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Saturday, Sept. 29, 1070 SPORTS PEOPLE Today's tclavislon highlights: 12:30 p.m. Football: Miami of Ohio at CMU 1:30 p.m. This Week in Baseball 2:15 p.m. Baseball: Boston at Detroit 3:30 p.m.

Golf: World Series of Golf HORSE RACING 222-6720 Sportsllno For the latest sports scores and results. I In 13-15 CLASSIFIED ADS DETROIT FREE PRESS LJ COMICS "x- it'' i 1 iiy 4F Sift if Li 11 Ai LIL1? mwJ U. 4lMi mtfimm "V'1 ft in I II ill SX a mm 'tit La jfcttW' Hi AP, UPI Photo From left, Wilfredo Gomez watches Carlos Mendoza fall; Sugar Ray Leonard finishes off Andy Price; Roberto Duran slugs Zeferino Gonzales; and Larry Holmes hangs on Earnie Shavers. Holmes TKOs Shavers in 11th Holmes and put him down. He got up at four and lasted the round.

Holmes battered Shavers at will in the 11th, hitting with both hands as Shavers had difficulty keeping his hands up. His legs were just as leaden as his arms. Although the crowd at Caesar's Palace cheered for Gonzalez (19-3-1 In the title fight preliminary, Duran held command throughout the 10-round bout. Duran and Gonzalez each came into the ring at 149, and the Pananamian was grinning during much of the fight as he successfully counterpunched his less experienced foe. In the sixth round, Duran grimaced when he was hit by a left and right, and in the eighth round, he suffered a cut over his left eye, apparently from a butt.

Duran, who now has won 67 of 68 fights, came out fast in the ninth round and held control in the 10th. Judge Art Lurie favored Duran 99-92. Judge Harold Buck scored 99-91 and judge Chuck Minker had it 98-92 in the 10-polnt must scoring system. The winner of each round receives 10 points and the loser nine or less, depending on his showing. remained undefeated, scoring a first-round KO over Andy Price and Panamanian welterweight Roberto Duran scored a one-sided unanimous decision against Zeferino Gonzalez.

Then, suddenly, with about 45 seconds left in the seventh round, Shavers shot a short right hand to the side of the jaw that dropped Holmes In a neutral corner. The champion jumped up immediately but obviously was hurt. Shavers moved to the attack, but he was so tired he couldn't take full advantage. He landed some punches in the final seconds, but so did Holmes as both men staggered about the ring. Holmes seemed to get his rhythm back in the eighth round when he landed several good jabs and six or seven head shots.

IN THE NINTH, Holmes landed a right, a left-right and another right to the head that drove Shavers into the ropes. Several more head shots Including four good right hands and a one-two moved Shavers across the ring. Suddenly, Shavers threw a roundhouse right that caught LAS VEGAS, Nev. (AP) Larry Holmes got up from two knockdowns and battered an exhausted Earnie Shavers into submission in the 11th round Friday night to retain the World Boxing Council heavyweight championship in a savage brawl at Caesar's Palace. It was a war, and both fighters looked like they were fighting In slow motion in the last couple of rounds.

The end came after Shavers absorbed 20 or 30 punches to the head in the 1 1th round. Referee Dave Pearl lifted Holmes' hand in victory as Shavers staggered to the ropes, his hands at his side. The time was 2:00. Holmes (32-0) didn't look like a winner until the 1 1th round. He went down In the seventh and again in the ninth, but Shavers (58-8-1) didn't have the strength to keep him down or to put him down again.

HOLMES WAS IN CONTROL of the fight through the first six rounds, as he made use of his hand and foot speed, using all the ring. He tired Shavers. In top preliminaries, welterweights Sugar Ray Leonard 7 Jf Sugar Ray takes sensational lst-round KO Canham plugs Michigan into pay-television circuit AH week long, people have been talking about what a genius Don Canham is because the University of Michigan athletic director will have more than 50,000 paying guests in his stadium early Saturday afternoon when Shippens-burg plays a football game against Slippery Rock. But Canham also is behind a less lucrative coup on Saturday that may be more significant in its future impact upon the business of amateur sports. Later in the day, while the ABC television network is showing the game between Ohio State and UCLA from Los Angeles, some Detroit-area fans will see the Michigan Wolverines play at California in a telecast without mercial sponsorship.

Michigan isn't getting much money for the telecast rights $5,000 and Canham had to get special permission from the National Collegiate Athletic Association to let the deal go down. What makes this telecast significant is that it will be shown live via pay television over Channel 20's scrambled "ON" signal. And the local growth of this revolution in the TV business may bring some messy legal problems involving video "pirates" and rights to the public airwaves. But first, consider this week's game, which ON-TV has been promoting with black-and-white newspaper ads as big as the screen of a portable TV set. "We could do it because there are no other college games being played in the area at that time of day," Canham said Friday.

