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Show Cougars Sweep Wyoming Series To Take WAC Lead By JOE WATTS Herald Sports Edito Brigham Young University took a gigantic step toward defense of its Northern Division Wesiern Athletic Conference baseball championship this past weekend with a clean series sweep of a three-gam- e with the Wyoming Cowboys and It was the 12th straight win for the Cougars and moved their 4-- 0. 5-- mark to and Crosby threw Saturday in the seven a five hit shut-ou- t inning final 6?ame. In the three game series BYU pitchers held the Pokes to only 14 hits and two runs. Saturday's first game proved to be the only real squeaker for the Cougars. A serious ninth inning threat by the Pokes failed to materialize when Den 3-- 2, at 5-- 1 nis Du-Na- nn 3-- WAC division DuNaan whiffed "crowd favorite" Art Howe to retire the side with the bases loaded. It was the third time in the game Howe had struck out, much to the delight of the home town fans, nearly 1,000 strong. The crucial strikeout left BYU with a 2 winning margin. The Pokes had also threatened in the. sixth inning, but managed only one run. Starter Brad Meyring ran into control trouble as he hit two batters and walked one to load the bases with two out. Coach Glen Tuckett went to this bull pen for the only time Ken Crosby were main factors in the three game Wyoming sweep. Zinniger blanked the Pokes on four hits Friday, and Brad Meyring and Dennis combined efforts to beat the Pokes in the first game the h,fway pcint. Fine pitching performances by Richard Zinniger, Brad Meyring, Dennis DuN'ann, and 3-- three game series and n called on Dennis DuNann. threw a wild pitch to begin with, allowing a run to score from third, but then settled down to get out of the inning with another key strikeout. BYU scored two runs in the Pullins first Gary' inning. walked and advanced on a base hit by Larry Romney. Richard Fairbanks singled Pullins home and Romney went to third. Fairbanks stole second base and Romney scored on the throwing error trying to stop the steal. in the Du-'an- Gary Pullins led off the third inning with a solo circuit clout for the Cougars which eventually proved to be the margin of difference in the tight det- Larry Romney sparked a four run third inning as he hit a homer with two men aboard. Steve Davis had tripled in Pal est. Crosby then walked and Stevt Davis singled Berge home. Gary Pullins then walked for the third straight time, which also marked the seventh straight time he had reached base in the two games. Larry Romney walked forcing in a run, and Doug Howard hit a sacrifice fly to left field to drive in Crosby with the third run in that inning. The other Cougar run came in the fifth inning on a solo home run by Pa! Eldredge that cleared the left field fence. (See Box Scores on page 16) Eldredge earlier in the inning and then Gary Pullins walked to set the stage for Romney 's other run Wyoming's only came in the first inning, again due mainly to wildness in the part of Meyring. Ev Befus reached first on an erne and Howe walked. Befus advanced to third on a wild pitch and scored on another wild pitch. In the second game Saturday fence In Berge cinch clearing clout. the fourth inning Lee singled and lived on a double play ball hit by Pal Eldredge when the Wyoming second baseman failed to toucu the keystone sack. The Pokes managed to get the second part of the double play be getting Eldredge out at first. Ken Crosby got plenty of hitting support to back up his shutout pitching. Mike Johnson Wins All Around As B Y U Invitational Concludes T Records Fall In Prep, PROVO. UTAH COUNTY. UTAH SUNDAY, APRIL 28, 1968 t.' II r i junior college cvenib Mike Johnson of Emery High School captured the All Around Individual championship to high light the 55th Annual Brigham Young University Invitational