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THE CORBIN Times-TRIBUNE Monday, March 20, 1972 SPORTS JACK THURSTON, Sports Editor Thruston-Higgs Combo Pays Off Basketball Baseball Football Golf By MARTIN KRUMING Associated Press Writer LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP)- Were it not for a scrappy, deadeye field general named Kenny Higgs and an aggressive, ballhawking forward named Jerry Thruston there might be Indian Problems TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) Whether the Cleveland Indians can bounce back from the 1971 disaster appears to hinge on Manager Ken Aspromonte find- ing suitable answers to three questions. Who will join veteran pitcher Gaylord Perry in the starting rotation and who will be with Steve Mingori in the bullpen? Who will play shortstop? Who: will be in right field? Pitching is the major problem for Aspromonte, who took over as manager of the Indians after the 1971 season when they tied a club record of 102 losses. He lists Perry, who came to the Indians in the trade that sent Sam McDowell to the San Francisco Giants, as his quality starter and Mingori as his proven relief pitcher.

Aspro- monte is waiting the finish of the exhibition season to decide on the rest of his starters and bullpen corps. Frank Duffy, who came to the Indians with Perry, and Jack Heidemann are leading con- tenders for shortstop. Heidemann, impressive in 1970, is trying for a comeback after limited action last season. Baseball Groups To Meet Tuesday A a i a i a 1 meeting of the Babe Ruth, Little League, Minor League and Tee Ball teams will be held Tuesday night in the Fellowship Hall of the First-Baptist Church. The session will get un- derway at 7 p.m.

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Higgs, a 5-11 sophomore guard, hit for a game high 28 points and Thruston, the Red Devils 6-7 defensive whiz added 25 and hauled down 10 rebounds as Owensboro beat Elizabeth- town 71-63 Saturday night for Owensboro Wins State Tourney 4.1* tf the Kentucky high school bas- ketball championship. It, was the Red Devils first state title since 1949. "I knew we could win it this time when Central (the tourna- ment favorite which bowed to Maysville in the quarterfinals) got beat," said a joyous Higgs. "We were up for this tourna- ment and we went out to prove we could win it." Higgs, a deadly outside shoot- er who directed the winners' at- tack, and Thruston were both voted to the all-tournament team. Chuck Rawlins, who finished with 24 points, and Richard Thomas were the Panthers two representatives on the 12-mem- ber all-tourney squad.

The Red Devils, finishing with a 30-4 record, raced to an early lead and never trailed as Thruston and Higgs each scored 16 in the first half. Owensboro took a 36-24 lead into the dressing room and al- though the Panthers, 31-4 over- all, came out running in the second half the play of Thrus- ton, Higgs and Steve Maddox was awesome. E-Town pulled to within five points, 64-5S, with 1:55 left but a layup and follow-up jumper by Thruston put the game out of reach. paragraphs roc IMC Rupp treats Retirement As He Does Zone Defense A mystery intrigues everyone. I suppose that's the reason there's so much speculation about Adolph Rupp's future.

Will he or will he not retire? All per- sons officially connected with the university are as quiet as the sphinx about the situation. Naturally this promotes rumors and gossip. By dropping an oblique hint now and then, Rupp manages to keep the pot boiling. Rupp treats retirement the way he does the zone defense. He chooses to ignore it.

Kentucky plays the zone effectively from time to time, but Rupp has never once called it a zone defense. He gives every indication of doing the same thing about his retirement. "I'm never going to retire," he growled last night on his television program. "When they put me in the cemetery you can say I've retired." Now here's the key phrase. Listen carefully to what he said.

"I might step aside from coaching, but I won't retire." So an era is drawing to a close. Rupp wants to pick the time and place for the announcement. But he will leave gracefully. Kentucky will bestow every honor it can on him. It will be a bittersweet moment.

Perhaps the average fan hasn't thought much about the future. With Rupp gone, it will never be the same. After all, how many schools have a real-live legend walking around the campus? Rupp is unique. He's an authentic genius. He could have been highly successful at any profession he chose.

He picked coaching, and in the process revolutionized the game of basketball. No other coach will ever win as many games as he has. The other great ones are too close.to retirement and too far behind him. Good or bad, Kentucky teams have always had a distinctive style. They play a beautiful, exciting brand of basketball.

Rupp's genius lies in the fact that he was able to distill the game down to its essentials. He con- centrated on the basics. That's his secret, and it's the secret of all the legendary coaches. Vince Lombardi did the same thing for football. John Wooden also relies on the fundamentals.

UCLA has a slightly different style than Kentucky. I like Rupp's approach better, but that's a matter of taste. Both coaches believe in fundamentals, and their teams play a pure, uncluttered style of ball. Wooden's championship record surpasses Rupp. However, fate played a hand here.

