The White Falcon - 05.12.1980, Blaðsíða 7

December 5, 1980 White Falcon 7
SHORT SHOTS
Football
South Carolina running back
George Rogers says he's surprised
he won the Helsman Trophy...although
he was the nation's leading rusher
with 1,781 yards.
Rogers’ emergence as the Helsman
winner caps a rags-to-riches story.
His mother was a domestic who re-
lied on welfare to help support her
five children, three boys and two
girls. His father Is a convicted
murderer who was divorced from his
wife a decade ago. After nearly
eight years in Georgia prisons,
the senior Rogers was paroled in
time to see his son play in the
Georgia-South Carolina game on
Nov. 1st.
NFL standings
American Conference
EAST W
Buffalo 9
New England 8
Baltimore 7
Miami 6
N.Y. Jets 3
L PF PA
4 290 216
5 366 280
6 280 391
7 209 254
10 244 340
CENTRAL
Cleveland
Houston
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
W L PF PA
9 4 290 244
8 5 247 232
8 5 314 265
4 9 169 238
WEST W
San Diego 9
Oakland 9
Denver 7
Kansas City 6
Seattle 4
L PF PA
4 354 256
4 294 252
6 253 251
7 234 273
9 239 335
National Conference
EAST
Philadelphia
Dallas
St. Louis
N.Y. Giants
Washington
11
10
4
3
3
L PF
2 323
3 386
9 265
10 192
10 174
PA
164
233
279
355
256
CENTRAL
Detroit
Minnesota
Chicago
Green Bay(T)
Tampa Bay(T)
WEST
W
7
7
3
5
5
Atlanta
Los Angeles
San Francisco 5
New Orleans 0
W
10
9
PF
260
252
215
218
234
PF
333
359
259
13 208
Standings as of Nov. 30
PA
231
255
227
264
279
PA
225
248
327
391
Pittsburgh defensive end Hugh
Green was second in the balloting,
followed by Georgia's Herschel
Walker, Purdue's Mark Herrmann and
Jim McMahon of Brigham Young.
and. . .
Ifere are the results from this
weeks NFL games: Cleveland downed
Houston 17-14; San Diego surprised
Philadelphia 22-21; San Francisco
pulled-off an upset by beating New
England 21-17; Los Angeles handled
the Jets of New York 38-13; Minne-
sota just slipped past New Orleans
23-20; Tampa Bay edged Green Bay
20-17; Baltimore shocked Buffalo
28-24; Cincinnati tripped Kansas
City 20-6; Pittsburgh setback
Miami 23-10; Atlanta defeated
Washington 10-6; St. Louis beat the
Giants 23-7; and on Monday night,
Oakland bested Denver by a score
of 9-3.
Roberto Duran's manager, Carlos
Eleta, said recently that Duran's
lifestyle and his crash diet to
make the weight for the World
Boxing Council title bout did the
fighter in.
Eleta says that Duran tends to
get caught up in his own popularity
in his native Panama where, in his
manager's words, "he is like a
God." And Eleta adds that after
several months of the good life,
Duran'8 weight had soared to 180
pounds.
That necessitated a two and a
half month crash diet and Intense
training to get him down within the
welterweight limit of 147 pounds.
But it took its toll, says Eleta,
and left Duran feeling week. The
fighter thought he could regain his
strength by eating a lot before the
fight but, his manager saspects,
"he ate much more than he should
have."
Duran has said he ate a bowl of
beef consomme, three T-bone steaks,
french fries, orange juice and tea
on fight day. That, presumably,
was the source of the cramps Duran
complained of during the fight.
But there is little doubt in
Eleta's mind that his fighter was
simply not prepared for his fight
and it showed when he walked away
from Leonard in the eighth round.
And based on that, Eleta says
Duran should "not fight again un-
less he changes his life com-
pletely" and agrees to train
properly.
The question is, though,
whether Duran will listen.
Bowling
A new Queen was crowned Sunday
as Cathy Malone defeated Linda
Tackett and regained the Queen of
the Hill title.
King Doug Larson successfully
defended his title by defeating
Don Shepherd.
King and Queen of the Hill
competition is held every Sunday
from noon to 1 p.m.
Basketball
The Los Angeles Lakers need a
little magic. But for the time
being they will have to take their
chances like the rest of the mortals
in the NBA.
The magic that's missing is
Earvin "Magic" Johnson. The flashy
guard underwent knee surgery last
week and will be out of action for
at least two months. With Magic
out of the lineup, the defending
World Champions are 3-3...losing to
Houston and Milwaukee before getting
routed Sunday night by Chicago.
Marathon
Two of the major national long-
distance running organizations are
supporting a plan that would allow
professional runners to receive
cash prizes in races which also in-
clude amateurs. That agreement was
reached during a meeting between
leaders of the two groups in
Denver. Professional athletes have
complained that there is not enough
incentive for them to run in mara-
thon races.
Local sports happenings
The Base Gym is sponsoring
classes in Racquetball and Judo.
For more information call 5191.
Volleyball rosters for women
are due on Monday. A mandatory
clinic for coaches will begin at
6 p.m. on Monday.
Facility reservations for the
Base Gym will now be taken at the
cage for half-court basketball
reservations.
Construction has started on four
new racquetball courts on the north-
east side of the Gym. Please stay
clear of that area.