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The Progress from Clearfield, Pennsylvania • Page 17

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THE PROGRESS, Cleorfield, Curwtnsvillg, Philipsburg, Moshonnon Thursday, October 28, 1971 PAGE SEVENTEEN Sickle Cell Anemia UCLA Placed Could Have Caused On Probation, Collapse by Ellis Not Penalized Clark Returns, Poces Bullets Entire Defroif Team Attends Huohes' funeral OUTDOORS By BOB GREENE WASHINGTON (AP) Dock Ellis, the hottest pitcher is the National League during the first half the season says his second half co-lapse could have been caused by sickle cell anemia. The Pittsburgh siar ioid a Senate subcommittee Wednesday he has suffered from the genetic disease since he was 8 years okL Sickle cell anemia, which occurs predominantly among bracks cause? fa'i-gwp weakness and recurrent episodes in pain, according to Dr. Roland B. Scott of Howard University. "It's pointed out that I have s.

chronic arm problem," said Ellis. "I don't know if it can be caused by sickle cell Ellis and John Henry Johnson, former running back of ihe Pittsburgh Sieelers of the National Football League, were among those testifying -before the subcommittee on public Dalton Takes GM Position ANAHEIM (AP) Harry Dalton, given much of the credit for building Baltimore's American League dynasty, has accepted the task of lifting the California Angels out of the rubble of a disastrous season. Dalton, 43. the Orioles" vice president in charge of player personnel since 1966. was given a five-year contract at undisclosed salary Wednesday to become the Angels' general manager and executive vice president.

The announcement was made by Bob Reynolds. Angels president and Gene Autry, board chairman. They reportedly 'began negotiating with Dalton at least a month before Dick Walsh was fired as the American League club's general manager a week ago. Reynolds said Dalton is "used to winning" and hailed him as "one of the architects of the Orioles' success." Dalton said in Baltimore he was "unhappy to leave the Orioles" but added. "I sincereiy believe that we have a chance to make this Angels) one of the strongest franchises in the American League." He is joining a team that sta'rted the 1971 season with high hopes and ended up a distant fourth in the AL West, torn by dissension and playing to sparse crowds.

Manager Harold "Lefty" Phillips was fired two weeks before Waish. health. The subcommittee is holding a hearing on a bill introduced by Sen. John V. Tuoaey would authorize pilot diasaos-ic program in the District of Columbia for prevention and treat nrat of cell anesnia.

"A-, ihe age of eight I found blood in my Ellis told the subcommittee. "When I was in junior high school, 1 was always tired and sleeping ia cias.5. However, I dida't say anything about it because I had the "At the age of IT, I went to Ihe doctor and he me I had sickle anemia. when I signed a professional baseball contract in 1966. the team raa tes'-s that showed I had sickle cell trait, not anemia." he said.

Dr. Scott said the disease "occurs essentially in two general forms. The trait (carrier) represents a single or inheritance from one parent. The anemic form represents a double dose or inheritance from both Although she disease occurs predominantly in the b-ack race, "it is also found in some members of the white race whose came from the Mediterranean area" and "other population groups in India. South America and the Middle Easi." Dr.

Scon said. The daughter of Willie Star- geil. slugging outfielder for the Pirates, suffers from the disease, the subcommittee was told. StargelL EKis. Johnson and Horace Davis of Pittsburgh, who also Testified, are members of the Biack Athletes Foundation.

-The Black Athletes Foundation, we believe, can play a major role in the educational part of a program" to eradicate sickle ceil anemia. Davis said. "If Americans will listen to well-known athletes give advice on baying commercial products, they may also listen 10 sports personalities who urge them to have a blood test." The BAF has an office in Pittsburgh, he said, and plans to open others. In charge of the other offices will be Roy Campanella. Ernie Banks.

Bob Gibson. Willie Davis. Jim Wynn and Walter Johnson. Davis said. Tunney.

subcommittee chairman, said sickle ceil anemia "is a painful deadly disease which kills over half its victims before the age of 20 and cripples most long before death." He said an estimated 54.000 blacks in the District of Columbia have sickle eel; irait and 1.000 are affected with sickle ceil anemia. By ROBERT MOORE Associated Press Sports Writer KANSAS CITY (AP) The University of California at Los and North Carolina Central University are under probation today, each for one for athletic recruiting irregularities. The National Collegiate Alh- lelie Associatios announced the probations Wednesday through its Council, meeting here in its fall sessions. Both universities were repri- ifiatitiiC-t! dlilil ixil probations, which will end Oct. 26.

