xt7g1j979h0p https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt7g1j979h0p/data/mets.xml The Kentucky Kernel Kentucky -- Lexington The Kentucky Kernel 1977-03-21 Earlier Titles: Idea of University of Kentucky, The State College Cadet newspapers  English   Contact the Special Collections Research Center for information regarding rights and use of this collection. The Kentucky Kernel  The Kentucky Kernel, March 21, 1977 text The Kentucky Kernel, March 21, 1977 1977 1977-03-21 2020 true xt7g1j979h0p section xt7g1j979h0p Vol. LXVI". Number 127
Monday, March 21, 1977

KENTUCKY

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University of Kentucky
Lexington. Kentucky

Wait till next year
UK won’t join
Atlanta march

By JOE K EMP
Sports Editor

\t'ell.this could be the last time.
This could be the last time.
Maybe the last time. I don‘t know.
Copyright. The Rolling Stones.

COLLEGE PARK. NHL—The fact

. is stark. the truth unmitigated;

 

Shady business

Two weary travelers escape from Florida's torrid afternoon sun during
spring break. They went as far south as you can go in this country. to Key

-Stewart Bowman

\l'est. Even those beaches. though. were crowded with other students
working on their tans and burning away memories of the harsh winter.

Kentucky is out of the race for
college basketball‘s national
championship.

So. there will be no second march
to Atlanta, site of the finals. Just
fantasize about the Underground,
the Omni and the Hyatt Regency.
That's probably the best you can do
now.

Once again the most lamentable
phrase in sports. “Wait 'til next
year" will be heard around
Lexington. Unfortunately, it‘s
getting to be a habit.

The latest death for the Wildcats
came about 2:30 Saturday afternoon
as they lost to North Carolina 79-72 in
the the NCAA East Regional final.

You can throw out the facts as
causes of death: Carolina‘s foul
shooting (33 of 36). its four corner

offense with 14 minutes left and
guard John Kuester‘s ballhandling.

(‘omposurc after loss

Ironically. Kentucky exercised
emotional restraint throughout the
game. if there was ever a time this
season when UK should have been
inspiredto play well. this was it. But
you know what happened.

The startling behavior continued
in the dressing room after the game.
There were no tears. no bowed
heads. it was almost as if the (‘ats
didn‘t care.

And that’s what makes this loss
difficult to take. Plus the fact that
(‘arolina was able to win with Phil
Ford and Tom LaGarde on the
bench.

Even Larry Johnson didn't appear
too disheartened after his last game
for the Blue.

“i gave it some thought that this
was going to be it (his last game."
he said. “But there were two good
teams and somebody had to lose.“

Reporters cautiously approached
UK coach Joe Hall, and in soft vorces-
they asked what happened.

(‘ontinued on back page

NCAA nemesis:Kentucky battles Cole Field House

By MIKE STRANGE
Assistant Sports Editor

COLLEGE PARK. Md.—- If Coach
Joe Hall has learned anything from
Saturday‘s loss to North Carolina. it
should be that his Wildcats should
never play an NCAA tournament
game in Cole Field House on March
19.

Though the 79-72 East Regional
loss to the Tar Heels is a bitter pill to
swallow, a still-darker cloud from
UK‘s basketball past hangs over the

Maryland court.

E of The Four Corner. UK‘s

cherished Rupp‘s Runts.

the nation‘s top-ranked team, was
shocked by Texas Western 72-65 in
the NCAA finals—in Cole Field
Hmse

Mist Big Blue fans recall that loss,
which kept the heavily-favored
Runts from winning a then-
unprecedented fifth national crown.
as the toughest in memory. In case
you've forgotten. the scenario went
something like this.

The Runts—their tallest starter
was (rs—were led in scoring by
Louie Dampier and Pat Riley. They

leven years ago to the day

 

today

rolled through the season un-
defeated before losing the final
game to i you guessed it) Tennessee.
Relying on deft ball-handling and
the blistering passing game of
Tommy Kron, Larry Conley and
Thad Jaracz, UK swept through the
Mideast Region, downing Michigan
and Cazzie Russell to earn the trip to
the Final Four at College Park.

