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Since He Stopped Talking Price Has Dropped DICK YOUNG By DICK YOUNG New York News LAS VEGAS cnarging $2 to watch Ali work out here for the spinks TV special. In previous fights, they got $4 for an Ali workout, but that's before he stopped talking. Ali, without the chatter, is worth only $2, maybe less. He fight that much anymore. said Angelo Dundee.

see Muhammad is bearing down for this one. This is the best seen him look in six or seven way twenty three. no keester on Angelo Dundee has been with the champ almost from the start. He is a white man in a black world, but he notice it anymore, it has been so long. He knows Ali's every whim, every changing mood.

Nothing Ali can do surprises the smallish trainer, with the Italian Bloodline, Irish name, and New York accent. The latest Gismo, silent act in public, doesn't tilt Angelo because Ali talks in the privacy of the dressing room. talk spinks and the said Angelo. spied on Spinks He grinned. was a come spy.

I know Sam Solomon for Sam Solomon handles Spinks, and has guided him carefully, patiently to a shot at the title after seven fights. did you strong suit is aggressiveness. He has an excellent right hand In previous fight, Ernie Shavers rocked the champ repeatedly with right counters over missed right leads. It pointed up an increasingly vulnerability in the aging champ Georgie Benton. aiding Sam Solomon in the shaping of Leon Spinks, has developed the right-counter weapon Benton also has altered boxing stance.

Leon, in the Olympics, stood erect, almost stiff. Benton has him bobbing and crowding, Philadelphia style. said Angelo Dundee, a great boxer, and going to be a great trainer, that guy. Thing I admire about him, he doesn't try to get his fighter to do what Georgie used to do. but what the fighter can do you talk with Ali about Angie was asked, does he say he intends to offset will box him.

He expects the kid to come at him, to be tough in the early rounds. Muhammad wants to know, does he come straight in, or side-to-side. I said, side-to-side. Muhammad will hook Will he rope-a-dope? early. Muhammad is so much taller, he can block the shots.

I figure the guy's gonna blow up in the late rounds. I honestly fee! Ali will stop him or twelve. see a lot of flumes by Ali, Quick hands, the way he used to. Muhammad is working on that, because the kid has fast hands been boxing much. Ali, I mean, how right.

Only 133 or 137 rounds of boxing to date. not much. Very little for him. Usually does much more. But he's been concentrating on the physical things; running religiously, hitting the light bag, hitting the heavy bag.

The muscle tone is back in his makes him train so hard all of a sudden. He had reached the stage where he found training a huge bore. He admitted said Dundee. think it's you guys writing that old that he has a fat belly. I give part of the credit to BUI Gallo's cartoon, the nice one he did with the belly hanging over the belt.

I hung that up in the dressing did Ali say when he saw he just worked a little harder, a little longg- If this were a year ago, two years ago, Muhammad Ali would be pushing out a bloated belly in the gym, deliberately making himself appear to be soft and out of shape, creating the illusion that he is ripe to be taken by this strong young kid. He would create a mirage of upset. Now, at age 36, Ali is holding in his stomach, like other middle-aged men, doing his exercises, sweating off the poundage, trying to recapture the body beautiful. Ali realizes he afford to get careless now. The future has been laid out too carefully; Mercado in April, or maybe Kallie Knoetze, the South African who kayoed Bobick.

Then Norton in September for the jackpot. A misstep now could cancel a lot of TV shows. SPORTSLINE North Stars Name Nanne BLOOMINGTON, Minn (AP) Veteran defenseman Lou Nanne was named Friday as general manager and coach of the Minnesota North Stars of the National Hockey League. Nanne, 36, replaces Jack Gor don as general manager and Andre Beaulieu as coach. Beaulieu took over the coaching job Thanksgiving Day after Ted Harris was fired.

Rumors involving a shakeup In the North Stars organization have been circulating for! weeks. The team was one of; the preseason favorites to win the Smythe Division of the Campbell Conference but is in last place with an 11-35-5 record. Their total of 27 points is the lowest in professional hockey. The North Stars were 5 13-2 under Harris and 6-22-3 with Beaulieu in charge. Lyle Hit with 2nd Charge GOLDEN (AP) A charge of first-degree murder has; been filed against heavy-; weight boxer Ron Lyle, who already faces a second-degree murder charge in the shooting death of his former road manager.

