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Show v T T ' , v -v 1- - r t r w v r t r i trcpr for Sjiorts Information Cull .12 - (301 1- 8 P V . Tf g 'V ' ) S it? Section I) w hiv al3 & NEW ORLEANS lUPD Two teams who have known their share of the PiUMwigh Steelcrs lor ear and the Minnesota iking twice on the thu shltuld of uiory . square o'f Sunday m Super Bowl IX m what promises to lre a titanic de'ensne struggle The Steelers. born m 19.il when Ait Rooney, a semipro player and owner. (Hilt based them for s2.xH), have 42 , ' tr 1 y I Tj-- n ffi & ri i If ?4 73; 4- w iD from the junkheap of the National Football League to a shot at their first title The art hiU t has been Clmtk Noll, a tisearoH taskmaster who rallied from debut as a coat h ul Ux9 to ltlacj , Sunday nd the things bom m 1nT and molded b taestnin Bud Griif irlo a title contender, hue betn hete twice1 V XKJ . -- vK 3 ii-- 1 w45! As V January 12, or Sports Information Call 52 U 1501 4 -- x i-v- A A3 Pae One i;7-- ' TT is nn A"k4J VJ 1 il '4Vlta M 1 Noll, who was an assistant coach lm the Baltimore Colts m I','! when they sulfend a staniung lie 7 upset bv the New Noik Jets, primed his pluycis mi the pressures ot Sutler Bowl wek and the voting Sleelei's .seemed to cstx ncf welt "1 lei them exactly what toexpm t said N.gl Thev would be ask'd the got iKi.Om) in tho hank in playoff money alreidv and we want to boost that to SJb (Km (in Sunday " Hie W tlllK Is of the hUJH'l Itnwl e.ti I) leieue $1 itk0 while the lo'trs' shaies amount to 7 00 that has entered m placers mind' ns nmh as von muht think Grant said ou learn to live a Fouls Nip Utah Club "V v"s, or-'f ,' f J with winning; and losim; Otherwise this 'tci omes a diffa till proftssion Wove pot lots ol new people tins teat It s simply a new chadtnpe fur us It was disheartening to lose last jeai but we e ' t don t think Ol IL X4 m.e questions over and over ami s t!i if thev shouldn't let the so tailed hoopla them really don t tnmk it has team has placed well under piessuie all year It's somet'ung talk d allot t 1 This poi w li.e player me enjoy mg them selves in New Oi louts but thev u not tot eeting 'lie importance ot Bus game T! t c know thej he p!u. mg f n IheMetld ( huni Kinship Sun lav whats expected know " " fpQi udiiS ii - I I V t v ? I J ' 2 States Arizona candidate, wound up with 20 points with Holliman having 17 for the winners Following Burden was Menatti and Doug Terry with 13 and 11. Good spot performances were turned in by Buster Methaney, Jeff Judkins and Joe Gore but, m the end, Anzona State was just too skilled in its jump shooMng to be denied Utah made the same number of points from the foul line as from field goal lead range and managed to hold a over the Sun Devils It was a weird first half with 21 fouls being called against the visitors and 17 against Utah 56-5- 5 U i- : ' J-- f v A t ftpfr tV . f - - s- - si. jT" i. -- t!A lAv.r a. A; v 9 5mU, J- 7' m-- Va . i 7,- - ... 7 7 i & -- v . h J , 1 ' ' V i 7.1 VlX J ; V "7 .1 .t v- - -- -- . - ' 1. ' ry , J xv ' & . , . N'.5 ,h V - , g rfk Ak i! k - C a- rv. - A - ft: 1 t' - . 4xv-- L -r , v r ' a "Ha -- - c ki C, y' V J $ s C C :J i X . & V, I S- kP t .. A' - j JX '47 Uv ..v . A 3 y -- th . f . a , t7..k :n , 'VC- v ' - fr ' ,x'f ' t N vV'.'X k in buildups, the propaganda for the annua! Super Bowl is second in schmaltz only to die Billie Jean King vs Riggs Bobby V le i- - r c'i You remember Bowl scores cf tt-35-1- r e have 33-1- A rn 23- -, 7 and The most exciting was Super B wl III ar.d the Jfs up v Vi J.-3 h Na-nct- h t'ut even SJ.h doae ones Lie Soper r p w) VU Av r i 14, t.djj.u.otj t 15. Da ,:as 1J' Ivi.Iy 1 J V tiwIwTof ' causd any heart: toppages from excite- A a ' v va t - - y A v --' , A7 - Jv.Av iHidnWr xv Tribune Staff Ptioto bv Tim Keiv Utah's Ticky Burden (white dribbles away with ball after a University jersey) of steal from Arizona States Gary Jackson in key Western Athletic Conference bas ketball clash in Ute Special Events Center. More than 15,600 fans watched the ildcats Romp by Cougars at Provo, By Marion Dunn Tribune Sports Writer People who follow' Arizona's basketball team this winter believe the Wildcats are much stronger than a year ago despite losing Eric Money and Cornel Norman Saturday night the Wildcats defeated 6 BYU to notch their first win in the Western Athletic Conference and they were very impressive in doing it. Elliott Sparkles A year ago, Anzona defeated BYU by a point in the Marriott Center and had to pressure the Cougars and prevent them from getting the ball out of bounds to do PROVO 83-6- it Saturday, the Wildcats played keep for much of the last eight minutes and had no real trouble