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syrfii yyirryr'rwl" mryf r3wyw ay T-ty-y if I y- --1 C2 The Sacramento Bee Sunday April 26 1981 lop 1980 Sports Events Drew 360 Million Attendance At A Glance racing football basketball greyhound racing hockey soccer open tennis jai alai boxing and wrestling Baseball drew 63145911 but lost 2210-550 overall as a result of the new minor league tallying system The major leagues had 43014136 admissions down 536262 from last year when both leagues set NEW YORK (UPI) Attendance at major American sports events in 1980 held at an estimated 360 million despite expanded coverage by free television and cable-TV according to the 34th annual survey by Daily Racing Form Inc Eight of 12 sports surveyed showed gains but one of the losers horse racing remained the No 1 spectator sport for the 19th consecutive year Also among the losers were greyhound racing jai alai and baseball Baseball however had an excuse Most of its losses were charged to the minor leagues where a change in accounting methods now omits games played in Mexico that previously counted in the total Horse racing stayed on top with some good news and some bad news Thoroughbred racing despite 48 fewer racing dates checked its recent slide with 50084231 admissions up more than a half million from 1979 Harness racing lost 700700 to 27399868 but horse racing led overall with 77484099 down 195846 from last year Baseball held No 2 followed by auto NEW YORK (UPI) Results of the 1980 United States sports attendance survey by Daily Racing Form Ind listing difference from 1979 figure: Horse Racing Thoroughbreds 50084231 plus 504854 Harness 27399868 minus 700700 Total 77484099 minus 195846 (Harness total includes estimated 3 million attending nonparimutuel meets) SldNowmTmr IYE2Y WSSKBS9AY KiSST Celtics Need Help For Defensed Bird SACEAMINTO MIMOQIAL AUDITORIUM mmSUAY AP3IL 2V PX1 Promoter "Anton Leona" FOR THE CALIFORNIA STATE HE A VYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP RON STARR (Champion) vsjOHN TOLOS (Challenger) "NO DISQUALIFICATION STEEL CHAIN MATCH" Moth vretera will Itmrm ooo wrier rfrer ed en the end oim ft thmht) HFfTOR CUERRtRO VS NATURE BOY ROCEN KIRBY LADY'S WRESTLING MATCH BETTY CLARKE VS PEGGY LEE ft SUNDAY SPECIAL 15 pcs of Chkkftnj OT Fashioned or Ciunchy for just $699 plus tax Valid wtth this coupon only One coupon per customer Offer qood on Surriav Apnl 26 1061 at all Sacramento locations Major leagues 430 14 136 minus 536262 Minor leagues 12571722 minus 3291834 World senes and playoffs 731285 plus 20149 College 6828768 plus 1597397 Total 63145911 minus 2210550 (Minor league and total figures were affected by new accounting method of National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues which no longer counts games played in Mexico) Auto Racing Total -51039000 plus 3339000 Football 642 colleges 35540975 plus 520691 NFL 13392230 plus 210191 Postseason college and pro 1676 106 plus 2800 Total 5080931 1 plus 733682 Basketball 1258 senior colleges 30691932 plus 666790 NBA Including playoffs 10677491 plus 12551 Total 41369423 ptus679 341 Greyhound Racing Total 20830945 minus 324 1 19 Hockey NHL- 11510322 plus 2482 192 Minors and college 7966319 plus 98787 Total 19476641 plus 400589 (NHL figures were affected by addition of four teams from WHA Total figure is compared to 1979 overall of 19076092 when attendance for now defunct WHA was Included) Soccer Total 11392397 plus 1645948 (Includes NASLASLMISL) Open Tennis Total 9862500 plus 1643750 Jai Alai Total 7078236 minus 1101397 Boiing Total 6387295 plus 1392875 Wrestling Total 4500000 plus 258396 ALSO: VICTOR RIVERA VS TOR IAMATA It TOM (BUGAIOO) SHAFT VS THE HOOD TAG TtAM CHAUtNGt BOUT lC PEPPER COM17 a rj MAN rto GUERRERO JERRY VAUIANT HIRO OTA SUPERSTAR 4 PROI RINGSIDE '500-General Admission Main Floor Only '300 Children Under 12 Years 2 TICK ITS AT COMMUNITY CtNTIR BOX OFflCl A WIDNtSDA ONLY FROM 7 PM AT AUDITORIUM Notlcei This will kh wreetllnj exhihHIoa eeetftoeeR by Hie CelHomle Stele Athletic Coetteloloe Z3 E3 1 -r