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Boxing battle leads champs on
to hold title sought by dozens

LAS VEGAS (AP) —

“moter Do Keng smiled iis

acal who knew he had the.
mouse cornered. Someone
had just joked that it was
rumored .he wag golng to
make a title. match between
Larry «Ho oles “and. Ken
Nortan, ‘tthe AWerld . Boxing
Council: hear rweight cham-

pion

“iq? June,” said King at a
pariy follo wing Holmes one-
vided decision victory

Saturday, over Earnie -

Shavers. : .-
**| would-be on a Monday
night in preme time,” said
Sid: Gathrid,” vice-president
in ‘charge of entertainment
for Caesars Palace. ©

He added that ABC, which °

televised the - Holmes:
Shavers fight, wanted
Holmes-Norton ‘“‘but they
might be outbid by NBC. ad
“Tomorrow,”
Holmes when asked when he
wanted to fight for Norton’s
share of the championship.
Leon Spinks, however, still
is recognized .as champion
by. the World :- Boxing
Association and he'is headed
for a rematch against
Muhammad Ali in  Sep-

tember.

“We'll fight whoever. the
WBC tells us to," said. Bob
Biron, Norton’s manager,
who attended the Holmes-
Shavers fight with Norton.

Hf the WEC rules that Nor-
ton’s first defence must be
against the highest available
contender, It will be Holmes,

Black Hawks
sit tight
on first

By ROSS HOPKINS
The Canadian Press
Chicago. Black’ Hawks
; clinched the Sm: the Division
: title cn the National Hockey
‘League some time ago, but
Hawks coach Bob Pulford is

not. about to ‘let his team” season

become complacent.
The Hawks needed a goal

from Ted Bully midway

‘thro

Sa
2-2 tie with St. ‘Louis Blues,
fifth in the division and 27
points back of Chicago.

 ” Blsewhere, _ Philadelphia
Flyers edged Minnesota
North ‘Stars 4-3, Atlanta
Flames ‘surprised Boston
Bruins ¢-3, Cleveland Barons
and New York Islanders tied
4-4, Pittsburgh Penguins and
Detroit Red Wings battled to

a BD deadlock, New York
Rangers -dum Toronto
Maple. ‘Leafs. 5-2, Montreal,
Canadiens. blanked

Washington Capitals $- and. in his NHL career, then set
Bkifale Sabres shaded ‘up J. P. Parise's tying goal’
Colorado Rockies with 9:14 remaining: Despite:

‘Pulford called. ‘club's
erformance “very em-

and lacking effort _

on just about _everybady’s

"While we may have had a .

letdown. previoksly,. tonight.
was no excuse because
- nothing went right for us. It
was complete frustration on
the ice. Thank goodness for
‘ Spon. Tonx

particularly sharp in the

middle period when the
_ Blues outshot the Hawke 154

and .managed a goal by

barry Patey to take a 32

ea

MIKITA OPENS SCORING

' > -§tan Mikita had opened the

_ seoring for the Hawks at

14:52 of. the first periéd, but .

Bernie Federko tled it for the

_ Blues‘ with 1:12left in the
period and Patey ‘gave St.
Laulthe dead at ‘ 46 ofnthe

econd,
‘= On Bklley's ja recently-
‘Se ae B passed

MEGBVE, France (CP) —

~ ; Dennis: Col of- North: Van-
kouyer, ‘B.C.,
"conservative . long program —

skated a

Friday | night. io: win ‘the
men's title at the world jun-
jor figure skating champion-

‘ Cal's gold medal was.Can-
ais’ neeeond of the mest. On

“Thursday, nBarbata = Un- “

derhill of Oshawa, Ont., an
Faul Martini of Toronto took

championships:
Johnson of Toronto and Kris
Barber:‘of Glen : Wikem,
Ont.,. are,,in’, second :
over ) after: the fourth

‘around

assessed, 35 to the Flyers,

“the: Leafs their fifth con-

today’

who was ranked No. 5 before
his bout with. the fourth--
ranked Shavers. .

RULE AGAINST YOUNG

The WBC now recognizes
Norton's split 15-round
decision wit over third-
ranked Jimmy Young last
Noy. § ag a title match and
has culed Norton's first
defence does not have to be
against Young. OF course,
Spinks and No, 2-ranked Alt
are not available: *

“Ken Norton is the cham-.
pion,” sald: Holmes, now
sporting a 27-0 record asa
pro. “Let Ken Norton live up
to his status. I’m ready.”