Rupp was vic- timized by the basketball scandal. If the scandal hadn't occurred, Kentucky would have won at least two more NCAA titles. BUI Spivey was just a junior when it happened, and U.K. was defending champion. The Cats would have repeated that season and would have won again with Hagan and Ramsey's team, which was ineligible to play in the tournament.

With two more titles, Kentucky would have been in the same position UCLA is today. The dynasty would have been established. The good players would have continued to roll into Lexington, and Rupp could have won. as many championships as his heart desired. Since the scandal, Kentucky has never had the material it did during the late '40s and early '50s.

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But there are still many "ifs" sur- rounding the 1972 season. If the Twins stumble as badly as they did last year--from West Division champions two years running to fifth place-- Rigney may find himself on va- cation before October. Calvin Griffith, in addition to trading shortstop Leo Cardenas to California for reliever Dave LaRoche and pitcher Tom Hall to Cincinnati for reliever Wayne Granger, brought up long-term minor league manager Ralph Rowe to the Minnesota coaching staff. The last time Griffith called up one of his longtime minor league skippers, Sam Mele was on the way out and Cal Ermer soon stepped in. "The biggest thing we've got to recapture is the winning atti- tude," says Rigney.

"This is a winning club and there's no reason it can't return to the The reasons may rest in the health of home run slugger, Harmon Killebrew, now No. 7 on the all-time home run list, and Tony Oliva, the three-time batting champion. Killebrew, who will be 36 this season, will be used mostly at first base to prevent strain on his legs. Still, he must avoid a recurring injury to' his right Oliva played more than two months on a gimpy right knee which required surgery in Sep- tember of last year after his .337 average assured him of the Silver Bat. Rod Carew and Cesar Tovar were the other Twins above .300, Tovar at .311 and Carew at .307 with an explosive finish.

One of the most pressing con- cerns in spring training was the double play, both offensively and defensively. The Twins grounded into 158 last year. And with Cardenas gone, there was a question as to who would take over at shortstop. Danny Thompson, the leading candidate, was kept out of the field most of last year with a sore throwing arm. With Killebrew at first, there's an open race for third base among rookies Eric Soder- holm and Mike Brooks and vet- eran Rick Renick.

Tovar also could move in from left field. Jim Nettles, Jim Holt, Charlie Manuel, Bobby Darwin, Steve Brye and Mike Adams are hungry for outfield spots. Rich Reese, Killebrew's backup, also could be sent after fly balls. George Mitterwald and Phil Roof are the experienced catch- ers with rookies Rick Dempsey and Glenn Borgmann bidding for reserve duty. SHAVING STROKES by Frank Beard Where ro Start It's a new golf season, and I suggest you get off to a good start by reviewing your old performances.

Last year I recommended that you keep a loose record of your play to determine what you need to practice on to improve. Reviewing that record now will be valuable. Probably you will find that you were losing strokes most frequently with your short game, from 50 yards away on in to the hole. If so, that's what you should concentrate on in the new season. Sit down, evaluate your game as it was when you left off last year, and set your ob- jectives for the coming sea- son.

Determine how much you can improve and how to go about fulfilling this goal. Then set your mind to going out and doing it. With this kind of programmed ap- proach, your chances will be 100 per cent better. (NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE ASSN.) (NEXT: Play or Practice.) Top Drivers Enter 500 BRISTOL, Tenn Forty- seven entries, headed by Richard Petty, Bobby Allison and Bobby Isaac, already have been filed for the 12th Annual Southeastern 500 at the Bristol International Speedway, Sunday, April 9. More than 50 entries are expected for the entry deadline March 27.

The more than 50 entries will be battling for the 30 starting positions for the NASCAR- Sanctioned, 500-lap, 250-mile grind over the high-banked Bristol International Speedway track. Chevrolet heads the field to date with 14 entries, followed closely by Ford with 13, Plymouth with 9, Dodge with 8 and Mercury with 3. It took 11 years before Chevrolet made it to the Win- ners Circle at Bristol and it was the team of Junior Johnson, Charlie Glotzbach and the late Steve Blass form charts 1972 BY NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE ASSN. PITTSBURGH PIRATES National League East PROSPECTUS: The Pirates, basking in satisfaction of comeback win over Baltimore in last year's World Series, did not deign to enter the trade market over the winter but standing pat isn't a bod idea when you hove a team that scored nearly 200 more runs than it allowed in J977. Hues' main worries ore how Willie Stargell and Gene Alley will react to knee surgery.

Stargell, who hit 4S homers and drove in 725 runs, is vital to offense while Alley, despite .227 overage, is steadying influence in infield, fven if they recover slowly, manager Bill Virdon, who inherited team when Danny Murtaugh bowed out smiling, has depth to maneuver with. PITCHING--World Series hero Steve Blass (15-8), talkative Dock Ellis (19-9), Bob Johnson (9-10) and Uke Walker (10-8) give Virdon proven starting rotation while Nelson Briles (8-4) and Bob Moose (11-7) are talented spot starters-middle relievers. Dave Giusti (5-6) had league-leading 30 saves, could get left-handed bullpen help from Ramon Hernandez, who looked good in late season stint with Bucs. Veteran Bob Miller (8-5) and young Bruce Kison (6-5) round out splendid staff. INFIELD--First baseman Bob Robertson (.271 with 26 homers) could have a big year, which is all the rest of the league needs.

