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B-l OUT OF BOUNDS? Twins leave Green Bay Press-Gazette Friday, May 30, 1 975 USHl By Len Wagner Press-Gazette Sports Editor MARQUETTE, Mich. (PG) There will be a new champion in the United States Hockey League next season. The Thunder Bay Twins won't be around to defend their title. The Thunder Bay and Chicago Warrior franchises were put on the inactive list by the league during a meeting here Thursday while Traverse City was officially admitted to the league, giving the USHL eight teams, four in each division, for next season. Following the realignment of the league, a 48 game unbalanced schedule was slated with the Green Bay Bobcats set to open at home Oct.

11 against the Milwaukee Admirals. The Bobcats also announced that they are negotiating to bring the U.S. Olympic team, which will be based in Madison, to Green Bay for an exhibition prior to the league opener. It was a combination of things, ranging from financial to scheduling which forced the league has to put seven players from either Its active or inactive roster on a list and the Bays, who Introduced Joe Kiss as their new head coach, will be allowed to pick one from each team. In setting the schedule, it was decided that a team will play each team In its own di-rixian eight times, four at home and four on the road.

It also will play each team In the other division six times, three at home and three on the road. Twins out of the league. In addition to winning the USHL ti-tie, the Twins won the Allen Cup, denotatlng supremacy in Canadian Amateur hockey. Because of winning the Allen Cup, Thunder Bay will represent Canada in a European tour and the Twins could not confirm what the dates for that will be, thereby causing difficulty in any scheduling. In addition, the Twins, located on the northern shore of Lake Superior, had travel dif and meet league financial obligations.

Traverse City, which played an indepentent schedule last year, will be put in the Northern Division of the league with Green Bay, Copper Country, and Marquette. The Southern Division will have Waterloo, Sioux City, Milwaukee and Central Wisconsin (Stevens Point). The league meeting continues today with an expansion draft for the Bays topping the agenda. Each team in the ficulties due to the high cost of charter planes and had asked the league to reduce the league schedule to 38 games. But the league would not go along with the shorter schedule.

Chicago was put on the Inactive list because of financial problems. The team was unable to complete Its schedule this past season. Both teams will be allowed back in the league for the 1976-77 season if they so desire Hawks' Thompson Now Awaits ABA David Thompson "Groovy, groovy, groovy "Tough, tough, tough "Everybody's talkin' but they can't beat us." Detect a little corn there, do you? Well, maybe it Is corny, but it's Important corn to the members of the West De Fere High girls track team. It's the ditty they chant while forming a circle and doing a bunny-hop before their meets. It's a loosening up and psyching up exercise.

So corn It might be but when you're a com-petitor like Judy Smet, it means a lot. It's part of the game, part of the fun, part of the spirit a key prelude to the competition. At Oconto a week ago, however, the Phantom girls didn't have time for that bit of important corn. It was the Bay Conference meet and because of an unexpected delay in getting started on the trip to Oconto the team arrived late, barely in time' jij for the 100-yard dash trials. Perhaps it shouldn't have made a great deal of difference missing the bunny-hop but to Judy, in retrospect, it signalled the approach of doom.

Judy, an outstanding all-around athlete who doubles as team trainer, eventually placed fourth in the 100 and was proud of that. But then came the 440 relay, a race the Phants fully expected to win. Sandy Baeten led off and Judy was waiting for the first handoff. But let her tell what happened: "I never really got hold of the baton. I had it only on my finger tips and it hit my leg and fell to the track.

I never heard a sound as frightening and heart breaking as that baton hitting the asphalt. I turned around and there was Sandy standing like she was frozen with her mouth wide open. I had to run around three people to get the baton. Meanwhile, everyone was yelling 'All right, West De Pere dropped After I finally ran and handed off to Carol Van Straten, I walked off the track, knelt down and cried. I don't think I ever cried so hard and it was worse when the rest of the team and Coach came over to comfort me.

