THE SPRINGFIELD SUNDAY REPUBLICAN, SPRINGFIELD, JANUARY 25, 1970 1 By Jim ABA No Longer Babe In The Woods and cut it to five at one stage. Bill Sharman, the nice guy from the Celtics, who now coaches Los Angeles, pointed out that the three-point play would be a big friend of the East because it would help them catch up. Six-point shots wouldn't have helped much because the West just had the team, that's all. Who was on the team? Well, Larry Jones for one. He plays for Denver and had 20 poins in the first half.
And there was Spencer Haywood, hero of the Mexico City Olympics. Spencer has found out he'd rather play basketball with the ABA pros than go to class at Detroit U. So there he was on your TV, all 6-8 of him, potentially one of the super stars of the entire game, a 23-point, 19-rebound man, the MVP and perhaps the CBS! show's eyecatching came up with the ABA game partly because the league's new president, Jack Dolph, used to work for that network and he knew the proper elevator to take when he went back to talk business. So yesterday's AEA show was significant because TV translates into money--money to sign players in a Without doubt, it was one game in which you couldn't possibly tell the players without a program. It was the game of that other league, the ABA, which strikes a bell about as readily as the NRA and TVA.
But the ABA is now, man, now. And it may be nowor than you think, faster than you think. They got their first national TV exposure Saturday afternoon and that could indicate fast developments. The ABA has been operating for three years now and any interest it has aroused in this Celtics' territory has been minimal. Sure, they made a splash by signing Billy Cunningham and Dave Bing for future delivery.
The continuing saga of Rick Barry has been a sports page staple for quite a while. But it was when the ABA stole Earl Strom, John Banak and some other NBA arbiters that I really perked up. That took guts, man. Guts and a flock of unhappy NBA refs. Strom and Banak showed up in the neat Coliseum in Indianapolis to officiate the game, which was won by the West rather easily, 128-98.
After trailing by 20 at the half, the East made a flurry PLAYERS' BOYCOTT AVERTED West Rolls Easily in ABA Star Game bidding war, money to pay top coaches from hotshot college teams, money to lure fans into the arenas in Indianapolis, New Orleans, Washington, Dallas and the 1 rest. Dolph, who has gotten the ABA more attention in his brief span that old George Mikan ever did, is looking for an agreement with the NBA. Some people close to the scene think that some of he better ABA franchises will wind up with the old group. Possibly something similar to the football merger will take place someday. A common draft is the immedate aim.
Don't laugh off the ABA just because it has a far flung, distant bunch of teams which don't cut any ice around these parts. Yesterday's game showed that there are an awful lot of good basketball players over in the ABA and there are going to be more. That's not saying the American League is on a par with the overall strength of its pals in the NBA. But it is a serious, aggressive organization that it going to be heard from on a major scale. Dolph has a Super Bowl game for basketball in the back of his mind.
He follows the football parallel close- Australian Marathoner Faces Battle battle of his athletic care try to keep going. He has had three operations on his right leg, but still aims for selection in the marathon in this years Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh. Clayton recently had the me dial cartilage of his right leg removed. A year ago, he had the lateral cartilage removed from the same leg. Four years la go, he underwent an operation on the Achilles tendon--also in his right leg.
A Big Fight When he was asked if he thought he was at the end of the running road, Clayton's, eyes flashed and he said: won't go down without al fight -and a big one. I've gone through too much to give up now. I just have to get back. That gold medal has become very elusive." Clayton's biggest worry is whether his leg will stand to the heavy training program of up to 30 miles 3 day he sets himself. "Each time I've come back, after previous operations have broken the world marathon 'he said.
"My leg is a bit worse for wear now, but I reckon with good luck I'll make it again." Clayton's leg trouble! prevented him from competing the 1969 Australian (marathon championship. This trial for the Edinburgh Games, but no competitor was impressive. Clayton hopes to run a marathon trial for the lian selectors in April. MELBOURNE (AP) Australia's marathon star Derek Clayton is facing the biggest Detroit Zone Defense Beats Boston College DETROIT (AP) A tough zone defense forced Boston College to shoot from outside and gave the University of Detroit Titans an 80-67 basketball victory Saturday. The tight defense also kept the Eagles away from the boards and allowed Detroit to outrebound them 56-43.
