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Show f- ' Salt nliii riimnif Utah-DallasTil- fc Sporty Saturday Morning Second Section Opens Stars Title Defense 1, 1972 April piage 25 Sports Mirror l)v By f John Moonej Tribune Steve Rudman Sports Editor 3Iental Stature Grew, Too, For WAC Hoop Aces Utah Dallas pi ivoff gimp will he bioadcasl hv KM.i. Radio Satin day al 7 30 p ill. Tribune The Utah Stars, defending champions of the ABA, are shown here in several games during their freestyle relay. Observation Ward The tTtf swim team lost the conference championship after nine straight titles but you cant accuse the Utes of taking a dive, because thats cne thing they havent got, divers. "The repiesentatives stated that the strike would he terminated in either of the following circumstances: If an appiopriaie "(1) settlement is reached with the owners, Palace. "That Saturday game at Portland means everything now'. Rollins said. If we win were still in the fight. If we lose, well, I guess w'ere out of it. Time is running out on the Eagles. Counting Saturdays game they have five left on the season. Hopes Jarred night at Seattle. Then the Eagles play Denver at the Palace Tuesday night. Their last home game will be next Friday night against Denver. They close out the regular Aussie Netter - Phil (AP) Australian entered m the Macon InternaTennis Tournament tional e hers, was injured in an accident early Friday and- - likely will miss other major tournaments this year. MACON, GA. Seattle Contest One of those comes Sunday autu-neril- at Portland, on the other hand, has three more games against d Totems. the But, it is still mathematicalfor the Salt Lakers ly fourth-plac- e to the gain playoff spot. And hope heats high in the Golden Eagle heart, even if its tail feathers are frayed a bit. Saturday's game will be broadcast hv KSL wi'h the action slated to start at 9 p rn. pos-ib- le Tt or, If the owners agree "(2) to submit the dispute to binding arbitration by any promi- Salt Lake's desperate Golden Eagles blow into Portland Saturday to do battle with the Fuckaroos, a team thev have to overtake to make the loop playoffs. And, as of Friday night, it appeared the Eagle chances of making said playoffs were about as good as Coach A1 Rollins being named queen of the Portland Rose Festival. tail-en- (UPI) Terminate Strike Desperate Eagles Face Portland Club Tonight Crash Injures - The Baseball Players Assn, voted unanimously Friday to strike against Major League baseball effective with exhibition games to be played Saturday. Marvin Miller, executive director of the association, said in a terse piepaied statement issued after a three hour and U iinute meeting that the strike would continue until there is "an appropriate resolution of the dispute between the players and major league owneis. The vote was 47 0 for the strike with one abstention, but Miller declined to identify the one player representative who did not vote. Miller said futlher: le Denver. n astly-impiov- VS DALLAS April 3 5 April April April 7 April April April fl 10. 12 if if if necessary necessary necessary Brown, Ncto Sparkle as Pacers Win INDIAN APOLIS, IND. Clutch (UPI) players Roger Brown and Bob Netol-ick- y teamed for 52 points to lead the Indiana Pacers to a triumph over the Denver Rockets in the opening game of their semi-finplayoffs in the American Basketball Assn. Friday night. Brown tossed in a game-hig- h 28 markers and Netolicky added 24 as the Pa opts ances. lead charged into a He also stiessed defense to in the fourth period after the point that sometimes he trailing by that same riargm would spend as much as 60 just after halftime. percent of practice time on it. The Rockets, led by Ralph It took the Chaps until Janu26 with Simpson points, ary to get the message. At lumped in front at the end of that point they were in a heatthe first period, and ed battle Memphis and managed to hold onto the lead the Denver for last place in at intermissnon. before western division, but once taking the nine-poispread they finally figuied out in the third period. Nissaike wanted the Chaps The Pacers grabbed the were on their way. lead after three stops, Moved Steadily and then exploded into an advantage in a flurry of Since the first month of the points capped by a Dallas streaked has year by little Billy Keller. steadily upwards in the standIt was the biggest margin the ings and finally finished with Pacers enjoyed. a record and third place. Denver outrebounded and Dallas success can be at-lbuted to several things, but outscored the pacers, to the most important ones are take their last lead at Don return to with about five minutes to Freemans health after a severe illness, play. better cohesion among the Chaparrals themselves, in Overtime play by Ihe younger NORFOLK, VA. (AP) -Rplayers and continued stress on the defensive aspects of ookie Julius Erving scored the game. six points in overtime Friday Thp Stars have been on top night to spark the Virginia Squires to a of the standings all season. victory over the Floridians in the After a rocky, beginning opening game of their semifithey burst ahead of the Indinal American Basketball Asana Paceis and slaved there. Eastern Division The Stars eventually wound sociation semifinal playoff. up winning 60 games and losThe second game of the ing a mere 24, second best in Ihe enure league series will be While the Stars had little or played Saturday at Hampton, Va with the third and fourth no difficulty with most teams in the ABA, they did experi games scheduled for Miami. 