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' j , Sports Hlrrorb) :: -- ; John Mooncv 1 I NFL Ti-Brta- rihtiiM 'ijHul hiilor l'li Salt fake Sfibune Sports Bucks Bop jazz Duel In 119-10- 8 section II Wednesday Morning, December 3, 1S80 Page 1 a the lone substitute big man for the Jazz after Mondavs cut of Jaines, Hani and Brett roman, but he said Mondays transactions didnt affect bis By Lex Hemphill Formula krr .y I,gr Tribune Sports nter It was a war of attrition at the Milwaukee Arena Tuesgame day night, and when the Jazz gets into shots just started to go in, the that kind of numbers game with the been misthe same shots were deep Milwaukee Bucks, it has to lose been "INe said trying Cooper sing," The Bucks, who started with rune the last four or been games players and wound up with seven after pushing my self foul disqualifications, took a It was a somewhat frustrating evenvictory over the Jazz, who started with for the Jazz, who were called for eight players, wound up with six and ing technical fouls in the second half five also lost an ejected assistant coach Ad came within a span of five minutes The Jazzs third straight decisive loss The first technical came when Allan e ends a road tnp, the team's who had another industrious Bristow, longest of the season It was a particuwith 16 points and seven larly long on3 for center Ben Poquette evening and rookie Darrell Griffith Poquette rebounds, was whacked in the eye by scored just three baskets in the last four Lanier under the Milwaukee basket on the floor, the games of the trip, and Griffith shot While he was wntlnng to score a basket and (27,7 percent! in the last three Bucks proceeded Nissalke then ran out games, in which he scored 13, 12 and 12 Jazz Coach Tom later that floor on the explaming points. " got to protect your players "youve We just ran across some rough for and technical a that, Nissalke got times, said Griffith, who suffered a and Cooper both arguslight thigh injury in practice Monday then Bristow foul calls picked up a technical and incurred a twisted ankle m the first ing half of Tuesdays game. "Theres not apiece All came within 40 seconds of much you can do about it except dont Nissalke's initial technical let it happen again. "What they said wasn't that much," said Marques Johnson, who w'as within Die Bucks had beaten Boston Sunday without starters Bnan Winters, Bob earshot of both Bnstows and Coopers Lamer and Marques Johnson How- techs Ive heard a lot worse things ever, as the Jazz discovered in Atlanta said with nothing being done at all. and New Jersey, the injured seem to Early in the fourth quarter, the Jazz get healthy to play against them. While was called for playing a zone defense Winters and sixth man Junior Bridge-ma- n The Jazz bench erupted, and even still had to sit out, Lanier returned Nelson agreed afterward that Utah to score 19 points and Johnson, who wasnt in a zone didnt start, played 31 minutes and had 21 points. Johnson led a list of seven Bucks in double figures. Johnson was injured in a fall at Washington over the weekend, suffering a sore back and a sore right wrist. He commented, the right wrist affects me a lot more than the back, because I have to handle the ball and shoot with A Offers Plenty of IfV MILWAUKEE With the National Football league grinding down to selecting teams for the playoff games, the league has announced a senes of steps to select the dn lsion champion, in the event of a tie, and the wild-carteams' basis for selection if they wind up tied Right now there are ties for the lead in the AFC-Weand very definite and the tie possibilities in the other four divisional races. Here is the formula if two teams tie for a divisional championship. 1 d Head to head (best percentage in games between the two clubs 2. Best percentage in games played within the division 3. Best percentage in games played within the conference. 4. Best percentage ir. common games, if 5. Best net points in division games. 6. applicable Best net points in all games. 7. Strength of schedule. 8. Best net touchdowns in all games, and. finally, 9. Coin toss. In selecting the wild cards, two from each conference, the following steps will be taken 1. If all the tied clubs are in the same division, (above). 2. If all the apply division clubs are from different divisions, apply the following steps: If two clubs are tied, 1 head to head, if d percentage in applicable. 2. Best games played within the conference. 3. Best percentage in common games, minimum of four. 4. Best net points in conference games. 5. Best net points in all games. 6. Strength of schedule. 7. Best net touchdowns in all games. 