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we gei tu siriie, mat snoUKX work to my White did find time to win the 440 in 50.8 and anchor the Wasson mile relay to victory. The T-Birds also got wins from Dave Rather in the pole vault (14-0), Robbie Konrad in the 2-mile Tom Mclver in the high jump (6-2) and Sam Montoya in the mile (4:41.8) and Doug Hugill in the 880 bid was led by hurdler John Moss who won the 120-yard highs in 15.4 and took the 180-yard lows in 21.1. The Panthers also got victories from Terry Hauck in the shot put (51-0) and White in the long jump other win came from Jim Ramsey who won the discus at 150-0. Pueblo only victory was in the triple jump where Brad Miles stretched 43-6. Gazette Telegraph Photo by DAVE RAINS Widefield's Russ Stirgus (left) takes handoff in 880 relay Mike Tyboroski of Wasson (right) anchored the winning T-Birds April 2-6, 1978 RALPH ROUTON Sports Editor White Prepares To Shun His Role By TERRY HENION GT Sports Writer Take note.

Bobby Carter of Coronado and Russell Stirgus of Widefield. If you sent a thank- you card to William White, you should. White, the senior captain for the T-Birds, has pushed Stirgus to 9.8 in the 100-yard dash. the fastest time in the state. White has dueled Carter in the 440 all season, finally forcing Carter to run a 48.4 to beat him.

the fastest time in the state. The three city sprinters have traded wins in the 220- yard dash but Stirgus edged White in that event Tuesday at a quadrangular meet at Berry Stadium. Stirgus was timed in 22.4 while White clocked 22.6. If you think White is tired William White of playing second fiddle to Stirgus and Carter, right. Wasson coach Steve Hittle, though, thinks the state equaling his season best, while White was a stride behind in 9.9, matching his best this spring.

been going around that he (Stirgus) has been talking about how bad he was going to beat White said. why the 100 really upset me. He beat me bad out of the Stirgus did the same thing in the 220, taking a lead on the curve and beating White by two strides. Still, White is probably the most versatile of the city sprinting triumvirate. Stirgus has the upper hand in the short sprints but touch White in the 440.

Carter has beaten White every time this spring in the 440 but White can handle the Coronado flash in the 100. feel that definitely stronger than Stirgus and said Whiet. meet may be where White comes to the fore. state meet is a different said Hittle. have to run so many qualifying and semifinal races just to get into the finals.

where the strongest runners always do pretty well. Most of your good sprinters compete in more than one event so a question of strength. is really a hard worker. Nobody goes through a workout like he does. our captain and he sets the pace for everyone overall brilliance and tremendous team depth led the T-Birds to an easy win over Harrison, Pueblo Central and Widefield at the quadrangular.

But for White, the team victory was little solace for his losses to Stirgus in the 100 and 220. Stirgus won the 100 in 9.8, Records Questioned FAYETTEVILLE, N. (AP) Campus health officials at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill may be violating state and federal laws by not keeping proper records on use of the tranquilizer Valium by school athletes, the Fayetteville Times reports The apparent violations were reported in the third installment of a six-part copyright series on drug abuse among North Carolina college athletes. The paper said that members and former members of the UNC football team told the Times they were getting Valium from team physicians and then mixing it with beer to get high. The Times added that a UNC health service pharmacist told the paper the service kept no records on who got the pills, despite state and federal laws that specifically required such records.

are individual records kept only on selected said Wayne Pittman, head pharmacist for the health service. is not one of Officials at Duke, East Carolina, N.C. State and Wake Forest said records were kept on all controlled substances they dispensed, but they said Valium was not made available to athletes in their programs. UNC team physician Dr. Joseph DeWalt insisted that proper records had been kept, defended the use of Valium in sports medicine and said he had not dispensed more than 50 pills in any one season, generally three or four at a time.

of the players I give it to are linebackers and running DeWalt said. take most of the contact and they need the drug more for DeWalt said he always examined players before dispensing the pills and he was not aware of any abuse. He said he warned players of the dangers of mixing alcohol and tranquilizers. But players and former players told a different story. They said they could often get the pills for the asking, usually eight at a time.

has the same effect as swigging four or five one player told the Times. (AP Wirephoto) A psychological shot Tom Lasorda, manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers, looks as if he has Sparky Anderson in mind as he hosts newsmen at a "champagne party" in the Dodger dressing room before the LA-Cincinnati game Tuesday. It was just Lasorda's way of needling Anderson, the Cincinnati manager who instituted a rule barring visitors from the Cincy dressing room within 35 minutes of game time. Nuggets Reverse Form To Thrash Milwaukee (AP Wire Photo) Just having a grand old time of it Denver's Thompson smiles as he slams one home By JACK MAGRUDER GT Sports Writer Like the game before it and the one before that, and the one before that, NBA playoff game between the Denver Nuggets and the Milwaukee Bucks was a blowout. And, for the third time in four games, it was the Bucks who were feeling flat after it was all over.

The Denver Nuggets combined a strangling defense with David first really noteworthy performance in the series to overtake the Bucks, 118-104, before 12,098 at the Milwaukee Arena. The Nuggets limited the Bucks to only four field goals, and 17 total points in the second period to take an 18-point, 57-39 lead at halftime. They coasted in the second half behind the slam-dunking Thompson, surely the highest highest-paid player, who scored 22 of his game- high 34 points in those two periods. The Nuggets, who showed a complete reversal in form from their 143-112 drubbing Sunday, gained a seemingly insurmountable 3-1 edge in the On the Air: Wednesday BASEBALL: Denver Bears at Wichita, 6:30 p.m., KOA (850). best-of-seven Western Conference semifinal series.

