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Show DESERET NEWS, WEEKEND OF FEBRUARY 2, 1974 QXO wsr-"- " Freshman Jonas plays key role in Ute victory By Gary Blodgett ih'H'rt t New sports writer - n COLLINS. Co Jeff Jon.is is a six foot freshman gu.inl who has seen hmited action for University of Utahs basketball crew Friday night he was a hero Hith Utah regulars in deep foul trouble, Jonas came off the bench to tank a couple of timely bombs and hit four of five from the line in the final 77 seconds of a 7b 68 win over Colorado StJte During those waning xonds when CSU tried to Jeff Jonas eel back into the game, the was to foul strategy reserve. But Jonas caused that strategy to , backfire this-voun- Jeff just a mighty mite amid hoop giants, also got 10 rebounds in 23 minutes. It was second straight road win for Utah, getting the Utes back in thick of the Western Athletic Conference race. m Utah and CSU are both league standings 4-- 3 Young, on the Brigham same road taunt, was slated to meet Wyoming on a 3 p m. regional television show at lairanue this afternoon Arizona and Arizona State clash at Tucson tonight in the only other WAC game this week. Though they shot 50 8 from the field. Utah came nowhere near its WAC offensive average of 92 points a game Utahs 76 points were, however. a season high against CSU, top defensive WAC team. Into Westminster suffers 1st cage defeat Deseret News special - times Utah used a man defense until 12 minutes left m the game when the Utes took a lead Then, they zone and switched to a CSU couldnt tut from outside Both teams were aggressive on defense, using full court presses and traps This helped account for 26 personals called against Utah and 20 against CSU. CSU was ahead briefly into the second half Utah regauied the lead at 9 and increased it to seven with three minutes 53-5- 0 2-- 3 50-4- Utah hit 31 of CSU 28 of 65 61 106-10- 3 The loss did not knock the Parsons out of first place, but did allow Southern Utah State to slip into a first place tie with a victory over Regis Miners' ace Tom Melsen scored 32 points, including a oasket that tied the game in regulation play, to lead the Colorado school in its upset it 77-7- 1 win Melsens bucket with seconds left tied the game at and opend the way for teammate Jim Sisneros to score 1C of his 27 points ui the overtime period 43 86-8- 6 Westminsters John Hampton kept up his hot scoring pace, hitting 33 to lead all players, but it was not enough to tun? back Mines. Craig Campbell tallied 21 and Mark Peterson hit 15 for the Parsons Fouls also hurt Westminster. The Parsons were w bustled for 29 personals and the Miners coverted on 28 of 36 chanty tosses while the Parsons were only 17 cf 25 from the stnpe 7 - 1 L" ' - Oh, of course Im playing reasonably well. he reconsidered Fnday after his 67 and had given turn a 132 total for two rounds of the $220,000 Open Golf Tournament The total represented the lowest 36 hole score of the year on the pro tour and a record for the 7.154 yard Waialae Country Club course two-roun- d I have to be playing well to be leading the tournament and to break the course record when the scores, generally, are going up. What I mean, he continis that Im about a ued, month av ay from knowing he strewed the word Im playing well My short game hasnt been tested. I havent missed that many greens, so I don't kno'- what shape my short game is in And thats usually the weakest part of " my game - Only Gibby Gilbert, vho had could keep the big a blond in sight We're just lucky he didnt - i.' W - - ; ar ! One fight 1 left in Ali 1 as you One trouble with getting years behind you is, remember sports events a little better than j: r,VLfT they likely were for instance, where Muhammad Take the Mondav 12 rounds, took a few the Ali danced around ring for his of the Frazier off the to the belts belfry good it. to win little his partner fists, and outpointed The fight, in my memory, would be like en ailing Ezzard Charles (Frazier) losing to the backup master boxer, Joey Maxim (All) Neither could have stayed in the ring with block busters like Rocky Marciano, Jack Dempsey. Gene Tunney, Joe Louis group And yet Ali can be classed in 'he second-ratwith Flovd Patterson. Max Schmeling. Jim Braddock, Jack Sliarkev. Pnmo Camera Max Baer, and Jersey Joe h W, ' v sc.t e ' - - r i- - Deseret News photo by Pool G Borker Walcott. Seattle goalie Dan Brady stretches across goal crease to make save on Lyle Bradley's breakaway effort in second period Friday. Totems ccme from behind to down the Eagles. Frazier would be comfortable in this class too But after youve seen the Louis fights, or the Marciano maulers, it is natural to discount, to some extent, the caliber of the fisticuffs which All and Frazier offered One must remember that this generation