'- -- : '': ,''':''' - - 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.