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Ives Fifflbt (Ow 3i Week to 30-Day Delay Expected By Clint Roswell While the confusion from yesterday's incident in Zaire swells as fast as the one-inch gash above Georgre Foreman's eye, the only certainty is that the Sept. 24 title bout with Muhammad Ali has been postponed. Video Techniques announced the delay here late yesterday (Dick Young fells how it happened on Page 55J afternoon despite coaxing by the Zaire government to wait an other 48 hours before reaching a decision. C3 cT 55 Negotiations are presently under way to establish a new date for the fight, said Davis Berman. a spokesman for the closed-circuit firm, promoters of the fight.

"It is estimated to occur witn- 4r one wees and su days irom the orig-inally scheduled date. The final date will be announced as lilliiliiiiil the press corps and 20 Zaire paratroopers had to keep away the curious crowd as Foreman sped to his villa on a bluff overlooking the Congo River. Foreman, whose wound wasn't sutured, talked with newsmen at the villa later, a bandage covering his eye. The area above the eye was swollen, but the eye itself was open. Foreman sat with his head down, looked up twice as his manager, Dick Sadler, urged a postponement.

"This is the first time In my life anything ever happened like this," a disconsolate Foreman told the press. Even more despondent was McMurray, who broke into tears when he was told that the controversial blow might threaten soon as all the parties involved have agreed to the new date." Associated Press Wirephoto George Foreman and sparring partner Bill McMurray (left) exchange punches during barrage which might have caused cut above champ's riht eye. which says "the cut isn't serious American League LAST NIGHT Minnesota 7, Kansas City 2 Only game scheduled National League YESTERDAY Montreal 3, METS 2. METS 3, Montreal 2 (2d). San Francisco 4, Atlanta 2 Houston at Los Angeles night Cincinnati at San Diego, night Only games scheduled the fight.

At first it was thought to be a left jab, but when he was pressed by Foreman's cor EAST nermen, McMurray admitted it was his elbow. Ali didn't take the news too Part of the confusion stems from the geographical separation of the parties involved. From the moment the news broke that Foreman had been cut in the third round by sparring mate Bill Mc-M array's elbow, Zaire has been swamped by calls and its communications circuitry has been jammed. According to reports by the Associated Press and United Press International the Zaire government minimized the situation saying Americans tend to dramatize." The emerging nation faces a large financial loss, but more importantly, its competence and importance could be undermined. But it was Foreman's personal physician, Dr.

Peter Hacker, who forced the postponement with his prognosis. Its the kind of thing that would be opened by a moderate blow in a week's time," Hacker told newsmen. Hacker went to work on Foreman immediately after McMurray opened up a cut above the champion's right eye. It came in gravely, saying he had a vision 63 69 74 77 80 86 79 77 73 69 66 60 St. Louis Pittsburgh Philadelphia Montreal METS Chicago that foreman was going to be cut and that he would stop training until a decision was reached.

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.630 .612 .544 .503 .456 358 G.B. 1 18 Yt G.B. 13 25 40 most to worry about were the at all, but Foreman couldn't train or fight before Sept. 24." The postponement was alternately bad and good for the Garden, which was hoping for a sellout for the closed circuit telecast next Tuesday. Also, any new date after the third week into October might conflict with a Knick or Ranger game and possibly shift the closed circuit into Felt Forum, wThich seats only 4,500 a loss of 15,500 seats as opposed to capacity of the big arena.

On the good side, Mike Burke, president of the Garden, gave a rundown on the costs to the media for covering the bout in Zaire and the difficulties in setting the match up in Kinshasha. "Maybe what this demonstrates is that Madison Square Garden is the most logical place to hold a championship fight," Burke explained. "If it becomes impractical to hold the fight in Zaire, if there is any chance at all for us to get this fight, we would certainly be eager to buy the live gate rights." promoters. Video Techniaues. who stand to lose $4-5 million WEST W.

L. Los Angeles 92 54 Cincinnati 90 57 Atlanta 81 68 Houston 74 73 San VYancisco 68 81 San Diego 53 95 dollars on the closed-circuit television contracts. The postponement was decided on at a meeting last night among Sadler, officials of Viedo Techniques and Zaire. All were shock the third and final round of the day second sparring session. Foreman had looked sharp and was punishing his sparmates.

Mc- Baltimor Palmer (4-12) at YANKEES Medicn (18-13), 8 P.m. (WPIX-ll and WMCA-S70). Detroit Coleman CI 2-1 2) at Boston Lee (16-12), 7:30 P.m. Oakland Hunter (23-11) at Kansas City Busby (19-14), 8:30 p.m. Cleveland J.

Perry (15-11) at Milwaukee Colborn (8-12), 8:30 p.m. California Hassler (4-11) at Texas Jenkins (23-11), 9 P.m. Minnesota At bury (6-3) at Chicago Bahnsen (11-14), 9 P.m. TONIGHT METS Matlack (12-12) at Montreal Rogers (13-20), 8:05 p.m. (WHN-1050) Chicago Dettore (0-0) at Philadelphia Twit- chell (6-9), 7:35 p.m.

