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Show B15 DESERET NEWS, f.lliios? CDaeEi Wednesday, October 28, 1970 11 SPORTS EDITOR S.L. Eagles Top Golfer Wins Money Stars Eye Encounter LAS VEGAS In most sports the best man in the game is the one who wins the most champior the final one. onships In golf, youre the best if you win the most money, most of golf is measured by moola. On this premise the worlds championship in golf is going to be decided right here at the Sahara Invitational Tournament come Thursday through Sunday. By BRENT CHECKETTS Deseret News Sports Writer Deseret News Sports Writer The Utah coach Bill Sharman wants his Stars to zoom into orbit like the Boston Celtics did during his playing days. But New York coach Lou Carnesecca has his Nets ready to swat the Stars in their launching efforts. This is depicted by Deseret News chief artist. Charles Nickerson in his drawing on ' If either Nicklaus or Casper wins this pvent the money title wall be his. However, if they start with the second and thir .? places then it looks like Casper will come out first. So big Nick must win it to take the 1970 marbles. Nicklaus Favored this page. The Gotham City has the football Jets, the baseball Mets and basketball Nets, and also, basketball Knicks and baseball Yankees. That is quite a menagerie of pro teams for one city, but with the population there New York can support them. Its the basketball Nets that will be invading the Salt Pal- ace Thursday night at 7:30 p.m. .o try to put a stop to the Stars orbital flight toward the Western Division American Basketball Association cham- th 'But there are others who are challenging perS hold on first place in the money march. Lee . Salt Lake is the No. , 10 -- If the tournament comes down to a playoff Billy Casper might have the edge on the basis of the years playoff record. Casper defeated Hale Irwin with a first-hol- e birdie win in the playoff for the Los Angeles Open. MasLater he defeated Gene Iittler in the ters round . Nicklaus won one playoff this year beating Arnie Palmer in the Dallas Open a birdie on the first hole. Lee Trevino defeated Bob Menne in the National Airlines playoff. 18-ho- le . Winds Up Schedule This Sahara tournament pretty well winds up the big league schedule for the golf guys, except V for those who chase the Heritage in South Carolina ($100,000), the Coral Springs, Fla. ($125,000) and the Bahama Islands ($130,000). j Its usually the time that the Palmers, Cas- - . Alma Richards, named pers, Nicklauses figure theyve made enough for . Utahs, track and field athletethe tsx collectors and design their lives for a little of the century will leisure before they start the January 7 tour with ' be inducted into the Utah the Los Angeles Open again. Sports Hall of Fame Nov. 4 This gives some of the young rabbits who run at a Hotel Utah banquet The event is sponsored by the Old the tour a chance at seasons last lucre without Time Athletes Association. casting their lot with the biggies. . A native of Parowan, s too However, if the money thing becomes went to Young Brigham tight there is a possibility that Casper, Nicklaus, r University in 1911 from the old Trevino and Crampton may elect to play again Murdock Academy. to pick up whatever they can on their way to fame. i- Richards wOn the worlds If Casper wins this one it should end that ; l high jump title in the Olympic ' Games of 1912, the world's derace. training camp from Oklahoma City of the Central Hockey League. He scored the first goal last Sat-- ; win, urjay in Salt Lakes over Fhoenix. In other personnel shuffling,, goalie Jim Armstrong was put on waivers by the Eagles. Jf not claimed by another West-e- rn Hockey League team wit-- , hin 72 hours, Armstrong will become a free agent. Newest addition to the Eagle team is forward an aggressive"" sent down today from Buffalo. Golden Eagle general 0 i. and Bill both good Theyre end good scorer in the league right now with a average and tops the league in assists with .n average of nine per outing. " The Nets have been making progress under the talents of coach Carnesecca, one of the colege games most respected mentors while at St. Johns in Brooklyn. Lou is a bundle of energy plus ' being one of the top coaches in the league, Shar-.ma- n continued. Nets will make a lot of progress under him. New York should also make progress when a player by the of Rick Barry gets l name healthy. Barry, who has been nursing a sprained ankle, was ' acquired from the Virginia 0 like Heaney, came to the Tart Melchionni "... 