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. ~ NEW ORLEANS (AP) — -. Muhammad Ali, who reacted quietly to his upset loss to Leon Spinks last Feb, 15, is in full voice for Friday night's ‘rematch and if words were punches, Ali would be a finch to regain the world heavyweight. boxing championship, ;

.. AlLimposed a ban of public silence for 2% months leading up to first Spinks fight and some people close. to the-former champion feel Ali’s. boredom, resulting from the self-imposed communications blackout, helped lead to his upset defeat. .

Ali now says he didn’t talk because everybody con- sidered the fight a mismatch, that Spinks didn’t belong in the same ring, He's talking now—to the media, to the fans and to sparring pariners through his mouth-

piece, ; Those who attend Ali's workouts at the New Orleans Municipal Auditorium are regaled with poems Ali has used for other fights, with hits of homespun philosophy, speeches he's used on the lecture circuit and cries of ‘“J’m the greatest.”

One afternoon Ali, who

concluded his training —

Wednesday, held a news conference on ° the auditorium stage, telling the public: “I'm giving you the unique pleasure of hearing them ask - the questions and me answer them. They wanted to hold the press conference away from the peuple, but I didn't because I’m the people's

champion,”

<In a 20-minute monologue, Ali listed the rankings of famous peuple as printedina magazine and criticized the movie Star Wars as being silly.

He once interrupted himself lo say: “Look at them (the press), they're writing their fingers off.”

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Ali-Spinks

fight on TV

TORONTO (CP) — The CBC national network will televise Friday's Muham- mad Ali-Leon Spinks world heavyweight title fight from New Orleans, the network announced Wednesday.

The show from New Orleans, produced by the ABC network, will include three hours of coverage on the main 15-round heavyweight bout plus three other matches on the same ecard. -

The telecast, from B p.m. to about 11 p.m. EDT, will

contain live coverage of the featherweight title fight

- belween champion Danny

Lopez and challenger Juan Malvarez and the world light heavyweight title match between champion Victor Galindez and challenger Mike Rossman.

An earlier bantamweight bout will be taped for showing during the three

hours along with taped in-~

terviews and features.

The Ali-Spinks bout will not begin before 10 p.m. EDT,

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He then entertained a question, answered = it quickly and was off on another verbal blitz, this one lasting 16 minutes. He in-

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his entourage, saying:

"This is my team. lost the last fight because EF left my team. These are not hangerson.”’

Ali answered a few more questions and left the stage to Spinks. It’s an old and polished act, one in which Ali

_ has entertained thousands in gyms and arenas throughout the world. Spinks doesn’t iry to match it.

‘The champion noisily goes through his training sessions, but noise is the disco music that ac- companies all his workouts. He is polite with the fans, signing autographs and smiling, and he talks most days wilh the media. But his media sessions are part of the job. Ali’s are part of the man. .

“Ali's one hell of a promoter; he's one hell of a man,'’ said Spinks, who admils part of his image problem comes from con- stantly being compared with Ali as champion. But, he added: ‘I’m not going to be somebody I’m not.”

Derailed footballers back on tracks

TORONTO (CP) — Joe Gilliam and John Harvey, former stars whose football careers were derailed br off- the-field problems, are both on what they hope is the start of the comeback trail.

Gilliam, 27, was a former star quarterback with Pitt- sburgh Steelers in the National Football League, and Harvey, 28, made his

biggest impression when he rushed for more than 1,000 yards in the 1973 Canadian Football League season with Montreal Alouettes. A drug problem was the -main reason Gilliam dropped out of the NFL and Harvey's personal problems resulted in unhappy departures from a number of CFL clubs.

Liverpool starts

in great

LONDON (AP) — Five wins in five matches, 19 goals scored and just twa against are impressive statistics and indicate European champion

_ liv 1 has started the “how ‘Sadao In mds

+20 With eight niontls ofthe season still remaining, the experts are already asking if anyone can eatch Bob Paisley’s starstudded team. And such speculation doesn't seem premature for spec- tators who have been fur- tunale enough to see Liver- pool in action. For the last few seasons, iverpoal has _—_— been ruthlessly efficlent--two consecutive European championships bear witness to that, but seldom has the team displayed the attacking flair that has characterized this season’s performances. “Seottish International Grame Souness, who has taken over Ian Callaghan’s midfield. role, has added an imagination and fiair that strikers like the razorsharp Kenny Dalglish have not been slow to exploit. One of the few teams that just might be able to

challenge Liverpool this

‘Red Sox slipping

CLEVELAND (AP) Dan Briggs tripled and came home on a suicide squeeze bunt by Cleveland Indians a 2-1 victory. over the sliding Boston Red Sox Wednesday niglit.

