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hc (tltnrloiic (Observer Friday January 31 1975 Section News Outdoors Football Basketball Witt and Ralph Ellenburg replaced Dr Fred Wilson who had resigned Wednesday night promote tranquility and harmony" and Gene i Re elected were Howard Smith William Egan Nalley Jr and Charles A West now on I am not a puppet on a said Howard who along with Smith admitted that a feud had been simmering for some time and that now it was in the open had planned to resign if he remained in control I live under that' By BOB MOORC Observer SPorts Writer Richard Howard andBruton Smith dropped their facades of friendship Thursday during a meeting of the Charlotte Motor Speedway stockholders and began a power struggle for control of the track that may not be settled for some time These developments came out of the almost 10-hour meeting in which the verbal fireworks erupt until the last 60 minutes: Howard regained control of the Board of Directors by a 4 3 margin when De- picssure any Howard added Smith had gained control of the board the previous year by the same 4 3 margin after purchasing 251 per cent of the stock over the past several years Smith and the late Curtis Turner were co founders of the l'n-mile speedway in 1960 Smith retaliated Thursday by announcing that he was going to file a class lawsuit against the speedway and 1966 board of directors including Howard for its acquisition of Rightway Investment Corporation SMITH also said he expects Jack Freeman president of World Service Life 300 to withdraw his support of the late model sportsman event at CMS because "of what transpired here Freeman had been nominated to the board by Smith but failed to get elected Howard countered by saying of what Mr Freeman does we will run the sportsman race and we will pay the $100000 purse All the public can go on is what we say and we said there would be 300 and there will be one And we will make The CMS stockholders voted to the hatchet on the Rightway Harvey Speaks introducing the motion which passed overwhelmingly said look forward get together remove that hammer from Mr It was an obvious move to show that the majority stockholders were solidly behind Howard Howard had exploded a few' minutes earlier after Smith brought his name into the discussion about Rightway a iirm which financed assigned risk insurance but went bankrupt not long after it merged with CMS has been holding that over my head Lhe a bellowed Howard find anything in my background so they have picked on that And tired of it That statute of limitations has passed Howard claims any law'suit should have been filed within three years Smith disagrees He believes he still has until May to file the lawsuit in which he will be asking the court to return the 171000 shares of CMS stock that were issued to individuals were stockhold ers in both the track and Rightway Investment Corpora tion the money around $158000) involved in the transaction divi dends that have been paid since on that stock and the Smith refused to specify the amount -on that stock and the Smith refused tQ specify the amount of the suit but a reasonable guess would be the vicinity of $750000 THE CMS stockholders that will be part of suit are Howard Ed Mattick A Goines Dr Wilson Herman Cross and Charles Allen Mattick got up at the meet See CMS Page 31) Col 1 Bob Quincy Seton Hall Player 2 Coaches A Draw Suspensions Coaching Conic More Often When Game On TV CHAPEL HILL The desk of Dean Smith appeared ravaged by a tornado bits and pieces of paper piled high notes scribbled and hidden a cup of decafinated coffee hanging precariously over an edge a mess declared the coach He lifted a letter file well over an inch thick and said it was correspondence he somehow must answer always the he said smiling and offering a shrug coach expects it Here are three letters from Maryland fans saying the way we play basketball is a THE TERRAPINS fell to Tar Heels 69-66 a week ago A dominating force was the offense When the Terps challenge for the ball they idled for almost eight minutes without a basket get a lot of coaching advice especially wjien we said Smith taking a sip of his hot beverage and twisting out a cigarette He would light up again shortly mail is much heavier when we play a televised game Very little criticism when only those in the building see the How Got Start there had been three areas of recruitment He said Mosley signed a letter of intent with Seton Ilall on April 18 1973 Mosley and his mother attended a- Seton Hall basketball dinner in May 1973 lhe presi dent said He said he also obtained evidence that a meeting was held in the spang of 1973 at high school among mother high school officials and employes from Seton Hall V0 lA THE FOUR CORNERS has been a subject of discussion for years In simplified terms North Carolina sends four men to the corners of the offensive court' with one ball handler roving and keeping the tempo moving The technique has been called: (1) a brilliant innovation (2) a rip-off