Everybody jij started crying." The tears didn't really subside until the an-jij nouncer called for mile relay teams to report. With her head still hanging, Judy prepared for the event. Again Fhe was the second runner and this time the pass irom Mary Plamann was good and Judy took off after the one runner ahead of her. "I ran the best 440 1 ever ran. I didn't want to let the team down again," she said later.

And it was jij no mere boast because she roared down the stretch ijj ahead of the field. jij But as she was about to hand off to Carol Van ijj Straten, the gap between the two teammates jij opened. Carol had left a fraction of a second too iji quick. But Judy found something extra, jjj "I Just stretched out as far as I could. I think I used every ounce of strength I had," she said.

And ijj she got the baton to Carol and then fell and jjj skidded on her shoulder down the track. She rolled jjj over but was careful to stay in her lane. But she jij hurt and had trouble getting up and had to be iji helped by two teammates. "My legs were just weak and my head hurt," she iji sayd. But she did come around in time to see the ij final lap and watch as Karen Castellic put on a iji dramatjc burst of speed to win by a step, jij Groovy, groovy, groovy.

But then came the news. A possible dis- qualification. The ribbons had to be returned while the coaches met to discuss the situation. Judy and her teammates never got those ribbons back. ij Seems Judy was running in her third event of the iji meet and the limit was two.

She was disqualified jij and, in fact, had all her ribbons taken away, iji "I cried for about the fourth time that day," jij Judy said of the heartbreaking moment. "I'm not iji the type of person to cry about anything but all I could think of was the other people in the relays. How could I face them. I had tried my best and now I was being treated like a criminal." Tough, tough, ough. iji But the toughest part was that neither Judy nor jjj Coach Yvonne Gilson was aware that they were ij iji breaking a rule.

In fact, Coach Gilson still insists jij that they did not break a rule. And indeed there seems to be some confusion about it since girls jj ij were allowed to enter three running events in past conference meets and West De Pere officials can ij jij find no written notice.of a change in that policy. ji Now what was that last line, Judy? "Everybody's talkin' but they can't beat us." ji owner John Wilcox expressed confidence that the Hawks could afford to sign Thompson, Webster and Willoughby. "I would not have drafted them if I didn't think I could sign them," Wilcox said. "I don't see any problems at all." The problems, If any, could be solved by Wilcox selling the team to more financially stable owners, or as has been speculated, the Hawks trading Webster and Willoughby to the New York Knicks for forward Phil Jackson and $1 million.

The latter deal, of course, would provide the Hawks with sufficient money to afford Thompson. At present, however, they have the luxury of all three players. The 7-0 Webster, a two-time College Division All-America and twice winner of the College Division Player of the Year known as' "The Human Eraser," was the Hawks' second pick on the first round and the third player selected over-all In the draft. Willoughby, a 6-8 forward who averaged 35 points and 22 rebounds per game last season at Dwight Morrow High School in Englewood, N.J., was the first player chosen on the second round. "I'm looking for a good contract," said the 18-year-old Willoughby.

"I hope they have enough to pay me after they get done with Thompson and Webster." Willoughby was the second high school player ever drafted by the NBA. The first was 6-10 Darryle Dawkins fcom Maynard Evans High in Orlando, Fla. He was taken by the Philadelphia 76ers on the first round the fifth player chosen over-all. Dawkins, who averaged 25.9 points per game in his senior year, said his goal was to get a seven-year, no-cut contract NEW YORK (AP) David Thompson, with an opportunity to sign one of the most lucrative contracts in pro' basketball history, says he plans to wait until next month's American Basketball Association draft before choosing between the ABA and the National Basketball Association. Until then, the Atlanta Hawks, who made the exhilir-ating Thompson the No.

