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Show Host to Indy T onight Eagles J John -- Mooney 'I rihun Spurt s By Tribune Editor recall it wan an administrator at Notre Dame who turned down a request for a hockey team with the explanation, "1 would never be a party to a game which " put clubs in the hands of Irishmen If that logic holds, can you I seem to imagine Utah and BYU renew mg their bitter athletic rivalry r at Saturday in a lac- JProvo - ross tr jSlL LaJi (j John Mooney stick? - e K C match, with each of the players on the field carrying a of Lane Nielson, player-coacUniversity of Utah Toulouse lacrosse team, admits there is a rivalry with BYU, but adds. "Someone figured we have beaten BYU 19 straight times in the sport, so we don't take this game as seriously, perhaps, as the athletes do in some of the other sports where the competition is more even." Brackenbury Endures Asthma to Lead S.L. Hoberg Sorts Writer Sail Lake Golden Eagles winger Curt Brackenbury could be a prime candidate for a chapter in the " bestseller "Profiles in Everybody seems to have pmb Brackenbury acknowledges his asthma problem constitutes an inconvenience, but In- doesn't label it a negative factor in Ins hockey career. "I imagine there will he times when I'll have a bit of trouble with it But I'll kind of hit that when come to it. I dont really waste my time thinking about it because I dont want to become paranoid " Iciiis in today's world 1 What concerns here." Brackenbury said he left Ednion ton's training camp ov er an impa.s se in the style of play the Oilers intended to use this season. He also felt he shouldn't have been sent down to the minors lust season He said Kdmonton elected to give up the physical game and go to a modified Kuropean style. "Im more of a physical player. And they Kdmonton) said they didn't need Brackenbury more these days was the treatment he received from Fdmonion and his new association with the St Ixniis Blues organization. "We've got a good hunch of guys here (Salt Lake). Once you get into a group, it you Id one little problem bother you, then you seem to haul other people down dial kind u it tln-- Id that little individual problem bother them, theyre going to he in a rut With the group we have hen everybody puls little things aside and thinks of the gu beside him instead of himself That's why I hope we're going to win ever) thing - Courage A modest man, Brackenbury usually tries to shy away from answering question about his af fliclion with asthma Me prefers not to dwell on the subject. "It's a condition. There's no cure fur it. But there ore certain medical preventalives. Hopefully, I wont have very many bad periods with it, Brackenbury said in preparation for Friday's Central Hockey League home opener against the Indianapolis Checkers. Faceoff is 7:30 pm. in Acord Arena. The Checkers will remain in town for another matchup Saturday night. And Well need a do them m " The Fugles' line of Brackenburv, Bobby Crawford (currently with St continues .(ails and Alain l.emn-uin dominate the stats. Ixunicux is 'ci oml in the league in scoring with live goals and lour assists for nine it game ilil i (lie I t i Fugles sure il lirai kenliiirv gives ihe (iuldcn Cagles an added dimension this scasim in Ins willingness to take a H.i nl ijg in front of an opponent s goal ulinig wiili Bob Tudor and Ieiiy Anderson Brackeiibur) also isnt timid about putting a shoulder min an opponent's frame He said lie feels no pressure entering Ins first game on Salt Ialacc ice. You always waul to win I don't call that pressure And I.rai kenlmry has another incentive to heat Indianapolis "They heal us last year and they beat us the first time we played them tins war. I would like to kind Bi points aekenbiirv lias three goal;, and an assist, while Crawford lias tallied j r of goals and three ; I m assists The additions of Mike Zuke. Pal Hickey and Jim Pave.se, all with National Hockey League experi erne, should help bolster the Cagles' attack this weekend Cven this early in the season, Cagles Coach Jack Cvuns is aware of the importance of the In diauapolis series 'It would be luce to start oil the right foot with wins against Indianapolis. They have a very good hockey team We played Sec- Column I Page the f A tribune ttkf ialt Friday Morning, October 22, Section I) 19K2 TpX0)IF& Face One But Coach Nielson is getting wise in the ways of the profession and added quickly. "But we played Not the Cougars about two weeks ago in a good match, and won only so they will be tough." Truly American Game Irue original game in North America, first played by the Indians. I played high school lacrosse in Colorado and when I came to Utah 1 joined with others