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afir Sill in ga (Sazrttt ire inn en will fightf Crosby started Montana HELENA (AP) Here is the latest ski report compiled Thursday from participating areas throughout Montana: Red Lodge Mountain, 16 inch base top and bottom; rated good; road dry and good winter weather. Bridger Bowl, 93 inches top, 36 bottom; skiing rated very good; road dry and in good winter driving condition. Marshall Ski Area, 24 inches bottom, 36 top; skiing rated excellent; road plower and sanded. Discovery Basin, 40 inches solid base; skiing rated excellent; roads clear. Teton Pass, 100 inches top, 42 inches bottom; two inches new snow; skiing rated excellent; roads plowed and a formidable opponent," Sadler added.

"He's not to be taken lightly. When you're not fully prepared mentally as well as physically, you're not going to be able to perform your best." Sadler said while most of Foreman's training organization was still at the Haywood, training camp, he had brought two fighters to Houston to work with Foreman. The big problem now, Sadler said, is the differences in climate and time zones between California and Houston. "When it's time to get up here, its still four or five o'clock in California. It's also always hard to adapt to different climates.

And by the time we get adjusted here, we'll probably go back to California and go through the same mess again." Adrienne. However, lawyers for Foreman spent Tuesday trying to settle the case, then recessed the hearing Thursday after IV2 hours of testimony to seek more financial records from Foreman. The lawyers say a property settlement is the big hangup. Under Texas law, Mrs. Foreman is entitled to half of all her husband's assets earned since their marriage in December of 1971.

Foreman won the world championship from Joe Frazier last January. Sadler said Foreman has been doing road work and that he will try and line up a gym to start heavier workouts on Friday. "We're just here playing it by ear, trying to assist George in preparing for his title defense," Sadler said. "We're try -ANTELOPE BUTTE SKI AREA seeks $30,000 raise Greybull, Wyoming in the Big Horn Mountains, 150 miles from Billings on U.S. 14 between Sheridan and Greybull.

OPEN SUN. 1-Bar and Poma Beginner and Expert terrain be that much different than negotiating with Mr. Robinson, but I know I'll be satisfied," said Evans, who just returned from a Braves' promotion tour around the Southeast. "Eddie's arguments are that we didn't have a winning season and we didn't draw well," says Evans. I EXCELLENT SNOW ing to pick up where we left off.

But It's always had to do that." The divorce hearing is now scheduled to start again Saturday morning. Foreman testified Thursday that if the hearing drags on through Tuesday he will have to postpone his title fight with Norton in Caracas, Venezuela. Sadler said Friday no further decision had been made on asking for a postponement of the Norton fight. "I am here now because we were under the impression that George would be just down here for one day, possibly two at the most," Sadler said. "What people don't realize is that a man may be in condition physically, but not right mentally to defend his title.

"We recognize Ken Norton as party. The arbitrator is a professional and I believe it will be fair to me and the ball club." The Braves will be represented by General Manager Eddie Robinson at the meeting. The arbitrator's ruling will be binding after both sides have had their say in the matter. Evans was one of a trio of Braves that slugged over 40 home runs a year ago the first time that feat was ever accomplishedalong with Dave Johnson and Aaron. Aaron hit 40 and now has 713 in his bid to topple Babe Ruth's all-time mark of 714.

Evans is among four Braves reportedly going to arbitration. The others are Frank Tepedino, Norm Miller and Roric Harrison. "I don't think arbitration will LEONARD BEGGER OO 1st Ave. N. at Division HOUSTON (AP) Heavyweight champion George Foreman, in Houston for a divorce action, will start training here Friday for his March 26 fight with Ken Norton, Foreman's manager Dick Sadler said Thursday.

Sadler said he also will ask for a cancellation of a scheduled 10-round benefit exhibition bout Foreman had scheduled Feb. 25 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. "We all deeply regret cancelling this benefit bout but we have no control over it," Sadler said. "We sincerely apologize and hope that all concerned will understand the champ's position." Foreman arrived here Tuesday for a hearing on a divorce he is seeking from his wife, Evans ATLANTA (AP) Atlanta Braves slugger Darrell Evans, whose super 1973 baseball season was virtually obscured by the Henry Aaron home run chase, admitted Thursday he is going to arbitration in a bid for a sizeable contract boost. The All-Star third baseman had his finest year during 1973, ripping 41 home runs, driving in 104 runs and leading the National League in bases on balls with 124 while batting .281.

"We're far apart," said the 26-year-old native of Pasadena, Calif. "Negotiations are completely broken down. It's more than a couple of thousand dollars. It's in the neighborhood of 10 to 15 thousand." Evans is believed to have made approximately $30,000 last year and seeking a raise into the neighborhood of $60,000. "I have an arbitration meet- U.S.

wrestlers beat Poland WARSAW (AP) A touring American wrestling team defeated Poland five matches to four in a meet Thursday at Rzeezow in Southeastern Poland. Ian Gitcho of Granite City, HI. scored the only pin for the U.S. squad, winning his 125-pound match against Zbigniew Zedzicki in the second round. Other American winners were Lloyd Keaser of Quantico, 149 pounds; Joe Wells of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 163; John Peterson of Comstock, 180, and Buck Deatrich of San Leandro, 220.

