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I Ali Silent About Retirement Accusations Engulf Spinks Camp responsible for loss because of what happened in his corner during the fight At least four people were shouting conflicting instructions to Spinks between rounds and in the middle of rounds One would say another would say George Benton the boxing coach hired by Arum to work with Spinks walked away from the madness after the fifth round Arum said sarcastically referring to Solomon one guy would take one round another guy would take the next round and everyone would rotate talking to Spinks between anything I could Benton said was hollering and screaming It the fault Sam told me gonna rotate the corner everybody come up and take turns I said I ain't doing it But I gave in and went to the corner for the first few rounds told Sam I gotta go up and say something in the second round and he said wait I told Leon before the fourth round got to get in close hook to the He went out and won the round or at least it was his best looking round Next time talking again I said the hell with it and walked Richie Giachetti the manager and trainer of WBC champion Larry Holmes sat at ringside and was also shocked by what happened in corner whole thing was Giachetti said person has to talk in the corner The fighter hear more than the one voice he's trained to Giachetti said Holmes doesn't want to fight Ali Holmes who expects to make his first defense against Alfredo Evangelista in Noveember wants Ali to retire then fight the winner of a WBA box-off for the undisputed championship want Ali to Giachetti said have nothing to gain by fighting Ali except money You beat Ali now as a person If you win people say you beat an old man Ali is simply no match for Larry Holmes now If what they want I'll do it but I'm really not Ali has no plans to fight again at the moment Two hours after Friday fight Ali returned a call from President Carter at Camp David and talked with him for a few minutes Carter said he watched the bout with Prime Minister Menacham Begin and Egypt's president Anwar Sadat Ali also put his 10-year old daughter Mary on the phone to talk to Carter Ali has come a long way since the US government tried to jail him for his refusal to be drafted during the Vietnam War Ali party after the fight He spent the night quietly with his close family and a few friends NEW ORLEANS (UPI) Muhammad Ali sporting small welts under both eyes watched card tricks Saturday morning after regaining the world heavyweight championship while a storm of bitter accusations engulfed the Leon Spinks camp Promoter Bob Arum chairman of Top Rank Inc charged that the problems that plagued Spinks in his seven months as champion and his defeat in a one-sided unanimous decision Friday night led to of the greatest tragedies of boxing of America of a human Arum accepted some of the blame himself saying perhaps I put the kid in when he ready He won the first fight because Ali took him cheap He wasn't mentally prepared or mature enough to accept the responsibilities of being heavyweight But Arum claimed the 25-year old Spinks was the victim of all the around him his lawyers trainer manager and other "Fighters have to have Arum said "You have sharks picking at the bones of young fighters His camp was in total chaos He retrogressed from Feb 15 You get a young kid out of the ghetto poor education and 20 people are trying to put their hooks Arum was furious with trainer Sam Solomon who he singled out without mentioning his name as the name most Muhammad Ali slams a right hand into the face of Leon Spinks during heavyweight championship bout Friday night AH is the first boxer to win the title three times Gimjcgsiportt TTimrnes-EMJo'cajs scores real estate classified Sunday September 17 1978 Errors Costly As Vols Bow To Bruins In Opener 13-0 By RON BLISS Executive Sports Editor KNOXVILLE Johnny Majors promised a scrappy 1978 University of Tennessee football team but he said he know if the Vols were ready for the likes of the ninth-rated UCLA Bruins Majors proved right on both counts here Saturday night as his Vols threw up a stubborn defense at the Bruins and held them scoreless for 39 minutes But the bigger Bruins eventually wore out the valiant Vol line for two second-half touchdowns enroute to a 13-0 victory over U-T before a record Neyland Stadium crowd of 85897 fans fourth period on the Vol 44 and set up the Bruins' second touchdown From there UCLA rammed the ball 44 yards in 10 plays all on the ground for the clinching touchdown with 10:49 to play Easley then ended