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6 Section The Commercial Appeal Memphis Sunday Nov 9 1980 BOWLING mt usi oun DYE YOUR TiHvlCf coco oe voua yarn vw ww hmi roe to vow Norton Makes A ifrajor Point Against Cobb SAN ANTONIO Texas (AP)-Ken Norton said he had "a lot to going In to a fight with younger bigger and highly touted Randall Tex' Cobb Norton proved It and In high stjrlo The veteran Norton used boxing akllL Instinct and i' letition BART FISHER HAS averaged at least ISO fines he was 11 His 7M aeriee it Tennessee1 highest this year He says he can bowl 190 with either hand Big deal yon say He has bowled two 300 games: Now 21 be bowli 100 out a split decision over the tough Cobb 12 yean hie junior In winning Norton gavo warning to the other heavyweight! including Gerry Cooney who watched from ringside that the veteran's comeback attempt after a 18 month retirement muit be reckoned with Norton wobbly kneed and exhausted from countering die menacing Cobb's devastating left Jab barely stumbled to hie corner at the end of the ninth round But ha summoned enough strength to better the equally find and lumbering Cobb with a series of uppercuts In the center of the ring and capture the 10th and deciding round Referee Tony Peres of New York scored the match 97-94 for Norton Judge Spider Bynum of Dallas sew it 97-95 for Cobb and judge Chuck HasKt of Norton's hometown of Los Angeles cast the deciding 9895 for Norton The 38yearold Norton who lost 35 poonds to enter the ring at a trim 218 appeared as well or better-conditioned as the totimidating-looking Cobb of Abilene Texas The 24-yearold Cobb weighed In at 225 Norton hia left eye already swelling began using hia superior boxing skill and speed in the fourth round knifing between Cobb's upraised gloves with a aeries of scoring counter punches In that round Norton landed hia only direct blow and caused a trickle of blood to drip firms games a week his combined average from the five leagues ha competes in is 201 So what? With his personal stockpile of 14 balls he should be able to roll 200 on a dirt road right? "I can handle anybody in Memphis'' Fisher says matter-of-iactly "It's not too bad against guys from Tennessee It's the ones from outside the state who you've never seen who can blow you out But 1 can handle anyone in sc GlQL'RERS By Wayne Tilton Bart Fisher Knows How Done kept staking his opponents to 50-pln advantages But het got pride "Don't write those scores he asked as we finished "Everybody'll be laughing at me" It's a tough world kid ELSEWHERE IN BOWLING: Cobb's imsomrs MOST wamn DISCOUNTERS THAT'S 1MB PROBLEM He's planning to turn pro in January and there's a shortage of Tennesseans on the Professional Bowlers Association Tour So he needs all the out-of-state competition he can get? And who better to give it than me a former bantam-league bowler from the know-all East Coast who cheated to get his first 200 game? No one naturally Sufficiently prepared for my first competition in three years by racking np an 82 the previous day we decided on a threegame set at Park Bowling Lanes Fisher who already thinks he's the Tracy Austin id bowling limped out to a 6442 advantage after four frames of Game 1 "So when are you gonna start killing me?" I asked him His ball answered: Strike Strike Strike Spare Strike Spare He closed with a strike giving him a 194-144 victory in Game 1 "1 never really got a good shot" said the fatigued Norton holding an ice pack over his left eye "He kept me off balancswith his left Jabs A yearendhalf layoff really harts 1 didn't have as much left as I thought I Cobb a former football player and karate expert who had hoped for title fight in 1981 after knocking out 16 of hie first 17 opponents came into hia dresslngroom laughing after the fight and told his supporters "Hey man ifi Just one of those I Bumphus Taylor Triumph STATELINE Nev (UPI) Junior welterweight John- OWE WEEK FRI MOV 7 THRU SAT MOV 15 St -T 'i si'y- There was no question after that I needed a 50-pin Heap Blistered thumb aside I wanted to help the kid Really He hadn't come close to 300 since July 7 when his I i I i series made him 1 in the stain he said "1 left four 10 pins and two 7 pins The way I was bowling I shouldn't have had anything but Right Baa natlonally televised boxing at Tahoe Featherweight Bernard Taylor of Knoxville upped his record to 24 with a decision over Denny Crux Bumphus of Nashville stopped Mike Michaud by technical knockout at 2:44 of the first round Ramos halted Steve Arvin by TKO at L32 of the fifth and Green stopped