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Show Superstar Rick Barry Leads Nets Into Palace Tonight By. Steve Rudman Tribune Sports Writer Willie Wise, who has come through for the Stars on numerous occasions this season, will have his biggest test of the year Tuesday night when Utah takes on the New York Nets and superstar Rick Barry. Barry scored 51 points against the Stars Sunday afternoon in West Hempstead, N.Y. and put an end to Utahs Halt New York in this, the last game of the regular season for the Stars. If Utah wins it will have a record of Virginia still has two games remaining, at the Floridians and at Denver. If the Squires win both games they would finish with a 8 record, and should Utah happen to meet Virginia in the ABA finals the Stars would have the home court advan- hopes of winning the western division championship. But the Stars still have something to gain by beating the Nets and it will be up to Wise to put the defensive pressure on Barry and keep him around his average. 57-2- 56-2- Victory Might Help H Wise can do that, and his assignment will be even more difficult because he has been ill with an infected throat, then the Stars should beat tage. That is the advantage in NBAs No. 1 (AP) Dames Carr, Page 19 NEW YORK Notre battle. The 'Rockets play Virginia at home and New York at home this week while the Chaps play at . diaua and against Memphis at home. Denver will probably lose to Virginia and has a good shot at knocking off the Nets. Texas will doubtless lose to the Pacers and would iate as an Palace. Tied For Fourth The Rockets and Chaps are they lead the seiies Barry, who is averaging 28 9 points per game, has personally ruined the Stars twice this season with his great outside shooting. Other Toughies 3-- Backing up Barry are Bill at Paultz tensen was awakened rudely Ly that monumental earthquake that struck the San Fernando valley recently I was sound asleep, the slender Canoga Park native said Monday. "All of a sudden By Ray Herbat Tribune Sports Writer center, Many the las road nap, losmg three in a row . But despite this collapse the Stars still won 25 of Leaks at the forward opposite Barry and Oilie Taylor and Bill Melehionm at guards While Wise has the toughest defensive assignment, it will be up to Glen Combs and Mirv Jackson to put the clamp on Melchionni and, Ta-lo- their last 34 gamer In case Utah gets ir. trouble TuPsdav right they have fre reserve power on die bench in r. George Stone, Ron Boone and Aside from Barn-- they have been the most effective Nets agahist the Stars. Also starting for Utah will be Red Rohbms at forward and Zelmo Beaty at center. The Stars hit a tailspir on Diik Nemelka. Stone hit 24 against the Nets Sunday, Boone did a good job the boards and Nemelka hit 17 points, his high of the season. on -CALIF. HOLTVILLE, While most Salt Lakers slept g peacefully early that morning, Salt Lake City shortstop Bruce Chris news-makin- I found myself awake and lying on the floor. And some plaques on the shelf overhead began falling on me. Boy, was I scared. I didn't know what had happened. After surviving this unpleasant experience Christensen Monday received some good news when the California Angeles recalled him for temporary duty while the regular Anaheim shortstop, Jim Fregosi, was admitted to the hospital for bronchitis. is expected Christensen back in a Salt Lake uniform within a week. He said, however, he had mixed emotions concerning being elevated to the California club. Buffalo and Chicago which dropped the big bombshells by selecting Spencer Haywood and Howard Porter, Buffalo waited until its third choice in the second round before gambling with the controversial Haywood, who only last Friday had been awarded to the Seattle SuperSonics by the NBA in an Marion Dunn Ghost of Late Ritz Classic rt Fine Edge settlement. Haunts Bowling Scene Commissioner Walter Kennedy, conducting the draft via a telephone hookup with the 17 league cities, immediately warned the Braves that Haywood was not eligible to be picked. Not Eligible It was just after midnight. Behind the desk of the Ritz Classic Lanes, assistant manager Ken Take-n- o leaned on his elbows. At the lunch counter litth Keith Coleman poured himself a cup of coffee. Outside a light rain tapped against the door. It was the kind of night when melancholy Danes talk