'- -- : '': ,''':''' - - COLUMBIA MISSOURIA,N, Friday, March 27, 1981 -P- 1B J; ':"' lillfMwTilf?'"" -'-- $$1$Mm$ age Rookie got j : History doesn't cobMP the FWour 2nd chance '? Coaches talk . in St. Louis ?3 ; about defense

--'..U-v.V ?;. ,. ".. Ehert earns honors .;; if1 plays ,-;- ,:,.-- . ByJeeJoUsm , ?i;: rMPrward alter early failure A' !$; f the bench I ; PHILADELPHIA A they pre By Rob Rains . f for ; i pare a aemtfhil showdown in the the week. UPI sportswriter 'A NCAA dwtipionships, takttba SPflfporUlikofwriter . "He'll work out on Friday just a there tart much VirgteU) I'mBBmsv ST. LOUIS feeLs North inca-bacitat- Don Ebert like d rnd bit to ed CeroUns; do not - little make sure he's not ?X know out ch oth- ClARIX)TIESVSilsHO and then he'll go like crazy sending a thank you note to the New ' York :rtasr Wake Forest '.for as many minutes he can get in on Cosmos. .?.'' third-ranke- d. The Cfcvalkrs, the mMati' calls VlrginisSraKllSHP'.v'MHK; ' Saturday." Ebert was the top pick of the Cosmos '. At- -- .! regulereaascn ehatnfriau of the - fe,,,Tne Marine ffirlt.THBgf;. Raker went and the first overall selection in the v- - "like crazy" enough lantfc Coast Conference, nave defeat- - roMMTIwiiiinuiL' -- 1979 North American Soccer League :;. ed TerSOHnSmEB f times against ViUanova, Tennessee the arreted TvrtMlvwtnners Mend aaMSB)MHr: f and BYU in draft after he led Southern Illinois Uni- of AGC Si44"0 the East Regional that he the totrnanWBtf twfce going all-tournam- versity Edwardsville to the NCAA ent at -- was named to the . : into Saturday's constat. The two Division I .'howttMr" team along with fellow Ballard prod- championship. ..' teams meet ftUowfag - d col- the otter setni- LflMfr-'an- wW'ml 7-fo- He bypassed his senior year of uct and teammate Jeff Lamp and ot-4 ;. 'l . Gnat gaiur betwowr- - fourth-ranke- d 'ntBDnwrP' lege to sign with the Cosmos, and went - -- Ralph Sampson. Raker scored r aiB test fiim MriiyillirtMML to New York ready to prove he was rLiiuaate8oKbiltaa. . nine points in 21 minutes against the ; AaIaraVbinijaoaek7tryHol--- - among j t:oe8 Virginia.. ; Wildcats, 10 points in 17 minutes the best Americans playing Tggl-';H-' . land is concerned, howevw,'a J4 .However, Rukui jW8MiHBMto against the Vols and 12 in 22 against soccer. i :' mark against stth-fatedilfet- th Caro-.-.; He looks the Cougars. But he never got the chance. doesn't hold fSgJR ;,ffed. lina mfidt at ttis W stumbling nmHHM: "It's obvious how important Ebert played 50 minutes in one exhi- -- ' " oulHlKflffl; he is," time ofyear. g bition game, but didn't play another a?(le.than a crisptilRMHKBHs''!-OiWdin- , said Holland of Raker. "He made the ; V a-fact-or . not Ndl-tournam- "It's eitW Pinal Four. the TiiiiifllQIMllOIBWli ent team as a substitute minute for the Cosmos. Because of the - level," be amid. "At soft heavy foreign domination in the NASI., other site or 'Aj and I think, again, the minutes we get location, the psychological factor right itrftfti li IWalrnli; out of him right now are so important he was forced to sit and watch when he might come into play. But it doesn't PlS a thought he should have been playing. ' igMotecting bniised;frB iMBIl ? to us that it's important that we try to here. The Pinal Four supercedes any- After about a month, the Cosmos f&Smn deposits, HiaHWwipn-- " pick and choose where those minutes thing gone on '" on that has before." eHGB rHHiBI fifZ&'xn-'- a ki11Iii)ii FOTHgw jBflil"!." come." placed Ebert waivers. No other '.,'i Dean Smith, who haabroaflht North That team picked him up, and he returned rgham