The Red Sox, who have lost -

six of their last seven games,

went into the contest with a

half-game lead over the

secondplace New York

Yankees In the American ” League East.

David Clyde, 7-10, out- dueted former Indian Dennis Eckersley, 16-8. Clyde gave up seven hits before relieved by Jim Kern with one on and no outs in the ninth. Kern collected his 12th save. Eckersley also gave up seven hils,

The Red Sox moved out to a 1-0 lead in the second in- ning. Carl Yastrzemkel led off with a single and went to second as Carlton Fisk sacrificed and was safe at first on Clyde's fielding

error, Butch Hobson singled -

home the run. Clyde then struck out Dwight Evans and George Scott, allowed an . infield . single by Jerry Remy that loaded the bases and retired Rick Burleson on a fly to right on which Briggs made a diving catch.

Tom Veryzer to give .

shape

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Liverpool player.

READY TO CHALLENGE Coventry City, under

Gordon Milne, has this

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nailer “the. microscope-“on Saturday when it travels to Anfield to meet Liverpool.

Coventry's play is also characterized by flair in atlack. Milne has two skilful wingers in Tommy Hut- chison and Stew Hunt and a deadly pair of strikers in Scottish Internationa! Tan Wallace and Mike Ferguson. The club has averaged more than two goais a game so far but has conceded four.

If the Coventry defence es- capes unscathed Saturday, then Milne will have every reason to believe his club is

_on the verge of big things.

Everton; the club directly behind Second-place Coventry, defends its un- beaten record at Aston Villa. Ron Saunders's Aston Villa team lies fifth and has won four conseculive home matches.

Sadiy, though, the club has been hit by a series of in- juries to its full backs, First John Robson, was forced to give up soccer ‘through a serious illness, then John

_Gidman damaged an ankle and Gorden Smith injured his knee.

The Birmingham side, then, is likely to be weakened in defence, and if Everton's powerful strike force of Dave Thomas, Bob Latehford and Mickey Walsh is in form, Gordon Lee’s team could earn a draw.

Fourth-place West ; Bromwieh Albion must travel to Derby, where Tommy =‘ Docherty is struggling to find the right blend. Despite West Bromwich’s lack of a slriker to support Cyrille Regis, it will start the match as the favorite.

The bottom twe clubs in the First Divisio must both Iravel. Birmingham City, beaten 3-0 by Liverpool on Saturday, can expect little better from a trip to, Nor- wich. But Queen’s Park Rangers will hope for a point at Middlesbrough. ;

Veteran Martin Chivers and vastly-underrated midfielder John Ryan have both been finding the net regularly for Norwich and with under-21 International Kevin Reeves also playing well in attack, Birming- ham’s defence could have its hands full.

Last season's champlon, Noltingham Forest, meets another side plagued by _ inconsistency, Manchester United, while improving

Manchester City travels to London {o meel Chelsea.

“didn't ‘Everything that happened to

Both say those problems are behind them and they're starling the comeback trail with Toronto Grizzlies of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Gilliam is on probation after brushes with the law over drugs, and charges of possession of a firearm and robbery.

He was released in 1976 by ihe Steelers who said he had “a bad altitude,” and after a short stay in the New Orleans Sainls camp he was dropped again after the drug charges. But Gilliam blames no one but himself.

TREATED WELL

“] had four years with the Steelers and they treated me like a man. Others have speculated I was dropped because | was black. I never said thal.

“Pyessures in the NFL as a young quarterback—that bother me.

me was because of an inability to deal with my problem, It started with the 1975 season. | was my own worst enemy. 1 didn't know who J was or where] was and I got into drugs heavily.

“Now [ know who I am bul I'm still trying to find out more, trying to grow. The toughest part of all was learning to like myself again.”

Gilliam, at 168 pounds, says he is in good condilion and looks forward to making it back inlo the major leagues.

“] know ] can help any NEL or CFL club if I get the chance." :

Harvey also keeps himself ready for an opening. “I’m playing to stay in shape and maybe get a chance with a CFL team,” said Harvey. “Right now, I'm trying to help college kids make it in either the CFL or NFL. ‘CALIBRE IS GOOD'

“The calibre in this league is good and there are a lot of puys playing who were cut by the NFL and some I played in the WFL (World Football League) with. It's pretty good football, but not quite as good as the CFL or NFL.

