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Show Page 6 - THE HERALD, Provo. Utah, Thursday, June 20. 1985 full report and commentary on winners, losers and coming events A Sports V Refuses Massimino Nets' - Pa. (UPli coach Rollie Massimino said Thursday he has decided not to accept an offer to become coach of the New Jersev Nets of the NBA. Massimino, whose Wildcats won the NCAA basketball championship eailier this year, was considered the leading candidate to replace Stan Albeck, who left the Nets to become coach of the Chicago Bulls, but told his team this morning that he had decided to remain at Villan-ova- . YTLLANOVA, 1 basketball I ' 1 "I felt at this time it was in the best interest of my family. Villano-v- a University, our players and (longtime trainer) Jake Nevin to $5 2 ? CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (APi Virginia forward Jimmy Miller, whose mediocre senior season n tainted his impressive the performance previous year, says he didn't doubt he'd be picked in the NBA Association draft. And, having been drafted Tuesday by the Utah Jazz, the Princeton, W.Va., native says he's trying to leave bad memories of the 1984-G- 5 season behind him. post-seaso- s'wf stay at Villanova University, Massimino said. "It was something very tiring and trying but this is what I felt I had to'do." A school spokesman said Massimino. who was honored at a "roast" in Philadelphia on Wednesday night, made his decision to turn down the Nets' job between 3 a.m. and 5 a.m. Thursday. "Obviously, he was very tired.'' spokesman Craig Miller said. New Jersey Nets president Ber-ni- e Mann offered the job to Massimino earlier this week and had expressed optimism he would accept it. The Nets had even called a news conference for this afternoon fund-raisin- g - of mind now, and I'm very pleased to be able to give pro basketball a shot." The University of Virginia forward gained national attention as first man off the bench during the Cavaliers' Ralph Sampson-era, when he was a freshman and sophomore. in the right frame As Miller a junior, became a starter and led Virginia to the NCAA Final Four, where the Cava- "In my mind, I know that I can play pro ball," Miller said Wednesday. "I'm very excited. I felt like I would get drafted but I didn't really know in what round my name would come up. Greg Norman groans with dismay as he misses a birdie putt on the 18th hole. championship game. A native of New Jersey, he served as a high school coach in that state, later became coach of the State University of New York at Stony Brook and was an assistant coach at Pennsylvania for two seasons before accepting the Villanova job. At Wednesday night's affair, "Regardless of what happens to me, whether I'm at Villanova or somewhere else. Villanova will survive because of these players," he said. "They may not win the national championship but they'll be stars because they're star people. That's the important thing in life." Three of the seniors on this year's Villanova team were select- ed in Tuesday's NBA draft. Forward Ed Pinckney was picked by the Phoenix Suns in the first round, guard Dwayne MacLain was chosen by Indiana in the second round and guard Gary McLain was tabbed by the Nets in the seventh round. Massimino paid tribute to Villanova and his team. By MARION DUNN Herald Sports Editor SPANISH FORK The field for the Utah State Amateur Southern Regional Qualifying at Spanish Oaks Wednesday was the smallest of the three regionals that will lead to the championships at Riverside Country Club next month. But the 22 golfers who scored 76 or better to qualify for the championships will be well prepared for whatever Riverside can throw at them. The small Spanish Oaks course was transferred into a monster by tough pin placements and the 22 survivors had to call on all their skills around and on the green to advance. s Medalist honors went to Mike Jorgensen who flew on the fourth hole of a in. a sudden-deatplayuli with Riverside amateur Bruce Brockbank and Alpine Country Club's Jeff n Rich-field'- Snow. The three goiters finished regulation play tied at par 72. On the first hole ol the playotf Jorgensen and Brockbank birdied and Snow I ell out with a par. The duel between Jorgensen arid Brockbank was a classic. Both golfers paired No. 2. and on the Hi ir d hole Brockbank rammed home an birdie putt to send the two to the par-- fourth hole. on There, Jorgensen hit a his second shot and the ball bounced into the cup lor an eagle. But tli ere w.is mure Brockbank also hi a on his approach shot .md lor a breath taking minute it looked as if he. too. would sink his shot tor an eagle, Brockbank's shot went straight lor the Mag. but cleared the stick Five leet shorter and the ball could have lound the cup It was a dramatic linish to .i pressure-tilleday in which t produced some amazingly good golf although no one broke par. Brockbank was going to No. 14, but caught the left bunker and came out short for a bogey and struggled home at even par. Two Riverside golfers, veteran John Taylor who is a past club champion and young Lee Eggert-sen- , carded 73s to miss the playoff by a single stroke. Another veteran, Provo's Max