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The Times Record, Saturday, May 31. 1975 Rangers Clip Yankees, Lyle BIG MIKE POOLE, right, backs Frank Morney of Syracuse into a corner during action at the AAU Golden Gloves tournament at the Colonie Coliseum Friday night. Morney took the decision in the bout. Winners from (AP)Roy Howell's fifth run batted In of the game, following Toby Harrah's leadoff double in the bottom of the ninth Inning; carried Texas to ar6-5 victory over the New York Yankees Friday night and snapped the Rangers' six- game losing streak. Harrah doubled to left- center off Yanks' relief ace Sparky l.yle, 1-4, before Howell singled to left, giving reliever Jackie Brown, -3-5, the triumph.

Gralg Nettles' two-run homer in the sixth inning put the Yanks on top 5-4, but Jeff trough tied i i the ei ght with his ninth homer of the year. Howell drove in Texas' first four runs off New York starter Doc Medich with two- run singles in the second and fourth innings. The Yanks got a run In each of the first three innings on a pair of singles by Thurman Munson and one by Fred Stanley. Twins 4, Red Sox 3 BLOOM1NGTON, Minn. (AP) Run-scoring singles by Tony Oliva and Eric Soderholm in the' seventh inning boosted the Minnesota Twins to a 4-3 victory over the Eastern Divisionleading Boston Red Sox Friday night.

Oliva ripped a 1-2 pitch from Boston reliever Diego Scgui down the right field line this card will go on to further competition Rod a which culminates in the national Golden Gloves championships in Shreveport, La. (Photo by Steve Lovelette Carew walked to lead.off the inning, stole second and moved to third on a wild throw by Red Sox catcher Tim Blackwell. Boston had tied the game at 2-2 in the sixth inning when Fred cracked his seventh home run of the a i a Yastrzemski, who had singled. The Twins had taken a 2-0 lead in the fifth Inning. Steve Braun led off the inning against Red Sox starter Dick Pole with his fourth home run of the season and Soderholm singled in another run.

i a improved his record to 4-4 with relief help from Tom Burgmeier in the ninth, when the Red Sox scored their third run on Tony Conigliaro's sacrifice fly. Segui, 12. was charged with ttie loss. Chisox Tigers Rained Out DETROIT (AP) Friday night's American League a a game between Chicago and Detroit was rained out with the White Sox loading 3-2 and the Tigers balling--and scoring-in the bottom of the second inning. The game will be made up Sunday as part of a double- header, Chicago scored three runs in the top of the second on Bill Melton's RBI single and Deron Johnson's two-run homer.

In the bottom of the inning, a walk, singles by Nate Colbert and Bill Frechan and Tom Veryzer's sacrifice fly gave the Tigers two runs before the rains came. After a one-hour wait, the game was called. Track World Saddened Jinto Lead DOWNEY, Calif. (AP) Soderholm's single scored Sergio Ferrer, who had stolen second base after going in to run for Oliva. A New Ali At Golden Gloves By BILL IANNONE Record Sports Writer COLON'IE There was no trace of the shuffle, no trace of the mirage or the Russian tank and there.was only slight evidence of rope-a-dope, but the chant ringing through the i a No, the scene wasn't set in the Cleveland Coliseum, or Madison Square Garden, or even in Zaire, Africa.

The scene was set at the Colonie Coliseum Summer Theater and the festivities were the opening round of the two- i A i a A A District Golden Gloves Boxing Championships. The boxer who sent off the crowd reaction was Carlton Tillery, who advanced to. the semi-finals with a win over Rich Douglas in the 156 pound novice class. Tillery, who a a a a heavyweight champ Muhammad Ali, fights out of the Albany Triangle Boxing Club. Ali has been worried that movie producers will not be able to find a young boy "pretty enough" to play the part of young Cassius Clay in All's film biography.

Well. Tillery would fit part perfectly. Tillery, who entered the ring to the Ali chants, used a blistering offensive attack to easily win the first two rounds. But in the finals round, an exhausted Tillery used different tactics: dope. Midway through the round the referee told Tillery to come away from the ropes and Tillery hung on (or the decision.

Dan Ferris, fighting oul of the Wafervliet Boxing Club under the direction of Dave Zyglewicz, also advanced to the semi-fjnals with an im; Al Feuerbach Upset In Shot WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Al Feuerbach, world record i suffered a rare defeat Friday night in the opening day of the a a i Federation championships at Wichita Slate University. Feuerbach, competing for the Pacific Coast Track Club, tossed the shot 64-10tt for a third-place finish behind Bishop Dolegewicz of the Canadian Throwing Team and Sam Walker of the Gulf Coast Track Club. I Dolegewicz won 1 the event 1 with a toss of 66-2W. Walker i was second at 65-0 'A.

