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Show Page THE HERALD, Provo, Utah, 6 Wednesday, May 9, 1984 report and commentary on winners, losers and coming events A full Sports It's Back to Phoenix for Utah Jazz By KAY SCHWARTZ Herald Sporti Writer you know. I think the actions of 46 the Utah fans were bush league." Paul Westphal of the Suns, who was slapped with a personal foul at a critical point in the game, was also seething about the fans. "I'll guarantee ya," he snarled as he stormed into the Suns dressing room, "This series won't return to Utah on Saturday. We're going to win it Thursday night." points, the 12th highest single game .scoring total in NBA playoff history, and the guard duo of Rickey Green and Darrell Griffith thought I have now is Thursday night and we'll be ready." Layden, who was honored in a ceremony by Salt Lake SALT LAKE CITY - The Utah Jazz played superb fast break basketball Tuesday night, running the Phoenix Suns into the floor to 6 gain a victory and cut the Suns' lead to 2 in their best of seven NBA Western Conference Semifinal Series. 118-10- 3-- Adrian Dantley scored MacLeod on the boards. Eaton had - 162-14- were down three to one against a veteran team and it would have been easy to fold. At halftime I was scared to death. 11 Our lead was too big and I kept wishing it had been smaller so we would maintain our intensity. e "I don't know if the ceremony helped the players but it certa ly helped me." Bailey s spirited play and the shooting of Dantley, Green and Griffith sparked the Jazz into a 1 first quarter lead and a 70 50 halftime advantage. 6-- 800-met- er pre-gam- after the game may have put the Jazz in an almost impossible position when Utah goes to Phoenix Thursday for the sixth game. The Jazz can expect a gang war-typ- e game. B 7j V 35-2- But Kyle Macy, scoring 11 points in a third period Phoenix charge that cut the Utah lead to at the end of the quarter. And then with James Edwards Phoenix players' and their coach, John MacLeod, were livid with anger after they were pelted with various objects as they made their way to their dressing room following the game. MacLeod spoke glowing of the way the Jazz played and was especially high in his praise of Dantley 's play and for the way Utah Coach Frank Layden had prepared his troops. But he delivered a scathing verbal attack against some of the Jazz fans. "Utah came out razor sharp," he said. "This is the best we've seen them play this year. They outhustled us up and down the floor. When we were down by 23 points we came back but it was just too big a hole to dig out of. "Dantley was unstoppable and Layden did a great job of preparing them. It was a great game by both teams as they went toe to toe. It's just too bad such a great game had to be spoiled by the actions of the fans. "I have to protect my players and this is the worst our team has been treated by opposing fans (a statement that was echoed by Phoenix reporter). They threw various objects at us including bubble gum. If a piece of bubble gum were to hit a player in the eye he could lose the sight of that eye. You can't replace an eye, 92-8- & cz f 0 and Westphal consistently finding the range, the Suns cut the Utah lead to 5 points, twice in the 4 1 and fourth quarter before Dantley and Green lead an attack that reeled off seven straight points as the Jazz won going away down the stretch. In other NBA action, it seems when the Lakers aren't breezing through a playoff series, they are waiting to see who their next Western Conference foe will be. The Lakers, who stomped on Kansas City in three straight games in the first round, are 109-10- 116-11- waiting again today after dispatching the Dallas Mavericks with a romp Tuesday night 115-9- 9 victory in the conference semifinals. "It's a confidence builder to make a strong statement like we did here in this series," said Lakers coach Pat Riley. Los Angeles will play the winner of the Phoenix-Uta- h series, which stands 2 for the Suns. At Milwaukee, Marques Johnson scored 22 points, Sidney Mon-criadded 19 and Alton Lister scored 7 of his 17 in the fourth period helping the Bucks hold off the Nets and gain a 2 lead in the for a best-of-sev- 4--1 3-- ef 3-- The PLEASANT GROVE Springville Red Devils used heart, desire and teamwork to win both the boys and girls Region Eight track titles Tuesday. "It was a team effort," said Springville coach Doug Bills. "We scored in every single event." The Springville boys edged Car0 bon while the girls beat nearest-competitSpanish Fork Pleasant Grove was third in both meets, followed by Spanish Fork, Payson and Lehi in the boys and Carbon, Payson and Lehi in the girls. Springville junior Melanie Child led the Red Devil girls, winning the 1600-- , 3200-- , 400- - and runs to give her team 40 points. "It does get hard on the legs," she admitted after the 800, her final event of the day, when Jill West of Pleasant Grove made up a lot of ground at the end of the race to finish a strong second. "If she (West) had been coming harder, I think I would have gone more. I still had seme left." Child was a triple winner last year and has since added the 3200 meter run to her repertoire. "Adding