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Show Sunday, March 7, THE HERALD, Provo, 1971 Utah-P- age 13 Class AA Hoop Tourney Opens Monday in Salt Lake By The Provo Bulldces will Dlav Tuesday at 2:30 pm. against the Logan Grizzlies. Provo finished in second place in Region Four, while the Grizzlies are representing Region One as the third place team. Actually the Grizzlies finished in a tie for first, but a coin flip put the Logan quintet in the tourney as the third place team from Region One. The tournament will open Monday at 2:30 pjn. with Viewmont meeting Killcrest. The other opening day game will have Box Elder meeting Cyprus at 5:30 pm. Tourney Favorites East High School, the defending state champions with practically the same team this year, is the back favorite. The Leopards will play Granite at JOE WATTS Herald Sports Editor The Class AA high school basketball tournament gets underway Monday at the University of Utah Special Events Center with the Orem Tigers and the American Fork Cavemei. facing tough opening round foes. Only half of the IS team field will see action Monday, and the Provo Bulldogs, the other Region Four entry, will be one of the teams waiting for a Tuesday tipoff. Orem, the Region Four champions, will pUy Highland at 8:20 ojn. in the feature game of the first night, while American Fork, the Region Four third plac? entry, will play Weber, the Region One champion, at 4:20 ey afc-ii- p.Q. Cosc Named From BYU Gardner, Gibbs Head Team All-Confere- nce Gardner generally was conForwards Ken Gardner of Utah and Dick Gibbs of Texas-E-l sidered to be the "most unPaso, known mostly as under- derrated" player in the WAC as rated players in 1970, head the a junior, but became a star of his own right this y ear. Gibbs was official 1971 basketball team selected by the another who was considered to head coaches of the Western be an outstanding team player in Ahtletic Conference, Com- 1970. He injured a knee and missioner Wiles Hallock an- missed part of the 1970 season, and failed to draw a single vote nounced Sunday. in the balloting. Gardner and Gibbs were the Long and Newlin both are only unanimous selections on the from the 1970 first n first team. Rounding repeaters Newlin became just the team. out the first unit were Willie third player in league history to Long of New Mexico, Mike be named to the Urst team three Newlin of Utah and Kresimir consecutive years. The first was Cosic of BYU. Robinson of Wyoming in Each head coach voted for a Flynn and the second was urst and second team, with first two Carl Ashley of Wyoming in counted selection...didnt draw a single first or second team vote last year (although three of his teammates did). ..another super worker..."He works as hard in practice as anyone we've ever had," says Coach Don Haskins, "and that's why he's so outstanding in games. "...Ranks among the nation's elite in free throw percentage...At one time this season was the only player in the conference to rank among the top ten in all four individual statistical categories.. .averaged 20.2 points and 9.3 rebounds in WAC play, but more importantly never scored less than 12 points nor had less than seven rebounds in a WAC game this year. on Cosic is the only the first team and the first sophomore to make the first' squad since Newlin was named in 1969. Three members of the second unit Fisher, Stovall and are juniors and the Taylor rest are seniors. Here's a . Jidown on the first 1970 from the team...was the only player on the first unit whose team was not in championship running...that a tribute to his ability and yeoman work.Jeading scorer in the WAC for both all games (23.5) and conference games only (25.2). ..sent a conference record by hitting all 15 free throw attempts against Texas-E-l Paso.. .he scored his points despite being . the target of defenses which collapsed around him...worked hard away from the ball, too...a short hook became his pet shot.. .scored 33 against UTEP, 32 against Arizona and 31 against five-ma- 1963-64-- as team votes points and second teams votes one each. Coaches were requested to name five players to each team without regard to position, and were allowed to vote for their own players. Gardner and Gibbs not only drew a perfect 16 points, but were the only players to draw votes (either first or second team) from all eight coaches. Long was third in the balloting with 13 points, followed by Newlin (12) and Cosic (9). Narrowly missing the first team were Mike Childress of Colorado State, Willie Roberson of Wyoming and Bill Warner of 1968-69-7- 0. non-seni- team: One of Ken Gardner, Utah two unanimous selections on the team...was considered highly underrated in 1970, but came into own as a star this year...