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Ali- Holmes title |

-By JOE CARNICELLI-
UPI Executive Sports Editor
NEW YORK (UPD
Muhammad Ali still may .
meet Larry Holmes in a $12
million showdown -for_ the

Confidence 5

By JOE JULIANO

UPI Sports Writer
PHILADELPHIA(UPD —

The soothsayers of the NHL

at the beginning of the

season didn’t see either the

Philadelphia Piyers or New

' World - ‘Boxing "Council.
heavyweight championship
but it won't be on July 11-in
Rio de Janeiro as previoualy
announced.

Negotiations for All's bid,

York Islanders in the finals.
But here they. are opposing
each other in thé finals for
the Stanley Cup.
The Flyers, who captured
the cup in 1974 and 1975, were

considered to be rebuilding. ;

for o an unprecedented fourth -

heavyweight title against
Holmes, the reigning WBC
champion, have dissolved
arid the bout will not be held
_ at that site hor on that date,

pays off for

That theory soon collapsed

‘when the team recorded a

league-record 35-game
unbeaten streak and went on
to capture the regular-
season point title. -

a | belleved. our team |

it was learned: Monday,

Prime . Sports,. -.
promoter of fight, has
been unable to-complete the-
necessary financial
» Arrangement Other

would improve,” “sald ‘Pat

Quinn, whois completing his .

firat full season as
Philadelphia. ‘coach.- ‘I
looked at the other. ‘con-
tenders ... I ‘believed we

_ ranked along with: ‘them.”::

complications,
‘Tegal entanglements and ¢
impractability of holding the

fight in Rio's 165,000-seat’.
Maracana Stadium, were’.
the, -ffemed the ™y. ‘fight in

a underlying factors in

The Flyers have won W of

Edmonton in the first round
and eliminating ‘both «
New York Rangers and
‘Minnezota in five games

On the other hand,

Best-of- -seven is now a best-of-three |

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The NBA title series is now a
backyard 2-cut-of-3 mini-war

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Jabbar, Darryl Dawkins and
Caldwell Jones plant, move,.

bash and bang ater the little :

guys have somehow. gotten.
the ball inside. *

Sunday, out‘muscling Abdul-

_ Jabbar ‘as he led. the
Philadelphia 7éers to a 105- ©

102. viclory over the Log
Angeles. Lakers, . tled.” the
best-of-seven series at 2-2,
and, sent the teams to
Inglewood, Calif., for- ‘Game

. 5 Wednesda: ¥. :
_ Abdul-Jabbar, who had’
averaged more than 34
points a game in the series,
while
. Dawkins poured. in 26 and
helped out: Jones ‘in a

*. mauling - defense that : ef-

fectively ‘ neutralized the.

_ Lakers’ All-Pro center. ~
Philadelphia Coach Billy

Cunningham after. Sunday’ 5

trip up
Tea Men

FOXBORO, Mass. (UPI)
— The Seattle Sounders,
backed by a goal and an
assist from Roger Davies,
snapped: New England's
four-game winning. streak
Monday night with a 20

Men. .

Dawkins won the: battle -

victory, "Tt was & jphyateal
war ‘a the boar

was a little more of a war
‘than it should have been.

te said.* | 4

“There was one en-

couraging sign for. the.

Lakers, - however. . They,
outrebounded the Sixers, 45-

34, for the third otenigit : ‘Trottier, Defenseman Mike

game.

“think we should be more
‘conscious. of our reboun-

“LA is a, better shooting
team: than us 80 it stands to

_reahon they're golng to get:

‘more defensive rebounds,
But if there is a discrepancy
in thé offensive rebounding,

_ that could be a problem. ad

. But Erving w was: undaunted

‘by. ‘the - rebounding dit-.

ference.

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| “T think we're going to win
it," he said. ‘Nobody said it
was as going to be easy."

Los Angeles' Coach Paul
‘Westhead said he plans no
strategic changes for the
‘ game Wednesday. ae

ineiudi ing decnion to to postpone the

the * Harold Smith, ‘executive
director’ of Muhammad All

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they’re holding my arms," ;

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‘alanders | _ the a

season point champion Last

season — were.tonsidered to”

be one of the better teams in
theleague, But the team was

* known for choking.

