European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 4, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday april 4, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 23 Crum s winning ways hard to ignore Louisville s 72-69 Victory Over Duke monday night put Cardinal coach Denny Crum into the fore front of College coaches. His two Mcaa championships make him and Bobby Knight of Indiana the Only current coaches to own More than one title. Eucla Mentor John wooden who owns a record 10 Mcaa titles has said winning the second is the hardest. Talk to the dozens of coaches who have yet to reach the final four much less win a title and you might get a different response. Probably no College basketball coach has accomplished so much with so Little recognition As Crum. The former Urcla assistant has never earned coach of the year honors. Yet his 370 career victories rank him third behind Jerry Tarkanian of Nevada Las vegas and Dean Smith of North Carolina. Tarkanian has never won a National title. Smith won Onca in the Era of parity Louisville has emerged As the dominant Force is College basketball. Crum s teams have earned their Way into the final four four of the last six years. They be done it with a slashing up Tempo game that emphasizes Speed Over size. No Domi Nant big Man has graced the cardinals Pivot since Crum took Over in 1972. Pervis Ellison who carried the scoring and rebounding Load in the Victory Over Duke typifies Cardinal centers. The freshman stands 6-foot-9. Speaking of Ellison his rebound of a missed shot late in the championship saved a lot of embarrassment for teammate Jeff Hall. The Cardinal guard launched an air Ball with 41 seconds left. Ellison grabbed it and  tossed it in for a 68-65 Louisville Lead. The cardinals 26-7 Mark looked shabby com pared to Duke s 32-2 record going into the Mcaa tournament. But Louisville s schedule was considered the toughest of any major school. Look for other schools to adopt a get Tough schedule now that Louis Ville has proven that it s not How Many you win it when you win. Network telecasts of major sports events have fallen in love with statistics and monday night s show was no exception. The lbs folks kept flashing the Point totals of the respective backcourt showing Duke holding a decisive Edge. But never once did it show the front court scoring summary which would have portrayed a huge Louisville Edge. The network also ignored the most telling statistic rebounds. The cardinals out rebounded the Blue devils 39-27. The Mcaa s move to adopt the three Point Field goal brings the game closer to the Aba style of play. The Mcaa rules committee said the change allows smaller players added input. But basketball remains under the jurisdiction of the big men As Aba players have proven. Larry Brown who guided Kansas into the final four dismissed reports that he would leave the Jay Hawks for the new York kicks head coaching Job. He said he was Happy at Kansas. Here s betting that Brown will stay at Kansas As Long As Danny Manning stays. After that Brown will probably return to the pro ranks. Hard to believe but baseball opens in just a few Days. The Yankees picked my Many to Nab the Ameri can league East title suffered a blow when Britt Burns went on the disabled list. Word is hell probably miss the entire season. The Yankees starting staff is not deep and Burns injury could scuttle the Bronx bombers before they get off the ground. The Mike Easler for Don Baylor Trade is nothing if not ironic. It was just a few years ago that the red sox traded left handed Pitcher John Tudor to Pittsburgh for easier because they needed a left handed hitter to balance their lineup. Now they say they needed the right handed hitting Baylor to balance a lineup of mostly left handers. How can a team featuring Tony armas Jim Rice and Dwight Evans need another right handed hitting Power hitter if the Aba regular season ended today the Cleveland Cavaliers would qualify for the eighth and final playoff berth in the Eastern conference with a 28-47 Mark and meet the celtics in the first round. Boston which clinched the top spot in the conference weeks ago played the Cavaliers tuesday in Richfield Ohio and dubbed Cleveland 123-105. If Boston can Hammer the Cavaliers in a nothing game for Boston need we guess what the playoff series will produce the stars and stripes Royas nip White sox Seaver loses while waiting for Trade by the associated press Tom Seaver who has asked to be traded gave up a tie breaking two run Homer to Frank White that helped the Kansas City royals beat the White sox 5-3 wednesday in exhibition baseball. The 41-year-old Seaver who is scheduled to be Chicago s opening Day Pitcher has been mentioned in Trade talks with the new York Yankees and Boston red sox. New York and Boston Are closer than Chicago to Seaver s Home in Greenwich Conn All i can do is wait and see what devel Ops Seaver said after the game. I can t Force anyone s hand. In essence i m a third party in this  White sox general