-ver- y hard worker, great is one size (6-of the WAC's three top 4:20 pjn. on Tuesday. Other Tuesday games will have Murray against Bountiful or Clearfield at 6:30 pjn., and Ogden against Keams in the t : 0 finale of the first round. The teams that played Monday will return to action on Wednesday, and the teams playing Tuesday will play their second round games on Thursday. By then four teams will have been eliminated and every remaining team will play Friday and Saturday. The eventual champion must survive four days of competition without a defeat, but it takes two defeats to be dropped from the tournament. Orem Challenges The Orem Tigers are considered by many observers as a serious challenge to the East Willie Long, New Mexico A repeater Probe Of Contract TAMPA, Fla. CITY, Mo. (UPI)- -A probe of reported premature signings of college basketball conplayers to professional tracts by the American Basketball Association (ABA) was underway today by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The investigation was triggered by two sportswriters who told the NCAA they had seen photostatic copies of documents which appeared to be an agreement between the ABA and Howard Porter of Villsnova one of seven collegiate stars reportedly in the involved probe. Walter Byers, executive director of the NCAA, said Friday during a Kansas City news conference that the association to date had not found sufficient evidence to warrant action. He said the seven players involved had signed notarized affidavits stating they had not signed professional contracts. "We accept the testimony of the students involved," Byers told reporters. He blasted recruiting agents as "despicable and obnoxious." Byers said the NCAA may pursue legal action in the future as means of getting Jack Dolph, ABA commissioner, under oath. Dolph had also been interviewed. He said association "came very close to taking legal action" to get Dolph under oath but that membership institutions were reluctant, especially at the height of the basketball season, to have their athletes involved. Byers added it was the belief of attorneys that there were grounds on which the athletes might bring action against the the Arizona, who each collected tenacious Wyoming...Averaged 3.43 (4.00 eight points. Other second team rebounders...a members included Rick Fisher defender, also ... scored 31 points is perfect) in classroom last two of Colorado State (6), and Paul in key road game win over semesters. Mike Newlin, Utah Third Stovall and Rhea Taylor of Arizona State...his uncle Vera at Utah in player in the history of the was an Arizona State (5 each). Earning honorable mention 1940s..averaged 21.2 points and league to be named to team three years with votes from at least two 10.8 refunds in WAC play this first coaches were Bernie Fryer and year. straight. ..although he has a Dick Gibbs, Texas-E- l Paso Steve Kelly of Brigham Young reputation for putting the ball up Also a unamimous first team often, he took less field goal and Roy Wilson of Wyoming. ABA. - C attempts than Gardner this year...averaged 21.8 points in WAC and 21.7 points over full season. ..the WAC's leading scorer as a sophomore and junior. ..excellent free throw Andretti Wins First Grand Prix of Season limit before firing. ..ranks Andretti's victory was the among top 10 in WAC in scoring, first American Grand Prix free throw percentage and victory since Californian Dan rebound average.. .a super student with a 3.71 grade point his drove Gurney to success in the 1967 average in economics. Kresimir Cosic, Brigham Belgian Gp. Coincidentally, the last American to win the world Young First sophomore to be championship, Phil Hill in 1961, named to first team since Newlin made it in 1969.. .starting did so driving a Ferrari. But with four laps to go it center on 1968 Yugoslavian looked certain Andretti, 31, Olympic team which upset would have to settle for second USSR before losing to United place behind Hulme as the New States in finals.Jed Yugoslavia Zealander drove steadily tow- to title in 6th World Basketball ard an apparently comfortable Tournament last summer and sad a ago, triumphed after was named to finale to the race for New win. team...set WAC record against for the the who Hulme Kiwi, Zealander Denny Tragically his Arizona this year by hitting all 12 led up to the 75th