98-9- nent person not associated with either of the parties. Pension Fund At issue is Ihe amount of money the owneis will pour into the plavpr's pension fund as well as the length of the pension fund agreement. Miller said he had talked to Jr Gahenn, w'ho represents the owners in the negotiations, and informed him of the strike vote. "He indicated he would like to spp me some time Saturday 1 told morning in New York. him that I would he there if 1 cu!d trarcpoi ration. vote was Miller said the the only one tak'u at the meeting, but that all strike possibilities uhirh had been mentioned prior to the mee1-- i had been discussed. gi 47-- 0 Resolution Appropriate Miller was asked what he ar appropnate considered "resolution of the dispute. Miller fn si said their was no possible way Ihe sti ike rould he called off pnnr to Saturdays exhibition game, hut when pressed on the mat he said, "You ran say if e you want to that it is not Ihe realm of possibility tr oui-sid- fcf o 102-9- 6 basketball nine-poi- Players Walk Out on Majors DALLAS Saturday Staff Photos by Tim Kelly march to the regular-seasochampionship of the western division. Stars play Dallas Saturday. Association Votes Strike 50-yar- R v a s 123-12- , Tim Neville of Salt Lake City really exploded With a bang in the Eastern Intercollegiate Swimming championships early in the month. In the Harvard newsletter, this is the paragraph on Neville : It was Neville, though, who did the most damto age the Crimson record book. After tying Mike Cahalans record in the d freestyle the first day, the product of Salt Lake City was in on three records the final day. He broke the mark in the afternoon heats, then set a new standard in the 100-yar- d butterfly moments before swimming a leg on the next 1 129-11- Splashing Success saun new-hea- vic-ton- 7 3 UTAH Dallas at Utah Dallas at Utah. Utah at Dallas. Utah at Dallas. DaUas at Utah Utah ai Dallas Dallas at Utah coach Tom Nissalke, have pounded out four m the last five meetings with the Stars. In those five games Dallas has won by scoies of 102 99, The and Stars beat the Chaps, in the Palace in overtime. Nissaike has brought several Ihings to the Chagu that have conti lbuted to their ovetall success this season. First of all, he brought a sense of organization and to a team that had noied for been pieviously and haphazaid inept perform117-11- 0 decithey dropped a sion! to Phoenix at tne Salt D a 128-10- under the Chapairals. 8 Dent. and o n defense and by how much the Slats hold down besides Freeman. The game begins at 7:30 p m. and lukels are available at Ihe Salt Palace Box Office. The second game will be Monday in the Sail Palace. This year, of course, is an entirely different malter and the Stais are not taking Dallas lightly, especially since 64-3- vtfkeh 113-10- 1 137-10- Somesense The Eagles had a fair to middling chance of rate lung thf , Bucks, but their hopes wore jarred Thursday mghr run The Slats won by the unof 125115; likely margins For several readers who have asked the age again of BYUs Kresimir Cosic : There is an affidavit on file in the WAC commissioners office which says Kresimir was born Nov. 26, 1948, which will make him 24 years old in November . . . Paul Landes of Salt Lake City won his third varsity letter in swimming for Bucknell University , . . Western Athletic Conference basketball teams wound up with a 0 intersectional mark for year. Shortest man ever to play in the National Basketball League was Herman Klotz, who stretched when he played with the Baltimore Bullets up to in their 1947-4championship years . . . And Oscar Robertson, they say, has the highest salary in the NBA, with a $233,000 annual tab . . . Commissioner Stan Bates of the WAC reports all basketball games in the conference next year will start at 7 :30 p.m. and all frosh games must end a minimum of 35 minutes before the varsity tip off. - Which would piove troublesome for the Siais since they thrive on running The keys to the series will he how well Utah is able to Big Margins e, 400-yar- d ii' con-ce- ic record-breakin- g 1 Last year I la h romped over the Chapartals in foui, laugh Piled games Al least mailers ihey weie laughing l as far as Ihe Stais were ned So did Liah completely decimate the Chapairals on their way to the league title that by thp fourth and final game of the senes the Siais had made such a .shambles of them that the Texans hardly had any losses left to count. The headlines of recent weeks indicate at least a few of the better players may have had the pros in mind all the time, to be sure. team But in checking over the for the Western Athletic Conference, I was amazed to see the majors of the cagers. The first team included Tommy Roberts, New Mexico guard, with a 3.30 average in business and administrative science, and Beto Bautista, Texas-F- l Paso guard, with 3.00 in medical technology. Also on the first team were Rod Penner, Wyoming center, with a 3 06 in electrical engineering; Scot Jones, Utah forward, with 4.00 in and Belmont Anderson, BYU forward, with 3.02 in chemistry. T'-- A 4.00 average is all As. Also honored were the following, with their grades and majors: Mark Saiers, New Mexico, 3.56 in business and administrative sciences; Paul Strong, Arizona, 3.30 in business; Ted Ronery, Wyoming, 3.49 in architectural engineering ; Kalevi Sarkalahti, BYU, 3.04 in communications, and Greg Sehick, Colorado State, 3.17 in biological sciences. 