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DALLAS <AP) ~~ Dallas.owner Donald Carter says the Maverk U woh’f sit around pouting about ty Portland in the Of the NBA playoffs. He said the first thing they’ll do is sign forward Sam Perkins, who is a free agent and - some $3 million a year ..NHi “I don’t plan on him leaving,” Carter said after Dallas was whipped 106-92 by Portland on Tuesday night to sweep their best-of-five series 30. ‘Thai (signing Perkins) is pretty well al ready done as far as I’m con cerned, In my mind it’s done. ‘'When two people know they want the same thing in the same place, they’ll work it out. Norm’s (general manager Norm Sonju) has pretty well got that done in my opinion.” ' Carter said he had confidence coach Richie Adubato, who re cently signed a contract, could make the Mavs a better playoff teaih next year. W 1 feel empty, but I’ve been emptier, though,’* Carter said. .'/‘This season gave him an bpikw*- ! tuhity to prove what he could ac complish and get out of the play ers and that’s been a real plus/’ • Carter said all the distractions created a season “that was tough on the franchise. It was tough on hit* and my family. It was tough about Rick. He looks so unheal thy.” The Mavs get three first-round draft picks m the June NBA draft, including a lottery choice. “I’m going to sbnd my. .-wife (Linda) to the (May 20) lottery^..: Carter said. “She can’t be worse than what I’ve been getting.” i : : : ?j& The Mavs get Washington’s No. 1 selection from a I960 trade involving Jay Vincent. Dallas the eighth pick in the lottery year and the seventh in I9B6. ; ... “We’ve got a lot of ideas for this team,” Carter said. “1*11 just be the referee while Norm and Rick and Richie decide what we need to do. “You gotta add something..: You can’t play pat. We hail one : excellent, excellent season and we stood pat, and this club will never stand pat again.” Adubato took over the second week in the season after john . :: MacLeod was fired, the earliest: dismissal in NBA history. “This is not a season I’d say I wish I had experienced,” Carter said. The Mavs also were torn by the problems of center Roy Tarptey who missed a third of the season ! by violating his drug aftercare program. Then Tarpley missed practices ! and was suspended For two games. Against Portland he scored only six points. Tarptey said he had a 24-hour virus. “I was up all night and I was weak and that’s why I didn't play well,” he said. Tarpley, who had told a re porter last week be wanted to be traded, was singing a different tune in the dressing room after the game. Summer Squall leads Derby hopefuls at Churchill Downs LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — First he was called Thunder Bolt, then Stormy Weather, then Storm Cloud. Finally, it was Summer Squall. By any name, the colt is a leading contender for Saturday’s Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs. For a time in February it looked as if Summer Squall was going no where. Having recovered from a hairline fracture of the right-front cannon bone that ended his five-race un beaten campaign as 2-year-old, Sum mer Squall bled during a workout Feb. 15 at Gulfstream Park. np- bell, president of Dogwood Stable, said of the bleeding. “There had never been any indication of bleed ing before. It was a fluky thing.” Campbell and trainer Neil How ard think the bleeding might have been the result of a'fungus or bacte ria. “He was one of 35 horses who bled during a 10-day period in Flor ida, Campbell said. Veterinarians gave the OK for Summer Squall to start in the seven- furlong Swale March 17 at Gulf- stream and the colt finished second, a length behind top sprinter House- buster. Campbell said it “might have been his best race, given the circum stances.” Two weeks later, Summer Squall won the Jim Beam at Turfway Park and two weeks after that won the Blue Grass at Keeneland. Both races were run at 1 Va miles on muddy tracks. Now comes the IV^-mile Derby, and Summer Squall figures to be no worse than the second betting choice to unbeaten Mister Frisky, winner of all 16 of his starts. Sabawala (Continued from page 9) that day on he never missed a game for 14 seasons. In 1927, Gehrig was named Most Valuable Player, an honor he was to again receive in 1936. With 47 home runs, 175 runs batted in and batting .373, Gehrig had just what the Yankees needed. In the 1928 World Series, Gehrig was battling .545, but he was second to Ruth, who was hitting an incredible .675. No matter what Gehrig did, Ruth was always the hero. Gehrig was always in the wings. Gehrig even followed Ruth in the batting order. Gehrig won his only outright home run title in 1934 and, with Ruth’s departure from the squad a year later, it looked as if he would finally find his place in the sun. Enter DiMaggio. Another powerhouse to nil the gap created by Ruth’s loss. Another powerhouse to muscle ahead of Gehrig. Gehrig hit his last World Series home run in 1937 against the Giants, and he felt he was losing his touch. His 1938 statistics slipped to .295, 29 home runs and 114 RBI. On that May 2, his reflexes were slow, his coordination was gone and he realized what he had to do. He asked manager Joe McCarthy to take him out of the game. As captain of the team, Gehrig led the group to the home plate at Briggs Stadium in Detroit to call out the lineup that he wasn’t on. The crowd knew something was wrong and as he walked back to the dugout, he received a teriffic standing ovation that brought tears to his eyes. After 2,130 consecutive games, the Iron Horse was to watch from the dugout. Doctors diagnosed Gehrig’s problem as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis — an unusual disease that attacks the central nervous system and causes a hardening of the spinal cord, leading to total incapicitation. They gave him two years to live. Baseball fans around the world heard of his affliction, which was later named “Gehrig’s disease” and many decided to pay him the tribute he deserved. On July 4, 1939, Yankee Stadium was packed with 61,808 fans as well as both the 1927 and 1939 Yankee teams for Lou Gehrig Appreciation Day. Gehrig delivered an emotional speech that marked the end of his great career. Ruth, who was never really close to Gehrig, walked up to his ailing teammate and hugged him tightly. Gehrig, trying to hold back emotions as he spoke, lauded his team, the fans and his favorite sport of baseball and was thankful for the many good years he had. “Today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the Earth,” Gehrig said. 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