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Show DESERET NEWS, SATURDAY, By Dan Pattison Deseret News Sports Writer .4 138 pounds, Me! Pender was the At smallest competitor at the International Track Associations pro track meet at the Salt Palace, Friday night. But he loomed as one of the largest. 4tJk& Army captain got the ITAs meet off to a flying start by producing The 14th '$r 6A 26, 1973 records track treat: seven pro ITA 2a" MAY f 1 k . the first of three-worl- best indoor marks. d from the army in about two Pender after setting a mark offered years, dash. of 5.8 in the But, if I get out and run like I did tonight, Ill be here for a long time. Tonight is one of the happiest days of my life. Ill retire retired last year, he added. Then this pro thing came out and I signed for another hitch. 1 really proved tonight that Im a great sprinter. The news media has always put me down, but Ive known all my life that 1 was a great sprinter and I proved it tonight. Ive got confidence in myself and Im a proud man. I rrt. I only Sprinter Mei Pender was elated over dash. 5.8 mark he set in the 60-ya- rd trained one day this week, because exhaustion and a was suffering from pinched nerve in my hip. I took a vitamin B shot and rested most of the week. I Pender won in a photo finish over former LTEP star Harrington Jackson. Jackson was clocked at 5.9, which also shattered the only mark of 6.0. But he thought he tied Pender. ' Sock idiller Dumb move NsM said I want to see how they time it, Jackson somewhat disturbed by the decision. There was no way that I was a 10th of a second behind. I tied that man. cost a medal I didnt sec nobody around me, Pender So I cant say. I just offered in rebuttle. know that I got off to a tremendous start and finished fast. This has to be the fastest track in the country. throw inthe shot-puBrian Oldfields one of five good ones over 70 feet, and run Larry James 53.9 time m the were the other two world best marks in the meet sponsored by Western Airlines. has won two gold medals Kip Keino, the Kenvan whq of and two silvers in the Lst two Olympics, is a happy sort guy- He sat at our desk for over an hour the other day and lots of things. Like his four just talked about things Like the time he got out- - all liis sons. two and daughters medals and trophies at the request of a national youth or20.000 kids ganization in Kenya and displayed them to about as incentive for yearlings to amount to something in today's world. and Kip is cut with a broad smile. He lost a lower tooth smiles like a broken comb, but it only makes his pleasantry more so. , I got out some Olympic books and we talked over races I had seen Keino run in Mexico City and Munich. t, 'i - 500-yar- d There were also four pro best indoor marks set before 6,638 fans at the Salt Palace. more You would expect Oldfield, who excited the crowd with his Tarzan like roar and wild man antics, to be pleased over his tremendous shotput series. Not really, he said. That one I fouled on would have pleased me more (he fouled at I laid off training for most of the week. I didnt do too much lifting. Im just going to go with my athletic ability and extensions. Im just going to let it all hang out. He shook his head when we scanned his times m the - high Mexico City, an r event in elevation comparable to Keinos Kenya. We shouldn't have lost that race," he said. We are not very smart. He pointed to his head in a way to indicate he pulled a dumb one. And after he told me about it I agreed with him. 5.000-mete- ). The giant became the first pro track star to top the $8,000 mark in the ITA, when he picked up another $100 with a spring victory over female dash specialist Lacey ONeal. d lf Made the wrong move Three men were clustered in the last home stretch of the event. Keino and his Kenya teammate. M. Temu, were running almost abreast in the lanes. Keino had a better kick at the finish and Temu knew it. But Temu had control of the No. 1 lane and could not see where Keino was a half step behind him and at the inner edge of lane 1. 5,000-met- one-tw- James slipped down to the inside after starting in the far lane and then led all the way from the first turn in the 500. His 53.9 clocking knocked more than a half second off the world best of 54.6 held by Lee Evans. Hurler Leon Coleman ran a 6.9 in the highs and Barbara Ferrell knocked the womens pro track mark down to 6.7 to 6.5 seconds in the d who is the holder of the world record in the long jump, came back on his last attempt to tie Henry Hines in the new Beamon grabbed professional mark of the first place money with his second best jump. Although the altitude might have helped the sprints and hurdles, it hindered the distance runners. Jim Ryun and Kip Keino did e not face each other. Keino won the in 8:53.7 and Ryun edged Chris Fisher in winning the 1.000 at 2:08.9. Fisher was a step behind at 2:09. Jerome Howe captured the mile in 4:06.8. 