Wichita State's Randy i Smith established a meet 1 record in the steeplechase i a i of 8:36.4, smashing the former mark of 8:38.2 established last year by Randy Lussenden of the Chicago Track Club. Lussenden finished fourth in this year's event with a time of 3:48.8. i i Rochester's Greg Delregno in the 125 pound novice class. Ferris began his attack from (he opening bell and continued to pound away at Delregno. Ferris brought the crowd to its feet in the middle of the third round when he began to pummel Delregno with combinations to the Delregno did take a standing eight count in the round, bat Ferris couldn't put him away.

In another crowd pleasing bout Troy's Irish Jim Donnel- ly made a remarkable comeback to whip Rich Rossato, of McGraw, New York. Donnelly seemed to be in trouble in the second round when he went sprawling through the ropes. The fall was ruled a "slip" by the referee, but Donnelly was in trouble nonetheless. In the third a different'Donnelly went to the center of the ring. Irish Jim began to score heavily with head punches and had Rossato hanging on.

Donnelly continued to connect and sent McGinnis Signs With N.Y. Knicks By HAL BOCK AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) The New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association have signed American Basketball Association superstar George McGinnis to a multi-million dollar contract after McGinnis' court suit challenging the NBA draft was dropped, The Associated Press learned today. A hearing on McGinnis' suit, scheduled before U.S. District Court Judge Robert L. Carter Friday morning, was cancelled when the judge received a phone call from a representative of both sides in the case, saying the matter had been settled out of court, McGinnis had instituted the suit to gain his freedom to sign with the Knicks.

His NBA rights were owned by the Philadelphia 76ers, who had refused to trade the 6-foot-8, 235-pound forward to New York. Published reports said that McGinnis' agreement with the Knicks would be for $2 million covering six years. The AP learned that the Knicks were prepared to fight whatever legal battles necessary to keep the 24-year-old McGinnis on their roster. Though it was not known specifically what type of out-of-court settlement had been reached, dropping of the suit appeared to have solved one those.legal problems immediately. McGinnis was a standout sophomore at the University of Indiana in 1971 when he decided to skip his last two years of collegiate eligibility to sign a lucrative contract with the Pacers.

He averaged 16.9 points a game in his rookie season in the ABA and made the league's all-rookie team. He improved his scoring average to 27.6 in 1972-73 arid led the Pacers in scoring that year and again in 1973-74 when he averaged 25.9 and was named all league team. The 6-foot-8 powerfully built forward was the ABA scoring champion for 1974-75, averaging 29.8.points a game. He also led all playoff scorers with 32.3 average for the Pacers, who were beaten in the final round of the ABA playoffs by Kentucky. McGinnis was named co-winner of the ABA's 1975 Most Valuable Player Award with Julius Erving of (he New York Nets.

Rossato reeling around the ring. The gutsy Rossato stayed on his feet and lost the decision in the 165 pound novice Other area boxers were not as fortunate as Donnelly and Ferris. Eric Smith of Troy suffered a bloodied nose in the third round and dropped a decision to Rome's Greg Kennedy in the 125 pound novice classification. In a 132 pound novice class Rickie Evans, of Corinth, drubbed Dave Heider, of Troy. The referee stopped the contest in the second round.

Gordon Gilliam, fighting out of the Trinity Boxing Club in Albany, used right hands to daze John Bills, of the a i Department, and win the 132 pound novice class. The bout was stopped in the second round by the referee. Ex-world featherweight champion Willie Pep was on hand for the festivities along with the profilie Carmen Basilio. The semi-finals and finals will be completed tonight beginning at 7:30 p.m. at the Colonie Coliseum! The Results Bobby Unser Praises Foyt TORONTO AP Bobby Unser, winner of-last Sunday's rain-shortened Indianapolis 500 auto race, says one way to stop cheating among drivers at Indy would be to let fellow driver A.J.

Foyt check them out. Here Thursday to drum up interest in the June 15 Formula 5000 race at Mosport, Unser says Foyt would catch the cheaters, because he knows every trick of the trade. Unser said he wasn't accusing Foyt of cheating, "but he'd be the most professional about it if he did." Bryant Speaks Out BIRMINGHAM, Ala. AP Coach Paul "Bear" Bryant of Alabama said Friday he plans to keep making noises "until administrators gel off their backsides and do something" lo provide financial security for assistant college coaches. The longtime football coach said he wants a pension plan established for assistant coaches and trainers "the men who contribute more to our programs lhan perhaps anybody else but who have no security, Bryanl is trying to get the National Collegiate Athletic Association to sanction a spring football game by each member wilh part of the proceeds funding a pension Ui Ib.

