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Bryan-College Station Eagle from Bryan, Texas • 15

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1 THE EAGLEBryon College Station Texas riday ebruary 17 1978 PagaM AH will have new battle plan with five under par 66 Ali jabs at Spinks during Wednesday fight (Photo by AP) Celtics continue streak by defeating Suns BUY AN UNKNOWN 77 Years of A Name You Can Trust! Strong track field in SD 225 We Pick Up I Deliver AM prices plus tax and old trre Sears DOUBLE BELTED A 14x7 or 15x7 iMtaHatlM AvaUaH ma i 711 49 36 I Any Suk 121 5 NO ADDITIONAL CHANGE for Any SN Available al mosl larger Sears retail atorei in area UM111 KAM ROMUCK AND CO LUBE Mid OIL CHANGE tXHAUHM untirr of the our Campy rookie paced CHOICE I 6 SIZES ndliQhl truck 6 50 16 i ruu ib 750 16 sophomore In January Mary began a comeback after shin splint surgery last summer by running the 1500 meters in 4:089 and the 800 in 2:018 think the 1500 is my best distance for the she said recently first like to run the 880 Plumbina trouble? "I'm on YOUR Way 139 00 4100 44 00 46 00 46 00 52 00 53 00 46 00 48 00 53 00 54 00 OICIAL JTLTE IISPECTIM STITIM Pete Cahoon Mgr 822 0139 TEXAS AVE AT POST OICE STREET think continue playing golf until 40 or until not he said On the current situation he said: think this is a course if conditions stay the same where it take real low numbers to win After winning last year set my goal on winning multiple tour naments" He faces tough com petition at Los Angeles Deadlocked at 68 after the first round were Danny Edwards and orrest ezler with five more at 69 another five at 70 and yet another five at 71 A dozen were at 72 in cluding Jack Nicklaus Billy Casper and last Los Angeles winner Tom Purtzer plus Bill Rogers who captured the Bob Hope tournament just last week Winds ranged up to 35 miles an hour for the opening round although skies were sunny and the 7029 yard Riviera course was drying out from the rains of recent weeks will get faster as the 52 0 232 2 74 291 3 09 3 '281 2 95 310 3 55 BUD WARD VOLKSWAGEN INC 693 3311 OUR INEST RADIAL TIRE The 721 stfOOQer (teel cord than any radtel md before 10 dement LOS ANGELES (AP) A bunched field in the $200000 Glen Campbell Los Angeles Open golf tournament set sights today on an optometrist who leads his closest competitors by two strokes Dr Gil Morgan who has postponed a career of looking into eyes to look down the fairways fired a 5 under par 66 in the opening round of the tournament and says it might be nine years or so before he stops playing competitive golf The 31 year old' eye doctor from Wewoka Okla shot seven birdies with putts of up to 30 feet to head 146 rivals in the quest for a $40000 purse in this 72 hole event at the Riviera Country Club Dr Morgan winner of the BC Open at Endicott NY last year banked $104817 in tournament earnings in 1977 and ad mits more than he would make any of his first few years as an eye doctor Stadium and a new boxing to be named for tometrist practiced that nrofession although licensed in both Lorida and Oklahoma came on the greens Lurking from contending position was Nicklaus was playing better golf than I was 4 Wheel Dove Traction lire With Raised White letter SIZE 10 1S he would punch himself out Boy did he prove me wrong Next time I will come out dancing and keep moving around the ring and not just hang out waiting for him to hit me am not going to Ali insisted must carry on I cannot retire without the cham pionship It would disap point and humiliate my fans Very soon I will win back the championship for the third time the first ever to do The former champion said he planned "to rest for some time and then have another go to prove I am still the greatest or that time has beaten me But I LONDON (AP) A beaten but irrepressible Muhammad Ali flew into London riday and said have a new battle plan the next time he fights Leon Spinks The 24 year old former Marine from St Louis took the world heavyweight boxing championship from the aging Ali in a split decision in