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Show Page HERALD, Provo, Utah Sunday, March 10--THE 7T. 14, 1971 By East High Team; Orem Finish Sixth In XAA' Tournament BY RAY SCHWARTZ - East rebounding CITY SALT LAKE High's Leopards, from last Friday's upset loss to Kearns, raced to a 2 victory 79-5- over Orem High's fading Tigers Saturday afternoon in the final round of the Cass AA basketball tournament in the University of Utah Special Events Center. Dy winning, the Leopards finished in third place in the tourney while the Tigers ended up in sixth place. acPassing with with a and shooting curacy, radar touch, the men of coach Dick irfilne came from behind a 1 deficit in the opening moments of the game to rack up seven straight points and gain an 4 lead. After that surge, the Leopards remained in front the rest of the way as their pressing defense forced Orem into numerous mistakes. The Salt Lakers forged to a 2 first quarter lead, and held a 7 advantage at healthy They were in front 5 at the end of the third quarter. The fast moving Leopards were led to victory by Mark Warner, a brother of former BYU star Scott Warner. He came up with 27 points and hauled down 16 rebounds to lead both teams in those departments. Warner shot better than fifty per cent from the field in the game, hitting 11 out of 21 pin-poi- nt McCandless, who got nine Steve McCandless led the in the first half, shot well, 21 while points with Orem attack points much help from Wayne Stout tossed in 12 more. but didn't h?ve Ten of Stout's points came in the his teammates. Smotherman led the first period charge by the second half. were who Leopards who were mauled The Tigers, 5 and humiliated Friday night, Friday afternoon of a chance to win by Weber, didn't do much better knocked out k state titles by an against East Saturday afternoon. inspired Kearns basketball Aftr jumping into the early 1 team. In the second period it was lead, the Tigers fe apart at the seams, as their shooting Paul and Warner who bomwent sour and tfeir over-a- ll play bed the hoop and sent the deteriorated. Leopards winging on to their big e lead. Only McCandless's possessive shooting kept the Leopards from e lead. having a bigger With Stout finding the range more frequently in the second half, the Tigers were able to stay with the Leopards better in the last two periods, but Orem couldn't do much about catching the Leopards, as Warner poured shots through the hoop and continued to haul down rebound after rebound in the last two periods. half-tim- half-tim- 71-6- 73-4- 9, back-to-bac- 4-- v) V 12274562 - A indoor SOFIA (UPI) record and a clear supremacy of Soviet athletes marked the first day of the world two fen i I . r ' i A -- t - r i?l i i ipjJwis nil :i indoor opened Saturday. games Russia's Nadezhda Chizhova, defending European champion, cet the indoor mark in the M with a throw women's shot-pu- t inches. The of 64 feet 7 in the tourney after being defeated by East THREE OREM TIGERS grapple with East previous world mark was held Class in for ball the High, which placed third. Orem's players are High players Saturday's by Margit Gummel of East AA tournament in Salt Lake City. Orem Wayne Stout, 41, Darrell Hansen, 32, and Steve McCandless, 30. Germany with 64 feet 1 inch. couldn't master a successful offense against Other Russian title wins went the Leopards and had to settle for sixth place to Valerij Bmrzov who won the 60 meter dash in 6.6 seconds and to the Soviet women relay team that won the 4 by 1 lap event in 1:37.1 minutes. Borzov beat Jobst Hirsch of West Germany by one tenth of a second in the final run. Harmut Briesenik of East Germany also successfully defended his European title in the with a throw of men's shot-p68 feet 3 inches. LOS ANGELES (UPI) -P- and win the Pacific-- 8 and earn them to finish the conference The men's high jump, expectowerful UCLA piled up a the right to try for its fifth play with a record. The ed to be a "sure thing" for the halftime lead and led by straight NCAA championship. team in Trojans, high powered Soviet jumpers, 24 points in the second half to It was the 25th victory in