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Show Sunday, April 16, 1972 11 Watts Cookin' 'i' QZ Li By JOE WATTS S J Bucks, Lakers Offer What professional sports event would you rather watch than any other? The Super Bowl? The World Series? The Masters? The Stanley Cup? Naturally, the answer depends somewhat on your particular sports interest. Those who are high on football naturally would name the Super Bowl. The World Series is still one of the most watched events on television. Golfers love several of the big tournaments, and hockey lovers anxiously await the Stanley Cup playoffs. But for me, give me the NBA playoffs between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Milwaukee Bucks. The last two games of that basketball showdown have been television classics. The two teams clash again today and it should be a sensational battle matching the two best teams in basketball, and possible the two best teams ever to play basketball. . 97-9- remaining, and the Stars gradually pulled away to the comfortable victory margin. Jimmy Jones, Zelmo Beaty, and Willie Wise carried the scoring burden for the Stars with 25, 23, and 23 points respectively. Uien Combs also had a bniuant scoring spurt early in the game and wound up with 18 points. McGinnis Gets Jl George McGinnis, in his first year with the Pacers, was high point man on the floor with 31 points, while teammate Roger Brown alsc outdid all of the Stars with series is a sensational match, and it's too bad that the general public hasn't discovered it yet, or will do so too late. When the Super Bowl is on television everybody knows it. It's the only event going on. When the World Series is on television everything else is subordinate. Everybody knows when the game is, what channel it's on, what radio station carries it, etc. People who don't even know that it's "three strikes and you're out" are betting lavish amounts in betting s Bucks-Laker- 97-9- 7. 99-9- 7. 7. 94-9- 101-9- 8. 95-9- 4, 94-9- points. Collectively, 97-9- doubled with two out in the second inning while Freeiian's single was the sixth and last hit given up by loser Marty Pattin. LohOi struck out nine, allowed only six hits and retired the last 17 batters. Three of the first Red Sox By United Press International Bill Freehan singled home the run in the seventh inning Saturday and Mickey Lolich pitched nine innings to give the Detroit Tigers a 2 opening victory over the Boston Red Sox before 31,510 enthusiastic fans. 3-- batters banged out hits and Rico Petrocelli singled home Ed Brinkman hit a two-ru- n home run after Freehan first the Boston run. Luis Aparicio doubled in a run in the third but Doug Griffin's single in the fourth was the last hit given up by Lolich. The crowd of 31,510 gave little evidence of resentment against the recent baseball strike as they cheered the Tigers on to the victory. John Mayberry slapped a single in the 11th to score Paul Schaal from third two-o- ' ' v ,A K ' JO V A -- West and Wmm ;v 1 f -- v. I ,. v . - . V ' v " I, xJSt Doubleheader With Wyoming FORT COLLINS, Colo. (UPI) Wyoming edged Colorado 0 in the State University opener Saturday, then was overwhelmed 0 by the vengeful Rams in the second game to split a baseball doubleheader in Fort Collins. 9-- The Rams and Cowboys battled for ten scoreless innings in the opener. Then In the top of the eleventh Wyoming's Mike Lake walked and later scored on a single by Bryce Onjack for what proved to be the winning run. Mike Jones was the winning pitcher for the Cowboys and Keith Castarovitch was charged with the loss. CSU is now 8-- and Wyoming is for the season To 9-- 4 Win ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (UPI) Salt lake City pounded three Albuquerque pitchers for 10 hits Saturday night and rolled to a 94 victory in a Pacific Coast - League game. The Angels went ahead early as Morris Nettles and Rudy Meoili led off the game with singles and came around to score on Vinson. a single by Charlie Roger Repoz tagged 3tarted Pena for a solo and. loser-Joshomer in the second inning and the Angels tacked on another run in the fourth before breakfive-ru- n ing the game open with a rally in the eighth. base and give the Kansas City Royals a 1 decision over the Chicago White Sox. A disappointing crowd of 8,749 braved temperature but there was no booing and the fans seemed enthusiastic. Schaal led off the 11th against reliever Bart Johnson by drawing a walk Schaal went to second on a wild pitch and took third on Cookie Rojast sacrifice bunt. After Lou Piniella fouled out, Mayberry, making his Kansas City debut, stroked a pitch to make possible a Chicago run. Dave May ignited e two-ru- n rally in the fifth inning with an infield single and added a solo homer in the seventh as the Milwaukee Brewers spoiled G 4 10 10 18 Jones Combs Jsckson R 16 7 5 18 1 0 00 0 2 l A 1018 5 4 8 1 15 11 43 101 7 