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Show 2 DESERET NEWS, TUESDAY, MARCH B. 26, 974 1 NCS: Next year has come! GRf 'Wait across U NXBORO Til Next V-a- r Wolfpack ( ountrv F (AP)-- no crv Tu and Warriors me' on even terms d by a pmri, 28 27 of lunger rescue K ba-k1 t3 McGuire was later to -- av game with those two technicals them two five point plays The j by 4 54-3- 3 T t(IA added a seventh whih' nnglitv s'r.ujit jewel to is champion hip collection Iasi ve ar North Carolina State watched on tel and waitd vision at home Meanwhile Thompson, no longer a budding reached full b'lom m this, his seipeistar see ond All mencan year And the rest of the (unior s supporting cast joined in the crusade 'I heir campaign was halted momentarilv last December in the third game of the when they suflered an is point season, embarrassment at the hands of I'CLA at St Louis in what was regarded as a delayed plavoff for last year s title The Wolfpack which figured to have the he tier bnch, used only seven players, Thompson and guard Mo Rivers going the full 40 minute's e Shooting statistics graphically told the story 56 5 percent for 'he Monday night Wolfpack and a chilly 36 for the Warrior-Thompso- ns 21 points 16 by the Monte Towe, and 14 each by Burleson and Rivers led North Carolina State Burleson also blocked seven shots and had 11 rebounds , All-tourn- A GREENSBORO, N C. (ITI) junior Thompson, voted the Most Outstanding flavor, led throe members of the NCAA champion North Carolina State Wolfpack onto the all tournament team voted during the championship game Monday night by the news media Thompson scored total of 49 points C in Sta'c's ictoues over I'CLA and Maiqut tte heie 4 tenter 17 ol CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) Heavyweight champion (it'orge Foreman was taken to a hosptial today for tieatment of what he said was a pushed nerve leaving his scheduled tele defense against Ken Norton tonight in doubt A There were reports that the Venezuelan government has come up with a new tax on the fighters The World Boxing Council which supports Sadlers s'and on the referee, has announced m Mexico City that it would not After leturnmg from the liesint.il where Xravs were taken eiunng a half hour e- - etogmze the fight as a title Ihe closed circuit telecast Foreman Norton championship fight will be shown at Utah's Sports and xpccial Fvents Center tonight, 7.30. bout the Ken Norton The fight, which would be the first world heavyweight champion-hi- p in South America hastory was scheduled to start at 8 30 p m A1DT and to 74 be televised m about . countnes the challenger The last heavv weight chain to be postponed was pion-h'- p tie second Muhammad Li ton fight in lsb3 when Ah underwent hernia surgery ranking middleweight George Cooper pitted lam Brasier of against in the feature Oklahoma In the other West Jordan's Richie Alvaiado fights Indio Cordona of Mexico in a leather weight attraction Midvale's light heavyweight I am Cruz, a top journeyman. boxes Bill Spicer of Oklahoma. Earlier, official of the World Boxing Association aid handler- Foremans had threatened to go to eht pre-- i dent of Venezuela or walk out if ther demands for an American referee are not accepted for the title fight Sadler and the AABC me for an American tat eree of Rondeau Jimmy Seattle But as of Moi.dav night Rondeau said he -truth as a peutator and that he had not been a hed to officiate lv I. id i a pu-hi- wa-he- re George Foreman .. I -- heavyweight champ -- The Aenezue'an commission did not say tommei t Aides helped Foreman to a Car on route to the hospital nrd he was leaning heavily on them when he returned He was npong badly on both oc-- c 1 n said the injury oc timed dhiie he was vuitirg police station near his hotel to mute officers to the fight He I an -- ; Dick Foremans sadler .I'l i did not return from e ii "p tal with 'he champt i a'tl was net available for pressure being put ou the enezuelan commission al-- o iff. how it happened and newsmen were not .1 loue d near hi- - room Hie wnich dpielep ,eit cast -- enous doubt imon the light came amul con' mute, squabbling over the appoint nient of a referee for the f'ght Sadler has insisted on a Ncrth Ament an referee but the Venezuelan Boxing Com mi sion has sa,d both judge-an- d the rifetee will be A anezudan Some Thats lenge to be met and Indiana, Thursday, to get their thinking straight into the heading again plavoffs The Stars have been playing with onlv a They waived a guy Mo ( momentum) called dunng their 14 game winning streak 7 30, Deseret News spoils writer min.u on Foreman said he a pinched nerve m his knee but said "Im gilt osa.. I m a'l right However his personal phv,-viaDr Peter HuCker. indicated the champion had sprained the knee Such at. injury would almost certainly caase the fight to be called Bdl, and his wife, Shirley, have elderly parents m Philadelphia They would be closer to them at Duke. Bdl has a hoop summer camp in New Yorks Pocono Mountains That would be closer These may, or may not be factors At Ltah Foster has a tremendous facility He has returning talent to make