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Woodard in GEORGE WOODARD SRICIM TO fXPRtSS OLI.EC.i: STATION Texas fuilbark (ieorge Woodard was released from a hospital Wednesdax but did not lake part in praetiee later in the afternoon. Woodard, the 280-pound Junior full- haek. had been admitted to the hospital Tuesday for suspected apendieitis. However, doctors are not sure If the Aggie fuilbark had flam Illation or appendix." a small bowel in- a fiareup of his Gervin out ranked No. i in the nation, travels to Ann Arbor Saturday to clash with which is ranked No.

3. was not at practice session but we hope he is able to return to workouts Thursday." an official told the Express late Wednesday. GEORGE GERVIN i (icorge of the San Antonio Spuis will miss the home pre season opener Saturday against Houston heeaiise of a sprained ankle suffered in a Tuesday night scrimmage (icrvin continued to Tiics after the but Spur officials decided to hold him out after reviewing dax Team ph.vsU ians put a soft cast on (irrvin's ankle and haxe out lined a phxsiea! therapy program to begin ritursd.n While tfcrxiii will be listed on the "day to dax" basis, it is pos sihle that he will miss the entire pre season slate In that same luesday scrim mage, guard llciirx Ward suffered a hniiscd right coilarhoiie Barry Robinson Giants in bad trouble already Sims (28) iu Show Me form ork (iiaiit John is not in ilu' Ljrt'att'st position in world. inhor- iU'd a lousy loot ball toain in a city inl'esli'd with tiio world's loudosi critics. team (ipciied flic M-'L regular seasmi iipsetliiig tiie Hedskuis, 2d-17.

So iliey ucce lied uilh the l)allas nwboys for first place iii the Xl'f. prior to last Sunday's meeting in The first reporter in the Texas Stadium press box I was assigned a seat next to Itie corps of 5 orU Their team tieing l-(i. uonid he eoekx. riiev would he opiimisiie, confident of another Coaiil upset. Tliex would job and lh(' xouinr (aant TliaTs what 1 figured.

Surprisingly, it the case xcn before the opening kickofl. the New 4 ork scribes joked about the and McVaN Wamc-Wifflc were referring to tiie Soijihmen and the old World T'oothall l.ea,gue, ay was the head eoaeh at Memphis and eight of his players tiu-re followed him to the (baiifs. has liad as as 12 foniu'r on ills fdant sipiad since lieeoming liead eoaeh late last season The New 5'ork writers don't lliiiik mneli of tiie old Thev assume that if a played in then he isn't good iMiongli to lie in That for anxoiie, inelndmg l.arrv Csonka. 'I'hey arim't impressed a lu'k with the former Dolpfim rnnner, but. tiiiMi.

most of us aren't. I'lie point is that the opening upset Washington did little to impress the Pag writi'rs. liad ai- ready termed sidid opinions about this (iiant team. Tins is iiisl one doesn't the easU'st job in llie world. Bad decision MeXax's team was smashed, il-21.

Dallas tiianls simply lost to a better team. it might he that did not make a had during that lopsided loss hut from here it seems he made a lince earlier in Uu' day long hid'ere the npeiiing kiiTeff, pointed out in Monday's game in tlie Express, three memhi'rs of the Giant defense missed the ti'am flight to Dallas Saturday. They had to tlunr own air fare to the In t-ase you didn't know it. missing a team flight is a mighty serious mistake for a athlete. iwery leam in exery pro sport has a of a mandatory fine against anyone missing a team flight It simply isn't supposed to happen.

coaches or even the trainers can expect to tie fined il tlii'y aren't on the team flight That's XXhx 1 was sonicxxhal slunned at halfliiiic Sunday xxhcn a Ncxx York writer infonucd me that said he would NOT fine those llirec players. said that the playm's wt're eaiighl ill a bad traffic on the way to the airport. So it wasn't their fault, he ruled. ell, he's the isiach and may In- he knows what is best hut from here it appears he made a serious mistake by letting those playi'i's off the hook. Trouble X'on see, il wasn't as simph' as it sounds The tliri-e players liu missed (he flight were Dill Dryaiit, ifay ntiodes and Mendenliali.

