European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 24, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse February 1981 the stars and stripes Pago 21 the underdog institution did it again by United press International Chance and Woolridge just put it in Lybe it s Best to rate notre Dame the a year ago the Irish upset to ranked 1 team in the and undefeated Depaul 7674 in double that when the fighting Irish take overtime and Treyve Defeated either a de on one of the College basketball heavy no longer enjoy their a j verite role of College Cage Roundup but such is not the Case and 2 Virginia Felt the Wrath of the notre fending Mcaa Champ or team ranked in Dame the 11 thanked fight the top two six other times since ing Irish came up with a 5756 Victory on i cant explain what other Way Orlando Woolridge s 18foot turnaround would notre Dame win one of these jumper with two seconds games said a lot of people on the final we just told them to dont understand what notre Dame really Lake it to the Hole and put it on the its just the greatest underdog ins Titu said Irish coach Digger by put Tion i know Ting it on the it gave us a second in snapping the nations longest winning Pintor cops retains wac title Houston a world boxing Council bantamweight Champion Lupe pin Tor of Mexico staggered Argentina Jose in the Lith and 15th rounds sunday to Pound out a unanimous decision Over the game but out manned challenger to successfully defend his Uzi a continued his record of never being knocked Down As a professional but Only the Bell saved him in the 15th the brawling Pintor tagged the challenger with 10 seconds to go in the bloodied Uzi Gas nose and sent him reeling into the ropes As the Bell sounded ending the according to his pre announced started the fight slowly and built up intensity going into the later the strategy started to pay off in the i oth round when Uzi a staggered into the then looked to the floor As if he had Only but the Champion followed up with two solid lefts to Uzi Gas head As the round the challenger appeared to be tiring near the end of the round and Pintor sent him reeling again in the 11th and Early in the 12th the match turned into a slug est in the 13th round with Pintor taking most of the As Uzi a continued to press in and appeared to be getting stronger in the 14th and Early in the it appeared the fight would end uneventfully in the 15th round but with 10 seconds to Pintor tagged Uzi a in the Middle of the ring with his most damaging blow of the Uzi a gamely fended off Pinters Pursuit but was reeling on the ropes As the tight Streak at 28 notre Dame improved to the Atlantic coast con Ference regular season fell to Holland gave credit to notre Dames ability to control the Tempo of the i dont think it is a matter of mystique at he its just physical basketball with Good but Holland claimed his Cavaliers still should have had two seconds left in order to set up a final were definitely two seconds on the official and he told me he had no authority to put time Back on the i didst quite understand because i have seen it done of said give a photo Lupe Pintor pounds Jose Uzi a in 12th on Way to successful defense of wac Bantam Crown losers Are run Over by a truck suns Burn 116110 by United press International there Are Good bad Breaks and fast for Philadelphia coach Billy the fast ones we rent Good we just buy a said Cunningham after his league leading Phil Adelphia 76ers dropped a 116110 sunday decision to the Phoenix i know in but we have to have a much better percentage on our break when we run 37 Breaks we Julius the nabs 6 had Only 18 seven below his aver the loss was Only the 13th in 72 games for Cunningham dismissed a suggestion that Erving was he was out there cunning Ham at the end of the every body was working As hard As they could to get Back before you knew All of a sudden it was five Points and we had a if wed got Lucky with a three Point we would have been Back in truck who was held to Only five Points in the teams first meeting this Aba Roundup led Phoenix with 26 Points and watched the final nine minutes from the truck had really Given it a great Effort and there was no reason to put him Back said Phoenix coach John we Only gave him a three or four min Ute break in the first we were build ing our Lead or maintaining it when he was out so there was no need to bring him Back Macleod lauded his teams i thought we did a whale of a Job de particularly in the first Macleod we kept the pressure on defensively and we kept the pressure on offensively and As a result we had More free throws in the first half than we have had in quite some we got a great Effort from we have great distribution and we were Able to execute at the which leads the Pacific Divi led 5546 at halftime and the closest Philadelphia came was within two in the opening minutes of the fourth the suns outscored the 76ers 102 in the next four minutes to move Back in command continued on Page 22 notre Dame credit they con trolled Tern re of the with Virginias 4 Louisiana state now boasts the nations longest win Ning Streak 25 games following a 67 57 Triumph sunday Over Texas Howard Carter led the Southeastern conference champs with 21 Points As the tigers boosted their record to leu sewed up the Sec title in a 6665 Victory saturday Over 9 Tennessee with two Las minute free throws by freshman Leon Ard against Texas leu led 3827 at the half after shooting 64 percent from the Field in the first 20 minutes and coasted in the second Miller takes sets record los Angeles up Johnny Mill recapturing the Golden Days of seven years fired a 3underpar 68 sunday to capture the los Angeles open by two strokes with a tournament record score of Tom who began the Day two strokes behind also shot a 68 but overhaul the stubborn Miller and finished alone in second another stroke Back was Veteran Miller who bogeyed the 18th and first round Leader Gil Miller was the brightest Star on the pea tour in 1974 when he won eight tournaments and finished first on the Money his fortunes then took a Radical turn and his slide culminated in 1978 when he earned just but while not quite reaching the Brilliant form of Miller displayed enough of those skills to fight off the closing challenges of Weiskopf and Barber Over the Riviera country club the crucial holes were 16 and with Miller holding the precarious one stroke his tee shot on the par3 16th Hole landed in a Sand trap and Weiskopf needed to sink a 14foot putt for Birdie on playing with one group ahead of hit the pin with his approach shot on the Ball dropped just a foot from the cup and Barber Sank the Birdie putt to forge the tie with Weis but Miller blasted to within seven feet and Sank the putt for Par while whisk Ops putt slipped a foot past the Miller wrapped up the Victory on the 18th by sinking a 15fpot putt off the fringe of the Green for a Birdie moments after bar Ber bogeyed the Hole to fall out of second Miller had rounds of 66696768 for a 270 two strokes better than Hale in wins previous record of 272 set in the 1976 the Victory was Worth to Miller and boosted him to the top of the 1981 Money list with earlier this he won the Tucson Weiskopf earned for his second place finish while Barber and Morgan picked up of began the final round tied for first with de Sneed at but he began his surge carding a Birdie on the 506yard first Hole his fourth Birdie of the tournament on the Hole to take sole Possession of the Lead at
