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Page 2, Section 2 Wisconsin State Journal, Thursday, March 25, 1982 UW ha'll play for siy Sporfs digest "'it- V1-1 By Bill Brophy State Journal sports reporter PROVIDENCE, R.I. Marty Wiitala, a two-time all-state prep star from Superior has verbally committed to attend the University of Wisconsin next season. Wiitala, a rangy center who led Superior to state titles during his junior and senior years, told Badger assistant coach Mike Kemp Monday night that he will attend the UW next season. He also made the announcement to the Duluth News-Tribune Tuesday. Wiitala, considered by coaches and scouts to be the the best player in Wisconsin this season, was also being recruited heavily by Minnesota-Duluth.

This is a big week recruiting for Wisconsin, which has already received a commitment from Rochester (Minn.) forward Jim Johannson, the brother of Badger center John Johannson. Cory Millen, the highly sought center from Cloquet, is expected to announce his decision on colleges this weekend. Wisconsin is battling Minnesota and Minnesota-Duluth for the little centerman. The Badgers are also expected to land forward Ernie Vargas of Coon Rapids, who is said to be a possible first- or second-round draft choice in June's National Hockey League draft. They are still battling Minnesota over the prize recruit, de-fenseman Phil Housley of South St.

Paul Minn. Yankees swap Castro for Hobson FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) The New York Yankees acquired third baseman Butch Hobson from the California Angels Wednesday in exchange for former Milwaukee Brewer relief pitcher Bill Castro. Hobson, 30, batted .235 with four home runs and 36 RBIs for the Angels in 85 games last season. He was obtained by California from Boston in December 1980 after playing five seasons with the Red Sox.

Castro, 29, was a non-roster player in the Yankees' training camp. Last season he was 8-1 at Columbus of the International League after signing a three-year, $450,000 free-agent contract with New York. Donlan: NFLPA demands illegal PHOENIX, Ariz. (AP) The National Football League Players Association's demand for a fixed percentage of the profits is illegal, NFL negotiator Jack Donlan said Wednesday. Donlan, executive director of the NFL Management Council, the owners' bargaining unit, also said the league would consider putting players not in the union on the field for the 1982 season and that the three networks which just signed a $2-billion contract would have to televise the games.

The union, whose collective bargaining agreement expires July 15, is demanding a fixed percentage of the teams gross revenues for future wages. "How you give unions money to divide up is very specifically set by law," Donlan said at a news conference at the the NFL's spring meetings after he had briefed the owners on the progress of the contract talks. "The government basically says you can't do it except under some very stringent conditions. One of those conditions which is specifically excluded is for wages." Borg to meet Gerulaitis in final I 3 mtjnr-rrk A I 111 Il IllI ll Lexi Doner, shelved with an arm injury, watches his teammates practice Wednesday. State Journal photo by J.D.

Patrick sports information director Bob Leu relay Johnson's hoarse words to reporters. "I feel like a Russian interpreter," said Leu. Before his voice left him, Johnson indicated Terry Kleisinger will likely start in goal Friday and Marc Behrend will play Saturday. Incidentally, Johnson, always the optimist, did not list Saturday afternoon's consolation game as a viable possibility on the team's intinerary which was given to all members of the Badger traveling party Wednesday. stayed in Providence Wednesday.

The Badgers will be housed for the whole tournament in Mystic, a seaport town one hour away. North Dakota is staying in Kingston, R.I., 45 minutes away from the Providence Civic Center and New Hampshire went back to their homes in Durham, N.H., after skating at the Civic Center Wednesday. They will stay in Providence at the Biltmore Hotel, the tourney headquarters, only Friday night. Bill 'Rocket' Rothweli, the former Badger coach, is the admission's director at New Hampshire, but there was no sign of The Rocket at Wednesday's workout. Associated Press 'X XT jfi" ilk Marty Wiitala Lexi Doner, the Badgers' speedy center, made the trip here, but will not play in the National Collegiate Athletic Association tournament.

