y 3, 1970 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Agains By ERIC SIEGEL A BRIEF ITEM came over our Associated Press wire early yesterday morning, announcing that Joe Frazier and Jimmy Ellis, who will meet in Madison Square Garden in two weeks for the world heavyweight boxing crown, would box with their sparring partners and then go a few rounds with some members of Congress on Capitol Hill sometime during the afternoon. A few hours later, we received a longer AP story, this one saying that the exhibitions had been cancelled because no loca- tion could be found for the bouts. But although the matches never materialized, the whole in- cident ca only be viewed as a definite plus by the promoters of the Feb. 16 championship fight. The novel-or, as the AP called it, 'extraordinary"-idea for an exhibition added a touch of 4 color to what has been shaping up as an incredibly dull heavy. weight match. In fact, the idea for the exhibitions was actually the joint branstorm of Garden publicity man John Condon and his friend on Capitol Hill, New York Republican Martin McKneally McKneally had even arranged for some of his more athletically- minded colleagues to step into the ring against Frazier and Ellis CONDON, HOWEVER, should not feel too good about the attendant publicity given to the proposed exhibition. In a way the whole incident, instead of stirring up enthusiasm for a championship event, actually seemed to trumpet the last hurrah of the sport itself. That sport whose every move was once "instant copy" should have to resort to games and gimmicks to achieve even some token interest cannot be viewed as an encouraging devel- opment by those who follow the sport. There was a time, not too long ago, that any item about a championship bout would have been the lead story on every sports page across the country. THE DECLINE OF interest in boxing should be even more disturbing to the proponents and promoters of the sport in view of the fact that during the same period of time, spectator interest in every other sport, from dog racing to golf to pro foot- ball, was multiplying many times over. For those who desire some sort of cause and effect relation- ship, the demise of the sport of boxing seems to be directly traceable to a decision of the National Boxing Association late in 1965. In that year, the NBA stripped Ali of his boxing crown for his protests against the war in Vietnam and his refusal to be inducted into the armed services. The story of Ali is, however, old hat, and need not be be- labored here. Suffice it to say that with that one bold stroke, the NBA successfully kay-oed a growing national interest in a man who was also a professional boxer. To be sure, Ali was arrogant and boastful, but that ar- rogance and braggadocia were just parts to a whole man who, if he did not always endear himself to the public, always cap- tured their interest. Ali had color, in the ring and out of it, and even now, three years after he threw his last punch, he can still command more attention by blowing his nose out loud that Ellis and Frazier can get boxing or not boxing, on the floor of 4 the Capitol; INDEED, ALI PROVED he had more class than anyone in the ring today when he offered a while ago to give his cham- pionship belt to the winner of the Frazier-Ellis fight to "keep boxing legal and keep it going." This out-of-the-ring pronouncement of Ali's had that cer- tain element of class that has been so much a part of him ever since he stepped into the national limelight before his first fight with Sonny Liston more than six years ago. Unfortunately for boxing, this pronouncement will not save the sport from cancer of disinterest that has been apparent ever since Ali was stripped of his crown and forbidden to box in several states. Indeed, nothing may be able to save the sport, with its in- herent and often abhorrent violence and its mob-control. But if anything can save the sport, it is a man in the mold of Ali, a man with color and personality. So take note, Ellis and Frazier. Your sideshows might be