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Page 6 THE BATTALION FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 1977 MANOR EAST 3 THEATRES MANOR EAST MALL ' ‘ ‘ 6:35-8:10-9:45 hmiwMu HI FILM VUI 6:45-9:15 PStPR IS BORfl W From Warner Bros A Warner Communications Company 7:00-8:50 _ Technicolor® ff^i^ ©1976, WALT DISNEY PRODUCTIONS Call For Times Campus •us 846-6512 COLLEGE STATION Call For Times “A seduction so unforgettable you will remember it every time you’re with a woman!” -JOE RENO fOBTR/j^ Also Starring MONIQUE CARDIN and RITA STONE with ROBERT COLE and JEFFREY STERN West Screen 7:15 Skyway Twin West Screen 7:15 Winner of ‘4’ Academy Awards MGM presents RICHARD HARRIS „ the RETURM OF A MAN CALLED HORSE" United Artists East Screen 7:15 IF YOU STEAL IT, ROLL IT AND WRECK IT-< YOU’RE A t/imm [PGipAREHTALlBiiiDANCE SUGGESTED <£»; Plus ‘Fighting Mad’ Sports Boxing is back in the gutte ila R be the fir pf the squa Maroor spring fo c United Press International NEW YORK — Boxing is back in the gutter today, kicked, stomped on and left bleeding by the very indi viduals who promised to better it an^no^^ar^giouslyprRting their rAhfs 5poMor<?d by Crafts and Arts Committee ,ril Zb^ £ 27 (fues. t Wed qm to 5‘do bofd dai^s to- 0 Sul Cpss Siijri up a! (ke Craft Stop ,April afoz^ Imtfcd space available ddll 84SH63I for more information hands out in a ludicrous attempt to prove they are clean. Don King, who was given $1.5 million by ABC-TV to find the best fighters in the country and employ them in what would be called the U.S. Boxing Championships, stoutly insists he’s innocent of any wrongdo ing. Al Braverman and Pat Flood, two of the men who worked in King’s office here as “bookers” and helped provide fighters for his tournament, also swear they are blameless con cerning allegations of extortion, kickbacks and falsification of fighters’ records in King’s tournament which have led to a full-scale Federal Grand Jury investigation. Likewise, James A. Farley, Jr., the New York State Athletic Com mission chairman whom King hired to serve on his tournament commit tee, is protesting there wasn’t any thing wrong with what he did. That is pretty much the same line being taken by John Ort, whose “World Ratings” in Ring magazine were used by King and then proven to have been doctored. ABC-TV disclaims any knowledge of what was going on, and as evi dence of its good faith, has sus pended King’s tournament and hired Michael Armstrong, former chief counsel of the Knapp Commis sion, to investigate the mess. Everybody’s innocent; nobody’s to blame. The evidence strongly otherwise, however. suggests For example: Fact: Of the eight heavyweights who participated in King’s tourna ment, seven of them — Larry Holmes, Johnny Boudreaux, Leroy Jones, Stan Ward, Dino Dennis, Kevin Isaacs and Scott LeDoux — were either managed or advised by King or members of his staff. Fact: Braverman and Flood called themselves “booking agents” for King, but acted as matchmakers and managers at the same time, a prac tice specifically prohibited in every athletic commission charter in this country. Fact: Some of the fighters in Ort’s “World Ratings” were discovered to have “victories” added to their rec ords in “fights” they never had. Fact: A featherweight in the tour nament said he was paid only $5,000 of a $7,500 purse he had been prom ised to fight David Vasquez, the re mainder going to Braverman as a “booking fee.” Fact: New York State law forbids any member of the Athletic Com mission, most certainly its chairman, to involve himself with any outside boxing organization, but Farley al lied himself with King’s tournament and even attended meetings in King’s office. How can Farley possibly explain away that? King faithfully promised Boone Arledge, ABC-TV’s president of sports, he would obtain only the “best” U.S. fighters for his tourna ment, but that turned out to be a laugh. All he did was obtain medioc rities. The only one who could get excited about them was Howard Cosell, you know, the fellow who always tells it like it is. Farley now says everybody is overreacting, but I’m sorry,1 disagree with him. I also have to wonder] ABC-TV’s astonishing naivettl whole business. Four yearsj[ televised Madison Square ( American Boxing ChampieJ which had honest-to-g legitimate contenders ii ratings were good and Ariel happy - , , Mi Instead of going backanddj with the Garden again, thoi bought King’s pie-in-tlre-si] travaganza, at considerably: cost, and now he finds theonkj he really bought was a bunelii] lemons. iOp.m. at be $! Ag tracksten in San Mam i The Texas A&M womens team competes in the Soull Texas Relays in San Marcos Sat: following an extremely strongs ing in the TAIAW east Zonen Houston last weekend. The! won the zone title defeatingd ing national champion Prairie! in the process. It was the first! four years that Prairie Viewi| win the zone meet. Sixteen Aggies posted seasoi performances in 11 events. David Williams was extre: proud of his squad. “So many of them had theii performances of the Williams said. “They went tie win, and did a great job. The Ags qualified 25 indiri and four relay teams for the meet in Denton April 29-30. loach Er jngbacks hite gai FLCklco 10% DISCOUNT FOR STUDENTS United YETTE\ ny Cot crief, Arh razil pres ies. mnee, a 6 rip as a 1 riences. : guard, of the Qbc) INTERSTATE UNIVERSITY SQUARE SHOPPING CENTER o matter ers are re kazorbacl of the A ition of t lents in B TH€R€'S ONLY ONG THING WRONG WITH TH€ DAVIS BABY... CINEMA II STARTS TODAY! Jm lookii ence of b nt counti ig to see lish and igese, i: basketba I we will 1 TODAY-7 130,9:25 SAT,SUN 2:00,3:50 5:40 ALSO I srorring JOHN RYAN-SHARON FARR€LL- ANDROV DUGGAN -GUY STOCKW€LL I JAM€S DIXON • MICHA€L ANSARA • music by B€RNARD H€RRMANN T€CHNICOLOR written, produced ond direaed by LARRY COH€N from Warner Bros. 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