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Show Page Sunday, Apnl 9, 1972 HERALD, Provo, Utah 10-T- HE kf I uass f Scoufs Soy Pro Talent's Scarce in College Basketball s senior the league conducts its annual draft of college seniors. Let's take a look at the players expected to go high in the draft and what the scouts have to say about them: Bud Stallworth, 6-- 5, Kansas-Consid- ered 6-- 3, take-char- ge tough ames. Scouts like his physical type of play and his defense. Price was drafted by Memphis of the ABA. Haroid Kox, Jacksonville Scouts like his quickness and ability. ball-handli- hard A top-flig- ht rights to G.anelli belong to Pittsburgh. ty in the ABA. Houston Dwight Davis, "He has great physical ability and tremendous talent," says one scout, "but he knows noth AlaGreg Northington, bama St. Drafted last year on the second round by New York, Northington decided to return to school to work on his Chamberlain, 6-- forward in the pros. Scouts wonder if he can make the transition 6-- worker, Fox has improved his defense considerably and should go high in the draft. He is the tainty ABA successfully. lx go - round. to go Other players expected in either the first or second rounds are Steve Hawes -Ratliff of Washington, Mike Bibby of Henry EAU Claire, WU Robinson of West UCLA, Twardzik of Old Dave Virginia, Morse of PennBob Dominion, Calhoun of Corky sylvania, Lee of Russell Pennsylvania, Marshall, Bob Nash of Hawau, Ernie Fleming of Jacksonville, Dennis Wuycik of North Carolina, Ron Riley of Southern Joby Wright of Indiana and Hank Sicmientkowski of Villanova. The draft will be determined in the same manner as in the in inpast, with teams picking verse order according to their back-to-bac- first-roun- 6-- 2, - Caught the scouts' eyes k with oustanding performances against Bill Walton of UCLA and Jim Chones of Marquette. A strong rebounder, Martin has a tendency to go all out only against competition. Dallas holds the rights to Martin in the AGA. Pacific John Gianelli, A strong rebounder and scorer, Gianelli played center in college but may have to be shifted to (111.) North Carolina Very mobile with beautiul body control. Scouts felt he was a sure first round pick early in the season but were disappointed with his play in the ACC and NCAA postseason tournaments. His stock may have dropped some but he still ranks as a choice. He is Carolina's properBill Louisville Jim Price, One of stronger guards in the country. Impressed with his style in poise and 6-- 8, Even though the talent is not plentiful, the 16 NBA clubs are going to have tc take their 6-- 4, final regular season standinc. Portland, which had the worst record in the NBA this season, won a coin toss with Buffalo for the right to pick first. Angeles, which set a league record of 69 victories, will choose last. Milwaukee will get two first round picks as a result of trade made with Houston early this season, while Cincinnati, Golden State, Baltimore and At lanta surrendered their first round picks for the right to sign hardship rases last year Unlike the ABA, which allows its teams to draft underclassmen, the NBA forbids this practice unless the player is an eligible hardship case. In order to become eligible for the hardship draft a player must make a formal application to the NBA, which carefully studies the player's financial plight before making a decision whether or not to accept him. scouts feel, how- game. Mos. -ever that ne uia nw me improved that and enough his little from last year. But cera almost him makes size on first or second to basketball except that the ball is round." Most scouts agree but his raw talent makes a prcbable first round choice. Larue Martin, Loyola ing about the ABA. Arizona St Paul Stovall, "Built l)ke a football player and can jump out of the gym," is the scouting line on this talented senior. Stovall, however, spent most of his career playing forward and scouts question his ability to make the transition to guard. Stovall was drafted by Denver of the ABA. 0, 6-- players." draft property of Pittsburgh of South CaroTom Riker, Scouts are impressed lina nith his strength and outside si muling ability but question his defense since he played only tone in college. His speed also is questionable. Riker has been drafted by Virginia of the ABA. thf No, 1 nrospect on several lists. "He does everything well," says McGuire. "He's a very good shooter, he's quick, he can rebound and he can handle the bail. He'd be the perfect swing man, a guy who can play either forward or guard." Stallworth has been drafted by Denver of the ABA. Freddie Boyd, Oregon St Another player who does everything very well. He is considered by most scouts to be the best guard in the country. A very good shooter. Travis Grant, Kentucky St. "A