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1 OA SPORTS MESSENGER-INQUIRER, Owensboro, Dee. 28, 1982 SPORTS DIGEST Fight to be within 90 days WBA orders Dokes-Weaver rematch title fight with Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini in the same ring about a month earlier. "It is a situation that is presented when there are fights with a controversial result, and this is one of them," Elias Cordoba, president of the WBA's world championships committee, said of the order for the rematch. Mendoza said the fight must take place within 90 days, by March 27. He said King will have a period of 30 days starting Monday to agree on terms for the new bout.

If the agreement is not reached by then, the fight will be put up for public auction within the next 10 days. King, at his farm in Windsor, Ohio, said he would have no comment until he receives official notification from the WBA. Don Manuel, Weaver's representative, presented the petition for review to the executive committee. "We asked for the review because we were not in agreement and we thought that the decision that had been taken was not fair. Weaver and I are grateful to the association for the decision to repeat the fight," Manuel said.

Ed Brown, the WBA's regional vice president for North America, said that all the officials and authorities for the new Weaver-Dokes fight will be selected directly by the association and not by the local boxing authorities where it will take place. That site has yet to be determined. Curtis. Weaver and his trainers protested vigorously that the bout should not have been halted. Weaver was knocked down in the opening seconds but appeared to have recovered when Curtis suddenly stopped the fight.

The sudden ending prompted a chorus of boos and catcalls from spectators, and a charge by Weaver that a fix had been arranged by promoter Don King, a remark f6r which he later apologized. King's son Carl manages Dokes, and King promotes the fights of WBC champion Larry Holmes. Curtis later said he had acted as he did because of the death of Korean Duk Koo Kim as the result of a brain injury suffered in a WBA lightweight Associated Press PANAMA CITY, Panama The World Boxing Association ordered Monday a rematch of the Michael Dokes-Mike Weaver heavyweight championship fight. WBA President Gilberto Mendoza said the decision was made at a special meeting of the association's executive committee during which videotapes of the controversial Dec. 10 fight were shown three times and technicians and doctors offered their assessments.

Dokes was listed as the champion in the WBA's rankings announced Monday for dethroning Weaver when the fight in Las Vegas, was stopped early in the first round by referee Joey Gottfried takes over another loser: Kansas Associated Pross LAWRENCE, Kan. Mike Gottfried, who's made a living taking down-and-out football programs and turning them around, accepted possibily the biggest challenge of his life the head coaching job at Kansas. Gottfried signed a five-year contract at $57,000 as the replacement for Don Fambrough, who was fired after a disappointing 2-7-2 record amid reports the Jayhawks are under NCAA investigation. Gottfried, 38, said it was "a very tough decision" to leave Cincinnati, which he guided to successive 6-5 records that may be deceptive in light of the school's killer schedules. "Kansas is a very prestigeous university, and the Big Eight Conference is a great conference," Gottfried told a news conference.

"And I decided I want to be a part of it. Every coach I talked to told me the same thing that this is a tremendous opportunity." Gottfried inherits a Kansas team that sank to the depths of the Big Eight only a year after posting an 8-3 mark which earned Fambrough Big Eight Coach of the Year honors. The Crestline, Ohio native admitted he had discussed with Kansas officials the reports of an NCAA investigation. "It's an inquiry, that's all it is right now," he said. "Kansas will withstand anything that happens." When asked what he will tell recruits who ask him if it's true Kansas may be penalized, Gottfried answered: "No one knows what's going to happen.

It's like walking into the street and getting hit by a car. You never know what will happen." Gottfried, a quarterback and 1966 graduate of Morehead State, launched his coaching career in the Ohio high school ranks and has a five-year mark as a college head coach of 34-21-1. Cincinnati, after languishing for many years, was 6-5 his two years there. The Bearcats' schedule included- national powers Penn State, Pittsburgh, Florida State and Alabama. Gottfried, known as an offensive-minded developer of pro-style passing attacks, said he planned to run a wide-open offense at Kansas.

"I have a lot of confidence in myself and in the people who will be with me," he said. "This is the third time I've been in this situation. I feel we'll come up with a good recruiting class. I'm very impressed with (athletic director) Monte Johnson and the chancellor (Gene Budig) and their commitment to football." Johnson said Gottfried met two key criteria head coaching experience and and the ability to revive slumping programs. Gottfried also exhibited a sense of humor.

