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9 -3 SECTION 4 Entertainment fie -48, 49 41-46 Sports Business Comics Editorial 50, SI 52 THE RECORD, MONDAY, MARCH 28, 1966 BEFORE AXD AFTER Park Ridge coach Dick Derrickson yells instructions to his Owls during the final hectic minute of Saturday's Group 1 final against Williamstown. At right, he rushes onto court to hug Mike Schmidt, whose basket with 16 seconds to go earned Park Ridge a 64-62 victory and the' Group 1 basketball championship of New Jersey. In fore- ground is Ron Russell. (Staff photos.) VICTORY CELEBRATION Bill Spenla, hero of Don Bosco's rochial A game. Saturday's win came at Atlantic City Con-65-58 win over Christian Brothers Academy, is hoisted onto vention Hall and earned Iron men their first State title in 22 the shoulders of his teammates immediately following the Pa- years.

(Staff photo by Ed Hil.) Don Bosco, Park Ridge Capture State Ironmen On Top In Parochial A IF or The Record By Al Del Grecco This George Chuvalo, who, fights heavyweight champion Cassius Clay for the world's heavyweight championship tomorrow night, is a bull. But he fights like a lamb. The Canadian champion is young, 28, durable and Group 1 Crown Taken By Owls Schmidt's Goal With 16 Seconds Left Sinks Williamstown, 64 To 62 By MARK RLSKIE (Staff Writer) Atlantic City Park Ridge ran the gamut of emotions in the final minute of Saturday night's Group 1 State championship game, but when it was all over the Owls had their first State title. Sports 41 Titles 11 Box Score Don Bosco (65) christian Broth. St G.

F. P.I G. F. P. Adrion Devine Garafalo Herrero Hiqqins Soenla McEnroe Bonacic Newman 6 1 13 Christopher 5 7 17 1 2 Hill 3 1 7 Kenny 1 II 1 4 6 2 18 I 0 2 3 5 11! Robinson 6 I 14! McCrea 2 18 I Field I 4 0 0 OiOxle 1 0 0 01 0 0 0 Totals 57 11 65i Totai ji 14 SCORE BY PERIODS Christian Brothers 13 12 10 23 Don Bosco 10 18 17 20-4S Officials: DioQuardi and Rochford.

that Kirk Robinson, C. B. top scorer and playmaker, can go to his right only. "When he goes left, he bounces the ball once and passes it off," said the coach. "We stopped him pretty much from going right and were ready when he was forced to go left." Robinson scored 35 points against Bosco last year and 19 came via the foul line.

But Steve Herrero was given the task of guarding the C. B. A. ace Saturday and the 5-8 senior did a tremendous job. Robinson was held to 18 points, mostly from the outside, as Herrero blocked the driving lane and committed only one personal foul in the process.

"Herrero did a great job on Robinson," exclaimed O'Brien. "I put him in for defense and (Continued Column 5, Page 44) Of Victory Dapper Doug over his ball long seconds before hitting building concentration and avoiding careless mistakes. It seems to be paying off. was fourth biggest money winner of 1963 and is the only man to win two tournaments on the winter tour in the past 3 years. This year he won the Bob Hope Desert Classic before taking the Greater Jacksonville Open with a record 273.

It beat the 285 mark set by Bert Weaver a year ago when the event was first played at the 6,906 yard par 72 Selva Marina course in wind and rain. In addition to his two victories, Sanders might have had a third except for the now-famous incident of the unsigned scorecard at Pensacola 3 weeks ago. when Sanders was 14-un-der-par and four strokes ahead of Gay Brewer but was disqualified. Sanders said he thought of (Continued Pag 43, Column 7) if i Spenla Comes Off Bench To Spark Club To 65-58 Revenge Win Over C. B.

A. By GABE BUON'AURO (Staff Writer) Atlantic City A sudden quiet came over the noisy dressing room as coach Richie O'Brien moved to the center of the floor. "Two years ago we put this team together and they laughed, last year we blew it, and now I think this is the greatest team Don Bosco ever had." strong, but a plodder with no imagination whatsoever. It's questionable if anyone can stir him up to put on his very best fight when the stakes are so high. This bull, deep-chested and healthy, has never won the big one.

He seems incapable of tearing into a foe and lashing out with both hands. He isn't boxer enough to pick off opponents' punches and then whaling out with good jabs and crosses. His 31-11-2 record isn't as impressive as it looks. He beats poor fighters. Against just a bit of class, he stiffens up, takes a beating, and goes What made the Owls' 64 62 final-round victory over Williamstown even sweeter was tVxnt li'-A it Vlv tVn el from behind in the final min-1 ute after playing the final- 4 minutes without the services of leading scorer Matt Mandic.

i Mandic fouled out for the only time this season with 3:57 left to play in the game. Mike Schmidt's basket with 16 seconds to go decided the outcome. Mandic's foul trouble caused the Owls to change their entire style of play but with little effect on their game. "When Mandic got his third foul, we began to play out of the corners." said elated Park Ridge coach Dick Derrickson afer the game in explaining the change in the Owl strategy. "Usually Mandic plays at the line but that all changed once he ran into foul trouble," Derrickson added.

