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Show Last Irish Horseman Dies in Scranton 1 Thursday: Janu:ir i be Sail Lake Tribune, . lb, 1 936 . C7 Sportliglit - SCRANTON. Id. (LT!) Football Vgend Jim Crowley, the last of the i.ibled Four Horsemen of Notre Dame, (tied Wednesday at a nursing home after a long illness. He was 83. "To say the very least, it is a very ad dav to see the passing of the last -- of the Four Horsemen and the pass- ing of a great era in college football," said Notre Dame athletic director Gene Corrigan. Crowley staked a lasting claim to fame Oct. 18. 1924. when New York sports writer Grantland Rice dubbed the Notre pame backfield "The Four Horsemen" after the Knute Rockne-coacheDish beat Army at New York s Polo Grounds. The image was burned in the public consciousness a few days later by a widely distributed picture of Crowley and his three cohorts Elmer Lay-deHarry Stuhldreher and Don in full uniform sitting Miller astride horses. Dwight Gooden 13-- 7 - Dwight Gooden led the major leagues in victories, strikeouts and earned run average in 1985. He won 14 straight garns and pitched 31 consecutive scoreless innings. He became the youngest modem big lea guer to win 20 games and earned the National League Cy N oting award at the earliest age of any pitcher, ever With all these aceomplishinnts, what was Ins most mcmoi jblc mo ment of 1585'. When I hit the home run." he says and almost never given to hyperbole, the demurs from tooting his own horn, but the numbers trumpet his success. For his deeds. Gooden was voted The Associated Dress' 1985 Male Athlete of the Year, winning over Chicago Rears running back Walter Payton by a large margin. In balloting released Wednesday, Gooden received 53 votes in a nationwide poll of 221 sports writers and broadcasters; Dayton had 39 votes. Race car driver Bill Elliott was third with 25. Ld.owed bv ('inn; nan r Dete Rose with 23 and Le.- - Angeles I... ken n mor Reds n The backfield from the little school right-hand- became forever college football's Four Horsemen, from the biblical Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. in South Bend, Ind., In what became one of the most quoted lines in sports reporting. Rice wrote: "Outlined against a blue-graOctober sky. the Four Horseman rode again. In dramatic lore they were known as Famine, Pestilence. Destruction. and Death. These are only aliases'. Their real rames are Stuhldreher. Miller, Crowley and Layden ... "Sleepy Jim" often marveled at how the tag placed on the backfield endured over the decades. "The name just stayed on me. didn't ever think it would last this long. Crowley once said. "I've done other things, but 11 always be know as one of the Four Horsemen. Crowley died at 2:52 a.m. at the Holy Family Residence, a nursing home operated by the Little Sisters of the Poor, where he had been a guest 1 1 Asociuiod Pfcsb Loser photo ( y Wednesday. He was 8.1 The Four Horsemen, from left: Don Miller, Elmer Lay-deCrowley and Harry Stuhldreher. Jim Crowley, second from right, the last surviving member of the Four Horsemen of Notre Dames famed 1924 team died since May 1984. He was in poor health for several months and suffered from a heart condition. Although small compared with even most high school backfields today. the Four Horsemen dismantled opponents. The Irish finished the 1924 regular season defeated Stanford in the Rose Bowl and captured the national championship. at and 165 Crowley, James H. Crowley attended East d Tribune Wire Services Kevin McHale scored 33 points and Larry Bird 24 Wednesday night as the third Boston Celtics rode a 0 victory period outburst to a 123-10- over Denver, snapping the Nuggets' e National Basketball Association winning streak. Danny Ainge, held to one basket in the. first half, came back to help break open a close game with 16 points, including six in the decisive run. as the Celtics hiked their home record to five-gam- 17-- Boston center Robert Parish had 13 points and backup Bill Walton only two. However, Walton led the Celtics on the big surge with several rebounds while Parish was in the dressing room for equipment repair. Alex English, the NBA scoring leader with a 29.7 average, hit for 16 points in the first half, but managed only