Cards reach for the sky
By PHILLIPE RICH
Sports Editor ·
It's been a season of ups and downs, mostly ups. for
the University of Louisville hasketball team. With the
exception of a couple of puzzling los es, the Cardinals
have shown potential, but it remains to be seen whether
Head Coach Denny Crum can mold the team into a leg­itimate
power in the coming months.
The Cards opened the !.Cason down in Bowling
Green, Ky. in the Wendy'~ Classic, taking on Metro
Conference foe Tulane. Louisville played as if they
were sleep walking but held on for a 55-54 win . Derek
Smith led the way with 21 points
The Green Wave missed a shot with 15 seconds re­maining,
and Louisville ran out the clock, after Greg
Duser made a game saving grab of an errant cross court
pass by Derek Smith.
Louisville played a little better in the championship
roljnd of The Classic downing hol>t We~tern KY. 71 -
76, as Rodney McCray pulled down 17 rebounds.
Western led by six at halftime, and score the first
bucket of the second half but Louis ville went on a 15-0
spurt to ice the game.
Louisville hit the road again for a ·how down with
Purdue, as Louisville came away with a tough 73-71
win on Wiley Browns last second l>hot after a "Monster
from the Deep" rebound of a missed free throw .
Poncho Wright wowed the Boilermaker fans with
his outside aerial attack and one vicious slani on a fast
break en route to a team high 16 points.
U of L
basketball
schedule
The Cards carne home to Freedom Hall for the first
time to meet Tennessee St. and took it easy on the out­manned
Tigers winnin~ 83-58.
Derek Smith moved into I Oth place on the all t1me
scoring list.
It was then off to Japan for the Suntory Ball. When
this Basketball season is over and fans sit around to dis­cuss
it. don't even bring up Japan . Just pretend like U
of L never went over there. Scooter McCray probably
wishes he .never did. McCray sprained his ankle in a
puzzling loss to Oregon St. he was out for two weeks.
Two days before that, U of L was un-impressive in a
76-68 win over Penn.
Against Oregon State the Cards led by 14 midway
through the second half and some,how managed to lose.
The team vowed to play like a team from then on.
Smith moved closer to Rick Wilson's ninth place 1428
points with 1408 after 76-68 win over Penn.
Louisville came home for Morehead St. and won
103-70, the score tells it all, as the Cardinals carne
away with an easy victory. Derek Smith lead the way
scoring a team high 24 pts. and hauled down 7 boards;
while the Cards proved they suffered no ill effects from
jet lag. .
rt was one day after Christmas, but the Cards didn't
open a gift that Depaul gave them. Up by nine in the
first half, Loui~ville could have put the Blue Demons
away at the charity stripe, but didn't, and gave Ray
Meyer a gift of their own, letting DePaul back in the
game, to eventually win 7.5-68.
The Cardinals retumed home for Duke, and in their
most impressive preforrnance of the year, came away
Sat. Jan-. 9 Virginia Tech (Metro TV)
Wed. 13 South Alabama
Sat. 16 Cincinnati
Sun. 17 Missouri (NBC-TV)
Tue. 19 Athletes in action
Sat. 23 Virginia Tech
Sun. 24 Virginia (NBC-TV)
Sat. 30 Florida State (NBC-TVS)
with a 99-61 win. Florida St. came in to Freedom Hall
next and left with 22 point loss. The Cards didn't play
that well, but still won big.
. Wi~h th~ Metro conference race gearing up, Louis­VIlle
IS gomg to have to show more consistancy and
better free throw shooting, Crum is going to have to
develop a pattern in substitution and players are going
to have to accept roles. It all remains to be seen .
************* At There have been a few changes in game times for
three U ofLgames. The Jan. 13 So. Alabama game, at
Mobil has been moved to 8 p.m. The January 23 Virgi-nia
Tech game at Freedom Hall has been moved to 3:30
p.m.and the nationaly Televised home game against ~
Virginia has been moved back to 2 p.m.
U of L faces its toughtest Metro foe yet in Virginia
Tech, at Blacksberg. The Cards must find a way to stop
center Dale Solomon. He is averaging 20.3 points for
the Hokies who are 9-1. · ()
"It would be nice to open with a conference victory,··
Tech Coach Charlie Moir said this week . "But we are
aware that we will be going against one of the strongest
teams in college basketball. We'll have to play ex­tremely
well to have any hope for a victory."
Wednesday it 's down south to Mobil. Alabama to
face always-tough South Alabama. Remember them?
The National Championship team opened its season at
home against the Jags ami was fortunate to come away
with a two point win.
Look for big games from Smith and Gordon as U of
L whips Tech 77-72 and South Alabama 84-76.
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1 Poncho Wright, No.
44, a member of the
Louisville Cardinals
basketball team
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An independent student weekly Friday, January 8, 1982,Vol. 53 No. 15
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.Jenny Lyons, a member of the
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U of~ L students aid
the Louisville ballet
By CINDY PINKSTON
Student Writer
Members of the University of Louisville Dance
Academy joined the Louisville Ballet to bring in the
New Year with a delightful production of Cinderella.
