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SPORTS 'and Business SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER Thursdoy, March 11, 1976 Poge47 Red Wings play mean Seals still win By Glenn Schwarz Next to the Philadelphia Flyers, the Detroit Red Wings now are the meanest team in the National Hockey League. They Just love to bump, slash and, most of all, punch. In adopting such a belligerent style, the Wings are showing that a club that plays rough does not necessarily play well. "Detroit is not intimidating people like Philly with those tactics," said California's Al MacAdam last night after the Red Wings attempted to mug the Seals. "I don't think players can be intimidated by a losing team like that." It took six fights, 132 penalty minutes and a tremendous Seals comeback to prove MacAdam's point.

Following two periods that belonged in a ring instead of a rink, the Seals spotted Detroit a third goal, then exploded for four scores to claim a 4-3 victory at the Coliseum Arena. With the Wings out of right hooks and, seemingly, steam, Fred Ahern lifted a loose puck into the net only 7:13 from the finish. Referee Dave Newell then could have declared the Seals a winner, by decision. "Our game plan wasn't to fight. All we wanted to do was hit a little more," said Ahem, who lasted but 11 seconds after the winning goal, Fred receiving a game misconduct penalty for being third man in a fight.

"We haven't been doing much close checking, as the Toronto game showed the other night. Jack (Coach Jack Evans) stressed that we needed to start hitting. And when Detroit started acting crazy, one thing led to another." The Seals got so involved in the swinging, it wasn't until 4:22 of the third period that they switched their attention to scoring. Bob Girard, Dennis Maruk and MacAdam all tallied within a two-minute span and suddenly it was a hockey game again a 3-3 tie and an empty penalty box. 'There wasn't much hockey in the first two periods," said Jack Evans.

"The Wings were making us look bad by checking pretty well, but they wanted to fight too much." The Wings probably were sorry their goons Dan Maloney and Bryan Watson, to name two did not soften up Ahern. The rookie right winger has become the Seals' designated game-winner, his goal last night making it four consecutive California triumphs in which he has potted the decider. "This one was the strangest," Ahern said. "I skated right from the bench toward the goal, coasted in and put the puck over their goalie (Jim Rutherford). The rebound from Davey Gardner's shot was lying right there.

Again, I was in the right spot at the right time." After all the punches had been exchanged, Turn to Page 48, Col. 2 hockey; Gloves mixes skill and raw courage Lurie apes Finley Four 'Family Nights' on Giants' schedule Nr. Jill 1 Cubs and Aug. 17 against the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Giants' half-price offer ill be only on box and reserved seats.

At Oakland, grandstand and bleacher seats also are included in the half-price policy. A formal signing of pitcher John "The Count" Montefusco for a reported $50,000 was scheduled at a downtown nightclub today. Montefusco, the National League's Rookie of the Year in 1975, said he'd arrive in a limousine and wear white tie' and tails. Manager Bill Rigney already has projected Montefusco as his opening day pitcher April 9 If opening day tomes off as scheduled. Left fielder Gary Matthews could -be the toughest front line player to sign.

Others unsigned include right fielder Bobby Murcer and first baseman Willie Montanez; but co-general manager Jerry Donovan said yesterday that both players have agreed to terms. 1 1 1 "WW' 4s -J The San Francisco Giants are even borrowing one of Charles Finley's ideas in their attempt to get baseball fans back to Candlestick Park. "We'll have four half-price games this season. We're calling them Bicentennial Family Nights," said Bob Lurie, one of the new owners, as the Giants continued planning for the 1976 season despite the current owner-player deadlock which has postponed opening of spring training. Finley, owner of the American League Oakland A's across the Bay, has been offering his fans half-price games on most Monday nights the past two seasons.

This year the A's have 10 scheduled. The A's drew slightly over one million fans last season, the Giants barely 500,000. The Giants' four half-price attractions will be May 19 against the world champion Cincinnati Reds, June 23 against the San Diego Padres, July 20 against the Chicago El Camino pitcher Herman Segelke may not be El Camino High's No. 2 pitcher much longer. The 6-2, 200-pound senior, who sat out most of last year with tendinitis, hurled a no-hitter yesterday in El Camino's 10-0 non-league victory over San Mateo.