fun for some people, but in the end they're laughing at you, not with you. Maravich hits 3000th Page Seven point career By The Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. - Pete Maravich soared past the 3,000- point mark here last night with a 49-point performance which led Louisiana State to a, 109-91 South- eastern Conference basketball vic- tory over Mississippi State. A free throw with 7:17 left in the first half gave Maravich his 3,00th career point. Last Satur- day he became college basket- ball's all-time leading scorer as, he shattered Oscar Robertson's. total for 88 games. Pete's total last night gave him 3,036 points. He has 12 games left. He hit on 21 of 40 from the floor and sank 7-of-9 from the free throw line. He also had nine assists. The Tigers, boosting their SEC record to 5-2, broke open a tight ball game halfway through the first half and went on to a 55-41 intermission lead. After the half, the Tigers had, 20-point cushions on several oc- casions but Mississippi State start- ed to wuhittle away at the LSUT lead as time ran out. * * * dail NIGHT EDITOR: CHRIS TERAS jumper from the side had given Auburn a one-point lead with 28 seconds left, setting up Mills' win- ning basket. Harris missed an 18-footer at the horn. jacksonvi le romps JACKSONVILLE, Fla.-The na- tion's leading rebounder, 7-foot-2 Artis Gilmore, dominated the boards and baskets in leading sixth-ranked Jacksonville to a 110-75 victory over Iona in college basketball last night. The young giant grabbed 26 re- bounds, one above his average, and scored 29 points against the zone defense that surrounded him but couldn't cover him over the j top. High-leaping Gilmore even be- came a ball stealer and first man down the floor on the fast break as the rout developed in the sec- and half. It was a typical Jacksonville victory-a100-point plus scoring performance for the 12th time in 16 games and such supremacy that there was no doubt of the outcome by halftime. Iovagridders seek tansfer; Halls of fame admit members By The Associated Press * IOWA CITY - It was reported yesterday that sophomore fullback Tom Smith and quarterback Larry Lawrence are seeking to transfer from Iowa to Arizona. Arizona Coach Bob Weber said yesterday, however, that he did not encourage transfers, and that he did not expect the two Hawk- eyes to be playing for Arizona. This is the latest in a series of incidents reflecting discontent in the Iowa football program. * NEW YORK - Ford C. Frick, the former commissioner, and a °couple of players who sparkled in baseball's spotlight four decades ago have been elected to the Hall of Fame. The ex-players are center fielder Earle Combs of the New York Yankees and ,knuckleball pitcher Jesse "Pop" Haines, of the St. Louis Cardinals. The three, all in their 70s, were elected to the Hall Sunday by the Old Timers Selection Committee. * * * ! CANTON, Ohio - Hugh McElhenny, Tom Fears, Pete Pihos and Jack Christiansen, four stars of the 1950s, have been elected to the Professional Football Hall of Fame. Dick Gallagher, director of the Hall of Fame, announced yester- day the result' of the voting by a board of selectors from pro football cities who met in New Orleans the day after the Super Bowl. The four new members will be inducted formally in ceremonies Aug. 8 in Canton after which the New Orleans Saints, coached by Fears, will play the Minnesota Vikings in the annual Hall of Game preseason dame. * * * " MILWAUJEE, Wis. - Henry Jordan, a four-time all-pro as a defensive tackle for the Green Bay Packers, said yesterday he was retiring from football to become an executive in promotional work. The 35-year-old Jordan, who missed much of last season with a back injury, was named an executive sales director for the Milwaukee World Festival Corporation. Kentucky nips AUBURN, Ga.