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Press-Republican — Wednesday, March 21,1979 1 5 Bird gives his word...for now NEW YORK (UPI) - Larry Bird, college basketball's player of the year, broke his public silence Tues- day, but warned he would return to his taciturn ways this weekend at the NCAA finals if his teammates are ignored. \It's all according to how the press treats my teammates/' said Bird, who flew here with his coach at Indiana State, Bill Hodges, to ac- cept the National Association of Basketball Coaches award as the nation's outstanding player. \If they all come in and just talk to me, I won't talk. If they talk to all my teammates, I will.\ Bird, a 6-foot-9 senior ..cjWttfiCr- forward from French Lick, Ind., has led top-ranked Indiana State from basketball obscurity to an unbeaten season and a berth in the Final Four at Salt Lake City. The Sycamores play DePaul Saturday with the winner advancing to Monday night's championship game against the winner of the Michigan State- Pennsylvania game. After joining David Thompson, Scott May, Marques Johnson and Phil Ford as a recipient of the coaches' annual award, Bird left with Hodges to catch a 12:45 p.m. flight so theywould be back in Terre Haute, Ind., in time for practice. Before departing. Bird said he stopped talking to the press this season because he wanted his team- mates to get their share of publicity. \I feel my teammates are just as important as me/' Bird said. \Everyone likes to see their name in the paper. It was getting to the point where they wanted to spend two hours a day after practice. I don't have that kind of time. I'm in college. Why should I waste my time? I'm not getting paid for it.\ Hodges said he wasn't quite sure how sincere Bird was when he told his teammates early this season he was going to quit talking to reporters so the rest of the t§§m could get some publicity. \I don't know if he really meant it but it worked out great,\ Hodges said. \He may have been so hound- ed he just got fed up with it. But Larry is smart beyond his years. He knows he can't pass the ball to himself, that those are the giQu who have to get him the ball. Plus it add- ed to the mystique of Larry Bird. People are always fascinated by the unattainable.\ Bird wore a thick bandage on his broken left thumb and told about how it was twisted in the madness following Indiana State's last- second victory over Arkansas Saturday in the Midwest Regional final. \Some fan grabbed it. I don't think he knew what he was doing.\ Bird said. \I dropped him to his knees, with a punch to the mouth. It was just a reaction. I think I con- vinced him. It hurts a little but it won't have no affect on the outcome. \I'm missing a lot of shots I don't usually miss because I can't grip the ball right. But I'll play no matter how much it hurts.\ What worries Bird most about r Sports Today Saturday's game is DePaul's quickness. But he said the Sycamores would attempt to counter that by trying to draw offen- sive fouls. \Whenever they come down the lane, three or four guys will be step- ping in to take the charge,\ he ex- plained. \They're so quick and we're not that quick.\ Eligible for the NBA draft last year and picked in the first round by the Boston Celtics. Bird said he would sign with the team which of- fers the most money. If he doesn't sign with Boston by this year's draft, June 25, he will be available that day for selection by any of the NBA's 22 teams. \The way it looks now I'll be playing with Boston,\ said Bird. \They've been real nice to me. They stayed away and everything's been fine. \But I would like to play in New York because that's where everything is at. The media is here, TV, there's more people. I belong in New York. I think I can play for the Knicks, the Nets. I'd like to play where I could help.