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Page 2-D SAN ANTONIO March 21 1975 Ali, epner fight nears CLEVELAND (AP) Chuck Wepner won a wager on a longshot at the race track and now has a bet riding on another heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali Monday night. The challenger said Thursday that he had bet Both the AH-Wepner and Norton-Quarry fights will be shown on closed circuit television in the Municipal Auditorium. Advance sale tickets are $7 at the Convention Center box office, all stores, and at Jam and Jelly General Store. Tickets will be $9 at the door. $700 on himself as a 10-1 underdog.

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dream I knock him out in the 13th said Wepner. Cossell is jumping up and down believe it, I believe Ali went through a light workout at the Cleveland Coliseum, site of Monday scheduled 15-round fight. But Wepner sparred three rounds with Bob Rooney, knocking him down in the last round with a left. Rooney got to his feet and finished the round. is the pinnacle of my said Wepner.

intend to win. If I everything is downhill from now on. not going to travel to Washington and Scranton and places like that for fights. not going to become an Billed as the largest tennis tournament in the world, the Texas Sectional will be staged in San Antonio May 31 through June 8. Getting prepared for the first organizational meeting April 2 are, left to right, ftonnie Burkholder, director; Mike Settles, executive director, San Antonio Tennis Association; Cindy Beall, assistant director; and Bill O'Bryant, McFarlin Tennis Center pro.

2 track meets featured Friday Class AAA over Friday when they comprise the bulk of the field for the two high school meets at East Central and Uvalde. The Hornet Relays at East Central begin with field preliminaries at 12:15 p.m., with the events carried JCPenney Saves2 Save 3.20 Reg. 9.99. Sale 7.99. JCPenney "Little League Approved" fielders glove Built of sturdy vinyl with a leather palm, heel and web.

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Full-grain leather glove Yours in either honey brown or cordovan In right and left-hand models off baseball gloves. straight through to the fin als. Running prelims are at 2 p.m., then running finals at 6:15 p.m. Seven schools are in the varsity division the Hornets, Gonzales, New Braunfels Canyon, Clemens, Medina Valley, Southside and the Churchill JV squad. There will also be seventh grade, eighth grade, and junior varsity divisions running.

At Coyote Relays, 13 schools will be competing in Division I and 19 in Division II, with the Division I junior varsities comprising Division III. In the top division are Antonian, Grapevine, Boerne, Southwest, Kerrville Tivy, Del Rio, Devine, Bandera, Eagle Pass, Uvalde, Carrizo Springs, Hondo and Pearsall. In Division II are Utopia, San Marcos Academy, Sabinal, St. Anthony, La Pryor, Asherton, Medina, Brackettville, Comstock, Marian, Jourdanton, Dilley, Rocksprings, Leakey, Comfort, Knippa, Nueces Canyon, and Healy-Murphy. Field events start at 10:45 a.m.

and run straight through, with running trials at 1 p.m. and track finals at 6:30 p.m. Gunter is traded to Houston The Houston EZ Riders of Tennis have obtained the rights to Nancy Richey Gunter in a three- player, three-team deal. Houston traded Kim Warwick to Pittsburgh, which sent Wendy Overton to Cleveland, which dealt Mrs. rights to the EZ Riders.

Nancy is a San Angelo native who is now connected with a resort development in Lake Livingston, near Conroe. She had decided not to return to the Cleveland team because of a desire to spend more time near home. Playing for Houston would allow this, and the EZ Riders hope to have her available for at least half their matches, said team vice president Betty Jones. Mrs. Jones also said the 2 more Aztecs to Thunder Malone named Odis Malone, the talented eager from Highlands and San Antonio College, has been chosen as one of the top five players in the National Junior College Athletic Region 14.

Malone, a 6-3 soph at SAC this season, was joined on the Region 14 All-Star team, by soph Ray Williams of San Jacinto, soph Melvin Jones of Henderson, freshman Charles McMillen of Tyler and frosh Sam Williams of San Jac. The San Antonio Thunder has obtained two more players from the North American Soccer League champion Los Angeles Aztecs. The Thunder got seven of the 11 Aztec starters, who played for current S.A. coach Alex Perolli last season, in return for the rights to college draftee Juan Sergio Velasquez and a 1976 draft choice. The price this time was the second round draft choice in 1976.