of the 79 lap 1967 drivers' champion, McLaren-For- d event. developed gear- field goal attempts.. .corralled 22 and the U.S. rebounds against Arizona State Second behind the Nazareth, box trouble star shot to the the following night.Jias un1969 World was racer Indianapolis Pa., Champion Jackie Stewart who front in the 75th lap to stay. canny ability to hit open man recovered from a terrible start Hulme limped in sixth behind with scoring pass.. .averaged 47 of his country- percent from the field in WAC the Matra-Simc- a to his Trell-For- d squeeze between two members of the man Chris Amon with Sweden's play despite horrendous Reine Wisell fourth in a favored Ferrari Works team. performance in first Arizona South JOHANNESBURG, Africa (UPI)-Ma-rio Andretti, driving an Mian WORKS Ferrari, beat European aces at their own game Saturday to score a rei e American Fromula One victory when he triumphed in the South African Grand Prix, first of the 1971 world championship series. hailed as the Andretti, "Wonder Boy" of auto racing after his successes on the American circuit a few years Humes Invited To shooter who pushes Eagie-Weala- Two More All-St- ar Games - Idaho POCATELLO (UPI) State's Willie Humes, leading scorer in Big Sky Conference history, has been asked to play in two more college basketball games. Humes, who finished the season with 777 points in 24 games and 478 in Big Sky contests, has been asked to play in the r games in Dayton, Ohio, all-st- ar all-sta- and Honolulu, Hawaii. The Dayton game, to be played April 3, is the National Association of Basketball Coaches game. The Aloho Clasin sic is scheduled April 0 Honolulu. all-st- ar The pygmy hippopotamus is about six feet long and three feet high. two-for-- Clay Regazzoni of Switzerland was third while the third works Ferrari, piloted by Belgian Jacky Ickx, was eighth in a starting field of 25. Andretti's time for the 201.45 miles was one hour 47 mins 35.5 sees an average speed of game. DO YOU WANT A CAR STEREO? 112.362 mph. He recorded the fastest lap of one minute 21.3 sees, a tenth of a second outside the official lap Dave record achieved by Charlton of South Africa who turned in one minute 20.2 in s Lotus Ford in 1970. Stewart clocked 1:47:56.4 -aaverage of 112.08, and 1:48:6.9 (111.95 Regazzoni BUT YOU'RE AFRAID OF THE COST? Let "Milovac" Condence Your Fears! For Example: n "Mini" Stereo Cartridge Player. Compact 6" x 2V" x 7" unit features manual or automatic channel selector, channel indicator light, slide balance control, volume and dust control plus slot 2 system dust cover. 10 watts. Model mph). NCAA Playoff Tickets Go on WITH SPKRS. Eight hundred tickets for the NCAA playoffs in Logan will go on sale Tuesday at 7 a.m. at the ticket office. The VEK IS Sale Tuesday BYU CHECK 800 allotment for BYU will be divided evenly between students and townspeople. No person will be allowed to purchase more than two seats. The games next Saturday will have Weber State meeting Long Beach State at 7:05 pjn. and Utah State meeting BYU at 9:05 p.m. 49 1 THAN THE PRICE! IF THAT DOESN'T IMPRESS Y0U...WEU, I GUESS YOU'LL JUST HAVE TO HEAR IT TO BELIEVE ITI (UPI-M- 1 if INC. PHONE373-126- 3 2:30 4:20 6:30 8:20 pjn. pjn. pjn. pjn. Tuesday 2:30 pjn. 4:20 p.m. 6:30 Provo vs. Logan Granite vs. East pjn. Murray vs. winner of Clearfield- Bountf'ul 8:20 pjn.-Og- den vs. Reams using them," said Martin. "And I think in a way it is a bit unfair that holding these seminars would give people ideas that players might be using them. I've heard of players trying 'em from time to time, but they are definitely not being used regularly or even " lM trainers and doctors are ran giving greenies or any for four days. I don't need them." Outfielder Reggie Smith of the Boston Red Sox is a player who is very much concerned about the subject of drugs, especially by young people. He and a number of other Boston players in various sports, fellows like quarterback Joe Kapp of the Boston Patriots, John Havlicek of basketball's Boston Celtics, and Bobby Orr often." "I tried greenies once when I was in college and I had to take a whole bunch of important tests in a period," said star pitcher Tom Seaver cf the and Derek Sanderson of hock- ey's Bosto Bruins, are inMets. "Once was enough for volved in a project called "Pro me. I wasn't able to go to sleep Speak Out." ." spruce-u- p should be from our collection of your spring m fMi& iMSSlriimi in Arizona two weeks hence for the teams training in that area. This attention has naturally started many people to wondering just how widespread the use of drugs by players has been and is today. A typical comment was that of Manager Gil Hodges of the New York Mets. J mote $49.95tolOOO N . outfit M ' $ ff ff 4 collection i&y i fMu MM coat, hat and Come, see our e 'tilwA filjp. 