European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 21, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 22 the stars and stripes february Lamotta recalls his big scandal by John Demers new Orleans up former middleweight Champ Jake who threw a fight in Exchange for his title said wednesday the financial dealings of Muhammad a professional sports had been misinterpreted by the Media As a boxing who considers himself a Vic Tim of the rings True said the controversy swirling around promoter Harold Smith could just As easily have happened in another he it would not have grabbed the that not about Lamotta said during a visit to new Orleans to pro Mote raging a film about his the fact that they were doing something with boxing made them try to blow it out bullets pin new loss on 76ers continued from Page 21 who finished with 23 15 in the second that was the same num Ber scored by both Grevey and Porter in the first half As the bullets took a 7062 halftime Julius Erving led the 76ers with we were playing probably the Best team in the said Washington coach Gene its rare that a team can beat them we  plan any by the bullets pulled to within on half game of Chicago for the sixth and last Eastern conference playoff Philadelphia coach Billy who was ejected after picking up his Sec Ond technical with to said the bullets played such an exceptional game that it was difficult to go any one Way against them elsewhere in the Aba Cavaliers spurs 104 Mike Mitchell scored 30 Points and Bill Laimbeer added 19 to go with 22 rebounds for the game was deadlocked 8080 with left in the third Quarter before Cleveland opened a 9185 advantage at the end of the Roger Peg Ley added 20 Points for Cleveland and Geoff Huston came off the Bench to score George Gervin paced san Antonio with nuggets suns 126 Alex English scored Denver last eight Points As the nuggets rallied from a seven Point deficit in the final three English jumper from the Baseline put the nuggets on top with 24 seconds remain late in the third period Denver led but Phoenix went into a pressure defense and began a stirring the suns Cut the deficit to six Points by the end of the period and opened a 122 115 clippers rockets 99 Freeman Williams came off the Bench to score 22 Points for san overshadowing a record breaking performance by Houston Calvin who made All five of his free throw attempts to set an Aba Mark with 62 consecutive successful foul the old record was 60 by Rick Barry in Trail blazers pistons 106 Billy Ray Bates scored 24 Points and Kelvin Janscy added 21 As Portland Defeated crippled which was playing its third game in three nights with Only eight healthy Detroit trailed by 10 Points in the first period but finally went ahead 8281 late in the third Janscy hit six Quick Points and Portland led for the rest of the of its a banking that who ran the promotion company to which a rented his is a defendant in a million embezzlement suit filed 2 by Wells the Bank claimed it had been a victim of fraud since 1978 but Smith countered Wells Fargo was just covering up a million embezzlement scheme of its that All according to la the real neediness of the boxing world can be seen in his Lamotta took a dive against Billy Fox after the mob told him it was the Only Way he could get a shot at the this went against the Grain of the Iron awed who prided himself on never being knocked off his though deeply embarrassed when the Sham was halted in the fourth la Motta said he would probably do it again if a Chance to be Champion hinged on when youre 1 contender for five years and you know who controlling Coull do something youre not proud he All my life i wanted to be the title shot two years after the Fox was a brutal 10round classic in which Lamotta stopped Frenchman Marcel even that final Victory brought him a tiny purse compared with those carried off by fighters and the mob beat Uncle Sam to its i waited All those years for a title shot when i finally got i had to pay for the he my purse was Only so to make Money i had to bet on myself at 8 that was How it was in those i fought 15 years and made Guys today make four times that for one i know theres inflation but this is Lamotta said he cannot comprehend what makes Tough and richly rewarded fighters like Roberto Duran Stop a title bout because of minor As the panamanian welterweight Champ did against sugar Ray Leonard last novem Ber in new i thought Duran was one of the great est fighters of All Lamotta i Felt a Little bit ashamed of he quit because he had a maybe he but you would think he could have Given a quart of his blood for the i would have been glad to give a a photo Ron Duguay 10 of the new York rangers trips and loses puck while trying to score against goalie Gilles Gilbert of the Detroit red wings sabres held spotless for period continued from Page 21 Rod saves As the canadians ended Buffa los 12game unbeaten the Victory prolonged a pair of streaks for the Ca who Are unbeaten in their last seven games and have not been beaten at the Montreal forum in 16 straight they have won 14 and tied two in that an onlooker As Montreal out shot the sabres 130 in the first Rose to the occasion in the final period As the sabres mounted their most concerted Effort of the the canadians Rookie faced 26 shots in 17 of them in the third the Victory enabled Montreal to move within one Point of the los Angeles who Lead the Norris it also brought the canadians within three Points of the who Are fourth in the Overall elsewhere in the nil flames flyers 4 Guy Chouinard second goal of the game at of the third period lifted Calgary Over Chouinard knocked in his own rebound from about 20 feet out to give the Victory to the who had built a 40 Lead Early in the Sec Ond Brian Propp and Ken Linseman scored within one minute and 21 seconds in the third period to draw the flyers into a Short lived tie before Chouinard when you blow a 40 Lead against a hockey team it makes for a Long said Calgary coach Al there is no Way we can relax with a i think we worked pretty hard to get Philadelphia coach Pat Quinn called it an interesting game but too wide open for generally i thought we played pretty Well and they looked pretty said they gained Confidence after going up 40 but whats disappointing to me was the fifth penguins whalers 2 Rick Kohoes 41st goal of the season triggered a four goal second period that carried Pittsburgh Over with the penguins leading Kehoe scored on a feed from defens Eman Paul who assisted on All four second period Ross Lonsberry scored at Peter Lee at and Paul Gardner on a Power play with 46 seconds remaining in the Hartford net minder John Garrett gave up All six Pittsburgh but his replace Mike stopped All 24 shots he faced in the third red wings rangers 3 Dale Mccourt notched the sixth three goal game of his nil including the second goal of Detroit three goal burst in 27 seconds of the third to Lead the red wings past new my court also had two assists As the red wings posted their third Victory in five de the rangers leading scored two with his 26th of the season tying the game at Detroit Brent Peterson snapped the tie with his third goal of the season at of the third period and Mccourt fired in his second of the night 17 seconds Mike Foligno ended the spree at with his 25th goal and Mccourt completed the scoring with his 19th goal with 17 seconds remaining in the the game was filled with 25 penalties and marred by a flare up Between the rangers and fans at the Joe Louis As the teams left the seven rangers climbed into the stands for a Beer slinging confrontation that ended when Detroit police and Arena Ushers separated the players and new York native Nick Fotiu led his teammates after some fans he bombarded the rangers Bench with de Bris during the final minute of no fans were injured in the out Fotiu said he suffered a Cut on his the rangers admitted being tired and edgy after their charter flight was re routed to Cleveland because of heavy fog in they had a four hour bus trip from arriving 1w hours before game