to their long dead fathers. It was a night for ghost hunting. And the spacious bowling palace was haunted. It was haunted with the ghost of the departed Ritz Classic scratch bowling deal without Haywood Buffalo replied that it would stand by the choice, apparently gambling that the star forward who had jumped the rival American Basketball Association to Seattle, might in some way become available in the future. Another Shocker Only two picks later, on the Chicago pulled another shocker by choosing whose Villanovas Porter, signing by Pittsburgh of the ABA had been announced only 32nd selection, hours earlier. Cleveland turned away from the big man - selecting the Carr, who averaged more than 30 points during his fabulous career with the Fighting Irish. But it has not yet been gone long enough to be forgotten. And at this time of the year its memory haunts the lanes. It is easy for many to remember back to When Joe Barney became the first winner to have a score over 1,700 . . . when the great Ned Day won the title . . . when Max Gardens of Los Angeles: scored a 1,754 and yet had to battle Art Landmark to the final game. In that last game Landmark had an split in his final frame and Gardens needed to bowl a 260 at least to win. Gardens started to bowl and to string strikes and he counted the strikes out loud, 1, 2, 3 (and here the crowd started to count with him) 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. It ended there but he finished with a 279 and the championship . . . When Claude Perry came down from Ogdui to man from Spowin in 1943 . . . when a middle-age- d kane received notice from the war department that his son had been killed in action in World War II and to meet the pain alone he drove from Spokane to Salt Lake and bowled the highest score of his life. The man was Fred Converse and he starred slowly with games of 182, 195, then went 225, 233, 255, 246, 257 1,849 and a record 231 pins per game aver- - i- the Wicks, who led UCLA to its fifth consecutive NCAA title last veekend, had been expected to be the No. 1 selection, but when the Cavaliers passed him by, Portland immediately grabbed him as the No. 2 pick. Won Coin Toss 6-- 3 Sidney 0 Cleveland had won a coin toss with Portland last Monday for the right to pick first, and might well have gone for Artis Gilmore of Jacksonville had he not signed last Tuesday with Kentucky of the Stanfords Jim Plunkett, Ileisman Trophy winner, addressed crowd at Hotel Utah Monday. ABA. third, selected Elmore Smith of NAIA champion Kentucky State and Cincinnati followed with a minor gamble by Ken Durrett of choosing La Salle, rumored to already be promised to the ABA. Western Jim McDaniels, Buffalo, picking 0 6-- 7 Kentuckys center who certainly would have been one of the top selections, was not chosen until the second round when Seattle made him the 23rd pick. McDaniels reportedly already has signed with Carolina of the ABA which held the first three rounds of its draft last January, getting a head start on the Old-time- rs Bull-ingto- Other Bruins Two other UCLA starters were selected in the first 18 picks, as Detroit, No. 11, took forward Curtis Rowe and Cleveland opened the second round by nabbing center See Page 29, Column 6 6-- 9 a, I was a little surprised after being away for so long and found I was with the big dub earlier this spring that major league pitching didnt fool me, Bruce said. Before Signing Contract By John Mooney Tribune Sports Editor While some courts have ruled an athlete should be allowed to sign a professional .athletic contract before his class is graduated, to sign would be a mistake, the Heis-ma- n Trophy winner believes. Jim is organization John (call me Mickey) Rivers. The Florida youngster is one of the fastest runners in all of baseball and he has been Coaches Lubbock Chicago ex-pr- o All-St- All-St- I Righthander Terry Cox, a native of Carlsbad, N.M., was impressive for four In- 6-- 5 nings Monday in an exhibition in game against Hawaii Yuma., The Angeles lost a decision in a game they had in regulation time. won, Rice and Islander skipper Bill Adair agreed to play an extra inning in order to give their pitchers more work and Cox got too excited and hurried too much in the extra frame and gave up a ample of runs. But for four innings he was brilliant. I threw in form today, said Cox, who