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Show r George Ferguson ii:;i:ii i" if , San Jose Tyyyy fT'T'TVTT V y w se u w n n P'lrynriirttww yuyey nyiti yao-yw- NEWS, Tuesday, December DESERET - ii c .' ' Utes Hose ! &W, 'Reflects' Aeiaiiiu Ag Defense Falters Hindsight is better than foresight! And along those lines, San Jose State now knows where it opened the flood gates to the militant movement which threatens its athletic program from current prowess to future recruiting and scheduling. Amid such threats as Well burn the stadium, San Jose officials cancelled the Texas El Paso football game at beginning of the 1967 season. Utes Drop Game No. 2 Defeat In Missouri - There was no bad blood between the two schools. The militants (under command of Dr. Harry Edwards) ordered it as part of their dnve to wipe out alleged unfair treatment of Negro athletes. Athletics was the natural vehicle, because this is an area where the Negro has made greatest inroads. Deseret News Special Deseret News Special Coach LaDell Andersen was happy with COLUMBIA, MO. the offense, but dismayed at the defense as Utah States basketball Aggies prepared to return home from their first road trip after losing to Missouri, -UCALIF. basketball team, which has had rough sledding against two Pacific Eight fives, faces e third Pac 8 crew Friday at home. The Tigers ripped Utah knife-wieldin- It is true that San Jose officials were on the spot that September day in 1967. They feared for welfare of students and fans. They admit now, though, they panicked. I Consensus is, if they had it to do over again, they would have handled the UTEP threat just as they did the threat of violence which shrouded the Jose football game Brigham Young University-Sa- n f . V. ' The Cougar entourage was escorted and pro- tected by police, security officers and plain clothes-me- n numbering up to 200, with a reserve force in readiness. Aware of this force, militants decided to boycott rather than demonstrate. There outside were five pickets carrying signs the stadium. The game progressed without anti-BY- States zone defense apart In shooting a hot 63.8 per cent from the lield. I can understand them hitting from outside over the But zone, Andersen moaned. we let them get free for several COLLEGE SCENE DukeWins, I Scores 52 This 1967 concession displayed a weakness for which militants were looking. They have continued to exploit it from bizarre classroom, g intimidations to widespread threats among athletic department officials and Negro athletes . . . and families of same. U STANFORD, niversity 97-8- Exploited Weakness last Saturday. By United Press International Duke newest Vic Bubas basketball team is wasting no time demonstrating that it has the winning manner Blue Devil rivals know so well. Its a trait been of Bubas-coache- d teams for 10 years that they find a way to win and develop rapidly as the season season progresses. The 1968-6is regarded as a transitional one for the Blue Devils but they celebrated in true blue style Monday night when they whipped Alabama It was Dukes second straight victory of the young season and a special occasion for Bubas because it was his 200th triumph as coach at Durham, 9 86-4- N.C. Randy Denton, a more upon whom sopho- 0 But isnt it sad in America an athletic event between two schools with a history of friendship could only be' held under the onus of guns, billy clubs and police canines . . . that a friendly football invader had to be protected from threats of violence and bombs. Dr. Ernest L. Wilkinson, president of BYU, had wholeheartedly endorsed San Jose as a future member of the Western Athletic Conference in early days of expansion maneuvering. 79-7- cripples. By them, Andersen was referring to Chuck Kundert, Doug Johnson, Don Tomlinson and Pete Helmbock, who hit 22 of 29 shots most of them Inside. Tiger guards Theo Franks and Dave Pike also combined for 15 goals and 38 points to help riddle the Aggie zone. The Aggies shot well the first half, hitting 12 of 20 60 per cent). But they fell 10 points behind off poor rebounding. The Tigers took the board battle, 18-the first half. In the second half, took the board supremacy, but the Aggie shooting fell off to 37 per cent. In the early going, the score was tied six times and the lead hands six times. changed with 10:35 led, left. It was tied at and then Missouri outscored during the last eight minutes of the first half to go ahead, Andersen was extremely pleased with sophomore Marvin Roberts, who hit from many spots on the court to score 32 points on 12 field goals. Roberts hit 27 against Wyoming, to give him 59 points on his first road trip. He also was leading rebounder in the two games sen Fieldhouse. Isnt it sad, too, that an athletic department which needs all the financial revenue it can accame up with a virtual quire to stay solvent void from 2,875 fans (many of them nonpaying). Financially, it was a loss for BYU, too. The Cougar guarantee was under $10,000 . . closer to $7,000, 33-3- Stanfords other Mai scored 21 McElwain, points which was top output of the night. Utahs center, Jim Mahler, led the Redskins to their halftime advantage, scoring 10 points and rebounding well. But he was defensed expertly in the second half, scoring only four points. 