Jerry Foley by TKO at 144 of the first All the bouts were echeo-nled for fix rounds Bumphus 142 to had no trouble with Michaud 143 ft of East Meadow NY The winner at the 1980 Olympic Trial! Jarred Michaud with a right early in the round cut him over the right ore with a lot hook midway through the first and finally unleashed a barrage to the body that (breed referee Devey Pearl to halt the onesided bout Taylor 124 won his second professional fight in as many outings by outboxing Crus 128 Los Angeles Crux a four-time national Golden Gloves champion now 104 was most aggressive of the four losers but Taylor's footwork kept him out of harm's way GAME 2 WAS a Joke His four splits were one thing i gutter ball? When's the last time anybody on ABC Pro Bowlers Tour sent one into the ditch? "Well one night has bowled two feet Bowling Center The second one came last Friday night giving Ferguson two of the three perfect scores ever recorded at Cherokee since the center opened in 19S2 Ferguson's first came last winter Friday night's feat was performed on lanes 41 and 42 Ferguson's first came on lanes 21 and 22 Moses Bans was the first to find perfection at Cherokee doing it Just weeks before Ferguson struck Though the official entry deadline for next spring American Bowling Congress National Tournament has SunTaaid local areamra wishing tocoiqpete may still enter There are approximately 100 team 200 doubles and 400 singles Slots unfilled For entry information call Blackburn at 3634501 or the Memphis Bowling Association office at 458-4349 The ABC Nationals begin a 79day run at Cook Convention Center Feb 28 Forty lanes will be constructed at the center for the event They'll be in use 17 hours a day a The latest figures available show 6JOO male and 7300 female bowlers are competing in sanctioned leagues this fall in Memphis That's about a IS per cent increase over last year Blackburn said "1 think the new house on Winchester which opened in the foil of 79 is still picking up new people" said BlackburnThe other bouses are showing more interest plus the Interest in the ABC tournament here next year is The entry deadline for the 1981 women's and men's city championships is JsnlL The 49th Men's City Tourna- the weSumds of Jan 1 and Feb 7-8 at Cherokee Bowling Center Men's team competition begins a four-weekend run Jan 31-Feb 1 at Park Bowling Land The 40th Women's City Tournament begins three weekends of singles doubles and team competition Feb 14-1S at Cherokee Entry forms are available at all bowling centers and the MBA and Memphis Women's Bowling Association offices both located at 3329 Poplar The annual Christmas charity Tournament will be held in conjunction with regular league play Nov 16-22 A SI contribution will make bowlers eligible for the overall city title in tha event Proceeds will be divided between SL he- 'Jhde Childrens Research Mwpltal and Veterans HoqpitaL BAER 10 TO 100 OFF FRO ROiTB EVERY PAY PfCOURT F4BC1B HERE'S HOW IT WORKS MAKE A SELECTION FROM OUR STOCK BEFORE PAYING FOR YOUR PURCHASE PICK OUT ONE OF OUR BALLOONS EVERY BALLOON CONTAINS A DISCOUNT SUP WORTH 10 1 5 20 30 40 50 OR EVEN 1 00 OFF THE PRICE OF YOUR PURCHASE IN ADDITION TO THE DISCOUNT SUPS SOME BALLOONS ALSO CONTAIN "WILD CARD" GIFTS THAT ENTITLE YOU TO COMPLETELY FREE ITEMS I had a 18pin spare in the first and then threw a cutter ball in the second But I got a spare on the second ball and then struck out I bowled 27 149 was nothing compared to my handlcapaided I60lt was difficult not to gloat So supreme was my confidence that 1 nearly asked him to bowl the third game with his left hand Since Pm a southpaw how could he beat me? I smelled an easy victory Plus there'i always the slim chance he could go on to win millions as a pro And then I could brag to my kids that 1 blew him away when be was nobody Besides there was no other way I could get a SO-pin lead AFTER I COASTED to a 59-7 lead after the first frame of Game 3 Fisher rallied He could have won It by striking out in the 10th Instead a spare left him on the short end a 178-176 score f-t A didnlfase him he still plans to try the pro tour He said it would be tough knew would to impaisihlo If would be impassible If to CMON IN AND PICK YOU! BALLOON ON THESE HEAT SAVINCS AND HEAT NAMES! coil) vuutijgaf ilmsssi ttoiurtlflli r'ajvltopJEIIIT nVNLOF MmhIct OOT WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING rOR luff city Bute prau! bmmuhc Mr appaMmanl oT Jim McKmii Niair him taff An! Jim araatt to tavtta ell hi cuTmr an Mm! 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