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Show ' -., - . , , Hack Miller NOW UTES FIRST AGGIES, - ,. , I DESERET NEWS SPORTS EDITOR - ' Weber Has Grown Up LT" , ' , ,, I , ' , ..", By GEORGE FERGUSON , Sports Managing Editor the early 1960s. the Weber State WildcatF. then coached by Dick 'Aloha. clam for a chance to play basketball with their big brothers. Utah. Brigha m Yeung and Ltah State. In ' 1 Fri( 1 - . ; 1 - .1 , Gotham Debut Reaps Praise Y. i . ' d , Then. ,.: ' ... .7 .., 1 ;.- - 'i : I 7 ) bI, ' . i It was win -behind ..: ' a gars, trailing by time and by as . points throughout -, :: - ', i ', '' - comefrombig for the Counine at halfmuch as 10 much of the 4.:::i 1 I BYU got off to a 't " v Cosic, who had his own rooting section, scored 27 points, pulled down 25 rebounds, and intimidated the Michigan offense to the point of blocking five shots (not counting a of couple goal tending ; 14atolir.;:f.; COLLEGE HOOP ACTION I 11 0 0 A ? - Combined Wire Services Remember Press Maravih? The former coach at Louisiana State who guided his son, "Pistol" Pete Maravich. to national fame and fortune is on the way back to prominence in college basketball. Now coach at 'Appalachian State, Press Maravich (greeted the Mountaineers to a victory over Richmond Thursday night in their first official game in the Sodhern Conference. 67-6- 5 It was a historic career milestone for Press. who resigned as LSU coach after his son became a pro star Hawks in the with NBA. Appalachian joined the Southern Conierence last year, but did not compete for the championship. Brigham Young and Memphis State also started on the road back and Arizona upset. Southern California in other Thursday developments. BYU rebounded from a upset at the hands of Santa to whip Clara Memphis Michigan State, No. 11 in the Associated Press rankings, bounced back after a surprise defeat by LSU to humble South Florida ' 66-6- II d 83-7- 87-7- Arizona surprised the Trojans d on 9 two free throws by Jim with 11 seconds left. Rap-pi- s Princeton Rutgers edged 7 and Manhattan took St. in the first doublePeters header of the season at New York's Madison Square Garden. Elsewhere, Kansas beat Weber Murray State St. State beat Utah Marv's of California humbled 96-7- 8 , Again Ti' , 't ,,,' : :::,,,: ,, 0 - ,::,.:, tzlot, . - ..,....,,,,,, ,:: .,..,.:::::,.:.,.:.,, ,N7....,, ts '. , ::::.::.'n::i , i t., ,1", ; ;;:,4,,7, ,:: l',i ...' 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''RbousttRam,- DOUBLE :': Hall Seton O'regon downed Montana State Weber State's Riley Wimberly (24)orbits for a shot over Utah's Eddie Trail. The and Northeast Louisiana Wildcats shocked Utah in first-ev- er malor clash between the two. , pulled out a squeaker over Orleans on a juniper by Jesse Burson the board battle. Eddie Trail. Jim Weber done. Utalt, led Weber to a Wiliting. nette with four seconds left. and Sorensen can Scot Jones rally. Unbeaten Oklahoma made it show no more improvement The Utes. instead of battling five straight by beating Stet'After Utah came out in first for their efforts than they did back. grew steadily more five minutes of the second half on 29 points from son For 20 minutes. the ties hit against 1Veber State. Foster to tk! the score, Alvin Adams, the Sooners' 6210 the jerky on offense. In short . 