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Show ' A o 0 , 4 m,---,t- ELIO DESERET NEWS, WEEKEND OF JANUARY 17, 1976 . A fth vizor Litgli I itaiP 11.F r2 criorr B, ite; mili One day before Super MIAMI BEA Cif tt.T1) Bowl X involvim, the two hest teams in the National Football League. all the talk centered around the leauue's two worst teams. Or at least the teams which figure to be the two worst. incoming expansion franchises Tampa Bay and Seattle. if they can get off the ground for next season. And suddenly, it does not seem likely. 1r U Facts MIAMI (UPI) figures on Super Bowl X: lid 4. Pittsburgh Participants Steelers, champions of the American Football Coif' rence, and Dallas Cowboys, champions of the National Football Conference. Site Orange Bowl Stadium. Miami. (Capacity: 80,187.i. Date Sunday. January Starting time Kickolt Noon, Columbia Network television Broadcasting System. Air time noon. MST. Pregame show 10:30 a.m.. MST. Players' shares each member of Winning tea:n; $7,500 to each member of 1os1 n12, team. (Approxialatcly S1.35 million i(lr personnel 0) competin. clubs.) alternates t WO Lee Trevino is going to take golf PHOENIX seriously again. Or did he ever? Lee has learned, as many athletes have, that the unless you publicity streetcar soon passes you by keep yourself worth stopping for. fle's been feeling the abandonment. People jug -drop by and say, There's old Super Mex." where and the clown prince. once he iA as the c rov, n tlx). Once he was of the big three or the big tour. Last season he was no better than big nine and that isn't here he w ants to lit. What's he doing about it? lie talked about his hew image as we chatted for halt an hour after his opening round here in the Phoenix IA Open. "rye learned to putt," he said. "Last night I stayed on the Bilt more Hotel putting green until dark and then I went to my room and on the carpets I hit another thousand balls. Look at the -- Office. The scoreboard Official clock will be official. better putters putting got so bad I decided to look around at some of the better putters. First I studied Bob Charles stroke he's the best putter in goit in rny My hook. -Then I looked at jack Nicklaus and Johnny Miller. They win enough they should be good putters. "I made changes, with help from a lot of people. I locked my wrists and started to putt with shoulders. No more of that nippy wristed putting I did when I was near the top. Putting came so easy to me I didn't know what stroke I was using. I just knocked the bail into the hole. Landry said the only Cowboy at less than full strength is detensive end Harvey Martin, but "he should be 100 percent by Sunday." Martin did not practice last week because of a thigh bruise but has t,ken part in drills this week. The national weather service has predicted a chalice ot thundershowers in the area for late Saturday ha. skies will clear up. There will be partial cloudiness and temperatures in the mid 70s at game time. app- Trevino wants back in golf At 'The players are starting to get ornery," he said. "We're tapering practice down because we don't want to get them too ornery. We want them to save it for Sunday. Then we want them to be very ornery. They'll he on their own then just as long as they get along with the officials." Both clubs will head into the game almost 100 percent healthy with all 43 players on each team expected to dress. Reserve Pittsburgh lirebacker Loren Thews, who had been listed as quest.onable earlier in the week because of knee problems. has since rejoined the workiAits and his status has been ehanged to probable. by the Commissioner's omt--(1 Dallas will Player uniforms be the visiting team, will wear white jerseys and use the north bench, Pittsburgh will be the 1 ;... lassio.talirtt:L4 Noll said the Steelers are getting a little edgy themselves, with the tension rising to the surface as early as Wednesday when we had a little harder contact in practice than we would have liked. There will be six nficials officials and 1 l'In pressure." we-gam- e MST. lity In their turns at the microphone. both Landry and Noll said their teams were getting a little tired ot practicing