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Show Tuesday, January 1, 1980. THE HERALD,Provo, Utah—Page 7 Vermont Gets NCAA Ski Bid the NCAA jumping competition will be held March 5 at the 70-meter jumpat The Steelers brought Pittsburgh the National Footbal! Leaaue championship in January when they defeated the Dallas Cowboys 35-31 in Miami’s Orange Bowl fer a record third Super Bowltitle. The Pirates then gave Pittsburgh the baseball championship when they roared back from a three game to one deficit to defeat the Baltimore Orioles 4-1 in the seventh and deciding game and captured the World Series. Pittsburgh’s players also distinguished themselves as the city becamethe sports capitalof the U.S. Quarterback Terry Bradshaw of the Steelers was named the Most Valuable Player in the Super Bowl. outfielder Dave Parker was selected the Most Valuable Player in the National League’s All-Star game victory over the American League and venerable first baseman Willie Stargell was chosen as the Most Valuable Player of the Pirates’ playoff and World Series victories. Stargell also shared the National League's Most Valuable Player Award with Keith Hernandez of St. Louis. MuhammadAli, considered by many to be the greatest heavyweight championof all time, announced his retirement during the summer but another former Olympic champion, Sugar Ray Leonard, was close at hand to replace tered three world records, including the mile mark, in a span of41 days. The 22-year-old Coe set world records in the 800, 1,500 meters and the mile and wiped the namesof three track legends — Alberto Juantorena (800), John Walker (mile) and Filbert Bayi (1,500) — from the On July 5, Coe clipped “1.07 seconds off Juaitarens’t 800meter record, covering it in 1:42.33. Just 12 days to beat Walker's mark. Less than a month laterin Zurich, he clocked 3:32.1 to beat pay's 5-year-old 1,500 mark by one-tenth of a second. In college football, Southern California defeated Michigan in the Rose Bow! last January and edged out Alabama for the national championship. The Crimson Tide, however, charged back in 1979 to finish undefeated and held the No. 1 ranking entering the New Year's Day bowl games. Charles White of Southern California won the Heisman Trophy and was named Player of the Year by UPI and teammate Brad Budde wasselected Linemanof the year. Earle Bruce, who replaced Woody Hayes at Ohio State, wasselected as Coachof the Yearafter leading the Buckeyes to the Big 10title. Twoplayers — Larry Bird ofIndiana State and Earvin Johnson of Michigan State — dominated the college basketball scene. Bird was named Player of the Year after leading Indiana State to an unbeaten regular season and Johnson was the Most Valuabie Player of the NCAA tournament as he led Michigan State to thetitle. The ‘“‘little man’’ took over in pro basketball as Dennis Johnson and Gus Williamslifted the Seattle SuperSonics to an easy 4-1 victory over the Washington Bullets in the NBAfinals. The National Hockey League began the year with an embarrasing two gamesto one lossto the Soviet Union in the Challenge Cup. continued it by taking in four World Hockey Association overits bizarre schedule. Montrealcontinued its dominanceby defeating the upstart New Yor! Rangers in Mayto win the Stanley Cup butfell on hard times early in the 1979season. Bernie Geoffrion replaced Scotty Bowman as Montreal’s coach but just a few weeks into the season wasreplaced himself by Claude Ruel. In horse racing. Spectacular Bid went from superstar in the spring to also-ranin the fall. Bid handily took the first two races of the Triple Crown — the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness — and wasfavored to becamethethird Triple Crown winner in three years. But he was upset by Coastalin the 1¥%mile Belmont Stakes, prompting trainer Bud Delp to blamethe defeat on a still unproved safety pin injury. Bid roared back after recovering from a fever and ultimately met Affirmed, the 1978 Horse of the Year, in the Jockey Club Gold Cup, with the 1979 title at stake. Affirmed won by 1% lengths and retired to stud with his second straight Horse of the Year award. John McEnroe looked ready to become the dominant tennis player of the 1980s as the 20year-old New Yorker won the U.S. Open championship. the WCT championsip and helped lead the U.S. to a 5-0 Davis Cup clinching victory overItaly. McEnroe won close to $600,000 and proved himself the only legitimate Clulleager to Bjorn Borg as the world’s top ranking player. Chris Evert Seeks to Regain Top Spot LANDOVER,Md. (UPI) — As Chris Evert Lloyd enters 1980, her approach to tennis is as different as her standing in the game. She wasn’t the No. 1 femaletennis player in the world in 1979, a pedestal she adorned each of the previous four years. No one agrees with that ranking any more than Chris, who feels she has adjusted to being Mrs. John Lloyd. “When I was younger, there was a great drive in me, a tremendous determination to be the No. 1 player,” recalled Evert, now a 25-year-old veteran. “T was very intense. Tennis was myentire life. It digtated everything I did. Mylife revolved around my nis. “Now,that isn’t the case. The No. 1 thing in mylife is to be a good wife and put myselffully into my marriage.I think that has been shownin mytennis. I had my worst year in 1979. “When I play someone like Tracy Austin, I see in her whatI felt at her age. She has the sameintensity playing against me that I had when wanting to knock off Virginia Wade or Margaret Court or Billie Jean King. I realize now what those women felt playing against meatthat age.It’s difficult to get yourself psyched up against most of the younger players, although I don’t feel that way against Tracy, despite lier age, because