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Aaron boycotts presentation;
Commissioner Kuhn "shocked"
THE NEWS-TELEGRAM, Sulphur Springs. Taxa*, Tuasdoy, Jan. 29,19M—7.
By HAL BOCK
AP Sports Writer
NEW YORK (AP) - Still
steaming over what he con-
siders a six-year-old slight, all-
time home run king' Hank
Aaron has lashed out at
Commissioner Bowie Kuhn,
snubbing an award presen-
tation that commemorated his
record 715th home run as the
greatest moment of the decade
of the 1970s.
Aaron was to be honored by
Baseball Magazine Monday
along with Pete Rose of the
Philadelphia Phillies, named
player of the decade, and Keith
Hernandez of the St. Louis
Cardinals and Don Baylor of
the California Angels, chosen
the top performers of 1979.
Rose, Hernandez and Baylor
all showed up but Aaron sent a
telegram, read by his agent,
Bob Flamm. It said in part:
“Because of the inadequacies
in the ballet selection,
retirement for black players
from baseball,, and with the
commissioner of baseball I feel
I cannot support this activity.
“I understand that Mr. Kuhn
requested thay he present me
the award for the outstanding
moment of the 1970s, in honor
and recognition of the new all-
time home run record set on the
eighth of April 1974. However,
looking back on that time, I
remember the commissioner
did not see the need to attend.”
Speaking later from the of-
fices of the Atlanta Braves,
Aaron explained his telegram.
“As for player of the decade,
I think the things I achieved
overshadowed anything anyone
else did,” he said.
Aaron said of retired black
players, “There remains a
shortage of blacks in the front
offices and as managers and
coaches. Baseball should live
up to its responsibilities.”
But Aaron seemed angriest
at Kuhn, who saw the record-
tying 714th home run in Cin-
cinnati on April 4,1974, but was
not on hand when Aaron broke
Ruth’s record four nights later
in Atlanta.
“If it’s the moment of the
decade now, it was the moment
of the decade in 1974, too,”
Aaron said. “I thought it was a
slap at me and at the people of
Atlanta that the commissioner
wasn’t there. And I think it’s an
even bigger slap that he wanted
me to get up on that podium
today. I just didn’t think it’d be
to my benefit to do that.
“It would have been like
Kuhn was treating me like a
damned idiot. What am I
supposed to do? Scratch my
head and forget what happened
in 1974?'”
Kuhn was obviously shocked
and saddened by the sudden
blast from Aaron, with whom
he has appeared several times.
“1 will continue to admire
Henry’s achievements as
among the greatest in the
history of baseball and I have
no comment beyond that,” the
commissioner said.
But then Kuhn continued.
“I’ve talked to Henry at
various functions and I never
heard any of that from Henry,”
he said. “Quite the contrary.
It’s kind of sad.”
Kuhn saw Aaron tie Ruth’s
record in Cincinnati — “1 know
he was there for No. 714,”
cracked Rose. “The ball went
over my head.”
Hall of Famer Monte Irvin, a
member of the commissioner’s
staff, represented Ki\hn in
Atlanta at that game.
“I still count as one of my
great personal thrills being
present for No. 714 in Cin-
cinnati,” Kuhn said. “1 was
speaking in Cleveland the night
he broke the record and I an-
nounced it in the course of my
speech.”
Aaron expressed disap-
pointment at the comm-
missioner’s absence originally
but later accepted an award
from Kuhn, acknowledging the
record-breaking home run as
baseball’s most memorable
moment. It seemed the original
hurt had healed and Kuhn
thought so, too.
“I’m surprised,” the com-
missioner said after hearing
the telegram. “I never heard
that from him before.”
Aaron understoqd that
reaction. from him for the greatest
“I guess he'd be a little moment in baseball and he-
surprised," the retired slugger wasn't even there. It would
said. “I have no animosity have compounded the whole
toward him. But I couldn’t situation to accept it from
stand up and accept an award him.”
Coaches attend
football clinic
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DALLAS, Texas — Coach
Don Poe and members of the
Sulphur Springs High School
coaching staff attended the
American Motors Coach of the
VYear football clinic held in
^allas January 25-27.
