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S6 DAILY PRESS. NEWPORT 1SEWS, VIRGINIA! THURSDAY MORNING; JANUARY 18, 1973 Sauires ft Star, Wings To Rocket 5th win St WKO raimi Sign W. 'ZZTJ WhJ' I Bin irts, "mmmiMim By CHUCK FRALME Daily Press Sports Writer NORFOLK "That's the way a power play is supposed to work," commented Virginia Red Wings' center Bill Hogaboam Wdenesday night. i It was Hogaboam's' almost rink-length rush with just 2:05 to play which provided the undermanned By BOB MINGS i Daily Press Sports Writer The Squires hope to have a new player in uniform. tonight when they host the Denver Rockets at Nor- folk's Scope.

Virginia announced Wednesday afternoon it will 4 sign George Gervin, former Eastern Michigan i (Staff Photo by Herb Barnes) And Swing Away safe distance while making gesture. The visiting Bar i THE TSr' Now Look! If You Virginia's Barry Salovaara sonville Ron Wilson (6), grapple on etxreme right in first of two fights that broke out Wednesday night in Norfolk during the Red Wings' come-from-behind conquest of Jacksonville. Referee Malcolm Ashford (extreme off to a 2-0 lead, but the to become more spirited bout to rally for, their victory, 4-3. They host Cincinnati Friday. bur Rated most of the time for several fights breaking out, the first between defenseman Ron Wilson and Barry Salovaara of Virginia.

Salovaara suffered a cut lip for his trouble but landed one of the better blows just as the linemen broke up the brawl. The second came in the middle period when newly-arrived Serge Lajuenesse tangled with Chris Ahrens of Jacksonville. The two swung away, landing fairly solidly most of the tim e.ofr several minutes before order was restored. Hogaboam's goal late in the game was his second of the contest and came just 26 seconds after Ahrens had been exiled for holding. Hogaboam took a pass from defenseman Rick Newell at See Wings, Page 59, Col.

1 jacKsonviu 2 1 03 rnsi tre oo oconng: i. Holbrook (Ahrens, McElmury) 2. Gam-bucei, (Byers, McElmury) 3. Va Stratton (McCutcheon) 15:33. Penalties- wcpnail (interference) Byers (hooking) Ahrens (el- uuwtng; Laieunesse (rrippinq) Wilson (major, fight) Salovaara (major, fight; roughing) Meissner (charging) 16:00.

Second period Scoring: 4. Geld- an iinernott j. Hogaboam (Boxer, Stratton) 12:27. Penalties: Lajuenesse (tripping) Ahrens imaror, tignt; nignstlCRing) Lajuenesse (major, fight; highsticking) Geldart (hooking) 12:03. Third period Scoring: 6.

Stratton (Salovaara, Newell) 7. Hogaboam (Newell, goalie Grant) 17:55. Penalties: Ahrens (interference) Newell (charging) Ahrens (hooking) Ahrens (holding) Coach Muck er (delay of game) served by Geldart Stratton, (hooking) Wil son (misconduct) 19:57. Shots on Goal: Jacksonville 9 11 (28 Virginia 16 9 1540 Goaltenders Jacksonville, Ted Virginia, Doug Grant. 10 a mum-year American Basketball Association contract today.

Signing will take place at Scope at a 12:30 p.m. press conference. :1 The Squires 'and Gervin reached accord on terms Wednesday. After Gervin signs the contract, a special messenger will take it immediately to the office of ABA Commissioner Robert Carlson for approval. If Carlson okayg the con-tract immediately, Gervin will be in uniform tonight.

Stars they leave, they'll be going to San Juan. Stan Smith, now with World Championship Tennis, defeated Nastase, 6-3, 6-2, 6-7, 6-4, in last year's finals. Nastase, winner of the Masters' play, has stopped Clark Graebner, 7-5, 6-4, 7-6, for the National Indoor title when that event was held in the Coliseum in 1971. Other players that should be in the Coliseum lineup include See Tennis, Page 58, Col. 9 Expectedln Hampton Play D.

