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Show Season Opening in Doubt Sam mm Players neaa notrie in f By JOHN G.r.RHTIN LTI Sports Editor NEW YORK (UPD-M- ajw league baseball players staged a historic first strike for bigger pensions Saturday, wiping out g games and putthe opening of the official ting 1972 season next Wednesday in grave doubt An attempt to solve the impasse was made in New York Saturday afternoon by Marvin Mdier.the fiery silver-haire- d attorney who is executive director of the Baseball Players Association, and John spring-trainin- Gaheiin, chief negotiator for the owners of the big league dubs. But meanwhile all Saturday games were canceled and the players began moving out of the trainirtg camps heading home or hanging around in the sunshine states to work cut on their own someplace or other. "This is a very sad day for baseball," said General Manager Bob Howsam of the Cincinrati Reds, whose game against the St Louis Cardinals in St Petersburg, Fla., was one of six exhibition games canceled. "I would hope for a quick settlement but all I know is that today's game is off." Meetings Held At issue is the players' demand that 1350,000 be added to the fund for major league players' pensions. The owners have stuck to an offer of a 1400,000 increase. Several of the teams clung until the last minute to hopes that Saturday's games would be played. At Clearwater, Fla., about 2)0 fans were in the stands when the Philadelphia Phillies called off their game against the world champion Pittsburgh Pirates. First Major Le O UUtf Meetings were held by many teams, most of them to discuss what happened in Dallas when Miller met player representatives from all 24 teams Friday. At the end of the three-hosession, Miller said the representatives, two from each team, had voted 47-- with one abstention to strike unless the owners would agree to "an or appropriate settlement" "binding arbitration by any prominent persons not associated wife either of the parties." Remove Personal Items The meetings of the separate teams all ended with decisions flown back to to me that everybody involved in this thing is so firm too. I iust hope that something will break soon so we can go back to playing ball. "Most of our guys are going to stay down here two more days in case something breaks in this thing. The team has put them on their own and given them money to fly home, but if they can settle it I think it would be wise to ait here a couple of more days so they won't have to come all the way back to finish up the spring games here," Lucchesi said. Angeles for a scheduled game in Anaheim, Calif. The White Sox told the players the club will have a chartered plane to going Chicago on Tuesday and they're welcome to come along; otherwise, they're on their own. All of the clubs immediately ceased to pay for the hotel rooms and meals of striking players. The players were told to get their personal belongings out of team clubhouses. ur 0 CLEARWATER, Fla (UPI)-Man- ager Frank Lucchesi of the Philadelphia Phillies said Saturday from the team's training quarters here that "it looks pretty rough as far as this strike goes because both sides are standing so firm." "Ever since I was ju&t a little boy, I never thought I'd ever see a strike in baseball," Lucchesi said sadly. "It seems to go home. Most of the clubs provided each player wit!? a y plane ticket to wherever he wanted to go. The Orioles, however, provided y tickets to Baltimore. The Los Angeles Dodgers, who own their own jet plane, had one-wa- one-wa- Management has begun to react to the first-eve- r major league baseball players strike. Angrily. The strike declared Friday by the 48 player representatives of the 24 major league clubs after a special meeting in Dallas, Tex., with Piayers' Stairs Top OoIIos in Pleiyeffl Jim Jones Guides Stars If nm i J'" j4TS MBWtt t. AssoriaUun attorney Marvin Miller threatens to cancel out the remaining spring exhibition schedule and could have a profound effect on the regular season itself. Stu Holcomb, general manager of the Chicago Wnite Sox, claimed he would feel the strike in the porketbook. He said the team stood to lose $60,000 with the loss two exhibition o games with the Cubs Monday and Tuesday, and he added that the White Sox' minor league system could close down in 10 days because the team couldn't afford to operate it without taking in revenue. Lee MacPhail, Jr., whose New York Yankees are scheduled to play their cross-tow- n rivals, the Mets, in two of their four exhibition remaining estimates a strike wili games, cost his team "about By JOE WATTS Herald Sports Editor - SALT LAKE CITY The Utah Stars, trailing by 17 points midway in the second quarter, exploded for 18 straight points in a period to take the lead; and then gradually pulled away to a 105-5-6 win ever the Dallas Chaparrals in the first three-minu- te