auarters ( 3 9 4 6 P 23 23 25 7 13 02 Boone Score by F 00 33 : 28 28 25 19 100 Indiana 108 23 35 24 Utah Three point goals: Combs, icGinnis, 12; Mount, 11; Lewis, 02 . Drhun A l 26-- ; 2-- League debut by downing the Cleveland Indians, May's homer in the seventh off Perry and Ron Theobald's homer off Denny Riddleberger in the ninth highlighted the scoring before a belated opening day crowd of 22,831. The crowd was generally in a jovial mood and cheered the Indians despite the strike. Joe Rudi scored the deciding run in the 11th Lining on A . . ,V o j 1 D 1- 1 ' :N-- - HaKl , Mil J iJi V ZELMO BEATY, spent most of the week on crutches because of knee trouble, leaps high to stuff in two more 0 effort as Utah Stars beat Indiana Pacers during in Saturday's game. The Stars took a 0 lead in the series to decide the American Basketball Association western title. 'BIG 108-10- Lakers Set to Wield Deadly Blow to Bucks George Mitterwald's bobble Saturday as the Oakland A's downed the Minnesota Twins MILWAUKEE, Wis. (UPI)-T- lie 3. Rudi scored from third when Los Angeles Lakers were in Gene Tenace rifled a shot to to deal the Milwaukee position threw Soderholm third and Eric home but Mitterwald dropped Bucks a deadly blow when they the ball for an error when Rudi meet again Sunday afternoon. A Laker win would give the harried into him. A crowd of 9,912 showed up West Coast ball club a 1 lead in the National for the season opener. Basketball Association Western The New York at Baltimore Conference championship playgame was rained out and Texas offs. Two of the remaining in a California at night played three games, if necessary, will game. 4- West is Mr. Clutch as he showed in the second game, and Goodrich gives all little men hope for survival in the game. Robertson is Mr. All Around. Angels Cruise locally. The second game of the series will be played Monday night in the Salt Palace at 7:30 pjn. and a sellout crowd is expected. Ths 5--1. i5f; AJS SL Utah Robbins Wise Beaty The game was televised Harge nationally, but blacked out Totals Gay lord Perry's American One of Best in History Colorado Splits George McGinnis hit 10 of 17 field goal attempts to lead the Pacers, but Bob Netolicky went only two for 11 and Freddie Lewis hit only three of 13. 5--1. year. watching?" Believe me, if you want to see the windup to one of the greatest sports contests in history, you'd better start following the Bucks and the Lakers. jr-r- tempts League debut by downing the Cleveland Indians, May's homer in the seventh Ron and off Perry left field to score Schaal. Dick Allen homered for the only Chicago run.. Dave May ignited a two-ru- n rally in the fifth inning with an infield single and added a solo homer in the seventh as the Milwaukee Brewers spoiled ho-hu- ho-hu- m in 1 Gay lord Perry's American and To me the Super Bowl has become the World Series would be drab without betting pools. But give me the Bucks against the Lakers in a battle for the title and you've given me my most exciting moment in professional sports for this The teams fast break with astonishing speed. Their defense is aggressive, and what you've got is the best players in the world playing their hearts out. during the Sure, pro ball can be when comes it but season too, playoff regular of the brilliance the time, players really shines. basketball official, former a As Pony Brooks, of the great games, one said the other day after "Do you think peopie realized what they were best of seven series then shifts to Indiana for two games. The two teams played for the Western Division title last year with the Stars winning in the full seven game limit Red Robbins played a steady game for the Stars. Although he worked pretty effectively. scored only eight points he Brown hit 13 of 28 shots for 28 blocked five shots, three of them points. layups, and hauled down 16 The Stars shot 50.6 percent rebounds, tops for the Stars. from the two point area, and Indiana It P C F thanks to the marksmanship of Netolicky 7 4 j j.j 1017 1 11 31 Glen Combs, hit 75 percent from McGinni Daniels e 13 12 17 13 the three point &rea. 1 7 313 Jl ie"' Brown 13 je 3 4 10 28 Poor Shooting Mount 310 21 0 The Pacers shot only 39.8 Keller 00 0 0 Hillman 2 5 7 4 percent hnt pot 19 nwt at. Tuiaii i j4 iog than the Stars. two-stri- When the NBA playoffs come around, who knows? Certainly Los Angeles knows, and certainly Milwaukee knows, but nationally, professional basketball just hasn't been able to command the attention that football and basketball have been able to do. Chamberlain and Alcindor, Andersen felt that the week long layoff had hurt the Stars a little, but generally he was pleased rith the play. Offensively the Pacers tried to take advantage of guard Roger Brown's size advantage over Utah's Jimmy Jones, and it Propel Tigers by Red Sox pots. Robertson, Goodrich and Allen, and throw in McMillian. If you've missed the playoffs to this point you ought to get with it. It's possibly the greatest basketball series in history. Alcindor is probably the greatest player in the history of the game, but he doesn't have any pushover in Chamberlain. Chamberlain turned the third game around in favor of the Lakers with some brilliant defense. 