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ar Sports DAYTON DAILY NEWS Sunday, March 1 1, 1984 Page 1-C IN THIS SECTION Hal McCoy, 2 Tar Heels bow, 2 lllini rolls, 2 Scoreboard, 4 Are the tourneys listening? Flyers repay cheers, edge ODU, 64-63 Thomas was called for the foul v. ith five seconds left "He kneed me, that's why 1 fell," said Toney, who scored 17 points. "I was confident at the line." "That foul that put Toney on the line was unfortunate," said ODU Coach Paul Webb. "It was a 'matter of fact' foul, but it was a foul. If it had not created a turnover, it could have been overlooked." BUT TONEY LOST the ball, and Thomas' knee was judged the reason.

Toney went to the line in the bonus situation, made the first and when he missed the By MARC KATZ Staff SporU Writer A boisterous UD Arena crowd was saved from choking on its cheering by a Sedric Tooey foul shot with five seconds left that earned the University of Dayton a 64-63 victory over a good Old Dominion team Saturday, and probably an NIT invitation today. Dayton is 18-10, the same as last season when it was snubbed by both the NIT and NCAA tournaments, but this season the Flyers played a tougher schedule, beat nationally-ranked teams and didn't suffer any "bad" losses. Old Dominion, a Sun Belt Conference mem ber looking for a bid, too. didn't slip to 19-11 easily. THE FLYERS, holding an eight-point lead with 57 seconds to go, had it all erased in a rash of bad passes and good plays by the visiting Monarchs, but Dayton had the ball last, and Toney had the ball when he was knocked off his feet by Old Dominion's Keith Thomas.

Toney brought the ball up after Old Dominion called a time-out with 10 seconds left and the score tied at 63. Midway between the foul line and the 10-second tine, he moved to his right, past Thomas, who stuck out his knee. Toney tripped and fell, losing the ball, and second, the Monarchs rebounded and moved the bail down to Mark Davis in front of his bench about 30 feet from the basket. His shot at the buzzer was short. That sparked another standing ovation from the 11,525 in attendance, who were on their feet when the Flyers came out for their final warmup prior to the game.

They were still on their feet and roaring during introductions, especially when non-playing senior Paul Hawkins was introduced, but they saved their biggest cheers for Roosevelt Chapman, the most prolific UD scorer in men's basketball history. Chapman finished the night with 22 points and he and the rest of the Flyers added a special touch of their own when the game was finished USUALLY, COACH Don Donoher takes his team into the locker room to recite the Lord's Prayer, but this night the team gathered at midcourt for that ritual, then broke its huddle to wave at and thank the crowd. After leaving the floor, Chapman returned to more cheering, blowing kisses to every section. "This goes in the memory bank until my last days," said Chapman, who saved five or six of his best moves to the basket for this game. Sea FLYERS, Page S-C.

BP Burick Sports Editor 'Dogs claw South 'Cats, take District Baseball's kings of swing talk over their best deals TAMPA Talking it over with baseball guys named Rosen and Herzog: Among major league chief executives, Al Rosen is rare, if not unique; the legitimate baseball star who has made good at the top in the "front office." Rosen is the only one with this kind of background among National League club leaders: The American League's Most Valuable Player with Cleveland and a unanimous choice at that. Four-time All-Star third baseman. League leader in runs batted in with 145 and home runs with 43 in 1953, when he batted .336. This man has been there. Rosen AXawjL I mmu mm Mm BniiBwB uu iBra i SF jjflfl Pil Raw xMmwl HrSti kia44H mkmm Miku PjfljjV Plwil flg CTfll mr jgl.

Mk AW jLttwkmM mmmmr mS'ijna'93mumW E9 Mr mm aWwS jmm ESf fc. amwL mm mmf' mmwmm MWMVuM I jjjj mLw wm. Mm By CHICK LUDWIG Staff Sports Writer All year long, Springfield South High School basketball fans screamed their lungs out to a rallying cheer that nobody had an answer for until Saturday afternoon. "Who dat? Who dat? Who dat say gonna beat dem 'Cats?" Well, the edict is this: The Cincinnati Woodward Bulldogs. Dat's who.

Woodward, behind Darryl Ivery's spectacular 26-point, 19-rebound performance, stunned South, 65-57, for the Dayton Class AAA district championship before 9,010 fans at University of Dayton Arena. Ivery draped the victory net around his neck and shook his index finger in No. 1 fashion at the 300 celebrating Bulldog fans in attendance; a limp South cheerleader wept in the arms of the Wildcat mascot at midcourt. FOR WOODWARD, now 19-5, a date with 22-2 Alter awaits Wednesday night at 8:15 in the regional semifinals at UD Arena. For South, which entered the game 23-0, the No.

