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Show LewCLA Wins3rd Straight HoopTitle Drake Tops! Watts Cookin’ om JOE WATTS The Three D’s liked, “The law of the harvest is just as applicable to athletics and success, as it is to farming. We can’t reap if we don’t first sow,” he said. The 16 athletes at the banquet, along with dozens of other fine athletes in the Region this year, worked long hours and sowed many seeds in athletic endeavor. Manywill go on to success in college, others will fall by the wayside, and other will begin sowing seeds of accomplishment in other fields of endeavor. But whatever the case, Millet points out, we generally reap what we sow. The Value of Work Floyd indicated that he has a “bar of iron” at his home to help remind him of the value of work. The bar of iron in its raw form is worth about $5.00, but with a little work it can be formed into horse shoes worth about $12.00. With additional effort the iron can be refined into needles and increase its value to several thousand dollars, and with more work with finely skilled hands the iron can be madeinto exacting watch springs worth several hundred thousand dollars, Athletes have a lot in common with that bar of iron. They both have great potential—the iron to become balance springs for fine watches, and the athletes to become the leaders in oursociety, providing that you apply those same three D's, Desire, Determination and Discipline,” he pointed out. Dale Rex, An Example A few years hack Floyd Miller was therecipient of the Dale Rex Memorial Award for outstanding contributions to athletics in Utah. During his talk to the honored boys, parents, dates, and coaches, he recalled the heroism of Dale Rex, a former BYU athlete, during World WarII. Rex received the Distinguished Service Cross for manning a machine gun andkilling 400 enemy soldiers (something he didn’t enjoy) and for rescuing four American soldiers from drowning in a raging river (something he did enjoy.) He waslater killed in action and gavehis life in defending freedom as millions of others have likewise done. As he talked about Dale Rex my mind wandered to statements made by some critics of athletics, and I thought, “As long as athletics plays a major role in developing men of character, such as Dale Rex, there will always be a place for competitive athletics in this country.” Urging the boys to “keep their sight’: high, work hard, and practice self-discipline,” Millet used a story about Mel Hutchins to emphasize his point. Millet was Hutchins’ coach at the time. “When Hutchins first went out for basketball at BYU (he hadn't played high school basketball) he was the last one out to practice and the first one in to shower, “When ke came back to school the next year something had changed in his attitude. He became the first one out to practice and the last one in to shower .. .and you know the rest of the story,” he said Millet concluded his speech as he began, by saying, “I’m thoroughly convinced that the finest place in the world to test the qualities and to find out just what a boy is made of is to place him in a large crucible, where intense heat of fierce competition is applied. Where all the poisonous elements are changed into pure gold and new values are fused into the boys character—provided always that in this crucible there is present an abundant quantity of the re-agent called SPORTSMANSHIP. This should be applied by the coach.” By FRED MCMANE UPI Sports Writer Purdue 92-72 | LOUISVILLE, Ky. UPI)— |Fast-moving Drake, paced by |Willie McCarter's 28 point: At Prep Honor Banquet “One of the basic lessons to be learned from athletics is the fact that success comes from intense training, practice, and just plain hard work along with the three D’s, Desire, Determination, and Discipline,” he emphasized. “Tn an era when people generally seem to expect easy answers, shortcuts, and simple formulas for every problem, we need to keep this fundamental requirement in mind, Whether we are competing on an athletic team or working on an English assignment, if we're going to succeed, we've got to discipline ourselves to make that extra effort,” he said. He then made a comment that I particularly ‘ Bruins Crush By 104-84 ] Floyd Millet Speaks Floyd Millet, athletic director at Brigham Young University, took sors time from his busy schedule to speak at The Deity Herald-Taylor’s Inc. Prep Basketball Honor Banquet Friday night at the Riverside Country Club. And if anyone doesn’t believe he has a busy schedule they ought to walk in his shoes during the day. Earlier in the week I dropped into his office to give him some background information on the banquet and on the boys being honored. I was only there for a few minutes, but we were interrupted a half a dozen times with visits from coaches, phonecalls, or other problemsthat he must handle every di athletic director. He is heading a gigantic athletic program at Brigham Young University, and he is doing a mighty fine job. Healso did a mightyfine job in passing along some timely advice to the 16 athletes being honored at the banquet. | Tarheels stormed past North I By FRED MCMANE UPI Sports Writer LOUISVIL Purdue, co Carolina Bruins outse kers 134 104-84 