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Show DESERET NEWS, FRIDAY, MAY 4, 1973 ; City-region- al h X Poor shooting costs Pacers Young, Brooks lead Angels over Phoenix Checketts 92-8- Deseret News Sports Writer Lefty Rick Young is finding out what a big difference control can make. Bobby Brooks is finding out how important relaxation is while batting. Hard-hittin- g Young, w'ho had control troubles last season, walking 77 men in 107 innings after joining the Angels in June, has solved the problem so far this campaign. In his first four starts he has walked only 11 men in 33 innings. He has completed three of those starts and has an impressive record and 1 earned run average. Latest of those victories for Young came Thursday night at Derks Field. He allowed 13 2 47 hits, but walked only two men and went the distance as the in Angels downed Phoenix the first game of a series. 10-- 4 five-gam- e I just hope I can continue to get the ball over the plate as well as I have so far, e while Young said getting a rubdown from trainer Pete Luther. . post-gam- plays, pitch- these Chris neglected to say that he himself has been hitting well since being recalled from El Paso. He is just under .300 now in addition well at shortstop. End result of those two facts is that the Salt Lake Angels are benefiting tremendously. made Bruce Christensen, who several mce fielding said. Our defense and ing are improving, and guys always hit the ball. to playing 2 10-- 3 (1-1- (3-2- ). The fact that I had good control tonight saved me. They hit me hard, but I didnt put a lot of extra men on bases with walks and was able to space the hits enough that they werent as damaging as they might have been. Behind Gilmore in the Kentucky scoring, came Issel and Rick Mount with 18 points each. Walt Simon had 12. Daniels led Indiana with McGinnis had 29. Indiana put itself deep in a hole in the first period, hitting just four shots from the field and finding itself behind But 12 straight points shortly after the start of the second period revived the Pacers to make a game of it the rest of the way. Kentucky led at half- time A 44-4- ffAi moved InHiono but the behind by six tVirrtfl nofinHe ahead 67-6- 6 Pacers fell early in the last 12 minutes and never regained the advan- five-inc- h Kentucky Coach Joe Mullan-e- y said he was happy with the veteran. game. We played Its tough playing a guy who is five inches taller than you, especially if he is as strong as Gilmore, Leonard de- pretty good fense and got some good shots but we were fortunate to win, he said. Any time we play Indiana, well settle for a win. Theyre a tough club. one-poi- Kentucky gunned in 43.5 percent of its shots for the game compared to 33.7 for the Pacers. ABA big men Artis Gilmore of Kentucky and Indiana's Artis Gilmore, Towering Mel Daniels battle in championship series. 28 points. who hit a game-high Athletic Confer- ence quarterback Don Van Galder will generate the Reds and junior letterman Dan Payne will lead the Whites in the Utah spring football game Saturday at 1:30 threw only 114 pitches. good for me anytime, but especially when I give up that many hits. Brooks had three hits in four trips to the plate, and drove in four runs. His triple in the fifth inning drove across three runs. He then came across the plate himself on a throwing error. It was the second big night this sea- intra-squa- d p.m. jn Rice Stadium. The Red squad will be loaded with seven other starters from the 1972 offensive unit, fullback Steve Marlowe, flanker Steve Odom, split end Lance Robbins, tight end Willie Armstead, guards Bill Powers and Bill Osterman and Chuck Johanson at center. son for Brooks. He drove in seven runs with a grand-slahomer and three-ruhomer in loss to Tucson Satura day. Guys like Winston Llenas and my roommate Curt Mot-tohave taught me a lot about hitting already this season, Brooks says. They stress relaxing while youre up there instead of getting all tense and tied up. It has really helped. Thats the thing thats so n 0 Other lettermen on the Red offensive unit include man will be Steve Kincanon, who led the frosh to a fourth straight undefeated season last year. The Red defensive unit will boast much experience, too. Only newcomers are transfer Manutai at middle Mapu p guard and redshirt Mike at left end. Red lettermen at defense in- -' elude - tackles Ron Rydalch and Gary Keller,, end Scott Reed, linebackers Dennis Wall and Rick Barsness and secondary stalwarts Steve Marshall, Larry Eldracher, Ed great