P. H. A ft.IXED BLESSING Just in case you asked, the only good thing about the American and International League rules providing a "designated pinch hitter" for weak-batting pitchers is that it might (as Mickey Mantle says) eventually do away with those tiresome and boring parades of relief n- Oakland's manager, Dick Williams, almost tur- ned the 1972 World Series into a farce with his mound marches They were not overlooked as much as they were tolerated (condoned?) and besides, Williams won a world's championship. On the other hand, during regular-season play, those pitcher-switching "battles of the minds" are strictly for the Once those excess-baggage relievers are shuffled off to no man's land, the next-best thing then would be to somehow rescind the "designated pinch hitter" rule By the way, about 5-10 years from now, can't you hear the National League charging that American League team batting records are phoney because they came in the DPH BY COINCIDENCE At the same time Tuesday night that Alex Hawkins (ex-Baltimore Colt) was telling the Virginia Beach Sports Club that colleges now are playing the exciting brand of football which the NFL once claimed, I was passing on the same non-startling discovery to the Newport News Civitan Club Some differences must be noted, though When the NFL style of offense was giving the pro game its greatest popularity boost, the heaviest emphasis was on "the long bomb" via the airlanes and a great batch of runners were virtually being phased out That's the main difference in the juxtaposition of eras. The NFL went pass-crazy, but today's college game has a fine air-ground There's something else, too.

Because the collegians have not gone overboard in field goal-kicking and have not restored the goal posts to goal lines, they have retained the thrill of punt and kickoff returns Now all that needs to be done is for the NFL to adopt the more versatile wishbone-type offeiR ses, and they will, even if slightly modified N. F. L. COPY-CATTING WILL ACCELERATE The pros will "follow the leader" in some other ways, too Worried lest Congress sponsor restrictive legislation or otherwise tamper with his sanctus sanctorum. Commissioner Pete Rozetleseems hellbent on losing his sanity as other all-powerful leaders before him have done and.

will, go overboard oh -future expansion When he does, as anyone in baseball or hockey or basketball can point out, the results will be evident in an inferior product Already there are players in the NFL who couldn't buy their way into stadiums 5-10 years ago, and soon there'll be more. So don't be surprised if rookies in starting lineups become more numerous If you don't get the connection, what those rookies will measure up to is the current college rule allowing freshmen to play on varsity teams When that happens, the NFL once more will be playing with a form of its old "reckless abandon." The players will not be as artistic or polished, but they'll generate excitement, THREE-YEAR CONTRACT McCormack Gets i By TOM FOSTER Daily Press Sports Writer Four of the top 10 players in the world should be in the lineup for the Coliseum Mall International tennis tournament, Feb. 26 a 4, at Hampton Roads Coliseum. Thirty -two professionals are scheduled to compete for $35,000 in prize money plus points towards a bonus when the circuit ends in late March. Last year's runner-up, Ro more Ed Stahl, who had 15.

Wake Forest junior Tony Byers was the game's top scorer with 30 points, and freshman Lee Foye contributed 13 to the Deacon cause. North Carolina quickly broke the game open in the second half as Jones, Kupchak and Stahl dominated the backboards. The taller Tar KUPCIIAK POWEKS 2ND-HALF ASSAULT North Carolina Gets 99-80 ACC Victory Over Deacons GREENSBORO, N. C. (AP) Fourth-ranked Nortb Carolina broke loose in the second half Wednesday night and breezed to an easy 99-80 Atlantic Coast Conference basketball win over Wake, Leading by only 42-36 at intermis sion, the Tar Heels unleashed their stable of talented forwards on the cold-shooting Deacons and walked away with their 14th win of the season against a single loss.