and were anxious, as the Dallas coach phrased it, to get the game on. We've had two weeks to do what we've been doing in three days for every other game this season,' Landry said. The tension is beginning to build. I think all of us are beginning to feel a little If the game is Sudden death tied at the end of the regulation 60 minutes, it vitt continue in sudden death overtime. The team sec ring first (by safety, field goal or t(iuchdown) will win. At the end of regulation time, the referee will immediately toss a coin in the center of the field in accordance with the rules for the usual toss and the captain of the visiting team will call the toss. Following a three minute intermission, play will continue by 15 minute periods with a two minute intermission between periods. Teams will change goals between each period. The rules for game timing and team timeouts will be the same as in a regular game, including the last two minutes- of the second and fourth quarters. SPORTS EDITOR - Others named to the officiatin, team were Joe Connell as umpire, Leo Miles as head linesman, Jack Fette as line judge. Stan Javie as back judge and Bill O'Brien as field judge. The alternates will be Bob Frederic and Gordon McCarter. home team, will wear colcred jerseys and will use the south bench. National Football At stake League championship tor he Vince Löinhardi Trophy. HACK MILLER er v..0t Super Bowl facts "fhe future of Tampa Bay and Seattle is very clouded." said commissioner Pete Rozelle, whose league had planned to increase to 23 teams in 1976 with the two new franchises. Rozelle. the last of three speakers to parade to the podium tor news conferences at the mak2shift league headquarters set up here this week, said the array ot lawsuits involving the two new franchises and the NFL Players Association filed earlier this week may force a delay of up to one year in the debuts oi Tampa Bay and Seattle, Rozelle, who also talked about the federal court ruling last month which struck down the league's option-comp- ( asation clause, was preceded to the microphone by the co .ches of the two Super Bowl participants, Toni Landry of Dallas and Chuck Noll of Pittsburgh, who gave the media a final briefing on their teams, -There is a possibility they might not be prepared to play next year," Rozelle said of Seattle and Tampa Bay, explaining it may be a while before the courts can determine the legality of the draft with which the NFL had planned to stock the new clubs. The expansion draft was scheduled for Jan. 23 in New Orleans but was postponed indefinitely by Itozelle. who is hoping for a quick settlement of the suits. The commissioner also postponed the league's annual amateur draft, which was scheduled for Feb. 3 in 'New York. Rozelle also announced the officials for Sunday's came, headed up by Norm Schachter, who refereed the initial Super Bowl between Green Bay and Kansas City as well as the fifth of the series involving Raltimore and Dallas, 6A "Then I lost that groove and started to change clubs. Cha.ige stances, grips I went through all the frustrations of a distressed divoteer, For' the first time in ray lifc I had to know what I was doing. -- Utes blitz ASU; test Slow start thwarts Ea les By Hack Nliller Descret News sports editor Utah's Utes are one game TEMPE. Ariz. ahead ot where they expected to be in Western Athletic Conterciwe basketball, and with tonight's game at Arizona down Tucson way. and with a lot of luck. they could be two games to the good. That victory at Arizona State Friday was a little more than the Utes had night. expected of course, but for what they had hoped. To win the first road glITIC in any WAC SeaS011 IS a championship by it soli It has Utah tagged as a team to twat in the 1l76 race, a position Coach Jerry l'imm is glad to have. barn-buste- 80-7- B met ASU at noon today on regional television, and was at a disadvantage because of the a second conference game for the scheduling Coutzars in It; hours. Utah got some rest before meeting a lavored Arizona team at Tucson. On this basis, with travel involved, BYt7 might not he as lucky against ASU as t7tah. And Utah might ha e enough momentum