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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1981
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Ali says he’s not associated
with embezzlement scheme
United Press International
LOS ANGELES — Muhammad
Ali says the Harold Smith he bef
riended wouldn’t invent the charges
that Wells Fargo Bank officials tried
rokill him to cover up a $300 million
imbezzlement scheme, accusations
he bank calls preposterous.
Smith, a boxing promoter being
rued by Wells Fargo for $21.3 mil
lion over an alleged bank fraud, still
iad not surfaced Wednesday after
ailing newspapers and broadcasters
n New York and Los Angeles to level
e springwkfi his accusations bank officials master
minded an embezzlement, not of$21
nillion but up to $300 million, then
ried to kill him and abduct his young
■ That’s not the Harold Smith I
TV mow,” Ali told United Press Inter-
lational. “He wouldn’t say that un-
i ess it was real.
“I don’t know where he got his
acts. I’m not going to say he’s right
ind I’m not going to say he’s wrong. ”
Wells Fargo chairman, Richard
^'offensi^ti ' 0 °ley> meanwhile, issued a state-
Arizonaand nent dismissing Smith’s accusa-
(ions.
‘We find preposterous the state-
irterback ah nent ^ at high officials of the bank
„„,i i|« l nd defalcations amounting to $200
nsas ana n ... . & T „
( tnllion or more are involved,
Cooley said.
ith the Cart ‘ Bas ed on (our) investigation, we
fre convinced the loss of funds in
volves approximately $21.3 million,
id all but $1 million is covered by
irance.”
The FBI is investigating the bank
embezzlement.
After its own investigation, Wells
Fargo filed a $21.3 million suit
against Smith and several others,
alleging the money was fraudulently
withdrawn through an internal man
ipulation of funds involving accounts
at branches in Beverly Hills and San
ta Monica, Calif.
Among the accounts involved was
one in the name of Muhammad Ali
Professional Sports, Smith’s boxing
promotion company that purchased
the rights to use Ali’s name but with
which Ali claims he has no associa
tion.
MAPS is promoting an $8 million
fight card Feb. 23 at Madison Square
Garden which Ali said Tuesday he
would try to save because of the
cloud over Smith’s promotion com
pany.
But Wednesday, Ali seemed to
hedge his bet, calling the purses
Smith offered the fighters “out
rageous” and saying Smith had
“spoiled” the fighters by offering
such big money. He said the fighters
apparently were not willing to accept
smaller purses and the fight card
could be in jeopardy.
In calls Tuesday to news agencies
in New York and Los Angeles, Smith
said he had just returned from Swit
zerland, where he had fled after
armed men came to his California
home and took his son, holding him
for a week, “making me promise to
leave the country.”
He said now that his family was
safe he had returned to clear his
name.
“They got to kill me for what I can
tell. When I tell it, there’s going to
be the biggest run on Wells Fargo
than on any bank you ever saw,”
" Smith said.
By RICHARD OLIVER
Sports Editor
It s always nice to be able to start
over.
For the Texas A&M University
basketball team, the chance came
last week against Baylor. That game
signified the start of the second half
of the 1981 Southwest Conference
schedule, and although the Aggies
are out of the championship picture,
now is the time to build some
momentum for post-season play.
With only a 2-7 SWC slate, the
Aggies look now toward the March
5-7 SWC Post-Season Tournament
in San Antonio’s Hemisfair Arena.
And, many opposing coaches who
had previously been looking in that
direction suddenly are looking back
at a Texas A&M squad that looked
very, very good last Saturday against
the Bears.
In fact, last year’s SWC champions
looked for the most part like last
year’s SWC champions. The 84-59
victory over the slumping Bears was
no fluke.
For weeks, the Aggies have been
slowly regaining the confidence they
had mysteriously lost in the early
season.
Against Arkansas in Fayetteville
two weekends ago, the Razorbacks,
who must now be considered the
favorites for the SWC title, were
controlled for a large part of the game
by an excellent Texas A&M press
and some pinpoint shooting. The
Aggies were eventually beaten 52-47
by a free throw slump.
Against Texas in College Station,
the Aggies took the Longhorns into
overtime, eventually losing 67-63
because of mental errors. In Hous
ton, Texas A&M shot a fine 59.3 per
cent from the court, but was outshot
by Rob Williams and the Cougars
and lost, 76-71.
Finally, the tide turned in a big
Television
changes time
for ballgame
United Press International
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — The
tipoff for the Feb. 14 Southwest Con
ference basketball game between
Houston and Arkansas has been
changed to accommodate television.
Start of the game in Barnhill Arena
has been moved up from 7:30 p. m. to
12:10 p.m.
Houston currently leads the SWC
with an 8-2 record, while the Hogs
are in second at 6-3.
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way for the Ags, and the 25-point win
over Baylor stirred some hopes that
the Aggies of old were reviving.
Leading the “old” Aggies were
Vernon Smith and Rynn Wright, the
duo that had strangely been ineffec
tive most of the year.
As Metcalf repeated again and
again, “As Rynn and Vernon go, so
go the Aggies. ” Rynn and Vernon left
for awhile, but returned in a re
sounding way last Saturday, scoring
44 points between them while
Wright pulled down 17 rebounds
and Smith 11.
“They both have to play for us to
win,” said Metcalf. “I was real
pleased to see him (Wright) break
out like that.”
Baylor coach Jim Haller was also
impressed: “That’s the best I’ve seen
them play in four years.”
But, a new face stole the show for
Texas A&M. Junior transfer guard
Milton Woodley came off the bench
in the absence of Tyrone Ladson and
played to perfection, picking off six
Baylor passes and scoring a career-
high 15 points.
Perhaps the Aggies’ most consis
tent player this season, Claude
Riley, played good defense once
again and displayed some court saavy
when it was needed.
The biggest surprise of the year for
Texas A&M, however, has been
Reggie Roberts. The freshman dealt
out a school record 12 assists against
Baylor while scoring 10.
The Red Raiders, 5-5 in the SWC,
have been playing some good basket
ball lately, dishing out a 81-70 beat
ing to Houston last weekend and
edging out TCU this week.
Ralph Brewster, the 6-8 senior
who has been on the bench recently,
has come on strong lately to lead the
Red Raider charge, and will most
likely be in the starting lineup
against the Aggies Saturday.
Ben Hill and Jeff Taylor (13 points
a game average) will also give the Ags
something to watch out for.
At approximately the mid-point of
the SWC schedule, anything seems
likely as Houston, Arkansas and
Texas A&M have begun to play
championship caliber ball.
For Shelby Metcalf, there is only
one final destination — San Antonio
— and the past is easily forgotten.
“If it wasn’t for the Aggie fans, I
don’t know where I’d be,” he said
this week. “The students have been
tremendous. We just haven’t won.
“Intensity used to be the mark of
our ballclubs; intensity, pounding
the boards. Maybe we’ve got the
chemistry going finally.”
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