1969-7- Woodley, 25 years of age ball handlers scorers. Trevino Is about $250 behind Nicklaus and Bruce Crampton is $1,000 behind. Nicklaus. Others in the top ton, which includes Arnie Palmer, cannot reach Casper even with the $20,000 pay day. e team. Theyve got strength in their two guards,' LaVern Butch,.-Deadmar- . ' Squires after a big squrbfcle developed when the team moved from Washington. If there is one person who should know Barry, it is Sharman. The Stars coach tutored the super-sta- r forward at San Francisco. Barry has to be greatest scoring forward in surmised the pro history, star. He outscored both Baylor (Elgin) and Pettit (Bob) during his first two ' years in the NBA. Rick is not only a good outside shooter, but he likes to drive to the basket. Its hard to teach a forward with as good an out-- side shot to drive. . Barry has only played in one game this season and that was the Nets, 117-9victory over the Carolina Cougars last Friday, and he scored 16 points before reinjuring his ankle. But he might want to play against his former coach just to prove he still has the touch. While under Sharman, the forward averaged 35 points a game to lead the NBA in scoring, . Carnesecca is a show him-sel- f. He likes to dance along the sidelines, heckle the referees and even jump over the bench. He hates to sit down in a tight ball game. The Net coach has one of his former players Sonny 6-- 8 at a forward. He had at St. Johns. Also, big Dove- . him 6-- 9 Ed Johnson adds muscle and quit .(ess to the post. New York is currently 4 in the Eastern Division standto ings and the Stars are lead the Western Division. Zelmo (Big Z) Beaty is trying to overcome an injury to his knee which hampered him in the Indiana game. Weve some hard practice sessions this week and the 4-- 3-- 0 6-- knee doesnt seem to bother him, added Sharman. Big Z will be at the post with Wayne Hightower and Red Robbins at the forwards and Donnie Freeman and Jeff Congdon at the guards. Freeman is the leading scorer for averthe Stars with a avage. Beaty has a erage and 13.3 rebounds per outing. who Hightower, sizzled Indiana with 34 points, has a average with 13 rebounds a game, Robbins adds balance with 14 points and 10.7 boards a fray. against manager-coac- Richards Named To Fame -- , . said. " Rich-Ard- ... (Stockholm, Sweden) from. King Gustavus V. He died in 1963. Also named into the Hall of c : - . Fame was David Freed, former captain of the U.S. Davis Cup team and winner of the c, Many golf pros around our part of the counhave wondered how they, would fare against try the regular tour trotters and this Sahara Invitational gives some of our mountain men a chance to try their game in the whirl. big-tim- e "... " : Lanny Nielson, the popular Wasatch State Park pro, is one of our representatives. Bill Korns of Riverside in Provo is here to play along with Ernie Schneiter Jr., of the Ogden (Roy) area. These, men won spots through their regional : PGA play recently. : He wpn 55 national and regional collegiate and AAU titles and scored 2,000 points in 24 years of competition, during 20 of which he jumped six feet or more. Richards was high point man in 123 meets. He scored more than 20 points seven . ... Alma Richards athlete of the century U.S. Senior Singles championship at Forest Hills. , Freed has been a leader and patron in the develop: i ment of junior tennis in Utah times and more . than 25 and spearheaded the drive to three times. ( build indoor tennis c o u r t s. After completing an educaHe played tennis for East tion at BYU, Richards went to' High and the , University of Cornell for three years. 3. Utah. After his last competition in 1932, Richards was a coach n all-st- with Runners 6, Totems 0 13 11 J M I it Vaughns Pre-Holid- ay ISCBRAKElSPECIALrSXS SHOCKS 95 MUFFLERS BeBTI INSTALLED FREE WE UN FIT OF OIL 16 AMERICAN By TOM BROWN The veiy first PROVO season Region the of game Four's Orem and Spanish Fork knocked heads all 'Iter-noo- n and couldnt budge out 4 tie. Tuesday, they of a did about the same thing, knocked heads all afternoon and ended up with a game that came close to being a repeat of what happened the first of the season. Spanish Fork, boastng one of the biggest lir.es in the state, scame dose to knocking off the Orem Tigers, but a conversion misssed and a muffed pass blew any chances the Dons had at getting even with the Tigers for the tie. Final score: Tigers IS. Dons 14. imSpanish looked very ball to the on holding pressive all but three minutes of the first quarter and then used nine plays to drive 74 yards Little for the touchdown. 