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Show iwatawawwfiilLi it DESERET NEWS, Tuesday, February 2, 1971 'Cats Lose To Buffs Jackson Finds Niche After Stormy Start By JOE CARXICELLI In Overtime AMARILLO, TEX. In a sports world where eccentric personalities, showboating and book writing are rampant, Merv (The Magician) Jackson is a throwback. For unlike his flamboyant contemporaries, Jackson has beri content to dc his job without any fanfare or hoou-L- J -- t ' rr 4s i . Utah's Merv Jackson (10) shoots over Kentucky's Walt Simon (2) in recent game. wasnt for former Utah assistant basketball coach Morris Buckwaher (now at Seattle U.) he might not of had his chance to play college ball or pro ball. Buckw alter recruited him to play at Utah out of high At that school in Georgia. time it was a segregated conference said Jackson. The Blacks played in their own conference and the Whites played in theirs. Recruiting down South wasnt too good as far as the Black players getting help. I think Bucky came down to see another player at the The big lush heavyweight (6-215 pounds) is negotiating a contract to fight former MBA heavyweight champion Jimmy Ellis in Miami Beach, March 2. Taylor Elected -N.C. GREENSBORO, Utah Stars trainer Buddy Taylor was selected as president of the newiy formed American Basketball Association Trainers Association during the league meetings last week. Doyle Slates Fight Tracy James of the Caio-lin- a Cougars is the vice president of the group Other included: Fritz Masser-ma- n uf the New York Nets, secretary; Bob Travelani of the Virginia Squires, Treasurer: and Dave Craig of the Indiana Pacers as the league representative to the National Association of Trainers. the is heavy- has signed to fight Terry Daniels in Dallas, 'Texas, Feb. 22. 1 record is Doyle, whose '43-9-has been recouperating from an injured hand. Daniels Is a local Dallas product. weight, W overtime at 64. Ralph Houston moved the in overbuffaloes ahead time with 3:40 left. At this point, Webers Bob Davis was fouled. He made the first point but on his second try, which was also good, the officials took the score away claiming Davis stepped on the line. high school championship tournament, Merv continued. The tournament was held in my high school gym. And players like Malt Frazier (New York Knicks) and Ed Johnson (Texas Chaps) were participating in it. I was selected as the Most Valuable Player and I guess I impressed him enough for a scholarship at Utah. Its been a little different for me coming back to Salt Lake City as a pro. It's more or less a job now where before it was seeking an education and playing basketball. Corning back to Salt Lake City has been a great pleasure. I have many fans here. There are some good students of basketball here. Merv is not only geared to the times with his mod attire, but he also digs the music. Music is my foremost he offered. Ive hobby, been a music fan or follower since the ninth grade. I played trumpet in the high school marching band. I was in the band during the football season and it kept my legs in shape. We used to march over 100 steps a minute, fts hard to say what favorites I have now days because I have different moods. Basically I listen to jazz, hard rock and rhythm and blues. The Stars didnt make their move towards a playoff berth last year until the last 21 games. And its like Merv says, Its better to be up here and fighting to stay up, than fighting to get up here. With the score 68-8- So- journer had an excellent opportunity to put the Wildcats ahead as he received a lob pass under the basket. But the shot missed, and Glen Fletcher of the Buffs was fouled. Weber had 16 seconds to battle back from the three-poideficit but missed from the four Illi- nois and Loyola (111.). UCLA beat California - Santa Barbara in Its only game while Marquette recorded victories over Northern Michigan and Loyola (111.Penn beat Princeton in its only game while Kansas State downed Iowa State in its only outing. Jacksonville walloped South Alabama and Florida State and South Carolina returned to action after a long layoff with a trouncing of Virginia. Western Kentucky beat Austin Peay and Middle Tennes- - UPI Cage Poll The United NEW YORK (UPI) Press International lop 20 maior college fcaske.Pall teams with first place vote records In larentheses. and won-lo(Ninth week, includ s gamts played lliruogh Sunday, Jan. 31 a. Teem P'") -- i ) 1. Southern Call) (20) 30! 2. UCLA (?) 05-1- ) 263 3. Marquette (5) (16-0- ) 226 (16-0- ) 4 Pennsylvania 16? ) 5 Kansas 16f 6 Jacksonville (14 2) 7? (!l-3- ) 7 South Carolina 54 8 Western Kentucky (14-3-) 30 9 Tennessee (13 3) 29 10. Kentucky (13-3- ) 24 11. Illinois (9-- -. 