of fight fans to call on by memory does not have Road games tonight, Sunday They ore in the top four Eagle unbeaten streak ends have come in here with long losing streaks only to break tho.e s'reaks against us. Brent Checketts Deseret News sports wnter By Lakes Golden Eagles to the road todiv with their momentum stopped Salt I don't mind losing when the goals scored against us are good ones, but we let them have four or five chances on most of their goals tonight, and thats bad Some of our defensemen are simply too concerned about sconng points and not concerned about enough playing defense Our defense stunk took The Eagles, who play at Denver tonight and Portland Sunday night, faded in the third penod before 5,279 Salt Palace fans Fnday, as the intense Seattle Totems took a victory. The loss snapped a unbeaten streak for the Eagtes, while for the Totems e losthe win broke a 3 five-gam- e You can't successfully get the puck out of your own end with soft passes like we were using We could have stayed m a challenging position with a win Instead were right back m the pack. ing streak Eagles manager-coacgeneral A1 Rollins was with his teams displeased performance to say the least. h That makes three times in just over two weeks teams Rollins was pleased with the d play of Eagles goalie Bob who faced 43 Champoux, Seattle shots. Rollins will rest Champoux in favor of Phil Headley tonight, then start Champoux against Portland Sunday. The Eagles are so far this season at Denver, but at Portland. The Buckaroos currently possess a unbeaten streak on their home ice. The Fnday win ended a e road gruelling for tne Totems, who sojourn played last at home on January 13 Rudy Fillion, who has been coaching the Totes for almost three weeks, has yet to coach a game before the home fans. 3-- eight-garn- "I was appointed to the job just before our eight-gam- e its been he said Since we won the first and last games of the jaunt, I can at least say we started and ended well. road swing, and quite an initiation, Actually, we were playing good hockey m the six str''ght losses, too. We were ahead in five of the games. We lost several of them in the third penod, simply because we were pressing too hard Tonights was the best third penod weve played The teams traded goals in the first penod. with Danny Gloor sconng his first markers at 118 for and Ron Huston his two for the Eagles at a power play. on a goal Associated Press away Big Sky Conference crown for Idaho State to lift Weber remaining State Weber State College has added a little challenge to what looked like a run- over Idaho 8 37 on Only tremendous saves by Tote goalie Dan Brady kept the Eagles from padding he lead. Eagles center Lyle Bradley was the victim of several of Bradys great saves, with the most outstanding being on a breakaway. 39-2- 66-6- 4 5-- year. Weber travels to Boise State Saturday night. Meanwhile. Boise State slipped by Northern Arizona Fnday, and the University of Montana gave the University of Idaho a scrubbing I waited too long on the shot, the disappointed Bradley said 2 69-6- post-gam- e Gloor tied the contest at 3 10 of the final penod with his second goal of the night, while Peter Folco knocked in r for the Totes the on a rebound of Paul ONeils Also in double figures for Weber were guards Bill Lewis and Dan Dion, with 13 and 12 points, respectiv ely Hoyt and Green led ISU with 10 each 93-6- 8 Center Jimmy Watts looped in a shot dose to the basket with four seconds game-winne- shot at e lap the field," said fireman Dwight Nevil. who shared the first round lead with Nicklius but diopped back to a tie for third at ranged from bright, warm sunshine to occasional Lght showers one-tim- Miller had a 70, Johnny including three 30 foot putts for birdies, and kept alive his record of having broken par in every round this season. The string now is 13 m a row. 7 He was tied for the position with Eddie Pearce, at 21 the youngest man on the tour, who had a 67 in weather that He was a distant nine Aggies play tonight LOGAN Utah State's basketball Aggies, a crew becoming famous for possessing no killer instinct, entertain Southern Mississippi for a second time in history tonight at the Spectrum Tipoff is 7:30. Time and again this season the Aggies, now have last, or nearly lost, games after losing substantial leads 11-- Last time out, they beat Denver at home, after lead m the first half and a 10 point lead losing a with seven minutes to play 88-8- Ironically, the same thing happened last year m their first game ever with Southern Mas The Aggies led by a big margin in Hattiesburg, then had to finally win m overtime. 