European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 21, 1973, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Wednesday november 21, 1973 the stars and stripes Page 23 Stravers knocks Afi Down while sparring sex Champ then throws his buddy out of his training Camp by Jan Priddy Pittsburgh a former heavy weight Champion Muhammad All confirmed monday that he kicked heavyweight contender Earnie shavers out of his Deer Lake pa., training Camp last week after being knocked Down during a sparring ses Sion. Ali preparing for a rematch Jan. 28 with Joe Frazier said he and shavers were sup posed to spar five Lazy rounds last thursday and he hit me with a Good punch in the third round. Yeah he dropped me with a Lucky shot the sex Champ said. It was a left Hook and a right hand. I went Down for a count of two. He got Lucky and knocked me Down. That was just a training session. It Don t mean nothing said the 31 year old Ali admitting he was 10 pounds overweight. I thought they weren t going to talk about  Don King shavers s manager revealed earlier monday that Ali and shavers were involved in the incident at All s upstate Pennsylvania training Camp. Earnie got thrown out of Muhammad Ali s training Headquarters last thursday because he Hung one on the sex Champ s Chin King said. He did t exactly get thrown  decided to leave when we saw the Atmos phere change from warm to Cool King said. Ali noting he does t Start actual train ing for the Frazier fight until dec. 1, said shavers must make a Public apology be fore he can get Back in Camp adding his ego won t let him  shavers is preparing to fight Jerry Quarry on dec. 14, and Ali said if he fights Jerry Quarry like he fought me Quarry s  Ali said he was still buddies with shavers who when asked of the Knock Down replied i Ain t saying yes and i Ain t saying  King also dodged further questioning saying Ali and shavers have been life Long friends we will not say anything that will ruin that  however Gene Kilroy an aide to Ali de scribed the incident As a mild riot involving handlers As Well As fighters. It lasted for about 10 minutes. It started with Mouths and then it got  shavers had run out of sparring part ners said Kilroy explaining How Ali and shavers got in the ring together. First he belted the Heck out of Billy Daniels Gilroy said from Deer Lake and Billy took off for Home. Then he bus Ted Morris Jackson s nose and that was the end of him too. So Ali offered to work out with shavers. They had agreed to go five Lazy rounds then shavers became a Wise Guy in the Middle of the third round. It was t Nice just a bad affair. It s too bad it  Falcons snap Viking win Streak at 9 games with 20-14 Victory continued from Page 21 extend his nil scoring record to 150 consecutive games. The game was probably the biggest Victory in Atlanta s eight year history and it excited an Atlanta professional sports crowd More than Ever before. The game had been a 58,250 sell out lifting the ban of local television but there were Only 1, 731 no shows As the two teams met in perfect football weather with the temperature in the Low pre Fondine cops 3rd harrier title Spokane Wash. A Oregon s Steve Prefontaine did monday what most people thought he would do he be came the second Man in history to win three Mcaa Cross country championships. Prefontaine won his third title by covering a six mile course at Hangman Valley Golf course in 28 minutes 14.8 seconds to spark a University of Oregon team Vic tory in the 35th Mcaa Cross coun try championships. Gerry Lindgren Washington state University track Star was first to win three Cross country titles winning in 1966, 1967 and 1969. Prefontaine s earlier Vic tories came in 1970 and 1971. Western Kentucky s Nick Rose jumped to an Early Lead in the race leading Prefontaine by about 75 Yards and finished Sec Ond in 28 20.0. Eastern Michigan s Gordon minty was third at 28 22.0, Fol Lowed by East Tennessee state s Neil Cusack 28 28.0 University of Texas Al past s Waiswa Wil son 28 32.6 Indiana s  Man Dera 28 38.8 and Tennessee s Doug Brown 28 40.4. Nil games sold out new York a the National football league announced monday that both its thanksgiving Day games Miami at Dallas and Washington at Detroit Are sellouts and will be televised locally As Well Asna tonally. Following the University of Oregon s winning score of 89 were University of Texas Elpaso 157 Washington state University 166 William & Mary 174 Oklahoma state 194 Colo Rado 2j7 Western Kentucky 218 Tennessee state 246 wis Consin 250 and Pennsylvania state 252. There were 22 full teams entered in the Champion ships. Of my three Mcaa Cross country wins Prefontaine said after the race i d have to Call this the toughest due to