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Wednesday, May 25, 1983 Iowa City Press-Citizen Sports is filched 1 up BtikB' gets The Wirdl and Perkins had around 20 points and 10 rebounds each approximations since official stat sheets were not given out. No matter. The important tally was the one kept on each player by Apke and the selection committee. Apke, then, on Tuesday, began his remarks to the players by saying it was an honor even to be invited to the camp. He would list three teams, he said: first, the Pan-Am team, then touring teams that would play in Canada and abroad.

Apke delivered list of the Pan-Am members alphabetically: "As he was reading, I got more and more tense," Stokes said. Then: Reynolds. Minutes later, in a room off the arena, Stokes and the honored dozen sat and listened to Jack Hartman, the Kansas State and Pan-Am coach, give marching orders for the summer. "That's when I finally could sigh with relief," said Stokes. At 19, he was one of the youngest on the team, after 18-year-old Way-man Tisdale of Oklahoma.

Stokes was the only Big Ten player to make it of the six who tried. (The others were Sam Vincent and Kevin Willis of Michigan State; Eric Turner of Michigan; Brad Sellers, the Wisconsin player who is transferring to Ohio State, and Andre Goode of Northwestern.) It was, Stokes said, his biggest thrill in basketball "even bigger than getting a scholarship to play basketball. It probably topped even that" Stokes called Righter in his room at the Antler's Motel in Colorado Springs and thanked him for his help, and then called home with the news. Said Righter, "I told him I appreciated it, but that he's the one who had to do the work between the painted lines. I told him that he should take the credit.

I mean, Greg Stokes can flat outplay. Nolan Zavoral is sports editor ot the Press-Citizen. Zavoral under the nets with the likes of Patrick Ewing of Georgetown and Sam Perkins of North Carolina. Ron Righter, a Hawkeye assistant coach who went to Colorado Springs to counsel Stokes through the grind, said, "There were guys there you'd look at and say they had more definition in their bodies than Greg did. But as the week wore on, their stamina was a question.

They petered out. But Greg was still going full steam. "Greg's got a lean, flexible type strength, and for that I think you have to credit Bill Dervrich's strength program at Iowa. I mean, Greg was flat out ready logo. Toward the end of Monday's practice, Stokes met up with one of Ewing's elbows in half-court re-bouding practice.

Five stitches were needed to close the wound over Stokes' left eye. A "freak accident," the injured party termed it. That night, the players were showcased for the public for the first time. Six freshly chosen teams played three games, one after another, for a capacity crowd of 2,700. Stokes, bandaged and ready, joined a front line of Ed Pinckney, 6-9, from Villanova, and Bobby Lee Hurt, also 6-9, from Alabama.

Stokes, swinging between center and forward, took on another smooth lefty in Perkins, 6-9. "We're the same styles," Stokes said, "finesse combined with power. And we can shoot from the outside." Stokes' tip over Perkins came from nowhere to get it," Righter marveled) sent the game into overtime, but Perkins team regrouped and won. Both Stokes Miller Iowa's Greg Stokes (41), on making the U.S. the United basketball team that will compete in the Pan snapped last American Games, "You could pick any 12 against Ron there, at random, and they would represent Iowa's 73-56 Ross graduates, looking forward to lifetime of learning After breakfast Tuesday, Greg Stokes and his fellows competing for berths on the U.S.

Pan-American basketball team crossed the street in Colorado Springs, to hear The Word. For five days, 52 of the top collegiate basketball players in the country had scrapped for but 12 places on the team that would represent America in the Pan-Am Games Aug. 14-29 in Caracas, Venezuela. Now, seated in silence on the bleachers in the arena of the U.S. Olympic Training Center, Stokes and the others would be told who had made the team.

It would be based on evidence gathered from hour and a half practice sessions each morning and games at night. Stokes, 6-foot-10 inch Iowa center, a junior next season, watched as another tall man, older, with light brown hair, strode in front of the group. He wore a brightly colored Hawaiian shirt and khaki pants. He was Tom Apke, the University of Colorado coach and a member of the selection committee. Apke would deliver The Word.

Stokes was hopeful, of course, but not flush with confidence. He had played well, within himself, forcing few passes or shots. But then everyone had played well. "No losers anywhere in that group," Stokes would say later in a telephone interview, after his return home to Hamilton, Ohio. "You could pick any 12 there, at random, and they would represent the United States well." Still, Stokes had much on his side.

Like many of the others, he was used to playing under international rules (a 30-second clock, a wider lane than in college, etc.) employed in the Pan-Am tryouts. Not only that, he had thrived on that sort of competition. In fact, his strong showing for Iowa against the visiting Russians last November helped bring about his selection, according to Bill Wall, executive director of the Amateur Basketball Association that ran the Pan-Am tryouts. Too, Stokes reported in great shape, enabling him to hold forth Ul athletic budget called 'prudent and inadequate' By RANDY BRUBAKER Press-Cltixen Sportswrlter The University of Iowa's Board in Control of Athletics approved 1983-84 budgets for the men's and women's programs at its monthly meeting Tuesday. The budgets, which still have to be approved as part of the total university budget by the State Board of Regents in July, reflect an approximate 12 percent increase in funding for the men's program and a 20 percent increase for the women's program.

