Show 2C Standard-Examin- VV ' Cazzie Russell's Thursday Dec 25 1980 er A' ' ' ''? £ fy 6 '' V' 'Af X $&3sm jfs & &a playing pro in again 'minors' t f ir PHILADELPHIA (AP) — When a vXWvav " y s""v £ ‘H'r A rr “V "" rb-Vr si vj? s £ Tjy ' 'Stems' ' - ' ?i ' ‘ V - V''"it ' t X y ' v:2v t 4 £K f 4 'w 'A-y? "t ' '- : -- r ' JT $'' '' '''' ' y ": 'v' - ‘ : : ' ’ Z r ' t " - ' " ' Xr - f r ' : ' J' f ’' ' ' j¥ '- - 4r ' ' J' ' '" ' J Staff er KAYSVILLE — Winning can be habit forming but Davis High isn’t complaining one bit The dynamic Darts have established an enviable tradition of winning over the years and head coach Mike Gardner doesn’t forsee this season as being any different Gardner now in his 12th year has guided Davis High into the state tournament the last nine years finishing in all eight spots The Darts placed fifth in the tournament in 1973 swept the state title in 1975 placed second in 1976 and were third in 1977 Gardner — the winner of five region titles — led Davis into a tie for second place in Region Four last season with a record trailunbeaten ing only Ogden who went The Darts again qualififed for tne State Tournament — where " ' s & ' i f ' ' - - " 2) 6) 2) 2) and Brent Hatch The lone junior is swingman Brian Taylor Other players on the Davis team include junior guard Chris Cottrell junior guard Carlos Shiji junior center Kirk Storey junior guard Mike Colemere junior forward Troy Anderson junior center Craig Wagstaff junior forward Wade Flint junior guard Dirk Sandstrom and junior center Brent Lang Hill is a very physical and intense player a good rebounder and defensive player and has been the scorer durDarts’ (6-- 1) (5-1- 0) (6-- 3) 3-- A 7-- 3-- A The six seniors include forwards Lance Hill (6-- and Brad Caldwell (6-center Dave Bock (6-- and Mike guards Lynn Lloyd (6-McGill 5-- 5-- 6-- 3 10-- 0 they lost to Highland by 11 points in the first round defeated Uintah by 13 points in the quarterfinals but were eliminated in the semifinals 10 9 2 6-- 3-- A second-leadin- 11-poi- nt 6-- 0 6-- 2 6-- 3 6-- 2 6-- 1 6 ing the loss to Springville with an — to finish with the second best overall record (14-8- ) in Region Four Highland went on to finish pre-seaso- v s ' ' f - 'w ' ' ' v :®" $300-$40- s- - veteran of the National another former NBA r Basketball Association a key perRussell said another reason he former on the champion decided to try the Philadelphia i s 12-ye- ar All-Sta- New York Knicks Russell 36 is toiling for the Philadelphia Kings of the Continental Basketball Association which has franchises such as Rochester Atlantic City Maine Scranton Allentown-BethleheMontana i w ' S44- ' & - " s'" "' g n Bock and Caldwell will play the inside positions and their preform-anc- e on defense as well as rebound 's ' s V ' '' " '' s '- ‘ 4 '! sss- ' s '' v AW:'S ' 's ' 's' S ' s " junior this year -- s x i f Classic while Springville nailed down 8th place Gardner who says he “couldn’t exist without my assistant coaches — John Robison Ward Sawley and Ralph Edwards’’ — will count on the services of six seniors and one 4th in the By DENNIS LARSEN ' &' ' rtfs Standard-Examin- ' y f ' - v 's' ’ Xv 4 'K ' vxj - Roger Craig Nebraska tailback does some stretching out before daily football practice starts The Huskers are in preparation for Saturday’s annual Sun Bowl game in El Paso 9 ' ' '' " 1 - r 's' ' ' ' v L' S f'x f big league for a salary of at least $200000 a year is playing his talent 0 for per week it is surprising It’s happened to Cazzie Russell a Anchorage ' V x X‘ 1969-197- 0 :'r s-- '? "'- - ' 'w ‘a- 'Jvsssv Kings was to find out if he still could play competitively “I was playing in this and over thing basically with good players” Russell explained “We played on weekends Nobody could do anything with me out there I scored 25 points a game I won dered if I still could play in a league or coach” Russell met some unexpected opposition when he joined Greer’s ld m ij V yvv s ' 'y Jto ' "s' ' ' '''i ' p1 "'Is " ‘ Jim Drucker commissioner of the CBA interested Russell in the minor league Russell thought however he would be a player-coac- h He never suspected he would wind up playing in Philadelphia under coach Hal Greer! star athlete who has played in the ’ss- ' s A s 'v'- na nN XS vs‘ s x ' S '' s 'V-'- ' s - ' VAS - s "'s ' ' 'r'sr' : v''1 -s' - ' V ' - " '' ss'o' "' Ax--- 'v-s- s s ' jsAs''' I v V's''n-sX- ’ s ? T" 0 - t ' ' r s ' against Mississippi State University Craig teams with Jar- vis Redwine to give Nebraska a potent running attack UPI Telephoto ing will be the keys to Davis’ success Gardner added “You can’t play without the big people and if they play good we’ll be good in the league and if they don’t we’ll struggle Bock is a good shot blocker and we’ll need him against (Greg) Dockery and (Mark) Hill’ Lloyd — the team leader in assists — is a good outside shooter a good jumper and penetrates to the hoop well Taylor the leading scorer on the team is the Darts’ best offensive player and possesses good offensive skills “He’s grown three inches and he needs to get a little more strength He’s a definite