had a record as a relief pitcher for El Paso last year. Cox did not hide the fact that he was a little disappointed in the byplay major league teams employ on their hands. "They tell you to report early and say they will give you a chance to make the big club, he said. But all you do is sit around. I think they knew all along I would be pitching for Salt Lake. 5 5-- playing football and Ill have fun playing in Boston, where I cant believe the weather is that bad. T know Boston has several Plunkett spoke at a kickoff banquet for the American Cancer Society Monday noon at the Hotel Utah. A boy will be more valuable to a professional team when he has completed his eligibility and gained his education, the Stanford star added. Remember, a lot of teammates are depending on that boy, and if he signs before his eligibility is used, he lets them down, too. However, the practice of a boy to allow him five yeais is up to the individual. I was a Ted shirt and I feel nothing against it. However, a teammate who was a red shirt' and nbafaly would be a starting tackle this enjoy quarterbacks and I'll do whatever the coaching staff thinks is best for me. But Ill keep trying my best. I enrolled at Stanford because I liked Coach John Ralston. 1 don't agree with everything he does, because, who does? I even felt he wasnt tough enough on us mid-seaso- n 5 some- times. But he is a great organizer, and his game plans are remarkable. Plunkett added he hoped to sign soon so he could help mother. Jims dad died almost two years ago and his mother has been blind since before Jims birth. Marriage? Nothing in the near future. g Kus Skaters Win GENEVA. SWITZERLAND The Soviet Union (AP) swarmed ail over Finland and romped to a 10-- 1 victory Monday. The triumph virtually assured the Soviets of their ninth straight world ice hockey crown. Want Ads Work "" FREE JOB! WASH-WA- X AT SMITH INDEPENDENT SERVICE WITH EACH WINDSHIELD Special Discount Tickets Available at Ail Utah Auto Deales Save Vi i APPROVED BY All INSURANCE GUARANTEED WORK I See Over a Million Dollars Worth of Automobiles on Display h, Insists on Carolina Pact By Steve Rudman Tribune Sports Writer Who owns Jim McDaniels Utah, Seattle or Carolina the seven-foo- t McDaniels, This potential legal tangle several weeks ago began when Carolina President and General Manager Carl Sheer informed ABA Commissioner Jack Dolph that he could get McDaniels into the ABA, and would do so, if the Cougars got first rights to him. Western Ken tucky and one of the most sought after college players in years, was drafted by the Utah Stars of the ABA and Seattle SuperSonics of the Got According to a North Carolina source, Dolph gave Sheer the and Sheer acted on the premise that getting McDaniels into the ABA was more important than any one single club having first shot at him but, since Sheer had worked the deal the Cougars should naturally get first NBA. The only problem is that McDaniels and his agent, Norman Blass, insist that McDaniels will be playing for the Carolina Cougars next season. Blass, the agent in charge of connegotiating McDaniels tract, cleared up one thing Monday night in a telephone interview from Manhattan by Under no circumsaying, stances wiU Jim McDaniels ever dribble a basketball for the Utah Stars. Is draft rights. But Vince Boryla and the Stars had the first draft pick as part of the trade which sent Don Freeman and Wayne Hightower to Texas for Ron Boone and Glen Combs. And when it came time to draft, Boryla chose McDaniels and has been reporting ever since that the Stan have a reasonably good chance of signing him to a contract. Even last weekend the Stars sent assistant coach Larry Creger to talk to McDaniels in Anti-Uta- h and has Jim is told me on numerous occasions that he wont play professional basketball in Utah. If hes going to play in the 'BA it will be with Carolina. If not with Carolina, then well begin negotiations with Seattle, he continued. Seattle selected McDaniels in the second round of the NBA draft Monday afternoon. anti-Utd- h Houston. 