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Show Thursday, May 12, nn.1 full rannpt nuu tun ivpvn commentary on winners, losers and coming events Utah Sixers (Ease Past Bucks, Although they've long since al Cats managed to sweep the Utes-- in 1981 , 79 and 75. The record between the schools since 1970 stands at Several streaks and records are 1. also on the line this weekend. BYU coach Gary Pullins is looking for his 300th victory. His record stands at (.708) in seven years at the Cat helm, "Sure, let's get it, but let's also win our 50th victory of the season," said Pullins of the 300th win and his 48-- 8 Cougars. Several Cougar players are also in the chase to set or extend some records and streaks. Junior first baseman Wally Joy-ne- r, whose first hit of the series will be his 100th of the year, is chasing a national record for doubles. Last week he had two in the spacious outfield area of Derks Field, putting him at 30 for the year. That's only four away from the NCAA record of 34, set by Joe Citeer of Wichita State in 1980, Joyner and three others have 30. Joyner has already broken several BYU career marks, among them the record for doubles (65), most runs scored (253) and career batting average (.416 to this point). He needs only 14 hits to tie the NCAA and BYU mark for most hits in a season and a few more RBI to shatter career and season records there. 299-123- -1 Sophomore shortstop Cory Snyder has set a new standard in WAC homeruns (21) and career homeruns at BYU (44). He will be looking to extend his hitting streak, needing only four more games to tie Kenny Clayrecord. ton's And of course NCAA record-holdScott Nielsen, who was named ESPN Vitalis Player of the Week recently, will be trying to make it 25 in a row when he takes the mound Friday. Junior Mark DeLaTorre and freshman Colby Ward are scheduled to start the Saturday games. Pullins indicated that he may use several pitchers in each game to give the whole staff a workout. Friday's game was supposed to be played on the Ute Diamond, but because of snow conditions in Salt Lake it will be played on Cougar Field at 3 p.m. The Utes will be the home team. BYU season tickets and student activity cards will be honored. At 1 p.m. Saturday the two teams play again on Cougar Field with BYU as the home team. The game will be broadcast live on 23-ga- 27-ga- er KBYU-T- Saturday night the Cougars and Utes wrap up their series at Derks Field. This will also be a BYU home game, and BYU fans with season passes will be admitted free. No BYU activity cards will be honored. Tickets are $2 for adults and $1 for children. Tickets for next week's WAC Championships will be available at BYU this weekend. Prices are $4 for adults, $2 for BYU faculty and students and $1 for children. A three-da- y pass is $8 for general public and $4 for faculty and students. The Cougars open the championships Thursday with a 1 p.m. game against Hawaii. Tryout COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (UPI) At least five selections from last year will headline a field of 50 of the nation's top basketball players seeking berths on the 1983 USA Pan American Games Team. The Pan Am Trials, scheduled 3 at the U.S. Olympic May will end with the Center, Sports team selection of the that will defend the United States' gold medal at the IX Pan Ameri9 in Caracas, can Games Aug. Venezuela. selections on hand wUl include Michael Jordan and Sam Perkins of North Carolina, Oklahoma's Wayman Tisdale, Patrick Ewing of Georgetown and Keith Lee of Memphis State. 19-2- 14-2- KBYU The WAC Tisdale is one of the top scorers in the field, averaging 24.5 points per game last season. Other leading scorers taking part will include Steve Burtt of Iona College (23.2), Temple University's Terry Stansbury (23.0), DEVIN DURRANI of BRIGHAM YOUNG (22.8) and Arizona State's Byron Scott (21.8). Top rebounders competing will include Xavier McDaniel, Wichita State, who led the nation with 14.4 boards per game, and Michael Cage, San Diego State, with 12.6. The nation's leading shooters also will compete, led by Florida's Eugene McDowell with a .646 accuracy rate. Others will include Charles Barkley, Auburn, .644, and Otis Thorpe, Providence, .636. to Televise WAC Track Meet Track and Field Championships that were held at BYU earlier this month, will be Channel 11 televised on KBYU-TSaturday, May 21, it was announced today. The WAC championships fea ' 87-8- 1 But through six playoff games thus far, the Sixers have developed a knack for coining up with a big play or a key stretch of offense or defense that tilts a close game in their favor. They did it again Wednesday night, shutting down Milwaukee on just one free throw in the final 3:10 to capture an 1 victory over the Bucks and a 0 lead in the NBA Eastern Conference finals. "It's something," said Bobby Jones, who again was in the middle of the defensive scheme at the pivotal period. "Our guys seem to do the right things at the right time, just when we need them." "That's