whatever hopes Tennessee had of a comeback by picking off another Jimmy Streater pass on the UCLA 26 with 4:45 to play Streater had completed three straight passes for 41 yards before the Easley theft That broke the spirit and UCLA kept the ball for the next three minutes running down the clock and leaving Tennessee with no time for a miracle UCLA rammed away at middle for most of the game and finally poked a hole when Theotis Brown broke off tackle for a 54-yard touchdown run with 6:07 to play in the third period Johnny Chavis blocked the extra point try but it had little bearing Rick Bashore got the second score on a one-yard plunge after Freeman McNeil carried the first seven times on the TD drive for 41 of the 44 yards Brown led a UCLA ground attack that pounded middle for 303 yards He gained 103 yards in 15 tries McNeil added 65 in 14 tries Streater Reggie Harper and Jeff Moore accounted for 174 of Tennessee's total offense of 284 yards Streater sprinted on the option for 95 yards in 21 carries and passed for another More On Page 3C Col 1 SEC Stand InES Conference Overall Miss Stofe 0 0 0 2 0 0 Alobomo 0 0 0 3 0 0 Ole Miss 0 0 0 I 0 0 Tennessee 0 0 0 0 )0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kentucky 0 0 1 0 0 1 Vanderbilt 0 10 0 0 0 Auburn 0 0 0 10 0 Georgia 0 0 0 0 0 0 Florida 0 0 0 0 1 0 Vols Gave It All They Had In Loss To UCLA By BOBCOPAS Tlmes-News Sports Correspondent KNOXVILLE caught us in a bad defense when UCLA busted the 54-yard was the way Tennessee linebacker Craig Puki described the Bruins' first touchdown in the third quarter in the Vols 13-0 loss here Saturday night were in a blitz and some of our people may have been in the wrong defense But I tell you one thing this team of ours certainly has nothing to be ashamed of" said Puki the leading Volunteer tackier with 19 in the hard hitting contest "Yes we certainly did bust a defensive call on their first touchdown run" said safety man Clark Duncan "Some of the defensive backs were in one coverage and some of the others were in another After their back broke the line of scrimmage we didn't have a chance Still I'am proud of how ourdefense played UCLA has a good team but we still could have won the game" fumble of the pitchout while we were driving in the second quarter was a bad mental read on my said quarterback Jimmy Streater Streater was referring to his option pitchout that he attempted to lateral over a UCLA man while Tennessee was making deepest pentration the 16-yard line of the entire game "I feel we can move the ball on anybody but moving the ball and getting it into the end zone are two different things We couldn't seem to accomplish the latter UCLA is really good and if we move the ball on them we can move it on anybody" was every bit as physical and tough as we anticipated" said UCLA Terry Donahue is just magnificent He is one of the quickest football players I have ever been on the field with The most impressive thing about our team was our ability to turn the ball over only one time When you fumble and have a good team you are tough to was giving it all they had out there More On Page 3C Col 7 Results UCLA 13 Tennessee 0 Alobomo 36 Missouri 20 Auburn 4S Kansas Stote 32 SMU 35 Florida 25 Kentucky 14 South Corolina 14 Indio no ot LSU late Vanderbilt 48 Arkonsas 17 Tlmes-News Photo Jim Padgett Rick Bashore uses a block from Bruin teammate Larry Lee on the Dennis Wolfe to pick up good yardage Virginia Tech Captures 28-6 Victory OverDeacs "I was proud of our said Majors defense scrapped with everything we had and I was more concerned about our defense hanging in there than about anything else going into the game UCLA made a lot of yardage but we still kept hanging in there" Tennessee's offense supposedly the strong point showed flashes of brilliance but failed to sustain a drive against a tough UCLA defense led by All-American Kenny Easley Jerry Robinson and Manu Tuiasosopo Easley single-handedly stopped Vol drives on two occasions with interceptions His first theft came early in the UCLA Brown 54 run (kick toiled) UCLA Bashore run (Boermeester kick) A 85897 sideline midway through the first quarter and ended the half with 97 yards rushing He finished the game with 120 yards on 15 carries Last week he scored four touchdowns and ran for 186 yards in a loss to Tulsa Lewis a 192-pound junior added a 17-yard WINSTON-SALEM NC (UPI) Tailback Kenny Lewis picked up where he left off last week scoring three touchdowns and leading Virginia Tech to a 28-6 victory over Wake Forest Saturday night Lewis put the Gobblers on the scoreboard