Another shift in the Owl war plans was that they dropped their pesky full-court press. Thanks to the press, the Owls had broken out tp an early 9-point advantage in the first quarter. The victory climaxed the finest season in the history of Park Ridge basketball. The Owls closed out the season with a 23-2 mark, bowing in only the opening and closing games of the regular-season campaign. The win also pushed Derrick-son's career-coaching mark over the .500 mark.

Under the Syracuse University graduate the I Owls have won 94 and lost 93 during the past 9 years. Williamstown, which was bidding to become the first Glou- FLYING HIGH Dale Blaut of Hackensack goes high to launch shot at basket while Weequahic's Dana Lewis throws up his hands in vain defense. Blaut wasn't always so successful, however, and Comets suffered 62-38 setback in Group 4 final Saturday night in Atlantic City. (Staff photo.) Hackensack Routed By Weequahic Five back to his tent. In the last GEORGE CHUVALO 14 months, when everyone was looking upon him as a contender for the crown, he lost three bouts to Floyd Patterson in 12 rounds, to Ernie Terrell in 15 last November 1 and to Eduardo Corletti in 10 in London 2 months ago.

Chuvalo should be a regular ball for Clay, our very fast stepping champion who has one of the best jabs in this fight business. That jab and his blinding speed should make Chuvalo look like a complete flop for the- first seven or eight rounds. It's conceivable that it could end by that time because the Canadian might become discouraged. However, if Chuvalo can go that far and still have his health, he might be able to damage the young champion because Clay seems to run out of steam. If Clay slows, Chuvalo can put in a few punches.

The odds are good, though, that Chuvalo will just keep on clinching and fighting from out of his usual fog. Box Score Pirn RKHc (4) Williamstown schmiat G. P. G. r.

P. 6 5 17'CHrk 3 6 i7 Wef1 0 0 0 Henderson 6 0 12 Reynolds 8 5 21 Cossabone 0 2Jckson 3 3 3 SX'k 10 7 3 0 6 4 3 II 0 0 0 2TlT 42 Schmidt Totslt 16 A TotoU score it rtmuuj Williamstown 17 23 15 13 P'k Pid '6 64 Officials: Wn nd cester County school ever to win a State hoop title, closed out its greatest season with a 25-2 ledger. The Braves had en tered the game with a 15-game winning streak. It was impossible for Derrickson to pick out any one player as the key player in the victory. As he put it, "They were all great." The basket that the close to 1,000 Owl adherants will remember most is the rebound that Mike Schmidt put in with 16 seconds to go that snapped a 62-62 deadlock and gave the Owls the title.

Williamstown fans, however, can only think of the basket that might have been. After winning a jump with 5 seconds to go, George Cossabone fcot within range to attempt a 20-foolcr but it fell short. Teammate Ron Jackson got the rebound but his follow up- rolled off the rim at the buzzer. Officials Warren Wolf and Frank Cicarcll said after the game that the bucket would have counted if it had gone in. Williamstown had appeared on its way to a come-from-be-hind victory itself when lanky center Don Henderson put in a rebound with 3:10 to go in the (Continued Column I.

Page 45) W. B. A. champion, although Clay generally is recognized. Chuvalo ranks No.

10 with the W. B. A. and No. 9 with Ring Magazine Chuvalo, a 28year-old Toronto strongboy, has lost two of his last three bouts.

Although he has never been knocked out in 47 fights, he dropped his last start January 25 in London to Eduardo Corletti and was beaten by Terrell here in 15 rounds last November 1. Coreletti, incidentally, was stopped in five rounds by Ray Patterson, Floyd's kid brother. "I'm going to try to be the first to knock him out," Clay said Sunday. "I would feel I had accomplished something." (Continued Page 42, oClumn 3) It was O'Brien's way of con-1 gratulating the jubilant players for giving Bosco its first New Jersey Stale Inlerscholastic A. A.

basketball championship in 22 years. "I just w'anted to tell you how I felt because I won't be seeing many of you on the playing floor anymore." With that the locker room returned to bedlam as the players and their coaches continued to congratulate one another for the impressive 65-58 victory over Christian Brothers Academy in the Parochial A final Saturday afternoon at Convention Hall. It was a sweet victory for the Dons, who lost to C. B. A.

in last year's State final. "We blew that game," related O'Brien as he stepped into the corridor to' get away from the noise. "1 had the films of last year's final but I wouldn't let any one look at them until Thursdav afternoon. WORKED ON MISTAKES "The kids saw the mistakes they made. That night (Thursday) we practiced working on those mistakes.

