European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 23, 1973, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 24 the stars and stripes Friday november 23, 1973 How Theu stand or american basketball Assn. East division Kentucky Carolina new York Memphis Virginia Denver Utah Indiana san Antonio san Diego w 14 17 8 7 5 West division 10 10 9 9 7 pet. .824 .739 .421 .368 .294 .588 .500 .444 .429 .316 go in wednesday s results Kentucky 145, Virginia 115 son Diego 139, Carolina 125 Memphis 108, indiana99 new York 105, Utah 92 National basketball Assn. Eastern conference Atlantic division w l pet. Go Boston 13 3 .813 new York 12 7 .632 2 /2 Buffalo 9 12 .429 b i Philadelphia 7 12 .368 7 /2 Central division Atlanta 10 8 .556 capital 8 8 .500. 1 Houston 5 13 .278 5 Cleveland 4 15 .211 6vi Western conference Midwest division Chicago 15 4 .789 Milwaukee 5 4 .789 Detroit 12 8 .600 3 /2 . Omaha 6 14 .300 9 /2 Pacific division los Angeles 13 7 .650 Golden state 9 6 .600 l /2 Portland 9 8 .529 2 a Seattle 7 14 .333 6 /2 Phoenix 4 15 .211 8"? wednesday s games los Angeles 106, capital 97 Detroit 107, Phoenix 104 Philadelphia 109, Kansas City Omaha 103 National hockey league East division w l t pts. Of a Boston Toronto Montreal . Rangers Buffalo Detroit Vancouver . Islanders West Philadelphia Chicago Atlanta St. Louis 14 9 10 8 9 7 5 2 4 5 5 7 8 10 9 8 1 5 2 4 1 1 3 7 29 23 22 20 19 15 13 11 95 67 56 67 57 59 45 36 52 47 44 54 60 83 so 54 division 12 8 8 8 5 4 6 6 1 6 4 3 25 22 20 19 55 54 47 50 29 30 48 40 Pittsburgh 6 9 3 15 46 76 los Angeles 5 11 2 12 49 64 Minnesota 3 9 6 12 50 65 california5 12 1 11 38 65 wednesday s games Montreal 4, Minnesota 3 new York rangers 3, California 0 Atlanta 3, Buffalo 2 Pittsburgh 5, Vancouver 4 Chicano 4, St. Louis 1 world hockey Assn. East division new England Quebec Chicago Cleveland Toronto Jersey Edmonton Winnipeg Minnesota Houston Vancouver West los Angeles w 12 11 10 9 6 6 l t pts. 8 9 6 7 11 12 1 1 1 2 3 2 25 23 21 20 15 14 of 79 88 64 66 66 47 a 68 71 55 68 74 80 division 14 9 9 9 6 6 wednesday s Winnipeg 6, Cleveland 3 9 8 6 13 15 0 2 1 1 0 0 28 20 19 19 12 12 76 71 68 64 61 55 45 68 60 48 86 82 games 2 Houston 4, new England 1 american hockey league North w. I. T. Pts of a Providence 13 6 1 27 98 57 new Haven 1 5 3 25 76 59 Nova Scotia 10 7 3 23 58 50 Boston 8 9 2 18 54 66 Rochester 6 7 3 15 53 62 Springfield 4 9 3 11 47 60 South Cincinnati 11 2 3 25 80 40 Hershey 8 6 5 21 63 49 Baltimore 7 7 1 15 53 54 Jacksonville 6 11 1 13 52 77 Richmond 4 9 3 11 41 69 Virginia 3 13 0 6 37 69 wednesday s results Rochester at Cincinnati postponed Providence 2 Hershey 2 new Haven 3 Jacksonville 0 Baltimore 7 Richmond 6 Only games scheduled International hockey league North w. I. T. Pts of a Muskegon 10 5 2 22 61 52 Saginaw 9 8 0 18 73 58 Flint 6 11 1 13 66 76 port Huron 6 9 0 12 43 51 Toledo 5 11 1 11 70 79 South Dayton 10 5 1 21 62 44 Columbus 88 1 17 57 72 Des Molnes 8 5 0 16 55 46 fort Wayne 7 7 0 14 48 57 wednesday s results Flint 5 port Huron 3 fort Wayne 3 Saginaw 2 Muskegon 3 Dayton 3 Toledo 9 Columbus 5 Only games scheduled Western hockey league wednesday s results san Diego 8, Phoenix 5 Portland 4, Denver 2 Central hockey league wednesday s result Tulsa 5, Dallas 0 Southern hockey league wednesday s result Sun coast 4, Winston Salem 3, of Cousy to offer resignation Hopes Kings will let him go immediately Bob Cousy. 135-193 record Omaha neb. Up Bob Cousy coach of the National basketball association Kansas City Omaha Kings since 1969, said wednesday night he planned to submit his resignation and hoped that it would be accepted immediately. The former Boston celtic great said he had not discussed the res ignation with the Kings owners or with president and general manager Joe Axelson. I will Honor their wishes he said. If they want me to remain until the end of the season i will do it. My wish is that it will be accepted Axelson said he would meet with the owners thursday in Kansas City to discuss the Resig nation. When asked if he was sur prised by the move Axelson said frankly Cousy 44, said there comes a time in life when there s More to life than winning and losing and playing in Cousy said his reasons for re signing were private and per he noted that his wife commutes from Boston and both his daughters still live in Boston. Cousy s announcement came after the Kings had dropped a 103-90 decision to Philadelphia. Cousy is the seventh coach of the club. He has never had a win Ning season with the Kings and so far this year they were 6-14. Going into the season Cousy s coaching record with the club was 135-193. Cousy was a two time All american at holy Cross and an Aba standout for 13 seasons As the Boston celtics grabbed seven world championships. He was named the league s most Valu Able player in 1957. Following his retirement from the celtics Cousy coached at Boston College. Betting allegations Parnelli and Hulman Rock u. Of Hawaii to keep Calif track continued from Page 21 we were 8-and-l," Ortez said in a newspaper interview not with All the problems that team has and not with everything that went , the starting Quarter Back with the rainbows left the team following saturday s 28-3 loss to the University of the Pacific. He claimed a defensive lineman Cliff Laboy attacked him for throwing too Many inter Blyleven signs pact Bloomington Minn. A Star right hander Bert Blyle Ven became the first Minnesota twin to sign a 1974 baseball con tract wednesday receiving a hefty raise to an estimated $60, 000 for winning 20 games last sea son. Blyleven posted a 20-17 won lost record led the club in earned run average with a 2.52 Mark and in Complete games with 25. He also led the majors with nine shutouts and finished second in the american league with 258strikeouts. Only 22, Blyleven is a Veteran of 3/2 years in the major leagues and has posted 63 career Vic tories. Howard Payne to play in Mexico Brownwood Tex. Up Howard Payne College runner up in the Lone Star conference wednesday accepted an invitation to play a Post season football game in Mexico City next Satur Day. Pc president Roger l. Brooks said the yellow jackets who finished the season with an 8-3 record including one forfeited game would meet an All Star team from the National univer sity of Mexico s three colleges. College scores football Widener 49, Fordham 20 basketball Panhandle Oka. 70, St. Mary of the Plains 58 Turkey tourney first round Letourneau Tex. 89, Cedarville 0.83 Grace 75, Barrington . 