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Show frr 4riMft afa thirmriiMniiiriniiiTi'irririiilrgi il ouu Tame By BREN T CHECKETTS "The more they play together, the less they will do that, he added. When the Eagles did ake shots, they just couldnt seem to connect . . even with a mostly open net in front of them. Salt Lake fell behind early in both games, only to come back with tough pressure that brought about numerous opportunities. But the opportunities didn't end up on the Deseret News Sports Writer PORTLAND One thing more than any other will help Salt Lake hockey team. improve Eagles Golden Time! The Eagles left here by plane for Salt Lake Monday record in morning owning a Western Hockey League play. But despite that record, there was a note of optimism present in the words of new Golden Eagle General Manager-Gus Bodnar. Coach We are not going to take a back seat to anybody in thic 2 opposing goal! Trailing against Seattle Saturday, after 12:37 of the initial period, the Eagles started to apply constant pressure at the Totem end of the ice. 0 WHL Standings By United Press International W San Diego Seattle Portland Denver calt Lake phoenix I T Pis Hicks had a couple of near misses that could have' conceivably tied the game. But the period ended with Seattle leading 0 and then numerous penalties nullified an excellent Eagle effort the rest of the way. Salt Lake was penalized 12 minutes during tiie second period and 10 minutes in the final stanza. That meant that during the final two periods, the Eagles had a man in the penalty box more than half the time. The penalty count ended at 12 for the Eagles, only six for Seattle. Only Salt Lake City goal was scored by veteran defenseman Jim (Red Eye) Hay at 4:19 of the second period. Assists went to WHL veteran Guyle Fielder and Central Hockey League veteran Roger DeJordy. It took Portland only 2:43 to the scoring Sunday open 2-- Saturday's Results San Diego 5, Denver 4 Seattle 4. Salt Lake 1 Results Sunday's Portland 5, Salt Lake 1 Schedule Tonight's No oames scheduled folBodnar said league, loss to lowing his team's the Portland Buckeroos here Sunday night. 5-- 3 We Wayne Right-wing- or have a team made up of almost entirely new personhe continued. The nel. more they skate together and become familiar with each other, the better they will be. We have tlmee practice sessions before hosting Denver in our Salt Palace opener Thursday and we hope to get a lot of things worked out between now and then. The loss to Portland followed a loss to Seattle at 5-- 3 4-- 1 Seattle Saturday. to SSaVlB tzZ DESERET NEWS, J sr u by 4:42 of the second defense-maperiod, but Francois LaCombe got 3-- 0 the Salt Palace opener. Meanwhile, veteran goalie Jim Armstrong is on suspension by the Eagles for failing to show up at both the Seattle and Portland games. He is being fined $100 every game he misses and $50 for every practice missed. n the Eagles the scoreboard, a long slap shot. Buckeroo center Art Jones scored at 17:14 after a fine fake gave Portland a lead entering the final period. In that stanza, the Bucks stretched the lead to on a goal by Johnson at 6:56, and withstood a two-goEagle surge in the final 10 minutes to get the victory. Hicks scored for Salt Lake at 10:03 with an assist by defenseman Larry McNabb. Rookie Jack Rathwell blinked the light at 11:37, with McNabb and Kuntz getting the assists. EAGLE NOTES: Two new players were in Sait Lake today waiting for the Eagle team to arrive. Dennis Kas-sia- n reported after being sent at on 9 :52 with 4-- 1 The Eagles will be at the Salt Palace tonight to sign autographs and meet Salt Lake hockey fans. Occasion is Golden Eagle night, and there is a free public skating from 7 to 9:30 p.m. and free refreshments and hockey movies during that time. 5-- 1 down from Buffalo, while First period: 1. Portland, Hebentcn (Donaldson, Johnson), 3:43. Penallies: Foley 4.31; Korab (P), 14:55. Second period: 3. Portland, Bellerive 3.53; 3. Portland, (Foley, Campbell), Jones (Van Empe), 4:43; 4. Sail Lake, Lacombe (unassisted), 9:53; 5. Portland, Jones (Korab), 17:14. Penalties: Hodgson (SL), 4:45; Rathwell (SL), 11:45; Rathwell (SL), 17:41; Korab (P), maior, 