who loved the sport. I have a foam sure-hande- d dr I The match will be played Saturday at 11 a.m. on a BYU field. " ' V lY i ys .K A40C'ed Prm "Cach of us buys his own equipment and we chip in to pay our expenses when we go on the road, Lane continued. Titans Stop Granite, Win "We play about 10 games in the spring and four or five in fhe fall, but BYU and Utah State offer our only competition in the state. Colorado has quite a few teams, and, of course, the Air Force Academy has a varsity team. On Late Field Goal, added But we of cultures on the Joe Adams team You know, we have 10 men on the field in a have? mixture match, and each playei must have at least a helmet, with a face mask, and gloves. "I think at one time lacrosse was an Olympic sport, but now only Ureal Britain, Australia, Canada and I he U.S. play the sport, so it's out of international competition "The goalie also has a small chest protector, Joe added. My mask is like a hockey player might wear. And the rules stipulate three players must also always remain on the offensive side of the midstripe and four defensive players must remain on their side, with three middle men allowed to play all over "It's a fun game and we hope to interest more people in the traditional game by our games," he added. As a guy who, along with Ronnie Motles, brought the first Canadian lacrosse team to White Park before World War II, I can say the only rougher game 1 have seen is Irish hurling, w here no protective equipment is worn, and all the Irishers carry clubs Oi)enalion Ward adage "talk is cheap" doesn't apply to campaign oratory or sprinting The By Scott L. Malan Tribune Sports Writer The old saying is that hard work pays off. Olympus Brett Jackson is a firm believer in the adage. The Titans junior placekicker field goal, his booted a longest of the season, with 32 seconds to play Thursday to give victory over GraOlympus a nite and the Region Three championship. More importantly, however, the Titans will enter the state tournaupcoming Class ment as the regions No. 1 seed. Tve been workiing all week with Coach Long just for this," said Jackson. "I was really pumped up just before it, but then 1 got settled down and just relaxed. I thought it was going to be short. I didnt put enough leg into it. I just wanted to get a good kick off and didnt really After a time out. and some serious deliberation on the Olympus sideline, Coach Louie Long sent Jackson onto the field for what proved to be the winning kick. "We felt that we had a play that would give us a first and 10. But rather than chance an incomplete pass and just turn the ball over to them (the Farmers), we decided to go for the pipes and if we went ahead that would put the pressure on them to do something," Long said. 17-1- 4 4-- "We've been taking him (Jack-sonout before practice the past two weeks and really working hard with his kicking. Hes been practicing hard, so we decided to let him have a shot. We had confidence that he would make it. That confidence paid off. by one yard Jacksons kick trickled over the crossbar to give Long and the Titans their first region championship since 1977, when they broke Skylines winning streak to claim the Region Three champion) get a leg into it. The Titans started their drive from their own 46 with 1:35 remaining in the game. A pass from junior quarterback Richard Ericson to Thayne Carlson on second down moved the ball to the Granite 26. Three plays later, the Titans were faced with a fourth down and five yards for the first down at the Farmers' 21, and 32 seconds to play game-winnin- Laserphotc ade through downtown St. Louis Thursday. Thousands turned out to welcome the heroes. World Series MVP Darrell Porter reaches out to shake hands with the crowd during a pa- - e ship. Tins Titan victory broke two strings for the Farmers, who entered the game tied for the region lead with the Titans at Coach Wayne Startm's team brought region winning streak and 17-1- 4 18-- 6 two consecutive region champion- ships into the afternoon meeting. The Farmers, who had yet to he scored upon in region competition, lead with gave their defense a 2:45 remaining in the first half. Granites offense took the ball on its own 29 and proceeded to march the ball with the passing of quarterback Tom Davis and the running of tailback Rex Watson. After Davis had thrown an incompletion and was sacked by Mark Richards and Garth Madsen, he completed a screen to Watson, who scampered 35 yards to the Olv 39. Mark Arbon was on the receiving end of the next Davis pass, which placed the ball on the 26. Watson and Davis each gained six yards on the ground before Watson sided line stepped his way to the on a gain. A facemask penalty