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April 13, 1981

A Roundup Of The Week March 30-april 5

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ARCHERY—RICK McKINNEY scored a 1,167 out of a possible 1,200 to win the men's title at the U.S. Indoor Championships in Harrisburg, Pa. RUTH ROWE placed first among the women with a score of 1,135.

PRO BASKETBALL—In one of the NBA's two-out-of-three mini-series, Philadelphia swept Indiana. After a 124-108 victory at home in which Julius Erving scored 32 points, the 76ers triumphed 96-85 in Indianapolis to earn a place opposite Milwaukee in the conference semifinals. Chicago, meanwhile, won its spot against Boston, beating New York 90-80 (holding the Knicks to their lowest point total of the season) and 115-114 in overtime to extend its winning streak to 10 games. In the Western Conference, the competition was tighter. Kansas City trailed Portland 86-76 with just over six minutes remaining in the first game of their series, but the Kings rallied to tie the score at 90-90 on a driving layup by Otis Birdsong with a second to play and went on to win 98-97 in overtime. The second K.C. Portland game also went into OT; this time the Blazers triumphed 124-119 behind 40 points by Mychal Thompson. Kansas City clinched its ticket to a semifinal matchup against Phoenix with a 104-95 victory in which Reggie King scored 28. Houston won its series with Los Angeles two games to one (page 12).

BOWLING—WAYNE WEBB beat Steve Martin 232-231 to win a $100,000 tournament in Baltimore.

BOXING—JEFF CHANDLER retained his WBA bantamweight championship by fighting to a draw with Eijiro Murata in Tokyo.

Sergio Palma successfully defended his WBA junior featherweight title with a unanimous 15-round decision over Leo Cruz in Buenos Aires.

Air Force beat West Chester (Pa.) State 58-34 in Reno to win the national collegiate title.

FENCING—PENN STATE won the AIAW championship, defeating runner-up Temple 9-1 and third-place Penn 10-6 in South Bend. The Lady Lions' JANA ANGELAKIS finished first in the individual competition.

GOLF—LARRY NELSON beat Mark Hayes in sudden death to win the $300,000 Greater Greensboro ( N.C.) Open. They each finished regulation play with a seven-under-par 281.

Nancy Lopez-Melton fired an 11-under-par 277 to defeat Carolyn Hill by two strokes and win a $250,000 tournament in Rancho Mirage, Calif.

GYMNASTICS—NEBRASKA outpointed Oklahoma 284.60-281.95 in Lincoln, Neb. to win its third consecutive NCAA team championship. Cornhusker JIM HARTUNG won the individual all-around title for the second year in a row, defeating runner-up Bart Conner of Oklahoma 115.90-115.85.

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