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Show Page - THE HERALD, Provo, Utah, 6 Thursday, November 7. 1985 A full Sports losers and coming events team champions since 1979. at the 1983 World Championships at Hungary. The Chinese were then upset themselves the following year, losing the team gold medal to the United States at the 1984 Olympics while the Soviets and other Eastern Bloc nations sat home because of a political boycott. Ranked fourth alter the first half of the competition, the compulsory exercises, the Chinese used brilliant and innovative optional routines to move ahead of East Germany and Japan into second place. MONTREAL (UPI) The Soviet Union, led by the excellent optional routines from Yuri Koro-ic- v and Vladimir commentary on winners, Hcfn oviefs Artemov, night reclaimed from 1981! champion China the men's loam tillo at the World Gymnastics Championship. Wednesday East Germany was third and Japan lourtli. Newcomers to international gymnastics competition, the Chinese nun's team stunned the sport by upsetting Hie Soviets, who had reigned as world and Olympic Wost Id But the string of 9.9s and 9.8s and the only 10 of the men's comby Tong Eei on the high petition were not enough to erase bar lead the Soviets the nearly built during the compulsories Monday night. China outscored the Soviet Union to 292.50 Wednesday night but still lost the gold medal by 3.05 293.15 points. Despite the absence of injured defending world champion Dimitri Belozertehev, the Soviets finished the two rounds of team competi me tion with 585.65 of a possible 600 points. China had 582 60; East Germany, 581.05. and Japan, 579.70. The rebuilding U.S. team, forced to compete one man short because of injury and with just two veterans from the gold medalist Olympic team, finished in ninth place with 563.00 points after fumbling and falling its way through its usually strong optional routines. The Americans were eighth after the compulsories and had come to Montreal hoping to finish fifth or sixth. 'in vis Short and Chris signed Warriors' contracts in the afternoon, and the SuperSonics' Mullin er, thinking sometimes becomes secondary. In other games, Portland nipped Dallas Detroit smothered San Antonio Chicago, Philadeledged Washington. and phia whipped Indiana 105-9Atlanta defeated Phoenix, Blazers 111, Mavericks 109 At Dallas, Sam Bowie sank the d final free throw and blocked a shot to carry Portland, The lead changed hands five times in the last three minutes before Rolando Blackman tied up Darnell Valentine at halfcourt with 19 seconds left. Bowie then swatted Dallas' last shot to preserve the victory. Pistons 122, Bulls 105 At Pontiac, Mich., Isiah Thomas scored 16 points and Earl Cureton added 13 during a fourth-quartsurge to rally the Pistons. Detroit third-quartovercame a deficit in winning its third in a row. The loss was Chicago's third straight. Spurs 81, Bullets 80 At Landovor. Md.. Mike Mitchell's jumpshot with 41 seconds left lifted the Spurs, who rallied from a 8 halttime deficit. Washington dropped its fourth straight game and third in a row at home. It was the second straight game the Bullets lost after leading by 10 points at the half. Sixers 105, Pacers 97 At Philadelphia, Sedale Threatt scored 13 of his 17 points in the pivotal third quarter to power the 76ers. The Pacers fell to their 17th straight loss over two seasons on the road. 40th straight over four seasons on the road against Atlantic Division teams. Hawks 114, Suns 106 At Phoenix. Ariz., Dominique Wilkins scored 34 points, including 12 in the fourth quarter, in which the Hawks outscored the Suns deficit rallying from a after three quarters. The Suns, and the New York Knicks are the onlv winless teams in the NBA. 114-10- baseline jumper rable, hitting wiih 19 seconds remaining to cap a ir point performance and lift Golden State to a victory over Seattle. The end of Short's holdout over a contract dispute received less attention than Mullin's signing, but last season's fourth-leadinscorer in the league proved his importance to the Warriors by scoring 10 of his 24 points in the fourth quarta last-secon- 105-10- g er. "It felt like there was great the locker room before the game.'' Short said. "That level of confidence never existed last year." With a 15 record entering the game and two key players making the Seattle's Al Wood has a rough time trying to maneuver as the Warriors' Sleepy Floyd tangles him up. 27-1- seconds remaining and Seattle 7 who added 2 rebounds and 1 assist in 24 minutes, didn't know the plays, and my game really hinges down by 3 points. "I'm just glad it's over and glad 1 got my feet wet." said Mullin. the opposition, and do that a lot tonight because I was unacquainted on i I g really couldn't 0-- 3 Local Teams Face Quarterfinal Action Bv DOROTHY KN'OELL J' Herald Staff Writer :) lour local teams will tee it up again Friday to try to get one step closer to a state high school v- f WW. J ;t t; - i 1 fjfo) vs. Davis View (7-12:30 p.m.. University of Mountain Utah Rice Stadium: The Bruins are taking the hard road to the ranked Davis finals, lacing No. in the quarterfinals. Not only has Davis not been beaten this year, but very few trains have even stayed within shouting distance