-Terry Mills' 25- foot field goal with 11 seconds remaining gave second - ranked Kentucky an 84-83 victory over Auburn last night in a Southeast- ern Conference basketball game. The victory moved Kentucky in- to a tie with Georgia for first place in the SEC. Mills, who missed the first shots on two one-and-one free throw attempts in the final minute, had put the Wildcats ahead, 82-80, with a 25-foot set shot with 1:50 remaining.I But a free throw by Al Lea- pheart and Henry Harris' 12-foot Scores \ COLLEGE BASKETBALL RESULTS Kentucky 84, Auburn 83 Jacksonville 110, Iona 75 Missouri 90, Colorado 73 Kansas State 82, Iowa State 64 Kansas 78, Oklahoma 41 Indiana State 82, So. Illinois 73 Loyola (Chicago) 83, Valparaiso 67 Eastern Kentucky 96, Canisius 67 Pennsylvania 57, columbia 52 Mich. Tech 96, L. Superior St. 92 -Associated Press LSU'S PISTOL PETE MARAVICIT scores a basket last night, leading up to his 3000th career point. He is the first collegian ever to pass the 3000 mark. Maravich scored 49r points in the game, which LSU won, 109-91 over Mississippi State, at Baton Rouge, La. NBA TRADES: 1eat ytraded; Oscar remains Orr leads CINCINNATI (IP)--As the Nation- al Basketball Association trading deadline passed Sunday night, the big news concerned one trade that did not take place and another that did involving a player that isn't playing. Despite efforts to deal him to Baltimore, Oscar Robertson is still a member of the Cincinnati Roy- als. Joe Axelson, general manager of the Royals, said he heard noth- mand for a $700,000 three-year, ing more from Baltimore. I no-cut contract. He said, however, he was t o i the Bullets officials talked w i t h Robertson again Sunday "but ap- parently nothing happened." The Royals and the Bullets had cooked up a trade of Robertson for Baltimore's Gus Johnson. But Robertson thwarted the deal after Baltimore refused to meet his de- MID-AMERICAN CONFER Conference W L Pct. 'W Ohio U B. Green Miami Toledo W. Mich. Kent St. Kan. St. Missouri Nebraska Kansas Iowa St. Colorado Oklahoa Okla. St. Drake Louisville N. Texas Cincinnat Tulsa Bradley St. Louis Memphis Wichita Utah UTEP 'wyoming Arizona New Mex Colorado Arizonac B. Young BI 5 1 .833 1 4 1 .800 1 4 2 .666 1 4 3 .571 1 2 4 .333 0 7 .000 3IG EIGHT 5' 1 1.000 1 3 2 .600 1 2 2 .500 1 2 2 .500 1 3 3 .500 1 2 3 .400 1 3 .250 1 1 4 .200 ** * * College Basketball Standings ENCE USF 3 1 .750 9 6 .600 Houston All games Pep'dne 3 2 .600 9 7 .563 Niagara V L pct. Loyola 2 2 .500 7 8 .467 Utah Stat .3 3 .812 Nvda LV 1 3 .250 9 6 .600 Holy Cross 0 5 .666 Nev. Rno 0 3 .000 3 7 .300 Army .0 6 .625 St. Marys 0 4 .000 3 11 .250 Notre Dan 2 4 .750'. * * * illanova 5 11 .312 IVY LEAGUE Syracuse 3 12 .200 Penn 5 0 1.000 16 1 .941 Dayton Columbia 5 0 1.000 14 2 .875 Georgia T Yale 4 2 .66'7 8 $ .500' Duquesne 4 3 .824 Princeton 3 3 .500 10 7 .588 DePaul 1 6 .647 Dartmouth 3 3 .500 9 8 .529 St. John's 1 4 .733 Harvard 1 5 .167 7 11 .389 Air Force 1 5 .688 Cornell 1 5 .167 4 11 .267 NYU 0 8 .583 Brown 1 5 .167 4 12 .250 Chi - Loy 9 8 .529 * * * * Providence 2 '4 .750 ATLANTIC COAST Seattle 0 7 .588 S. Car. 7 0 1.000 14 1 .938 Penn Stai e .ss me ech s, N.Y. .e tte 14 14 13 13 12 12 12 9 l 11 9 10 10 8 8 10 3 3 3 4 4 5 5 4 5 6 5 6 6 6 7 7 8 .824 .824 .813 .765 .750 .706 .706 .692 .688 .647 .643 .625 .625 .571 .571 .563 .563 .556 .533 .526 .474 .471 .471 .471 .429 .412 .400 .385 .375 .375 .333 .278 .188 A clause in Robertson's c o n tract with Cincinnati gives him the right to refuse to be traded. The Bullets offered him a $350,000 two- year contract. He is now paid $125,000 in a contract that expires after this year. The biggest trade Sunday sent Atlanta Hawks' center Zelmo Bea- ty to the San Francisco Warrior for a player, or players, to be named after the season. Beaty, who is 6 feet 9 and weighs 235 pounds, has been sitting .out his option year with the Hawks after seven seasons with them in St. Louis and Atlanta. He h a s signed -a four-year $500,000 con- tract with the Los Angeles Stars of the American Basketball Associa- tion to begin next year. A courtroom battle over Beaty is expected. The Hawks had filed a $4.5 million dollar suit against the Stars. San Francisco is al- ready in a legal fight with the ABA's Washington Caps over Rick Barry.. Boston defenseman