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Show 88 DESERET NEWS, Tuesday, 1971 January 3, Teams Set For 21st NBA All-StMeet Dan Pattison ar By TOM BROWN Desexet News Sports Writer Heard 1 his Story Before It seems like weve heard thi3 story before somewhere , , . someplace. An athlete suffers a setback in his young career by being cut from his Ugh school team only to come back and win honors in both college and the pros. You know, it is that time in an athletes career when he is having growing pains end coordination problems. Remember the former NBA super-sta- r Bob Pettit with the St. Louis Hawks? Pettit ' was cut from his high school basketball team his freshman and sophomore years. And history will show what kind of career he had. Pettit will join Utah Stars coach Bill Sbar-maJan. for the NBA Silver Anniversary in San Diego. Both were on the e NBA team. , , . . n 1, all-tim- There have been others. Even the Stars have Rod (The Rocket) McDonald. McDonald was cut from his freshman team high school team. I was cut so I decided to go out for the wrestling team, says Rod. Lut during my sophomore year the coach started up another team just to scrimmage and he needed the bodies and so I gave one ... 6-- "The Rocket, a tag he picked up in the training camp with the veterans because he was in shape and was able to run, was not just another body. He became one e of the leading scorers at Whitworth College, Wash., and Tom 6-- Sharman 5-- enough to win him a job with the Stars. The forward also gained a lot of experience playing Army basket- 5-- 7, Utahs Weber coach took a Deseret News Special 8 MORGAN The Mountain West snowmobile racing season continues its hot pace deo spite near temper- ' He has a great attitude and he does give Fuller headed the field of five Polaris pilots who dominated thf 650 cc class and also won the 800 cc class. If he didnt impress the field of 137 pilots who competed in the one-daclass with his show, maybe his 800 cc trophy dash victory did. Wil- What was the above athletes secret? They didnt give up! There is alwajs a place for people in any walk of life whether in sports or not if they y dont give up. Daddy's All-Ameri- Idaho Falls 300 cc pilot Art riding for Robinson Distributing won that class on an Arctic Cat while Wyo., ace Andy won 340 honors on a ca Sweeten, Viewmont coach Wade Bender was quite an athlete in his day. for Bender was a junior college Orange Coast Junior College and he still owns the record for the longest kickoff return in the Junior He later enCollege Rose Bowl game rolled at Southern Utah State College and became a standout halfback for the (96-yards- Lake Citys Jimmy Cook, riding a Polaris, placed ). second to Sweeten to give his Wilson Transport sponsor a trophy. Second place finisher in 340 cc racing was Ogdens Gordon Shafer. Trophy dash winners included Idaho Falls Jim Hall, 300 cc on a Skiroule; Chad Perkins, 340 Arctic Cat; Gordon Shafer, 440 Polaris; and Fuller on his hpt Polaris. S.L. County The annual Salt Lake County Fish and Game Association milk mask at 2 68. Rocky Fan of Salt Lane and George Sui may of Seattle also have three shutouts each. The ton scoreis: At Your Neighborhood HEBER VALLEY MILK DEPOTS 25 stalled New president of the group is LeRoy Lloyd. William F. Eckles is group vice president. Second vice president is Harvey D. Shell Ed Ceder-hois secretary. Outgoing president is Rex Willder,. Films will be shown at the meeting Members and interested sportsmen are invited. LOCATIONS little men Ive seen in high school basketball, and Barber is probably one of the best small athletes in the states Jim said Monday. history, will remember, was the short blur with headband who worked around under the armpits of the opponents and invariably came up with the ball in tight situations. Barber did a little of that RSONATIZED a ?SPECIAL' ?? Automatic Transmissions Adjust Bands Change Oil Inspection Now Due Red Holzman of New York will coach the East for the second straight year while Larry Costello of Milwaukee will lead the West. style, games with compliments Caputos passing and shooting. Caputo, as fans watching the 1970 state playoffs in Brigham Young himself, but preferred to remain near the outside and work around for the situation shot. And with that forsome on Barber, or Yerkovich changes claims, actually his and - The NEW YORK (UPI) New Year is a great year so far for Notre Dame. The