76ers seek title, minus stars
The Philadelphia 76ers, their galaxy of
stars depleted by trades and injury, are
now counting on people like Eric Money
and Darryl Dawkins to help them
capture that elusive National Basketball
Association title.
The Sixers came up short the last two
years despite a star-studded lineup, so
this summer they dealt away George
McGinnis and Lloyd Free in an effort to
create a different chemistry for their
championship run.
. .That left them with two all-stars,
Julius Erving and Doug Collins, to
handle the scoring. It seemed enough at
the time, but when Collins suffered a
(fcne spur in his left foot an injury
which will keep him on the sidelines at
least until the playoffs Philadelphia
suddenly found itself short on firepower.
>For all Erving’s offensive talents, he
can’t do it alone.
» s So the Sixers \ turned to Money, a
Speedy 6-footer who was averaging 16.6
ppints per game for the New Jersey
Nets. They dealt Harvey Catchings, a
third-string center, and veteran guard
Ralph Simpson to the Nets for Money
#|nd A 1 Skinner, a 6-4 veteran who
replaces Simpson on the Philadelphia
bench.
“We felt we had to replace Doug’s
offense,” said Sixers General Manager
Pat Williams. “Money was the best
available talent for what we need. ’ ’
:“I'm happy to be joining a team like
Philadelphia,” said Money. “It’s a team
with a chance to go all the way, and I
tfiink I can contribute.”
-!If Philadelphia is counting on Money
fbr points out of the backcourt, it is also
counting on Dawkins to assert himself in
tffe middle. He’s always been able to
score some flashy points with his
Tonite at
The Brewery!
7-11
BAND!
repetoire of dunks and fadeaway jum
pers, but now the Sixers are hoping he’ll
give them a solid all-around game.
The 6-foot-11, 260-pounder still is only
22 but in his" fourth pro season, having
signed with Philadelphia out of high
school. Coach Billy Cunningham,
seeking to recoup the rebounding power
his team lost when McGinnis was
traded, recently has been experimenting
with a lineup where Dawkins plays the
middle and Caldwell Jones, normally the
'Starting center, moves to a forward spot.
Cunningham also is trying to get more
scoring out of forward Bobby Jones, who
originally was brought from Denver for
his passing and defense. “We hadn’t
asked him to be real offense-minded, but
we are now,” said Cunningham.
Guard Henry Bibby and forwards
Steve Mix once again getting his
playing time and Joe Bryant are other
Sixers who may step in and pick up the
slack caused by Collins’ absence.
But although two-thirds of the regular
season has been.completed, the Sixers
find themselves having to experiment
with new players and different lineups.
;CIWEMETTEGTHEATRES]
r 7:30,9:30 Dally
Sat-Sun 2:00, 3:45, 5:30, 7:30, 9:30
Sat-Sun at 2:00 only $1.50 t
MII SIMOS S ' '
CALIFORNIA
Daily 7:40,9:40
Sat-Sun 2:45,5:00, Ipp
7:40,9:40 ROBBY
benson(£Y£> 1 Lm
It is not a comfortable way to head
toward the playoffs, especially with a
tough, veteran team like the Washington
Bullets waiting down the line.
The NBA Players Association met in
Detroit last week following the All-Star
Game. As could be expected, a major
topic of conversation was money.
“Among the things we discussed was
the fines situation,” said Paul Silas of
Seattle, the group’s president. "We’re
concerned that one man (NBA Com
missioner Larry O’Brien) can ar
bitrarily fine us.
“Right now, anything over a $250 fine
we can take to arbitration. We want to
change that to include lower fines.”
Silas also said the NBAPA wants to
have the meal money which players
receive on the road increased from the
current $26 a day. “We think it should be
in line with what the U.S. government
FINANCE CLUB MEETING
THURS. FEB. 15TH 7:30 PM 413 BOUCKE
Speaker: Mr. Dick Hess
Topic: Job Search Strategies
Also: Election of 1979-80 Officers
GET INVOLVED IN YOUR FINANCE CLUB
U-124
' Write a letter
to a friend!
gives, which is $3O a day, said Silas.
Silas said the group also “covered
most of the things that we’ll pursue when
the collective bargaining contract comes
up” next year, but would not go into
details.