the the nation, finished at 24-- 2 both surprisingly went to Major defeat the University of South-e26 starts for the No. 1 ranked losses to the Bruins in conIstvan of Hungary who cleared California 2 Bruins this season and allowed ference play. Saturday 7 feet, 1 inches. Winners over Southern Cal by The only title four points five weeks ago at win on the first day was . . . the Sports Arena, the Bruins recorded by Heidemarie Rosen-dawere led by Curtis Rowe with of West Germany who won 15 points and 14 rebounds. the women's broad jump with a Sidney Wicks scored 13 for V ft. 9tt inches jump. while Steve Patterson UCLA Landing champion Viorica and reserve Terry Schofield took of Romania Viscopoleanu d had 12 apiece in the only third place with 21 ft., 5 game at Pauley Pavilion. inches. For the Trojans, uennis Layton scored 19 and Paul -- European that day Mfc points; Dick Smother-mawith 16; and Joe Manning with 12. Manning was a whirling dervish on the floor on both n, J) (yTJ-- ;. a J Hilltoppers, ; East Manning Richards Paul Warner Smotherman Meet In Europe attempts. Other East players to score in double figures were Lorin Paul, under-the-bask- et Louder Jetfs Cheesman Totals Indoor Track e. offense and defense as he repeatedly broke up Orem forays down the floor and passed brilliantly to set up teammates' layups. breezy Hilis And er berg Rowiey Soviets Lead 62-4- 18 Stout McCandless Peterson Hansen Christensen Score by quarters: Orem East 22-1- with ' Wilkinson 4-- half-tim- Box Scores: Orem Medford Smith Spinks Totals ig 44-2- i" C Wfl " Powerful UCLA Whips Trojans ut Marquette in..! 14-- 0 Score Wins third-ranke- d m SOUTH BEND, Ind. (UPI) -- 73-6- Clarence Glover scored a sleeper layup with four seconds to rn Ali to give Saturday Western Kentucky a 2 upset victory over Jacksonville in a first round game of the NCAA basketball tournament. Marquette, ranked No. 2 play DARRELL HANSEN of Orem, 32, fires off a shot in Saturday's game against East High. 74-7- 11 47 - 56-5- 68-6- Villanova 6-- man-to-m- Triumphs In Tourney 2, 34-1- 41-2- 93-7- round game tournament. of the Orem went down in defeat, still smarting from an overwhelming attack by Weber NCAA with only 11, with only one field goal coming from long range 215 Porter, a along the base line where he is pounder, scored 26 points and ordinarily most effective. grabbed 18 rebounds and his But it was no ordinary contest 230 pound sidekick added 23 points and 11 rebounds as the Tigers were and lost loose balls to put the Wildcats (24-6- ) into under the boards the Eastern Regionals against Fordham next Thursday night and lost possession several times trying to gc inside to Terry at Raleigh, N.C. Peterson and Darrell Hansen. which fell behind Villanova, by 2 after the first 7:25 of Orem scored the first basket of play, survived a burst of 13 the second half and had a consecutive points by the number of chances to close the Hawks midway through the gap but it seemed the Tigers second half. After Porter hit a could only score if the Warriors pair of free throws for a had scored first which kept lead with 12:19 left to play, St Weber way in front. At one point Jose's rallied to trail by 6 in the third quarter Weber had with 9:56 remaining. five straight turnovers and Tom Ingelsby sank four Orem was unable to score. straight free throws to break Easy Shots St. Joe's string and he later The more the Tigers defense converted a three point play to out to came challenge Weber make the score with 6:31 guards Shane Costley and Ron left to play. Villanova took a 7 lead at Buhrley the more easy shots halftime and hit its first five Weber had underneath the shots from the field at the basket. beginning of the second half. St. By the end of the third quarter Joe's then wnt five minutes it was 7 for the Warriors and without a point before breaking the state championship was its dry spell with its 13 point nowhere in sight for Region Four. roily. ed 19-1- 61-- 61-5- 75-6- 0 44-3- 57-3- definitely not the same Orem team which finished first locally with an 11-- 1 mark and crushed Highland and Box Elder It was in tournament play. Even against the press in the opening minutes of the first Orem-Prov- o game the Tigers did not look as awkward as they did Friday. By the time the reserves were inserted late in the contest it was only a matter of how wide the final score would be and if the Tigers would reach 50. Orem was only held below 65 once in the regular season and that was win over 8 in the slowdown SpringvUle. It was a tremendous season for Coach Harry Anderson and the Tigers. But it was a frustrating loss for a group which had looked so good most of the way and then couldn't seem to get anything to go right when a win was so crucial. 