Doner has a pulled muscle in his forearm which has affected the nerves in his fingers and thumb. "If I could have given the thumbs up' signal," said Doner, "the doctors would have let me play." But Doner can't raise his fingers and will be sitting in the stands this weekend. Thus, the lineup will be the same for Friday's NCAA semifinal game against New Hampshire as it was for the Harvard quarterfinal series. Sweden's Bjorn Borg and Vitas Gerulaitis of the United States won opening-round matches Wednesday night and will play each other in the final of a $120,000 exhibition tennis tournament in Cascais, Portugal. Gerulaitis, who beat Borg in an exhibition match Tuesday night in Copenhagen, Denmark, breezed by West German Rolf Gehring, 6-2, 6-4.

Borg, who ended a five-month layoff Tuesday, beat Australian Paul McNamee, 1-6, 6-2, 6-4. In Wednesday's second-round play in the $350,000 Cuore Tennis Cup in Milan, Italy, third-seeded Hockey notes North Dakota goes into tonight's semifinal against Northeastern in bad shape. Dave Tippett, the Fighting Sioux's outstanding freshman center, is doubtful with a bruised thigh and de-fenseman Mike Stone and forward Dean Dachshyn have broken wrists and will play with their hands in casts. Bjorn Borg Due to the expected influx of 3,500 Badger fans, officials at the Providence Civic Center are talking about a sellout for Friday's New Hampshire-Wisconsin game at the 10,800 seat arena. North Dakota brought only 100 fans, however, and both Eastern schools, Northeastern and New Hampshire, are unsure how many people they will bring to Providence.

Read the want ads WIBA radio in Madison will broadcast all championship-round games, beginning with tonight's North Dakota-Northeastern game at 6:40 p.m. (CST). WISC-TV, Channel 3 will televise the Badgers' games in the tournament and WHA, Channel 21 will re-broadcast the games Friday and Saturday at 10:30 p.m. Only one team, Northeastern, Badger Coach Bob Johnson lost his voice somewhere during practice Wednesday and could not talk at the press conference for all the coaches in the tournament. He had assistant There are 180 media members covering the tournament, including the cable TV network, ESPN, which will carry all the tournament games.

Sandy Mayer of the United States topped Erik Iskersky, 6-3, 6-2; seventh-seeded Mark Edmondson of Australia downed Chip Hooper, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3; fifth-seeded Brian Teacher slopped Switzerland's Heinz Gunthardt, 6-4, 6-4; unseeded Vincent van Patten of the United States defeated Romanian Ilie Nastase, 1-6, 6-1, 6-4, and Guillermo Vilas defeated American Steve Denton 64, 6-4. Navratilova rolls in Avon tennis NEW YORK (AP) Martina Navratilova won her 25th straight match Wednesday afternoon in the $300,000 Avon Championships by crushing Bettina Bunge, 6-1, 6-2, in only 50 minutes. Top-seeded in the select eight-player women's tennis field, Navratilova advanced to today's match against fourth-seeded Wendy Turnbull of Australia, a 6-1, 6-3 victor over Kathy Jordan. In other matches, Sylvia Hanika of West Germany whipped Mima Jausovec of Yugoslavia, 6-4, 6-1, and Anne Smith upset Barbara Potter, 6-4, 7-6. Former Ranger player arrested MINEOLA, N.Y.

(AP) Former New York Rangers hockey player Peter Stemkowski, now a commentator for ESPN, a cable sports TV network, and eight other Nassau County residents were arrested Wednesday morning, ending a five-month investigation into gambling and gun and drug dealing, which began at the Wine Cellar, a bar on Austin Boulevard in Island Park. Stemkowski, of Atlantic Beach, was charged with conspiracy. Badgers set sights on New Hampshire Continued from Page 1 first time. The Huskies, who won the Eastern playoffs and ousted Bowling Green in the semifinals, have a 24-8-2 record, but they are the distinct underdog against the Sioux, the regular season Western Collegiate Hockey Association champions and the club which split six games against Wisconsin this year. It's the proposed seventh game of the Sioux-Badger series which has the Badgers looking ahead.