great, great shooLT. Unbelievable!" says McGuire. "His stock went up consider 1 . ably by his performance in the NAIA tournament He did things he never did before." Expected to be among the first five choices. rhances come Monday when This is NEW YORK (UPI) not a good year for college basketball talent among the senior class. Not by pro standards anyway. The pro scouts consider this year's senior class to be among the thinnest in recent ! it rS m in n !. uu yZtll & lit iCi Uta w V ent. "There are a lot of good players but not too many who are going to make good pros," says Dick McTiuire, chief scout of the New York Knickerbockers. "This is a very thin year for bluechippers. If you asked all the NBA scouts to give you a list of their top five prospects, you might get different names on fU the lists, in the past couple of years the scouts were in general agreement as to who were the best Alumni Mine Defects ygoir Versify Rally In Five-Ru- n 8th Bring Victory A Eve run rally in the bottom of the eighth inning brought the Brigham Young Cougars from behind and gave them an 8 victory over the All Star Alumni teem on the Cougar field Saturday afternoon. Fans got to see some of the outstanding stars of years ago, &nd witnessed the power hitting "i the old timers, but in the pinch the veteraiu feitered and the Cougars won on some top pitching by sophomore Crt Hunt from Orem, and the eighth inning hitting splurge. Tallied Tferte Times The Alumni went down with one lone hit in the first inning by Gary Pullins, while the Cougars tallied thes times on hits by Grig Classen, Lee Iorg and Rod flowwd who drove in two runs with his sharp single. The Alumni knotted the count in the top of the second on hits by Frank Herbert, Gary Pullins, Dick Clark and Mosteller's long home run. The Cats moved ahead with two runs in the bottom of the third. Dave Con singled with two out, Gaiy Riggins was safe on an ever, Rod Cloward drove in two runs on z hard drive to right that was fumbled, Staffieri followed with a safety. The Alumni struck for a pair runs in the top of the fourth. Mosteller singled and moved to second on an error Frank 11-- , J Herbert walked, Bry Lake walked and Bill Wright's single scored Mosteller and Herbert. Move Ahead The veterans moved ahead m the sixth as Gerald Cordner was safe on an error, Bry Lake struck out but Rick Zinniger singled, and Im Pierson and Mike Folster followed with score producing hits. The inning was featured by a sensational triple play by the Cougar defease, but unfortunately for the official records there was one cut at tne time, and it went for a double. That ended the scoring as Craig Hunt came off the bench and took over mound duties for the Cats and the Alumni was limited to a single hit by Dick Clark. The cats were shut out in the fifth, sixth and seventh w'th only two hits but they made up for it with a scoring barrage in the bottom half of the eighth. Oawson led off with a walk, Bevan tripled sending Qawson home. Lee Iorg was safe on an error but was thrown out at second; Dav: Coon wa3 safe as big Jim Pwrson muffed a throw from the shortstop; Gary Hatch was safe on the fielders choice. Two runs had scored on the misplays and Mike Staffieri cleared ths basa with a horns run. Top Hitters o ihe game were hitters Top Frank Herbert, Gary PullLns, Bill Wright and Mosteller for the Alunv, and Brad Bevan, Lc2 Iorg and Mike Staffieri, each with two hits. The unlimited substitution rnnfuMHi players 8s well as officials at times, but the home runs produced plenty of Ml A ft - Utah State LOGAN (UPI) University thinclads triumphed in nine out of 18 events, including most of the field events, to take the win over Idaho State and Weber in Big Sky track and field competition Saturday. The oniy field match that USU failed to win was the long jump, where Leonel Anderson of ISU leaped Results Idaho State, 42.0, Knoll, Williams, Miller, Law-so- - n. "' Wins in Golf SPANISH FORK Fork - Spanish defeated golfers Springville by nine strokes team Saturday in an Inter-Cit- y match over the Spanish Fork enough eiTors to keep the game from being a pitchers battle. Hums pitching was outstanding for the Cougars, while Ron Garrett looked good for the Alumni until the sky fell in during the eighth inning splurge. ABRH BYU Varsity Clawscn 3b Bevan 2b lorp c( Ddve Coon rf Riggins lb Hatch lb Cloward c Ataff ieri ss O'Keefe If Allen p 0 2 3 12 12 I S?' 3 1 3 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 Doug Coon p If Totals 1 36 Alumni 11 9 0 0 7 RBI AB Herbert cf 1 G' een cf 2 0 0 Pullins ss 3 1 Ash by ss 1 Cirdner Lake rf Wnght If Plei son lb Folster 3b 2b 0 4 1 50 3 0 0 Zinniger p 2 0 W'.steilerph 5 0 0 0 2 Olst.; 3h Clarke Sno 5 p 1 Efecroftp Garrett p 41 Totals Score by Innings Alumni 0 0 0 8 .1 