Wednesday, September 29, 1976 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Seven WINS UNANIMOUS DECISION Ahli By The Associated Press NEW YORK - Muhammad Ali, calling on every trick he has learned in his long and con- troversial career, pounded out a unanimous 15-round decision over Ken Norton last night and retained his world heavyweight championship. The 34-year-old Ali, some times floating like the butter- fly he has bragged about, other times stinging like a bee with solid jabs and short right leads, seemed to con- trol the tempo from the outset although Norton kept moving forward and landed the hard- er punches. Ali even resorted to the rope- a-dope defense he used when he wrested the title away from George Foreman. There was only one thing he did not do. He did not destroy Norton as he predicted he wonld do. Referee Arthur Mercante scored the fight 8-6-1 for Ali while judges Harold Lederman and Barney Smith each had it 8-7 for Ali. The Associated Press had it 9-6 for the chamnion. Norton now has gone 39 tovgh rounds with the man who proclaims himself the3 cutpunch s Norton greatest fighter of all time. The only thing he has to show for it is one victory, some real good money and a night of frustration. The defeat probably wrote an end to Norton's boxing career. At 31, movies seem to be more in his future than fights. Ali, who predicted the fight would not go more than five rounds, came out flat-footed, gunning for power. His best weapons in the first six rounds were short right hands, many of them leads. But Norton gave as good as he got and after eight rounds it seemed to be anybody's fight. Then, in the ninth, Ali came out dancing and jabbing and the jab was effective. The champion also shook Norton with a left-right-left to the head in the round which end- ed with Norton scoring a solid right to the head. In the 10th, Ali was dancing and jabbing again and Norton couldn't do anything about it. Ali made it three rounds in a row, at least on The AP card, when he took the 11th round, in which Norton imitated Ali's rona-a-dope, a tactic the champ had used earlier in the fight. !Then in the 11th, Ali scored with two telling rights, both of them leads, and two good lefts to the head. NIGHT EDITOR: JOHN NIEMEYER t ' If i the fight. "I can't lose it now." The win, Ali's 19th in 20 championship fights, earned him at least $6 million and set up a possible $10-million match with George Foreman sometime next year. Ali was to get 50 per cent of all revenue over $9 million, but it was not known what the final financial figure would be. Nor- ton was guaranteed $1 million and five per cent of all reve- nue. An announced crowd of 42,- 000 - many paying $200 - showed up for the first fight in Yankee Stadium since Ingemar Johansson knocked out Floyd: Patterson June 26, 1959. And it was the first outdoor heavy- weight championship bout in the United States since Sonny Liston's kayo .of Patterson at Chicago's Comiskey Park Sept. 25, 1962. The live gate apparently will top $3 million and break the all time record of $2,658,660 paid by 104,943 people for the second Jack Dempsey - Gene Tunney fight in 1927 at Chicago's Sol- dier Field. Revenue also will come in from closed-circuit television to locations holding 1.5 mil- lion seats in the United States and Canada and from tele- casts to 57 other countries. CBS also paid $1 million to show the fight on United States home television at a later date. several hard punches to thea head and body." When the final bell rang, Nor- ton had a look of jubilation onp his face.s But when he left the ring a few minutes later, there were tears in his eyes. "I know I won it, you know Iv won it," Norton said in the dressing room. "I think even Ali knows I won it:" The victory enabled Ali to end this rough-tough series the same way he closed out his his- toric series of three bouts with Joe Frazier - an opening loss and then two victories. And Ali's final victories over Frazier and Norton came as as champion. "I'm at the end of my career," he said before The Top 20 By The United Press International :. :V I ' _ a~ AP Photo KEN NORTON, shown left, clinches with defending champion Muhammed Ali, in last night's title bout held in New Yorks Yankee Stadium. The fight went the total fifteen rounds, leav- ing Ali on top of a unanimous decision to retain his heavyweight crown. SCORES SOAR: Piston Blues be at By SCOTT LEWIS ' is anything to be ashamed of." For the first time in years, the A greatly depleted Detroit Pistons will have to cut top- Piston team gave a passing and notch players to reach the play- shooting exhibition in front of er limit