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Show Sunday, March 7, Page 16 THE HERALD, Provo, Utah 1971 Joe Frazier Favored Arizona Drops UTEP from Race; Sun Devils Win IT'S !N THE BAG But Ali Says xNot So' MIAMI BEACH (UPI)-Sa- ys Muhammad Ali's trainer, Ange-l- o Dundee: "The way to beat a slugger is to box him, and that's what we're gonna do." Ali and Dundee view the Monday night battle in Madison Square Garden between former Clay and champ "5 T r t - AriTUCSON, Ariz. (UPI) zona rallied in die final two minutes with a seven - point splurge to halt the University of Texas at El Paso, in a crucial Western Athletic Conference basketball game for the Miners. be 82-7- 7, o, ZZZ3 i - current champ Joe Frazier for AIL "I'll be back pedalin' and the world heavyweight title as throwin' rippin' punches." Ali planned a final workout a match between an aggressive slugger and Ali with his fancy here yesterday before Dying to New York this evening to relax-mayfootwork and jabs. at a "hideout," he says d "This won't be any and wait for fight time. fight. There'll be a lot of footwork in it in and out, in Plans To Weigh 212 and pop, pop, pop," says All skipped sparring Friday but worked 17 rounds on the heavy bag and speed bag, shadow-boxin- g in he ring and skipping rope. He looked like he 1 was working hard all the way and at the end he weighted 214 pounds. He says he plans to "the weigh 212 by Monday same as for the first Liston fight." He said his Friday training rounds were "swift rounds so I can go that way for 15 if I have to. I don't know if it will go 15, but I'm always ready in case it does." "I've never been this serious about a fight Z never worked this hard, never trained so hard," said Ali. "The only way he's gonna win is a knockout it's the only way," he said. "There's i way x me it's imposhe can r p lo 1 The loss eliminated UTEP from any chance of tying the winner of the J With 2:09 left in the game, UTEP grabbed a 5 lead as guard Bob Dcyle made two free throws. But it was the Miners' last hope. Bill Warner tied the game for Arizona with a tip-i- n and Tom Lee put the Wildcats ahead with a free throw at with 77-7- o . l ' d v 78-7- 7 1:22 sible. "And he's gonna have too much trouble catchin' me for a .... MORE THAN A FIGHT-T- he Gene Tunney (left) vs. in Chicago in 1927 was one of those Fight of the Century battles whose significance transcended that of a mere sporting event. Jack Dempsey fight Fights Appeal to Basest Appetites Like most of the other Fights of the Century, there is a score to be settled in the Joe Ali heavyweight championship bout d NEW YORK ( NE A ) Frazier-Muhamma- that transcends the ring. Racial andor political antagonisms have put the spur to the most celebrated fights of the 20th century. One of the participants in this bout, Frazier, is a virtual stranger to any kind of image in America. Ali has enough for both. Fans are in most cases not for or against Frazier, they are for or against Ali. For Ali represents, depending on your background and perspectives, a knave or a knight, an Army slacker or a hero, a charmer or a bore, a racist or a rational man. So it has been, in varying degrees, with Johnson-Jeffrie- s and Carpentier-Dempse- y and Johnson-WillarAll heavyTunney-Dempseand weights, carry the burden of the nomenclature, The Fight of the Century. The ballyhoo leading up to those fights was usually much more frenzied than the vaunted battle itself. Jim Jeffries against Jack Johnson, glamorized on stage and screen as "The Great White Hope" was such a case in point. Jeffries came out of retirement to try to wrest the crown away from the first black champion, on July 4, 1910. Jack London, the novelist, was at ringside and wrote: "Once again has Johnson sent down to defeat the chosen representative of the white race and this time the greatest of them It was not a great battle after all, save in its setting and significance." He went on to ask: "And where now is the champion who will make Johnson extend himself, who will glaze those bright eyes, remove that smile and silence the golden repartee?" It would be, in a still disputed match, Jess Willard, five years later. The first gate and one of the most tumultuous was for the Georges Carpentier-Jac- k fight build-up- s Denr y bout in Boyle's Thirty Acres in New Jersey, July 2, 1921. Carpentier, suave, affable French light heavyweight champion, called "The Orchid Man," was pitted against the gruesome Dempsey. Dempsey, not only a brutal pugilist, was suffering with a public image of one who had shirked his military obligation in World War I. Carpentier had fought for his country, which was now a bosom ally of America. "(The promoters were) selling admission not only to a fight," wrote Paul Gallico, "but at one and the same time to living drama, the oldest and most time-triehokum virtue again scallawaggery." Politics and race were less of an issue in the Dempsey-GenTunny clashes. Yet there was plenty of "virtue agin scallawaggery." In their first fight, 1926, Tunney a young, well-reawas the underdog against the snarling Dempsey. Tunney won. One year later, in million gate, images had been reversed. the fust Tunney was now a prig, Dempsey the sentimental old champ on a valiant comeback. Schmeling fight, Perhaps the second Joe Louis-Main 1938, stands out as the most hate-fillein recent history. Schmeling happened to be a German who "represented" Hitler. Louis was a Negro, a target of the Louis knocked him out in round one. The greatest "Fights of