44-3- Haws, easily the most valuable in the tourney even if Ray Lynn Thompson was the top scorer, finished with 29 points and Hodson added 20 to lead the impressive Warriors. The other semifinal game was also a shocker as the Kearns Cougars laughed at the feared press of East and clawed the Before the Leopolds defending champs knew that the game had started Keai ns was in front 2 and were threatened only in the final two minutes. Kearns, led by Kevin Hunt with 19, beat East at its own run and shoot game to ruin the Leopolds' unbeaten string. The Cougars led at halftime by 6 and at the end of the third stanza 71-6- 5. 25-1- 41-2- by 5945. The big men, Mark Warner and Lorin Paul, made their presence known in the second half to total 25 and 20 points and helped cut the Kearns' lead down to four points in the last minute of play. Coach John Wood and his squad proved that even the most impressive teams can fall as the Warriors also showed in the nightcap. In the consolation bracket Highland, which trailed at one came back to down point to go into the 6 Viewmont 58-5- 0, Italy, Austria 37-3- 85-5- 6. out-scor- Logan by nine in the final quarter to take a 9 win. The Highland-Murra- y game was for fifth and eighth and the 66-5- battle determined third and sixth. Orem-Ea- st Downs Graves Haws Hodson Jones Montgomery Totals OREM (49) Stout McCandless Peterson Cheesman Hansen Christensen Rowley Andeburg Totals Score by quarters: Weber Orem KEARNS (71) G 3 1 0 3 0 13 8 3 0 G 4 5 3 3 3 3 0 0 20 P 6 22 35 12 00 00 9 12 41 57 23 37 Wood Hunt Lemmons Lord Totals 9 11 7 8 9 7 0 0 49 73 49 P 11 15 12 19 8 6 19 28 71 F P t 00 12 2 7 25 20 6 65 G 0 47 00 1117 71 East 65 F P 56 34 66 00 23 8 14 22 31 22 74 MURRAY (74) Madsen Borg Baird Jensen Poulson Totals F PROVO (45) Bale Bushnell Bowen Atkinson Norton consolation championship Smith Murray. against Christensen The Murray Spartans came Law from behind in the second half to Totals Score by quarters: oust Provo from the tourney Murray Provo P F 46 Manning Richards Warner Paul Smotherman Totals Score by quarters: Kearns 2 2 6 0 29 20 8 0 73 34 34 22 57 G Triptow Terry EAST (65) F 01 01 22 00 00 36 44 22 01 1117 F 11 11 11 31 69-6- 34 37 10 P 6 34 55 13 21 13 14 5 00 2 3 2 22 0 25 3 16 2 3 11 - NEW YORK (UPI) You may have seen Muhammad Ali on television Saturday again claiming he won nine rounds of his fight with Joe Frazier, but the best show wasn't on camera. Frazier was also scheduled to (UPI)-Gus-Sweden AARE, to give his version of the Thoeni of Italy and David appear event but he ana his manager, of the were Austria Zwilling Yank Durham, didn't appear great winners of the first day's while producers frantically made World in the Alpine competition calls in an attempt to phone Cup Saturday. customs reach them. Thoeni, a Howard Cosell, the moderator official in northern Italy, of the segment on ABC's "Wide 1970-7- 1 World the Cup captured and Salzburger Zwilling, 21, World of Sports" announced on me air that Frazier was "struck Ausgavz the trouble-ridde- n down by the flu." However, consolation team for some trian Durham later told UPI that past defeats by winning the Frazier didn't appear because, was slalom his It race. giant want him embarrasfirst World Cup victory this "I didn't sed." Show Strength Provo went ahead in the second quarter and held a 4 halftime lead but Murray came roaring back behind 23 points by Ted Madsen, 22 by Craig Poulson and 21 by Rick Baird. Robert Bowen had 21 for Provo and Scott Atkinson and Bruce Bushnell 