I All ROADS If A0 to Saa epw Bee News Services PHILADELPHIA The Philadelphia 76ers may have found the temporary solution to grounding Larry Bird but Boston Coach Bill Fitch would like to answer the questions posed by the rest of his team The Celtics look to even the NBA Eastern Conference finals at two games and regain the homecourt NBA advantage today when they meet the 76ers at the Spectrum in natiohally-televised Game 4 (Channels 5 10 12 at 10 am) of the best- of-seven playoff series The Sixers went one-up Friday night with a 110-100 victory thinks to the help of outstanding defensive efforts by Julius Erving on Bird and by Caldwell Jones and Darryl Dawkins on Boston center Robert Parish Bird was the high scorer with 22 points but Erving never let him assume control as he did in 118-99 win in the second game Meanwhile Parish made just one of 14 shots while finishing with six points shoved it down our throats (Friday Fitch said we have to shove it right back And someone else has to put the ball in the basket besides Larry Other than Nate Archibald who finished with 21 no one else was able to pick up the scoring slack The Celtics shot 38 percent from the field and two of their key reserves Rick Rbbey and ML Carr were two of 11 "We did a good job of defensing the plays they wanted to said Erving this was a team effort especially on defense We rely on one man either offensively or "It helped that we stopped Archibald from penetrating too much" added Jones who contributed 14 rebounds and five blocked shots he gets room he creates plays and makes the other players look good Parish missed a few shots early and that help Parish who averaged 17 points in the first two games of the series make any excuses for his performance "They did a good job of pushing me out on the he said got to get off to a faster KANSAS CITY Kings coach Cotton Fitzsimmons whose single Moses campaign has worked in two previous games must devise new tactics to stop the Houston Rockets forwards today in the nationally-televised fourth game (Channels 10 12 at 12:30 pm 5 tape delayed) of their NBA playoff series The Rockets rode the performances of forwards Billy Paultz and Robert Reid to a 90-88 victory to take a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven Western Conference championship series "Someone had to take Reid said was out front with a big man (John Lambert) guarding me So by process of elimination I was the man I told myself Fitzsimmons said the strategy in game four would not change hurt us all night long He played a great game "And Paultz was just super He looks like the kind of guy that be playing basketball but he can beat you every night" Malone was held to 12 points and 12 rebounds for the Rockets and served primarily as a decoy on offense Calvin Murphy broke out of a two-game slump with 23 points Aguirre: Yes Sampson: No Bee News Services Ralph Sampson said no to the Dallas Mavericks and Detroit Pistons opting to finish his college career at Virginia But Mark Aguirre and Isiah Thomas said they would enter the National Basketball Association draft Thomas a 6-foot-l All America guard who led Indiana to the NCAA championship last month said he would pass up his final year of college eligibility and make himself available for the draft Aguirre player of the year will forego his senior year to seek his fortune in the NBA The forward is all-time leading scorer Sampson the 7-4 All America center said he would stay at the University of Virginia for at least one more year rather than declare himself eligible for the draft and a sure bet to become an overnight millionaire NBA Commissioner Larry criticized Sampson and his coach Terry Holland think it is unfortunate Mr Sampson and his coach insisted upon entering into premature financial discussions with NBA clubs and the NBA Board of nors will be studying ways in which the NBA might be able to avoid this type of activity in the high-scoring sophomore Dominique Wilkins also chose to remain in school The 6-7 forward said 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