The Americans led 5-4 going into the final bout of the meet, the heavyweight class. That became the final score when the two heavyweight wrestlers, Mike McCready of Dubuque, Iowa and Poland's Stanislaw Makowiecki, were both disqualified for not forcing the Darrell Evans ing scheduled on the 19th of February in New York," said Evans, who will be entering his fourth major league season. The 6-foot-2, 200-pounder batted .254 with 19 home runs and 71 runs batted in the previous season. "When you're that far apart, I felt I had to go to arbitration," explained Evans. "It's with a fair and impartial third (Cimt.Lw Angeles Times The badge of success in show business used to be a telephone in your car, a radio in your yacht, a butler, a ringside table at the Mocambo, seven or eight divorces and a string of race horses or polo ponies.

Nowadays, you're nobody without your own golf tournamentand your own disease. We expect any day now to read about the "Tammy Wynette Classic formerly known as the Masters." Or "The Broderick Crawford U.S. Open, all proceeds to go to a bird hospital, or the fund for Rocky Mun-tain Spotted Fever." The Hartford Open got along for 20 years before it became The Sammy Davis Greater Hartford Open. The Danny Thomas Memphis Open benefits the hospital of St. Jude's.

This week, we will have the Glen Campbell Los Angeles Open. Two weeks ago, we had the Andy Williams San Diego Open. So far, we haven't had the "Engelbert Humperdinck British Open." But, Jackie Gleason has his own tournament. So does Dean Martin. Bing Crosby started it all.

Bing's tournament was originally a frivolous outing for his pals on the golf tour and his pals in the movie industry. Someone brought a case of whiskey, someone else brought the clams. It got out of hand only when television came along. It was Bob Hope who first demonstrated that marquee power moved a tournament into the mink and Cadillac class. The Palm Springs Open was a nice little tour event where everybody shot 61s and the sponsors lost money and 150 or so people showed up to buy $5 season tickets and drop ice cream cones in the sand traps until the community came to Hope with its hat in hand a dozen years ago.

The people wanted two things: a TV sponsor and money for a hospital. Hope is a unique guy. He probably knows more million-aries by their first names than the Secretary of the Treasury, but he manages to go through life like a drugstore cowboy with nothing more on his mind than chewing gum and cracking wise. Bob is a confidant of generals, prime ministers and presidents, but he manages to convey the impression he just put down the pool cue, or just got caught tiptoeing out of the wrong stateroom on a cruise. Under him, the Bob Hope Desert Classic became a gaudy, money making carnival.

Every boardroom in the country is empty for the weekend of the Hope Classic. Bob Hope, of course, is the Armed Forces' real commander in chief. He is General Laughter. In Korea, he got to Inchon before the Marines. "You must come to all my invasions," he told the troops, wading ashore grandly.

"I tried out four jokes on the Koreans, no wonder they're ready to give up." I rode around the course with Bob where he was playing with cronies Bob Bixler. Jim Chambers and Pollard Simons. "I hope I'm not butting in on a big betting game." "Not at all," Bob assured me airly. "This is just a friendly game. We're just playing for Texas." "How long have you been playing?" I asked.

"Would you believe when this round started, we had wooden shafts?" demanded Bob. "What time did we tee up?" he asked. "Eleven o'clock," someone told him. "Yeah, but what day?" cracked Hope. He turned to a companion.

"Would you believe Polly once spent a week in a sand trap? At that, he said it was better than being in Cleveland." A companion flew a shot over everything and it headed vaguely for the horizon. "Don't worry," soothed Bob. "They'll stop it at the border." Hope has been playing golf since 1928. He has been playing to audiences since birth. To be laughed at a comedian must first be loved.

Hope's great talent is that he can bring a smile to the hopeless. Only once in nearly a half century of entertaining did an audience stone him. A few home front jackals hissed at a ball game because he visited hospitals full of shot kids. For Hope, it was a little like being bitten by your own dog or being sued by a guy you saved from drowning because you lost his hat. Now 70, Hope is still a tireless monologist at an age when most people would just be tiresome monologists.

He still gives you 18 holes of golf and 180 one-liners en route. He does the equivalent of a $250,000 show for free at his tournament. He once seethed when a magazine said he was one of the nation's 25 largest corporations. Because money isn't that important to Audiences are. His wealth is a billion laughs.

Locked up in fool-proof vaults the hearts of his countrymen. His monument is not a golf tournament, it's a 19 ski report sanded. Maverick Ski area, 64 inches top, 39 bottom; skiing rated very good; roads in good condition. Big Sky, 43 inches bottom, 73 inches top; skiing rated good to excellent; roads clear or in good winter driving condition. Show Down, 96 inches top, 84 bottom; skiing rated excellent; roads in good condition.

Belmont Ski Area, 25 inches top, 12 inches bottom; rated good; roads sanded and in good condition. Snow Bowl, 120 inches top, 48 inches bottom; skiing rated good to excellent; road sanded. Lost Trail, 75 inches packed base; skiing rated excellent; roads clear. mrinara wn nrii V. 0 0 Friday, Feb.

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