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Show iiw T1 o O By HACK MILLER Deseret News Sports Editor -- University Its basketball day of Utah started comeback Fri- night 93 by wrapping to 74 before Wyoming 11,d21 pleased people. for the Utes are and with Colorado State coming to the Ute Now the 2 WAC season Wigwam tonight the Redskins And hope to square it at they should, despite that Colorado State loss to BYU Friday night at Provo. 2-- two-poi- nt Colorado Aggie scouts might have taken a reading on what ailed the Utes in their first half when Wyoming completely dictated die terms of the test. Coach Bill Strannigan, with one of the slowest teams in his coaching career, decided to keep the Ut's out of their pace and slow the game to what Wyoming could handle. wr v( r fast-brea- k J Wyoming stepped into an 11-- 2 lead in the first 1:45 of play. Tlie Utes drtw to 11-and the game thereafter got into a at very conservative tempo Wyomings wish. 0 The half ended for Wyoming. 41-4- Came the second half and Coach Jack Gardner reasoned that he must break the .nell and bum for the baskets. He turned up the revolutions per minute of his Red machine and soon Utah was out ahead by 15 to stay. iiacEx f.liEIer SPORTS EDITOR You Gould rvi5, L; Keep Cut ; Warden, the dean of our sportswriting recalls that back in 1934 the Harlem Globetribe, trotters made their first invasion to Utah. They had five men, and the late Abe Saper-steiThat was it. Abe had one old Ford one of those V--8 types that Kenry introduced two years before. And they had a small trailer, something like a which they towed along behind them and cart, hay in which they kept their suits and their basketballs. A1 n. Their expenses were minimal because they always rounded up local yokels to offer opposition. And there are many athletes from my generation who have had a night or tw o on the maple with the Globetrotters. The first Utah game was played in Ogden at the Fourth Ward. In Salt Lake City they appeared in the Deseret Gym. Price of tickets was two bits (25 cents) and 40 cents. A few seats were aside at 75 cents. The total take for the night was $37.50. No Tax Taken Then , 1 .. v has-teen- t 110-9- 4A Saturday, January 16, 1971 Laster had his Early biggest moments with 0 for 16. Many of them came on And he whirled for some sensational hookers. Newlin had his chances at From there on it was just a as matter of manipulation Gardner kepi his bench busy and showed some respect to more than he the visitors tip-in- usually does for Wyoming. Actually, Utah was too spry for Wyoming. The Utes had the speed and the deception and when they detei mined to go that fast route they had no trouble. The Redmen worked the boards hard and they caught .he Cowboys flatfooted most of the second half. now in Triple-- The hoop, getting only 2 of 15. Kenny Gardner was the one who broke open the game. He played a masterful game and on some brilliant feeding by Mike 'ewlin, who seems to have checked in his shooting aim for play, Gardner moved Utah fast ahead as the second half Gardner hit five opened. straight baskets and took 13 straight rebounds. Newlin, in his new role, was brilliant. He took every play to the best shooter. passing , In the final analysis, the Utes speed under both boards killed the Cowboys. Just too much agility on one side. The Ute fresh lost to a team s of old men as call themselves. Guys they like Skip Kroeger, Jeff Ockel, Ed Rowe, Jerry Romney. Joe English, George Theodore and Frank Pritcnett beat the new 8 in the precrop of Utes liminary. All of which might indicate that Utah is either short of incoming material or these old men are better than the usual run of alumni. George Theodore was the hes the one who high man quit the Ute' varsity to put all his mind to baseball and is rpur His first fielder came midway through the second half 10:28 to ;lay. In fact, he took only four less shots than Gardner who got 11 baskets and was high with 25. Until Gardner broke the, game open Wyoming managed the show. A little wart named Roy Wilson conducted the Cowboy campaign, and he was given a big assist by Willie Roberson, who had more moves than anyone on the court this occasion. When Wyoming could work the ball into hulking Jerry Brucks in the pothole the Cowboys seemed to do best. But then, they made sc me poor passes and the Utes took the ball too many times. F ? A play. he hit a baseballer. v.w-- wim 3 FG FT RB Gardner Laster 9 3 16 6 7 15 13 3 0 Mahler Newlin Trail 5 Wright Dearman 4-- Cowan Green Georg Beam Reynold Totals 4 F TP I i 6 1 2 0 3 1 O 0 0 041 O 1 1 0 0 0 2 64 19 91 6 F 11 OO OO Wyoming 25 16 4 7 2 2 18 1 2 74 FT RB PF TP ,1-':- kf I :; -- iv( - A: AMF,v f . fg, 40.7; ft, 69.7. fg, 43.8; ft, 66.7. Turnover fg, 43.8; ft, 66.7. Turnovers: Utah 17; Wyoming, 22. Team rebounds: Utah 2; Wyoming, 2. Att: 1M21. Halftime score; Wyoming 41, Utah & ship with Abe Saperstein which lasted until Abe died several years ago. Wardens friendship with the Trotters has remained until this day. How much Warden got is not known. Maybe a tenth $3.75. But then, while that doesnt seem to be a lot, there were no state and federal income s to take into account. Most taxes cr FICA of that $3.75 was Als. Try and find a $3.75 piece