Page 14 THE BATTALION
THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 1979
Alamo City interested in NFL team
United Press International
SAN ANTONIO — A local con
tractor interested in a National
Football League franchise in the na
tion’s 10th largest city by 1982 ran a
newspaper ad Wednesday asking
40,000 citizens to pledge season
ticket support for a team to be known
as the “Thunderbirds.”
Marvin R. Sawyer said in the ad he
was negotiating with Ricci Ware,
owner of the 52-acre Pan American
Speedway, to obtain the land for a
proposed 50,000 capacity stadium —
the minimum size required for an
NFL franchise. He said 35 addi
tional adjoining acres would be
available for parking an expansion.
“We now have a proposed com
mitment to buy land and make
necessary improvements for a first
class stadium to house our Thunder-
birds and fans,” the developer said.
“In order to secure a final loan com
mitment to purchase existing
stadium and improvements, our
lender requires that we must have a
fan commitment of 40,000 season
tickets pledged.”
“We have the land and the finan
cial backing,” Sawyer said, “but we
need a commitment from the people
of San Antonio indicating they will
support a major league team.
“We re the largest city in the
United States without an NFL team.
We’re asking the people here to help
us bring major league football to San
Antonio in 1982 at Thunderbird
stadium.”
Sawyer, owner of a local minor
league football team known as the
Thunderbirds, said he also would
like to obtain a North American Soc
cer League franchise to keep the
proposed stadium in use 40 weeks of
the year.
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Sidney
‘Well not see his like again
By ROBERT CAREY
United Press International
LITTLE ROCK — The reality
of Bob Heaton’s throw-it-up-
and-hope shot for Indiana State
has settled in and Arkansans now
fully realize Sidney Moncrief has
indeed played his last game for
the red and the white.
An era has ended. A summing
up is in order.
Perhaps Orville Henry put it
best in his column in the Arkansas
Gazette: “We’ll not see his like
again.”
No, true, but the beauty is we
did see him. That we did. We had
him for a while in the good, green
time of his awesome skills, and
magnificent heart that were ever
equal to whatever was necessary.
Unique is a word that should be
doled out rarely. It fits Sidney
Sidney Moncrief, who led
the Arkansas Razorbacks to a
Southwest Conference post
season tournament victory
and a berth in the NCAA
playoffs, was chosen as player
of the year Wednesday by
Southwest Conference
coaches.
Moncrief was also named
to the coaches’ all-conference
team which included Vinnie
Johnson of Baylor, Texas
Longhorns John Moore and
Tyrone Branyan, SMU’s
Brad Branson and Texas
A&M freshman Rudy
Woods. Branson was also
chosen newcomer of the
year.
Moncrief. El Sid, SuperSid, The
Man, who in the end, like a few
rare ones, transcended sport.
He had all the skills: shooting,
passing, defense, rebounding like
he was 6-10 instead of 6-4, and he
could hang up in the air forever,
but everyone knows all that. The
last part of the season he set some
kind of a record every time he set
foot on the court.
He was the money man, the
guy you went to when you
needed two, the leading scorer,
the leading rebounder, the guy
who brought it in when they were
pressing and time was running
out, the guy who guarded their
best man if that’s what it took to
win, the on-floor coach, the
leader.
He played hurt and he played
sick. He played and he played.
He would not stop.
Moncrief was the key to mak
ing basketball as popular as foot
ball in a football-rabid state. Six
years ago more people showed up
at an intramural swim meet than a
home basketball game. Then
Moncrief stands alone on the basketball court.
Battalion photo by Mark Pa
came Eddie Sutton and the first
person he went after was
Moncrief, then a high school
senior.
“I think when Sidney leaves I
may just hang it up,” Sutton said
later. But of course he won’t. It’s
rolling now. The good players
want to come and Sutton is as
good a coach as there is. Tradition
is growing. It wasn’t before
Moncrief.
Moncrief also was the first
black hero of any measure for Ar
kansas. Moncrief not only is ad
mired and respected, he is loved.
Make no mistake about that.
In the living room a 7-y.
boy who happens to be whit
busy throwing a pair ofrolle!
socks over and over into a lad
basket set on a chair. Hey,l
are you doing, he is asked]
Sidney Moncrief,” he explaj
There was a special IdJ
feeling when Moncrief wa
traduced on national televij
“Sidney Moncrief from
Rock, Arkansas,’ they would
That seemed to ease a lotol
memories for a lot of people
go back more than a genera
Sidney did that. Hecouldj
all. He did it all. We llnotsee
like again.
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wins Nil
United Press International
NEW YORK — Butch G
6-foot-5 junior guard won
tional Invitation Tournament
diana by sinking a 20-foot jui
with six seconds remaining,]
gave the Hoosiers a 53-52
over Big Ten and state rivalf'
However, nearly 15,00
and a national television
know how close he came to
g° at -
Indiana was trailing, 52-511
had the ball with 4:30 re® I
when it elected to go into as® |
wait for the last shot. The Ht I
moved the ball around and tl I
3:22 off the clock when Cartel
Ray Tolbert underneath for"!I
peared to be an easy basket I
However, Purdue’s MikeS* I
intercepted the pass and it apt I
that with only 1:08 remaini>|
Boilermakers would win.
Following Scearce’s inters I
Purdue went into a freeze I
whittled the clock down toi l
onds when their big cents 1 1
Barry Carroll, was fouled. ® I
missed the first shotofaone-as I
and Indiana got the rebounil I
chance at the final shot.
In an attempt to confuse f I
and get strategy across to b* I
players, Knight called threes 1 1
time outs.
The plan was to go to Mike' f
son for the final shot. Woj |
however, was guarded too tip
the pass went on a reverse IL
Carter at the top of the kill
jumped and his soft shotsplk 1 !
net cleanly.
Even after Carter’s basked
still had a chance to win. Jerr)
ing, the Boilermakers’ seen®
ing scorer during the regular
was set up for a clear jump sW
the corner. But, the shot hit
back rim and bounded offthe
as the final buzzer sounded
In the consolation gamefo 1
place, Reggie Kingclosedout'
legiate career with 21 points#
ing Alabama to a 96-86 victot
Ohio State.
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