At sec- ond Virdon has Dave Cash Rennie Stennett (.353 in 50 games) and what's left of Bill Moreroski Jackie Hernandez (.206) is Alley's backup at short. Pirates' only real weak spot, while Richie Hebner (.271 with 17 homers) is versatile at Jhird. OUTFIELD--Roberto Clemente, aches and poins and all, still hit .341, drove in 86 runs lost season at age 37. Al Oliver (.282 with 64 RBls) returns in center and os reserve first baseman. Reserves are Gene Clines (.308) and Vic Davalillo CATCHER--Manny Sanguiilcn (.319.

81 RBls) was voted best catcher in majors by players last year but he may see action in outfield if Stargell hos trouble or Virdon wants to give 21-year-old Milt May (.278 os rookie) ploying time behind plate. Predicted Finish: First in East. Friday Hassler that did it in Bristol's last event, the Volunteer 500 last July. Heading the Chevrolet entries are Bobby Allison, now driving out of the Junior Johnson stable, Larry Schild of Houston, Texas, Les Covey, an entry all the way from Paris, Ontario, Canada, Richard Brown of Claremont, North Carolina. James Hylton of Inman, S.C.

Elmo Langley of Charlotte, N.C. and Bill Dennis of Glenn Allen, head the Ford en- tries. Naturally, Richard Petty, now driving for Andy Granatelli and STP, heads the Plymouth entries along with John Sears, Bill Shirey and L.M. Fuastina, and entry from Las Vagas, Nevada. Isaacs of Catawba, driving the KK Special, heads the Dodge entries while Cecil Gordon of Horse Shoe, N.C.

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Allison won a 125-miler at Daytona. Isaac finished third twice, once at Riverside and the other at Richmond. Parsons had a fourth place finish at Daytona, Hylton a fifth at Daytona and Dennis a fourth at Richmond. Drivers will begin practice at the Bristol oval on Friday, April 7 and will battle for the first 10 spots during time trials from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. on in the af- ternoon.

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Owensboro Celebrates OWENSBORO, Ky. (AP)--A crowd reported as bigger than that which saluted Owensboro native Wendell Ford after he was elected governor turned out Sunday to welcome the Owensboro High School basket- ball team back from its triumph in the state championship tournament. Local restaurateur Tom Gaf- fey, who organized both cele- brations, said the turnout Sun- day was larger. The team and some of its fol- lowers hopped on an Owensboro Fire Department pumper truck and went on an hour-long pa- rade through the city at the head of a column of 200 cars with wildly honking horns. The championship trophy, the school's first since 1949, was In iar 73-31; over 1 Elizabethtown in Louisville Sat- urday night.

"Who would have thought there's be a crowd like this?" the team's high scorer in the final game, Kenny Higgs, asked when he saw the throng of well- wishers who turned out to meet the squad at Daviess County High School. Ford was unable to attend the celebration, but sent word he had commissioned the coaches and players Kentucky Colonels. "I felt we played just hard enough to win in the earlier tournament games," said Owensboro coach Bobby Wat- son. "But tonight the kids really laid it on the line. This is just wonderful, really unbeliev- able." Said a disappointed Panthers coach Ray Vencill "We had the same shots as in our earlier games.

But we're a team that must depend on its shooting. I would have pressed earlier, but I throught our kids were too tired." "Thruston broke out backs early by putting the ball back in," said Vencill, whose Rich- mond Madison team lost to Louisville Male in the 1970 championship battle. "I was afraid his height might be a big factor. We just didn't get to Higgs, but he's a fine shooter." Owensboro finished its season with 12 straight victories after losing consecutive games to Manual and Flaget in Febru- ary. The Red Devils outshot E- Town 56.2 per cent to 42.9 per cent.

Higgs finished as the cham- pions top scorer with 85 points in four games. Rawlings was the overall high point man with 98. In the semi-finals Saturday afternoon Owensboro defeated Lexington Bryan Station 67-63 and E-Town nipped Maysville 83-79. Joining Thruston, Higgs, Thomas and Rawlings on the all-tourney team were Johnny Britt of Warren East; James Smith of Maysville; Rick Hen- sley of Russell; Tom Schmidt and Dave Muck of Covington Holy Cross; David Miller of Carroll County; Jack Givens of Lexington Bryan Station and Keith Price of Louisville Cen- tral. Watch Your FAT-GO Lose ugly excess weight with the sensible NEW FAT-GO diet plan.

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