He struck out eight and walked I i By Frank Cooney After months of rigorous workouts, Selini (Leni) Vanisi was there to prove he is a candidate for the Olympics. Luis Cobos showed up almost on a whim to see hat it was like in a boxing ring. By the time the second stage of the Examiner's 46th annual Golden Gloves was over late last night, some 5,085 highly-entertained fight fans at Civic Auditorium knew a lot more about Vanisi, Cobos and many of the other boxers on the 38-bout card. And there will be more of the same tonight with 28 additional three-rounders scheduled to begin at 7 in the Civic, leading up to tomorrow night's championship show, which is already sold out Vanisi made sure he will be part of tomorrow's finale with the most convincing of last night's nine knockouts, flooring Eugene Tupper twice within 142 of the first round in their 165-pound senior division battle. And Cobos? Well, more on him later.

"I kind of- felt sorry for Tupper," said the confident Vanisi. "I don't think he should have gotten up after the first knockdown. He was already out of it and I didn't enjoy punishing him any more. "Now I'm ready and eager to fight Erwin Williams for the title. I know he's the defending champion and scored three knockouts in this tournament last year, but I watched him tonight and I'm sure I can take him.

I'll win by a knockout" Williams was the first to admit his victory last night was not impressive. He was credited with a knockout over Nathaniel Keller hen the fight was stopped at 2:22 of the third round. "I heard the fans cheering me before the fight and I guess it was because I did so well last year with those knockouts," said Williams. "But Keller was unorthodox, awkward and hard to fight. I had a difficult time and looked sloppy and they began booing.

That didn't bother me because 1 knew what was happening and it will be different in the finals." Williams wasnt the only defending champion who bad a rough time. Actually, the only returning 156-pound titlist who won easily was Bobby Juarez of the Modesto Atheltic Club who outclassed Danny White of the S. F. PAL to take a unanimous decision. Leonel Valencia of the Redwood City PAL, defending 125-pound champ and a former 119-pound titlist, thrilled the crowd with the most dramatic victory of the night to once again make the finals.

He was decked twice in the first round, but got up to pummel left-handed Reynaldo Zaragoza of Stockton so convincingly for the next two rounds that he got a unanimous decision. From start to finish it was the most active fight of the night and Zaragoza showed his mettle by staying in there against Valencia's powerful and accurate combinations. "It didn't bother me to get knocked down like that," said Valencia. "That seems to happen to me often. It happened in the second Majors' camps may open this Monday 0 mm.

fun iwmf m.i.r'i. iin-l-ri. DAN WHITE OF SAN FRANCISCO P.A.L. IS JARRED BY RIGHT CROSS TO THE CHIN AC won unanimous decision in 1 More Golden Gloves tonight WHEN Tonight, starting 7 p.m. WHERE Civic Auditorium, Grove and Larkin San Francisco.

TICKETS Unreserved ringside, unreserved balcony, $2. BOX OFFICE Auditorium opens at 2 p.m.; for remaining tickets for tomorrow night's finals, telephone (415) 626-6225. hurls no-hitter one as the Colts, defending Central Coast Section champs, raised their season record to 5-1. The top pitcher on the club is Bob Humphrey, who was named CCS pitcher of the year last season. Tuesday Humphrey struck out 12 and walked one in a 2-1 victory over Burlingame.

U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals earlier this week upheld the authority of a baseball arbitrator to grant free agent status to pitchers Andy Messersmith and Dave McNally. This, in effect, gave the player the chance to become a free agent one year after fulfilling his contrac tual commitments. By tradiion, baseball has held that a player is one team's property until the club lets him go. This is the crux of the current stalemate, with both sides seeking an agreement on how long a player should remain a team's property to fulfill the team's investment.

The owners have offered an arrangement which would allow a player to play out his option after six years in the major leagues but the club can guarantee his salary for two more years and thus keep him for nine total years. Both Eastwick and Retten-mund said the players were "anxious to get started" and blamed management for not opening training camps earlier. "Only a handful of players would be affected by the reserve clause anyhow," Eastwick said. DON SCHOLLANDER Praises corporate oid 1 it Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. "I think we will have our training camps opened by Monday," outfielder Merv Retten-mund of the champion Cincinnati Reds said today as representatives of players and management prepared for a summit conference in baseball's stalemate negotiations.

