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Show Allin Sets 1971 Trevino, pro golf's tour-name- 3W5-7- 1 Club Sedge-fiel- By United Press International Hoyt Willi im is in a position today to appreciate an old baseball joke about Ty Cobb, the Detroit Tiger Hall of Famer whose .367 lifetime batting average is the highest in the I nt t0"" "If you miss the green you're messed up because you can't get back on for a birdie," said Trevino on the eve of today's d, III J"J'rtt' ' " Hp 1 ' - Walton To Get Award Atlanta ! - !2- !- JIM BOBBINS, younger brother of Ute netter F.D. Bobbins, enrolled at BYU and has already been labeled as one of the best freshmen tennis players ever to enroll at BYU. Robbing - won the singles championship twice during his high school days at Olympus in Salt Lake. Freshmen Netters Help If you've seen BYU tennis coach Wayne Pearce smiling a lot lately, you won't have to look far to find the reason why. The Cougars hcd added some newcomers to the starting lineup in Jim Robbins and John Bennett, and while the two youngsters have been doing well early in the season, the fact that both are only freshmen has their head roach smiling all the more. "I feel mat these two freshmen are among the Dest we've ever had here at BYU," said Pearce. "The last time we had two strong freshmen like this was in 1968 when Zdravko Mincek and Randy Trane ATLANTA (UPI)-T- he fourth enrolled here.' Mincek and Trane, who annual Naismith Trophy will be presented to UCLA sophomore concluded their careers at BYU Bill Walton at an Atlanta Tipoff last spring, helped the Cats win Club dinner tonight for his three straight WAC titles selection as the "outstanding starting in 1989. Pearce hopes college basketball player of the his two new frosh players will pick up where Mincek and Trane year." Walton, a sophomore left off and keep the title streak who helped UCLA win its sixth alive this year. consecutive NCAA basketball vRobbins and Bennett will both championship last week, is the be in action Friday night against second Bruin to earn the the University of New Mexicc. award. Lew Alcindor won the The action will get underway at first Naismith Trophy in 1969. 6:00 P.M. at the BYU indoor Pete Maravich of Louisiana courts. State gained the honor in 1970 Getting two blue chip players and Austin Carr of Notre Dame like Robbins and Bennett was no was voted the award last year easy task. There were plenty of by a nationwide poll of sports other schools who were bidding writers and broadcasters con- for their services. ducted by United Press InternaRobbins, who grew up in tional. nearby Salt Lake City, began The Walton, who playing tennis at age 6. While in believes he's not up to the junior high, Jim and brother rigors of professional basketball F.D. would frequently play right now, was named on 148 of University of Utah players. F.D. the 218 ballots cast. Dwight is currently Hie No. 1 singles Lamar of Southwestern Louisia- man for the Utes and is a prime na, the nation's leading scorer, candidate for WAC and NCAA received 18 votes in the honors this year. In breaking balloting announced March 18. with family tradition, Jim chose Henry Bibby of UCLA was to come to BYU because of the third with 12. "attitude of the students" in Jim Chones of Marquette, Provo. who signed a New York Nets Bennett, known as "Baby contract with a year of college John" to his teammates, had eligibility remaining, collected offers from Houston, Arizona, 10 ballots, Barry Parkhill of Virginia drew eight votes and Richie Fuqua of Oral Roberts 4. New Mexico, Arizona down to two schools and BYU. In the end it was the persuasion of a friend and member of the BYU team, Chris DeGraff, and the facilities of the tennis program at the school that sold him on coming to BYU. Both of these Cougars were among the best in the West Penn- Virginia, sylvania, and BYU among others. His brother Dave was the No. 1 singles player at Maryland a few years ago, but when John considered his college career, the San Diego, Calif., native decided he wanted to stay in the West. He narrowed the choice c Golden Eagles Play Tonight SALT LAKE CITY (UPI) -- The Salt Lake Golden Eagles will host the Phoenix Roadrun-ner- s in a Western Hockey contest at the Salt Palace here tonight. The Eagles are desperately trying to close a five point gap with the Portland Buckaroos, who are fourth in the league standings. The top four teams in the league get spots in the Lester Patrick Cup playoffs at the end of the season. The Bucks must only win four of their remaining games to cinch the number four spot. Salt Lake must win all six of its remaining games to have a chance at the playoffs. ' Phoenix is battling to stay in second place ahead of San Diego. Spokane Wins Savage Cup - An exuSPOKANE (UPI) berant bunch of Spokane Jets drank champaigne from the Salvage Cup Wednesday night. The Jets won the British Columbia Hockey Championship and the cup with a 4 victory over the Nelson Maple Leafs. Spokane took the series four games to one. Winger Tom Rendall was the big scorer for Spokane, hitting for two goals in the victory that saw the Jets spot Nelson two early