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ARLINGTON (AP) —Detroit
nanager Billy Martin believes his
Tigers are starting to hit their
spring training groove.
The Tigers blasted the Texas
Rangers 8-1 Wednesday night to
veep a two-game series and re-
ain the lead in the American
eague East.
“We felt in spring training
[that we had everything going.
Then we got set back by the
strike,” Martin said. “Then we
lost two games in Baltimore we
could have won.
“Baltimore is a helluva club,
but I still say they were hurt by
the loss of Frank Robinson. You
just can’t replace a Frank Robin
son easily.”
Martin added, “It’s encouraging
to jump out ahead in the early
going. We had planned to do it
in spring training. That’s what
were were talking about—get out
ahead and make the other teams
come after us.”
Joe Coleman pitched a three-
hitter at the Rangers, many of
them his former teammates. Cole
man was traded to Detroit with
pitcher Jim Hannan and infielders
Ed Brinkman and Aurelio Rod
riguez for two pitchers, including
Denny McLain, and two infielders.
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ecame the youngest boxing
champion of this century, junior
[lightweight Ben Villaflor showed
he is a long way from his full
potential.
The brawling Villaflor, 19, won
unanimous decision over Vene-
[zuela’s Alfredo Marcano Tuesday
light, but some observers still
luestioned Villaflor’s boxing abil
ity.
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"Villaflor landed a lot of hard
(punches,” he said, “but he missed
an awful lot too.”
Villaflor, by his own admis-
(sion, came out swinging for a
knockdown. Marcano, who fought
cautiously, dodged most of the
lunging lefts Villaflor dished up,
but Villaflor connected often
ropes several times in the early
rounds.
Marcano, a right-hander, ap
peared to have trouble figuring
out how to handle Villaflor’s left-
handed style.
Neither fighter ever appeared
to be in trouble.
The record book lists only
one fighter—bantamweight Ped
lar Palmer — who was younger
when he won a world title. Palmer
was just six days past his 19th
birthday when he won his crown
in 1895.
Two other judges scored Villa
flor the winner, 74-68 and 74-64.
By pre-fight arrangement, the
winner is obliged to defend the
title within 90 days against Vic
tor Etchegaray of Argentina, the
World Boxing Association’s No. 1
ranked contender.
Promoter Sam Ichinose said
the title fight will probably be
held in Honolulu.
Coleman, now 3-0 for the sea
son, said, “I’m really happy about
that trade because we’ve got a
helluva shot at winning the pen
nant. We had a lot of fun on the
old Washington team, but you
can’t beat playing for a winner.
We’ve got tremendous defense
and hitting.”
He added, “You play before one
and a half million fans a year.
That makes a lot of difference
also.”
Coleman said Detroit had a
better pitching staff than most
of the experts thought.
“We are going to make a lot
of experts eat their words,” he
said. “We’ll give Baltimore a run
for their money.”
Rodriguez knocked in two runs
against his old mates and Texan
Norman Cash clubbed a homer
as the Tigers unleashed a 12-hit
attack against lower Dick Bos
nian and Helpers.
The Rangers scored their only
run in the first inning on Don
Mincher’s RBI single.
Texas announced after the
game that it was putting out
fielder Jeff Burroughs on the
disabled list for 15 days and
bringing up Ted Ford from Den
ver.
The Rangers are idle Thursday
and the Tigers travel home for
a lengthy stand.
New York Knicks topple Lakers
in NBA basketball playoff action
Rick Barry paces NY Nets
LOS ANGELES LP>—The New
York Knicks, with Bill Bradley
and Jerry Lucas leading a blister
ing shooting assault by hitting
24 of 32 shots, shattered the Los
Angeles Lakers 114-92 Wednes
day night in the first game of
their best-of-seven playoff series
for the National Basketball Asso
ciation crown.
Bradley hit 11 of 12 shots, in
cluding his first eight, and Lucas
fired in a series of long-range
jumpers as the Knicks built a big
lead in the second quarter and
were never challenged. Bradley
past Squires in ABA tilt
UNIONDALE, N. Y. <A>)_Rick
Barry’s 33 points led the New
York Nets to a 118-107 victory
over the Virginia Squires Wed
nesday night, tying their Ameri
can Basketball Association semi
final playoff at two victories
apiece.
The fifth game in the best-of-
Iseven series is scheduled for Sat-
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SAN ANTONIO (A>> _ A team
headed by professional Marilyn
Smith won the pro-am Wednes
day in the Alamo Ladies Open
here with a team score of 55.