‘The ‘islanders finished

‘sixth this year in the point

standings, 25 points. behind

the Flyers, but dumped Los
Angeles, Boston:and Buffalo

on the road to the firat finals

berth in their history.

Abdul-Jabbar thought dt

“In the past
what itteok,”

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weaknesses ‘and went: out

and did something about it.”

| Center: Butch Goring, —
- acquirdd ina trade with Los

_ Angeles: toward the end of

- the: : season,” ;
«Islanders an: excellent’.

gave: the

. second center behind Bryan

. eagy series, that’s for sure,’
"We like to-

Morrow, a member of the

* gold medal winning -U.S.

Olympic team, has stepped

ding,” sald Julius Erving. “In effectively.

Both Patrick Division
rivals are‘ expecting a
bruising best-of-seven
matchup. The teams finished
the season series at 2-2, with

tt we didn't have.
‘General .
-Manager Bill’ Torrey. ‘sald, ot

“We our .

each winning. on the other's.

home ice, All games were

decided by 5-2, scores.

“It’s not going to be an

Trottler said.
play tougti, grind-it-out
hockey and that’s the same
kind of game: they: like to

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is expected to go

; Quinn .
with veteran Phil Myre in
goal. Billy Smith, with a.

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Ty to get the nod by Ar-

“] think we're fine as long.”

as Kareem has a legitimate

portunity to get the ball,’”.

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Westhead said, ‘‘Ail we care
about is winning the series.

’ Wedon’t pian any changes in,

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pemhe series also looms a3 a.

battle of two hot left wings.
The Flyers’ Bill Barber tied

a league record with nine.

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“notseeing ittothe bat,sol'm helping the Dodgers to their
not there yet” * victory. .
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“1 won't happen,” he said,
inlly on-that date and
at that place,””

Ali, in = ‘his training
: headquarters: ‘at Deer Lake,
Pa, said he did not know the
new date or site of his title
bout but: insisted he was
going-to -fight..-Holmes |

“eg

a ‘ “somewhere and”: ‘Some

place.”"- . aor ay By
On April 28; the promoters

” announced the. July 11 date. .

and the. Rio. site were.
“definitely .: set". And.
Holmes’ manager, Richie -
Giachetti, sald even then he
was “gkeptieal" about . the’
fight coming off.’
The first: complication was
the disclosure that Greg
Campbell of Madison, Wis.,
had gained an injunction in a
» Chicago court enjoining the-
Ali-Holmes fight from taking
place. in Rio on. the
designated date. -
- Campbell's, attorney,

Rutus Cook of Chicago, bad —
~ shown his client had made a

#10 million offer on ‘Mareh 5

Porter? s return.
a dramatic one.

By FRED McMANE. -
UPL Sports Writer,
Darrell Porter's profile in
courage seems to. take on.
another dimension every
day.
Forter, :- making. a
comeback after having spent
several weeks at a-drug and
rehabilitation center earlier :.
this spring, made perhaps-..:
the biggest triumph of his .
dramatic return “Monday -
night by conquering the “Big.
Apple” ‘and. Sparking the,

Kansas City Roy. ia tos a. Ba. ” coblpped Shlcagoy 21. ©

rout .:of . the; New.: York
Yankees,

The Royals’ designated
hitter, always a nemesis
against the Yankees, drove.
in five rung to highlight the
vietory and was more than
pleased at the reception he
gotfrom Yankee fans.
heats been fantastic: I

eard people £ apping
today,” sald Porte

Porter, one~ oe ‘the
_ American League's top run
producers last season, has.

-, had 35 RBI in only 34 at-bats
. but admits he is not quite in -

top form, —
_ "I feel I'm seeing the ball
well out of the pitcher's

| swing double in

Homer ia en er peerage plone

‘out. 7
Knoxville, ‘Tenn; Weaver j, -
knocked out ‘Tate inthe 1eiH |, .