about this team. Somebody is always helping someone else out or picking the team up. Wednesday, Curt had a big night at the plate and tonight I was fortunate. Bel-na- be Dan Payne (1 1) and Don Van Galder will quarterback the Whites feud Saturday at 1:30 p.m. d and Reds in Utah's spring Were going to be hard to beat from how on, shortstop i intra-squa- Onofrio and Mike Stevens. Knicks catch Lakers asleep When the New York (UPI) Knicks play that special brand of defense of theirs - a stingy defense that held opposition to 98.2 points a game during the regular season theyre al- most impossible to beat. The Los Angeles Lakers, e with visions of a sweep for the second straight NBA title, found out those hard facts of life Thursday night. Doing everything just about pight on defense, the aggressive Knicks took the lead for good early in the second quars ter and beat the favored to even the National Basketball Association I four-gam- Lak-fer- 99-9- 5 cham-nonshi- Our series at defense was p a lot smiled New York v'ho loach Red - Holzman, lidn't have much to smile at defeat Tuesday n a We felt if we could light. teep them under 100 points we letter, 115-11- 2 lould beat them. Bill Rhodes Bradley, the former scholar, provided the Ufense when the Knicks need-iit most. He wound up with 6 points, including 10 of his iiubs first 14 in the last quar-:c- r as New York built up a lead wit$5 39 to go. d The Ike Spencer at running back, and tackles Mark Buchi and Dave Dahl. Van Galders backup n INGLEWOOD, CALIF. added. But we just didnt shoot well, he added. He said the Pacers should win any time they hold Issel and Gilmore to less than 50 points between them (they got 46) But he just shook his head as he glanced again at the shooting statistics. finals now switch to New York Sunday afternoon and Tuesday night, the teams return here for the fifth game next Thursday night. Bill Sharman, the squeaky-voiceLaker coach, was upset at the way the Knicks played defense in the second game. d stitistic that really hurts. Although Wilt Chamberlain led all rebounders with 20 as the Lakers won the battle of the boards the Giant was able to convert just one of nine three throw 58-4- attempts. Rotary Engine No Pistons No Valves No Rings Were going to push and shove just like the Knicks do, he promised, They play an extremely aggressive game. If that is what it takes, were going to do it too. He didnt want to make too much out of the split, which now provided the Knicks with the homecourt advantage if the series goes the full seven contests. Air Conditioning 2 For the Knicks, Walt Tinted Glass, Many Extras Fra- Buy Now While They Last r coming off a game Tuesday night in which he had only 12 points, added 20 and reserve Phil Jackson had zier, Radio sub-pa- 17. Suffering their first playoff loss at home in nine games this year, the Lakers were led by Jerry West with 32 points and Jim McMillian with 26. New Yorks tenacious defense forced Los Angeles to 19 turnovers (the commit Knicks made nine), and Shar- man grunaced, That's one 2-Y- "SPECIAL SALE MODELS" Rotary Mowers Tillers Quick's Inc. 2240 So. 9th East 466-254- 7 r., 24, 000-Mil- e WARRANTY Automatic Transmission Available Garff 8 SOUTHS STATE asm PH.511-646- 6 Hobbs. The Whites have only two lettermen on defense, linebacker Mark Taylor and Bill Lucas in the secondary. Others are squadmen Charles at defensive Closed the Watergate Whats this about the Watergate? Night before last I tied my boat to a large rock in Cedar Canyon, up the lake a piece from Bullfrog Basin on Lake Powell. My son, Scotty, was with me and had the wisdom, as we sat around the fire, to suggest we shorten the bowline in and snug the craft up a little snugger on the shoreline case the Watergate case turned in on the lake. You see, at Lake Powell the Watergate case isnt the bugging bit about political papers. It's whether the water-gat- e at the dam will be opened each day or closed. Over at Hall's Crossing, the dock tender told me the lake has been dropping at the rate of one foot a day. He has a marker to show it. So Scotty and I figured if the lake dropped, the boat would be all right a little higher and a little dryer. But if Judge Ritters closed Watergate decision was reversed the lake would l ise a foot or so and the wind could carry off the craft. The wafer came up We know what the Watergate decision was at Lake Powell long before most of the world. The water floated the boat next morning and the rocks we stood on to load the craft were under at least