Judgment Calls

[Thumps up]To the Albany Patroons of the Continental Basketball Association, for completing their regular season with a record of 50-6, giving them a winning percentage of .893, the highest in the history of pro basketball.

[Thumps up]To Joanna duPont, who is providing a "retirement home" for thoroughbreds, called Greener Pastures. She has set aside a barn and 60 acres on her Maryland farm for racers who might otherwise be destroyed or forced to run past their prime.

[Thumps down]To the organizers of the opening ceremony at last week's World Figure Skating Championships in Munich (page 34), for ignoring the exploits of such East German stars as Katarina Witt and Gaby Seyfert in a celebration entitled 100 Years of Figure Skating in Germany.