The Carpenters Are Rivals Today

It will be a family divided today when wide receiver Ken Carpenter of Air Force lines up against Army, the alma mater of his father, Bill (Lonesome End) Carpenter.

Bill was an All-American at West Point in 1959, when he lined up in a revolutionary formation that placed him just inside the sideline.

He’s now Maj. Gen. William Carpenter, and he was a spectator this year when Air Force met Navy. In the game, son Ken caught a pass and was tackled at the Navy two-yard line.

After the game, according to Buddy Martin of the Denver Post, Carpenter told his son, “I would have scored.”

To which Ken responded, “No, you wouldn’t have. You’re 47 years old.”

Horse owner Gene Klein, former owner of the San Diego Chargers, on the differences between the sports: “‘There’s less aggravation with horses. Their agents don’t call me in the morning to renegotiate because they have a good day. They don’t tell me they want a bigger stall and more oats. And they don’t object to urinalysis.”

Trivia Time: Name the only basketball player to win scoring titles in the NBA, ABA and NCAA. (Answer below.)

Would-you-believe-it dept.: After two weeks of the NBA season, Patrick Ewing of the 0-7 New York Knicks had already lost more games than in the past two years at Georgetown.

The Hoyas were 34-3 in 1983-84, when they won the NCAA title, and they were 35-3 last season, when they lost to Villanova in the final.

Said rookie forward Alfredrick Hughes of the San Antonio Spurs after being caught for speeding: “When you’re out on the highway, feeling young, strong and rich, you just can’t drive 55.”

Hughes, who was known as Alfredrick The Great at Loyola (Chicago) was clocked at 128 m.p.h.

For What It’s Worth: The Hamilton Tiger-Cats, who placed second in the Canadian Football League’s Eastern Division last year with Dieter Brock at quarterback, finished first this year.

The quarterback was former University of Idaho star Ken Hobart, who was named the division’s Player of the Year.

Don Denkinger figured that he finally had heard the end of it, but no such luck.

Denkinger is the umpire who made the controversial call at first base in Game 6 of the World Series.

His foot locker, shipped from Kansas City after the Series ended, finally arrived at his home in Waterloo, Iowa, this week. Taped to its side was a message reading: “You blew the call.”

Chris Mullin, who wore No. 20 as an All-American at St. John’s, is wearing No. 17 with the Golden State Warriors.

Mullin couldn’t have No. 20, since it belonged to veteran guard Terry Teagle.

“I picked No. 17,” Mullin said, “because of John Havlicek. I met him last year and I always loved his style of play.”

Howie Long of the Raiders, on the 33-3 loss to Seattle: “It was one of those games that was totally out of hand before I got my second dip of tobacco in during the second quarter.”

Trivia Answer: Rick Barry. He won scoring titles in the NBA with San Francisco in 1966-67, the ABA with Oakland in 1968-69 and the NCAA with Miami in 1964-65.

Quotebook

Cedric Maxwell of the Clippers, on how the team is regarded by fans in Los Angeles: “We’re kind of like a JV game for the Lakers.”