six in the final two periods for 22 points, high for Denver. Bill Hanzlik points and Lafayette Lever 14 for the Nuggets. napolis. Kiki Vandeweghe scored 31 points and Mychal Thompson added 22 to lead Portland past Indiana. Clyde Drexler hit a free throw with seconds to play and Steve Porter added two more with six seconds remaining to secure the victory for Portland. Indiana fell to The Pacers cut the difference to with 32 seconds remaining on a steal and three-poin- t play by Vern Flemming, wno led the team with 24 points. Indiana forward Clark Kellogg, in his first game after missing 40 days and 26 games because of knee surgery. scored 13 points, all in the fourth quarter. 19 25-1- 10-2- 106-10- 4 NBA Nets 123, 76ers 89: At Philadelphia, Otis Birdsong scored 27 points as the New Jersey Nets snapped the e 76ers winning streak. Buck Williams collected 18 points and Darryl Dawkins 17 in the Nets fourth victory out of their last six games. Darwin Cook contributed 15 five-gam- assists. Blazers 109, Pacers 104: At India The loss was only the second in the last 15 games for the Sixers, who played without Charles Barkley, sidelined with lower back pain. Philadelphia was led by Maurice Cheeks 17 points and eight assists, while Sedale Threatt scored 14 points and Clemon Johnson 12. Moses Malone collected 13 rebounds for the losers. Detroit shot 63 percent in the first half en route to a advantage. Thomas had 12 first quarter points as the Pistons took command with a advantage. Pistons 123, Bulls 113: At Pontiac, Mich., Isiah Thomas scored a game-hig- h 28 points and Bill Laimbeer added 24 to carry Detroit past Chicago. San Antonio. The Spurs, who earlier in the day lost starting point guard Johnny Moore for the season, continually bat- The fight occurred Tuesday night during the Bulls' victory n Chicago. With 1:08 to play, Oldham and Bol jockeyed for position under the Chicago basket. They pushed each other heading upcourt. then exchanged punches before being separated. Oldham pursued Bol and resumed punching him near the press table. Oldham went after the Sudanese center a third time before he could be Tribune Wire Services restrained. 117-11- 3 68-6- 2 37-3- 2 Rockets 113: At San 119, Spurs forward Ralph Sampson poured in 30 points, including in the second quarter, as Houston downed Antonio, 1 1 tled back, forging rallies in the last two quarters to keep the game close. The victory was only Detroit's second in the last 10 games and improved its overall record to " George Gervin scored 27 points for Chicago, which dropped its fourth in on the the last five and fell to season. Orlando Woolridge added 19 and Sidney Green 17. Laimbeer and Thomas scored baskets with less than six minutes re4 maining to give the Pistons a cushion, but Chicago scored the next five points to close to within Joe Dumars and Vinnie Johnson added J5 points each for Detroit. Knicks 116, Mavericks 112: At Dallas, Gerald Wilkins scored 14 of his 19 points in the fourth period and Patrick Ewing scored 25 points to lead the New York Knicks to a win over Dallas. 15-2- 5 Sonics 103: At Los Angeles, Marques Johnson scored 20 points and reserve Franklin Edwards added 19 including 13 in the second to lead the Los Angeles quarter Clippers to a win over Seattle. Gippers 110-10- 110-10- 110, Wingate Lifts Hoy as Past No. 4 Syracuse Tribune Wire Services David Wingate scored 12 of his (8 points in the second half, including g the basket, to lead No. 15 Georgetown to a 7370 Big East game-winnin- Conference victory over fourth-ranke- d Syracuse Wednesday night at handover. Md4 Reggie Williams basket with 2:J6 tie and remaining snapped a gave the Hoyas a lead thy would never relinquish. After Ralph Dalton made a free throw to give Georgetown a lead, the Orangemen's Wendell Alexis hit a jumper to cut the gap to But Wingate scored the Hoyas final four points, including two clinching free throws with two seconds left, to help Georgetown hand Syracuse its first defeat of the season. 66-6- 6 69-6- 6 69-6- Williams scored 17 points for the In the Big East. Hoyas. 12-- and Rafael Addison led Syracuse. 13-- 1 and w th 16 pjints. 