Freshman Mitch Kupchak led a devastating North Carolina offensive at Eagles' PHILADELPHIA (AP) mack, a protege of Paul Must Fight, Get Up and Jack left) keeps his stop-it mania's Hie Nastase, is ranked second in the world. A newcomer to Peninsula play, Australia's John Newcombe, is sixth. The other two ranked players, Spain's Manuel Orantes (No. 9) and Andres Gimeno (No. 10), are old hands at Coliseum play.

Gimeno was a semi-finalist last year. Plans for the event will be announced to the press this afternoon at a luncheon conference in the Sheraton Inn's Heels outrebounded the Deacons 52-38 and hit on 56 per cent of their field goal tries while Wake Forest could get only 43 per cent to drop. The win was North Carolina's second without a loss in ACC action, while Wake Forest dropped its fifth game against eight wins overall and fell to 1-2 in the conference. television viewers around the world. She usually has the spring of a rubber band on the uneven parallel bars, her favorite exercise, but this time she broke her rhythm and tumbled to the floor.

The tiny, tearful trooper didn't quit. She picked herself up, finished the event then jumped atop the balance beam and pulled herself up from 10th to seventh place. Before the fall she had led over-alL but com-rade Ludmila Tourischeva eventually won. ons jumped Wings seemed after each fifth straight division-leading bardi and George Allen, took over Wednesday as header 9. Carlson is aware of circumstances involving Gervin, according to Squires' Public lations Director Steve man.

Gervin dropped out of" school after the 1971-72 season when Eastern Michigan be-" came an NCAA University Division member. He failed a special exam-v ination because of a technicality' according to the Squires. Gervin has been playing for' Pontiac, in the Continental League. The 6-foot-7 forward aver-i aged 29.5 points and 15.5': rebounds per game last sea- son for Eastern Michigan. H- was the Squires' choice in the ABA's secret draft Monday.

Gervin, who was involved a fight with Roanoke's Jay Piccola last Spring in the col- lege division tourney semi- finals, was in Norfolk earlier in the season talking to the Squires. He will be the 12th member of the club but Coach Al Bianchi says iUwill be "a couple weeks" before Gervin';" plays if the contract is ap-'' proved Immediately. When asked who will be cut if Gervin's contract is okayed Bianch said "nobody." Under ABA rules, may play as many as 12 men 'y at home but can carry only 10 on road trips. Willie Sojourner, who See Bianchi, Pg. 59, Cols.

Grid Post Husky Mike McCor tttf Brown, the late Vince Lorri' 1 administrative people are ex-. pecte0' to take care of the business site. The 265-pound McCormack agreed to terms with late Tuesday night after ob-' tabling his release from the Redskins where he has been'. an assistant the past seven, years. McCormack succeeds Ed Khayat who was fired by the Eagles at the end of last, season.

McCormack said that he hoped something had rubbed off on him from all three of the great coaches he has worked for. 1 "I spent the longest time with Paul Brown, so I believe A more of his philosophy of teaching remains with me, and I hope I can motivate like Lombardi and Allen," McCormack told a news con- ference at which Tose an-' nounced his appointment. On the subject of his 'author-. ity, McCormack said, "I wilf, exercise complete control over everything relating to football. It will be my respon- sibility.

I'm not set In my ways and will ask for advice, but the final decision will be -j mine." McCormack said he believed in Allen's "win now" policy, but that he wanted a mixture of experienced and young players. He noted that Allen has a backup of young play-o ers ready to step in Sports Fans! For SPORTS SCORES Save This Number 245-2742 To get tportt tcorei on the weekwid you htve to dial this number 245-2742 which has been installed especially as gports score line. It will be manned on FRIDAY FROM 6:00 P.M. UNTIL AND ON SATURDAY FROM 3:30 P.M. UNTIL 1 A.M.