the Century" have appealed to our basest appetites of prejudice, malice and vindictive-ness- . It will certainly be a Fight of So doej Frazier-Ali- . the Century, if not the Fight of the Century, no matter what transpires in the ring. ... d e d x d I'ber-mensche- n. Fight Televised To Soldiers In ut." underdog in the fight, which he says is all right because it increases his desire to win. But he says he shouldn't be. "I don't see how people can pick him to win," he said. "This is my style of fighter a man who keeps coming at me." The training for Frazier ended Saturday with a little roadwork and light exercise as the final preparation for his $15 million showdown with Cassius Clay Monday night. The champion concluded his boxing on Friday by sparring five rounds, running his total during the last six weeks to 207. After the workout his weight was 204 pounds and Frazier scid he was satisfied. n. jvxruTjnjxnjnruTjtrtor"u'iri"iii HE WASHINGTON (UPI) --The promoters of the Joe Ali heavyweight have championship cleared the way for a broadcast to VS. servicemen In South Vietnam, it was I learned today. Negotiations were under way today between the Fight of management and Champions Armed Forces Radio and Television Services to determine if the fight also could be broadcast to such isolated areas as Guam and Okinawa without infringing on commercial contracts. farah CAll . ana FaraPress' ficed 12 years monkeying around the fight business. If he wants to retire I'd be happy but if he doesn't, I'll be with him for his next fight too." As for Durham, who will get more than 15 per cent of Frazier's paycheck, the bout offers security for him to "slow down and not work so hard anymore." "I'll leave some of the training to other men and just go by the gym two or three times a week," he said. During his entire training Frazier worked no more than eight rounds any day, and Durham predicts a knockout in V5 at halftime, 37-3- 5, but three straight points at the opening of the second half put the Sun Devils back in command. Arizona State shot 65 per cent from the field while the Lobos shot only 43 per cent. The Sun Devils also held an edge in rebut had seven bounds, more turnovers, The win gave Arizona State a 16-- 9 over-a- ll mark and an 5 record in the Western Athletic Conference 42-3- 26-1- 9. 8-- nRrwrm- UiisuuEJ STA-PRES- T (3 I seven. Seventh Round? see it ending in the seventh round with a left hook," Durham said. "Joe may follow through with a right, but it'll be the left hook that does the damage." "I If After his final workout, Frazier jokes with the half dozen newsmen who were at hand for the workout. "I think Clay's upset because he didn't think of giving a victory party after the fight like I did," said Frazier, "but I'll be there, and I'll sing too if I'm not messed up." Frazier's first relaxation in six weeks will come after the bout when.he can once again his family. Although, see Frazier stayed in a motel right across from his Philadelphia home, he saw his wife and children only a few minute each day during training. -- wvV5 1 Oc bold New Styles and Patterns Great New Fabrics In Every Style You Could Possibly Want J. 'If f i iLW 373-344- FLARES - STRAIGHT LEG - TAPERED jlfljll''Su-i- - FIRMAGES HAS THEM MEN'S SIZES per mile Gat Not Included Full iie can lightly higher all 1971 modelt FOR RESERVATIONS double-teame- FROM VEGA" 7.47 per day, 60-4- 5. JEANS and SLACK "I'd love to see him retire," Durham said. "He's been in the game long enough. He sacri- HjF w 45 ALL THA7S NEW FOR SPRING IN fighter. Try The Chevy Fun Car blow-by-blo- Sto-va- ll efovercame the fort c! New Mexico's Willie Long. New Mexico coach Bob King was ejected from the contest with slightly less than 12 minutes remaining when he picked up his second and third technical fouls while protesting a charging foul. The score when King left was 57-in favor of the Sun Devils, and Kennedy put in the two technical free throws plus the foul shot to make it Arizona State jumped into a 16-- 4 lead in the opening six minutes when the Lobos were playing a deliberate offense tryd ing to hit Long who was under the basket The Lobos fought back to within two EVERY MONDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHTS! Frazier Is Cool At stake is $2.5 million per man, the heavyweight title, and a niche among boxing's immortalsJack Jonnson, Jack Dempsey and' Joe Louis, but Frazier says he is "cool." "It dont do any good to worry now," Frazier said. "I'm into this thing now, and he'll find out that he is too." Win or lose, Frazier's manager, Yank Durham, continues to talk about retirement for the ad fight 90-6- 3, Friday night Twenty-eign- t points by Bill Kennedy and20 by Paul OPEN 'TIL Rent One From South Vietnam Frazier-Muhamm- 80-7- Ali is the i, left Arizona got the ball back and Walt McKinney was fouled by UTEP's Charlie Brakes. McKin-ne- y converted two free throws to put the Wildcats ahead, and, with only a couple of seconds left in the game, Arizona stole the ball and McKinney scored on an easy lay-iUTEP was weakened as the result of their ace Dick Gibbs not being at full capacity fol lowing a bout with the flu. He did not play in the first 23 minutes of the game. out-bo- kn'-ko- Utah-Brigha- m Young University game Saturday at Salt Lake City for the conference crown. The Miners had to take successive victories from Arizona and Arizona State Saturday night to tie the winner of the Salt Lake game. - AriTEMPE, Ariz. 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