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.16 THE CAPITAL TIMES, Madison, Wednesday, March 25, 1 987 Woodson may have received cash A writer's view of other 'Oscars9 NAMES AND GAMES THE ACADEMY Awards presentation is always a frustrating show for me to watch. Invariably I have seen none of the movies that are nominated and therefore I have no idea what's going on, or who to root for. From News Services Purdue University's Rod Woodson, an All-America comerback projected as a first-round NFL draft pick, has been accused in a New York courtroom of accepting $21,606 in payments from an agent while still attending school, according to a published report A report in today's New York Daily News said Woodson was named in a lawsuit filed in New York State Supreme Court by Norby Walters, a New York-based sports and entertainment agent Walters is suing for $500,000 in damages, alleging that Woodson broke a representation contract he signed on Jan 2, 1987. According to court papers, Woodson also signed a promissory note for $4,000 issued by Walters on May 20, 1986, during his junior year at Purdue. Since then, Walters and his partner, Lloyd Bloom, principles in World Sports and Entertainment Inc, have loaned Woodson an additional $17,606.

Walters has come under increased scrutiny in recent weeks after admitting that he gave money to college ath- player left camp Monday after complaining that Johnson would not hear his side of the story. Lofton to Raiders? It's been discussed A Los Angeles Raiders official confirmed discussing a trade with the Green Bay Packers for wide receiver James Lofton, but denied the talks had been serious. "We have talked (with the Packers) about Lofton not in any serious vein," said Ron Wolf, Raiders player personnel director. Bits and pieces Navy's David Robinson was named the 13th recipient of the Eastman Award as the nation's top college basketball player, adding that trophy to the Naismith Award he won earlier this month. Former Green Bay Packers coach Dan Devine will rejoin Arizona State University to become director of a new campus program to combat substance abuse.

This year, however, I made the effort to see every movie. I was amazed at how many of them dealt with sports themes. As a reader service, I hereby present capsule descriptions of the top movies, so even if you missed a few, you can feel like Rex Reed. Scott Ostler Los Angeles Times Sportswnter letes, including Auburn's Brent Full-wood. East's Ewert, McKinney head all-city team Madison East's Steve Ewert and Andrew McKinney head the Madison Jay-cees' 1987 all-city boys' basketball team announced Tuesday night at the seventh annual all-city banquet at Edge-wood High School Seniors Ewert and McKinney, two of the mainstays on East's state tournament squad, were joined on the all-city team by West senior Chris Ring, Edge-wood senior Chad MacKenzie and La Follette sophomore Mark Paulson.

East's Mark Nelson received a special leadership and academic award from the Jaycees. Nelson, a starting point guard for East has a 40 grade-point average. Joel Maturi, who recently resigned after 19 years as the Edgewood coach to take an administrative position with the University of Wisconsin athletic department was honored by the Jaycees with a special recognition award. Strawberry pays fine; says no sour grapes Darryl Strawberry extracted himself Tuesday from the fine mess he had been in by presenting the New York Mets with a certified check for $1,500. The money covered Strawberry's pen- ally for missing a workout and walking out of camp in a dispute with manager Dave Johnson.

"We met he's paid and it's all over," Johnson said. "We kissed and made up." Johnson had levied a $500 fine when Strawberry missed a workout Saturday at the Mets' St Petersburg spring training site and tacked on $1,000 when the Bucks get a break by crushing Knicks Here are the movies most likely to win "Oscars," the little statues named for Oscar Madison, the slobby but lovable sports columnist in The Odd PLATOON Not for the weak of heart This is a hard-hitting story about the not-so-hard-hitting Greg Brock's career with the Los Angeles Dodgers. It deals with Brock's campaign to be in the lineup every day instead of being a "platoon" player, allowed to bat only against righties. Dramatic scene in which Tommy Lasorda points out to Brock that he hit .004 against lefties, and Brock says: "Yeah, Tommy, but it was .004 with power." A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET, PART III This time Freddie crosses over the boundary of bad taste. Terror reigns in a suburban neighborhood when the fiend sneaks around and violently disconnects cable TV sports-station hookups in the middle of big games.