Youai''fcwS8i&?f' ,. means Raker won't start. .C; , Carolina info the sendfinab for the SnMoBal champiaAaldB'api He'll play some in the first half to get to his St. Louis home wondering if he sixth "psy-chologi- cd time, denies thsre is any there's the feel for the game, launch a few of had made a big mistake. warfare" gsingoa with the .sn 'thelfirJMBW'bi' ' "About a month after I got back I got - Siijjttgutag him his long shots to of third-ranke- --- suicealaHUacdl keep UNC off d Cavalietfi. a - - dropped from the World Cup team nw- (Ky) BalkwHMjiifii-?een- t Sampson and Lamp and then play "I dont know, we played North 'VBHHB too," Ebert said. "I had been practic- fvi pain through most of the second half or at least Carolina State-twic- e jMffiuuisja:. rea- :i-;- ing years. in the regular if ttrday enough for until he drops. with them for three The ... season and beat them by three points : flinflpiH-- ' son I was given was that I hadn't to stop the v - But his presence is important, said both, he said. gan3g.tM' " played in two times," "Then we ''alvf'-Bu- t through all tjWljfr M'WllnE' 'Gates. months. played 1 . them in the ACC tournament lgohy, Raker i il i j "If it's a war, it's having another "My folks were not real happy I'd ota-go- al JlBMll'l8u. . out. ' and blew them I guess is fpared to turn bacrJiMWMSjfe 'niece of over They dropped out of school and all of a sud- ' - - artillery there. :-9fc- v not to be blown - '&do den I I out by Vhginia Satur- naffiP"0"- m JffiHisBiHr'sp the 'fWmtifflfflJffit. have to guard Ralph, they have to was wondering if could play day." : anymore. I myself.'" 'A . North guard Jeff Lamp and Lee Raker started doubting 'v In their last meeting at Chapel Hill, 3M Carrne But then the hometown St. Louis '- -- TMituiinent semif ?wR3s r comes in and that's another guy they 16-po- iaerlPfr Virginia flt " rallied from a sec-- University of Virginia's Lee Raker (ZJ0MMat:M Ue Raker will pS&.'widVifiWT have to guard," said Gates, another Steamers entered the picture, and nei- ond-fca- lf deficit to force an overtime team's semifinal win over Brigham onch Terry ' Ballard product. ther Ebert nor anyone else has f ;lWPMy;Mt HtiWmz&ttW&r: ' vic--- and eventually captured an -' hard-nose- been doubting his ability since. e79 weekend. is supported by AtX mifarht the same "He's a very d type per- tory. Smith certainly remembers. Raker teamtiaSJABi, tttWmU$i ' In his first season with the Steamers, V-: been. It is . son and he plays way. Very '-- vet'ydoirtrSfc that left, and Ralph Sampson, at right. -' -- :fiS three-year-o-ld "It was a very disappointing loss," able to worictfflfcaaS;'r smart, intelligent." the success story of the be said. "When you have a lead like '.fflbe Major Indoor Soccer League", Ebert we did, the players and vSlf has established himself as one of the coaches are r. saying, 'We're going to win, and - best players in the league and was .;; when you dont, it's more devastating Terry named the MISL Rookie of the Year. GateiHHpt- regular-seaso- n ; than if you were blown out We played In 40 games, Ebert one of oar bast games of the season ' scored 46 goals and had 19 assists for a and lost." team-hig- h 65 points and led the Steam- 3il second-be- st , A major factor in the game, as he Gate s plays hatchet ers to the record in the has been the case for the Cavaliers all league and a berth in the semifinals of