against the paying guest (3) playground keep-away started innocently -explained Smith was back when Larry Brown was one of my guards (Brown now coaches the Denver Nuggets of the AE-A) go to the corners and Smith spread to break a Richard Howard SETON HALL however reached back for something extra Thursday night and edged Fairfield 89-87 behind John Ramsay in the opening round of the Madison Square Garden Basketball Classic Seton spirited victory propelled the Pirates into Saturday finals Junior Ton Flaheily provided the winning points ior Seton Hail snkng a pair of free throws with thiee second left to snap an 87-87 tic a 6-2 junior guaid vvno only began playing tins sc mcslcr after his release from the Army But as surely as Coopts got I'le last ngs on his man Massey made the play hat ncr 1 tlv outcome Starting his second straight me sme'- Deck Iccbira" Wallace came down with influenza Massey made up for yielding 14 second-half points to the Curtis Iloss by taking a enarge at midcourt witn 10 seconds left ano the Bulls leading 71-68 By planting his feet firmly in front of Ross on the m-bounds play Ma'-sey planted the game firmly in the win col-u nn And when the call wai made Massey just lay there on Its back clapping and grinning He (Rosi) was the only guy scoring late the game it seemed" smelt lie 22 year old graduate of old Second Waid High School 1969) and Kittull Junior College 1971) lie got atound me lout Sec SMITH Rage 21) ol 2 FAYETTEVILLE STATE 61 POjS 16 Vcvcr 18 Holland 14 W'l soi Floyd 4 Barrows Baker 2 Henderson JC SMITH 72 Cooper 21 Tnrry lr Weaver 12 Vflvev 6 Gilliam 6 Entrninqar 2 Lewis Halfhme senra JCSU FSU 23 Tolrti fouis FSU 14 JCSiJ 16 Turn over FU 16 CSU 16 orh Never Done Associated Press SOUTH ORANGE NJ -Declaring that recruiting regulations were violated the president of Seton Hall University ruled Thursday that star basketball player Glenn Mosley was ineligible for further competition He also handed out fines and suspensions to his athletic director and two of his basketball coaches because of the nc'dent Mosley a 6-foot-8 sophomore who has been leading the colleges in rebounding was ruled ineligible by Msgr Thomas Fahy because Mosley had played as a freshman in apparent violation of a rule governing recruitment of athletes with poor high school grades Msgr Fahy also suspended Athletic Director Richie Regan for three weeks and fined him $s00 fined head basketball Coach William Raftery $650 and suspended him for a month and fined assistant coach Horace Mahon $100 and suspended him for two weeks The very unusual actions followed published reports that the National Collegiate Athletic Association was investigating Seton Hall's recruitment of Mo-Jcy It was reported that Mosley may have played at Seton Ha 1 while he was ineligible under NCAA regulations The suspensions and fines against the university em ployes and ineligibility ruling against Mosley were taken by the school They will not affect what actions if any the NCAA might take Mosley who had been averaging 163 rebounds per game said never thought' it would end up like IIAFTERY Regan and Mahon were not immediately available for common1 Msgr Fahy said the suspensions and fines against them took effect immediately meaning neither they nor Mosley were available lor service Thursday night when Seton Ilall 9-4 this year met Fairfield at New Madison Square Garden Acting Athletic Director Melvin Knight said Assistant Coach Chris Kinum would handle the coaching job until return Msgr Fahy said that because of NCAA regulations be was left with no alternative but to lake the action But he said the university would appeal the regulations and would request the restoration of eligibility He said he might take the case to court Referring to the athletic dc-paitmcnt personnel Msgr Fahy said his investigation found that were violations by all three in varying degrees of the NCAA recruitment regulations" While saying the violations were technical and confusing he said Regan Raftery and Mahon or unwittingly submitted or caused the university to submit erroneous or incomplete information to the The dispute on Mosley's eligibility surfaced recently when it was alleged that lie bad been recruited by Seton Hall NCAA rules say a student whose high school grades do not project into a avciage in college must sit out his cn- tire fieshman year if he was recruited Mo-ucy played in 21 games as a fresh nan and led 'Seton Ilall to its first winning record in a decade Msgr Fahy said he helped Gremlin in a 100-mile race today prior to the 24-hour endurance event on Linda Amato wife of race driver Joe Amato lends a hand in transporting some tires at Dajtona Beach International Speedway Joe will drive a ONE AFTERNOON at practice Smith experimented lie had his offensive unit in the corners and he called the defense together for strategy Suddenly switch from a zone and go at them man-to-man commanded Smith He awaited reaction moment Larry got one-in-one he drove around his man and had an easy said the coach then we