in getting the aw ay victory The Wildcats gained a split m their Utah tnp and are 1 m the WAC and 12 2 on the year. BYU is 2 m the WAC and 8 for the year and now has a losing streak as a definite possibility BYU plays at Utah next week, then goes to UTEP, New Mexico and to Logan before playing m Provo again Anzona was led by cool and collected Bob Elliott, a sophomore, who kept the Cougars off balance all night Elliott scored 27 points to share scoring honors with BYU's Br.an Fnshman who also put on a great shooting performance Zone Defense BYU battled desperately and was within stnkmg distance until coach Fred Snowden put Anzona into a zone defense m the final 10 minutes and from 0-- six-ga- then on BYU had real difficulty scoring The Wildcats shot 53 percent from the field, getting 35 of 66 while BYU shot 47 percent on 31 of 66 The big margin came from the foul line where Arizona went 13 for 29 and BYU was four for nine Anzona outrebounded the Cougars 45 to 33 and turned the ball over 18 times to BYU s 15 3 Stall, tough Sun Devils eke out a win and remain unbeaten, in the WAC. 96-9- 2-- 0, In 83-6- 6 the the Cougars came from a lead with deficit to take a 11 57 left to play m the first half and the 13,823 fans started to believe that an upset was a possibility The score was tied at 21, 23 and 25 before Anzona moved ahead to stay Fnshman getting With points, 13 of 19-1- 8 Arizona used only six players and Al Fleming, the 8 junior who holds the team together, sat out part of the game 6-- 6-- just another football game Give the ment s yt.t .7! Si? Fnshman hit tries from the field and most of his shots came from way out but he also brought the crow'd to its feet when he made a length of the court dnve. twisting past two final defenders for a layup Mark Handy scored 16 points and pulled down nme rebounds in another fine performance and reserve Grig Clawson came up with 12 points on six of nme from the field 13 of 21 e Another phonus-bolonu- $ M fc ' v.x with four fouls Fleming came up with 22 points on nine of 14 and took down 12 rebounds which was high for the night Gilbert Myles, a 6 2 freshman, put on a fancy dnbbhng exhibition when the Wildcats were controlling the ball and also scored 10 points and took down seven rebounds John Mooney Sports Mirror When it comes to the 1 J'e v - , rx -- - & ' r aif. . v r r ii. s'fT' , v w kv a-- 1,' .. V A- ' ? 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Saturday night in the Special Events Center If there is a basketball justice, it may have been right the Sun Devts Devils should win the game finally at the stripe because Utah stayed in contention by making 39 of 45 foul pitches Unbeaten in WAC Arizona State, unbeaten in the Western Athletic Conference, outscored Utah from the field 39 to 27 but this disparity may have been explained by Sun Devil fouling Utah on or before the shot plus some busy tooting by the officials There w ere 66 field goals totaled and 57 foul pitches The defeat. Utahs third of the year, home winning streak snapped a Arizona State handed Utah its last defeat at home a year ago Burden Has 33 M hile Ticky Burden had 33 points to lead all scorers, he missed in the clutch when a field goal might have won the game With I tah leading 0 on a basket by Jeff Jonas and a tip by Chas Menatti, Burden missed his pet jumper Mike Moon of Arizona State and Doug Terry of Utah traded baskets to leav e Utah ahead 93 92 with 1 93 left Moon then missed two foul pitches hut Rudy White made both bis as Doug Terry fouled out for Utah Burden Misses Burden then missed a jumper with 1 seconds leftt and, after a jump ball. Ticky again came up with the ball but missed under pressure from the crowd Janies Holliman then made tw'o free throw s w ith two seconds left Scott Lloyd and Lionel Hollins fouled out for the winners to join Terry on the bench but at the end nine other players had four fouls each The game was a affair It is certain that 15,215 fans m the Special Events Center have hearts that are in good condition to have survived the thrillers Friday and Saturday thee Und "it x. ' I V o T A lsZaHQ 5 cm a re and failed both times The ( ; lkmys a're Kansas Cit m 19a) and lost and last J,iar were simple oxcttviwetnd he the Miami Dolphin.