If Penn State s ruggers can control the line-outs as they did here, they may win the Phyrst
Cup tourney this weekend
Fattened Ali predicts
LANDOVER, Md. (AP) Muham
mad Ali, confident as always but bigger
than ever, predicted yesterday he would
knock out Jimmy Young but said he
didn’t know what round.
It might depend on how worried his
manager, Herbert Muhammad, gets.
"He worries real bad,” said Ali after
weighing in at 230, the highest official
weight of his career, for his scheduled
15-round title defense tonight at the
Captial Centre-
Herbert Muhammad worried to the
point that he left his seat during the Ali-
Jean Pierre Coopman fight in Purerto
Rico on Feb. 20 and went to the ring to
tell Ali to stop playing. Coopman went
out in the fifth round.
But Young, although a definite un
derdog, is considered a stiffer test for Ali
than was Coopman.
Problems for Messersmith in Atlanta
NEW YORK (AP) Andy ball where I want to. I guess'
Messersmith, baseball’s -I’m not doing much for the
latest millionaire, is finding kind of money they’re paying
life among the Atlanta Braves me.”
trying.
“I’m very disappointed
with the way things are going
for me,” said Messersmith,
who has an 0-1 re'cord and a
4.50 earned-run average to
show for four appearances
with the Braves.
“My control has been
terrible. I just can’t put the
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The Braves, who landed
Messersmith as a free agent
after a lengthy and often
bitter bidding war ‘ with
several other clubs, are
paying him an estimated $1
million for the services of his
right arm over three seasons.
They haven’t gotten much so
far. •
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“He can give me as much trouble as
Ken Norton," said Ali. “He can box
better. He’s faster but I don’t know if he
can take it.”
Then the champ told how he was going
to win:
“I’ll sweat him down, wear him down,
talk to him. This is his first title fight.
I’m a veteran of so many big fights.”
Young then revealed his plans. “My
idea is to box him, to keep him in the
middle of the ring where I’m 100 per cent
sure I can handle him,” said Young, who
at 27 is seven years younger than Ali.
But he also will be 21 pounds lighter than
Ali.
The champion, patting his belly,
claimed the extra weight would weigh in
his favor as the fight wore on and that
because of his age and hectic schedule it
wouldn’t be wise to be too trim. Ali
While the rest of the major
leaguers were whipping
themselves into shape in this
year’s abbreviated version of
spring training, Messersmith
was locked in negotiations.
How much did that hurt him?
“It didn’t help,” he said.
“But I’ve already used that as
an excuse. That’s about used
up. I’ll have to think of a new
one now.”
Atlanta Manager Dave
Bristol says he’s not disap-
announces:
for the
knockout
already is signed to defend against
European champion Richard Dunn in
Munich, West Germany, May 25.
Young has been almost overlooked in
the days leading up to the fight and then
again at the weigh-in the Philadelphian
was pushed into the backgrouind, not
only by Ali but by Norton.
Norton, who is expected to fight Ali, in
the fall, also is on the Captial Centre
show which will be televised by ABC
beginning at 9 p.m., EDT.
Norton weighed 224 for his scheduled
12-round fight against Ron Stander, who
weighted 229.
Ali is getting $1.6 million for his 18th
title fight, and said his purses for the
year would total about $25 million.
He said he hopes to fight Norton in
September in Turkey or the Sudan.
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pointed with Messersmith’s
showings to date.
“I don’t worry about
Andy,” said Bristol. “He’ll
just keep getting better. He’s
showing improvement with
every outing. You don’t worry
about a guy like him.”
Messersmith’s latest effort
was a seven-inning stint
against the Mets Wednesday,
his longest outing of the year.
He gave up six hits, struck out
seven batters and lost 3-0.
Brass spittoon awaits ruggers
at end of Phyr st Cup rainbow
Despite what you may have been led to believe by any
bumper stickers you may have seen, rugby players do not eat
their dead. They do, however, play a basic and exciting game
that must be seen to be appreciated.
Tomorrow morning at 11:30 the Penn State Rugby club and
the defending champion Cleveland Blues will kick off the
annual Phyrst Cup tournament at the Penn State pitch next to
parking lot 83 near East Halls.