Duke defeated in semifinal

The Runts downed second-ranked
Duke 83-79 in Friday night's semi-
final in what most people considered
the actual championship match. But
all was not well.

Senior La n'y Conley, the amazing
passer, was seriously ill with the flu.
Riley and Jaracz were also said to
be under the weather. The 64-year-
old Coach Adolph Rupp bought a
vaporizer for Conley‘s motel room
and relied on a home remedy to
bring the ailing forward around.

“These antibiotics are great for
the pharmacists," Rupp told a press
conference, “but we just packed
Larry in goose grease. What i mean
is good ol' vaseline jelly."

Even with Conley badly
weakened no one expected the
Runts to have much trouble with
unknown Texas Western, though the

Miners, like UK. were 27-]. But, as
Joseph Heller said, something
happened.

Texas Who. before a stunned
national television audience, took
the game to Kentucky.

in the rirst half, a dervish of a
guard named Bobby- Joe Hill stole
the ball from Dampier and Kron on
successive trips up floor and raced
in for bask ets, a feat that typified the
Cats frustration against the quick,
bounding Miners.

These (‘a ts were cold. too

Just as in Saturday’s Carolina
game, the Runts got behind and,
with 38 per cent shooting. never
could catch up. A sickening pail
descended over the state as the
Miners held on to a 72-65 win. The
worst that could have happened bad.

“I‘m just sorry we saved our
worst game of the season until the
last one.“ Rupp said.

in (‘ollege Park, Md., Kentucky
had blown its big chance for a NCAA
title. it would be nine long,
frustrating years before it would
make it out of the Mideast Region
again.

SEC champs from 1968 to 1973, UK
stumbled in the regional con-
secutively to Ohio State. Marquette,

Kentucky‘s I966 basketball team was favored to win
the Nt‘AA. but here in the Championship loss to Texas
Westem. they shared a feeling that recent UK squads

Jacksonville. Western Kentucky,
Florida State and lndiana. Not until
the great victory over Indiana two

years ago. did the Cats make it back ‘

to-the Final Four where they had the

misfortune of meeting UCLA in San
Diego for Coach John Wooden‘s last
game.

And now, 1977. dubbed “the year
of the Cat“ by Big Blue faithful, has

would have in title games: defeat. From left: Larry
Conley. 'lhad Jaracz. Pat Riley. Tommy Kron. coach
Adolph Rupp and assistant Joe llall.

come to an end on March 19. in (,‘ole
Field House. Somewhere. perhaps
near the midcourt stripe. the ghost
of Bobby Joe Hill must be lurking
still.

 

produce dealer from Shelbyville, who was shot in

(my. .Iulian (‘arroll will fly to three different

state

The state administration seems to have
wandered into a blind alley in its attempt to
revise a stubby image on personal service
contracts. Lt. Gov. Thelma Stovall. one of five
members of the new Personal Service Contract
Commision. pointedly stayed away from the
first meeting Friday, and her attorney dubbed
the Commission “and exercise in futility." At
stake is a system whereby attorneys, auditors,
engineers, architects and other professionals
obtain yearly awards from the state for tasks for
which it theoretically would be impractical to
hire fulltime employes.

The state (rlme Victims Compensation Board
has made a cash award to the victim of an
assa ult, even though board members questioned
whether he was in fact an innocent victim of
crime. in the case of William Cecil Woods, a

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the face twice while climbing into his car after a
crap game last October. the board said his
participation in the crap game raised questions
aboutwhether be qualified as an innocent victim
of crime.

cities this week to discuss the establishment of a
new federal energy department and a national
energy policy. The governor has said he supports
the organization of a federal agency to coor-
dinate plars and programs.