Chief Dep. Dist. Atty. Dan Fahrnev said Thursday he would seek a court hearing within a few weeks to determine if the first-degree charge could be added to the second- degree charge. Lyle is free on $10.000 bond after being charged Jan 5 in the death of Vernon Clark.

He is scheduled for a March 13 preliminary hearing at which a county court judge will decide whether he should be bound over for trial. Clark. 39. died of a single bullet wound to the head on New Year's Eve at Lyle's home. Holman Keglcrs CLEVELAND (AP) Marshal! Holman of Medford, won all eight of his matches Friday to take over the lead going into the last semifinal round of an $80.000 Professional Bowlers Association tournament here.

Holman averaged 238 with rounds of 258. 258. 223, 222, 238. 249. 237 and 220 for an 8.069 total after four rounds.

He has a 56-pin lead over Larry Laub of San Francisco, the 1974 Cleveland champion. I Flood Waters Cause Postponement Of Third Round of Desert Classic PALM SPRINGS. Calif. (AP) Flood waters from the Santa Rosa Mountains caused postponement Friday of the third round of the 90-hole Bob Hope Desert Classic. Play is scheduled to begin again Saturday with Bill Rogers holding a 1-stroke lead.

The tournament which will now end Monday instead of Sunday, was postponed because players were unable to reach Indian Wells, one of the four courses used in the tournament. Play had begun on the other three-La Quinte, Eldorado and host Bermude Dunes. Those players who reached Indian Wells before the flooding were unable to play because of water on at least six holes, according to tournament officials. Clyde Mangum. deputy missioner of the PGA said the postponemetn was decided upon after a nearly three- hour delay it continued to rain in the mountains! so we had to cancel all said not only were the players unable to reach Indian Wells, even in vans, but there were about six areas of the golf coures that were unplayable the golfers really get to the greens.

In order to reach Indian Wells, players must cross an arroya or gulch planted with swale or high grass that runs though the course. This is where the flooding occurred. rode over there but we get on the said Mangum. RiNK MAKES REGiONALS The Broadmoor mixed curling rink of (from left) Jack McNelly, Jan McNally, Kayla Wiebold and Ron Wiebold defeated the Chris Thim- lert rink of Denver in the state piaydowns recently and will there- Gazette TplCRraph Photo compete in the regionals Feb. at the Broadmoor World Arena.

That winner will represent the area in the mixed national championships March 22-25, also at the Broadmoor Glads Recover in 2nd Half, 69-62 Michelle Bower and A Saunders keyed a third quarter surge by Widefield to lead the Glads to a 69-62 triumph Friday night over Mitchell in a girls South Central League basketball game on the Court. Bovver scored 18 and Saunders 17 as Widetield won its 11th game in 12 outings. Irma Febres added 14 for the Glacis with June Tisor chipping with 10 points. Carol Lillie powered her wav Basketball IT TAKES A BIG SLEEPER TO KNOW A GREAT SLEEPER. LIKE A CLASSIC FLOTATION SLEEPER.

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Harrison 66, Centennial 39 The Harrison girls basketball team easily ran by Pueblo Centennial 66-39 Friday night to up its SCL record to 8-5 for the i year. Central 66, Coronado 35 PUEBLO Coronado appeared to be in its South Central League girls basketball; game with host Pueblo Central Friday night, but looks often are deceiving. I Central led. 13-12, after a quarter, but then it was an Wildcats. Central outscored the Cougars, 21-3 and 17-6, in the next two quarters and stormed to a 66-35 triumph over Coro- 1nado.

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59 Buena Visfa 33 Dana Howe was virtually a one-girl offense Friday night as she scored 21 points to lead St. to a 59-33 victory over Buena Vista in a Pikes Peak League basketball game in the gym. Miami 49, Elbert 28 MIAMI Taking control from the beginning, basketball team cruised to a 49-28 basketball victory over Elbert here Friday night, Manitou 42, Florence 35 Manitou Springs freshman Deana Gardner led the Mustangs to a solid victory against the Florence Huskies, 42-35, in girls Pikes Peak League basketball play Friday night. South 59, Doherty 55 rallied 1 from a 14-point halftime deficit but fell short Friday night, losing to host Pueblo South, 59-55, in a South central League girls basketball game. Professional Pool Table Sales, Service, Repair CORNER POCKET PRO SHOP 3780 E.

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