"I think we have to guard against that, for sure," said Badger senior winger Ken Keryluk. "Everybody knows what we feel about North Dakota and we're going to have to DO YOU QUALIFY FOR UTILITY LIFELINE RATES? Madison Gas and Electric Company (MGE) has lower residential gas and electric rates called lifeline rates available to qualifying low-income households or recipients of Supplemental Security Income (3SI). To qualify, you must be responsible for paying your gas andor electric bills directly to MGE and meet income requirements based on last year's total household income. However, if you or your spouse receive SSI, then you are not required to prove income. To meet the income test, 1981 non-farm household income must not have been more.than $6,465 for a single-person household, $8,535 for two persons, $10,605 for three persons.

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Clevelond ,...31 31 27 115 Boston 3i 34 34 134 CLEVELAND Wedmon 10 0 2 21, Robinson 7 0-0 14, Edwards 5 0-0 10, Brewer 13 3-4 29, Wilkerson 7 8 8 22, Hubbord 3 1-1 J. Silos 3 0-0 4, Herron 1 0-0 2, Mokeski 1 0-0 2, Huston 1 0-0 2. Totals 51 12-15 115. BOSTON Maxwell 4 5-6 13. McHole 5 4 4 14, Parish 13 1-1 27, Carr 5 0-0 10, Henderson 4 4-4 14, Bird 10 5-4 25, Archibald 4 5-4 13, Ainae 2 1- 2 5, Robev 0 3-4 3.

Ford 1 0-0 2, Bradley 3 2-2 8 Totals 53 30-39 136. Three-point pools Wedmon. Total tools Cleveland 28. Boston 18. Att.

15,320. New Jersey 111, Philadelphia 106 Ray Williams scored a season-high 39 points as the New Jersey Nets came back from a 12-point deficit to upset the host 76ers. New Jersey 24 31 28 2 111 Philodelphio 30 27 28 21 104 NEW JERSEY B. Wiilioms 5 2-2 12, Elmore 5 2-2 12. R.

Wiilioms 12 15-17 39, Walker 0 2- 2 2, Koren 7 3-3 17, Cook 3 5-4 11. Bailey 2 8-10 12, Von Bredo Koltf 2 0-1 4, Lacey 1 0-0 2. Totals 37 37-43 111. PHILADELPHIA Ervina 4 7-8 19, B. Jones 5 3-4 13, C.

Jones 2 4-4 8. Mollins 4 0-0 8, Cheeks 8 0-0 17, Bontom 1 1-2 3, Toney 4 4-4 18, Mix I 3-3 5, Dawk ins 2 0-0 4, Edwards 3 0-0 4. Cureton 2 1-2 5. Totols 40 23-27 10. Three-point 9oals Toney Cheeks 1.

Tofol touts New Jersey 34. Philadelphia 38. Technicols R. Wiilioms. Philadelphia assistant coach Jock McMohon.

Att. 10,317. Kansas City 110, Atlanta 106 Reggie King hit a layup with 35 seconds left, and Steve Johnson batted away Atlanta's inbounds pass at the :31 mark as the Kansas City Kings beat the Hawks in Kansas City. remember to play this tournament one game at a time. "But I think everyone will get in the right frame of mind in the next couple days.

The coaching staff has a lot to do with that." The Badger staff has been talking a lot about New Hampshire, about their all-American winger Andy Brickley, who has 52 points, and about Brick-ley's linemates, Dan Forget (13 goals, 46 poinst) and Norm Lacomb (18 goals, 24 points). Once the Badgers got a chance to see the Wildcats work out Wednesday, the selling job wasn't so tough. The Wildcats have good size and are quick. Holt showed why he is a tough coach to play against. In the few minutes the 'Cats worked out.

Holt had his team show approximately a half dozen different breakouts. Johnson, the Badger coach, considers Holt one of the most innovative coaches in college hockey, but Holt, a look alike of Harvard Coach Bill Cleary pooh-poohs that idea. "I think there is a tendency to give coaches too much credit," said Holt, underestimating himself. "Maybe not in the case of Bob, because everyone knows how he adjusts so well to situations in a game. But certainly in my case.