with a 52-yard jaunt down the left Bucs Claim 21-14 Win Over WCB (Ex? flha? i scoring run in the second quarter and took the ball in from the 5 in the third quarter to even Virginia Tech's record at 1-1 Wake Forest used its passing game to win its season opener against Virginia last week but the passing game soured Saturday Quarterback Ken Daly hit only six of 27 passes and threw one interception Virginia first score came one play after a Wake Forest punt as Lewis took a handoff from quarterback David Lamie cut straight across the field to the left sideline and ran untouched into the end zone Less than four minutes later Lamie hit fullback Mickey Fitzgerald on an eight-yard scoring pass climaxing a 43-yard drive following next punt The third touchdown of the first half was set up on a pass interception by Virginia Tech's Nate Parker at the 3 He returned the ball to the 37 On the next play Fitzgerald who finished with 112 yards on 14 carries ran 45 yards to the Wake Forest 18 and two plays later Lewis scored on a 17-yard-scoring run with 3:21 left in the half By DENNIS WAGNER Tlmes-News Sports Writer JOHNSON CITY Jack Carlisle found out his East Tennessee State Buccaneers have one big advantage on their side the Bucs don't quit And that big drive inside the Big Blue carried Carlisle to his first win as ETSU head coach as the Buccaneers posted a 21-14 triumph over Western Carolina here Saturday night in the Dome It was the first Southern Conference victory since joining the league this year and the win evened the Buc ledger to 1-1 overall It was quite a victory and despite blowing several opportunities the Buccaneers were impressive It took a drive late in the fourth quarter and some sparkling defensive play late in the game that earned the ETSU triumph The visiting Catamounts who fall to 0-3 on the year had tied the game 14-14 early in the final period and ETSU had missed on a golden opportunity midway through the period on a 39-yard field goal attempt by Eddie Pless The Buccaneers gained possession again with 6:45 left in the game and quarterback Mark Hutsell went to work from the ET 28 The Big Blue signal caller hit wide receiver Arnold Thomas for eight yards and freshman running back Earl Ferrell picked up seven to get the Bucs rolling Hutsell a junior from Florida then faked a running play and lofted a 32-yard bomb to Levi which took ETSU to the Catamount 25 The 190-pound quarterback then connected More On Page 3C Col 7 Statistics First Downs YordS Rushing Yords Possing YordS Possmg TOTAL OFFENSE Passes Posses Intercepted Bv Fumoies Lost Punts Avg PenattiesYords Score bv ouorters: Western CaroMno ETSU Scoring-ETSU Pess 33 flew goal ETSU Pless 32 field goal WC Horo pass from Pusev (Dunn kick) ETSU McFod 5 pass from Hutsell (Wilson pass from Hutsell) WC Roy run (Dunn kick) ETSU Wilson 2 run (Pless kick) A 526 1 Alabama (2-0) defeated Missouri 38-20 2 Oklahoma (2-0) defeated West Virginia 52-10 3 Arkansas (1-0) defeated Vanderbilt 48-17 4 Michigan (1-0) defeated Illinois 31-0 5 Southern Cal 1-0) met Oregon in late game 6 Ohio State (0-1) lost to Penn State 19-0 7 Texas (0-0) met Rice in late game 8 Penn State (3-0) defeated Ohio State 19-0 9 UCLA (2-0) defeated Tennessee 13-0 10Missouri (1-1) lost to Alabama 38-20 11 Texas (1-0) was idle 12 Pittsburgh (0-0) met Tulane in late game 13LSU (0-0) met Indiana in late game 14 Nebraska (2-1) defeated Hawaii 56-10 15Florida (1-1) lost to Southern Methodist 35-25 16Notre Dame (0-1) was idle 17Maryland (2-0) defeated Louisville 24-17 18 Kentucky (0-0-1) was tied by South Carolina 14-14 19 Washington (1-1) defeated Kansas 31-2 20Colorado (2-0) defeated Miami Fla 17-7 OTHERS OF INTEREST: Furman 31 Carson-Newman 14 Appalachian State 28 Marshall 7 Millsaps 1 1 Knox College 9 Maryville 17 Emory Henry 6 Navy 32 Virginia 0 California 34 Georgia Tech 22 Virginia Tech 28 Wake Forest 6 Wisconsin 7 Richmond 6 East Tennessee 21 Western Carolina 14 Auburn 45 Kansas State 32 Memphis State 17 Houston 3 Georgia 16 Baylor 14 VP) Wok First Downs 23 16 Rushes-Vords 67-374 37-154 Massing Yards 16 137 Return Yards 34 22 7-11-1 -30-1 Punts 5-41 -35 umbies-Lost 1-0 1-0 Panotties-Yofds 5-31 6-46 vrmta Tack 7 7 WaM Faref 6 6 6 TECH Lewis $2 run (Eng clck) ETSU quarterback Mark Hutsell who threw one touchdown pass for the Bucs Saturday night unloads one quickly before Western Carolina defenders move in The Bucs won their first game of the year 21-14 over the Catamounts TECH FHjgeroid poss from Lomle (Enple kick) TECH 17 run (Eng kick) TECH Lewis run (Eng kick WAKE Johnson 2 run (pass foiled) A 72750 7.