7 Freehan Clout Lolich Arm, hey were. Open Your Eyes, Public 28 however, the Pacers came up on the short end of the scoreboard. La Dell Andersen, first year Television commentator Bill Russell might argue that point. He would probably like to think his Boston Celtics were just as good, and maybe rate the rebounds on those Harge into the lineup along with offensive Zelmo Bcaty to help offset the crucial trips down the floor strong rebounding of the Pacers. proved vital in helping the Stars With both Harge and Eeaty to overcome the slim Indiana lead. the lineup the Stars picked up McGinnis hit a rebound basket some extra offensive rebounds for the Pacers to tie the score at that helped turn the tide in favor Both teams traded missed of Utah. field goals, but Red Robbins then The Pacers were alsc playing hit a 15 foot side shot to put the with two centos in the lineup in Stars ahead to stay Mel Daniels and Darnell Indiana then missed two shots Hillman. and Ira Harge added a foul shot Jimmy Jones hit a 1$ foot for the Stars to make it 100-9Brown and Beaty exchanged jump shot to cut the score to 2 and after Rick Mount m'ssed foul shots to make it for the Pacers Beaty sunk two Moments Later Mel Daniels tout shots to tie the score at 94 fouled out of the game and Beaty 944. Beaty was fouled after the pitched ir the charity toss to Stars had hauled in three con- make it 102-9secutive offensive rebounds on Sensational Shot one trip down the floor. Indiana's Fred Lewis took a Key Rebound poor shot and missed, and Willie Mount hit a foul shot to put the Wise i:ed the game for the Stars Pacers ahead but Jimmy with a sensational, stumbling quarter. Jones was fouled for the Stars. off balance layup to make it 104-9-8 The game was tied five times He made his first shot to tie the with two minutes to play. in the third quarter, and the score. He missed his second "It was the best "I've seen Pacers held a four point lead, 0 shot, but Zelmo Beaty tipped the Lndiana play this year," comwith eight minutes remaining rebound back to him and he mented Andersen after the in the game. plunked in another timely Jump victory. "McGinnis played At that point Andersen in- shot to put the Stars ahead 5 especially good for them. He got serted substitute cen'er Ira with 5:58 remaining. Those inside and scored." 108-10- Best Pro Sports Event At any coach of the Stars, was pleased with the victory and referred to the "clutch" play of the Stars as the reason for the triumph. "When we have had the ball and the lead in ths last few minutes of any game we've been very hard to beat We haven't lost many games when we've had both the ball and the lead going down the wire. Our players are good clutch ball players," Andersen said. Clutch Playing It took some clutch playing to win, as the Pacers applied plenty of pressure throughout the tight ball game. The victory margin of eight points was really no indication of the closeness of the game. The widest margin in the entire contest was Just ten points and that was held by the Stars several times in the secrnd The Utah Stars won the first game of the ABA Western Division playoff championship series Saturday afternoon in the Salt Palace by defeating the 0 Indiana Pacers before 9,854 fans. 7 The game was tied at with less than six minutes Utah-P- age 0 ecaf By JOE WATTS Herald Sports Editor THE HERALD, Provo, 3-- in the first two games at Los Aneelss but fell off to just two points Friday night. The Bucks' No. 3 forward, John Block, who took over for Perry in the final period, also was held to just a pair of points. best-of-sev- be played HIS FIRST TIME UP as a New York Met, Rusty Staub goes flying away from an inside pitch in the first timing of the Pirates game Saturday. Staub climbed back in and singled. He was recently acquired by the Mets from Montreal in a swap. National League Roundup Mets Open Season, Trip World Champions, 4-- 0 Bill Buckner to break a 1 tie in the sixth inning and Duke Sims added a homer in ths to carry the Los seventh 1 to a Angeles Dodgers victory over the Cincinnati Reds in an opening game played before 37,895 fans. Don Sutton, getting relief help from Jim Brewer in the last two innings, picked up the victory for the Dodgers. A home run by Denis Menke, one of three hits yielded by Sutton, accounted for the Reds only run. The Reds' players received a lukewarm reception from the fans before the game and Jim Merritt, the player representative, received a heavy barrage of boos. However, Murritt resigned before the game as brief ceremony was