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1 jw iv. i i 1 1 -v -v -i 7 i 5 -r i i -f- I QoMinn Chicago (Tribune Wednesday, March 17, 1976 portsBussnsss 'No owners vow Oak Park too tough for Elgin offer1 Players shun una W.ll.U.II lllnHllHPHIMWffiM IMlf a -s y. 4 'V tV For a view from the end of the bar concerning the baseball strike, see Leo Zainea's story, page 3. The White Sox have entered the bidding lor Andy Messersmith, now a free agent. Story on page 3.

LEE MacPHAIL, presldeat of the American League, said before entering a late afternoon session with the players group: "We will not change one colon, not one semicolon." Miller has summoned elected player representatives of the 24 major league clubs, to a meeting in Tampa Wednesday, to study tbe owners' proposal offering the unexpected concession on tbe so-called "One-and-one" issue. THE OWNERS, who have kept spring training camps shuttered, said opening of these facilities will depend on a fa- Thomridge tips H-F in overtime By Ed Stone OAK PARK TURNED on the Wpb-tlve oressure and flexed IU inside mus-)le a third quarter explosion that )lew Elgin out of the Class AA state ournament 71-55 Tuesday night In the Irt Aurora Supersectional. Winning coach Tom Meyer, whose 'earn moves on to Champaign to meet oyola Academy in the last quarterfinal Friday night, gave his dad Ray a tough ict to follow with De Paul in the NCAA wrney. Tom smartly rotated his two huskiest fluskies -foot-4 Courtney Mames and -foot- Chuck Dahms to keep the aggressive duo out of critical foul trouble mtil Oak Park was safely in command. And Meyer called for a stickier 2-3 (one after Elgin's cat-quick Butch Douglas had repeatedly penetrated Oak Park's defenses in the first half to keep be game close.

"WE PUT MORE pressure on their uards in tbe second half, which made Douglas come out high to get the ball," -taid Meyer. That also forced several Elgin turnovers and when the under-the-jasket might of James and Dahms as- terted itself Elgin was quickly routed. Oak Park's 34-32 halftime lead shot up to 51-36 in the first five minutes of the 'Jiird period. "James was the key man in that stretch. He got the points for us," said Meyer.

James, who eventually fouled out with 13 points, muscled in for seven of them in a rapid-fire cluster that Elgin did not return midway in the third quarter. THERE WAS some bad news for the Huskies. John Hendricks, a 6-foot-5 start-rig forward aggravated a back injury ami Meyer, wasn't sure if he'd be available Friday. Dahms, whom Meyer pre-ers to bring off the bench while he's still recovering from a 9-game layoff with an eye injury, gashed his elbow and needed six stitches. Douglas led all scorers with 23 points.

Tom Norris, whose long-range bombing enabled Oak Park to stay ahead ki the first half, topped the Huskies with 18. Dahms added 16 offset tbe 13-board effort of Elgin's Randy Roland. Oak Park is now 26-4. i Koroll'shat keys Hawks Story on page 4 79 players hit NFL with suit See story and Cooper Rollow's reaction, page 2 The columns: David Condon, Robert Markus, page 3 American League President.LeeMac-Phail "We won't change one colon, nol one semicolon." If II 4 1 ii "mm, ST. PETERSBURG.

Fla. IAPJ-Chief negotiator Marvin Miller and a contingent of baseball's most influential players turned thumbs down on the major league owners' widtly hailed "final offer" Tuesday, throwing negotiations into another deep freeze. They challenged Commissioner Bowie Kuhn to make good his word and order opening of the training camps Immediately. No such action appeared imminent. "I will recommend rejection of the latest proposal," said Miller, executive director of the players union.

"My reading of the players' sentiment is that the executive board will reject it, too." The owners were shocked at the reaction. "He Miller) has put this in one fine position." said John Gaheriri, the owners' negotiator. "Will we change uiything? No, no, no, no!" 3 srf 1 i i 1 '7 Tribunt Photo by Edwwd Wigntt Jr. "We compare very favorably to that team," said McDougal. "I think we're a little more balanced and a little more patient this time." Aurora West moves into quarterfinal action with a 28-2 record.