17:41; Donaldson (P), 19:35. Third period: 4. Poriland, Johnson (Jones, Saunders), 4:57; 7. Salt Lake, Hicks (McNabb), 10:03; 8. Salt La'.e, Rathwell 11:42 (Kuntz, McNabb), Penalties: Fielder (SL), 4:37. Korab (P), 9:32; Madigan (P), 10:33; Foley (P), 10:45. Saves: Farr (SL) McLeod (P) Attendance: 5,541. (), Jim Patterson arrived after being acquired from Phoenix. Both forwards will play Thursday against Denver in D UPI Telephoto Portland Buckeroo Norman Johnson (10) retrieves the puck as Eagle Bob Heaney (3) and goalie Norman Farr (1) get set for the shot. Bucks won 5-- 3. Lakers Win; West Hits 31 SANTA BARBARA, CALIF. Laker guard Jerry (UPI) West poured in 31 points Sunday night in leading Los National Angeles to a Basketball Association exhibition win over the San Francisco Warriors. 135-11- 6 The game closed out the exhibition season for both teams with the Lakers picking up their third win against seven losses. The Warriors were 5-- San Francisco led the Lakat the half, but Los Angeles outscored them in the third period and were never headed. West had 12 points in the peirtd. Happy Hairston, had 13 to finish the game with 25. ers 64-6- 0 41-2- 4 Jerry Lucas led the War riors with 25 fellowed by for ward Beb Port man wih 22. night. Andy Hebenton, voted the WHLs most gentlemanly player last season, proved just opposite of that to the Eagles by scoring tiie goal with assists by Mike Donaldson and Norm Johnson. As was the case Saturday, Salt Lake pressure took over in the latter half of the first period, but with no score-boar- d Young lefthad two Kuntz winger Murray the Eagles played better than the scores indicate. But mistakes that come with inexperience, and unfamiliarity with playing mates, hurt the Eagles. We didnt shoot as much as we should have either night, Bodnar said after the Portland loss. On several occasions, our kids had good shot opportunities but hesitated too long and didnt take them, he said. In both defeats, results. near misses. Portland widened its league Cowboys Show New Defensive Prowess Wyoming may not be quite the pigeon experts anticipated when Utah invades Laramie Saturday for a Western Athletic Conference game. The Cowboys found new hope in a defensive stand at Ft. Collins last Saturday which led them to fheir first a 16-- 6 win in four starts victory over Colorado State. The Wyoming defense, which had given: up 135 points in three games, held to 26 yards rushing. Three other foes had averaged 225 yards on the ground against the Pokes. And the Cowboy secondary, riddled by Air Force, Utah State and Arizona State, grabbed four pass interceptions. Wyoming now appears mentally ready for Utah, which dropped its third sttraight to Oregon State. game. Wyoming, after losing first string quarterback Ed Synak-owsto a drowning tragedy and backup general Gary Fox to injuries, rode to victory on the arm of sophomore Scott Freeman. Elsewhere in the WAC, unbeaten Arizona State downed New Washington State, Mexico San Jose downed and Arizona beat State, Brigham Young, with five minTrailing utes to go, ASU struck for a pair of touchdowns on a pass Joe Spagnola to J.D. Hill and a pass interception return by Windlan Hall. With big Sam Scarber getting free for three first-hal- f scores, the Lobos evened their season at 37-3- 0, 48-2- 24-1- 30-2- 4 i Ashe Takes First DENVER, COLO. (AP) Ashe, the worlds player, picked apart Charlie Pasarell with well placed drives and captured the singles championship of the annual Denver Invitational Tennis tournament Sunday, The Davis Cup veteran and Marty Riessen, bowed to Jan Fodes and Jim Osborne in the doubles. Arthur sixth-ranke- 31-2- ki d 6-- 5-- 6-- 5-- 6-- 6--5 WAC Standings Conference Last Weeks Results Oregon Slate 31, Utah 31 Arizona S'ate 37, Washington State 30 Utah State 35, Kentucky t Arizona 34, Brigham Young 17 Slate 6 Wyoming 14, Colorado San Jose Stale 35 New Mexico aState 44, Weber State 14 Portland Texas-E- I Paso, open date. All Games This Week's Schedule Utah at Wyoming Arizona State at Brigham Young Texas-E- I Paso at Colorado State New Mexico State at New Mexico Arizona, open date Utah State, open date. 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