8. Coin toss. In the event three of more clubs are tied at end of season in wild-car- d bidding, there is essentially the same formula applicable, except that after one club is eliminated, or the tied teams are down formula is to two, then the two-clu- b used. If this sounds confusing, it is, and the best solution is to await the official selection and pairings, unless you have kept track of all these formula requirements during the season. Because I'e NFC-Centr- st U.9-10- 8 al five-gam- won-lost-tie- . ucn-!ost-tie- d won-lost-tie- d d er won-lost-tie- won-lost-ti- Rozelle Slioidd Associated Press Laserptoto er I havent. t Marv Fleming went from the University of to earn five Super Bowl rings, Utah two with Green Bay and three with Miami, has become an independent producer, with a TV production due for screening in January. . The script, entitled When the Going Gets .Tough, will feature Joe Namath, Chad Everett, - .lex Karras and Eddie Albert. Marvin dabbled with acting and TV commercials during his career with the Dolphins and after lie retired in 1975 and three years ago he became a producer. I like producing, Marvin admits, and I . jhink Im creative. How about Jerry Overton, who played the same years for the Utes? Jerry is featured in the Dallas Cowboy Weekly of the publication which notes he is Denver-base- d Signal Petroleum Company. I Overton played one season as free safety for the Cowboys before a Utah skiing accident wrecked his knee and ended his career. Before going into the oil business, Overton coached at Casper High School for seven years. Stuff V Somesense 'i . ( Cleaning off the notes spike after vacation: ' The preseason poll to name the winner of the John Wooden award for the best college basketball player lists Mark Aguirre of DePaul, Gene Banks of Duke, Sam Bowie of Kentucky, Albert King of Maryland and Louis Lloyd of Drake as the for the award . . . University of five best-bet- s Hawaii won more games this season than any year since 1973, when the school belonged to Division II in football . . . Long Beach State won the PCAA - championship fair and square, playing seven straight games on the road, but Air Force Academy topped that with eight road games, with a mileage total of 24,372 miles, from Yale and Army to Washington and Hawaii . . Stanfords Darrin Nelson was the only major college football player in history to catch at least 50 passes and rush for 1,000 yards in a single season, but San Jose States Gerald Willhite did it this fall . . . Jerry Ison, who has been a vendor at Derks Field, the University of Utah and the Salt Palace, has been named secretary at the Twin Pines Care Center . They are calling the Holiday Bowl The M (Mormons) and M (Methodist) game, but Bill Whitmore, the Rice sports information director, can top that . . With Baylor, a Baptist university, playing Rice for the Southwest Conference title, Whitmore phoned the Union Baptist association in Houston to find the number of church members in that area Informed there were 210,317 Baptists in the Houston area, Whitmore said hed settle if one our of four attended the game. But the whole crowd numbered only 26,000 Sport Magazines preseason basketball squad lists BYUs BYUs Danny Ainge on its second team and Utahs Danny Vranes on the third team. . . . . . . . Gain Steam OAKLAND We expect a president to straighten out the University of Utah cant get its football program above .500 in that length of time. Steve Folsom, regular tight end on the University of Utah football squad, has joined the Ute basketball squad and will be in uniform for the Weber State game Saturday night. Folsom played his high school basketball at Santa Fe High in Califor- nia and was recruited as a player by several basketball schools before casting his lot with Coach Wayne Howard at Long Beach State. We are pleased to have Steve come out for our team," Coach Jerry Pimm explained. He is the type of person who will be 8 positive addition to ur squad and bnng our squad to 12 players now that we are Craig Bell." red-shirti- The Utes also announced that Bob Andersen was dropping basketball to concentrate on his studies and gaining his degree. i. i it. Milwaukee Coach Don Nelson recognized the problem Marques had with his shooting and, for the first time this year, concocted a lineup to help his out. With 3(4 minutes left in the first half, Nelson moved Johnson to a guard and left the frontcourt work to a tall lineup of Lanier, Len Elmore and Mickey Johnson. Able to work against Griffith and Ron Boone, Marques got three quick baskets before the half ended and the Bucks had a 2 lead The wrist hurt Marques ability to shoot from the outside, so I wanted to said get him close to the basket, Nelson who designed it so Johnson could post up against the smaller Jazz defenders inside. The Bucks were able to extend their lead to 19 points in the third quarter and to 20 with 10 minutes left, and Nelson credited his defense with blowing the game open. In the second half, we changed our defense, he said. We tried to deny one pass away. I thought they were running their offense well in the first half. We had to become more aggres- The Oakland Raiders arent exactly blowing people out lately, but the way their defense is playing they dont have to. In fact, the Raiders have held six straight opponents to 17 points or fewer, and they were at their stingiest Monday night in a 9-- 3 National Football League victory over Denver. Ive been here five years now, and this is the best defense weve had, said defensive end John Matuszak, who joined the Raiders during their 1976 Super Bowl championship season. Second Half Denver, which had