European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 20, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday september 20, 1978 the stars and stripes Page 21 Champ claims they stole funds fight promoters demand apology from a by Austin Wilson new Orleans a angered by Muhammad Ali s charges that a $1 Mil lion damage suit was racially inspired two promoters of the Ali Leon Spinks heavyweight fight said monday night they will sue Ali for $10 million unless he returns to town and apologizes. Muhammad Ali is the greatest moral Coward i have Ever seen said an angry Jake Dimaggio at a late night news conference. I Call on him to return to new or leans and look at every piece of paper connected with this fight and apologize for what he  in a bitter and abusive afternoon speech Ali had referred to Dimaggio and City councilman Philip Ciaccio As them White dagosf1 and said they were stealing funds from promotion of the fight from the very outset. Dimaggio and Ciaccio White part ners in Louisiana sports inc., which promoted the fight locally said Ali had done them and the City an injustice with his statements. The Black Community and Black people everywhere owe a debt of gratitude to Jake Dimaggio and Philip Ciaccio Dimaggio said. Ali was used Ali was misguided for selfish reasons by other people. Ali s attorney has apologized and that s not Good enough. His manager Herbert Muhammad has apologized and that s not Good enough. We want him to come Back and face  Ali also told reporters that two Black members of Louisiana sports her Man copelin and Don Hubbard were innocent of any wrongdoing and were victims of bigotry. Ali s comments were promoted by a $1 million suit by Dimaggio and Ciaccio against copelin and Hubbard. That suit filed saturday was dropped before Ali spoke with reporters. Ciaccio and Dimaggio said later monday evening that Legal action was still pending against Butch Lewis a defendant in the suit and a former officer of top rank inc., which owned the Overall rights to the fight. In their suit the two White business continued on Page 24 manager Bob Lemon left and Reggie Jackson have got no troubles at All. Yanks easy going Pilot just sits and Reggie just hits Yankees trip Brewers As botox Edge tigers Baber Rosenthal a sports writer the new York Yankees and Pitcher de Figueroa in particular Are playing win Ning baseball. The Boston red sox mean while Are playing scoreboard baseball Al Roundup and hoping. Hoping that the Yankees lose. Figueroa pitching brilliantly and regularly since Bob Lemon replaced Billy Martin As new York s manager scattered seven hits As the streaking Yankees Defeated the Milwaukee Brewers 4-3 monday night and retained their 2l/2-game Lead Over Boston in the american league East. The struggling red sox had to go 11 innings before subduing the Detroit tigers 5 4, the winning run scoring on Jerry Remy s  Yankees seeking their third straight division championship have 13 games remaining one against Milwaukee and six each against Toronto and Cleveland. Boston has 12 games left six against Detroit and six against Toronto. In other Al games monday night the Baltimore orioles clubbed the Cleveland indians 10-3, the Kansas City royals beat the Seattle mariners 7-6 in 11 innings the Minnesota twins trounced the California continued on Page 22 Colts ride Herd Over byrdic Braude Foxboro mass. A Baltimore exploded for 27 fourth Quarter Points As halfback Joe Washington accounted for three touchdowns including a 90-Yard dash with a Kickoff return with 1 18 left in the game and the supposedly hapless Colts shocked the new England patriots 34-27 for their first Victory of the National football league season monday night. New England had tied the nationally televised game with 1 32 left after recover ing an onside kick and moving to the one Yard line with the help of a defensive hold ing penalty. Sam Cunningham bulled into the end zone and kicker John Smith ailing with a pulled thigh muscle booted the extra Point to tie the game 27-27. But Washington acquired from san Diego in the Trade that sent Lydell Mitchell to the chargers took the ensuing Kickoff and broke up the left sideline behind a wedge of blockers for the winning touch Down. Baltimore struck for three touchdowns earlier in the fourth Quarter As Washington first Downs rushes Yards passing Yards return Yards passes punts fumbles lost penalties Yards Colts patriots 15 36-96 265 176 11-16-1 4-41 4-3 4-37 23 48-206 223 197 11-33-3 5-32 4-1 4-45 reds shut out dodgers to delay title countdown los Angeles a Cincinnati s Johnny Bench Analysed the National league West race borrowing a line from one of America s great comedians or maybe it was the late Casey Stengel. It Ain t Over with until it s Over  Mike Lacoss the reds Rookie right hander handcuffed los Angeles on seven hits monday night pitching Cincinnati to a 4-0 Victory that prevented the dodgers from reducing their magic number for clinching a second consecutive division title. The number remains at five As the reds closed to within 7vfe games. There were no other games scheduled in the National  we played like world champions said Cincinnati manager Sparky an Derson refusing to concede the Champion ship to los Angeles. The trouble is we Haven t played that Way enough times this  asked flatly if the reds can catch the dodgers Anderson said i Don t know. I la let you know oct. 1.1 Don t think it will take a Miracle but we re going to have to win every one of our 12 remaining  Bench and Ken Griffey had three singles continued on Page 22 passed 54 Yards to wide receiver Roger Carr on a halfback option play and took a .23-Yard strike. From quarterback Bill Troup who was substituting for injured Star Bert Jones. Troup apparently iced the game with a 67-Yard bomb to Carr with 8 19 left for a 27-13 Lead. But the patriots 1-2, came Back with a 4 Yard touchdown run by quarterback Steve Grogan with 3 22 left in the game. Don Westbrook then grabbed an onside kick and Grogan dashed 31 Yards to just outside the Colts 10 with 2 09 left in the game. A holding penalty in the end zone by safety Lyle Blackwood on a fourth Down play set up Cunningham s touchdown. The Colts 1-2, had lost their first two games by a combined score of 80-0. New England mounted one final scoring threat As Grogan passed 68 Yards to Morgan to the Baltimore 14-Yard line with 33 seconds left. But Blackwood ended the frenzied contest with an interception in the end zone to preserve the Colts first Victo  had 187 Yards on six receptions including his two Long touchdown grabs in the fourth Quarter As Baltimore came Back from a 13-7 halftime deficit. A 62-Yard strike from Grogan to Stanley Morgan late in the second Quarter had Given new England a 13-7 Lead after Colts halfback Don Mccauley had scampered in from the three Yard line earlier in the continued on Page 23 sting Ley gets birthday Salute from Colts patriots crowd Foxboro mass. A paralysed wide receiver Darryl Stingley received a tumultuous Salute on his 27th birthday monday night when the crowd of More than 55,000 at the Baltimore Colts new England patriots National football league game Sang Happy birthday to him during halftime. Stingley is hospitalized in California after suffering a disabling injury aug. 12 in an exhibition game at Oakland. He was re ported to be watching the game on television