The Michigan Daily-Tuesday, March 28, 1978-Page# GIVENS GIVES 'EM TITLE Kentucky casts out Blue Devils, 94-88 r mm By AP and UPI ST. LOUIS - Explosive Jack Givens continually finding seams in the Duke zone, fired in a near record 41 points last night, and Kentucky's pressure-proof Wildcats roared to a 94-88 victory over the lIlue Devils in the championship game of the 40th NCAA basket- ball tournament. The Wildcats, playing under what Coach Joe Hall called the most intense pressure of his six-year career at Ken- tucky, clinched their fifth national title behind a brilliant one-maa show by Givens. The left-handed Givens scored 23 of his points in the first half to power the nation's No. 1 team to a 45-38 lead at in- termission, then continued his one-man assault on the basket in the second half. Givens sank three baskets during an 11-2 burst as the Wildcats moved into a 66-50 lead with 12:42 left in the game. That mountainous 16-point lead was enough for Kentucky to withstand a flurry by the Atlantic Coast Conference playoff champions, who fought back valiantly but could get no closer than four points. same building against Memphis State in 1973. At that time, the building was known as the St. Louis Arena; it is now called the Checkerdome. A crowd of 18,721 gave Givens a stan- ding ovation, roaring his nickname of "Goose," as the brilliant Kentucky forward left the game. The Blue Devils made a frantic rally near the end of the game and cut Ken- tucky's once-formidable lead to 92-86 after Hall had removed his seniors from the lineup in the last half-minute. Then, with 10 seconds left and Ken- tucky's regulars back on the floor, Mike Gminski hit a 15-foot jump shot to trim it to 92-88. But Givens, Rick Robey and company held to clinch the Wildcats' victory. After Kentucky broke Duke's full- court press, James Lee, considered by many the best sixth man in college basketball, put the finishing touches on the triumph with a dazzling slam dunk in the closing seconds. The victory was especially sweet for Hall, who had insisted in his pre-game press conference Monday that his senior-studded team had faced almost unbearable pressure during the season because of its top national ranking for all but two weeks of the year. He also talked about pressure from the Ken- tucky fans, who wanted nothing less than a national championship from the start of the season. They were pinned with the label "the Fold-up Five" by some of their hard- line fans, even though they lost just two games in 32 all year. Hall, however, was greeted by the. song, "My Old Kentucky Home," as he stepped to center court to receive the NCAA championship trophy, the bur- den of the tough year having been lifted from his shoulders. Rick Robey finished with 20 points for the Wildcats while ninth-ranked Duke was backed by guard Jim Spanarkeli with 21 and freshman Eugene Banks with 22. For Banks, the game was played un der difficult circumstances. According to St. Louis police, at least two threats were made on his life prior to the game. Although there were no incidents during the contest, extra security was placed around the Duke bench. An NCAA official later said he believed the: threats were prank calls. In fact, with a lead of seven points, Hall began to substitute. Then, finding his team's lead slowly eroding, he had to let his regulars return to the game. H e w ho leaps hest . . AP Photo Givens' performance was just three Ha h h points shy of the record for an NCAA Duke's Scott Goetsch grabs the rebound but Kentucky's James Lee (32) got the last laugh as the Wildcats grabbed the championship final set by Bill Walton, NCAA title from Duke last night. Blue Devil Gene Banks looks on. who scored 44 points for UCLA in this Hogs squeal! Irs.npe,71-6.9 NEW TICKET OFFICE PLAN: I r'oobal, By LISA KAPLAN In the wake of three straight seasons of record ticket sales, the Board in Control of Intercollegiate Athletics has implemented a new football ticket ordering plan. The biggest change in the procedure is that students will pre- order their tickets in the spring rather than in the fall. In addition, students, particularly seniors, will no longer be faced with tremen- dously long lines. THIS ACTION has been taken by the Board "in order to continually insure students, who are our primary concern, of the opportunity to receive tickets," according to Assistant Athletic Director Charles Harris. "Every year there is the potential that the demand for tickets will be greater. We wanted to do