Greg Kennedy (Rome) declsloned Eric Smllh (Troy); 125 Ib. novlct Dan i (Walervllet) declsloned Greg DelregnD (Rochester); Ij? Ib. iwvlci Rickie Evans over Dave Helcer (Troy), RSC, second round; 132 Ib. nflvlca Gcrdon Gllllam (Trinlly) over Bills (Troy). RSC, second rou-'d: 13V Ib.

novlci Bobby Sherman (PeoksKini over Johnny While (Triangle). RSC, second round. 139 Ib. Gary Carelock over James MFIIer (Rome), RSC, second round; 139 Ib. novice Ernie Grenler (Corinth) declstaned William Bell (Albany); 139 Ib.

Derek Floyd (Root-ester) over George Jones (Rome), RSC, ihlrd rOL-nd; lo. Frank Murray (Syracuse) declsloned Mike Pools (Rochester); 147 Ib. novice George Hagood (Ithaca) wlrner by delault. 147 Ib. novlct Bobby (Corlnlh) over Rick Nowalk RSC second round; 147 Ib.

novice -Chris Smllh (Corlnlh) over Bobby Snyder RSC, second round; Joe Phillips declsloned Curtis SmMh (Bridgeport, 1W Ib. Carlton Tillery (Albany) decfsloned Rich Douglas (Syracuse); US Ib. Donnelly declsloned Rich Rcssalo (McGraw). Heath Picked Top Albany State Golfer Sophomore Terry Heath of Allamont has been named Most Valuable Golfer of 197475 at Albany State. Heath had a learn-low average of 82.n this spring for the Great Danes, who a 5-8 record.

His best round was-a 77 and he broke 80 on two other occasions. Heath posted an 83.5 average i Albany's 3-2 a season. The best i average the Dick Sauers- coache'd Great Danes was 85.22 by Frank Prete, which earned the Harrison senior Most I honors. He lowered his fall overage by 14.8 strokes per round. EUGENE, Ore.

(AP) Steve Prefontaine, for almost a decade one of this country's best and most controversial 'athletes and the owner of every American running record over 2,000 meters, is dead at 24, the victim of a a a i accident here Friday. The 5-toot-9, 155-pound dist a dedication to running and training was matched by his bitterness over the treatment of a a athletes in America, had come within 114 seconds of his S.OOOmeter record at a meet in Eugene Thursday night. Barely four hours later, after leaving a party in honor of six Finnish athletes he had brought to A i a to compete, Prefontaine had taken his girlfriend home and was driving along a Eugene residential street. Police'said his small foreign car crossed the center line, skidded about 40 feet, a r.o.ck embankment and flipped over, pinning him beneath it. The time of death was placed at about 12:30 a.m.

PDT. It sent shock waves through the track world and cost America its strongest hope for a gold medal in the distance events at the 1976 Summer Olympics. The 64-member American track and field team which toured i a was checking through customs in Seattle Friday morning when the news hit. "When I heard it, I began shaking all over," said a i a i American's premier woman distance runner. Prefontaine, who owned six American records and who recently lambasted the Olympic effort by saying, "To hell wilh love of country, I compete for myself," had just been rounding into shape for another assault on his marks.

"He told me last night he felt he was just starting to run well! that the season had begun," said Bill Dellinger, Prefontaine's coach. "He thought he was the best in the world and was aiming for 1976." A high school sensation in Coos Bay, Prefontaine had a brilliant career al the University of Oregon, turning in some classic performances soon after he burst into the spotlight as a teenager in 1966. He did not own any world records, but his American marks were close and they were improving as he neared the age at which distance runners hit their peak. Perhaps one of his proudest accomplishments was the American tour he arranged for the six Finns, whom, he had meet and lived with last summer during a European tour. They and about 25 other i i Prefontaine's parents and his high school coach, were al Thursday night's post-meet reception.

A friend at the party said the young distance runner was and he was really exicted" about a meet next Saturday as he left the reception to take his girlfriend home. Prefontaine's father, Raymond, a carpenter, said funeral services will be at the high school athletic stadium in Coos Bay on Monday because "that's where it all began and that's where it ends." It seemed that his life centered around Eugene, where a crowd of 6,500 assembled Thursday night to watch his final race. This was "home" for Steve Prefontaine, who called Eugene's rabid a "my people." He and Frank Shorter, the 1972 Olympic marathon gold medalist, were running a record pace in the Thursday night until Shorter slowed to a 68-second lap "and there the record died," Prefontaine said two hours before his death. Prefontaine finished In 13 minutes, 23,8 seconds, 1.5 sec- STEVE PREFONTAINE onds off his own record. "I haven't had a tough race this year, and I'm not really ready to run," he said.