of the Darts. Mountain View has played tough deietise all season, however so the Bruins should stay c lose. Ami the Bruins Have pulled out several games in the final minutes this season Da us is the definite favorite, but the Bruins have a shot. If iew can play mistake-freM',i::iain and take advantage of opportunities 'lie Bruins will be in it. Thaiks to some scrambling by (i:un High station KOHS and Mountain View officials, local laits 'will be able to hear the Ilium Dart game on KollS Radio 1 finish strong, but Timpview should be able to handle them. Other 3A quarterfinals Friday include Jordan at Tooele at 2 p.m. and Judge at Bear River at 3 p 1 t f I i J f U Hftr i w ' 1 . o 4 quarter final-- . Alta vs. Olym-- i :.'i!,il and Weber v nother were played today mai. Granger v s Bonne- .II precede the Brum Dart : !" a iKi n I'hulu 111 3A ! 1 i'; a , ,' ' ! i ' i i! at Springvllle ni, Friday: This should be st lor ' he No. 1 ranked ;'s Lug, in played l a; was ranked .No 2 '.r ( ar to one pom: season and shutout (9-u- ' : ' signal caller Scott Mitchell will fortunes of the Red Devils in the quarterfinals. Snrineille Lomond a team th.,t took Timpview into overtime lat in the lira! game of the i cgular season lien lead the has as much or nuue power th,,n anyoiii' this season and got the playifi liulteillns and the state tuuma But Springulle vs. Richfield ) at Snow College, 2 p.m. Friday: The Wildcats are all that stand between Delta and the 2A state finals, but Richfield is quite a hurdle. Richfield is the only 2 A team to beat Delta this season the Rabbits' other loss was to Paysom, and the Rabbits have revenge on their minds The loss to Richheld was on the Wildcats' home field and was by a narrow margin Uwk lor the Rabbits to squeeze Delta - 7 .,.. m. 2A " v, : d 0 e i. tinue their march through the playoffs, although it will be a little tougher than last week. at Timpview Murray (4-3 p.m. Friday: The barely nosed out Ben Lomond in a tough first-roungame last week, but got a break this week when Murray, the fourth-placteam from Region Six, beat Region Seven champ Cedar City. Had the Redmen won. Timpview would have been forced to travel to Cedar City this week for a rematch with Cedar, a team the earlier this edged season in Cedar. The Spartans got all of their four wins late in the season to e 4A , ment jinx out of the way last week against Skyview. And the Red Devils should con- X (9-1- ), football title. One team IWta is on the verge of making the title game, while the other three are all involved in quarterfinal action. (10-01- 8-- 1 two-gam- 9 (8-2- ) (9-1- out a w in The other 2A semifinal will pit San Juan against Grantsulle at Carbon High School at p m. Saturday In semifinals. Beaver will face North Sevier at Millard High School at 1 p m and South Summit squares off against Kanab at Richfield at p in Friday 1A 1 But the Cou- eight-straig- points to take the game and the match. "We lost some of our serving agressiveness in game three," said Michaelis. "But once we started to be agressive with our serving we were able to turn it around." The Cougars recorded 15 aces in the match. Sari Virtanen had four and Corinne Russell and Maikki Salmi contributed three each for the Cougars. Virtanen also led the Cougar hitting attack with 19 kills for a .31 hitting percentage. Wyoming's Valinda Hilleary had the best hitting night, recording 21 kills for a .37 hitting percentage. Setter Tami Hamilton had 18 defensive digs to lead BYU's efforts against a strong Wyoming defensive team. "She (Hamilton) was really good on defense," said Michaelis. "If you have to dig you need to do a great job. "They (Wyoming) played well on defense. Several times we thought we had the ball put away and they would pop it right back up." The Cougars close out their regular-season home schedule Saturday at 7:30 p.m. against HCAC-leadin- g Colorado State. "It would mean a lot to beat them," said Michaelis. Five Hall of Famers Have Connections To Past BYU Gl When the Old Time Athletes 48-3- i gars rallied for 8-- 81-8- Mullin, Golden State's top draft pick made Ins NBA debut memo- the first game as the Cougars had to rally from an 7 deficit to outscore the Cowgirls 1 and win BYU's Dylann Duncan had some good hits and a couple of blocks to lead the rally. "I just tried to hit around the block." said Duncan, who recorded 18 kills in the match. "I tried to get them down before the line." The Cougars rolled in game two as they jumped to an lead to e lead in the easily take a match. Jill Sanders led the Cougars in the game recording four hits and one solo block. Wyoming gained momentum in the third game as they built a 11-- 7 lead and held on to win 15-- to force game four. The Cowgirls built a 12-- 7 lead in the fourth game as they threatened to put the match into a winner- 15-1- 122-10- death octlitiealo at night. of in High Coun- 15-1- 2 11-- 111-10- year, there was reason for optimism Ultimately, the simplicity of outstanding talent showed. "It was simple basketball tonight, just pass and cut," Short sa id. That style suited Mullin just fine. The lHoot-- former St. John's star earned status with a precision jump shot, not flashy moves. The winning basket was perfect illustration. was just trying to