taken an early lead on a Fred Seinfort field goal, gained just 52 yards and two first downs in the second half as the Raiders ran their season reand moved cord to back into a tie for first place with San Diego in the American Conference West. The victory also maintained Oaklands near-totdomination 9-- 4 in Monday night games, where they are The Raiders have little time for celebrating the seventh win in their last eight games, however, because on Sunday they host Dallas, which leads the NFL in scor-- ; ing. The Broncos travel to Kansas City to meet the Kings. Short Week While Oakland has a short week of prep- aration, the Cowboys will be coming off a nine-da- y rest after their 51-- pounding of 31. last Thursday night. "Dallas may be the best offense we have to face, said Oakland safety Burgess Owens, who had one of tions against Denver. Weve got a big challenge ahead of us in quarterback Danny White and that crew. Offensively, the Raiders problems continued against Denver. Jim Plunketts bootleg run early in the third quarter produced only the teams fourth touchdown in the last three games, and kicker Chris Bahr missed on four of five field goal attempts and an extra point try There may be better barometers to judge a hockey team than 22 gsmes but Salt Lake coach Jack Evans thinks his Golden Eagles are capable of reaching desired heights. The Golden Eagles entertain Birmingham Wednesday in a 7:30 p.m. faceoff on Salt Palace ice in the opener e of a set. two-gam- Every year knowledgable hockey fans will say two or three teams have a realistic shot at winning the Adams Cup, and thats where Evans wants to be when the season ends. He attained that goal a year ago and is craving for another helping. season The Big Birds hold a series edge over the feisty Bulls, but have had trouble winning on home ice. For some unexplained reason, the Bulls seem to play better in Salt Lake than in Alabama. Every team has a building that they play well in and I guess this is their building, explained Evans. Only Home Loss Birmingham is the club thats inloss of flicted Salt Lakes only home-ic- e verdict last October. the year, a Riding the crest of a showing over their past 14 games, the Golden d into first Eagles have place in the Central Hockey Leagues torrid and shifting Northern Division. d are coming off The the most productive month in franchise log. An unbeaten 64F1 history, an Salt Palace mark, coupled with a road record, helped produce the impressive November accomplishment. The Bulls have been struggling as of lately. The Alabama crew hasnt won in its last seven games. The last Birmingham victory came on home ice November 14 And there have been several roster changes by the Bulls since they last visited Acord Arena. Nettender Rejean Lemelin has been recalled by the Calgary Flames, and Serge Beaudoin has decided to hang up his skates. Starting in goal for Birmingham will be Jim Petty. Petty is on loan from the New York Rangers organization. His record is with a 4 38 goals-againaverage. The Bulls' slow start also has Evans Im surprised. They seem to puzzled. play very well against us, especially in Salt Lake. Birmingham was the only team in the league to have a winning edge over us last year. Evans said Birmingham will be eager for a win to help them turn things around "We cant walk into this game expecting things to be easy, he said. The Golden Eagles have 30 points after 22 games, which is ahead of last years Adams Cup championship team. Better Start Were off to a much better start than loast year, Evans said Were scoring more goals at a great clip, and our power play production is also up." The Big Birds lead the CHL in goals scored with 109, and their 38 power play goals is head and shoulders above the rest of the league. Individually, Salt Lake is right at the top of the ladder in several other categories Joey Mullen is tied for the league lead in scoring with 31 points. Mullen has 14 goals and 17 assists. Tom Rouston of the 5-- 12-1- leap-frogge- green-and-gol- 11-1- near-perfe- 0-- 62-5- Wichita Wind shares the top slot with Tribune Sports Writer three Raider intercep- End Changes Uniform (right) Tuesday night NBA home victory. Soaring S.L. Eagles Await Birmingham (AP) New Orleans countrys problems in four years and the 119-10- 8 By R C. Roberg 7 Observation Ward Harvey Catchings during Bucks All-St- 2) vice-preside- nt I past Milwaukees Len Elmore (left) and -- (1960-61-6- Jazzs Darrell Griffith maneuvers Utah Raiders Remember Former Utes? Ie fe d st Rookie Paul MacLean is fifth in scoring with 27 points. Doug Palazzari, who hasnt played in more than a week because of tendinitis, dropped to seventh. Palazzaris status is on a y basis. He has 26 points on 13 goals and an equal number of assists. Another Eagle rookie, Jim Nill, rounds out the top 10 scoring leaders with 25 points. Nill and Mullen are tied for third in goals scored with 14 each. Eagle defenseman, Dick Lamby, is tied for top honors in the assist category with 19. Nill, Palazzari and Indianapolis Neil Hawryliw are tied in power play goals with 7. d MacLean shares the lead in goals with 2 day-to-da- short-hande- Players