just a matter of our great unity," added Andrew Toney. "We have a lot of togetherness on this team. We help out each other all through the game, and that's what it's all about. It's a team effort." The Bucks had rallied from an deficit with 9:10 left to play and tied the game at 0 on Bob Lanier's hook shot with 3:10 remaining. A repeat of Sunday's overtime duel appeared very likely. But Maurice Cheeks nailed a jumper from the corner with 2:43 left as the shot clock expired to give the Sixers the lead for good. Then Jones, who had the game-breakisteal in the opener, blocked Brian Winters' drive and Julius Erving converted it into a dunk at the other end with 2:18 remaining. "I was on the other side with Marques (Johnson) and Brian was open on the left," Jones said. "He was going strong to the basket and I didn't think he was going to do anything fancy. I just wanted to get a piece of 87-8- 2-- 80-8- the ball." The effort left both Jones and Winters sprawled on the floor, a scenario recalled vividly by Bucks coach Don Nelson. "I thought Bobby got a little more than ball on that play," Nelson said. "But he made a great play, that's for sure. I'll give him that." Toney then made a jumper and a free throw to complete the Sixers' sixth straight post- Durrani Receives Pan-A- m 9 t's Ready, to Play sewed up the Northern Division title, there is still plenty at stake for the BYU Cougar baseball squad in this weekend's three Utah. game series with arch-rivThe first important consideraCoution for the second-ranke- d gars is to complete a six-gasweep of the Utes. Only three times in the past 12 years have the - Page PHILADELPHIA (UPI) -Ia little early to determine whether the Philadelphia 76ers finally will reach the NBA Summit this spring after failing one step from the top three times in the previous six years. 05CTDmdieini By DOROTHY KNOELL Herald Sports Writer U.Sf-- A Sports BYU, THE HERALD, Provo, Utah, 1983 tured a rousing finish in which UTEP edged BYU for the title on a protest. The WAC meet will be carried season win, and leave the Bucks in a hole going into Games 3 and 4 Saturday and 2-- 0 Sunday afternoons in Milwaukee. Moses Malone came back from a so-s- o performance in the opener to lead both sides with 26 points and 17 rebounds. Malone had seven boards in the fourth quarter to aid the late surge. nt E"- 3g&$8 - ' u, UPI Telephoto Milwaukee's Marques Johnson reach for a loose ball as Philadelphia's Moses Malone looks on. "I did the same things I did in the other game, but a little better," said Malone, who was from the field. Toney added 20 and Cheeks 15 for the Sixers, who also got five blocked shots from Jones. Johnson paced the Bucks with 25 points and 11 rebounds while Sidney Moncrief, held to just seven points in Game 1, passed that total less than eight minutes into the game and finished with 21. But in the end, fense. it was de- "That's the name of the game," Philadelphia coach State MIDVALE The schedule for the weather-delaye- d state baseball tournament has been Tourneys To Resume assistant executive director on Channel ll's 'Sports America" show Saturday, May 21, at 2:30 p.m. "- 3--A tentatively set. to Dave Wilkey, According of the Utah High School Activities tournaAssociation, the ment will be played at Ken Price Park in Murray Friday and the A tournament will be played at Derks Field. games include Friday's vs. Pleasant Fork Spanish 3-- A 4-- 3-- A Billy Cunningham said. "That's what I've preached since I've been coaching. I am sure with any team that is successful, you know that you can struggle offensively. But we came up with the plays at the end." "They play such good solid team defense, it is awfully hard to sustain a run at them," Johnson said. "To me, the difference is executing and scoring and putting the ball in the basket the last few minutes of the game. We are not scoring, but they are probably us." Erving scored just six points, perhaps the lowest total of his playoff career, but shrugged it off afterward, saying, "I've scored single figures before and we've been able to win. I'm not going to force 20 shots just for the sake of taking 20 shots." The physical game had its most volatile moment with 6:47 remaining when Lanier, trying to stop Toney on a breakaway layup, caught him around the neck with a forearm. Cunningham and Lanier exchanged Grove at noon, Box Elder vs. Murray at 2:30 p.m., Ogden vs. West at 5 p.m. and Orem vs. American Fork at 7:30 p.m. The first two games are losers' bracket games with the losers ousted from the tournament. Saturday's schedules will depend upon whether Friday's games are actually played and the availability of fields. tennis tournaThe state ment is scheduled to begin at 3-- A angry words,. Olympus Hills in Salt Lake City 9 a.m. Friday and to continue through Saturday. Provo and Springville will be taking at region championship squads into the fray. soccer tournaThe state ment at Orem High was expected to continue today. Orem 3-- and American Fork were