The optimism of Cincinnati's player representative was shared by others. Marvin Miller, executive director of the Major League Players Association, scheduled a meeting later today with his executive board, with a meeting scheduled later with the owners' Player Relations Committee. Rawly Eastwick, Cincinnati's ace relief pitcher, said he thought something was about to break in the locked negotiations over a new labor contract. "I think the owners were waiting for the decision of the appeals court in the Messersmith case," Eastwick said. "I am sure they will now be ready to negotiate seriously.

There is so much at stake." A three-judge panel of the 8th crous that there is no money for developing sports. You saw how well the U.S. did in the speed skating at Innsbruck and yet the one speed skating stadium in the country is in financial trouble and can't get help." Chevrolet has contributed money to help the junior track and field program and the costume jewelry firm of Sara Coventry has put $8,000 a year into diving. But they are Isolated cases and the majority of support comes from public contributions. "Most of the success America has had has been sort of accidental," Schollander said.

"We've never been very organized." senior class contest Examiner Photo by Bin Nichols fought him on a Wednesday. I won a unanimous decision two years ago and last year stopped him in the second. We both box in close and he's tough because he really takes a good blow." The biggest disappointment of the night came when it was announced that Bill (Big Boy) Baker, -Turn to Page 50, Col. 3 national program which provides them individual attention, scientific training and analysis, access to the best facilities. In a short time the GDR has come from nowhere to parity.

"If we don't become better organized and better funded we will slip behind," Schollander said. "This is not only true in swimming but in all sports. Phillips Is helping the national swim program but why is it that companies like Kaiser or Weyerhauser or Georgia Pacific can't make an effort to help amateur sports? "When you consider that it cost $250,000 for a minute of advertising during the Olympics, it seems ludi Bobby Juarez of Modesto round of the title fight last year against Billy Turner and I came back to win. After it happens, I think I concentrate more. It sort of clears up my head." But Valencia's fiance, Kyong Kim, wasn't crazy about the way her man's fight went.

"I've seen him come back from knockdowns before, so that didn't bother me," she said, "but he's had the flu fdr three days and I was worried if he had enough strength to keep going. I have to admit, this time he even surprised me." Valencia will box for the title against Michael Contreras, who took an unpopular split decision from Gary Albers. After taking an eight-count in the first round, Albers appeared to gain control and was definitely in charge from the middle of the second round on. year arrangement, taking it through the Montreal Olympics but the project met with such a favorable response that Phillips has now extended its commitment through to 1980 and the Moscow Olympiad. To someone like Schollander, whose 13-year career in swimming ended up costing his family something like $5,000 for every one of the four gold medals he won in 1964, the concept is the next thing to a miracle.

"The greatest thing about this movement is that it is reaching new sources, poor kids, minority kids," said Schollander. "We have always eliminated a lot of potential and now we are going out to encourage $150,000 for amateur swimmers can't hurt Marty Jiminez, last year's 132-pound champ, is finding the road tougher this time as he stepped up to the 139-pound bracket. He swapped punches with Leonard Rodriguez for three active rounds before gaining a split decision. "I wasn't sure who won until they raised my hand," said Jiminez. "This was the third year in a row I more and more poeople.

"The fact that there is some aid also encourages some of our good swimmers to stay in the sport longer. Over the last couple of years, the average age of our national team has gone up. Now there are a lot of 19 and 20 year olds around." Schollander is not so naive to think that this infusion of cash is going to keep the U.S. in a position of dominance. At best it will keep the Yanks from being passed up by the organization and big money of the East German program.

East German swimmers who shpw any potential are taken into a By Jim Bainbridge Getting Don Schollander to represent Phillips Petroleum on a good will tour never figured to be a hard sell, not. when yo'u consider that what they are doing to help AAU swimming is what Schollander sees as the answer for all amateur sports. Since 1973 Phillips, a name once synonymous with amateur basketball, has been kicking In $150,000 a year to help set up international competitions, defray travel expenses for top swimmers and arrange instruction for minority youngsters. Originally it was to be a four-.