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After all, many of the pros care little about the man, except for his athletic skills, and when they has have gone, the nothing to fall back on. from seconds. game in in June and in the game in August. I think football is fun. On speaking engagements: Stanfords quarterback and for the colleMr. Football gians last season, said Monday, The first purpose in attending college is to gain an clocked first in a time as low as All-St- Plunkett, Utahs George Stone (33) follows shot In a Bright Prospect One of the brightest young prospects in the entire Angel fall, has indicated he wont play the added year of football after his marriage shortly. Plunkett is an amazing young man. Take the matter of games, supposedly a drudgery to most players: I intend to play in the h NBA. confidence. Plunket to Finish School 2 Pair of Youngsters Kuru-mad- with and despite some brilliant statistical notices he admits the type of competition he faced was really not much better than rookie league. The articulate shortstop who is nearing a college degree in business administration is confident he can hit near the .280 mark for Salt Lake . Js summer. While his figure may seem somewhat high since he has been out of organized ball for two years, no one can shortchange the smooth fielder in Seattle's consent. Memory Haunts Veterans can remember when Kyle Coles was the youngest howler to enter the tournament can remember when Steve Buell beand came the youngest to win it at 17. And there was the night when John Elzinga of Salt Lake howled a 247 game and no one noticed ben cause on the next lane Larry bowled a 300. Those were yesterdays in bowling. There are no scratch tournaments of its kind in the area today. And so the local stars, bowlers like Kyle Coles, Paul Chase, Bill Ward, Dr, M. C. Mason, Dr. Jun Ken Chestnut, Doug Muir, Ralph Astorga Phil Graham Tom Parrish, Steve Buell Jack Hudson, Hy Hudson, Russ Boren, George Sluga, Maxie Kosof, Hal Dreyer, Jerry Zabriskie, Dee Walters. Wee Lonez, Dean Beuthe, Bill Dykes. Mike MoguS. Bob Shurtliff, Ernie Wisser, Scott Orr, Peppy Borich, Pete Yano, John Keysor, Dick McMillan. Don Behunin and so many others can only look hack. At this time of the year the veteran bowlers, like old soldiers, find themselves waiting for the sound cf a bugle, the roll of a drum beckoning them to another battle. But there is no battle to beckon. They (the parent dub) told me that I would need another year in the minors and I hope I dont go to them and just sit around. I must keep the fine edge I have built up by playing everyday. Christensen spent the last twn years playing service ball for the U.S. Navy in Honolulu As I understand the action taken by the Board of Governors by which the dispute with Haywood and Seattle was settled, Haywood is not eligible for the draft, Kennedy said. If you insist on drafting him, I believe you will be wasting a draft pick. But if you insist, I will record that fact without conceding that you will have any rights to This is the time of year when once the attention of the bowling public centered on Salt Lake. The Ritz Classic was the best of its kind of tournament. It was a showcase for local bowlers to take their turn in the sporting spotlight. It also attracted name bowlers from all over the West. But it was for that last reason that it suffered a premature death. Too many pro bowlers were taking time out from the tour to enter the tournament and many local bowlers started dropping out for that reason and finally it just seemed to be too much of an effort and one spring it was gone. late-come- Austin guard, was the surprise first pick, by the Cleveland Cavaliers, in the National Basketball Association college draft Monday but it was Wodimnit by A underdog against Memphis, The Nets are the only team in the ABA to have a winring edge over the Stars this year; Austin Carr S.L. Shortstop Goes Back to Angels, Becomes Blit Move Is On Temporary Basis fab ffibtnt Second Section Tuesday, March SO, 1971 currently tied for fourth place in the west and Denver probably has a slight edge in that beating New York Tuesday night at the Salt Palace. Aside from that the Stars have nothing to gain or lose. They have already finished second in tie division and will meet either Denver or Texas in the first round of the playoffs which begin Friday and Saturday in the Salt CO'. CAPITOL GLASS 3515 So. ind West . CALL AL KOIILES Open S to S . . 262-29- weekdays 47 Now is the time for No. 3 Safety Inspection with this , iHalMi & ad Service entrance at 47 West 6th So. between new and used car lots. Phone: 521-3S5- 0 |