set a pick for Purvis, and I fell down," Mullin said. "Then 1 found myself open in the corner, so I took the shot." SimnV. Wonderfully simple for Golden State. Painfully simple for Seattle, which has lost four of six games tf is season. Xavier McDaniel, Seattle's top draft pick, had 25 points, and Al Wood added 24. Wood committed a costly traveling violation with 10 15-- "It was a big win for us," said BYU coach Elaine Michaelis. "It will make a big difference fcr us." BYU's first comeback came in with the offense." With a shot like Mullin's, howev- ITI Sports Writer their initial appearances 15-1- 2, fifth game. take-al- l Herald Staff Writer The No. 18 Brigham Young University women's volleyball team had to rally for two of its three victories as they edged Wyoming Fieldhouse. By GERRY MONIGAN in By TOM CHRISTENSEN try Athletic conference action Wednesday night at the Smith Mullin Has Memorable Debut relief Women Kill Wyoming Rally; Win Home Match YU Tosses in 15 for Warriors I report and OTA) hold their annual Sports Hall of Fame banquet at the Radis-so- n Hotel in Salt Lake City (formc on 161 West 6th erly the South) next Wednesday night, the show will have a distinct BYU i Tri-Ar- flavor. The OTA will induct five into the Hall of Fame and each inductee has a relationship with BYU. The five inductees are: BYU athletic director and former baseball coach, Glen Tuckett; former BYU basketball star Dick Nemelka; former BYU baseball and basketball player Doug Howard; former Utah rodeo great and BYU graduate Earl Bascom and former Utah footState consensus ball player and pro player Phil Olsen, whose younger brother Or-ri- n was an center for the Cougars. In addition. Geo Petty, a former Aggie basketball great then high school and College of Southern Utah coach, now living in Provo is chairman of the event. This is the one and only Ladies Night sponsored by the Old Timers whose other events are supposed to be strictly stag. The banquet starts at 7 p.m. Tickets cost $15 and in our area may be puchased from Moon Stan Watts. Don Overly, Mel Briggs. Lee Christiansen. Lvle Roller. Paul Ream. Petty or Marion Dunn. In addition they are available at Stevens Brown Sporting Goods in Salt Lake City or may be ordered though secretary-Treasure- r Dick Ball at 2642 Dearborne Street. Salt Iike City. Utah 84106. Tuckett is graduate of Murray High School and the University of Utah. He was a minor league for nine years including a stint with the old Salt Lake Bees in the Pioneer League. He coached at West High School, then joined the staff at BYU where he was head baseball coach for 17 years. When he retired as baseball coach to assume the athletic director chores at BYU in the summer of 1976, he was the 9th winningest coach in the NCAA. He was inducted into the American Association of College Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame in 1979 and was president ol the association in 1977. Tuckett took BYU to the College World Series in Omaha and coached such major league stars as Detroit Tigers pitcher Jack Morris and outfielder Dane Iorg who played a major rolo m the St s Louis Cardinals World Series championship in 1982 and the Kansas Citv.Rovals world title this fall. Bears Re-Si- J 7 -- r ton to lour contracts, putting him on the roster through i 111 -- J Marion Dunn Herald Sports Editor He also coached the winning U.S. in the 1974 World Amateur team Baseball Tournament. Howard is the son of another Hall of Famer, Bob Howard. At BYU he was an baseball player in 1969-7- 0 and played professionally for seven years with the California Angels, St. Louis Cardinals and Cleveland Indians organizations. In total years, he spent two years in the major leagues and five in the minors. Nemelka was a high school basketball West and player at was a consensus at BYU in 1966 when he the Cougars to the National led Invitational Tournament title in Madison Square Garden. A guard, Nemelka was the No.l draft choice of the Atlanta Hawks but opted for an LDS mission. In 1971 he played for the old Utah Stars championship team in the ABA. Olson follows his older brother, Merlin, into the Hall of Fame. Phil was consensus as a defensive end in 1969 and was a first round draft pick by the Boston Patriots in 1970. being the fourth player picked. He played eight years in the NFL spread around the Patriots, Los Angeles Rams, Denver Broncos and Buffalo Bills. He retired following the 1978 season. Bascom was a rodeo star starting in 1918 and going through 1963 when he was 57. He was a national all-a- r iund champion. In 1940 he graduated from BYU and that same year won the championship at the Raymond. Canada, Stampede. Later that summer he was injured when a bull stepped on his back in a rodeo at Red DKlge, Mont., forcing Ins retirement until he returned to ride a bull to the whistle at Lancaster, Calif., in '63. Well, there they are, the OTA's or r amors lor 1985. sharp-shootin- g All-Pr- gn 1 11 LAKE FORE'T. Ill -The Chicago Bears Wednesday signed defensive back Dan Hamp- VWS'" yoai of 1979. The his team's number o contract, was tne seven-vea- one r draft choice in veteran and one-yea- 19119 """ton, who was in the final thiee tiine Pro Bowl player, has 16 tackles and 4 xi sacks so far this season. |