The inxohed is Meinh'U- hall It IS no secret lliaf is not happy with the (liants. IP' has had some sipialihles with the front offic-e and recently he has had at least one hassle iili a teammate According to a Ncxx York xvriler. Mcndcnhail and tcaniinatc Dan almost came to bloxxs on the sidelines during the upset xictory over Ma- shingloii. The writer said the two pla.xers refused to discuss what the fronhle was about hilt the iiieideiit no doubt hurt team spirit. Mendenhall reportedly xxas still uii- last and showed hitlerne.ss during the praetiee sesions leading up to the Cow hoy game.

One reason this ineident is so im- porlanl is that is not an ordinary, average player. is one of the oldest players on the young Giant team iH'iiiaps one of the most talented. ay needs Mendenhall to be a leader on the field, players prefer not to get involved feuds hetweini teammates hut it's only natural fur them to take sides. Some of the Giants sided with Mendenhall while some others liaeked f-loy (I. Not a real good situation, to say the least, Now of course, those who sided with Lloyd are mad at because wasn't punished for missing the team flight.

Like any other eoaeh who is trying to rebuild a team. MeX'ay has a ton of jirohlems. Maybe he figured if he uverlookt'd this one it would go away. maybe it will. a.gain.

maybe the whole team will miss this wt'ek's team flight to By (iROSSMAN Of THE EXPRESS STAEE The man from the vShow Me State. Seott Sims, showed Spurs Coach Doug Moe something good Wednesday night. Sims, a rookie guard from the Cm- versity of Missouri, scored 28 points and handed out six a.ssists as the lilaek deh'ated the White. in a Spurs' gaiiK' at liandidph Sims aeeoinplished that leal despite playing 48 minutes in the Han- dolph Gymnasium, the largest sauna hath. With the injuries to George Gervin and Il('tiry Ward, there were only four guards healthy so flu'y were to play the whole eotUesl.

Exceptional was said Moe movE'd the hall up the floor wcdl on llie break and hit his think I play better in an type of game as opposed to said Sims, I always show so Order apparently agrees with Stms. only a moderately impressive free agent camp last summer. Suns hit nine of II field goal attempts and scored 24 ))oints in eoneiuding m- trasEjuad game. (Dampier) and everyone else did a great job Ed' hitting the open said Sims. Hot vvas hot.

hut I about to complain playing 48 minutes. It's a E-haiue to show wliat euii do," that is E'xtremely imtiortant for Sims as well as Ward and Calv in Bruton. who are. Moe eoneedes. fighting for the fifth guard spot.

Moe. who viE'vved the from atop stands, was gEUterally pleased with his team's work. was happy with the vxhEile thing," said ran very well in the first half and I was very pleaseil witli the rebounding on both sides. Aggressive CAikI the defense against the inside game was aggressive better than 1 In fact, I thought we lookcEl a lot better than when we came out here last Moe said he would likely make some cuts before the Thursday 10 a.m. praetiee at Blossom enter, although he vvas not sure who would go just yet.

The new fronteourt men are obviously the niEist eiiElangered species since injuriE's to the guiirds have re- dueed the number of baekeourt men in camp. the other new players, forward Dan Henderson from State Elrew the most praise from Moe. played well again fur the SE'coiiEi day in a row," said eic of Henderson. See SPURS, Page 3F Ali faces Shavers A'OHK Muhammad Ali del'EMids (he world heavyweight eham- against Carnie ShavE-rs Thursday flight at MaEiison SEjuare GurElE'u, tliE- of only loss in 21 title fights. It was March 8, 1971 that Ali lust a unanimous in tliE' role of E'hallengE'r for the title that was takE'ii from him of his refusal to accept induct ion in the It was the only time saw another man's hand raisE'd in a titU' fight.