Associate Vice President for Finance Casey Mahon, who is a chair of the Board in Control of Athletics' Finance Committee, said the budget was "prudent and inadequate, particularly in the area of salaries. "They are prudent, but they reflect the increase in costs of medical expenses and training services," Mahon said. "Certainly the salary policy being observed by the athletic department, as well as the salary policy being observed by the rest of the university, is inadequate." Mahon said salaries increased about one percent and that amount came in health insurance and retirement annuities increases. The men's budget totals (5,891,912 compared to (5,288,510 for 1982-83. The largest increases in expenditures come in the areas of hospital and dental services and training room expenses additional secretarial and administrative positions ($102,357) and new staff for the various men's teams The women's budget totals $1,508,125, including a $29,236 increase for the women's basketball program.

Other increases in the women's budget are attributable to four new scholarships, an additional department secretary and the hiring of Bill Stringer as exercise physiologist. The women's athletic program will receive $320,000 in income from ticket sales and fundraising, $550,000 from the university's general fund and $638,125 from the men's athletic program. The amount the women's program receives from the men's program has been increased by $200,000 from a year ago. Turn to page 3B States well." In this photo, season, Stokes is taking a shot Falenschek of the Iowa State in win. KEVIN ROSS "Education is a whole new world to me And I will spend the rest oi my life learning.

taurant menu. Now, he is ready for the challenge of college. In the meantime, he is writing a book about his experience. Money he received for the movie rights to his life story will support him for a while, he says. Ross received his first high school diploma from Wyandotte High School in Kansas City, where the 6-foot-9 basketball star was recruited by numerous universities.

Turn to page 3B By KEITH GAVE Associated Press Writer CHICAGO After four years in college on a basketball scholarship, Kevin Ross realized there would be nothing but "blind alleys" in his future unless he learned to read and write. Today, after spending a year at Marva Collins' acclaimed West-side Preparatory School, he was to receive his second high school diploma. He planned to celebrate by using his new skills to deliver the commencement address be wrote. "It's called 'Relighting the Candle of Ross, 24, said in an interview Tuesday, explaining that although "it seemed like all the odds were against me I relit the candle." For what he has learned since entering the school in September, he says he will be forever grateful. "I was worried about those blind alleys," Ross said.

But he remains bitter about his education history. Because he was a promising athlete, he was "passed through" high school and then through college. It didn't seem to matter that he lacked the most basic language and math skills. The sports star came to realize that "I couldn't conquer the world in a pair of gym shoes." When he entered Mrs. Collins' school, Ross couldn't read a res- With No.

1 backup center Clemon Johnson to miss Thursday's NBA championship series game, the Philadelphia 76ers may be counting on seldom-used Earl Cureton to help guard the Lakers' Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. In Philadelphia's win Sunday, Jabbar (No. 33) was closely guarded by Moses Malone and had only 20 points and 4 rebounds. 7Geirs add Johnson to Bong list of injuries AP Luarpboto One of the Lakers that Cureton might guard is Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the second-leading scorer in NBA history. But Cureton said he believes he has an advantage over Abdul-Jabbar in quickness and in getting up and down the floor in a running game.

"But nobody likes playing Kareem," Cureton added. "I'll try to front him, make him work as hard as he can." Lakers coach Pat Riley, whose team is trying to become the first team in 14 years to repeat as NBA champions, also has plenty of injury problems to contend with. Bob McAdoo, the Lakers' top frontcourt reserve, missed the first game with a bruised thigh and is questionable for Thursday's contest. Guard Norm Nixon, who scored 26 points for the Lakers in Game 1, still is bothered by a bruised left Pedersen to coach football at West Branch High School By WILLIAM R. BARNARD AP Sportswrlter PHILADELPHIA Although Philadelphia leads the Los Angeles Lakers 1-0 in the National Basketball Association championship series and has won nine of 10 playoff games, health and injury problems are preventing 76ers coach Billy Cunningham from enjoying himself.

"We have not had a dull moment in the playoffs. If it's not one player, it's another," Cunningham said Tuesday after learning that his No. 1 backup at center and power forward, Clemon Johnson, would miss Thursday's second game because of a urinary tract infection. Johnson joins Moses Malone, Julius Erving, Andrew Toney, Clint Richardson and Bobby Jones on the list of Philadelphia players who have been hampered by injury or illness since the regular season ended. "It's something you have to overcome," Cunningham said.

"You just have to move on. I have confidence in the other players. We had injuries during the season and you have to have players ready to contribute." Cunningham said seldom-used Earl Cureton and possibly rookie Mark McNamara would replace Johnson as relief for Malone at center and Marc Iavaroni at power forward. "Earl has more quickness and has been involved in a few more playoffs than Mark, so he probably will play more than McNamara," Cunningham said. Cureton has played in only three of Philadelphia's 10 playoff games, for a total of six minutes.

McNamara has seen action in one postseason game for one minute. "I know I've got my hands full," Cureton said. By BRIAN BOERSMA Press-Cltixen Sportswrlter James (Butch) Pedersen was named West Branch football coach at Monday's West Branch School Board meeting. Pedersen, 33, replaces Tom Nosbish, whose resignation as football coach was accepted at the May 9 school board meeting. Pedersen is the third and fourth grade teacher at Hoover Elementary School in West Branch.

He also coaches West Branch's girls basketball team and the West Branch Junior High boys track team. He has been an assistant coach in the West Branch school system for eight years. Pedersen was a junior high and a freshmansophomore coach for one year each and has been West Branch's defensive coordinator for the past six seasons. Pedersen is a graduate of West Branch High School and the University of Iowa, where he received a B.S. in elementary education with emphasis on physical education in 197S.

He and his wife Jennifer have three children, Lance, 11, Kari, 7, and Kip, 1..