29-9- two-mil- Angels win, move out of the cellar Deseret News Special - A meeting HONOLULU would of the have been an appropriate billing before the battle here Friday night between Hawaii and the Salt Lake Angels. cellar-dwelle- But the same wont be true tonight when the Angels take on the Islanders here in a doubleheader. For with Salt Lake's crushvictory over the ing 14-- 3 Hawaii clan the Angels moved up into third place in the Eastern Division of the Pacific Coast League. The same doesnt hold true for Hawaii, though. The loss moved Hawaii deeper into the dust in the Western Division race. The win gives Salt Lake a record and moved them a half game ahead of AlbuHawaii goes querque, into todays contest 19-2- 0 19-2- for Fridays contest, well , Salt Lake just wanted out a bit more than Hawaii. In fact every starter on the Angels squad scored at least one run and each logged at least one hit. As Doug Howard proved the hero of the night. The flashy first baseman went four for six. making By Dan Pattison They stretched the lead to by collecting four more off and reliever Bob Acosta in the fourth. Chlupsa Pounding out homers for the Angels were Charlie Sands and Billy Parker. 2 This was the first home debut for Islanders new manager Roy Harlsfield. He took over duties while the team was on the road. newcomer to the Salt Lake pitching corps came out the winner. Bill Kukpatrick threw five innings. He gave up but nine hits and allowed but two runs. A 5 3 The altitude should have helped me, he said shaking his head. But I didnt do that well. My timing was off. His closest competitor, Mike Wedman, finished at The ITA moves to Kansas City doesnt appear that the track stars will disappoint anyone after their class performances at the Salt Palace. And it Sports on TV good money. But if An informed source close to ' the Utah Stars says that Dick Motta wont be preparing his Chicago Bulls for the basketball wars in the NBA next In a recent issue of Sporting News NBA columnist Bob Wolf wrote, Some unpleasantness has cropped up tiiis year, between Motta and his boss, general manager Pat Williams. No one seems to know when or how it started, but according to reports, their relationship never will be the Motta, State same. XSv.A Dick . . Motta .new Stars coach? mentor said Beaty is still deciding whether The in the NBA playoffs that he to accept it. If the rumor is correct, the would stay in Chicago. But, says the source, Vince Bor-yl- a Stars will have two of the best has made him a substan- minds in pro basketball tial offer since that time. And Motta and Beaty guiding that it was an offer he their frotunes next year. Motta has admitted that, couldnt refuse. he was reasonably happy in The source also indicated Chicago. He transformed an that Boryla wants Zelmo NBA graveyard into one of the leagues solid franchises. Beaty to become a coach with the club. Yet the one thing that ius player-assista- Zelmo Beaty ...assistant coach? galled him was to know that most of his players, even his reserves, were drawing two or three times as big as his. pay-chec- He was earning $60,000 with the Bulls. about Tribune Robert Chicago Mafkus quoted Motta once as saying, 1 havent used thpse other offers to get more money out of the Bulls. Im Ernie D. signs rich contract After a week of conBUFFALO (AP) and claims bargaining, flicting the Buffalo Braves announced Friday they have finally signed their No. 1 draft choice, Ernie DiGregorio, to a contract. hints about an important upcoming announcement. That came Wednesday when Snyder claimed at a news conference that Ernie Ds signing was imminent. Paul Snyder, the owner of the National Basketball Association team, said he had from Providence Colsigned the contract worth a tremenlege to a multi-yea- r dous amount of money. Earlier reports had indicated that the amount of money was well over $l million. that Snyder did not elaborate on the terms of the contract, saying he would explain everything at a new's conference Tuesday. I will say its the most difficult contract Ive ever negotiated, he said. The DiGregorio, an