Excell Collectively, the young Golden New Eagles have been playing like seasoned veterans. A big surprise in the teams success thus far has been the steady play of newcomers MacLean, Nill, Mark Reeds, Denis Houle, Ken Federko and goalie Paul Skidmore. sive. With Griffith afflicted by his injuries and off his game again, the Jazz offense was again left to Adrian Dantley, who scored 30 points. There is an easy way to get your points and a hard way, and I thought Dantley s 18 points in the second half came the hard way, said Nelson, who noted that he likes his team to get 35 to 40 easy points in a normal game. A shining light for the Jazz on this night was the play of Wayne Cooper, who scored 22 points on shooting in 30 minutes. Cooper was left No. 1 Bulldogs Zahn Signs May Lose Angels Pact Head Coach - NEW YORK (UPI) Is Georgia Coach Vince Dooley about to abandon what up to now has been a luxury cruise? The undefeated Bulldogs, who can secure their first national championship with a victory over Notre Dame in the Sugar Bowl on New Years Day, remained the No. 1 team in the country for the fourth straight week following balloting by UPIs Board of Coaches. But Georgia, may go into its crucial game against the Fighting Irish with a new coach, Dooley, who has been at the helm of Georgia the past 17 seasons, confirmed he is considering returning to Aubum, his alma mater, to replace Doug Barfield, who resigned Monday. Dooley said if he took the job at Auburn he would not coach Georgia in the Sugar Bowl. 11-- If I leave Georgia I don't think Ill be given the option, said Dooley. I don't think that would be in the best interest of the school (Georgia). Notre Dame, which meets Southern California on Saturday, held steady at No. 2, followed by No. 3 Florida State (which meets Florida on Saturday), No. 4 Pittsburgh and No 5 Oklahoma. Rounding out the top 10 are No. 6 Michigan, No. 7 Baylor. No. 8 Alabama, No. 9 Nebraska and No. 10 Penn State. The second 10 consists of No 11 North Carolina, No 12 UCLA. No. 13 Ohio State, No. 14 Brigham Young and No. 15 Washington. Also, Mississippi State is rated No. 16, followed by No. 17 Southern California, No. 18 South Carolina. No 19 Maryland and No. 20 Southern Methodist. South Carolina, although losmg its final game to underdog CTemson two weeks ago. reappeared in the ratings and Maryland made its first showing since early in the season Florida, a 31-- 7 loser to Miami (Fla ), and Texas, which lost to Texas A&M, fell out of the ratings Free-age- move. I just want to get done with this so we can get to work on Dallas, Davis said by telephone. I would say this: the biggest thing on our minds are the Dallas Cowboys, the injuries and the rest of the schedule. I can understand the protest of the fans in Oakland. I thought it was an orderly expression that they want to save the Raiders. I did not appreciate the attempted boycott and the sympathy and credibility given to the boycott idea by Rozelle. He ought to shut his mouth and leave the politics to the end of the season. i B9VBlBB9NiIjire5 srearEffa nt averaged 13 victories a season for the Minnesota Twins over the past four years, signed Monday with the California Angels, the Angels announced Tuesday. Zahn, 33, signed a $250,000. INVENTORY REDUCTION; contract three-yea- r California No other terms of the agreement were di- everything in stocK loopp BASE vulged Last season, the Zahn had record with a 4 45 earned run average and threw five shutouts. He led the d a Using Monday nights nationally telev.sed game at the Oakland Coliseum between the Raiders and the Denver Broncos as a forum, thousands of fans stayed outside the stadium as the game was beginning to voice objection to the proposed Geoff Zahn, pitcher who has with A1 Davis, LOS ANGELES (AP) the managing general partner of the Oakland Raiders, blasted National Football League Commissioner Pete Rozelle Tuesday night, saying, He ought to shut his mouth and leave the politics to the end of the season. Davis was reacting to what he called Rozelles sympathy and credibility given to the boycott idea Davis wants to move the Raiders to Los Angeles something he tned to do last until the 1981 season at the earliest. A suit by the Los Angeles Coliseum Commission against the NFL over the matter is scheduled to go to court next Feb. 9. Calif. ANAHEIM, (AP) Shut Mouth, Claims Davis 14-1- 8 examples: UrpFRICE! Twins in starts (35) and complete games His lifetime reincluding stints with the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs. Im glad to be here and Ill do the very best I can to pitch up to my capabilities, said Zahn. We have friends here from my days with the Dodgers and it wU be nice to be back with them again. It will also be good to be on a team with some power and to be reunited with former (13). cord is 59-6- teammates Carew and ti All LE tire prices plus STCiKf F E T DEC.6,1980 Urr-Eh-D 580 SO. Rod STATE SALT LAKE Dan 363-327- 6 Ford. '555W.4&0Q Were very happy to have us, Geoff with MURRAY said Buzzie Eavasai, Angel executive vice president Tve known him a long time. SOUTH 265-440- I I - 0 CREDIT TERMS AVAILABLE BANK CARDS WELCOME i j 1 |