is I'E'fired OeorgE' Foreman, from whom rE'gained the tith' in 1H74. is in retirement. Sunny Liston, who lost the ehampionship to in H)l)4. is dead. But the self-proelaiiiiE'd GreittesI is TLLIJ (Jmnnel if ft.in.

still going. wliik' he is nut going as strong as he once was. he is sueli a prohibitive favorite to beat the puwer-punehing Shavers that Las Ve- ga.s iHuiks refuse to toiiE'li Hie fight. searE'El." the thuiiEiered into a iniEToplioiie had wrested from Gank-ii publicist luhn F.X. Condon WednE'sday afler weighing in at 227) iioimds.

Shavers had already vveigheEl in at mnt briefly with writE'i's aiul sportseastE'rs ami k'ft lliE' building wlu'ti up- pE'afE'tl. "He seriously doE'sn't wan! to sce iin See Page 21 MUHAMMAD ALI the champion EARNIE SHAVERS the challenger San SPORTS Page I Thursday September 29 1977 MIKE GALE drives for the basket as Scott Sims defends STAFF PHOTO BY PAT HAMILTON Eckwood is out far the season I AA cn ILl.F, Ark (AH) Ar kansas eoaeh Con indiealed WedtiE'sday that rniinim! haek i.s out the Old of oin plans. said unlortmiale iK't ausE' he's great and eoultl have' eoidt ibid('d No one worsE' about it than ry But WE' liav E' hi 1)E' mofE' ehie e'I iie'eI Ii IliEisE' wliE) call pkiy than with IIieise' who Ean'l iM'kWEiEiEl. a sE'iiior. was uiiahh' to play 111 first Hhe'e' gaiiiE's ausE' of a pulk'El hamslriiig hiuse-Ie' la'kwoEiEl.

a iirEiiiiising rumiin.g has wIiE'ii was I'E'ei uiIe'eI Hii e'e' VE'ars age, has liE'E'ti plagUE'El with mpiriE's shme- jEmimg alsEi said Hud ie first uie this si'asEin. ie was ElisappEiiidt'El with tliE' I 'I iise folhiwmg pl iiE E'. I I ii 1 havE' a pemm I Elay ehi sani. I Kimw if It was a laE'k E)f EHK'E'idraHEiii eh what, hid WE'just Yankees one game from title ASSOtlATtD PRESS NEW YORK New Vurk Vtiiikees clinched a tic i'oT the League East title Wednesday night, riding Reggie I'irst-inning grand slam home run and otlier homers to a lll-U romp oxer the Cleveland Indians, Graig Nettles. Mickey Hivers hiie I Thurman Munson also liEHoereEl for the Yankees, who reduced their magic number for wrapjiing up a seeotHl straight divi.sEin title 1 ehu One MHin' New YEirk ietEiry in its n'loaining fEiur games would give tin' eteiwu I the Don (iulletl.

l-t-4. coastE'd beliiml hE'avy attaE-k. Ik' alhiwed five hits over seven innings Ijefore Ken Clay finished. New A'ork started fa.st, kiading Hie' buses against ki.ser A1 Fitzmorris. fi-lO, in the first on an E'rror.

a eliEiiee and Munson's hunt single, Tlu'n BOX sauit: See Vttfxe 71' unloaded them, ripping his liEime run into the hiwer stands in right field. One out later. reached the same section with his 47tli homer of the year. Then, in the fourth. Bueky Dent singled with two out aiiEl Rivers hit Ids 12th homer.

In the fifth. MunsEin, I had three hits, opened with his 18Hi liEimer, a drive well beyond the 387-fE)ot sign in left field. Chris Chambliss (hen siiigk'd and scored on Munson doubled home Rivers in Hie si.xth, making it 10-0, and giv ing 1dm 08 runs hatted in for the sE'uson. four RBI improved his total to 109 and two him 104. The slam was the fourth of kson's career and his first with ie It extended his hitting streak to se've'ii games and 12 the last 14.

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