McHenry, which was led in scoring by Reilly with 16, bows out of tournament competition at 25-5. son, he wasn't "quite sure at all what they were trying," half a minute later when, with one second left in the third quarter of Tuesday's supersectional, Daniel lobbed the ball again to Tatge from out of bounds. BOTH DANIELS' passes were on the money though. Tatge converted both into baskets to increase a shaky 30-29 Loyola lead into a 34-29 bulge going into Mi i i offer?" he mused. "Look at page I.

There's a list there of 14 items issues be discussed. How can we vote on such a paper? We have nothing to vote on." MILLER LAUNCHED into tbe matter the "one-and-one" plan which the owners had labeled a great giveaway and which had provoked Gaherin to remark after Monday's presentation of the proposal: "I left my blood on the floor." "This proposal does not make a player a free agent in the Messersmith sense." Miller said. "It merely makes him eligible for the draft. It does not offer a solution to one of the key problemsthe liability threat. A player could still sue on the argument that his rights are being violated." Baseball's traditional reserve clause, binding a player to one club for life Continued on page 2, coL 1 Morgan Pk.

gets second shot at state By Jerry Shnay MORGAN PARK gets a second chance. The gods of basketball are usually stingy with such gifts, but no one could deny the Mustangs any prize they craved Tuesday. Chicago Vocational certainly couldn't. The Cavaliers were destroyed 75-60 by the Mustangs before a roaring, ear-splitting crowd of 5,445 in the International Amphitheater. CHAMPIONS OF the Chicago Public League for the second time in three years, the Mustangs 25-5 have a chance to atone for a defeat two years ago in the Class AA quarterfinal round in Champaign.

That's the place where the Mustangs will meet Galesburg 27-3 at 7 p. m. Friday. "Wait a minute," said winning Coach Bill Warden, "We were beaten by Proviso East, the team that won the state tournament. We couldn't have been that bad." That loss 75-55 might have been ex- pected.

The Mustangs were too young and too small and this year's starting five all played in Assembly Hall. This also was the third consecutive year Morgan Park has been in the city title game. It lost to eventual state champion Phillips last year. LARRY SMITH, a 6-foot-3 senior, re- called that bad trip to Champaign. "I was a sophomore then, around 6-1.

We're all bigger and stronger now." Tuesday Smith tallied his team's first 10 points to erase a 6-0 deficit. He wound up with 18 points and 11 rebounds. It remained for Jeff Berry, the underrated Morgan Park guard, who led all scorers with 20 points, to put things in perspective. "It's our experience that makes us better," he said. "That's what kept us going in that second quarter.

We were ready both offensively and defensively." "WE CAME around as a team when Berry began working well at point guard," insisted Warden. "He's the best defensive player I've ever seen." It was Berry who keyed a stunning second-quarter spurt that erased all hopes for Vocational. CVS had closed from a 19-14 deficit to 23-22, but Berry canned all four field goal efforts and two free throws to guide his team to a 47-32 halftime lead. The Mustangs, who shot 48 per cent Continued on page 3, coL 2 Gus Ganakas 4 i -i- '4: -v "vorable recommendation of the board. But such a prospect appeared bleak.

"I am really concerned," said Detroit Tigers' outfielder Rusty Staub. "Unless something is done soon, 1 think things are going to be pretty grave." The official opening of the season is scheduled for April 8 less than three weeks away. Miller was surrounded by some 30 players when he called in the press and ripped the owners' offer to shreds. TOM SEAVER, star pitcher of the Mets, was at his left elbow. Slugging first baseman Willie Stargell of the Pirates chewed on a black cigar.

Outfielder Lou Brock of the Cardinals leaned against tbe wall. Others lounged in chairs around a borseshoe-shaped table. They all nodded in agreement as Miller called the owners' proposal a "public relations ploy." "How can this be called a final -J Tribunt Pluto by Phil MaKlont Morgan Park's Levi Cobb leaving Chicago Vocational's Mark Bowman in awe as Mustang star whips in two points during Tuesday's Chicago Public League title game at International Amphitheatre. Quarterfinals Friday's gamti it Champaign 12:15 p. m.

