20—The Daily Collegian Thursday, Dec. 3, 1981
Scharsu's
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By TONY SMITH
Daily Collegian Sports Writer
In perhaps his best performance of
the season, Penn State's Alan Scharsu
was the top American runner at the
NCAA Cross Country Championships
in November at Wichita State Univer
sity in Kansas, placing sixth out of 191
finishers.
Scharsu was clocked at 29:30.5, ar
riving two seconds ahead of defending
champion Suleiman Nyambui of the
University of Texas El Paso (29:32.6).
Scharsu also prevented UTEP, which
took first place with an incredibly low
point total of 17, from coming up with
a perfect team score of 15.
Had Scharsu not been able to out
kick Nyambui and Gidamis Shahang
in the final stretch, the first five
runners in team competition would
have all been UTEP runners.
Penn State coach Harry Groves
expressed pleasure at Scharsu's
showing, in light of his fourth-place
finish (30:05.3) at the NCAA District 2
qualifiers (in which the Lions took
first place) a week before nationals.
"Scharsu did far better at the
NCAAs than he did at districts,"
Groves said. "The guys who finished
ahead of him at districts are the ones
who he clobbered when he went up
against them at natiunals.
"There's no question about it. He
ran a super race."
The team, however, was not as
fortunate, as Penn State placed 14th in
a 24-team field at Wichita. Which, of
course, is not a bad performance in
itself, but Penn State, rated ninth in
the Nov.lo coaches poll by Harrier
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including Groves, to place higher.
"We should have had eighth or ninth
place on a bad day," Groves said,
"and on a good day, we could have
placed as high as fifth."
In that case, it must have been a
horrible day for the Lions, and the
statistics seem to sufficient proof.
Despite Scharsu's sixth-place show
ing, Penn State had a team score of
379, and Barry Enright, who finished
68th among the teams competing and
94th overall, was the second Lion to
complete the race.
It was the first time this season
Enright finished second among Lion
runners, and Groves was more than
satisfied with his performance, as
well as the performances of Scharsu
and Gary Black (79th team, 106th
overall). Nevertheless, Groves' eval
uation of the team showing displayed
a definite lack of satisfaction.
"Scharsu was excellent, and En
right and Black ran a pretty good
race, but the rest of the runners went
down the tubes," Groves said."lt was
the first time it happened this season,
and it shows that our guys may have
some learning to do in order to be
good distance runners."
Sophomore Dwight Stephens, the
Lions N 0.2 runner, turned in his most
disappointing showing of the year
(31:41.8, 104th team, 137th overall)
following a strong eighth-place finish
(30:19.0) at districts. Brad Althouse
(32:09.8, 124th team, 160th overall)
came in fifth among Lion runners at
Wichita.
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at NCAAs.
districts (13th place, 30:40.0), did not
finish the Wichita race, while Jeff
Adkins, who got off to a good start
early in the season but has struggled
since, came in 175th.
"We had an outstanding team effort
at districts, with a 43-second spread
for our one-through-five men, and a
49-second split for our one-through-six
men," Groves said. "If we had done
the same thing in Wichita, we might
have placed in the top five."
This may be true, but even if Lions
had matched their performance at
districts, they would not have been
able to unseat UTEP, the defending
champions .
Even Providence, a team which
manhandled Penn State earlier in the
season, did not come close to the
Miners. The Friars finished a very
distant second (109 points) and failed
to place a runner in the top 10; their
highest finisher was Redmond Tracey
(11th).
The individual champion was Math
ews Motshwarateu of UTEP (28:45.6),
who was followed by Michael Musyoki
of UTEP (28:46.4) and UTEP's Ga
briel Kaman (29:19.3) . was third.
Mark Scrutton of Colorado (29:22.1)
and Graeme Fell of San Diego State
(29:30.4), two English runners, came
in fourth and fifth respectively. Both
Scrutton and Fell, however, were
competing as individuals and were
not involved in the team scoring.
Rounding out the top 10 runners
were Scharsu, Nyambui, Shahang,
David Taylor of Arkansas (29:35.6)
and Richard Tuwal of Washington
State (29:36.7).