something to guarantee students the opportunity to receive tickets." The plan has been necessitated by the increase in the average atten- dance from-92,000 five years ago, to 104,000 this past year. THE NEW procedure pis as follows: early registrants will be given a football application form at l ticket lines are no more the exit station at CRISP. Those who do not register early can pick up their applications at the ticket win- dows at Crisler Arena between April 3-28. Applications must then be filed at the ticket windows of Crisler Arena starting Monday, April 3 to Friday, April 28th. Mondays through Fridays from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Failure to file during this time will result in forfeiture of priority rights, or possibly the opportunity to pur- chase tickets at the student rate. GROUP APPLICATIONS may be filed if each application has a stam- ped name and number: Football seating priority will be determined, as in the past, by class level, but now on a random selection basis. Group seating will be based on the lowest priority student in the group. Finally, tickets may be picked up at the Track/Tennis Building bet- ween September 5 and 8th. Tickets must be picked up in per- son and a valid ID card for the fall term must be presented, in addition to a driver's license, or some other picture identification. Alts ough students do not have to be enrolled for the fall term to file an ap- plication, they must be enrolled for the fall term at the time they pick up their tickets. THOSE TICKETS not picked up at this time will be distributed from the Athletic Ticket Office from Sept. 11 to Sept. 15th.t Seniors will not be able to circum- vent the system by registering for classes and then disenrolling in the fall. If a student does this, he will be charged a $50.00 disenrollment fee, in addition to the cost of his ticket. THE $24.00 charge for a season ticket for six games will again be billed to the student account. For an additional $36.00, one may purchase a spouse ticket, upon proof of marriage. This payment for the spouse ticket must be made when the tickets are picked up. According to Mr. Harris, the ad- vantages of this system stem from the fact that "It's easier for the student. You don't havesto carry the coupon through the summer. You just pick them up in the fall." When asked whether this new format may upset alumni, Harris remarked, "Our basic premise of operation, because we are a univer- sity and school, is to include the students. Certainly, we'd like to, be able to accommodate our faculty, alumni, and general public, but our first obligation is to students curreii- tly enrolled." ST. LOUIS (AP) - Ron Brewer's 30- foot jump shot at the buzzer gave the Arkansas Razorbacks a dramatic 71-69 victory over Notre Dame last night in the third-place consolation game of the NCAA basketball championships. THE RAZORBACKS, led by Marvin Delph's 26 points, including three key foul shots in the last two minutes, had pulled into a 65-63 lead before the sixth- ranked Irish made a dramatic rally. Substitute Tracy Jackson scored a field goal with 1:04 to go and Kelly Tripucka hit another basket for Notre Dame to trim the Razorbacks' lead to 69-67 with 37 seconds remaining. WITH 22 SECONDS left, Alan Zahn was fouled by Notre Dame's Bruce Flowers, but missed the front end of a one-and-one free throw opportunity. Flowers grabbed the rebound and passed to Jackson, who tied the game at 69 with a jumper at the 13-second mark. The Razorbacks then brought the ball downcourt, setting the stage for Brewer's long, game-winning shot. Brewer scored 20 points overall as the fifth-ranked Razorbacks finished their season at 32-4. Delph's game-high total came despite the fact that he was sad- dled with four fouls during the first half. THE RAZORBACKS also played most of the game without forward Jim Counce, who suffered an abdominal in- jury while driving for a shot late in the first half. Zahn and Sidney Moncrief each ad- ded 10 points for the Southwest Con- ference champions. Dave Batton, scoring 13 of his points in the first half, wound up with 15 to' lead Notre Dame, 23-8.,Flowers added 12 points, Jackson had 11 and Tripucka 10 for the Irish. ATTITUDE ADJUSTMENT HOURS- c, 3:00-6: 00 p Monday-Friday 'A PRICE 1 SC HOT DOGS walil the trimmings HOME GAMES ROAD GAMES r September 16 September 30 October 7 October 14 October 28 November 18 Illinois Duke Arizona Michigan State Minnesota Purdue September 23 October 21 November 4 