major-college prospect because of his offensive skills” said Gardner Hatch is very quick but has a tendency to play out of control at times McGill is a very good offensive player but needs to work on improving his defense Gardner points out that all seven players are all seeing action and contributing well “Our strengths are our intensity and our work hard attitude The key is to work together as a unit and work your butt off on defense We’re not tall but we’re physical and rough and we’ll battle on the boards We’re just an average outside shooting team outside of Taylor “Our weakness is our rebounding We have to learn to box out and we’ll play a zone to protect inside We’ll do some pressing on defense but a is still our best bet The key to a great high school team is to play a tough defense Defense keeps you in the game and keeps it close You’ve got a good chance of winning if you can take the other team out of the things they like to do” Gardner added “Ogden has the best players but I don’t know if they’ll win the region Bear River is much improved and Ben Lomond and Box Elder are always tough It’s a balanced league and anybody can beat anybody” Davis High also has a great intangible asset on its side — tradition “We win a lot at Davis The players believe in themselves and the program and they believe in us (the coaches) because they know man-to-ma- n what we’ve done We’re proud of what we’ve got here and we try hard to maintain it” concluded Gardner ‘ before being told he was not good enough any longer to play in the “Some of the young players were insecure and felt I’d take one of their jobs” Russell said “After NBA Why has Russell chosen to play at a level that his legion of fans and admirers feel is demeaning to the all it was a living for them I didn’t want to tread on any toes That’s why I don’t think I’ll stay much star? “I enjoy playing”’Russell said in his room at a Philadelphia inn “Apparently people have mixed emotions about my playipg in this league Maybe they’re right I don’t feel that way” one-tim- f solid seasomi Great Falls and Alberta “It’s created quite a stir” said Russell once an NBA No 1 draft choice after a standout basketball career at the University of Michi- Kings Some players openly gan He played with the Knicks opposed his joining the club They Golden State Warriors Los said he was a shooter and the Kings Angeles Lakers and Chicago Bulls didn’t need shooters longer” e Russell probably is going to inform Greer that playing in the CBA isn’t beneficial to him He not only to play but help develop the young talent on the team “But when they don’t want help that’s a different story” Russell said “There are lot of players who are fundamentally unsound and I could help them” Russell probably will return to Los Angeles where he conducts basketball clinics and is involved in an amateur golf program He also hopes to make connections to get into broadcasting of NBA or college games He once was a color commentator on telecasts for CBS “I wasn’t that hot on coming to Philadelphia in the first place” Russell noted “I think to myself ‘What can I do in terms of basketball at this level?”’ Russell still believes he can play in the NBA although he admits the chances of that are slim “I could help a team coming off the bench for 10 to 15 minutes a game” he said “But I guess w'e’ll d Russell said some people make him feel as if he’s committing a crime by playing in the CBA “I’m not breaking any law People drink smoke take drugs Everyone does his thing I love playing basketball You can’t put me in jail for that I’m minding my own business I guess you can’t win for losing” said Russell The truth is that Russell has grave doubts that he’s doing the right thing He doesn’t have to play for a team that describes an attendance of 500 as a crowd He doesn’t have to play with players not nearly as good as him “I’m really debating about it” said Russell “I don’t know if I’ll continue I’d like to get into coaching either as an assistant or a head coach Maybe it would be in this league or in college I need a stepping stone to get a start” Russell was playing in Los Angeles with a group before he decided to venture into the CBA He played in 1978 for the Montana Sky in the Western Basketball Association which joined the CBA this year He was sidelined by knee surgery the next season never know” Is Russell bitter about being dropped by the NBA at an age some players are still active? “The only regret I have was being cut by the Lakers one day before the opening of the 197778 season” Russell said “It was embarrassing” nip Boxing recap for 1 980 went out in defeat Two legends NEW YORK (UPI) — A year that should be remembered for the rise to championship status of young United States fighters instead will go down as the year tw’o legends of r boxing Muhammad and Roberto t— Ali Du- ran suffered ignominious defeats — The 38-year-- who had not Ali fought in two years predicted he would pull off “the miracle of the ages” — win- ning a heavyweight title for an unprecedented fourth time — when he faced Larry Holmes in Las Vegas