After 5" years, Frazier returns
CHICAGO (AP) Smokin' Joe Fra
zier returns to the ring tonight for the
first time in nearly 5 1 / 2 years and about
six weeks before his 38th birthday.
The former heavyweight champion,
who fought Muhammad Ali in three
fights rich in gold and glory, will fight a
scheduled 10-rounder for $85,000 against
30-year-old Floyd "Jumbo" Cummings,
who became a pro fighter June 18, 1979,
after serving 12 years in prison on a
murder conviction.
There will be no television in the Unit
ed States for the fight which will be held
at. the 10,000-seat International Amphi
theater eight days before Muhammad Ali
who will be 40 on Jan. 17, five days
after Frazier is 38 is scheduled to fight
Trevor Berbick at Nassau, Bahamas.
"It's over Joe Frazier, it's over," Cum
mings shouted yesterday at the weigh-in
for the media.
"I will beat you, just like one of my
boys," said Frazier, who has two sons,
one of whom, 21-year-old Marvis, is fight
ing professionally. "You will sit down,
obey and listen you will listen."
The 6-2 Cummings, who has a 17-1
record, weighed 228%, but he was out
jumboed by Frazier, who came in at
229%. Frazier, who is listed at 6-0 but
Valenzuela named NL Rookie of the Year'
LOS ANGELES (AP) The Los An
geles Dodgers, who have been celebrat
ing for five weeks now, threw another
party yesterday. A 10-piece mariachi
band showed up to join in the festivities
at Dodger Stadium.
The latest get-together was really a
glorified press conference called because
it was announced earlier in the day that
Fernando Valenzuela, the Dodgers'
young pitching sensation, had been se
lected as the National League Rookie of
the Year.
Valenzuela, who turned 21 on Nov.l,
four days after the Dodgers won their
Former heavyweight champ Joe Frazier (right) jaws with Jumbo Cummings
(left) in .a weigh-in yesterday in Chicago yesterday.
appears shorter, weighed 224 1 / 2 for his
last fight June 15, 1976. That night he was
bludgeoned into a fifth-round knockout
victim by George Foreman, who had
knocked him down six times in less than
six minutes'and taken the title from him
in 1973.
firt World Seties in 16 years, by beating
the New York Yankees, is the first player
to capture the Cy Young Award and
Rookie of the Year honors in the same
year.
"I would like to thank members of the
press for voting me the Rookie of the
Year Award," said Valenzuela through
interpreter Jaime Jarrin. "It is a great
honor to have won these two awards."
The chunky left-hander from Sonora,
Mexico, whose knowledge of English is
limited, received 17 1 / 2 first place •votes
and 6 1 / 2 for second for 107 points. Montre
al outfielder Tim Raines got the remain-
After the second loss to Foreman,
which gave him a 32-4 record, Frazier
said, "I'm putting my gloves on the
wall."
But Frazier will be back tonight, with
his son Marvis as his chief second.
ing first place votes (6%) and second
place ballots (17%) for 85 points. Only
five other players received votes, and
those were for third place.
The balloting was done by a panel of
two members of the Baseball Writers
Association of America from each NL
city. Five points were awarded for each
first-place vote, three for second and one
for third.
"I was very much surprised at the
voting," said Valenzuela. "I thought it
would be a very close race. Tim Raines is
an excellent player with great speed."
Rain's hit .304 and stole 71 bases.
Jabbar
sets sights
on scoring record
LOS ANGELES (AP) Kareem Ab
dul-Jabbar has gone from the fourth
leading scorer in NBA history t0,N0.2 in a
hurry. But if he's to reach the top, it's
going to take quite a while longer.
"I'm very fortunate to have had the
kind of career I've had, with so many
highlights," Abdul-Jabbar said after
passing Oscar Robertson on the all-time
NBA scoring list Tuesday night. "This is
another. It's a relief now that it's over."
The Los Angeles Lakers' center en
tered Tuesday night's game against the
Utah Jazz needing seven points to move
into the N 0.2 spot. He got his sixth and
seventh points on a short left-handed
hook shot with 3:54 remaining in the first
quarter.
The game then was stopped and the
crowd of 11,284 at the Forum gave him a
45-second standing ovation.