8 of 33 field goals. They were might be better off to give his Wildcats could have folded in they lost poise. and the gunfreshman star. In other games 11 freshmen and sophomores exners took over tile passing it was Harvard over Spring, in the game. thanks only, to face of Ute momentum. But 14 from the foul line. of perience. fletVeeti the four of Gut) ler. a flash from tiny Ilur field Auburn over Eastdisappeared. them. those vets came up with e ern Illinois Weber shot 45 percent the 21 points,and 15 boards. over Bradley first half. Utah 24. It was one The Iles xvound up with a North Texas over Georgia of st),44,,sii, .)NI the most pathetic offensive 35.3 per cent shooting night. State and West Texas i displays ever by a. Utah club. State over Trinity, Tex., "-- compared to Weber's 52.5..1 lltiliff r Princeton played a deliber4 Mike Sojourner. brother to r ate offense in turning back WSU's former 7 I r,11814 grimmely a-and the Scarlet's Willie. did his part to turn Rutgers IP fl,:z frosh star, Phil Sellers. "It's back the Wildcats. Only a Mike scored 21 '.h. ugly basketball," commented freshman. liD ITITt7.11.1,1 ,,, Princeton Coach Pete Carril. points on 9 of 14 goals and got r 8100, 0 ., Iliede otter plasm C. 4 "I don't like to coach it, I t 17 rebounds. 1. ." . dOrdi Biol.:441(nm' Pomo oil 7 don't like to watch it and I t old Forlyou, Domatión don't want to use it, but it's t 'Like Foster pointed out. ' VI , though. Mike has some things the only way we can win." on his to lie left learn defense. :' Al ( RACTIONS N Freshman Fleming 11;; OPEN II (1.0N; p.m feet a couple of times and W as , scored 21 points, 10 in the sec,...... ..... ..,--- , s faked out of play by Wimberond half, to lead the Univ..? ?, 9 I N.;;;v4pon Wed.dd LW, nus-ifc-,mUmt c . I ersity of Arizona to an upset ly 1., , victory over Ute veterans Charlie Southern Cal Thursday night. ' dMIIMM.,.. The Wildcats pulled out in Ilike i Service . When you Hinckley AVAILABL ER it !loom the last three minutes of the , tell a friend. If you have a half to a lead, but Southern Cal came back to cut the complaint call me personally. FOR WORK SPORT IN STOCK SIZES 0 lead to two points four times LEISURE NO WAITING WIDTHS in the closina minutes of the O.FOOTWEAR, 11 , game. A The closest the Trojans got II in the closing minutes of the ! , ir , 1 point, it i '.fottlitt.'".8 1 3 , ,4,,:,,,,,,.,--::,,.--,- 1, .., ,1 ' :,,,-;,- . 4 ' ,.,, e,,,,:,, ..:4 , - life-size- d 1, .,' ".' , .,c,ii"--v- '--': II - ,,,,,,; 1 - r. ''',,'', 4te-a- 2 -,,-,..-!--- k., ,., 4 '4 ,, A .4iwimVA:at77.Noazo, , g, tir---L-- I, avt ,,,fa,4;2 ,N-i,s- , home-towne- Speaking of medals and their worth, Wilt Chamberlain is offering two trophies, the Most Valuable Player Awards of the 1966 and 1967 seasons, for auction in a fund for the Sugar Ray Youth Founda- money-raisin- g tion. that's Trophies are big ones, almost seven feet. The sale is being made by a Los Angeles television station. . 4 44k,A ,40.?NAMM' o'ia .; 'yive -, , , , It 4 k.,, ;.4k CO 4.eif . .R. .W .., , where it should want to do something in the hardware line they could have medals duplicated, at their expense, and label them honestly, that these are replicas of medals given to Thorpe, which medals were afterward taken from him because he had professionalized himself. Thorpe never denied the charges at the time. Nor would he tolerate such actions now. If the :w .,,!: , is stand. , ' did That's where it stands, and that r. ,......77....' ,:.::w:.. :') ,,,, , ' trary to rules. z,:, :::,.7,S-- d , .Z.,10.44 . . it ' .1.:. ' :1: ' ::..:?4' It was found at the time that Thorpe was a pro. This was his penalty. Of course he was ill' advised or was the pawn of some profiteer. But the facts stand -- 7 he v,as a pro. He was not eligible for the games. Then and there, back in 1912, some of hardware was taken from him and 'given to men who actually w'on it. Officially and finally the,y were ' .. ' crowned champions, Tnorpe dethroned. ; How now, can anyone, in right mind or wrong. propose that