- - No team has eur lo- -t !hne Sujvr Bowls and C.iant sas the thonph! of it doesnt liotlu t hts plavets at the Vime Lonihnrdi symbol of pro football supre Trophy V V v. V 0 -- V I hitoie alii chance the ' '4 fvW'VK A - f JtL M. t 4 -- v If jfJ H F f Sail L'tkt City, Utah Sunday Morning U wnrtPi fi-se- 'a . jr- (7,1A - ' w There have been more bores titan bonanzas, but to watch, road and bsten to the publicity, you'd think for sure Sundays game would top anything in thrills Down deep, the experts are hoping for a thrilling game, but they must know the odds are more in favor of an Evel Kmevel letdown. Ore of the coaches commented the oilier night that the Super Bowl lacked the crowd excitement of a regular game or even a playoff game. And he hit the nail on the head F&ns at the Super Bowl, generally, are not me fir't aAcndirg the games veek after week. Tho-- e fans cant get Super Bow 1 Lckets, even if they could o.Ar.i live tr.p to New Orleans. 4 of the Sujvr Bowl fins tue Mwola who go to ie seen, to wlure t,e ad.cn !.upp(jve,J!y is, and & ause it s the in" tlurg. K 5 That v. O'J a be In? first suggestion to putting some lit? into wh&i has become j ' v game back to the fans. Takt World Series Flan Fan interest would be sparked if the fans who really live and die with the teams could see them in their moment of troth at the Super Bowl The game has been sold out for months, at very steep prices, and there was just the most remote possibility a Joe Blow fan could buy a pair of tickets at any price. The big companies buy up tickets and distribute tuem to their employes or, more often, to good customers At least in the baseball world senes, the season ticket holders m the box seats have tr.e opportunity to by the same seats, or similar seats, for the 'home series games. And the home fans nave the opportunity to purchase tickets to see their favorites play pci haps hull the borne games Its tough for a casual fan, who doesn't have any connections, to buy a of Hoopla pair of tickets to the world series. To the Super Bo' 1, without an in someplace, there is no chance for tickets The National Football League passes the Super Bowd around, like the major baseball game leagues do their I much But think apparent dullness of the Super Bowl game comes from the d fans fact there arent the real m the stands for the big game All-St- die-har- etd Those Cheers think much of the interest in the college football game can be credited to the student cheering sections and the nval bands Theres color and pageantry in the college game the pros cant buy, because it isn't for sale and The pros have their eheerk-Hdrsome higft school or college bard peiformng. but it larks the sincerity of i ollcge enthiMa-jiM 4 col'e;e fans are satisLed with a victory, no matter how narrowly I s e&nu-- Too much of the pro football interest is ui beating or making the point spread on the parlay cards or the bookies In the college game, second isnt even in the same breath as first, but for weeks before the World Senes or the Super Bowl, most of the pros are Well, we have at least admitting, flinched so much money by getting in the series or the Sujvr Bowl Like most of you. I'll be watching the Super Bowl, but Ill be looking to see championship football, not be lulled by the broadcasting shills into believing what I expect to see is live greatest confrontation of the age Put the two teams cn the field in a wmnor-take-abasis, witn the loser gating just expenses, arid youd see a real Super Bowi game' ll ObwrYuSion S ard Tommie ami Gus at the drugstore tr-- i :ns the ouwe of sav vtflrVm prevention now costs more than the old e f core. pct-i- ports Toda TV, Radio Slate The Super Bowl will dominate Sundays sports scene, but basketball gets the first calling Following is the radio and television schedule BASKETBAL- L- The Boston Celtics and Buffalo Braves clash in a National Basketball Assn game at 10 30 a m on Channel 5 FOOTBALL The Super Bowl of football, matching the Muinesota Vikings of the NFC and the Pittsburgh Steelers of the AFC, will be earned by Channel 2 beginning e show at 12 30 p m. with the and the kickoff at 1 p m KSXX radio will broadcast the game at 1 p m. pre-gam- French Driver Gains Pole In Grand Prix BUENOS AIRES (APi Frances Jean Pierre Jarter won the pole position for Sundays Argentine Grand Pnx when 22 major opponents failed on Saturday to better the track record he set in his Shadow Racer A virtual unknown Formula I driver until he took over the Shadow top poi Uion after the death of Peter Revson last jear, Jarier, 27, will be lining up Sunday next to Carolos Pace of Brazil Pace won the seeon dpsot m tne 53 lap race in a surprisingly fast Brabham 290-mi- Brabham teammate Carlo Reutemann of Argentina and Nicl Lauda of Austria m a Ferrari, third an fourth in clockings of four trial session Friday and Saturday, will be in th second row. Jarer set the lap record on the 3 ; mile course Fnday m 1 romule, 4a 2 secmids Pace end Reutemsnn wer trailed by less than a half second Sweden's Ronnie Peterson m a Loi wn a time cf 1 V) had the old record which be set last year |
