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THE BATTALION Page 15
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1976
Associated Press
The 34-year-old Ali, sometimes
oating like the butterfly he has
»d about, other times stinging
Ire a bee with solid jabs and short
ght leads, seemed to control the
Jipos from the outset although
orton kept moving forward and
rnded the harder punches.
Ali even resorted to the rope-a-
ope defense he used when he
rested the title away from George
oreman. , . , , ,
There was only one thing he did
otdo. He did not destroy Norton as
a keontlie[ , | e predicted he would do.
Referee Arthur Mercante scored
fight 8-6-1 for Ali while judges
„,o!d Lederman and Barney Smith
jch had it 8-7 for Ali.
The Associated Press had it 9-6 for
iechampion. Norton now has gone
j—I I |9 tough rounds with the man who
ra/l I roclaims himself the greatest
^ ® ® ghter of all time. The only thing he
as to show for it is one victory, some
d money and a night of frus-
ation.
The defeat probably wrote an end
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Aggies and Mustangs to strut
before motion picture cameras
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to Norton’s boxing career. At 31,
movies seem to be more in his future
than fights.
Ali, who predicted the fight would
not go more than five rounds, came
out flat-footed, gunning for power.
His best weapons in the first six
rounds were short right hands, many
of them leads.
Then, in the ninth, Ali came out
dancing and jabbing and the jab was
effective. The champion also shook
Norton with a left-right-left to the
head in the round which ended with
Norton scoring a solid right to the
head.
In the 10th, Ali was dancing and
jabbing again and Norton couldn’t do
anything about it. Ali made it three
rounds in a row, at least on The AP
card, when he took the 11th round,
in which Norton imitated Ali’s
rope-a-dope, a tactic the champ had
used earlier in the fight.
Then in the 11th, Ali scored with
two telling rights, both of them
leads, and two good lefts to the head.
But Norton kept coming and
punching with all his power, al
though he was never able to land the
punch that could turn the tide for
him in the final four rounds. And Ali
remained effective with his left hand
right to the final bell, although he
missed more in the final 12 minutes
than he had for most of the fight.
The 15th round ended with Nor
ton, weighing 217Vfe, bulling the
221-pound Ali into a neutral corner
and scoring with several hard
punches to the head and body.
When the final bell rang, Norton
had a look of jubilation on his face.
But when he left the ring a few
minutes later, there were tears in his
eyes.
The victory enabled Ali to end this
rough-tough series the same way he
closed out his historic series of three
bouts with Joe Frazier — an open
ing loss and then two victories.
The win, Ali’s 19th in 20 cham
pionship fights, earned him at least
$6 million and set up a possible
$10-million match with George
Foreman sometime next year.
Ali was to get 50 per cent of all
revenue over $9 million, but it was
not known what-the final financial
figure would be. Norton was guaran
teed $1 million and five per cent of
all revenue.
An announced crowd of42,000 —
many paying $200 — showed up for
the first fight in Yankee Stadium
since Ingemar Johansson knocked
out Floyd Patterson June 26, 1959.
And it was the first outdoor
heavyweight championship bout in
the United States since Sonny Lis
ton’s kayo of Patterson at Chicago’s
Comiskey Park Sept. 25, 1962.
The live gate apparently will top
$3 million and break the all-time re-
ocrd of $2,658,660 paid by 104,943
people for the second Jack
Dempsey-Gene Tunney fight in
1927 at Chicago’s Soldier Field.
Revenue also will come in from
closed-circuit television to 300 loca
tions holding 1.5 million seats in the
United States and Canada and from
telecasts to 57 other countries.
CBS also paid $1 million to show
the fight on United States home
television at a later date.
Up, up and away
By LISA JUNOD
When Texas A&M faces SMU the
lay before Halloween, they’ll play
efore the watchful eyes of a dozen
nited Artists cameramen and the
qually rapt gazes of fans in one
MU’s first Cotton Bowl sellout
rowd in several years.
The cameras will focus on the
lustangs, slated to be the feature
earn in the upcoming UA movie,
Semi Tough. The film, which will
^produced by Alan Levine, follows
leups and downs of the lives of two
tofessional football players whose
iam eventually makes it to the
»per Bowl.