first period goals before they began to play serious hockey. The Jets never lead in the game until nearly 10 minutes into the third period when Rendall flipped home a pass from linemate Gail Holden in the 5-- crease. during their high school days. e Robbins was a high school state champ at Olympus High and also captured titles in the BYU Invitational and two-tim- tournaments. Willie Davis hit a two-ru- n homer for the Dodgers and now has connected for four homers, four triples and two doubles this spring. Don Sutton pitched the first seven innings fir the Dodgers. In other camps: Johnny Bench drov: in five runs with two homers and a single to lead the Cincinnati Reds to a 12--6 triumph over the Philadelphia Phillies. Tony Perez and Dave Conception also homered for the Reds...Ray Culp pitched seven strong innings and singled in the winning run in the seventh as the Boston Red Sci beat the Houston Astros, Doug Rader hit a two-ru- n homer for the Astros. 3--0 over the New York Mets. golfers who want to make a run at the modern "grand slam" must first win Jones' Masters. Palmer, the Masters' only e has fichampion, nished no better the past four Masters than his t? for 18th four-tim- last year, 10 strokes behind winner Charles Coody. Now 42, Palmer, long the darling of Masters' galleries, hasn't been a contender at Augusta since his fourth place finish in 1967 a far cry from his Masters' heyday of 1958-6- 5 when he had four firsts, two seconds and a tliird. Jack Nicklaus, who has already taken away Palmer's career money lead, is favored next week to make Arnie only one of two four-tim- e Masters and some of Nicklaus champs synonymous. After Jones won his "grand challengers will be youngsters slam"-t- he U. S. and British who never knew Bobby Jones Opens and the U. S. and British or Ben Hogan. The Masters continues as one Amateurs in 1930 at the ripe old age of 28, his oidy of the most prestigious golf tournament appearances were tournaments in the world. But, in his beloved Masters. somehow, it's not quite the It is fitting that today's same. 5--3. Bennett was ali CIF in California for three years and was league champion his senior year. He and doubles partner Chris Kane Jim Lonborg, the Red Sox (now at Notre Dame) were 1967 American League chamranked No. 5 in the U.S. in 1971. pionship hero, pitched seven innings as the As bright as their high school impressive Milwaukee Brewers beat the accomplishments may have Cleveland Indians, for their been, the two are now only seventh in win ... Don eight WAC concerned with the current tennis campaign. They know a Mincher homered and Pete Jim Panther and Paul good start this week could get Broberg, three-hittthe Cougars off and running to Lindblad combined in a to lead Texas the WAC fourth their title. straight to a victory over Consequently, they are both Rangers the Atlanta Braves. for home the eager opener Amos Otis, Lou Piniella and against New Mexico. "Our team has great depth Paul Schaal homered to lead this year," said Jim. "We might to a 2 triumph over the not be as strong at the top Detroit Tigers. Clyde Wright, 7 in 1971 after a 2 slate positions as some of the other ttvms in the conference, but our in 1970, yielded three hits in overall strength as a team will eight innings in the California definitely make us contenders Angels' 1 decision over the San Diego Padres. for the conference crown." "Dual matches during the Bobby Bonds and Willie season don't have a bearing on the championships except in seeding teams for the final tournament," added Bennett. NEW YORK (UPI)-Ro- bert "We want to get a good seeding this year, so we can't afford to E. Casey, 38, former publicist take any of our dual meets for with the New York Yankees and most recently assistant granted," he concluded. With that kind of talent and sports editor of the New Haven dedication in the Cougar circles, Register, was named Wednesit's no wonder that Wayne day as the public relations Pearce is wearing a grin director of the National Hockey RADIAL TIROS by OF CGNSHOHOCKEtf 40,000 Mile er Wear Guarantee 6--0 COMPARE . THESE J V $34" W78-1- 3 (7.0O-13- ) 3487 3674 2-- I If f i mm I fr-- r-t- JOHN BENNETT, a freshman from San Diego, Calif., has been a boost to the BYU tennis program already, and Coach Wayne Pearce says he is one of the top freshmen ever enrolled at BYU. Only recently, the Totems set a season mark of 32 games on the road without a win, but Wednesday night they took their third in a row on enemy ice, downing San Diego 6-- Denver nipped Phoenix 1 Seattle's victory was faih ioned on four goals in the final period by Randy Miller, Tom Rielly, Tom Trevelyan and Bob Ellett. Trevelyan's breakaway goal with less than six minutes left was the eventual winner and Ellett registered into an empty San Dego net with just three seconds left. Jim Peters got a goal and a pair of assists for f hp I In the evening, WMAAX game this Phoenix is at Salt $ WHL Standings By United Press International I w t pts gf ga Denver Phoenix San Diego Portland Salt Lake Seattle 41 17 27 36 8 5 vu 268 77 262 ACE & JERRY AUTO GLASS mounts up 3 yr. Guar. Thrurh Hipo LllMUFFLERSHoA Ouauty 12.95 CONTROL RELOADER REM CUSTOM WORK 1 8.95 lifetime Guar. SPECIAL Now 34 50 SHOTSHELL RELOADER PACKAGE HONEY 12 REMINGTON .22 CAL. RIFLE 500 MOHAWK and PISTOL E.O.M. PRICE I I RIFLE . . . 