7-foo- -- to-njghtinSt.Lo- t4 dKliliustlMfe' uis:-- season, was the play of sopho-- - ' the league's championship playoffs v-:v-'- "' All-Amer- ica --. prevwa-jMBaMgEw;:?y- ?' ori'- .: . ByJimNcrvelle j&wldRg.to." - get -' - more Ralph Sampson. irMtei- ball?' because I the ball ajot ,. e UPIayoiWwiltei "" - Wfefiate,1 wbnestfWpjMaajje-T- ?' wing playtrig ttrwferakfta'TrS-wid- "After 1 got dropped trom the Cos- ""'"- ';ve '" Ballard ; " "" - ... they had the aone sag. on Sampson spoil 'aflfifiWBillWdolKerrf jlrblKy) ppBl,wJSr--- open. mos, a lot of people said I shouldn't - giving us the outeide ajbat," he said. CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. Ter- MfJeff Lamp and SgOjj1!'!-- " ' have been a number-on- e pick," Ebert - ,- ! ' -I "In Chapel Hill, they played te toagh ry Gates has played in 94 consecutive ndbrs, first went nVjpfe-flp- aal' ; "But that's also the first time, the said. don't play every game to show on the perimeter add tried to prevent games since becoming a Virginia ar and then tranfel,7tl4rteB:; first pass. Ralph (Sampson, Virgin- the New York people they made a mis- 1 6-foo- t-8, 220-pou- nd &W--:iM'M-V-MB- . us from getting. the ball into Samp- - Cavalier, brandishing his :;fa teammates. ia's 7-- 4 sophomore all-Ameri- ca) hasn't take, but I think more than likely they : son. I imagine we'll see a little of both frame against opponents and three are hsfJtimSB'. moved, the opposite forward hasn't did make a mistake. this time." - - turning defense into an art form. .;flaces than the conrfcCjgjl'gCTB. ' moved and there's no rebounding in 'They said I couldn't play soccer A matter of defense also is an over- But please don't call him a hatchet playinjv4nnmmiv iife are academic atuTMjmlQni -- there. Sure, I'm open, but to me that's and I think I've shown I can play soc- riding topic in the first game, where man. manyptoMawMtteytM Gates resides on tjgjggyjjggfj not a good shot." cer." funny, I haven't shied away who will 22 in ad- V Indiana must neutralise She fast "It's give kMnKKSMJjgltiiSfl&: ; Ebert, turn June,

' s type of People -.-MitT- Gates has not had an easy to break of LSU, the Mgjheat-Bcorin- g from that stuff. just fehce reserved for road mits he had doubts at first about how BffWIVlK.' s team left in the tournacjent with an think that's the only thing I do. I think ae intelh'gence.'pnalre'-ii9te- the NCAA Final Four. A tornado his quickly he would adapt to the indoor S .; - 80-poi- sophomore :' nt per game average. that shows their ignorance," said mv waaatMmBagmgmmMt talked about MlHMmMK;4 year at Ballard forced a game. third-ranke- ; move The Hoosiers aregiriag uptnly 59 Gates a few days before the d that. flBMMMrami MTteJiot one who'wfOT9K9k4-;- and an operation on his tailbone "In New York a lot of people used to Cavaliers meet North Caroli- lif: jCbne-oh-on- e an40ulSgWSr'---'"-' his junior year kept him away from laugh at the indoor league," he said. points a game and have won their " three previous NCAA tournament na in the NCAA Tournament semifi- shows I una Baodyi but givenTiijOKtiWte basketball for two consecutive sum- "But you've still got to have the same tbavHngSxe -- games by a total of86 points. nals. someoc "wMPBKW Pet,,tf 1 tingto take it," he'Stii-TAt-tf- ; mers. Knee surgery his senior year basic skills to play. I like the league. I Gates will be starting his ninth ever walk Sftcpte in the past uptsweX; shortened his season to only 13 think a lot of enthusiasm . "I think defense will dictate the seejjyjijrggtwabty tuntMne there's -- post-seaso- n - games. : -- straight game and the d said, around the league; in Wichita, in Balti- ,v . game," LSU coach Dale Brown said. 