Gottfried said that in January, 1980, shortly after moving to Cincinnati, he was watching the bowl games on television with 10-year-old Mindy Gottfried. Just about every team that was in a bowl that year was on our Cincinnati schedule," he said. "Penn State, Pitt, Alabama. I kept telling her, 'Look, Mindy. That's Penn State, or Pittsburgh, or Florida State or whatever a great football team, and daddy's going to get to coach against it.

Finally, she turned to me with tears in her eyes and said, 'Oh, daddy, does that mean we're going to have to move again?" From Associated Press reports Daytona 500 to offer 1 million DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. The 25th Daytona 500 NASCAR Winston Cup race will offer the first $1 million purse in stock car history, International Speedway Corp. president and chief executive officer Bill France Jr. said Monday. The Daytona 500, the world's largest stock car race, will begin Feb.

20. France said the purse for the event will be $1,014,347. But France said that figure could climb as sponsors and manufacturers increase contingency and lap money awards for the Silver-Anniversary of the Daytona 500. The winner's share of the race will be $100,350, France said. The figure does not include lap money, qualifying awards or special bonuses.

Pryor earns WBA honor PANAMA CITY, Panama The World Boxing Association proclaimed junior welterweight world champion Aaron Pryor as "Boxer of the Year" on Monday. Other awards were: Boxer of the Year, honorable mention: Michael Spinks; Fight of the Year: Aaron Pryor vs. Alexis Arguello, in Miami, Nov. 12; WBA special mention: Eusebio Pedroza, WBA world featherweight champion since April 4, 1978, who has successfully defended his title 15 times; WBA special mention: Sugar Ray Leonard, former WBA junior middleweight and welterweight champion, who retired this year. Connors No.

1, according to magazine NEW YORK Resurgent Jimmy Connors has earned the No. 1 ranking among male tennis professions from Tennis Magazine, the publication announced Monday. Scheduled for publication in the magazine's February issue, the annual rankings include, in order behind Connors: Ivan Lendl of Czechoslovakia, John McEnroe, Guillermo Vilas of Argentina, Mats Wilander of Sweden, Vitas Gerulaitis, Gene Mayer, Jose Luis Clerc of Argentina, Yannick Noah of France and Jose Higueras of Spain. In rankings done by each of the four tournament surfaces played during the year, Connors topped the list on gras and hard court, finished third behind Lendl and McEnroe on indoor carpet and did not rate among the top five on clay. The complete list of rankings by surface: Grass: Connors, McEnroe, Kriek, Edmondson, Gerulaitis; Indoor: Lendl, McEnroe, Connors, Gerulaitis, Mayer; Clay: Wilander, Vilas, Lendl, Clerc, Higueras; Hard court: Connors, Lendl, McEnroe, Gerulaitis, Vilas.

Lucas NBA Player of Week NEW YORK Maurice Lucas, who led the Phoenix Suns to three wins in four games last week, has been named the National Basketball Association's player of the week The 6-foot-9 forward averaged 23.8 points, 11.9 rebounds and 5.5 assists last week as the Suns beat San Antonio, Dallas and Utah before losing to Seattle. On Thursday night, he scored 33 points, pulled down 15 rebounds and had five assists in a 125-106 win over Dallas. Lucas, acquired from the New York Knicks during the offseason, shot .610 from the field and .793 from the foul line. Rambling Willie can't be harnessed COLUMBUS, Ohio Rambling Willie, a 12-year-old gelding, has become the winningest harness horse of all time, the U.S. Trotting Association announced Monday.

Rambling Willie's 120th career victory Sunday night at Maywood Park, near Chicago, broke Lenawee Creed's mark of 119 triumphs, posted in 1963-75. Rambling Willie has been racing since 1972. Bob Farrington drove Rambling Willie to the victory in a $5,500 pace in 2:02. Rambling Willie's lifetime earnings now are $1,980,849, which is $38,864 shy of Niatross' all-time winnings in the sport. Plans call for the aged gelding to rest three months before he purses Niatross' money mark in the spring.