acknowledged wizard and impressive floor gen eral, was drafted No. 1 by the Braves of the NBA and by the Kentucky Colonels of the rival American Basketball Association g Last week, Buffalo thought it had outbargained the Colonels and began dropping But later that day, the Braves admitted had developed and Snyder problems flew off to New York for further talks with DiGregorios lawyer and agent, Larry Fleish-er- . were later revealed to The problems have been an 11th hour offer from the Colonels, who had received financial support in the bidding war from other teams in the ABA. That offer apparently topped the Braves last best offer by a substantial amonunt, but again dollar figures were not released. After Fridays announcement, spokesman said, This is for real. a Braves three years at Providence, DiGrego-.1amassed 527 assists in 86 games, a school basketball record. During the recent senes, he averaged 18.6 points for the six 4 2 vicgames and helped the Americans to a over the champions. Olympic tory advantage In his 0 And still another sticky situation presented itself when the trade of Clifford Ray and Bob Weiss to the Philadelphia 76ers fell through. The Bulls were to have received the first choice in the draft and would have picked Doug Collins of Illinois State, but when Ray failed the 76ers physical all bets were examination, called off. The trade would have served two important pmrpos-e- s for the Bulls. It would have given them the outside shooting guard they need so badly, and it would have nd them of a player in Ray with whom Motta had become disenchanted. If the Stars sign Motta like the source indicates, they will be getting one of the best coaches in all pro ball. He has been pursued by many clubs in his last three years, including the Dallas Chaps (San Antonio Spurs) of the ABA.' And his selection as NBA Coach-o- f the year in 1971 was no fluke. He earned it. He believes in the affirmative ans he wont stand sloppy execution. His teams have won 50 or more games for the last theree years in the NBA. The source Stars owner indicated SATURDAY Baseball, League Motor Ch. 2, Noon would go up to the Bulls and say, Look, I worked my butt off for you for five years. I dont feel that I owe you anything more. And I hope they would let me go. Instead, the source says, hell be honing the stars quest of the ABA championship which has escaped them the last two years. Keino then commented on competitive running. It is mostly headwork, he said. You have to have it upstairs and we didnt in Mexico. Again he pointed his finger to his head and shook it in disbelief. Temu went on to win the 10.000-metevent at Mexico City. Keino won the gold medal over Jim Ryun in the r run by three and a half seconds a large margin. - 1.500-mete- 16-- Deseret News Sports Writer year. two-tent- John Radetich just missed in his attempt in the high jump and settled for to win the event. And Bob Seagren was once again the master in the pole vault w'ith a vault of 17.0. But he was disappointed in his effort. at there were a chance to substantially better myself, I e The Angels first blow was struck in the third inning when the tagged Islander started Ed Acosta for four runs. Keino was far superior to his opponents, Tom Laris and Gerry Lindgren. His clocking of 8:53.7 compared to Laris 9:13.6.3 proved once again that he is the best in his field. Motta looms as Stars choice the former Weber has coach, College spurned offers to go with the Seattle SuperSomcs and some say if it hadnt had been for a with Phoemisunderstanding nix general manager Jerry Colangelo, he might- have been with the Suns next year. It opened the door for Tunisias Gammoudi, who shot of a second. Keino got the up lane 1 to win by silver medal, of a second ahead of Temu. If Temu, who was trying to help me, had staved where he was we would have had the gold medal and maybe the silver one too. two-tent- a 4.3 mark. Bob Beamon, 6-High jumper Ron Jourdan goes over the bar at 8. The 7-jump netted him fifth behind John Radetlich's 3 effort. Temu, knowing Keino could get to the tape before he could, moved to his right. This forced Keino farther right into lane 3. Shotputter Brian Oldfield goes into victory dance after setting record. hurdles. Dallas Cowboy wide receiver Bob Hayes-diddisappoint the Salt Palace crowd as he record with broke the King of the Hill Deseret News Photos by Gerald Silver o that Bill Daniels ar.d Borvla spent most of iast week trying to lure Motta with an attractive offer. But neither Daniels