9 Southern Miss guards Steve Greene and Glenn Mason, who scored 38 points against the Aga last year, are back. first to retire. Hes made a bag can keep it. Most fighters have not. They get such good advice that within a few years but their advisers are well off. they are broke again Frazier is not the draw he once was. He had one left, or the right that came off the that follow-upunch Frazier will likely be of beans off boxing if he p flurry. He has no class m the art of boxing, and what wallop he has isn t appreciated until after it lias been applied to someones jaw. boxer. Can't say Alt, on the other hand, is a stand-uhes any more a fighter than Joey Maxim was, but like a fencer with the fod he can reach out and stack up the p points And 17 08 hes still a marketable item Spawned by the Olympic One good heavyweight figther comes out o! the Olympics every four years George Foreman came out of the rt was he who waved the American Flag Mexico games in contrast to two San Jose runners, who degraded it the Munich games, man named Duane Bobick. But he Cuban named leofilo Stevenson and Bobick was out of his class I thought we had one coming out of a rather Tunney-lik- e ran up agaimt a blur-fiste- d But they are grooming Bobick for the come-alonand eventually he might get into the semis or the finals of the club The best we could hope for him is he never meets Stevenson again that night was a night of great disappointment to America's fight fans g leaves Ah as a rather marketable product Hes got to fight again The money is there when he wants to get it Imagine "hat a billing a Foreman-Al- l match would have Frazier fans would turn out to see Foreman lace the Lip Then there are the Foreman friends who would like to know just how good he is. If the last one drew $11 a seat the next one would go All this to or $20 $25 The worst thing promoters could do is let Ah get too old He might have been that five years ago but after the Frazier frolic in Madison Square Monday most would believe theres one more fight left m the guy They ought to get it out of him before he ripens too much and falls off the vine Host Pacers tonight strokes behind Nickiaus at but issued a warning 141 Stars hope to boost lead - Im putting so good I feel like a time bomb about ready to go off I honestly believe I can shoot one of those 62s or 63s if I can ever get a good round. Miller, of course, scored that record sweep of the first three tournaments of the year Billy Casper, with After defeating Georgia Tech on the road Thursday Southern Miss is for the season flight. The Ags likely wul have to wm their remaining games to have a glimmer of hope for first round NCAA playoffs ITie WPSiem playoffs i.'i.x year are m Che Idaho State Minidome, March 9 session by 2 Watts, the games high scorer with 14 points, capped a final half that saw the Bengals nearly force an overtime Weber State, which led 6 at halftime. connected for seven baskets m thou-- first eight attempts to blast out to a lead after five minutes. But guards Kevin Hoyt and Dennis Green paced a gallant Bengal comeback with a flurry of outside shots as ISU chopped the deficit to in the final seconds. basketball Weber handed ISU the Bengal's first loss in six starts Fnday night bv a slim It lifted Weber's league record to and gives the defending league champs a shot at the title again this 98-8- Seattle, first of Larry Gould, but the Eagles came back for a shorthanded marker by Dave at 5 57 and Hrechkosy Hustons second goal at 15 49 to take a lead Weber shocks Idaho State All and Frazier are the best m the challenge crop and have at one time held the high hat in fistics. To this generation they are in the top four. And as years pass for this crop of fight fans All and Frazier will gain their esteemed place in the mind of men oldsters They will be referred to with the same respect now talk of Dempsey, Louis and Marciano. of two The Totes went ahead at 2 09 of the sandwich Playing well? Jack not sure! HONOLULU (AP) Jack Nickiaus had a four stroke lead, a record score for the year and a record for the course, and wasn't really sure he was playing well .7 HACK miLLER a s look back, you 5 With two road wins, Utah has moved to a plus situation ui the WAC race The ttes have lost one at home and won two on the road. -- - for the Utah, now 14-season, awaits a crucial home senes next week against Parsons try to get back on the winning track here tonight against Regis College With a record through the first half of Rockey Mountain Conference action, the Parsons seemed to be breezan undefeated ing towards season and their second straight RMAC crown But league doormat Colorado Mines, with only one league win m six tnes, caught Westminster off guard m Golden, Colo Friday night and upset the apple cart with a overtime win rV the reserves though' were key to this win," said Foster. Jonas did especially well in dutch situations for a freshman. Sojcumer kept us glued together when we had