Bobby Orr increased his lead in the National Hockey League scoring race with nine points in three games 1 a s t week. Orr is bidding to become the first defenseman ever to win the NHL scoring title. SCORING. LEADERS G A Pts. 1. Orr, Bos. 17 60 77 2.' Esposito, Bos. 29 35 64 3. Tkaczuk, N.Y. 23 36 59 4. Goyette, St. L. 20 35 55 5. Mikita, Chi. 27 25 52 Salon, N.Y. 21 31 52 7. Ratelle, N.Y. 22 27 49 8. Lemaire, Mtl. 28 20 48 9. Bucyk, Bos. 22 24 46 10. Xaousseau, Mtl 18 26 44 The University of Michigan Center for Russian and East European Studies A TTENTION! Special meeting for under grads interested in a BA degree in Russian and East European Studies i Professional Standings 34 4 I NBA Eastern Division W L New York 46 11 Milwaukee 39 18 Baltimore 35 22 Philadelphia 29 27. Cincinnati 26' 32 Boston 22 33. Detroit 21 37 Western Division Los Angeles 30 24. Atlanta 32 26" Chicago 26 32 San Francisco 24 31 phoenix 25 33 Seattle 21 35. San Diego 19 34 Yesterday's Results Atlanta 125, Detroit 121 ABA Eastern Division w I. Indiana 38 10 Kentucky 29 20. Carolina 23 25 New York 23; 31 Pittsburgh 18 31 Miami 14 36 Western Division New Orleans 27 20 Denver 28 23 P Y Pct. GB .807 - .684 7 .614 11 .518 16% .448 20 / .400 23 .362 25% .556 - .553 - .448 6 .436 6 z .431 7 .375 10 .358 10 Pct. GB .792 .592 9 .479 14% .426 17 .367 20/ .280 24 .574 - .549 1 Dallas 25 25 .500 Washington= 23 24 .489 Los Angeles 23 26 .469 Yesterday's Games Denver 115, Los Angeles 113 New Orleans vs. Washington at Wichita, Kan., Inc. NHL MISSOURI VALLEY 9 0 1.000 15 4 6 1 .857 11 4 5 2 .714 11 5 i 5 3 .625 13 4 4 4 .50011 7 3 5 .375 10 8 2 7 .222 5 11 1 7 .125 6 12 1 7 .125 5 12 S * * * WAC 6 01.00014 4 4 2 .667 11 5 4 2 .667 13 4 4 2 .667 810 ico 2 4 .333 7 10 State 1 5 .167 8 7 St. 2 4 .333 413 1 5 .167, 5 12 * * * * PACIFIC 8 4 0 1.000 16 0 rnia 4 0 1.000 13 3 oon 3 2 .60013 4 t. 2 2 .500 8 8 on St. 2 3 .400 12 5 1 3 .250 9 6 a1 4 .200 710 1 4 .200 4 12 N. C. N. CaY .789 W. Fo .733 Duke .688 Maryla .765 Ciems .611 Virgin .583 .313 .333 Davidc .294 E. Ca G. W W &2 .823 Furma .688 Citade .765 VMI .444 I Richm .412 .533 .235 Georg .294 Kentu St. r. rest and on ia 5 1 .833 15 1 5 2 .714 13 3 4 3 .571 10 6 2 4 .333 9 5 3 5 .375 10 7 1 4 .200 6 10 0 8 .000 610 * * * * SOUTHERN CONFERE son 7 0 1.000 r. 5 2 .714 ash. 4 2 .667 M 3 2 .600 an 2 4 .333 e 2 4 .333 1 5 .167 nond 1 6 .143 * * * * SOUTHEASTERN ia 8 1 .888 icky 7 1 .857 n 7 2 .777 4 2 .667 5 3 .625 3 5 .375 2 6 .250 a 2 6 .250 St. 1 7 .125 ma 1 7 .124 NCE 14 3 11 8 6 11 7 10 8 10 6 11 4 13 4 13 .933 .813 .625 .643 .588 .375 .375 .824 .579 .353 .412 .444 .353 .235 .235 .600 .937 .647 .667 .562 .466 .588 .312 .286 .250 La Salle~ Temple Fordham West Tex. St. West Virginia Pitt Miami, Fla. Virginia Tech Rutgers Boston Col. Lafayette Tulane Detroit Xavier, Ohio Navy 8 7 10 9 9 10 8 9 8 9 8 9 6 8 7 10 6 9 5 8 6 10 6 10 5 10 5 13 3 13 Due to wishful thinking on the part of the Daily staff, Thomp- son's Pizza $1.00 off coupon that appeared is an untruth and hereby declared null and void. Thompson's does still offer a generous 50c off Mon.-Thurs. JI 2 14 .125 Wednesday, February 4 4:10 P.. Room 1 (basement) Lane Hall (Refreshments served) CORRECTION: on 1 r - New York Montreal Boston Detroit Chicago Toronto St. Louis Philadelphia Pittsburgh Minnesota Oakland Los Angeles East Division W L Ti 28 10 10 26 11 11 26 11 11 25 14 7 24 17 6 19 20 8 West Division 24 16 7 S 12 20 17 14 25 8 10 23 14 12 29 8 9 33 5 Pt. GF GA 66 169 111 63 166 119 63 181 144 57 140 120 54 139 104 46 143 144 55 148 112 41 126 1451 36 106 153 34 133 161 32 104 164 23 103 181 UCLA S. Califo Washingt Oregon St Washingt Oregon Californ i Stanford 1.000 .813 .765 .500 .706 .600 ,412! .250 .875 .813 Aubur LSU . Vand. Miss. Tenn. Florid Miss.! Alaban 9 15 11 10 9 7 10 5 4 4 6 1 6 5 7 8 7 11 10 12 § EN AND SOPHOMORES: * * * * WEST COAST ATHLETIC CONFERENCE UOP 4 0 1.000 14 2 Sta. CIr. 3 1 .750 13 3 sMAJOR INDEPENDENTS Jacksonville 14 1 .933 St. Bonaventure 13 1 .929 New Mex. 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