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— Griffin Daily News Wednesday, February 25, 1976
Tarheels cinch
league crown
By United Press International
The patented North Carolina
“four comer offense” is becom
ing as symbolic of basketball
success as Red Auerbach’s
victory cigars.
The Tar Heels went to the
corners again Tuesday night
and, like Auerbach’s famous
cigar-lighting routine with the
championship Boston Celtic
teams of the 19605, that spelled
impending defeat for 18th
ranked North Carolina State.
Behind Phil Ford’s 26 points,
North Carolina put away State,
91-79, and in doing so, clinched
the regular season Atlantic
Coast Conference crown.
‘‘lt is the earliest I can
remember we went to the four
comers this year,” said Coach
Dean Smith, “but I can’t
remember (Mitch) Kupchak
and (Tommy) LaGarde with
four fouls that early either.”
(Kupchak got his fourth foul
with 15:37 left, LaGarde 13:29).
Walter Davis added 20 points
for the Tar Heels, now 23-2 and
10-1 in the ACC, while State’s
Kenny Carr led all scorers with
33.
Characteristically, Smith
praised N.C. State but left no
question he felt his own team
has greatly developed since
early season too.
“N.C. State has improved
since we played them in Chapel
Hill,” he said, “but I think
we’ve improved too. We’re in
better shape defensively. The
tournament i J still our real goal,
though. We want to win the
tournament.”
In the only other games
involving top 20 teams, 16th
rated Texas A&M wrapped up
the Southwest Conference
championship by routing Rice,
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98-67, and No. 17 Florida State
vanquished Valdosta State, 106-
61, to inch closer to an
independent NCAA tourney bid.
Ray Roberts scored 22 points
as Texas A&M (21-5) raced to
its fifth straight victory and
Reds sign 7
CINCINNATI (UPI) - The
Cincinnati Reds Tuesday signed
seven players, including out
fielder Ed Armbrister who was
involved in the most controver
sial play in last year’s World
Series.
The Boston Red Sox com
plained to no avail that
Armbrister interfered with
catcher Carlton Fisk on a
sacrifice bunt play that helped
the Reds win the third game of
the World Series.
Signing along with outfielder
Armbrister were outfielder Joel
Youngblood and pitchers Lorin
Grow, Tom Hume, Larry
Payne, Mac Scarce and Raul
Ferreyrra.
Spring training postponed;
Miller calls move ‘comical 9
PHILADELPHIA (UPI) -
Major league baseball players
haven’t been able to start spring
training yet but Marvin Miller
already is in mid-season form.
With the shadow of the
reserve clause hanging over
major league baseball’s con-
second straight SWC regular
season crown. Karl Godine and
Jarvis Williams, the two A&M
freshmen who Thursday face a
conference hearing to deter
mine whether they violated any
recruiting regulations, com
bined for 25 points in reserve
roles.
Florida State, which made its
first appearance in the UPI top
20 this week, ran its record to 19-
5 with a lopsided victory over
outgunned Valdosta State.
David Thompson led' the
Seminoles’ onslaught with 21
points and 5-foot-8 guard
Carlton Byrd added 17.
Elsewhere, Joey Hassett
scored 24 points to lead
Providence to an 85-66 romp
over Rhode Island, freshman
George Walker’s free throw
with 21 seconds left lifted
Houston to a 100-98 decision
over SMU and kept the Cougars’
hopes alive for a home court
advantage in the SWC post
season tournament and
freshman Sidney Moncreif
scored 25 points in sparking
Arkansas to an 86-64 over
Baylor.
tract dispute, dub owners have
decided to postpone the March 1
opening of spring training
camps until a settlement is
readied.
Miller, executive director of
the Major League Baseball
Players Association, says the
owners’ decision is “comical.”
Miller charges that the
owners’ action to shut down
training camps was intended
purposely to mislead the public
into believing the Players
Association is holding up the
1976 season because of its
demands on the reserve clause
issue.
American League President
Lee MacPhail and National
League President Charles
Feeney announced jointly Mon
day that owners would not open
spring training until a new basic
agreement can be reached with
the Players Association.
“We feel this is the quickest,
surest way to reach an
agreement,” MacPhail said.
“I think it is comical,” Miller
countered. “For the first time in
history, an industry that is not
threatened by a strike action
from its employes is shutting
itself down of its own volition.”
He added, “They (the ow-
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University of North Carolina’s Tommy LaGarde (45) grabs a rebound away from North
Carolina State’s University’s Steve Walker (42) during their Atlantic Coast Conference
rivalry which UNC won 91-79 making them the winner of the conference regular seoson
play. (UPI)
ners) pushed us Saturday to
give them some ideas on the
reserve rules problems. We
gave them some very specific
proposals. On other matters, we
withdrew a whole raft of
proposals and at the end we got
no response.”
Miller said the recent court
ruling, which allowed pitchers
Andy Messersmith and Dave
McNally to negotiate with new
teams after playing out the
options in their contracts,
defused the owners’ argument
in the contract disputes.