The Coach of the Year
clinics, now in their 26th year,
are put on by former Michigan
State University coach Duffy
Daugherty and Bud Wilkinson,
former coach at Oklahoma and
most recently of the St. Loius
Cardinals. This year’s clinics
are being sponsored by
American Motors Corporation.
The Dallas clinic featured
seminars and workshops
designed to give the nearly
1,600 high school coaches in
attendance tips and pointers
from the nation's top college
and high school coaches. Coach
Poe and his staff attended
sessions given by coaches John
Blue Demons still tops;
Orangemen climbing
Cat freshmen
stop Tigers 59-36
ByTOMCANAVAN
Associated Press Writer
Don’t try to tell Syracuse’s
Jim Boeheim about life in the
Top 10. He knows. It’s tough
enough just being there.
Boeheim, who has compiled a
91-15 record in just over three
years as head coach, saw his
Orangemen climb two notches
to the Nod position in The
Associated Press college
basketball poll Monday behind
unbeaten DePaul, Oregon State
and Kentucky, respectively.
“Being in the Top 10 is really
a double-edged sword whether
you’re No.l or No.10,” Boeheim
said. “Since we’ve got there,
everybody we play has been
shooting for us. But being in a
top position also has a way of
giving our players confidence.”
Confidence is something
Boeheim’s players have in
abundance. Their 17-1 record is
evidence of that.
But that’s only half the
struggle this season. Luck
could be the deciding factor in
college basketball.
“I can think of 10 teams that
, could win the national cham-
pionship,” Boeheim said,
adding that Syracuse is in his
list. “There’s really no
dominant team.”
DePaul might be the ex-
ception.
The Blue Demons walked
away with the top spot in this
week’s poll, collecting all 61
firstrplace votes and a perfect
score of 1,220 points in the
voting by a nationwide panel of
sport writers and broadcasters
in easily outdistancing run-
nerup Oregon State.
But DePaul also had its
problems last week. The Blue
Demons struggled to a 57-54
victory * ’ over Alabama-
Birmingham and prevailed in a
high-scoring 105-94 triumph
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Stumblin' long shot
Sam McCord, known as "Stumblin' Sam" when he was an All-
American quarterback at East Texas State University and
Paris Junior College in the late 1950s, misses his shot at a 1980
Toyota Corolla in the "Nation's Greatest Halftime Attraction"
at ETSU home basketball games. The sponsor of the Long-Shot
Contest is Harold Mounce Toyota of Greenville.McCord is now
director of traffic safety and security at f:TSU. 1 -
ETSU photo by David Walvoord
over Evansville.
Oregon State, second on
almost every ballot, piled up
1,144 points maintaining the
No.2 spot while Kentucky,
ranked fifth a week ago,
replaced Duke in the No.3 spot
this week with 988 points.
Syracuse was next with 911
points — seven more than No.5
Duke and 11 more than No.6
Ohio State.
Louisville, Notre Dame and
St.John’s, N.Y., maintained the
Nos.7, 8 and 9 positions. The
Cardinals picked up 887 points,
the Irish got 855 and the Red-
men 805 in this week’s voting.
Ivouisiana State rounded out
the Top 10 with 543 points.
North Carolina, which posted
victories; over Atlantic Coast
Conference rivals Wake Forest
and Clems on last week, headed
the Second 10,
Maryland, which jumped
three spots despite a one-point
loss to Notre Dame on national
television, was No.12 followed
by Virginia, Missouri, Weber
State, Clemson, Purdue, In-
diana, Brigham Young and
Kansas State, the only
newcomer to this week’s poll.
Last week, the Second Ten
was Louisiana State, Clemson,
North Carolina, Purdue,
Maryland, Indiana, Virginia,
Weber State, Tennessee and
Brigham Young.
Tennessee, ranked 19th last
week but upset by both Georgia
and Alabama, was the only
team to fall out of the Top 20.
The poll was conducted
before Monday night’s action
which spw top-ranked DePaul
whip Creighton 84-73; No.2
Oregon State sneak by upset-
minded Stanford 18-16; 10th-
ranked Louisiana State sur-
prise No.3 Kentucky 65-60, and
No.9 St.John’s crush Niagara
87-63.