3 3-- 2 Indiana 69, Ohio St. 66: At BlooSteve Alford scored 32 Ind., mington. points and sank three free throws in the final 15 seconds Wednesday night to give Indiana a Big Ten victory over Ohio State. The triumph ended a seven-gam- e home losing streak for Indiana in Big 4 Ten play. The Hoosiers rose to in the Big Ten. The overall and Buckeyes, who never led, fell to and 69-6- 6 11-- 3-- 2 9-- 5 Memphis State 89, Cincinnati 71: At Cincinnati, junior center William Bedford scored a game-hig23 points and triggered a second-hal- f rally that sent No. 6 Memphis State to a ragged Metro Conference basketball victory Wednesday night over the University of Cincinnati. Memphis State, 16-- and 0 in Metro play, hit a sizzling 68 percent from the floor in the first half as it built a lead, only to let It slip away after the intermission. h 89-7- 1 0 3-- Louisville 85, Florida St. 64: At Tallahassee. Fla., senior guard Milt Wagner pumped in 27 points and was guard Jeff Hall contributed 16 as No. 18 Louisville defeated Florida State in Metro Conference basketball Wednesday night. Forward Pervis Ellison added 13 85-6- 4 and forward Billy Thompson scored 12 to round out the top scoring for the Cardinals. Louisville boosted their record to 10-overall and 1 in conference play while the Seminoles reported a conferoverall record and a ence slate. ' VaTech 73, James Madison 65: At Harrisonburg. Va., Dell Curry and Dave Burgess keyed a 10-- second half spurt that gave Virginia Tech the d lead for good and the basketball went on to post a victory over James Madison's Dukes Wednesday night. Curry, a senior guard averaging 23 points a game, finished with 21 and led his team in rebounding with 11. Keith Colbert also scored 21 for the 2-- 4 1 5 2 Ho-ki- 16th-ranke73-6- 5 Hokies. The victory was the 16th in 18 games for the Redmen and raised their conference record to Kansas 81, Nebraska 70: At Lincoln, Neb., Danny Manning scored 21 St. Johns 74, Seton Hall 58: At East Rutherford. N.J., Walter Berry d 74-5- 8 Oklahoma Colorado 82: At Boulder, Coach Billy Tubbs acknowledged that Colorado was ready for his undefeated Sooners but the final score showed the Buffs were not ready enough. This was by far our toughest game of the year," Tubbs said Wednesday night as Oklahoma extended its winning streak to 16-- this season with a 2 Big Eight victory over Colorado. 94, 0 64, Mississippi St. 52: At Starkville, Miss., sophomore Richard Madison came to the rescue Wednesday night when Kentucky needed some clutch points - d 6-- 6-- 1 1 know what to expect," Gilbert said. "The other times I played him I felt I never had a chance. Tonight I felt if I got a chance, I would go for it." The two players exchanged words during one changeover in the second set, and according to Gilbert, McEnroe told him he didnt belong on the same court with him. McEnroe credited Gilbert with "playing the match of his life, and I didn't. I'm just not moving and serving as well as I have. My concentration is just not what it should be." Ivan Lendl, the top seed and loser of only one match since last August, was highly impressive as he powered in his way past Tomas Smid, 61 minutes. In the quarterfinals Friday, Gilbert will play Anders Jarryd and Lendl 6-- 6-- opposes Tim Mayotte. Earlier Wednesday, Jarryd rallied after dropping the final 18 points of the opening set to defeat fellow Swede Joakim Nystrom, and Mayotte used a single service break in each set to upset Yannick Noah, 0-- 6-- 6-- In the two quarterfinal matches to be played Thursday, Johan Kriek meets Andres Gomez and Boris Becker faces Mats Wilander. Even in the set he won. McEnroe had to struggle, staving off four break points in the 11th game before gaining the only break in the 12th game at love. Gilbert, a Californian, achieved the only break of the second set in the seventh game. In the second. sixth and eighth games McEnroe had break points, but failed to convert. After McEnroe and Gilbert held in the first two games of the final set, Gilbert made the decisive break in a third game which went to deuce four times. McEnroe, who had been up 40-in the game, netted a backhand vol 0 Tribune Wire Services Mike Bullard scored two goals and the Pittsburgh Penguins exploded for five goals in the third period to beat in a Nathe New York Islanders tional Hockey League game Wednesday night at Pittsburgh. The Penguins scored four times in a span of the final period to defeat the Islanders for the first time this season after three losses and a tie. The Penguins suffered a loss at New York last Thursday. Canadiens 4, Jets 0: At Montreal, rookie center Stephane Richer scored twice and Guy Carbonneau collec ted r the and an assist to support rookie Patrick Roy's first NHL shutout and lead Montreal over 6-- 3 five-minu- 9-- 0 game-winne- Winnipeg. The victory gave Montreal 52 e tie in points and a share of the Adams Division with the Quebec Oilers 4, Whalers 1: At Hartford.