Now on the Thunder roster are forward Peter Filotis and defender Yeprem Ner- sepian. Both are expeced to arrive in San Antonio Saturday and make the trip to Houston Sunday. The Thunder plays its second exhibition game against the University of Houston team Sunday after beating the Austin All-Stars, 6-0, last Saturday. Filotis, 24, is a native of Greece but now lives in the United States. Nerse- pian, 28, was born in Turkey but is now an American citizen.

These two bring the Thunder roster to 16 players. Having played for Perolli last year, they should have little trouble working themselves into his system in time for the debut against NASL competition two exhibition games in Tampa against the Rowdies, another expansion team that, like San Antonio, apppears to be an instant contender. These games are scheduled for April 11 and 13. The regular season opens April 18 with the Dallas Tornado visiting the Thunder for the first game. In other developments, rookie goalie Randy Coffman of Humboldt State was cut and striker Chris Carenza was due to arrive in town Softball golf tourney set Softball season is just around the corner and it be long before some 6,000 adult San Antonians grab their gloves and head for the diamond.

Before they do, however, the City Recreation Division will sponsor another event sure to attract a crowd. the 9th annual softball players golf tournament scheduled Saturday morning at Riverside. For softball players and team sponsors only, the affair will begin with a 9 a.m. tee-off. Carenza, a rookie from Southern Illinois at Edwardsville, has been finishing up his schoolwork before reporting.

The weekly mini-clinic will be held at Las Palmas Saturday and the Thunder organization will be out in force. Most of the players will be there from noon to 3 p.m. and so will the Sweethearts and the team band, the Thunderation Generation. EZ Riders would return to San Antonio this year for one or two matches. The Riders will play 15 of their 18 home matches in Houston and take on Los Angeles on May 7, San Diego on May 31 and Boston July 8 in nearby cities.

The Convention Center Arena is booked up for May 31, so the dates in question for San Antonio are the other two. Mrs. Jones said she know whether both, or only one, of the matches would be played in S.A. She said a definite announcement would be made in the next two weeks. The EZ Riders have strong local ties in John Newcombe and Dick Stockton as well as in Coach Clarence Mabry.

Other members of the team include Bill Bowrey and his wife, Lesley, Helen Gourlay and Karen Krantzcke, as well as Mrs. Gunter, if the Riders can come to contract terms with her. U.S. track team going to China NEW YORK (AP) In the spirit of friendship and with an eye towards further normalization of relations in all areas, the United States will dispatch a track and field team to China for two weeks in mid-May, it was announced Thursday. Arranged under the joint sponsorship of the Amateur Athletic Union and the National Committee on U.S.- China Relations, the tour from May 15-30 will include dual meets in Canton, Shanghai and Peking as well as clinics for coaches and officials throughout the Republic.

The first meet in Canton is scheduled for May 18, one week after the American contingent is scheduled to leave the United States. Friendly will be friendly said Arthur H. Rosen, executive director of the U.S.-China Committee, they represent a chance for further normalizing relations between our two Rosen and AAU Executive Director Ollan C. Cassell jointly announced the ambitious venture. is a great said Cassell.

is one of the ways that sports can transcend political considerations and establish better relations between governments and feelings among Cassell said meetings would be held this week to determine ground rules for selecting the American team. He said he expected between 60 to 65 athletes would be involved and that the total American contingent including coaches and officials would number about 85 persons. The makeup of the squad is expected to be announced within the next three weeks. will be a representa- Save 3.20 Save 2.80 Ran 11 OQ Cala 41 IO Reg. 15.99.

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South Park Mall Store Only tive said Cassell, who said he hoped the squad would include collegians despite the fact that the trip comes in the midst of many collegiate conference championships in this country. Cassell said the China competitions would be encompassing all Olympic events except for the walk, marathon, decathlon and pentathlon. NCAA Continued from page ID ranked 17th, beat unranked Boston College 74-65 as Chuck Williams scored 32 points, 24 of them in the second half. In the Mideast Regional at Dayton, Ohio, Grevey scored 14 of his points in the first half as Kentucky took a 44-37 halftime lead. Reserve center Mike Phillips added 15 points for the Wildcats, who shot 48 per cent from the field.