040 2 2 000 8 116 100 3 2 05X - 11 9 3 Hunt, LP Garrett; HR Cougars Wp Mosteller, Pullins; Staffieri; 3BH Alumni Bevan; SO by 4; Clawson to Varsity, 9; DP Bevanto Staffieri to Cloward 3,000 - meter steeplechase Reed Stucki, USU, 9:54.4 Mark Bingrun ham, USU, 4:23.7 d dash Steve Turner, Weber, 50.1 One-nM- 440-yar- Jim high hurdles Marsh, USU, 14.8 dash Carl Lawson, ISU, 9.5 Dan Dean, run 120-va- 100-ya- . i tI I j " r :' 1i k FX. f AW4J:- . : h " m 1. played Saturday afternoon on the BYU Field. The varsity ..11.1... ll- - n 1 - 14-- Brian Caufield, - Phil Shelley, Team Scores USU 85 ISU 69 Weber 37 i A 1 ' ' " i- - 4 U TM l, M MIKE STAFFIERI of the BYU Varsity slides ea.ely into second base in Saturday afternoon's game with the Alumni on the Cougar field. Second Sacker Gerald Cordner of the Alumni is awaiting the threw. scored five runs ia the bottom of eighth to come from beblna Vt a Alumni anA Aafan 11-- fi Fftotos by tal Chtitlian Met Ace Bud Harrelson Hopes To Become a Major League Singer By RALPH NOVAK WOODRIDGE, - Bud In a couple of days "The with Donna" Cactus Cut-up- s would be on the bar's tiny stage but this night it was Harrelson who was there, singing "Tiger by the Tail," "Country Road," "Harold's Super Service" and "Okee from Muskogee" in a gently pleasant voice, often battling the unfamiliar group oi house musicians who missed cues the way a new second baseman might miss a double play relay. N.J.-(N- EA) Harrelson usually performs in the public glare of Shea Stadium before 50.000 people who cheer his deft precision as the New York Mets' shortstop. But on a lecer.i night in this quiet New York suburb, Harrelson was performing with something less than deft precision before about 35 sporadically interested people in the murky privacy of "Rainbow's End,-- ' a long, cavern cf a n bar that features entertainment. Though he chatted easily with the customers between songs and his voice came Muhammad Ali to country-and-wester- Las LAS VEGAS, Nev. (UPI)-- A heavyweight elimination bout between former champion Muhammad Ali and Jerry Quarry will be held June 12 at the Las Hockey Team loses Money SaloDENVER (UPI)-- Sid mon III, president of the Weber,!: 56.6 Denver Spurs of the Western 440 - intermediate hurdles Hockey League, said Monday Blake Knoll, ISU, 53.9 the club would lose about d dash Carl Lawson, $100,000 this year. But he still ISU, 21.1 thinks a major league franchise Three-mil- e run Al Yardley, is in the offing. Weber, 14:55.6 "I am entirely happy the way Mile-rela- y ISU, 3:23.1, things have worked out for the Young, Williams, Rudolph, Spurs this year," said Salomon, Knoll team whose already has Leonel AnderLong jump captured the league title. "But son, ISU, 26V4 we still have a long way to go." Jeff Marston, Pole vault Salomon, 33, who also is 6 USU, executive vice president of the Javelin Craig Harrison, St. Louis Blues of the National 0 USU, Hockey League, said he would Paul Majury, like to see attendance increased Triple jump USU, 48--8 to 7,000 per game next season. Tim Boubelik, USU, The Discus Spurs have averaged 880-ya- n. HaUaday and Bob Andrews, both of Spanish Fork. ' , rf'tr..-.- OUT AT THE PLATE is Lee Iorg of the Cougar Varsity, as he le 55-7- the shot were Scott s' " '' " " , ill, : 0 221-1- WitFPMini? i I II 1 RBI 5 5 Huntp course. Scott Anderson, sophomore at Spanish Fork High took medalist honors for the match with a 72. scored 158 There was a at the course Friday evening Shot put when Bert Timp?on of Spanish USU, Fork aced the No. 8 hole with a High jump five-iroThe hole is 150 yards USU, 64 hole-in-o- ne ; " 1 fxisi vj t f. excitement, and there were 220-yar- Spanish Fork 4I xJxrt tCc Aggie Thinclads Top Quarry in Weber, Idaho State 440-rel- 1 1 Battle Vegas Go Vegas Convention Center. Plans for the fight were disclosed Friday with the two boxers in attendance at a news conference. Dawn Valley Corp. and Bill Miller Enterprises, which are promoting the fight, also said they hoped to have Bob Foster defend his title against Quarry's younger brother, Mike, on the same program. The Quarry fight elimination would be a bout if it is approved by the Nevada State Athletic Commission next Friday. But the heavyweight fight p could be billed as a to the Foster-Mik-e Quarry fight, if the promoters are able to arrange that bout also. The meeting will be the second between Ali and Jerry Quarry whom he defeated Oct. 16, 196S, at Atlanta on a fourth round technical knockout. Ali had just returned from Tokyo where last Saturday he defeated Mac Foster. "Jerry's too good a fighter to predict when I will knock him out," Ali said. "But after I whip him, I'm going to light in Ali-Jer- semi-windu- almost 5,000 per game this year, which normally would Ireland." The fight terms call for Ali to