to make it two straight. Utah won on pluck. It rebounded 13 more than the Sun Devils, but shot .13 percent against ASU's Utah won at the tout line, with 30 chances against six tor the home stand side. ASU made 35 field goals Utahs 2:t. The lout line situation favored 17tali in both could not get to the liah es, ),ilien the Sun bonus. It WaS Utah's way of play to be particularly carelul with fouls. In the long run this paid off. Also the Utes, with a seven-poin- t lead, tell into toul shots like ,ver-ripapples fall from trees. In the Utah made only two baskets, e See box score in Scoreboard, Brent Cheeketts Deseret News sports writer salted too long to get started. We've pulled a lot of home games out with late rallies, but you can't do that all the time. We've got to quit tailing behind early." Those were the comments of Salt Lake Golden Eagles coach Mary Edwards Friday night as the discouraged mentor sat behind his desk adjacent to the steamy dressing room. The Salt Lake squad had just disappointed 6,063 Salt Palace taithful by dropping a decision to the Tucson Mavericks. With the loss, the Eagles tell into fourth place in Central Hockey League standings, as Oklahoma City romped over Fort Worth to secure the third spot. The Salt Lakers get a chance to bounce baek tonight, when they host the Mavericks again at 7:30 at the Palace. By AU tonight to ,....,,,,,fffsext,71r7 ,,..:, ! ,,..tii?..e.-'.- ,:, ik. 4:.,:.,,,,...i-,.rs,,,;-,--,,''i',:-i.:; t ,.,;:,::!.V.,,....,::.;1',.....4.1;1..... W re7.. Martynulk. last season's All-Sta- sk i ,, i ' .:. -.. - ' .....i '. .;.:''':.;'.:.::-..;.W'Ar'4.. .....:::, ' ' ..:.,'..ht-'- SIM 4, ..4, c o .., , ........41 :,...pr.,:-...- 1. ",,...t:r..--- tif..z;.,::: .: r''''''''. Iret4k,,,, , .., - :til ,' .: Z , g , ,,, - 0 , . ;:,: i,Sli,,;.k.,- ,z, 4 ,' ., k, ; tirig......4i;. :: 1 ,:.',. 711Zi fl1iig editor -- Coach Frank Arnold of Young basketball had a bend in his biick like an old tinier NJ year, old here Friday night. That was caused from a slipped disc which hit him a week Or ago. But the back twitches didn't compare to the inental miseries that had iirii pacing like Walter Brennan v. heti he was star ot the "Real McCoys" at ter to Arizona University in BYI: l'ilcKale Center, The Cougars, expected to lose anN where from 10 to 30 points, were never behind until 1:54 lett in the game when rtcst-iN If it 79-7- Arizona vent ahead The game was tied at 78 with 17 seconds lett and Jim It appis hit one shot situation. in a It was Arnold's debut in the Western Athletic Conference, and to make it a Boot Ilill episode he had to start on the road. e "I know now what they mean ai)out W AC officiating ifl the road," said Arnoid. "We didn't get One break do WTI the stroch. I'm unhappy the wi:iting, that's all I'm going to say.See box wore in Scoreboard, A-- 8 What about the with six minutes to 68-5- 7 Cougars hae lead MI: had couldnt the protected it more than go) they did? Could be," said Arnold. -- But we got that lead by being aggressive. I thought we had them on the ropes at that time and could deliver the final punch. Six minutes is a long time to) stall against a team as potent as Arizona. had been that sort of lead with four minutes we would have tried to stall. We had a tour pomt lead with three minutes lett and that simply is not enough to stall Jogai:1st a team like Arizona." Whether or not the Cotwars should on the game with different have If it ,,,,';,.;,,,z4 v ,'.:,,::-11- , ,,,,4,,L ,:4;:!:; ....... .. ,...'-,.:.- , ,t guess I can say for the first time I've had to analyze what I was doing so I could be smart enough to do something about it," Lee concluded. ::,:....,,,,,, ::1J.,::,::;::::-- ,,,t. -- I ,.,) A..' , ,,0 What do we amateur hackers learn from Lee? Well, if were missing our putts we should change maybe use the pendulum swing from the shoulders no wrists. And play the come-ushots more to the to let the clubhead strike the back of our stance ball instead of the golf course behind it. There you have the day's best lesson. The tour this year is full of new faces the corduroy kids. youngsters Out of college ...,. k,,:...,,,,,,.,,.....,,.0...,...x., ,.1. .,:.,,,. p ::,,.1,1:::::,.::,::.:.:,:::: :::::.::.:,..E::,.:E..::;,,:: I ..f.:, ,,,,... ::,....:?. , 'fl..4,:i.,,11.1.1ii.:;:'',:':;:';','., , , , , . , :..,&..;...' ': ..,...f,,;,01..::'.i.;.".. :.. ''s4' ' - i :,.. cepti,Altilly well in the filial L'O all 14 minutes. turning salt Lake shots. Ile had luck on his side also, as the Eales mi,ssed the pipe on lose- - ram2,t, Scoreboa rd summary period IA aS his The Iilys filo ed out to a lead hy 7:30 of the sand'ik kit in A-- , wdn't oft Walter pulled Ernie Miller to the ice on a break and tlipped the puck into an open net at 15:53. 