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rommonwealth. Greenwood, Wednesday, December 17, 175 Page 7 Warriors have best NBA mark Life changes for Olga after Olympics ''pi' Jr .,4" By United Press International The Golden State Warriors showed Tuesday night they haven't lost their 1974-75 form at the expense of a team that has the slumping Chicago Bulls. The Warriors won the National Basketball Association championship, finishing the regular season with a record only one game better than the Bulls. In the playoffs, the Warriors knocked off Seattle in six games, Chicago in seven games and Washington in four straight. This year they seem determined to show everyone it wasn't a fluke.

Tuesday night's 91-97 victory in Chicago was Golden State's sixth straight win and gave the Warriors an 18-6 record, the best in the league. Coach Al Attles credits the Warriors' bench. "We have a lot of people who can play," said Attles. "With the exception of Rick Barry, nobody who finished started the game." Using nine of his 12 players, Attles got a 42-point performance from the bench and he commended Derrick Dickey. Earl Monroe scored 12 of his game-high 29 points, the last basket with one second remaining on the clock, in the final quarter as New York rallied to edge Central Division-leading Atlanta.

Spencer Haywood added 18 and Neal Walk 16 for the Knicks. Henderson and John Drew each had 17 points for the Hawks and Connie Hawkins added 16. Rockets 111, Rings 100 Calvin Murphy and Rudy Tomjanovich combined for 45 points to spark Houston over Kansas City. The victory, which snapped the Rockets' two-game losing streak, pushed them one game over .500 and wishin a game of Atlanta. Mike Newlin added 20 points for Houston while Nate Archibald scored a game-high 31 points over Kansas City.

Bullets 100, Braves 94 Phil Chenier and Elvin Hayes hit jump shots in the final minute to lead Washington to a comeback victory over Buffalo. Dave Bing, who led all scorers with 26 points, converted a pair of free throws with eight seconds remaining to seal the Bullets' first victory in their last three games. Hayes ended with 24 points and 17 rebounds and Chenier added 21 points. Bob McAdoo led Buffalo with 25 points. Cavaliers 123, Lakers 103 Guard Dick Snyder scored 24 points as Cleveland snapped Los Angeles' 14-game borne winning streak.

All five Cleveland starters tallied in double figures as the Cavaliers ran their winning streak to four games and beat Los Angeles for the first time ever on the Lakers' court Kareem AbduWabbar scored 34 points and grabbed 22 rebounds for Los Angeles. 76ers 105, Trail Blazers 98 Forward George McGinnis and Steve Mix, taking injured Billy Cunningham's place, combined for 48 points to lead the 76ers past the Trail Blazers. McGinnis finished with 25 points and Mix with 23. Rookie guard Lloyd Free had 19 points for the 76ers, while Portland was led in scoring by Geoff Petro with 28. Nets 98, Colonels 96 Brian Taylor scored eight points in the last 57 seconds of the game, including two three-point field goals, as New York rallied from a 94-87 deficit to its win over Kentucky.

Taylor's eight fourth-quarter points gave him 18 for the game. New York, which crept to within two games of ABA-leading Denver, was led by Julius Erving with 28 points and Kim Hughes, the Nets' backup center, pulled down 26 reounbds and had 14 points. Gilmore led Kentucky with 28 points. Spirits 106, Spurs 103 Freddie Lewis, playing with a bruised knee, came off the bench in the fourth quarter to score eight points and give St. Louis its win over San Antonio, its first victory in seven games.

Lewis entered the game with the score tied 86-86 and he, Marvin Barnes and Maurice Lucas scored 18 points from that point Bames finished with 27 points and Ron Boone led St. Louis with 28. The Spurs were led by George Gervin with 26. The Spirits, who have the lowest attendance in the ABA, also had their smallest crowd ever 855 fans. MOST FAMOUS GYMNAST IN THE WORLD PERFORMS IN ATLANTA Olga Korbut just turned 20 after teenage performance at '72 Olympics By DAVID MOFFIT ATLANTA (UPI)-The first thing Russian gymnast Olga Korbut wanted to do when she arrived in Atlanta was head for a hair stylist She was going to a rock festival that night and would be performing before thousands the next Like any young woman, UJS.

or Russian, she wanted to look her best Teenage darling of the 1972 Olympics, Olga Korbut is now an old lady of 20. Standing there, a red scarf on her head and her blue jeans rolled up to the tops of her black boots, she looked like a high school sophomore. Life simply hasnt been the same for Olga Korbut since she dazzled Olympic fans worldwide with her gymnastic performance at Munich a little more than three years ago. "Olga Korbut is now one of the 10 most recognizeable women in the world," insisted Rick Appleton, the Connecticut Yankee heading up the Russian gymnasts nine-cities-in-two-weeks tour. "We've got a private detective assigned to the tour whose main job is to keep an eye on Olga, to make sure that she doesn't get crushed in the crowds.

"Nobody's trying to keep her from mixing in wherever she wishes, or keep her from going anywhere she wants to. We just don't want to risk her getting hurt accidentally." Olga Korbut has made four trips to the United States since gaining international fame at 16 years of age. Although she's picked up a smattering of English along the way, she normally speaks to newsmen through an interpreter. But she tried it on her own at an early stop on her present tour, and her limited command of the language caused a misunderstanding. Someone wanted to know when she planned to retire from gymnatics.

Tired by a gruelling performance, she in- Superdome may close BATON ROUGE, La. (UPI)-The Louisiana Superdome, running up a $4 million deficit this year, could be forced to close unless given additional funds by a special session of the legislature, according to state officials. Attorney General William Guste ruled Tuesday no state agency can operate in the red. Memphis stadium named Liberty Bowl MEMPHIS, Tenn. (UPI)-The name of Memphis Memorial Stadium has been changed to Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium, it was announced Tuesday.