Track and Field Meet in BYU Stadium Saturday afternoon. Also highlighting the meet was four new records in indi- ;T I V V ' - I V... ' i if , I ; it . JERRY QUARRY winces as he takes a right from Jimmy Ellis in their WBA heavyweight title bout at the Oakland Coliseum. Ellis scored a victory by a split decision, (Herald-UP- I ' Telephoto) vidual events in the AH Around competition, four records in the Class A high school competition, and three records in the junior college competition. Mike Johnson vaulted 14 feet V inches to set a new standard in the pole vault which was the main impetus in giving him the All Around championship with a total of 6,839 points. Ronnie Dishman of Las Vegas finished second in the All Around competition and also set two new standards. In the low hurdles he had a record time of 19.7 and leaped 22-- 9 in the long jump event. He amass ed 6,565 points for second place. Mike Chambers of Judge Memorial finished third Split Decision In OAKLAND, Calif. (UPI)-Unde- rdog Jimmy Ellis, never his cool, used his sneak hand Saturday night to decision a split frustrated Jerry Quarry right score over end win the World Boxing Association's heavyweight title. Ellis, weighing 1S7 pounds to Quarry's 195 and making the most of a four-inc-h advantage to reach, was most impressive during the middle rounds when he bombed the Irishman from-Bellflower, Calif., with hard rights and lefts to the head after Quarry vain'j waited for him to come in. Referee Elmer Costa voted the fight to the Louisville boxer and judge Fred Apostoli, Tho is the former world middleweight champion, saw it for Jimmy 104. But judge Rudy Ortega called the bout a draw On the UPI card it was 5 Ellis. There were no knockdowns. Each fighter sustained a slight cut in the early going, Ellis bleeding slightly from below the right eyebrow during the first round while Quarry had a cut open on the left corner of his right eye in the second. But both wounds were staunched after that session. Ellis stuck to a perfectly conceived fight plan in the Internationally televised bout which grossed $125,000 for each boxer. Quarry, who likes to lurk along the ropes and then bomb 7-- 6 6-- 9-- 6. ' opponent with counter punches, rarely got a chance as the rangy Ellis skillfully kept just far enough away from the blocky Irishman to stay out of harm. Then Ellis, a former spar-mat- e for the dethroned Cassius Clay, whose title he now Lolds, would flick in pesky left jabs then score with a right hand his 8; (Granger) JAVELIN: Cal Hughes (Hillcrest) 193-Steve Alger (American Fork), Ben Ormand (Pleasant Grove) RUN: Steve Buys (Payson) 50.0; Cliff Strong (South), Mike West-ovD I r 4; f n v I I L lit ii : Randy Heat 1: Greg Baldwin. Skyline ) 1:57.1 Neai Patton (Highland), Larry fcgnew (Viewmont) (New rec ord old mark of 1:58.9 set by Dean Lundell, Uintah, 1957) RUN: Heat 2: Steve Christiansen (Granite) 1:59.9; Paul Singleton (Olympus), Ernie Tripp (Highland) ' HIGH JUMP: 9 Clyde Baker (Bonneville) old mark of 5 (New record set by Clyde Baker, Bonneville, 1967): Dave Peterson (Jordan): N. Chadvick (Ben Lomond) Raleigh Invitational Ladies golf tournament. k Bidding to notch victories on the tour, the inch Miss Mann recorded no bogies and only a single birdies during Saturday's round. First round leader Betsy Rawls fired a 74 for a d total of 143 one stroke behind Miss Mann, who last week shot a record 200 to capture the Carling Ladies Open in Atlanta. All alone in the third position is Clifford Ann Greed, playing out of Largo, Fla. She double-bogie- d the first hole enroute to a 74 and 145 for the tournament. of he back-to-bac- two-roun- D Y: Stroke le . 