European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 3, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday february t983 the stars and stripes Page 21 sports Ditka named to pro Grid Hof Biletnikoff Ham Page also honoured Canton Ohio Al Chicago bears coach Mike Ditka and three nil standouts of the 1970s Fred Hill Nikoff Jack Ham and Alan Page were selected tuesday As 1983 inductees into the pro football Hallof Fame. The new class includes three Pennsylvania natives and one who will be inducted in his Hometown of Canton. Dilka is inc first pure Light Mil Ever elected to the Hall. When 1 look Back and think a boil All the Tun i had playing la have an Honor like this bestowed upon me is mind Bof filing Ditka said in a Telephone interview from the team s suburban Chicago training Camp. They a there weren t any tight ends in the Hall but i can think of a handful of great ones added Ditka. If i got any recognition it s because the bean threw the Ball my Way. And i used to ran with it pretty Well in my  Bill Nikoff a wide receiver is the fifth Raider o be inducted. Ham. A linebacker is the second player from the Pittsburgh Sec Clurs steel curtain years to be honoured following mean Joe Greene. Page a Long time defensive tactic for Minnesota became the Sec Ond Viking to make the Hall joining quarterback Fra Tarkenton. It s a great feeling o be selected into the Hall of Fame with players who Are the All Lime greats and especially in follow inc ail time great who 1 think is Joe Greene Ham said. Page said Oshri Selc Chinn. I Don know if it s about Lime but it s certainly a Nice  Ditka 48, was the no. I draft pick of the bears in 1961 oui of inc University of Pittsburgh. He was named nil Rookie of the year after catching 56 passes fur 1,076 Yards and 12 touchdowns. Three tears Iaiser lie Hail 75 Call lies a record for Light ends that stood for 16 years. The 6-Fooi-3,225-Nnund native Ofcar Nogic pa., did not miss a Start in $4 games with the hears and earned All pro honors his first four seasons. In 12 seasons he Hao 427 receptions for 5,812 Yards and 43 Louch Downs. After being traded to inc Philadelphia eagles in 1967, Ditka finished his career with tour seasons at Dallas. In 1971, he had 30 receptions and scored the clinching touchdown in the cowboys 14-1 Victory Over the Miami dolphins in the 1972 super bowl. He coached the bean to a 46-10 Victory Over new England in the 1986 super bowl. Biletnikoff. Who will turn 45 later this month spent 14 years catching passes for the Oakland raiders. The 6-1, 190-Pound flanker caught 589 passes seventh Best Al mint for s.-974 Yards and 76 touchdowns. Tile native or Erie pa., caught 40 or More passes for 10 str Aifiti seasons and his 70 catches for 1,167 Yards and id touchdowns in 19 postseason games were re cords at the time of his retirement. He played in three Al and five acc championship games As Well As in the 1368 and 1977 super bowls. Bill Nikolet who played at Florida slate was the raiders no. 2 draft pick in 1965. He started As a special teams player and did not see action As a ranker until inc seventh game of his Rookie season. Bui in his first Start he had seven catches for 118 Yards. Biletnikoff caught four passes for 79 Yards id set up three Oakland scores in a 33-14 Victory Over Minnesota in the 1977 super bowl and was named the Pine s most valuable player. Ham 39, was an immediate sinner for inc sle Cleri and missed Only four games in his first 10 seasons in the nil. The outside linebacker from Penn slate finished a 12-year career with 2itt sacks 21 Fumble recoveries and 32 interception. I enjoyed playing College football and never thought about pro Ball until my Junior year in College and never thought of my pro career lasting that  Ham in High school. I was t exactly the sought after re Craig. Those were probably my Down years. Not until 1 went to i Enn stale did things turn around for me i was u Young kid who did t have a lot of Confidence until i went to i Enn stale. Coach Joe Patimo he s the kind of Guy who put me on first team defense in my first year. It kind of made me a Little More confident. I kind of ran with  Ham considered somewhat Small fora linebacker Al 225 pounds played in super bowl in 1975, 1976 and 1979, but had to sit out the 1980 game because of injuries. He also played in five acc championship games the first in 1974 when his 19-Yard interception see