1972. were without penally. UCLA will defend its national championship in basketball. Tne action against UCLA involved James McAlister. a track and football star: Kermh Johnson and Eugene Jones, football players now competing for the Bruins, all from Pasadena, Calif.

As a result of the action, JlcAlisier. a sophomore, is ineligible for aJhlciic competition this year and thus will miss a year of varsity participation in footbai! and track. North Carolina Central, located at Durham, N. was placed on probation for the manner in which it went about recruiting Charles Foster of Warren S. Brown.

ihe NCAA's enforcement officer. Gaffney. S. a track star, said Foster would not lose any eligibility "because he was merely doing what was arranged for him." Brown said the r-ecruiting violations involving UCLA occurred in May and June of 1970 and that McAlister. Johnson and Jones took an ACT examination "from a special test administration" arranged by UCLA's former assistant aihiet- ic director instead of on a nationally administered test d.ate.

Brown would not disclose the name of the athletic assistant but said he is not currently employed by the university. Brown said McAlister's examination papers contained 53 erasures. 49 of which had been converted to the correct answers. The papers of the other two athletes also contained many erasures. It was not determined during the NCAA investigations who made alterations on the examinations.

Brov. said. points TO help the beat the Detroit 128-98 in the National Basketball Association Wednesdav ntght. C'ark. playins before the hoaie fans for the time, also had nine assists in sparkling, all-around performance It was the star guard's second game Baltimore.

He also scored IS Tuesday night in a kj.m2 yfforj at Milwaukee In the XBAV other games Wednesday the 76ers the Cleveland Cavaliers 120 His. A'lanta Hawks the Xcv. Y-rk Kn.cks 110-86 and the Boston Celtics bounced the Houston Rockets 10S-9T. Clark was fined ana suspended by the Bullets after he and backcoun teammate Earl "The Pearl" Monroe disappeared simultaneoush. Af-er his trade for players and a drs: 1 choice Clark asked so renegotiate hi- con'ract When they balked.

ark took off "10 think things over." The former Tfeer finally came back. I a i 2 ihe blame of his disappearance on his iawycr. and apologized 10 Baltimore fan-. He promised to d- all he cou'd to bring "another and exciuns XBA sea son" to the fans. And Weane-- daj looked if he were serious about that promise C.ark not only scored high but helped set up Jeammaie Memphis I04-9S in other ABA Jack Mann, who poured in 2S points.

Rookie Phil Chenier chiopcd in 19 for winners Detroit, playing without injured star Dave Bmg. was led by Jimmy Walker's 19 points and Lanier's IS. Cunningham and Fred Foster sparked- a hot fourth period as Philadelphia pulled away from Cleveland at the end. Cunningham and Foster both scored 10 points in the fi- nai period as 76ers raced to their sixth victory in seven games. Cunningham wound up with 31 points and Foster.

IS. Mill Williams, picked up from Xew York on waivers earlier in the a 15poin: Ai'anta string in tire fourth quarter that helped the Hawks stop the Knicks. Jo Jo scored 31 points and the Boston Celtics he'd Houston's high-scoring Eivin Hayes to three field goals for their victory over she Rockets. By THE ASSOOATED PRESS Archie Clark finally tuined up ia a Baltimore Bullets" uniform and turned off the Detroit Pistons. Clark, who went AWOL for two games earlier month after being obtained from the Philadelphia "6ers.

seoied IS Sojourner Shoots Over 7-2 To Pace Squires By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS What Willie Sojourned caHs his "shot" has pui the Virginia Squires on top ia the Division of the American Basket- ba'l Association. The 6-foot-9. 235-pound rookie frosn Weber State gets off ihe shot in a hiah arc. It was particularly effective asainst another rookie. 2 Gilmore from Jacksonville.

the Squires beat Kentucky HO-1M7 Wednesday iiighi and ousted the Colonels from the top rung in the East. "The shot just came through for me." said Sojjourner nwd- estiy. He scored 25 points. hijJi for the Squires, including 12 in a five minute burst the fourth period Virginia erased and S6-S2 deficit to take a 10-point lead at Pittsburgh whipped Carolina 131-121 and Utah defeated games. "The team made me look good." commented Sojourner.