“Everybody playing has. the same ambitions—to play pro so there is really no problem getting up for the games.”

Harvey was runner-up for the CFL’s outstanding player award in 1973 but he played out his option with Montreal and his career slid from there. ,

He went to Memphis of the now-defunct WEL, came back to the CFL Toronte: Argonauts, then to a tryaut with the NFL Cleveland Browns and back to the CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats who released him before the 1978 season started.

“I've had a few petsonal problems, but they're solved now and 1 don’t think I’m blacklisted by the CFL,” said Harvey. “It's hard to break in now, expecially when the coaches already have their leams together.

“T could have made it with Hamilton, but 1 had a bad back then and thal was probably the only reason I was cul."

F aceoff rule

to change

‘ "TORONTO (CP) ~— The National Huckey. League rules committee decided Wednesday to introduce an experimental rule for the coming exhibition season thal would eliminate dropping the puck for end- zone faceoffs.

Instead of dropping the puck, the linesman will place the puck on the ice between the two opposing players who must wail for the referee’s” whistle before moving to gain possession.

if one player maves too soun twice in the game, he would be banned from taking a faceoff for the remainder of the contest. -

The rule would apply only on faceofis in the end zones, not al centre ice,

The rules committee met prior lo Wednesday night's

Braves a win

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Dale Murphy and_pinch- hitter Cito Gaston belted run- scoring singles in the 12th inning to lift Atlanta Braves to a 5-3 victory over San Francisco Giants .Wed- nesday.

Right-hander Phil Niekro, bidding to become the first 19-game winner in the National League, worked the first 10 innings and didn't allow an earned run. Reliever Gene Garber, 4-5,

was the winner wilh two innings uf work.

Hockey Hall of Fame dinner. The NHL governors were scheduled to meet today. Among topics on their ‘ agenda was an appeal of a season-long against New York Rangers forward Don Murdoch.

Carter’s homer wins

NEW YORK (AP) — Gary’ Carter hit a two-run homer and rookie Scott Sanderson and Mike Garman combined on an eight-hitter to help Montreal Expos to a 4-3 victory over New York Mets Wednesday night.

Sanderson, 2-2, allowed all eight New York hits, striking out eighl ‘and issuing only one walk before gelting relief help from Garman with one out in the ninth. Mets loser Nino Espinosa, 10-14, suffered his first de- feal this season against Mon- ireal after three victories.

OFF INJURED LIST REGINA (CP) Saskatchewan Roughriders af the Canadian Football League announced nesday cornerback Harold Woods was off the injured list and put on waivers. Woods had started the season wiih Saskalchewan until he injured his ankle.

Wed-

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a excellent, but’ “friend of the does not want’ to be named, donated two. silver wrist- watches to the new 1978 golf champions.:*"

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Chairman of the Junior Golf ©

program “expressed. ‘his thanks to. ‘the junior mem- bers and to.the gentleman who donated.the watches. “*] would also'like to thank Art Park for’his assistance . and support during the year.

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Winners: in the various categories were:

Girls: - 18 holes

Champion - Patti Ann . Park, Runner-yp - Lynn Patterson, Third - Joanne Mumford, Boys: - 36 Holes

Champion - Rob Collins, Runner-up - Brent Truitt, Third Vern Carruthers, Fourth - Rick Sharples, Gary

“Moen (tie), Sixth - Bob

‘Clarkson. Age Group Prize Winners W1-12 years old - Lennard Feddersen, 13-14 years old - Mark Whitney, 15-16 years old -:Andrea Qualizza. Match Play winner was Patti Ann Park. The Ringer Board winner was Lesley Neale. -

NHL rule illegal

for free ecntearean tlk rediraint of trade and show be scrapped, an economist said in U.S. district court Wednesday. .

-“Compensation aid equal- .

ization provisions ‘have «the: : effect of contracting ‘and in some cases virtually eliminating the market for 77 James’. Koch, fessor .at’ the University of Rhode-Island, | testified.

Kuch. wag. witness in the opening day of ‘hearings. to determine. whether ‘Detroit Red Wing :Pale: MeCourt should be sent to Los 'Angéles Kings .as. ‘payment . for Detroit's ‘signing of free agent goalle- Rugie’ Vachon.