1,000 and PISTOL MAGNUN, 1,000. 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Vu'ti VARMINT HUNTERS SPECIAL -- 4647 Month SALEM SPECIAL End Of Jim Shires' goal at 13:57 of the final period at Denver carried the Spurs to the win over Phoenix and also touched off a brief fight. Ted McCaskiU of Phoenix and Hal Willis were ejected. McTas-ki- ll had put Phoenix on the board in the second period and Roger Lafreinere matched it to set the stage for Shires JR7M4 or 15 FREE 39 GR7M4 or 15 WHERE GUNS ARE A SPECIALTY Totems Win on Road or 15 FK74-1- 4 41' or 15 HR78-1- 4 wmm League. nowadays. By United Press International Now that they've got the hang of it, the Seattle Tott-n- s are going wild on the road in the Western Hockey League. ER7M4M-1- Casey Named f m mm 22-1- 16-1- 2 SAV- INGS, possible because of cor 'seven-sfo- r Buying Power! 6-- the winners. Other Spokane goals were scored by defensemen George Talotti and Dwight Carruthers and winger Ken Gustafson. Nelson's goals were scored by Mark Pezzin, Ernie Moser, Terry Jones and captain Ted Hargraves. Spokane begins the Allan Cup quarterfinals Saturday night against the Edmonton Eskimos of Alberta. The first two games will be played on Spokane ice reries before the moves to Edmonton for three Campari I ecu test. !!& best-of-sev- BYU and allowed three runs and seven hits ... Joe Hague's homer and the five-h-it pitching of Jerry Reuss, Dennis Higgins and Don Shaw paced the St. Louis Cardinals to a win 5--1, . Walton, of La Mesa, Calif., averaged nearly 22 points and 15 rebounds a game in his first varsity season at UCLA and was an intimidating force on defense as he cut down the angle of opponents drving in for layups. John G. Griffin, UPI Sports Editor, and Steve Schmidt, president of the Atlanta Tipoff Club, will make the trophy presentation to Walton. 6-- ' 5-- 4 ATLANTA (UPI) Bobby Jones' death last December won't have as much impact on next week's Masters as it might have had if the famed "grand slammer" hadn't missed the three previous golf tournaments because of illness. But piling the demise of its founder on top of the fact that Ben Hogan's legs won't permit him to play anymore and the fact that its most popular Arnold golfer, Palmer, is seldom a threat these days, the Masters won't be quite the same. From its fledgling days in the mid '30s until a crippling disease ended his participation some 35 years later, Bobby Jones and the Masters were Wilhelm, who doesn't feel at home on the mound unless there is an enemy' runner on base, yielded a double to Jim Nettles leading off the eighth inning and then retired six batters in a row to complete the Dodgers' 2 victory over the Minnesota Twins. m from Santa Barbara, , "Old Folks" Wilhelm is only but he looks like he can go on pitching effectively in the majors as long as freenswinging modem hitters try to jack his fluttering knucklebells out of the ball parks. J. . with two out in the ninth inning off reliever Tom Dukes lifted the New York Yankees to a win over the Baltimore Orioles ... Dave McNally, one of the AL winchampions' four ners in 1971, went eight innings Jones' Death Changes Atmosphere at Masters - 48 pro-aWednesday's preliminary, slogging around the course in chilly weather, and he was pleased with the performance. "I played fairly good, a little better than I have lately," he said. " The defending champion here is Brian Allin, a slender Calif., who won the 1971 tournament on the first hole of a sudden-deat- h playoff. The $38,000 first prize lofted Allin into the list of top 60 money winners and gained him a year-lon- g exemption from qualifying. Almost as much as the money and the exemption, however, the Greensboro victo-gav- e him of a sense recognition here that he has bad nowhere else on the tour. "It's a good feeling to be recognized," said Allin. "I go to so many tournaments replied "Is that all?" shot back the reporter, sensing a good story. "Yes," said Cobb. "But you must remember I'm 69 years ar in .330," Cobb. :. prize. In j "I'd say about old." 1 tournament will competition sharpen his game to Masters form, rate among the favorites to capture the $40,000 first Palmer shot a McCovey homered in leading the San Francisco Giants to an M victory that broke the winChicago Cubs' three-gam- e ning streak. Sam McDowell went eight innings for the Giants, allowing five hits but walking nine batters...Tim Foli and Charlie Williams, both counted on in speculation, were farmed out to Tidewater in the International League by the New York Mets. homer Rusty Torres' two-ru- n game's history. It seems that Cobb was asked by a young reporter in 1955 how much he thought he would hit if he were playing in the era. d course, already damp from a freak spring snowfall last weekend, was soaked with rain Wednesday. There's a 20 per cent chance of rain today. "The guy who hits best from tee to green is going to win this one," said Trevino. 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