1? 13. 14 15. East Boston New York Montreal Toronto Buffalo Vancouvtr Detroit W L 8 35 30 1 0 22 16 23 24 13 26 15 30 4 28 636 .596 .593 1 6 0 11 3 10 5 7 y, T U. Fresh 24 Cockett 4 Medley P 89 22 K 33 0 Grdnr 17 15 13 0 2 5 Whiting Kline Pnga1 80 Totals Pace KrantZ 0 Kunz 00 R 2230 76 70 SS 49 36 35 35 If 7 21 18 20 19 29 6 10 5 3 15 46 r 172 131 GA 239 126 166 114 171 141 169 122 132 1 33 147 185 184 190 158 Hi FT AP Cage Poll 57 Providence 79 Seton Halt 67 90 Mississippi Siate 7) Furman 77, Clemson 61 LSU b Chrstian 8 Ar Force 76 i j sa 75, St Louis 70 Oklahoma 79, Nebraska 67 Morehead 76, Miami (Fla ) 7 Panhandle A&M 92, New Mexico High lands 91 East New Mexico 65, E. Cenfr.i Ok 'a 56 Northwest Louisiana 80, McMeese 70 Adams State 70, Southern Colorado 66 Northern Colorado 76 Redlands 55 Rorky Mountain, Mont, 95, Western Montana 84 Texas Southern 98 Alcorn 77 Tnnity 76, Texas Arlington 62 Oenver 68, Portland 61 Duquesne 84, Santa Clara 7j Hawaii Indiana, Long Barh State, Ohio! 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LOS ANGELES (UPI) -Tiie Los Angeles Rams Roman Gabriel and Billy Truax will undergo surgery Wednesday and running back Larry Smith has had an operation in Florida, the National Mo Total New Snow Snow Area Tr. 84 Alfa Tr. ?3 Brighton 77 Park City 77 Park City West 83 Solitude -- 9 Gorgoza Closed Monday Beaver Mountain 55 Brian Head 79 Tr. Snow Basm Sundance skiing limite', only fair Night skiinq tonight at Gorgoza, Nordic Valley, Park City and SoWude. Overall Report neither Cloudy with snow this morning Lifts and tows Operating; facilities open, highways open; snow tires or chains not needed as of 7 a m.; skiing conditions good, surface packed National Weather Service Today's forecast for Utah ski areas periods of snow and colder today. Mostly ending tonight. Chance of snow again Wednesday and cooling continuing. 18 8 Ercksn t Palfev ( 34 3 14 Dressn I 16 Botrght 9 23 Hansen 1 6 45 Baugh Peck 1 23 4 O Mathws O 0 0 Allred O 1 84 TcHIS 27 w (14 Wet Txas State S3 142 180 East Division - fe 21 eille 19 Notre Dame (10-5- ) 18 Eordham U3-1- ) 15 North Carolina (12 3) 14 16 Utah St. 06 3) 13 17 Michigan 00 4) (11-12 II Dufluesna 11 19 (Tie) Villanova 05 4) 11 Nebraska ) (Tie) Others receiving live or more points Drake, Arizona Mate, Louisville, Oregon, Utah, Houston. Mciday's Rasuits Utah State 96, Montana State 68 7 (of) 70, Weber Kentucky 114, Augurn 76 Indiana 1'3, Northern III 112 60 Vanderbilt 65 Tenner Georgetown 78 calrfield 65 American U 87, Old Dominion 75 E Carolina 77, St Peters 74 Kansas 79, Kansas State 74 Tempi - 54, Dreei 53 Fairieigh Dickinson 63, Iona 49 M soifri 63 Oklahoma State tS Duke 82, South Carolina 71 Loyoia (La ) 107, Okiaohma Cliy 103 New Mexico State 75, Hardm 65 181 134 49 171 179 48 156 161 Monday's Results No gmes scheduled Tuesday's Games Floridians vs. Carolina at Pittsburgh New York at Pittsburgh Kemucky vs. Texas at Ft. Worth Memphis vs. Virginia at Hampton Only games scheduled Wednesday's Games Carolina vs. Memphis nf likesfon 72 186 114 55 131 123 47 131 145 46 116 139 44 1 39 41 39 1 52 79 33 127 179 Fr. 5 7 17 s Ute Frosh 80 USU 11 22 ABAStandinqs 10 T Pts GF West Division k Frosh times in reguiatiou play and once in overtime. Weber 8kt Chicago St Louis Philadelphia Minnesota Pittsburgh Los Angeles California Monday's Results No games scheduled Tuesday's Games Montreal at Vancouver Only game scheduled 2 w'as clo'e game tied 15 being Cl Pet. L 9 20 23 22 DiViston L 22 26 30 34 39 30 2i Monday's Results No games scheduled Tuesday's Carnes No games scheduled Wednesday's Cames Denver a' Portland Only game scheduled NHL Standings Division 04 The throughout, Portland Phoenix San Diego Denver Seatt Salt Lake I College Scores gf Pts Los Angeles 31 30 San Francisco 25 Seattle ?4 San Diego 17 Portland Monday's Games (No games scheduled) Tuesday's Games Baltimore at Detroit Cincinnati at New York San Diego at Los Angeles Atlanta at San Francisco Cleveland vs Buffalo at Rochester Milwaukee vs Buffalo at Rochester Milwaukee at Portie id Seattle at Chicago Boston at Philadelphia seconds remaining. 