Biron counteréd that
Norton also {s ready. n

Holmes was brillant in his

victory over Shavers in the

12-round bout “at. Caesars
Palace.

His biggest problem’ was
his trunks, They split down:
the middie of the seat in the
second round and between
the fourth and fifth roknds,
his cornermen huddling

him,’: Holmes
changed Intona new pair. |

-He was had no problems

‘the rest of the way agalnst

Shavers, a puncher who is a
threat until the final round.
SHAVERS DESPERATE

Shavers, frustrated and
wild, pushed to
desperationnin the final
rounds, tock countless jabs,

cuts, hooks, counters

with both ‘hands.

In.the closing seconds, a

right hand sent Shavers into

to ivan Boldirev, who fired

an awkward curtsy, his y
- knee staying off the canvas

an inch, Earnie came
back up, but was in deep
trouble In Holmes's corner
as his tormentor slammed
home six clean shots to the
eB

The bell saved Shavers but
it probably didn’t rescue the
%3-year-old's status ag A
major factor in the
heavyweight division,

“Larry,
Sad no doubt about it,””
said Shavers, who went iS
"rounds in a losing title bout

; to All last Sept. 29

“But, " added the aging
slugger, “you haven't seen
the last of me yet.”

Holmes won the.

Both men came out of the
feght marked, Shavers was
cut under the left eye in the
fifth round. Holmes was cut
over the left eye in the elghth
and needed elght stitches.

You can watch Rocky
Marciano defeat Jersey Joe
Walcott in what has been

‘called the Greatest. Heavy-

weight Title Fight of All
Time—the heavyweight
chanipionship of 1952-—on
home movies, A free list of
championship fight films in
super 4mm and 16mm, as
well as ether sports films,
is available by writing
to Ring Classics, 8.N.,

350 Vanderbilt Parkway,
. Hauppauge, N.Y. 11787,

France wins
Canadian mogul
competition.

_ VERNON, B.C. (CP) —

_ Nano. Pourtier, 23, of Alp
-@'Hewe, . France, won the

men's mogul sectlon Friday

‘at the Canadian professional

ski champlonships.
: Pourtier had 20.99 polnts to
win beat the 44 other men

and take the $1,300 ferst

prize. ;
- Mark Archibald, 1, of
Sunfet, Utah, was second

at Blues goaltender Doug q

Grant. Bulley, standing near:
the crease, screened the st
Louis rookie and the
trickled off his stick 2.1 ints
the net for his 20th of the

Bob Kelly scored on a.
deflection with 5:37. left in

Pucci ed east
vers

stubborn North Stars,

had twice fought back’ to tes
the game. The contest was a
rough one, with a total of 54

minutes in penalties
Guy Chouinard and Harold |

Phillipofi each scored to two -

goals for the Flames, who
snapped Boston’s six-game

winning streak, The victory, |
" Atlanta's sixth in its lest
eight games, clinched a -
. playoff spot-for the club. .
Chuck Arnason scored -

three goals for the first time

the comeback, the:
saw their winless skein rut
to 15 games. Bryan Trottler

had two goals for the |

Islanders,

Blair Chapman ‘lapped in
the rebound of Wayne’:
Bianchin’s 20-foot elapshot at

19:11 of the final period as |

the Penguins twice f

back for the tie, which en od :
thelr ‘three-game losing °

streak,

Eddie Johnstone score ‘two

goals asthe Rangers handed

secutive: Joss Toronto's
longest losing ‘string of
season. The. win
‘New York's unbeaten streak

to four, including ‘three

"victories. ©. "+ _
_ SteveShutt scored his aged:
“and. 44th goals of- the:
Beasonnas the Canadiens.

beat Washington for the 2ard

consecutive time since ‘the’.

Capitals jolned the NHL in
1975, Ken Dryden blocked 28
shots for the. shutout as
Montreal won:for the ninth
consectitiva time.