The performance drew a large audience of young-·
sters as well as adults, who appeared to thoroughly en­joy
the extravagant costumes and ornate scenery. Es­pecially
charrning was the Fairy Godmother' s magic
garden, in which Cinderella, the fairies and a multitude
of stars leave for the ball in a crystal coach, amist
dreamlike smoke. Also enchanting were the courtroom
festivities of the ballroom scene as well as the amusing
antics of the stepsisters, who were portrayed by men.
The Apprentice Program is for students who are not
yet ready to be members of the Louisville Ballet. The
student is required to take at least four ballet/pointe
clases each week. This program, designed especially
for the apprentice, will also include the study of Pas de
Deux, Modem Dance, Character, Theatre, Music Ap­preciation,
Dance History .,!lnd Vocabulary , Vari­ations,
and some roles with the Louisville Ballet.
The U of L Dance Academy and Louisville Ballet
wor\ together to train young dancers.
Tlie Louisville Ballet's Civic Program at the Acade­_
my offers a comprehensive curriculum, leading to thf'
professional level study of ballet techniques and
pomte. ·
Russell Aubrey, a freshman at U ofL, danced d S one
of the court gentlemen in the Cinderella cast. Aubrey is
a member of the Louis11ille Ballet's Civic Company ,
which rehearses at the new music school.
Cecile Heller, director of the Preparto~y Dance De­partment
of U of L since 1972 znd also director of the
Dance Academy, says that this is the first year of tahe
department's acceptance of full-time, collegiate dance
~a)ors . !here are fifteen dance majors , selected by au­ditions,
tn the program this yeat.
Other students performing in the productio n were
Nettie Carothers, Joan Jurige, Karyl Knoop. Nora
Ryan, Caroline Smith, Sue Ann Townsend, and Dana
Wilkie.
The Louisville Civic Ballet dances with the 14 pro­fessional
dancers of the Louisville Ballet under the di­rection
of Alun Jones. To be a Civic Ballet member one
must take at least three classes each week and attend re­hearsals
and classes as scheduled. The dancers are sub­ject
to the rules of the Louisville Ballet.
All dance instruction is given in group classes.
Classes must have at least ten students and no more
than twenty-four. All classes are grouped acco rding to
age and dance level.
Ballet schedule
January 16-17'
J:i,ebruary 13-14
February 24-27
April10-11
April21-24
June 5-6
U of L-Apprentice and Civic Performance
U of L-Contemporary Pro~ram
Louisville Ballet (Firebird)
U of L-Children' s Dance Ensemble
Louisville Ballet (Konservatoriet)
U of L-Apprentice an Civic Performance
David Jones resigns from Board
By CYNTHIA R. BAILEY
News Editor
David Jones, member of the Board of
Trustees and chairman and chief execu­tive
officer of Humana Inc. (a corpora­tion
which owns and manages several
hospitals) has resigned from the Board
of Trustees.
Jones resigned stat mg he needed to
devote more time to a newly formed
group of business leaders studing eco­nomic
problems in Louisville.
The Cardinal had critized Jones in a
recent editorial for having a conflict of
interest between Humana and the Board
of Trustees since the Board voted not to
fund University Hospital.
"This is a very time-consuming po&i­tion
and time is the thing he has the least
amount of right now," Edward Ham­mond,
assistant vice-president for
Student Affairs, said.
"He wanted to lead the University in­to
a better state of being and he believes
he has done that," Hammond said. "It
was a surprise to me and I'm very sorry
to see him go1 but I understand."
Calling Jones resignation a "great
loss to the university" Eltecutive Vice-
President Will1am Ekstrom said, "We
are eltteinely grateful to Mr. Jones for
his contributions to the Universtiy, both
in tenns of time and money. He was a
great help to the University."
Ekstrom said he was surprised at the
resignation and had hoped that Jones
would continue in his position.
It will be up to the governor to ap­point
someone to fill the position Jones
left, but, according to Ekstrom, it may
be a while before he does. "The gover­nor
has several appointments to make
imd he's very busy right now with the
legislature."
An offiCial statement Jones released
read: "I believe the search committee of
which I wu co-chairman produced an
outstanding new president in Dr. Swain
and that I leave the University in the
best possible hands."
. As well as serving on the Board of
Trustees for three years, Jones also'con­tribuited
to the university in terrns of
monetary support.
Members of the Board of Trustees
are appointed for three year. terms.
Jones was appointed in July of 1979 and
his term was due to expire this July.
His contributions enabled the univer­sity
to build a third gym and a day care
center. He contributed to programs in
the Arts and Sciences and Music and
provided acquisitions for the university
library.
Many of these donations bad remained
'llnonymous to the public, phtil recently,
upon Jones' request. David Jones