that two mile this year, that made it hard today," I was Child noted. "Wind-wis- e still all right, but my legs were getting a bit queasy." But Child wasn't the only one to help her team. Linda Burt scored firsts in the shot put and the discus to add 20 points, while Jennifer Allen, coming on strong in recent weeks, took first in both the 100 and 300 meter hurdles and finished second in the long jump. Besides the "expected" points, the Red Devils girls showed good team depth throughout. For example, behind Burt in shot put and discus was Camille Larsen. "We put Camille into the shot put just last week and she finished second," Bills said. "And this is the very first time we've asked her to do the discus, and she had a really good throw and took second there, too." It was the same on the boy's side for Springville, as the Red Devils came through in their events and got some "extra efforts" as well. In the shot put and discus, Reed Smith and Ben Godfrey (with his season-bes- t effort) came through as expected to get top honors, 138-13- We boards, nine of them coming at the defensive end. He also had five of Utah's ten blocked shots. The Bailey scored 12 points in adddition to coming up with nine rebounds. While the Jazz fans had plenty to cheer about during the game, their Herald Sports Writer ayor Ted Wilson for being 7-- Surge To Prep Track Triumph added, "The only named the "NBA Coach of the Year"and for the recognition he has brought to the city and state, said his club, "did what we wanted to do tonight, but haven't been able to do very well lately that is run the ball. "I was very proud of our team. ar Red Devils By DOROTHY KNOELL re-ga- fired in 23 and 22 points respectively through the hoop to lead the Utah charge before 12,560 fans, the 13th Salt Palace sellout this season. Green also had 14 assists. Thurl "The Pearl" Bailey, the rookie who has Jazz all-stplayed sensationally at times in the playoffs, and Mark Eaton, the d 4 , center, were tigers Ml Steve Olsen Photo The Jazz' Jerry Eaves passes off to a teammate while a Suns' player closes in. Eaves has been invaluable off the bench. Eastern semifinal. while Norman Gividen added depth and points with third and second-plac- e Tourney Starts Thursday the Central Bank-Uta- h County Boys Club Provo Open championship. Now, to get this in its proper perspective, you've got to that Casper is a golfer, a winner of two know Hall-of-Fa- winner of the Masters in '70, and in 1966-7- 0 played the best golf of any one in the world. It was 1966 and the U.S. Open was played at the Olympic Club in San Francisco and U.S. Opens C59-'66- 50-fe- et Marion Dunn five-und- ), Arnie's Army was at the height of its power. down the Casper shot in a spectacular Army's leader comeback that saw Palmer leading by nine strokes with nine holes to play only to have Casper catch him, force a playoff and then win in the playoff the following day. After that Palmer was never the dominant golfer he had been. But Casper, too. ran into bad times a decade later. His last tour win was the New Orleans Open in '75. From 1979 to '82 he thought seriously of quit- - le Russian Boycott M 'mors History at Old limp bag. The 18th hole at Timpanogos is a short par-4- . Casper's approach shot stopped off the left side of the green, about from the cup. Casper chipped and the ball landed on the green and again rolled into the cup for a bird. Casper played the last four holes in and was the new Provo Open champion. Two years ago Mapleton golfer Billy Casper went to the 15th tee at Timpanogos needholes to ing a string of sub-pa- r win lost. Now, it must have been humbling for a golfer of Billy's stature to lose in the Provo Open. But, to the best of my memory, he didn't complain or alibi or pull out. He felt his presence helped the tournament and the area and he played. And that is the way things stood in the spring of 1982 when Casper started the final four holes at Timpanogos faced with another loss in the "home town'' tournament. For Casper it was to be a EUGENE, Ore. (L'PI) version of the 1966 finish at the Olympic Club on the shores of the Pacific. Casper rolled in a birdie putt on the long par-- 5 15th and followed by knocking in another bird on the par 3 16th. That took him to the par-- 5 17th, the one with the severe dogleg left. Casper went for broke. His second shot rolled to a stop from the green. Casper took his wedge, chipped the ball to the green where it rolled up to and into the cup for an eagle. Okay. Three holes in under. Billy could see the light at the end of the tunnel, but it wasn't in the small-tim- e during that period he played in the Provo Open.. .and And - Utahn Henry Marsh, who holds the American record for the steeplechase and is on the U.S. Olympic Committee executive board, said the Soviet "boycott decision" cast a shadow on all future Olympic Games. Marsh, 30, a Salt Lake City attorney, said Tuesday he was surprised by the decision of the Russians not to participate in the Summer Games. "I had thought all along they had a lot more to lose than to gain by boycotting," said Marsh. "It is definitely a boycott. er That performance marked SPORTS EDITOR ting. Brian Brooks