1,Valter rot the puck v it eluded new Eac,le serum) Don McLean on the center ice laceoli. thiiii, that ever ',lid. Lice 1t1i to end," poured and his h:aids ,;t'it i (' h:ItIStilir, tio'A rcjny I til:Idt 1,ut the I those important thing is I did.1iih is tile best deseripiiiin of the tirst period Friday. Th.! 4oitis III the period exile ithin seven secorick Charlie Sinimer potted a power play for the Ein.les at 15:46. while Dave session, as Walter completed ith a dellection his hat trick and a power play lip gftfd at 2 Ui thii live minutes later, Those tmio fioils shocked the Varies into shakimi oil the hlatis, and the), phokd with ypod ultefisit:, the rest of the It' 2:líd ! Frani Sprin rang up his Lit fill of the season fin a trom the slot at 1.5:45 to brim'. th B;rds back to within uric, but Norm Courno er put the mayiti back to t'wo it 17:11 1.7),tooter stretch strategy thing. The bir, that they played storN, tremendously smart and disciplined to ildcats ket p the heirIly favored seratalag heiore 12,500 partisan fans. -Our ,eame plan was to tnake them shoot outside Inure than they like to to keep them away fro's) their inside power game,- said Arnold. That, the Cougars did. And they had the muscle to i2ccomp11sh Arnold had a very difficult time controlling his emotions alter the game and he had good reason. BYU was in complete command until those final minutes. It was an unbelievable snrt of led at ,ga me as the Cougars halftime, ti2 52 ith eight minutes and mark. at the an hit incredible Cheesman Jay irom the line for 21 points goals and and pulled dov, n 10 rebounds. Never has the big Provo lad played so vkill. The Cougars starting fivesome, Cheesman, Verne Thompson, Mark llandy, Steve Craig and Very, Law shot though, is one is hen ins lloatitno shot 5,oniehow went S41yer w slap by right brinisbme. I think he can cut it. Ile has had a little help from several old masters, Casper, Miller and others. For a freshie on the tour these are tender times. So much depends on every shot. And the sooner he 'musters realize that once a shot has been hit or missed, that shot is history. It cannot he replayed or and for this reason it should not repented of Milot-oca feller's future. Forget the la.it 'shot, the old timers tell the The 1,agle, aft,0At.red Courno:oer's good 27 seconds later when Ken lie,ojardine deflected oloilw,.; shot with the shalt of his stick fnd it rolled in crazily Iron, the goal cream. The Salt Lakers started the land petiod by killing the Frnljilli"tcr of a penalty, then got right to the ofiensive. It was not to, howeer, as time and IQ, so, Anson neophites. Only trouble with that, youngsters have too many bad shots not to remember. ere thwarted tlIne ;1alli they missed kor goe,d With five of the six CHI, honehed so tightly entering the season's second half, it zli,pears the i a tit colisiAent team will in it all. The only probeim: none of the live teams appear to have consistency yet. lean, FURNACE SAFETYCHECK i;41 per cent from the field. They (irked the hall expertly and took very good percentage shots nearly "What really hurts itie i, the lact that these guys are just beginning to believe in themselves, and t1o..11 they have to lose one like this.- - said Arnold shaking his head and limpiv, riround a little more. 'It's just a sad thing a real sad thing. "Everyone keeps moaning about our turnovers, but I don't give a hang about turnovers as long as we get the job done." Perhaps Arnold is right, but the Cougars had 2S turnoverS compared to 11 for Arizona IA hile out hoarding the 7. liVildeats And Arizona Coach Fred Snowden said he thought turnovers were the key to the game The Cougars had everything except turnovers their way. They hit 51.