5-4 WIN FIRST A T HOME (ings squeak by The Michigan Daily-Thursday, October 26, 1978-Page 11 Pistons upset unbeaten Cavs By PETER BORMUTH Special to The Daily DETROIT - The Detroit Red Wings ut on a splendid display of skating efore a sparse audience at Olympia ast night, defeating the Colorado ockies, 5-4. The rainy weather which discouraged he fans didn't seem to bother the ings, who dominated the close game rom the time Rogie Vachon crossed himself following the National Anthem. THE WINGS TOOK the early lead on i goal by Vaclav Nedomansky with X4:36 remaining in the opening period, nd never relinquished the lead. After a penalty-free first period, the ireworks broke loose in the second as Colorado's Wilf Paiement deliberately it Dennis Polonich across the face with his stick after a successful Polonich pass. Paiement was ejected from the game, while Polonich, who was taken to 'the hospital with a severely broken nose, received a five-minute penalty for igh-sticking. The Wings then erupted with three straight goals on the power play and entered the third period with a I-0 lead. Almost predictably the Wings' defen- se broke down in the third period as they allowed three Colorado goals on rebound shots after great saves by Detroit's goalie Vachon. Errol Thom- pson scored for Detroit in the third securing the victory for the Wings as Colorado scored its final goal with five seconds remaining in the game. RED WINGS coach Bobby Kromm as extremely aggravated after the ,ame, calling it Detroit's worst per- formance of the year. With passion, Kromm also voiced his opinion that Paiement should be suspended from the NHL for the remainder of the season for his flagrant attempt to hurt Polonich. Rookie Roland Cloutier received Kromm's praise for an excellent per- formance on the ice. Cloutier was recently called up from Kansas City to fill the vacancy on the Wings' third line at the center position. Pitt to be tied PITTSBURGH (AP) - Brian Sutter and Bernie Federko scored goals in the last 28 seconds to rally the St. Louis Blues to a 6-6 tie with the Pittsburgh Penguins in a National Hockey League game last night. GEORGE FERGUSON scored a Penguin goal on an-empty Blues net at 18:59 to give Pittsburgh what looked like a comfortable 6-4 lead. But 33 seconds later, Sutter scored on a short shot from in front of the goal. And with 11 seconds remaining, Federko fired the puck out of a scram- ble for the tying score, making Pit- tsburgh 1-4-2 record and St. Louis 2-4-2 this season. Pittsburgh went in front 2-0 early in the first period on goals by Blair Chap- man and Greg Malone. Sutter closed the gap with a screened 30-footer for his ninth goal of the season, tops in the league. Pete Mahovlich made it 3-1 for Pit- tsburgh, sending a Ron Stackhouse pass home from 30 feet. PONTIAC (UPI)-Rookie John Long paced a 17-1 third period bombardment last night that enabled the Detroit Pistons to cool off the previously- unbeaten Cleveland Cavaliers, 110-105, and gain their first National Basketball Association win of the season after five setbacks. The Cavaliers had won their first four outings. Trailing 71-59 with less than four minutes gone after the intermission, the Pistons exploded and, with Long making five baskets and a free throw; went on to grab a 76-72 lead before Foots Walker finally broke the famine for the Cavs. Two minutes later, after Detroit had increased its lead to 83-76, Piston coach Dick Vitale went wild when he was ejected after suffering his second technical foul of the game. It took police and team assistants to forcibly remove Vitale, who was handling the team for the first time in four games after a stomach disorder hospitalized him. The Cavaliers, who themselves lost star center Jim Chones via the ejection route early. in the second period, fell back by as many as 10 points in the fourth period before rallying to within four points, 103-99, with just under three. minutes left. But two free throws by M.L. Carr and a basket by Bob Lanier eased the pressure for Detroit. Lanier led Detroit with 26 points while Long had 19 and Carr 18. Campy Russell scored 34 for Cleveland. Bibby Phils in PHILAD$ELPHIA (AP) - Reserve guard Henry Bibby's field goal with 31 seconds left gave the Philadelphia 76ers a 118-117 National Basketball Association victory over the Atlanta Hawks Wednesday night. Forward Bobby Jones passed the ball to Bibby, who shot it in from the left while falling to the floor. It was the 76ers third straight victory. The last time the Sixers held the lead was with 5:12 left in the third period when Caldwell Jones dropped in two free throws for a 74-73 edge. The lead changed hands 14 times. SCORES NHL New York Ranger 6, vancouver 2 St. Louis 6, Pittsburgh 6 Detroit 5.Colorado 4 NBA Detroit 110, Cleveland 105 Philadelphia 118. Atlanta 117 Patriots need a (tax) break BOSTON (AP)-William H. Sullivan Jr., whose money struggles as owner of the New England Patriots date back to the football team's origins, again has his back to the goal line. The National Football League team hasn't paid federal income taxes in more than a year while Sullivan seeks congressional legislation that would, help him keep the franchise he founded in 1959. The Internal Revenue Service is waiting while the Patriots owner tries to extricate the team from a trap in the Tax Reform Act of 1976 that affects no other NFL teams except the Patriots. The law rejuced tax writeoffs for owners of pro sports teams who deduct from their tax payments a hefty percentage of the value of player contracts. The Patriots, however, were left completely out in the cold in 1976 and-unlike other teams-aren't eligible for any such break. A 50 percent writeoff on the value of player contracts-far less than the old 80-90 percent--still is allowable, but not for a team'like the Patriots that had an internal financial reorganization after the law's Dec. 31, 1975 effec- tive date. "The idea of the law," says team Vice President Chuck Sullivan, the owner's son, was to prevent fast-buck promoters from ripping off the gover- nment with huge depreciations." "We've been trying for 21/2 years to have our inequity adjusted," says William Sullivan. "Senators tell me they're afraid to vote for it because they'll be roasted in the media." The IRS won't permit player contract depreciation for teams that un- dergo internal "stock reorganizations," and that's what happened to the Patriots in late 1976. Sullivan anted up more than $2 million in borrowed money to buy up 139,800 shares of non-voting team stock-owned largely by fans-and took full control of the team. Because Sullivan went deep into debt to swing that deal, his finances are in jeopardy, and he could be forced to sell the Patriots unless Congress ap- proves special legislation giving him the same tax writeoff as owners of other NFL teams. A bill to remedy Sullivan's plight was endorsed by a congressional committee before Congress adjourned this'fall. However, the measure never reached the House or Senate floor. CLEVELAND CAVALIERS FORWARD Terry Furlow flips a pass over new Detroit Piston guard Earl Tatum's head in action during last night's game. The contest marked the homecoming of former Michigan and Pontiac Central great Campy Russell to the Silverdome. Te Redisovery of Menin ThroughWaldorf Education a lecture by PROF. 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