The crowd appreciated his effort even though it did not match what many believe to i a performance--here in 1972 during the Olympic trials. Not known to have much of a final kick, Prefontaine was leading George Young by two yards with one lap left when he exploded and ran from Young as the home ci wd cheered wildly. His time that day for 5 meters was 1322.8, which was the American record he missed on Thursday night. He became the first runner in history to capture the NCAA three-mile title each of his four collegiate seasons, between 1970 and 1973. In tlie final year his time of 13:05.3, despite hot, humid weather at a a i considered one of the finest performances on record and stands as an NCAA meet record.

Prefontaine also set an American 3,000 meter record of 7:42.6. His other records: two miles, three miles, 5,000 meters, six miles, 10,000 meters, 27:43.6. All were set between late April and mid July 1974, the year he A a A i i a pionships. In his long and stormy career, Prefontaine had a penchant for verbally cutting down his foes before races and for running well when injured. He first rose to prominence in 1966 when he began to supplant Jerry Lindgren as the country's teenage distance running sensation.

In 1969, in Coos Bay, he set a world mark for 18-year-olds of 8:08 for 3,000 meters. It still stands. His time of 8:41.6 in the two-mile race that same year also stands as an age 18 record. Prefontaine was noted for complaining before big races that he was i but seemed to run even better when he said such self- deprecating things. However, i i were a enough: a chronic sciatic nerve problem, knee and hamstring problems and colds.

A i a University pf Oregon in 1970, Prefontaine quickly emerged as the finest distance runner in America under the tutelage of Bill Bowerman. was at about that time that he began to express bitterness about what he i a a a a athletes in this country. But a i a i performances. In the 1972 Olympics, he ran the 5,000 meters. With four laps to go, Prefonlaine held a slim lead, and at that point observers believed if he had started his kick, he would have captured the gold medal.

But he still was new to international competition and apparently feared that he would burn out in the mile before the finish. He kept his pace and three a i a overtaking him about 10 meters before the tape. The i was Lasse Viren of Finland, who was one of the six Finns at the Eugene parlyThursday night. swept all eight of games Friday and jumped into a 160pin lead moving into tlie last semifinal matches of the $75,000 i a Bowlers Association national championship. The 24-year-old runnerup here last year, ran his match record to 15-1 as he boosted his lead, over second place Earl Anthony, Tacoma, Wash, by 63 pins.

Anthony, who edged Roth by 30 pins a year ago to win tliis tournament, won six of his eight matches for a 12-4 record. Roth completed the round with a total pintail of 10,994 with Anthony at 10,834. Qualifying leader Dave Davis of Atlanta was third at 10,487 after winning only three of his matches during the day for a 79 match play record. Anthony had a high game of 279 to open up the nearly 400- pin gap over Davis, who opened match play a day earlier in first. Gary Mage of Seattle and Jim Frazier of Spokane, Wash, were fourth and fifth.

The final eight games of malch play Friday night were to determine the five finalists for a a televised closing round with a $9,000 i i going to the winner. RPI's Tom Lowell A National Champ Tom Lowell, RPI's stellar hammer thrower, won the Division III National hammer throw championship Friday afternoon at Baldwin Wallace College, Belhea, Ohio, with a personal best toss of 182-2. Lowell, believed lo be I i i i i a national champion, had a previous best of 169-7: The 61, 235-pound junior unleashed the toss, a new NCAA Division III record, on his last of six attempts in the competition. He had already broken the 180-foot barrier earlier in the meet with a throw of 180-5 on his fourth try. By breaking 180-foot a qualified for the NCAA Division I competition in Provo Utah later this year.

Before the meet, Lowell had set his sights on finishing in the top three in the meet. "I felt right in practice and was shooting for 180-feet. When I let go of the throws, it felt natural. I'm just super happy," commented Lowell. Lowell finished fifth in the Division III national meet TOM LOWELL last season and he was seeded fourth for this year's meet.

He'll be facing even stiffer competition in the Division I meet. Winning throws over ttie past several seasons have' all been over the 200-foot mark. Lowell has been throwing the hammer for just three years. DISTANCE RUNNER Steve Prefontalne was southeast Eugene and hit a brush covered wall killed Friday morning when his small foreign. and flipped over.

(AP Laserphoto) sports car failed to negotiate a curve-in.