to shuttle reserves in and out due to the foul situation gone, the Westminster - V - I over Colorado State , , r- - goals and Texas Et Paso (Thursday) and New Mexico (Fnday) It was Utahs fourth straight win ' v A- -- to play Burden played 27 minutes and led Utah scorers with 21 points Sojourner had 20 points and 11 boards DENVER. Colo Their chance for an undefeated conference basketball season 0 a:a The Rams had foul trouble, too, including veteran coach Jim Williams who provoked a technical Leading Ram scor er and rebounder, Tim Hall, plaved only 29 minute due to foul trouble but tallied 21 points and got nine boards hv LpH rjmjrnfrf lltnh dominated both boards, getting 51 and scoring several baskets on follow shots CSU had only 37 boards, 16 the second half 38-3- ' ' ' SPORTS EDITOR ' I X Jonas. Doug Terry and Charlie Whiting played . ey reserve roles after regulars Luther Burden, Tyrone Medley and Chas Menatti got in early foul trouble and were eventually benched Center Mike Sojourner also had four-fou- l trouble but survived the final 10 minutes without another. It was definitely our aggressive board play that kept us in the lead that first half. said Utah coach Bill Foster Utah led most of the first half and 'railed only two at after the intermission. score was tied seven times and the lead changed hands 12 V- - . - this game, the Rams had allowed WAC foes an average of 57 3 points a game. Utah's board and shooting offset the Utes superiority deficit in turnovers- - Utah had 20 miscues and CSU 12. 6A was at and 141 a 69, also Lee Trevino, 70, Australian Bruce 69, were tied at strokes back. Arnold Palmer has had a pair of 72s and was at par 144 Rookie Crampton. 143. 11 Ben Crenshaw failed to survive the cut for the final two rounds He had a Nickiaus, making only his second start of the season, was two under par for the day when he had what he called a loss of concentration My mind was wandering For four or five holes I didnt play very well." In that stretch he faded to birdie two of the par five holes, had to scramble to save par on another and made his lone bogey of the day. What are you doing1 his caddy asked Jack woke up and binned four of the last five holes. By Dan Pattison The ABAs Western Division leading Utah Stars sat back and watched cellar dwelling San Diego help them cushion their margin over second place Indiana to seven games Fnday night. San Diego edged Indiana. Fnday night m San Diego. The Stars, with a five game winning streak going. . , have a chance to increase their lead even more tonight when they host the Pacers at the Salt Palace, 7 30 124-11- Utah has the best record m The Stars the ABA at have won 25 of their last 32 games. rhey have been idle since defeating San Diego Monday night before the 35-1- 9 Ail-St- break A victory tonight over the Pacers couid go a long way in deciding the outcome of the West Division The Stars would have an eight game lead with 29 games remaining The Western Division lead- ers once with a sprained thumb and once with ligament and has damage m his leg only seen playing time m 20 games Besides getting the good news of the Qs debating the Pacers, the Stars also got some good news out of Denver, where Utahs Governor Calvin L Rampton visited Stars owner Bill Daniels Gov. Rampton voired his concern about the possible movement of the Stars franchise from the City of Salt. Daniels, who is selling the club, told Rampton that he might have a valid local buyer who would keep the franchise in Salt Lake City. The name of the bLyer was no disclosed In other pro basketball notes. Denvers general manager and coach Alex Hannum guard Warren put ready Deseret News sports wnter are expected to have rookie Roy Eoron back m uniform for tonights game. The has been Flying E injured twice this season al All-St- Jabali on waivers Fndav and said he planned to stand by Weve been kind his decision of secretive lately and in lots of consultation ana we feel this move is in tne best interest of what we are trying to do down the une with the Denver Rockets." said We have no Hannum thoughts whatsoever on withdrawing our waiver. Hannum indicated that A1 Smith will Jabali's place and the recent addition of veteran Steve Jones has helped the start m club It was rumored that Hannum tried to trade Jabali during the game proceedings to San Diego and was irked when the Qs made a deal with Kentucky, which sent Chuck Williams and Red Robbins to the Colonels for Jim O Bnen, cash and a No. l draft chioice. All-St- Other notes- Phoenix Suns superstar Charlie Scott, the NBAs scorer this season, fractured his arm In a game with Los Angeles Fndav night and will be out for the rest of the season - fourth-leadin- g IMPORTCARl SERVICE ALL MAKES low Prices I Quality Worii GARFF MAZDA ,777 S. Slole-- fh 52I-64S- 6 J |