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Show Sporfstoculor October 4, 1979 Page 19 roster trimmed! to tC, still three to be cut The Utah Jazz today trimmed its roster by two which brings it down to 14, as the team is less than two weeks away from its opening game of the 1979-8- 0 regular season. The Jazz must be down to the 11 man limit by October 10, two days prior to the opening game of the year at Portland on October 12. Placed on waivers by the Jazz on Monday were guard Wilbur Holland and rookie forward Larry Knight. Holland Joined the Jazz during the summer in a State University at 7:30 p.m. The Rockets are led in Friday nights win over the Jazz by Calvin Murphys 20 points. Other Houston players to score in double figures in its victory were Robert Reid (15), Rudy (12), Moses Malone (13), Mike Newlin ((12) and Mike Dunleavy (10). Tickets for the game in Logan Tom-Janovi- ch are priced at trade with Chicago for the signing rights to Ricky Williams. Knight was the clubs first round draft choice, the 20th overall pick in the first round. The decision to trim the squad came following the Jazz second n game Friday night at Houston. Utah evened its preseason record at 1 by dropping the game to the Rockets, The Jazz was led in scoring in Friday nights game by Adrian Dantleys 20 points. Veteran Rich Kelley scored 18 points and grabbed 14 rebounds in the game for Utah, while Pete Maravich scored 12 points and handed out five assists. The brightest spot in the loss for the Jazz was the play of rookie Paul Dawkins. Dawkins, who was selected by the Jazz on the tenth and final round of the NBA College Draft, sewed 14 points and grabbed nine rebounds in 16 minutes of action. The Jazz has scheduled an intrasquad scrimmage game in the Salt Palace on Wednesday night, October 3 at 7:30 p.m. It will be the first time that the Jazz has played in the basketball configuration of the Salt Palace and die first time the team will play on the recently repainted Salt Palace basketball floor. The game is open to the public and free of charge. n The next game for the Jazz is Thursday night, October 4 when Utah plays host to Houston in Logan, Utah. The game will be played at The Spectrum on the campus of Utah pre-seaso- 113-10- 2. pre-seaso- Two more games are still on schedule for the Utah Jazz, one in Logan and another in Salt Lake City. The Jazz will host Houston Thursday, October 4th in the Spectrum on the campus of Utah State University in Logan. Game time is set for 7:30 p.m. pre-seas- pre-seas- game at Logan are currently on sale and are priced at 65, 64 and 63. Tickets for that game can be purchased at the Spectrum Box Office, the Foot Broker at Cache Valley Mall and Logan Hardware in Logan. There are a limited number of tickets available at the Jazz office in Salt Lake City. The Jazz final game will be the second port of an NBA doubleheader at the Special Events Center on the campus of the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. Denver will meet the Phoenix Suns in the first game, beginning at 6:30 p.m. and pre-seas- the Jan will hoot the Los Angeles Lakers, featuring Kareem Abdul-Jabb- ar and Earvin Magic" and $4 $3. ticket outlets include Logan Hardware, the Foot Broker in Cache Valley Mall and the University Ticket Office on the campus of Utah State University. Following the game at Logan, the Jazz will play one more preseason game. Utah will meet Los Angeles in the second game of a on Monday night, October 8. The double-headis being played at the Special Events Center on the campus of the University of Utah. The first game of the double-head- er er star-studd- evening will feature the Denver Nuggets with David Thompson, George McGinnis and Dan Issel playing against the Phoenix Suns with Paul l, Walter Davis and Alvan Adams. That game begins at 6:30 West-pha- p.m. The Jazz game against the Lakers will get underway at 8:45 p.m. The Lakers will feature Kareem Abdul-JabbaSpencer Haywood and Earvin Magic Johnson. Tickets for the doubleheader are priced at 66, 65 and 4 and are on sale at the Special Events Center Box Office and the Salt Palace Box Office. Portions of the proceeds from both Jazz games will go to benefit the athletic funds at Utah State and the University of Utah. KSL Radio, 1160 AM, in Salt Lake City will carry the action of n the two games, with Rod Hundley describing the action. The broadcasts will begin with the Tom Nissalke show ten minutes prior to the tip-ofr, pre-seas- pre-seaso- RICH KELLEY WAS SECOND in the NBA the Jazz. lost season in rebounding. He'll be a big asset for f. Jazz to end Tickets for the $5, Tickets are on sale at the Jazz office in Salt Lake City. Logan pre-cess- on Johnson at 8:45 p.m. Tickets for the doubleheader are priced at 66, 65 and 64 and are currently on sale at the Special Events Center and the Salt Palace Box Office. Portions of the proceeds from both remaining play in Saft Lake, Provo public and free of charge. The Jan has opened to the public the sale of a one-haseason ticket package plan. Fans can select one of two packages to lf same effort in every game home games. regardless of the score. Tickets for these package plans Kelley has shown gradual are located in the 67 and 65 improvement in each of his sections only as 69 seats are for NBA seasons. He previous reserved on a season ticket basis was the Jazz first round draft only. choice in 1975 and has the Look distinction of being the franat Rich Kelley chises first number one draft Rich Kelley enters the 1979-8choice in its history. NBA season coming off his finest Richs .814 peryear as a pro last season. He improved his game in every area, centage last season marked the percentage and he was quite possibly the highest most improved player in the a seven footer since Dan Otten's .799, in. 1961. Kelley also shot National Basketball Association better than .500 from the field for last year. Kelley ended last season in fine his second consecutive season. Rich played his college fashion when he finished second in the NBA in rebounding. He basketball at Stanford University grabbed 47 rebounds in his last where he had an impressive two games to edge out the career. He averaged 18.6 points and 12.4 rebounds per game Lakers' Kareem for second place honors behind during his three-yea- r college career. Moses Malone. Last season Kelley improved in Kelley makes his off season every major statistical category. home in California. see pre-seas- games will go to benefit USU and the U of U athletic funds. Veterans Adrian Dantley and Pete Maravich led the Jan to its first win ever in Utah in Ogden by combining for 55 points. Dantley scored 35 points and grabbed 11 rebounds in 28 minutes of action, while Maravich scored 20 points and dished out four assists in 23 minutes of play. I was pleased with our overall performance against Denver," Nissalke said. We have many new faces on this team and 1 thought our players picked things up quickly. The Jan has scheduled its first intrasquad game in the Salt Palace. The game will be played Wednesday, October 3rd at 7:30 p.m. The game will be open to the His determination and constant hustle are sure to make him a favorite of fans in Utah. Rich is the type of player that gives the 20 or 21 Pre-Seato- Jan n 0 free-thro- free-thro- w Abdul-Jabb- RICH KELLEY Utoh Jozz center ar |