34 32 Pacific nt field with u Milwaukee Detroit pnoemx Chicago See the HOW! the Trojans turned back WHL Standings oa T ASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division WESTERN CONFERENCE M'dwest Divuon 68-6- 6 -- Draper t i i Utes Set New Marks Tor.y Doyle, i But Willie missed his first snot, thus nullifying his second attempt. V, est Texas State Coach Dennis Walling was also called with a technical at the time, but Willie missed the technioal foul shot and a possible three points. H'wever, Weber scored on the inbounds play with Bill Orr hitting with 47 seconds to send the game into left f1, AREA BRIEFS Irish see and Tennessee it ' to Louisiana State before stopping Auburn. Kentucky beat Alabama and Vanderbilt m its two games. 20. Southern Cal which moved into the No. 1 slot last week, had little trouble holding it as 0 NBA Standings 64-6- All-st- '' the top Scoreboard Of Sports Action nights. Weber had its chances to win in Texas both at the foul line and from the field The first opportunity came with 1:01 left in regulation play. Willie Sojourner was fouled in the bonus situation with the Cat9 trailing by tw ,, just two-mil- 0, Idaho State University Monday. Game time is 8 p.m. both . Two University of Utah athletes broke school records while performing in the Sam Benmon Track Invitational in the Idaho State Minidome. the Ute , Dave Walker broke long jump standard with a leap of 25 feet, 1 inch. This is the nations fourth best mark of the indoor season, j Ace distance man, Scott . Bringhurst, set a new mark in e run with an the 8:56.7 clocking. Tile other Ute first place was grabbed by Don Welsh, Who won the triple jump. Southern Cahforti.a received votes and 308 (joints after running its record to 16-- last neck. UCLA, now 15 1, had nine first place votes and 292 points wnile Marquette had the remaining five for 277 points. Kansas was fifth in the balloting, which inc'udes games played through Sunday, Jar.. 31, with Jacksonville, South Carolina, Western Kentucky, Tennessee and Kentucky completing the top 10. Illinois moved up to 11th, followed by Lasalle. Notre Dame was 13th, Eordham Uth, North Carolina 13th and Utah State was listed 16th. Michigan, Duquesne, Villano-v- a and Nebraska completed -- r, , Weber live in Amarillo. Weber beat this same club by 10 points on the Wildcat floor m the season opener for both teams. Returning home today the Cats will have a couple of days to prepare for the first 'f two important 3ig Sky Conference games In Ogden. Weber hosts Boise State Saturday and then tangles with 6-- good news. The way Merv puts it, if it - 70-6- Merv's job is the piavmaker for the Utah Stars. Of course, tiiat is hardly a well kept secret around the Beehive State. was an The Magician at the University of Utah (1968). To most of his teammates, Jackson is a loner. It is not that he isnt well liked by his teammates, he just chooses to no his Own way. The d athlete just does his own thing. JacKson always gives the Appearance off the basketball that he has . spourt Stepped out of a mens doth-- Jng store. I always like to have a neat appeal aiice, of. Jered Merv. I was bi ought jip hat way. I like the styles mow days because they are Reared to the tall slim man. Things like the flares, bell bottoms ana big lapels just emphasizes the thin look lines of the tall man. rHis third season in the Basketball Assn, American hasnt been exactly what he would want to write home to his mother in Savannah, Ga., about. First of all, he was an . earlv season holdout. When he finally got into the Stars lineup,' he injured his left knee. The Magician has played 1il37 of the 53 games tnis year ... - The NEW YORK (UPI) stage has been set for Southern California and UCLA. The two Los Angeles rivals were voted 2 among the nations major colleges today by the United Press international Board of Coaches. Now theyll tangle Saturday night at the Los Angeles sports arena with the winner probably laying a solid claim to the top ranking. Waiting in the wings, however, are a pair of unbeatens. Marquette (16 0) was ranked third and Pennsylvania, also 16-took down the No. 4 ranking. State Wildcats had trouble at the foul line here Monday night . . . and it cost them the ball game. "Tie Cats lost only their fourth game of the season, a 7 overtime encounter to a very strong West Texas State E31 19 UPI Sports Writer Deseret News Special By DAN PATTISON Deseret News Sports Writer and has averaged 12.8 points 7 per game. Since the g4me, he has averaged 17.8 per game. It is good news fer coach Bill Sharrrrn and the Star fans when Merv admits, mv knee is coming along fine. It hasn't healed 100 per cent yet. Youre not going to be 100 per cent all the time. A professional bal1 player is expected to play with the injuries because it is his living. Shorn; an knows what he can do. His teammates know so when what he can do Jackson is ready to go it is Set 487-75- 95 M. 436 Mahi 26$ N. Mia L |