have placed them near a breakreceive a minimum of $500,000 even point. "However, we have beefed up with Quarry to gtt $175,000. the operation this season in an Promoter Bill Miller said he effort tc make it more like a was working on arrangements to televise the fight by closed National Hockey Iague operato theaters. circuit said. Salomon tion," out steady and warm, there was the slightest hint of tension in the way he held his wiry body. And when he and the group started a song in different keys, he stopped, a little impatiently, and began again. Bud Harrelson is no ordinary athlete entertainer, whiling away the and picking up a few extra dollars by showing his face in a club and letting it go at that. He really wants to become a singer. So he was intense, muttering to himself, as the first show ended and he walked over to a dark corner table to join his wife. Yvonne, and his agent, Paul -- n Goetz. In a way it was iMm 1963 again and Harrelson was a .220 hitter trying to work his way up from Salinas of the Class A California League, only now he sat oblivious of the conservation at his table-studthe index cards containing the list of songs he knows instead of taking extra batting practice, and he was in "Rainbow's End" instead of one of those dim Class A ball parks. ying There is another differ- - Harrelson of does not have to depend on singing to make his living. efice, He has been the regular Met shortstop for five seasons and was voted the National League's best short-sloby the league's players after the 1971 season. Having only limited hitting skills (he hit .252 last season, bringing his lifetime average up jusl past .240), he has perfected his defensive abilities speed to the and a strong arm point where people in New York pay him the supreme compliment of comparing him to Pee Wee Reese. p It has not been easy for him. "You don't become a major leaguer just like that," Harrelson says. "I've had my ups and downs and my share of frustrations but I've always tried to have a willingness to learn and to apply what I've learned." Even though music is so only a supple far at least nffiA Afa ill Aii. BID HARRELSON, the New York Mets' into show business, singing country-and-wester- mentary career for him, Harrelson is throwing all his J40 pounds into it, too. ("The reason he can't gain any weight is because he's always busy," his wife says. "He'll get so involved in something he forgets to eat." He had never done any serious singing until Tom Seaver, his road roommate with the Mets, sang on a television show last winter. Harrelson mentioned to Goetz, who is also Seaver's agent, that he thought he could sing as well as Seaver and Goetz suggested he try it. With typical fervor, Harand relson got a carted it, along with a batch of recordings by country-wester- n star Merle Haggard to use as models. He took it to spring training and car- - ' j At this point, however, people still react more enthusiastically to Harrelson's between - songs chatting about basebail than they do to his music. ("You're a helluva shortstop." someone at the "Rainbow's End" bar called out in a whoozy of that people will go ssipsms ijipra pqij n n Featuring SNOOPY!!! Charles Schuli't Chagrin Falls, Ohio, who won Saturday's Firestone tourney, the richest event of the Professional Bowler's Association season, has climbed to fifth place in the PBA money standings. Durbin had won oniy $660 prior to his big score Saturday, in which he netted $25,000. Nelson Burton Jr., who finished 12th in the Firestone, continues to top the list with $40,845. Performance Dates at the Salt Pol Thursday. Anril 27. a D M Saturday, April 29, 2:00 P.M. snaggy, April 30, 2:00 P.M. DISCOUNT TICKETS m 041 SAL1 IT home saying, 'At least he can carry a tune. Kut I expect to become a good singer. "It's a new challenge for me and that's what I like: to take one rung of the ladder at a time and try to conquer it." 2GRA F4MILY fflGHTC Durbin Fifth Durbin songs in New York ried it along on road trips baritone. "The best shortduring the regular season, stop in baseball," somebody progressing quickly enough else added And he acknowlto make his professional edges that it will be a long debut at a club in Brooklyn time before people come to in November. see Bud Harrelson the singer Now he is practicing three rather than Bud Harrelson hours a day, planning to the baseball player. take voice and piano lessons "Right now I'm trying to and looking forward to writ- learn to relax on the stage, ing his own songs when he to to the crowds," adjust becomes a big league singer. Harrelson says. "I just hope guitar Mike shortstop, left, has branched out area clubs. All-St- n Regular Pric $3.50 Price $2.50 GRA Jn. UtmluiH)tr$1.75 THE CEMEVA SERVICE STATIGN No Ticked Sold After April 22 |