1-ranked team in the state and the Western Ohio League champions, the dream of a state championship shattered like a glass slipper hurled against a wall. When somebody complimented South Coach Wayne Wiseman on a great season, he said, "Yeah, but it all comes to a halt very quickly. "The only thing I can think of that's worse is death. It's hard to believe we're not going to be practicing on Monday, but it's true. We never did get into the game and I don't know why." Wiseman quickly corrected himself, saying, "We had that one little comeback where we should have been in control.

But we became tentative. I couldn't get 'em to take it in." Actually. South 's comeback was a big one. The Wildcats erased an 11-point deficit, 44-33, by outscoring Woodward 14-0 from the 3:01 mark of the third quarter until 7:00 of the fourth quarter for a 47-44 lead. BUT JUST as quickly, the roller-coaster of momentum changed.

Ivery hit a close-in jumper at 6:1 1, igniting a 16-2 spurt that sent the Bulldogs safely ahead 60-49 with 1:24 to go. "Basketball is a game of spurts," Woodward Coach Larry Miller said. "We just had to ride the tough spots. I told 'em they had the potential to beat anybody in the state. We won't quit, no matter what the obstacles." Wiseman said, "I thought we were ready.

We had three good nights of practice and, overall, I was pleased. But we just didn't get after it today. With the undefeated season and 23 wins, maybe it was weighing more (on the players' minds) than they realized. "We played with about four minutes of real emotion and motivation. If you aren't up for a district final, you don't know how to get up.

We made an awful lot of mistakes. We threw so many balls away we shouldn't have." POINT GUARD Darin Johnson had nine assists but was responsible for nine of South's 22 turnovers. Woodward chalked up 24 turnovers but murdered the Wildcats on the boards, 40-31. See SOUTH's, Page 8-C Visiting here the other day, Al was talking about deals specifically, "the best'' he has made since taking control in Houston in 1980. "Landing Dickie Thon.

He's the best shortstop in our league." This seemed like an extravagant statement. "Better than the Cardinals' Ozzie Smith?" Reds tip Phils, 3-2, Page 4C Schmidt oiling, Page 4C "As an all-round player, yes. I mean batting, power and fielding. Smith's a magnificent fielder, but Dickie's a guy you never have to pinch-hit for." Witness these 1983 Thon stats: .286 average; 20 home runs in the Astrodome, where long-ball hitting isn't easy; 79 RBI; 34 steals. Astros glad to have Thon "We were so lucky to land Dickie," Rosen said.

"Landed him with only an hour to go before the inter-league trading deadline." This was on April 1, 1981. To get him, the Astros gave up an established pitcher, Ken Fotsch, to the California Angels. "We caught a lot of flak because we already had Craig Reynolds, who made the All-Star squads in both leagues (1978 with Seattle, 1979 as an Astro). Reynolds is a capable backup man now. "We were told there was no way to get Thon, but we did.

Frankly, Bill Vinton (then Houston's manager) perceived Dickie as a utility man, but the kid forced himself into the lineup. At age 25, it's just the Staff photo by Charles Steinbrunner Dunbar's McCray shouts for help (story on Page 3C) Miami wins, takes on Kent for MAC crown Toledo managed to keep the lead, with forward Ken Epperson getting eight of his 21 points in the first nine minutes of the half on the inside. Epperson was weak, however, due to a bout with the flu. The only thing he had to eat Saturday was chicken soup and sherbet. He came out of the game with 1 1:35 to go and Toledo leading 33-30.

With him out of the game, Toledo had no offense. Stahl got Miami the lead for gooa with his shooting and passing. A 22-foot jumper made it 33-32 at 12:00. Toledo turned the ball over on its next possession. Stahl brought the ball downcourt and found Ron Harper, the 6-7 forward from Kiser, being guarded inside by Toledo's 6-1 Gary Campbell.

He threw Harper the high lob pass and Harper guided it in with little effort to give Miami the lead for good, 34-33, with 11:10 to go. See MIAMI, Page 10-C THE WIN GIVES the Redskins a 23-5 record and puts them into today's 2 p.m. finals against Kent State which defeated Eastern Michigan, 67-58. The winner gets an automatic bid into the NCAA tournament. Kent State is 15-13 for the year.

The two teams split during the regular season. "I just couldn't get warmed up the first half," said Stahl, who led Miami with 14 points. "I've had the problem all year; when I come into a cold gym, it just takes me a long time to get going. When we came out after halftime, I did a little more stretching than usual to get warmed up and it helped." Miami had put itself in a hole in the first half, hitting only 7 of 21 shots and went the last 11 minutes of the half with only one basket. That came with one second to go on a 30-footer by guard John Willoughby.