ltah a top WAC threat again. All is not peaches and cream, though He has a few peeves. Meanwhile, if Foster should leave ltah would Sojourner and Burden return n By Dan Pattison big attraction will be live bouts, with the World Boxing Associations filth rs 9 fight Stars searching for 'Mo' may be called off A Foster also had recruited some fine freshman talent, including Mike Sojourner MTs MAP, Luther (Tichv) Eurden, MTs leading seorer, and two other sophomore starters. Doug Terry and ( harles Menatti He felt a certain amount of loyalty to these He wanted to witness their per voung-tesonal satisfaction in turning the dismal 1972-"- J season around The Duke spot would be a real challenge Anyone who saw national champion North Carolina State and North Carolina this year is aware that the Atlantic Coast Conference plays mean basketball another $64 question Host Colonels Foreman-Norto- n of g Better still, m Foster s mind, he now has a record at Utah where last year he was 21 31 It matters very little to him that he worked for tvo years with talent from another regime Foster also has much loyalty for an mstuu-tiowho pays for his talents and he hates to quit a loser Aeleran sportswnters in the East who have known Foster longer than I. say there is no doubt Bill would not tike to leave if he felt there still was a personal chal- 1 SV)c. Foster was second vice president of the National Association of College Basketball Coaches last year He moves into the first vice presiden spot the commg year year he will be president So he was pronto expected at Green-bor- o It goes without saying though that Duke folks while he - in their backyard, will try to close the sale of their canipua and basketb. I program to Foster 22-- 8 Wearing net around neck, David Thompson says Wolfpack's No. aftpr High posiion in NACBC 188-11- 7 4J-3- specify in" -- athletics of coach thov i C . home of Duke is m Though Durham Green boro country. Fosters quick departure does not necessarily bolster Duke s position Bo-o- Jack director n h ter again Bill left from New Aork Sundav night for Greensboro. N C . site of the NCAA annual meiungs in conjunction with the national basketball champion-m- p The personable Foster is, of course, all the more sought-afte- r since he amazed his Eastern fnends, alums of Rutgers, where he coached eight years and fellow coachc u ith his newly adopted running phiiosophv as he guided Utah to NIT runner up Tvpical of 'he friendly needles tv coam es and media men who knew him at Rutgers was offered at a pres- - powwow by n We College Coach Bob Zuffelato who said are really concerned about slowing down the Utah Stars that is University of Ltah sorry, Bill (Utah won 117 93) R (Bud) interm Duke hired an ' " But Foster is a man of strong will, personal pnde and integrity Bill had been a winner won loss wherever he coached, as his record, coming into this year, indicates Now, he can add to that record the Wolfpack minutes In fact, as the NIT sojourn came to an end there were personal factors brought o 4 in light which could push the odds to favor of Duke Imversity, where officials have Koon aftor ctm o nH nf th season Had a personal challenge week later, down to the final four, North For better than amid the youth Meanwhile Duke ofncials haven t given up ui-i- y tither They left the door open to Fo- -t r this ytar Whi h would indicate that Bill did not cio-- e the door la- -t year 50-5- 0 Foster 2 78-6- 1 Marquette F'o-t- er For manv coaches the end of the 1972 73 season might have seemed a ripe 'imp to accept another offer Foster was coming off and 6 14 records Some Lte alums were grumbhng and attendance dwindled title round. Marquette After LCLA had come from bchmil in the the Greensboro last half to whip Kansas Coliseum spotlight was on the two survivors Also on the all tournament team vvete the Wolfpaiks Tom Burleson and Monte 1 owe, as well as Bill Walton of UCLA (for the third time) and Maurice Lucas of 7 Bill 9 ,ii curd t, e, Carolina States semifinal foe was UCLA, anxious to swat down a pretender to its throne. Again th proud Wolfpack rose to the occasion and prevaded m a bitterly fought double overtime match That sent UCLA into an unaccustomed role of playing Kansas for third place Mood iv night and North Carolina State into its fust na tional finals against another newcomer to the Duid After trving to separate 11 days of NTT banker in Madison Square it appears Lmversity of Utah has chance to keep basketball Coach Monday that Duke of ficials approached him over a year ago permission to talk w ith F oster I, of cour-gave them permission but .at them know in no uncertain terms that we would do everything possible to keep him at Ltah, Jack said Them came the NCAA s Ea stein Regionals and Providnce and Pittsburgh were brushed aside. The latter game was an emotionally charged affair in which Thompson was lost after 10 minutes with a head injury after a frightening tumble to the floor. team named ey Garden, about a year season That challerge was io turn an And 22 3 is sure turning it around al-- o instigated several programs on his own to try to