74 hockey Lake Superior St. 7, Laurentian 3 captions thus losing the game. Ortez said it was t the first time there were fights in the locker room. That place is coming apart he said. We had Good athletes and that s the reason we won but there is a great Deal of dissection Between the Island players and the Mainland players. There were numerous fights in the locker room because of the part of the problem Ortez said was the heavy betting done mostly by defensive members of the team. As far As the betting goes i found out about mid season that it was going on he said. I suspected something earlier be cause we were winning but some of the players weren t Happy be cause we were not winning by enough. So around the fifth game i heard them talking about the Point spread and every thing. Five players on the team were involved in the betting Ortez said three of them Start ers on the defensive unit. I Don t know How much they bet or How often they bet but i did t say anything to them about it and i did t mess with them. In fact i was just going to leave quietly after the season until they jumped me he said. Ontario Calif. A the Ontario motor Speedway opera Ting co., with Tony Hulman of Indianapolis and Champion Driver Parnelli Jones at the Helm signed a $15-million contract wednes Day to operate the Speedway for Drexel u. Drops Grid Philadelphia up Drexel University announced wednesday that it has dropped its 54-year-old intercollegiate football program because of the expense involved in Fielding a team. In View of the recommendations of the faculty student com Mittee on intercollegiate athletics the committee said we. Reluctantly move to Dis continue football at the end of the 1973 season and to redistribute the present funds among other intercollegiate sports and intramural programs As decided by the University adminis a spokesman said the main reason for eliminating football was the annual $50,000 to $60,000 expense which consumed about 45 per cent of the school s athletic funds. Michigan Ohio St. Tiff is Battle of two flags Lansing Mich. Up the much ballyhooed game this saturday Between Ohio state University and the University of Michigan has again become a matter of Pride to legislators from both states. Michigan rep. Perry Bullard Dann Arbor whose District includes the University of Michigan and Ohio rep. Mike Stinziano a Columbus whose District includes Ohio state have wagered state flags on the outcome of the game. Bullard is a graduate of Michigan and Stinziano is a graduate of Ohio state. The losing legislator will award his state Flag to the winning representative in a ceremony following the game. Michigan is again rated the underdog in the annual clash after losing last year by a score of 14 to 11. But i m sure the atmosphere in Ann Arbor will help the wolverines to upset Osu this saturday and go on to the Rose bowl said Bullard. But Stinziano says he is looking Forward to receiving another Michigan Flag to add to what i m certain will be a quickly growing this is the second year the two legislators have wagered state Flag on the game. Five years. Hulman and Jones announced they had exercised their option and it had been approved by the Ontario City Council. The new group took Over seven months ago when the original operators ran into financial difficulties and closed the $25.5 Mil lion track built in 1970. Hulman who also operates the Indianapolis motor Speedway combined with Jones an indy 500 Winner to rejuvenate the racing Plant about 40 Miles East of los Angeles. The initial lease signed last april 10, was for one year. The five year option was not due until next Jan. 10. Jim Cook executive vice presi Dent and general manager said the Early signing of the contract was done to show the racing Public that we will continue Man he discounted the threat of the fuel shortage to racing. We add $2 billion to the Economy Cook said and the total fuel used in Auto racing in this nation annually is equal Only to about the amount sold by an average serv ice station in 12 2 Depaul men win reprieve Chicago up Depaul University was informed wednesday that two of its Basket Ball team starters Bill Robinzine and Andy Pancratz will be Eli Gible to play from Jan. 1. The two were declared permanently ineligible nov. 8 by the University because they played in a Post season tournament last March in contravention of National collegiate athletic association Mcaa filed an Appeal on its own ruling and the Mcaa eligibility committee telephoned University authorities wednesday to say the suspension on Robinzine and Pancratz will be lifted Jan. 1.the two men mainstays on last season s team will miss the first 10 games of the 1973-74 season. Former Sid at West Point Dies West Point . A Joseph m. Cahill former sports information director for the . Military Academy and the Newyork jets died wednesday. He was 55