ONLY THREE ICORES PER CALL! The increased number of calls through our switchboard makes it mandatory that you call 245-2742 for your sports scores. We appreciate your cooperation! Gervin -4 7 coach of the National Football League's Philadelphia Eagles: The 6-foot4 McCormack signed a three-year con-, tract to try and lead the Eagles out of the football Wings with a hard-earned 4-3 victory over the Jacksonville Barons in Norfolk's Scope. It was fifth stright victory, their longest string of the season, and equalled the Red Wings' 53 league standing points to match their production for all of the 1971-72 season. Virginia returns to action here in Scope Friday night in a crucial contest with Cinnin-nati, Western Division leader, whose coach Floyd Smith and several of his players watched the exciting match. Wednesday's action was sprinkled with rough play Big Push By Wings Lined Up By CHUCK FRAINIE Daily Press Sports Writer Special events nights are to dominate the Virginia Red Wings' home calendar the remainder of the season- according to a promotional plan announced in part Wednesday by Vice President Jim Bishop of the parent Detroit Red Wings.

"We plan to bring the game to fans on both sides of Hampton Roads on a more personal basis," said Bishop, who has been reviewing hockey promotion problems in Eastern Virginia for nearly two weeks. "We have 13 dates in Norfolk and five left in Hampton this season," explained Bishop, "and we plan to make the most of them. "We'll have the' usual stick nights, puck nights and T-shirt nights, but we plan to do much more. For example, we intend to' have a broomball game between teams from two high schools at each game. We'll give stdents from these schools a special rate that night." "We also expect to have special nights to honor our loyal season-ticket holders and other groups." Bishop plans to announce details of the Peninsula half of the promotional campaign later this week.

One facet of the plan calls for regular promotional activity from the Peninsula office in Hampton. "We realize one of our mistakes, maybe our biggest, was in not pushing for an identity with the players," Bishop said. "We plan to correct this, to actively seek speaking engagements and public appearances by the players. It's See Red, Page 58, Col. 2 ALLAN BRISTOW Captain Shows Way "We seem to be able to prepare ourselves mentally for our games.

I think against South Carolina, we were really ready." Tech played errorless ball for the first 15 minutes of the game and led by 21 points before making its first turnover. "Our guards, Bobby Stevens and Charlie Thomas, have, beem a great help. We can't be pressed with them in the game, and freshman Dave Sensibaugh is a great backup man in the backcourt." i DeVoe paid tribute to his team's captain, Allan Bristow. "Allen has been playing so 0 tty sporu dit DANGER SIGNALS a bit too far? Perhaps sferntvnpd and air-Mriv tnn pleasant surprise for DeVoe. "I thought we had good players and could win some" games, but I figured that the other teams had the same." What is the secret of the Gobblers' success? A scout for one of the teams that the Gobblers will play later In the season said that Virginia Tech is a good team that plays hard all game long.

The degree of intensity to the Techmen's efforts is a key to the team's success. "We have no super stars. We don't have great size. We have to play hard and we have to play smart," DeVoe stated. Tennis Buckroe-Phoebus room.

The Sunday afternoon finals, worth $10,000 to the winner, are tentatively set for broadcast on a national educational television network. Three players ranked in the American top 10 Jimmy Connors (No. 3), Clark Graeb-ner (No. 8) and Pancho Gonzales (No. 9) are expected to be in the lineup.

The Hampton tournament is part of a 16-stop tour being set up by promoter Bill Rior-dan. The circuit is basically made up of events from the old U.S. Indoor and Caribbean tours. The City of Hampton will turn over most of its control over the second annual event this year to Mall Properties of New York, developers of Coliseum Mall Shopping Center. CoL Bill Shlvar of Newport News is expected to bow put of his role as director of operations due to pressing committments associated with the opening of Centre Court club, the Peninsula's first indoor tennis center.

The Hampton Roads Junior League is handling a special Peninsula Insert to the official U.S. Lawn Tennis Association program which will be used for the first time. Players for the Hampton event will be coming directly from the U.S. National Indoors in Salisbury, Md. When "I thought this would never happen to me," Olga said later of her lapse in perfection.