Fillmore, carded 74 along with Joe Myers and Rob Stanger. Fillmore took a triple bogey 7 on No. 4 when his tee shot hit the hill and took a bad bounce He came back with birdies on 10, 11 and 12, but three-putte- d 15 and had to settle for a bird on 18 when his eagle putt came up short. At 75 were veteran Provo star t, up-hi- ll BYU's Jeff Glen Hatch, I want to be liers were knocked from post-seaso- n by Houston. How- competition ever, he was named the Eastern Region's most valuable player. But he had trouble this year, eventually losing his starting job until the end of the season, when he carried the Cavaliers to a victory over West Virginia in the first round of the National Invitational Tournament. Miller said he is trying not to dwell on his rocky senior season. "This past year was certainly a down season for me," he said. "I really don't know what happened. There was just a period there that was very trying for me. But that's all behind me now. I want to take what I have now and make the most of it." For now, though, Miller says he is thinking only of the future. He says he'll continue working out on his own the next few weeks but that he's looking forward to the return of some of his old friends to help him sharpen his game before Utah's rookie camp. "When some of these guys get back in town, Marc Iavaroni, Jeff Lamp and Ralph Sampson, I'll be able to play some with them and get the advantage of working out with some guys who have played pro ball," he said. "I'll be staying here and doing some conditioning until I know something more definite about the rookie camp. You have to be ready to play psychologically as well as physically. I'm just happy to be given this opportunity." After Yanks Sweep O's Weaver Glad to Get Out of Baltimore Golfers Qualify For State Am - to announce his hiring. Massimino, 51, has been coach of the Wildcats since 1973 and has led the team to six straight appearances in the NCAA tournament, capped by this year's victory over Big East rival Georgetown in the I Jazz Draftee Looks to Positive Future , ' '" I I Goettsche, Mike Stanger, Jack Sheen and Jim Terry. There was a logjam of nine golfers at 76. They were Craig Norman of Provo, who works at nearby Hobble Creek in Spring-vill- e and missed a short birdie putt on 18 that would have moved him up a stroke, and area stars Doug Roundy, George Wright, Troy Olsen, Chris Denver, V.J. Conlin, Bob McClurg, Van Mad-seand Steve Borget. The championship round of the Utah State Amateur is one of the most gruelling in all golf. The qualifying-rounsurvivors join a list of exempt players in a qualifying round with the survivors moving into match play in which winners play two matches on Friday and Saturday and the two survivors then go in a 36 hole title n e head-to-hea- round on Sunday But Spanish Oaks was a great testing ground. The 22 who came out ol it still alive Wednesday should be readv tor Riverside. Daily Herald Wire Services After three straight losses to the New York Yankees, Earl Weaver was happy to get out of town.. .even if that town was Baltimore. "I'm glad we're leaving," the Baltimore manager said after Wednesday night's 0 loss to the Yankees. "People paid good money the last three days, and watched two of those games). Two of the games were series, During the three-gam- e the Yankees pounded Baltimore pitching for 44 hits and outscored the Orioles 264. The Yankees collected 14 hits in the final contest, with Ron Hassey belting two solo homers and Dave Winfield a two-ru- n shot among his four hits. "They hit everything we threw up there," said Weaver, who lost his third straight game after a three-gam- e winning streak last week at the start of his second stint as the Orioles' manager. Don Mattingly contributed sacrifice flies in each of the first two innings as New York took a 0 lead off Dennis Martiand reliever Ken Dixon. nez, Ed Whitson, coasted to his first complete game in 13 starts with a "I've never seen so many balls hit so hard in a series, especially against Baltimore,'" said New York Manager Billy Martin. White Sox 8, A's 7 At Chicago, Rick Langford's wild pitch with one out in the bottom of the 12th inning enabled Ozzie Guillen to score all the way from second base and gave the White Sox the victory. Blue Jays 5, Brewers 1 At Milwaukee, George Bell hit a two-ru- n triple to highlight a three-ruthird inning that led the Blue Javs to victory. Royals 3, Twins 21 At Kansas City, Mo., Hal McRae belted a solo homer in the eighth inning to spark the Rovals. Tigers 9, Red Sox 3 At Detroit, Lou Whitaker and Kirk Gibson each hit a homer and had three RBI to pace the Tigers. Indians 2, Angels 0 10-- 10-- 0 run-scori- 6-- r. n At Cleveland, Bert Blvleven I 4. ,;, .i &tMjZi Stimuli n n imih w wiMmmMmnwmwmtfrmwJMmm Chicago's Richie Hebner hits the dirt to avoid one of Mets' ace Dwight Gooden's inside pitches. tossed a three-hitte- r and George two-ruVukovich laced a two-ousingle in the sixth inning to lift the Indians. Blyleven improved to fourth shutout. with his Rangers 5 Mariners 4 At Arlington. Texas, Wayne Tolleson's sacrifice fly scored Larry Parrish with the run and lift the Rangers. Dodgers 5, Padres 1 At Los