We came down here Friday morning and practiced again, this time at Holy, Spirit High School. And we didn't make the same mistakes tonight." O'Brien, who has compiled a 93-30 record in 5 years at Bosco. said the films showed Sweet Taste Savored By Jacksonville, Fla. if Win-1 ning $13,500 first prizes in golf tournaments is pleasant, but there's bigger money to be made and Doug Sanders is after it. His immediate goal is winning the Master at Augusta April 7-10.

"I'm seriously going to try to win one of the four major tournaments this year." he said after pocketing first money in the S82.000 Greater Jacksonville Open yesterday. His manager, Mike McCor- mick of Cleveland who also handles business for Arnold Palmer. Jack Nichlaus. Gary Player, and a few other big name golfers told Sanders he could make a great deal more from endorsements if he could win one of the big ones. Already the fashion plate and clown prince of the tour, Sanders is making an effort to heed the advice by taking his golf more seriously.

He stands it's only a fine team that can reach that State final. In winning their 13th straight and 25th in 26 games, Weequahic simply outclassed the Comets. Once Leroy Cobb sank a layup for a 5-3 lead, the Indians held the upper hand. Although somewhat sluggish in the first half, Weequahic still held a 28- Clay To Seek Knockout In Title Bout Tomorrow By ALGIE BORGI (Staff Writer) I Atlantic City Most basket-; ball fans think that Weequahic wins because of its tremendous height, rebounding, and scoring. But Les Fein, coach of the Newark team that is obviously the best high school team in the State, thinks otherwise.

Fein was accepting congratulations Saturday night at Convention Hall after his team had trounced Hackensack, 62-38, for the New Jersey Stale In-tcrscholastic Athletic Association Group 4 championship, when he declared that defense was the key to his team's success. "We play tremendous defense. It's not all rebounds and scoring," he commented. "Remember we don't use any rones we use a man-to-man. We've been giving up an average of 41 points a game." BAD NIGHT, SAYS KAY Hackensack attempted to hold the ball and wait for the good shot, but the Comets just couldn't hit against the tall Indian defense.

"We just had a bad night. What can I say?" Hackensack coach Jim Kay asked as he walked the locker room. While Kay was dejected, Fein complimented the Bergen County coach. "Mention that Jim Kay did a fine job," the Weequahic mentor said, since It could be a good fight only if Chuvalo gets past Clay's jabs and punches hard to the belly with occasional swipes at the Clay profile. He simply must move straight at Clay all the time or the fight won't be worth a quarter.

Once Chuvalo elects to stand still, he'll catch punches with his chin, jaw, ears, nose, eyes and eyelashes. Between exhibitions of dancing. Clay can be a very good chucker. Heavy Title Is Always On Line Now there Is lots of talk around that there will be no title at stake. But no matter what commissioners rule, it's a truism In boxing that when a heavy champ fights (barring exhibitions) his title is on the line.

The World Boxing Association's champion is Ernie Terrell, we all know. But this Association must be regarded as a joker judged on its past performance record. Heck, the fight is being held in Toronto and the head of the Ontario Boxing Commission is the man who was WBA president when it stripped Clay of his title for going through a return match with Sonny Liston. What a difference a few bucks make. This title fight has very little social standing.

Some 10,000 may get to see it at Maple Leaf Gardens. Clay won't get much for it, his opponent will get far less. Toronto must be a haven for mismatches because it was there that Patterson outclassed Tom McNeeley in 1961. Clay killed all the T. V.

outlets with his big mouth when he questioned his country's selective service system and his 1-A reclassification. It was bad business and it came at a most inappropriate time. America has thousands of slackers, in high and low places, but they don't advertise it. So, for that, the young man and his fight are being 14 edge at halftime. Dana Lewis, a 6-9 junior, did not get the in the first! quarter when Hackcnsack's sag-! ging zone forced the Indians to try to score from the outside.

Once Lewis got possession in the pivot, however, Weequahic started to control the game. Lewis scored eight points in the second period after being held scoreless in the opening stanza. Lewis continued his fine play in the second half and wound up with 18 points. He grabbed 19 rebounds and completely dominated the Weequahic defense. Cobb, Larry Bembry, Charlie Talley, and Dennis Lay ton joined Lewis to provide Weequahic with plenty of wnile Hackensack attempted to relv solely on Dale Blaut.

When asked if he thought Hackensack' would slow down the game like it did, Fein replied: "No I didn't They're too good a scoring team. I thought that a team that reached the (Continued Column 1. Page 44) By JACK HAND Toronto The promoters are billing tomorrow's Cassius Clay George Chuvalo bout as the "Fight of the but to many it will be knonw as the "Flight of the Century." A proposed Clay-Ernie Terrell match was run out of New York and Chicago and fluttered between Maine and the Dakotas before "it finally lound a home in Maple Leaf Gardens. When Terrell pulled out because of changes in the contract and other complications, Chuvalo hastily was substituted. The Ontario Boxing Commission, as a member of the World Boxing Association, refuses to recognize this 15-round rntch as a title fight.

Terrell is the.