like that today! peel-off- For the second appearance, in Salt Lake, the gate was near $300, A1 relates, and then when the Trotters returned to Ogden they drew about $400. Their fame had spread. The Globetrotters played local players until after the war (H). Then they brought their own teams with them and worked up their famous routines. Before that the great laughs came when the local talent tried to steal the ball from the professional dribblers, etc. Can't Out-Clow- n The Clowns Of course the local officials had to be informed of certain licenses allowed on the part of the visitors for the sake of the show. I remember some of those games well. The local team, usually graduates from the preps or church leagues, would seriously try to beat the which all made the play funnier. Trotters a clown Anyone Is funny who tries to funny in a sad sort of way. The same show although much improved will be on stage Sunday at 7 p.m. in the Salt Palace and Monday at the same time in Weber State Gymnasium. out-clow- n Everythings imported this time whistles and the men who blow them. even the Jesse Owens in Salt Lake City Some of the current generation wont know who Jesse Owens is and inasmuch as hes in Salt Lake for a speaking engagement at the Bonneville Knife and Fork Club Monday Night (Hotel Utah at 7:30 p.m.) we might as well tell the youngsters who he is. It was back in 1938 when the Olympic Games were held in Berlin. Adolph Hitler, who later tried to conquer the world, was high on the games which were held in his home city. In those games the great Jesse O ens won four gold medals and when he was presented at the victory stand Hitler refused to shake his hand. That incident was never forgotten, even by the German people who later received Owens when Abe Saperstein took Jesse to Berlin for a Globetrotter basketball exhibition. d It was then that Berlin paid its honor to the athlete. The top official at the event walked up to Jesse, extended both hands and said, Adolph Hitler refused you his hand once. I extnd and every hand in Germany. you both of mine The reception he received that day in Berlin was worth all the wait. Jesse Owens is involved in youth problems. And that will be the subject of his Monday night address. long-delaye- r VA i j Eagles Hope To Snap Cosic also had a lark on offense. When he was not hitting an unorthodox shot, he was chortling like a laughing er g five-gam- five-gam- er 3-- 5-- 6-- 6-- er two-ma- 61-5- 9 first-plac- rs n, Desore? News photo by Paul G. Barker left, comes to a screaching halt in face of defensive sure from Colorado State's George Price. BYU's Bernie Fryer, middle. BYU led At that point,1 Williams 26-2- called time out and set his offense straight. CSU began pres- attacking the middle of BYUs zone with the great talent of rebounds 8. Turnovers 10.84S. Attendance: Score by quarters: BYU CSU 19. 17 12 15 25 24-- 75 16- -73 Childress, Fisher, Gary and Travis Lackey. In the five minutes before intermission, CSU outscored the Cougars, and held a halftime lead. The defense of both teams was outstanding the first 20 minutes. Some tremendous in- Rhoades Oldsters Lead Crosby George and Eichelberger. Johnson, who won $66,508 on the tour last year,, just beat the dusk with a par 70 Friday that gave him a share of the lead with Shaw and Harney, two-und- v. Harney, winner of $40,316 in shot a four under 68 in the second round while Shaw, scrambling as usual, had a one under 71 on a card that included six birdies and five 1970, Dave Farr, injury 2-- 3 Archer probably start Rocky in goal. Farr played a half game in the loss at Phoenix, allowing five goals. Meanwhile, the Salt Lake situation remains Paul Defensemen gloomy. Terbenche and Hap Myers, who missed the Phoenix-Sa- n Diego road trip with groin and kidney problems, respectively, are not expected to suit up again tonight. Murray Kuntz, also suffering from a groin injury, may see limited action. The Bucks hold a 1 edge in the series against the Eagles, having beaten Salt Lake four times in as many tries at Portland, while splitting two games at the Salt Palace. Salt Lakes only win over the Bucks came Nov. 14, when the Eagles took a 1 victory behind great goaltending by Rick Charron. will Young (75) FG FT RBFFTF. Brigham 3 par scores of 139. A stroke behind them were Murphy, Bobby Nichols and Arnold Palmer. And three more strokes away were Miller Barber, Chuck Courtney, Deseret News Sports Writer 6-- 0 n and put a trap on the ball. For three minutes, failed to meet that pressure, leaving its offense extended full court. The Ram back court men were at mercy of the press. In that span, BYU forced five turnovers on outscored the Rams, 13-lead. and took a Something else contributed to the CSU downfall. At the mark, Ram super-staRick Fisher and Mike Tom Shaw and Bob Murphy that is. Oldsters Howie Johnson and Paul Harney and Shaw shared the lead at the halfway mark today, each with five under By BRENT CHECKETTS man-to-ma- 56-4- 8 guard. Except for Loss Skein Salt Lakes Golden Eagles hyena after making behind-bac-k will be looking to break a and under-lee passes. losing streak toBYU coach Stan Watts, night, when they host the aware that the Rams were Western Hockey League leading Portland Buckaroos at 