 

nation

Atty. Gen. Griffin Bell says the Department of Justice is taking
aim at pricefixing and predatory pricing. Bell said Saturday
night tint the depannent's antitrust division is in a drive to
prosecute and convict violators of price-fixing prohibitions. He
said the department also will begin a drive against predatory
pricing. He described such pricing as "persistent below-coat
pricing designed to destroy competitors. to coerce suppliers or
customers of competitors, or to enforce systematic boycotts to

GRIFFIN BELL

drive a canpetitor outof the market." Bell said prison sentences
may become more common for persons convicted of price-fixing.

lF’ICJI‘UREZ IS BLURRED

world

India‘s Prime Minister Indira Gandhi lost her
seat in parliament, and her ruling Congress
party trailed the opposition in returns yesterday
from lndia‘s nationalelection.

The Socialist-Communist alliance took control
of twothinds of France‘s big cities in runoff
municipalelections yesterday. it gained votes on
a scale that could bring the left to national power
in parliamentary voting next year.

welcome winter

Increasing cloudhess and a chance of rain
today, the high in the mid 50's. Tonight will be
cloudy with a chance of rain. Tomorrow will be
partly cloudy with little change. The low tonight
will be in the mid 30’s and the high tomorrow will
be in the low 50's.

 

 

  

 

 

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Singletary initiates
Kentuckian revival

President Otis A. Singletary’s expressed in-
terest in reviving the Kentuckian as a yearbook
(Kernel. Friday. March 14) finally offers some
hope for a viable student publication.

The president correctly pronounced the
Kentuckian’s two-year magazine experiment a
failure and said he is considering a significant
boost in funding for a student-produced year-
book. That would come only after students
demonstrate an interest in working on the
publication and, more importantly, reading it.

The supervising Board of Student Publications
is taking a more active role after watching the
magazine die from mismanagement. And some
promising ideas are coming to light as those
involved pick up the pieces from the magazine’s
painful end.

One sensible proposal would involve printing
extra copies of the yearbook as part of a campus-
wide sales campaign. If students are interested

in a yearbook, a promotion drive is an excellent
way to garner support.

Similarly, a proposal to lower the cost of the
book to $ could serve to bolster student interest.
And students will be more interested in a
publication that is timely, adding credence to a
proposal that would have the yearbook produced
and printed in time for spring distribution.

The yearbook could benefit from clearly
defined staff positions and office renovations,
both of which have been proposed. The board
faces important consideration of priorities in
evaluating what changes can be implemented in
compliance with a revised budget.

If some of the proposals had been considered
earlier, perhaps the magazine wouldn’t have
failed. But with the board’s renewed support,
and Singletary’s, the most formidable barriers
to a quality student publication have been
overcane.

Reconstruction needed

to end Vietnam tragedy

The special Presidential commission seeking
to determine the status of US. servicemen
missing in action in Vietnam has achieved
limited success in Hanoi.

The Vietnamese government turned over the
bodies of 12 US. pilots who were killed in raids
between 1965 and 1968. Though that number
represents only a traction of the 795 MIA‘s, it is
at least a step in the right direction.

Headed by United Auto Workers President
Leonard Woodcock, the commission was
established not only to find the whereabouts of
MIA's, but also to set the groundwork for future
I.‘.S.-Vietnamese relations.

President Carter has made it clear that the
if S. is interested in diplomatic relations only if

 

the Vietnamese cooperate on the MIA question.
Accordingly, Hanoi officials promised the
commission that Vietnam would set up
machinery to discover the status of the MIA’s.

But the Vietnamese have made it equally clear
that full cooperation depends on US. recon-
struction aid. And officials in Laos, where the
commission is now searching for MIA’s, are
making the same demands.

If the US. government genuinely hopes to
rebuild relations with Vietnam and bring an end
to the lingering MIA tragedy, some recon-
struction aid is mandatory. Carter and his
commission should conduct their business with
that understanding.

 

 

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