felt we had something which could swing from a delay into an offensive This happened 12 years ago Notre Dame Drake Used It FOUR CORNERS demands ball handling and reaction and said Smith have been criticized but also been successful with it and our players believe in it normally use it when ahead or when we are in foul trouble as we were against Maryland It much like a switch in tactics in football When a team establishes a lead of say two touchdowns it stays on the ground The opposition would love for it to pass but it goes conservative the four corners our ground Last week Notre Dame upset UCLA and used its version of the Drake did the same against Louisville pulling off a major upset Observer Photos by GARY PARKER Kenneth Weaver Starts Move fakes Broncos'' Walt Holland Cooper Sparkles As Smith Rolls To 4th Straight Checkers Need Win Over Kelly GLAD to see other teams making use of said Smith no secret It work unless the men are available who can handle the ball It pressures the opposition if it is used right We spend a great deal of time working on When a team abandons its zone approach and goes for the Tar Heels on an individual basis the players look for the good one-on-one opportunity Freshman Phil Ford made the most of his role against Maryland either driving for the basket or dishing off when the defense shifted to help AP Photo While Hampton has been rolling over its opposition to vault from a4 distant third place to within sight of the Checkers KJly has watched his club play both very good and very bad in the last three weeks Kelly hopes the Checkers who destroyed Roanoke Valley 10-1 a week ago Friday and took a 4 2 lead into the last six minutes against Greensboro on Tuesday will show up tonight lie has no desire to see the team that performed so poorly in falling 5 4 to the Generals and barely holding on for an 8 6 triumph over Winston Salem on Jan 21 Hampton is an extremely physical club and Kelly feci- the Checkers must outhit John team if "we are going to control play is an important game and I hope the team realizes this especially after vvliat happened Tuesday We need to go into February with a pretty gond lead since 13 of our last 22 games are on the said Kelly Bv BOB MOORE Observer SPorts Writer Many people termed Char lotte Coach Pat Kelly man who woirics too much" when he said earlier this month that his Checkers wrapped up the regular sea son title of the Southern Hockey League At that time the Checkers were opening a larger gap with each game since no one else in the league was able to win on a regular basis Suddenly the lead was 20 seen other clubs with that big of a lead at this stage of the year stumble and why got to keep on winning why we Tonight at 8 the hottest team in the SI1L plays at the Coliseum and it Charlotte the IlampLon Gulls who have won nine straight games and pulled within 12 points of the Checkers The first 500 kids to purchase a ticket will receive a free puck By GLENN ROLLINS Observer SPorts Wriler There were chccrleadcis dancing in the hall outs dc "ir Johnson Smith dresng room at Hartley Woods Thursdav night and there the middle oi it all slapp ne skin and grinning a winning smile for the chickie- wa the -nan they call "Cluck George Cooper the 6-8 Golden Bull center-turned forward a fellow who was burned for a while but came back strong for 23 points to lead a 72 68 victory over Fayetteville Stale And the reason for the dancing and the staccato chanting of (us in a hoped-for championship) what that it was fourth straight win and sixth in seven games Accordingly they were getting revved up for midseason hrt-plaee showdown at Winston Salem State since JCSU is now 7 3 in the Southern Division of the Ccntia! In'ereoile giate Athletic Association 7-8 overall' and in a flat footed tie with the Tartis 7 3 10-5 for the top A LITTLE more composed as he threaded through the ctowd was Chailcs Massty a 0 A Jfc ays Kelly got to stop Hdinpton and get a lit ilc momentum of our own" The Gulls led by Claude Chart re Lome Rombaugh and Curl Braekcnbury have whip ped the Checkers the last two times and both contests Story Of Being Oil The lload NORTH CAROLINA visits Clemson Saturday in one of two area games which will receive national attention North Carolina State hosts Maryland in the afternoon at Raleigh at Clemson has never been said Smith in the days of the old gym when the personnel nearly so good facing Clemson was difficult I know it and the players know The Tar Heels leading the Atlantic Coast Conference with a 5-1 record will be slightly favored So was Maryland last week and the Tigers ripped the Terps 83-82 IN 21 GAMES IN THE home gyms of ACC teams this season only five visiting teams have won games This indicates a home court factor is valid in appraising any match have managed to play about as well on the road as at says Smith better but no worse The home court stimulates the average team to play somewhat above its normal ability Play anyone at home and you must play harder to IS an awful big were on Charlotte ice.