Competition weather and everything  temperatures hovered in the Low 30s during the meet. Steve Prefontaine. Toughest win 60s. The crowd which had booed the Falcons off the Field six weeks ago when they lost their third straight game a 13-9 Deci Sion to san Francisco Rose As one during the player introductions and drowned out the Public address announcer. It seemed to spark the Falcons to one of their Best starts of the year despite the team s failure to score in a first period they dominated by out gaining the Vikings 131 Yards to eight Yards in total offence. A defense led by the Brilliant play of its front four Claude Humphrey Mike Tilleman Mike Lewis and John Zook allowed Minnesota to run Only six Offen Sive plays in the Quarter. However two drives went As tray when Mike Mayer a Hun Garian american born in Italy sliced his 46-Yard Field goal try off to the left and had a 21-yarder deflected by Bobby Bryant. Lee then fired consecutive 18 Yard passes to Hampton to bring the Ball to the Minnesota 26 and four plays later Mike Mayer kicked a 25-Yard Field goal to give Atlanta a 3-0 Lead. Minnesota drove 70 Yards to take a 7-3 Lead when Gilliam put ran Falcon defender Ken Reaves for the 39-Yard scoring play. Atlanta regained command with two scoring drives the first covering 73-Yards As Lee hit on four of seven passes for 55 Yards. The second drive took Only four plays when Lee avoided the Vik ing Rush to hurl his 39-yarder to Ray shortly before halftime. Hampton gained 108 Yards on 23 carries to Lead the Atlanta ground attack. Minnesota 0 7 0 714atlanta o 17 3 020 at Fig Mike Mayer 25 min Gilliam 39 pass from Tarkenton Cox kick at Hampton 19 pass from Lee Mike Mayer kick at Ray 39 pass from Lee Mike Mayer kick at Fig Mike Mayer 49 Man Brown 2 pass from Tarkenton Cox kick a56,519 two Point Landing John Havlicek of the Boston celtics is Down but his shot is not out Ashe Milwaukee Bucks Oscar Robertson left watches the Ball not shown go through the hoop. Havlicek who scored 19 Points too the header after colliding with Robertson but was not injured. The celtics snapped Milwaukee s 13-game winning Streak 105-90, in then a game at Boston Garden. Up Cage hockey print leaders National basketball Assn. Fig it pts. Avg. Maravich at 207 111 525 29.2 Mcadoo but 232 93 557 27.9. Hudson at 194 91 479 26.6 Goodrich  177 124 478 26.6. Petrie port 177 68 422 26.4 Tomlanovich Hou 180 79 439 25.8 Scott Pho 162 99 423 24.9 Abdul Jabbar Mil 191 60 442 24.6 Haywood sea 195 116 506 24.1 Chanler Cap 141 76 358 23.9 american basketball Assn. Fig it pts. Avg. Issel by 174106 454 28.4 Erving by 197 99 499 27.7 Gervon a 147 90 390 24.4 Johnson so 155 43 398 22.1 Mclnnis ind 106 88 309 22.1 Simpson Den .141 48 330 22.0 Wise Utah 152 85 389 21.6 Lamar so 123 53 359 19.9 Cunningham car 156 100 415 Neumann Mem 135 49 331 19.8 18.4 Tangerine bowl asks Florida to face Miami Ohio Orlando Fla. A the Tangerine bowl selection com Mittee voted late monday night to invite the University of Flor Ida to face Miami of Ohio in the dec. 22 football classic. Tangerine bowl officials also voted monday to change the site for this year s game to the University of Florida stadium in Gainesville. Will Geiger Tangerine sports association president said the decision to invite Florida was made after officials voted to move this year s game to the larger Florida stadium which seats 61,200. The Tangerine bowl in Orlando has a seating capacity of 22,000. Officials stressed that moving the game to Gainesville would Only be for this year and that All other Tangerine bowl activities would be entered in Orlando which is 110 Miles South of Gainesville. Florida players were expected to meet tuesday to vote on the Tangerine invitation. Southern conference Cham Pion East Carolina considered one of the top contenders for the bowl decided after a monday night unanimous vote by its play ers not to accept a bowl bid. National hockey league g a pts Esposito Boston 21 22 43 Orr Boston 11 26 37 Hodge Boston 4 16 30 Martin Buffalo 14 11 25 Cashman Boston 8 17 25 Cournoyer Montreal 13 10 23 Ullman Toronto 10 12 22 Lemaire Montreal 6 16 22 Goldsworthy Minnesota 11 1021 Park by rangers 5 16 21 world hockey Assn. G a pts. Harrison dem 9 21 30 Bernier que 12 17 29 Illmie dem 5 13 28 Hughes Hou 17 10 27 Lawson Van 5 10 25 Walton Man 9 16, 25 Buchanan Cle 13 10 23 Lund Hou 5 18 23 Carleton Tor 9 13 22 Hull win 15 6 21 Webster be 4 7 21 Connelly Man 11 10 21 Heatley Man 8 13 21 Houle que 13 21 penguins Call up pair Pittsburgh up the Pittsburgh penguins monday sent Down defens Eman Jack Lynch and Rookie Center Bob Mcmanama to the Hershey bears of the american hockey league and called up defense Man Larry Bignell and Center Jim Wiley