0 22-1- The Indians began stalling with four minutes left and Utah went into a zone press. This is when McEwan and Griffin put the game out of reach with eight points inside 53 seconds. 21-2- 24-al- l, 26-1- 5 46-3- In the closing seconds, Utah rallied briefly when Bob Martin hit three straight jump shots. But the Redskins were too far behind to catch up. Aggie Jesse Jefferson gets rebound away from Mizzou's Doug Johnson. SAN JOSE, CALIF. 86-7- 7 (AP) -F- ollowing a basketball game Houston downing' The obvious Aggie weakness boycotted by Negro players, the two games was Pepperdine College of Los! during the San Jose State Col'ege Black tense. Opponents shot 58.5 per d 0 and Athletes Federation announced 210 a scored total of cent and Cincinnati topping Kansas State its members were giving up all points against USU in the two at Cincinnati scholarships in a sympathy Charlie Scott, a member of outings. move. UTAH STATB (07) the victorious U.S. Olympic Four Negro players sat out o State game the San Monday night which Fresno d 80-6- i this writer understands. Jose-Fresn- won to North Carolina victory over Oregon. and Rick Roberson added points and had 14 rebounds for 1 at Cincinnati, which led 45-3- The threats to San Jose State officials and no Negro athletes from militants are no fluke real. A . . . very pretense at drama. They are real Jose athletic San features of glimpse of the drawn director, Bob Eronzan, is a story in itself. ... The San Jose athletic plight doesnt end with football. A sympathy strike likely will reduce the Spartan basketball team from one with NCAA playoff glitter to one of mediocrity. Darnell Hillman, 7 sophomore sensation; Bernie Veasey, talented 6 forward; C. J. Howard, starting guard, and Ron Tribble, a promising sophomore guard, have their orders to quit. 6-- for Kansas State. Pete Maravich, the 1967-6- 8 national scoring champion, gunned in 52 points to lead Louisiana State to a 109-8- 2 victory over Loyola of New Orleans; John Baums 36 points made him the 10th player in Temple history to score 1,000 points as the Owls downed 19 points high-jumpe- r) The Future? Who Knows? ' Utah Coach Jack Gardner continued to be concerned about over-al- l team shooting Jose won The players were told if they didnt play their scholarships would be revoked. The federations statement said the representatives cannot in good conscience compete o in the San Jose game. We do this out of sympathy State-Fresn- ntages, perce from F with our black brothers who were unjustly deprived of their institution. The statement said that until the scholarships are returned to the football players all schol arships by the black athletes will be considered revoked. racist-oriente- T UTAH Mahler Newlin 5 Gardner IS English 6 Hawkini 5 Borrevik 4 Clark 6 Martin 58 12 56 0 M 04 d Palmer Palmer 15 (M T jf M Griffin 21 14 17 35 44 T , 21 9 78 Total Totals se Utdh Stanford Total fools: Utali 14, Stanford IS Fouled out: Nona. A 2,000. 3 72-6- After a federation meeting from which all whites were a statement was excluded, issued that said the Negroes had not competed because of the dispute over the Brigham Young University football game last Saturday. Before that game, seven Negro football players announced they were sitting out the game to protest what they said was discrimination by the Mormon Church which runs Brigham Young. San STANFORD F McEwn io m 14 because of a moral against the known grants-in-ai- d protest particularly the field. 3773 47-- 73 Top Horse Annual Bert Bell Award NEW Halas Honored PHILADELPHIA (UPI) -The Bakers Club of Philadelphia night presented its 8th annual Bell Award to George Halas, owner and president of the Chicago Bears, for his contribution to football. The club also cited Mel Tom Monday Bert By YORK (UPI) Steven Wilsons Top Knight was voted the champion colt for 1968 today by the Thoroughbred Racing Association while Elberon Farms Process Shot was hailed as the leading juvenile filly. B. Sports Club as the best defensive player of the Philadelphia Eagles in 1968, and Tom Woodeshick as the years best offensive player for the Eagles. George Burrell was named the most outstanding Top Knight won five of nine player of the year for the Uni- races, including the Hopeful, versity of Pennsylvania football Futurity and the Chnmpagne team. Stakes, and earned $357,220. Bob Beattie Hofstra 6-- Then there is the San Jose State track team , . . studded with world champions, and an odds-- on favorite to win the 1968 NCAA title. Talent like Ronnie Ray Smith, John Carlos, Lee Evans, Martin McGrady, Frank Slator and basketballs Hillsay they will not man (also a 7 foot cause. football the to in perform sympathy There had been