Miss Korbut again showed her spirit when she rose to the platform and raised her hands to quiet a jeering crowd displeased with the judging on the uneven parallel bars in individual competition. After her flub in the team event, she was nearly flawless in her singular effort and both she and Karin Janz of East Germany received grades of 9.80.. But the judges revised Michael Burton of Sacramento, fourth, and track star Dave Wottle of Canton, Ohio, fifth. Shorter, will be almost 29 when the 1976 Olympic games unfold, but he said, "Maratho-ners don't mature until they are 30 years or older. I'm real young for a marathoner." Besides the 26-mile Olympic marathon, Shorter was fifth in the run in the Olympics with an American record time of 27 minutes, 51.4 seconds.

He won the Fuluoka mara thon in Japan for the second straight year and in the five major races he competed in, he was first four times and second once. Shorter, a New Mexico na- tive, was the first American Russian Olympic GyninastOlgaKorbut Honored As Female Athlete Of Year' SUPER VII FLASHES I That's carrying things xet what Super Bowl VII showed is that the sr Li came nas neromp too 1 -J VM UU VMUJ short-handed. With one exception, when Bob Griese yaaaeu iu neguuaie a victory-insuring nrst aown near game's end, passing was done as if the quarterbacks 7 suffered fits of fright Imagine, too, if yoii could, the plight of xx Washington had Billy Kilmer been injured and the fcl MflflACfiiftf AVftCA 4a AWAA Cam Ur.fALA ":4. At. game.

Boosters of the Redskins might have left the stadium enmasse Consider, too, the case of Miami's part-hero Howard Twilley, when the "house" broadcasting team makes apologies for his lack of size and speed tack as he hit 1 zout of 17 fiela goal attempts for 24 points. The Tar Heels also got strong inside performances from Olympian Bobby Jones, who scored 16 points, and sopho- No. Carolina (99) Wake Forest 11 5 4 6 0 1 1 1 (80) 8-10 30 0- 0 10 2-4 10 1- 1 13 0-0 0 Jones Jhnstn Stahl Karl 8 0-2 16 Byers 1 0-0 2 Payne 4 7-3 15 Parrsh 3 0-16 Foye 5 2-2 12 Kelly 3 0-0 6 Dwyer 1 0-0 2Perry 10-0 2 Griffn 12 0-0 24 Hook 4 1-2 Ornci)c 1 1-2 3 Grant 10-0 2 Moses Stare 4411-17 99 Totals Elston Harison Hite Hoffmn Kupchlc ODonel Bell Chmbrs 5-7 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-1 2 0 0 0 1 (Ml Totals 32 16-24 80 No. Carolina 42 5799 Wake Forest 36 Fouled out None Total fouls North Carolina 24, Wake Forest 21 A 12,827. FLORIDA STATE, 84-67 TALLAHASSEE, Fla.

(UPI) Seven-footer Reggie Royals scored 21 points and freshman Greg Grady added 14 more Wednesday night to lead Florida State to an 84-67 comeback win over Stetson. The Semlnoles had a sluggish start and trailed 40-36 at halftime. But they solved the Hatter zone defense in the second half and grabbed a 42-40 lead on a pair of Grady free throws two minutes into the period. The game was even until midway in the half when the i 1 started pulling away, and coasted in with a lead that ranged from 10 to 17 points. Leroy Wilson led Stetson with 21 points and John Has-lem scored 12.

well for us. You know, he sets the for our team and if he goes well, the others do, too. "Actually we've been getting such good balance that at times, it scares me," DeVoe chuckled. DeVoe says his bench, mainly Sensibaugh, freshman Kyle McKe8 and junior college transfer Calvin' Wade, have been doing the -job. "We've been getting about 15.5 points a game from our bench.