fighting Irish football team opened it in fine fashion on New Years day with a stunning upset of national champion Texas in the Cotton Bowl. The basketball team moved into the United Pi ess International top 10 listing, after pulling off an upset of its own last week by beating seventh-ranke- Kentucky. Notre Dame, now 2 with losses to South Carolina and Indiana, took the No. 10 spot in the fifth weekly balloting d by members coaches. games Sunday. the of UPI board of The ratings include played through UCLA, cruising along with a 0 record, maintained its No. 1 ranking and South Carolina held second. Southern California, unbeaten in 10 gamos, edged past Marquette into third place end Pennsylvania, unbeaten in eight, moved up to fifth. Western Kentucky fell to' sixth, followed by Kansas, Jacksonville and Kentucky, Notre Dame to complete the top 10. ) St. Bonaventures burst nto the ratings in the No. 11 slot and Villanova fe'l to 12th. Indiana was 13th, Louisville and Oregon tied for 14th and surprising Fordham, 11-- this season, broke in at No. 16. Utah State was 17th, North Carolina 18th and Drake and New Mexico tied for 19th and last Notre Dame, led by Austin Carrs performance, 0 stunned Kentucky, tucky and C,nmson. Southern California beat Michigan State, Houston and Louisiana State to advance in the ratings while Marquette recorded triumphs over Dartmouth, Wisconsin and Detroit. Penn downed Utah and Temple while Western Kentucky beat St. Johns (N.Y.), bowed to South Carolina and edged East Tennessee. Kansas put togethei victories over Iowa State and Nebraska while Kentucky followed its loss to Notre Dame with a victory over Mississippi. Slumping Jacksonville beat Creighton before being upset by Wake Forest and surviving a scare at the hands of the UPI Cage Poll The United (UPI) top 2D maior college basketball teams with first place votes In records and won-lo- st parentheses (Fifth week, Including games through Svnaay, Jan. 3) Team 1. UCLA (26) (M) ) 2. South Carolina (3) 3. Southern California (1(H)) ) 4. Marquette 5. Pennsylvania (1) (9-6. Western Kentucky ) 7. Karsas (9-8. Kentuckey (7-(7-9. Jacksonville 13. Notre Dame (6-11. St Bonaventure ) 12. Villanova (9-13. Indiana (9-14. (Tie) Louisville (8-(tie) Oregon ) ) 1. Fotdham 17. Utah St. ) 18. North Carolina (8-Drake ) New Mexico (92) receiving five or Colorado State, Hawaii, State, Oregon State Weber State. NEW Grayson To Retire - OAKLAND (UPI) Free safety Dave Grayson of the Oakland Raiders, whose 47 career interceptions were the best in the old American Football League, is retiring from pro football. trie court, plus Kerry Egan, Gioraccrm, Greg Marty Toucher and Greg Hose waiting in the wings, the Bulldogs should be a ch allonge for another shot at the Class A title. Were coming," may not be enough for Judge. Weve arrived, may be more appropriate as they open the 1971 season Friday against a favored Cyprus squad. Ttis'CustomXtrarip Wide-Tread"Ii- vngin Islands while St. Bonaventure, showing no ill effects from the loss of Bob Lamer from last years NCAA squ''i, cru;-e- d to its eighth straight victory. Villanova fc'l after looses to Brigham Young and Michigan and Indiana advanced with victories over San Jose SLue and Oho State. Louisville ripped off victories over re Built with nylon cord, and Tufsyn rubber . . . toughest rubber ever used T in Goodyear Tires. Wide, flat tread for long mileage and stability against swaying. k About Our Easy Pa Bell-armm- e, Southern Methodist and Tulsa while Oregon beet Washington State and lost to Oregon State. Fordham, with no starter taller than swept through the Kodak Classic and added a victory over Princeton to run its unbeaten string to 11 games. k &L 0 Notts Blem . . . Not a Second . . Plus Fed. Ex. Tax $3.45. No Trade Rea. 800x16.5 AP Poll YORK I Press international played j i une-u- p &rtirl! WITH THIS COUPON Front End Alignment American Cars $200 more far cars with air etaHitieitinf torsion hors. 