some talk of refinancing the failNegro athletes, who gave up their grants for ure to perform, under the EUP (Education for Underprivileged) program. But militants are discouraging this. There are some 200 Negro students (nonathletes) at San Jose under the EUP. Halftime: Missouri 46, USU 36 Missouri percentages: FG 63.8; FT 65.5 peicentages: FG 43.9; FT 78.4 Guard Mike Newlin and forward Joe English led the Redskins with 15 points each. Negro Cagers Join SJS Boycott 98-7- 8 lead 17 of his 19 points the second half as the Indians broke the game open after Utah had led, at 86-7- 0 Financial Void Don Griffin in Co-capta- in scored much of Dukes success or failure depends this season, scored 17 points and 7 Steve Vandenberg with 21. Andersen also was pleased added 15. Four of the nations 10 top-- , with the overall shooting for the hit 52.7 per ranked teams also saw action two games. second-ranke- d cent with Roberts hitting 53 per Monday night North Carolina defeating Ore- cent; Tim Tollestrup, 53 per at Greensboro; third- - cent; Paul Jeppesen, 67 per gon ranked Kentucky beating Miami cent; Brent Marriott, 60 per of Ohio at Oxford, Ohio; cent and Ed Epps, 50 per cent, sixth-ranke- Utahs of The Utes lost a season opener at home to Oregon and Monday dropped a game at Stanford, Washington will be the Redskins Friday night opponent in Einar Niel- 6-- i B7 3, 1968 College Cage Results Resigns USSA Post By United Press International East the MEW BURL OSBORNE By Fordbam 81, Roanoke 68 Long island U. 64, C. W. Post 57 Associated Press Writer Tempi 93, Hofstra 64 Vermont 64, Dartmouth 63 76 U. American Georgetown 85, Bob Beat-ti- e, DENVER (AP) Pennsylvania 86, Lehigh 69 New Hampshire 96, Maine ID who weathered widespread South his U.S. Alpine grumbling North Carolina 89, Oregon 78 Western Kentucky 101, Southeast La. 62 disappointing Vanderbilt 97, Southern Methodist 94 performance in the 1968 Winter Louisiana St. 109, Loyola (La.) 82 Florida St. 120, Valdosfa St. 75 said Grenoble, Olympics Duke 86, Alabama 48 he is getting out of Mississippi St. 79, Louisiana Cult. 69 Monday Jackson St. 83, Tuskegef Institute 68 organized competitive skiing. Texas 67, Mississippi 63 Midwat Now is the time for me to Illinois 105, Butler 66 embark on a new career," said Missouri 97. Utah St. 87 in announcing he. is Bowling Green 64, Baldwin Wallace 77 Beattie, Drake ill, Cal Poly Pomona 79 quitting next April 1 his new adMichigan 93. Northern Illinois 85 Cincinnati 86. Kansas St. 70 ministrative job as Alpine direcXavier (Ohio) 79, Thomas Mors 66 Kent St. 63, Wisconsin St. 62 tor for the U.S. Ski Association. Tulane 103, Northern Michigan 69 Beattie Marquette 68. St. John's (Minn.) 45 say what the Kentucky 86, Miami (Ohio) 77 new career would be. But back Southwest March, shortly after the Texas A&M 95, Southern Mississippi 12 Oklahoma 45. Centenary 38 he dropped what may Olympics, Houston 80, Pepperdine 60 North Texas Si. 105, Indiana St. 80 have been a hint: Abilene Christian ad, Anoeio St. 79 hard to leave something Pan American Tournament have some Colorado St. 71, Denver 66 (overtime) you believe in. (consolation) in business that opportunities West Northwestern 62. U.C. Santa Barbara 73 are very attractive and I might Colorado 74, Southern California 54 have stepped out earlier. California 82, San Francisco 71 Stanford 79, Utah 71 Beattie, 36, also coached the Fresno St, 82, San Josa St. 69 1964 New Alpine team during his Mexico Sate 5i, Texes Paso 49 U.S. seven ski after tea ms SNOW TIRE at WHITEWALL NYLON TUBELESS 4-P- LY didnt As for BYU . . . the Cougars cannot panic nor can they hide their heads in the sand. Mihave found litants always looking for a cause docin Mormon to be a jewel what they think over BYUs stir militant a is there trine. Already, basketball appearance in the Cable Car Classic at San Francisco (Dec. 13) and the Cougar game at Stanford (Jan. 4). Where will it end? Will the situation get to where any athletic team in the nation which has a Mormon performer will be boycotted by Negro, ... teammates? Talented quarterback Steve Preece of Oregon State, for example, is a Mormon. Here at home, University of Utah and Utah State University have many Mormon athletes. Brigham Youngs football squad is about 35 per cent There are topnotch Mormon athletes sprinkled throughout the nation. non-Momo- n. For that matter, what is to say that militants cannot find causes" through convenient interpretations in other religions? Responsible Negro athletes will eventually have to ask themselves, Is this really the way? Otherwise, by the time they get to the top via this militant, destructive, hate route, there may be no spoils left for which to exchange their prowess. San Jose State found that out the hard way! Mj 1 Its ... I $2.00 Ski Report LESS FOR BLACKWALLS Plus Fxcise Taxes $1 .80 to $2.86 and exchange years as Alpine coach. He took the administrative post the past summer. 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