4 . shaped surf, a I uf fif .ftj wm w r:.f . ii i if men's suits rfi Ii 1m Western look $7o . ROBERTSON'S MARINE F OPEN MONDAY AND mJ 489-565- . U J MWtikC ltil rs -l SHIRTS $5.50 UP m to fljyi mmi ' i Jtffjf- j A completely new pain-killin- g i New suits arrive with Pr'n9r on& we hove many ' "I do not believe the use of drugs or pep pills i3 widespread among players," said Hodges at the Mets' camp in St Petersburg, Fla. "I have heard hearsay from time to time, but I do not myself know of any player who was or is on drugs." Bob Bowman, trainer of the St. Louis Cardinfls, agrees emphatically. "No, the use of narcotics or pep pills is not common," said Bowman, who has been a trainer of top baseball football basketball, and hockey teams for 35 years. "From time to time, a player may at his request be given a shot of some muscle relaxant like cortisone to prevent him from being extremely stiff and sore the day after a heavy workout," said Bowman. "But team trainers and doctors are definitely not giving drugs in players order to let them play despite pain. The only time, for example, that we use novocaine is in the ordinary medical way Hi Jik 6 life f FRIDAY 'TIL 9 p.m. Our loyaway Plan Or Your Favorit Bank Card. Ut ...to see The Greatest Show on Water. On Color TV Sun. March 14. At 3:00 P.M. From 12:00 6:00 P.M.March 14. AVE., PROVO, of preparing an area for minor surgery or injections. ajor pep pills to players. If any of them are using those pills, then they are geting them from their own private sources. And are that my observations players are not using them." "The idea of the seminars 's a good one," said new Manager Billy Martin of the Detroit Tiger. "But any talk about plavers using these pep pills is exaggerated. "I don't know of any players ...Many of them fee! that the current drug seminars being conducted for officials of each team by Baseball Commissioner Bowie Kuhn, while well intentioned, are unfairly creating in the public's mind the notion that a lot of big league players use drugs. Baseball's top brass has been giving the subject of drugs' quite a bit of attention, starting with the major league winter meetings at Los Angeles last December when they organized a new association of team physicians and set as one of its purposes the study of use of drugs by athletes. During the past week, Kuhn held the first two of three seminars for officials, including managers and coaches and some players, of teams now in spring training The first was held in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on March 2 for teams training on the East Coast of Florida and the second here in Tampa, Fla., on March 3 for teams training on the We3t Coast of Florida. The third will b? held OPEN HOUSE 7IN.UNIV. Monday Viewmont vs. HilVrest Weber vs. American Fork Box Elder vs. Cyprus Orem vs. Highland 71-7- league managers, players, and trainers interviewed at spring training baseball camps in Florida have two things to say about the current attention being given to the subject of drug abuse by the baseball rommissioner's office: ...To a man, they do not believe there is any "widespread" use by major league players of hard narcotics or even cf "pep pills," the amphetamines called "gree-nies- 97 South Main, Sprinqville 5 Yr. on Traniton 2 Yrs. on Components Yr. FREE Carry In Service several years ago, so don't The Schedule 81-8- "Marine Specialists" THIS...THI WARRANTY ItTTtR Ed championship discount u. Drugs Not Part Of Baseball Signing KANSAS Leopards. Coach Harry Anderson's Quintet has had its eyes on the state title for the entire season. Of course, tl.e Provo Bulldogs also cant be overlooked. Coach Jim Spencer's crew defeated Orem 0 early in the year and then lost an 0 thriller in the rematch and so the two teams are about a tossup. The two teams could possibly meet in the finals, since both teams are in opposite brackets. There is no way the two teams could meet each other until Saturday night. There are many people in Utah Valley who would like to see a rematch of the two teams, and what better place than in the state championship game? The two schools met for the state football 116 West Center Provo, Utah MEN'S HATS $5.00 to $16.00 The First Look At The 1971 Line! j Hi Hit IIIMWMMJMMMItMWMMMMMtJMItWMMl Ml WW """" ' "" ' |