increase popularity of basketball YORK NEW at Utah, admitted here After that, they had to vvm two conference tournament games to stay championship above, including a classic 103 100 overtime tie ath struggle with Maryland, No 4 in the i oimlrv after Wolfpack beat Marquette for championship '72-7- 3 fact from fiction dunng James But the W'olfpack regrouped and wiped out everybody else, including an unprecedented secend straight clean sweep cf the ACC regular season North Carolina State Coach Norman Sloan fakes net after off-cou- n pouts lr eluded two layups 10 34-3- 0 ( So cost us That gave Tom Burleson, a basket bv Phil xpi nee and four Thompson free throws it was at the half and after le-- s than six minutes of the second half Marquette never got closer than nine points after that and the suspense was gone no! vrnro urtri Ml rVTJir.ed V North Carolina State's 28lh straight victory in a 30 1 season 7 foot-- A v 'I FERGUOn Duke sought Foster Marqje'te Then in 53 bla ,ng seconds, aided bv two technical fouls against wily Marquette Coach At McGuire North Carolina State scorid 10 straight points to zoom into a n no point lead Next year is now t e The soupi d on North ( amlma State ball tetm clinch! d its right to the Nee plan vvi'h a convincing 7oM conquest of tturd ranked Marquette Monday night in the finals of the NCAA hampionship tournann nt year ago (each Norm in loan and In, It tups nn.shid Ji 0 but had to ve.'le tor noth mg hi adi( r than the A!l.ntic ( oast Confi nmce ausi the ( cli mipioiish p slappi d thi m vv,tn a vi.irs (foliation for alleged recruiting iricgul in' ' s The Wo'fpick was burned in tla scraiotili VtiMof vijnnrUar frnrr Mu !h f named David Thompson Postseason compiti tain was forbiddi n 1m GEORGE tr- felt 'he re polled injury might be a f mm insists on - prerogative to name all the three ofneiul- - . it- who Acne ueLm would pre-uma- 1 o -- 1 observer- the fight uiMn-e- d anv d rger of can - A n to-t- er Memphis and irginia, And the fact 5 remains, they even lost to the Re.kels la- -t Fnday at the Salt Palace which -- tarted them on yet an other three game losing streak (thev also lo- -t to Memphis and Indiana over the eekenri. W ) 'Hi the exception of at home Wednesday to dose out their schedule, while the Colonels have the Stars, San with -- Vir- The Nets (54 29) lead the Colonels by only one game The Stars are inter) ested m the outcome of the Denver and San Diego tilts th.s week Right now, the Rockets (3646) lead the Q s (3547) in quest of meeting the Stars m the first round of the Western plavoff-whic- h Division start Saturday night at the Salt Palace. The second game in the best of -- even game -- enes will be either Monday or Tuesday at the Salt Palace Depending upon whether Denver or San Diego i the opponent, the remainder of the schedule would van But the big que-to- n for the Stars is Can they find Mo " POWER FALCON Rugged, nylon cord construction, full depth Siping 7.75-1- 4 8.25-1- 4 8.15-1- 8.45-1- 5 9.00-1- 5 5 7.75-1- 5 8.55-1- 4 "Whitewalls only I Y,,,, $ FOR T HURRY Slat again The s.ar- - lioald be trying to domrute the likelv teams thev w 1! meet in the plavoff- the think ng - on tie other foot e.t two chm Thev at tne Sal' Palace start mg tonight dgutiot Kentuckv -L- IMITED TIME OFFER wk.waiu, 2 15 to 2 80 Fed excise tax per t.re and 2 I $3 more per tire Tcde-i- n tires SMALL SIZES (AVAILABLE AT OUR REGULAR LOW EVERYDAY SELLING PRICE) $3 LESS PER TIRE. NO CHARGE Dismount snow teres ond mount your regular fires ' SMALL -- Till SIZES ! 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(50-32- The two games with the Colonels and Pacers might not mean too much with the final outcome of the standing- - bui it would sure be a good time to find Mo again And also, it would be good for the Stars to wm the senes with the two clubs Right now, they Mand 4 3 ag tins' the Colonels and are against the Pacers But the Naptown club has won their hist three games against the Stars The game is crucial for the Colonels Thev are still involved in the Eastern Division dogfight with New Aork The Net- - have Denver remaining lit nver w 4th South, ext 581, or Open 8" am. to 6 p m. Monday thru Friday, 8 30 a m to 4 p m. Saturday. Charge to your Auerbach's account. We also accepr Walker Bankard, BankAmericard and Master be The i omract with Foreman for a payment of $'00 000 if he does not how up for the fight Many observers think Sadler is pre( ared tc yield be- fore fight time Norton meanwhile - rted a- - a 3 1 underdog to vvn- -t the i title away from Foreman i Although the Ltah Mars have won their Hurd straight ABA Western Division title and thoir fourth posted straight 50 plus victory season they sure have shown no recommendation of anv powei lately The Stars last victory over a top opponent tamo Feb ISth at the Salt Palace wilh a vv.n over Carolina But since that tune they have been on the skids They have lost 13 of 19 games and their vactone-ha- v e come against the likes of Tire & Service Center 133 4.50-3.50- 80 to 2 33 Fed excise tax tires per tire and 2 trede-1 m WHITEWALLS ADD S3 V FOR 0 Most American Cars 1 I |