of twelve by the begin- 2,000 fans at Crisler Arena last ning of the season on October night, with the Red team top- 22. ping the Blues, 151-137, in their annual intrasquad game. A A ti-a ALS ,.UT OF th meJ 5~Ik .' Henry Dickerson, a guard ac- quired by the Pistons late last season, hit numerous line drive jumpers from all over the court and finished with 37 points, to pace a 62 per cent shooting performance by the Reds. THE GAME SAW the return of Kevin Porter to the Detroit area, after he missed much of last season with a severe knee injury. Porter didn't ap- pear hampered by this, how- ever, as he continuously wowed the crowd with his numerous assortment of quick passes and driving layups. The speedy guard scored 27 points and, more importantly, dished out 11 assists. For the Pistons to jell, Porter must con- tinuously show this form, as the Pistons rely on his passing more than his shooting. If the fans came out just to see Porter, they would have left happily, but most of the crowd was disappointed by the notable absence of the much- heralded "new" Pistons. ALL - STAR FORWARD Cur- tis Rowe has yet to reach an agreement with General Man- ager Oscar Feldman on his status with the team, and Mar- vin Barnes, the Pistons' selec- tion in the ABA dispersal draft, has yet to sien a contract. Both have been absent from camp. "There's nothing I can do, about the situation," said Pis- ton coach. Herb Brown, who' must hold camp without the two stars but keep in the back of his mind that they will event- ually play. "We'll just have to work with what we've got for the moment." "Not that "what we've got" AL,3V vu t Vr oe ga11 Fiderych wins Mark "The Bird" Fidrych pitched his fourth shutout of the season last night, beating the Cleveland Indians 4-0, in the first game of a double hende.- Willie Horton led the off--,-,-- charge for the Tig- ers q home run and two R" " "e win boosts Fid- rych's record to 18-9, and ups his chances for Rookie of the Year honors. because of injuries were newly acquired draft choices Leon Douglas and Phil Sellers. Douglas, the Pistons' first draft choice pulled his right hamstring in practice today and had to sit out of the game as a precautionary measure. Sell- ers, on the other hand, has an inflamed achilles tendon and is currently on crutches. Sellers gained fame in Ann Arbor because of his "non-per- formance" against Michigan in the NCAA playoffs when he played for Rutgers. The Pistons have converted him to a guard instead of a forward, and he has responded very well thus far. In the sum- mer league, he shot a remark- able 63 percent for the Pistons, and "he hastaevery good chance of making the team," accord- ing to Brown. OTHER NOTABLE perform- ances in the scrimmage were turned in by the reliable veter- ans of the team, who suddenly find themselves in a battle for But Norton kept coming andj punching with all his power, al- s land the punch that could turn the tide for him in the final team in scoring with 31 points four rounds. And Ali remained and he led both squads in re- effective with his left hand' bounding with 14. Chris Ford right to the final bell, although played his usual strong defen- he missed more in the final 12 sive game, coming up with five minutes that he had for most steals to go with his 21 points. of the fight. Bob Lanier came up with The 15th round ended withj twenty points and twelve re- Norton, weighing 217, bulling ; bounds, as he dominated the: the 221-pound Ali into a neu- middle for the Reds. George tral corner and scoring with 1. MICHIGAN (39) 3-0........ 2. UCLA 3-0......... 3. Pittsburgh (3) 3-0.......... 4. Oklahoma 3-0 ............... 5. Nebraska 2-0-1............. 6. Georgia 3-0 7. Maryland 3-0.............. 8. Ohio State 2-1............... 9. Alabama 2-1.............. 10. Missouri 2-1 ......... 11. Kansas 3-0 ............... 12. Southern Cal. 2-1.......... 13. LSU 2-0-1. 14. North Carolina 4-0..... 15. Notre Dame 2-2............ 16. Boston College 2-0......... 17. Florida 2-1 .. ....... 18. Houston 2-1............... 19. Tulsa 3-1.................. 20. Texas 1-1 .................. 417 309 292 291 248 195 110 103 75 45 41: 35 34 141 10 9 6 5 4: Trapp put in 23 Eberhard added t~u. %T 16 points and Al 16. SOME OTHER new players gave their all in coming up with promising performances. Randy Henry and Cornelius Cash both played very well for the Reds, and Charles Edge and Walter Luckett performed ad- mirably for the Blue team. Overall, Brown was pleased with the t-min's play. "All we wanted to do was see what cer- tain people could do," he said. "We want to find out which! Last Lecture The first in a series of lectures prepared as if they were the last lecture professors would ever give. Wednesday, Sept. 29, 1976 JOHN BAILEY Near Eastern Studies 4 TO 5 P.M. AUD. A, ANGELL HALL Sponsored by the OFFICE OF ETHICS AND RELIGION and CANTERBURY HOUSE NEXT WEEK: Professor Marvin Felheim WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6th THETA XI-The Coed House 1345 Washtenaw at South University (the house with the big white pillars) We welcome yOU to take SEPT. 26-30 a look at our house. 