'WdosBilbS- f ; "WeVe been able twta nfeg both more. People are starting to realize it's j styles of game. Wera laaccrteg quite an exciting game." team but we also outKorad our oppo- Ebert was the only rookie to play in nents by an average of 23 points a the league's All-St- ar game and admits game." he surprised himself with his perform- ance this year. Indiana coach Bobby Xntgnt, whose : .. Hoosiers won the neUanaltitia here in A - "Before the start of the season I said dog named IOTplpt n that Deijpp if I scored 25 goals it would be a , 1976, says there is more to me Tigers that i good year," he said. their '- "That's what I than fast break. 2 ' 'ii!5Sfimt2S2i55jiS' - '" . : "LSU is a very auick, strong team, OHWRLOTTESVTLLE, Va. (UP1) was aiming for. Luckily, things went ' -- well this year. If I'd scored five goals an excellent reboaading' team," Yes, Virginia Coach Terry Holland rgBJtsome ink on nlWafflsBJ"' Knight said. "They are a team that ' does nave a dog named Dean, but he me, - and never played, I don't know where '- -- wMHWMwMWiiBe- - . " can get you from a variety af dtrec-;- .; insists it was named for a neighbor I'd be." - Steamers McBride, how- tions." ;".. and not North Carolina Coach Dean ' aWtchnaasg- Coach Pat ' "V As in last week's 7M8 demditionof Smith. ever, had no doubts about what Ebert :- - St. Joseph's in the NCAA Mideast Re-- .. "It's sort of like a photograph you'd f wtte the Snaths jgfagjljjp would do for his team. gkmal final, the Hoosiers tempo of- have around the house," said Hol- "I was confident of what kind of McBride said. fensively and defensively will be con- few days playing 'Oh . player he could be," land, a away from MWKBlBOlffPlP1 1 "i 'The shaggy dog wpHjjjwB AD-Amcr- P8 tca ' "He has all the tools and he's really a trolled by guard Ifiah , Smith's Tar Heels in the NCAA Tour-- t Holland was askeoSJBiHiiHiSB: ; hungry type of He's always in a Thomas. Tnomaa seated aftlytpflWa nament semifinal Saturday at Phila- oukl use its faiaggBlBWWR-- j player. -.- ' goals. -: against St Joe's btst plafeda major delphia. "Everybody makes up his .delay if it gets a position to score --' n ' think the more he plays the indoor role with his steals and baJlhandSing. own story on how the dog's name Mgular-seaso- 'wfWMS&KBsS&ffiumnHf' "I AS-Aineri- ' 7 For LSU, seconxtteam ca came about." ifelled both tiraes.S3cSS(K game the better he is going to get. You . getting with . ; Durand Maddin sflll is' not .100 per--' And just how did the dog get f. v"I don't think can almost see him better ,;' Mgmlm!t every game he plays." . cent after sustaining a finger injury named? . j"ttiejr strategy at '' Mv$IWBN the New York experi-- which required sit stitctes, but "We have a neighbor named Dean. happened f. Dean Smith Ebert knows tfptMMMK , ence a role in his success this Brown said he will play Saturday. The kids wanted to name it. The kids iuivi9aBnHnHBllmf Carolina's played '. North coach year, and in retrospect, he said maybe . - . . . . i I uwasxormeucM. Oberkfell likes niove to"tfaHlK MfcCTnow when to SSp; Louisiana Tech unbeaten

: AIAW semifinals l entering because it has job seciirilf8Rl v 1 . jitijSEEr SiiiSj'fr' EUGENE, Ore. (UPI) Old Domin--- .' nal round of four, it is difficult to call '. team ., rFredMeMaae more speed in the ton is defending un- -' any of the teams a darkhorse, but ; liec.lKBHnSHg the champion, but i:;UFIspartswriter 4 had mentaUy prepared beaten Louisiana Tech, riding a win Southern Cal probably fits the bill. The " '' '- hiniae9nHHH - ; -- ' many ways yPSKarJilJiifaJailad- Jj15 rTlkflMiBBML2BMEriii''1 feel in like a $6MEHHmHBmISi fj r. streak of 32 games, is favorite to lady Trojans gained the