of what she’s accomplished.” Evert has established a gameplan to avoid a repeat of 1979. She spent December with he: hus- band, John, in Palm Springs, Calif., relaxing — and working on her game. Starting Wednesday at the Capital Centre in Landover, Md., she goes for her fourth straight Colgate Series Championship. She won thefirst three,all at Palm Springs. Even though the tournament is considered the finale of the 1979 women’s tour, for Chris, it’s the beginning of a push, the renewal of a drive which resembles her younger days. “T have adjusted to being married and, no matter what anyone says, that’s a major adjustment. I'had to adjust to being unselfish, and that’s very tough for a tennis player. “Now I’m working on tennis. It means John and I will be apart for mostof the first three months of the year, but we've both accepted that as being necessaryif we both wantto be competitive in tennis. John is playing the men’s tour and I’m committed to the women’s tour through March. “T don’t want to look back 10 years from now and say I only gave tennis a 75 percent effort in 1980. I won't plan 10 years ahead, though.I'll play as hard as I possibly can in 1980, and then makea decision on "81. I won't let tennis put me in a corner. “T’ve often thought about the fact that I worked so hard to becomeNo.1, and now,I'm notthere.It’s different, being No. 2 or No. 3 after being No. 1, and hearing someone else referred to as the ‘No. 1 player.’ But I know I don’t deserve it. I haven't played well or won the major championships. “I would prefer to be No.1, but I don’t regret what has happened because 1979 has beenthe best year of mylife in every other respect. “NowthatI’ve reflected on what has happened,I wantto do something aboutit. That's why I didn’t play a tournament in December.I needed to work on my game.I’ve had nothing to bother mein preparing for the championships.” Observers of Evert’s career see in her now that sameintensity she had a few years back. “T think that in 1980, people will see a very different, a much moreintense. determined Chris,” said Donald Dell. former U.S. Davis Cup captain. In 1979, she won five tournaments including the French Open and the U.S. Clay Court title. She lost the finals at Wimbledon to Martina Navratilova and dropped the U.S. Open final to Austin. Evert knows the criteria she must meet to regain that No. 1 ranking. Sheisn’t starting over, though. She's been there and she knowsthe standards are high. ot I win at Capital Centre, I still won't be No.1, and I shouldn't be. I wasa finalist at Wimbledon and in the Open, but just being a finalist doesn't make anyone No.1 material. You have to win those tournaments, and others. too. SimpsonIs Proud of His NFL Accomplishments SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) — It’s onlya tiny piece of paper, but O.J. Simpson swearsit will keep him from the temptation of putting on football gear again. Shortly after he made his final appearancein a San Francisco 49ers’ uniform a couple of weeks ago, Simpson, the National Football League's secondalltime rusher, explained how he's guarding himself against the possibility of coming back again. Hepulled out the little slip of paper andsaid, “I'v written down somenotes on someofthe injuries I've hadthe last few years and howtoughitis to practice. Now,if I start thinking about playing again.I'll have semething to remind menotto. “T have no regrets about my career. Ideally, it would have been greatto finish up in the Super Bowl, score the winning touchdown with no time on the clock and then keep runningright into the tunnel as the crowd went crazy. “But I’m leaving and satisfied with my career. I hada ball, I take pride in my accomplishments.” During his 11 seasons — nine with the Buffalo Bills and the last two with the 49ers — Simpson gained 11,236 yards rushing. secondto Jim Brown's mark of 12,312. Simpson’s other running feats include six 200-yard games, 26 efforts over 100 yards and his 2,003 yards for a single season. In elaborating,he said, ‘Records andstatistics are not something you think about during the course of a career. Sure, you are aware of a given record that you may be approaching,but nowlooking back on the years, I'm proud of the things I have done. “People close to me, who love me, keep saying, ‘You gotta get the record.’ But, hey, I have enough records. Besides, it goes against my philosophy. You don’t play for records, youplay to play.”’ He admits his 2,000-yard single season record will be broken, buthestill relishes the thought of having done it over a 14-game schedule. “The 2,000 yards ... well. I found myself alone in the locker room after the gameandI realized then that 20 years from now,this was onedistinction I'd always have. “Oh. the record will be broken the wayall records are. But it being the first can never be taken away. I mean did you ever see Beattie Feathers run? Probably not,but he wasthefirst runnerto gain 1,000 yardsin a season.It's in the book; you canlookit up, just the way somekid in the year 2000 can look up Od. Simpson. The 2,000-yard season put mein football’s lore.” — works. The unbeaten Leonard completed his three-year transition from Olympic to word ae in late November when stopped previously unbeaten Wilfredo Benitez ot Puerto Rico in the 15th round to win the welterweight championship in the richest bout ever staged beneath the heavyweight classification. Ali's retirementfollowinghis victory over Leon Spinksto regain histitle for a record third time opened the heavyweight ranks for a new champion and there were two claimants — Larry Holmes for the World Boxing Council and John Tate for the World Boxing Association. 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