1 pick in the NBA draft Thursday, probably will not decide how much to offer their two other outstanding selections, Marvin Webster and Bill Wil-loughby. "It's a great thrill to be the first player picked, and as to where my future lies, I have to wait until the ABA and then weigh all matters as to what team or league I'll be playing in," Thompson said following his selection by the Hawks. "I'm happy that Atlanta drafted me, but I Just enjoy basketball and will be happy playing anywhere." The Hawks likely will be battling the ABA's Denver Nuggets for Thompson's services. The Nuggets have the ABA's No. 1 pick and they already have been openly courting the three-time All-Ameri-can and two-time Player of the Year, apparently having made some tempting cash overtures.

The agile 6-foot-4 star from North Carolina State spent several days with the Nuggets late in the ABA season. "David seemed to like our organization and I think he has reached a pretty good understanding," said Nuggets' forward Bobby Jones. "Of course, I don't want to sayy anything that would hamper the say Denver is fairly close, but strange things happen when a player is negotiating." Atlanta, meanwhile, is in a precarious position because of its financial woes, although Malone's name, in fact, came up twice during Thursday's NBA draft. The Detroit Pistons attempted to draft him on the fourth round and the Chicago Bulls tried to pick him on the 10th round, but in both cases, league officials ruled the selections invalid for two reasons. exceeding $1 million.

"I will get that," he said confidently, adding that he was to fly to Philadelphia today and sign with the 76ers. It was only a year ago that the first high school player Jumped directly into the pros, with Moses Malone of Petersburg, Va. High signing a contract for more than a million dollars with the ABA's Utah Stars. case, and the other was that his college class had not graduated. He had signed a grant-in-aid at Maryland before joining the Stars.

One selection, however, left NBA officials in a quandry. That was New Orleans' pick on the 10th round of Aleksan-der Belov of the Soviet Union. Simon Gourdine, the NBA's deputy commissioner, said an investigation of the constitu- Malone had a hardship One was that not applied as Now Jazz May Hire Kissinger AP Wireohoto tion would have to be made to determine Belov's eligibility. Meanwhile, two player trades were completed. Kansas City sent forward Ron Be-hagen to New Orleans for the Jazz' second choice in the first round center-forward Bill Robinzine from DePaul and champion Golden State surrendered its second picks in rounds one and two to Cleveland for forward Dwight Davis.

The Warriors also reportedly are ready to deal forward Derrek Dickey and guard Jeff Mullins for guard Norm Van Lier of Chicago. There also have been rumors of another trade involving Van Lier, with him going to Portland for guard Geoff Petrie. Among the other players drafted were Ail-American David Meyers of UCLA and Junior Bridgeman of Louisville by Los Angeles; Alvan Adams of Oklahoma by Phoenix; Lionel Hollins of Arizona State by Portland; Rich Kel-ley of Stanford by New Orleans; All-Amerlcan Luther "Tickey" Burden of Utah and 1973-74 NCAA scoring champion Larry Fogle by New York; Kevin Grevey of Kentucky by Washington, and Joe Meri-weather of Southern Illinois by Houston. In 10 rounds of drafting, 175 players were chosen. Of 17 players on the hardship list, 15 were taken.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) One team official Joked that the New Orleans Jazz may have to send Henry Kissinger to sign their last pick in the National Basketball Association college draft, but Bill Bertka said, he's very serious about the choice. The Jazz chose Aleksander Belov, the man who scored the disputed winning goal for Russia in the 1972 Olympics, in the 10th round of Thursday's draft. It was the first time in the history of American professional basketball that a Russian had been drafted. "There are already many athletes from other countries in other sports," said Bertka, vice president in charge of basketball operations. "It looks like all the hockey players are from Canada.

"Leagues tend to fall Into patterns, and we have to start looking for ways to break that pattern. "Belov will be notifed of his selection in the NBA draft just as any player is amateur to play on our teams." Baidashin said Belov was team captain and played center for the Spartak team of Leningrad that just won the Russian national championship. Simon Gourdine, the NBA's deputy commissioner, said the league would have to conduct an investigation of the league's constitution to determine whether Belov would be able to play in the NBA. "We've checked him out," Bertka saivf. "He's a graduate of the Shipbuilding Academy, so he's eligible." Others in the Jazz organization treated the signing more lightly.