13-- 3; all-tim- 8; Bur-gen- vT , I V:M f f l .... . ! j - -- D Lead In Raleigh Tourney one-stro- i t D MILE-RELA- N.:. (UPI) -TRALEIGH, Carol Mann carded her second consecutive round of 71 Saturday to take a advantage into the final 18 holes - : Darryl Pearce (Orem). Caie Holmstead (Lehi), Brooks (South) RUN: GOING OVER THE LOW HURDLES in the event at the BYU Invitational art left to right, Mike Johnson, of Smery, Ronnie Dishmcn of Las Vegas, and Tom Duvall of Pleasant Grove. Ronnie Dishman set a new record in the low hurdles with a 19.7 time and Mike Johnson won the championship with 6,839 total und points. er 8; - - shot put, eclipsing the old mark DASH Tonv Ar- Be.1 DavidRUN chuleta (Olathe). by eeven inches. son (Grand) 2:05.8. 120 HURDLES RUN Kim Mathe-so- n Mark St Class B Results (Cedar City) 14.8. 2:03.8. phenson (Millard) MILE (Heat No. 1) Pat DISCUS Fred Prussing (St. RUN Ron WilAragon (Emery) 4:33.6 , son (Millard) 22.8. MILE . rHeat No. 21 Kerrv Josephs) lWt. SHOT PUT Fred Prussing POLE VAULT Clay Sim-moKobinson (RicWield) 4:42.8. (St. Josephs) 47-(Union) 12-LONG JUMP Ray Jensen JAVELIN R. Gay (Grand) Grand High (Duschesne) 218&. 182-School, 3:36.5, Emery, Olathe. RUN Duchesne High Kerrv Pace (No. Summit). School, 1:34.5; Moapa High, HURDLES Kim Millard. Matheson (Cedar City) 20.7. MEDLEY RELAY Dixit HIGH JUMP Cra in B ea- - (Tobler, Thomas, Booth, Milzard (Grantsville) ler) 3:49.9; Delta, Grand. D - - - - D D D - - MILE-RELA- D Rain Causes Y ns Y - 180-LO- - Delay In - 6-- Tennis Play 6--5. owering ' .... .Ww er 6-- Carol Mann Holds 1 ft IF ' it; ..I Alt - "W- (Murray) 6-- 3. L 1 SHOT PUT: Sam Aloia (Judge) 54-Bud Clark Bailey (Clark) Lee Evans Tom Duvall of Pleasant Grove finished fourth. Duvall also set a new standard in the javelin with a fling of 196-Others finishing in the top ten in the All Around competiDASH: tion were Doug Bailey of Delta, Fred Kim (Idaho Falls) 22.5; Blair Hun of West, Roger Richard Swenson (East). Crai Clayton of Granite, George Wil Lewis (Box Elder) son of Wasatch, David Powell DASH: from nowhere which has earned of Olympus, and Danny Holla-da- y Richard Swenson (East) 10.1; of Hillcrest. him the title of "the Cobra." (tied for second) Fred Kim As early as the fourth round, The ten events in the compe- (Idaho Falls, and Craig Lewis Ellis had Quarry shaking his tition were the pole vault, 100 (Box Elder) head in disgust and beckoning yard dash, high jump, shot put, to his Louisville foe to come in. discus, low hurdles, javeiin, Highland High (SLC) 1:29.6; But during that round Jimmy broad jump, and 440. (Idaho Falls, Clark High started in, then backed away Class A Records five times and Quarry would Darryl Pearce (Orem), 14.6; Clyde Baker of Bonneville lunge forward, only to get tied High School high jumped 9 Craig Holmstead (Lehi), Terry Kitchen (Skyline) up. to break the meet record he set last year as a junior at South School High (Cliff Paul Olson of Skyline estab Richard Reidhead, Louis 1 -lished a new record in the mile Strong, run with a brilliant time of Williams, and Randy Brooks) 3:25.4 (New record old mark 4:19.9, breaking the old record was 3:29.7 set by Roy, Utah, by some nine seconds. 1967) Skyline, Davis. Greg Baldwin of Skyline ran MEDLEY RELAY: ' the 880 yard run in 1:57.1 to set South (Darrell Moss, Steve In a tie for fourth at 146 are a new standard in that event. Cordell Thompson, Dave Joe Ann Prentice of Columbia, The South High School relay Apple, Pieru) Las 4:41.0; Skyline, S.C. and Judy Kimball of team also set a new record Vegas. the when whizzed oval four POLE it Sutton, Mass., who had second VAULT: rounds of 73 and 74 respective times in a recora setting 3:25.4. Tod Parker (Ben Lomond) time. ly. Dan Pons (Provo), Norman MILE 1) (Heat Miss Mann, playing out of Fairbanks (East). Paul Olson (Skyline) 4:19.9 Junior college re"rds were Ohio, scored her (New record Cincinnati, old mark of set in the 440 yard relay, the only birdie on the 10th hole 5:28.6 set by Ron Morgan, 120 vard high