By JOHN PERRY GREENSBORO. N.C. (UPI)-Austr- alian Bruce Crampton fired a blistering 65 Saturday to gallop off with the second round lead in the $200,000 Greater Greensboro Open Golf tournament. Crampton, winner of last year's Western Open, laid down six birdies to beat par 71 by as many strokes and gain a three-stroedge at the tournament's midway point. "Somebody asked me earlier this week how I felt and I said if I felt any fitter I'd be dangerous," joked Crampton total of 13?. who has a Three strokes back were Arnold Palmer, who had a 66 for the day, and first, round leaders Julius Boros and J.C. Snead, who each posted a ke le two-und- er 69. Miller Barber, who shared the first round lead, soared to a 76 and fell back in the pack. South African Gary Player, winner of last week's Greater New Orelans Open, was in a group at 136, four strokes off quarter of the game the pace. San Diego Open champion Paul Harney also was in the bunch. Tony Jacklin, who captured the Greater Jacksonville Open two weeks ago, was in a group at 137. Los Angeles Open winner George Archer was in ft Sunday, AprU 2, 1972 " ' , 47-2- 9. 'S-- fototti, fr V (67-6- 9 Ulozas. 140 Frank Heard, Billy Casper Gibby Gilbert, Mike Reasor Mason Rudolph, Jim Wiechers, Randy Wolff. 141 Brad Anderson, Hubert Green, Jim Hardy, Jim Manieson, Dick Mayer, Johnny Miller John Schroder, Simons, Bob E. Smith, Art Wall W 4 x. - 32-2- 44-4- r n Q&'x$i& 48-4- f5 RICH JONES (33) of the Dallas Chaparrals goes up for an easy lay-i- n against the Stars' Jackson (10) In last night's playoff lead. Kansas' Bud Stallworth and Paul Stovall of Arizona State, sparked an early second half charge which saw the West take its first lead in the game, a 5442 with 17:13 remaining. The West, led by Stcvall's 19 points, 14 by Stallworth and 12 fa Jamilton By GARY KALE UPI Sports Writer New NEW YORK (UPI)-T- he York Knicks will have to break 0- 3 6 -2 York series have been classics the -2 3 C. Jones 0 last two years. The Knicks 40 96 were Totals extended to seven games G Utah (106) . P T in 1970 and used the series I 2 Robbins 5 to the Wise 45 12 victory as a springboard the Los beat where 17 finals, they Beaty 9 10 27 J. Jones Lakers for their only Angeles 18 Combs v NBA title. The Bullets retaliat8 Jackson 16 ed last season by taking New Boone 0 00 0 York, 44, but were shot down Harge II 3 in four Beasley straight by the 35 35 59 106 Totals 26 21 21 2896 Milwaukee Bucks in the chamDallas 20 28 32 Utah round. Three point goais: Hamilton; pionship The home court advantage, Combs. Halimon Chappell - The 1 2- 2 'Vis BRUCE CRAMPTON from Sydney, Australia, waves to the crowd with his ball In hand aJtcr sinking a birdie putt on the 9th hole to put him 10 under per after the second round of golf at the Greater Greensboro Ones, N.C. Crampton led with a 1 6 9 age each by Louisville's Jim Price and Fred Boyd of Oregon State, started pulling away until the 1 margin, the largest of the game. The East, coached by Oregon's Howard Hobson, then went to work, scoring ten straight points to cut the margin to 8341 with 3:07 83-7- remaining. Price hit a jump shot to give the West a four-poilead, but a jumper by Riker and two free Tom throws by Kentucky's Parker tied it at 8545 with 2:13 to go. Two free throws by Stallworth and another basket by Riker wound up the scoring in regulation time, Stovall and Price opened the with West basket overtime giving them a 9147 advantage, but a free throw by Riker, two baskets by Grant and one by before 1 Riker made it Shepard capped the scoring with a jumper with ten 94-9- 25-fo-ot seconds to go. The West was coached by Henry Iba, former Oklahoma State coach. The game, which drew 7,856 of fans, at the University Dayton Arena, was played under combination of international and collegiate rules. The wider international foul lane, a shot clock and a new NCAA free throw rule which no free throws are taken during the six first s'x team fouls unless they are committed in the act of shooting, were used. rv 96. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (UPI) left aiid then canned his basket to tie the semiRalph Simpson banked in a with 10 seconds left final series. to give Denver a Bob Netolicky shot just 5 victory over the before the buzzer but missed. game-winni- a pattern of complacency if they expect to deadlock their National Basketball Association playoff series with Baltimore here Sunday night. New York's inability to keep large leads in runs up early in a game was noticeable to a fault again Friday night as it Donnie Freeman, the leading allowed the Bullets to overcome scorer for Dallas for the season, an deficit and take a wound up with 20 points, 12 of lead in the Eastern Conferthem coming in the first quarter. ence semifinal There was a crowd of 8,783, far series. from a sell-oand the second "Our defense won it for us," game of the playoff will be said Bullets coach Gene Shue Monday Night in th Salt Palace. after his club gained a 5 overtime victory in Baltimore. G F Dallas (96) R. Jones 5 13 "Actually, both teams played 4 00 Kennedy well on defense, and I look -0 Johnson forward to that type of play all 7 Freeman S. Jones 9 through the series." 