Game No. 5 will be played in Denver Friday. The game, again one of CBS late shows, will get underway at 9:30 p.m. (MST). Since the game was not sold out 72 hours in advance, it will not be broadcast locally.

Game No. 6, if needed, will be played in Milwaukee, with the seventh game set for Denver. At least one Nugget, Thompson, is not making any plans for a return trip to Milwaukee. think we can do it in he said. way we've been playing Denver trailed only twice Tuesday, and both times by just one point.

Once Thompson hit a layup with 5:38 to go in the first quarter, the Nuggets never were headed. Center Dan Issel was the offensive mainstay in the first half, scoring 15 points, including 11 in the second peri- od. He finished with 24 points, his playoff high. The Nuggets increased their lead to 20 points in the latter stages of the third period, and notched their biggest lead, 29 points, when Ralph Simpson hit a 40-footer at the buzzer. Denver led 90-61 after three periods.

Both teams went a little schoolyard in the fourth period and the Bucks scored enough points to make the score look respectable. Bobbp Jones had 15 points for the Nuggets while Anthony Roberts and Simpson had 12 apiece. Bobby Wilkerson had 10. Marques Johnson and Brian Winters were held to 14 points apiece by the tenacious Nuggets. defense was definitely the said Thompson.

got them to take the outside shot, and we hit the boards well. We really controlled the The Bucks most of the time had just one shot per possession. and when they hit only 27 percent of those shots the first half, they were quickly in trouble. Thompson said the high intensity level had a lot to do with the way the game went, too. difference was he said.

wanted to come here and play as hard as we could. If we lost, we want it to be because we played without NUGGET NOTES-Anthony Roberts, ejected from game for punching Buck David Meyers in the back, received a call from NBA commissioner Lawrence Tuesday. reportedly expressed his displeasure over the incident and told Roberts he may face a fine when the league office finishes reviewing the films. If Denver finishes off Milwaukee Friday and Seattle takes its next two (Wednesday and Friday) from Por- 11 a the Denver-Seattle series will begin Sunday in Denver. The Nuggets would have the home-court advantage in that set.

Rapp Ousted for Poor Turmoil ST. LOUIS (AP) It was inevitable. The St. Louis Cardinals were in last place in the National East Division after a six-game losing streak; player-manager relations were strained, and an argument between Manager Vern Rapp and all-star catcher Ted Simmons became public. Twenty days into his second season, Rapp was stripped of his job by club management.

like this happen in this Rapp said after announcement. was in a business where people in my category are very General Manager Bing Devine and team President August A. Busch Jr. termed the action climax could have been averted, but it did appear more or less Devine said. He had flown to Montreal to inform Rapp of the club decision and to name third base coach Jack Krol interim manager.

it was a problem, a continuing problem. When it became apparent, we decided, wait for something you solve any other Devine added. continuing unrest on the ball club, it had become evident that some action was Busch said in St. Louis. With his first season at the St.

Louis helm marked by running feuds with relief pitcher A1 Hrabosky, Rapp had numerous run-ins this season with his players. In his most recently-publicized hassle, Rapp admitted calling Simmons a He had also ripped into reliever Buddy Schultz during a six-run Pirate uprising in Pittsburgh last Sunday. Rapp, who says he has no immediate plans, said Tuesday he might spend the summer at home in Denver. go home and go he said. Krol, 41, who has been with the team as player and manager since 1954, said his biggest worry right now is to get the bullpen in shape.

got the players to do the job; got to he said. The season started today, he added. Switzer, Oklahoma Lose Two More Assistant Coaches NORMAN, Okla. (AP) The University of recruiting coordinator and of- cruiting coordinator and offensive line coach resigned Tuesday, bringing to three the number of assistant football coaches to quit within weeks. Jerry Pettibone, recruiting coordinator for eight years, and Gene Hochevar, offensive line coach for nine years, said in a statement released by the athletic publicity office they were quitting to go into business.

Both said their resignations had nothing to do with reports that Larry Lacewell, defensive coordinator, had quit last month because of a personal with his longtime friend, head Coach Barry Switzer. know going to be a lot of that the report influenced and Hochevar decision, Switzer said Tuesday. know it he added. Hochevar, 36, and Pettibone, 38, also denied that the report had anything to do with their resignations, effective next Monday. Both said that the business opportunity offered them was too good to turn down.

The statement from the athletic publicity office said each would own a one-third partnership in Acme Oil Co. of Oklahoma City, a firm that will deal primarily with the production of natural gas wells. has been the most difficult decision of my Pettibone said in the state- men. been with this program for 20 years in one capacity or another, but this is the opportunity of a Hochevar said he was at the Chicago airport on the way to Notre Dame, where he was offered an assistantship, when he was contacted about the business proposition. Tutt Selected to Coordinate Local Effort for Sports Festival Bill Tutt has been selected of the Broadmoor Hotel.

Inc. United tuni, a Bill Tutt has been selected to serve as chairman of the local organizing committee of the National Sports Festival, the to be held in Colorado Springs July 27-30. Tutt, senior vice president of the Broadmoor Hotel, Inc. will coordinate Colorado involvement in the Sports Festival and will be working alongside Baaron Pittenger and John Colbrunn, who are coordinating the summer extravaganza for the United States Olympic Committee. Sports Festival will be of tremendous benefit to the community and said Tutt.

want to be sure this spectacle does generate the type of enthusiasm we think it The first task at hand is to find members of the community to lend helping hands during the Sports Festival. More than 2,000 athletes will converge on Colorado Springs for the Festjyal, and at least 700 volunteers are needed to fill various roles of assistance. inventing the wheel here, since this (the Sports Festival) been done said Tutt. need tremendous support, support at all levels-ushers, program salesmen and The local organizing committee is setting up a clearing house for volunteers offering assistance. All interested should call the Olympic Training Center at 475-8820..