Page Twelve THE MICHIGAN DAILY Thursday, May 12, 1977 P1eTev H MCIA AL One round is enough! Norton's 4 blows down Bobick in 58 seconds By The Associated Press NEW YORK-Ken Norton lashed out with four smashing right hands to the head and knocked out Duane Bobick in the, first round of their scheduled 12-round heavyweight fight last night at Madison Square Garden. Hardly had the Garden crowd settled down for the action when ;iorton caught Bobick with a blasting right to the face that had him wobbling. + Norton jumped to the attack with both hands, but it was three more rights to the head that wrote the finish of 4obick's unbeaten pro career. The fourth right hand put him down in his own corner and although he beat the 10 count, referee Petey Della ruled he was unable to continue. The time was'58 seconds of the round. It was all over. Norton had been introduced as "the man they call the un- crowned heavyweight champion" because of his disputed loss to Muhammad Ali last September. He now definitely is in the best position for the next big-money fight with Ali. Bobick, who bridles at the tag "Great White Hope," will not have to get upset about it any longer. Duane was only in the fight for about the first 30 seconds. Both men came immediately to the center of the ring at the opening bell and exchanged jabs and tried rights as they looked for an opening. Norton found it first and rounded home the right that derailed Bobick's dreams of a heavyweight title fight in the near future. The final right was a roundhouse swing that caught Bobick on the side of the head and sent him face downward as the crowd of about 10,000 came to its feet. Their excitement was matched only by their disbelief. Signed, sealed, and delivered spvt oj te ti4,1 a Tiger power blasts . Williams decides on Buckeyes By The Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio - Herb Williams, one of the most sought after high school basketball players in the nation, was sign- ed to a national letter of intent by Ohio State yesterday. Williams, a 6-11 high school All - American center from Columbus' Marion Franklin High , School, is considered one of the top ten prospects in the country. He averaged 25 points a game last season while helping Marion Franklin reach the Class AAA regional finals. Williams had been courted by UCLA, Alabama, Michigan, Florida State, Maryland, and Ohio State. He joins four other high school All-Ohioans at Ohio State, including 6-8 James Smith of Cleveland's East Tech. -0@* *T urnerturns skipper PITTSBURGH - Ted Turner, owner and president of the At- lanta Braves, took over as team manager on an interim basis last night after giving Dave Bristol a 10-day leave. Turner said the 43-year-old Bristol would scout the Braves' minor league teams and return as manager at the end of the 10 days. "A break like this gets the cobwebs out of your mind," Tur- ner said prior to last night's game with the Pittsburgh Pi- rates. The Braves have lost 16 straight games. Turner, a world reknowned yachtsman acknowledged that he had never managed a baseball team before -. not even a Little League team. "I won't be doing any of the. strategy stuff. Our coaches, Vern Benson and Chris Canni- zaro, will be doing that," he said. Pistons' Leon ale-ing DECATUR, Ala. - Detroit Pistons center Leon Douglas paid a $45 fine last night for having beer in his car in a dry county and then gave his auto- graph for a police clerk's son. The former Alabama cage star had been charged earlier in the morning with illegal possession of loquor, police said, after they found four unopened beer cans in his car. Douglas signed a $220 bond two hours after his arrest and later reported to Recorder's Court, pleaded guilty and paid the fine. Officers said they found the beer after stopping Douglas' Lincoln Continental to see if it might be the car involved in a robbery at Huntsville, Ala. It was not. After paying the fine, Doug- las gave the police clerk this note: "To Joe, best wishes and good tuck, Leon Douglas, De- troit Pistons." 