four inches of water. Could have been tide, if someone had tipped the drink to our side of the lake. But we figured it right, as we tuned in the morning news they had decided to let the lake take on more water. Like Lou Mallory said as he walked along the lake's edge at Bullfrog, The poor fish dont know what its all about. One day they have water in their nests (they are busy with their spring spawning right now) and the next day the spawning beds are shallow or dry. But Lou didnt mention what a pickle the marina people were in. When the water was high we had to move to better facilities at the parks request. No sooner had they moved the entire marina at a great cost than the Watergate was opened and the lake The truth comes out Joining Payne in the White backfield will be letterman flanker Scott Grayson and fullback Mike Conway. Nelson Carter, a transfer, will be the running back. Three lettermen will be on the line, center Doug Duckworth, guard A1 DePrimio and tackle Joel Savage. Redshirt linemen are split end Jim Jarvis, tackle Dar, Basinger, guard Greg Ross and tight end Fred Cole HACK miLLER lowered Ute footballers ready for family feud I ? and his defensmg Gilmore, u'ho at has a height advantage over the seasoned tage. Thats Tomorrow, it will likely someone else. 21 Leonard, despite the bad night Thursday, believes tne Pacers can rebound this weekend and for the series. We can come back Saturday and tie the series and we can win at Louisville, Leonard said, the latter an apparent reference to the Indiana overtime win last Saturday afternoon in Kentucky. Like last Saturday, this weekends game will be nationally televised. Leonard also said that early foul trouble hurt Daniels in 26-1- Phoenix scored three of its four runs against Young in the fourth inning, thanks to five hits and an error, and were leading entering the Salt Lake fourth. oni f iiie Tf.i iuui ndiub eXpiuutru iui f..runs that frame, however, on three hits and an error, and in then upped the lead to the fifth, with Brooks triple bemg the big blow. After that. Young and the Salt Lakers more or less coasted to the victory. The Salt Lake - Phoenix series continues tonight at 7:30 with a single game. Lefty will Bruce Heinbechner ) pitch for Salt Lake against John DAquisto Saturday and Sunday the two teams will play afternoon games beginning at 2. The series closes Monday at 7:30 p.m. with a Family Night game. Entire families will be admitted for $3 that night. SPORTS EDITOR had 16 rebounds for the Colonels and Dan Issel picked up for 14 as the two accounted more than half the teams total. George McGinnis led all players with 17 rebounds and Darnell Hillman and Mel Daniels had 11 each for Indiana. INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) -Coach Bob Leonard was emphatic Thursday night that poor shooting cost his Indiana Pacers the game in their loss to the Kentucky Colonels in the third game of their series for the ABA championship. Game 4 will be here Saturday afternoon with Kentucky leading the series Youre not going to win many ball games hitting 34 percent of your shots, Leonard said. n By Brent D ' end and half- back Tom Roberts; Redshirts Mike Ichtertz at end, Ken Herboth, tackle, Grant Gertsch and Lyle Lavarias in the secondary. Recently one of the worlds best bass fishermen, Jim Findley, tried his hand at Lake Powell. He did well. But after listening to half a dozen reports we didnt get two stories alike on just how he caught fish. Lou Mallory, who fished with him, finally set the record straight. almost like a steel-hea- d Findley used a large bassing rod line. He lured with a or ocean rig. He used purple plastic worm, headed by a sliding sinker. He worm and then threaded his hook through the four-inc- h left the point of the hook buried in the plastic. He cast from shore and dragged the lure along the sandy bottoms from the deeper waters to the shallow, jigging it carefully, waiting for any indication the fish might be mouthing his bait. Now all that seems to be an unsporting way to do it also unorthodox for bass. But figure it this way. Best feed for bass is a small crayfish which you seldom see in the lake. But they are there and they are numerous on the sandy and rocky shoals. They hug the bottom and creep up the sand. Findley knew this and his bait resembles the crayfish. doesnt have to worry about snags because the point of the hook is buried in the plastic worm. When the fish mouths the bait he gives a hard pull to bring the hook He through the plastic. |