these be returned? It's been said before, Jim Thorpe's case stands for pro fl,ovhratthiet gerveeant.t1hloeuglih'ashae wor, 170 , 1, ,.. ZtA i :::::;:,:.i.:2-- ,:4:,, ..,, 7',' ,:, , gi,..,,,,,,,,,... ,,,,,,,,,i;,,,,,,... c7,71,0,.. lir ,,.. t'et,?c::::,, :i ,... , :: ;-,- it. i ,s,, !:::1', , n, first place, understanding all this, the. President of the United States has not one thing to do about In the .;14''''',..:,- -A .: ,, ., , Out Of The President's Realm ;,l ,11 ''-A- ,7: 7.,,w-- .:.,. re and there along the way. Utah tried to shake the poise from Weber mainstays. Steve Fleming. Riley Wimberly. Rich Cooper. Brady Small and Ken Gubler. with a zone trap on the baTh The trap got Utah one turntLe Then. over. Wildcats broke it with ease. After the first half. one might have asked Coach Foster, "What offense?". .111, .,..''''';',7, ot7, 0 ' .:i,::--.,..- 1 1 I ..........., ,g:, - I 0 474"14.44ssyk, ittli:,,--,,,,:,'s,:i- t 34-- 2 69-6- 11110 i 64 About 14 months ago- it was the Carlisle, Okla.. Chamber of Commerce which was petitioning for the rcturn of Thorpe's hono,s. Now the Yale. Okla. award committee, is requesting the same. It's now been established by the Oklahoma legislain Yale. ture that Thorpe was.-bor- r.7' ,, '' 11F.---- I ,', " League. 3 ''''t ir Alak, ite7N , full-size- d Tat:to ) d jewel-studde- ) 4, Nil', I E7 - ) )11 (- 8 He-- To Fame k ri - 0 The game pointed up validstatements by ity of Weber States coach, 'Gene Visscher. and Utah's Bill Foster. , Press En Rout. There it is if you like petitions. bundle of straw. For But thk is a those who hint forgotten, or never knew, Jim Thorpe won both pentathlon and decathlon titles in the 1912 Olympics. After he received all hardware, including a gold replica of a flking ship and a bronze bust of the King of Sweden, valuable it was learned he was a professional. Ile had received $15 a week to play third base for the Rocky Mount baseball team in the, North Carolina of 1 ,ti'.7Ny000utt ,...to, 1, , I A h Little Doug Richards defended Michigan's 0 0 ".":"."., - team. 11111 al G 29-2- Kresimir was great, but he a had good supporting cast the remainder of the Cougar I .., La 10-- charges). qmir, 0 (74, 0 sil flan-to-ma- n Player. 1 appears Weber State Henry Wilmore, to 18 points when 'hp fouled out late in the game. Richards also was For first time in six years. rumentql in the Cougar fast-an- d Weber State was not picked break and tallied 20 points. the Big Sky preseason. favorSarkalahti was im- ite. Idaho State is supposed to be the kingpin. After Thursday pressive with 14 points,' mont Anderson looked good night. though. a lot of prognosand Brian Ambrozich played a ticators are apt to change ' superb floor game and was their minds.on. the boards. strong The Wildcats showed poise. Cosic scored three straight patience..., and better scoring baskets to open the second balance than they have dishalf and the Cougars'were off played in ,six years. They're and running. quick ermagh to play a good The cats whittled away at defense, and they in the big Wolverine lead with run better than the era. Richards Sojourner-Davi- s Sarkalahti sand teamed up' to knot the score. Foster said his Utes lack ofCosic put the. Cougars ahead fensive consistency. They still to stay with a pair of free do. Their offensive' cohesivethrows after being fouled by ness was certainly developed Wilmore. no more in the outing. The foul the fifth for Foster was more distraught Wilmore with about four than he ,has been in two years utes to play. of coaching at Utah. , B yu could.... -get started If you happen'to be around 2 and fell behind and at 3 a.m. (Friday morning) The Cougars knight back to you'll still find us here.