"Everybody's talking about ways to promote international relations, but we're doing something about it," said Coach Bill van Breda Kolff. "You could say were doing this for President Ford." "We're going to send Henry Kissinger over to get him to sign the contract," said another Jazz official. Bertka then placed a call to Jim Fox, the Amateur Athletic Union official who organized competition in the United States for the Russian national team. He asked Fox for Belov's address, then laboriously spelled it out "Sportkomitet Moskva." "I would think the team's major problem would be with the Soviet government, if Belov wants to play in the United States," Fox said. "In my opinion, it will be difficult, although there are two Russians on the professional tennis tour." He said he did not know the names of the tennis players.

Vladimir Baidashin, a spokesman for the Russian news agency Tass, said in a telephone interview from New York that the selection was "quite human and speaks in favor of the sport of basketball. "Of course, he could never go there to play," Baidashin added quickly. "It would ruin his amateur standing and, as you know, our rules forbid anyone but an Phantoms Win Tourney 4-2 AS Bucks Take Mayes First and Romie Thomas, a 6-3 guard from UW-Eau Claire, in the 10th round'. The Bucks had traded their fifth round choice to Cleveland. McCurdy was the nation's leading scorer with a 32.9 average and Embry said, "I don't know why he went that long." However he did ac-knowledge that McCurdy lacks speed and had only 11 assists while throwing up 594 shots in 26 games.

IN ALL SIZES, STYLES COLORS Continuing a search that more or less started with the birth of the franchise, the Milwaukee Bucks used their first choice in the NBA draft Thursday to tab a power forward. They chose Clyde Mayes, a 6-foot-9, 225-pounder from Furman on the fourth pick of the second round. They had to wait until.the 22nd choice, having traded their first round pick to New Orleans for forward Steve Kuberskl before last season. "We did the best we could have done," said General Manager Wayne Embry, who directed the draft along with Coach Larry Costello. "I really expected Mayes to go on the first round.

We're very happy. "Mayes was considered one of the top rebounders in the country last season. He shot 57 per cent from the floor, which Is indicative that he put up a lot of offensive rebounds. He's strong and mean and has fair shooting range for a big man." Mayes averaged 21 points and 13 rebounds last year. And, according to the Bucks, they ranked him second behind Dave Meyers of UCLA Denmark threatened in the top seventh, however, leading off with two base hits, but Po-rath, who allowed only those two hits, got the next two batters on routine plays and then struck out losing pitcher Jeff Kvitek for the final out on a called third strike.

At Oconto Falls, Doug Dionne slammed a home run over the center-field fence with two outs in the last half of the 12th inning to lift Oconto to a tension-filled 3-2 win over Marinette in the WIAA Oconto Falls Sub-Regional baseball final. Marinette grabbed 2-0 lead as Ted Parish and Kevin Moore drove home runs in the first and fourth innings, respectively, but the Blue Devils tied it up in the last half of the fourth as Rory Lindgren, who pitched the first 10 innings, belted a two run home run. Oconto threatened several times after that, but couldn't score until Dionne's heriocs. Ken Trepanier, who entered the game in the 11th, gained the win, while Parish, who relieved starter Steve Marsden In the seventh, was the loser. Bob Bridger and Dionne each had three hits for Oconto, while Moore, Parish and Dave Francour each hit safely twice for the Marines.

