The Associated Press as college basketball's Coach of the Year for the sixth time. it's been a very trying year. "Mr illness also entered into it," said Wooden, who was hospitalized in December for what was described as a "mild heart condition" not a heart attack. "No." lie said when asked if the ailment would have any bearing on when he would retire. When will that be? "I don't know.

I've said all along that I intend to coach at least one more year, but that doesn't mean it will be one more year. It might be and it net action through to Sunday when Mississippi's first Indoor chmnion will he crowned. UCLA To Depend On A wide-open batt'e for first is anticipated but the favorite's Pride In NCAA Play tain, Tenn. vs. Frank Fix-ehling, Coral Gables, Fla.

7 Jaime Pinto-Rravo, Chile vs. Ove Bentrston, Sweden 8 Frew McMillan. South Africa or Niky Pillic, Czechoslovakia vs. Eigcne Scott, N. Y.

City. Note: Match one begins at 12 noon with matches lasting approximately 90 minutes. it rote will go to Clark Graebner who is the tournament's top seod and the most consistent winner over the years. Graebner, on the U.S. Davis cup five times and a veteran in Wimbledon 1 a y-having reached the semifinals in 19C8 is alro the tourney's highest ranked plaver, occunying te no 8 slot by te USLTA.

The 20-year-old Graebner is excected to be nushed hard in might not." By PAW, LEBAR Wooden's 25th year, at UCf A Associated Press Sports Writer mciunpn me pressure oi urea said Indiana's biggest problem in facing UCLA will be to stop Rruin junior Bill Walton, the AP's college player of the year. ST. LOUIS (AP) The na- 11, u.uvciii.y oan air Koc responded Wooden, asked the significance attached to the bid by his powerful West Coast club. "If you have pride about you, which every coach and every Dlaver has, you try to win. I null s.uiiv.6i.

VoisTbrS'pubiication ketbf cach Wednesday of several books on the coach, tn.e 4Tr mostlv flattering hut one which i anQ Bnuns Tide Meets described nis HoosierSj the Miss, mrney by a couple of as "not too physical" and said youngsters, Zan tell every team every year that probed deep in an attempt to seventh national title straight the task of harnessing the agile Guerry of Lookout Walton will be assigned fi-8 an 22-year-old Eddie 331 -pound senior center Steve: of Miami it must establish its own identity. balance positives with nega-i Gophers In "I try to that ideaj Downing. Guerry is ranked 17th in the i Indiana is expected to dial-1 nation and Dibbs-rated 20th- i TVTTTn A lene UCLA with man-to-man! has been a giant-killer of late, ill II rCllOll Saturday and Monday. Veteran John Wooden, whose Bruins, 23-0, have won 73 straight will face Indiana, 21-5, at 4:10 p.m. EST Saturday.

The opening game at 2:10 p.m. EST in the semifinals of the Nr.tional Collegiate Athletic defense, but Knight hedged across, Wooden said. My basic philosophy is 'not on winning, and yet that's exactly what you try to do." Speaking from loomington. the 32-year-old Knight knocking off Stan Smith and i Jimmy Connors, the USLTA when asked if the Hoosiers By ID SCHUYLER JR. would deal heavily with ball first and third-ranked players.

EARLY START Bill Brown, of San Luis Obispo, a participant in the Miss. International Indoor Tennis Championships, gets in practice time Wednesday at River Hills Club as play is slated to begin Thursday at noon in the Coliseum. Clarion-Ledger Photo by Jimmv Lay NEW YORK (AP) "Just to A nM i I "Preferahly," Wooden said. wouldn't have liked all the books to come out at this particular time. I'd rather have them after I retire." The Bruins leave Friday for St.

Louis in ouest of seventh consecutive national champion-shin which would be their ninth in the last 10 years. On Saturday, thev'll try to make Indiana victim No. 74 in the all-time record winning streak, as welLs No. 35 in a row in NCA plpvoff games. his health, he said, "Tre- oi them is overwhelming." player, are figured to make Alabami basketball coach I nTf-eSeTn? Newton said Wednesday as Association at the Arena will control or use a siowea-uown tempo.