"I don't think I'm innovative, but I don't know what you can call me. You can't call me a great disciplinarian or a great public speaker. We try to do some things, but if I tried to figure out all the adjustments Bob makes during a game, it would take a couple hours and the game would be over." Holt got done downplaying his club and himself long enough to admit the Wildcats have improved tremendously since Minnesota-Duluth beat them twice early in the year. "We looked quite inept in those games," said Holt of the Duluth series in November. "But after the first of the year we seemed to turn things around.

And right now, we're playing like we deserve to be the No. 2 (team) in the East." $500 REBATE CENTURY Atlanta 24, Kansas City 29. Technical Rollins. Att. 5,212.

Washington 114, Indiana 106 Greg Ballard scored a game-high 30 points and pulled down 13 rebounds as the Bullets defeated the Indiana Pacers in Indianapolis. Washington 28 J1 24 29 114 Indiana 34 14 32 29 104 WASHINGTON Haywood 11 3-4 25, Bol-lord 12 5-4 30, Mohorn 7 0-0 14, F. Johnson 2 2-2 4, Grevey 7 0-0 14, Roland 3 4-9 12, Lucas 3 1-2 7, C. Dovis 3 0-0 4. Totals 48 17-23 114.

INDIANA Williams 4 2-3 10, Orr 4 2-2 14, Owens 8 3-3 19, Buse 2 3-4 8, J. Dovis 9 4-8 25, G. Johnson 4 0-0 8, Sichtina 1 1-2 3, C. Johnson 4 2-2 10, Carter 3 3-3 9, Totols 41 22-27 104. Three-point goals Ballard, Buse, J.

Davis. Fouled out Mahorn. Total fouls Woshinaton 24 Indiana 20. Att. 5,107.

Denver 129, San Antonio 115 Alex English and Dan Issel combined for 50 points and T.R. Dunn held league scoring leader George Gervin to 25 points eight below his average as the host Nuggets posted their seventh straight victory. Son Antonio 33 27 28 27 115 Denver 28 41 30 30 129 SAN ANTONIO Raines 8 5-4 21, Mitchell 10 2-2 22, Johnson 3 0-0 4, Moore 5 1-1 11, Gervin 9 7-10 25, Coriine 3 0-2 4, Phegley 3 0-0 4. Olberd-in9 1 0-0 2. Bonks 4 1-1 9, Lambert 2 0-0 4, Yono-kor 1 1-2 3 Totals 49 17-24 115.

DENVER English 11 3-3 25, Vandeweghe 5 9-10 19, Issel 4 13-14 25, McKinnev 4 2-2 14, Dunn 1 2-2 4, Gondreiick 7 1-3 15, Thompson 1 2-4 4, Higgs 4 2-2 10, Hordges 5 3-4 13. Totols 44 37-44 129. Fouled out Thompson. Tofol fouls San Antonio 37, Denver 27. Aft.

14,425. Phoenix 104, Dallas 96 Guards Dennis Johnson and Kyle Macy combined for 35 points and keyed a 12-0 spurt late in the fourth period to stap the Suns' three-game losing streak at Phoenix. Dollos 21 27 24 24 94 Phoenix 23 31 24 24 104 DALLAS Bristow 5 0-0 11, Vincent 7 9-9 23. Cooper 3 3-5 9. Dovis 1 0-0 2.

Turner 2 2-2 4. Aquirre 8 4-5 20, Loyd 4 1-1 9, Blockmon 2 0-9 4, Sponarkei 3 4-5 10. Keo 1 0-0 2, Totols 36 23-27 96. PHOENIX Adams 5 1-2 11, Robinson 9 1-J 19, Keliev 3 5-5 11, Johnson 9 4-5 22, Macy 5 2 2 13, Scott 2 1-2 5, Davis 7 2-2 14, Brod'ey 1 0-0 3, Nonce 0 1-2 Cook 1 2-2 4, Totols 42 19-25 104. Three-point goals Bristow, Macy.

Fouled out Adams. Total Fouls Dollos 24. Phoenix 25. Tectmicol Kelley. Att.

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