European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 18, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 24 the stars and stripes monday september 18, 1978 Ali is. Holmes Champ will relax and Enoy title before considering his next move . New Orleans a Muhammad All said saturday he s going to relax and enjoy the heavyweight championship before thinking about fighting again pos Sibly in a big Money match against Larry Holmes. If you make Holmes 36, no problem i d sign tomorrow said the 36-year-old Ali the morning after he easily out pointed Leon Spinks to become the first Man to win the heavyweight title three times. Or if i could go Back to 28 of Man he added. It would be wrong to Force Muhammad Ali at this Point to make a decision on his future said Bob arum who put on the Ali Spinks fight in the super dome. Then he added Ali Holmes is the logical Ali is recognized As Champion by the How they stand american league East new York Boston Milwaukee Baltimore Detroit Cleveland Toronto West Kansas City California Texas Minnesota Oakland Chicago Seattle saturday s results new York 3, Boston 2 Detroit 10, Cleveland 4 Baltimore 11, Toronto 1 Minnesota 5, Milwaukee 2 California 4, Kansas City 3 Texas Oakland 1 chicago9, Seattle 1 w 90 87 85 83 80 64 57 82 80 74 66 67 65 54 l pet. 57 .612 61 .588 64 .570 65 .561 67 .544 83 .435 91 .385 65 .558 70 .533 73 .503 81 .449 83 .447 83 .439 91 .372 go 3vj 6 7 / 10 26 33 a 3 /3 8 16 16 /3 17vj 27 National league East Philadelphia Pittsburgh Chicago Montreal St. Louis new York West los Angeles san Francisco Cincinnati san Diego Houston Atlanta saturday s results Pittsburgh 12, Montreal 5 St. Louis4, Chicago 1 san Francisco 3, Cincinnati 2 Philadelphia 2, new York 1,10 innings los Angeles 2, Atlanta 0 san Diego 2, Houston 1 International league playoffs Best of seven saturday s result richmond8, Pawtucket 5 Richmond wins,4-3 world team Tennis championship bestow five saturday s result los Angeles 30, Boston 20 los Angeles leads 2-0 w 82 79 73 70 64 61 91 82 81 77 68 65 l 66 69 75 80 86 88 58 67 67 73 80 84 pet. .554 .534 .493 .467 .427 .409 .611 .550 .547 .513 .459 .436 go 3 9 13 19 21 a 9 9vj 14 /3 22 a 25 a Ottawa Montreal Toronto Hamilton Canadian football league Eastern conference Western conference w 7 5 3 2 & 7 6 3 3 2 l 2 4 7 6 14 3 4 7 t 0 0 01 1 0 2 2 0 of 241 188 156 139 287 240 189 204 181 a 150 169 252 272 145 204 199 178 256 Edmonton Winnipeg Calgary British Columbia Saskatchewan saturday s result Winnipeg 19, Toronto 14 nil to try new Rule on end zone face offs Toronto a the National hockey league rules committee has decided to introduce an experimental Rule for the com ing exhibition season that would eliminate dropping the puck for end zone of dropping the puck the lines Man will place the puck on the ice betwee the two opposing players who must wait for the referee s whistle before moving to gain Possession. If one player moves too soon twice in the game he would be banned from taking a face off for the remainder of the Rule would apply Only on face offs in the end zones not at Center ice. World boxing association while Holmes is recognized by the world boxing Council. But should Ali decide to fight the 29 year old Holmes he would be in the Driver s seat in purse demands. Holmes is a paper Champion said Ali and arum added the wac Champion ship in my View is absolutely nothing. It s a phony fraudulent Holmes won the wac title by out Point ing Ken Norton who received wac title status when that group withdrew recognition from Spinks for failing to agree to fight Norton after Spinks had beaten Ali last feb. 15. Don King has promoted most of Holmes fights but arum said Holmes people have told me they have no contractual commitment to any but for now Ali said i m Gonna hold my title for six or seven months and then i la decide on whether to fight again. I m a Young Man for business but an old Man for the future is Cloudy for the 25-year-old Spinks who had a title reign of 214 Days shortest of any heavyweight Champion. Arum said what happened to Spinks was a tragedy. Some of it i can take the blame for