The hearing, before Judge Robert DeMascio, is on McCourt’s request for a:tem- porary injunction that would allow him to-begin training camp with: lhé..Red Wings pending..a. final -décision: on his suit.seoking-toblock:the move permanen Le . The: Detroit el

: git Eclub ..cpens ‘training camp ‘for veterans on Mondaye3.0 22! 6en 6

_ The 21-year-old Red Wings ‘star filed:the federal court suit against :.the Kings, the

Wings and:the NHL Players - Assucation-in-an.attempt to

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overturn an NHL sar- bitralur’s decision sending him to Lhe Kings for Vachon. °yHis .five‘count complaint accuses the three of violating antitrust laws, restraint of trade, restraint of em- ployment, two counts of breach of contract and abuse of an arbitration award.

_ ‘hat argument, which De- Mascio identified as the crux of the suit, was forwarded by Koch.

“IT regard it (com- pensation) as a restraint of trade. My conclusion ten- that it’s unreasonable,” he said.

- DeMascio also heard from a well-known sports at- torney, who argued that such -compensalion agreements effectively keep hockey clubs from bidding on players who may come at too dear’a cost.

“Vancouver said they were afraid of what they would lose in arbitration. The New York Rangers were extremely worried about what they. would lose. The Rangers indicated to me

- privately that if there was no

-compensation, they would be ‘most ‘interested in signing Rogie,” testified attorney Larry Rauch.

Testimony is expected to continue Thursday before DeMascio makes’ a final decision.

Argos hire assistant coach

TORONTO --(CP) | Toronte.:.-Argonauts.. con- firmed Wednesday:they have - hired -: former’: Hamilton Tiger-Cais head coach Tom Dimitroff, ‘as. offensive co- ordinator: under, new -head . coach: Bud ‘Riley: for. the remainder of the Canadian Football League. season..

- Dimitroff,’ alsé:'a_ former -

offensive:caach' with Olawa.

- Rough ‘Riders, was hired as ‘Hamilton ‘ head, coach: last year but. was’ fired last month, ;

- An Argos spokesman said the hiring of Dimitroff will allow head coach:.Riley lo devote more’ time to the

suspension defence along with defensive

line coach Del Wight.» — The Argos fired defensive , backfield coach : Jim

Rountree on Monday after he-.

said he was unable lo work .

with Riley. oe

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The Argos also brought two. players in on five-day trials Wednesday. They are defensive back Gary Weinlein, a recent cut from Cincinnati of the National Fvotball League, and run- ning back Phil Rogers who , had been cut twice by Argos since training camp.

AUTOPSY PERFORMED

MILAN, Italy (CP) — An autopsy on Sweden's Ronnie Peterson confirmed Wed- nesday Lhat the 34-year-old auto racer died of a massive bloud clot which prevented bloud and oxygen jrom reaching vilal organs. The injury resuiled from a 10-car pileup shortly after the start of Sunday's Italian Grand Prix.

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Terrace ruggers

Terrace athletes once

again proved their metal in .

what many have called the roughest, toughest game played on a sports field by defeating Prince Rupert ina rugby match over the weekend 29-0.

. Anyone who has ever seen a game of rugby knows that it is basically football without padding, where kicking the ball, carrying the ball and passing both for-

ward and backward are

required skills. Two soccer players, Mike McGrogan and Bruce Harris

womp Rupert

had excellent first games for Terrace.

The score actually: was not as lopsided as might be in- dicated At half time the score was only a goal anda penalty goal to nil in favor of Terrace. Both kicks were just inside the over- regulation size soccer uprights, Rugby uprights are shorter and the crossbar has different dimensions.

Rupert forwards kept plugging away at mid-field but could not match Terrace’s strength in the scrumb which was a telling factor,

Homers beat Cards

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Threerun homers by. Bill Robinson and Willie Stargell powered Pittsburgh Pirates to a 7-1 victory over St. Louis Cardinals Wednesday night.

Winning pitcher Bert Blyleven, 13-9, tossed a five- hitter, as the Pirates capitalized on the two homers and a total of 11 walks.

Losing pitcher Pete Faleone, 2-8, yielded eight walks in 2 2-3 innings, and was tagged for a three-run, third-inning homer by Robinson after a pair of passes.

Relief pitcher Aurelio

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Lopez checked the Pirates until theseventh inning when Pittsburgh scored four more times on a bases-loaded sacrifice fly by Robinson and an ensuing homer by Stargell off reliever Buddy Schultz. . Blyleven opened the innin

with a single off Lopez and took second on a sacrifice before Pittsburgh loaded the bases on a walk Co Omar Moreno, a wild pitch and an intentional walk to Dave Parker, Robinson followed with his sacrifice fly to chase Lopez. Stargell greeted Schultz with his 25th homer of the season.

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