\ Silent Larry Bird? Playing in the media center of the world? \I can handle any situation,\ he said. Well deserved honor Indiana State's All-America eager Larry Bird receives the Eastman Award from Hunter Low, director of pro- motion for Eastman Kodak, during ceremony held March 20 in New York. Bird, senior forward-center on the undefeated Sycamores, was chosen the top col- legiate player in the country as selected by the National Association of Basketball Coaches. (UPI photo) Crown Point girls keep title hopes alive CROWN POIfltT — Mary Stanley scored 18 points and grabbed 12 re- bounds Tuesday to lead Crown Point to its ninth Mountain and Valley Athletic Conference girls basketball victory in 11 tries, a 57-30 win over Lake Placid. Lisa Doolan and Ann LaGrange each added eight points and Ann Walters sercn and W reboundi fcr with Crown Point. Tammy Floyd added 15 points as the winners went out to a 25-4 first quarter lead and never looked back. Sheeley LaRose led Keene with 12 points. <m trr. ii 1.1 i Purdue ace ailing for NIT final NEW YORK (UPI) - While Indiana devises a way to stop the in- side scoring of 7-foot-l center Joe Barry Carroll, Purdue Coach Lee Rose is more concerned about the status of his best defensive player, Araette Hallman, for Wednesday night's National Invitation Tourna- ment championship game. Much was made about Carroll's 42-point performance in Monday night's victory over Alabama, but Rose believes it will be defense —not offense — which will win Wednesday night's championship game and without Hallman in top shape the Boilermakers' coach believes his team may be at a disadvantage. \My biggest concern is Arnette Hallman/' Rose said Tuesday before his team prepared for an afternoon workout at Madison Square Garden. \He did a super job on (Mike) Woodson the last time we cplayed Indiana. But his ankle is so bad right now he has a tough time walking. I don't know how he's go- ing to be. The ankle has been getting worse because he hasn't been able to rest it.\ Hallman twisted his ankle when he came down on it the wrong way in a game with Central Michigan in the first round of the NIT. Since he is usually assigned to cover the other team's leading scorer, his availability is important to the Boilermakers. \He's done a great job for us on defense this year,\ said Rose. \He played Larry Bird (of top-ranked Indiana State) early this year and did an extremely good job on him.\ When Indiana State beat Purdue 63-53 in the second game of the season, Hallman held Bird to 22 points, 10 of those coming on free throws. The 6-foot-9 forward managed to hit only six of 17 field goal attempts against the Boiler- makers' 6-7 junior forward. If Hallman is unable to play Woodson. the Boilermakers could be in for a Bosox win; Expos/Yanks fall Crown Point, while Kopchick led Lake Placid with 11 points. Crown Point had little trouble with the visitors, leading 19-2 after one quarter and 38-9 at halftime. Palmer nets 2t ' Charlene Palmer tallied a career M-V J. Borsiltari t^. flnxWf 9^^ Kopckfe* TTTT Totals tU-M. Cms fetal <fT) Dooian 1-44. T Spwldtag 1+2. GJMM 14-2. Bordaaa •44, A. LaGranfe 3-2-t, P. Goot 9-M. BUtae U4 C Goot >44. Waiter* 2-3-7. V. SpauJdJag 14-2. Hyatt M4, ROM 14-2, M LaGraafe M4. Stanley 7-4-11. Clark *44. Briffct 14-2, KaJttor «44. Wiodtltl. Totals 23-1147. high 26 points to lead Willsboro to a 59-28 win over Schroon Xake. Willsboro finished at 6-6 on the season. Rowe led the losers with seven 2 7 12 It I t 11 S-57 LafcaJI Aro*rtmf 2-2-1. D«tailia 2-M. Rowt 3-1-7. WUUfert 244. Coricai 14-2. S. Wilae. 14-2. Witty *-M. M. WOkat •44, McCoy #44 Totals 12-4-21. ) 12-2-tt. Fotey 2-1-7. Scfcaettar 3-44. S Palmar , WV Jaq*t*» 2-K Lacey 1-14. W«. k tM H 4 Tk points as wuisDoro led 14-4 after one period and 26-13 at halftime in coasting to the victory. The winners outscored Schroon Lake 33-15 in the second half. Westpart tops Keene Paula Croto tossed in a game high 22 points to lead Westport to an easy 63-28 victory over Keene Valley. The winners are now 9-2 and still tied C Pn 2-1-5. Wtotaraiatc 2-1-9, q y Jaquisn 14-2. Write •-].]. Tucker t-M. Hamms M4 Tatak TS-74f. Score by quartan: ScarwwLake Willaboro 4 i 7 t-n 14 12 12 21-19 Zelinaki 0-M. McDoaottgn 9-M, K Hall 3-M. L. Hall 344. C Hall 1^2. Ska. Udtoee 9-9-0. Waitney 1-94, Ska. LaRos* 5-2-12. Estee 9-9-9. Totals 1J-2-29. Croto 11-9-23. Hoafctes 1-1-3. Grandrath 2-M. T. Floyd 7-1 U Sbermai 9-*4) Adams 14-2. LobdeU S-t-19. Feltsmaa 9-9-9 Brant 1-9-2 Davit 14-2. Napper 9-M, L. Floyd 9-M, CoUtas 14-1. Raaeer 944. Totais; Score bjraaartan: alley KaaacV Weatport 4 11 1#-~3I 25 17 I 13—« By United Press International Dwight Evans rifled a two-out single to score Carl Yastrzemski from second in the 10th inning Tuesday and lift the Boston Red Sox to a 4-3 exhibition victory over the Cincinnati Reds. - -— Evans' winning hit came after Yastrzemski doubled and the Reds walked George Scott intentionally to face Evans. The Red Sox took a 2-0 lead in the