‘N.Van man pulls | |
7 first figure
eo Gn world

round of the. dance com- o

petition. =;

The Canadian couple is fa-
vored to move past the first:
place Russian pair of
Tatiana’ Durasova | and
Serge! Panomarenko

couple, iby just 2.92 points...

a iw nited to keep it cleas, »

eft out one of my
planted, triples that I wasn't.

"too confident about,” the 1é-
"- year-old Coi said of his four-

end. ; Kelly’ ’

‘minute; -program Friday.

4, Cok led’ the competition’:
: ‘after ‘the short. program |
Cotin
of the Soviet Union’ er

‘Thureday. . Viadimir

‘Barons .

neo .

“final dance, The’
Canadians trail the Russian

with 20.89 points to earn $700
and Scott Brooksbank, 28, of
Sandy, Utah, -wen the $400
third prize with 20.55 points.
In women's competition,
Hilary Englisch, 21, of
Smugglers Notch, Vt., took
firat with 11.94 points. Hedi
Garhammer, 166, of Gar-
misch, West Germany, was
gecond with 11.72, and Genii
Fuller followed with 11.20. .

NEW YORK (AP) -
Muhammad All, nearing the
end of his era as a big-
money fighter, finds- that

most of his millions have
come and gone. .

_ with moniés”

His boxing skill and show-
manship have brought him
almost $50 million in the ring
and millions more in other
ventures since he left
Louisville, Ky., in 1960.

Jr. Ganucks
outlawed

VANCOUVER (CP) —
Vancouver Juntor Canucks
have been suspended in-
definitely from the Pacific
Junior Hockey League for
conduct unbecoming a junior
A team, a league spokesman
sald Saturday.

The spokesman sald the
Canticks were suspended for
.not appearing for a
scheduled league game
March 5 against Coquitlam.

Dan Steer, general
manager of the Canucks,

said on Friday that the team -

hopes to leave the league and
join the ‘British Columbia

‘Junior Hockey League,.

beginning next Se€ason..

“We're In the process. of
completing the application to
the BCJHL,” Steer sald,

Steer said Chilllwack
Bruins also. want to leave the
PJHL for the BCJHL.

“We don't believe in airing
our troubles with the PJHL
in public," Steer said. “‘But
certain things have ep

pened this past year which.
ve definitely soured our
whole organization on the
league.”

During the Canucks’
recent semi-final seriet
against Nor Wes Caps the
league came down heavily
on the Canucks, suspending
several players and ordering
that a $1,000 good behavior
bond be posted.

No similar bond was
required of the Caps.n

-The Canucks have heen
PJHL members since the
beginning of the 1974-78
Beason.

-The team will use In its
application to the BCJHL its
television contract with CK-
VU for live Sunday alght
games here,

Steer said CKVU ratings
show the average audience
for the games started at
10,000. adults and finished

with 13,000

Art Timmers, majority
owner refused comment,

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But his biggest soured:
income 1s about to dry up.

"'C don't think he’llend up
lke Joe Louis as far as fc-
nances are concerned,” said
Don King, who has promoted:
several of Ali's fights in-
cluding his $5.46-million bout
with George Foreman in
Zaire and $6-million, meeting
with Joe Frazier in Manila.

A UF. publication

_ estimated Ali’s et worth in’

cash and holdings at #2
million. One source ‘placed
the figure at $3.5 million.

Ali also has income from’

other sources, including
lecture tours, : television
commerccals and movies, n
Sources say he got $185,000
from John Marshall, an

‘independent’ producer, ’ who

made a movie of the book
The Greatest for Columbia
Pictures.

.of.. Flossnor, ©

AM, on downhill grade.

7 28e
WhetaAli divored his
sécond wife, Belinda, in 1977

she was awarded custody of
. the coliple’s four.children, a
_large apartment building

ohnChicago’s South Side,na
home in the Chicago suburb -
two
automobiles, including © 5
Rolls Royce, a trust fund for

the children and a cash i

seltiement,

. Ali has sald the’ house’ was
worth $114,000,: the apart:
ment building $400,000, the
Rolls $40,-000 and the cash
payment $2 million. Some
insiders : place * the - entire
divorce settlement as high ae
$6million. .

Ali's.one extravagance has ;
been.cara, but he has toned
downnconsiderably, He is

reported to naw own a Rolls

. and two custom-made: buses

for whict te laid $40,000 and

$110,000, respectively. .-

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