on Oct 2 But Holmes battered Ali for 10 rounds and the man whose name per-fo- r the past 20 years sonified boxing could not leave his corner for the 11th 1 Holmes won all 10 rounds in retaining his World Boxing Council heavyweight title and stopped Ali for career the first time in his I Ali’s loss was understandable — age and inactivity had diminished his magnificent talents — but Duran’s astonfall still remains a mystery ishing Duran who ruled the lightweight division for a decade became the toast of the boxing world in June when he outround 21-ye- ar pointed previously unbeaten Sugar Ray Leonard in Montreal to win the WBC welterweight title But incredibly in a rematch against Leonard at New Orleans in November Duran slightly behind on points but apparently unhurt suddenly told referee Octavio Meyron “No mas! No mas! (no more)” with 16 seconds left in the eighth round The fighter who had been the personification of the macho image a man who had been called a fighting machine simply stopped fighting Duran said stomach cramps caused of his upper body but there are many skeptics and only the Panamanian veteran knows the truth There are many theories among them that Duran did not train enough and a near-paralys- is that he lost too much weight too quick- ly It was the first time Duran had been stopped in 74 fights and only his second loss but it may live with him forever But despite the disastrous performances by Ali and Duran boxing still had a number of bright lights in 1980 g most of them provided by young American stars Holmes ruled the heavyweight division holding the WBC title and a victory last year over Mike Weaver the World Boxing Association champion Weaver won the WBA championship d knockout of with a stunning John Tate in a fight Tate was winning handily The No 1 contender in both the WBC and the WBA is another young US fighter unbeaten Gerry Cooney of Huntington NY Cooney 24 is 21 knockouts and in 1980 stopped veterans Jimmy Young and Ron Lyle fast-risin- 15th-roun- 24-0-wi- th He will face Ken Norton on Feb 23 before taking on Weaver for the WBA mmpcm IB?® title US fighters rule the light heavyweight ranks with Eddie Mustafa Muhammad (Eddie Gregory) holding the WBA title and Matthew Saad Muhammad (Matthew Franklin) the WBC version g leftMarvin Hagler a hander from Brockton Mass Rocky Marciano’s home town won the middleweight championship the only unified title in boxing by stopping Alan Minter of England in three rounds Leonard who contemplated retirement after his loss to Duran in June could be in line for another big payday against young Thomas Hearns of Detroit a knockout specialist who won the TOP QUALITY hard-hittin- WBA REG TAILORED IN THE MOST POPULAR FABRICS AND PATTERNS SELECTION IS GOOD NOW BUT HURRY IN FOR THIS ONE LATEST STYLES version of the welterweight championship by dismantling Pipino Cuevas of Mexico in two rounds US fighters took titles in the lighter weight classes normally ruled by South American and Oriental fighters Aaron Pryor of Columbus Ohio won the WBA junior welterweight championship and Saoul Mamby of New York took the WBC version Hilmer Kenty of Detroit took the WBA (UPI) — It wasn’t the after-affect- s of his knee operation Steve Podborski had to overcome to dowbecome the world’s nhill ski racer — it was a touch of laziness - The Toronto downhiller won Sunday at St he the toting trophy top-rank- ed ld Moritz Switz arrived home for Christmas Monday and was greeted at Toronto International Airport by his parents and a crush of reporters and admirers Podborski recuperating from knee surgery which repaired torn ligaments in his right knee last spring had gloomily predicted a mediocre performance this season but ultimately course at St tamed the of £ Moritz to finish a scant second ahead of Austria’s Peter 3210-met- er one-tent- 1 h i Wirnsberger “It never dawned on me that I’d do this well this year” he said “There’s a change of attitude when you know you’re the best in the world I’ve been skiing well enough to win races for a long time” Podborski said seeing himself on videotape during training runs at Val d’lsere had been the turning point in his performance this season “I was amazed about how complacently I was skiing I can ski on one foot if I have to but ski racing is different” he said “I was simply skiing down the hill I wasn’t ski racing” The Lake Placid Olympic bronze medalist changed his ways however On Sunday he posting a record time of 1 minute 5431 seconds amounting to an average speed of 101093 kph on a bum- - to DESIGNED FASHIONED 2 PANT VESTED if $195 much-dispute- O’G-rady- tfc TO lightweight championship and Sean O’Grady of who lost a Oklahoma City Okla d bout for the WBC lightweight championship to title holder James Watt of Scotland could be in line for a quick rematch The WBC ordered another fight after Watt behind and bleeding badly from the eye opened a severe gash on head with a butt ‘ INCLUDES COAT VEST TWO PANTS NEWEST ONE PAIR COORDINATING SHADES AND PATTERNS WRINKLE FREE FABRICS A TERRIFIC VALUE! 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