or Boryla would have talked to Motta without approval first from Williams. They dont want a war on their hands. Outdoor Adventure, Ch 4, p.m. Fishing Hole, Ch. 5, 2 d m. Wide World of Sports, Ch. 4, 3 d m. Fishing in the West, Ch. 4, 8 p m. SUNDAY Andy Griffith Golf Special, Ch. 4, Noon Fishing In the West (rerun), Ch. 4, p m. CBS Ch. 5, 1 Sports Spectacular, pm. Indy 500 Festival Parade, Ch. 2, 2 p.m CBS Tennis Classic, Ch. 5, 2:30 p m a profile 'The Racers. drivers, Ch 4, 3 D m of three Sports Illustrated, Ch 5,3 30 "The Woman's Side of Racing," Ch. 7, 6 30 n m. Dick Simon Story. Ch S, 10 40 p m. CBS MONDAY aior League 500 Indy Ch. 4, 7 Baseball, Race Ch. 2, 6 (taped highlights), p m. Tops all national efforts The Temu and Keino story is one of the great tales of Olympic Games. f Kenya these men, and others on the Kenya National team, decided to be the best in the world. They worked at it. I learned to run hard and liked it. It was fun for me and was never what you would call hard work. Other people have hobbies. Mine is running. As a result Kenya came to the front in Mexico City with Keino and Temu as front men. the modern From far-of- At Munich Keino got into the steeplechase, which he didn't do at Mexico City, came out with a gold. On a basis, it could be said of Kenya, in the last two Olympic Games, it is the best in the world. And you can bet a bean that when those 20,000 youngsters gathered to see the medals these men had won at running that the Nairabi hills next day were trodden hard by flying little feet. Keino could make as much as $40,000 at pro track and field this year. He and Ryun run for the heavy money, each track meet twice or thrice weekly. Its better, as Kipchoge Keino admits, than running the Kenyan hills for the fun of it, hobby or no hobby. Baseball roundup No slide on the sliders By Associated Press Bob Moose doesnt learn from his mistakes. He made the same mistake twice and Lee May hit both of them out of the park. I threw two sliders that didnt slide, and that was the ballgame, said Moose after serving up iwo home runs to May that helped the Houston Astros beat the Pittsburgh Pirates Friday night. Moose threw a waist-higslider to the Astro slugger in the fifth inning and May hit it over the center field fence at Three Rivers Stadium to give 2 h the Astros a 0 lead. Then May teed off on another fat pitch from the Pirate righthander for a two-ruhomer m the sixth. n I knew I could get May out with the slider if I kept it low, said Moose, so I threw it again. He was wrong again. knew I made a mistake the instant I let it go, said So did May. You Moose. could see his eyes get big." 1 In the other National League games, the Chicago Cubs downed the Cincinnati Reds the St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Atlanta Braves the Philadelphia Phillies trounced the San the Los Diego Padres Angeles Dodgers topped the New York Mets and the 8-- 6-- 4 Montreal Expos turned back the San Francisco Giants In the American League, the New York Yankees trimmed the the Texas Rangers Detroit Tigers beat the Oakin 13 innings; the land As California Angels stopped the Mikwaukee Brewers the Cleveland Indians whipped the and the Chicago White Sox 0 3 Kansas City Royals nudged in 10 the Minnesota Twins " innings. Houston's ended victory long dominance by Moose. The had amassed a lifetime record against them before Friday night. Along with the mistakes he made with May, Moose also made a mistake with Bob Watson. He threw him a hanging slider, too, in the sixth and the Houston outfielder doubled home a run prior to Mays home run. 4 right-hand- 0 Texas infielders were ing the plate from direction Friday night Gene Michael faked a fice bunt and then three-ru- n seventh-innin- stands for the blow. When the other team goes into the defense special against the bunt, we have the option of swinging away, explained Michael. I thought I had a good chance to pull it past the first baseman because he was in so close. The Yankees trailed, in the second inning but rallied to by the sixth and cut the Rangers margin to one run m the seventh on singles by Nettles Ron and Graig Blomberg sandwiched around a walk to Thurman Munson before Michaels homer. Lindv McDaniel allowed one run in six innings to receive credit for the win with Sparky Lyle picking up his seventh save game-winnin- g 5 charg- every when sacrihit a CHALLENGER g homer which gave the New York Yankees a victory over the Rangers. 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