on the play moved the ball to the one. and that's Molonai Hola territory. The bruising fullback bulled into the end zone to help the lead Farmers to their The Titans' depression, and concern over scoring against the Farmers' defense, was quickly relieved. It took just four plays and 56 seconds to mark 80 yards and tie t he game at intermission. f)n first down, R.J Neff, the See Page I) 2. Column 6 0 two-var- d six-ru- better than average club. I hey re good club hut he's such a significant factor " Many agreed with Molilnr's as sessment of Sutter The Cardinal r was certainly the dif Icrencc in the Series as he posted a victory and two saves Sutler al lowed six hits in 7 innings in his first World Series, but in three of the four games in which he appeared, he shut down the Brewers completely. Bruce Sutter is the guy, more than anyone else, that turned things around for us," said Cardinals Manager Whitey Herzog. "We had 92 victories during the season and Sutter had 36 saves and nine wins That's half of our victories. Any time we got to the eighth and needed help. I sen! for Sutter " In retrospect, the Cardinals not only won because of Slitter, but because they played their game better than the Brewers did theirs The Brewers were known as "Harvey's Wallbangers" during the season when they led the majors with 216 homers hut they hit only five in the Series and Gorman Thomas, who tied for the major-leagulead with 39, did not hit any The Cardinals, who did not hit much in the first four games, ended the Brewers .273 to up Thev 269 and outscored them also stole seven bases to only one for Milwaukee. They were able to play their game better than we were able to said Molitor play our game, right-hande- fans of the St Cardinals might take exception, the 79th World Series between the two leading beer capitals in the country will not go down in history as one of the classics. Those who gained the most from the Cardinals seven-gam- e victory over the Milwaukee Brewers were the economies of both cities. But those who appreciate estheticall.v good baseball were let down. For example, the series featured 18 errors, including five by the second basenormally man Jim Gantner of Milwaukee, and those were only the errors the trio of official scorers sought fit to give out There were several other plays that could easily have been scored as errors. The pitching, especially the Brewers', wasnt so hot either. The Brewers team ERA was 4.80, nearly a full run more than they allowed (luring the regular season. Only Mike Caldwell, who won two games, pitched better than he did during the regular season. Don Sutton, considered the Brewers aee after being acquired on Aug. 30 from Houston, had a 7.84 ERA and Pete Vockovich, who posted an record during the regular season, was at 4.50. Two games of the Series turned on mistakes. Rookie leftpitchers hander Dave LaPoint committed an error on a routine throw while covering first base in the fourth game that paved the wav for a seventh inning that gave Milwaukee a victory. In Game 2. Milwaukee reliever Peter Ladd issued two walks in a row in the eighth inning to force in the winning run and give the Cardinals a triumph. The Series didn't even have a clear-cu- t hero. Catcher Darrell Porter of St. Louis was named the Most Valuable Player, but he only received three voles from the committee and batted just 286. Although "The Canadians adopted hockey because they couldnt play lacrosse in the winter, he revealed. It has passing like basketball and hockey, but also, its legalized mayhem. Hacrosse is a more popular &s p or t , Joe 025 a a 'PI Sports Writer ST. LOLLS - Lets face first "Suds" Senes was y, Adams started out in hockey, as a goalie, too, but soon switched to lacrosse, now his first love. But its a labor of love as the players line their own fields, find officials, and pay almost all ! their expenses. The bulk of .our team is from fthe East, where Fred McMane I playing Hookey Drop Out ores 185-1 (Jassy Series Bv about nine years, and we have between 20 and 25 players on our squad. Joe Adams, the goalie, compares a tjthe game to hock-JUebut with the Lane Nielson ball in the air instead of the puck on the ice. "We played in a tournament in Portland, a major lacrosse tournament, and our Utah team finished third, which was quite a reward, Lane said. Sc Mostly Foam "Lacrosse," Lane continued, "is The Ute team is not recognized or financed as a varsity sport, although $500 was appropriated this year to pay some of the expenses of officiating and equipment. br Recorded 6Suds Classic 16-1- 4 been 1 Cull 1 8U0-URLocal 887- n 5 seven-memb- Still. Porter handled the Cardinals' pitchers well and came up with some clutch