arum said. Perhaps i was at fault in put Ting the kid into a championship fight the first Ali bout when he was mentally unprepared for it. He was unable at the time to accept the responsibility of the heavy weight championship Spinks whose reign was troubled by several run ins with the police lost with dignity making no excuses. But the performance in his Corner did t help his showing in the ring which at times was amateurish. George Benton brought in to help teach1 Spinks who was making just his ninth pro fight got so disgusted he left the Corner after five rounds saying there Are too Many amateurs in throughout a a fight Spinks was bombarded by frenzied instructions from several handlers Many of the orders contradictory. I Benton also said that Spinks Trainer Sam Solomon had decided that Solomon i Benton and Spinks brother Mike should am Ternate rounds As the defending Champi-1 on s chief Corderman. Benton just Shook his head. J arum announced that his organization j top rank inc., was retaining Benton to help teach Young fighters that top rank is interested in. Lucky starter Ongais roars from last to finish 1 St in Michigan grand prix by Jerry Garrett Cambridge Junction Mich. A Danny Ongais started last and drove through the pack to finish first in Satur Day s Michigan grand prix a race in which Ongais was just very Happy to have been Able to Ongais finished 12 seconds ahead of Tom Sneva. Gordon Johncock who was passed by Sneva on the next to last Lap was third. A loft mile qualifying race for the 1978-79 International race of champions series followed the Indianapolis car race. Ongais race car transporter was delayed in route to the track Friday and did not arrive until Long after the time trials jazz Star fails to show up for opening practice new Orleans up new Orleans jazz Forward Leonard truck Robinson who wants to be traded from a team he says is entered on guard Pete Maravich failed to report for the team s opening practice. Team officials said they have tried to Contact Robinson at his Washington d.c., Home but he has refused to return their Calls. The officials said Robinson will be fined $100 for each practice Day he misses and will be docked l-82nd of his salary for each regular season game he misses. We have no plans to Trade him said jazz Public relations director Dave Fred Man. We expect him to come Back. He s under contract. We be tried to Contact him but he has refused to meet Robinson shocked jazz officials two months ago when he said he would not re turn to the team under any circumstances. He charged that the club had two sets of rules one for Maravich and another for the other players. The team s leading scorer last year when he averaged 44 minutes of playing time per game he is in the second year of a six year $1.6 million contract. Yanks beat Chile Santiago Chile up the . Davis cup team won the american zone finals against Chile saturday by capturing the doubles match for an unbeatable 3-0 Lead in the five match series. Brian Gottfried and John Mcenroe teamed up to defeat Jaime Fillol and Belus Pray our 3-6,6-3, 8-6, 6-3. Had ended. Fortunately for Ongais there were Only 19 cars on hand for the 20-car Grid and officials permitted him to fill the open spot. Ongais encountered More problems sat urday morning during a Warmup session. An Oil Seal burst in his inter scope cos Worth necessitating emergency repairs that were completed Only minutes before the Start. I m very fortunate to have a very Good group of people backing me up Ongais said of his Crew. Aside from the Oil leak Ongais said ninety eight percent of the preparation of the car was done Back at the shop in Cali fornia. There was very Little to do when we got to the track to make the car ready to race. There was Little to do today just a Little Fine tuning during the course of the Ongais roared through the Field when the Green Flag dropped to Start the 14th event of the season. By the eighth Lap when the race was stopped after a crash involving Al Unser and Spike Gehlhausen Ongais already was running sixth. Unser and Gehlhausen were uninjured but their cars were both demolished. Gehl