-WaynGretzky extended his scoring streak to 35 games with two goals as Edmonton defeated Hartford. The loss was the second straight and fifth in seven games for the struggling Whalers. two-on-o- Nordiques. , Black Hawks 4, Sabres 2: At Chicago. Billy Gardner broke a 1 deadlock with a second period goal and rookie winger. Wayne Presley connected after a breakaway to lift Chicago over Buffalo. first-plac- ' Devils 4, Red Wings 3: At Detroit. Tim Higgins scored 1:23 of overtime i ' to lift New Jersey over Detroit. After a scoreless third period. Higgins took a pass from Greg Adams and fired a backhander from the fa- ceoff circle to the right of Detroit goalie Ed Mio to give New Jersey its second victory in 12 games. . Rangers 4, Kings 3: At Inglewood, rookie Mike Ridley's second goal of the third period snapped a tie with 2:44 remaining in regulation and lifted the New York Rangers to a triumph over Los Angeles. Blues 10, Maple Leafs 1: At St Louis Bernie Fedcrko scored two goals and added three assists, leading St. Louis over Toronto behind Rick Wamslev's strong goaltending. Peoria Snaps Eagle Win Streak Continued From consecutive-gam- C-- 6 skein e MacLeod holds the team end at 17. consecutive-gam- e scoring record at 26. MacLeod joins Scott Gruhl of Muskegon and Brian Shaw (no longer with scorers in Peoria) as the only the league. MacLeod had a league-hig- h 51 goals last year. Doug Evans built Peoria's lead to after two periods and each team added a pair of goals in the concluding period. The Golden Eagles played most of 1 the final two periods without center Gary DeGrio. DeGrio took a blow to the head and was taken to a Peoria hospital for further examination. It was believed he suffered a slight concussion. Left wing Ted Pearson made his. .rn to the Golden Eagles lineup , r missing four games because of ,v.vrated right ankle. Pearson 'd on the p. when DeGrio was unable to MacLcod-Sapergi- a and" line con-- , tinue, was moved into the center slot with forwards Bobby Simpson and Todd Hooey. llth-ranke- d to topple Mississippi State. ran its SEC record Kentucky, 64-5- 2 12-- to Gilbert Hands McEnroe Embarrassing Masters Loss NEW YORK (UP1) John McEnroe... still striving to recapture his championship form of a year ago, sufloss fered another embarrassing Wednesday night when he fell to Brad match of Gilbert in an opening-rounthe $500,00 Masters. McEnroe, after battling for most of the night with his game, his temper and the crowd, finally collapsed in the final set as Gilbert swept the last six games to complete a remarkable upset. Rubbing in the defeat even further, Gilbert has been sick in bed the last two days with a sore throat and required a lot of medication. Gilbert, ranked 18th in the world and able to capture only a single set from McEnroe in seven previous matches, broke service in the third, fifth and seventh games of the final set. conceding only a more two points in the closing two games. "When I went out there didn't 3, 81-7- 0 Kentucky defense to overcame a St. score 20 points and John's limited Seton Hall to 14 points in the final 13 minutes, beating the in a Big East ConferPirates ence basketball game Wednesday night. Exploding Penguins Rip for Win Islanders, 6-- points Wednesday night to lead No. 8 Kansas to an victory over Nebraska in the Big Eight Conference opener for both teams. 94-8- ninth-ranke- Penalizes Bol, Oldham for Fighiuig The NBA Wednesday penalized Jawaun Oldham of the Chicago Bulls and rookie Manutc Bol of the Washington Bullets for fighting Russell Granik. the NBA's executive vice president, announced Oldham was suspended without pay for one game and fined $1,500. and Bol was fined $500. in 1971. 