0@@i Bullet wants out WASHINGTON - Washington Bullets' All-Star forward Elvin Hayes told a local radio station yesterday that he will meet with club owner Abe Pollin sometime next week and ask to be traded. Hayes said he cannot play for the NBA team if condi- tions remain the same as this past year. Hayes becomes the second Bullet in as many days to pub- licly comment on the players' dissatisfaction with Washington Coach Dick Motta. On Tuesday, Dave Bing told a reporter that Motta was. unable to "relate to black players" on the team. Hayes said he felt that the press and Bullets officials had not given him enough credit for both his year and the team's success. Twin By DON MacLACHLAN and PAUL CAMPBELL spre-ial To The Daily DETROIT-Ex-Michigan pitch- er Geoff Zahn was hoping for a sweet homecoming last night when his Minnesota Twins faced the Detroit Tigers. Zahn entered the game with five victories in as many starts, but the Tigers shelled him with seven runs in three innings of work on their way to an easy 8-3 victory. Rockets top Philadelphia: Houston 118, Philadelphia 94 THE DETROIT bats ripped Minnesota pitching for 12 hits in all, including four upper deck homers. The Tigers struck fast in the first inning. With one out hot- hitting second baseman Tito Fuentes and designated hitter Rusty Staub both beat out in- field hits. Ben Oglivie singled with the first of his three hits and Fuentes streaked home, just beating the throw from .Twins' rightfielder Dan Ford. Staub followed suit by beating Rod Carew's throw to the plate on a grounder off Steve Kemp's bat. Tiger first baseman Jason Thompson grounded to Carew but beat the attempted double play throw while Oglivie scored on the play. MINNESOTA came back with two runs in the second with the aid of two- Detroit miscues. First, shortstop Mark Wagner Zahn, 8-3 bobbled a Bob Randall grounder for an error. Then, after Roy Smalley poked a single to right, catcher Glenn Borgmann bloop- ed a ball into short center field. Fuentes appeared to draw a bead on the ball as he and cen- terfielder Ron LeFlore converg- ed on it. But suddenly the sec- and baseman seemed to lose track of the ball and, with Le- Flore out of position, right field- er Oglivie had to make a des- perate dive for it. DETROIT answered with an unearned of its own in the bot- tom of the inning. LeFlore drill- ed a grounder through Smalley's legs and into left field. Fuentes and Staub followed with back-to-back singles to give the home team a 4-2 lead. Oglivie opened the bottom of the third with a towering home run into the right field upper deck. The round tripper was Oglivie's sixth of the year-tops on the Tigers. The Detroiters finished off Zahn as Phil Mankowski and Mark Wagner stroked consecu- tive solo homers. It was clearly Roberts' best effort of the year. The veteran southpaw gave up only five hits and one walk, while striking out four and rasing his record to 3-4. Only one of the runs scored against him was earned. Major League Standings 3iyuf: 4v?:,{r::?":':m%%:%am i ??"-vr:". ::"t?: :":.}: %v: R:?"X.:": AMERICAN LEAGUE gaot W L Pet. GB New York 16 10 .615 -- Baltimore 14 9 .609 B2 aoston 14 13 .519 12- MlIwauikee 15 14 .517 23 Toronto 14 17 .452 4/ Detroit 11 16 .407 5, Cleveland 11 16 .407 S% West Minnesota 19 11 .633 - Chicago 17 11 .607 1 Texas 14 11 .510 2Y2 Oakland 1 14 .533 3 Kansas City 55 14 .517 34 Caifornia 12 17 .414 V'f, Seattle 5 24 .273 1iu Yesterday's Games Detroit 8, Minnesota 3 Oakland 3, Boston 1 Cleveland 4, Milwaukee 3 Late games not included Today's Games Texas Perry (1-4) at Kansas City Leonard (2-1) a Detroit Rozema (2-0) at NH- waukee Traves (3-3) a New York Figueroa (3-2) at Seat- tle Jones (0-1) - Baltimore PalmerR (5-1) at Cali- forna Ros s(0-1)a Only games achedalad NATIONAL LEAGUE East W L Pet. GB Pittsburgh 20 7 .741 -- St. Louis 17 10 .630 3 Chicato 55 10 .100 4 Montreal 13 1 .542 5!. Philadelphia 12 13 .490 7 New York 10 17 .370 10 West Los Angeles 23 6 .793 -- San Francisco 13 16 .448 10 Cincinnati 11 16 .407 11 San Dieto 12 19 .3871 Houston 11 18 .379 17 Atlanta 8 22 ,267 15" Yesterday's Games San Diego 1, New York 3; 2nd game, n san Franciso 4, Philadelphia 2 Pittsburgh 2, Atlanta 1 Los Angeles 5, Montreal 1 Late games not included Today's Games Atlanta Leon (6-1) at Pittsburgh Bison (3-1) Cincinnati Zachary ,(2-4) at St, Louis Denny (5-0) Los Angeles Rhoden (5-9) at Montreal Hannahs (1-3) a San Francisco- Montefusce (2-4} at Phladelhia christense (t-3) a San Diego (nflrn (-I) at New Tnky opsman (-3) a .Only games, ncheduled.