November 11 November 25 Notre Dame Wisconsin Iowa Northwestern Ohio State SPOR TS OF THE DAILY Tigers t By AP and UPI LAKELAND, Fla. - John Tamargo's two-run single in the top of the 11th in- ning gave the St. Louis Cardinals a 7-5 victory over the Detroit Tigers yester- day in exhibition baseball. Mark Fidrych worked the first five innings for the Tigers, permitting six Cardinal hits and two runs. The Tigers had taken the lead in the ninth inning. But the Cards scored three times against Detroit's reliever, Jim Crawford, with the go-ahead run scoring on a double by Ken Rietz. Detroit tied the game at 5-5 with a run in the bottom of the ninth on a walk by Mark Wagner and a double by Steve Dillard. The Tigers scored three runs in the second inning, one on a single by Mickey Stanley, another on a single by Milt May and one on a wild pitch. Stanley also singled in a run in the four- th. The loss was the Tigers' second straight in 11 innings at the hands of the Cardinals and their sixth this spring against 13 wins. Also yesterday, pitcher Vern Ruhle, the Detroit Tigers' rookie of the year in 1975, was placed on waivers for the purpose of giving him his unconditional release. Ruhle had been battling to come back from a sore shoulder that had him on the disabled list and at Detroit's Evan- sville, Ind.,, farm club most of last baseball season. The 27-year-old from Coleman, Mich., was hit hard his first several spring outings but said he felt good. In his last performance, Saturday against Philadelphia, he pitched two strong in- ripped in eleven Kuhn said yesterday. Until the end of last week, it appeared the A's would be sold by Charles 0. Finley to oilman Marvin Davis and then be transferred to Denver. But the deal broke down Friday, and after a weekend of trying to piece it back together, baseball is pulling out of the negotiations. In Denver, Davis was frustrated and angry but said he would try again to buy a major league baseball team and move it to Denver. "Yes I'm ready to try again, only next time it will be a cleaner and less complicated deal," said Davis. Davis said baseball people were furious after Finley refused to go through with the sale. "He still couldn't or wouldn't deliver," said Davis. "The baseball people absolutely blew their tops. They absolutely came unglued. "They are going to let him go ahead in Oakland and take the beating he's sure to take," Davis said. "When you stop and think of all the expense and all the work Finley caused everybody and then didn't deliver when all of his terms were met, I just can't understand it. "He's embarrassed so many people who worked so hard to put the deal together, with no conceTn for anybody but himself," said Davis. "Everybody in baseball is so mad they can't even see straight." Crowns and courts MEXICO CITY (AP)-The World Boxing Council announced yesterday spite must ton. of the WBC's ruling that Spinks first defend his title against Nor- Meanwhile, attorneys for Leon Spinks said yesterday they will file suit against the WBC today. The suit, to be filed in U.S. District Court in Las Vegas, contends the coun- cil's "acts thus far are contrary to their constitution," said Detroit lawyer Lester D. Hudson. Hudson,HSpinks' attorney along with Edward F. Bell, said the WBC violated its own Article 12 which says that the boxer recognized as champion in his weight division is required to defend his title against a boxer ranked in the top ten within six months after gaining the title. Spinks, 24, won the title February 15 in a 15-round bout with the then cham- pion Muhammed Ali. Spinks is still recognized by the World Boxing Association and New York state. SCORES Exhibition Basebal) White Sox 2, Cincinnati I St. Louis 7, D)ETROIT 5 Houston 9, Minnesota X Philadelphia 5,. Los Angeles I Boston 4. Toronto I Cleveland 11, California 6 Oakland 9, Milwaukee:i San Diego 12, Seattle: San Francisco 5 Cubs 2 NBA C'leveland '!K. Golden St. 88 Leaders NHL SCORING G A Pts. 1. Lafleur, Mon......... 57 68 125 2. Trottier, NYI..........44 73 117 3. Sittler, Tor...........43 65 108 4. Lemaire, Mon........34 59 93 5. Perreault, Buf.........41 46 87 NBA SCORING G Pts. Avg. 1. Gervin, S.A..........732002 27.4 2. Maravich, N.O.........50 1352 27.0 3. McAdoo, N.Y........72 932 26.8 4. Thompson, Den....... 71 1902 26.8 5. Abdul-Jabbar, LA ..... 54 1390 25.7 REBOUNDING Off. Def. Avg. 1. Robinson, N.O. .....275 924 15.8 2. Malone, Houston ......380 506 15.0 3. 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