-- per cent from the field compared to 10.5 for Arizona, and on a foreign court that is cs I, PoPumgml,, fit3". I It;LAM ' ' $ 0 95 ,,m a, MOte & 1,,br odsust boils. 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From tee to green Ray is superb has a beautiful ing. But on the green his immaturity shows jist as it did once with Johnny Miller. This is the year Ray will have to find out it he has the mental management in the loft to handle the short the bumps and breaks. This is his fire and arIIc , ;., ec4'''',,,, , ,. I . . ' See ,t:::,t''..&.;.':' ' ....:.,!:..:',:tji:.---,:7:.- ,: ses. AP:it ,i:g'..!7.:'I''';':.:;.::::::':' ''',.t:',:.':' ft.::::::.:..2:.:',........,:,.,4 ' , ' , best lesson The day's :' 1:::,,::1::::;',;:,;:,,.,;,,,.,.., .., ,... '1'4, t,,,,,. ,;.,,,., Cougar lead melts into Arizona win By George Ferguson ''..:,;,..,;1:!,e: ;i$.,,., ,,.,:.:,::::,,,.,.::: 4, ......' ,..,,..., , . swing was. It worked to start with and I'm pleased with it. 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'7,7!,,:.:7 Aik talgi10.14-44.,et''''':'..'7.7.'''''- .!tfis 471 The pressure will be much intensified on the shorthanded Salt Lake squad. Team members felt they needed live wins in the current six L:alne home stand to take over first place. Those five have to come in a row now A-- 8 ;AI ...,..... vastly-improve- Added pressure on the Eagles tonight is the fact they have lost N 0 straight home and know they will be lacing Ray ',.;,i, "144.'44';'t,,,,..' 3 CHI. goalie, During that time Utah potted 13 fouls, mostly first-teahas played well since joining irotti lhc clumsy and frantic play ot a desperate ASU the Arizona team. Alter his team. win us, er tile Eagles at the (iulnig nearly paid of for ASU. With 58 seconds Palace New Year's Night, he to play Arizona State trailed by only three. ASU said he partieularly likes to pulled an intentional foul, and Jell Jonas made only heat his old team on its home the tWO. ASU's Gary Jackson countered, but hi ice. ith the press in) ASU lit thc scoring end of the court The Eagl-- . e hO timitiendod. and Ute Juif Judkins, high man of ',lit' n 27. w as caught on a sleeper to ice the cake. 1.1,' it t only 15 11101 Friday, VW hal, t 16 Innes Arifirna State showed enough spunk to on hand tonight. Rookie winger Paul Tantardini will be back in tn. hut Coach Ned Wulk could find no combination action atter sitting out a one-tacit could penetrate the Utes' Jackson as g rat with 25 points, and the game suspension imposed tor thrcat SU had, with apologies to big Scott his part in an altercation at Lloyd. v. ho couldn't wheel and deal against the Tulsa Wednesday. elI postist Utah &tense, even kith 21 No matter how veil Marpoints. tyriulk plays tonight, It won't be laoked 18,t play positions and combinations ot dri es. It as unable to present any polish, much better than Tucson's rookie goalie Roger Swanson el,11Pit ol spurts. Utah was clearly' the iAcpt did Friday. The Elm Hon, tict.tcr club, afld just mi,dit be better than most people Nlanitoba native came on ex tI ud, I Well, its paid off. I was putting so good today (Thursdayl I could hardly believe it. The greens were tough and I still came in live under. I've never betn happier about iny golf. "But there were other changes I had to make. For instance, I could chip a ball with a flat backswing and that little sweep I had. I never paid any attention to chipping nor playing from the bunkers. Then my short game came apart just as my putting did. "I went to South Africa to be with Gary Player. I rate Player as top man in chipping and sand shots. No one like him, in my book. "Gary took hold of me and straightened me up. I had been playing the ball way forward and this brought me to stub the club into the grass. lie had me get more forward on the ball, bring my backswing to a more upright take-bacand then hit the ball more oft my right foot where he figured the apex of my Rad, . : Ai, .groo p'dt"aurtibes ILImmovovsgmmmmool.4...tvww; A N, gr 1 uji alace 09 , 7:30 RICIIS ali . c (U sk , 11 |