Las Vegas on Wednesday was a long fight and I now realize that my battle plan was Ali 36 told reporters at Heathrow Airport on his way to be made an honorary citizen of Bangladesh gave away the first five rounds thinking that SAN DIEGO (AP) Possibly the strongest field of the indoor season competes tonight in the 12th annual San Diego Invitational track and field meet and at least one world record holder thinks she'H better her standard want to break 2 minutes in the 880 and if I do it anywhere it'll be Steel Belted Radial 72f byirtstoM says Mary Decker now 19 and the former child star of the half mile our years ago as a tiny 90pound" youngster she set the world indoor mark in the halfmile at 2:024 on the same Sports Arena track someone will go out fast against me I can do said Mary a University of Colorado Estrada Plumbing Service 846 8331 were awful awful from the admitted Braves Coach Cotton itzimmons Elvin Hayes topped the Bullets with 25 points Bob Dandridge and Kevin Grevey each had 22 and Wes Unsold scored 14 points and grabbed 17 rebounds Swen Nater led Buffalo with 20 points and: 16 rebounds Nets 101 Sonics 92 acquisition of John Williamson has given the team the confidence it didn't have earlier in the said New Jersey Coach Kevin Loughery after the Nets the losingest team in the league beat the Sonics SOME SIZES SLIGHTLY DIERENT DESIGN All prices plirt tai and old lire diHrnt inroad than shown poem love your show I admire your style but with the money you pay I be back for awhile Ali said fight with Spinks was a good and added: noticed I talk uptil the day before the fight Without me around the fight game be the same In order to achieve you have to fly like the Wright brothers I fly by publicity and talking and fighting well was good but how good remains to be the former champ said of his conquerer will have to meet the Ken Nortons and the Jimmy Youngs as well The only thing that upsets me about meeting him again is that won't get so much Though he said he wants another title fight with Spinks Ali said his real ambition is to be a Moslem evangelist I really want to do is convert Ali went on Auto Colter Hour Mon Tua ri Sai 7 30 700 pun Wed Thun 7:309:00 PM RONT END ALIGNMENT MtfCtMN ALNMMBT Tirestone 9 MMMCNANCC REt OttVBI BATTERY 12 VoA I sS 1 American White Spoke WAGON WHEELS Dynaply 20 blackwalls and 4 old tires plus $169 to $265 ederal Excise Tax each tire for a 27 16 lead By half time the Cavaliers were ahead 58 38 and Denver the Midwest Division leader never got closer than 16 points after that Jim Chones and Bingo Smith scored 18 points apiece for the Cavs Austin Carr had and Russell 16 while Anthony Roberts Denver with 19 Bullets 123 Braves 109 ere doing basketball things that are ashington Coach Dick Motta said after the lopsided victory that avenged a 37 point loss the worst of the season to Buffalo in their last meeting Steel betted radialVT whitewalls Morgan leads Campbell In A78 13 C78 13 D78 14 E78 14 78 14 G78 14 560 15 G78 J5 Whitewalls available at $3 more per tire Polyester plies help give a smooth comfortable ride i Special purchase limited quantities I A special purchase though not reduced is an exceptional talue Ask about Sears credit plans 'Each of these advertised items is readily available for sale as advertised ImImJsi alo I ah 1 Hak ro4 A Eiport fOur day visit begin ning Saturday came from the Bangladesh govern ment two months ago The honorary citizenship will be bestowed by President Ziaur Rahman at a reception at Presidential House in Dacca The former champion The Bangladesh high will do some sightseeing in commissioner in London greeted the boxer in the VIP lounge and said: "It is a honor that we welcome Ali to our country To celebrate the visit he will be made an honorary member Bangladesh This is greatest honor in Ali said the invitation for i Bangladesh attend a i round of civic receptions I fight an exhibition bout at Dacca dedicate i stadium i him The old Ali frequently i showed through 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