"Eventually, this will be a good thing for both them and us." This nterception is illegal Still, Canham needed special permission from the NCAA, which restricts most member colleges to five live telecasts every two years. (ON already has shown Michigan games on tape delay.) Canham also will sell his college's hockey games to the pay system, which is now available to about half the homes in the metropolitan Detroit area. The programs telecast "I definitely hurt him with it. I stayed on top LAS VEGAS, Nev. (UPI) Sugar Ray Leonard scored a stunning first-round knockout over Andy Price at 2:52 Friday night with a punishing combination that left Price on the canvas for nearly a minute.

Leonard's victory came moments after Wilfredo Gomez of Puerto Rico successfully defended his WBC junior bantamweight title by rallying for a 10th round knockout of Carlos Mendoza of Panama. The fights were preliminaries to the WBC heavyweight title fight between champion Larry Holmes and Earnie Shavers. Leonard, 146, of Palmer Park, ran his record to 25-0 with 16 knockouts. THE FIRST TWO minutes of the fight saw little action but Leonard opened up with a flurry of punches with a minute left in the round and scored with a crunchinng overhand right to the head. Price, 147, of Los Angeles, staggered into the ropes as Leonard continued a furious assualt.

Leoanrd landed at least 20 solid rights and lefts to the head. Price went down in a neutral corner and had to be revived by the ring doctor. Leonard, the 1976 Olympic gold medal winner, has signed to fight WBA welterweight champion Wilfredo Benitez Dec. 1 of year. He came into the fight rated second In his division.

Detroit's promising young welterweight, Thomas Hearns, is currently ranked third in the division. "I established my left jab," said Leonard. and tried to control the bout." Leonard is now 25-0 with 16 knockouts. Price fell to 36-6-3. Gomez, his left eye badly swollen and his nose bleeding profusely, rallied to knock out Mendoza in the 10th.

For Gomez, it was his ninth title defense and 26th consecutive knockout after fighting to a draw in his first pro fight. Gomez pressed the attack, hammering at will at Mendoza's head and knocking out the challenger's mouthpiece. Referee Richard Green stopped the fight at 2:29 of the 10th round of the scheduled 15-rounder with Mendoza, now 56-12-2, helpless and against the ropes. UPI Photo I'm ready for the crown," said a jubilant Ray Leonard beating Andy Price. milling 5 Two-error play drops 2dspot Expos in 11th by "scrambled signal" can be viewed on sets equipped with a decoder that sells for $49.95, a $50 desposit and a monthly rental fee of $22.50.

The ON system carried last week's Thomas Hearns fight from Los Angeles and will show 20 Red Wings' home games this season. Negotiations are in progress between ON executives and John Fetzer, owner of the Detroit Tigers, over the possibility of showing Tigers' home games next season. At the moment, only 15,000 Detroit-area homes subscribe to ON, but those who operate the system stroked a leadoff double and scored two outs later when Warren Cromartle ripped a double under the outstretched glove of left fielder John Poff. Philadelphia tied it in the sixth when Mike Schmidt powered his 45th home run of the season far beyond the left-field fence. The blast came with two out and drove in Pete Rose, who had led off the Inning with a solid single to center.

Don Canham Tigers, 74, bumble way into fifth By BRIAN BRAGG Free Press Sports Writer The Tigers did a perfect Imitation of a fifth-place ball club Friday night, bumbling and fumbling their way to a 7-4 defeat at the hands of the Boston Red Sox. The pitchers were in trouble all evening, the defense was erratic and the hitters slumbered through more than half the game. The Red Sox gleefully accepted the gift, locking up third place in the American League East. Fittingly, the Tigers' shabby performance officially relegated them to a fifth-place finish for the second season in a row. Tiger starter Milt Wilcox (12-10) lasted Just 3 innings, betrayed by his own lack of control and fielding mlsplays by Kirk Gibson and Alan Trammell as Boston rolled up a 6-0 lead.

WILCOX WAS given the start by manager Sparky An- See TIGERS, Page 2C i MONTREAL abrhM PHILADELPHIA orhbl 1 3 0 4 0 11 4 0 0 0 5 1 1 0 4 0 10 5 0 2 1 5 0 0 0 4 110 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 mmmsm Cromarl RScolt 2b Dawton Perei lb Tamargo Valentin rf Parrltn 3b Speler 11 Palmer Cash ph Fryman MONTREAL (AP) Keith Moreland singled home Greg Gross in the 1 1th inning as the Philadelphia Phillies capitalized on sloppy fielding by Montreal for a 3-2 victory Friday night, dimming the Expos' playoff hopes. The second-place Expos started the night one game behind Pittsburgh in the National League's East division. Pittsburgh played host to Chicago Friday night and were leading the Cubs, 5-0, in the fourth inning, after two rain delays. The Phillies finally put away the Expos, with two out In the 1 1th. Gross reached third after his grounder skipped past third baseman Larry Parrish for an error and left fielder Warren Cromartle overthrew second base for another error on the same play.