scheduled to play at 3:30 p.m. with Jordan and Judge Memorial to play at 5:15. Jordan is the only undefeated team left. Giff Completes a Pass as a TV Commentator Provo High and BYU quarterback Gifford Nielsen has taken timeout to develop a second of a television career . Former co-ho- st show. S.Kent Brown of BYU mailed a clipping of a story in the Houston Post in which Associated Press sportswriter Michael A. Lutz tells about Nielsen and television. I'm indebted to Brown and I think the story is worth -- - here. So, hereeess Giff : "Hi. I'm Gifford Nielsen. Welcome to today's edition of PM " Magazine, today, we're Cut! "Hi. I'm Gifford Nielsen. Welcome to today's edition of PM Magazine. Today we're.. .Hey, wait, Where's Suzanne, Oh, that's right..." Cut! "Hi. I'm Gifford Nielsen. Weto today's edition of PM Magazine. Today, we're ... wait, Where's Suzanne? Oh, that's right, she's not here ..." lcome Cut! Five takes later, Nielsen says to cameraman Bernard Francis, "OK, Bernard it's fourth down." Nielsen, the Houston Oiler quarterback turned television news finally magazine completes the "pass" without only to hear producer Aprille J. Meek say, "That's great Giff. Now could you do it again and talk slower?" It's another typical day on the set in the double life that Nielsen leads as a pro football quarterback and of the soft news program which airs regionally five days per week. Some segments of the program are shown Marion Dunn "Actually, he's very good," Meek said. "He's had some funny bloopers but everybody does. He's such a pleasure to work with because he's so conscientious." Nielsen picked the closing of the day's show when he spotted a stuffed walrus in the zoo's gift shop. "Does this remind you of something you lost, Suzanne?" Nielsen said with a smile as he tugged at SPORTS EDITOR sent from the show that day, co-ho- ma-lapr- co-ho- st nationally. "Well, 1 C "Ny' 1 the animal's tusks. Co-ho- st it's an improvement from my first show when it took 37 takes to get the intro done," Nielsen said. "That was at the Houston library. "Scott (Burch, another cameraman) was shooting in a weird position on his elbows and knees. When I finally got it right all the librarians went 'Aw right!'" Nielsen, 29, works out mornings peering over an offensive line in the Oilers' training program as he prepares for his sixth pro season. At 1 p.m., he reports to the PM Magazine set for that day's program and a new battle getting his lines straight. off-seas- In a recent day's work at the Houston Zoo, Nielsen: informed viewers that a family in California had found a prehistoric elephant in their back yard. ("I wonder if there's one of those mammals in my back yard. If there is, I think my new dog Sarge will find it."). Four takes. visited with the curator of the zoo. Four takes for Giff, two for the curator. played a new game called "Zoo Keeper," the object of which was to roll dice to get the animals In proper cages and to keep them fed or receive various penalties. ("Gee, now I have to clean the cages," Nielsen said to finish the segment.) Three takes. "I'm still a rookie but after a while you kind of get a feel for it when you've done something good," Nielsen said, "it's kind of like throwing a pass. You can feel that it's good as soon as you release it." Nielsen and "Ms. Meek" make an amiable team, working out introductions to each segment on the spot with Nielsen often suggesting the lines. Suzanne Dunn was ab- having her wisdom teeth removed. Meek appreciates Nielsen's clean-cu- t image. "I never have to worry about being arrested for my drunken driving," she said. "He's really funny .when he gets mad. The strongest thing he says is 'oh, flip.'" She worries more about returning Nielsen to the Oilers in healthy co-ho- st condition. "I'd hate for Coach (Ed) Biles to know some of the things I put Gifford through," Meek said. "We spent a week rafting in Big Bend National Park and I saw Gifford go under (water) twice." Nielsen hopes to continue with the program when the Oiler season begins but says he'll drop the show if it interferes with football. "I told them if there was a conflict with football, that football would come first," Nielsen said. "We'll just have to make that decision when the time comes." Nielsen will face a strong challenge to regain his starting position with the Oilers next season from Archie Manning, the highest-pai- d player in the National Football League at $600,000 per year. Nielsen's new is not an early signal of his retirement. "I think I have a great future ahead of me in football," Nielsen said. "But I don't want to go out of pro football and have nothing to do. I want to make a graceful step out of the game." But he still has to battle those tongue twisters that occasionally come like hordes of blitzing linebackers. During a story about the difficulty Navy pilots have in landing planes on aircraft carriers, Nielsen repeatedly told viewers "It's really difficult to fly aircraft carside-care-er riers." Cut! |