hurdles, and the when she knocked her approach Davis, 1962); Scott Lloyd (Idaho shot put. Robert Davis (Las shot within six inches of the Falls), Porterville Jr. College of CalVegas) ifornia established a record of cup. MILE (Heat 2) 43 seconds flat in the 440 vard Miss second the Rawls, Gerry King (Skyline) 4:35.3; e leading moneywinner John Allred (Orem), Tom Jen- relay. It bettered the old mark on the LPGA tour, took three sen (Highland) by a tenth of a second. Charles Beaver of Porterville bogies. "Betsy should have shot DISCUS skimmed over the high hurdles Bob Worlton (Lehi) 164-a 68 today," observed Miss in a record time of 14.9, trimMann, her playing partner. Bob Fratto (South), Mark of a second "She had a lot of birdie tries ming three-tenth- s (Idaho Falls) off the old mark, and Roger she missed. She was putting LONG JUMP: consistently, but they weren't Golden Richards (Granite) Castenada finished a record 21-Jeff Anderson (Murray) breaking onslaught by Portergoing in. If she starts making Dennis Hunt (West) ville with a 51-- 5 heave in me them, look out." Ellis Grabs Crown losing and ) i DOURNEMOUTH, England (UPI) Heavy rains and bluste ry winds forced a postponement Saturday of the final round British Open Hard Court Tennis Championships, halting a tight duel between veteran Australian pros Ken Kosewaii and Rod Laver. Knight To Stay At Army, Refuses Job At Wisconsin - John Powless, an assistant at under head coach John Erickson, who resigned to enter the professional basketball administrative ranks, was final ly given the Wisconsin job. He the had Roswall, underdog, was the athletic board's No. 2 broken Laver's service minute? choice behind Knight. before conditions became un Admitting it was tough to playable and will take a turn down the job, Knight said 0 lead into Sunday's resump "the premature announcement tion of the match. saying I had the position made The women's singles final impossible negotiations I felt between were needed before I accepted." defending champion and "I was anxious to go to the Virginia Wade of Britain and Scotland s Winnie Big 10 but after weighing Shaw also was postponed until everything I felt it would b better to stay." Sunday morning. A capacity crowd packed the Knight expressed dirpleasura over the fact Wisconsin officials center court at the West announced his appointment as Hamsphire Club expecting to their coach. "When I arrived see a classic men's final home Wednesday evening I between the powerful Laver and learned I had been named the tricky Rosewall with a $2,400 first prize at stake. But the play assistants, recruiting and other new head coach despite the fact didn't live up to expectations matters. I never accepted the there were many more things to be settled. with both men slightly off form. job." 6-- 2, Bob NEW YORK (UPI) Knight is staying at West Point as Army's basketball coach after rejecting a tempting offer to enter the Big Ten Conference coaching ranks at Wisconsin. turned down the Knight Wisconsin job late Friday night and announced he had signed another one-yecontract to at West Point. stay The decision to stay came as a surprise since the University of Wisconsin announced Wed nesday Knight would be its new coach. But Knight, at 27 one of the nation s youngest head coaches. said from his home at West Point the Wisconsin announce ment was "premature." "I agreed on financial terras but never did say yes. I still wanted to talk with them about Wisconsin ar top-see- Si 1 A ? - ' f A A" it,. -v i t:,' , v. f ., , ...... 1 m ....... " "'Mi l1) - s - . jj iv ' i 1 "z i l 131 ", . . . . ft I J L Pleasant Grove' Tom Duvall makes record javelin toss . 0 0 I x 1 5i r, .. Then dives for the slippery turf after tht release . . . Watchfj as javelin soars for new record . ., Neil Roberts, all around record holder, checks tap,' |