USC unanimous women's choice Southern California, which ran its record to 8-0 with two more victories, continued to be a unanimous choice for first place in the women's college basketball poll. USC, which won the Wahine Tournament in Hawaii with victories over Wayland Baptist and Hawaii, reaceived all 49 first place votes from a national board of coaches. Defending champion Louisiana Tech remained a unanimous choice for second place. Maryland was third, followed by Old Dominion, Kentucky and Texas. Cheyney State moved up to seventh, replacing Long Beach State, which dropped to eighth.

Georgia moved up one spot to ninth, and Missouri moved from 12th to 10th. The second 10 had Kansas State, which dropped from eighth after losing to Drake; Tennessee, South Carolina, Arizona State, Rutgers, Penn State, Mississippi, UCLA, Auburn and North Carolina State. Gretzky good, and may be getting better Gretzky now holds 27 National Hockey League records, including a 30-game streak of at least one point per game which he established this season. For an idea of how totally he owns his sport, consider that the next best record-holder has 14 marks and his name happens, to be Gordie Howe, a skating textbook on how the sport ought to be played. Is Gretzky better than Howe? That's like asking whether Yount is better than Honus Wagner, or Holmes better than Joe Louis, or Connors better than Bill Tilden? The comparisons don't apply.

They are from different eras. Gretzky realizes that. "Hockey has changed," he said. "In 78, '79, '80, the influx of European players had a tremendous influence on the game. There is less contact now, more skating and more shooting than there was 20 years ago.

But I think the fans are just as entertained." By HAL BOCK AP Sports Writer NEW YORK When the editors of Sports Illustrated sat down earlier this month to consider candidates for their Sportsman of the Year award, there were plenty of names in the running. It had been a remarkable year in sports, from the rolling greens of Pebble Beach where Tom Watson dropped a once-in-a-lifetime chip shot on No. 17 to win the U.S. Open, to the Motor Speedway at Indianapolis, where Gordon Johncock and Rick Mears staged a pulsating, fender-to-fender final lap duel in the 500 mile race and were sparated by a blink of the eye at the finish line. There was Larry Holmes, devastating all comers in boxing's heavyweight division and Robin Yount having a dream year at shortstop for the Milwaukee Brewers.

There was Jimmy Connors, returning to the top of men's tennis with wins at Wimbledon and Flushing Meadows and Magic Johnson carrying the Los Angeles Lakers to a National Basketball Association championship. There was Martina Navratilova, winning tournament after tournament in women's tennis, and Joe Montana, taking the San Francisco 49ers to the Super Bowl championship. There was Dean Smith winning a na-tional collegiate basketball championship at North Carolina despite Ralph Sampson and Patrick Ew-ing, two giants who dominated the sport. There was Herschel Walker, rrx aSV AP WAYNE GRETZKY: Sports ustrated's coverboy to made those numbers obsolete, scoring 76 goals and 152 points in a single season. Gretzky has made Esposito obsolete.

Last year, at the age of 21, Gretzky scored 92 goals and 212 points. He did not break Esposito's record. He obliterated it. Stars suing Perles winning his Heisman in college football. And then, there was Wayne Gretzky.

The others had great years. Gretzky Gretzky had a greater one. He is in a class by himself, a unique hockey player who has revolutionized his game. He is special and in a year cluttered with magnificent moments, his achievements were beyond belief. For many years, hockey's yardstick of scoring accomplishment was 50 goals and 100 points.

Then Phil Esposi- When Gretzky is on the ice, they are. Certainly, as great as he is, no one could have Gretzky to repeat his scoring pyrotechnics of 1981-82 this season. And yet, after 37 games, he has scored 90 points, just three behind the phonomenal pace he maintained a year ago. DARK GROWERS. First sale on dark Jan.

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Perles left the Stars for the MSU job just five months into a three-year contract worth a reported $165,000 a year. MSU signed him to a five-year deal at $95,000 a year top salary in the Big Ten. Balled burlapped Xmas trees. Tri-State Lawn SAVE 150 ON THIS Anheuser-Busch, Inc St Louis, Mo COLOR COMPUTER DISK SYSTEM Building IHttermb Supplk Took Iquipmeot 1th A Swoonoy Stt. Phono 684-4343 OWENSBORO, KENTUCKY Complete System 84895 II 7 PUBLIC NOTICE CITY TAX PAYMENTS December 31, 1982, is the data city property taxes must bo paid to avoid penalty (10) and interest (' per month), Payments can bo made by mail by enclosing the tax notice and check made payable to the City of Owensboro, P.O.

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