“I think they (the owners) have a
basic concern for the players,” added
Silas. “It started from the time we
fought so hard as players, say prior to
1966. That was strengthened in 1969 when
we fought against the merger and we
won.”
Other player representatives at the
meeting said the group is also con
sidering pressing for the right to have
veteran players veto trades. This would
be similar to the way baseball players
are able to veto trades after they have
been in the majors 10 years and served
with the same club for the past five
years.
TV K
EVENING
6:00 C3J WEATHER-WORLD
@ BRADY BUNCH
ffi ©3® © © NEWS
0 JOKER'S WILD
(D CELEBRITY CHARADES
6:30 © STUDIO SEE
0 I LOVE LUCY
© NBC NEWS
© ABC NEWS
Q BOWLING FOR DOLLARS
33) (2) © CBS NEWS
0 SANFORD AND SON
7:00 ® MACNEIL-LEHRER REPORT
0 BRADY BUNCH
ffi © (23) DAILY NUMBER
0 DATING GAME
3® SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN
0 ODD COUPLE
£3 BUGS BUNNY'S VALENTINE Always
ready lor a challenge. Bugs Bunny takes on
Cupid's arrows on Valentine’s Day
7:01 © MARTY ROBBINS SPOTLIGHT Guest:
Hank Snow.
© NEWLYWED GAME
(5D rnnQQ u/itc
7:30® CROCKETT'S VICTORY GARDEN
‘Carnivorous Plants'
0 CAROL BURNETT AND FRIENDS
© MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW
© LIAR’S CLUB
0 NEWLYWED GAME
0 NEWS
© JOKER'S WILD
HD POPEYE VALENTINE SPECIAL When
Popeye forgets Valentine’s Day for the
umpteenth lime in their marathon romance,
Olive Oyl decides to dump him once and for
all and embarks on a cruise looking for 'Mr.
Right'.
7:58© NEWS
8:00 ® BILL MOYERS' JOURNAL 'Carter and
Country' This filmed report of a December
1978 conference on America and the Carter
presidency examines the cultural and moral
significance of the office of Mr. President. (60
mins.)
0 CROSS WITS
® LITTLE WOMEN The arrival of a Southern
cousin who bears an uncanny resemblance to
Beth--Jo's deceased sister-stirs up painful
memories (60 mins.)
® MORK AND MINDY Mork, yearning tor a
baby ol his own, innocently arranges to buy
one from a sleazy character.
O HOCKEY Buffalo Sabres vs New York
Rangers
3® © © THE WALTONS Ike Godsey is
. stricken with a heart attack and Corabeth
blames herself. (60 mins )
OTHER
PEOPLE
by H.D. Motyl
A world premier play about the
effect of transvestism on
a marriage.
i
For information
call 865-1884
February 14,15,16
5:30 PM
Pavilion Theatre
Admission is free
5 O’CLOCK
PLAYWRIGHTS’
THEATRE
mmftmwgio
thcAtm 038?
thursciay
0 MAKE ME LAUGH
8:30 0 MERV GRIFFIN
© ANGIE Brad's multi-millionaire father
learns his son Intends to marry waitress Angie
Falco and furiously sends plane tickets with
orders that Brad, Angie and her mother fly to
see him at Palm Beach
0 LET’S MAKE A DEAL
9:00 ® WORLD 'Getting Elected In Papua New
Guinea’ The first general election In New
Guinea reveals western-style politics played
out in a third-world setting. (60 mins )
© QUINCY Quincy battles his own su
spicions and mounting political pressure in his
attempl to clear a veteran police officer of the
charge of killing a drug-crazed teenager. (60
mins.)
© THREE’S COMPANY Janet invites an
attractive man to the apartment, expecting
that they will be alone, but to her surprise, she
finds Jack and Chrissy in the bedroom
3® © © THE GRAMMY AWARDS SHOW
The 21st annual Grammy Awards Show
honors outstanding artistic and technical
achievements in the recording world Among
the nominees are: The Bee Gees, Billy Joel,
Commodores, Anne Murray, Chuck Manglone
and Gerry Rafferty. Host- John Denver. (2
Ivs.)