- Fosmake it ooly to see the ter said post game. 'TB guarWolverims tally seven straight antee that those who make the points and inererasv their lead trip to Logan. will Satunlay. to nine at halftime. go there to play.whiz Sophomore Campy tiff Tipoff for the Aggie-UtaRussell was leading scorer for in the USU Spectrum Saturday Michigan with 23. will be 7:30 p.m. t ' Utah was ahead once. at The Utes tied the score at with 15 minutes left in the game. Other than that: they were trying to catch the Wildcats. who led by 10 much of the time. WSU led at halftime. 11 The Yugoslavian Olympian showed his many talents and easily was named the game's Most Valuable kslii t.att Visscher said his 1972-7crew may be better than the and Bob Sojourner Davis dominated outfits vhich Non five straight Big Sky, titles. Doug Richards Cougar star 63-6- 3 k,,, ., ::' ::: - pre-clas- h - Just about annually the matter of Jim Thorpe's Olympic medals comes up. This time we are asked by the Jim Thorpe Athletic Committee of Yale, Oklahoma, to petition President, Nixon to wit: "We. the undersigned, being of firm conviction that the late Jim Thorpe, famous Indian athlete and a native of the State of Oklahoma, was the greatest athlete who ever lived. do hereby respectfully appeal to the President of the United States, for the return to the Oklahoma Hall of Fame all medals earned and award,' ed to the said late Jim Thorpe, while he was a member of the U.S. Olympic team. and the name of Jim Thorpe , be restored to the Olympic record books." , - ca I Cougars came roaring back as soon as the second half opened. Utilizing the fast break hitting well from and out, BYU gradually cut the lead of the highly ranked Wolverines until it was with 10 minutes left tied to play. It was the first college game ever played at New York's new Nassau Coliseum and despite the disappointing crowd of only 4.437, they all came away in awe, of BYU's great Kresimir Cosic. .' 7 before Thursday night. 12.129 fans in. Utah.Arena. in the first major college clash vith the Utes. poised Weber State rolled to n rather routine ,, '''' hoop. But the second half was, a different story. - i , b ,r; 6362. ',,::::',.:4,::''''):.:::::1 kilft4ii stuttering start, not moving the ball well and having trouble finding the -- - :':':::, game. .., ''' !,,,.,::'', ' I has grown up. In the 1970-7- 1 season. Weber State went to Logan for a first major college hoop clash with Utah Slate. The Wildcats won. , ',A ,:.1, '')...'"4'.17.!:,!, one-gam- .. 1 , 83-7- 7, - .,,- .. ti ,,,,,,,,,,, e Well. it .',,.;',...r.7,:,77,',:',,,-,:1::::::.- , ,,, :::: ':, N.Y. UNIONDALE, BYtJs Cougars will feel a lot better playing University of Wisconsin (Milwaukee) Saturday after a stunning upset victory Thursday night over University of Michigan. The Cougars return home e front their stand in New York to test Wisconsin Saturday at 7:30 p.m. in Marriott Activities Center, Provo. ; :7,.. Deseret News Special ill 1986-6- , , c season. won a Big Sky title and tied for another. the Wildcats played Texas Western (now Texas El ised Paso) in a nationally-telgame. It was a gas piper for the Ogdenites. They lost. This gave the big guys some fodder. They told the Wiloat upstarts to grow up and come back later. ,,. ,:. the I after Weber State had For Cool Cosic ' Again The Thorpe Case 23019 So. State Ph. 484-875- 5 2810 Wash. Blvd. Ph. 1 I .6,,,,,,,:z:Zrottu r. - - . 1 .11,;(1111:S ii:r-i-:(:.; sql...4 1.662.., r;,:laititii Heavy Duty Traction WHITEWALLS Truck Tire Recaps AvaikSle Between Main fittUrttli J V ILA A . 11.P P ill 1 fel '". "ill to tdw 4 .1,. 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