St. Louis Gibson (10-12) at Pittsburah Reuss (15-9), 7:35 P.m. Cincinnati B'llingham (19-9) at San Diego Greif (8-17), 10:30 p.m. Houston Griffin (13-9) at Los Angeles Ran (13-8) or Downing (5-6), P.m. Atlanta Capra (14-8) at San Francisco Barr (12-8) or Bryant (3-15), 10:30 P.m.

ed and confused by the day's events. The only question remaining is the seriousness of the cut. Xo one in Foreman's corner has divulged what medical treatment the champion has received, and the only word is from Video Techniques, Murray was the champ's second opponent of the workout and af ter two rounds his T-shirt wa3 splattered with his own blood. McMurray, a 38 year old heavyweight froi Sacramento, apparently landed a left elbow to Foreman (wearing headgear) during the round and fJlets, Expos Split, 3-2; Davis Is Spoiler the two continued until the bell rang. Foreman went to his corner, held a towel to his eye and left the gym approximately 30 minutes later with light ap By Augie Borgi Montreal, Sept.

16 Nervously, Gene Mauch explained why Willie Davis was liftec as the Mets came to bat for the sixth inning- of the first game of tonight's doubleheader "I asked Willie, "Willie, level with me. Are you a I knew he didn't feel well before the game. plause from the gallerv. But interest had spread among removed from the game In the sixth inning1. Before he left, though, Jie'd dropped a Ted Martinez pop for a three-base error for the Mets first run.

Ed Kranepool was at first, thanks to a Jimmy Cox error when Martinez blooped his I could tell before the game that he didn't have his equilibrium." METS (2) at MONTREAL (3) With Davis resting in the clubhouse, the Expos beat the ebrfirbi Mets, 3-2, for their eighth 3 12 0 4 12 0 0 0 0 0 straight win. Then Randy Ster (First Game) brhrbl W.Garrett,3b 5 0 10 Mangual.lf 5 0 0 0 Foli.ss 4 0 2 0 Montague.p Staub.rf 4 0 10 W.Davis.cf KranepooUf 4 10 0 4 110 Baiiey.lf 4 0 0 0 Foote.c 3 0 0 0 ling, making ius first major 10 12 league start, had a no-hitter go 2 0 10 4 0 0 0 ing into the sixth inning and Tug McGraw provided the relief as 3 0 18 H.Breeden.fb 3 0 10 3 0 2 1 10 0 0 1 0 0 0 J. 4 12 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 Koosman.p Bos well, ph R. the Mets regained their equil two-out pop. Davis drifted over, the ball going: off his glove and hitting- him in the head as the crowd booed.

Playing in right-center as Koosman led off the fifth, Davis was caught flat-footed when Koosman lined a hit to left-center. It would have been a double, but Davis trotted after the ball, so Koosman had a triple. It didn't cost the Expos a run, though, because Kooz was thrown out at the plate on Felix Millan's grounder. But Gene Mauch wasn't taking any chances. "Let's say this," Mauch had said earlier in the night.

"I've had two talks with him (about arriving late and not hustling) brium with a 3-2 victory in the 111 second game. J. Morales ph 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bob Foster Quits Ring Albuquerque, N.M., Sept. 16 (AP) World light-heavyweight champ Bob Foster, 34, retired today after 14 successful title defenses, saying he doesn't want to battle the world sanctioning bodies. teIts time to retire, I guess Foster said.

"I still think I can lick any light-heavyweight in the world, but it's too much of a mental thing to fight the World Boxing Assn. and th World Boxing Council, too." Foster's only career defeats came against heavyweights, although he whipped four of them. His pro record was 51- 6-1, with an all-time division record of 42 hnockouts- Foster ran into sanctioning problems last year when he twice successfully defended his title against Pierre Fourie of South Africa. The WBA, however, recognized Victor Gal i ndez of A r-gentina as the No 1 37 2 8 1 Rusty Staub's homer and Wayne Garrett's two-run single Totals METS Montreal Totals 31 3 10 3 .0 101 00 02 .00) 0 20 3 1 1 I III? beat Don Carrithers. The fifth inning outburst was the only in J.

Cox 2. W. Davis, Staub, Koosman; DP METS LOB METS 11, Montreal 2B Torrez; 3B Koosman; SB Foli, Woods. IP ER BB SO ning the Mets had base runners as they made Sterling a winner Koosman (L, 13-10) 7 9 3 2 4 5 R. Miller 1 1 0 0 0 2 Rusty Staub Homers in 2d gam torrez (W, B) 1 I 3 2 Montague 2 1 0 0 0 2 bave: Momague wk, Koosman; and provided McGraw with his third save of the year and first since June 21.

The mystery of the second night was Davis, who came back as a pinch-hitter and got the first hit off Sterling. He 's been compared to Richie Allen all season by the Montreal press. black horse racingr stable and isn't happy in baseball, so he quit. If I wasn't happy in baseball, I'd quit, too." Instead, Davis, Involved In a feud with the local press because he was cited as the main reason and he plays the game better than anybody once the game starts, just like Richie Allen." With a the 34-year-old Davis, obtained last winter when the Expos sent Mike Marshall to Los Angeles, may be traded again this winter. Right now, he's piqued about being cited for Montreal's failure.

"I ask this question," he grum- bled, "who is to blame when we win if there is somebody to blame when we lose? Now answer that." The reason Montreal won tonight was Ron Woods, Davis' replacement. The Mets took a 2-1 lead on singles by Dave Schneck, Duffy Dyer and Koosman when Woods went into the game and was cheered for catching routine flys. "Richie Allen is at peace with himself and he's happy, Davi3 for the Expos' failare this sea explained. "He wants to own a son in a fan reaction poll, was.