first inning when Tom SeaveF gave up a single to Jim Dwyer and walked Jim Rice and Yastrzemski to load the bases before giving up a two-run single to Gwrg£ Scott, Scott picked up his third RBI with his third homer of the spring off Seaver in the sixth inning. Astros top Expos Terry Puhl had three singles, scored twice and stole a base as Houston defeated the Montreal Ex- pos, 6-4. An error-plagued Expo defense gave Bill Lee little support as the Astros scored all their runs. two unearned, against the former Red Sox ace in five innings. Second baseman Dave Cash and third baseman Larry Parrish each _were_jcharged with two errors. Rookie Tony Bernatard, given an -outside chance of winning Cash's job, entered the game in the seventh and promptly contributed a two-run homer as the Expos scored three times against Gordon Pladson. Cards down Jay* St. Louis, who had hit only three home runs in 10 previous Grapefruit League games, hit four in one inning-by Terry Kennedy, Roger Twins rip Yanks Roy Smalley's grand slam home run and Glenn Adams' three-run homer highlighted a nine-run third inning which enabled the Minnesota Twins to bomb Ken Clay for Hhroir in the first three innings and romp to a 15-7 victory over the New York Yankees. ^ Dan Graham added a two-rjup. shot in the seventh and Willie Nor- wood hit a solo homer in the eighth. Cliff Johnson had the Yanks' only homer, a long two^run shot in the ninth. Tigers blank Chisox —Dave Rozema turned in his best Freed, KerTReitz and Mike Tyson- enroute to a 7-2 win over the Toronto Blue Jays. With one out and one on in the St. Louis fifth, Kennedy, Freed and Reitz hit successive homers off starter Phil Huffman. After a flyout and single by Jim Lentine, Tyson capped the six-run frame with his two-run blast. performance, pitching six innings and Phil homered as the Red-faced Indian Indians' Toby Harrah just couldn't reach me first base bag before Oakland As first baseman Dave Revering tagged him out during third inning of March l^tti ex hibition game As pitcher Matt Keough was respons b\e for pickoff throw to first. Q_a*iand won the 8 3. (UPI prvoto) spring scoreless Mankowski Detroit Tigers defeated the Chicago White Sox 2-0. The Tigers scored in the second inniwg on a single by Dan Gonzales off loser Rich Hinton and added a niiw inning run on Mankowski's homer off Lerrin LaGrow. The Sox'had three doubles but their only threat was snuffed out on an appeal play when the Tigers caught Claudell Washington leaving third too quickly after a fly ball. Washington, carrying what would have been the tying run, was ruled out. Royals scalp Braves Reserves Jamie Quirk and Jim Gaudet each drove in two runs and Dennis Leonard pitched seven strong innings to lead the Kansas Ci- ty Royals to a 9-2 victory over the Atlanta Braves. Quirk, who went three for three to raise his spring averse to .500, singled home a run in Kansas City's four-run second inning and his se- cond double of the game produced another run in the seventh. Gaudet doubled home two runs in the eighth. Giants beat Bfdres Pinch hitter Skip James singled home Tom Heintzeiman for the go ahead run in the eighth inning as the San Francisco Giants came from behind to beat the San Diego Padres 6-4. Jack Clark tied the score earlier in the eighth with a long home run over the center field fenee off Rollie Fingeri. San Diego had takes MXX early 4-0 lead on a sacrifice fly by Gene Tenace. a run-$coring single by Kurt Bevacqua and a two-run double by Brodenck Perkins. ~ tynn injured ~ WINTER HAVEN. Fia (UPI) - Boston Red Sox center helder Fred Lynn injured his right knee Tuesday morning while participating in • rundowr. drill and was taken to • hospital for X-rays Red Sox manager Dor Zimmer **>d Lvnn jutt tried to stop quick and feiidown We don't thin* its anything serious s*>d tramtr Charue Moss. but we jus: w*ct to be sure rough evening. Woodson was In- diana's leading scorer during the regular season and had 20 points in the Hoosiers' semifinal victory over Ohio State. NHL standings NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE By United Preee International (Went Const §»*•* ant sncknond) Campbell Conference Patrick Dtrlatoa f L T Pu. OF OA NY Islanders 45 13 12 192 321 II? NY Rangers 19 24 9 95 299 34e Philadelphia 34 22 14 92 249 213 Atlanta 37 It 7 91 213 247 tniytke Dtrlatoa f L T PU. 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