8 successfully attacking the Cougar zone by halftime, started oclock at the Salt Palace. n e deloss The Eagles 'his crew in a fense with half court pressure skein was started by the same Buckaroos, Wednesday, Januthe second half. 6. Portland blanked the Colorado State maintained ary Salt at the PortLakers its lead, though, until BYU land Memorial Coliseum that defense extended its pressure to three-quartcourt and night. Since then, the Eagles have began trapping the ball. That lost to and PhoeSeattle, was the Cougar equalizer. at the Salt Palace nix, Cosic got four fouls six minand San and Phoenix, utes into the second half. He . Diego, on the road. quit playing defense. Under ' Eagle general manager-coac- h that condition, the entry of Gus Bodnar was not rugged Jay Bunker helped pleased with his teams BYU. Bunker met CSUs performance on the physical challenge. road trip. After BYUs Kalevi Sarkalahti arriving back in Salt Lake at substituted well for frontliner about 1 p.m. Friday, Bodnar Phil Tollestrup, who got into gathered his trouns at the Salt Palace for a 2:30 p.m. pracearly foul trouble. The shoottice. floor of and Cougar play ing Bemie Fryer was oustanding. Salt Lake will enter torewith a Both teams scored 27 goals. nights game leaves the Eagles That cord. Both had 19 turnovers. mired in the cellar, 28 points won the rebound bulge by six. e Bucks, behind the BYU won the game from the is a sterling record whose line, 21 of 26 against 19 of 22. Thats about as close as a Bodnar indicated that he game can get. 9-- PEBBLE BEACH, CALIF. (UPI) They arent setting any records in the 1971 Bing Crosby Golf Tournament but at the midway point its proving to be a better old mans event than one for the young .. i 75 - 73 PROVO Three unproductive minutes forced by a Brigham Young trapping man to man defense with three-quartcourt pressure, scuttled Colorado State Friday night BYU won its second Western Athletic Conference contest in three starts and its 10th game of the year against five defeating 5 75 73. C State is now overall and 2 in the WAC. The Cougars entertain Wyoming tonight and CSU meets Utah. Tipoff is 8 p.m. for both games. Colorado State apparently had the action under control, with nine minleading utes left. At that point, though, BYT! extended its man to man pressure from half court to three-quart- UPI Sports Writer . Wyoming's Brad Smith (15) grapples for loose ball with Utah player, behind Smi'h, as Utah's Peaches Laster comes in to assist. Sports Managing Editor By JOE SARGIS ' Deseret News Photo by Dave Con It, dividual defensive moves were made by BYUs Kresimir Cosic and Childress. fouls. Childress had four Coach Jim Williams ordered a zone, in lieu of an effecto protect tive man-tmaFisher and Childress. The Cougars used their tenacious star. Steve Kelly, to attack the zone at the middle. Kelly got 10 of his 24 points in the last seven minutes against that zone. Competitive Steve broke CSU's back. BYU started the game in a zone. And for 15 minutes, the Rams simply slipped around the perimeter, matching up instead of attacking the ' e A Percentages: Utah Wyoming Wyoming W0Wfc:::,. r A. r - m. XV : Tc I sffcJ 1-- A1 likely cut in on the promotion because he first brought them to Ogden and created a friend- w:'. ; 1 basset quite regularly. FERGUSON losses, r4: M ' '.vv that BYU 'Traps A Ram, By GEORGE J . bogies. Palmer, harking back to Palmier Days when his trademark was a charge down the stretch, ran off four consecutive birdies on the back nine that gave him a four under 68, which with a little more putting luck could easily have been a 64. Nichols, who shared the first-roun- lead d with Shaw and Terry Dill, shot an even par 72 and Murphy bagged a three under 69 that left them Miller Places 32 PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. Former BYU golfer (AP) Johnny Miller shot a second 74 round Friday in the Bing Crosby Pro-AGolf tournament. That placed him in 32nd place, eight strokes off the $135,000 lead at 147. b. at four under 140 with Palmer. Barber had a 69, Courtney a 67, Archer a 69 and Eichelberger a 71 to tie at 143, one under par and four strokes off the pace. A half dozen or so other veterans, though, werent as well off. among them Billy Casper, 1970s player of the year, Jack Nicklaus, d Tending Crosby champ Bert Yancey, PGA King Dave Stockton and U.S. Opeu Champ Tony Jacklin. Nicklaus and Jacklin were at 147, Stockton at 148 and Casper at 150. Also at 147 was 17-1- 37-3- 2 aso Brigham Young Wyoming New Mexico Arizona Stata Utah Colorado St. Arizona Txas-E- I 1.000 .667 .667 .500 .500 .333 .333 .000 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 Friday's Ssertt Utah 93 Wyoming 74 Brigham Young 75; Colorado Staff 73 3-- College BasfeethaU University of - . - - at- - - am Utelh a:; State Bobby Lunn, winner over Casper last week in the years the Glen first tourney Campbell- - Los Angeles Open. Yancey was at 158. Today, the pros play their final course of the three used in ihe Crosby, and the field then will be cut to the low 70 and ties for Sundays windup. The winners purse here is set at $27,000 and the betting as one of the older hands will take it by sundown Sunday. 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