17-2- ' 20. season on the womens goll Nancy Lopez, who had a record-settintour, was named the 1985 Associated Pri":s Female Athlete of the Year Wednesday. It was the second time she has won the annual award Lopez was named on 48 ballots c.ist by 221 sports writers and sports- casters nationwide. Tennis player Martina Nav i alilovu was second with 43 votes, followed by basketball player ('herd Miller with 31 and distance runner Mary Decker Slaney with 29 Crowley did public relations work and held some government positions in the Scranton area before retiring 1932. with r Lopez Honored as Top Female Atlilete In 1933. he moved on to Fordham. where he coached another football legend, Vince Lombardi. Crowley guided Fordham to the Cotton Bowl in 1941 and to the Sugar Bowl in 1942. He later held a series of sports-relatejobs, including commissioner of Hie old Football Conference and chairman of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Commission from 1955 to 1963. After an assistant coaching job at the University of Georgia, Crowley was head football coach at Michigan State University from 1929 through post-seaso- Abdul-Jabba- n, Green Bay High School in Wisconsin and went on to Notre Dame, where he graduated in 1925 He played in only a handful of professional games for the Green Bay Packers and the Providence Steam Rollers and was paid $500 to $1,000 a game. He earned the larger fee when accompanied by the other three Horsemen. n pounds, won honor as a halfback. Born Sept. 10, 1902 in Chicago. player-manage- Kareem McHale, Bird Lead Celtics Past Nuggets 16 Kul Gooden Named 1985s Top Male Athlete d had Manuie Nancy Lopez ley on the third break point It was the first opening-rounloss for McEnroe since the WCT Finals last spring, and he was in an antsy mood as he aroused the crowd against him with his bickering. He was given a code violation for a visible obsenity in the opening game of the second set. ranked Lendl, the world's No. player, barely was bothered by his compatriot from Czechoslovakia, sweeping the last eight games. Mayotte, a Wimbledon semifinalist in 1982 and winner of the first Lipton International last February, had a single service break in each set against Noah. The opening match was one of great contrast between two players of similar style. Jarryd, ranked eighth in the world, one notch in front of his compatriot, seemed completely out of touch in the opening set as li'c dropped the final four games at love. d 1 Utes Face Surprising CSU Continued F'rom C-- 6 graduated. But Strong is back. And. apparently, he's playing the best basketball of his career. "He's a very good player," Archibald admits. He's had four years of competition now, and believe me, that helps in a conference like the WAC." For the Utes, who are just on the road this season, the key to beating Colorado State will come offensively. So says Archibald. "Weve gotta shoot the basketball," he explained. "What happened against UTEP and New Mexico (in Utah's only recent losses) was that our offense did not carry us like it should have." But hitting on all cylinders offensively might not be easy against the Rams, who have limited their opponents to only 43'j percent field goal shooting this season. "Hopefully." said Archiald. "our quickness will help." Adds McAndrcws, "They arc very quick. We must be careful with their quickness." Utah, meanwhile, has been playing exceptional defense, too. Only twice in 15 games this season have opponents hit better than 50 per- cent from the floor against the Utes And, in the last eight games, only Sat) Diego State has shot better than 4 percent. ' are important numbers consider the Utes are 10-when upponents shoot less than 50 when opponents shoot percent and less than 45 percent. "We have been playing good de- fense," Archibald admitted. "But I still think they key this weekend against CSU and Wyoming will be how we play offensively . . . how consistent we are offensively." w 3 2 Lu Women (gymnasts Sponsoring Reception The five-tim- e national champion Utah women's gymnastics team is hosting a reception, free to the public, Frit' y at the Sheraton Triad Hotel. Lady Ute gymnastics fans will get the opportunity to meet the team and coaches at the reception, scheduled for 7:30 p.m. at the Sheraton Bull-rooB . |