Boston College hit a paltry 35 per cent of its field goal attempts. Jim Jackson led the Titans both on offense and defense, getting 19 points and pulling! down 17 rebounds. Al Peake contributed 16 points and 141 rebounds. Tom Veronncau was high for! the Sollenne Eagles had with 20. 21 while Boys Club League of the time." Repair Deot.
Jerry, Koosman, the worldchampion Mets' standout southpaw pitcher, told him he wanted to spend in the $20,000 range to acquire a horse for Carmine to train and drive. "He comes out to the track a couple of times a week he has expressed interest in hopping into a sulky and taking a tour of the track," said Carmine. "He tells me that some of the Mets might be interested in buying a horse too. That would be something, wouldn't it? Maybe they would call the stable the 'World Champions' or something like that." At the moment, Abbatiello is conditioning 18 horses and he predicts a bright future for Perfectionist, a son of Tar Heel -Greentree Girl and Gary Minbar, a $5700 purchase. The rest of his string is quite familiar to the Among the best known are K.
G. Adios, Alton Blackie, Rebel Grey, Bonne Fille, Rex Pick and Royal Diller. 11c expects another good one to check in later this season, Buckeye Bill. Few drivers can match Carmine's crowd-pleasing style. He prefers the four hole at Roosevelt, where he can exercise maneuverability when necessary.
He took pains to point out that often a driver gets boxed in when he has the best horse. "You have to make instant decisions," he said. "They claim, 'He who hesitates is I try to keep that in mind most of the time." INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (AP) Larry Jones of Denver, head of the players' association which threatened a boycott of the game, scored 20 points in the first half Saturday to. start the West toward a 128-98 victory over the East in the nationallytelevised American Basketball Association All-Star game.
Jones scored 30 points and his Rockets' teammate Spencer Haywood, named the game's most valuable player, added 23 points and 19 rebounds. The East rallied to within five points of the West several Limes late in the third period and early in the fourth, but Haywood and John Beasley of Dallas led the way in a West bot streak that put the game away midway in the final period. The winners totaled 42 points In the fourth quarter. The victory gave the West a 2-1 edge in the young league's AllStar series. The East, plagued by poor ball handling and shooting at the start, fell behind 17-3 and, trailed 34-18 at the end of the first quarter.
The West led 61- 11 at the half. Neither team had much time to warm up and some players bad no warmup at all, because a players' association meeting broke up at an Indianapolis hotel only 45 minutes before game time. The players agreed to play after ABA commissioner Jack Dolph formal recognition for the group if a majority of the league's players were members. Kentucky's Louis Dampier tvas high scorer for the East with 17 points, 13 of them in the last half. He and Indiana's Bob Netolicky, who had 15 points, led the comeback In the third period, when the East outscored the West 33-25.
West (128) East (98) Combs 0-0 Dampler Brown 3 Verda Armstrng Freemon Jones Netroicky Jones Lewis Hovwod 19 Tort 0-0 Barry 22 Carrier Jones 10 10.12 30 Moe Sowell 6 Beasley R. Brown Davis Williams I ovon 00 Moore 0-0 Totals 48 30-34 128 Totals West 27 25 42- Eost 33 Three-point cools: Combs 2 Damplem Vergo, Tart, Personal Combs 2. Brown, Armstrona 2, J. Jones. Three pint Combs 2.
Dampler, veran, fart. Personal fouls; Combs 2 Brown, mstrong Jones. Jones Jones 3, Powell, Beasley Davis; Dampler, Freemon olicky. 4, 2. R.
Lewis, Tort 4, 2. Carrier, Moe, Brown Williams C. Total fouls: West 22, East 22. Wilhelm, 46, Signs for '70 ATLANTA (AP) lloyt Wilhelm, the 46 year old knuckleballer who is only 11 games away from his major league pitching appearance, has signed his 1970 contract with Atlanta, the Braves announced Saturday. Wilhelm, purchased from tho California Angels last Sept.