13 each. Box Elder's Ray Lynn Thompson, the state and the tournament's leading scorer, tallied 37 as the Bees romped past Hillcrest The Bees thus earned the right to battle for fourth and seventh against Bountiful which WEBER (73! Buhrley Costley Dickamore Says Behind Scenes With Coswell Nightmare Game Hits Orem at Wrong Time put together a straight points midway through the second half to breakaway from Miami of decision in Ohio and win a 65-the second tournament game on the nationally televised double header. Jacksonville, ranked No. 6, By MIKE TWITTY lead on Western had an Herald Sports Writer Kentucky in the first half, a 14-The SALT LAKE CITY point lead at the half and which Orem game nightmare lead fans quickly earned a hoped would never occur when the second half began. did Friday night in the finally But then the Hilltoppers semifinals of the Class AA began to run, racking up 10 Basketball Tournament and straight points, then hit on when it came it was far worse eight more in a row and finally and far more incredible than on six more to tie the score at had imagined. 6 with nine minutes to play. anyone Weber came to play ball and From then on it was a seewere tight. Quickly saw with Western Kentucky the Tigers the Warriors scored eight finally moving in front at 6 and the tempo with 90 seconds to play. straight points and outcome of the contest were determined in less than two minutes of play. Sharp outside shooting led by 6 center Rich Haws, tight defense and aggressive rebounding by forwards Mark Hodson and Ken Downs made it a runaway for the Region One school from the beginning. and at 7 Weber led 12-PHILADELPHIA (UPI) -- halftime by 3 as Orem got set Howard Porter and Hank up in pattern for only a couple of Siemiontkowski used brawn and inside shots in the first two agility to control both back- quarters. boards and combined for 49 Scoring Down points Saturday night to give Usual high scorers Wayne Villanova a 5 triumph over Stout scored only nine points and St. Joseph's )Pa.) in an opening Steve McCandless led the team nationally, splurge of hl At Alpine Meet tavo year. Although Thoeni slipped from second to fifth place in the second race, he won the Cup with an unbeatable 155 points. His main Henri opponent, The absence or Frazier made the presentation, which included sketches by artist Leroy Neiman and still photographs, a bit onesided in Ali's favor. was of France Duvillard disqualified for missing a gate in the first heat. After a discussion of the first eight rounds, ABC Sports Roone Ar ledge told Director 2 in clocked was Zwilling "You've got to play the Cosell, for the minutes 55.95 seconds devil's advocate in Frazier's two heats over the course, which included 45 gates. behalf because our pictures in favor Heckelmiller of West make it look 590-fe- et one-sid- replied, "Thej learned their lesson, they'll have you at Ali .the rematch." Cosell said. "They sure did make a mistake." The second segment showed of Ali being staggered in the 11th and knocked down in the 15th. But while Ali liked the pictures still pictures in the first segment when they showed Frazier hitting him below the belt on the hip, he quickly pointed out in the second part that stills and drawings couldn't show the fight the way films could. "The stills only show one punch but I was outpunching him in flurries," he said. Describing the knockdown, Ali said, "I didn't see the punch coming. I was numb but I didn't feel pain. Who Will Be Top Collegiate Player of Year? NEW YORK (UPI)-T- he winner of the third annual Naismith Trophy as the top collegiate basketball player of the year will be announced on Monday. Lew Alcindor of UCLA, now a pro star with the Milwaukee Bucks, was the winner of the first Naismith Trophy in 1969 and Pete Maravich of Louisiana State, now with the professional Sepp of Clay." Germany moved up from Cosell, who likes to call seventh to second place after the second heat with 2:57.27 himself "coach," replied, while Patrick Russel saved the "watch the old coach. Watch French from a complete failure the coach turn it around with my sagacity." with a third place in 2:57.43. Cosell then told Ali off Fourth was Christian that he had to of West Germany in camera Atlanta Hawks, captured the 2:57.61, fiftii was Thoeni in emphasize to the home viewers that Frazier actually won the award in 1970. 