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‘round
Boxing “Association, version’
of the title. | a
The’. {njuhction..” gave: ae
Campbell until May 10: to pit’
together thé'money and:.
arrangements ~{or". an’ All
_Becied ae at an un-.-
edsite, “
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came on’. , April 29, -
Ricardo .Liabre, Ri a
“Tiherintende state fa ene orts..
8 en
van no way the bout could be ‘
‘held: in Maracana: Stadium. ae
“! Labre “sald,” “This* ig. ay
soccer stadium. ae: _
promoters want to put 50,000...
seats or.a big platform on the
field and: that's completely. i
_out of the question. It §
take three. months fot the,
‘fleld to‘be in decent shape ve
again and. with the soccer -
geason going on, that imply a
peal not be dot.” ag! .

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Porter helped: stake the:
Royals to a 20 lead in the:
‘first inning off loser Luis:
Tiant, 2-2, driving . ina run’:
- with -a groundout.: He then. “

are BABS ed Zi pe «

'. delivered a:two-yun single in +.

a four-run fifth and singled .”
home two more runs in a six- © :
run ninth,
Elsewhere: - the: ms
American: League, ‘Texas -
.. beat . Baltimore,...5-1, and-.
‘Minnesota edged:Bostoa, 43, 24
In -the: Jone: National: :
" League contest, Los Angeles .

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Richie Zisk hit a.two-run'+
homer: and Jim -Sundberg:.:  -
. added a éalo ahet to sperk the !

Twins 4, Red Sox 3 .

Butch ‘Wynegar's check-. 7
in. the ninth .;
inning knocked in. the wins: .;-

ning run and enabled the ~.::
‘Twins to .snap a: 14game
End streak at Fenway

Dodgers 3,. Cubs 1 ‘
Rookie Rudy Law doubled

home a run and set up —

another with the second of

National League — Schmidt,

pnt 97 Martin, Chland Luzinskt, stra
a Kingman chi: Parker, Pitt”

and Baker, LA 6.
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we 7 Rul Panay and Jackson,
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Bos, L. Reports, $ea, Smalley,
Minn and Bayberry: Tor 6.
Runs Batted in

National ue — Garvey,

: LA 26 26; Hendrick St.L 24; Cruz,

Senrigh, Pit 23; Reltz, St.L 22.
America Leaaue — Johnson,
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a Pariah, Det 22.
Stolen Base

National “Longue _ " Morano,
Pifl 16; Law, LA 15; Cedeno, Hou

“Bi .
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Wilson, KC 10;
Bumbry, Bal 9; Carew,. Cal and
Crur, Sea 6.

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Hou 54; Carifon, Phil 48;

Vuckovich,
“SL 35; Nlekro, Atl and Mon.
heh SF 3; Ryan, How and

MP

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American League — Norr
Oak 41; Redkem, Mion and
Guidry. NY 35

Matiack, Ten 3 Coonard, K¢

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Shir SO 4; LaCorte and

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mal Tokuwve, Pitt and Fingers,

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| Hypnotis st guides

DETROIT (UPI) — Mark
“The Bird” Fidrych, whose

career has gone to the brink -

of extinction, is in the

process. of removing himself -

from the endangered species

. Ust — according ta the self-

styled “‘motivational hyp-
notist’” ‘working . with him.
“[ don’t think there's any
chance 'The Bird’ is going to
be anything but at least as
great as he-was before, (in
1976),"’ Lee Silen told UPI
Monday in a telephone in-
terview from his Evansville,
Ind., home shortly befare he
met with Fidrych for another
session.
“T hope the conclusion is

Bird back to earth

what I think it's going tobe,"
said Silen, 45, who has been
treating the 1976: Ainerican

League Rookie of the Year
with hypnosis, “So far it's
worked out almost exactly
liked | I pictured it. in my

Fidrych Ras “made: two:
straight - superb relief ap- -
pearances for Evansville
after getting shelled. as a
starter . for ,the- Detroit
Tigers’ ‘American
-Association farm club, ‘

“] don't call it a trance,”
Silen said. “It's a hypnotic
slate. He was relaxed. He
knew everything that was

going on,

‘win the’ World oe