Hausen said he triggered the Accident when his engine blew and he spun in the Oil. Unser hit him and both cars went into the guard rail. Pole position starter Johnny Rutherford led the first 25 laps and retired nine laps later with a broken transmission. Tom Bigelow in a surprisingly Strong run that netted him fourth place despite running out of fuel on the last Lap led laps Yankees. F. Continued from Page 21 and scored another to Lead Minnesota and put Milwaukee six games out in the East. Lary Sorensen 17-11, took the loss. Angels 4, royals 3 Carney Lansford smashed a three run Homer in the eighth off Al Hrabosky 8-7, to bring California to within 3 /2 games in the West. After the Home run Hrabosky threw two straight pitches Over Lyman Bostock s head and Bostock charged the Mound. The two players tangled twice and both were ejected from the game. Rangers 8, athletics 1 Jim Sundberg drove in four runs with a first inning triple and an eighth inning single to Back Ferguson Jenkins 16-8, who pitched his 15th Complete game. Al Oliver had three hits for Texas raising his aver age to .320. White sox 9, mariners 1 Francisco Barrios fired a one hitter and Eric soderholm rapped out four singles drove in two runs and scored two others to Pace a 19-hit attack and give the White sox their fourth straight Victory. 27-33 and 35-37, dueling with . Foyt. 1 Foyt whose engine started smoking four laps from the end while he was in second place then took Over. Foyt and Wally dal-1 Lenbach traded the Lead until the 58th Cir Cuit when Ongais finally went in front to stay. Dallenbach had a mechanical break i Down on the next Lap. Sneva s finish moved him from 351 Points behind Unser to Only 117 in the season Point Chase toward the National i championship. The unofficial order of finish with Type of car laps completed and Winner s average Speed 1. Danny Ongais i note scope 75 laps 146.246 Mph. 2. Tom Sneva Penske 75. 3. Gordon Johncock w la cat 75. 4. Tom Bigelow Wildcat 75. 5.. Foyt,Parnelli,75. 6. Tom Bagley lightning 74. 7. Johnny Parsons lightning 73. 8. Sheldon Kinser Watson 73. 9. Jim Mcelreath Eagle 72. 10. Joe Saldana Eagle 71. 11. Wally Dallenbach Mclaren 61. 12. Eldon Rasmussen Ras car 60. 13. Johnny Rutherford Mclaren 35. 14. Jerry Sneva Mclaren 25. 15. Steve Krisiloff Wildcat 21. 16. Spike Gehlhausen Eagle 7. 17. Al Unser Lola 7. 18. Pancho Carter lightning 7. 19. Larry Cannon Wildcat 1. 20. Mario Andretti Penske 0. Top ten based on 400 at Bat National league g a r h pet Parker Pittsburgh 135 532 89 170 .310 Madlock san Francisco 113 419 75 131 .313 Burroughs Atlanta 141 452 69 141 .3u Garvey los Angeles 149 593 84 183 a Cruz Houston 141 525 73 162clark san Francisco 143 543 84 165 .304 Cromartie Montreal 147 565 73 171 .303 Winfield san Diego 146 541 80 164 a 3 Rose Cincinnati 146 605 94 182 .301 Smith los Angeles 123 434 81 130 .300 Home runs Foster Cincinnati 33 Luzinsky Phil Ladelphia 31 Smith los Angeles 29 Kingman Chicago and Parker Pitts Burgh 26. Runs batted in Foster Cincinnati 106 Garvey los Angeles and Parker Pittsburgh 104 Clark san Francisco 94 Winfield Diego 93. Pitching 13decisions Perry san Diego 19-6 Hooton los Angeles 18-8 grim Sley Montreal 18-10 Niekro Atlanta 18-15 Richard Houston 17-11.american league \ g a r h pfc Carew Minnesota 139 516 75 174 .3j7 Rice Boston 148 610 110 196 .321 Oliver Texas 120 472 58 151 .320 Piniella new York 116 417 62 131 .314 Yount Milwaukee 5 450 59 136 .302 Roberts Seattle 120 420 70 126 .300 Munson new York 138 554 64 165 .28 Otis Kansas City 128 441 65 131 .297 Leflore Detroit 143 618 119 183 Singleton Baltimore 136 460 61 136 a Oglivie Milwaukee 117 426 64 126 .2% Home runs Rice Boston 41 Baylor California 32 Hisle and Thomas Milwaukee 31 Thornton Cleveland 30. Runs batted in Rice Boston 127 staub Detroit 109 Hisle Milwaukee 106 Thornton Cleveland 96 Carty Oakland 92. Pitching 13 decisions Guidry new York 22-2 Caldwell Milwaukee 19-9, Palmer Baltimore 19-12 Figueroa new York 17-9 Tanana California 17-10 Sorensen Milwaukee 17-11 Splittorff Kansas City 17-12 Flanagan Baltimore 17-13 Leonard Kansas City 17-17