0 TIC TAC DOUGH
9:30 © TAXI Bobby's career dreams come true
when he lands a role in a soap opera.
0 YOU DON'T SAY
9:58© NEWSBREAK
10:00® WORLD SPECIAL 'Papua New Guinea-
Finally, a Nation' This probe into the end of
a colonial era examines a new nation sparked
with independence in 1976. (60 mins )
0 0 NEWS
® WOMEN IN WHITE A grief-torn nurse
fights a hospital board ruling and her own
conscience over whether to end the life of her
terminally ill lather. Stars. Susan Flannery,
Patty Duke Astin, Robert Culp (Pt. 11. of a
three-part series; 60 mins.)
® BARNEY MILLER It's open house at the
12th precinct, and police-community relation
ships grind to a standstill when Barney Miller
plays host to a hungry horde of New York
panhandlers.
© THE GRAMMY AWARDS SHOW
CONTINUES
10:30® SOAP Jessica Tate tells her husband
Chester, who has reappeared after being
presumed dead, that she has been involved
with Del. Donohue.
Q NEWARK AND REALITY
0 NEW YORK, NEW YORK
11:00® MACNEIL-LEHRER REPORT
0 GONG SHOW
ffi ® 3® © © NEWS
0 RUFF HOUSE
0 ODD COUPLE
11:30® ABC CAPTIONED NEWS
The Daily Collegian Thursday, Feb. 15,1979—17
0 DAVID WOLPER SERIES: SANDBURG’S
LINCOLN 'Unwilling Warriors' Abraham Lin
coln as the peace-minded Commander-
In-Chief who sneaks into Washington as the
new President and who reluctantly takes
personal charge of responsibility for the
conduct of the Civil War following early Union
Army defeats.
© THE TONIGHT SHOW Host Johnny
Carson. (90 mins.)
© STARSKYANDHUTCH-MANNlXStarsky
And Hutch-'Death Notice' Starsky and Hutch
maintain a watch over a group of strippers
who have received threatening notes. (R)
Mannix-'Warnmg- Live Blueberries' Manmx
locates a beautiful college student involved in
the murder of a college basketball star (R; 2
hrs , 15 mins )
O HARNESS RACING FROM ROOSEVELT
RACEWAY
0® © © CBS LATE MOVIE 'M A S.H.' When
a thief is caught trying to steal penicillin from
the 4077th supply tent, a plot thick with
aliases is uncovered. (R) 'COLUMBO; Trou
bled Waters' Stars: Peter Falk, Robert
Vaughn. (R)
0 HONEYMOONERS
12:00© SOUND OF PROGRESS
0 MOVIE -(MYSTERY) •• “Ripped Off"
1974 Robert Blake, Ernest Borgnine. A
boxer, framed for the murder of his manager,
convinces the manager's daughter of his
innocence and sets out to find the killers and
clear himself. (90 mins.)
0 TWILIGHT ZONE
12:30 0 MOVIE -(ADVENTURE-DRAMA)
“Blood on the Sun" 1945 James Cagney,
Sylvia Sidney. Politics, intrigue and violence
are combined in this story of the Japanese
plans for Pearl Harbor and world conquest. (2
hrs., 1 mins)
0 NEWS
1:00 © TOMORROW
Host- Tom Snyder. Guests- Jeff Rignall and his
attorney, Fred Richman, who will dicuss John
Gacy, the accused mass murderer, and their
claim that a second man participated In the
crimes. (60 mins)
0 MOVIE -(DRAMA) ••• "About Mrs.
Leslie" 1954 Shirley Booth, Robert Ryan.
Woman, now a boarding house owner, recalls
secret love affair, and how money left her
made her present possible. (2 hrs)
1:15 © NEWS
1:30 0 JOE FRANKLIN SHOW
a® © NEWS
1:40 3® THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
2:30 0 NEWS
2:31 0 MOVIE-(DRAMA) ••‘.i "Drango" 1957
Jeff Chandler, Joanne Dru Major, assigned fo
govern small Georgia town he has ravaged
during Civil War tries to do it with helping
hand, not a gun. (2 hrs, 16 mins.)
2:45 0 PRAYER
3:00 0 BIOGRAPHY