LETHAL WEAPON A gang of social outcasts from Las Vegas, all majoring in hotel management, is bent on claiming the United States as its "turf." The gang marches to a final showdown in New Orleans, armed with the ultimate lethal weapon the three-point field goaL The gang's lovable leader, Tark the Shark, is played by Danny DiVito. Or is it the other way around? Cute scene where an investigative reporter discovers that Tark chews that towel because he's got a hero sandwich hidden inside. RAT BOY Chronicles the childhood of Whitey "White Rat" Herzog. 'Nuffsaid. A ROOM WITH A VIEW A major league baseball team, torn by dissension, is drawn together by a dramatic incident The team checks into a hotel and the shortstop, instead of being assigned a penthouse suite as the standard major league contract stipulates, is given a single overlooking an alley and a dipsy dumpster.

Enraged, the team takes over the hotel holding the hotel manager (played by Whitney Houston) hostage. LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS An inside look at an Indiana University basketball practice session. Language not suitable for anyone under 18, or anyone over 18. HEARTBREAK RIDGE A screaming mob of New York Met fans, celebrating the team's World Series victory, runs amok in New York and tries to uproot the Statue of Liberty to use the flame to light a giant vic-tQry cigar. A company of gritty National Guardsmen, led by Clint Eastwood, finally turns back the mob by promising them a guest shot on "Late Night With David Letterman." THE BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS A just-released remake of the classic film of a couple years ago.

This time it's the story of how Southern Methodist University built a football dynasty with a little bit of help from everyone, including the kindly state governor, played by Marlon Brando. In the grabber scene, a key high school recruit is about to defect to "greener" pastures, when some SMU sorority members come to the rescue. They raise thousands of dollars by holding a bake sale, the success of which is assured by the slogan, "We Deliver." CHOPPING MALL This movie isn't really up for any awards. I just love the title. CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD The heart-wrenching story of the Los Angeles Clippers.

One misfortune after another befalls the lovable team and its bumbling management In one typical scene, the Clip and having a great game like he had," Nelson said. "I feel great" Hodges said. "We played both ends of the court We were able to play the tough defense and get into the open court That's the key for us." Injuries to two of his starters had forced Nelson to go to his bench. Jerry Reynolds, averaging 8 points and 2 assists in 18 minutes a game, started for the injured Paul Pressey. Reynolds responded with 16 points and 5 assists while playing 32 minutes.

Ricky Pierce, Nelson's favorite sixth man, started for the injured Sidney Moncrief and scored 24 points. "The team felt good because we played together," Pierce sail "It was un. Everybody got involved." "The key was we played some good defense and we were moving the ball offensively," Pierce said. "We need our confidence and everybody playing as a team going into the playoffs." Milwaukee's Jack Sikma scored 14 points and had 13 rebounds. Terry Cummings added 14 points.

if 4 .4 -V i i I MILWAUKEE (AP) Milwaukee coach Don Nelson says the Bucks' easy win over the New York Knicks was just the tonic his ailing team needed. "This win was a good thing for our ballclub," Nelson said after the Bucks crushed the New York Knicks 135-96 in Tuesday night NBA action, snapping a three-game losing streak. "We've been winning games by close margins for a month and a half, and we haven't been able to break one out" Nelson said. "It was such a pleasure to just let the game come to us and rely on our defense and take advantage of whatever was there." The Bucks never let the Knicks get into the game as Milwaukee led by 14 after the first period, 21 at the half and 27 at the end of the third period. Four of Milwaukee's starters scored in double-figures, but it was Craig Hodges coming off the bench to score 27 points that pleased Nelson the most "Of all the guys who have had to make major adjustments on this team, no guy has had to make more adjustments than Craig Hodges," Nelson said.

"His minutes have been cut he's been taken out of the starting lineup, he has been the epitome of a team player through all of this." With 3:47 remaining in the third quarter and the Bucks leading 93-71, Hodges went to work and scored 11 points. Milwaukee led 106-79 after three periods. "It gives me a great deal of pleasure to look at the box score and see Craig Hodges as the leading scorer 22 17 44 29 IIS Milwaukee NEW YORK Tucker 1-30 0-3 19, Walker 5-10 0-3 10, E. Wllklm 3-10 9, Henderson 2-4 3-5 7, G. Wllklns 7-19 0-1 14, Wright 1-7 5-6 7, Orr 4-9 5-4 13, Sparrow M0 2-4 6, Thornton 4-4 0-0 McNealy 1-1 1-1 3.

