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The Michigan Daily-Friday, June 12, 1981-Page 15

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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J.
(AP)-The New Jersey Nets sold
backup center Edgar Jones, the leading
scorerin the history of Nevada-Reno, to
the Detroit Pistons for future con-
siderations, the National Basketball
Association club announced yesterday.
"We needed to free up some spots on
the roster after the draft, and Detroit
had been expressing interest in him,"
said Charlie Theokas, the club's vice
president for business affairs.
THEOKAS DENIED widespread
speculation that Jones' departure
sealed the deal that last March brought
Bob McAdoo to New Jersey.
The 6-foot-10 center was the second-
round draft pick of Milwaukee and the
31st player selected overall in the 1979
NBA college draft. A native of Newark,
Jones was cut a week before the season
opener and played for Lehigh Valley in
the Continental Basketball Association.
Jones signed with the Nets as a free
agent in the 1980 pre-season minicamp,
and saw limited action in 60 games. He
averaged 8.7 points with a high of 27.
Jones is intimidating on the court with a
ferocious slam dunk, although his
longer shots areinconsistent.
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World Boxing Association heavyweight champion Larry Holmes (center) steps on the scale to the close scrutinization of
challenger Leon Spinks (left) at yesterday's weight-in ceremony for their bout in Detroit's Joe Louis Arena tonight. The
fight, which promoter Don King refers to as the "Motown Showdown", is a formal dedication to the building's
namesake. It matches two men who have accomplished one of the most significant feats in all of boxing - defeating
Muhammad Ali with the championship on the line. Holmes, 37-0, whipped an aging Ali last October, while Spinks, 10-2-2,
both won and lost title bouts with the three-time champ. There are many seats available for the fight, which is to be
nationally televised on ABC stations, excepting the blacked-out Detroit affiliate.

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LOS ANGELES (AP)-Oakland Raiders Managing
General Partner Al Davis testified yesterday that other
professional foottiall team owners turned into a "war coun-
cil" against him when it became clear he wanted to leave for
Los Angeles.'
National Football League Commissioner Pete Rozellewas
at the head of that council, Davis said in his third day on the
witness stand.
THE LOS ANGELES Coliseum and the faiders are suing
the NFL in antitrust action because the league has not per-
mitted the Oakland franchise to be moved to Los Angeles,
vacated by the Los Angeles Rams.
"Rozelle hurts me in Los Angeles, and he hurts me in
Oakland," Davis said.
He said Rozelle could have come to his aid and convinced
Oakland officials that he was serious about leaving Oakland
unless he was given what he asked in the Oakland Coliseum
stadium.
DAVIS TESTIFIED Rozelle convened a meeting in Dallas
in early March 1980 to give him a chance to explain why he
was planning to move. He said he walked into the meeting
and was-told to leave.

"You are no longer on our side in this court case. Would you
leave the room?" Davis said he was told by NFL attorney
Patrick Lynch.
Davis, who had gone to the meeting without his attorney,
Joseph Alioto, said he telephoned the lawyer and said, "It's
like a war council in there."
TWO HOURS LATER, after the NFL team owners had
discussed legal action surrounding Davis' proposed move, he
was invited back into the session.
He told the league owners that he was leaving Oakland
because the city had failed to give him an adequate offer to
rebuild the stadium.
He testified about one offer given by Oakland Mayor Lionel
Wilson and Cornell Maier.
"I was shocked. It was a real good deal. It was the most
meaningful thing I had seen in my years in Oakland," Davis
said.
But Wilson and Maier were forced to withdraw the offer
when they failed to get political support. Davis testified the
offer would have provided luxury box suites, a new practice
field, new offices and space for a "Hall of Fame" honoring
Raiders' stars.

Wi son, Duke discuss
QB's Big Ten future
"CHICAGO (AP)-As part of a "last-ditch effort"'to persuade the Big Ten Con-
ference to allow him to play football this fall, Illinois quarterback Dave Wilson
requested and received a private audience with league Commissioner Wayne
Duke.
"We just talked about the possibility of'my playing next year," said Wilson,
whose lawsuit against the conference seeking eligibility for the 1981 season is
currently before U.S. District Judge Robert Morgan in Peoria.
"I ASKED FOR the meeting," Wilson said. "It was a last-ditch effort. I was tired
of all this court stuff."
Wilson would not comment further on the meeting, which took place at the
O'Hare Hilton Hotel, but said he was awaiting an official reply to his appeal.
He also said that a decision regarding his football future could come as early as
Monday.
Duke refused to discuss his meeting with Wilson, but told the Illinois quarter-
back that he would convey his plea to the conference's faculty representatives.
WILSON COULD enter the National Football League's supplemental draft or
consider playing professionally in Canada should he abandon his bid to play in the
Big Ten. The Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League already have
expressed interest in Wilson.
Neale Stoner, Illinois' athletic director, said Wednesday that he had been infor-
med of the Wilson-Duke meeting.
He acknowledged that the court case did not appear to be going well. "This
meeting between Duke and Dave tells me that Dave and his attorney are not very
hopeful of the outcome."

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