European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 20, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                February the stars and stripes Page 23 Nofre Dame Frap waiting for Virginia Treyve replaced their greens with dress blues and revived the Art of losing to but dont think for a minute the Irish of notre Dame have i and come the University of Virginia basketball team wont notre Dames patented ambush on the 1 team in the nation this time will happen at the Rosemont a spacious Palace in suburban Chicago that normally houses the local so in notre Dames press this Virginia encounter is portended to be an away rub Chicago might As Well be a suburb of South Bend for All the Irish fans up and when Jam the horizon expect everyone but the janitors to Wear Blue and the Irish Knack for sticking it to Goliath has become so attached to the College game that for Virginia to be on notre Dames schedule was Only a forecast of what had to be the Cavaliers ranked 1 and on a 27game winning Streak heading into this weeks the Irish Wear their trap like their Digger wears his they show it for All to yet the big boys still Flop into the list of notre Dame upsets gets almost Monot the schools press guide sketches 24 such starting with the Irish defeat of eventual nit Champion Kentucky in consume these and pick against the Irish at your risk on notre Dame beat a Kentucky team that went won the National championship and the olympic Gold a month later the Irish went to new York and knocked off 1 and 190 in late 1952 the Irish took on which would go on to win the National and beat the hoosiers the following Winter the Irish were at it edging the defending champs 6564 in the Mideast in 1971 Austin Carr bombed away for 46 Points to hand Urcla its Only loss in the Bruins National championship in the Irish whipped another Urcla team on the Way to the National and a year later beat the defending Champion the rest of the number ones to collapse in notre Dames Wake were san Francisco in Marquette in 1978 and Depaul in the winning streaks collapsed to notre too Marquette 20gamer in Duclas 48game no conference Streak in Marquette 81game Home court Streak in san Francisco 29 gamer in 1977 and Dopa us 27gamer last yet nothing on that notre Dame Victory March can compare with what developed on when Urcla took the notre Dame court that the Bruins had won seven straight National titles and haunt experienced losing in 88 not since Austin Carr drilled them three years i watched the game on to on a snowy mis Souri afternoon and rooted like a Banshee for partly for the Streak to continue but More for the defeat of notre a team Ive always disdained out of and with about three minutes left and Urcla leading by 11 Points i thought it impossible a Veteran outfit like the Bruins could but id forgotten the it proved deadly yet this time culminating in Dwight clays Corner jumper with 29 seconds left that gave the Irish a 71 70 so what if notre these Irish Clad in new Blue uniforms after years in has proven vulnerable by losing twice to Urcla this so what if they have never won a basketball National title and wont again this i dont sunday they will do what the Irish were meant to do this season beat the stars and stripes but baseball owners seek change players want status quo new York a Marvin Miller said he wants baseball fans to know that major league players Arent asking for any thing More than what they already have under their Basic agreement with the club the fans get the impression that the players want executive director of the major league players said discussing the possibility of a strike Over free agent the fans always want to what do the players want now the answer is that the players want Miller the players want to keep the free agent Rule allowing compensation limited to an Amateur draft owners want compensation from a team signing a Premium free agent in the form of a major league player not listed on a protected roster of 15 Premium is defined As a free agent chosen in the reentry draft by at least eight negotiations have and owners Are expected to implement their proposal Fri that could Lead to a player such a decision would be made As player representatives met wednesday in under the Basic agreement reached last players would have to announce strike intentions by March and if they decide on a they would have to do it no later than june Ray head of the club owners player relations said there has been Little or no Progress in attempts to Settle the compensation and he the probability of a negotiated settlement is he said his committee would meet the Friday deadline for announcing whether the owners compensation plan would be simple Grebey said he did not think the compensation Issue is one that could justify a on the other he there Are no other issues to Trade the next move is up to the if the owners implement the compensation procedure we wont have any More de we have what we want in the con players contend the owners awaited since last would reduce the value of free we found out with a great Deal of i might add we were More valuable than we thought we said Bob National league player repro players Are subject to the mar when the Market goes our salaries will go while stopping Short of promising a Boone did say the players would not accept the owners proposal As we would never stand still for he Miller refused to predict a players saying that the owners would dictate the next i think they Are Well aware at the moment that there is no he said of the the players cant generate a the owners know that if they shoot first they Are running the risk of starting a Howes Jersey is retired for third time Gordie Howe i feel like a Winner a Jersey 9 was raised to the rafters of the Hartford civic Center coliseum wednesday and none among the cheering crowd was any happier than Gordie the Man who made the number i feel like a thanks a the 52yearold Howe told fans on hand to watch the Hartford whalers play the Winnipeg jets in a National hockey league you people really know How to get to a he Howe set an nil record last year when he and his Marty and played together for the Only named an Allstar de Senseman this remains in the Marty Howe has been Farmed out to the whalers american hockey league Affili the Binghamton i wish one boy was Gordie Howe referring to and broke Down in its great to be int it he the whalers became the third the second in the to retire Howes num Howe retired from the whalers last year after signing with the team in in the Detroit red wings were the first nil team to retire Howes he had played for Detroit for 25 years be fore beginning a two year Howe abandoned his front office Job with the red wings in 1973 to sign with the Houston Aero of the no defunct world hockey the Aero retired his number in last Howes former teammates and friends gathered to pay trib Ute to Howe at a Blackie testimonial Only 23 nil players on 14 nil teams have had their numbers Howes nil records include most career Points with most goals with 801 and most assists with among the guests at the pregame Cere monies wednesday were nil president John hockey great Bobby Orr and Connecticut Bill Brown denies bid from nets new York a Larry head coach at denied wednesday night that he had been offered the new Jersey nets coach ing and said he hoped to stay in College basketball at least for a Cou ple of More years because he is not mentally ready to return to the the report that Brown had been offered the Job with the National basketball association club appeared in the new York Post reporting from los Post writer Peter Vecsey attributed the report to a source close to Brown told Abc radio by Telephone from where the Bruins were to play Cali fornia thursday that the Story was not recalling that he had problems while coaching the Denver nuggets of the Brown said i feel my style is Best suited to the College Brown is in the Sec Ond year of a two year contract at Urcla and said he Hopes to be Back next the Post reported that Brown met with nets president Joe Taub and Alan nets Board after the clan Ore Dame game 8 in South Brown reportedly was offered the Job on his terms he would have full Power and would be Able to name his own general the nets issued a statement say ing they had interviewed prospective coaching candidates and would continue to do so through the but would make no decision until the sea son Bob named nets coach after Kevin Loughery was fired this is expected to be come the nets general manager next Dave Providence College athletic director and former coach of the and Arkansas coached die Sutton have been mentioned As candidates for the nets