Hall on Page 23 Uriu Polo Chicago bean Man Mike Dit i. First pure tight end 7-2 Greis scores 21, blocks 9 shots v/7/anova whips Georgetown 64-58 by the a smiled press Philadelphia when Tom circa plays As big As tic is loll Villanova is a Tough team to beat. The.7-Footj tiflis scored 21 Points and blocked nine Shols monday night in leading vill Annj to 64-53 Victory aver nth ranked Georgetown in a big East conference game. Gris shot 8-for-Lo from the Field and hit All five of his shots from inc foul line in 33 minutes of play. He played aggressively but did not pick up a personal foul Villanova coach Rollic Massimino rates Greis improvement in hotel floors. The Sophomore Center was on the 75th floor earlier in the season when he helped Villanova ups ranked Syracuse Massimino said he s Gollon to the exit on the Isle floor according la inc coach. Greis who got Only five rebounds Laid be got his blocked shots when Georgetown tried to stuff Over his 7-foot Frame. To get a piece of the shot. There arc nights when t get a Tot of rebounds and then nights like this where i Block More he said. Georgetown coach John Thompson said Greis gave the hoyas grief Al night College basketball we worked hard but just could t gel things going he said. Mark Plansky scored 14 Points and Gary Massy and Ken Wilson had 10 each for Villanova which boosted its re Cord to 13-6 Overall and 7-3 in the big East. Mark Tillmon had 24 Points and Charlie Smith 15 for Georgetown 14-j and 4-4. Vij Dianova scored the first nine Points of the second half to Complete a 17-0 run that slated with 2 32 remaining in the first Vnod. The run gave inc wildcats a 41-27 Lead with 17 minutes left to play. Georgetown finally collected itself with Smith igniting a 16-5 rally  Cut Villanova s Lead to 49-4 with 7 27 Lea. The closest Georgetown could gel was 54-50 with 3 07 remaining. Georgetown fouled desperately in the final minutes but Villanova was accurate from the line id restore its Lead to 62-53 and held on to win. The hoyas shot 32.4 Acront from the Field and made three of just eight free i draws. In other top-20 games monday no 4 Dike 101, Clemo 63 Durham  Sophomore Phi Henderson scored is Points As Duke routed Clemson to remain atop the at lactic coast conference basketball standings. Duke 4-1 in the acc and 14-2 Over All used a 26-8 scoring spurt to build a 54-26 halftime Lead Henderson and Danny ferry who scored All of his s3 Points in the opening 20 minutes were the leaders As Duke pulled away after leading just 22-18 with 8 43 left in the period. Henderson scored four Points during a 10-0 run that gave Duke a 32-18 Lead with 7 07 left in the half. Ferry later scored eight Points in iwo minutes Ai Duke built a -18-26 Lead with 2 0 remaining. Defensive pressure produced four turnovers in the Early minutes of inc Sec Ond half and helped Duke la a 71-41 Lead with 12 34 left. The largest Lead was 90-49 with 6 02 left. Freshman guard Dunn cell Druce scored is Points and Tim Kincaid added 13 for Clemson 11-7 Overall and 1-5 in the acc Kichlu St. 116, no. 18 Bradley 92 Wichita Kan. Junior Dwayne Praylow scared a career nigh 24 Pom i As Wichita slate upset Bradley in a mis Souri Valley conference game. The Victory gave the shockers a 12-1 record Overall and a 5-2 league Mark. Good for sole Possession of the Confer ence Lead. Bradley fell to second place in the Mac at 4-2 and 13-3. Praylo broke a 67-67 tie with a 12 footer with i2 l71c t. Then John Cooper rebounded a diet by Bradley s Mersey Hawkins and fed Sasha Radunovich on the fast break id make it 71-67. Cooper followed that by blocking a Dunk by Donald Powell and sinking a 1j-Fooler. Hakim the nation s leading to Corr Cut the margin to 76-7j with 9 34 remaining bul Radunovich scored four Points and Lew Hilt added three to give the shockers an 83-73 Lead with 6 so left. Hawkins led ail scorers with 37 Points before fouling out with More than four minutes remaining. Radunovich and Hill each scored 21 Points for the shockers who Hil j 9 of 23 free throw in the final seven minutes the braves got 16 Points from Luke Jackson and la from Trevor Trimpe. Wichita state led 45-41 with 2 27 to go in the first half before Hawkins who scored 28 in inc period made a three Point play two free throws and a 3 Pointer to put Bradley up 49-45 at 1 02.praylow, who had 14 in the period Sank iwo free throw and added a Layup at the Bucur for b 49-49 lie