8, won two games and saved four during Atlanta's September surge to the National League Wester Division pennant. The Braves also announced the signing of two other pitchers, Pat Jarvis and Stan Bell. Jarvis won 13 games last season and 16 in 1968. Bell WAS 4-8 for Atlanta's Texas League farm team, Shreveport, last year and 9-1 at Greenwood in the Western Carolinas League two years ago. Fox (United Press International Telephoto) Cincy Powell (35) of Dallas leaps past Bob Netolicky of Indiana to score two points for the West in the American Basketball League All-Star Game Saturday.
Carmine Abbatiello Vows to Top Herve Filion's Record for Wins kind of confidence." It is the kind of confidence that has enabled him to escape the $150.00 a week doldrums of 17-year-old truck driver in Freehold, N. and acquire a 45-acre farm in Colt's Neck. The 11- room Colonial-styled house is 200 years old and it is there, on or about Feb. 20, that his wife, Marie, will present him his second child. The couple have an 18-month-old boy, Eric.
The farm has broodmares, Adios Claire and Greentree Marie. Adios Claire, a pacer in her day, is in foal to Thorpe Hanover and she is due sometime in April. In order to maintain his lofty status, Carmine finds it necessary to spend all six working nights a week and many of his days supervising his horses at Roosevelt or Yonkers Raceways and accepting driving assignments. He sees his family sparingly but two of his nephews, Joey, 16, and Kevin, 12, look after things while he is away. The Staten" Island-born Carmine plans to buy a thouse in Old Westbury, N.
in the not too distant future. "It would be easier if I could get a place for Marie and the kids and have them near me during the year." he said. "But I have promised to take Marie away one weekend a month." Success hasn't spoiled Carmine but it has brought new owners and more mounts to him. Only recently Legislators Are Honored By Trotting Association The Connecticut Valley Trotting Association has honored two Western Mass. legislators for theif efforts in behalf of the association.
State Sen. John Barrus of Goshen and State Rep. Stepen Chmura of Ludlow, both of whom were instrumental in passing legislation beneficial to the breeding of standard bred horse in this state, were among persons honored at the recent annual banquet of the group. Special trophies were given to the winners of trot and pace events held in Greenfield last spring. Honors for the pace went ly and knows that his junior partners will never be recognized until they butt heads with the masters.
The NBA's oulook on this situation will be interesting to watch. The NBA is ready to expand again and some say they are taking the road back to the Sheboygans and Tri-Citics of years ago. The ABA has obviously wrapped up some good territory. But it's a hard pull. A check of box scores for a typical week shows 2,713 at Miami, 3200 at Fresno for a Washington-Dallas game, 1506 at Pittsburgh, 7183 at Denver, 6194 at Dallas, 5600 at Greensboro.
Indiana and New Orleans are East and West leaders. Denver, with Haywood and Larry Jones, has won its last 14 in a row. The TV approach to the All-Star game was on the low pressure side. Don Criqui and Sharman touted a little but not too loudly. The three-point shot, from outside an arc 25-feet from the basket, is a good gimmick.
But the gimmick the ABA needs most of its people coming through the turnstiles. The TV'ing of the All-Star game is sure to help. Willie Horton Signs DETROIT (UPI) Outfielder Willie Horton, who held out for $100,000 last year but settled for considerably less, has signed his 1970 contract, the Detroit Tigers announced Saturday. Also signing was Wayne Redmond, leaving VicePresident and General Manager Jim Campbell with seven Tigers to sign. Four of them are regulars.
Included among the reticent are pitchers Mickey Lolich and Earl Wilson, first baseman Norm Cash and outfielder Jim Northrup. Cesar Gutierrez, ticketed for the starting shortstop job, and utility man Tom Tresh are also without 1970 pacts, as is rookie pitcher Bob Ware. Horton, 27, signed last season for an estimated $50-000 but jumped the team May 15 for five days because of "personal problems." Ile was also slumping at the bat but wound up with 28 home runs and 91 runs batted in with a .262 average. 8 3 Carmine WESTBURY, N. Y.
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