The 13-year NBA veteran had 14 points
in the game, won by the Lakers 117-86,
giving him a total of 26,718 points. Rob
ertson finished his outstanding career
with 26,710 points in 14 seasons. •
Earlier this season, Abdul-Jabbar
passed John Havlicek to move into third
place.
Wilt Chamberlain is the NBA's all-time
leading scorer 31,419 points. Will Abdul-
Jabbar, who is 34, play long enough to
pass Chamberlain?
"I'm not going to stick around just to
try to top Wilt's record," said the former
UCLA star. "I'm more concerned with
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At his present rate, Abdul-Jabbar
would need about 2 1 / 2 years to pass
Chamberlain, if he chooses to play that
long. .
Robertson was on hand to watch Abdul-
Jabbar's achievement.
"I think it's great. I'm very happy for
Kareem. He's a good friend of mine,"
said Robertson, who came from Cincin
nati to watch the game. "He's proven his
durability all these years. That was a
knock on him when he first came into the
league' with the ( Milwaukee) Bucks."
Robertson and Abdul-Jabbar were tea:-
mmates for four seasons with the Bucks
and helped them win their only NBA
championship in 1971.
"I think he's the best shooting center
ever and a much better passer than
people give him credit for," said Rob
ertson. "Despite his size, he's really a
finesse player. You have to play a lot of
games to get this kind of record, and that
gets back to Kareem's durability."
Utah coach Tom Nissalke, an assistant
coach under Larry Costello when Abdul-
Jabbar began his NBA career with the
Bucks in 1969, added a few more words of
praise.
"Kareem is the greatest player ever to
play this game," said Nissalke. "I'm just
thrilled to be able to watch him play.
He's always had to carry his team. He
can still play great defense when he
wants to."
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Pittsburgh football coach Jackie Sherrill inspected the Panthers' training site in
Biloxi, Miss., yesterday, and said Georgia will be a tough opponent for his team to
regain some of its prestige lost against Penn State.
Pitt's Sherrill surprised
as Panthers slip to 10th
By AUSTIN WILSON
AP Sports Writer
NEW ORLEANS (AP) Coach Jackie
Sherrill checked out training facilities
for his University of Pittsburgh team
yesterday, making sure everything is
right for the Sugar Bowl date with 2nd
ranked Georgia.
He flew into Biloxi, Miss., where his
team will set up training camp on Dec.
16, then drove the 80 miles to New Or
leans, where final preparations for the
Jan. 1 bowl game will begin on Christmas
Day.
He said his team's 98-14 loss to Penn
State on Saturday toppled Pittsburgh
farther down the polls than he expected.
Pittsburgh, ranked No.l before the loss,
fell to No. 10 in this week's poll.
"If you're going to lose, you'd better
lose early," he said yesterday. "I
thought possibly seventh or eighth. Pos
sibly, we'll be back."
But he said it was a remote possibility.
Probably, the top spot this year is lost to
his team for good, he said.
"Realistically, honestly, a lot of things
"would have to happen," he said.
"It appears the four teams in the
running for No.l are Clemson, Georgia,
Alabama and Nebraska."
Photo by Don Vonaley
Clemson faces Nebraska in the Orange
Bowl and Alabama plays Texas in the
The Daily Collegian Thursday, Dec. 3, 1981-21
Cotton Bowl. Both games will be played
New Year's Day.
Sherrill said Georgia, ranked N 0.2, will
be a formidable obstacle in his team's
bid to regain lost prestige.
"The difference in Georgia this year
and last year is that they have an out
standing defense this year," he said.
He said Georgia, the defending nation
al champion, will benefit from having
played in the Sugar Bowl last year.
"It's like the first time you've had
breakfast at a restaurant. The next time
you go back, you know what to order," he
said.
And then there's Herschel Walker, the
powerful running back who leads the
Georgia attack. Only a sophomore, Walk
er is second in the nation in rushing
. to
Southern Cal's tailback Marcus Allen..
Mickey Holmes, executive director:of
the Sugar Bowl, said he wasn't disap
pointed by the fact that for the first time
in four years, the top-ranked team in the
nation will play elsewhere on New Year's
Day.
"That's just one of those things,"
Holmes said.
"We've had the national champion
three years in a row, four of the last five.
"We've still got a game this year
for the fourth year in a row with
championship implications."