7-10 p.m. We need a few good OR CALL Wenee f gHOUSE: 761-6133 peoe.nJIM: 995-8455 people.SUE: 662-6091 Last Two Doys Complete Shows Today at 1-3-5-7 Ope.n 12:45 All seats $1.25 till 5:00 THE STREETS ARE ALIVE AGAIN ! "BRILLIANT" "POWERFUL" CAROL KANE in P ROBERT DE NIRO in L PG wane Communie.gton.Company 0 . Ends Thursday Shows Today at 1:00 3:05-5:10-7:15-9:20 TP 6 9All seats $1.25 till 5:00 The year's most shattering experience the squad with many of the new guys we're players. which guys Howard Porter led the Blue ed in.' interested in and we're not interest-' SHUT OUT EMU 3-0 Rjramount Pictures Presents A Roman Polanski Film Clubbers triumph easily By GARY SWAN YPSILANTI - The inventor of the game of field hockey probably never envisioned it as a great social ice-breaker. Put 22 people out on a field, arm them with wooden sticks and set them to fighting over a small, heavy hard ball. It's hardly the makings of an after- noon tea party. But Dawn Kohut wouldn't feel at ease making newv friends over tea, anyway. She arrived at the Michigan cam- pus this fall, suitcase in one arm and hockey stick in the other. Yesterday, she worked the latter to perfection, scor- ing two goals in Michigan's 3-0 season opening victory over Eastern Michigan. Kohut is the nucleus of a young Michigan team which al- ready has third-year coach Phyl- lis Ocker eyeing post-season g I o r y. Yesterday's Michigan squad included four freshwomen, Mary Hibbard, ' Laura Pieri, Mary Callam and Jean Mc- Carthy, in addition to transfer Kohut. Much of Michigan's gain is at the expense of tiny Adrian Col- lege, where Kohut spent her first two varsity seasons. "Ican remember playing Michigan th@ last couple years," she recalled. "We beat them once and lost once. I couldn't get very excited about beating Michigan be- cause I wasn't very excited about being at Adrian." So Kohut packed her bags and headed north to Ann Arbor, much to the delight of her new Michigan friends. "I1 found Adrian just too small, abo'it 1,000 students. Everybody knew what everybody else did' all the time. It was real easy to, go partying every night. I couldn't go on like that," she said. "My liver told me to leave." She said her parents sent her to Adrian to calm down a bit. "You might say I was a little: wild in high school," she said. But Kohut continued to run wild on the Adrian athletic fields,E scoring 27 goals last year. She took little nersonal glory in her two goals yesterday, crediting teammates for screening the Eastern Michi- gun goalie on the first and calling the second goal "a garbage goal - my little brother could have kicked that in,. But her teammates gave her, more credit than she would claim herself. The first, they said, was a "real beauty" about 16 yards out of a corner. Stephanie Buttrey, from Ann Arbor, scored between Kohut's goals, increasing the 1-0 Michi- gan halftime lead. Coach Ocker praised freshwomen Hibbard and Roberta Zald for their de-; fensive work in the shutout. "You've really got to credit the defense, too," Kohut said. "I was surprised to see how! many talented people tried out for this team. As good as it is now, it's young and going to get better." Sweet I'm an Air Force of- ficer and this is my sweet chariot. When I visit home people are happy to see me. And proud. They say I'm doing my part in the community by show- ing the young people and the adults that you really can make it. Yousreally can get your share of the good life. I also feel good about my position in the Air Force commu- nity. I'm a leader there, too, I'm some- one the other broth- ers and sisters I meet in the service can look to. Ard it reas- sures them to know they have a voice in1 Air Force matters that concern them. The Air Force needs more leaders... .pilots aircrew members ...math majors ...sci- ence and engineering majors. You might be one of them and the best way to find that out is in an Air Force ROTC program. There are two, three, and four-year programs. Scholarship and non- scholarship. Why not look into all of thenm and see if one fits your plans? It's worth it, brother. 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