By The Associated Press
The Top Twenty teams in The
Associated Press college
basketball poll, with first-place
votes in parentheses, records
and total points. Points based
on 25151517-151514-151511-
10-9-8-7-6-5-4 -3-2-1:
1. DePaul (61) 17-0 1,220
2. Oregon St. 18-1 1,144
3. Kentucky 17-3 988
4. Syracuse 17-1 911
5. Duke 16-3 904
6. Ohio St. 14-3 900
7. Louisville 16-2 887
8. Notre Dame 13-2 855
9. St. John’s, N.Y. 17-1 805 ~ “
10. Louisiana St. 13-4 543
11. N.Carolina 12-4 513
12. Maryland 14-3 470
13. Virginia 16-4 403
14. Missouri 156 369
15. Weber St. 18-1 347
16. Clemson 13-4 305
17. Purdue 12-5 228
18. Indiana 12-5 221
19. Brigham Young 15-4 156
20. Kansas State. 153 95
Coach Larry Washburn’s
Sulphur Springs Freshman
basketball squad continued its
winning ways on the home floor
Monday night with a 59-36 win
over Mount Pleasant.
Paced by Cody Vanderford
and Kerry Duffey, Washburn’s
troops jumped out to a 2518
halftime lead after being tied at
the end of the first quarter 15
10.
And in the third period
Vanderford and Duffey poured
in the baskets to increase the
lead to 47-26. Vanderford ended
the night with 19 points and
Bowling report
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TEN PINS
January 24
January 21
HIGH TEAM GAME
HIGH TEAM GAME
City T V.
1019
Slate Bank
957
HIGH TEAM SERIES
2876
HIGH TEAM SERIES
City T.V.
State Bank
2598
HIGH INDIVIDUAL GAME
HIGH INDIVIDUAL GAME
Richard Luttrell
245
Linda Gammill
237
HIGH INDIVIDUAL SERIES
HIGH INDIVIDUAL SERIES
Larry Cole
650
Boots Ma>re
567
STANDINGS
w
L
STANDINGS ..
w
L
Bartley's
14
2
State Bank
10
2
Potter Vending
12
4
H.D,Lee
7
5
N.E.T.O.X.
12
4
Dairy Queen
7
5
Sandpointe
11
5
Tex Pack
7
5
Griffins Exxon
9
7
Sports Center
7
5
CitVT.V.
7
9
Freida's Beauty Shop
7
5
Tex Pack
7
9
Ronnie's C.B.
5
7
Nolen's Dairies
7
9
Rockwell
4
8
Harris White
6
10
Omega SW
4
8
Kerns Garage
5
11
FEC
3
9
Del Taco
4
12
Pratt Packing
2
14
SATURDAY JUNIORS
MORNING DOVES
January 19
HIGH TEAM GAME
No. 2
January 24
798
HIGH TEAM GAME
HIGH TEAM SERIES
Lonnie Tully Ins.
319
No.2
1978
HIGH TEAM SERIES
HIGH INDIVIDUAL GAME
Ceramic & Crafts
877
Steven Crawford
224
HIGH INDIVIDUAL GAME
HIGH INDIVIDUAL SERIES
Jennie Strain
192
■ Steven Crawfojrd
586
HIGH INDIVIDUAL SERIES
Shelia Hooper
466
STANDINGS
w
L
Paula Jenkins
466
Roto Rooter
44
24
No.2 •
41
27
STANDINGS
w
L
Dairy Queen
39 5
78.5
Blonde Bombshells
45
23
Sanfords Vending
27 5
40
Udder Halves
38
30
Potters Vending
27
41
Jenkins Dairy .
38
30
B.J and Bears
23
45
Lonnie Tully Ins.
34
34
Mean Foxes
32
36
Potters Vending
31
37
MORNING DOVES
Ceramics 8. Crafts
31
37
January 17
In Laws
31
37
HIGH TEAM GAME
1 ,
Mr. B Foods
30
38
Mr. B Food Store
350
Tubb Marble
22
46
HIGH TEAM SERIES
Mr B Food Store
997
SUN. AFTERNOON COUPLES
January 27
HIGH TEAM GAME
Potters Vending
HIGH TEAM SERIES
Potters Vending
HIGH INDIVIDUAL GAME
Bud Slider
Carol Slider
HIGH INDIVIDUAL SERIES
Bud Slider
Carol Slider
680
1890
220
182
STANDINGS
Potter Vending
Southern Auto
Bill McCool Land Invst.