-Thornrldga (27-3) vs. Wast Aurora (28-2). 1:45 p.m.-Marion (20-8) vs. Decatur Eisenhowar (24-4). 7 Park (25-5) vs.

Galas-burg (27-3). 8:30 p. Park (26-4) vs. loyola Academy (22-8). Saturday, March 20 Semifinals at 12:15 and 1:45 p.m.

Consolation at 7 p. m. Championship at 8:30 p. m. 50-44 carried a 19-point average into the game.

Bruner, the 6-foot-6 center, had averaged 17. Arns, the speedy fastbreak-ing guard, had averaged almost 20 through the playoffs. All three scored well when Niles West beat Loyola earlier in the season. Tuesday, Mark Feieresel and Tatge limited Zyburt and Bruner to 14 shots and 18 points between them. Continued on page 3, col.

2 least some of tbe blame for the NCAA finding earlier this year that MSU was guilty of providing illegal financial aid to prospective athletes. The NCAA placed tbe school on three years probation. "The committee believes that Stolz inherited a situation in which there were strong suspicions of improprieties and that he took Vigorous corrective steps," Wharton said. Stolz, 42, said he has a clear conscience and hopes to find another coaching job. "I believe it is important that this program under a new athletic director and remaining staff go forward, and the young men involved be allowed the opportunity to play without any longer be- Continued on pnge 3, col.

aajslae.jfl A.A afc fli.fft ftnfft Tt ifflfc, ia mm hi mm to of 6 Aurora West's Jay Bryant driving past Brett Decker of McHenry on way to basket during Tuesday's Class AA supersectional game at Northern Illinois. Aurora W. stifles McHenry "The great thing about Hicks is that be's unselfish like all of our players," said Aurora West Coach John Mc-Dougal. "A lot of people think if you stop Ron, you stop us. That isn't true." HICKS AND teammate Jay.

Bryant both have older brothers who played on Aurora West's last squad to make it to Champaign in 1973, when it finished By John Husar ONCE AGAIN, a last-second shot by Thomridge submerged Homewood-Flossmoor 66-64 Tuesday night in the Joliet Class AA Supersectional. Two other times this season the powerful, fast-breaking Falcons, 27-3, jumped ahead of Homewood at the gun. This time, forward Bill Cunningham's shot with no time left in overtime bounced twice on tbe rim, then fell in. The basket gave Cunningham '24 points for the evening and brought Thomridge back from a 13-point deficit at the start of the fourth quarter. WITH DEADLY accuracy, Cunningham and Co.

slowly reduced the lead until Arzelia Motley's 15-foot jumper tied the game at 64-64 in regulation. Homewood's Dave Goff, the Vikings strongman and playmaker all night with 18 points, missed a desperation shot at the buzzer, Homewood tried to draw Thomridge into committing a foul in the overtime. But the Falcons already had lost three starters to fouls and were eeutious. With two minutes left and ae one as yet scoring, the Vilcja west into a stall and Thonwse ret them, dropping into a box-and-one defense, with Motley guarding Goff. Eighteen seconds were left when Goff made his move.

Twice he faked toward the center, then he dribbled to the key, but his aim was deffused in a thicket of arms and the shot missed. KEN SEYMENS rebounded for Thomridge and passed half-court to Motley, whose shot failed with three seconds to go, but Cunningham dove into a crowd, picked up the rebound, and let his desperation shot fly. "I knew it was going in all the way," said Thomridge Coach Dave Lezeau. "My only worry was that the officials might take it away." Thomridge was outplayed the first 22 minutes until Art Livingston, a sophomore making only his second varsity appearance, replaced one of the foul-bedecked regulars. "HE'S THE ONE who really sparked us," said Lezeau.