hits, so his selection as MVP wasn't too surprising "They don't have one guy who sticks out," said Brewers' third baseman Paul Molitor. "They do it as a unit. I think even Porter will tell you that "You throw away the first three games and Keith Hernandez is a heck of a candidate, but you take awav Bruce Sutler and they're only 2-- e g 39-3- "Theyre not a d ballciub. They have to take the early lead, put pressure on your defense and then use Sutter to mop up They were able to do that enough to win this thing." Meanwhile, fourteen hours after the Cardinals won the World Series, hundreds of thousands of baseball fans still had enough energy Thursday to give the team a tumultuous parade through downtown "Ozzie, Uzzie. Ozzie," the fans chanted as Cardinal shortstop Ozzie Smith smiled and waved from the back of an open vehicle. Other players received similar ovations. Police estimated the crowd at more than 200, Olio for the midday parade Thursday Leading the parade were Cardi nals' President August A. Busch Jr in a car with Herzog, followed by the Budweiser Clydesdales pulling a beer wagon Teenagers skipping school, businessmen and office workers taking lung lunch hours and baseball fans of every other description clogged the streets. Despite temperatures in the 40s and a chilling north wind, many people drank beer Busch Beer Nissalkes Not There, But His Cavs Romp Special to The Tribune Just hours MARIETTA, Ohio after Tom Nissalke was named their new coach, the Cleveland Cavaliers went out and beat old team like a drum, whipping the Jazz 122 108 Thursday night. l'p in Cleveland at midday Thursday, the Cavs announced that Bill Mussulman had resigned as the coach and that Nissalke, who was fired by the Jazz last December, had been hired. Nissalke will he the fifth coach that the Cavaliers have had since Ted Stepien took over the team in April, 1980. Nissalke did not coach the Cavs here Thursday night, hut assistant coach Don Delaney did the job. Just telling the Cavaliers that they would no longer have to play under Mussulman, who has had several personnel problems in the may have been enough to inspire them, as they lifted their exhibition mark to The Cavs have one more exhibition game. Jazz Fall Again, 122-10- 8 next Monday in Toronto against Philadelphia, where Nissalke in his Cleveland debut can reunite with Moses Malone of the Sixers. lead Ron Brewer, one of seven Cavaliers in double figures, scored eight of his 12 points in that overall 19 6 run that put the game away While one of Nissalke's first duties w ith the Cavs will be to pare his roster (the Cavs have 18 players on the roster, 15 of whom suited up and played Thursday), the Jazz came here short on manpower. They had 10 players, as John Drew und Freeman William were allowed to stay over in Atlanta and dean up any unfinished business there. So they didn't accompany the Jazz here. For the Jazz., who lost for the fifth lime in six games, Adrian Danlle.v scored 21 points, 12 of them in the first quarter, and Jetf Wilkins had 16. Sieve Trumho, who has been desperately hanging onto his roster spot on this trip, played the last five minutes of the first half and the last seven of the second and totaled one The Jazz and Cavs were locked in back und forth game until late in the third quarter, when Cleveland look control. The Jazz held their last lead at Imt the Cavs outscored them 16-- the rest of the quarter and then got the first three points of the fourth to take a u 82-8- 2-- PKI-h- t point Cliff Kohmson led the Cavs with points, followed by James Ed draft wards with 15. First-roun18 hniee John Bagiev and starting guard laiwes Moore had It apiece Veterans Boh Wiikersun and James Silas didnt even suit up for Cleveland Throw m veterans like Scott Wcilman 2 points Thursday) am) i Brew er, and it seems that Nissalke. who is beginning his seventh profes- sional head coaching job in the last decade, has more material to work with in Cleveland than he ever had m Utah "This is the toughest challenge I've ever had as a coach," Nissalke after his announcement as head coach. "The timing is a problem. The plus is. we've got good players. My job is not rebuilding. We want to w in as many games as we can " Nissalke, who was preparing to spend this season as the coach of (he I as Vegas Silvers of the Continental Basketball Association before the Cavs called, has signed a r contract and said, "1 wouldn't have wanted two or three want to make sure I'm years happy with the situation here ami they're happy with me One person who is definitely happy that Nissalke got this coach mg chance is Jazz Owner Sam Column I Sec Page one-yea- 1 Tom Nissalke Vccepts ( av iiliel s' lull I It m m M Q m.Jt M m m m |