final round of - ' the ST. PETERSBURG, - , '"' Fl. Mf8S8i&'- win the women's collegiate four with victories over Oregon and po--- national Over the years the third base HKmpm "It's a whole lot different pesnv.tttfHHMnvPv3 basketball title which goes on the line Cheyney State. sition on the St. Louis Cardinals WBB&Bsk tion about that," OberkfeU saMarftyHHp this weekend. USC has to stop Louisiana Tech's two - Al - synono- spring training workout :- has practically been ME&m at LMg'StMHsipgpnfait bow they csMsToa the mound flSSSwrSSe The final round of four opens tonight stars, forward Pam Kelly and guard "All-Star- ." becoming good - . mous with tbetttle flT Jfiff felt I was a second bjonsjMJwnB'-- ' theirpitJtmaaid..''OrKIle6WI in semifinal the Association Angela Turner, both acclaimed women like K-?-'.' , lished second baseman around action in Names Pepper Martin, IL tMi'taifeiPmJ Ilein starMefcat third base or for Intercollegiate Athletics for Wom-- All America players. The lady : Whitey Kurowski, Ry . I', M think in the long run it's goingta JWJKWHWMBilffi ' championship tourna-- Techsters beat Jackson State and . Jiablonjid.KenBoyer.JoBTerffe ffiSE.. en's national ; -jt- ffcv-7v-. ttunk the Cardinals know ' - UCLA to aadjjkgjgHHBw ; ment at McArthur Court on the Univer- gain the semifinals. San Rate all itim'-'ZXEi-k--;,- Vi eeh play second base if .tttd ' .hate sity ofOregon campus. Tennesse beat Illinois State and iKMr: IhavelnBnjnB Ute .-- long nsantm Cardinafefor - "As as some of those gmHnHHHH0f matchups send top-seed- ed Maryland en route to the semifinals, -- The semifinal All-st- ar vNatioiial League team SSp J) and (Greg) Luzinski dont against fourth--' and Old Dominion turned back Stephen ralMnHRHp "" Louisiana Tech years AuV . me down be right.' ' (25-6- in the since the first there, I'll all 5B3HSS; Stepolitlan one dirt field. '. seeded Southern California ) and F. Austin and Long Beach State to game 1933. Oberkfell, who established - r-- r n " (23-- 5) Star was played in vMmZJanr has ,- il "TiC?f V"J HaetfJfitt5:; tiirf firlir iirftliffnnHWi? second-seede-d Tennesse against reach this stage. .391 l'" Htr Ken Oberkf ell is now getting ter with batting averages of and of sprnte r third-seede- d Tech-US- C ' vm Mirkfen JBmM8Nl these training parks are bffilpkfQHhV defending champion and Tipoff for the Louisiana to follow long two major league seasons, also . the chance in that frr, Zf trdon'ttfMfMleTiK'i'. ell. "But, that way you dont get ttetKEejniBka (26-6)- game is 9 p.m. our time, followed by ' Third oateman his defensive ability. He been OldDominfon Ulustriousline.. has wioll'itjB'Mth irpu da on Aijrttucl so it makes it - Old Dominion faces a tough task in the Old Dominion-Tenness- e game at 11 With the trading Cubs dur-,-'. spring to himself of Reiss to tUeChicao make into a th&&Bm&&teM Mfyie defense of its crown. Tennessee beat p.m. the winter, Ifhitey decided to ;'man-- ins inenager. Hertos . '' 'i '' Old Dominion twice in regular season The championship game, to be tele- .' ,' lab2t OberkfeU from his uermal second bee position . "If you can field, you can fimilMHfflNni's'fftflH vised nationally, is scheduled to begin .V just a matter of seeing ttebaltolteMfkfjftU;; : ' tolludaMwittTalerrldsreMdar.aecond "It's With the top four ranked teams in the Sunday at 3 pjn., with the third place . bMeman. It JTa a move dceignedto gfee tiw Cardinals It comes off differently. Working " nation surviving the playoffs to the fi-- game scheduled for 12:45p.m. otll$tMPHh' ",r5 '5 - r

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