Three teams headed by profes
sionals Cynthia Sullivan, Sharon
Moran and Sharon Wilder tied
for second with 56.
A somber mood prevailed
among the Ladies Professional
Golf Association touring profes
sionals when word spread that
one of the tour’s most popular
players, Ruth Jessen of Seattle,
was forced to withdraw and may
have to end her playing career
because of a ruptured disc.
Another pro-am will be held
Thursday. The $25,000, 54-hole
tournament will begin Friday and
run through Sunday.
urday afternoon at Hampton, Va.,
with the teams returning to New
York for the sixth game next
Monday night.
The Nets raced to an 11-0 lead
in the first 2 minutes, 19 seconds
of play and were up 31-22 at the
end of the first quarter. Barry
paced the first period spurt with
16 points, four rebounds, two as
sists, a steal and a block.
The Nets built their lead to
as many as 20 points, 54-34, mid
way through the second period
but the Squires reeled off 10
straight points to chop that mar
gin in half.
New York maintained its lead
through the third period on the
shooting of Barry, Billy Paultz
and John Roche.
Virginia, which won the first
two games of the series before
a nine-day layoff forced by an
ice show occupying the Nets’
home arena, cut New York’s edge
to four points, 108-104, with 3:17
to go.
But Ollie Taylor’s layup gave
the Nets some breathing room
and they pulled away in the final
moments.
Roche finished with 24 points,
Bill Melchionni had 18 and Paultz
16 for the Nets. Julius Erving
led the Squires with 27 points and
28 rebounds.
SWC meet
begins today
Both A&M’s golf team and ten
nis team will begin conference
competition beginning today in
Fayetteville, Ark.
Steve Veriato leads Aggie golf
by winning the conference title
last season at the meet. His
chances this season are not as
promising with the addition of
the Texas team made up of Ben
Crenshaw and Tom Kite.
The A&M tennis team finished
SWC round-robin play in fourth
place behind Rice, SMU and
Texas.
wound up with 29 points and
Lucas with 26. Gail Goodrich led
the Lakers with 20.
The game was decided in the
first half, when the Knicks hit
72 per cent of their shots and
took a 67-49 lead.
A national television audience
and a sellout crowd of 17,505
watched as the Lakers were rout
ed for the second consecutive
playoff series opener.
Los Angeles, blitzed by Mil
waukee 93-72 in the first game
of their Western Conference
championship series, came back
to defeat the defending champion
Bucks in six games.
The Knicks, who beat the
Lakers for the NBA champion
ship two years ago in a seven-
game series, and Los Angeles re
turn here Sunday for game No. 2
at 1:00 p.m. PST.
Coach not named
until weekend
Rice, UH play
in second game
HOUSTON CT) — The second
Rice-Houston football game will
be played the night of Sept. 9
in Rice University Stadium.
The date had been listed in
some preliminary schedules as
Sept. 16 but the date has been
changed because of a development
in national television scheduling.
Houston will meet Arizona
State in the Astrodome Sept. 16,
and as a result the Rice-Houston
game date was changed.
Houston defeated Rice in their
first football meeting last year
in Rice Stadium.
DALLAS tff) — The Dallas
Chaparrals of the American Bas
ketball Association said Wednes
day they don’t expect to name
a new head coach before the end
of the week.
Bob Bass of the Miami Flori
dians and Babe McCarthy of
Memphis are reported the strong
est candidates.
However, publicist Doug Tka-
chuk said, “We have other can
didates on our list and will be
talking to them. We’re not like
ly to announce anything before
Saturday.”
The Chaparrals have been
coach hunting since Tom Nissalke
left Dallas for the Seattle Super-
sonics of the National Basketball
Association. Nissalke’s assistant,
Dave Brown, was not offered the
job. Brown has decided to stay
as an assistant coach and director
of player personnel.
The Chaparrals have all but
ruled out any collegiate coaches,
saying they prefer someone with
experience in the professional
ranks.
Sports schedule
Thursday
Tennis: Southwest Conference
Meet, Fayetteville, Ark.
Golf: Southwest Conference
Meet, Fayetteville, Ark.
Friday
Baseball: Texas, Austin, double-
header, 1 p.m.
Track: At Drake Relays
Tenni,S: Southwest Conference
Meet, Fayetteville, Ark.
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