"Anvtime you go into a basketball game you don't know what your team is going to do ne thought of what his Cnmison gentina's Tito Vasquez, Jaime Pint o-Bravo of Chile, John pit Providence, 27-2, against Memphis State, 23-5. Bill Tohill's Risht Foot UCLA, which has won the title nine of the past 10 years, ovnr thi course of the entire oi ureat Krira in and Mky -amo." said. "I think you Krlo of Greence high in the run-iust ha' to wait and see what "on en do." I Aside from the $3,000 top Both Gavitt and Bnrtow said'-'- thre's also an added in- wvu top-rated in the final Assorted Press poll. Providence's Friprs rnnVd fourth, Indiana llll putated Tide will have to do to beat favored Minnesota in the Nation-al Invitation Tournament Thursday night. Th? Tide and the Gophers will play the first game of a a r-final doubleheader, with Virginia Tech and Fairfield meeting in the second game.

The winners wjll meet in the semifinals Saturday after Jr ceiitive for the tourney as Jack mendotis, just tremendous. I'm sixth and Memphis State 12th. they were looking forward to a 1 feeling real good. Coaches of the four teams- Wooden, Dave Gavitt of Provi Thursday, March 22, 19V3-E ClatiOULCDgCt 1 son has been designated an official tout stop of the Winter Indoor Circuit and will carry with it valuable points that'll count toward a $22,000 grand prize. Cunently Graebner is in the running, having won $15,000 and FORT WORTH, Tex.

(AP) Christian head football Coach Billy Tohill's right foot was amputated above the ankle Wednesday and doctors said he dence. Gene Bartow of Memphis State and Bob Knight of briefly during a conference meet'ng of theri teams, whicii pack high-powered offenses and feature flashy Gavitt, in referring to Providence All-America guard Ernie DiGregorio, labled the 6-foot senior "our offense." think what Ernie D. has noon teleohore call at a news media They are as powerful and as1 BEARD FA V01UTE? phvsical as any basketball! luncheon. Bartow attended the lunch "I've curtailed none of the work involving the. team," he said.

"I've curtailed outside things like speaking engagements. People always told me, I had trouble saying 'no' when asked to speak somewhere, but now I'm under doctor's orders not to accept most, of them." The common criticism' of the is lhaf, teams with a Bill Walton Iw Al- r. See Page' 3E was holds down third place. Graebner, having captured six national clay court doubles is also tabbed as a favor eon. The others spoke from of- te.im ive ever seen, Newton's reaction to nesolrrs 68-59 opening tolerated the surgery well.

Dr. Charles A. Crenshaw of John Peter Smith Hospital issued this statement following the early morning surgery: "The operation to remove Coach Tohill's'; right foot above meant to our team is that everything we've done offensively has centered around him," the ficp? on thpir camnusps prior to bringing 'their teams here New Orleans Open Begins Thursday l-34-vear-old coach said, Thursday and Friday. victory over Rutgers. "You can't beat Minnesota at rebounding," said Newton, "so we're jusl going to have tb hold "We've pretty given the anklfl went as nlanned.

"I think-it means 'as as anv other title meant to us," ite with a yet-to-be-named partner for, the $300 prize in the indoor competition which will start Friday. J- Other' "winning amounts will without complications, i him a free and I tolerated it well. i he's -just a. great basketball Dbyer, a good guard, a good "Today's surgery will not 3y BOB GREEN His decline was one of the ma- our own on the boards. Andt we're going to have to shoot really well from the SHOP 1Q NEW ORLEANS (AP) jor mysteries on the tour.

Jack Nirklaus is on jnd. And "I developed some trouble Arnold Palmer and Billy my swing," Beard said, per. But Frank Feard may be "That's a nhvs'cal thing. It de-the man to beat in the $125,000 stroyed my confidence. That's Greater New Oilcans Open Golf a mental th'n.