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Jim McLeod of P o 1 1 1 a n d registered his third shutout of tiie season last week blanking Seattle 9 and has the best r, Mar-sins- SkiDoo. And while at SUSC, Wade met his wife, Susan oorhees. The couple was blessed with their first son, Mike, during Wade's senior jear of football (1967). When Bender finishes his college football career his thoughts turn to making a future for young Mike. He always wanted Mike to become a top athlete in the sport of his choosing. But that wil1 never happen. While the world was bringing in a New Year, the Benders knew nothing but sorrow. Mike died of a short illness in the Primary Childrens Hospital, Jan. 2. Mike will never turn in the same athletic feats as his daddy, but he was and always will be Bob Courcy of San Diego, the Western Hockey League s leading scorer, broke out of sn eight-gam- e slump the past week and just did manage to retain his scoring lead. Kern-mere- The starting team for the West will be Connie Hawkins of Phoenix, Jerry Lucas of San Francisco, Lew Alcmdor of Milwaukee, Jerry West of Los Angeles and Dave Bing of out the Detroit. Rounding West squad are Bob Love of Chicago, Wilt Chamberlain of Los Angeles and Cscar Robertson of Milwaukee ar squa dition to Petrie of Portland, were Elvin Hayes, of San WUkens of Diego, Lenny Seattle, Chet Walker of Chicago, Jeff Mullins of San Francisco and Dick Van Arsdale of Phoenix. The starting team for the East, named last month in ? vcfe of sportswriters and sportscasters from each of the 17 league cities, includes John The long and the short of it. Judge's two extremes, Tom Phillips left, and Ross Caputa and Gary Barber, right tu ne up for league opener Friday. UPI Sports Writer Winners in last weekends Third Annual Morgan County Snowmobile Classic were announced today. Donald Stanley Fuller, riding a Polaris for the Plaza Cycle Racing Team, was the days only double winner. lie a tough workout in practice. All-St- out the Rounding West in ad- sub-zer- While Pluim lias never set the Big Sky maples on fire plajing behind candidate Willie Sojourner, Johnson is more than happy to have him. Herm was lacking in the basic skills when he came out for the freshman team two years ago, Johnson said. But he has improved greatly during his freshman and sopnomore years. annual ningham of Philadelphia, Willis Reed of New York, Walt Fiazier of New York and Earl Also Monroe of Baltimore. chosen to the East team were Gus Johnson and Wes Unseld or Baltimore and Jo Jo White of Boston. New York Bob Kauffman of Buffalo and John Johnson of Cleveland. By JOE CARNICELLI atures. a try. 21st Beautiful New Year For Surprising Irish Snomo Pilots Phil Johnson Herchance on big man Pluim. Pluim didnt have any high school experience at all while at Clearfield High. But he gained enough experience in church basketball to give the Wildcats 6-- 185-p.m- Fuller lops ball. major State er CapuH I think both are the best 6 colleges, College 6--4 forward, and John Schovaers, the 163 pound junior forward. And hes got great talent in two of the shortest guards in the business, 9 football Gary Barber and even Ross shorter, d all-tim- Among the Phillips, senior Hdvlii ek of Boston, Billy Cun- Vet- All-St- (5-3- ), Yerkovich was disappointed when a key man, sophomore 185 pounder, Jim Fife, a was hurt the first of the season and has missed every game so far. But hes got more than he can handle with - game at San Diego on Jan. 12. Green, who at the age of 37 wiH be the oldest player ever to compete in an NBA game, and Cincinnati Royals teammate Tom Van Arsdale were chosen by a vote of the coaches to the East team. Also named to the East squad were Lou Hudson of Atlanta, Dave Debusschere of them. it another try. 6-- tions Were not really tall, but we have some excellent potential plus some excellent proven taler.t. We arent exactly big, but we win. But big or not, the Bulldogs are figuring to be a contender in division two of Region Three against such power., as and Kearns. But Cyprus Judge, laboring under the Class A label in a Class AA region, isnt about to let the schools intimidate bigger n, 10-1- NEW YORK (UPI) eran Johnny Green and rookie Geoff Petrie were among 12 players named today by Commissioner Walter Kennedy to complete the squads for the National Basketball Associa- Were coming. We could be surprising. Judge Memorials coach Jim Yerkovich cant really be accused of using exactly the same words every other high school coach has used for decades. Were coming is old, but in Jims case, its exactly the right choice. He gets bis statement by casting back over the Bulrecord ldogs against tough schools, and then losing those by just two or three points, CHECK PROGRAM National Accounts Free Installation COMMERCIAL TIRE & TBA SERVICE PH 1317 S. 2nd WEST State Inspection Station 206 ieeeieeeeeeeeege |