5-- e The ics. V N,e-salk- the Air On In some quarters, the idea persists that all athletes are enrolled in the pipe courses and that the good players are attending their college or university only until an agent or pro scout offers them millions to launch a career m pro athlet- Stuff ence peiplexing difficulty with the Cnaparials in .he last five games. Dallas, according to did several things to hinder the Stars performances The Chaps ued a sagon Zelmo Beaty ging defen'-in ihe middle, which pievent-e- d Utahs leading scorer from shooting as much as he usually doe Thp Chaps also clashed the hi ids to such an extpr.t that I labs fast bleak was curtailed and even now Nissaike don't Ihmk even Utah says, an iun consistently against Tnbune Spoils Writer That annual spnng madness, oiheiwise known as the ABA playoffs, commence in lhp Sail Palace fn Ihe Utah Siais and Dallas Chaparrals Saturday night, and at this ohsnvpis point not cianv four gimp envision anothei the hy defending sweep league champion Stars that it could be settled that soon. Miller said the players would report tG their clubs Saturday and await develop- ments." The associations ale" added that: director Enough Money a "Its fact the pension fund has enough money so that with conlribu ns of less than per club per year an alternate and "I believe toward benefits retnement every person spoke at least rould take care of the 17 per- once and most of them two or cent increase. three times. It is no longer a dispute Long Talk over money it is merely "All possible developments the owneis refusal to let the discussed at great players spend what is theirs were the way they want to spend lengths. The players met wnh Miller it. Miller pointed out that all 24 at an an pot t motel, and the e clubs weie represented by players left immediately 6 Col. 27, their own representatives and Page $11,000 ... aft-Sr- 25-2- 49-4- 76-7- 85-7- 6 three-pomt- 42-4- 2 ti 14-- 90-8- 9 In Japan Bout Squires Ali Dazzles Foster, Gains Decision - Former Japanese Ign Aits TOKYO (AP) world boxing heavyw'eight champion Muhammad All, in complete command with his flashy, (lancing style, hammered Mac Foster with lolling lcfl jabs and won a unanimous decision Satur- day. There wpre no knockdowns in the fight. American referee J. E. Crowder scored it 5 for nidge Takeo and nidge Hirovuki All, ad it Tezaki 75-6- 7 of Japan The scored it tabbed it Press Associated 73-6- acted disgusted at the end of the fifth round when he failed to fulfill his prediction of knockout. a Thete were some boos then, and also at the end of the fight, from the near capacity Ali fifth-roun- d Hi ih School Skiers to Seek r Knudsen Cup at Brighton Special to The Tnbune BRIGHTON -- Utah high ski racers will show their stuff Saturday m the an- school Owl Favored In Anita Run ARCADIA, CALIF. (UPI) -Royal Owl wall attempt to enhance his reputation as the finest in the West Saturday when he heads a field of spen mlo the $134 50(1 Santa Amla Derby The last Santa Anita Derhy winner to go on and raofure thp Kentuck Derby was Ma jp'tic Prirce in 1969 and Revai Owl is being compared to that champion. &&-- Knudspn Cup race Brightons Mt. Millicent. nual .' will begin at 10:30 on a.m. with high school teams consisting of five bays and three girls. 7 up best four boys times Cvmhined wi'h the best two gills' tines will determine the winner. This years rout'P Will hp set hv Jim Gaddis, Utah ski by raring coach, assisied Mikp Wilson, Park Cifv Ski Racing School. r v 211. Ute Nclters. Set Tussle Today F. D. Roohin, who owns a big win over Marcello Lara of USC, will lead the University of Utah tennis team against New Mexico at the Salt Lake swimming and Tennis Club Saturday at 1 p m. The Utes lerentlv won the on Long Beach Invitational their California lunket and will i cly on Bill Benmon, Kent Woodard and Boh Schovaers in addition to Robbins against the lxibos Robbins is curienl-l- y on the vear. highly-regarde- Ogden High School is the defending champion, and will try again for a win towards retiring the trophy. A high senool winning the rrpet t! ipp veais in a row receives that honor. Art Knudsen, veteran instructor and ski promoter, sponsors the event to promote high school ski racing. The race Marctnwd in thp 14,500-sea- t Hail. tial The outcome was never in doubt a All flicked in sharp left jabs almost at will and never appeal pd bothered by Fosters Fosters punches. eyes were swollen and a few' times he seemed to be dazed hy .Mis sharp hitting. All weighed 226, Foster d 1 me up and Buy a Call FORD! can sho you Utah s largest ejection of new and used cars and trucks Sales and LW'in, phone a 114-10- 7 6 INDUSTRIAL ACCOUNTS WELCOME SAFETY SHOES Give your toes a "hard hat" SIZES: 6 to 14 Mustang cowhide uppers. Cushion crepe sole and heel Steel shank 8 Mocrasin toe with oil tanned uppers. Super tough neoprene Tailored soles. Steel shank. |