You can cor-Tournament. rect a ohysicl problem in six "I don't know exactly why or spnds. But rebuild con-: t- i i fidnnre is snnif thinp Tt every on as gooa as we ma in the first game." Alabama beat Manhattan 87-16 on a 20-foot jump shot at the bmzer by Glenn Garrett, a 6-foot-S1' forward. LU "I'd settle for it again." New To really appreciate a Clubman Suit, you've gotto try it on. ton S3id of Garrett's desper- Wlldl 11 J1tl ly fndJs utt" i take weeks or srx eK.t I v'erv fortunate this tourna-1 pilv S1X weeKS or suc i.

ment-" Beard aid before the "hs- Garrett and 6-6 WcndeU Hud-' ThnrsHav tho 79.hnio Whatever th problem, it ap- prolong his hospital stay. However, he will remain in intensive care for the time being. Coach Tohill's other, injuries aid body functions continue to show satisfactory improvement." Tohill was injured a week ago Wednesday when his automobile struck a guard rail at a high rate of speed. He crushed pelvis, batered face bones, fractured ribs, numerous cuts, and a manged foot. Crenshaw said the operation w1hich took two hours, was necessary because the damage to the blood vessels in toehill's foot appeared so severe that the blood supply was lost.

Toehill is a native of Bates-ville, and agraduate of be $1,500 for the singles play runnerup, $1,000 for third, $750 fourth, and $500 for runner-up in the doubles. Play on the Coliseum floor--which will be on Supreme Court (a sift, rubbery substance that piavs like c'ay)-will be under sudden death rules, a nine-point tiebreaker being employed. Whii? the pros are in town thrir tiilents will be put to use at a tennis clinic for youngsters to he staged Saturday morning at Battlefield Park. It will be free of charge. Ticket' for the International are on sale currently at the Co-1'wm bx office, Denosit Guaranty Main Office, River Hi'l Club, Jackson Mall Branch of Firt National Bank, and Meadowbrook Branch of Miss.

Bank and Trust Company. team leader, a very exceptional player." Gavitt was equally high on Memphis State's Larry Finch, who directed the Tigers to the Missouri Valley Conference title, noting, "In Finch, they have one of the premier guards in the country. "We feel that we're going to have to do more than just an adequate job of defense if we're going to stop Finch," Gavitt added. Baitow said he was unde-ci'ed whemer Memphis State wmld stay with man-to-man e'efense against Providence or shift to some form of a zone. "If we do go to the man-to-nun, I doubt that Finch will be on Ernie Bartow a id.

"We haven't set up our game plan." son 6-10 Leon Douglas will event on the 7 ogn-yard par 72 Pears to be on menc- Beard engage in the battle of the Lakewood Counlrv Club course finished a very respectable boards with Minnesota's tough eighth in a California event, front line of 6-10 Ron B-hagcn. was last week and llth in 6-6 Dave Winfield and 6-9 Jim; JJ JJJ" tlp i his last orevious start. Brewer. Hudson and Douglas lever 1 11 take it And he has an affinity for were bothered by fouls against nn n. this flat, lake-p'aced layout that ently on the out of a.

way year Manhattan is lined ')y ancen moss-hung long slumo. The 33-year-old Beard scored Minnesota goes into the game; with a 21-4 record. Alabama isj 21-6. the last of hiv 10 tour triumphs in this tournament in 1970 then and once in a Mississippi State. went into a prolonged slump.

1 9nl1 r. Last year he won $56,182, good The Virginia Tech-Fairfield game. matches two teams that scored opening-round upsets. Virginia Tech, 19-5, beat New Mexic9 65-63 and Fairfield edged Marshall 80-76. by most standard but a far cry from his $100,000 plus figures of the five previous years.

He didn't win a tournament. Coiuirit on oer tho came three $1 million winners-al! have had their problems in recent weeks. Nicklaus, ho dominant force in the game last season, Ins finished 16th and 26th In his Iflst two starts, his poorest rf the year. He cancelled a trip to Snafn work on his game. Palmer and Casper both missed the cut the last time out.

S'ill. those tnree ciants rank high among the list of those most likely to sucreed in the chase for a first prize. Other standouts include Gene Littler, George Archer, Lanny Wadkins. Jim Cclbcrt, Dn Sikes, Orville Moody, Dave Hill and Tommv Aainn. South African Gary Player is on the mend from surgery and is unable to defend his title.

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