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Orem won the game . 16-1- ET wilt) ytort, bwk l,l n4 creUit , BANK CAtDIT CAI9S WELCOME 4pL cr4 T47S0$$TAT nmmi f Score by periods: Phoenix 0 0 0 P Seattle First period: 1, Phoenix, Hicks 2 2:36. 2, Phoertlx," (Beaule, Chsrlesbois) Hinse 4 (Lund, Hughes) 19:02. Penalties; McCaskill 14:28. Second period: 3, Phoenix, Chirleboie ' (Lund, Hucul) 5:25. 4, Phoenix, Clancef (McCaskill, Hannigan) 11:33. 5, Phoenix,' 1 l.wO.t McCaskill Caley) (Clancey, Penalties: None. Third period: 5, Phoenix, Hannigan 8:24. Penalties:! Odrowski) (McCaskill, Stratton misconduct) - 7:39; I j (minor, McCaskill 17:55. 31; Shot3 by Phoenix Seattle). A 3,818. I PRICE SUITS Seattle et Denver Phoenix et Salt Lake San Die90 at Portland s deal-ing- referees. Hes a natural for captain. Center Guylb Ellett Fielder and defensemen Larry McNabb and Terbenche were named assistant captains. ; - His teammates respect him a great deal and he is an authoritative gentla-main try to sign Flood from the Philadelphia Phillies who had outfielder gotten the from the St. Louis Cardinals, Flood, who has a lifetime .293 average refused to sign a contract with the Phillies and said today. instead filed a $4.1 million : The Post said Flood and antitrust damage suit against Short met secretly in New baseball, charging the reserve York City over the weekend. clause violated his rights. Flood, involved in a law suit, He lost his suit before a fedchallenging organized basedistrict judge but his eral balls reserve clause, flew case is being appealed to a from Copenhagen to meet level. higher Short, according to the newsThe Washington Daily News paper. Short obtained the right to said baseball commissioner Bowie Kuhn said he has not been notified of any contract WHL Standings arrangement between Flood By United Press International and Short. WASHINGTON (UPI) Outfielder Curt who sat out last season, has come to salary terms with Washington Senator owner Robert Short on a contract for next season, the Washington Post and high school principal In Southern California. - He was given special recognition at Utahs Centennial Sports ' Banquet in 1947. He was hailed as one of the e athletes in greatest America, a member of the Helms Hall of Fame. Richards received his gold medal in the 1912 Olympic games - (1850-195- cathlon championship in 1915, and high point honors in the Inter-Al- -, lied World Games in Paris ' in 1919. Flood To Senators? Flood, Bodnar Gus h today named Bob Ellett as team captain for the current season. Ellett, a veteran, has played for five different teams in five different professional leagues and has been captain of each team. His leadership qualities are truly outstanding on the ice and off the ice, Bodnar - -- hockey Salt Lake at a time. Cas- of n, ' ' shuffling players by the Salt Lake Gold-e- n Eagles continues as they ready themselves for tonights 8 oclock encounter with Phoenix at the Salt Palace. Late Tuesday night, the Eagles trimmed defensemen Bob heaney and Dave Woodley from their roster to make room for two other defense-mePaul Terbenche and Jean Guy Legace. The latter two joined the team Tuesday after being sent down from the. Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League. Heaney, a popular player with Eagle fans, was named outstanding defenseman on M pionship. The Nets should have a very exciting club when they put everything together, said coach Sharman, who only likes to think about one game i In this tournament Nicklaus is the favorite by a long shot. Hes won it four times and has $73,000 of Del Webbs money in his pocket to date. It is his eighth consecutive Sahara Tournament. in 1965 and it is his Casper has won it once sixth consecutive Sahara Tournament. , 4.' ' ' : ar 69-7- ... Shuffle Personnel By DAN PATTISON Billy Casper, who last night stepped up to the honor stand in Florida and received the PGA award, is heading the dollar drive right now with $144,641. Jack Nicklaus is right on Caspers coattail with $139,696. The dif' ference is $4,945. , The payoff in the $122,222.22 Sahara Classic, the last of the great paydays, is $20,006 for first, $12,000 for second, $7,500 for third. Golfer-of-the-Ye- J.. ATSATHER GATE MAIN 34S SOUTH Malm Aerate tfco Sfroot front the Past CHka sh, |