Saturgay to gain third place in the NCAA basketball ee and a h cedented tournament andfirmly establish third took control The inabilit itself as the nation’s most under-rated team. | and Bill K ¢ p- outside ned what wa kers' UOLA, seeking an unprece jo be a dented third consecutive NCAA title, met Big 10 champion |Purdue for the championshipin| | Bruins a commanding 42-31 ead at intermission close cor r_ history etball. row at one year Alcindor Mount was little ‘the second game. || & Drake, which was not ranked) F among the nation’s top 10 teams this year, turned in its second bet lost only twice the second half, hit on nine s and in non of their of e game thefinal scoreclose. with 28 poinis. But most of his 8 fifth NCAAtitle points came with the Bruins in in six years. complete command. |consecutive impressive showing jin the tournament as the| Bulldogs’ tenacious defense and/ The Bruinsled by as much as Keller,r who had 20 points in accurate outside shooting took) 2 points at one stage of the Purdue's 92-65 rout of North game with Purdue, and, except Carolina in the semifinals, the game away from the Tar for a brief rally late in the Scored just 11 against the Heels. second half, the Boijermakers Bruins and was unable to get The Bulldogs, who battled |Were neverin contention. - ; oy Shots sestitt the UCLAto the end before bowing | \Alcindor, who at times in the Bruins’ digger — 85-82 in Thursdaynight's semilast three years has had trouble|, Coach John Woodenof UCLA final, badgered the taller Tar getting emotionally up for 0k mercy on the Boilermakers games, seemed geared to a for a three-minute and 24Heels into 17 tumovers in the} peak in the24first 20 minutes as vices stretch of theAlcindor second first half and gained control of) he scored points and pulled| when he removed the contest ia the last three down 11 rebounds to give the|,"0™ the game. He zeturned the minutes and 23 seconds of the} <———“|big center to the lineup when | = |Purdue began to raliy, then took |stanza with a 12-2 tear which} him out for good with just over gave them a 5039 lead at two minutes remaining. intermission. 3 F ‘When big Lew left the game McCarter was especially efhe raised his long armsfar over fective in the first half as he!| “WE'RE NUMBER ONE!” so says super-sta r of the UCLA team, Lew Alcindor, after he | his head andstretched out one finger of his hand, signifying scored 18 points while hitting| led his team to an easy 92-72 win over Purd ue to give UCLA its third straight NCAA = the Bruins again were No. seven of 12 shots from the Soar championshp. It was Alcindor’s last college g ame. (Herald-UPI Telephoto) | Al Williams, who scored 14, | At the conclusion of the game, took over in the second half| | Alcindor leaped into the air with with eight points in the first 3:31 joy, rushed over, picked up a of the periog that gave the folding chair to stand on and Ttmovedin the nets from Bulldogs a commanding 6247 basket a triumphant displthe lead. Charlie Scott, a disappointUcLA tA ey x @ ment in North Carolina’s 92-65 $ 58 loss to Purdue Thursday night, 4h had a fine game for the Tar 6% 79 387 Heels with 35 points, but the o O11 0 Bulldogs completely cut off 4 710 15 North Carolina’s inside game. 3 01 6 Although outmanned inside @ 36 3 underneaih, the quick-moving 1 00 3 Drake forwards continuajly beat Pat their men to the ball and helq 6- Watts Heads ser” foot, 10-inch Rusty Clark and 6-8 Bill Bunting below their season Farmer Ecker averages. Clark, carrying a 14-point average into the game, man-| pee Scorer per game during Meettiie e eet 8 Saye resi"yb NeueaPacter 3 ‘ ; 2 33 #7 44 1 Coaches. fo | Watts, who will serve for the Keller ee estes El Bedford eas Gardnerane, of Catholic University. joer chosen were Adolph Lesitet |Rupp, Kentucky, first vice |Reasoner president; Bill Wall, MacMur-| Taylor in NCAA tournamentplay. Two| ™ E EC : 18 University was elected Saturday Gilliam ine ee, Z ae ad _ College), second eae Years ago, the Tar Heels were| LEW ALCINDOR of UCLA is fed ball by team mate during game against Purdue, Herman |e? humiliated twice, by Dayton) 0 & [Aasoclation of Basket bali) finn history at 265 while theofTar Heels erided the‘sbascn 21 5, The | North lina’: me Laitee ae and Houston. 00 @: Coach Group aes = eS (i Secondkei:r aes Poe | SerpaaaeBos aged only 12 while Bunting, an - aaa 0 1 2 45 2B 43 0 3sigee 13067be 1 22 4 0 01 0 0 00 7 18 7 0 stew, Seve, Belko,Halftime. UCLA 42 Purdu> 31 Gilliam (30) and Jerry Johnson (31) of Pur due try in vain to stop the seven-footer from aeyaeeee ee ae ae shooting. Alcindor scored 37 points without m uch trouble, (Herald-UPI Telephoto) ie | A—18,669, a ee ee fourth vice president. Record Number Enter NCAA Mat Tourney Brigham Young University of-ledge, 91-90, over Oklahoma duefirst place honor. Terry Hall,:wrestlers i vatchficials involved with the host-/to a last minute pin by OSU’s| 1969 College Division chatisioe, ing. vole eaecece NCAA champion in 1967 andjwill be in the fight second to Gable last year, will place. Also reiralg . os ing the 1969 NCAA Wrestling] 245-pound heavyweight Johnjis undefeaied in 19 matches)second in ‘68; Dave Keller of be a favorite once again. Mc-/Zeman of Northwestern who