"I haven't made one of those all year," Willoughby said. "Our shot selection wasn't that bad the first half, they just didn't fall. When I hit that one, it seemed to pick us up." INDEED IT DID. With Stahl leading the way, Miami hit its first eight shots of the second half to close the gap. But By DAVE LONG Staff Sports Writer ROCKFORD, 111.

Miami University is one step closer to making the NCAA basketball tournament because guard Chuck Stahl continued to follow the advice Coach Danell Hedric gave him at the beginning of the season. "If you miss 10 straight, take the 11th one," Hedric told the 6-4 senior from St. Henry at the beginning of the season. "You're too good of a shooter not to start hitting sooner or later." Stahl started slow the first half in Saturday night's 51-46 victory over Toledo in the semifinals of the Mid-American Conference men's tournament here at the MetroCentre. He was fl-for-3 and then backed off.

The rest of his teammates didn't shoot much Ijetter (33 percent for the first half) as Toledo led at the half, 23-17. But the second half Stahl found his ranger hitting four of his first five shots then six straight free throws at the end of the game. Everything goes right beginning." A day later, when Whitey Herzog, manager of the Cardinals, was encountered, he was asked to comment on Rosen's appraisal. "The best? I admit Thon's got the two aspects going for him, batting and fielding. But in all my years in this game as a player and manager, I never saw a shortstop who could field with Ozzie Smith.

Nobody! "What makes him great is the diving stops he makes consistently to his right, then gets up and throws the runners out. You see guys do it on the left, but he does it regularly on the right side. No shortstop I ever saw could do it. Not Marty Marion. Not Charlie Belanger.

Not Luis Aparicio." Concepcion in class of own The conversations with Rosen and Herzog were i relayed to Manager Vern Rapp on the Reds. "Is Dave Concepcion in this class?" "The thing with Davey," Vern said, "is that he's taken for granted. How can we forget that he has made the All-Star team nine times? He's a guy who makes the spectacular look routine. Davey's still a great one and he's 35." "I've got no argument with Rosen or Herzog on their feelings about Thon and Ozzie. Tbon has the best bat," Vera conceded.

"Everybody forgets how great Garry Templeton was a few years back. When I was managing the Cards in '77, Garry was 21 and a heckuva of a shortstop. It was his first big-league year. His batted .322 and got 200 hits a hundred right-handed, another hundred from the left side," Rapp concluded. For the record, Ozzie Smith's offensive record was puny last year; batting average .243, 3 homers, 50 runs batted in.

And Concepcion suffering from an achy left shoulder that has been operated on since, went through his worst batting season in 11 years .233, only 1 homer, 47 RBI. Templeton's figures were .263, 2 and 40. Pitching inconsistency hurts Beginning back to Herzog, a comment on pitching inconsistency: See BURICK, Page 4-C. for UD women. 97-69 i St.

Cloud State, 27-2, notched its 26th straight victory, downing the University of South Dakota, 66-55. 011 BflMflWBl WWmm. MmW MM JL Warn XL Wkm mMrk. SHftkV By MARLA RIDENOUR Staff Sports Writer The buzzer had sounded. In celebration, Mary Byers, her back to the basket about 12 feet away, flung the basketball over her shoulder.

It went in. It was just that kind of a night. The University of Dayton Lady Flyers made 17th-ranked Northwest Missouri State look like the junior varsity Saturday night in the championship of the Great Lakes Regional tournament at UD Arena. Opening its campaign for the NCAA Division II national title, Dayton rolled to a 97-69 victory over a 25-5 challenger as a crowd of 2,800 watched. Ranked No.

1 in the nation in the final Division II poll, 26-3 Dayton will host No. 6 St. Cloud State of Minnesota next week in the NCAA quarterfinals. Date and time will be announced today. UD COACH Linda Makowski has had a lot on her mind her team's rebounding, defense and habit of winning on less than 100 percent effort, center Theresa Yingling's slump and Northwest Missouri's outside shooting.

Saturday, there was never any doubt. "From the beginning, I could tell by the tempo we were going to win this game pretty easily," senior forward Donna Burks said. Burks was named the regional tournament's Most Valuable Player for the second straight season. "I knew in the first couple minutes. The shots were falling, I could tell it was going to be a good night." For the first time in what guard See VICTORY, Page 3-C.

Staff photo by Charles Steinbrunner Lady Flyers' bench eheers in final moments.