The object of their quest is an old and battered brass spit
toon that sits in a corner of the Phyrst bar, the tournament
sponsors, almost lost among the bottles that surround it. It is
not the most typical trophy ever offered to a champion but it is
symbolic of the type of person who plays rugby. It is old and
battered but it is also strong and well made. You could
probably put a dent in it but, no matter how hard you try, you
probably couldn’t break it.
Once again, the Phyrst Cup has attracted a top class field.
Two teams will be here from Canada the Toronto Rugby
Football Club and the Toronto Nomads. The season has just
begun in Canada and these teams may be a little rusty but
rugby is a popular sport there and they should be quality
teams. In addition, the Fort Wayne (Ind.) rugby club and an
improved Pitt Law Club will be here.
Penn State’s two other opponents besides the defending
champion Cleveland Blues team in the round robin tour
nament will be the South Jersey club and the Richmond rugby
club . South Jersey is a good, well-balanced team with only
one loss and Richmond will be looking for a measure of
revenge after finishing a close second to Penn State in the 1974
tournament.
“I think we have the toughest schedule in the tournament,”
team captain Terry Ryland said.
Each team will play three games over the two days which
means that games will be played from 11:30 to 3:30 each day.
A team gets two points for a win, one for a tie, and none for a
loss. The team with the most points wins and in case of a tie a
team’s defensive total is subtracted from its offensive total to
get a winner. Penn State beat Richmond in this way two years
ago.
Despite what you may have heard about the drinking
prowess of rugby players, most of the drinking will be saved
for after the games. The games are made up of two 25-minute
non-stop halves. The game will stop for an injury but only as
long as it takes for a player to either stand up and play again
or get taken to the sidelines. A touchdown, or try, is worth four
points with the conversion worth two more. Penalty kicks and
drop kicks, which may come at any time, are worth three
points.
The action on the field pften varies from a lot of passing and
running to a lot of kicking, depending on what a team does
best.
Penn State has employed a strong running attack and the
foot of Chris Mather, an exchange student from England, in
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posting a 6-5 slate against tough competition this spring. The'
team has been plagued by injuries all spring, but, with the
possible exception of Mike Hendrickson who suffered a severe
ankle sprain last week, Penn State will put its top 15 players on
the field.
It is a team that Mather described earlier in the season as,
“A team with personality.” It is made up of the kind of people'
who dress up like the Seven Dwarfs on Halloween and who go]
up to New York to celebrate St. Patty’s Day and who play a
brand of rugby that is at times a street brawl and at other'
times poetry in motion.
Timmy McCarthy, one of the best scrum halfs in the East,
anchors the backs. Team captain Terry Ryland and his twin
brother Louie provide excitement with their brand of hustling
rugby. Ken Holt brings his indomitable English spirit to the
backfield. Rounding out the backs are Bruce Hale and Jim
Dolphin. Dolphin’s breakaway speed belies the fact that he
andaseriousknee injury only last fall.
Chris Mather brings a devastating weapon to the fullback
position his foot. Mather’s kicking ability has been
seemingly unlimited as he has continually hit on penalty kicks
and conversions from every conceivable angle all year.
The unsung pack is anchored by hooker Gary Greenberg
and the infamous Don “Kicko" Reidell. Until he got a new
jersey a couple of weeks ago, “Kicko’s" old jersey was
on the verge of being declared officially obscene. Also on the
first line is Kim Neilson, another transplanted Englishman.
The second line features John Longfellow and Ken Kempton
both of whom specialize in line-outs. On the third line (the
looose forwards) Ed Montgomery and Ed Bradley combine
speed and an ability to be in the right place at the right time.
Last but not least is Fraser “Scotty” Grigor whose spirited
play on the field is matched only by his Irish Setter, Shamus,
rooting (some people call it howling) for him on the sideline,
sideline.
The team is also blessed with a lot of depth. “We may
change our personnel according to the type of team we play,"
Ryland said. 1
The coaches of the team are John Lasko (back) and Paul
Abbot and Robert Hunter (forwards).
Hunter, a math professor and the team’s faculty advisor, is
an interesting character himself. Although no youngster,
Hunter still plays on the club’s B team. His knowledge of the
game has earned him the respect of club members evidenced
by the fact that he is on the selection committee that chooses
the A team each week.
All in all, it makes for a fun weekend. There is rarely a dull
moment in a rugby game. Hard-core rugby fans can be almost
as interesting as the games themselves. Sitting on a blanket
on a sunny day watching a rugby tournament is an experience
all by itself.
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1953?
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