manager Ken har Relson said he intended to talk about a pos sible Trade with Yankees owner George Steinbrenner when a split Chicago squad played new York on wednesday night. The White sox scored twice off Ameri can league by Young Winner Bret Saber Hagen in 4% innings. Saberhagen has had some shoulder tenderness that Cost him his opening Day assignment next week. In other exhibition games a s 16, cubs 7 Mike Davis and Rookie Jose Canseco hit two Home runs apiece with Davis adding a single in a seven rib performance. The a s had six of the eight homers and 17 of the 31 hits at Windy Phoenix stadium. Dusty Baker and Mickey Tettleton also homered for Oakland. Jody Davis and Ron Cey homered for Chicago. Brewers 22, mariners 10 Mike Felder hit two Homer and drove in baseball Roundup five runs in a wild wind swept game. Felder led a 28-hit barrage that included five hits each by Robin Young and Rick Cerone on a Day when virtually every Ball hit into the air was an adventure because of the winds. The game was stopped after eight innings to permit the mariners to catch a flight to Seattle. Reds 3, astros 2 Tony Perez and Paul o Neill doubled As Cincinnati scored All its runs in the ninth inning off Frank Dipino. Bob Knepper and Jeff Calhoun had held the reds to six hits until the ninth. John Denny gave up nine hits in seven innings for the reds. Dodgers 2, expos 1 Pinch hitter Terry Whitfield doubled Home the winning run with two out in the Bottom of the ninth scoring Ken land Reaux who beat out an infield hit and stole second base. Fernando Valenzuela pitched seven scoreless innings for the dodgers in his final preseason tuneup. He allowed four hits and struck out six. Braves 7, expos 1 Atlanta s Bob Homer hit a two run Homer and Rick Mahler earned his fourth Victory of the Spring by scattering seven hits Over seven innings. Mahler lowered his Spring Era to 2.48. Phillies 4, Blue jays 3 Philadelphia s Luis Aguayo hit a two run Homer in the sixth inning and Kevin Gross pitched seven innings for his third Spring Victory. Glenn Wilson hit a Solo Homer in the fourth for Philadelphia. Orioles 12, rangers 6 Fred Lynn hit a pair of homers and Cal Ripken added a two run shot for Baltimore. Alan Wiggins had four hits and Lynn and Mike Young had three each As the orioles collected 21 hits off four Texas pitchers. Pirates 10, cardinals 7 Sixto Lezcano homered and drove in four runs and Pinch hitter Lee Mazzilli hit a tie breaking two run Homer to Pace Pitts Burgh s 19 hit attack. Indians 9, giants 8 Joe Carter s single snapped an 8-8 tie in the sixth inning. Ken Schrom Cleveland s opening Day Pitcher got the Victory despite allowing eight runs seven of them earned and 10 hits in six innings. Yankees 8, White sox 2 Ron Guidry pitched seven shutout innings in his final preseason tuneup and Henry Cotto s Lead off Homer ignited a five run first inning As new York Defeated a split Chicago team. Guidry allowed just three singles and finished the Spring with a 1.57 Era. Mets 7, twins 1 new York s Dwight Gooden hurled seven scoreless innings in his strongest Spring out ing and Gary Carter s fourth Home run ignited a six run second inning As the mets Defeated Minnesota. Gooden coming off three mediocre out Ings scattered four hits and struck out five batters. Tigers 9, red sox 3 Alan Trammell Kirk Gibson and Chet Lemon hit Homer runs to Lead Detroit Over up photo Chicago s Tom Seaver. Third party in Trade talks Boston. Dave Lapointe 2-0, worked the first seven innings for Detroit giving up three runs on six hits. Al Nipper 1-2, was tagged for six runs on 11 hits in the six innings he worked for Boston. Padres 6, Angels 5 Mark Thurmond allowed one unearned run in six innings and every san Diego starter had at least one hit As the padres edged California. Mcaa from Page 21 said Steitz athletic director at Springfield mass College. Steitz said conferences experimented with different distances for the three Point goal before adopting the 19-9 distance. Some conferences used the pro Dis Tance 23-9 and did t find that Desira ble Steitz said. As a result of a questionnaire most of the coaches preferred 19-9." in another rules change the committee eliminated the 28-foot hash Marks and the combination count while a player is being closely guarded in the mid court area. Under the new Rule the entire front court will have a five second count on a closely guarded player for either holding or dribbling the Ball. Having just one count eliminates a lot of confusion Steitz said. Steitz said the committee also singled out several existing rules that would be stressed next season. They include illegal use of hands and arms during rough Post play ejection of players because of flagrant intentional fouls illegal screening away from the Ball and three second violations. The committee also will allow Mcaa conferences to Experiment with several pos sible Rule changes including a smaller backboard a six foul maximum for Over time play and a smaller front court for the 10-second Rule