The City Park Commission voted last week to change the name of the stadium in recognition of the post-season bowl game played here annually but officials thought the move would require the approval of the city council. Mayor Wyeth Chandler said the city attorney's office Issued an opinion indicating the park commission has the authority to make the change. 'Bonding Specialists' Did Senate pay UT athletes illegally? Memphis pledges 40,688 donations for NFL team UPI Telephoe were among the Senate employes Schnabel had help him brand and vaccinate cattle at his farm in at least one instance on state time. The district attorney declined to discuss the Schnabel case, but said state laws make it illegal for a public official to arrange or an employe to accept unearned state pay. NCAA rules also forbid athletes from accepting money for work not performed.

Schnabel hired most of the athletes, but said he was not aware of any who quit work before they were taken off Senate payrolls. Employes who worked in the Senate print shop, where four athletes were given $517-a-month summer Jobs this year, all said they quit by mid-August, although they continued to draw state pay. Ruffian outstanding NEW YORK (UPI)-Ruffian, whose death struck the conscience of many Americans who were never aware of her tremendous racing ability, was an overwhelming choice Tuesday as the outstanding S-year-old filly for 1975. Forego, winner of six of nine races in 1975 and with career earnings of $1,163,520, was chosen Horse of the Year for the second straight year In the Eclipse Awards poll conducted among members of the Daily Racing Form, the National Turf Writer Association and the Thoroughbred Racing Association. dicated she was ready to throw in the towel right then; that she wanted to try her hand at acting instead.

That, she said later through an interpreter, wasn't what she meant at all She would like to be an actress when she did retire from gymnastics, but she had no idea when that day would come. "I would like to continue with my gymnastics for as long as I satisfy the audience," she said. "I feel I am much improved over three years ago. I have more experience and have become more thoughtful about my training. "It's not true that I want to retire.

Gymnastics is my life. I can not imagine life without gymnastics." Olga Korbut has brought a whole new dimension to gymnastics. What was long considered an exhibition of strength and skill has become an art form. Appleton explained: "Russian women gymnasts are also ballet dancers. They have combined the two skills to make their gymnastic performances a far better spectator sport than before.

The end result has been to give the Russians the top women gymnasts in the world." Olga Korbut confidently expects to repeat as a gold medalist at Montreal next summer. She feels, and those who have observed her agree, that she is vastly improved since 1972 and she continues to work on new routines she hopes will make her 78 Olympic performance memorable. The tiny Russian gymnast blames what imperfections there were in her "72 performance on her lack of experience. "Then, I was not as sure of myself as I am now," she said. Her confidence has been evident on her current tour of the United States.

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When he did show up for work, one athlete said, he spent half the time on his state job throwing darts. Texas athletic director and football coach Darrell Royal said athletes are fully advised of pay regulations and he is unaware of any violations. J. Neils Thompson, Texas faculty representative for athletics, said he would investigate the allegations. "If they were not doing anything and receiving money," he said, "this would, in my opinion, be a violation." Investigators for District Attorney Robert O.

Smith have questioned some of the athletes in connection with allegations of kickbacks and illegal use of state employes and equipment by Senate Secretary Charles A. Schnabel. The Texas athletes have not been linked with the kickbacks, but several Creative Excellence Basketball ssrs hristmas gards i (UPI-Owner John eassett of the Memphis Grizzlies carried more than 40,000 season ticket pledges to New York for today's meeting with the National Football League expansion committee. The 36-year-old Canadian millionaire's drive to prove Memphis has NFL potential climaxed Tuesday night with a three-hour local telethon promoting the $10 pledges to buy 1976 season tickets if the NFL accepts the Grizzlies. As the "NFL-a-thon" featuring Grizzly superstar Larry Csonka, entertainer Charley Rich and others left the air, pledges sold totaled 40,688 with calls still coming in.

Officially, the ticket sales drive ends Saturday, but Mayor Wyeth Chandler and other supporters of the $500,000 promotion to get Memphis an NFL franchise were delighted. "This is the greatest showing of unity NBA Standings By United Prets International Eastern Conference Atlantic Diviston w. I. .692 .500 .345 pet. .565 .522 .522 .462 .333 Boston Philadelphia Buffalo New York 16 7 18 I 13 13 10 19 Central Division w.

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pet. .500 .435 .400 .208 pet. .750 .642 .591 .519 .357 f.b. 7 2 4 5Vj 10 Detroit Milwaukee Kansas City Chicago Golden State Los Angeles Phoenm Seattle It 6 It 10 13 14 13 10 18 Portland i Games behind column based on 1st place earn) Tuesday's Results Dec. 16) New York 7 Atlanta 96 Golden State 9 1 Chicago 87 Houston 111 KC 100 Wash IX Buffalo Cleveland 123 LA 103 Phila 105 Portland 98 Wednesday's Games Dec.

17) KC vs. Boston at Hartford Houston at Butt alo Golden state at Detroit Wash at New Orleans Milwaukee at phoenix Cleveland at Seattle Pro I've seen here lately," said the mayor. 1 The expansion committee meeting was called to consider whether to recommend a Memphis franchise for consideration at the January NFL owners meeting during Super Bowl week in Miami. INicklaus opposes sudden death playoff for Masters RIVIERA BEACH, Fla. (UPI)-Superstar Jack Nicklaus says he opposes suggestions that ties in the Masters Tournament in the future be broken with sudden death playoffs rather than an 18-hole showdown the next day.

It has been suggested, because of the slim television audiences on Monday afternoons that sudden death be inaugurated at the first of the year's four big tour events. Thursday's Game Dec. II) Los Angeles at Atlanta ABA Standings By United Press International w. I. 18 5 15 6 14 9 15 9 13 11 12 16 4 22 pet.

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