"He rebounded and that wasn't what we were doing until then." the final quarter against Niks West at McGaw Hall. And those two plays plus some superb defense against Niles stars Bob Zyburt, John Bruner, and Tommy Arm added up to a 50-44 Loyola victory and a trip to the state finals this weekend. The game lived up to advance billing. It was a fierce, close, defensive struggle between two well-coached teams. ZYBURT.

MILES' S-foot-5 forward. MSU PRESIDENT Dr. Clifton R. Wharton said he and University trustees decided Friday to ask Stolz to resign after a select college committee released its own findings on football recruiting violations. Wharton declined to say what those findings were, explaining it would be improper to comment while the Big 10 is conducting its own investigation.

University officials also have asked for the resignation of former Athletic Director Burt Smith, 58, who is a tenured employe and cannot be fired. Smith, reassigned to insignificant duties in tbe athletic-department last October, and his attorneys are negotiating with tbe school either for discharge or retirement. WHARTON ABSOLVED Stolz of at sw a afc A A aim A a A Alley Oop! Loyola prevails By Mike Conklin Chlcwo Tribune mi Strvlct DE KALB. West's basketball team just doesn't defeat opponents. It suffocates them.

The Blackhawks gave a textbook demonstration of their man-to-man defensive work Tuesday afternoon in the De Kalb Supersectional and the final 53-40 conquest of McHenry earned the Upstate Eight champs a berth in the Class AA quarterfinals in Champaign this "We're really not much on scoring a lot of points," explained Aurora West guard Larry Hatchett. "We take more pride in our defense. Our goal is to keep the other team from scoring 40 points." HATCHETT PLAYED a big role In limiting McHenry's high-scoring guard combo of Tom Terry Reilly to 20 total points. The Warriors, making their first appearance in a supersectional, were never really in the game while Aurora West carefully built a 24-14 half-time lead and then extended its margin to 42-23 by the end of three quarters. "Our guys were taking shots today they've never taken before," said McHenry Coach Ken Ludwig.

"We've played against some tight man-to-man defenses before, but nothing like that." Aurora West forced McHenry into ice-cold 24 per cent shooting from the field the first half. It wasn't until reserves started filling the floor in the final peri-' od that the Warriors managed to at least gain the more respectable final totals of 40 points and 33 per cent accuracy. AURORA WEST, which picked up its 23d consecutive win with the outcome, has limited opponents to 40 points or less in 11 games this season. The biggest yield was 67 to Bloom and that was in an overtime game which the Black-hawks won. Bruce Johnson, a 6-foot-8 sophomore beanpole, led Aurora West in scoring with 17 points and Hatchett cut his way to 12.

Ron Hicks, the Blackhawks leading point producer with a 12-point average, could only squeeze out four points, but the 6-foot-S All-State senior forward contributed 11 rebounds. Stolz quits; Ganakas fired By Bill Jauss MARK DANIEL and Kirt Tatge of Loyola's jubilant downstate-bound basketball victors admitted they had practiced all season on the exciting David Thompson-type Alley Oop lob pass from. 5-foot-9 Daniel to 6-foot -8 Tatge. "But," smiled Daniel, "I don't think we clicked on it in a game until today." And, admitted Loyola Coach. Bill Glea- J3? (-' it Badger coach AP winmoto William Cofield, assistant basketball-coach at Virginia, was named head coach at Wisconsin Tuesday.

See story on page 3. 1 EAST LANSING. Mich. L'PI-MlcbJ-z gan State football Coach Denny Stolz re-, signed under pressure Tuesday in the wake of a recruiting scandal, just one hour after basketball Coach Gus Ganakas was fired for unrelated reasons. The problem in both cases boiled down to recruiting Stolz for being too successful perhaps and Ganakas for lack of success.

Stolz, who directed the Spartans only three seasons the University became enveloped in the recruiting scandal, handed in his resignation at the request of University officials. Earlier, the school announced that Ganakas, who has been chiefly criticized for poor recruiting, will be relieved of the basketball job he has held since! 1969. I i tft iH ftfl flff-) siaelt tfnaalfti saff -TMsjrt ff nal Wl.tfjpi! laatL.