held in player rep and Johnny Bench memory of the Mets' late was elected to replace him. Jode Cardenal, making his manager, Gil Hodges, who died two weeks ago in Florida. A Chicago debut, misjudged a fly crowd of only 15,894 braved ball that bounced off his glove error with two weather for a two-ru- n chilly damp cut in the ninth inning as the to watch the game. Jim Lefebvre doubled home Philadelphia Phillies edged the By United Press International Ed Kranepool drove in three homer and runs with a two-ru- n a sacrifice fly Saturday as the New York Mets successfully marked Yogi Berra's National League managerial debut with a 0 vxtory over the World Champion Pittsburgh Pirates in the delayed season opener for both teams. Tom Seaver pitched the first six innings for the Mets, blanking the Pirates on five hits and striking out six to gain the victory and spoil Pittsburgh manager Bill Virdon's debut. Tug McGraw pitched the last three innings for the Mets and retired all nine batters he faced. Baseball Commissioner Bowie Kuhn threw out Uie first ball. A 3-- . Cubs, 4--2, before 17,401 chilled fans. Cub reliever Bill Hands, who retired the first two Phils batters in the ninth, gave up a to Ron Stone and pinch-singhit to Larry Bowa. Tim McCarver, whose single in the seventh inning broke a 1 tie, hit a long drive to right field. Cardenal, starting back slowly, reached the ball but it popped out of his giove for a three-bas- e error, permitting Stone and le Bowa to score. Rod Laver Advances At Quebec QUEBEC CITY (UPI)-R- od Laver defeated clifi Drysdale, and Marty Riessen 6- eliminated Arthur Ashe, to to advance 4, Saturday the final round of the $50,000 Rothmans International tennis 6-- 6-- 2, 6--3, championships. at Los Angeles. "People keep talking about the home court advantage," Milwaukee Ccach Larry Costel-l-o said. "But right now I'm not so sure if there is one." What concerns Costello is the physicial condition of guard Oscar Robertson and the lack of scoring punch displayed at one of the Bucks' forward spots in Friday night's 4 loss. Curtis Perry totaled 26 points 135-13- Squires Jump to 0 Lead Over NY Nets 2-- Laver and NORFOLK, Va. (UPI)-R- ay Riessen will Scott prope"-- ! the Virginia meet Sunday afternoon for the Squires to a 6 win over $10,000 top prize. the New York Nets Saturday the Squires a 0 doubles action night, giving In semi-finlead in the finals of the Bob d Saturday, American Basketball Associaand Ray Ruffles of tion's Eastern Division playoffs. Australia defeated their second-seede- d Virginia squandered several and countrymen, Laver leads, and New York early and Roy Emerson, 6 to take a lead managed John d Australians with five minutes left. But Alexander and Terry Addison a veteran, eliminated unseeded Nikola Scott, in with twopro baskets key stepped Pilic of Yugoslavia and Jeff to tie the score and added two Borowiak of the U.S. more to give Virginia the lead Laver took only 55 minutes to for good. d eliminate Drysdale, the G F T South African, dominat- New York (106 11 7 29 ing the match with powerful Barry 17 b . service returns. He won four of Washington 6 Paultz 18 withDrysdale's service games 2 1 6 out conceding a point. Laver Roche 22 3 64 service his O.Taylor of lost only one 1 0 Ard games and conceded only eight 4 04 8 Baum he the in eight games points The seventh-seede- first-seede- d d 115-10- 2-- al fifth-seede- el 6-- 4, 7-- 6, 100-9- sixth-seede- Mike Jorgensen's two-ru- n homer off Bob Gibson in his first at baf in a Montreal uniform in the first inning and his sacrifice fly in the eighth gave the Expos a 2 win over the St. Louis Cardinals. The game was watched by only the third smallest 7,808 fans crowd in the history of the St. Louis stadium, which was built 3-- in 1968. In night action, Atlanta was at San Diego and San Francisco at Houston. ar 6-- 4, 6-- fourth-seede- 1- -2 6-- 1- -1 served. "That position is the key for us," Costello said. "We've got to get some scoring there. When we do. wj win." Happy Hairston was given credit-b- y laker teammate Jim McMillian for putting the stoppers on Perry. "Happy kept him off the boards," said McMillian, "and that's the whole thing with Perry. He couldn't get to the boards and it was over." Costello's other worry is that affects the something whole style of the Bucks' attack. Depre 2 2 5 Moore 0 Totals 41 Virginia (115) G Irvine Erving Eakins 4 Williams R. Taylor Smith Moe Scott Sojourner T 12 4 17 4--6 3 9 4--7 3 0--0 2 34 04 64 04 38 10 20 6 7 4 2-- 2 5 1 46 New York Virginia F 4-- 2 Totals 0 106 0 23-3- 2 16 2 115 23-3- 3 30 25 26 28 31 30 25-1- 5 goals: Roche Personal fouls: Barry 3, Washington 4, Paultz 5, O. Taylor 3, Ard, Baum 4, Depre 6, Moore, Irvine 3, Erving 3, Eakins,. Williams 4, R. Taylor 3, Smith 2, Moe 4, Scott 5. Total fouls: New York 27 VirThree-poi- ginia nt 24 Technical fouls: More. A 10,410. 4. Taylor, |