Angeles, Pedro Guerrero hit his 10th home run in his last 15 games in the seventh inning to help break a tie as the Dodgers handed San Diego's Alan Wiggins his first loss after 11 straight wins. 6 sixth-innin- Mets 1, Cubs 0 York, Dwight Gooden, to help the tossed a At New n t, 10-- six-hitt- Mets hand Chicago its eighth straight loss. Gooden fanned nine in raising his major g league-leadin- strikeout total to 125. g Giants 5, Reds 2 San Francisco, Bob Brenly ripped a pair of homers and drove in four runs to power Dave At t, and the Giants. Expos .4, Pirates 3 in Phillies 1, Cards 0 At St. Louis, Jerry Koosman, and Don Carman combined on a r and Greg Gross drove in the game's lone run to boost the Phillies over Joaquin Andujar, and the Cardinals. five-hitte- At Montreal, pinch-hitte- r Wolhford singled in Vance from third base the eighth' to send Pirates starter DeLeon .o his ninth loss. Astros 7, Braves 3 At Atlanta, Craig Reynolds and Jose Cruz homered to help Joe Niekro to his 197th career victory. all Reynolds hit his third homer off starter against the Braves Steve Bedrosian, Jose Jim Law the bottom of 12-- It'll Be Tough, But Timo Could Make Lakers' Squad He was taken hv (he World Champion his Angeles Lakers in the lilth round but that is a little misleading The Lakers ilulu t have 2 or 3 pick so he was ,i No. ar iullav the third plavei the Lakers picked in the collegiate dralt When Timo came to BYU he had 4. already spent a year with the Finnish army and had played lor v", Finland's national team. There was never any doubt about his ability to score. As a 'I ue.s day That doesn't mean Ins chant es ol nuking the Lakers' squad are much better, but it does mean the I.akeis liked what they saw when IJall ol I'amer Jerry West scouted I'.YI s Timo Saarclanian last sea sun When the Lakers were huddled during the dralt Tuesday, and the r mi" ol the player they would take in the tilth round was the subject o onv ei sal ion. West said of the lorinei ( mitiar scoring star: "I can tell von he can score." " Ahd tin- l.akeis look Timo which means Hies musl be looking lor another player who can put the '.ill in the basket under easy and 41 length-ol-the-lloo- j Marion Dunn Herald Spurts Editor trying eoinlil urns Anil Timo Saarel.iineii that. freshman under coach Frank Arnold he played in every game. And it might be remembered that in an historical 1981 NCAA Eastern Regionals scmihnal game against Notre Dame in Atlanta, it was Timo whom Arnold trusted to pass the ball into Danny r Ainge to set up his dash that ended with the lay up. Timo should have played his senior year in 1983 but with Devin Durrani and Brett Applegate at liirwanl. coach Ladell Andersen asked Timo to redslurt Last year that looked like the smallest decision the veteran ever made Timo turned into the Cougars only big and can tin game-winnin- consistent scoring threat. He averaged 22 points a game and the only reason it wasn't much higher was the tact the Cougars' opponents collapsed on him and in the process gave him a brutal going over physically in the final part of the season. Like a boxer who spends much of his fights taking blows on his arms, Timo became arm weary and shots under great pressure that were on target in the early ol the season were short and oil base in the linal thu d When school ended Timo went to Los Angeles where he is working and where the Lakers drafted him. Josh Rosentleld, the Lakers' public relations director, told me by phone Wednesday they arc thinking ol the 6 6 Timo as a small loiward instead ol a guard We want him to play in our summer league here and the oilier s I'll K l il pwrtl'l Itiivv.uil i lie uit i he was actually our third pick doesn't mean his chances of making the team are any better but it does show what we think about his possibilities," Rosenfeld said. Watching the Lakers play in the NBA championship series against the Boston Celtics, it was obvious the champions have a li of great talent on the bench. Timo has a challenge in winning a berth on the best team in pro basketball, But I think he can do it. Timo is a fantastic athlete. He runs the KM) meters in 11 Hat, long and jumps 22 leet. high jumps has a vertical jump ol 35 inches. He has long arms and an instinct lor the basket, He can chalk up hang time on his jumps and his shooting eye borders on the sensational Along with the fact the other teams could collapse on him, Timo sul lei ed Irom a knee injury last 6-- 6 year. He has since had the knee 'scoped and if it is strong Timo should make a good run at a berth with the Lakers. And the fact he had to endure such a brutal battering for the Cougars should help him adjust to the physical aspect of NBA basketball. It can't be any worse than what Timo went through last year. It just isn't possible. BYU has two former stars playing for the Boston Celtics.. .Danny Ainge and Greg Kite. Former Cougars Devin Durrani and Fred Roberts are playing with the Indiana Pacers and Utah Jazz With a little bit of luck, Timo Saarelainen could represent the Coogs as a member of the Los Angeles Inkers. And just five years "ago the Cougars didn't have an old grad play-inanywhere in the NBA. It s a whole new look, g |