Neil Johnson was second high for the Squires with 24 points and rookie Julius Erving chipped in with 21 Dan of Kentucky was high for the game with 36. Glen Combs, wiih 31 points, led the Stars over Memphis for their third straight victory. He and Willie Wise combined to score Utah's last 19 points after an S3 S3 lie. Wendell Ladner led Memphis with 21. George Thompson, wish 31 points, sparked a third quarter surge that gave the Condors their victory over Carolina.

Jim McDaniels was high for the Cougars with 30. GET TO KNOW TME MECHANICS AND LIMITATIONS Or X7UR 1 CARRY A TOOL KIT AND SAX ANTOX1O. Tex. (AP) COME SPARE FACTS AND Chuck Hughes of the Detroit LEASeN TO AVNGR Lions, who died after collapsing the game he had known s.Kce he was a schoolboy, was buried here Wednesday. A wreath in the shape of a footba'l he-lajet re-ted beside his a- the entire Detroit team attended ihe service.

Sharon, the mother of son, kept her head a- a Roman Catholic priest the final A liny looked -maner Hughes-" husky iinixl uv azterwari to oiler, one one. their con- The Lkns sen- 60 men. including all 49 to pay their rc-peci to Hushes. Head coach Joe Schmidt said wa- "the loa-t we could do" for the a and family Hiuhes du-d at 2S Sunday of a heart a a one to undetected aneiial di-ea-e He col- lap-eii more 'han MHH-iat'-rs a- IK- returned to ihe hudd'e during a against the Chicaw A wide recfner. he had caught a oniy three plays before he the f'eld.

Huiilios became a when he for the I Texas at Pai-o in Ihe mid I9GO-. He et several school and national record-. Hughes met wife, a homecoming queen, at l'T-E! Paso. Relathes -he cho-e San Antonio for the burial because So here. thoush woiked in El in the off-season.

She is a San Antonio native. DcN'T TOAVEL ALONE, AND AN EMERGENCY KIT Sun Bowl-Nebraska? El. PASO. A Df fending nationa- XeJra-Jia which Gv: yia 4J in the Sun head- for ihv annual Sun Ocr IT ihv after 2v Arm Gefs Big Test At Baltimore PITTSBURGH (AP) Terry Bradshaw, second in the National Football League's total passing ardage department, may get a chance to test his golden arm Sunday when the Pittsburgh meet the Colts in Baltimore. The celebrated second year quarterback for the Steelers who 'he nat.orfs toa draft choice l.i»t ear has jards in six ds'v azaicst jn la- Sunday Ho 21 of 32 passes had intercepted.

He v. "ouihdown himself. not allowed a in this -ix gjmes have given The xt-eler- on the other lij'ij. had a difficult time and 31 bolh- Bradshaw. n- Jsnvr than the "Bui we have fl' 1 touchdowns.

iJirce i are no! enouzh The Steo.or- tame on! of the JB -4er the Oilers in Reiener Smuh -uffered a charley and didn't prac- although he is a prch.iiile Swidav. NHL Wednesday's Results New York 7. Detroit 4 California 6. Pittsburgh 4 Toronto 0. Vancouver 0.

tie Montreal 5. Boston 2 2. St. Louis 1 Buffalo 3. Los Anseles 2 Golf Event Goes TV MEMPHIS.

Yenn. (AP) Officials of the 1972 Danny Thomas Memphis Classic Golf Tournament said Tuesday the will be televised during its final two days. May 20 and 21. Tournament general chairman Vernon Beli said an agreement had been signed with Century Golf Network. Inc and has been approved by the Professional Golfers Association.

Small College Football Poll The top Ten team- in The Associated Press colicis? division footbai! poll with first place votes, record- and total on a 20-1S-16-14 12-10-9-8 etc. basis: 3. Delaware 10 2SS 2. State 3 (50 278 3- Akron 2 6-0 258 4. Michigan 503 233 5.

North Dakota 5 2 ISfi 6 N. Dakota St. 6-1 139 7 Tennessee 51 129 S. Louisiana Teih 51 124 9. Western Kentucky 5-1 111 10 Tampa 4 2 55 Super Pro 8O Pros are making S28 to 332 a day more with it.

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