With the win Oconto will advance to regional play at Bay Port Monday afternoon taking on the Pirates in a 4:15 game. In the Two Rivers Sub-Regional Manitowoc took advantage of nine errors and seven walks to go along with an 11 hit attack as the Ships blitzed Reedsville 17-5. Manitowoc now faces Kimberly in Regional play. West De Pere advanced to WIAA regional baseball tournament play Thursday, defeating De Pere 4-2 in the 1 Ashwaubenon Sub-Regional final as Paul Wilmet pitched a two hitter. The Phantoms, 15-1 for the season, scored in each of the first three innings and then held off Redbird threats in the fourth and sixth innings to gain the win.

De Pere finished its 1975 season with 7-7 mark. The Phantoms now advance to Appleton where they will meet Appleton West at 3:30 p.m. Monday at Goodland Field. West, 14-2, advanced Thursday by beating Appleton East 4-2 in 11 innings. Dan Van Compel singled home two runs in the first inning for the Phantoms, while teammates Ken Albers and Keith Garsow drove home one in the second and third, respectively.

De Pere loaded the bases with one out in the fourth but scored only once, Rick Krue-ger singling home the run, as Wilmet got the next two batters on infield put outs. Bob Coenen absorbed the loss for the Redbirds. At Luxemburg, Luxemburg-Casco used a sixth inning run and the pitching of Mark Po-rath to defeat Denmark 3-2 in its own WIAA tournament baseball sub-regional. Dave Phillips scored the winning run for the Spartans, who advance to the Gibraltar Regional on Monday, in the bottom of the sixth, scoring from third base on a ground ball to the shortstop. Phillips had reached first on a single and moved to third on a double by pinch hitter Kevin Servais.

MEN'S LADIES' GOLF SHOES $1695 among the strong forwards. Mayes expressed delight and said he was looking forward to playing next to Ka-reem Abdul-Jabbar. "It will be a great experience to play with a man of that caliber," he said. "It will help me utilize my ability as a rebounder. I think Milwaukee is a super franchise." Mayes played both center and forward at Furman.

He was chosen on a pick obtained from Phoenix via New Orleans. With their own choice on the second round, the Bucks picked Cornelius Cash, a 6-7 forward from Bowling Green. He averaged 15.3 points, 13 rebounds and shot 48 per cent. "He has a hell of a body and runs like a deer," said Embry. Other Buck choices were Brian Hammel, a 6-2 guard from Bentley, in the third round; Bill Campion, a 6-iO center from Manhattan, in the fourth round; Oliver Purnell, a 6-1 guard from Old Dominion, in the sixth round; Wilbur Thomas', a 6-6 forward from American University, in the seventh round; Bob McCurdy, a 6-7 forward from Furman, In the eighth round; Eric Hays, a 6-3 guard from Montana, in the ninth round; Bucks Draft American Made BASEBALL MILWAUKEE (AP) Milwaukee Bucks' selections by round in Thursday's National Basketball Association draft of college players: SHOES 95 9( Up NorthDrook 71 Jack Bauerla 75 Jim Gerhard 77 Lorrv Fltchert 78 Bob Van Oss Royal Scot 73 Larry Fltchelt 74 Bernle Berk 76 Rick Fltchert 77 Bob Conrad 78 Jack Koeooler 79 Lei Wise Woodslde 79 Kurt Doeren 39 John Truesdale Mid Valleo 88 Josle Dutour 47 Marge Rotter 48 Kav Gaonn 49 Jeanne Bunker Hilly Haven 38 Wayne Lemmens 1, To New Orleans or Steve Kuberski.

2, (from New Orleans) Clyde Mayes, 6-9, Furman. 2, Cornelius Cash, 6-7, Bowling Green. 3, Brian Hammel, 6-2, Bentley. 4, Bill 'Campion, 6-10, Manhattan. 5, To Cleveland for Kevin Restani.

6, Oliver Purnell, 6-1, Old Dominion. 7, Wilbur Thomas, 6-6, American. 8, Bob McCurdy, 6-7, Richmond. 9, Eric Hays, 6-3, Montana. 10, Romy Thomas, 6-3, Claire.

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