Country Art Gallery
April Showers
Wingfield Rooting
W L
32 16
29.5 18.5
24.5 23.5
21 27
20 28
17 31
SUNDAY NIGHT COUPLES
January 27
HIGH TEAM GAME
Potters Vending 693
HIGH TEAM SERIES
Potter's Vending 2001
HIGH INDIVIDUAL GAME
CharZahn 181
Thurmond Potter 204
HIGH INDIVIDUAL SERIES
Paula Luttrell 468
Thurmond Potter 599
STANDINGS , W L
Potters Vending 39 17
Bradley Egg? , 34 2 2 .
Southland Corp. 32 24
Gilliams Transmission 30 26
Sukup 30 26
Mr B'S 22 34
Feeders Supply 20 36
Winzen Research 19 37
HIGH INDIVIDUAL GAME
Shelia Hooper 202
HIGH INDIVIDUAL SERIES
Paula Luttrell 559
STANDINGS W L
Blonde Bombshells 42 22
Udder Halves 37 27
Jenkins Dairy 34 30
Potters Vending 31 33
Ceramics & Crafts 31 33
Mean Foxes 30 34
Lonnie Tully Ins 30 34
Mr B Foods 30 34
In Laws 27 37
Tubb Marble 20 44
TUESDAY NITE COUPLES
January 22
HIGH TEAM GAME
Suncrest No. 2 707
HIGH TEAM SERIES
Suncrest No. 2 1975
HIGH INDIVIDUAL GAME
Jim Bull 246
Grace Doss 218
HIGH INDIVIDUAL SERIES
Jim Bull 587
Linda Gammill 539
STANDINGS W L
Wilkins Eggs 9 3
Suncrest No. 1 8 4
A.P Green 8 j 4
Sandpointe No. 1 8 4
F.E.C. 6 6
B and B Dairies 6 6
RC George and Son 5 7
Plaster Shop 5 7
Cameron Real Estate 5 'T
Suncrest No. 2 5 7
Sandpointe No. 2 4 8
Sanders Oil ' 3 9
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Robinson of USC, Grant Teaff
of Baylor, Lou HojAj of
Arkansas and' ex-Ohio^Stato
coach Woody Hayes.
At the three-day clinic held at
the Dallas Hilton Hotel, a
number of coaches were
presented with awards for their
team’s winning performance in
the 1979 season. Coach Bob
McQueen of Temple High
School, Temple, Texas, was
named American Motors Coach
of the Year for the Southwest
region. McQueen, and eleven
other regional Coach of the
Year winners will compete for
the national Coach of the Year
title. The winning coach will
win a 1980 American Motors
four-wheel-drive Eagle
automobile. A judging panel
composed of some of the
nation’s top college coaches
will select the national Coach of
the Year in early March.
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Duffey had 14 and 11 rebounds.
Rickey Hall also contributed
nine points for the Wildcats.
The win leaves the Wildcat
Freshmen with a 3-2 district
record. If Paris wins its
remaining two games it will
win the district outright, but
should Paris lose one of the two
games and Washburn’s squad
win its last game Feb. 7 in
Gilmer, the two teams would be
forced into a playoff for the
championship.
Washburn’s team beat Paris
last week in the Middle School
gym 57-52.
Scoring leader
Sulphur Springs Wildcat senior Mike Debase (32) puls one up for two points against an earlier
opponent in the Wildcat gym Debase holds a 16.7 scoring average going into tonight's game in
Gilmer against the Buckeyes. In a very close second spot is senior Ivan Wright with a 16.6 average
followed by junior John Russell with 13.2 average. The Wildcats host the Liberty Eylau Leopards
Friday night with the Jayvee game starting at 6 p.m.
Stall photo by JOHN SORE
Mount Pleasant defeats
Lady Cats, Jayvees
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The Sulphur Springs I^dy
’Cat Varsity and Junior Varsity
basketball teams lost to 7 AAA
foe Mount Pleasant Monday
night in the Tiger gymnasium.
Coach Angela Hamm’s Lady
‘Cat Varsity lost another close
ballgame, 45-40, to a Tiger
team which had lost its first two
games of round two district
competition.
Hamm’s troops never had the
lead in the contest yet were
never more than five points
down at any given time. The
Tigers managed a slim edge at
the end of the first eight
minutes, 13-10, and controlled
onlyva four point halftime edge,
24-20. And the third quarter was
cast from the same scoring
mold, this time the Lady ‘Cats
getting the point edge, 14-13.
