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Show The Daily Utah Chronicle, Wednesday, March 30, Page Seven 1583 " ' Complete Holmos still revered as hero SCRANTON, Pa. As a fight, it was forgettable. But a lot of people will remember Larry Holmes' World Boxing Council heavyweight title defense against Lucien Rodriguez. "He never forgot where he came from, and this town will never ever forget him," said James B. McNulty, the roly-po- ly hard-co- al mayor of this one-ticapital of 88,000. ., A crowd of 6,800 people, including members of a drum and bugle corps, who showed up with drums and no bugles a little drum music goes a long way turned out to see Holmes defend his title in the town where he first fought professionally for $63 10 years ago; They knew he had kept a promise to fight here as me champion.. r They chanted his name and gave him a rousing ovation when he entered the ring a the musty Watres Armory. And in the later rounds some of them booed, perhaps disappointed that their hero could not knock out Rodriguez and had to settle for a one-sidunanimous decision. - ed Cards keep fingers cmssed Louisville Coach Denny Crura is not a four-lettbut there's one word on his mind this week. . Luck. , , word man, er ,4You have top-rank- ed "Houston looked awfully good," Crum said after watching the in Sunday's Midwest regional 1 Cougars bury Villanova rival final, the day after Louisville flattened final. the Mideast overtime in in 8 Kentucky The other two entrants into the Final Four are North Carolina State. The Bulldogs Georgia and 16th-rankwon the East championship by upending defending national and the Wolfpack nosed out champ North Carolina 7, West. Virginia 2 in the The Cougars take a winning streak into the Final FouV. "They'll probably be a slight favorite, but I like that," said roll. "I didn't Crum, whose Cardinals are 32-- 3 and on a this be was he would this said. think "I team good," hoping that 20 well would we and when the win be playing games maybe started." NCAA tournament 89-7- down-the-ro- ad 80-6- 18th-rank- ed ed 82-7- 63-6- 25-ga- me 16-ga- Instruction Concerned About PREGNANCY or to have some kind of luck in the NCAA tournament," he said as he prepared his second-ranke- d Cardinals for Saturday's semifinal showdown with Houston. "At least you don't need any bad luck." .'. Houston had 10 dunks and 13 blocked shots against Villanova.' Olajuwon had 20 points, 13 rebounds and eight blocked shots against the Wildcats. "I think this was my best game," he said. By this time each year in Georgia, the Bulldogs' fans usually turn their attention to Herschel Walker and the rest of the Georgia football team, just beginning spring practice. "Back home, they sayWe just don't play basketball in March," Coach Hugh Durham said. V,' Walker, of course, defected to the United States Football League a year after guiding the Bulldogs' to a national championship.. Now after a brief period of mourning, Georgia has basketball on its mind. North Carolina State, like Georgia, was a long shot even to make the tournament until it upended North Carolina and Virginia on successive days in the Atlantic Coast Conference ' Tournament. The Wolfpack has been paced by the torrid outside shooting of Dereck Whittenburg, who had 25 in the Western final; the inside scoring of Thud Bailey and the dramatic improvement of sophomore forward Lorenzo Charles, whose two foul shots with 23 seconds left sank Virginia. : FAMILY PLANNING? Scuba Certification in a completion 8 course. Phone for more information. 2-we- and nurses at the Student Health Service will discuss this subject during the month of April Physicians ek 263-353- on Mondays from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Open 12:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. daily. Group limited to 20 Sportcove Scuba Shop 6601 South State, Murray 8 Phone NO CHARGE! Call to reserve 581-643- 1 263-353- a place Houston is led by the Phi Slamma Jamma fraternity of Akeem Olajuwon, Clyde Drexlerand Larry Micheaux; When Louisville won the national championship three years ago, the Cardinals were known as the "Doctors of Dunk.'' mJli o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o oooo0 TODAY INSTITUTE CLASSES START 250 Bananna Splits 11 a.m. -- 1 p.m. TOMORROW 99$ Lunch Live entertainment with Harry Glow Band NOON FRIDAY DEVOTIONAL "l : . ' i. : Sff W ' Full Line of Textbooks for Each Dept. Best Selection of Used Textbooks (by far) Only Store with the Guaranteed Textbook Program Ml Best Price Structure Salt Lake Institute Best Concert Choir just returned from their national tour "Buy-Back-" FRIDAY NIGHT EXTRAVAGANZA o LEE FUGAL o STAR WARS MOVIE o LIVE DAND and DISCO o or free with Spring Institute Registration o : $3 : o Ml IEH8B oooooo oooo Tim flSTO lSCTl!! University Bookstore |