Totoli 37-90 MILWAUKEE Cummings 4-14 2-2 14, Reynolds S-14 0-3 16, Slkmo 4-9 4-7 14, Lucas 3-10 2-3 9. Pierce 9-13 4-4 24, Bradley 4-10 04 11 Breuer 3-7 2-4 Hodges 10-13 4-4 27, Mokeskl 2-4 7- 11. Totals 51-94 29-34 135. Three-point goals Tucker 3, Hodges 3, Lucas. Fouled out Walker, Breuer.

Rebounds New York 49 (Wright 13), Milwaukee 40 (Slkma 13). Assists New York 14 (Tucker, Sparrow 4), Milwaukee 32 (Lucas 11). Total fouls New York 29, Milwaukee X. Technical Cummings. Att.

11,052. The Associated Press Craig Hodges of the Milwaukee Bucks drive toward the basket during Tuesday's victory over the New York Knicks. Phoenix takes advantage of Lakers' flop pers are fined by the Coliseum Commission for overcharging Benoit Benjamin for parking in the key. ROCKY XIV Rocky Balboa hits mandatory retirement age and is forced to give up prizefighting, even though he still has several hundred brain cells left He makes a stirring athletic comeback as player-manager of the Cincinnati Reds. In a memorable training scene, Rocky tunes his batting eye by going to a poultry farm and ungoing rotten eggs.

OUTRAGEOUS FORTUNE A .193 hitter with bad knees and a 48-inch waistline wins a $2 million salary when a nearsighted arbitrator, re-'. viewing the submitted evidence, mistakes the player's weight for his batting average. RUTH LESS PEOPLE Major league clubhouse attendants band together and refuse to hand out free bubble gum and chewing tobacco until the players agree to pick up their own dirty towels and socks and throw them into the laundry hamper. ANGEL HEART Cardiologists try desperately to find one, in the wake of the team's "disheartening" 1986 finish. COLOR OF MONEY America's 10 richest athletes find themselves all staying at the same tropical resort, and they spend the entire week arguing whether money is actually Fenway Park Green or Astro-Turf Greea 'ROUND MIDNIGHT Darryl Strawberry, explaining that his alarm clock was stolen by an out-of-work jazz musician, shows up just a little bit late for the Mets' home opener.

the Bulls an 81-71 lead with 5:14 left Celtics 111, Cavaliers 88 Kevin McHale had all his 22 points and Bird had all but two of his 32 in the first three quarters as the Celtics built a 20-point lead and substituted freely in the final period. Mavericks 119, Nets 107 Aguirre scored 18 points in the first quarter and 17 in the fourth period when Dallas came from behind for its sixth straight victory. New Jersey, which led by nine points in the third period, was ahead 88-84 early in the final quarter. Then Aguirre took over, scoring all of Dallas' points in a 13-4 spurt that put the Mavericks in front for good. Spurs 103, Rockets 97 Artis Gilmore scored 24 points as San Antonio avenged a string of five straight losses to Houstoa The Spurs had four other players in double fig ures Walter Berry with 22, Jon Sundvold 18 and Johnny Moore .17 while David Greenwood had 14 points, 10 assists and 15 rebounds.

Houston was led by Akeem Olajuwon with 22 points. Nuggets 128, Clippers 119 Alex English scored 34 points and Lafayette Lever added 28 as Denver handed the Clippers their 11th consecutive road loss and 31st in 34 games away from home. By winning, Denver remained 3 games ahead of San Antonio in the race for the eighth and final playoff berth in the Western Conference. Kings 128, Trail Blazers 116 Reggie Theus scored 11 of his 23 points in the final eight minutes, as the Kings outscored Portland 18-4 during a four-minute stretch that gave them a 118-101 lead with 4:16 left The Associated Press For one night the Los Angeles Lakers the team with the best record in the NBA looked more like the Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight The Lakers lost Magic Johnson early in the game with a bruised calf muscle and then had their 10-game winning streak snapped by the Phoenix Suns 108-93 Tuesday night. Along the way, the Lakers made only two of 24 shots in the second quarter the fewest field goals in one period ever in the Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum as they were outscored 28-12 and fell behind 57-42 at halftime.

"There's not a better team in the NBA to beat outside of the Lakers to come out of a slump," said Larry Nance, who scored 32 points as the Suns snapped a seven-game losing streak. "It was our very, very poor game combined with their great game," Los Angeles coach Pat Riley said after his club fell to 54-15. "It was our mental slippage more than anything else. They were aggressive, they got all the loose balls and second shots. I.3A ROUIIDUP They dominated the boards." Phoenix's Nance scored eight points during the lopsided second period.