The difference came at the
foul line. The Tigers hit a
blistering 54 percent, con-
necting on 15 of 28 while
Hamm’s cagers only went to
the stripe five times, hitting
four of them.
The Lady ‘Cats displayed a
balanced scoring attack, but
their consistent high scorer
Carol Finnie only connected on
one field goal for two points.
leading the ‘Cats in the point
department were Felecia
Clayton with 10, Jill Pearson
with eight, Missy Hackney with
eight and Iinda Powell and
Paula Sims with six each.
The loss brings Hamm’s
squad to 2-1 for the second half
of district play and a tough
Paris team awaits them
Thursday night in Paris.
Coach Kamilla Johnson’s
lady ‘Cat Jayvee team was
defeated by the Tiger Jayvees
3520, to also bring their second
half record to 2-1.
Lady 'Cats 140)
Pearson
Clayton
Sims
Powell
Finnie
Hackney
McCormick
Totals
fg ft fta pf
18 4 5 19 40
Mount Pleasant (45) tg ft fta pf
Smith 112 3
Shaw 6 0 2 0
Moore 2 2 5 1
Bowden 2 7-8 I
Johnson 1 3 6 1
Elliott 3 2 3 3
Totals
15 15 28 9 45
Score by periods
Lady 'Cats 10 10 14 6 40
Mount Pleasant 13 1) 13 8 45
Cat foes ranked high
by writers, coaches
Compiled from wire reports
The weekly Texas high school
basketball ratings, compiled by
’ the Fort Worth Star-Telegram
sports staff after consulting
with coaches and sports writers
across the state, were released
this week. It is interesting V^
note that Paris, district 7 AAA
leader, has moved up one notch
from the seventh place it en-
joyed last week.
It is also interesting to note
that the only defeat Paris
suffered this season was to
Texas High of Texarkana, a
team which the Sulphur
Springs Wildcats defeated 56-55
in a scrimmage earlier in the
year.
Also in the top ten in class 2-A
again this week are Prairiland
with an 155 record and Pitt-
sburg with a 16-4 slate, in the
top ten rankings for the first
time this year. One of
Prairiland’s five defeats came
at the hands of the Sulphur *
Springs Wildcats, 59-56 Nov. 23,
and one of Pittsburg’s losses
was dealt out by the same
Wildcats 7572 in the Mount
Pleasant tournament Dec.
6,7,8.
CLASS4A
CLASS1A
1.Houston Yates 24-1
1.Archer City 2
2.Dallas Roosevelt 21-2
2.Sabine 151
3.Houston Milby 252
3.Hale Center 1
4.FW Paschal 253
4.Memphis 152
5.EP Eastwood 20-3
5.Ganado 251
6.Plano 21-3
6Wankston 21-4
7.Austin Lanier 24-3
VOreCity 154
8.S.Ant. Churchill 253
5Gruver 18-0
9.Highland Park 254
9.Laneville 19-4
lO.Euless Trinity 22-3
lO.Wolfe City 1
CLASS B
CLASS3A
l.Beaumont Hebert 252
2 .Staler 19-4
3. Hunuville 154
4. Andrews 252
5. Waxahachie 23-3
6. Paris 17-1
7. Kilgore 17-3
8. Borger 22-3
9.Silsbee 21-5
"lO.Georgetown 254
CLASS2A
1. Coleman 23-0
2. Brownsboro 21-1
3. Boling 152
4. Perryton 19-5
5. Fairfleld 154
6. Boerne 20-4
7. Childress 151
S.Prairiland 155
9. Pittsburg 16-4^
10. Jacksboro 21-3
1.Snook 31-1
2. Greenwood 252
3. WestLamar 24-3
4. Avinger 255
5.Spade 23-3
6. Goree 23-3
7. McMullenCounty 21-3
8. Krum 28-4
9. Huckabay 27-2
10. Graford 24-4
PRO BASKETBALL
NEW YORK (AP) - San
Antonio’s George Gervin,
whose 55-point outburst against
Indiana last Wednesday was
the highest of the National
Basketball Association season,
has been named NBA Player of
the week for the period of Jan.
21-27.
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