Woodie Fryman, 3-6, issued an intentional walk to pinch hitter Greg Luzlnski before Moreland hit a 2-0 pitch for the game-winning single. Ron Reed, 13-8, who worked the final 1 Innings, got the victory. Montreal had taken a 1-0 lead in the fourth when Andre Dawson poked a one-out double Into the right-field corner, stole third and scored when John Tamargo lined a single that dropped in front of right fielder Bake McBrlde to score Dawson. The Expos added a run In the fifth. Parrish Rot lb Bowa McBrldrf SchmdOb Grostd PoH Luilntk Ml Andarin cf Moralndc Hsrrltn2b Nolet GMadx ph Saucier Rmdp Total 4 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 5 11 2 5 110 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 11 S020 3 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 310 7 2 2 Total A 1 Philadelphia 000 002 000 01- 3 ami imi nno no I Montreal Dri.h fVnmnrtlA.

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Bowa. ER BB SO FZ" 6 2 2 2 4 Saucier 1-3 0 0 0 2 0 Reed 13-1 12-3 0 0 0 0 1 Palmer 10 2 2 2 4 Fryman 1 110 10 Canadian Press Photo Expos' Tony Perez slides as Phillies' Bud Harrelson fires from second. Perez was out, but broke up a double play. hope for at least 200,000 customers. That many pay for ON's sports and film package in the Los Angeles area.

And if the Detroit pattern is similar to the success in LA, a controversy may develop over fans intercepting the "pay" signals for free. "Very definitely, it's a problem in California," said Pat Kerlch, Detroit president for National Subscription Television, the parent company of ON-TV. "It's not a problem here, yet. But if someone wants to set up a little pirate enterprise, we'll take a very firm legal stance." Trouble is, authorities aren't sure what legal grounds they stand on. The laws aren't clear and, until they are, persons with moderate knowledge of electronics are assembling home-made decoders.

What, no beer commercials? "Right now in Detroit I think that's mostly just rumors," Kerich said. But in Los Angeles, electronics stores report the increased sale of obscure parts used to build decoder systems. Although it's illegal for a store to market its own decoders or to sell "decoder kits," it isn't illegal to sell the individual components, which cost a total of about $75. And it's commonly argued by "free TV" advocates that the airwaves belong to the public. "What Joe Blow does in the privacy of his own home is his own business," Kerich conceded.

Saturday's Michigan game isn't the first college game on pay TV. Last season, Ohio State introduced telecasts of several home games over the "QUBE" system, a sophisticated pay-TV experiment involving computers, cables and audience participation. So far, the pay concept in sports television brings up more questions than answers. For instance: Will telecasts of home games affect attendance? Will smaller sports such as hockey give up network ambitions and switch to limited, but more profitable pay-TV hookups? Will pay TV reduce the power of the networks and change the economics of the business? Mass ratings won't be necessary to turn a profit. MSU, Irish teams both look beatable By CHARLIE VINCENT Free Press Sports Writer SOUTH BEND, Ind.

Michigan State last lost a football Wolverines battle West Coast jinx By MICK McCABE Free Press Sports Writer BERKLEY, Calif. As the United charter neared the Oakland Airport Friday afternoon, University of Michigan head coach Bo Schembechler asked his football players how many of them had seen the beautiful San Francisco Bay area. Quite a few of them raised their hands, acknowledging this as their first time in this part of the country. "Well, you all better get near the windows, because this is all you're going to see of it," Schembechler growled. Yes, the U-M football team headed West for a Saturday game (4 p.m.

start Detroit time) at the University of California. And everybody knows what kind of reputation the Maize and Blue have when it comes to playing football in California. IT'S ALL BUSINESS as the llth-ranked Wolverines (2-1) take on the undefeated (3-0) but unranked California Golden Bears. See U-M, Page 5C game on Oct. 7, 1978, when a fourth-quarter rally, engineered by quarterback Eddie Smith, fell short and Notre Dame escaped with a 29-25 victory.

Since then Illinois has fallen before the Spartans twice and Michigan, Indiana, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Northwestern, Iowa, Oregon and Miami of Ohio have each tried and failed to stop the third-longest winning streak in the country. Saturday it's back to square one the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame as Darryl Rogers Spartans attempt to prove to their coach and the rest of the nation that they, Indeed, deserve i wnai win me reaerai communications uumiuissiuu to be ranked among the top 10 teams in the nation. "If we are to win," says Rogers, who earlier in the week questioned the wire services ranking his team sixth and do about pirating of signals and competition between pay and so-called "free TV" networks? Much FCC authority in these matters is based on the Communications Act of 1934, which hasn't been interpreted clearly for pay TV. Can sports fans adjust to games without beer commercials? What will they do during the two-minute warning? Staytunefy seventh, "we can't let them dominate the football. "Our players know now how it feels to lose a game, because they had that feeling for nine minutes in the fourth quarter last See MSU, Page 3C.