Indiana had little trouble posting its 34th straight victory. Green had 17 points and Benson 15 in the first half, when the Hoosiers led 48-27. Oregon State could come no closer than 69-61 after that. In the Midwest Regional, third-ranked Louisville raised its record to 26-2 with a 78-63 triumph over Cincinnati, snapping the 16-game winning streak. Junior Bridgeman topped the Cardinals with 20 points, 14 in the first half when Louisville took a 42-25 lead.

Louisville will meet the winner of the other Midwest Regional semifinal between Notre Dame and Maryland UCLA will play the winner of. the other Far West Regional semifinal between Arizona State and Nevada- Las Vegas. NANCY GUNTER to Houston 1lgers open series Trinity, which has proved troublesome at home, entertains Hardin-Simmons at 3 p.m. Friday in a college baseball game at Stevens Field. The tilt marks the opener of a three-game series.

The foes meet again Saturday in a doubleheader starting at 1:30 p.m. Trinity shows only a 5-10 season record, but the Tigers have won four of five starts at Stevens Field. The Tigers swept a twin bill from Huston-Tillotson Wednesday, taking the opener 3-2 in nine innings and winning the nightcap 6-L Rattler netters ake BSC win St. stopped Huston-Tillotson, 4-2, in a Big State Conference tennis match at McFarlin Thursday. The Rattlers, now 3-8-1 for the year, play host to East Texas Baptist in another Big State match at 2 p.m.

Friday at McFarlin. SINGLES Lorry Levinson, St. def. Victor Ruiz, 2-6, 6-0, 6-3. Steve Nienhaus, St.

Mary's, def. Ernesto Wallace, 6-4, 6-4. Scott Meier, St. def. Vernie Miles, 6-4, 5-7, 6-2.

Carlos Aguilar, Huston-Tillotson, def. Andrew Knopik, 6-0, 6-3. DOUBLES Ruiz-Wallace, Huston-Tillotson, def. Levinson-Rav Lauman, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2. Nienhaus-Meier, St.

Mary's, def. Miles-Aguilar, 7-5, 6-4. NIT Continued from page ID helped Oregon move to a 48-36 lead with less than 12 minutes remaining. The clicked off the next six points, closing to 48-42, but that was the closest they got. Led by Ballard, the Ducks improved their lead to as many as 16 points before Coach Dick Harter sent in his reserves.

Stu Jackson scored 16 points for Oregon, 20-8. Tony Roberts had 18 points, tops for Oral Roberts, which closed out its season at 20-8. Polo tourney Miller Polo Field battles Los Rancheros at 3 p.m. Friday at Brackenridge Park in a first round match the Kendall County trophy tournament. The winners meets Wichita Falls in the finals Sunday.

JHS track Whittier nipped Irving, 79 to 76 2 for the seventh grade title, then Riley doubled its nearest foe with 138 points to run away with the eighth grade drown in the San Antonio Independent School District Northside Meet at Alamo Stadum Stadium Thursday. Emerson was eighth grade runnerup with 67 points, followed by Whittier, 65 3-4; Irving, 55 1-4; Longfellow, 35; Mann, 32; Hawthorne, 23 3-4; Twain, and Tafolla 3-4 of one point. In the seventh grade, Emerson was third with 65, then came Riley, 42; Mann, 31 1-3; 28; Hawthorne, 27; Tafolla, 26 2-3, and Twain, 14. Steve Grimes of seventh grade team was the top individual, winning the long jump (16-8 1-4), 100-yard dash (11.2), and 60-yard dash (7.3). There were no other athletes who even won two events.

Windcrest ace B. B. Taylor shot a hole- in-one Thursday at Windcrest Golf, Club, aeing the par-3, No. 5 hole with a 9-iron. Lacrosse match San Antonio will play Dallas in a lacrosse game Saturday at 2 p.m.

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