Championships March 27-29 be- Ward, | this year will probably draw) Toledo, fourth in ‘69; and John Guire was seeded number one|placed fifth last year, gan applying reinforcement ‘The top four placers last year|the favorite title. Oklahoma! Miller of Oregon, fifth in ‘68 measures Friday ‘vhen entries|are expected to maintain those|Sophmore Ray Stapp, 1969 Bib/are entered in the 115 pound last year. Len Groom of Color-| For Cleo McGlory of Oklaado State College who recently/homa this has to be his year, reached a record 406 wrestlers standings this year, however,|Eight Champion, is along the| fight. from a record number ofthe order of finish may change| tradition of scrapping Cowboy| David McGuire of Oktatoma won the College Division title) Twice McGiory has taken’ secschools, 106. considerably. Michigan State of oan 2 ; will be a logical challenger. ond Place in the NCAA at 160, | Backing up to the 123 pound He'll be challenged by Jim Alex. Due to the travel distance} the Big Ten locks strong and ge | weight, whichis the only weight| ander of Colorado State College to Provo, Utah,it wasn’t expect-| Oklahoma is a definite threat without a returning place win and Mike Nardotti of Army who ed that the 1968 record of entries |to the OklahomaState favorite. ner, Lock Haven’s Melchiorwill| placed third and sixth last year, at Penn State University, 102| Iowa State will be hard pres|get the number one seed. Big) Iowa State’s Jason Smith and schools, 382 wrestlers, would be|sed to place second. |Eight Champion Ron Thrasher|Pete Cornell of Michigan State surpassed. | According to the entry forms of Oklahoma State, Oklahoma’s| were medal winners in ‘68. Latest entries which provided’ a new champion will be crowned Stan Keeley and Tim Cech of Smith wasthird at 167 and Corthe record margin were eleven|in each of the eleven weight Michigan are also outstanding|nell was fifth at 177. Cornell entries from Michigan State,| divisions. Only two champions | considerations. is entered at 167 this year to four entries from the U. of from 1968 are returning but | Most wrestling people agree challenge Smith. Jack Bentz of Missouri, two from Massachu-|the two are entered in another| on G»ble as the probable cham-|Lehigh is also a top considerasetts ,one from Ithaca, five| wieght. | pion at 137. Marty Willigan of|tion for honors at 167. from Drake University, two) Ken Melchoir, 1968 champion Hofstra and Ron Russo of} Another Oklahoma wrestler, from Marquette, seven from/at 115 pounds will move up to Bloomsburg State place fourth) Charlie Shivers, is hoping to Southern Illinois University and the 123 pound division. Melchoir and sixth respectively in ‘68/move to the top after a fourth three from U. Texas at Eljis three time NAIA champion, _ jand are returning. Big Ten|place finish last year at 177, Paso. three time Penn Conference |champion Keith Lowrance is|Walter Podgurski of Miami of Defending champion Okla-}champion, and undefeated this looking for Gable again, Low-|Ohio will challenge as a sixth homaState, ‘68 runnerup Iowa) year. rance was pinned by Gable|place winner in ‘68. Look for State, and third and fourth) Probably the most respected earlier in the year and lost to|Ken Box of Cal Poly (SLO) to place winners from last season/ wrestler in the tournament will |McGuire of Oklahoma for an|make a determined bid for Oklahoma and Michigan State be Dan Gable of Iowa State. 18-2 record. high honors. Big Ten champion lead the field with an entry Gable won the 130 pound NCAA! A real dual may take place|Jack Zindel was third in NCAA in each of the eleven weight)title in ‘68 but is seeking the in the 145 pound division with/at 191 in ‘67 but is looking for divisions. | 137 poundtitle this year. Gable, Oklahoma's Mike Grant, second|a place in the 177 lineup, ColOther teams entering the max-| only a jutior, is undefeated this imum number of wrestlers (11)| year in 20 matches and has 17 are BYU, Utah, Oregon State,|pins to his credit this season. and Iowa, Teams with nine|The general opinion of wrestlentries include YOLA, Navy,|ing buffs is that Gable is capand Colorado, able of winning at any weight Oklahoma State has been/in the area of 130, 197, and 145. established as tourney favorites| With the vacancy of champdue to winning the Big Eight/ions at 115 and 130 several newith lo a 5 in ‘68 and Portland State’s|lege division champion Tom |Chuck Sevl being the logical/ Kline of Cal Poly (SLO) placed contenders, | second at 191 last year and will : ‘ D . : “ eS wai: FRicb DAVIS, BYU wrestling coach, will have his handstull this week in preparation for the NCAA Wrestling Tournament, In addition to grooming bi his grapplers for the meet he will Standford’s Len Borchers is/be among the favorites this making a comeback at 152 after|year. Jim Duschen of Iowa /a fourth place finish in 1967|State is also a challenger as a |and losing in the quarter finals| representative of the Big Bight lin ‘68. Maryland's Gobel Kline '\eonference, along with John who defeated Kline in the ‘68|Schneifer of Michigan State a With @ one point|comers are taking aim on the| have a big hand in organizing and preparing the entire meet, {nationals and finished fourti| fifth place winner last year, |