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Show I JOCKEY SHORTS :i BY SUE NEILSON I Sports Staff if: 1- WAC RACE: After this weeks it games in the Western Athletic ! Conference the race for the title ;' has become tighter than ever. (: UTEP left the ranks of the un-4: un-4: beaten as New Mexico dumped them in the TV game of the week. ... BYU moved into the most ad-: ad-: ', vantagous spot by picking off two ; victories at home. The Cougars are 5r now 3-1 and the leaders in con-ijr con-ijr ference play, they just might be in K "fat city." Arizona State, UTEP, t, and New Mexico are also sitting pretty. Utah is in better shape ; than they were last weekend and a can still be considered a contender. con-tender. NUMBER "15": Bryan George, Utah's fine little reserve guard, has one of the funniest foul shots ever . seen on a basketball floor. In the f. Wyoming game George was fouled but the chances are too slim and nonexistent that he will ever replace re-place the all time scoring leader Billy (the Hill) McGill. UTAH STARS: The Utah Stars lost their sky hook last weekend relinquishing their possession of the Western Division lead in the ABA to the Indiana Pacers. On the road the Stars lost to Indiana, the Flori-dians Flori-dians and last night to the Memphis Mem-phis Pros, 117-116. Indiana beat the Pittsburgh Condors last night giving it a one and a half game lead over the tumbling Stars. Tuesday the Pacers frequent the Salt Palace in what can be considered con-sidered a "crucial game'. FLORIDA (AGAIN): Just in case anyone hasn't heard, the Baltimore Colts dumped the Dallas Cowboys 16-13 on a field goal with nine seconds left by Colt kicker, rookie Jim O'Brien. That kick netted the Colts $15,000 per man and redeemed their loss two years ago to the New York Jets. Roy Jefferson former Ute All-American saw plenty of action as the split end for the Colts. Other area players involved were Jerry Hill, former Wyoming star, and Ron Gardine of Arizona for Baltimore. Former Utah State basketball star Cornell Green, is the all-pro safety. SARDINE: Chronicle sports columnist Jim Jardine almost made his pick when he picked Dallas to win the Super Bowl. However, almost isn't quite good enough, it only counts in horseshoes, and so Jardine now stands at 1-1 for the season, (he picked Baltimore to win the world series). A bright spot though is that Jardine is secretly a Colt fan but felt that Dallas was to tough and would win. Well, Jim we only say one thing, "In your heart you know who is right." i;and lined up to shoot the shot on t. the end of the lane. He then ran across the lane and shot a jump j. shot. The shot prompted com- merits in the press box, the best ' one coming from Tribune sports ( .Editor John Mooney, who called Jt a "soccer type shot." NUMBER "14": When Mike ',. Newlin hit his seventh point in the L";first half against Colorado State, it j pushed him into second place on '.the all-time Utah leading scorers list. Newlin replaces Glen Smith, |