2:57.89 and sixth was Reinhard The Naismith Trophy, named Tritscher of Austria in 2:58.08. fight, "even though you're Neu-reuth- er Fin Wins Nordic Combined Event OSLO ( UPI of Finland won the Nordic combined event of the international ski tournament here Saturday. The unofficial figures gave him a total of 420 points after he collected 211.5 points in the ski jump event. Yuji Kats'jro of Japan won the ski jump with 222.5 points and placed second in the overall standings with 410.56 Mietti-ne- n ahead of East Germany's Karl-Hei- Luck with 403.00. Franz Keller of West Germany was fourth with 383.60 and team mate Alfred Winkler ended up in eighth place with 65 378.98. 74 65 Jim Miller of USA placed tenth with 365.42 points. entitled to your opinion." Ali replied, "You're guing to get some mail" Cosell said, "For me not to get mail would be a scoop." Ali then said, "Just don't walk for the founder of basketball, Dr. James Naismith, is presented annually by the Atlanta Tipoff Club. The winner is determined in a nationwide poll of the one-side- Westphal hit 13. Ron Riley, USC's center, pulled down 2 rebounds. UCLA moved into the semifinals of the Western Regionals at Salt Lake City Thursday night. The Bruins will play the winner of Saturday night's Utah Young game. UCLA was in command all the way, opening with a lead at the start. In fact, the Trojans didnt get their first field goal until four and a half minutes were gone. UCLA led by 21 points three times in the first half and was in front et the intermission. In the second half, the Bruins were up by 24 points st 8 15:26 with a lead. Despite going without a field goal for 12 minutes in the second half as they played a delaying game, the Bruins' lead State-Brigha- m 40-2- 1 52-2- was never smaller than the final margin cf 11 points. The victory was the first for the Bruins on their home court against USC in three years. UCLA made 27 of 63 field goal attempts to 24 of 66 for the Trojans. The Bruins enjoyed a 5 rebound advantage. 51-4- Fordham Defeats Furman NEW YORK (UPI)-Cha- rlie Yelverton, tossing in shots from every conceiveable angle, sparked an aggressive first-hasurge with 21 of his 30 points nation's sports writers and Saturday night to lead Fordham to a 105-7- 4 Harlem." Cosell broadcasters conducted by through rout of Furman in an opening-roun- d laufhed and then said, "Is United Press International. During the current season, game of the NCAA Frazier white?" Just before the taping resumed UPI sports writers picked a basketball tournament. The triumph, which was Cosell assured Ali that, "Your 're "player of the month" to single still the greatest." Ali smiled out candidates for the Trophy. Fordham 's 25th in 27 games, and replied, "Nah, I'm all The monthly winners were sends the Rams into the semiArtis Gllmore of Jacksonville, finals of the Eastern Regionals washed up." Fla., Austin Carr of Notre next Thursday night in Raleigh, Another interesting off camera exchange centered on the Dame, and Sidney Wicks of N.C. The Moot, Yelverton color work of actor Burt UCLA. Balloting for the overall Lancaster on the closed circuit winner, however, was not took command of the game, restricted to the monthly especially in the first half, to presentation of the fight enable the Rams to blow the Cosell, who's often announced winners. The 1971 winner will be game wide open. Yelverton d All fights in the past, Lancaster's perfor-- announced at 10 a.m. EST connected on eight cf 17 shots mance and wnisperea w au, Monday by John G. Griffin, from the floor in the first 20 "The fans were chanting for UPI Sports Editor. The Trophy minutes, many of them while as he literally tired me all over the country. They will be formally presented to wanted to know where the the winner at a dinner in out three different players Atlanta on April 1. assigned to cover him. interviews were." down-grade- lf 10th-rank- |