1 game held in the Salt Palace. The Stars won the first game of the best of seven series Utah-P- Denver Beats Pacers Bullets Gain Momentum New York Last Second Shot 0n ,n nayotrs w.th kmc Nefs $tun 108-10- V y l7 time. "Dallas figures that if they can stop Beaty they'll stoo the Stars," said Andersen, "But that just isn't right. They can sag and hang and pull on him all they want but somebody else is going to be free." Jimmy Jones scored 27 points to lead all scorers on the floor. He hit nine of 10 freethrows and nine of 19 from the field. High point man for Dallas was Steve Jones with nine of 13 from the field and 22 points. Glen Combs scored 10 points in the first quarter and wound up with 18 points. Ron Boone, who was instrumental in the key scoring spurt for the Stars, wound up with 16 points on six of nine from the field, and he thrilled the fans with his spectacular shots. Zelmo Beaty, who was zero for Sve in the first half, wound up with 17 points by hitting five of six shots in the second half. Beaty hauled down 17 rebounds. DAYTON, Ohio (UPI)-Tra- -vis Grant of Kentucky State and South Carolina's Tom Riker led a closing rally to give the East a 1 overtime victory over the West Saturday in the 10th annual College basketball game. Gamecock Riker, the stir, and Grant, who averaged 39 points per game, for the Thoroughbreds combined for 30 of the East's 48 second half points and led the East from a deficit with six minutes remaining. Riker's basket with 7 1:25 left tied the game and sent it into overtime for the second consecutive year. Grant led the East with 19 points, 17 coming in the second half, while Riker had 17, 13 in the final 20 minutes. Trie East, which won its fourth straight game and seventh in the ten years of the lead, contest, opened a 0 midway through the first half, the West, however, battled back to finally tie it at 4 before a basket by Indiana's Joby Wright and a 40foot hook shot at the buzzer by Butler's Billy Shepard, voted the game's Most Valuable Player, sent the East off at halftime with a 4 87-8- turn-aroun- d viiid THE HERALD, Provo, 6-- five-minu- Geiberger, Jerry Heard, Dave Hill, Mike Hill, George Knudson, Bob Lunn Doug Sanders, Sam Snead, Ken Still, Lee Trevino, Tom Cincinnati Reds CM Bob Howsam telt that major league owners may have to put an "emergency plan" into effect if the players refuse to defy a strike decision. All-St- ar 26-2- 0. Al MacPhail said he was "very in the strike, disappointed" adding that ball players are "treated better than any group in the country. 98-9- 1- m after M holei. u l : game. The Chaps were able to cut into that margin, but the Stars were really never threatened at all in the second half. In the first quarter the Stars fell behind early, 144, and trailed at the end of the period, rain-plagu- lawyer All-Sta- rs 3 96-7- Early in the second an even bigger group at 138. quarter the Stars went three Lee Trevino, able only to minutes without a basket, as match par over the Dallas built up a 6 lead. Sedgefield While the Stars went scoreless Country Club Course, was in a group at for three minutes, Dallas followed suit with a Second round scores of the field goal drought as the Stars $200,000 Greater Greensboro reversed the whole trend of the Open: 132 game during that Bruce Crampton second quarter. 135 Utah Stars LaDell Anderson Arnold Julius Boros said, "The game couldn't have Palmer J. C. Sneed 136). continued as it was in the second 136 quarter. We were getting good Deane Beman, Bruce Devlin, shots but they just weren't going Lee Elder, Rod Funseth, Paul Harney, Don January, Bob Payne, in. We are too good of shooters Gary Player, Tom Shaw for that to continue all night." 137 Andersen was right, as the Rod Cul, David Graham, Lou Graham, Labron Harris, Hale Stars really sizzled the basket in Irwin, Tony Jacklin, Ralph Jonnson, Jerry McGee, Bobby the second quarter. Zelmo Beaty, Utah's leading Nichols, Chi Chi Rodrigues 13S scorer for the season, went the Rommy Aaron, George Archer, entire first half without scoring a Gay Brewer, Bob Charles, JacKy Cupit, Joel Goldstrand, Hon Lister, field goal as the Chaps sagged in Allen Miller, Bobby Mitchell, Mike on him and prevented him from Morley, Dave Stockton, Bob Stone, getting the ball much of the Bert a East Win in Overtime 1 " biggest margin 19 points at 7 with 6:27 remaining in the Yancey. they have nt 48-1- 139 but representing them and they do what he wants," said Holcomb. "When you hire a lawyer you take his advice even though you might not believe he is right. . 