European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 19, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse February 1981 the stars and stripes Page 21 thu beats Houston in 4 tights mar win Over by United press International in the Southwest conference tuesday one game in Texas May As Well have been played in a pressure cooker and an other in a in fort Texas Christian and Houston went to four overtimes before the horned frogs emerged with a wild 7877 upset in a nerve ending in College 17 Arkansas the Only top 20 team in action Defeated Texas 6561 to retain its hold on first place in the with three fights and one All that was miss ing was someone crashing through a bar room which dropped out of a first place tie with had its night ruined when Jeff Baker hit an of balance jumper with three seconds the cougars led by five in the fourth overtime and appeared to be on their but thu erased the deficit in the last two minutes and won it on Bakers double pump from 15 the Only time i Felt secure was in the last said Houston coach Guy College basketball and that when we lost the harder we tried to get the flatter we seemed to thu led by 12 in the second half of but the cougars tied it 5656 to Force overtime each team scored two Points in the first overtime in the second extra period David Rose of Houston tied with six seconds to go in the third Over time Houston Michael Young struck at the the Only other previous Sec game of such length came in 1961 when thu beat Texas in four the longest game in Mcaa history was six overtimes Minnesota Purdue in 1955 and Niagara Siena in its great to win one like said thu coach Jim but i know it has to be Tough to lose one like that Over at Rollie White it was not a pleasant in the first half guards Darrell Walker of Arkansas and Reggie Roberts of exchanged wild right then with 12 minutes to go in the Center Claude Riley got a running Start before swinging at Arkansas Center Scott Riley was and shortly after Keith Peterson Sank two free throws with 12 seconds left to put Arkansas ahead by Hastings elbowed Roy Jones to the floor and jumped continued on Page 22 of wins Jones sets record air Force up Tim Harris scored 21 Points tuesday night and Reggie Jones set a school rebounding sending air Force to a 7649 rout of Portland Harris had 14 Points in the first half and Rick Simmons added 16 to help the Falcons improve their record to Jones had 13 Points and 14 re moving his career total to 721 and breaking the 12year record held by Cliff Steven Gilliam led Portland state with 18 Scott Akcer had 11 and Rodney Mcdaniel added 10 for the Mitchell hits season High 41 Points reds decide they have no place for Fisk Cincinnati a the Cincinnati with five catchers on their Are not interested in acquiring free agent catch or Carlton reds president Dick wag Ner said we decided not to talk to Wagner we dont in the makeup of our where he could fit the facing an ultimatum from Johnny had been expected to talk to Fisk after the Veteran Catcher won his Dis Pute with the Boston red sox Over the timeliness of this years contract Bench had told the reds he wanted to reduce his catching Load by catching twice a week and playing another position on Days he want behind the Wagner has said that the club agreed to let Bench catch twice a but it had not guaranteed him a starting Job at any other in addition to the reds have catchers Joe Nolan and Mike Oberry with major league and Are devel Oping Dave Vvan Gorder and Steve Christmas in their minor league cars top pistons 109108 by United press International Mike the Cleveland Cavaliers Lone Allstar representative in the 1 game at Richfield hit 19of23 shots for a season High 41 Points to Pace Cleveland to a 109108 Victory Over the Detroit pistons tuesday his Short jumper put the Cavaliers ahead to stay with two minutes left against out manned which came into Richfield with Only eight players we just didst have enough Guys and we just Stop said de troit coach Scotty we came Aba Roundup after them and As Long As you have Guys that dont quit you have a we executed better tonight than we have All so did i hoped i miss but i knew it go on said the Sweet shooting third year who averages 24 Points per i got my shot in close and i Felt anything i threw up would go into the the pistons let me do what i wanted so i just threw up Hook banged them in off the Glass and even stuffed i think if i bounced one off the floor it would have gone into the at the Hemisfar Arena in san Anto Robert Parish lost a shootout against Mike Mitchell hits 19of23 from floor fellow Allstar George Gervin but won the War As Boston notched a 128116 Victory that ended the spurs club record 17game Home court winning acquired from Golden state in the poured in a career High 40 Points while the three time Aba scoring notched a season High 49 elsewhere in the Aba tuesday night Trail blazers bullets 104 Rookie Kelvin Ransey scored 24 Mychal Thompson had 21 and Jim Paxson added 20 to help Portland to a convincing Road Bucks Mavericks 106 in Marques Johnson scored 20 Points As Milwaukee handed the hapless Mavericks their 14th straight loss Matching the leagues longest losing Streak of the Brad Davis scored a career High 24 Points for supersonics jazz 98 Jack Sikma and Fred Brown combined for 21 of Seattle 23 fourth Quarter Points in the Salt suns warriors 109 in truck Robinson scored 29 Points and Alvan Adams hit a Basket and two free throws in the final 40 seconds to end a Golden state comeback bid from a 21point Bernard King led the warriors with clippers bulls 95 Phil Smith and Joe Bryant each scored 22 Points to Lead six players in double Fig ures and spark san Diego to an easy Home ending the clippers fou game losing lakers kicks 87 Kareem Abduljabba scored 28 Points despite foul problems and Jamaal Wilkes added 25 to help los Angeles snap new Yorks eight game winning 2 lawyers say Smith innocent in Bank Case new York a two lawyers said they met for 90 minutes in los Angeles earlier this week with missing boxing promoter Harold Smith and said he was innocent in connection with an alleged million embezzlement from a Wells Fargo Bank in according to stories in tuesdays editions of both the new York daily news and the new York one of the Robert Rains of said that Smith has done nothing improper or the news quoted Rains and Albert Sheppard of los Angeles As saying that Smith might not surface publicly for a week or they said Smith had retained them to represent him in a lawsuit filed by Wells Fargo naming him As a defendant in the alleged chairman of Muhammad a professional sports has been missing for three although he report edly has made phone Calls to associates and newsmen describing a bizarre flight from gunmen and an alleged kidnapping of his Young Smith was to have promoted a major boxing card at new Yorks Madison Square Garden on including three championship the show since been Wells which has already suspended one Branch manager in connection with the embezzlement relieved the Hollywood Branch manager of his duties while it probes million in Loans approved a Bank spokesman we do not think the loan problems Are related to our million fraud said Bank spokesman George As a matter of the two cases will be examined to see if there is any he according to the through his claimed that every month amounts ranging from to were funnelled through one of his Bank a Harold Smith without his knowl they said the Money never showed up on Bank statements and said Smith was making a routine Check on his balances when it was disclosed that million was funnelled through his account that it is obviously a computer crime that must involve the very highest officials of Wells Sheppard on another when Smith needed to raise More than he claims he was Given Cashiers checks by Gene manager of Wells Fargo Miracle mile Branch in Beverly Kawakami has been relieved of his duties pending an investigation into checking accounts at the Miracle mile Smith says he was told which checks to take to about 10 or 15 different Banks and said he was paid immediately with no questions the lawyers also said Smith told them Kawakami was the Wells Fargo official who told him he had a million line of credit to promote the 23 boxing the lawyers provided the first insight into the activities and whereabouts of Smith since he he has been in san Sacramento and los Angeles a Large amount of the and possibly Las Rains Smith has not left the