Since our average win- ning margin Is around 10 points a game, we have to think kindly of our reserves." wilderness Philadelphia fin- ished last in its division in 1972 with a 2-11-1 record and hasn't had a winning season since 1966. McCormack said he had full authority over the football operation of the Eagles. He'll make the draft selections, handle trades and coach. Owner Len Tose, personnel director Herman Ball and other Miss Janz' marks upward to 9.90, giving her the gold and leaving Olga the silver. Little was known about the refreshing, pigtailed girl in red before she appeared at the Olympics, although she had won in her homeland the all-around individual title in a major international meet at Riga and finished third in the USSR national gymnastics championships at Kiev.

The 17-year-old blonde who Is cool during competition but anxiously eyes her coach and bites her nails when sitting on See Spirited, Pg. 59, Col. 2 to win the marathon since John J. Hayes in 1908. Stroker broke the domination of Ethiopia in the event.

Abebe Bikili of Ethiopia had won the 1960 and 1964 Olympic marathons and countryman Mamo Wolde captured the gold medal in 1968. "A lot of awards you "get you dont' know what they are until they call you up and tell said Shorter. "And you say, "That's nice, I won such an i "But the Sullivan Award is one I've always had in mini because when people lik id like "1971 winner Mark Spitz win it, you look at what they did that year and say, yeah, they sure won it, the best guy of See Frank, Page 59, Col. 5 It's difficult to say or even speculate that the NFL and its boom might be coming full cycle and is in need re-evaluation and changing before the pressures of time and progress force resuscitation One thing is certain, another Super Bowl VII overdosed on ballyhoo but short on performance could bring on i crises you never would have dreamed of two-three weeks ago Olympic Marathoner Shorter 1973 Sullivan Award Winner NEW YORK (AP) Olga Korbut, the Soviet Union's littlest soldier who won three gold medals, a silver medal and the hearts of the world at the Munich Olympics' is The Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year. In results released Wednesday, the Russian gymnast r-eceived 222 votes from sportswriters and broadcasters across the nation, 20 more than American tennis ace Billie Jean King.

Olympic swimmer Shane Gould of Australia, winner of three gold medals, was a distant third with 118. Miss Korbut, a 4-foot-ll, 84-pound schoolgirl from the Nie-men River town of Grodno, is the first athlete from behind the Iron Curtain to be so honored by The AP in the United States and only the sixth foreigner to receive the award since it was inaugurated in 1931. Olga seemed to defy gravity as she went through graceful gyrations on the balance beam and won an individual gold medal with a score just .10 of a point from perfect. In the individual floor exercises which she also completed with a winning 9.90, she was the prima donna of gymnastic ballerinas and looked as though she was standing on her chin as she executed tummy rolls' as part of her routine. Miss Korbut's, other gold medal, came with the team title.

It was while she was competing for over-all honors, and more gilt, in the team event that she won the crowd of 000 as well as thousands of Virginia Tech's Cage Crew Surprising Coach With Mental Attitude, Effort GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) Olympic marathon race winner Frank Shorter was named winner of the Sullivan Award Wednesday as the nation's outstanding amateur athlete of 1972, and said he hopes to repeat his gold, medal run In 1976. Shorter, a second year law student of the University of Florida, was chosen for the honor by 1,500 sports writers and broadcasters in' a poll conducted by the American Amateur Union (AAU). AH of the top vote-getters were gold medal winners in the Olympics at Munich, Ger-many. Wrestler Dan Gable of Waterloo, Iowa, was second in.

the voting, female diver Mickl King of Hermosa was third; swimmer 1 By STAN SHALETT Daily Press Sports Writer Virginia Tech's surprising basketball team will have a stern test Saturday night when it puts its nine-game win skein on the line at University of Florida. Gobbler Coach Don DeVoe notes that Florida, despite a 4-7 record overall, Is hard to beat in Gainesville. "They are undefeated at home and beat 'a good Vanderbilt team. We'll have to get them early or we'll be In for a tough eve- ning." 'twill 9 1U 1 1WV.V1U to.