44-4- Lanny Wadkins, "I thought we had pretty good rapport with our players, 106 peneir 43-2- Crampton Fires 65 For Second Round Lead at Greensboro strke. wax" plays each time. playoff Wise grabbed two key offensive series. rebounds and scored each time. During that string of 18 And Merv Jackson played a key Jones hit eight, straight, Jimmy Ron Boone tallied six and Willy role by coming up with crucial Wise added four as the Stars steals. The Stars went in at halftime overcame a 6 deficit to grab with a 7 lead. a 3 lead. In the third quarter, the Stars Boone's six points during the to a 16 point lead at 7640 pulled skein included two spectacular and increased it in the fourth driving layups that resulted in to their three-poi- best-of-sev- Holwab said that Miller was for the responsible mainly Howsam states the owners have such a plan. In Overcoming Deficit game of a 11 fc? 1 1 1 Baltimore-Ne- which Baltimore gained by virtue of winning the Central Division title, played an equally important role in last year's series between the two clubs. Each club won their games at home until the deciding seventh contest when Baltimore edged the Knicks in New York, 93-9- 1. Defense was the key in that final game and was an important factor in Friday night's opener. "The Bullet3 played strong defensively, but they usually do and it wasn't any surprise," one-hand- er 106-10- Kentucky LOUISVILLE, Ky. (UPI)-R- ick Barry riddled the Kentucky Colonels' vaunted defense for 50 points Saturday night as the New York Nets breezed to 8 a victory in the opening game of their American Basketball Association playoff series. free - throw Near flawless shooting and fine defensive performances by Tom Washington and Bill Paultz played important roles in the Nets' decisive triumph over the Eastern Division season cham122-10- commented Knick coach Red Holzman. "I wasn't happy about losing, but I thought we played well most of the way and should come back Sunday." There wasn't any defending pions. The Nets made 28 of their 29 Jack Marin's markmanshlp at the free throw line and that foul shots including 14 for 14 by killed New York. Marin, the Barry, who came within three NBA's leading foid shooter, points of Roger Brown's ABA missed his first attempt and playoff record of 53 points. Rookie John Roach contributthen made 10 in a row as he 31 points for the Nets, who ed 26 the for totaled game. points It was Archie Clark, however, did not appear to be handiwho produced the big difference capped by the loss of their as he scored a career playoff injured playmaker, Bill high of 38 points. His ability to The Colonels, who trciled penetrate emphasized the abthe second half, sence of Willis Reed, who used throughout to clog the lanes and prevent were led by Artis Gilmore with such slicine of the Knick 30 points and Dan Issel with 26. The two teams clash in a defense. In several instances, Clark outplayed Walt Frazier second game of their best of situations to seven opening round playoffs on here Tuesday night. score vital baskets. Mel-chion- Indiana Pacers Saturday to deadlock their ABA Western Division playoff series at one game apiece. The third game in series will be played at Denver Tuesday night. Simpson, a former Michigan State star, pumped in a game high 32 points and his fielder gave the Rockets their first lead since early in the third period. Denver led at the first stop, and 5745 at the half before the Pacers took over on the clutch shooting of little Billy Keller, who canned 31 season points his personal n Mulligan Pulls Tennis Upset In South Africa JOHANNESBURG (UPI) -U- Martin Mulligan, Wimbledon runnerup ten years nseeded ago, showed he can still upset the odds Saturday as he defeated Britain's eighth seeded Gerald Battrick 44, 14, 64, 2 in the South African Open tennis championships. old a Mulligan, Australian playing out of Rome, high. won a see-sabattle in which Indiana had an eight point both clearly went all lead early in the fourth period out toplayers win. Up to the fourth before Denver gradually closed were even at two honors game the gap and the see-sasets all but Mulligan managed struggle was not decided until the extra bit more to take the buckg Simpson's final set. 27-2- 2, 4, w ' w game-winnin- et. Dave Robish hit 26 points for the Rockets and Byron Beck added 20. For Indiana, George Mc Ginnis dropped in 21, Bob Netolicky 17 and Mel Daniels 16. Rick Mount dropped in a fielder with 68 seconds to go to give Indiana a three-poi- nt 105-10- 2 lead, but Simpson hit 52 seconds from the side with The top two seeds both won as Cliff Richey of San Angelo, Tex., won over fellow American Jim Ward, 6--1, 6--2 6--3, and Spain's Manuel Santana, No. 2, of McDonald Alan bested 74. Australia, 44, Another seed to go out of the third round was the 11th rated Juan Gisbert of Spain who went 74 . down 6--1, 6--2, 6--7, 6--2, 6-- 7, 2, |