Burt Reynolds plays Billy Bob
uckett, the earthy back, and Kris
Kristofferson his sidekick, “Snake”
in the film version of Dan Jenkin’s
novel. Jenkins, a Texan, writes for
“Sports Illustrated.”
The movie crew also filmed the
SMU-University of Alabama game
Sept. 18 and will film the SMU-
University of Houston game Oct. 16.
The movie’s producer, Alan
Levine, said that he decided to film
the Mustangs for several reasons,
but mainly because of SMU football
coach Ron Meyer’s pro style offense.
The Ponies were also favored for the
spot in the film since they play in a
pro-type stadium and have no insig
nia on their helmets, making them
more anonymous than most college
teams.
Also, Levine said, the Mustangs
have a white back who could pass for
Burt Reynolds and a white receiver
who could pass for Kris Kristoffer-
son.
SMU’s location in a large city in
creased its attractiveness to the film
crew since it means that a lot more
people will attend the games being
filmed. Since the team in the movie
makes it to the Super Bowl, it would
have to play before a sellout crowd.
So, Levine said that for the SMU-
A&M game, he will buy all the
tickets that have not been purchased
and give them away for free. That
way, the game would be played to a
packed 72,000-seat crowd. Proceeds
from sales will be split by SMU and
A&M.
Levine said that he has not de
cided to give away the free tickets,
although he mentioned that he
might give them to charities or YM-
CA’s.
Levine planned the filming with
SMU sports information director
Bob Condren earlier this month and
spent four hours on the phone talk
ing with him. Condren said he has
checked with the NCAA to make
sure there are no rules preventing
the filming.
So the stage is set for the Aggies
and the Ponies to rumble across the
Cotton Bowl turf and dazzle Hol
lywood with their eye-catching
plays.
David Shipman searches for an open receiver
while Guy Brown and Ross Echols put pres
sure on the quarterback from the outside.
Shipman had a long night, often finding an
obscured view of his receivers down field.
Battalion photo by D.D. Grubbs
Ags leave past behind
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By PAUL ARNETT
Battalion Sports Editor
Coach Emory Bellard, with a dis
tant stare in his eyes, spoke yester
day of the past defeat with Houston,
and the future contest with Illinois.
His remarks were insightful, criticiz
ing mistakes his players made
against the Cougars, yet spreading
praise if he felt it was merited.
“We had some breakdowns by
some people in what they have been
trained to do,” said Bellard. “Our
pass protection broke down against
Houston, but the Coogs have im
proved themselves in several po
sitions. Houston has a good outfit.
“Jimmy Dean and Tank Marshall
played their best game this year.
Robert Jackson also had a very fine
game.”
But now it is on to Illinois, and if
possible, the Aggies must try to
forget the Cougar mightmare. The
Ags had a bad game, but dwelling on
this fact can only hinder the rest of
the season.
Illinois has a good team capable of
an upset. They are basically the same
team the Ags defeated last 43-13, but
they should prove to be a bit
stronger.
“They’ve been fingered as the
number one defense in the Big 10,”
Bellard said. They run a 4-4-3 de
fense, and have good quality people
at every spot. One thing they do
quite well is stunt, and play very
aggressive, while giving a lot of dif
ferent defensive looks.”
The Illini defense is lead by John
Di Fliciantonio. He currently leads
the Big 10 in quarterback sacks. Di
Fliciantonio is not a big man, but his
quickness and outstanding ability at
recognizing blocking patterns make
up for his size. Dennis Swilley of
A&M has the blocking assignment
for Di Fliciantonio, and what he does
will determine the offensive success
of the Aggies.
The Aggie offensive line had its
troubles against Houston.
“We got whipped on the line of
scrimmage very decisively,” Bellard
said.
For the Ags to do well against Il
linois they must control the line of
scrimmage.
Illinois defeated Missouri two
weeks ago 31-6, yet was surprised by
Baylor 34-19. The Bears had a very
balanced attack, and one which
A&M can hopefully copy.
Bellard finished his press confer
ence saying that all the rest of the
SWC games would be a dogfight,
and one which we must take one step
at a time.
Bellard is quite right, and the first
srteT* will be SaturdaVin Chlifhp'algn,
Illinois.
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