in the 1600- - and runs. Brooks sprained his ankle a week and a half ago and hadn't run since. But Tuesday he shook it off and won twice. "Yeah, it hurt for the first 400 meters or so, but then it loosened up and felt okay," Brooks said of his first race. "After the 1600, I kind of wondered if I would to make it in the 800, but it was okay and I did." He also managed one more time around the track after the meet. With the ankle wrapped tightly in an ice pack, Brooks joined his team in a victory lap. "You know, these kids have been fighting nagging injuries all year, but they came through like champions," noted Tom Kohler, Springville assistant coach. Besides Springville's impressive overall performance, there were some fine efforts from other athletes, also. For the girls, Spanish Fork's Stacy Barney was a double winner with victories in the long jump and the 100 meter, and a second-plac- e in the 100 hurdles. The Vikings got two firsts as Margo Nelson took the 200 meter and Lila Fugal won the high jump. Lehi, in its first year in 3A, finish from Tergot a first-plac- e esa Price in the javelin. The Dons took both the medley and the 1600 800-met- er Era Closes pen (Prove finishes. then Springville got an "extra effort" performance from And 30-fe- et four-und- they said if the Los Angeles Olympmic Organizing Committee) did not follow the Olympic charter to the letter, that they would not send a team. I believe the LAOOC has followed the Olympic charter. "The only excuse they could come up with is their security, which is a very, very weak excuse. "I think that they wanted to get back at us for the '80 boycott'' when President Carter decided against sending an American team to the Olympics in Moscow because of the Soviets invasion of "Originally LAOOC i the return of Casper's finely-tune- d game. He followed with fine performances on the Senior Tour where he is now one of the leading money winners and has passed the mark in career earnings. Casper didn't enter the Provo Open last year and won't be in the field this year, but the fact he played in it at all is a tribute to the regard he has for this tournament. I'm mentioning all this todav, because Thursday the 1984 Central Bank-Uta- h County Boys Club Provo Open will get underway at Timpanogos and it will be a nostalgic affair. This will be the last year the honorable and ancient tournament will be played on this honorable and ancient course. Afghanistan, he said. "I think we set a very bad precedent in 1980, which is to cast a shadow on all future Olympic games. Personally, Marsh said it would have no affect on him since the Russians did not have a steeplechaser who could qualify for the Olympics. In Cleveland, Olympic gold medalist Bruce Jenner says the United States' decision to boycott the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow may have harmed amanow-goin- teur athletes. Jenner, 34. was an outspoken The times have caught up with Timpanogos golf course. After this season, the course will become an industrial park. The new course is being carved out of the landfill to the south and the 1985 Provo Open will be played on it. The Provo Open will get off to an early start Thursday with the amateurs teeing off in a shotgun start at 8 a.m. The pros will also have a shotgun start at 1 p.m. The same starting times will be used Friday. Saturday will have golfers going out in groups in order. A talented field of pros will be on hand including defending who is a champion Bob Bet-lepart-tim- e tourist, and little Jimmy Blair who' is on the tour and cashed in his most recent appearance out there. The amateurs are also well represented but there are still plenty of openings for simon pures who want to play. Timp pro Kean Ridd said amateurs time may enter up to tee-oThursday. The fact this will be the last Provo Open played on the present course should make it ff attractive. critic of President Carter's decision to boycott the Moscow games in protest of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. "The 1980 boycott will continue to haunt our amateur athletes the rest of their lives," he said. "It continues to plague and haunt us. What did the boycott prove? They're still in Afghanistan and trade between us and them is back to normal." Russia is just getting back at the United States. "They figure, 'You ruined our show, now we'll ruin yours,'" said Jenner. be-abl- e a 'i meter relay, while Springville won the 400 relay. On the boy's side, Carbon's Mark Nielson put on a fine performance with wins in the long jump, the 110 high hurdles and the 300 intermediate hurdles. Nielsen looked to be on his way to a fourth win, this one in the 200 meter, but his efforts were thwarted by another athlete who had a fine afternoon, Darren Jackson of Pleasant Grove. Jackson, who had won the 100 meter earlier, came into the stretch of the 200 even with the rangy Nielsen and wouldn't give ground, finally nipping him at the wire. Other firsts went to Spanish Fork's Joel Johnson in the high jump, Carbon's Albert Sacco in the pole vault and Mark Trujillo in the 400 and Pleasant Grove's Ron Reynolds and RobeVt Jolley in the 3200 meter run and javelin, respectively. if |