“The owners think they
cannot live with the Messers
mith ruling,’’ said Detroit
outfielder Rusty Staub. “They
have closed the camps. They
want us to give up that right. We
are willing to give up that right
but we want something in
return.”
“We are doing our best to
achieve a prompt settlement,”
MacPhail said. “But the
progress thus far has been most
discouraging."
Owners approve
sale of Giants
CHICAGO (UPI) - Sale of
the San Francisco Giants to a
triumvirate of Robert Lurie,
Bob Short and MEI Corp., for |8
million won approval from
National League owners Tues
day under conditions league
President Charles “Chub”
Feeney said would be easy to
meet.
Feeney said the conditions
were not financial and consisted
only of “things which can be
written down on paper” to
satisfy the league require
ments.
The new owners were given
until next Monday to meet the
conditions, and Feeney said he
“had no doubt” they would be
able to comply.
It was believed the conditions,
in part at least, concerned
moves by the new owners in
renegotiating the Giants’ lease
to play in Candlestick Park,
which extends until 1994, with
the city of San Francisco, and
possibly attempts to escape
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FSU whips
Valdosta
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (UPI)
— Six Florida State players
scored in double figures Tues
day night in the 17th-ranked
Seminoles’ easy 106-61 win over
Valdosta State, but all eyes
seemed to be on 5-8 junior
guard Carlton Byrd.
Byrd shot eight-for-nine from
the floor, mostly on long
outside shots from the corner,
to score 17 points, four less
than sophomore David Thomp
son’s game-high total of 21.
Byrd hit 11 points in the first
half as FSU, down 4-0 at the
game’s outset, raced to a 53-34
lead at halftime and never
looked back en route to its 19th
win in 24 games and 14th
victory in the last 15 games.
from a 50 cent per ticket
admission tax imposed by the
city as well as shifting the
responsibility for park security
from the ball club to the city.
Mayor George R. Moscone of
San Francisco also appeared
before the league meeting, and
later said he was “certain” he
could gain approval to cancel
the admission tax at least “on
bleacher seats” and almost
certain he could obtain approv
al from the board of supervisors
to lift the tax on other seats. He
also said he believed
arrangements could be made to
change the responsibility for
security.
A possible stumbling block to
completion of the documents by
Monday was the fact that Short,
a former owner of the Texas
Rangers, was injured seriously
in a fall last Thursday and is
hospitalized under heavy
sedation. Lurie, who appeared
before the league representing
The Seminoles now have a
home date with Mercer Satur
day night and games at
Southwestern Louisiana and
Dayton next week remaining in
their regular season schedule
as they battle for an NCAA
post-season tournament berth.
i FSU coach Hugh Durham
said earlier Tuesday he thought
his team deserved a tourna
ment bid but that it was up to
“the people doing the selec
ting.”
Greg Grady added 14 points
for the Seminoles, followed by
Larry Warren with 12 and
Herbert Allen and Eugene
Harris with 11. Jackie Manuel
led Valdosta State (11-12) with
20 points.
the new owners, said he would
go to Minneapolis to see Short
as soon as the latter’s condition
permits him to learn of the
conditions for purchase.
Lurie’s group, of which he
owns 50 per cent with Short and
MEI each owning 25 per cent,
made a concrete offer to buy
last week.
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East
Amherst 68 Coast Guard 48
Army 84 Merrimack 73
Canisius 77 St.Jos. Pa 71
C. Conn. St. 103 RI Coll. 95
Colgate 78 St Lawrence 57
Concordia NY 71 Cathdrl 65
Dicknsn 65 Elizabthtwn 62
E. Stroudsbg 78 Mansfld 77
E. Conn. 85 Conn. Coll. 72
Fairfield 87 lona 62
Hartwick 92 Montclair St. 70
Hartford 80 Williams 79
Providence 80 Williams 79
Hiram 100 Thiel 72
Husson 97 Maine-Frmngtn 65
King’s NY 93 Bloomfield 77
Lowell 92 B’water Mass. 80
NY Maritime 79 Yeshiva 56
Plattsburgh 77 Potsdam 75
Providnce 85 Rhde Islnd 66
Quinnipiac 63 Bryant 61
Rochstr Tech 88 Alfred 76
Tufts 111 Trinity Conn. 82
Utica 96 Eisenhower 46
Westfid St. 88 No. Adms St
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Clark 93 Knoxville 92
Coppin St. 106 Fed City 64
Fla. St. 106 Valdosta St. 61
Fla. Tech 93 Rollins 78
Hmp-Syd 101 B’watr Va. 83
King 72 Belmont 65
Ft. Valley 102 Morehse 95
NE La. 90 Lamar 67
No. Ala. 58 Tenn.-Martin 56
Sports Briefs
By United Press International
Earl Anthony
AKRON, Ohio (UPI) — Earl
Anthony, who has not won a
tournament this year, heads
this week’s Professional Bowl
ers Association list of money
winners.
Anthony picked up 88,000 for
a second-place finish last
weekend in the 8100,000 AMF
Pro Classic at Garden City,
N.Y., and has earnings of
423,400 for 1976. He has
G ompeted in six tournaments
year.
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