The Suns also scored the last seven points of the first quarter to trigger a 35-12 burst The Lakers got within 73-65 late in the third quarter but six points from Nance, who had 11 in the period, put Phoenix ahead 83-70 and the Suns led by as many as 20 in the fourth quarter. Hawks 96, Bullets 87 Dominique WUkins took six stitches above the left eye when he caught a stray elbow in the first quarter, but came back to score 31 points as Atlanta moved one game ahead of idle Detroit in the Central Divisioa Jordan scored 56 points and sparked a 12-point burst in the fourth quarter. Jordan tied the game 71-71 with 9:50 left then stole the ball and scored on a slam dunk 27 seconds later. After a three-point play by Gene Banks, Jordan added a free throw and two more baskets to give TODAY 7 pjn. Horn Racing Sprint Championship, ESPN.

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rowiTf) si BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES Placed Mike Young, outfielder, and Rez Hudler, infielder, on the 21-day disabled list Optioned Billy Ripken, second baseman, D.L Smith, shortstop, Carl Nichols, catcher, John Habyan, pitcher, and Chris Padget, first baseman-outfielder, to Rochester of the International League. Outrighted Ricky Jones, outfielder, to Rochester. Optioned Greg Talamantez, pitcher, to Charlotte of the Southern League. Sent Donnie Scott and Jeff Tack-ett, catchers, Pete Stanicek, second baseman, Craig Worthington, third baseman, Mike Hart outfielder, and Rick Ownbey and Jeff Ballard, pitchers, to their minor-league camp lor reassignment TEXAS RANGERS Traded Orlando Mercado, catcher, to the Detroit Tigers for a player to be named later. National League ATLANTA BRAVES Named Bruce Del Canton pitching coach.

Named Johnny Sain, pitching coach, pitching consultant PITTSBURGH PIRATESOptioned Jose Lind, Infielder, and Tim Drum-mond, Hipolito Pena and Martin Hernandez, pitchers, to Vancouver of the Pacific Coast League. SAN DIEGO PADRES Sent Leon Roberts, second baseman, Ed Rodriguez, infielder, Shawn Abner, outfielder, and Rusty Ford, Ray Hayward, Todd Simmons and Ed Vosberg, pitchers, to their minor-league complex. FOOTBALL National Football League CHICAGO BEARS Signed Jim Covert, tackle, to a series of one-year next game will be Saturday at Rochester. Rochester also will play host to the Capitols for the third game if it's needed. Against Thunder Bay, Gonce and Marshall each scored goals in the first period as the Capitols skated to a 2-1 lead.

Marshall's second goal helped stave off a Thunder Bay rally in the second period and the Capitols led 4-3 at the second intermissioa Then, the Capitols put Thunder Bay away in the third period as Gonce, Rick Carter and Ty Eigner scored. Madison 2 2 17 Thunder Bay 1 2 01 First period: Madison Gonce (Eigner), dp, Marshall (Strunk), 18:38. Thunder Bay Jour-daln (LaProde, Berltnquette), pp, 19:14. Second period: Thunder Bay Menard (Nlchol), 5:31. Madison Marshall (Cautleld, Eigner), 11:40.

Thunder Bay Jourdaln (LaProde, Rollason), 15:57. Third period: Madison Carter IBroten), Eigner (Carter), Gonce (Granato), 11:50. Saves: Rougelot (Modlson) 43; Stiurm (Thunder Bay) 24. Penalties: Modlson 7, Thunder Bay 4. Att.

4.431. THUNDER BAY, Ontario The Madison Capitols earned a berth in the National Junior A championship tournament after they defeated Thunder Bay, 7-3, here Tuesday night. Roger Rougelot Jeff Marshall and Kurt Gonce were the heroes for the Capitols in the fifth and deciding game of the United States Hockey League second-round playoff series. Goalie Rougelot made 43 saves and Marshall and Gonce each scored two goals in a game played before a USHL-record crowd of 4,638. The Capitols, who will play in the four-team national tournament in Detroit April 3-6, must first play in the best-of -three USHL championship series with Rochester (Minn.) The first game will begin at 8 p.m.

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